"iindaba lokuqala ezimbi kukuba kwiinyanga ezizayo uza kuba nenqala nzima njengoko kukhokelela kufutshane kakhulu imini ukubuya kukayesu kristu kwaye ukuba imihla yokugqibela iya kuba inzima. baya kuba lixesha ngemini yomsindo kathixo. "yini umahluko phakathi kwamagama akhulunywe ngunkulunkulu namagama akhulunywe umuntu? uma ufunda la mazwi akhulunywe ngunkulunkulu, uzwa amandla amazwi kankulunkulu, kanye negunya likankulunkulu. uzwa kanjani lapho uzwa abantu besho amazwi anjalo? ucabanga ukuthi bayaqhosha futhi bayagabisa ngokwedlulele, futhi bayabukisa? ngoba abanawo la mandla, abanalo igunya elingaka, ngakho--ke ngeke bakwazi nakancane ukufeza izinto ezinjalo. ukuqiniseka kwabo okukhulu ngalezi zithembiso zabo, kukhomba ukuba budedengu bokuphawula kwabo. uma umuntu esho amazwi anjengalawa, akungabazeki ukuthi ngabe uyaqhosha, futhi uzethemba ngokweqile, futhi baziveza ukuthi bayisibonelo esaziwayo sesimo sengelosi enkulu. la mazwi avela emlonyeni kankulunkulu; uyayizwa inhlese yokuzithwala lapha? uyezwa sengathi amazwi kankulunkulu ayihlaya nje? amazwi kankulunkulu ayigunya, amazwi kankulunkulu ayiqiniso, futhi ngaphambi kokuthi aphume emlonyeni wakhe, okungukuthi, uma ethatha isinqumo sokwenza okuthile, leyo nto seyifezekile. kungashiwo ukuthi, konke unkulunkulu akusho ku--abrahama kwabe kuyisivumelwano unkulunkulu asimisa no--abrahama. lesi sivumelwano sasiyiqiniso elimisiwe, futhi siyiqiniso elifezekile, futhi wonke la maqiniso ayagcwaliseka kancane kancane ngokohlelo lukankulunkulu. ngakho--ke, ukuthi unkulunkulu asho amazwi anjalo, akusho ukuthi unesimo sokuqhosha, ngoba unkulunkulu uyakwazi ukwenza izinto ezinje. unamandla negunya elikhulu, futhi uyakwazi ngokuphelele ukufeza lezi zenzo. ukufezeka kwazo zonke kulula uma ubuka isilinganiso sekhono lakhe. izidalwa--ke zona, azinalo leli gunya, noma ingqikithi, ingasaphathwa eyamandla anikezelwa ngunkulunkulu. uma umuntu eveza lokhu kuziphatha, kuyobe kuwukudalulwa kwesimo sakhe esonakele, futhi kuyobe kudalwa umthelela ohluphayo wokuqhosha komuntu nokulangazelela okungalawuliwe nokudalulwa kwezinhloso ezimbi zomubi yena yedwa, usathane, ofisa ukwedusa abantu futhi abayenge ukuze bahlubuke unkulunkulu. unkulunkulu ukubuka kanjani lokhu okwembulwa ulimi olunje? unkulunkulu angathi ufisa ukuthatha indawo yakhe nokuthi ufisa ukuzenza yena uthathe indawo yakhe. uma ulingisa ukuzwakala noma iphimbo lamazwi kankulunkulu, inhloso yakho ukuthatha indawo kankulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zabantu, ukuthatha isintu okungesikankulunkulu ngokufanelekile. lokhu kungusathane, kwaphela nje; lezi yizenzo zozalo lwengelosi enkulu, okungenakubekezelelwa yizulu! phakathi kwenu, kukhona yini abake balingisa unkulunkulu ngendlela ethile ngokukhuluma amazwi ambalwa, ngenhloso yokudukisa nokukhohlisa abantu, ukuze bezwe sengathi amazwi nezenzo zalo muntu zinegunya namandla kankulunkulu, sengathi ingqikithi yalo muntu nobunjalo iyingqayizivele, ngisho nokuthi iphimbo lamazwi alo muntu liyafana nelikankulunkulu? nake nayenza into enjalo? nake nalingisa iphimbo likankulunkulu ekukhulumeni kwenu, nangokunyakaza ngendlela okuthiwa imele isimo sikankulunkulu esinamandla negunya ngokubona kwenu? iningi lenu ngabe likujwayele ukwenza lokhu noma nihlela ukukwenza lokhu? uma senibona ngempela, niqonda futhi nazi igunya lomdali, bese nibheka emuva ezintweni enanizenza, nezinto enaniziveza nani, niyazizwa nicasukile? niyakubona ukuzehlisa nokungahloniphi kwenu? senisihlinzile nasibhekisisa isimo nomnyombo wabantu abanje, kungashiwo ukuthi bayinzalo eqalekisiwe yasesihogweni? kungashiwo ukuthi bonke abantu abenza izinto ezifana nalezi, baletha ihlazo phezu kwabo uqobo? niyabubona ubunzima balesi simo? nokuthi sinzima kangakanani? inhloso yabantu abenza kanje, ukulingisa unkulunkulu. bafuna ukuba ngunkulunkulu, futhi benze abantu ukuthi babadumise njengonkulunkulu. bafuna ukususa indawo kankulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zabantu, bamlahle unkulunkulu osebenza phakathi kwabantu, ukuze bakwazi ukulawula abantu, bashwabadele abantu, babenze ababo. wonke umuntu unezifiso nokulangazelela okunjalo ekujuleni komqondo, futhi bonke abantu baphila endaweni eyoniwe kabi ngusathane futhi baphila esimweni esinobusathane lapho benobutha nonkulunkulu, futhi bekhaphela unkulunkulu, futhi befisa ukuba ngunkulunkulu. emuva kwehlanganyelo yami ngesihloko segunya likankulunkulu, nisafisa noma nisalangazelela ukuzenza unkulunkulu noma ukulingisa unkulunkulu? nisafisa ukuba ngunkulunkulu? igunya likankulunkulu alinakulingiswa ngumuntu, kanti ubunjalo nesikhundla sikankulunkulu ngeke kwalingiswa umuntu, futhi nobunjalo nesikhundla sikankulunkulu, ngeke buze bufanekiswe ngumuntu. noma ngabe uyakwazi ukulingisa iphimbo unkulunkulu akhuluma ngalo, ngeke ukwazi ukulingisa ingqikithi kankulunkulu. noma ukwazi ukuma endaweni kankulunkulu futhi uzenze ongathi ungunkulunkulu, ngeke uze ukwazi ukwenza lokho unkulunkulu ahlose ukukwenza, futhi awusoze wakwazi ukubusa nokulawula zonke izinto. emehlweni kankulunkulu, uyohlala njalo uyisidalwa esincane, futhi akukhathaleki ukuthi ulwazi nekhono lwakho kukhulu kangakanani, akukhathaleki ukuthi unezipho ezingaki, ubuwena sebubonke bungaphansi kokubuswa ngumdali. noma ukwazi ukusho amazwi alukhuni, akusoze kwakhombisa ukuthi unengqikithi yomdali, noma kukhombise ukuthi unegunya lomdali. igunya namandla kankulunkulu kuyingqikithi kankulunkulu uqobo. akuzange kufundwe, noma kwengezwe ngaphandle, kodwa kuyingqikithi yemvelo kankulunkulu. ngakho ubudlelwano phakathi komdali nezidalwa abusoze baguqulwa. njengesinye sezidalwa, umuntu kufanele agcine indawo yakhe, aphinde aziphathe ngokuqikelela futhi aqaphe ngokuzimisela lokho akuphathiswe ngumdali. umuntu akufuneki enze okungafanele, okuyiphutha, noma enze izinto ezingaphandle kwekhono kakhe noma enze izinto ezizondwayo ngunkulunkulu. umuntu akufanele azame ukuba mkhulu, noma ukuba ngovelele, ongaphezu kwabanye, noma afune ukuba ngunkulunkulu. ilokhu okufanele bangafisi ukuba yikho. ukufuna ukuba mkhulu noma ukuba ngovelele kungubuwula. ukufuna ukuba unkulunkulu kuyichilo nakakhulu; kuyacasula, futhi kuyanyanyisa. okuncomekayo, futhi okuyikhona izidalwa ekufanele zibambelele kukho ukuba zibe isidalwa soqobo; iwona mgomo bonke abantu ekufanele bawulandele.