NjengamaKristu, sisebenza ngomthetho wokholo kwaye sihamba ngokholo. Umthetho wokholo wongamela imithetho yendalo. Jonga ubomi buka-Abraham. UAbraham wakholwa kuThixo ngelizwi lakhe waza wahamba ngokholo. Ngokwemithetho yendalo, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba uSara akhawule umntwana. Kodwa kuThixo akukho nto ayinakwenzeka, ekubeni enguMdali wezinto zonke. Ngoko ke, kwakunokwenzeka ngokholo. Oko sikubiza ngokuba ngummangaliso. Ummangaliso awuyonto, kunento, ebhangisa imithetho yendalo yendalo iphela. Omnye weyona mizekelo ibalaseleyo yendlela umthetho wokholo ogqitha ngayo umthetho wendalo libali likaYesu ehamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi kunye nendlela uPetros awaphuma ngayo enqanaweni wahamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi naye., de…
Ukuhamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi
Abafundi bakumbona uYesu ehamba phezu kolwandle, bakhathazeka, esithi, Ngumoya; bakhala kukoyika. Wathetha ke kwaoko uYesu kubo, esithi, Yomelela; ndim; musani ukoyika. Wamphendula ke uPetros wathi, Nkosi, ukuba nguwe, yitsho ndize kuwe ndiphezu kwamanzi. Uye wathi, Yiza. Wehla ke uPetros emkhombeni, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, ukuya kuYesu. Kodwa xa ebona umoya unamandla, Wayesoyika; kwaye eqala ukutshona, walila, esithi, Nkosi, Ndigcine. Wasolula kwaoko ke isandla uYesu, wambamba, Yathi kuye, Wena ulukholo luncinane!, Yini na ukuba uthandabuze?? Bakuba bengenile emkhombeni, Waphela umoya (UMateyu 14:26-32).
Andiqondi ukuba kuya kubakho nabani na, ababeza kuzama ukuhamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi. Kuba xa ungena emanzini, ulindele ukuba loo nto iya kutshona kwaye ichukumise umhlaba, ngenxa yomthetho wendalo womxhuzulane.
Into onokuyenza kukudada phezu kwamanzi, sihamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi? Hayi, ayinakwenzeka loo nto, ngokwemithetho yendalo yendalo iphela nengqondo yenyama.
Kodwa xa sijonga ibali likaPetros, iyasibonisa, ukuba umntu unako ukuhamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi. UPetros waba nesibindi sokuphuma kweso sikhephe enokholo. Ekuqaleni ukholo lwakhe (kuYesu nakumazwi akhe) wawoyisa umthetho wendalo womxhuzulane. Kuba umthetho wendalo womxhuzulane utsho: “uya kutshona”.
UYesu unegunya lokugqibela
UYesu unegunya lokugqibela, nto leyo ethetha ukuba umthetho wakhe ungaphezulu kwawo nawuphi na umthetho, kuquka nemithetho yendalo.Yiyo loo nto uYesu wahamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ulwandle lwaba ndlongondlongo kangakanani na namaza amakhulu, UYesu waqhubeka ehamba ngokholo. UYesu wayesazi ukuba wayengubani kwayengubani na uYise.
UPetros wayekholelwa ukuba uYesu unguNyana kaThixo yaye akukho nto yayingenakwenzeka kuye. UPetros walithemba waza walithemba iLizwi likaThixo. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba uPetros wayekholelwa, UPetros wenza ngokuvisisana namazwi kaYesu waza waphuma emkhombeni enokholo. Olunjani ukholo!
Kwakungekho nto kwindawo ebonakalayo, oko kwamngqina okanye kwamqinisekisa, ukuba akwazi ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi. Wabona kuphela uYesu ekwenza oko waza uPetros wathembela kumazwi kaYesu.
Ngokubona uYesu ekwenza nokukholelwa kumazwi kaYesu, UPetros wahamba ngokomthetho wokholo waza waphuma enqanaweni ngokholo.Kwaye ewe, ngokholo uPetros wayenako ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi!
Umthetho wokholo wawusebenza; imithetho yendalo yaba nganeno kunomthetho wokholo.
Ukuba uPetros waqhubeka ehamba ngokholo, ngomthetho wokholo, UPetros ngewayehambe ngokholo phezu kwamanzi aze abuyele enqanaweni ngaphandle kokuchaphazwa ngamanzi.Kodwa uPetros akazange.
Amathandabuzo ayalutshabalalisa ukholo
Wathimba uPetros waza waqalisa ukukhangela kwisaqhwithi somoya kwaza kwangena amaza namathandabuzo engqondweni yakhe. Waqiqa ngaloo mathandabuzo waza ekugqibeleni uPetros wawenza ngokuvisisana naloo mathandabuzo. UPetros woyika waza waqalisa ukutshona emanzini.
Ngenxa yamathandabuzo noloyiko awaluvumelayo uPetros kwingqondo yakhe yenyama waza waqiqa ngayo, Wabhanga ke umthetho wokholo. Umthetho wendalo womxhuzulane wathabatha indawo waza uPetros waqalisa ukutshona emanzini.
Loo moya uqhwithelayo wawukho ngalo lonke elo xesha, kodwa uPetros akazange ayiqaphele loo nto ekuqaleni. Kaloku uPetros wayejonge kuYesu ehamba phezu kwamanzi yaye uPetros wayefuna ukwenza le nto yenziwa nguYesu. Ngenxa yesibakala sokuba uYesu wayenako ukukwenza oko yaye uYesu wathi kuPetros wayenako ukukwenza oko, UPetros waphuma emkhombeni waza wahamba ngokholo phezu kwamanzi. Wada uPetros wajonga imozulu, iimeko kunye namathandabuzo (uloyiko) wawubulala umthetho wokholo waza umthetho wendalo womxhuzulane wawuwongamela umthetho wokholo.
Phuma emkhombeni uze uqhubeke uhamba ngokholo kungekhona ngokubona
Khangela, awuthe tye phakathi kwakhe umphefumlo wakhe: ke lona ilungisa liya kudla ubomi ngokholo lwalo (Igwebu 2:4)
Xa u wazalwe ngokutsha, kufuneka uhambe ngokholo ngokoMoya kwaye ungahambi ngokubona. Uhamba ngento ethethwa liLizwi kwaye uthethe iLizwi likaThixo libekho.Ngoko ke kufuneka ulazi iLizwi kwaye uhlaziye ingqondo yakho ngeLizwi likaThixo, ukuze ingqondo yakho ihambelane neLizwi likaThixo.
Akufunekanga ukhokelwe ziimeko, iimeko, bathini oogqirha, luthini uqoqosho. Musani ukukhokelwa zizimvo zenu, naziintetho zehlabathi, nikholwe kuzo. Kunoko, kufuneka ulawulwe liLizwi likaThixo kwaye uthethe izinto ezingekhoyo ngokungathi zikho kwaye ulawula imithetho yendalo kunye namazwi ehlabathi.. Ngokuba ubulungisa, abo benziwe amalungisa kuKristu kwaye bengabalandeli bakhe, uya kudla ubomi ngokholo.
Kwinqaku elilandelayo, umxholo ‘Yintoni ukholo?” kuya kuxutyushwa.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
