Jesu waphendvula watsi kuye: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni waJohane, ngobe loko awukakwembulelwa ngumuntfu kepha nguBabe losezulwini.
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Jesu waphendvula watsi kuye: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni waJohane, ngobe loko awukakwembulelwa ngumuntfu kepha nguBabe losezulwini.
Kutsite natifika leti teli-awa lesihlanu entsambama, watiholela denariyo munye sisinye.
Lokholwa yiNdvodzana, unekuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa longakholwa yiNdvodzana, ute kuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa lulaka lwaNkulunkulu lulengela etikwakhe.”
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Kube mane bewusati sipho saNkulunkulu nekutsi ngubani lona lotsi: ‘Nginatsise,’ ngabe ucele kuye, yena abetakunika emanti laphilako.”
“Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lova livi lami akholwe ngulongitfumile, unekuphila lokuphakadze. Akayi ekwehlulelweni, kodvwa sewuphumile ekufeni, wangena ekuphileni.
Jesu watsi kubo: “Mine ngisinkhwa sekuphila, lowo lota kimi, angeke alambe; nalowo lokholwa ngimi, angeke aphindze ome.
Ngobe loko kuyintsandvo yaBabe kutsi, bonkhe lababone iNdvodzana, base bakholwa kuyo, babe nekuphila lokuphakadze; mine-ke ngiyawubavusa ngemhla wekuphela.”
Kute umuntfu longeta kimi nangabe Babe, lokunguyena angitfumile, angamdvonsi. Ngemhla wekuphela mine-ke ngiyawumvusa aphile.
Lapho sebefike e-Antiyokhi babutsela bantfu belibandla ndzawonye babatjela konkhe Nkulunkulu labekusebentile ngabo, nekutsi nebetive ubavulele indlela yekukholwa.
Cha! Sikholwa kutsi tsine nabo sisindziswa ngalokufananako ngemusa weNkhosi yetfu Jesu.”
Lomunye walabo lowasilalela nguLidiya, waseThiyathira, umtsengisi wetingubo letibukhwebeletane; abengumfati losikhonti saNkulunkulu. INkhosi yavula inhlitiyo yakhe kuze eve emukele loko lokwakukhulunywa nguPawula.
Kodvwa bangatibika njani kulowo labangakholwa nguye? Bangamkholwa njani labangazange sebeve ngaye? Bangeva njani nakute lobashumayelako?
Ngako-ke setsembiso semukelwa ngekukholwa, khona konkhe kuyawuba ngemusa waNkulunkulu, ngaleyo ndlela-ke setsembiso siphiwe wonkhe umuntfu loyintalo ya-Abrahama. Lentalo ya-Abrahama-ke akusibo labo labagcina umtsetfo nje kuphela, kodvwa ngibo nalabo labakholwa njengaye. Abrahama ungubabe wetfu sonkhe,
Kodvwa nangabe umuntfu angaketsembeli emisebentini yakhe lemihle kodvwa ngekukholwa etsembele kulowo lolungisisa longamesabi Nkulunkulu, kukholwa kwakhe nguko lokumenta emukeleke kuNkulunkulu kutsi ulungile.
Ngako-ke akuyi ngekutsandza nangekutihlupha kwemuntfu, kodvwa kuya ngebubele baNkulunkulu.
Loko Khristu wakwenta, kuze kutsi sibusiso lesetsenjiswa Abrahama sifike sinikwe betive ngaJesu Khristu, nekutsi semukele ngekukholwa sipho saMoya lesetsenjiswa sona.
Kodvwa umBhalo utsi bonkhe bantfu bangephansi kwemandla esono, kuze kutsi loko lokwetsenjiswa ekukholweni nguKhristu Jesu kuniketwe labakholwako.
Ngobe tsine singumsebenti waNkulunkulu. Sidalwe ngaJesu Khristu kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle, Nkulunkulu layilungisa kucala.
nome sase sifile ngetiphambuko tetfu, wasiphilisa kanye naKhristu. Nisindziswe ngemusa waNkulunkulu.
Ngobe ngenca yaKhristu nine nabelwa ngemusa angisho kukholwa kuye kuphela, kepha nekuhlupheka ngenca yakhe.
Nembelwa kanye naye embhabhatisweni, lokungawo futsi navuswa kanye naye ngekukholwa ngemandla aNkulunkulu, lowamvusa ekufeni.
Bayawujeziswa ngekubhujiswa kwaphakadze balunyulwe ebukhoneni beNkhosi nasenkhatimulweni yemandla ayo.
Kukhona labake bakhanyiselwa, banambitsa sipho sasezulwini, badzimate baba nesabelo saMoya Longcwele.
Nkulunkulu uyawunigcina ngemandla akhe, njengobe nimetsemba, kube kusindziswa lokutakwembulwa ngesikhatsi sekugcina.