INJABULO YOMHLATSHELO
“Ngiyojabula kakhulu ukusebenzisa konke nokuba ngisetshenziswe ngenxa yenu;”
2 KwabaseKhorinte 12:15
Lapho uMoya kaNkulunkulu usuthele uthando lukaNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zethu, siqala ngamabomu ukuzihlanganisa nezithakazelo zikaJesu Kristu kwabanye abantu, futhi uJesu Kristu unesithakazelo kuzo zonke izinhlobo zabantu ezikhona. Asinalo ilungelo emsebenzini wobuKristu lokuqondiswa ukuhlobana kwethu; lokhu kungesinye sezivivinyo ezinkulu kakhulu zobudlelwane bethu noJesu Kristu. Injabulo yomhlatshelo ukuthi ngibeka phansi ukuphila kwami ngenxa yoMngane wami, angikulahli, kodwa ngamabomu ngikunikela ngenxa yaKhe nezithakazelo zaKhe kwabanye abantu, hhayi ngenxa yenjongo ethile. UPawulu wazichitha ngenxa yenjongo eyodwa kuphela — ukuze azuze abantu kuJesu Kristu. UPawulu wadonsela abantu kuJesu sonke isikhathi, hhayi kuye. "Ngenziwa zonke izinto kubo bonke abantu, ukuze ngazo zonke izindlela ngisindise abanye." Lapho umuntu ethi kumelwe athuthukise ukuphila okungcwele eyedwa noNkulunkulu, akasabasizi ngalutho abantu aphila nabo: uzibeka esiteji, kude nabantu abavamile. UPawulu waba ubuntu bomuntu obuyisakramente; nomaphi lapho eya khona, uJesu Kristu wasebenzisa ukuphila kwakhe. Abaningi kithi balandela izinjongo zethu, futhi uJesu Kristu akanakusebenzisa ukuphila kwethu. Uma sizinikele ngokuphelele kuJesu, asinazo izinjongo zethu okufanele sizifeze. UPawulu wathi wayekwazi ukuba "umata womnyango" ngaphandle kokucasuka, ngoba umsuka wokuphila kwakhe wawuwukuzinikela kuJesu. Sivame ukuzinikela, hhayi kuJesu Kristu, kodwa ezintweni ezisikhulula ngokomoya. Lokho kwakungeyona inhloso kaPawulu. "Ngingafisa mina uqobo ngiqalekiswe ngihlukaniswe noKristu ngenxa yabafowethu" — kuyahlanya, kweqisile — akunjalo? Lapho umuntu esothandweni akulona ihaba ukukhuluma ngaleyo ndlela, futhi uPawulu uthanda uJesu Kristu.