Lona Uthando

Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi ngalokho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathumela ezweni iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba siphile ngayo. Uthando lukulokhu, kungesikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ukuthi yena wasithanda thina, wathuma iNdodana yakhe ibe yinhlawulo ngezono zethu. 

1 kaJohane 4:9-10

Igama elithi “inhlawulo” lisho “ukwaneliseka.” Yilokho uJesu ayezele ukuzokwenza, ukuze abe ukwaneliseka kwezono zethu. Ubani okwakumelwe aneliseke? UNkulunkulu kwadingeka enelise. Phela isono siwukwephula uMthetho ongcwele kaNkulunkulu. Isono siwukwephula uNkulunkulu.

Kuyisenzo sokukhohlisa Him. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu uma ezothethelela isoni, kufanele athole lokho kuphulwa nokulunga kwaneliswe. UJesu uba yilokho ukwaneliseka. UNkulunkulu wayeneliseke ngokuphelele ngeNdodana yaKhe. Uyakhumbula ukuthi uBaba wathi ekubhapathizweni kukaJesu, “Lo uyiNdodana yaMi ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo”? Waphinda washo okufanayo kuMjikijelwa. 

UBaba wayeneliswe ngokuphelele ngeNdodana yakhe ukuze iNdodana yakhe ibe ukwaneliswa okuphelele kwezono zethu. Waneliseke kangakanani ngoJesu? Lowo ngumbuzo obaluleke kangaka kanye neqiniso eliyisisekelo elingokomoya. UYise weneliseke ngokuphelele ngeNdodana; iNdodana yaneliseke ngokuphelele ngoYise. Futhi kuthiwani ngawe? Ingabe weneliseke ngokuphelele ngoJesu Kristu? Ingabe ungukwaneliseka kwakho okumsulwa nokuyiqiniso? Ingabe uthola injabulo yakho ephakeme kakhulu Kuye? Uma wenza kanjalo, kuzoba nomthelela endleleni ophila ngayo impilo yakho. 

UNkulunkulu ujabula kakhulu ngathi lapho seneliseke kakhulu ngeNdodana yakhe.