Luhlobo luni lothando oludingwa lihlabathi? Kuba lizele luthando njengomvakalelo. Nangona olu thando lungazali nto.Ngamaxesha onke uva umntu esithi omnye aqinisekisa ukuba ihlabathi alinanthemba, ukuba lilahlekile. Kwaye kutheni?

Abaninzi bakwathi ihlabathi lidinga uthando.

Kodwa ihlabathi likudubulweni kuba alilwamkeli uthando oluguqula umntu ukusuka ngaphakathi. UThixo wanikezela ngothando lwaKhe ukuze athenge uluntu; nangona kunjalo, uluntu luyalukhaba ngokucwangcisiweyo olu thando. Kwaye abona baphambili abangawamkeliyo uthando lukaThixo ngabantu baKhe ngokwabo.

Kuba uthi ngoMoya waKhe: "Kuba olu luthando lukaThixo, ukuba sigcine imithetho yaKhe; kwaye imithetho yaKhe ayinzulwini." 1 Yohane 5:3.Kodwa abantu abangenakubalwa abazibiza ngokuba ngamaKristu balikhaba uthando lwaKhe kuba bacinga ukuba uthando luyimvakalelo yothando. Ngenxa yoko, bacinga ukuba uYesu uyabathanda, nangona wathi:
"Ndithanda abo bandithandayo," IMizekeliso 8:17, inxalenye yokuqala.

"Ukuba niyandithanda, nizagcina imithetho yam." Yohane 14:15. Kwaye "Lowo unemithetho yam aze ayigcine, nguye oyandithandayo; lowo undithandayo uya kuthandwa nguBawo, nam ndiya kumthanda, ndizityhile kuye." Yohane 14:21.

Ngoko ke, ihlabathi liyalidinga kakhulu eli thando, eliyindlela kaThixo yokutshintsha isimilo esiphambukileyo somntu wehlabathi.

Kuba, njengoko uYesu watshoyo, ihlabathi lili ebuzenzweni. Kwaye lili ebuzenzweni kuba liyayikhaba Inyaniso yaKhe, eliyomthetho waKhe. IiNdumiso 119:142, isiqendu sokugqibela.

Ngoko ke, ukuba nawe uyalidinga uthando lukaYesu, lwamkele, lusimahla. Kuba olu thando alunaso isiphelo, kodwa abo balukhathalelayo baya kuba nalo.

Guarulhos, São Paulo - Brazil, 21/02/2026

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