INGABE UKULUNGELE UKUNIKELWA?
“Sengithululwa njengomnikelo wokuphuzwa.”
2 KuThimothewu 4:6 (R. V. umbhalo osemphethweni.)
"Ngikulungele ukunikelwa." Kuyisenzo sesivumelwano sentando, hhayi somuzwa. Tshela uNkulunkulu ukuthi ukulungele ukunikelwa; khona-ke imiphumela mayibe yinoma yini, akusekho ngisho nomucu wesikhalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhethani. UNkulunkulu ukudlulisa enkingeni ngasese, akekho noyedwa ongasiza omunye. Ngaphandle ukuphila kungase kufane; umehluko usentandweni. Dlula enkingeni ngentando, khona-ke lapho ifika ngaphandle ngeke ucabange ngezindleko. Uma ungenzi isivumelwano sentando noNkulunkulu ngale ndlela, uyogcina uvusa uzwela ngawe uqobo.
"Bophani umhlatshelo ngezintambo, kuze kufike ezimpondweni ze-altare." I-altare lisho umlilo — ukushiswa nokuhlanzwa nokwahlukaniselwa injongo eyodwa kuphela, ukubhujiswa kwakho konke ukuhlobana uNkulunkulu angakuqalanga nakho konke ukunamathela okungekhona ukunamathela kuNkulunkulu. Wena awukubhidlizi, uNkulunkulu uyakwenza; ubopha umhlatshelo ezimpondweni ze-altare; futhi qiniseka ukuthi awuzinikeli ekuzidabukeleni lapho umlilo uqala. Ngemva kwale ndlela yomlilo, akukho okukucindezelayo noma okukudangalisa. Lapho kuvela inkinga, uyaqaphela ukuthi izinto azinakukuthinta njengakuqala. Iyini indlela yakho yomlilo?
Tshela uNkulunkulu ukuthi ukulungele ukunikelwa, futhi uNkulunkulu uyozibonakalisa eyikho konke owake waphupha ukuthi uyoba yikho.