1 Kufanele satiwe kutsi sitikhonti taKhristu nebaphatsi betimfihlakalo taNkulunkulu.
Wabaphendvula watsi: “Nine ninikiwe lwati lwetimfihlakalo tembuso welizulu, kodvwa bona abakanikwa.
“Pho, ngubani losisebenti lesetsembekile nalesihlakaniphile, inkhosi yaso lesimise etikwebendlu yayo, kutsi sibanike kudla ngesikhatsi lesifanele?
Waphendvula watsi: “Nine niphiwe imfihlakalo yembuso waNkulunkulu, kodvwa laba labangephandle konkhe bakutfola ngemifanekiso,
Bakubhala loko lesakutjelwa baphatsi belivi lababetibona letintfo kusukela ekucaleni kwato.
INkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Ngubani-ke losisebenti lesetsembekile nalesihlakaniphile lesiyawutfunywa kutsi sicize indlu yenkhosi kanye nekunika letinye tisebenti kudla lokutifanele nangesikhatsi lesifanele?
Wabatjela watsi: “Nine niphiwe lwati lwetimfihlakalo tembuso waNkulunkulu, kodvwa kulabanye kushunyayelwa ngemifanekiso, kuze batsi bayabona kodvwa bangabonisisi, batsi bayeva kantsi abevisisi kahle.”
Bazalwane, ngitsandza kutsi niyati lemfihlakalo yeliciniso; ngobe naningayati, ningahle nicabange kutsi nihlakaniphile. Lemfihlakalo kutsi labanye bema-Israyeli behlelwa bulukhuni khona kutewutsi betive bahlunyeleliswe ngalokuphelele.
Asimdvumise Nkulunkulu! Nguye lonemandla ekunicinisa ngeliVangeli lami nangetinshumayelo ngaJesu Khristu, ngekwesembulo semfihlakalo yeliciniso lelalifihlakele kusukela phakadze,
Kodvwa sikhuluma inhlakanipho yaNkulunkulu leyimfihlo lefihlekile, Nkulunkulu layimisa umhlaba ungakasekelwa, kutsi ibe ludvumo lwetfu.
Pho, uyini Apolosi? Uyini Pawula? Batisebenti nje taNkulunkulu lenakholwa ngato, letisebenta njengekwaba kweNkhosi kuleso nakuleso sato.
Sitsi sinyembenywa, sibe sikhuluma ngemoya lomuhle. Kuze kube ngulamuhla sentiwa tibi temhlaba, nekungcola kwetintfo tonkhe.
Futsi-ke baphatsi kufuneka kutsi batfolakale betsembekile.
Batisebenti taKhristu yini? Mine ngingulesincono. Loku sengikukhuluma njengeluhlanya. Ngasebenta kakhulu kunabo, ngidvonsa matima, ngaboshwa kanyenti, ngashaywa kanyenti, ngabasengotini yekufa.
Kube bengifuna kutigabatisa, bengingeke ngibente bulima, ngobe ngitabe ngikhuluma liciniso. Kodvwa ngiyativimba kuloko, kuze phela kubete longibeka ngetulu kwaloko langibona nome langiva nginguko.
Asitishumayeli tsine, kodvwa sishumayela kutsi Khristu Jesu uyiNkhosi, tsine-ke sitisebenti tenu ngenca yakhe.
Esikhundleni saloko konkhe lesikwentako sikwenta sikhombisa kutsi sitisebenti taNkulunkulu ngekutsi konkhe sikumele: ngekucinisela lokukhulu ekuhlushweni, nasebulukhunini, nasekugongonyekeni,
Nkulunkulu wakubona kufanele kutsi asatise imfihlakalo yentsandvo yakhe, labeyimisile ngaKhristu kwasekucaleni.
Ningithandazele nami, khona ngitewuphiwa livi, ngitsi nangivula umlomo wami ngiyishumayele ngaso sonkhe sibindzi imfihlakalo yeliVangeli.
Loko ngikwentela kutsi tinhlitiyo tabo tikhutsateke tidvudvuteke, bahlanganiswe babe munye elutsandweni, babe nekuciniseka konkhe kwekwati lokuphelele, bayati kahle imfihlakalo yaNkulunkulu lenguKhristu.
Nisikhulekele natsi kuNkulunkulu, kutsi asinike ematfuba ekushumayela livi lakhe, sitekwati kukhuluma imfihlakalo yaKhristu, mine lengisiboshwa ngenca yayo.
Siyavuma kutsi yinkhulu kakhulu imfihlakalo yenkholo yetfu yekutsi: Wabonakaliswa angumuntfu, wafakazelwa nguMoya, wabonwa tingilosi, washunyayelwa kubetive, wakholeka emhlabeni, wenyukela enkhatimulweni.
Umbonisi akukafaneli kube ngumuntfu losandza kuphendvuka funa atigcabhe, bese-ke Sathane uyamwisa.
Emaciniso lembulekile ekukholwa kufanele bawaphatse nganembeza lomhlophe.
Umholi, njengobe asisebenti saNkulunkulu, kufanele angasoleki, angatigcabhi, abete lulaka, angabi sidzakwa, abete luchweba, futsi angahaleli inzuzo ngebubi.
Lowo nalowo lowemukele sipho semusa, akasisebentise ekukhonteni labanye njengenceku lenhle yemusa lomnyenti waNkulunkulu.