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Kumele Sifunde Uthando LukaNkulunkulu
Umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu ongawenza njengomKristu namuhla ukufunda uthando lukaNkulunkulu.
Abaningi bethu bayazi ezingqondweni zethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithanda. Nokho, sikuthola kunzima ukwazi ngempela uthando lwakhe ezinhliziyweni zethu. Izindebe zethu zingasho ukuthi, “UNkulunkulu uluthando,” kodwa izinhliziyo zethu zinenkinga yokuluzwa. Uthando uNkulunkulu analo ngathi ngokuvamile luwukucabangela esikhundleni sokulwazi, okucatshangwayo esikhundleni sokuluphila, okuzindlwayo esikhundleni sokwaziwa.
Lolu lwazi olubuthakathaka lothando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi lusenza sizizwe singafaneleki, sinecala, singenanjongo, singafunwa, futhi singenathemba.
Okubaluleke nakakhulu, iBhayibheli lisifundisa ukuthi ukwazi ngokujulile uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi kuwukuphela kwendlela yokuphila ukuphila anakho ngathi. Ukwazi uthando lukaNkulunkulu ukuphela kwendlela yokulandela uJesu. Ukwazisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwazisa kuwukuphela kwendlela yokuba umKristu.
UJesu wafundisa abafundi bakhe ukubaluleka okukhulu kokufunda uthando lwakhe. “Njengoba uBaba engithandile, nami nginithandile. Hlalani othandweni lwami” (NgokukaJohane 15:9)
Ukuhlala othandweni lukaJesu ngathi kuzosinika amandla okumlandela (NgokukaJohane 15:10). Ukwazi ukuthi wasithanda kuqala kuyosenza simthande (1 KaJohane 4:10). Ukwazi uNkulunkulu ngokuseduze kuyosisiza ukuba sinqobe ukungabaza kwethu, umuzwa wecala, namahloni (KwabaseRoma 8:32)
Ngakho-ke, umbuzo kufanele ubuzwe: sikufunda kanjani ukuthandwa?
Kulolu hlelo lokufunda, sizohlola izindlela ezimbalwa ezisebenzayo zokufunda uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ezicaciswe ngokugcwele encwadini ethi Ukufunda Ukuthandwa.
Kodwa-ke, ukuze siqale, kumele sivume ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukwenza lo msebenzi sisodwa.
Ukufunda uthando lukaNkulunkulu akuwona umsebenzi wezandla noma intando yomuntu. Kungumsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele.
Yingakho, ukuze siqale uhambo lwethu lokufunda uthando lukaNkulunkulu, kufanele sithandaze umthandazo osencwadini yabase-Efesu.
Njengoba uphendukela endimeni yanamuhla, zinike isikhathi sokufunda futhi uqonde ukuthi uthini uPawulu, umbhali. Uthandazela ukuba uMoya oNgcwele uqinise abafundi bakhe ukuba bazi uthando lukaNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zabo.
Emva kokuzijwayeza lesi siqeshana, ngiyakumema ukuthi wenze lomthandazo ube owakho. Khala kuNkulunkulu, umcele ukuba aqinise inhliziyo yakho ukuze uqonde uthando lwakhe olujulile nolubanzi ngawe.
NguMoya oNgcwele okuwe kuphela ongenza lo msebenzi. Ngakho khuleka. Bese, uma usulungile, masithathe isinyathelo esilandelayo ndawonye ngosuku lwesibili.
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Ngokusekelwe encwadini entsha ethi “Ukufunda Ukuthandwa,” lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezintathu luzokusiza ufunde ukuthi ungasuka kanjani ekwazini ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ukuze uluzwe enhliziyweni yakho. Ngezinyathelo ezingokoqobo nokuzindla ngokwethembeka, ababhali uDavid Bowden noMart Green bazokufundisa ukwamukela iqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu wakuthanda kuqala. Vuleleka othandweni olujulile, olungenamibandela uNkulunkulu analo ngawe. Qala namuhla ufunde ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthandwa ngokweqiniso.
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