6, 7. Liliphi ilungelo elikhethekileyo elinikwe amaKristu athanjisiweyo namhlanje yaye ngoobani abasebenza nabathanjiswa?

⁶ Ngaphambidlana kule ncwadi yakhe, uPawulos wathetha ngelungelo elikhulu elinikwe yena nabalandeli bakaKristu abathanjisiweyo. (Funda eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 5:18-20.) Wathi uThixo wayebabizele injongo ekhethekileyo, ukuze bafeze “ubulungiseleli boxolelaniso,” bebongoza abantu ukuba ‘babe ngabaxolelanisiweyo noThixo.’ Oko kwakuthetha ukuba baphinde babe nolwalamano noThixo okanye bamanyane naye.

⁷ Ukususela kwimvukelo yase-Eden, bonke abantu baye bahlukaniswa noYehova. (Roma 3:10, 23) Oko kuye kwabangela ukuba abantu babe sebumnyameni ngokomoya, nto leyo ebangele ukuba babandezeleke baze bafe. UPawulos wathi: “Siyazi ukuba yonke indalo iyagcuma kwaye isentlungwini de kube ngoku.” (Roma 8:22) Kodwa uThixo uye wathatha amanyathelo okukhuthaza, eneneni ‘okubongoza,’ abantu ukuba babuyele kuye, okanye baxolelaniswe naye. Loo msebenzi wanikwa uPawulos namanye amaKristu athanjisiweyo ngelo xesha. ‘Ixesha elamkelekileyo’ lisenokuba ‘yimini yosindiso’ kwabo banokholo kuYesu. Onke amaKristu athanjisiweyo namaqabane awo ‘ezinye izimvu’ asebenza kunye nawo, aqhubeka emema abantu ukuba bangenelwe kweli ‘xesha lamkelekileyo.’—Yoh. 10:16.

 8. Yintoni ebangela ukuba isibongozo sokuxolelaniswa noThixo sichukumise?

⁸ Into ebangela ukuba isibongozo soxolelaniso sichukumise kangaka kukuba, nangona ingabantu abonakalisa ulwalamano lwabo noThixo—ngokuvukela kwabo e-Eden—nguThixo oqale wathath’ inyathelo lokulungisa loo monakalo. (1 Yoh. 4:10, 19) Wenza ntoni? UPawulos uphendula athi: “UThixo ngoKristu walixolelanisa naye ihlabathi, engazibaleli kubo izigqitho zabo, yaye walinikela kuthi ilizwi loxolelaniso.”—2 Kor. 5:19; Isa. 55:6.

 9. Yintoni eyenziwa nguPawulos ukubonisa ukuba uyayixabisa inceba kaThixo?

⁹ Ngokulungiselela idini lentlawulelo, uYehova uye wabangela ukuba abo banokholo bakwazi ukuxolelwa izono zabo baze baphinde babe nolwalamano oluhle naye. Ngaphezu koko, wathumela abathunywa bakhe ukuba babongoze bonke abantu ukuba baxolelaniswe naye ngoku besakwazi ukwenjenjalo. (Funda eyoku-1 kuTimoti 2:3-6.) Ngenxa yokuqonda ukuthanda kukaThixo nexesha awayephila kulo, uPawulos wazibhokoxa ngamandla ‘kubulungiseleli boxolelaniso.’ Ukuthanda kukaYehova akutshintshanga. Nanamhlanje uYehova usafuna ukuba abantu baxolelaniswe naye. Amazwi kaPawulos athi “lingoku elona xesha lamkelekileyo” nathi “ingoku imini yosindiso” asasebenza nanamhlanje. Ngokwenene uYehova unguThixo onenceba nemfesane!—Eks. 34:6, 7.