UKUQEQESHWA NGOBUNZIMA
“Ezweni niyoba nosizi: kodwa yimani isibindi; Mina ngilinqobile izwe.”
NgokukaJohane 16:33
Umbono ojwayelekile wokuphila kobuKristu ukuthi kusho ukukhululwa enkingeni. Kungukukhululwa phakathi kwenkinga, okuyinto ehluke kakhulu. "Ohlala endaweni efihlekile yoPhezukonke . . . akukho bubi obuyokwehlela lapho" — akukho sifo esingasondela endaweni lapho umunye noNkulunkulu.
Uma ungumntwana kaNkulunkulu, nakanjani kuyoba nezinkinga okudingeka ubhekane nazo, kodwa uJesu uthi ungamangali lapho zifika. "Ezweni niyoba nosizi: kodwa yimani isibindi, Mina ngilinqobile izwe, akukho okufanele nikwesabe." Abantu ngaphambi kokusindiswa kwabo ababeyokwenyanya ukukhuluma ngezinkinga, bavame ukuba "bangenamfutho" ngemva kokuzalwa kabusha ngoba banomqondo oyiphutha ngongcwele.
UNkulunkulu akasiniki ukuphila okunqobayo: usinika ukuphila njengoba sinqoba. Ingcindezi ingamandla. Uma ingekho ingcindezi, awekho amandla. Ingabe ucela uNkulunkulu ukuba akunike ukuphila nenkululeko nenjabulo? Angeke, ngaphandle kokuba uzimisele ukwamukela ingcindezi. Lapho nje ubhekana nengcindezi, uyothola amandla. Nqoba ukwesaba kwakho uthathe isinyathelo, khona uNkulunkulu uyokunika ukuba udle emthini wokuphila futhi uthole ukondleka. Uma uzinikela ngokuphelele ngokwenyama, uyakhathala; kodwa zinikele ngokuphelele ngokukamoya, khona uthola amandla engeziwe. UNkulunkulu akalokothi anikeze amandla akusasa, noma awehora elilandelayo, kodwa unikeza kuphela awengcindezi yomzuzu. Isilingo siwukubhekana nobunzima ngombono wokuqonda okuvamile. Ongcwele ujabula kakhulu lapho ecindezelwe ubunzima ngoba le nto ayinakwenzeka ngendlela ehlekisa kakhulu kunoma ubani ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu.