UKHOLO
“Ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumthokozisa.”
KumaHebheru 11:6
Ukholo oluphikisana nengqondo ephusile luwukushisekela okungenangqondo, futhi ingqondo ephusile ephikisana nokholo iwukubeka ukucabanga okunengqondo ngaphezu kwakho konke. Ukuphila kokholo kuletha kokubili ebudlelwaneni obulungile. Ingqondo ephusile ayilona ukholo, futhi ukholo aluyona ingqondo ephusile; zihlobene njengokwemvelo nokomoya; njengomfutho nogqozi. Ayikho into uJesu Kristu ake ayisho eyingqondo ephusile, ingumqondo wesambulo, futhi ifinyelela ogwini lapho ingqondo ephusile ihluleka khona. Ukholo kumelwe luvivinywe ngaphambi kokuba ubuqiniso bokholo bube ngokoqobo. "Siyazi ukuthi zonke izinto zisebenzelana okuhle," khona-ke akunandaba ukuthi kwenzekani, i-alkhemi yokuhlinzeka kukaNkulunkulu iguqula ukholo oluwumqondo lube ubuqiniso obungokoqobo. Ukholo luhlale lusebenza emkhakheni womuntu siqu, yonke injongo kaNkulunkulu iwukubona ukuthi ukholo oluwumqondo lwenziwa lube ngokoqobo kubantwana baKhe.
Kuyo yonke imininingwane yokuphila kwengqondo ephusile, kuneqiniso lesambulo likaNkulunkulu esingafakazela ngalo ngokuhlangenwe nakho okungokoqobo lokho esikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyikho. Ukholo luyisimiso esisebenza ngamandla amakhulu esihlale sibeka uJesu Kristu kuqala — Nkosi, Wena usho lokhu nalokhu (isibonelo, NgokukaMathewu 6:33), kubonakala kuwubuhlanya, kodwa ngizozifaka engozini ngokwethembela ezwini laKho. Ukwenza ukholo lwengqondo lube yinto yami siqu kuyimpi njalo, hhayi ngezinye izikhathi. UNkulunkulu usifaka ezimweni ukuze aqeqeshe ukholo lwethu, ngoba imvelo yokholo iwukwenza lokho olugxile kukho kube ngokoqobo. Kuze kube yilapho sesimazi uJesu, uNkulunkulu umane abe ngumqondo ongaphathekile, asinakuba nokholo kuYe; kodwa masinyane lapho sizwa uJesu ethi — "Lowo ongibonile Mina umbonile uBaba," sinokuthile okungokoqobo, futhi ukholo alunamkhawulo. Ukholo luwukuba umuntu wonke abe nobudlelwane obulungile noNkulunkulu ngamandla oMoya kaJesu Kristu.