UKUQONDA KOKHOLO
“Ukholo olunjengohlamvu lwesinaphi. . .”
NgokukaMathewu 17:20
Sinomqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu usivuza ngenxa yokholo lwethu, kungase kube njalo ezigabeni zokuqala; kodwa asizuzi lutho ngokholo, ukholo lusiletha ebudlelwaneni obulungile noNkulunkulu futhi lunika uNkulunkulu ithuba laKhe. UNkulunkulu uvame ukukhipha ipulangwe elingaphansi kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho uma ungcwele ukuze akuxhumanise naYe uqobo. UNkulunkulu ufuna uqonde ukuthi kungukuphila kokholo, hhayi ukuphila kokujabulela izibusiso zaKhe ngokomzwelo. Ukuphila kwakho kwangaphambili kokholo kwakuncane futhi kushubile, kugxile endaweni encane ekhanyiswe yilanga yokuhlangenwe nakho okwakunengqondo ephusile ngokulingana nokholo, kugcwele ukukhanya nobumnandi; khona-ke uNkulunkulu wahoxisa izibusiso zaKhe ezazizwakala ukuze akufundise ukuhamba ngokholo. Ubaluleke kakhulu ngokwengeziwe kuYe manje kunasezinsukwini zakho zenjabulo eyayizwakala nobufakazi obuvusa amadlingozi.
Ukholo ngemvelo yalo kumelwe luvivinywe, futhi ukuvivinywa kwangempela kokholo akusikho ukuthi sikuthola kunzima ukwethemba uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi isimilo sikaNkulunkulu kumelwe sicace ezingqondweni zethu. Ukholo ekusebenzeni kwalo kwangempela kumelwe ludlule ezikhathini zokuzihlukanisa okungenakushiwo ngamazwi. Ungalokothi udidanise ukuvivinywa kokholo nesiyalo esivamile sokuphila, okuningi kwalokho esikubiza ngokuthi ukuvivinywa kokholo kuwumphumela ongenakugwenywa wokuphila. Ukholo lwaseBhayibhelini luwukholo kuNkulunkulu olumelana nakho konke okuphikisana naYe — Ngiyohlala ngithembekile esimilweni sikaNkulunkulu noma yini angayenza. "Noma engibulala, nokho ngiyomethemba" — lawa ngamazwi okholo aphakeme kunawo wonke kulo lonke iBhayibheli.