Kwenzeka ukuba isibini esitshatileyo sinentombi enhle, kwaye intombi engatshatanga ingalawuli.
Masiqonde, nokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba intombazana engashadile ibhaptize intombazana yokuqala nokuba ingaba nemiphumo emibi emva kwesi siganeko.
Ienkolelo ebomini bethu
Kukho inkolelo yokuba ukuba abantu abangatshatileyo bajikeleze intombazana yokuqala, baya kumnika ulonwabo lwababhinqa baze bangatshatanga. Ubhaptizo ngumthetho wecawa, ngoko, makhe sicele ukucaciswa kombuzo othi kutheni kungenakwenzeka ukubhaptiza intombazana yokuqala kwintombazana engatshatanga, kubalungiseleli becawa kunye neBhayibhile. OoBawo Oyingcwele bahlala benika impendulo elula kwaye ingabonakaliyo kule meko: konke oku kukukholelwa kwiintsomi kunye nobudenge. I-christening yilungisa kunye nokwenza okulungileyo kunye nokunciphisa, ukuba ubhaptizwe kwaye ufikelele kwishumi elineshumi lokuzalwa, akukho nto. Kodwa inkolelo-ze yenye yecawa zabo, eBhayibhileni ithi: "Makungabi naluncedo indlebe yokuva, ingqina elingalunganga makungalunganga" (Eksodus XXIII, 1). Ngako oko, ukubhaptiza intombazana yokuqala intombazana engatshatanga, kodwa ukukhishwa kwama-christenings ngokubhekiselele kwiitoni zeBhayibhile kunesono esikhulu.
Iingcinga zethu zizinto eziphathekayo
Kule meko, kukho enye into enomdla: zonke iingcinga zethu zizinto eziphathekayo. Inkolelo-mfundiso, mhlawumbi, kunzima ukuyibiza, kodwa inkolelo iphelile. Ngoko ke, ukuba unqwenele ukukhanda intombazana yokuqala, ngoko kufuneka uyenze ngeemvakalelo ezintle kunye neengcamango ezintle malunga nekamva lakho kunye nekamva lakho.
Ngoko, kunokwenzeka ukuba ubhaptize intombazana yokuqala kumfazi ongatshatanga, ukugqiba kuphela wena. Icawa ivumela kwaye iyakwamukela loo msebenzi, kodwa ukuba unokungabaza, okanye ukwesaba, ungcono ukulahla. Emva koko, ubhaptizo luyinto evuyisayo, apho kungekho ndawo yokuloyika kunye nokwesaba.