Lo ngumbuzo oqheleke kakhulu phakathi kwamaKristu. Abantu abaninzi bayathandabuza usindiso lwabo ngenxa yeemvakalelo okanye ukungabikho kwazo. Ininzi iBhayibhile ethetha ngayo ngosindiso, kodwa akukho nto iyithethayo ‘ngokuziva usindisiwe. Usindiso yinkqubo apho umoni ekhululwa “kwingqumbo,” oko kukuthi, ekugwebeni kukaThixo isono (Roma 5:9; 1 Tesalonika 5:9). Ngokukodwa, yayikukufa kukaYesu emnqamlezweni kunye nokuvuka kwakhe okwalandelayo olwenzela usindiso lwethu (KwabaseRoma 5:10; Efese 1:7).
Inxalenye yethu kwinkqubo yosindiso kukuba sisindiswe ngokholo. Okokuqala, kufuneka sive ivangeli-iindaba ezilungileyo zokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu (Efese 1:13). Ngoko ke, kufuneka sikholwe—sithembele ngokupheleleyo kwiNkosi uYesu (KwabaseRoma 1:16) kunye nedini lakhe lodwa. Asinantembelo kwimisebenzi yenyama yokuzuza usindiso. Olu kholo—olusisipho esivela kuThixo, asiluvelisi ngokwethu ( Efese 2:8-9 )—lubandakanya inguquko, ukuguquka kwengqondo ngesono noKristu ( IZenzo 3:19 ), nokubiza egameni leNkosi ( Roma 10:9-10, 13 ). Usindiso lukhokelela kubomi obutshintshileyo njengoko siqala ukuphila njengesidalwa esitsha (2 Korinte 5:17).
Siphila kuluntu olugxile kwiimvakalelo kwaye, ngelishwa, oko kuye kwaphalala ecaweni. Kodwa iimvakalelo azithembekanga. Iimvakalelo azithembekanga. Ziyaqukuqela kwaye ziqukuqele njengamaza olwandle ezizisa zonke iintlobo zokhula lwaselwandle kunye nobutyobo aze azibeke elunxwemeni, aze aphinde aphume, akhukulise umhlaba esime kuwo siwuhlambele elwandle. Injalo ke imeko yabo balawulwa ziimvakalelo zabo. Ezona meko zilula—ukuqaqanjelwa yintloko, usuku olusibekele, ilizwi elithethwe singacinganga ngumhlobo—linokusenza sizithembe size ‘sihambe siye elwandle’ sidandathekile. Amathandabuzo kunye nokudimazeka, ngakumbi ngobomi bobuKristu, ziziphumo ezingenakuthintelwa zokuzama ukutolika iimvakalelo zethu ngokungathi ziyinyaniso. Abekho.
Kodwa umKristu olunyukiswa kwangaphambili yaye exhobe ngokwaneleyo ngumntu ongalawulwa ziimvakalelo kodwa yinyaniso ayaziyo. Akathembeli kwiimvakalelo zakhe ukuze angqine nantoni na kuye. Ukuthembela kwiimvakalelo kanye kanye yimpazamo eyenziwa ngabantu abaninzi ebomini. Bazicingela gqitha kangangokuba bazixakekise ngeziqu zabo, besoloko behlolisisa ezabo iimvakalelo. Baya kuhlala bethandabuza ulwalamano lwabo noThixo. “Ngaba ngokwenene ndiyamthanda uThixo?” “Ngaba Undithanda ngokwenene?” "Ingaba ndilungile ngokwaneleyo?" Into ekufuneka siyenzile kukuyeka ukucinga ngathi kwaye sigxile kwiimvakalelo zethu kwaye endaweni yoko sijolise ingqalelo yethu kuThixo nakwinyaniso esiyaziyo ngaye ekwiLizwi lakhe.
Xa silawulwa ziimvakalelo ezizimeleyo ezigxile kuthi endaweni yenyaniso ethe ngqo egxile kuThixo, siphila kwimeko yokoyiswa rhoqo. Inyaniso yenjongo igxile kwiimfundiso ezinkulu zokholo nokubaluleka kwazo ebomini: ulongamo lukaThixo, ukungenelela kukaKristu njengombingeleli omkhulu, idinga loMoya oyiNgcwele, nethemba lozuko olungunaphakade. Ukuqonda ezi nyaniso zibalaseleyo, ukumilisela iingcamango zethu kuzo, nokuziphindaphinda ezingqondweni zethu kuya kusenza siqiqe ngenyaniso kuzo zonke iimvavanyo zobomi, yaye ukholo lwethu luya komelela luze lubaluleke. Ukuqiqa ngendlela esivakalelwa ngayo ngeziqu zethu—kunoko sikwaziyo ngoThixo—kuyindlela eqinisekileyo esa kukoyiswa ngokomoya. Ubomi bomKristu bobokufa kubuqu nokuvuka “kuhambo obutsha bobomi” ( Roma 6:4 ), kwaye obo bomi butsha bubonakala ngeengcinga ezingoYena owasisindisayo, kungekhona ngeengcinga ezingeemvakalelo zenyama efileyo ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni noKristu. Xa sithe gqolo ukucinga ngathi nangeemvakalelo zethu, sihlala sithe phithi sisidumbu, esizele kukubola nokufa.
UThixo wathembisa ukusisindisa ukuba siza kuye ngokholo. Akazange athembise ukuba siya kuziva sisindisiwe.
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