NjengamaKristu, sisebenza ngomthetho wokukholwa futhi sihamba ngokukholwa. Umthetho wokukholwa ubusa imithetho yemvelo. Bheka impilo ka-Abrahama. U-Abrahama wakholwa uNkulunkulu ngezwi Lakhe futhi wahamba ngokukholwa. Ngokwemithetho yemvelo, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuthi uSara akhulelwe ingane. Nokho kuNkulunkulu akukho okungenzeki, njengoba enguMdali wazo zonke izinto. Ngakho-ke kwakungenzeka ngokholo. Lokho sikubiza ngesimangaliso. Isimangaliso asisekho, kunokuthile, echitha imithetho yemvelo yendawo yonke. Esinye sezibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zendlela umthetho wokukholwa owedlula ngayo umthetho wemvelo indaba kaJesu ehamba ngokukholwa emanzini kanye nendlela uPetru akhipha ngayo umkhumbi futhi wayehamba ngokukholwa emanzini., kuze…
Ukuhamba ngokukholwa emanzini
Kwathi abafundi bebona uJesu ehamba phezu kolwandle, bakhathazeka, ethi, Kungumoya; bakhala ngokwesaba. Kodwa uJesu wahle wakhuluma kubo, ethi, Yiba nesibindi; yimina; ningesabi. UPetro wasemphendula wathi, Nkosi, uma kunguwe, ngitshele ngize kuwe phezu kwamanzi. Futhi Wathi, Woza. Kwathi uPetru esehla emkhunjini, wahamba phezu kwamanzi, ukuya kuJesu. Kodwa lapho ebona umoya ovuthayo, wayesaba; bese eqala ukucwila, wakhala, ethi, Nkosi, ngisindise. Masinyane uJesu welula isandla sakhe, wambamba, wathi kuye, O wena wokukholwa okuncane, ungabazeleni? Sebengenile emkhunjini, umoya wanqamuka (Mathewu 14:26-32).
Angicabangi ukuthi kuzoba khona umuntu, owayezazama ukuhamba ngokukholwa phezu kwamanzi. Ngoba uma ungena emanzini, ulindele ukuthi lokho kuzocwila futhi kuthinte umhlabathi, ngenxa yomthetho wemvelo wamandla adonsela phansi.
Ongakwenza ukuntanta emanzini, kodwa ehamba ngokukholwa phezu kwamanzi? Cha, akunakwenzeka lokho, ngokwemithetho yemvelo yendawo yonke kanye nengqondo yenyama.
Kodwa uma sibheka indaba kaPetru, liyasibonisa, ukuthi kungenzeka ukuhamba ngokukholwa phezu kwamanzi. UPetru waba nesibindi sokuphuma kulowo mkhumbi ngokholo. Ekuqaleni ukholo lwakhe (kuJesu nasemazwini Akhe) weqa umthetho wemvelo wamandla adonsela phansi. Ngoba umthetho wemvelo wamandla adonsela phansi uthi: "uzocwila".
UJesu unegunya lokugcina
UJesu unegunya lokugcina, okusho ukuthi umthetho Wakhe ungaphezu kwanoma yimuphi umthetho, kuhlanganise nemithetho yemvelo.Kungakho uJesu wahamba ngokukholwa emanzini. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ulwandle lwalunonya kangakanani namagagasi ayemakhulu kangakanani, UJesu waqhubeka ehamba ngokholo. UJesu wayazi ukuthi ungubani futhingubani uYise.
UPetru wayekholelwa ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu futhi akukho lutho olungenakwenzeka kuye. UPetru wakholwa futhi wethemba iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Futhi ngoba uPetru wakholwa, UPetru wenza ngokuvumelana namazwi kaJesu futhi waphuma esikebheni enokholo. Ukukholwa okungaka!
Kwakungekho lutho endaweni ebonakalayo, lokho kwamfakazela noma kwamqinisekisa, ukuthi akwazi ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi. Wabona uJesu ekwenza kuphela futhi uPetru wathembela emazwini kaJesu.
Ngokubona uJesu ekwenza nangokukholwa amazwi kaJesu, UPetru wahamba ngokomthetho wokholo futhi waphuma emkhunjini ngokukholwa.Futhi yebo, ngokholo uPetru wayekwazi ngempela ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi!
Umthetho wokukholwa wasebenza; imithetho yemvelo yaba ngaphansi komthetho wokukholwa.
Ukube uPetru waqhubeka ehamba ngokukholwa, ngomthetho wokukholwa, UPetru wayengaqhubeka ehamba ngokholo emanzini futhi angabuyela esikebheni ngaphandle kokuchaphazwa kwamanzi.Kodwa uPetru akazange.
Ukungabaza kuqeda ukholo
Izinzwa zikaPetru zashintsha futhi uPetru waqala ukubuka isivunguvungu futhi amagagasi nokungabaza kwangena engqondweni yakhe. Waqala ukucabanga ngalokho kungabaza futhi ekugcineni uPetru wakwamukela lokho kungabaza. UPetru wavumela izinzwa zakhe ukuba zilawuleke futhi wethuka futhi waqala ukucwila emanzini.
Ngenxa yokungabaza nokwesaba uPetru ayekuvumele engqondweni yakhe yenyama futhi wabonisana ngakho, umthetho wokukholwa wachithwa. Umthetho wemvelo wamandla adonsela phansi wathatha amandla futhi uPetru waqala ukucwila emanzini.
Lowomoya oyisiphepho wawukhona ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa uPetru akakubonanga ekuqaleni. Ngoba uPetru wayenake amehlo akhe kuJesu ehamba phezu kwamanzi futhi uPetru wayefuna ukwenza into efanayo naleyo eyenziwa uJesu. Ngenxa yokuthi uJesu wayengakwenza futhi uJesu wathi kuPetru angakwenza, UPetru waphuma emkhunjini, wahamba ngokukholwa phezu kwamanzi. UPeter waze wabheka isimo sezulu, izimo nokungabaza (ukwesaba) wabulala umthetho wokukholwa futhi umthetho wemvelo wamandla adonsela phansi weqa umthetho wokukholwa.
Phuma esikebheni futhi uqhubeke uhamba ngokukholwa hhayi ngokubona
Bheka, umphefumulo wakhe oziphakamisile awuqondile phakathi kwakhe: kodwa olungileyo uzaphila ngokholo lwakhe (Bayangabaza 2:4)
Uma u azalwe kabusha, kufanele uhambe ngokukholwa emva kukaMoya hhayi ngokubona. Uhamba ngalokho iZwi elikushoyo futhi ukhulume iZwi likaNkulunkulu libe khona.Ngakho-ke kufanele wazi iZwi futhi uvuselele ingqondo yakho ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze ingqondo yakho ihambisane neZwi likaNkulunkulu.
Akufanele uholwe yizimo, izimo, odokotela bathini, uthini umnotho. Akufanele uholwe yimizwa yakho namazwi omhlaba futhi uwakholwe. Kunalokho, kufanele uphathwe yiZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi ukhulume lezo zinto ezingekho sengathi zikhona futhi ubusa phezu kwemithetho yemvelo namazwi omhlaba.. Ngoba nje, labo abenziwe abalungileyo kuKristu futhi bengabalandeli Bakhe, uyakuphila ngokukholwa.
Esihlokweni esilandelayo, isihloko ‘Kuyini ukukholwa?” kuzoxoxwa ngakho.
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