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ISIPHAMBANO SIKAKRESTU

Isiphambano sikaKristu siyinkazimulo Yakhe enkulu. Ngenxa yokuthi wazithoba kwaze kwaba sekufeni esiphambanweni, uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa kakhulu. (Bheka kwabaseFilipi 2:8–9.) Isiphambano sasingamandla anqoba uSathane nesono.

UmKrestu uhlanganyela noKristu esiphambanweni. UKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni uhlala kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele, futhi umoya wesiphambano uyamgqugquzela. Uphila njengomuntu owafa kanye noKristu. Njengoba ebona amandla yokubethelwa kukaKristu, uphila njengomuntu ofile emhlabeni nasesonweni, futhi amandla aba ngokoqobo ekuphileni kwakhe. Kunjengobethelwe uKristu aphila kuye.

INkosi yethu yathi kubafundi bayo: “Thatha [your] isiphambano sakho, ungilandele” (NgokukaMathewu 16:24). Ingabe babekuqonda lokhu? Babebone amadoda ethwele isiphambano, futhi ayazi ukuthi kwakusho ukufa okubuhlungu. Impilo Yakhe yonke, uKristu wathwala isiphambano Sakhe—isigwebo sokufa sokuthi wayezofela izwe. Ngokufanayo, umKristu ngamunye kumele athwale isiphambano sakhe, avume ukuthi ufanelwe ukufa, futhi akholwe ukuthi ubethelwe esiphambanweni noKristu nokuthi Obethelwe esiphambanweni uhlala kuye. “Umuntu wethu omdala ubethelwe kanye naye” (KwabaseRoma 6:6). “Futhi abakaKristu babethele esiphambanweni inyama kanye nokuhuheka nezinkanuko” (KwabaseGalathiya 5:24). Lapho sesamukele lempilo yesiphambano, siyokwazi ukusho kanye noPawulu, “Kepha makube kude nami ukuba ngiziqhayise, kuphela ngesiphambano seNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu” ( KwabaseGalathiya 6:14)

Leli yiqiniso elijulile likamoya. Cabanga futhi uthandaze ngakho, futhi uMoya oNgcwele uzokufundisa. Vumela isimo sikaKristu esiphambanweni, ukuthobeka Kwakhe, umhlatshelo Wakhe wodumo lwasemhlabeni, umoya Wakhe wokuzidela, ukuthathe. Amandla okufa Kwakhe azosebenza kuwe, ufane Naye ekufeni Kwakhe, futhi “uyawazi, namandla okuvuka Kwakhe”(KwabaseFilipi 3:10). Zinike isikhathi, mfundi othandekayo, ukuze uKristu ngoMoya Wakhe azembule njengobethelwe esiphambanweni.