INDLELA KA-ABRAHAMA YOKHOLO
“Waphuma, engazi ukuthi uya kuphi.”
KumaHebheru 11:8
ETestamenteni Elidala, ubudlelwano bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu babubonakala ngokwehlukana, futhi lokhu kufanekiswa ekuphileni kuka-Abrahama ngokuhlukana kwakhe nezwe lakubo nezihlobo zakhe. Namuhla ukwehlukana ikakhulu okomqondo nokokuziphatha endleleni labo esibathanda kakhulu ababuka ngayo izinto, okungukuthi, uma bengenabo ubudlelwano bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu. UJesu Kristu wakugcizelela lokhu (bona NgokukaLuka 14:26).
Ukholo alusoze lwazi ukuthi luholelwa kuphi, kodwa luthanda futhi lwazi Lowo oluholayo. Kuwukuphila kokholo, hhayi kokuhlakanipha nokucabanga, kodwa ukuphila kokwazi Lowo owenza "sihambe." Umsuka wokholo ukwazi uMuntu, futhi olunye lwezingibe ezinkulu umqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu nakanjani uzosiholela empumelelweni.
Isigaba sokugcina ekuphileni kokholo ukufinyelela esimilweni. Kukhona izikhathi eziningi ezidlulayo lapho isimilo siguqulwa sibe senkazimulweni; lapho sithandaza sizwa isibusiso sikaNkulunkulu sisigubungele futhi siyaguqulwa okwesikhashana, bese sibuyela ezinsukwini nasezindleleni ezivamile inkazimulo inyamalale. Ukuphila kokholo akukhona ukuphakama ngamaphiko, kodwa ukuphila kokuhamba ungapheli amandla. Akuyona indaba yokungcweliswa; kodwa yento edlula ukungcweliswa ngokungenamkhawulo, yokholo oluvivinyiwe lwafakazelwa futhi lwamelana novivinyo. U-Abrahama akasona isibonelo sokungcweliswa, kodwa uyisibonelo sokuphila kokholo, ukholo oluvivinyiwe olwakhelwe kuNkulunkulu wangempela. "U-Abrahama wamkholwa uNkulunkulu."