UKUTHETHELELA KUKANKULUNKULU
“KuYe sinakho . . . ukuthethelelwa kwezono.”
Kwabase-Efesu 1:7
Qaphela umbono omnandi ngobubaba bukaNkulunkulu — uNkulunkulu unomusa nothando kakhulu kangangokuthi nakanjani uyosithethelela. Lowo muzwa awunandawo nhlobo eTestamenteni Elisha. Okuwukuphela kwesisekelo uNkulunkulu angasithethelela kuso yinhlekelele enkulu yesiPhambano sikaKristu; ukubeka ukuthethelelwa kunoma yisiphi esinye isisekelo kuwukuhlambalaza ungakuqapheli. Okuwukuphela kwesisekelo uNkulunkulu angathethelela kuso isono futhi asibuyisele emseni waKhe kungesiPhambano sikaKristu, ayikho enye indlela. Ukuthethelelwa, esikwamukela kalula kangaka, kwabiza ubuhlungu obukhulu baseKhalvari. Singakwamukela ukuthethelelwa kwesono, isipho soMoya oNgcwele, nokungcweliswa kwethu ngobulula bokholo, bese sikhohlwa ukuthi kwaba ngezindleko ezinkulu kangakanani kuNkulunkulu ukuba konke lokhu kwenziwe kube ngokwethu.
Ukuthethelelwa kuyisimangaliso sikaNkulunkulu somusa; kwabiza uNkulunkulu isiPhambano sikaJesu Kristu ngaphambi kokuba akwazi ukuthethelela isono ahlale enguNkulunkulu ongcwele. Ungalokothi wamukele umbono ngobubaba bukaNkulunkulu uma usula umsebenzi wokubuyisana. Isambulo sikaNkulunkulu ukuthi akakwazi ukuthethelela; ubezophikisana nemvelo yaKhe ukube wakwenza. Okuwukuphela kwendlela esingathethelelwa ngayo ukubuyiselwa kuNkulunkulu ngomsebenzi wokubuyisana. Ukuthethelela kukaNkulunkulu kungokwemvelo kuphela emkhakheni ongaphezu kwemvelo.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nesimangaliso sokuthethelelwa kwesono, ukuhlangenwe nakho kokungcweliswa kuncane. Ukungcweliswa kumane kuyindlela emangalisayo ukuthethelelwa kwezono okubonakaliswa ngayo ekuphileni komuntu, kodwa okuvusa umthombo ojule kakhulu wokubonga kumuntu ukuthi uNkulunkulu usithethelele isono. UPawulu akazange asuke kuleli qiniso. Lapho usuqaphele konke okwabiza uNkulunkulu ukuba akuthethelele, uyobanjwa njengesibambweni esiqinisayo, ucindezelwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu.