OKULANDELAYO EKUPHILENI KWAMANDLA
“Lapho ngiya khona, awunakungilandela manje; kodwa uyongilandela kamuva.”
NgokukaJohane 13:36
"Kwathi esekukhulumile lokhu, wathi kuye, Ngilandele." Eminyakeni emithathu ngaphambili, uJesu wayethe — "Ngilandele," futhi uPetru walandela kalula, amandla kaJesu okuheha ayephezu kwakhe, wayengamdingi uMoya oNgcwele ukuba umsize akwenze. Khona-ke wafika lapho aphika khona uJesu, nenhliziyo yakhe yaphuka. Khona-ke wamukela uMoya oNgcwele, futhi manje uJesu aphinde athi — "Ngilandele." Akusekho muntu ophambi kwakhe manje ngaphandle kweNkosi uJesu Kristu. Elokuqala elithi "Ngilandele" lalingenalutho oluyimfihlakalo kulo, laliwukumlandela kwangaphandle; manje sekuwukumlandela ngokufela ukholo ngaphakathi (qhathanisa NgokukaJohane 21:18).
Phakathi kwalezi zikhathi uPetru wayephike uJesu ngezifungo nangeziqalekiso, wayesefike ekupheleni kwakhe nokuzimela kwakhe konke, kwakungekho nowodwa umucu wakhe ayeyophinde athembele kuwo, futhi ekungabini kwakhe nalutho wayesesimweni esifanele ukwamukela ukudluliselwa okuvela eNkosini evukileyo. "Waphefumulela kubo, wathi kubo, Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele." Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izinguquko uNkulunkulu asezenze kuwe, ungalokothi uthembele kuzo, yakha kuphela kuMuntu, iNkosi uJesu Kristu, nakuMoya awunikezayo.
Zonke izifungo nezinqumo zethu ziphelela ekuphikeni ngoba asinawo amandla okuzifeza. Lapho sesifike ekupheleni kwethu, hhayi emandleni okucabanga kodwa ngokwangempela, siyakwazi ukwamukela uMoya oNgcwele. "Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele" — umqondo ungowokuhlasela. Manje kunenkanyezi eyodwa kuphela ekhomba indlela ekuphileni, iNkosi uJesu Kristu.