IZibhalo Ezingcwele, xa zibalisa ngemvelaphi yomntu wokuqala, zithi:
UThixo wathi: masidale umntu ngokomfanekiselo Wethu, (kwaye) ngokufana nathi (Gen. 1:26).
Malunga nesenzo sokudala ngokwaso, umbhali weGenesis uyabalisa:
Wamdala ke uThixo umntu ngokomfanekiselo wakhe, wamdala ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo: wadala indoda nenkazana ( Gen. 1:27 ).
Umfanekiso kaThixo osemntwini, ngokwamazwi oMpostile oNgcwele uPawulos, “usebulungiseni, nasebungcweleni benyaniso” ( Efese 4:24 ), oko kukuthi, kwingqibelelo yokwenene yamandla omoya omntu abhekiswa kuThixo, njengoko kwakunjalo. kunye noAdam noEva bade bawa. Bathi ke bona, umfanekiso kaThixo wenziwa mnyama phakathi kwabo, nangona nasemva kokuwa, amandla omoya uThixo awamnika wona ekudalweni ahlala emntwini, oko kukuthi: ingqondo, ehlala izabalazela ukuyazi inyaniso, intliziyo enxaniweyo. ngenxa yothando, nentando yokuthanda okulungileyo.
Ngenxa yonxulumano olusondeleyo lomphefumlo nomzimba, umfanekiso kaThixo nawo ubonakaliswa kumzimba womntu. Umzimba womntu wokuqala wawufana nomphefumlo wakhe yaye wawuyimbonakaliso yobuthixo bawo. KwiTestamente Entsha kuthiwa imizimba yamaKristu azelwe ngokutsha iyitempile yoMoya oyiNgcwele ohleli kuyo, nokuba sifanele simzukise uThixo kungekuphela nje ngemiphefumlo yethu kodwa nasemizimbeni yethu ( 1 Kor. 6:19-20 ) Ngoko ke, imizimba yethu yamaKristu ezelwe ngokutsha yayiyitempile kaMoya Oyingcwele. .
Ukufana noThixo emntwini kubandakanya ukukhula nokuphuculwa kwamandla omntu omoya. Ngoko sifumana umfanekiselo kaThixo kuThixo kunye nobuntu bethu, kwaye ukufana ngomlinganiselo obalulekileyo kufuneka kuzuzwe kuthi.
Yiyo ke loo mahluko ulandelayo phakathi komfanekiso kunye nokufana noThixo emntwini:
a) kukho umfanekiselo kaThixo ebantwini bonke, kwanakwabo bangcoliswe sisono ( Gen. 9:6 ) kodwa ukufana noThixo asikokumntu wonke;
b) umfanekiso kaThixo awukwazi ukutshatyalaliswa nakwinqanaba eliphantsi lokuwa komntu, kuba nakwesi simo, isizathu, inkululeko kunye neemvakalelo zihlala emntwini, nangona zifumana ulwalathiso lobuxoki kuye. Umfanekiso kaThixo emntwini usenokungabikho kwaphela;
c) ekugqibeleni, umfanekiso kaThixo yinto eqhubekayo, engaguqukiyo yomphefumlo womntu, kwaye ukufana kunokutshintsha, ngamanye amaxesha kuphakanyiswe, ngoko kufihla umfanekiso kaThixo emphefumlweni. Injongo engapheliyo ibonakaliswe emphefumlweni wethu, ukuze ube njengoThixo ngokupheleleyo, sanikelwa kuthi nguMsindisi ngala mazwi:
Yibani ngabagqibeleleyo, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile ( Mat. 5:48 ).
