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NguMartin Luther

Eli nqaku lisekelwe kuguqulelo olwenziwa ngo-1823 nguEdward Thomas Vaughan. Ulwimi luye lwanamhlanjeziswa ngoncedo lweCoPilot AI, kunye notshintsho olongezelelweyo kunye nokuqinisekiswa kokugqibela kwabaphathi abahleli be Thirdmill.

Maqondana namaxwebhu, ndifuna ukuchukumisa ngokukhawuleza izinto ezimbalwa ozithethileyo kwiNqalo yakho—kuba ngokunyanisekileyo, ubonakala ungathobeli icala lethu ngelixa uphakamisa owakho. Ukhe wandikhaliphisa ngaphambili ngokuba ndinqinileyo kakhulu kwinkolelo yam, kwaye ngoku usithi awukhululekanga kangale kangangokuba ukhetha ukuhlangana namaSekelekileyo—ubuncinane xa iSibhalo kunye neengcwele zeKhotho zivuma. Ngelowo, njengawe, ukhetha ukuthobela ukugunyathiswa kweKhotho, nokuba awuqondi ngokupheleleyo into ayifundisayo. Yaye loo yindlela yokucinga ozikhathazayo.

Ndiyakuhlonipha iinjongo zakho zoxolo. Ngelowo, ubonakala uzama ukuba nomntu opholileyo yaye akufuni ukungqubuzana. Kodwa ukuba omnye umntu ebeyithethile into yakho, ndandiphendula ngokuqina—ndithi nje inyaniso. Noko ke, andinakho ukudlula le ngcamango, ndingakhathazwa yindlela yakho yokuyenza.

Nantsi into: ukuba nguKristu unyamezela ukuma okuqinileyo kwinto oyikholelwayo. Ukuba awukhululekanga kangale kangangokuba wenze iingqango—iingqango ezingathandabuzekiyo zenkolelo—ke into waphoswa yinto ebalulekileyo. Siya kucacisa into endiyithethayo “ingqango”: kukubambelela kwinkolelo yakho, ukuyiqinisekisa, ukuyikhusela, yaye ungabuyi. Yaye ke le ndlela ilolwe njalo, yaye ndithetha ngokukhethekileyo ngezinto ezityhiliweyo nguThixo kwiSibhalo.

Sifuni abaphengululi abafana no-Erasmus ukuba basikhokhele kwiingxoxo ezingacacanga okanye ezingabalulekanga. Into esiyifunayo kukucaca kunye nenkolelo ngokuqinileyo kwizinto ezibalulekileyo—izinto ezingeyonto nje yobuvulandi okanye engabalulekanga, kodwa zisekwe kwinkolo yethu. Ndicinga ukuba awuthethi ngezo ngxoxo zibalulekanga apha—ngaphandle kokuba ushintshe ngokungazi iingxoxo zakho, okanye okubi kakhulu, ucebisa ukuba inkcazo yeNkululeko yeSiqu ayibalulekanga. Loo nto yayiza kuba yimpazamo enkulu.

NjengoKristu, asidlali ngoyaba. Siyaqiniseka—ngaphezu kweStoics. UPawulos isihlalo esiqhubekayo usikhuthaza ukuba siqiniseke kwaye singagungqi kwinto esikholelwayo. KimiRoma, uthetha ngokuvuma okukhokelela ekusindisweni. UKristu uthi ukuba sivume Yena phambi kwabanye, Yena uya kuyenza into efanayo nathi phambi koYise. UPetros usitshela ukuba sikulungele ukucacisa ithemba esinalo. Ukugunyaza kuxhama enhliziyweni yobuKristu. Uyisuse, uyisuse inkolo ngokwayo.

Umoya oyiNgcwele wanikwa thina ukuze ukhazimlishe uKristu—nokude kube sekufeni. Loo nto yeyona nto igunyazayo. Umoya oyiNgcwele akahlali nje; ujamela umhlaba kwaye ubiza izono. UPawulos uyala uTimoti ukuba athethe ngokugunyazayo, nokuphela kuxa kungafanelekanga. Kodwa umntu ongenalo ukholo lwenene okanye agunyaze inyaniso ngokwakhe? Loo mntu akufanele afundise—ufanele athunyelwe ukuba afumane ukuhlaziywa. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, ndichitha ixesha licacisa into efanele ibe yicacileyo. Yimuphi umKristu oya kuvumela ingcamango yokuba ukugunyaza akunabalulekanga? Oko kunje kokuthi inkolo nenkolo azibalulekanga.

Kodwa, usithi, “Andithandisi ukugunyaza; ndikhetha indlela ephakathi.” Ucacisa ukuba awuthethi ngokuvuma uKristu okanye iindlela zakhe, kwaye ndiyabonga. Ngokuhlonipha, andiyi kuthatha isigwebo senhloso yakho ngoku. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ufanele uqaphele ngakumbi ngamazwi akho. Nokuba ungenalo ukholo lwenene, amazwi akho abonakalisa ukucaca.

Ukuba ucinga ukuba iNkululeko yeKhetho ayibalulekanga kwiKhristu, ngoko amazwi akho ayavakala—kodwa ukwahlulela kwakho akulunganga. Ukuba ucinga ukuba ibalulekanga, ngoko amazwi akho ayakhohlisa, nokuba ukwahlulela kwakho kuphumelela. Ngendlela nayiphi na, izikhalazo zakho malunga “neziqiniseko ezingenakho ukusebenza” azisebenzi apha. Zingaphandle kwento.