Isibhalo-Inkemba eyahlula

UYesu wathi:

Musani ukucinga ukuba ndize kungenisa uxolo emhlabeni; Andize kungenisa luxolo, ndize kungenisa ikrele. Kuba ndize kubambanisa umntu noyise, intombi nonina, umolokazana noninazala. Zaye iintshaba zomntu ziya kuba ngabendlu yakhe. (Mat 10: 34-36)

The ikrele liLizwi likaThixo:

Inene, ilizwi likaThixo liphilile, lisebenza, libukhali ngaphezu kwalo naliphi na ikrele elintlangothi-mbini, lingena phakathi komphefumlo nomoya, amalungu nomongo, liyakwazi ukuqonda ukubonakalisa neengcinga zentliziyo. (Heb. 4: 12)

Yiyo loo nto esi Sibhalo singekho malunga nokuza kukaYesu eza kudala isiphithiphithi, iingxabano kunye nenxeba. Endaweni yoko, sisenzo sikaMoya oyiNgcwele esingena kwimiphefumlo ngokukhanya “Ukuze kutyhilwe iingcinga zeentliziyo ezininzi” (ULuka 2: 35). Kukukukhanya apho umntu amkela iVangeli yoThando okanye iindaba ezilungileyo zokuzithanda. Kukukukhanya apho umntu akhetha intando kaThixo okanye intando yomntu. Kungoko kuvulwa iindlela ezimbini: enye ekhokelela kubomi obungunaphakade kwaye enye ekhokelela entshabalalweni - zimbini iindlela ezikhoyo nenkcaso omnye komnye.

Ngenani ngesango elimxinwa; ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni; baninzi ke abangena ngalo. Limxinwa kangakanani isango, icuthene nendlela, esa ebomini. Kwaye abo bayifumanayo bambalwa. (Mat 7: 13-14)

Yiyo le nto ibeka umntu ngokuchasene noyise kunye nesizalwane ngokuchasene nomnye: kukuqiniseka kwenyaniso, ukuba uYesu ungubani, oko kushukumisela umntu enkululekweni okanye nzulu kubukhoboka bokomoya; Ngumama owamkela inyani kodwa intombi ikhetha ubuxoki, omnye umzalwana efuna ukukhanya, omnye ehleli ebumnyameni. 

Ke kaloku, umgwebo nguwo lo, ukuba ukhanyiso lufikile ehlabathini, baza abantu bathanda ubumnyama ngaphezu kokhanyiso; kuba imisebenzi yabo ingendawo. Kuba bonke abenza izinto ezimbi bayaluthiya ukhanyiso, bangezi elukhanyisweni, ukuze imisebenzi yabo ingabonakaliswa. (UYohane 3: 19-20)

Yiyo loo nto sifikile esiphelweni sexesha xa ukhula luhluzwa kwingqolowa. UYesu unqwenela ukuba bonke basindiswe… kodwa ayingabo bonke abafuna ukusindiswa. Kwaye ke, sifike kwilixa lezona ntlungu zibuhlungu xa siza kubona iintsapho zivukelana - kanye njengokuba u Yesu wayeshiyiweyo ngabalandeli bakhe eGetsemane. 

Kokunye ukubonakalisa kwam okokuqala ekubhaleni kwam ubupostile ngo-Matshi ka-2006, “ngoku igama” lalilolo suku Ukusefa okuKhulu. Umyalezo wawufutshane kwaye ufikelela kwinqanaba… kwaye ngoku, siphila ngoku: 

PHA liza kuza umzuzwana xa siza kuhamba ngokholo, hayi ngentuthuzelo. Kuya kubonakala ngathi sishiyiwe… njengoYesu eGadini yaseGetsemane. Kodwa ingelosi yethu yentuthuzelo eMyezweni iya kuba kukwazi ukuba asisokoli sedwa; abanye bayakholelwa kwaye bahlupheke njengoko sisenza, kubunye obunye boMoya oyiNgcwele.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba u-Yesu uqhubeka nale Ndlela yokuKhuthazeka kwindawo ethile yokulahla, iya kuba njalo ke neCawe (cf. CCC 675). Le iya kuba yi uvavanyo olukhulu. Iya kuhluza abalandeli bokwenyani bakaKristu njengengqolowa.

Nkosi, sincede sihlale sithembekile. -ku Ukusefa okuKhulu

—UMark Mallett