Xa uYesu wothusa izihlwele, kwaye ngokucacileyo abafundi bakhe, ngentetho yakhe malunga nokufuna ukutya inyama yakhe nokusela igazi lakhe, kwasala abambalwa Abo bambalwa bathembekileyo babengayiqondi intsingiselo yamazwi akhe ngaphezu kwabanye, kodwa banamathela kuye benika esona sizathu sabo, "Nkosi, siya kumka siye kubani na? Nguwe onamazwi obomi obungunaphakade, yaye siyakholwa yaye siyazi ukuba unguye Lowo Ungcwele kaThixo. ” --Yohane 6:68, 69
Abaphulaphuli bakaYesu babengaphumi kunqulo lobuxoki. Babengengabo abahedeni abanokholo olusekelwe kwiintsomi. Aba yayingabantu abakhethiweyo. Ukholo nohlobo lwabo lonqulo lwaluvela kuYehova uThixo ngoMoses. Umthetho wabo wawubhalwe ngomnwe kaThixo. Phantsi kwaloo mthetho, ukufunxa igazi kwakulityala lokufa. Ke ngoku uYesu ubaxelela ukuba abayi kusela kuphela igazi lakhe, kodwa baya kuyitya nenyama yakhe, ukuze basindiswe. Ngaba ngoku babeza kushiya ukholo lwabo olumiselwe nguThixo, ekuphela kwenyaniso ababekade beyazi, ukulandela le ndoda ibacela ukuba benze ezi zenzo zonyanyekayo? Yayikukuxhuma kokholo okunjani ukuhlala naye phantsi kwezo meko.
Abapostile abenzi njalo, kungengenxa yokuba beqonda, kodwa ngenxa yokuqonda ukuba ungubani.
Kuyabonakala ukuba uYesu, oyena mntu ubelumke kunabo bonke abantu, wayeyazi kakuhle into ayenzayo. Wayevavanya abalandeli bakhe ngenyaniso.
Ngaba oku kuyafana ngoku kubantu bakaThixo namhlanje?
Asinaye umntu othetha inyaniso kuphela njengoYesu. Akukho mntu ungenakusilela okanye iqela labantu elinokuthi libeke ukholo lwethu olungenamiqathango njengoko uYesu wayenako. Ke kusenokubonakala ngathi amazwi kaPetros akanakusebenza kule mihla. Kodwa ngaba kunjalo ngenene?
Uninzi lwethu ebelufunda kwaye luye lwafaka isandla kule foramu luye lwafumana ingxaki yethu yokholo kwaye kuye kwafuneka sithathe isigqibo sokuba siyaphi. NjengamaNgqina kaYehova, sibhekisa kwinkolo yethu njengenyaniso. Liliphi elinye iqela kwiNgqobhoko elenza oko? Ngokuqinisekileyo, bonke bacinga ukuba banenyani kwenye inqanaba, kodwa inyani ayibalulekanga kangako kubo. Ayibalulekanga, njengoko injalo nakuthi. Umbuzo odla ngokubuzwa xa sidibana nomntu esishumayela naye okokuqala uthi, “Uyifunde nini inyaniso?” okanye “Unexesha elingakanani usenyanisweni?” Xa ingqina ilishiya ibandla, sithi "iyishiyile inyaniso". Oku kunokubonwa njenge-hubris ngabantu bangaphandle, kodwa iya entliziyweni yokholo lwethu. Siluxabisile ulwazi oluchanileyo. Siyakholelwa ukuba iicawa zeNgqobhoko zifundisa ubuxoki, kodwa inyaniso isikhululile. Ukongeza, siya sifundiswa ngakumbi ukuba loo nyaniso yehle yeza kuthi ngeqela labantu abachazwe 'njengekhoboka elithembekileyo' kwaye bamiselwe nguYehova uThixo njengejelo lakhe lonxibelelwano.
Ngokuma okunje, kulula ukubona ukuba kunzima kanjani kuthi abo bafikelele ekuqondeni ukuba ezinye zezinto esasizibamba njengeenkolelo ezingundoqo azinasiseko kwizibhalo, kodwa eneneni zisekwe kwingcinga yabantu. Kwakunjalo kum xa ndabona ukuba u-1914 ngomnye nje unyaka. Ndafundiswa ukususela ebuntwaneni ukuba u-1914 yayingunyaka weentsuku zokugqibela; unyaka owaphela ngawo amaxesha eentlanga; unyaka uKristu awaqala ngawo ukulawula njengokumkani esezulwini. Yayiyinto kwaye iyaqhubeka nokuba lolunye uphawu olwahlula abantu bakaYehova, into esohlula kwezinye zonke iinkonzo ezibanga ukuba zezobuKristu. Andizange ndakhe ndiyibuze de kube kutshanje. Nokuba ezinye ukutolikwa kweziprofeto kuya kusiba nzima ngakumbi ukungqinelana nobungqina obubonakalayo, u-1914 wayehlala esisiseko seZibhalo kum.
Emva kokuba ndikwazi ukuyiyeka idlule, ndaziva ndikhululekile kwaye nemincili yangena kwisifundo sam seBhayibhile. Ngesiquphe, iindinyana zeZibhalo ezazibonakala zingenakucaciswa ngenxa yokunyanzelwa ukuba zithobele loo mbono wobuxoki zinokujongwa ngendlela entsha, nesimahla. Nangona kunjalo, ndandikwacaphukela, nditsho nomsindo, kwabo bandigcina ebumnyameni ixesha elide kunye nengqikelelo yabo engekho zibhalweni. Ndaqala ukuziva into endiye ndayibona kumaKatolika amaninzi xa baqala ukuva ukuba uThixo unegama; ukuba kwakungekho Triniti, indawo yentlambululo miphefumlo okanye isihogo somlilo. Kodwa loo maKatolika nabanye abafana nabo, babenayo indawo yokuya. Bazibandakanya nathi. Kodwa ndiza kuya phi? Ngaba lukhona olunye unqulo oluhambelana ngokusondeleyo nenyaniso yeBhayibhile kunathi? Andazi enye, kwaye ndenze uphando.
Sifundisiwe ubomi bethu bonke ukuba abo bakhokela umbutho wethu basebenza njengejelo elimiselweyo likaThixo lonxibelelwano; ukuba umoya oyingcwele uyasondla ngazo. Ukufika kancinci ekuqondeni ukuba wena nabanye abantu abaqhelekileyo abafana nawe bafunda iinyaniso zeZibhalo ngokuzimeleyo kule nto kuthiwa ngumjelo wonxibelelwano kuyothusa. Kubangela ukuba ubuze malunga nesiseko sakho sokholo.
Ukwenza umzekelo omnye omncinci: kutshanje sixelelwe ukuba "abendlu" ekuthethwa ngabo eMt. I-24: 45-47 ayibhekiseli kuphela kwintsalela ethanjisiweyo emhlabeni, kodwa kuwo onke amaKristu okwenyani. Elinye icandelo "lokukhanya okutsha" kukuba ukumiselwa kwekhoboka elithembekileyo phezu kwayo yonke impahla yenkosi akwenzekanga ngo-1919, kodwa kuya kwenzeka ngexesha lomgwebo ophambi kweArmagedon. Mna, nabaninzi abafana nam, beza kwezi “ngqiqo zintsha” kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo. Singayilungisa njani ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba ijelo elimiselwe nguYehova lenze njalo? Asinawo umoya wakhe oyingcwele ongaphezu kwabo, andibi kunjalo? Andicingi njalo.
Uyayibona imeko endikuyo, kwaye uninzi olufana nam, bendijongene nalo? Ndisenyanisweni. Yile ndlela bendihlala ndizibiza ngayo njengeNgqina likaYehova. Inyaniso ndiyibambe njengento ebaluleke kakhulu kum. Sonke siyakwenza. Ngokuqinisekileyo, asazi yonke into, kodwa xa kulungiswa ukucaciswa, siyayamkela kuba inyaniso ibaluleke kakhulu. Ixilongo lenkcubeko, isiko, kunye nokhetho lomntu. Ngokuma ngolu hlobo, ndingangena njani eqongeni ndifundise u-1914, okanye ukutolikwa kwethu ngoku “kwesi sizukulwana” okanye ezinye izinto endiye ndazibonakalisa ngokusuka eZibhalweni azilunganga kwimfundiso yethu yobuthixo? Ayikokuhanahanisa oko?
Ngoku, abanye bacebise ukuba sixelise uRussell owazishiya iinkolo zomhla wakhe wazihlanganisa wazenzela yedwa. Eneneni, amaNgqina kaYehova amaninzi kumazwe ahlukeneyo akwenzile oko. Ngaba leyo yindlela yokuhamba? Ngaba asithembekanga kuThixo wethu ngokuhlala ngaphakathi kombutho wethu nangona singasabambeleli kuyo yonke imfundiso njengevangeli? Umntu ngamnye makenze oko isazela sakhe sinyanzela, kunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, ndibuyela kumazwi kaPeter athi: "Siya kumka siye kubani?"
Abo baziqalele ngokwabo amaqela batshabalale baba yimfihlakalo. Ngoba? Mhlawumbi singafunda okuthile kumazwi kaGamaliyeli: “… ukuba eli cebo okanye lo msebenzi ngowabantu, uya kubhukuqwa; kodwa ukuba ivela kuThixo, aniyi kukwazi ukubabhukuqa… ”(IZenzo 5:38, 39)
Ngaphandle kwenkcaso ekhutheleyo evela kwihlabathi kunye nabefundisi balo, thina, njengamaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala, siye sanda. Ukuba abo 'basishiyileyo' babesikelelwa nguThixo ngokufanayo, ngebabephindaphindeke amatyeli amaninzi, ngelixesha thina sinciphayo. Kodwa khange kube njalo. Akululanga ukuba liNgqina likaYehova. Kulula ukuba ngumKatolika, umBhaptizi, umBhuda, okanye nantoni na. Yintoni ekufuneka uyenzile ngokwenene ukuze uqhelisele phantse nayiphi na inkolo namhlanje? Yintoni ekufuneka uyimele? Ngaba unyanzelekile ukuba ujongane nabachasi kwaye ubhengeze ukholo lwakho? Ukuthatha inxaxheba ekushumayeleni kunzima kwaye yinto enye nelinye iqela elishiya iqela lethu. Basenokuthi bazakuqhubeka nokushumayela, kodwa kungabikho xesha kwaphela, bayayeka.
UYesu akasinikanga miyalelo mininzi, kodwa leyo wasinika yona kufuneka ithotyelwe ukuba sifuna ukuthandwa nguKumkani wethu, kwaye ukushumayela yenye yezona ziphambili. (INdu. 2:12; Mat. 28:19, 20)
Abo kuthi bahlala bengamaNgqina kaYehova nangona bengasamkeli yonke imfundiso yehla ngenxa yokuba, njengoPeter, siye saqonda apho kuthululwa khona intsikelelo kaYehova. Ayithululwa kumbutho, kodwa ebantwini. Ayithululelwa kulawulo oluphezulu, kodwa kubantu abakhethwe nguThixo ngaphakathi kolo lawulo. Siyekile ukugxila kwintlangano nakubaphathi bayo kwaye endaweni yoko size kubona abantu, kwizigidi zabo, othululelwa kubo umoya kaYehova.
UKumkani uDavide wayekrexezile yaye engumbulali. Ngaba umYuda ngomhla wakhe ngewayesikelelwe nguThixo ukuba wayeye kuhlala kolunye uhlanga ngenxa yendlela eyayithinjwe ngukumkani othanjiswe nguThixo? Okanye cinga ngemeko yomzali olahlekelwe ngunyana okanye intombi kwisibetho esabulala ama-70,000 ngenxa yobalo olungelulo olwajongwa nguDavide. Ngaba uYehova wayeza kumsikelela ngokushiya abantu bakhe? Kukwakho noAna, umprofetikazi ozele ngumoya oyingcwele, enikela inkonzo engcwele imini nobusuku ngaphandle kwezono nengcinezelo yababingeleli nezinye iinkokeli zonqulo zomhla wakhe. Wayengenayo enye indawo anokuya kuyo. Wahlala nabantu bakaYehova, de kwafika ixesha lokuba enze utshintsho. Ngoku, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ebeya kuzibandakanya noKrestu ukuba ebenokuphila ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo, kodwa loo nto ibiya kwahluka. Emva koko wayeza kuba "kwenye indawo ukuya".
Ke le ndiyithethayo kukuba ayikho enye inkolo emhlabeni namhlanje esondela nakumaNgqina kaYehova, ngaphandle kweempazamo ekutolikeni kwaye ngamanye amaxesha nokuziphatha kwethu. Ngaphandle kwezimbalwa kakhulu, zonke ezinye iinkonzo ziziva zinelungelo lokubulala abazalwana bazo ngexesha lemfazwe. UYesu akazange athi, “Ngale nto bonke baya kwazi ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba ninenyaniso phakathi kwenu.” Hayi, luthando oluphawula ukholo lwenene kwaye sinalo.
Ndiyabona abanye benu bephakamisa isandla beqhankqalaza kuba niyazi okanye benamava okusilela kothando phakathi kwethu. Kwakukho nasebandleni lenkulungwane yokuqala. Khawucinge nje ngamazwi kaPawulos aya kwabaseGalati aku-5: 15 okanye isilumkiso sikaYakobi esiya kumabandla e-4: 2. Kodwa ezo zizodwa — nangona zibonakala zininzi kakhulu kule mihla — ezibonisa nje ukuba abo bantu, nangona besithi bangabantu bakaYehova, banika ubungqina ngentiyo yabo kwabanye abantu ukuba bangabantwana bakaMtyholi. Kusenzima ukufumana abantu abanothando nabakhathaleleyo phakathi kwethu asebenza ngabo amandla kaThixo asebenzayo, esulungekisa kwaye etyebisa. Singabushiya njani ubuzalwana obunje?
Asingabo abombutho. Singabantu. Xa kuqala imbandezelo enkulu, xa abalawuli behlabathi behlasela ihenyukazi elikhulu leSityhilelo, kuyathandabuzeka ukuba umbutho wethu kunye nezakhiwo zawo kunye noomatshini bokushicilela kunye nolawulo oluphezulu luza kuhlala lumi. Kulungile. Asiyi kuyidinga ngelo xesha. Sizakudinga omnye nomnye. Siya kubudinga ubuzalwana. Xa uthuli luzinzile kolo qhushululu lomhlaba wonke, siya kujonga iinkozi kwaye sazi apho kufuneka siye khona kunye nabo uYehova aqhubeka ethululela umoya wakhe kubo. (Mt. 24: 28)
Logama umoya oyingcwele uqhubeka ukubonakala kubuzalwana behlabathi lonke babantu bakaYehova, ndiya kukugqala kulilungelo ukuba ngomnye wabo.

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