UBUNGANE NONKULUNKULU
“Ngingamfihlela yini u-Abrahama lokho engikwenzayo?”
IGenesisi 18:17
Ubumnandi Bako.
Lesi sahluko siveza ubumnandi bobungane bangempela noNkulunkulu uma buqhathaniswa nemizwa yezikhathi ezithile yokuba khona kwaKhe emthandazweni. Ukusondelana noNkulunkulu kangangokuba ungadingi ukumcela ukuba akubonise intando yaKhe, kusho ukuthi usondela esigabeni sokugcina sesiyalo sakho ekuphileni kokholo. Lapho unobudlelwano obulungile noNkulunkulu, ukuphila kwakho kuba okwenkululeko nokukhululeka nenjabulo, wena uyintando kaNkulunkulu, futhi zonke izinqumo zakho zengqondo ephusile ziyintando yaKhe ngawe ngaphandle uma ekuvimbela. Unquma izinto usebungane obuphelele nobujabulisayo noNkulunkulu, wazi ukuthi uma izinqumo zakho zingalungile uyohlala ekuvimbela; lapho ekuvimbela, yima ngokushesha.
Ubunzima Bako.
Kungani u-Abrahama ayeka ukuthandaza ngesikhathi ayeka ngaso? Wayengakasondelani ngokwanele ukuba aqhubeke ngesibindi uNkulunkulu aze amnike isifiso sakhe, kwakusekhona okuntulekayo ebudlelwaneni bakhe noNkulunkulu. Noma nini lapho sima singakaqedi emthandazweni bese sithi — "Kulungile, angazi; mhlawumbe akuyona intando kaNkulunkulu," kusekhona esinye isigaba okufanele sidlule kuso. Asisondelene kakhulu noNkulunkulu njengoba uJesu ayesondelene naYe, nanjengoba efuna sibe njalo — "Ukuze babe munye njengalokhu thina simunye." Cabanga ngento yokugcina owayithandazela — wawuzinikele esifisweni sakho noma kuNkulunkulu? Ingabe wawuzimisele ukuthola isipho esithile sikaMoya noma ukufinyelela kuNkulunkulu? "UYihlo waseZulwini uyazazi izinto enizidingayo ningakamceli." Inhloso yokucela iwukuba umazi kangcono uNkulunkulu. "Zithokozise futhi eNkosini; futhi iyokunika izifiso zenhliziyo yakho." Qhubeka uthandaza ukuze uthole ukuqonda okuphelele ngoNkulunkulu uqobo.