16 USimoni Pitrosi waphendula wathi: “UnguKrestu, iNdodana kaZimu ophilako.”
Umzeswa kaSomnini umemezela isimiso sakhe: “USomnini wathi kimi, ‘Uyindodanami wena; namhlanje ngiyakuvuselela.
Njengehlangumataka ilangazelela amanzi wemilanjana, ngokunjalo umphefumulwami ulangazelele wena, Zimu.
Ngikhupha isimemezelo sokobana boke abantu bembuswenami kufuze bathuthumele bebasabe phambi kwakaZimu kaDanyela. “Ngambala unguZimu ophilako, iye, uphila isiphelani. Umbuswakhe angekhe wabhujiswa nobukhosi bakhe angeze baphela.
uJakopo wabeletha uJosefa, indoda kaMariya unina kaJesu okuthiwa nguKrestu.
Labo ebegade bangemkhunjini bathandaza uJesu bathi: “Kwamambala uyiNdodana kaZimu!”
Wababuza godu wathi: “Alo-ke nina nithi ngingubani na?”
Kodwana uJesu wazithulela. Umphristi omkhulu wakhuluma naye godu, wathi: “Ngikufungisa isifungo ngoZimu ophilako ngithi: Sitjela bona unguMesiya, iNdodana kaZimu na?”
Kwathi lokha umphathimabutho nalabo ebebanaye ebebaqaphe uJesu nababona ukusikinyeka kwephasi nakho koke okwenzakeleko, besaba bebathi: “Kwamambala bekayiNdodana kaZimu!”
Yeke umlingi weza kuye wathi: “Nangabe uyiNdodana kaZimu, tjela amatje la bona aphenduke isikwa.”
Kodwana uJesu wazithulela, akhange aphendule. Umphristi omkhulu wambuza godu wathi: “UnguKrestu, iNdodana yoBusisiweko na?”
Khona namhlanjesi ngemzini kaDavida nibelethelwe uMsindisi onguMesiya, iKosi!
UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
Waphendula wathi: “Iye, Kosi! Ngiyakholwa bona unguKrestu, iNdodana kaZimu, ebekufanele ize ephasini.”
Kodwana lokhu kutloliwe khona nizakukholwa bona uJesu unguKrestu, iNdodana kaZimu, nokuthi ngokukholwa kuye nibe nokuphila.
Njengombana uBaba ophilako angithumile, nami ngiphila ngoBaba; njalo-ke loyo ogoma mina uzakuphila ngebanga lami.
USimoni Pitrosi wamphendula wathi: “Kosi, sizakuya kubani na? Nguwe onamezwi wokuphila okungapheliko.
Nje-ke siyakholwa besiyazi bona ungoCwengileko ovela kuZimu.”
bathi: “Madoda! Nikwenzelani lokhu na? Nathi sibabantu njengani nje! Silapha ukuzokutjhumayela ivangeli, ukunitjhugulula ezintwenezi ezililize, nitjhugulukele kuZimu ophilako, owadala izulu nephasi nelwandle nakho koke okukilo.
Basakhamba endleleni, bafika endaweni lapha bekunamanzi khona, umphakulwa wathi: “Qala naka amanzi, ngingakhandelwa yini bona ngingabhajadiswa na?”
UFlebhe wathi kuye: “Ungabhajadiswa nawukholwa ngehliziywakho yoke.” Yena waphendula wathi: “Ngiyakholwa bona uJesu Krestu yiNdodana kaZimu.”
Masinyana wathoma ukutjhumayela emasinagogini bona uJesu uyiNdodana kaZimu.
begodu yatjhunyayelwa ngamandla bona iyiNdodana kaZimu ukuya ngokoMoya wokucwenga ngokuvuswa kwayo ekufeni: uJesu Krestu iKosethu,
INdodana kaZimu uJesu Krestu eyatjhunyayelwa phakathi kwenu ngimi noSilasi kanye noThimothi beyingasi ngu “Iye; awa”, kodwana kiyo kuhlala kungu “Iye” kwaphela.
Niyabonakala bona niyincwadi kaKrestu, umphumela womsebenzethu. Iye, incwadi engakatlolwa ngomsobo kodwana ngoMoya kaZimu ophilako, engakatlolelwa emqebethwini kodwana eenhliziyweni zabantu.
Linasivumelwano bani ithempeli lakaZimu nabosingazimu na? Thina silithempeli lakaZimu ophilako, njengombana uZimu wathi: “Ngizokuhlala ngaphakathi kwabo bengikhambe hlangana nabo, ngibe nguZimabo, bona babe babantu bami.”
Ngubani phakathi kwayo yoke inyama owakhe wezwa ilizwi lakaZimu ophilako likhuluma phakathi komlilo njengombana kwenzeka kithi, kodwana waphila?
ngombana bona ngokwabo ngibo abasibikelako bona nasamukela njani. Bayafakaza ngendlela enatjhugulukela ngayo kuZimu, nafulathela ukulotjha abozinyana kobana nilotjhe uZimu weqiniso nophilako.
nakungenzeka ngiriyade, wazi bona umuntu kufuze aziphathe njani endlini kaZimu, okulibandla lakaZimu ophilako noyisika nesisekelo seqiniso.
Nje-ke ngalokho sisebenza kabudisi begodu siyatjhikatjhika ngombana sibeke ithemba lethu kuZimu ophilako oMsindisi wabo boke abantu, khulukhulu labo abakholwako.
Kuyinto esabekako ukuwela esandleni sakaZimu ophilako.
Kodwana nina nize entabeni yeZiyoni nemzini wakaZimu ophilako, iJerusalema lezulwini nemgidini wewoma leengilozi,
Nje-ke bazalwana, tjhejani bona kungabikhona noyedwa wenu onehliziyo embi engakholwako ebangela bonyana ahlubuke kuZimu ophilako.
Khulu kangangani-ke iingazi zakaKrestu owazinikela ngokwakhe kuZimu ngoMoya oCwengileko wesiphelani anganamphambo, zizakuhlanza isazelo sethu emisebenzini efileko ukuze silotjhe uZimu ophilako.
Loyo ovumako bona uJesu uyiNdodana kaZimu, uZimu uphila kuye naye uphila kuZimu.
Godu siyazi bona iNdodana kaZimu yeza yasipha ilemuko ukuze simazi oliqiniso begodu sikuye oliqiniso neNdodanakhe uJesu Krestu. Yena unguZimu mbala, ukuphila okungapheliko.
Ngubani ongahlula iphasi nakungasi ngiloyo okholwa bona uJesu uyiNdodana kaZimu na?
Ngabona enye ingilozi ikhuphuka ngepumalanga iphethe iphawu lakaZimu ophilako. Yarhuwelela ngelizwi elikhulu iingilozi ezine ebezinikelwe amandla wokona iphasi nelwandle,