ISIVIMBO ESIQASHELWAYO SOBUDLELWANE
“Senziwe njengokungcola komhlaba.”
1 KwabaseKhorinte 4:9-13
La mazwi awalona ihaba. Isizathu sokuthi angabi yiqiniso ngathi esizibiza ngezikhonzi zevangeli akukhona ukuthi uPawulu wakhohlwa ubuqiniso obuqondile lapho ewasebenzisa, kodwa ukuthi sinokuhlobana okuningi esikukhetha ngokuhlakanipha okwenza singavumi ukwenziwa udoti. "Ukugcwalisa okusele kwezinhlupheko zikaKristu" akubona ubufakazi bokungcweliswa, kodwa bokuba "ohlukaniselwe ivangeli."
"Ningacabangi ukuthi kuyinqaba ngokulingwa komlilo okuyonivivinya," kusho uPetru. Uma sicabanga ukuthi izinto esihlangana nazo ziyinqaba, kungenxa yokuthi sinezinhliziyo zobugwala. Sinokuhlobana okukhethwe ngokuhlakanipha okusigcina singangeni odakeni — Ngeke ngizithobe, ngeke ngigobe. Akudingeki wenze kanjalo, ungasinda ngokulambisa uma uthanda; ungenqaba ukuvumela uNkulunkulu akubale njengohlukaniselwe ivangeli. Noma ungase uthi — "Anginandaba noma ngiphathwa njengemfucumfucu yomhlaba uma nje iVangeli limenyezelwa." Inceku kaJesu Kristu ngumuntu ovumayo ukuya ekufeleni ukholo ngenxa yobuqiniso bevangeli likaNkulunkulu. Lapho owesilisa noma owesifazane onesimilo nje ehlangana nobuphansi nokuziphatha okubi nokukhohlisa, ukuhlehla kuyabucasula kakhulu ubuhle bomuntu kangangokuthi inhliziyo iyavaleka ngokuphelelwa yithemba. Isimangaliso soBuqiniso bukaNkulunkulu bokuHlengwa ukuthi ababi kunabo bonke nabanyanyeka kunabo bonke abasoze bafinyelela ekujuleni kothando lwaKhe. UPawulu akashongo ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamhlukanisa ukuze abonise ukuthi angamenza umuntu omangalisayo kangakanani, kodwa "ukuze embule iNdodana yaKhe kimi."