UNkulunkulu Ungu _______Isampula

Ungubani UNkulunkulu?

UNkulunkulu ungu _______.

Yiliphi igama ocabange ngalo ngokushesha? Mhlawumbe umazi uNkulunkulu njengoYihlo onothando. Mhlawumbe uke wazibonela uNkulunkulu njengoMphulukisi noma uMhlinzeki wakho. Noma mhlawumbe ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukude, uthukuthele, noma uyahlulela.

Noma ngabe ukuphendule kanjani, umbono wakho ngoNkulunkulu unesisindo esimangalisayo empilweni yakho. Eqinisweni, umfundisi nomlobi odumile u-A.W. UTozer wabhala, “Okufika ezingqondweni zethu lapho sicabanga ngoNkulunkulu kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu ngathi.”

Umbono wethu ngoNkulunkulu uthonya indlela esizibheka ngayo thina, abanye kanye nezwe elisizungezile. Yingakho kubaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo ukwakha isisekelo sokuthi uNkulunkulu usekelwe ngubani eqinisweni elingaguquki leZwi Lakhe—hhayi isimo sesikhashana semizwa yethu.

Mhlawumbe uke wabhekana nosizi, ukulahlekelwa, noma ukudumala okukushiye uthukuthele noma ulinyazwe uNkulunkulu. Mhlawumbe uke wahlangana namanye amaKristu akwenza wazizwa wahlulelwa futhi ulahliwe, ngakho ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyindlela efanayo. Mhlawumbe uzame ukuthandaza noma ukuxhumana noNkulunkulu, kodwa awuzwa lutho, ngakho ucabanga ukuthi ukude, uyabanda, noma akanandaba.

Lezo zigigaba kanye nemizwa kuyiqiniso, kodwa azizona izethulo ezinembile zesimo sikaNkulunkulu.

Eqinisweni, ukuhlanekezela umbono wethu ngoNkulunkulu kube ngelinye lamaqhinga esitha kusukela ekuqaleni. Ensimini yase-Edene ephelele, uNkulunkulu wahamba no-Adamu no-Eva, ebanikeza umkhawulo owodwa: Ningasidli isithelo somuthi wolwazi. Kodwa isitha sangena ngokukhulu ukushesha, sabuza u-Eva ukuthi ingabe uNkulunkulu wayekushilo ngempela ukuthi angasidli, sase simkholisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayemgodlela okuthile ayekudinga ngempela.

Ngenxa yalokho, wadla isithelo, isono sangena emhlabeni, sanqamula ubuhlobo bethu noNkulunkulu.

Kodwa kukho konke lokhu, isimo sikaNkulunkulu asikaze siguquke. Ngothando walungiselela u-Adamu no-Eva izembatho, ezazifanekisela isenzo saKhe esikhulu kunazo zonke sothando lomhlatshelo: ukuthumela iNdodana yakhe ephelele, uJesu, ukuba iphile ukuphila okungenasono futhi ife esikhundleni sethu ukuze ibuyisele ubuhlobo bethu Naye.

Kwesinye isikhathi kulinga ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu weTestamente Elidala unokwahlulela nje, nokuthi kuseTestamenteni Elisha kuphela lapho sibona khona isihe ngoJesu. Kodwa eqinisweni, uNkulunkulu ubelokhu esebhizinisini lokushisekela abantu abanesono ngomusa Wakhe ngaphambi kokuba sike simlandele. Ubelokhu ethembekile ukugcwalisa izithembiso Zakhe. Futhi ubelokhu eyikho kokubili elungile futhi enesihe, engcwele futhi enothando, enobukhosi futhi engaguquki.

Isimilo sikaNkulunkulu sijule kakhulu, sicebile, futhi sikhulu ukuba singasichaza ngokuphelele, kodwa sibona izinkomba kuso kulo lonke iBhayibheli.

Ngakho-ke njengoba ucabanga ngoNkulunkulu, cabanga ukuthi uwenza kanjani umbono wakho Ngaye. Ingabe kusekelwe eqinisweni leZwi Lakhe noma ubuhlungu nakho konke okwedlule?

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo, sizohlola izici ezimbalwa ngoNkulunkulu ezivela emiBhalweni. Njengoba sizithola, cela uNkulunkulu aveze okwengeziwe Ngaye kuwe. Kungakhathaleki ukuthi isipiliyoni sakho noNkulunkulu, amaKristu, noma ibandla bekunjani, yazi lokhu: UNkulunkulu wendawo yonke ukudalile, uyakuthanda, futhi ukushisekela ngenkuthalo.

Khuleka: Nkulunkulu, ngiyabona ukuthi umbono wami wokuthi ungubani uvame ukusekelwa olwazini olungaphelele. Ngibonise noma yimaphi amanga engiwakholelwayo Ngawe futhi esikhundleni sawo ufake iqiniso. Zambule okwengeziwe ngawe kanye nesimo Sakho kimi namuhla. Egameni likaJesu, ameni.

Inselelo: Gcwalisa lesi sitatimende: UNkulunkulu _______. Bhala amagama amaningi ngendlela ocabanga ngayo, bese uthola amavesi eBhayibheli ahambisana nawo ukuze uwasekele.