AMAFU NOBUMNYAMA
“Amafu nobumnyama kumzungezile.”
AMahubo 97:2
Umuntu ongazalwanga ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu uzokutshela ukuthi izimfundiso zikaJesu zilula. Kodwa lapho ubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele, uthola ukuthi "amafu nobumnyama kumzungezile." Lapho sisondelana kakhulu nezimfundiso zikaJesu Kristu sithola ukuqonda kwethu kokuqala ngalesi sici sezinto. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuqonda imfundiso kaJesu kungokukhanya kukaMoya kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi. Uma singakaze sibe nokuhlangenwe nakho kokukhumula izicathulo zethu zenkolo ezivamile ezinyaweni zethu zenkolo ezivamile, nokulahla konke ukujwayelana okungafanele esisondela ngakho kuNkulunkulu, kuyangabazeka ukuthi sake sama ebukhoneni baKhe. Abantu abathatha izinto kalula nabajwayelana ngokweqile yilabo abangakaze bethulwe kuJesu Kristu. Ngemva kwenjabulo emangalisayo nenkululeko yokuqaphela lokho uJesu Kristu akwenzayo, kufika ubumnyama obungenakungenwa bokuqaphela ukuthi ungubani.
UJesu wathi: "Amazwi engiwakhuluma kini," hhayi amazwi engiwakhulumile, "angumoya, futhi angukuphila." IBhayibheli belingamazwi amaningi kangaka kithi — amafu nobumnyama — khona-ke ngokuzumayo amazwi aba ngumoya nokuphila ngoba uJesu uphinda awakhulume kithi esimweni esithile. Yileyo ndlela uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngayo kithi, hhayi ngemibono namaphupho, kodwa ngamazwi. Lapho umuntu efika kuNkulunkulu kungendlela elula kunazo zonke yamazwi.