UKULINGWA KWAKHE NOKWETHU
“Ngokuba asinaye umpristi omkhulu ongenakuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu; kodwa owalingwa ngazo zonke izindlela njengathi, nokho engenasono.”
KumaHebheru 4:15
Singakazalwa kabusha, okuwukuphela kohlobo lokulingwa esiluqondayo yilolo olwashiwo uJakobe oNgcwele — "Yilowo nalowo muntu uyalingwa, lapho ehudulwa yinkanuko yakhe, futhi eyengwa." Kodwa ngokuzalwa kabusha ngokomoya siphakanyiselwa komunye umkhakha lapho kunezinye izilingo okumelwe sibhekane nazo, okungukuthi, uhlobo lwezilingo iNkosi yethu eyabhekana nazo. Izilingo zikaJesu azisikhangi, azinandawo nhlobo emvelweni yethu yobuntu. Izilingo zeNkosi yethu nezethu zihamba emikhakheni ehlukene size sizalwe kabusha sibe ngabafowabo. Izilingo zikaJesu akuzona ezomuntu, kodwa ziyizilingo zikaNkulunkulu njengoMuntu. Ngokuzalwa kabusha ngokomoya iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yakhiwa kithi, futhi ekuphileni kwethu ngokomzimba Yena unesizinda esifanayo naleso ayenaso emhlabeni. USathane akasilingi ukuba senze izinto ezingalungile; usilinga ukuze asenze silahlekelwe yilokho uNkulunkulu akufake kithi ngokuzalwa kabusha ngokomoya, okungukuthi, ithuba lokuba usizo kuNkulunkulu. Akezi ngomzila wokusilinga ukuba sone, kodwa ngomzila wokushintsha umbono wethu, futhi nguMoya kaNkulunkulu kuphela ongabona ukuthi lokhu kuyisilingo sikadeveli.
Ukulingwa kusho ukuthi amandla angaphandle avivinya lokho umuntu anakho ebuntwini bakhe. Lokhu kwenza ukulingwa kweNkosi yethu kuqondakale. Ngemva kokuba uJesu ekubhapathizweni kwaKhe emukele ubizo lomsebenzi wokuthwala asuse isono sezwe, uMoya kaNkulunkulu wamfaka masinyane emshinini kadeveli wokuvivinya, kodwa akazange aphele amandla, wadlula ekulingweni "engenasono," futhi wakugcina kungonakalanga lokho ayenakho ebuntwini baKhe.