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Umphostoli uPetru usokhukhweni lokufa. Futhi incwadi yesi-2 kaPetru iqukethe amazwi okugcina omunye wabafundi bakaJesu abaseduze naye kakhulu. Uqala ngokuthi uJesu unguNkulunkulu noMsindisi wethu. Abaningi ngesikhathi sikaPetru bakuphika lokhu kukhulumakanye nezinsolo , futhi uPetru uzokhuluma nalaba bafundisi bamanga kamuva encwadini yakhe. Okwamanje, uPetru ufuna nje ukushumayela intshumayelo yokugcina ngaphambi kokuba afe.

Futhi iphuzu lentshumayelo yakhe ukuthi uJesu usebenzise amandla akhe obunkulunkulu ukuze asinike konke esikudingayo ukuze siphile ukuphila obuhlonipha uNkulunkulu—futhi lokho kuphila bokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu kuza ngokwazi uJesu. Ukwazi ukuthi uJesu unguNkulunkulu noMsindisi wethu akukhona nje ukwazi iqiniso ngoJesu, kodwa ukubamba iqhaza ebuntwini bukaNkulunkulu. UPetru usho ukuthi siyahlanganyela, siyaxoxa, futhi sigcwaliswe ngokuziphatha okuhle noma ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. Uthi lokhu kuhlanganyela ebunkulunkulwini nguNkulunkulu ogcwalisa izithembiso zakhe. UPetru akaze achaze ukuthi ziyini lezo zithembiso ngokucacile, kodwa uyachaza ezikwenzayo. Izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu zisihlanganisa nesimo sakhe sobuNkulunkulu esiphelele futhi siyakubalekela ukonakala.

Ukonakala kokuziphatha kuwubuthi emhlabeni wethu. Ubudlelwane bethu phakathi kwethu nabanye noNkulunkulu buvame ukukhonjiswa ukungazi, ukuntula ukuzithiba, ukuguquguquka, ubutha, nenzondo. Kodwa uJesu usibizela ekulungeni kwakhe okukhazimulayo, futhi ngamandla akhe aphezulu sihlanganyela ekupheleleni kwakhe kokuziphatha. KuJesu sibalekela ukonakala kwethu kokuziphatha.

Kodwa lokhu kuphunyuka kuyinto enkulu kanye nohambo. UJesu usisindisa ngokukholwa, kodwa kumele futhi senze yonke imizamo yokwengeza ubuhle bokuziphatha ekukholweni kwethu. UNkulunkulu usebenzisa amandla akhe aphezulu ukuze anezele ekuhlakanipheni okuphelele, ukuzithiba, ubuqotho, nothando. Ekuphenduleni esenzweni sokufaka kukaNkulunkulu abantu bakhe ekupheleleni kwakhe kokuziphatha, sihlanganyela ebuNkulunkulwini ngokuphila ohambweni lokwanda kokuziphatha okuhle nokumesaba uNkulunkulu. Labo abamaziyo uJesu njengoNkulunkulu noMsindisi bahlala bekhula ngalendlela.

Izindaba ezinhle uPetru ayanazo ethuneni ziwukuthi uJesu uyasisindisa ukuze sihlanganyele ekupheleleni kwakhe kokuziphatha kwaphezulu, futhi siphile njengaye emhlabeni. Abangenasimilo, abangakwazi ukuziphatha, nabangenalo uthando sebekhohliwe ukuthi kungani besindisiwe. Kodwa labo abahlanganyela ebuNkulunkulwini bayothola ukwenezelwa kwethemba okuchichimayo ekusindisweni kwabo kanye nokwanda kobunkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo.

Njengoba uPetru ezofa, uyazi ukuthi ukuhlanganyela esimweni sikaJesu saphezulu kuyasisindisa ekonakaleni kwethu kokuziphatha futhi kusisindise ukuze sithuthuke ekuziphatheni njengoba siphila. Kodwa ithemba likaPetru lidlulela ngale kwalokhu kuphila. Ukubamba iqhaza ebunkulunkulwini akusho nje ukuba ngolungileyo kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi; kodwa kusho ukuhlanganyela ekungabini nesimilo. UJesu uzihlanganise nathi, kodwa futhi uyosamukela eMbusweni waphakade. Ekupheleni kwencwadi yakhe uPetru unezela ukuthi uJesu uyosamukela eqinisweni elisha lapho kuyohlala khona ukulunga ekugcineni.

Ngasekugcineni kwempilo kaPetru, usishiya nentshumayelo yakhe yokuthi uMsindisi wethu olungileyo abelane nathi ngesimo sakhe esilungile ukuze siphile izimpilo ezilungile ezizoholela ekulungeni okuphakade. Ukukhohlakala kokuziphatha okukhona endaweni yonke manje kuzoshabalala futhi intuthuko yethu yokuziphatha kuyovulela ukuziphatha okuyikona kona ingunaphakade.

Iqiniso laphakade elibuswa ukonakala kwethu kokuziphatha kubizwa ngokuthi isihogo. Kodwa uPetru uthi labo abamaziyo uJesu bayothola ukulunga manje naphakade. Ngakho-ke themba oLungileyo uPetru amncoma ngokubhala kwakhe kokugcina ngepeni. Themba ukuthi uJesu uzokubizela kuyo yonke inkazimulo nobuhle bakhe. Themba ukuthi uJesu angakukhipha ekonakaleni kokuziphatha kwakho akuyise ekupheleleni kokuziphatha okuphakade.

Sengathi uMoya oNgcwele uvule amehlo akho ukuze ubone uNkulunkulu olungile. Futhi kwangathi ungabona uJesu njengoMsindisi wethu ohlanganyela nathi esimweni sakhe esilungile ukuze sithole inkazimulo kuze kube phakade.