Lona umbuzo ovame kakhulu phakathi kwamaKristu. Abantu abaningi bayakungabaza ukusindiswa kwabo ngenxa yemizwa noma ukuntula kwayo. IBhayibheli linokuningi elikushoyo ngensindiso, kodwa alisho lutho ‘ngokuzizwa usindisiwe. Ukusindiswa kuyinqubo lapho isoni sikhululwa “olakeni,” okungukuthi, ekwahluleleni kukaNkulunkulu ngesono (KwabaseRoma 5:9; 1 Thesalonika 5:9). Ngokuqondile, kwaba ukufa kukaJesu esiphambanweni nokuvuka okwalandela okwafeza insindiso yethu (KwabaseRoma 5:10; Kwabase-Efesu 1:7).
Ingxenye yethu ohlelweni lokusindiswa ukuthi sisindiswa ngokukholwa. Okokuqala, kufanele sizwe ivangeli-izindaba ezinhle zokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu (Kwabase-Efesu 1:13). Khona-ke, kufanele sikholwe—sethembe ngokugcwele iNkosi uJesu (KwabaseRoma 1:16) kanye nomhlatshelo Wakhe kuphela. Asithembeli emisebenzini yenyama ukuze sizuze insindiso. Lokhu kukholwa—okuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, hhayi okuthile esikukhiqizayo ngokwethu ( Efesu 2:8-9 )—kuhlanganisa ukuphenduka, ukuguquka kwengqondo ngesono noKristu ( IzEnzo 3:19 ), nokubiza igama leNkosi ( Roma 10:9-10, 13 ). Insindiso iphumela ekuphileni okushintshile njengoba siqala ukuphila njengesidalwa esisha (2 Korinte 5:17).
Siphila emphakathini ogxile emizweni futhi, ngokudabukisayo, lokho sekukapakele nasebandleni. Kodwa imizwa ayithembekile. Imizwa ayinakwethenjwa. Ziyaguquguquka futhi zigeleze njengamagagasi olwandle angenisa yonke inhlobo yokhula lwasolwandle nemfucumfucu futhi akubeke ogwini, bese ebuyela ngaphandle, eguguleka inhlabathi esimi phezu kwayo futhi iwukhukhulela olwandle. Sinjalo isimo salabo abamizwa yabo ibusa ukuphila kwabo. Izimo ezilula kakhulu—ubuhlungu bekhanda, usuku oluguqubele, igama elishiwo umngane ngokungacabangi—zingaqeda ukuzethemba kwethu futhi ‘siphumele olwandle’ siphelelwe ithemba. Ukungabaza nokudumazeka, ikakhulukazi ngempilo yobuKristu, kuwumphumela ongenakugwenywa wokuzama ukuchaza imizwa yethu sengathi iyiqiniso. Abanjalo.
Kodwa umKristu oxwayisiwe futhi ohlome kahle ungumuntu ongabuswa imizwa kodwa iqiniso alaziyo. Akancikile emizweni yakhe ukuze afakazele noma yini kuye. Ukuthembela emizweni kuyiphutha abantu abaningi abalenzayo ekuphileni. Bazicabangela kakhulu kangangokuthi bakhathazeka ngokwabo, bahlale behlaziya imizwa yabo. Bayohlale bengabaza ubuhlobo babo noNkulunkulu. “Ingabe ngimthanda ngempela uNkulunkulu?” “Ingabe Uyangithanda ngempela?” "Ngabe ngimuhle?" Okufanele sikwenze ukuthi siyeke ukuzicabangela thina futhi sigxile emizweni yethu futhi esikhundleni salokho siqondise ukugxila kwethu kuNkulunkulu naseqinisweni esilaziyo Ngaye eZwini Lakhe.
Lapho silawulwa imizwa yokucabangela egxile kithi ngokwethu esikhundleni seqiniso eliqondile eligxile kuNkulunkulu, siphila esimweni sokunqotshwa njalo. Iqiniso eliwumgomo ligxile ezimfundisweni ezinkulu zokholo nokuhlobana kwazo ekuphileni: ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu, ukuncenga kukaKristu kobupristi obukhulu, isithembiso sikaMoya oNgcwele, nethemba lenkazimulo yaphakade. Ukuqonda lawa maqiniso amakhulu, ukugxilisa imicabango yethu kuwo, siwaphindaphinde ezingqondweni zethu kuyosenza sikwazi ukubonisana ngeqiniso kuzo zonke izilingo zokuphila, futhi ukholo lwethu luyoba namandla futhi lubaluleke. Ukucabanga ngalokho esizizwa ngakho ngathi—kunalokho esikwaziyo ngoNkulunkulu—kuyindlela eqinisekile yokunqotshwa ngokomoya. Impilo yobuKrestu eyokufa kumina nokuvuka “ukuhamba ebusheni bokuphila” (KwabaseRoma 6:4), futhi leyompilo entsha ibonakala ngemicabango Ngaye owasisindisa, hhayi imicabango ngemizwa yenyama efile ebethelwe esiphambanweni kanye noKristu. Lapho sihlala sizicabangela thina kanye nemizwa yethu, empeleni sisuke sigxile kakhulu ngesidumbu, esigcwele ukubola nokufa.
UNkulunkulu wathembisa ukusisindisa uma siza kuye ngokholo. Akazange athembise ukuthi siyozizwa sisindisiwe.
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