UBUKHULU OBUNQOBA NGAMANDLA BAMANDLA OMUNTU SIQU
“Ngokuba uthando lukaKristu luyasiphoqa.”
2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:14
UPawulu uthi uyabuswa, unqotshwa ngamandla, ubanjwe njengasemshinini wokucindezela, nguthando lukaKristu. Bambalwa kakhulu kithi abaziyo ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukubanjwa ngokuqinile uthando lukaNkulunkulu; sibanjwe yimpoqo yokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kuphela. Into eyodwa eyabamba uPawulu, kwaze kwangasala lutho emkhathizwe wakhe, kwakuwuthando lukaNkulunkulu. "Uthando lukaKristu luyasiphoqa" — lapho uzwa lelo zwi kowesilisa noma kowesifazane, awusoze waliphambanisa. Uyazi ukuthi uMoya kaNkulunkulu uthola indlela engenazithiyo kulokho kuphila.
Lapho sizalwa kabusha ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu, ubufakazi bethu bugxila kulokho uNkulunkulu asenzele khona, futhi kufanele kube njalo. Kodwa ukubhapathizwa ngo Moya oNgcwele kukususa unomphela lokho, futhi siqala ukuqonda lokho uJesu ayekusho lapho ethi — "Niyakuba ngofakazi baMi." Hhayi ofakazi balokho uJesu angakwenza — lobo ubufakazi bokuqala — kodwa "ngofakazi baMi." Siyokwamukela konke okwenzekayo njengokwenzeka kuYe, kungaba ukudunyiswa noma ukusolwa, ukushushiswa noma ukunconywa. Akekho ongamela uJesu Kristu ngaleyo ndlela ngaphandle kwalowo ophoqwa ngubukhulu bamandla aKhe siqu. Yileyo nto kuphela ebalulekile, futhi okumangalisayo ukuthi yinto yokugcina isisebenzi esingumKristu esiyiqondayo. UPawulu uthi ubanjwe uthando lukaNkulunkulu, yingakho enza ngendlela enza ngayo. Abantu bangambiza ngokuthi uyahlanya noma uphilile engqondweni, kodwa akanandaba; kunento eyodwa kuphela ayiphilelayo, futhi leyo ukukholisa abantu ngesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu, nangothando lukaKristu. Lokhu kuzinikela ngokuphelele othandweni lukaKristu yiyona nto eyodwa ethela izithelo ekuphileni, futhi kuyohlale kushiya umbono wobungcwele namandla kaNkulunkulu, hhayi wobungcwele bethu siqu.