KumaGalati 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹Magalati aziziyatha, ngubani na onithakathileyo? UYesu Krestu waboniswa ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni phambi kwamehlo enu. ²Ndifuna ukufunda oku kuphela kuni: ngaba namamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele ngemisebenzi yomthetho, okanye ngokuva ngokholo na? ³Niziziyatha kangaka na? Nithe nakuqala ngoMoya, ngaba ngoku nenziwa nigqibelele ngemigudu yabantu na? ⁴Naba nobunzima obungaka ngelize na—ukuba kwaba ngelize ngenene? ⁵Ngoko ke, uBawo wethu, lowo uninika ngesisa uMoya oyiNgcwele, esebenza nemisebenzi yamandla phakathi kwenu, oku ukwenza ngemisebenzi yomthetho, okanye ngokuva ngokholo na? ⁶Kwaba njalo noAbraham: “Wakholwa kuBawo wethu, oko kwabalelwa kuye ebulungiseni.” ⁷Qondani ngoko, ukuba abo banokholo bangabantwana baka-Abraham.

⁸Isibhalo, sibona ngenxa engaphambili ukuba uBawo wethu wayeya kuzigwebela iintlanga ngokholo, samshumayeza kwangaphambili uAbraham iindaba ezilungileyo, sathi: “Ngawe ziya kusikelelwa zonke iintlanga.”

⁹Ngoko abo banokholo basikelelwe kunye noAbraham, indoda yokholo.

¹⁰Kuba bonke abakholose ngemisebenzi yomthetho baphantsi kwesiqalekiso, kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: “Uqalekisiwe wonke ongahlali esenza zonke izinto ezibhalwe eNcwadini yoMthetho.” ¹¹Kucacile, akukho namnye ogwetyelwayo phambi koBawo wethu ngomthetho: “Ilungisa liya kudla ubomi ngokholo.” ¹²Kodwa umthetho awusekelwanga elukholweni; kunoko, “Lowo uzenzayo uya kudla ubomi ngazo.”

¹³UKrestu wasikhulula esiqalekisweni somthetho ngokuba sisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu—kuba isibhalo sithi: “Uqalekisiwe wonke oxhonywe emthini.” ¹⁴Oku wakwenzela ukuze intsikelelo ka-Abraham ifikele iintlanga ngoKrestu Yesu, ukuze samkele uMoya oyiNgcwele owathenjiswayo ngokholo.

Idinga Liyema, uMthetho Ulungiselela

¹⁵Bazalwana, mandithethe ngokwabantu: akukho bani ophula okanye ongezelela kumnqophiso womntu osele uqinisekisiwe. ¹⁶Amadinga athethwa kuAbraham nakwimbewu yakhe. Akuthiwanga “nakwiimbewu,” ezininzi, kodwa kwathiwa “nakwimbewu yakho,” enye, enguKrestu. ¹⁷Nantsi into endiyithethayo: umthetho, owafika emva kweminyaka engamakhulu amane anamanci mathathu, awuwuphuli umnqophiso owawusele umiswe nguBawo wethu, ngokokuze uliphuthise idinga. ¹⁸Ukuba ilifa livela emthethweni, alisaveli edingeni—kodwa uBawo wethu walinika uAbraham ngedinga.

¹⁹Kungani ke umthetho? Wongezwa ngenxa yezigqitho, kude kufike imbewu eyayenzelwe idinga—wamiswa ngezithunywa zezulu ngesandla somlamleli. ^a a v19 Isithethe samaYuda sasisithi uThixo wawunika uMoses umthetho ngezithunywa zezulu ezingabalamli entabeni yeSinayi. ²⁰Ke umlamleli akangowohlanye icala kuphela; kodwa uBawo wethu mnye.

²¹Ngaba ke umthetho uchasene namadinga kaBawo wethu na? Nakanye! Ukuba umthetho ubunako ukunika ubomi, inene ubulungisa bebuya kuvela emthethweni. ²²Kodwa isibhalo savalela zonke izinto phantsi kwesono, ukuze idinga, ngokholo kuYesu Krestu, linikwe abo bakholwayo.

²³Ngaphambi kokufika kokholo, sasigcinwe phantsi komthetho, sivalelwe kude kutyhilwe ukholo oluzayo. ²⁴Ngoko umthetho waba ngumgcini wethu kwada kweza uKrestu, ukuze ukholo lusigwebele. ²⁵Kodwa ngoku lokuba ukholo lufikile, asisekho phantsi komgcini.

Abantwana bakaBawo Ngokholo

²⁶Kuba ngoKrestu Yesu nonke ningabantwana bakaBawo wethu ngokholo. ²⁷Kuba nonke enababhaptizelwa kuKrestu nambatha uKrestu. ²⁸Akukho mYuda namGrike, akukho khoboka nokhululekileyo, akukho ndoda namfazi—kuba nonke nimnye ngoKrestu Yesu. ²⁹Ukuba ke ningabakaKrestu, ngoko niyimbewu ka-Abraham, iindlalifa ngokwedinga.