UKULINGWA KUNALUSIZO LUNI?
“Akukho ukulingwa okunifikele okungavamile kubantu.”
1 KwabaseKhorinte 10:13
Igama elithi "ukulingwa" selilahlekelwe isithunzi emhlabeni; sivame ukulisebenzisa ngokungeyikho. Ukulingwa akusona isono, kodwa kuyinto esingenakugwema ukuhlangana nayo uma singabantu. Ukungalingwa kungasho ukuthi siphansi ngisho kokudelelwa. Abaningi bethu, nokho, bahlushwa izilingo okungafanele nhlobo sibhekane nazo, ngenxa nje yokuthi senqabile ukuvumela uNkulunkulu asiphakamisele ezingeni eliphezulu lapho besiyobhekana khona nezilingo zolunye uhlobo.
Isimo esibusayo sangaphakathi somuntu, okungukuthi, lokho akuphethe ebuntwini bakhe, sinquma lokho alingwa yikho ngaphandle. Ukulingwa kuvumelana nemvelo yalowo olingwayo, futhi kwembula lokho leyo mvelo engaba yikho. Wonke umuntu unesizinda sakhe sokulingwa, futhi ukulingwa kuyofika ngokulandela isimo esibusayo sangaphakathi.
Ukulingwa kuyindlela enqamulelayo ephakanyiswayo yokufinyelela kulokho okuphakeme kakhulu engikuhlosile — hhayi kulokho engikuqonda njengokubi, kodwa kulokho engikuqonda njengokuhle. Ukulingwa kuyinto engididayo ngokuphelele okwesikhashana, angazi ukuthi leyo nto ilungile noma ayilungile. Ukulingwa esivuma ukunqotshwa yikho kuyinkanuko eyenziwe unkulunkulu, futhi kuwubufakazi bokuthi ngaphambili ubugwala kuphela obabuvimbele isono.
Ukulingwa akuyona into esingayigwema, kubalulekile ekuphileni komuntu okuphelele kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Qaphela ungacabangi ukuthi ulingwa ngendlela okungekho omunye olingwa ngayo; lokho odlula kukho kuyifa elivamile lesintu, akuyona into okungekho muntu wake wadlula kuyo. UNkulunkulu akasisindisi ezilingweni; usisiza phakathi kwazo (KumaHebheru 2:18).