ISIKHUBEKISO SOKUNGOKWEMVELO
“Futhi abangabakaKristu bayibethele esiphambanweni inyama kanye nemizwa nezinkanuko.”
KwabaseGalathiya 5:24
Ukuphila okungokwemvelo akusona isono; kumelwe sihlubuke esonweni, singahlangani nesono nganoma yisiphi isimo noma indlela. Isono singesesihogweni noSathane; mina, njengomntwana kaNkulunkulu, ngingowezulu noNkulunkulu. Umbuzo akusikho ukuyeka isono, kodwa ukuyeka ilungelo lami kimi, ukuzimela kwami kwemvelo nokuzigcizelela kwami, futhi yilapho impi okumelwe ilwelwe khona. Yizinto ezilungile nezihloniphekile nezinhle ngokombono wemvelo ezisivimbela kokuhle kakhulu kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuqonda ukuthi izimfanelo ezinhle zemvelo zimelana nokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu, ukuletha umphefumulo wethu maphakathi nempi yawo enkulu kunazo zonke. Bambalwa kakhulu kithi abaphikisana nokungcolile nokubi nokungalungile, kodwa siphikisana nokuhle. Yikuhle okuzonda okuhle kakhulu, futhi lapho ukhuphuka esikalini sezimfanelo ezinhle zemvelo, ukuphikisana noJesu Kristu kuya ngokuba namandla. "AbangabakaKristu bayibethele esiphambanweni inyama" — okungokwemvelo ngaphakathi kuwe kuyokubiza konke, hhayi okuthile. UJesu wathi — "Uma umuntu efuna ukuba ngumfundi waMi, makazidele yena uqobo," okungukuthi, ilungelo lakhe kuye uqobo, futhi umuntu kumelwe aqaphele ukuthi uJesu Kristu ungubani ngaphambi kokuba akwenze. Qaphela ukwenqaba ukuya emngcwabeni wokuzimela kwakho.
Ukuphila okungokwemvelo akusikho okomoya, futhi kungenziwa okomoya kuphela ngomhlatshelo. Uma singakwenzi okungokwemvelo kube ngumhlatshelo ngokuzimisela, okungaphezu kwemvelo akunakuba okungokwemvelo ngaphakathi kwethu. Ayikho indlela yasebukhosini eya lapho; ngamunye wethu unakho ngokuphelele ezandleni zakhe. Akusikho ukuthandaza, kodwa ukwenza.