INTSHISEKELO NOMA UKUHLANGANISWA?
“Ngibethelwe kanye noKristu.”
KwabaseGalathiya 2:20
Isidingo esiphoqayo ngokomoya ukusayina isigwebo sentambo sesimo esibusayo sangaphakathi sesono, ukuguqula yonke imizwa nezinkolelo zengqondo kube isinqumo sokuziphatha esimelene nesimo esibusayo sangaphakathi sesono, okungukuthi, ukuzisholo kwami ilungelo lokuba ngowami. UPawulu uthi — "Ngibethelwe kanye noKristu"; akasho — "Ngizimisele ukulingisa uJesu Kristu," noma, "Ngizozama ukumlandela" — kodwa — "Ngihlanganiswe naYe ekufeni kwaKhe." Lapho ngifinyelela esinqumweni esinjalo sokuziphatha futhi ngenze ngokuvumelana naso, khona konke uKristu akwenza ngenxa yami eSiphambanweni kwenziwa kimi. Ukuzinikela kwami kuNkulunkulu ngokukhululeka kunikeza uMoya oNgcwele ithuba lokudlulisela kimi ubungcwele bukaJesu Kristu.
". . . nokho ngiyaphila. . . ." Ubunjalo bomuntu ngamunye busasele, kodwa umsuka, isimo esibusayo sangaphakathi, uguqulwa ngokuphelele. Umzimba womuntu ofanayo usasele, kodwa ilungelo elidala likaSathane lokuba ngowami liyabhujiswa.
"Futhi ukuphila engikuphila manje enyameni . . . ," hhayi ukuphila engilangazelela ukukuphila nengithandazela ukukuphila, kodwa ukuphila engikuphila manje enyameni yami efayo, ukuphila abantu abangakubona, "ngikuphila ngokholo lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu." Lolu kholo akulona ukholo lukaPawulu kuJesu Kristu, kodwa ukholo iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyaludlulisela kuye — "ukholo lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu." Akuselona ukholo okholweni, kodwa ukholo oseludlule yonke imingcele eqashelwayo, ukholo olufanayo lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu.