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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

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Ihubo 22 lingelokuqala esixukwini samahubo esichaza ukuhlupheka kothile okubonakala kunanela ukulandisa okuku-Isaya ngenceku yeNkosi ehluphekayo. Umugqa wokuqala waleli hubo kungenzeka ukuthi sijwayele ngoba uJesu wamemeza lawa magama ngqo ngenkathi ebethelwa esiphambanweni. Kepha lelihubo labhalwa nguDavida, izizukulwane eziningi ngaphambi kwalokho. Noma yikuphi ukuhlupheka kwakhe okwakhulunywa nguDavide, wayebuye achaze ngokuprofetha ukuhlupheka kukaKristu esiphambanweni ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka kamuva.

Ujesu ngabe walifunda kaningi leli hubo empilweni yakhe ngesikhathi ekhonza ethempelini. Akungabazeki ukuthi wayeyibambe ngekhanda, ngoba yafika kalula engqondweni yakhe lapho esesiphambanweni.

Ngokwazi lokho ayezobhekana nakho, uJesu wayengachitha impilo yakhe ngokwesaba noma ngokwesaba. Esikhundleni salokho, njengoDavida owayengaphambi kwakhe, wabambelela kulokho ayekwazi ukuthi kuliqiniso: uNkulunkulu ungcwele, uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wakhe, futhi uNkulunkulu ubethembekile impilo yakhe yonke. Futhi-ke, ngokususelwa kula maqiniso, uDavid unxusa uNkulunkulu ukuthi ahlale esondele kuye. Nokho, uJesu wayazi ukuthi ukuhlupheka okukhulu ayobhekana nakho kwakuwukulahla uNkulunkulu, ukuze uNkulunkulu angalokothi abalahle abantu bakhe.

Ihubo liphetha ngokudumisa kanye nenothi lokunqoba ekugcineni: "ngoba ukwenzile." Ujesu wahlala kwaze kwaba sekupheleni, wathwala izono zethu, futhi wathenga ukubuyisana kwethu noNkulunkulu. Isimo sobumesiya saleli hubo siyacaca lapho uDavid ememezela ukuthi izizukulwane ezedlule esezashona kanye nezizukulwane ezizayo ezingakazalwa konke kuzokwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhe unguNkulunkulu okhulula abantu bakhe ekuhluphekeni. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngoba uJesu wayeshiywe ngokuphelele nguNkulunkulu (ngenxa yethu!), Singaqiniseka ukuthi asisoze sashiywa, noma ngabe, ekuhluphekeni kwethu, uNkulunkulu ubonakala ekude noma ethule lapho simemeza.

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Nkulunkulu onomusa, siyakudumisa ukuthi ngoba uJesu wayazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuhlukaniswa ngokuphelele nawe, asisoze sakubona lokho. Qinisa ukukholwa kwethu ukukukholelwa ngokweqiniso lokhu ikakhulukazi uma sicabanga ukuthi sinezizathu zokukungabaza. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.

Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.

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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

Yini ukuzila? Yisikhathi lapho silindele ukunqoba kokukhanya nempilo kaKristu phezu kobumnyama besono nokufa. Njengoba sisuka kwinkonzo yomlotha ngoLwesithathu siye ePhasika, sikhunjuzwa ngeqiniso lobuthakathaka bethu nomusa kaNkulunkulu ohlelayo.

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