Iintombi, Ukuphelelwa Lithemba, Ukoyika, noKukhululwa

Abazali bakhe bemangala, kodwa wabathuma ukuba bangamseli kumntu na into eyenzekileyo.

Lizwi leNkosi.

Kunjalo—ngumxhaka. Yindaba enkulu. Yindaba eyaziwayo. Ngoku, zimbini iindaba zenziwe kunye. Kwaye enye yezizathu zokuba yaziwe kangaka kukuuba uMathewu, uMarko noLuka bayibhala ngendlela eyiyo: iindaba zokuqala ziqala, owesibini uphazamisa, kwaza okuqala kugqitywa. Yilokho abaphengululi bebiza ngokuba yi-intercalation, kodwa kuba ngesiGrike, ndiyathanda ukucinga ngayo njenge-gyro—umaleko omnye, kwaza ukuzaliswa, kwaza umaleko wokugqibela.

ULuka ubeka le “indaba gyro” ekupheleni kwemfologo yeziganeko ezibonisa amandla kaYesu ekwenzeni okulungileyo. Ngoxesha lwesahluko sesixhenxe, waphilisa isicakumta ekude. Wavusa unyana womfazi owaliweyo. Watilela iimpungano. Wathulisa isiphepho. Ngoku nje, ubonisa ulawulo phezu kwemimoya ngokukhupha imimoya emininzi yedemoni. Kwaye ngoku, ukuqukumbela le mifologo yeenkcazo zamandla kaYesu, sifumana le ndaba zimbini.

Kodwa kukho okungaphezu koko kungezo ndaba zimbini zidibene. Ezi ndaba zilinganisa ngabomu. Ungayibiza ngokuba yindaba yamadoda amabini. Indleka yaseJairo kwindaba yokuqala, kwaza lo mfazi—noYesu ambiza ngokuthi “Indlana” kwelona xesha likhulu.

Zombini iindleka, ngokomthetho wamaYuda, zingcwele ngokwesiko—eyokuqala ngokuopha okungapheli, enye ngokufa. Sizobuya koko.

Kwaye ke kukho uqhagamshelwano olumangalisayo lweshumi. Inkosazana eneminyaka elishumi elimbini. Umfazi obandezeleke ngeminyaka elishumi elimbini. Unyaka le nkosazana yazalwa nguwunyaka umfazi waqala ukubandezela. Imisonto engabonakaliyo ibophelela ubomi babo, kwaye ngoku—nangona kunokwenzeka ukuba abazange bazi njani omnye komnye—basika kwangolo suku, kulo mkhondo, xa bobabini beqhuba uYesu kwaye batshintshwa ngokupheleleyo.

Ngokwesiko, intombazana iba ngumfazi xa eneminyaka elishumi elimbini. Ke ngoku sifumana amantombazana amabini, abafazi ababini, amabali abo abotshwe ndawonye. Kwaye ngokuwabona kunye, ndicinga ukuba uThixo unento ekhethekileyo yokusixelela.

Ukulandelelana kwamabali abo kuyafana: ukuphelelwa lithemba, ukothuka, nokuhlangulwa. Leyo yintshukumo esiza kuyilandela.

Kwaye ukuba unayo iBhayibhile—okanye ungayifumana—vula kwisiLuka 8, uqale kwivesi 40. Ndingathanda ukucotha, ukunikela ingqalelo, nokuhamba ngendlela eyenzekayo ukuze sikwazi ukuva oko uThixo anakho kuthi.

Inqanaba lokuqala kukuphelelwa lithemba.

UYesu ubuyile kulhamo olungaqhelekanga kunye nabafundi bakhe, apho adibana nongamthixokayo waza wamphulukisa. Ngoku usekwindawo enabantu, yaye wonke umntu umfuna. Bavile ukhuthaza. Baye baye babona amazolo akhe. Bayazi ukuba into yobukho bakaThixo ihleli kuye. Kwaye isihlwele sicindezela.

Kodwa phakathi kweso sihlwele sicindezelayo, kwavuleleke indlela. Kufika umntu obalulekileyo: uYairu, umkhokeli wosindaniso. Umntu ohloniphekileyo, onobungazi. Kwaye wamsukela njani uYesu?

Uwela phantsi kwiminyawo kaYesu yaye wamcela.

USiluka usebenzisa lo fane kwakhona nangakhona—ukuwela phantsi kwiminyawo kaYesu—njengengxelo yobomi bokuphelelwa lithemba. Yinto engazithandabuziyo. Yinto eyenzekayo xa umntu ephelelwa yithemba.

Ndingazange ndifumani ngaloo nto de kwafika amoments ambalwa kwiminyaka yakutshanje – enye ngexesha lokuxhalaba okunzulu kunye nokungabikho kobulungiseki, xa ndatshayela phantsi emhlabeni. Kwaye ke, kulo nyaka uphelileyo, emva kokuhlinzwa kwengqondo yomfazi wam, malunga neehora ezilishumi nambini emva koko, xa wayesekhathazweni olukhulu kwaye sacinga ukuba umshicilelo sele ufikile – andingakwazanga ukungawa phantsi ecaleni kwebhedi yakhe. Abanye yenu bebekhona. Abanye yenu anikho. Kodwa yinto yonke yokuziveza kwabantu ngokungxamisekileyo.

Kwaye kutheni uJairus exhalabile? Kuba intombi yakhe yodwa – intombi yakhe enomphunga weminyaka yeshumi nambini – iyafa. Ayiguli nje. Ayikhathazwa ngabazali bayo ngendlela abantwana banokwenza ngayo. Iyafa.

Kwaye ngoko uhlaselwa.

Kwaye ukuba ujonga nje loo mavesi ambalwa okuqala – iivesi 41 no 42 – kukhathazeka okuninzi, intlungu eninzi, ukoyika okuninzi kucinezelwe kuzo ukuba kulula ukufunda ngapha kwinto yokuziphatha komntu oyenzayo. UYesu, esihlala sibona egcwele inceba, uthi ewe. Uya noJairus. Kwaye isiphelo sevesi 42 sinethsana kwakhona ukuba izihlwele zimcinezela. Yonke umntu afuna ukusondela kuye.

Emva koko ivesi 43 yenza utshintsho:

Kwakukhona umfazi apho owayesengxakini yokopha iminyaka yeshumi nambini, kodwa akukho mntu angoMphulukisa.

UMarko wongeza ukuba wayechithile yonke into awayenayo koogqirha, yaye endaweni yokuba aphucuke, waba mbi ngakumbi.

Kwaye noJairus, sibona ukungxamiseka okukhulu – ingxaki yongezwe. Kulo mfazi, sibona ukungxamiseka okungapheli – iminyaka yeshumi nambini yelye. Kwaye ngokutsho kweLevitikus 15, nokuba yintoni na imeko yakhe yezokwelapha, yena wabeka kwikhetro lokuba ritually unclean. Akonileyo. Aketyazwa. Kodwa wahlulwa. Waqhawuka.

Kwaye kuba imeko yakhe ayipheli, ukwahlulwa kwakhe akuzange kuphele. Nantoni na ayichukumisayo inokungcola. Nawuphi na umntu ajamelana naye. Akakwazanga ukunconga etempileni. Akakwazanga nokungena eYerusalem. Wayesahlukolwe. Wedwa. Wabuya. Umkhulu.

Zama ukucinga ngako: iminyaka elibambili yadlula ngaphandle kokuchukumizwa. Iminyaka elibambili ngaphandle kokwamkelwa ekhaya lomntu. Iminyaka elibambili ngaphandle koluntu.

Kwaye ngoku—aphaya—ubona ithuba lakhe. Isihlava inkulu. Wonke umntu uxokozela. Akukho mntu wazi ukubona nantoni na ngokucacileyo. Abafundi bayazama ukulawula isiphithiphithi. Kwaye ucinga, Ukuba nje ndingasondela ngokwaneleyo… akukho mntu uya kundibona. Akukho mntu uya kundazi. Ukuba nje ndingachukumisa umpheuko wehempe yakhe… ndiyakholelwa ndiya kuphila.

Kwaye uyasukuma phakathi kwesihlava, mhlawumbi ngesikhala sakhe esitsalwe siphantsi, aze afikelele. Uchukumisa umpheuko wengubo yakhe.

Kwaye ngoko nangoko—uyazi. Umzimba wakhe uyamtshela. Njengamalunga aqhama kwindawo yawo. Okanye njengelo xesha xa umthwalo wengqondo oowayengekazi nawo ngokupheleleyo wajika waza waqonda ukuba ubunzima bakhe bungakanani. Uyazi ukuba uphilile.

Ndicinga ukuba phantse akazange akholele—ujoy exutywe nguthoku, exutywe nguukoyika ithemba kwakhona.

Ibali likaJairus likaJesu liyathetha, abantu badibana noJesu, bafumana ukuphila, yaye baya kwindlela yabo. Kwaye noJairus, Jesu wayeza kumphilis<|start_header_id|>a ngaphandle nje, njengoko wayenzile kwisahluko 7.

Kodwa kukho into eyenzeka ngokungalindelekanga. Kukho elinye inyathelo. Hayi nje ukuphelelwa lithemba nokuhlangulwa—kodwa ukothuka.

Jonga kwivesi 45:

“Ngubani na ondichukumisileyo?” Jesu wabuza.

Wonke umntu uyakuphika. Peter uthi yinto leyo nayiphi na kwezethu: Nkosi, wonke umntu uyakuchukumisa. Kodwa Jesu uyazi enye into eyenzekile. Uyazi amandla aphume kuye.

Kwaye oku kunamangalisa. Ligunya lomsebenzi kuphela olunjalo—umntu othile ochukumisa ingubo kaJesu aphile. Phantse kuziva amagical, njengenduku yokuphila okanye crystal kwibali fantasy. Kodwa ayiyonto leyo eyenzekayo. Obu buqu. Le faith. Yiyo loo nto Jesu uyazi.

Ngapha koko, abantu abaninzi babethinta. Yena one kuphela wafumana ukuphila.

Kwaye ngoku ukuphelelwa kwowesifazane kuye kwaguquka kwadonga. Wayethemba ukuhlala engaziwa. Uyenzile. Uyangaphiliswa. Wayesengakwazi ukunyamalala. Kodwa uYesu uyamisa lonke isihlwele aze abuze, Ngubani okhathathile kuye?

Uyonwaba wakhe osemncane uphalaza uloyiko. Iminyaka yeshumi elibili yamshaya, wahlawulwa, ubuwakhe—ngoku uyavezwa. Ukhathathile uYesu, okungenza yena angahlambulukanga. Uyenzile ngokufihlakeleyo. Kwaye ngoku ime phambi komntu kaThixo enegunya elikhulu.

Isicatshulwa 47:

Kwaye owesi, ebona ukuba akakwazi kuhamba engaziwa, wza ngokothuka aze awe phambi kwakhe. Phambi kwabantu bonke, wabaxelela ukuba yintoni ayekhathathile yena, aze achaze ukuba angaphiliswa njani.

KunjengoJairo, awe phambi kweenyawo zikaYesu. Kodwa hayi kuphela ngokuphelelwa—nokoyika. Akazi ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni okulandelayo. Yilokhu angakwenza kukuba nokwenyani aze aziphose phambi kwakhe.

Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba sivile impendulo kaYesu, makhe sijonge kwisicatshulwa 49:

Ngoku uYesu esathetha, omnye wza ekhaya loJairo. “Intokazi yakho ifile,” wathi. “Musani kumxakathisa umfundisi.

Kwaye njengoJairo, ibali lakhe likwagqubuhela ekuphelelweni kwadonga. Ubona umthunywa. Uvile amazwi agodlukileyo.

Kwaye ukuba uzama ukucinga imeko kaJairo apha—ucinge ngayo ngokwenene—ungaziva uxinzelelo. Ukuphelelwa. Ucengile uYesu ukuba aze. UYesu uyavuma. Kodwa isihlwele sicothisa yonke into. Abantu bacindezela kuyo yonke indlela. Kwaye uJairo akafanele akucinge, Nkosi, nceda—intombi yam ifa. Asinayo ixesha lokwenza oku.

Kwaye uYesu uyamisa.

Kwaye lo wesifazane—umxhotywa—uza phambili awe phambi kwakhe. Kwaye uJairo angacinga kuphela, Asinayo ixesha lokwenza oku. Intombi yam ifa. Nceda, Nkosi, kufuneka siye.

Kwaye ke, phakathi kwelayibhile lo xinzelelo, uvile amazwi agodlukileyo:

“Intombi yakho ifile.

Musani kumxakathisa umfundisi.”

Ibonakalisa intlungu kaMariya noMartha kwisiHlahla 11, xa umzalwane wabo wasweleka uYesu akazifikanga ngexesha.

Zombini iindaba zithatha indlela esingayilindelanga. Zihamba zivela kwinto embi ukuya kwinto embi ngakumbi. Ukusuka ekuphelelweni lithemba ukuya ekoyikeni.

Kodwa ezi ntombi zimbini ziza kuva into eseleyo. Kwaye apha kulapho inyathelo lesithathu—ukuhlangula—lifika khona.

Khe siwubuyele kowesifile. Ujongwa ezinyaweni zikaYesu, mhlawumbi esaba ukuba angenawo aze abuyise ukuphilisa, okanye amshazamise esidlangalaleni, okanye ekugqibeleni athi, Kulungile, ungayigcina, kodwa wena wenza into engalunganga.

Uza kuthi ntoni?

Umvumelwano 48:

“Ntombi, inkolo yakho ikuphilisile.

Hamba ngoxolo.”

Rather than scolding her, rather than withdrawing his power, he blesses her. He calls her Ntombi—a word Jesus never uses for anyone else in the Gospels. And he sends her away in peace.

And this shows us again: this was not magic. This was not a healing amulet moment. Jesus highlights her faith. He wants her—and everyone else—to understand what really happened.

And notice the parallel with Jairus. Immediately in verse 50, when the news of his daughter’s death arrives, Jesus turns to him and says:

“Musa ukoyika.

Kholela, yena uya kuphiliswa.”

Inkolo kwakhona.

And that’s exactly what happens. If you look at the next few verses, Jesus goes to Jairus’ house. The girl is dead. Everyone knows it. He doesn’t let the crowd follow—only Peter, James, John, and the parents. They enter the room where the young girl lies.

On the way, Jesus says, “Why are you wailing? She’s not dead but asleep.” They laugh at him. They know death when they see it. But Jesus often means more than his words initially suggest.

Kwaye kutheni ayesithi oku? Jonga kwivesi 56. Emva kokumvusa, uyabatshela ukuba bangamseli kumntu nawaphi na into eyenzekileyo. UYesu akazami ukuvusa isihlwele. Akazami ukufumana ukuthandwa okanye ukuqalisa intshukumo. Ukuba wayefuna ukuduma, wayeya kwenza lo m miracle kwisitrato.

Uyasebenza ngenxa yenceba – inceba emthobekileyo, yokwenyaniso. Uyabuyisela ubomi kule ntsapho, kodwa akaintereswa kukubonakala. Uyeza ukuphilisa, ewe – kodwa kwakhona ukufundisa, ukushumayela iKingdom, yaye ekugqibeleni ukufa nokuvuka kwakhona, eqala ubudlelwane obutsha phakathi koThixo nabantu.

Kwaye ke ukuphazanyeka okwabuye kwalandelwa yinkathazo yabanje kwandulela ukuhlangulwa – kwintombi zombini.

Kwaye kuthetha ntoni oku kuthi?

Ndilinganisa eli bali ngeveki, ndacinga: ngendlela enye, yanele ukuba simane siwe emangazweni. Ukubona amandla kaYesu. Ukukhumbula ukuba uYesu oyenzileyo ayezi zinto uphila namhlanje, ekhona nathi, enamandla yaye enenceba yaye enenjongo.

Kodwa ndifuna ukutsalela iisentensi ezimbini – iinyaniso ezimbini – endicinga ukuba uThixo usimema ukuba sizibone.

Okokuqala:

UThixo afuna sifumane umfanekiso opheleleyo ngubani uYesu yaye wenza ntoni ebantwini – kuthi.

Sithetha ngokufanelekileyo ngokufa kukaYesu nokuvuka kwakhe ukuze sifumane ukuxolelwa kwezono. Yinto ebalulekileyo. Ayinankxwaleko. Kodwa ayiyiyo yonke ibali.

Amabali anje abonisa ukuba umsebenzi kaYesu ubandakanya: * ukucoca okungcolileyo * ukususa iintloni * ukoyisa ukufa * ukuhlangula abantu kwiimeko eziyingozi * ukubuyisela abantu kuluntu

Intombi zombini ziyabuyiselwa kuluntu lwazo. Kanye njengomntu owayedlakile ebali elidlulileyo. UTom Wright uyibeka ngokuhle: UYesu uyazithinta izandla zakhe ngezinkinga zehlabathi. Uyayamkela into yethu yokungcangcazela. Yaye uyaphendula ngomyalelo osemqoka weBhayibhile: Musa ukoyika.

UYesu akasikhululi nje kuphela kwzono — uyasithatha ihlazo. Akasithembisisi nje ukuphila ngokungenasiphelo — uyasinqoba ukufa. Akasisondezi nje kuThixo — uyasibuyisela kwabanye.

Kwaye oko kusenyaniso namhlanje. Abanye benu apha — okanye nibukele kwi-intanethi — baziva bodwa. Ihlazo. Ukuzisola. Iintloni. Ngaphandle, nibonakala ngathi ulungile. Ngaphakathi, uziva wedwa.

UYesu waza akasikhululi nje kuphela, kodwa akasibuyisela — kuye noThixo nakwabanye. Nokuba ukusilela kwenu kubaliwe esidlangalaleni okanye kube yimfihlo, ubuhlobo okanye imali, ihlazo lakho lingasuswa. Ungabuyiselwa kuluntu olulindele.

Umphawuli omnye wathi kakuhle:

“‘Musa ukuphazamisa umfundisi kwakhona’ asilo jelo lonke ithuba lokuphendula kwiingxaki zethu.”

Mhlawumbi namhlanje uziva ngathi ulahliwe ithemba. Ihlazo kakhulu. Waphukile kakhulu. Uhambe kakhulu.

Kodwa “musa ukuphazamisa umfundisi kwakhona” asilo jelo lonke.

UYesu yuye owanika ubomi bakhe abo bantu, uyabanika nobomi bethu. Kwaye sifuna ukuba yibandla apho ukubuyiselwa kukwamkelekile. Akumele ulungise ubomi bakho kuqala. Wamkelekile ukubuyiselwa.

Kwaye konke oku kufinyelelwa akukho ngentshunyazo, kodwa ngokholo — ngokuwela phantsi kweenyawo zikaYesu, entliziyweni yakho okanye ngomzimba wakho, uze uvume imfuno yakho.

Oko kutusa inyaniso yesibini:

UThixo usisebenzisa ukungcola nokoyika ukusitshintsha — nokuba isindiso siyafika okanye hayi.

Kwiizi ndaba, isindiso siyenzeka. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha asiyenzeki. Kwaye uThixo usisebenzisa ukungcola nokoyika ukusitshintsha — nokuba isindiso siyafika okanye hayi.

Le veki, ndibe nethuba — enye into eyayicwangcisiwe, eningi into engacwangciswanga — lokuchitha ixesha elininzi nabani benu. Ixesha nabantu apha, abantu abekude. Ixesha lokufundisa, lokuphulisa, lokubambelela, lokubonisana, lokuthandaza. Ibeke iveki enyang’ekileyo — izele ziimeko ezingxamisekileyo nezimeko zokuphelelwa lithemba.

Ndibe nabantu abal elderly abalulekayo abakhathalelayo abashadew’ abane-dementia ng’exesha lokujongana nomhlaza bebanc.

Ndiye ndise nabantu abanye abantu ubomi babo bujikeleleka ngaphandle kodwa bunozele imizamo, uxinzelelo, kunye nokuzisola.

Ndihlale nabantu kwindawo yokonakala kwemisebenzi, umtshato oqhekekileyo, kunye neengxabano nabantwana abadala abangaziqondi.

Ndithe ndanencoko nomfundi kunye nomhlobo oserve kwi staff eChrist Covenant Church eNashville, apho iziganeko ezibuhlungu zenzeka khona kwinyanga edlulileyo. Wayesihlabathini xa kwenzeka – phantse akazange asindiswe – waza wema kwindawo yokupaka imoto akabona iziphumo ezibuhlungu. Ukudandatheka.

Kukho incoko enye endifuna ukwabelana nawe, kuba lo mntu wandicela ukuba. UCris wanika mpermission ukwabelana ngayo. Okanye ndingayi.

Imalunga nomntu wethu, uAndrew Toy. Abaninzi benu bayamazi uAndrew noSarah Beth. Bamalungu eSojourn. UAndrew uneengxaki zempilo ixesha elide, kodwa kwiiveki ezidlulileyo izinto ziye zathatha indlela enzima. Akhona kwisibhedlele – unokubukela ngoku – eCincinnati, ejongene notyando olukhulu oluneengxaki ezibalulekileyo. Iintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo wabuza oogqirha bakhe, ngokuthe ngqo, “Zithini iithuba zam zokufa?” Kwaye impendulo yayingelow.

Kwa le nto sincoko ende ngomnxeba. Ukufa kunyaniso kuye ngoku ngendlela abantu abaninzi bethu buphila ngokungavumi. Thetha ngoLuka 18 – enye yezicuku ezizithandayo – apho uYesu axelela ibali lamadoda amabini athandazayo: omnye eqinisekile ngokulunga kwakhe, omnye esazi kakhulu isono sakhe nokwaphuka kwakhe. Omnye uthi, “Enkosi kuba andifani nelo ndoda.” Omnye angathi kuphela, “Thixo, yiba nomusa kuthi, umoni.” Kwaye uYesu ubuza, Yeyiphi eyayekhaya ibanjwe?

Sithethe ngaloo nto. Sithethe ngeLuka 8. Sithethe ngeli bali namhla. Kwaye umbulelo kaThixo ngobabalo olukho kwilizwi likaAndrew - ubulawo bokuthemba uYesu phambi kokwesaba, ukucaca okuvela xa ukufa akusiyo nje ingcinga kodwa kunokwenzeka. Olu lisipho esingaqhelekanga sokung désespérée. Isipho esingaqhelekanga sokwesaba. Ikwenza kucace into ebalulekileyo. Ikwenza kucace into yokuba ubomi bubunjani.

Kwaye ungadibana nam ekuthandazeni ukuba uThixo amkhulule ngokupheleleyo - ukuba uThixo amgcine yena kunye nosapho lwakhe kulo mpathakalo. UThixo angakwenza oko. Kodwa ngob testimoney kaAndrew - into awayefuna ukuba ndiyithethe kuwe - yile:

UThixo ukhona kunye naye kule meko yoyikisayo, nokuba ukhululwa ufikile okanye hayi.

Yinto emuhle. Kuba noThixo, izinto ziyahluka. Ukwazi ukuba ngubani uThixo njengoKhululi - nokuba ukhululwa ibambezele okanye ingafiki - kuyitshintsha yonke into.

Iyathanda le miBhalo ingiDeuteronomiyum. UIsrayeli ubekhe waba kwintlango iminyaka engamashumi amane - iminyaka engamashumi amane yokung désespérée, ukwesaba, ilahleko, kunye nentlungu. Kwaye uMoses wathi kwiDeuteronomiyum 8:

Gcumu imindlela yonke uYHWH uThixo wakho akukhokhele ngayo kule minyaka ingamashumi amane kwintlango, ukuba akuthobise, akuvavanye ukwazi okwakho ekupheleni… Kwaye wathobisa waza wakulethele injala, waza wakondla ngesonka sama… ukuba akwazi ukuba umntu akanakuphila ngesonka sona, kodwa ngayo yonke ilizwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaYHOH… ukuba akuthobise akuvavanye, akwenze okulungileyo ekupheleni.

Yiyo ukucaca okuvela kwintlango.

Yiyo ukucaca okuvela ekung désespérée.

Yiyo ukucaca okuvela ekwesabeni.

UHHenry David Thoreau wathi, “Abantu abaninzi bahamba nobomi bokung désespérée.” Uyaphila: into esiyibiza ngokuba kukhishwa kwengqondo yinto yokung désespérée. Kwaye ukudimazeka okungaziwa kunhlanga phantsi kwezono zobomi.

Ndingazi ukuba uphi na namhlanje. Ndiyazi ukuba abaninzi benu baphelelwe lithemba. Abanye benu boyike kakhulu. Abanye benu niziva nilungile—kwaye oku kulungile. Kukho amaxesha okuphumla. Kodwa kungekudala okanye kade, ngamnye kuthi uya kujongana nemida yethu—ukufa kwethu, ukungakwazi kwethu ukulawula.

Umthunywa kaThixo apha uthi uThixo owayekhona noJairus nendodakazi yakhe, nakuwo umfazi onegazi eliphumayo, unguye uThixo ongenakutshintsha. Ukhona na thina ngoku kuYesu. Yiyo le ndaba ilungileyo.

Nokuba uphi na namhlanje—okanye ukuba kungekhona namhlanje, kuya kwenzeka kungekudala—xa ujongene nokuphelelwa lithemba nokoyika, kukho ithemba.

Kukho ithemba kuba uThixo uya kuba nawe.

Kukho ithemba kuba uYesu wamkelekile abangathetheki.

Kukho ithemba kuba ukholo—ukholo olulula, olungxamisekileyo—luvula umnyango wobukho Bakhe.

Dr. Jonathan T. Pennington ngoku yiprofesa weNkosi uTestamente Entsha eSeminari yaseSouthern eLouisville, eKentucky. Kwakhona usebenze njengoprofesa ozivisayo eSeminari yaseReformed Theological (Orlando), eSeminari yaseSoutheastern, eThe Village Church Institute (Dallas), naseThe Institute of Biblical Studies eOrlando, FL kunye neMorling College (Melbourne, eAustralia).

Esi sikhala sibase phezu kwesicatshulwa esithethiweyo sesikhala sikaDr. Pennington. Sihlelwe kancinane eCopilot, kunye nabasebenzi beetoloji kwa Third Millennium Ministries.