Iningi labantu elike lafuna uNkulunkulu lingacabanga ngezikhathi lapho lakhala khona, “Uma ukhona, kungani ungangibonisi? Ngilapha futhi ngifuna ukwazi!”Nokho uNkulunkulu akaveli njalo lapho sicabanga ukuthi kufanele. Futhi akubonakali kufanelekile. Manje kungani kunjalo?
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Lokhu kuthunyelwa kuvela kumazwana akuleyo ndatshana, ‘Ingabe UJesu Wafa Ngempela?’ futhi ichaza kabanzi ngomqondo wobuKrestu ngokufa.
Uma sibona umuntu osesikhundleni sethonya ekhaphela izindinganiso azishoyo, iningi lethu alinqikazi nje ukuphinde simethembe lowo muntu futhi: size silwe nezinkumbulo zethu zezenzo zabo ezinhle zangaphambilini. Ngabe kufanele sizisuse nje?
Izikhathi eziningana, abantu engibathembile futhi ngibazisa kakhulu njengabangane namaKrestu avelele bazikhaphele izindinganiso abazibonisa obala. Ubuhlungu bayo kwesinye isikhathi bube ngathi ngommese osontekile emathunjini ami. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi uphinde ubethembe abantu abanjalo?
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UJeremiya uvame ukwaziwa njengomprofethi ‘wenhlekelele nesigayegaye.’ Nokho, phakathi nesiqephu esigxeka izono zika-Israyeli kanye nesixwayiso ngokwahlulela okuzayo, sithola leli gugu lesikhuthazo – i-manifesto ephathelene nomthombo weqiniso wokugcwaliseka empilweni kanye nohlelo lukaNkulunkulu lokusiletha kuleyo ndawo.
Enye yezinto okunzima kakhulu ukuba siyiqonde ukuthi kunjani ngempela ukuba ngomunye umuntu. Uma ngishaya umunwe wami, Ngisosizini: kodwa uma wephula umlenze wakho angikwazi ukuwuzwa. Ngingazama kuphela ukuzwelana. Okwethu, lokho cishe kunjalo. Kepha kukhona umuntu ongaqonda ngokweqiniso…
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