Kuza usuku lapho ngamunye wethu, noma ngabe umKristu noma ngokunye, oyothola khona ngqo ukuthi yini engaphesheya kwekhethini lesikhathi. IBhayibheli lithembisa ukuPhila okuPhakade kwabanye, futhi kwabanye, lithembisa ukulahlwa. Sonke isidalwa esingumuntu emlandwini wonke besizibuza ngempela, “Kuyokwenzekani kimi uma sengifa na?”

Kudala ngaphambi kokuba kuze kube khona iBhayibheli ukuba lifundwe, umprofethi uJobe waqaphela imvelo. Wakhuluma ngethemba lomuthi, ukuthi wawunqunywa kanjani bese ufa, nokho ngephunga lamanzi, uyaphekuka uphile bese ukhipha amahlumela amasha. UJobe wayazi ukuthi umuntu, njengomuthi, wayeyobuye futhi avukele ekuphileni:

Uma umuntu efa, uyakubuye aphile na? bengiyakulinda zonke izinsuku zomshikashika wami, kuze kufike ukumuka kwami.

Ubuyakubiza, mina ngiphendule: ubuyakulangazelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho.

Ngokuba manje uyabala izinyathelo zami: ungaqapheli isono sami na? (Jobe 14:14-16)

UJobe angahle ukuba wayengenalo iBhayibheli ukuba alifunde, kodwa wayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngolunye usuku uyomvusa ethuneni ngenkathi uMhlengi wesintu esevelile.

O sengathi amazwi ami manje angalotshwa! o sengathi angabhalwa encwadini!

Aqoshwe edwaleni ngepeni lensimbi nangomthofu edwaleni kuze kube-phakade.

Kepha mina ngiyazi ukuthi umhlengi wami ukhona, ekupheleni uyakuma emhlabeni:

Nakuba emva kokuba izibungu zesikhumba sami zibhubhisa lomzimba, nokho enyameni yami ngiyakumbona uNkulunkulu: (Jobe 19:23-26)

Umprofethi wayekhuluma ngeNkosi uJesu nokuvuka kwabantu baKhe. Ngesambulo uJobe wazi ukuthi nakuba imizimba yethu ingahle ibune iphele nya, uJesu uyobuyisela inyama yethu. Nangamehlo ethu uqobo, siyokubona ukuFika kwaKhe. Bonke ababantu bakaNkulunkulu bayakulangazelela ukubona lolosuku lwenkazimulo.

Nokho, njengokuqiniseke impela nje njengoba uNkulunkulu ekhona, likhona futhi nedemoni; futhi njengokuqiniseke impela nje njengoba likhona iZulu, sikhona futhi nesihogo. Izikhonkwane ziphakeme kunoma singacabangela. UmPhostoli uPawulu wakusho lokho, “Lokho iso elingakubonanga, nendlebe engakuzwanga, okungangenanga enhliziyweni yomuntu, uNkulunkulu akulungisela abamthandayo.” (I Kor. 2:9)

Imiqondo yethu ingekuqondisise ukuthi iZulu liyoba likhulu kanjani, futhi kanjalo ingekuqondisise ukwesabeka okukhulu kwesihogo. UJesu wasitshela ukuthi isihogo sibi kakhulu ukuthi bekungangcono uma sinquma ilunga lomzimba wethu kunokuzifaka engozini siya kuleyondawo esabekayo.

Futhi uma isandla sakho sikukhubekisa, sinqume: kungcono ungene ekuphileni uyingini, kunokuba nezandla zombili uye esihogweni, emlilweni ongacimekiyo: (Marku 9:43)

Ngakho ubani ozoya eZulwini na? Futhi ubani ozoya esihogweni na? Kungumcabango odabukisayo, kodwa uJesu wathi iningi labantu aliyukuwemukela umvuzo Athandayo ukwunikeza: Ngenani ngesango elincane: ngokuba isango libanzi, nendlela inkulu, eyisa ekubhujisweni, futhi baningi abangena khona: Kepha isango lincane, nendlela iyingcingo, eyisa ekuphileni, futhi bayingcosana abayifumanayo. (Math 7:13-14)

UJesu futhi wathi, “Akusibo bonke abashoyo kimi ukuthi, Nkosi, Nkosi, abayakungena embusweni wezulu; kuphela owenza intando kaBaba wami osezulwini. Abaningi bayakuthi kimi ngalolosuku, Nkosi, Nkosi, asiprofethanga yini ngegama lakho na? sakhipha amademoni nangegama lakho na? senza imisebenzi eminingi yamandla nangegama lakho na? Khona ngiyakufakaza kubo ukuthi, Angizange nginazi: sukani kimi, nina benzi bokubi.” (Math 7:21-23)

Ngenxa nje yokuthi umuntu uzisho ukuthi ungumKristu akuchazi khona ukuthi usindisiwe. Ngakho, lona ngumbuzo osobala emiqondweni yethu: Ngikwemukela kanjani ukuPhila okuPhakade na? UJesu wasinika impendulo elula kakhulu: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, Ozwa izwi lami, futhi akholwe ngongithumileyo, unokuphila okungunaphakade, futhi akayikuza ekwahlulelweni; kepha wedlulile ekufeni wangena ekuphileni. (Johane 5:24)

Ngeshwa, kunabantu abayingcosana kakhulu ezweni namuhla abathandayo ukuthatha isikhathi ezinsukwini zabo ezimatasatasa ukuba bezwe iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Futhi kukhona ngisho abayingcosanyana abayolikholwa iZwi uma beke balizwa.

Amabandla asitshela ukuba sibe ngumuntu olungileyo, sicabange ngokuyikho, singaqambi amanga, sikhohlise, noma sebe, futhi siyoya eZulwini. Awaqondi ukuthi isihogo siyogcwala abantu ababonakala bephila izimpilo ezilungileyo. Into ekhona impela ngukuthi asiyikuya eZulwini ngenxa yemisebenzi yethu elungileyo noma ngoba siyilunga lebandla elithize. Yinye kuphela indlela yezinyawo eya ekuPhileni okuPhakade, naleyo ingoJesu Kristu. Wasiyala ukuthi sifanele siKHOLWE iZwi laKhe, eliyiBhayibheli. Kungenjalo, besingasindiswa kanjani na?

Nxa usuku lokwahlulelwa selukufikela, ngabe uyozwa, “Zanini, nina enibusisiwe nguBaba wami, nidle ifa lombuso eniwulungiselweyo selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba,” (Math 25:34) noma ngabe uyozwa, “Dedani kimi, nina-baqalekisiweyo, niye emlilweni ongunaphakade, olungiselwe udeveli nezingelosi zakhe”? (Math 25:41)

Njengoba amehlo akho efunda ngokuvundla lamazwi, unokuzikhethela ukuba ukwenze: Ungakhetha ukukholwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu na?

Izinkomba

Jobe 14:12-16

Kanjalo umuntu ulala phansi, angabe esavuka: aze angabikho amazulu, abayikuvuka, abayikuphaphanyiswa ebuthongweni babo.

O sengathi ungangifihla endaweni yabafileyo, ungisithe, kuze kudlule intukuthelo yakho, unginqumele isikhathi, futhi ungikhumbule!

Uma umuntu efa, uyakubuye aphile na? bengiyakulinda zonke izinsuku zomshikashika wami, kuze kufike ukumuka kwami.

Uyakubiza, mina ngiyakukuphendula: ubuyakulangazelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho.

Ngokuba manje uyabala izinyathelo zami: ungaqapheli isono sami na?

Jobe 19:23-26

O sengathi amazwi ami manje angalotshwa! o sengathi angabhalwa encwadini!

Aqoshwe edwaleni ngepeni lensimbi nangomthofu edwaleni kuze kube-phakade!

Kepha mina ngiyazi ukuthi umhlengi wami ukhona, ekupheleni uyakuma emhlabeni:

Nakuba emva kokuba izibungu zesikhumba sami zibhubhisa lomzimba, nokho enyameni yami ngiyakumbona uNkulunkulu:

Mathewu 7:21-23

Asibo bonke abashoyo kimi ukuthi, Nkosi, Nkosi, abayakungena embusweni wezulu; kuphela owenza intando kaBaba wami osezulwini.

Abaningi bayakuthi kimi ngalolosuku, Nkosi, Nkosi, asiprofethanga yini ngegama lakho na? sakhipha amademoni nangegama lakho na? senza imisebenzi eminingi yamandla nangegama lakho na?

Khona ngiyakufakaza kubo ukuthi, Angizange nginazi: sukani kimi, nina benzi bokubi.

Mathewu 22:14

Ngokuba baningi ababiziweyo, kepha bayingcosana abakhethiweyo.

Johane 3:16-17

Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe-nokuphila okungunaphakade.

Ngokuba uNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe ezweni ukuba yahlulele izwe; kodwa ukuba izwe lisindiswe ngayo.

Johane 5:24

Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, Ozwa izwi lami, futhi akholwe ngongithumileyo, unokuphila okungunaphakade, futhi akayikuza ekwahlulelweni; kepha wedlulile ekufeni wangena ekuphileni.

I KwabaseKorinte 2:9

Kepha njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi, Lokho iso elingakubonanga, nendlebe engakuzwanga, okungangenanga enhliziyweni yomuntu, uNkulunkulu akulungisela abamthandayo.

I KwabaseThesalonika 4:13-18

Kepha angithandi ukuba ningabi-nakwazi, bazalwane, ngabalalayo, ukuze ningadabuki, ngisho njengabanye abangenalo ithemba.

Ngokuba uma sikholwa ukuthi uJesu wafa wabuye wavuka, ngokunjalo-ke uNkulunkulu uyakubaletha nabaleleyo kuJesu kanye naye.

Ngokuba lokhu sikusho kini ngezwi leNkosi, ukuthi thina esisekhona sisasele kuze kube-sekufikeni kweNkosi asiyikubandulela abaleleyo.

Ngokuba iNkosi uqobo iyakwehla ezulwini ngezwi lenhlokomo, ngephimbo lengelosi enkulu, nangecilongo likaNkulunkulu: nabafileyo kuKristu bayakuvuka kuqala:

Khona thina esisekhona sisasele siyakuhlwithwa kanye nabo emafwini, ukuba sihlangabeze iNkosi emoyeni: kanjalo-ke siyakuba-nayo iNkosi njalo.

Ngakho-ke duduzanani ngalawamazwi.