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Uthando luzeka kade umsindo, uthando lunobubele.
Alinamona, alinakratshi;
Ayinamoya, ayikrwada,
alufuni ezalo izilangazelelo,
alukhawulezi ukucaphuka, alunanzondo,
alubi nemihlali ngokwenza ububi
luvuyisana nenyaniso.
Luthwala iinto zonke, lukholwa zizinto zonke;
lithemba izinto zonke, linyamezela iinto zonke.

Uthando soze lwehluleka. -Ufundo Lwesibini lweCawa

 

Siphila kwiyure apho iyantlukwano enkulu isahlula amaKrestu- nokuba ziipolitiki okanye zigonyo, igophe elikhulayo liyinyani kwaye lihlala likrakra. Ngaphezu koko, iCawa yamaKatolika, ebusweni bayo, iye yaba “liziko” elizaliswe ngamahlazo, ngokwemali nangokwesini, nelithwaxwa bubunkokeli obubuthathaka obugcina nje imilinganiselo yokuziphatha iphantsi. bume bento kunokuba sisasaze uBukumkani bukaThixo. 

Ngenxa yoko, ukholo olunjalo alukholeleki, kwaye iBandla alinako ukuzibonakalisa ngokwalo njengomvakalisi weNkosi. -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ukukhanya kweLizwe, uPapa, iCawa, kunye neMiqondiso yamaXesha: Incoko noPeter Seewald, iphe. 23-25

Ngaphezu koko, kuMntla Merika, ubuvangeli baseMerika budibanise ezobupolitika nonqulo ngendlela yokuba umntu adibane nolunye—yaye ezi ngcamango ziye zasasazeka kwezinye iindawo ezininzi zehlabathi. Umzekelo, ukuba ngumKristu othembekileyo "ogcina isigxina" kuthetha ukuba kunjalo ide facto "umxhasi kaTrump"; okanye uqhankqalazo lwezigunyaziso zesitofu kukuphuma “kwilungelo lenkolo”; okanye ukuxhasa imigaqo yeBhayibhile yokuziphatha, umntu uqondwa ngoko nangoko njengokugweba “ibhayibhile” egwebayo, njl. njl -ebizwa ngokuba yi "snowflake." Umbuzo ngowokuba thina njengamaKristu siyizisa njani iVangeli phezu kweendonga zemigwebo enjalo? Siwuvala njani umngxuma ophakathi kwethu kunye nombono ombi wokuba izono zeCawe (nam nazo) zisasaze ihlabathi?

 

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Ufundo kunye nehomily kwiMisa yanamhlanje lulucelomngeni kum. Isigidimi, esixhaswa ziimboni zanamhlanje, sesokuba kufuneka sithethe inyaniso phezu kwayo nje imiphumo emibi enokubakho. NjengomKatolika ubomi bam bonke, ubumoya bam bebusoloko buyinto yobuqu ngakumbi, ndinoloyiko lwemvelo lokuthetha nabo abangakholwayo ngalo. Kwaye amava am eeVangeli ezibhabhisa iBhayibhile ebesoloko ethoba, ecinga ukuba benza ububi ngaphezu kokulungileyo ngokuzama ukuguqula abantu abangayifuniyo le nto bayithethayo—abaphulaphuli babo mhlawumbi baqinisekiswa nje kwiimbono zabo ezimbi ngamaKristu. .  Bendisoloko ndibambelele kwingcamango yokuba unokungqina ngakumbi ngezenzo zakho kunamazwi akho. Kodwa ngoku lo mngeni kufundo lwanamhlanje!  Mhlawumbi ndiba ligwala nje ngokuthula kwam? Ingxaki yam kukuba ndifuna ukuthembeka eNkosini nakuMama wethu Osikelelekileyo ekungqineleni inyaniso - kokubini ngokubhekiselele kwinyani yeVangeli kunye nemiqondiso yangoku yamaxesha - kodwa ndiyoyika ukuba ndiza kubahlukanisa abantu. ngubani oya kucinga ukuba ndingumntu ophambeneyo weyelenqe okanye inzondelelo yenkolo. Inceda ntoni loo nto?  Ke ndicinga ukuba umbuzo wam ngulo-ungqina njani ngenyaniso ngempumelelo? Kum kubonakala kungxamisekile ukunceda abantu kula maxesha obumnyama babone ukukhanya. Kodwa njani ukubabonisa ukukhanya ngaphandle kokubasukela ebumnyameni?

Kwinkomfa yezakwalizwi kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, uGqr. Ralph Martin, uM. Omnye wathi “imfundiso yeCawa” (ukubhenela kwingqondo) yayiyeyona ilungileyo; omnye wathi “ubungcwele” bobona bungqina bubalaseleyo; umfundisi wesithathu wezakwalizwi waqikelela ukuba, ngenxa yokuba ukuqiqa kwabantu kuye kwenziwa mfiliba kakhulu sisono, kangangokuba “into eyayifuneka ngokwenene ukuze kubekho unxibelelwano oluphumelelayo nenkcubeko yehlabathi yayilulweyiseko olunzulu lwenyaniso yokholo ekhokelela ubani ekubeni akulungele ukufela ukholo; ukufela ukholo.”

UGqr. Martin uqinisekisa ukuba ezi zinto zibalulekile ekusasazeni ukholo. Kodwa uthi kuSt. ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngamazwi akhe":

Ke mna, ndakuba ndizile kuni, bazalwana, andiyezanga ngantsonkotha, nangabulumko; Xa ndikunye nani, ndazibanga ukuba ndinako okungoYesu kuphela, ndingoyena uKrestu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Kude andathembela nangaliphi na igunya lam, ndeza phakathi kwenu ndinoloyiko olukhulu, ndigubha, yaye ngeentetho zam neentshumayelo endazinikelayo, kwakungekho nanye kwiingxoxo zentanda-bulumko; yimbonakaliso yodwa yamandla oMoya. Ndenze oku ukuze ukholo lwenu lungasekelwa zingcinga zamntu, lube semandleni kaThixo. ( 1 Kor 2:1-5 . IThe Jerusalem Bible, 1968)

UGqr. Martin uqukumbela ngelithi: “Kufuneka kunikelwe ingqalelo ezinzileyo yezakwalizwi/yobufundisi koko “amandla oMoya” kunye “namandla kaThixo” athetha ngawo kuwo wonke umsebenzi wobuvangeli. Ingqalelo enjalo ibalulekile ukuba, njengoko iMagisterium yakutshanje iye yabanga, kufuneka kubekho iPentekoste entsha^[1]cf. Onke umohluko kwaye Ngobukrakra? Icandelo VI ukuze kubekho ivangeli entsha.”^[2]“NgePentekoste Entsha? I-Theology yamaKatolika kunye "noBhaptizo kuMoya", nguGqr Ralph Martin, iphe. 1. nb. Andilufumani olu xwebhu kwi-intanethi ngoku (ikopi yam isenokuba ibiyidrafti), kuphela lo phantsi kwesihloko esifanayo

… UMoya oyiNgcwele ngummeli ophambili wovangelo: nguYe onyanzela umntu ngamnye ukuba abhengeze iVangeli, kwaye ikwanguye onzulu kwizazela owenza ukuba ilizwi losindiso lamkelwe kwaye liqondwe. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. I-74; www.v Vatican.va

… INkosi yayivula intliziyo yayo ukuba imamele le nto ithethwa nguPawulos. (Izenzo 16: 14)

 

Ubomi Bangaphakathi

Kumfanekiso wam wokugqibela Faka kwidangatya lesipho, Ndayithetha le nto kanye kwaye ngokufutshane njani ukuzaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Kuphando olubalulekileyo kunye namaxwebhu kaFr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, STD kunye noFr. George T. Montague SM, S.TH.D.,^[3]umz. Vula iiWindows, iiPopu kunye noVuselelo lweCharismatic, Ukuthanda iLangatye kwaye Ukuqaliswa kobuKristu kunye nokubhaptizwa ngoMoya-Ubungqina obuvela kwiinkulungwane zokuqala ezisibhozo babonisa indlela kwiCawa yokuqala ebizwa ngokuba “lubhaptizo kuMoya oyiNgcwele,” apho ikholwa lizaliswe ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, ngenzondelelo entsha, ukholo, izipho, ukulambela iLizwi, imvakalelo yobuthunywa. njl., yayiyinxalenye nenxalenye yabafundi abasandul’ ukubhaptizwa — kanye ngenxa yokuba babenjalo zenziwe kolu lindelo. Bahlala befumana iziphumo ezifanayo ezibonwe ngamaxesha amaninzi ngentshukumo yanamhlanje yoHlaziyo lweCharismatic.^[4]cf. Ngobukrakra? Ukutyhubela iinkulungwane, nangona kunjalo, njengoko iCawe idlulile kumanqanaba ahlukeneyo engqondo, amathandabuzo, kwaye ekugqibeleni ingqiqo,^[5]cf. Ukuhlengahlengiswa, kunye nokufa kweMfihlakalo Iimfundiso zomoya oyingcwele kunye nogxininiso kubudlelwane bomntu noYesu ziye zancipha. Umthendeleko woQinisekiso uye waba yinto nje eqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezininzi, kufana nomsitho wothweso-zidanga kunokulindela ukuzaliswa ngokunzulu nguMoya oyiNgcwele ukuthuma umfundi kubomi obunzulu kuKristu. Umzekelo, abazali bam bafundisa udadewethu ngesipho seelwimi kunye nokulindela ukufumana ubabalo olutsha kuMoya oyiNgcwele. Xa ubhishophu wambeka izandla entloko ukuze anikele uMthendeleko weSiqiniseko, ngoko nangoko waqalisa ukuthetha ngeelwimi. 

Ke ngoko, entliziyweni yoku 'khulula'^[6]"Imfundiso yezakwalizwi yamaKatolika iyayivuma ingcamango yomthendeleko osebenzayo kodwa “obotshelelweyo”. Umthendeleko ubizwa ngokuba yiqhina ukuba isiqhamo esifanele sikhatshwe sihlala sibotshelelwe ngenxa yeebhloko ezithile ezithintela ukusebenza kwawo. —Fr. Raneiro Cantalamessa, OFMCap, Ubhaptizo ngoMoya yoMoya oyiNgcwele, enikelwa kwikholwa kuBhaptizo, ngokusisiseko yintliziyo efana nomntwana efuna ngenene ukuba nobudlelwane obusondeleyo noYesu.^[7]cf. Ubudlelwane bomntu kunye noYesu “Mna ndingumdiliya, nina ningamasebe,” watsho. Lowo uhleli kum wothwala isiqhamo esininzi.^[8]cf. Yohane 15:5 Ndiyathanda ukucinga ngoMoya oyiNgcwele njengencindi. Kwaye ngale Ndlela yobuNgcwele, uYesu wathi:

Lowo ukholwayo kum, njengoko isibhalo sithi: 'Imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo iya kumpompoza iphuma embilinini wakhe.' Oku wakutsho ngokubhekisa kuMoya, ukuba abo bakholwayo kuye bazakwamkelwa. (UYohane 7: 38-39)

Yile Milambo yaManzi aPhilayo ihlabathi liyinxanelweyo - nokuba bayayiqonda okanye abayiqondi loo nto. Yiyo loo nto umKristu “ozaliswe nguMoya” engoyena ubalulekileyo ukuze abangakholwayo badibane—kungekhona umtsalane, ingqondo, okanye ubukrelekrele bomntu—kodwa “ngamandla kaThixo.”

Ngaloo ndlela, i ubomi bangaphakathi yekholwa yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Ngomthandazo, ubuhlobo obusondeleyo noYesu, ukucamngca ngeLizwi laKhe, ukwamkela uMthendeleko, Ukuvuma izono xa sisiwa, ukucengceleza kunye nokuzinikela kuMariya, iqabane loMoya oyiNgcwele, nokubongoza uBawo ukuba akuthumelele amaza oMoya amatsha ebomini bakho… I-Divine Sap iya kuqala ukuhamba.

Ke, into endinokuthi "imeko yangaphambili" yovangelo olusebenzayo luqala ukubakho.^[9]Yaye andithethi endaweni egqibeleleyo, ekubeni sonke “sizizitya zodongwe,” njengoko uPawulos watshoyo. Kunoko, sinokubanika njani abanye oko singenako thina? 

 

UBomi baNgaphandle

Apha, ikholwa kufuneka lilumke lingaweli kuhlobo oluthile ukuzola apho umntu engena kumthandazo onzulu kunye nobudlelwane noThixo, kodwa avele ngaphandle kokuguquka kwenene. Ukuba i linxanelwe ihlabathi, likwayinyani.

Le nkulungwane inxanelwe ubunyani… Ngaba uyayishumayela le nto uyiphilayo? Ihlabathi lilindele kuthi ubomi obulula, umoya womthandazo, intobeko, ukuthobeka, ukubaleka kunye nokuzincama. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Ukuhambisa ivangeli kwiLizwe lale mihla, 22, 76

Ngoko ke, cinga ngequla lamanzi. Ukuze iqula likwazi ukugcina amanzi, kufuneka kufakwe umbhobho, enoba lilitye, indle okanye umbhobho. Esi sakhiwo, ke, siyakwazi ukubamba amanzi kwaye senze ukuba kube lula ukufikelela kwabanye ukutsala kuso. Kungobudlelwane obunzulu nobokwenyani bobuqu kunye noYesu apho umngxuma osemhlabeni (oko kukuthi entliziyweni) uzaliswe “ngazo zonke iintsikelelo zomoya emazulwini.”^[10]I-Eph 1: 3 Kodwa ukuba ikholwa aliwubeki umgqomo, loo manzi akanakuthintelwa, ukuze intlenga ihlale. ecocekileyo amanzi asele. 

I-casing, ke, bubomi bangaphandle bekholwa, obuphilwa ngokweVangeli. Kwaye inokushwankathelwa ngegama elinye: uthando. 

Uze uyithande iNkosi uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho iphela, nangomphefumlo wakho uphela, nangengqondo yakho iphela. Lo ngowona mthetho mkhulu nowokuqala. Owesibini ke ufana nawo: Uze umthande ummelwane wakho ngoko uzithanda ngako. (Mat 22: 37-39)

Kwizifundo zeMisa kule veki, uSt. uPawulos uthetha ngale "ndlela ibalaseleyo" egqwesa izipho zomoya zeelwimi, imimangaliso, ukuprofeta, njl. Yindlela yoThando. Ukusa kwinqanaba elithile, ngokuzalisekisa inxalenye yokuqala yalo mthetho ngothando olunzulu, oluhlala luhleli lukaKristu ngokucamngca ngeLizwi lakhe, ukuhlala ebusweni bakhe rhoqo, njl njl. umntu unokuzaliswa luthando lokunika ummelwane wakhe. 

... uthando lukaThixo luthululelwe ezintliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, esamnikwayo. (Roma 5:5)

Kukangaphi ndiphuma ngexesha lomthandazo, okanye emva kokuba ndifumene uMthendeleko, ndizaliswe luthando oluvuthayo kusapho lwam kunye noluntu! Kodwa kunini ndilubona luphela olu thando kuba iindonga zequla lam azikahlali ndawo. Ukuthanda, njengoko uSt. Paul echaza ngasentla - "uthando luzeka kade umsindo, uthando lunobubele ... alucaphuki msinya, alucaphuki" njl.njl. kukhetha. Kwenziwa ngamabomu, imihla ngemihla, ukubeka amatye othando endaweni, nganye nganye. Kodwa ukuba asilumkanga, ukuba siyazingca, sisonqena, kwaye sixakeke kwangaphambili zizinto zehlabathi, amatye anokuwa lize iqula lonke liwele kulo! Ewe, yile nto siyenzayo isono: singcolisa Amanzi aPhilayo ezintliziyweni zethu kwaye sithintele abanye ekubeni bafikelele kuwo. Ke nokuba ndingacaphula iSibhalo ngokwezwi nezwi nokuba ndiyakwazi ukucengceleza imibhalo yezakwalizwi kwaye ndiqambe iintshumayelo ezinobuciko, iintetho kunye neentetho; nokuba ndinokholo lokususa iintaba... ukuba ndingenalo uthando, ndiyinto engento. 

 

Indlela - Indlela

Konke oku kuthetha ukuba "indlela yokusebenza" yovangelo incinci kakhulu kule siyenzayo kwaye kakhulu singobani. Njengeenkokeli zokudumisa nokunqula, singacula iingoma okanye singakwazi yiba yingoma. Njengababingeleli, sinokwenza izithethe ezininzi ezintle okanye singakwazi ibe sisithethe. Njengabafundisi, sinokuthetha amagama amaninzi okanye ube liLizwi. 

Indoda yanamhlanje iphulaphula ngokuzithandela amangqina kunabafundisi, kwaye ukuba iyabamamela ootitshala, kungenxa yokuba bangamangqina. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. I-41; IVatican.va

Ukuba lingqina kwiVangeli kuthetha ngokuthe ngqo ukuba: ukuba ndiwabonile amandla kaThixo ebomini bam kwaye ndinako, ke ngoko, ukungqina kuyo. Indlela yokushumayela ke ngoko kukuba liqula eliPhilayo abathi ngalo abanye “bangcamle babone ukuba iNkosi ilungile.”^[11]INdumiso 34: 9 Zombini imiba yangaphandle nengaphakathi yeQula kufuneka ibekho. 

Nangona kunjalo, siya kuba siphosakele ukucinga ukuba esi sisimbuku sobuvangeli.  

… Akwanelanga ukuba abantu abangamaKristu babekhona kwaye bahlelwe kwisizwe esinikiweyo, kwaye akwanelanga ukwenza umpostile ngomzekelo omhle. Bacwangciselwe le njongo, bakho ngoku: ukubhengeza uKrestu kwabo bangengabo abenkolo yobuKrestu ngelizwi nangomzekelo, nokubanceda ukuba bamkele ngokupheleleyo uKrestu. -IBhunga leVatican leSibini, IiNtlanga, n. I-15; IVatican.va

… Elona ngqina libubungqina alinakusebenza ekuhambeni kwexesha ukuba alichazwanga, ligwetyelwe… kwaye lenziwa licace ngesibhengezo seNkosi uYesu esicacileyo nesingathandabuziyo. Iindaba Ezilungileyo ezivakaliswe bubungqina bobomi kungekudala okanye emva koko kufuneka zivakaliswe ngelizwi lobomi. Akukho bungqina bokwenene bokushumayela ukuba igama, imfundiso, ubomi, izithembiso, ubukumkani nemfihlakalo kaYesu waseNazarete, uNyana kaThixo azange zibhengezwe. —IPOPA ST. UPAWULOS VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. I-22; IVatican.va

Konke oku kuyinyaniso. Kodwa njengoko le leta ingasentla ibuza, umntu wazi njani nini lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuthetha okanye hayi? Into yokuqala kukuba kufuneka sizilahlekele. Ukuba sinyanisekile, ukuthandabuza kwethu ukwabelana ngeVangeli kumaxesha amaninzi ngenxa yokuba asifuni ukuba intlekisa, igatywe okanye igculelwe - kungekhona ngenxa yokuba umntu ophambi kwethu akavulanga iVangeli. Apha, amazwi kaYesu kufuneka asoloko ekhapha umvangeli (oko kukuthi lonke ikholwa elibhaptiziweyo):

Othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke yena othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi, wowusindisa. (Phawula 8: 35)

Ukuba sicinga ukuba singamaKristu okwenyaniso ehlabathini yaye singatshutshiswa, singabakhohliswa kakhulu kunabo bonke. Njengoko siye seva iSt. Paul kwiveki ephelileyo, “uThixo akasinikanga moya wabugwala kodwa wasinika owamandla nothando nokuzeyisa.^[12]cf. Faka kwidangatya lesipho Ngokuphathelele oko, uPopu Paul VI usinceda ngendlela elungeleleneyo:

Ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuba yimpazamo ukunyanzelisa into kwizazela zabazalwana bethu. Kodwa ukucebisa kwizazela zabo inyaniso yeVangeli nosindiso kuYesu Krestu, ngokucacileyo nangokuhloniphekileyo kukhetho olukhululekileyo olunikwayo… kude nokuhlaselwa kwenkululeko yenkolo kukuyihlonipha ngokupheleleyo loo nkululeko… Kutheni kufuneka bubuxoki kuphela kunye neempazamo, ukungathobeki kunye nemifanekiso engamanyala inelungelo lokubekwa phambi kwabantu kwaye, ngelishwa, inyanzeliswa kubo ziinkqubo ezonakalisayo zemithombo yeendaba…? Ukubonakaliswa ngentlonipho kukaKristu nobukumkani baKhe kungaphezulu kwelungelo lomvangeli; ngumsebenzi wakhe. —IPOPA ST. UPAWULOS VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. I-80; IVatican.va

Kodwa sazi njani xa umntu ekulungele ukuva iVangeli, okanye xa ubungqina bethu buthule bebuya kuba lilizwi elinamandla ngakumbi? Kule mpendulo, siphendukela kuMzekelo wethu, iNkosi yethu uYesu kumazwi akhe kuMkhonzi kaThixo uLuisa Piccarreta:

…UPilato wandibuza: 'Kwenzeka njani na oku – unguKumkani?!' Ndamphendula kwaoko ndathi: ‘NdinguKumkani, yaye ndize ehlabathini ukuze ndifundise iNyaniso.’ Ngaloo nto, ndandifuna ukungena engqondweni yakhe ukuze ndizazise; kangangokuba, echukumisekile, wandibuza: 'Yintoni iNyaniso?' Akalindanga nempendulo yam; Khange ndibenayo into entle yokuzenza Ndiqondwe. Ngendandithe kuye: ‘Ndim iNyaniso; yonke into iyiNyaniso kum. Inyaniso ngumonde wam phakathi kwezithuko ezininzi; Inyaniso ijongo lam elimnandi, phakathi kwezigculelo ezininzi, izinyeliso, izidelo. Inyaniso zisimilo sam esithambileyo nesinomtsalane phakathi kweentshaba ezininzi, ezindithiyileyo ndisazithanda, ezifuna ukundinika ukufa, logama mna ndifuna ukubawola ndibanike uBomi. Inyaniso ikumazwi am, izele sisidima, inobulumko bamazulu, yonke into iyinyani kum. INyaniso ingaphezu kweLanga lobungangamsha elithi, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bazama kangakanani na ukuyinyathela, liphuma lihle yaye liqaqambe ngakumbi, ukusa kwinqanaba lokuhlazisa kanye iintshaba zalo, nokuziwisa ezinyaweni zalo. Wandibuza uPilato ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo, kwaye ndandikulungele ukuphendula. UHerode wandibuza ngoburhalarhume nokuthanda ukwazi, andamphendula. Ke ngoko, kwabo bafuna ukwazi izinto ezingcwele ngokunyaniseka, Ndizityhila ngaphezu kokuba belindele; kodwa kunye nabo bafuna ukubazi ngenkohlakalo nokufun' ukwazi, Ndiyazifihla, kwaye ngelixa befuna ukuhlekisa Ngam, Ndiyababhida kwaye ndibahlekise. Noko ke, ekubeni uMntu wam eyithwele ngokwaYo iNyaniso, yenza isikhundla saYo naphambi kukaHerode. Ukuthi cwaka kwam kwimibuzo evuthuzayo kaHerode, ukujonga kwam okuthobekileyo, umoya woBuntu bam, zonke ezizele bubumnandi, isidima nobuhandiba, zonke zaziziiNyaniso—neziNyaniso ezisebenzayo.” —Juni 1, 1922, Volume 14

Intle kangakanani loo nto?

Isishwankathelo ke, makhe ndisebenze umva. Ukuvangela okusebenzayo kwinkcubeko yethu yobuhedeni kufuna ukuba singaxolisi ngeVangeli, kodwa siyiveze kubo njengeSipho esiyiyo. UPawulos uthi, “lishumayele ilizwi ngokungxamisekileyo, ngexesha elililo naxa lingexesha lako;^[13]2 Timothy 4: 2 Kodwa xa abantu bevala ucango? Emva koko vala umlomo wakho - kwaye ngokulula yabathanda njengoko benjalo, apho bakhoyo. Olu thando yindlela yokuphila yangaphandle, ke, eyenza umntu onxibelelana naye ukuba atsale kuManzi aPhilayo obomi bakho bangaphakathi, obungamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Ukusela nje kancinci ngamanye amaxesha kwanele ukuba loo mntu, kumashumi eminyaka kamva, ekugqibeleni anikezele iintliziyo zabo kuYesu.

Ke, malunga neziphumo… kuphakathi kwabo noThixo. Ukuba uyenzile oku, qiniseka ukuba uya kuva amazwi athi, “Hee ke, mkhonzi Wam olungileyo nothembekileyo.”^[14]I-Matt 25: 23

 

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UMark Mallett ngumbhali we ILizwi ngoku kwaye Imbonakalo yokuGqibela kunye nomseki we-Countdown to the Kingdom. 

 

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