Hamba Ngokufanele Ubizo Lwakho

Ubunye asikokufana — iNkosi inye noBawo omnye, kodwa izipho ziyahluka, yaye iinkokeli zikhona ukuze zixhobise bonke abanye endaweni yokubenzela umsebenzi. Ukukhula kuthetha ukungabi saphetshethwa yimimoya. Kuze imiyalelo eqhelekileyo kakhulu: thetha inyaniso, sebenza, ugcine umlomo wakho.

Isahluko 4.

Ngoko ke mna, libanjwa eNkosini, ndiyanibongoza: hambani ngokufanele ubizo enabizwa ngalo, ngentobeko yonke nangobulali, ninomonde, ninyamezelana ngothando, ningxamele ukugcina ubunye boMoya ngomxokelelwane woxolo. Mzimba mnye, Moya mnye, kanye njengoko nabizelwa kwithemba elinye elihamba nobizo lwenu. Nkosi-nye, lukholo lunye, bhaptizo lunye, Bawo mnye wabo bonke, ongaphezu kwabo bonke, nangabo bonke, nakubo bonke.

Kodwa ngamnye kuthi wanikwa ubabalo ngokomlinganiso wesipho sikaKrestu. Ngenxa yoko kuthiwa: “Ekunyukeni phezulu, wathimba abathinjwa, wabanika abantu izipho.” ^a

Ke ngoko oku kokuthi “wenyuka”—kuthetha ntoni na, ngaphandle kokuba wehla waya kwiindawo ezisezantsi, umhlaba? Lowo wehla nguye kanye lowo wenyuka wada waphezulu kakhulu kuwo onke amazulu, ukuze azalise zonke izinto.

Wanika abanye ukuba babe ngabapostile, abanye babe ngabaprofeti, abanye babe ngabavangeli, abanye babe ngabalusi nabafundisi, ukuze baxhobise abangcwele emsebenzini wenkonzo, ekwakhiweni komzimba kaKrestu, side sonke sifike ebunyeni bokholo nasekwazini uNyana kaBawo wethu, sibe ngumntu okhulileyo, side sifikelele kumlinganiso opheleleyo wobukhulu nenzaliseko kaKrestu. Ngoko asisengabantwana, sibhukuqwa ngamaza sithwalwa nkqu nangumoya wonke wemfundiso, ngenkohliso yabantu, ngobuqhophololo bamayelenqe okukhohlisa. Endaweni yoko, sithetha inyaniso ngothando, masikhule ngeendlela zonke sibe nguye lowo uyintloko, uKrestu. Esithi kuye wonke umzimba, uhlangene ubanjelwe ngumsipha wonke oxhasayo, ukhule njengoko ilungu ngalinye lisebenza ngokufanelekileyo, ukuze umzimba uzakhe wona ngokwawo ngothando.

Vatha Umntu Omtsha

Ngoko ke le nto ndiyitshoyo, ndiyangqina eNkosini: ningabi saphila njengeentlanga, ebuzeni bengcinga zabo. Bezele ubumnyama engqondweni, bahlukaniswe nobomi bukaBawo wethu ngenxa yokungazi okukubo nangenxa yokuqaqadeka kweentliziyo zabo. Bephulukene nemvakalelo yonke, bazinikela ekuthabatheni okulihlazo, besenza yonke into engcolileyo ngokubawa. Kodwa akunjalo indlela enamfunda ngayo uKrestu, ukuba kambe nimvile naza nafundiswa kuye, njengoko inyaniso ikuYesu, ukuba nikhulule umntu wenu omdala, obotshelelwe kwendlela yakho yangaphambili, owonakaliswayo ziinkanuko ezikhohlisayo, nokuba nihlaziywe emoyeni wengqondo yenu, nokuba nivathe umntu omtsha, odalelwe ukufana noBawo wethu ngobulungisa nangobungcwele benyaniso.

Ngoko lahlani ukuxoka—elowo kuni makathethe inyaniso nommelwane wakhe, kuba singamalungu omnye komnye. Qumbani ningoni; lingatshoni ilanga nisaqumbile, ningamniki thuba umtyholi. Isela maliyeke ukuba, kunoko lisebenze nzima ngezandla zalo lisenza okulungileyo, ukuze libe nento yokwabela osweleyo. Makungaphumi lizwi libolileyo emlonyeni wenu, kodwa elo kuphela elincedayo ukuba abanye bakhule, elifanele ilixa, ukuze linike ubabalo kwabaliphulaphulayo. Musani ukumenza buhlungu uMoya oyiNgcwele kaBawo wethu, owanitywinela imini yentlawulelo. Zilahleni zonke iinzondo, ukuvutha komsindo, umsindo, ukudanduluka, nokunyelisa, kunye nolunya lonke. Yibani nobubele omnye komnye, ninemfesane, nixolelana, kanye njengoko uBawo wethu wanixolelayo ngoKrestu.