Ukuthethelelwa Kwezono Okusimeme: Ukuphila Ngokukholwa

Ukuthethelelwa Kwezono Okusimeme: Ukuphila Ngokukholwa
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I-paradigm shift esikhundleni sokukhulula isikweletu nje. Ibhalwe ngu-Anne Savinsky

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Ngibona izibusiso eziqhubekayo zeZwi likaNkulunkulu kanye nokuba khona Kwakhe empilweni yami. Ngaphandle kwakhe anginakho ukuphila, akukho ukuthula, akukho engingancika kukho. Ngaphandle kwakhe, enginakho ukwesaba, ukungapheleli, futhi ekugcineni nokufa.

Kodwa nabo...!

Muva nje, encwadini ethi Living by Faith , ngifunde incwadi echaza ngokuphulukisa kukaJesu ngokuyisimangaliso kofe uhlangothi kuMathewu 9. UJesu wathi kuye: “Sukuma, vuka embhedeni wakho, uhambe.” Yilokho kanye akwenza. !

NjengamaKristu, sivame ukukholelwa ngezinhliziyo zethu zonke ukuthi uMesiya uzosithethelela izono zethu. Kodwa ukukholwa ukuthi angasivimba ukuthi singoni kunzima kithi. Lapha siyalwa, nakhu ngilwa nami. Kodwa into yokuqala uJesu ayisho endodeni lapho ebona isimo sayo esidabukisayo ukuthi, ‘Yima isibindi, Ndodana! Izono zakho zithethelelwe.” Kwaphela lapho-ke lapho ethi akasukume agoduke!

UJesu wabona indlela ababhali ababesabela ngayo futhi wafunda izinhliziyo zabo. Babekholelwa ukuthi lokho uJesu akusho kwakuwukuhlambalaza uNkulunkulu. UJesu wababuza ukuthi kungani babenemicabango emibi kangaka. Kambe ukuthethelelwa kwezono kuhlangana njani lokuthi indoda eyisigoga ikwazi ukusukuma ihambe?

UJesu wachaza ukuthi isimangaliso sokuphulukisa sasiwukwenza wonke umuntu azi ukuthi iNdodana inamandla amangalisayo okuthethelela izono! UJesu wahlanganisa ukuphulukisa nokuthethelela. Wenza ukuthethelelwa kwezono kwacaca futhi wabonisa ukusimama kwazo!

UWagoner noJones bathi: ‘Umphumela wamazwi kaJesu waqhubeka ngisho nangemva kokuba ekhulunyiwe. Amazwi kaJesu ayishintsha indoda, futhi yahlala njalo. Lokhu kuyasebenza nasekuthethelelweni kwezono. Kulula ukucabanga ukuthi ngokuthethelelwa kwezono kukhona okushintshayo kuNkulunkulu hhayi kuwe, ngoba uNkulunkulu ekugcineni akakusoli. Kodwa lokho kuyosho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubeyokuthukuthelela. Kodwa akulona iqiniso. UNkulunkulu akayena umuntu; akangithukuthelele. Akangixoleli ngoba ngimthukuthelele, kodwa ngoba kukhona okungahambi kahle enhliziyweni yami. Konke kulungile kuNkulunkulu, akukho okulungile kimi. Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu uyangithethelela ukuze ngilunge.” Nikuzwile lokho? UNkulunkulu uyasithethelela ukuze konke kuhambe kahle nakithi. welashiwe. Kubuyiselwe. Kwenziwe okusha. Kuye.

UJesu wathi: “Amazwi engiwakhuluma kini angumoya, angukuphila.” Uma samukela iZwi ngokukholwa, liletha umoya kaNkulunkulu nokuphila emiphefumulweni yethu. Ngakho-ke lapho sizwa amazwi athi, "Ndodana/ndodakazi yami, yiba nesibindi, izono zakho zithethelelwe," kuqala impilo entsha engaphakathi kithi ngokushesha. Sibe sesidalwa esisha, umuntu omusha kuMesiya. Ephelele, ephulukisiwe futhi ebuyiselwe njengowesilisa noma owesifazane kuJesu.

Amandla kaNkulunkulu ayathethelela. Amandla kaNkulunkulu asiphilisa ekwaphukeni kwethu, futhi amandla kaNkulunkulu agcina kithi lokho kuthethelelwa kanye nokuphulukiswa okusigcina singoni.

Ingabe sivama ukugeja amandla Akhe okusindisa, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi asiwaqondi ngokugcwele amandla okuthethelela, ukuphulukiswa asevele esinike kona? Iqiniso lokuthi kuKristu usesenze siphelele futhi siphelele?

Ngibonga kakhulu ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu elinamandla, elikhuthazayo, elihlanzayo nelinika amandla: idwala lokuma kulo ngokulondeka kulesi sikhathi samanje lapho ukuqondisa kobuhlakani nokuziphatha kuba nzima. Njengoba ngidla imana, iZwi likaNkulunkulu, nsuku zonke, ngigcwaliswa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu okudala, ubukhona Bakhe kanye noMoya Wakhe ophila ngaphakathi kimi, okungenza ngenze intando Yakhe hhayi eyami.

umthombo: Coming Out Ministries Newsletter, Januwari 2023.
www.comingoutministries.org

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