Ukholo lusebenza ngothando (Galati 5,6:XNUMX). Ingena ngale ndlela ke imisebenzi, imisebenzi yodwa ayamkeleyo uThixo; ngokuba iyimisebenzi kaThixo. Imisebenzi ngaphandle kokholo, kwelinye icala, yimisebenzi yethu kuphela.

“Ndibonise ukholo lwakho olungenamisebenzi, mna ndokubonisa ngokwasemisebenzini yam ukholo lwam.” ( Yakobi 2,18:XNUMX ) Oku kuyinyaniso ngokupheleleyo. Nabani na onokholo oluninzi uya kwenza eyona misebenzi mikhulu emehlweni kaThixo. Imisebenzi engenalukholo ayinto yanto, nokholo olungenamisebenzi lulilize. Noko ke, imisebenzi ibonisa ukuba sinokholo olungakanani.

“Sicinga ngokungapheziyo phambi koThixo uBawo wethu, emsebenzini wakho wokholo nasekubulalekeni kwenu niqhutywa luthando.” ( 1 Tesalonika 1,3:XNUMX ) “Kungoko sihlala sinithandazela, ukuze uThixo wethu a... umsebenzi wokholo emandleni.”—2 Tesalonika 1,11:XNUMX.

Kwaye ngoku kuza intobeko: “Imfihlelo… yabonakalaliswa…ekululameleni lokholo.” ( Roma 16,25.26:3,23, 11,6 ) Apho olu lukholo lungekhoyo, kwenzeka isono, ukugqibelela komthetho kaThixo akugcinwa. Kwanezono ezenziwa ngabom azikokuthobela emehlweni kaThixo. Bayasilela “kuzuko” lukaThixo ( Roma XNUMX:XNUMX ) ngenxa yokuba “ngaphandle kokholo . . . akukho ukumkholisa kakuhle” ( Hebhere XNUMX:XNUMX ).

Intobeko yenene ke, ilandela ukholo kwaye sisiqhamo soMoya kaThixo ohleli kuthi.

Ngaba ngoku siyaqonda ukuba kufuneka kuqala senziwe abalungileyo ngaphambi kokuba senze okulungileyo? Ke ukuba ufuna ukwenza ngcono, udinga ngakumbi ngoYesu Kristu entliziyweni yakho. Akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngokufuna ukwenza imisebenzi engcono, kodwa kuqala kufuneka uye kuYesu ukuze ube ngcono. “Ngaye samkela intobelo yokholo” (KwabaseRoma 1,5:XNUMX).

“Yilwa umlo omhle wokholo!” ( 1 Timoti 6,12:1 ) Lo mlo umele uliwe. Ubuhle bayo kukuba uloyiso sele lufunyenwe. »Bantwana, nina ningabakaThixo, nibeyisile bona; ngokuba lowo ukuni nguyena mkhulu kunalowo usehlabathini.” ( 4,4 Yoh.

Kuthetha ukuthini ukoyisa? Kuthetha ukuphumelela. Veni, vidi, vici. Ndizile, ndabona, ndoyisa, uKesare wabhalela iNdlu yeeNgwevu. Ukoyisa kuthetha ukuphumelela. Oku akuthethi ukuba akusayi kubakho sihendo kwaye akusayi kuphinda kubekho idabi lokulwa; kodwa umntu uxhotyiswe, akwazi ukulwa, aze azuze uloyiso ngenxa yokuba ekholwa. Aloyikeki na ukholo?

“Elokugqiba, yomelelani kuYehova, nasemandleni akhe amakhulu. Xhobani isikrweqe sikaThixo, ukuze nibe nako ukumisa nibuchase ubuqhophololo boMtyholi. Kuba akufuneki sibambene negazi nenyama, singoobanamandla, nabanamandla, nabanegunya eli hlabathi liphantsi kobu bumnyama, kunye noomoya abakhohlakeleyo phantsi kwezulu. Ngoko qubulani isikrweqe sikaThixo; ukuze ngomhla ombi nibe nako ukuchasa, nibeyise bonke, nibambe intsimi. Yimani ngoko, nibhiné inyaniso esinqeni, ninxibe isigcina-sifuba sobulungisa, ninxibe iinyawo zenu, nizilungiselele iindaba ezilungileyo zoxolo. Ngaphezu kweento zonke, bambelelani kwikhaka lokholo, enothi ngalo nicime zonke iintolo ezivuthayo zobubi, nithabathe isigcina-ntloko sosindiso, nekrele lomoya elililizwi likaThixo; ngako konke ukuthandaza nokukhunga, nithandaza amaxesha onke nikuye uMoya;

Ukuba uloyiso luphumelele, nasemva kwedabi singakwazi ukuqhubeka nobulungisa bukaThixo njengesikrweqe kwaye ngaphezu kwakho konke kunye neKhaka loKholo ukunqanda iintolo zomlilo zotshaba. Kuba xa besibetha, basiphemba umlilo otshisayo. Kodwa ikhaka liyabacima bonke.

UPawulos uthi uYesu wabandezeleka kunye nathi waza wamkela ubukhoboka bokufa ukuze asisindise ekufeni. Wathabatha ubume bethu phezu kwakhe ukuze abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu onenceba nothembekileyo. Kaloku ebekwindawo yethu singekafiki nalapho. Ngoko xa simyeka phakathi kwethu nesilingo, siyanyamalala kwaye soyise ngaye. Ngoko eli likhaka lokholo.

Ukuqhubekeka: Ukuphiliswa Kwabo Bonke: Bamba uYesu

Teil 1

Ifinyezwe kancinci ukusuka: Iintshumayelo zentlanganiso yenkampu yaseKansas, ngoMeyi 13, 1889, 3.3–3.4