INGABE NGICABANGA NGOKWENYAMA?
“Njengoba kukhona phakathi kwenu umhawu nokuxabana, anikho yini abenyama?”
1 KwabaseKhorinte 3:3
Akekho umuntu wemvelo owazi lutho ngokuba ngowenyama. Inyama efisa okuphambene noMoya owangena ekuzalweni kabusha, noMoya ofisa okuphambene nenyama, kuveza ukuba ngowenyama. "Hambani ngoMoya," kusho uPawulu, "futhi ngeke nifeze izinkanuko zenyama"; khona ukuba ngowenyama kuyonyamalala.
Ingabe uthanda impikiswano, ukhathazwa kalula yizinto eziwubala? "Hhayi, kodwa akekho umKristu onjalo!" UPawulu uthi bakhona, uhlobanisa lezi zinto nokuba ngowenyama. Ingabe likhona iqiniso eBhayibhelini elivusa ukucasuka kuwe ngokushesha? Lokho kuwubufakazi bokuthi usengowenyama. Uma ukungcweliswa kwenzeka kuwe, akusali mkhondo walowo moya.
Uma uMoya kaNkulunkulu ethola noma yini engalungile kuwe, akakuceli ukuba uyilungise; ukucela ukuba wamukele ukukhanya, futhi uyoyilungisa. Umntwana wokukhanya uvuma ngokushesha futhi ume enqunu phambi kukaNkulunkulu; umntwana wobumnyama uthi — "Hhayi, ngingakuchaza lokho kuphele." Lapho ukukhanya sekugqashuka nokuboniswa kobubi kufika, yiba umntwana wokukhanya, uvume, futhi uNkulunkulu uyobhekana nokungalungile; uma uzithethelela, uzibonakalisa ungumntwana wobumnyama.
Yibuphi ubufakazi bokuthi ukuba ngowenyama sekuphelile? Ungalokothi uzikhohlise; lapho sekuphelile kuyinto yangempela kunazo zonke ongazicabanga. UNkulunkulu uyoqinisekisa ukuthi uthola amathuba amaningi okuzibonela isimangaliso somusa waKhe. Isivivinyo esingokoqobo yiso kuphela ubufakazi. "Hhawu," usho, "ukube lokhu kwenzeka ngaphambili, bekuyovuka umoya wegqubu!" Awusoze wayeka ukuba umuntu omangale kunabo bonke emhlabeni ngalokho uNkulunkulu akwenze ngaphakathi kuwe.