UKUPHILA OKUPHILAYO
“Hlalani emzini waseJerusalema, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu.”
NgokukaLuka 24:49
Abafundi kwakumelwe balinde kuze kufike usuku lwePhentekoste hhayi nje ukuze bazilungiselele bona kuphela; kwakumelwe balinde kuze kube yilapho iNkosi isikhazimulisiwe ngokomlando. Lapho nje isikhazimulisiwe, kwenzekani? "Ngakho njengoba iphakanyiselwe ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu, futhi yamukela kuYise isithembiso sikaMoya oNgcwele, isithululele lokhu, enikubonayo nenikuzwayo manje." Amazwi asebakaki NgokukaJohane 7:39 ("Ngokuba uMoya oNgcwele wawungakanikezwa; ngoba uJesu wayengakakhazimuliswa") awasebenzi kithi; uMoya oNgcwele sewunikiwe, iNkosi isikhazimulisiwe; ukulinda akuncikile ekwengameleni kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa ekulungeleni kwethu.
Ithonya namandla kaMoya oNgcwele kwakusebenza ngaphambi kwePhentekoste, kodwa Yena wayengekho lapha. Lapho nje iNkosi yethu ikhazimuliswa ekwenyukeni, uMoya oNgcwele weza kulo mhlaba, futhi ulapha kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Kumelwe samukele isambulo sokuthi ulapha. Ukwamukela uMoya oNgcwele kuyisimo esigcinwa yikholwa. Lapho samukela uMoya oNgcwele, samukela ukuphila okuphilisayo okuvela eNkosini eyenyukile.
Akukhona ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele okuguqula abantu, kodwa amandla kaKristu owenyukile angena ezimpilweni zabantu ngoMoya oNgcwele yiwo abaguqulayo. Kaningi kakhulu sihlukanisa lokho iTestamente Elisha elingalokothi likuhlukanise. Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele akukhona okuhlangenwe nakho okuhlukene noJesu Kristu: kuwubufakazi bukaKristu owenyukile.
Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele akukwenzi ucabange ngeSikhathi noma ngePhakade, kuyinto eyodwa emangalisayo nekhazimulayo MANJE. "Lokhu kungukuphila okuphakade ukuba bazi Wena." Qala ukumazi manje, ungapheli nanini.