dying but escaping death
Ukufa akugwemeki selokhu isono sangena emhlabeni kuGenesisi 3. Kwenye ingxenye yesambulo sika Nkulunkulu kubantu, sifunda lokhu:
… Thembekani kuze kube sekufeni, ngizakuninika umqhele wokuphila.Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni. Onqobayo akasoze oniwa ngukufa kwesibili.’
ISambulo2:10-11 (IsiZulu 2020)
Sonke sizakufa, kodwa ngeke soniwe ngukufa kwesibili. Thina njengaMakhrestu, sinikezelwe umsebenzi wokuhla sithembekile kuNkulunkulu kuze kube sekufeni. Emveni kwalokho-ke, uJesu uzosinika umqhele wokuphila. Ngokunqoba izimpi zemihla ngemiha kulomhlaba, sinqoba umhlaba sizuze ukuphila kwaphakade.
Kwangathi kungashiwo ekupheleni kwezimpilo zethu, ukuthi simuthandike uNkulunkulu nomakhelwane, sakhombisa esidlangalaleni isithelo sikaMoya, salwa nesono usuku nosuku, sahlala sithembekile kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Engathi uNkulunkulu angakwenza lokhu kube yiqiniso kithina!