Ngike ngasho ngaphambili ukuthi “Bonke abagxila ekuboneni izimpawu nezimangaliso bazolahlwa; akubona labo abazopheleliswa.” Sengikhulume amagama amaningi, kodwa umuntu akanalo noluncane ulwazi ngalo msebenzi, futhi, sekufinyelele lapha, umuntu usaqhubeka nokufuna izimpawu nezimangaliso. Ingabe ukukholwa kwakho kuNkulunkulu kungokufuna ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso, noma kungoba ufuna ukuzuza ukuphila? UJesu Naye wakhuluma amazwi amaningi, futhi amanye awo nanamuhla asazogcwaliseka. Ungasho ukuthi uJesu akayena uNkulunkulu? UNkulunkulu wafakazela ukuthi wayenguKristu futhi eyiNdodana ethandekayo kaNkulunkulu. Ungakuphika lokhu? Namuhla, uNkulunkulu ukhuluma amazwi kuphela, kanti uma ungekwazi ukwazi kahle, kusho ukuthi ngeke ukwazi ukuma ubambelele. Ingabe ukholwa Kuye ngoba enguNkulunkulu, noma ukholwa Kuye ngokuthi amazwi Akhe ayagcwaliseka noma cha? Ingabe ukholwa ezimpawini nasezimangalisweni, noma ukholwa kuNkulunkulu? Namuhla akavezi izimpawu nezimangaliso—ingabe unguNkulunkulu ngempela? Uma amazwi awakhulumayo engagcwaliseki, ingabe unguNkulunkulu ngempela? Ingabe ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu inqunywa ukuthi amazwi awakhulumayo ayagcwaliseka noma cha? Kungani abanye abantu belokhu belindele ukugcwaliseka kwamazwi kaNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokukholwa Kuye? Ingabe lokhu akusho ukuthi abamazi? Bonke laba ababona kanje ngabantu abaphika uNkulunkulu. Basebenzisa imicabango ukulinganisa uNkulunkulu; uma amazwi kaNkulunkulu egcwaliseka bayakholwa kuNkulunkulu, kanti uma engagcwaliseki abakholwa kuNkulunkulu; futhi bahlale befuna ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso. Ingabe abayibona abaFarisi besikhathi samanje? Ukuthi uyakwazi ukuma uqine noma cha kuncike ekutheni wazi uNkulunkulu wangempela noma cha—lokhu kusemqoka! Uma izwi likaNkulunkulu liyiqiniso kuwe, yilapho uzoba nolwazi olukhulu ngeqiniso likaNkulunkulu, futhi uzokwazi ukuma uqine ngesikhathi sezilingo. Uma ulokhu ugxile ekufuneni ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso, yilapho ungeke ukwazi ukuma uqine, futhi uzowela ezilingweni. Izimpawu nezimangaliso azisona isisekelo; yiqiniso likaNkulunkulu kuphela eliwukuphila. Abanye abantu abazi ukuthi mphumela muni okumele ufezwe umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Bachitha izinsuku zabo bedidekile, bengafuni ukwazi lo msebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Abakufunayo kuhlale kuwukuthi uNkulunkulu egcwalisa izifiso zabo, ngemva kwalokho bayazimisela ekukholweni kwabo. Bathi bazofuna ukuphila uma amazwi kaNkulunkulu egcwaliseka, kodwa uma amazwi Akhe engagcwaliseki, lokho kusho ukuthi awekho amathuba okuthi bafune ukuphila. Umuntu ucabanga ukuthi ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kuwukufuna ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso nokufuna ukunyukela ezulwini nasezulwini lesithathu. Akekho namunye othi ngokukholwa kwakhe kuNkulunkulu ufuna ukungena eqinisweni, ufuna ukuphila, nokufuna ukuzuzwa nguNkulunkulu. Kunanzuzoni ukufuna okunjalo? Labo abangafuni ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu nokwaneliseka kukaNkulunkulu bangabantu abangakholwa kuNkulunkulu, bangabantu abahlambalaza uNkulunkulu!

Manje ingabe usuyaqonda ukuthi kuyini ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu? Ingabe ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kusho ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso? Ingabe ngukwenyukela ezulwini? Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu akulula neze. Lokho kwenza kwasenkolweni kumele kususwe; ukufuna ukuphiliswa kwabagulayo nokukhishwa kwamadimoni, ukugxila ezimpawini nasezimangalisweni, ukufisa umusa kaNkulunkulu omningi, ukuthula nenjabulo, ukufuna ongase ukuthole nokunethezeka kwenyama—lokhu ukwenza kwasenkolweni, kanti lokhu okwenziwa enkolweni kuwuhlobo lokukholwa olungacacile. Namuhla, kuyini ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kwangempela? Kungukwamukela izwi likaNkulunkulu njengeqiniso lokuphila kwakho nokwazi uNkulunkulu ezwini Lakhe ukuze uzuze uthando Lwakhe lweqiniso. Ukuze kucace: Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kungesizathu sokuba umlalele uNkulunkulu, uthande uNkulunkulu, bese wenza umsebenzi okumele wenziwe isidalwa sikaNkulunkulu. Lena yinhloso yokukholwa kuNkulunkulu. Kumele uthole ulwazi lokuthanda uNkulunkulu, nokuthi uNkulunkulu ufanelwe ukudunyiswa, ukuthi, ezidalweni Zakhe, umsebenzi wensindiso uwenza kanjani futhi ubaphelelisa kanjani—lezi yizidingo nqangi zokukholwa kwakho kuNkulunkulu. Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu ikakhulu kungukuguquka usuka empilweni yenyama uye empilweni yokuthanda uNkulunkulu; usuka ekuphileni kwenkohlakalo uye ekuphileni empilweni yamazwi kaNkulunkulu; kungukuphuma ngaphansi kwesandla sikaSathane uphile ngaphansi kokunakekelwa nokuvikelwa uNkulunkulu, kungukwazi ukulalela uNkulunkulu ungathobeli inyama, kungukuvumela uNkulunkulu azuze inhliziyo yakho yonke, ukuvumela uNkulunkulu akuphelelise, uzikhulule esimweni esikhohlakele sikaSathane. Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kwenzelwe kakhulu ukuthi amandla nenkanzimulo kaNkulunkulu kubonakale phezu kwenu, ukuze nenze intando kaNkulunkulu, nifeze icebo likaNkulunkulu, nikwazi ukuba ngofakazi bakaNkulunkulu phambi kukaSathane. Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu akumele kwenziwe ngenxa yezimpawu nezimangaliso, futhi akumele kube ngenxa yenyama yomuntu. Kumele kube okokufuna ukwazi uNkulunkulu, nokulalela uNkulunkulu, njengoPetru, umlalele kwaze kwaba sekufeni. Yilokhu okusemqoka ukuze kuzuzwe. Ukudla nokuphuza izwi likaNkulunkulu kulungele ukuba wazi futhi wenelise uNkulunkulu. Ukudla nokuphuza izwi likaNkulunkulu kukunika ulwazi olukhulu ngoNkulunkulu, okuzothi ngemva kwalokho ukwazi ukulalela uNkulunkulu. Kuphela uma wazi uNkulunkulu lapho ungakwazi ukumthanda, kanti ukuze uthole lokhu okuhlosiwe yiyona nhloso kuphela okumele umuntu afune ukufinyelela kuyo ekukholweni kwakhe kuNkulunkulu. Uma, ekukholweni kwakho kuNkulunkulu, uhlala uzama ukubona izimpawu nezimangaliso, lokho kusho ukuthi ukubona kwakho kanjalo ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu akulungile. Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kungukwamukela izwi likaNkulunkulu njengeqiniso lokuphila. Ukusebenzisa kuphela amazwi kaNkulunkulu aphuma emlonyeni Wakhe bese uwenza ngokwakho, lokho ngukuthola inhloso kaNkulunkulu. Ekukholweni kuNkulunkulu, abantu kumele bafune ukupheleliswa uNkulunkulu, bakwazi ukuthobela uNkulunkulu, balalele uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. Uma ungalalela uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokukhaononda, wazi okufiswa uNkulunkulu, ufane noPetru, ube nendlela kaPetru uNkulunkulu akhulume ngayo, kulapho uzobe usukholwa kuNkulunkulu ngempumelelo, futhi kuzobe kusho ukuthi usuzuziwe nguNkulunkulu.

Kucashunwe embhalweni othi Izwi Livela Lisenyameni

The Key to Faith Is Accepting God’s Words as the Reality of Life

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Belief in God should not be in order to see wonders and signs, nor for the sake of your personal flesh, but to pursue the grasp of God and obey Him as best you can. Just like Peter, obey Him till death. This is what you must try and achieve now. Belief in God means the acceptance of His word as the reality of life. Practice His words, words from His mouth, carry them out within yourself. That’s the attainment of the aim of God.

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To eat and drink the word of God is in order to truly know God and in order to satisfy God. To eat and drink the word of God is meant to get a greater knowledge of God. Only then you can obey and love God. It should be the aim of belief in God. Belief in God means the acceptance of His word as the reality of life. Practice His words, words from His mouth, carry them out within yourself. That’s the attainment of the aim of God.

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Belief in God means to pursue being made perfect by God, and full obedience to God. If you can obey God with no plaint, and be mindful of all God’s desires, have the stature and style of Peter, then you succeed in your faith, you’re gained by God. If you only try and see wonders and signs, then the viewpoint of your faith is wrong. Belief in God means the acceptance of His word as the reality of life. Practice His words, words from His mouth, carry them out within yourself. That’s the attainment of the aim of God.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs