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Usayikhumbula indaba kaPawuli endleleni eya eDamaseku? Unkulunkulu uthatha uSawuli futhi umenza kabusha njengomholi wenhlangano yobuKristu, umvangeli wokuqala ngaphandle kwenkolo yamaJuda, nesazi senkolo sokuqala esikhulu sobuKristu.

Uma ngabe kukhona owayengafanelekeli ubuholi, kwakungafanele yini kube indoda ebulala amakholwa futhi ihlele ukuseshwa nokucekela phansi ibandla?

Akukhona ukuthi uJesu wayemdinga uPawuli. Umbutho wawusuvele uwina abaguqukile futhi ukhiqiza abaholi. Ngokushintshashintsha okunjalo, uNkulunkulu wayephezu kokuthile. Kufanele siphethe ngokuthi wayethumela umlayezo.

Wawumayelana nani lowo mlayezo—futhi usho ukuthini kimina nawe?

Kusho ukuthi asinakho ukuhoxiswa ngokumelene nathi. Yeka ukuthi kudabukisa kanjani uma abanye bethu becabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasibheka futhi abone usuku oluphelelwa yisikhathi.

Awucabangi yini ukuthi uPetru wazizwa ngaleyo ndlela? Nansi insizwa uJesu ayikhetha mathupha futhi wachitha isikhathi esiningi nayo. Kwakufanele kusho okuthile lapho uJesu embiza ngokuthi iDwala—imuphi umuntu owayengeke athande ukubizwa ngalelo gama?

Kodwa ngemva kokwenza lokho uJesu wamtshele ukuthi azokwenza, emphika ngesikhathi sobunzima, uPetru wahoxa empilweni yakhe yakudala futhi wacabanga ukuthi usephumile ohlwini. Ujesu wayezimisele ukumtshela ukuthi wayengeke aphumelele. Kungani ezokwenza lokho? Cishe uPetru wayecabanga ukuthi uJesu uthi, “Ngeke uphumelele. Bheka ukuthi wenza kabi kanjani emahoreni ambalwa.”

Upetru wahamba wayodoba, okuwukuphela kwempilo ayeyazi. Lokho kungokwami. Safika isikhathi sami, futhi ngaphuma.

Phandle lapho esikebheni ekuseni kakhulu, wacabanga ngokuphahlazeka kwawo wonke amaphupho akhe. Ujesu wayemenze wafaneleka, futhi lokho kwakuyisimangaliso. Wayezihoxisile, futhi lokho kwaba inhlekelele.

Khona waphakamisa amehlo wabona umfanekiso ogwini. Kunoma ikuphi, kwakunguJesu, emqhweba ngesandla, emtshela ukuthi kwakusenomsebenzi okwakumelwe wenziwe, futhi wayenzani kulowo mkhumbi?

Ngisakukhetha.

Imuphi umthwalo odlule osawuthwele? Ukuphinga? Hamba ukhulume kuDavida inkosi. Ukuqamba amanga? Ukukhohlisa? U-Abrahama no-Isaka bayazi ngalokho. Isikhathi esidlule esibi? Unkulunkulu wakhetha uRahabi, isifebe. Intukuthelo nolaka? Ujakobe noJohane bangena ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu noma kanjani. Kuthiwani ngochungechunge lwezinqumo ezimbi zobudlelwano? Owesifazane osemthonjeni wayazi ukuthi kunjani lokho, futhi uNkulunkulu wathumela uJesu ngomyalezo ngenxa yakhe nje.

Mhlawumbe namuhla yithuba lakho. Ujesu unomlayezo kuwe. Akuhlangene neziqu zakho. Kuhlobene nokufika ekugcineni kwakho, ngoba yilapho uNkulunkulu engakusebenzisa ngendlela engcono kakhulu. Ngomusa wakhe, kungekho lutho onganikela ngakho, uyakukhetha.