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UPetru uphetha incwadi yakhe yokuqala ngezikhuthazo ezimbili zokugcina. Eyokuqala ingeyabaholi, noma abadala, bamabandla akhe ahlakazeke kulo lonke elase-Asia Minor. Njengabo, uPetru naye ungumholi webandla futhi uye wahlupheka ngenxa yalokho. Kodwa uPetru ukhuthaza abaholi ngeqiniso elifanayo alinikeza amalungu abo—ukuhlupheka kuholela enkazimulweni. Laba baholi kufanele beluse imihlambi yabo emincane ngokuzimisela ukuba yizibonelo eziphilayo zokuphila kukaJesu okuwumhlatshelo nokulunga, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izindleko zingakanani. UJesu wabonisa ukuthi ngokuzithandela ukuholela nasekukhonzeni ngokuhlupheka kuyindlela eya enkazimulweni.
Zombili isidingo sokuhlupheka kanye nesithombe sabaholi bebandla njengabelusi kuxhumene kakhulu nolwazi lukaPetru noJesu. UPetru ukhuza kabi uJesu ethi kumelwe ahlupheke, futhi uJesu uphendula ngokumbiza ngokuthi uSathane. Ukuphika isidingo sokuhlupheka kungamanga kaSathane. Futhi ngemva kokuphika uJesu izikhathi ezintathu, uJesu ubizela uPetru kubaholi besonto ngokuphinda inkulumo ethi, “Yipha amawundlu ami,” kathathu. Izikhuthazo zikaPetru kubaholi ukuba beluse amawundlu ebandla likaNkulunkulu futhi bahlupheke ngokuzithandela zivela ekwahlulekeni kwakhe okujulile njengomlandeli kaJesu.
Lezi zikhathi zazisa futhi isikhuthazo sikaPetru kumalungu amancane alamabandla. Ukuzidla kukaPetru ngokuhlupheka kwakusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamelana naye embhekile, ngakho ukhumbuza amakholwa asemasha ukuthi “uNkulunkulu umelana nabazidlayo, kepha abathobekileyo uyabahawukela.” Kwabasha abalangazelela ukuhola, uPetru ubakhumbuza ukuthi kwaba kanye kuphela lapho ehlazekile futhi ezithoba kuJesu lapho enikezwa khona isikhundla segunya. Ukuthobeka nokuhlupheka akulahlwa nhlobo. Ingalo kaNkulunkulu enamandla yavusa uJesu ehlazweni lokufa, futhi ngokuqinisekile iyowanakekela wonke amakholwa ekukhathazekeni nasekushushisweni kwawo.
UPetru uxwayisa ngokuthi ukuthobeka akusho ukuba yisiwula. USathane uzingela ngakho kokubili ushushiso nangamanga okuthi ukuhlupheka kungagwenywa. UPetru akafuni abafundi bakhe baphinde amaphutha akhe. La mabandla kumele amelane nodeveli azi ukuthi ukuhlupheka akunakugwenywa kubalandeli bakaJesu obethelwe esiphambanweni. Kodwa injalo nenkazimulo yabo yaphakade ezayo.
UPetru uphetha incwadi yakhe ngokuthi ubhala eseBabiloni. IBhabhiloni laliwumuzi wasendulo emlandweni wakwa-Israyeli. Ngosuku lukaPetru lase libhujisiwe kodwa seliwumfuziselo womphakathi omelene nabantu bakaNkulunkulu. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokugcina ukuthi la makholwa, kungakhathalekile ukuthi agawasiphi isizwe, azohlala edingisiwe. Abalandeli bakaJesu bahlale bengabezinye izizwe, futhi njengabanye abezizwe abaningi bayozondwa ngenxa yalokho.
Ukungagwemeki kokuhlupheka ngenxa yokholo lwethu kuJesu kunzima ukukwamukela, ingasaphathwa eyokuholela amabandla ethu kulo, noma ukukhuthazwa yikho. Kodwa kubalandeli bakaJesu abaningi emhlabeni wonke nakuwo wonke umlando, ukhetho lokungahlupheki alukaze lunikezwe bona. UPetru akacabangi ukuthi impilo kufanele ingabi nakuhlupheka, kodwa kunalokho uphikisa ngokuthi impilo ebusisiwe ivuka ngokuhlupheka. Kubalandeli bakaJesu ukungagwemeki kokuhlupheka kuyizindaba ezinhle ngoba lokho kusho inkazimulo, isibusiso, udumo, namandla nakho akunakugwenywa. Ngemva kokuhlupheka isikhashana, uPetru uthi, uNkulunkulu womusa wonke uyosibuyisela, asenze siqine, siqine, simiswe phakade emandleni akhe.
Ukushushiswa ohulumeni, imindeni, nabangane ngokuvamile kungabangela intukuthelo nokucasuka. Kodwa uPetru ufuna impendulo yakho yokuqala ibe injabulo. Lapho uPetru ebhekana futhi ebhaxabulwa ngenxa yokushumayela ngoJesu, wahamba ejabula ngokuthi wayebalwe ukuhlupheka ngenxa yegama likaJesu. Lokho akubangelwa ukuthi uPetru wayenesibindi futhi ukushaywa akuzange kumethuse. (Khumbula, waphika uJesu!) UPetru angajabula ngoba ukuhlupheka ngenxa yegama, ngokomoya nangokwenyama, kumhlanganisa noJesu nokuvuka kwakhe okuzayo.
Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele uvule amehlo akho kuNkulunkulu owahlupheka wafa. Futhi kwangathi ungabona uJesu njengalowo oqinisekisa uvuko lwethu olungenakugwenywa lapho sihlupheka kanye naye.
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Ngencwadi yakhe egxile ethembeni ayibhalela ibandla lekhulu lokuqala, uPetru usikhuthaza ukuba sithembele futhi silalele, sihlale sigxilile okholweni lwethu njengoba sikhuthazelela izilingo noshushiso. Usikhumbuza ukuthi ngenxa yalokho esiyikho kuKristu, sinikwa amandla okuphila izimpilo ezingcwele, futhi singabheka phambili ekutholeni ifa laphakade.
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