[Olu luphononongo lwezinto ezibalaseleyo ezivela kule veki IMboniselo isifundo (w13 12/15 p. 11). Nceda uzive ukhululekile ukuba wabelane nabanye ngolwazi lwakho usebenzisa Amagqabantshintshi kwiQonga leePikethi zeBeroean.]

 
Endaweni yohlalutyo lomhlathana ngamanqanaba ngamanqanaba eli nqaku njengoko besenzile kwixa elidlulileyo, ndingathanda ukulithathela ingqalelo eli nqaku. Eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo kwinqaku kukuzincama esikwenzayo njengamaKristu. Njengesiseko sale nto, iyafana nokuzincama kwamaYuda ekwakusenziwa kuSirayeli wamandulo. (Jonga imihlathana 4 ngokusebenzisa i-6.)
Kule mihla, ndifumanisa ukuba intsimbi encinci yealam iyakhala engqondweni yam nangaliphi na ixesha inqaku elifuna ukusifundisa okuthile ngobuKrestu lusekwe kwinkqubo yamaJuda. Ndiyazibuza ukuba kutheni sisaya kwakhona kumqeqeshi xa umfundisi-ntsapho sele efikile? Masenze uhlalutyo lwethu. Vula inkqubo yeThala lencwadi yeWatchtower uze ufake “kwedini” kwibhokisi yokukhangela — ngaphandle kwamanqaku acatshuliweyo. I-asterisk iya kukuvumela ukuba ufumane "umbingelelo, amadini, ukubingelela, kunye nokubingelela". Ukuba uzikhuphile izalathiso zesihlomelo, ufumana igama elivela izihlandlo ezingama-50 kwiZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike. Ukuba uyayithatha incwadi yamaHebhere apho uPawulos achitha ixesha elininzi exoxa ngenkqubo yezinto yamaJuda ukubonisa ukongama kwedini elenziwa nguYesu, uphela unezihlandlo ezingama-27. Nangona kunjalo, kule single IMboniselo inqaku lodwa igama elithi umbingelelo lenzeka ngokwamaxesha e-40.
NjengamaNgqina kaYehova, siyabongozwa kaninzi ukuba sizincame. Ngaba esi sisibongozo esifanelekileyo? Ngaba ukugxininisa kwethu kukuhambelana nomyalezo weendaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu? Makhe sijonge le ndlela ngenye indlela. Incwadi kaMateyu isebenzisa igama "ukubingelela" kabini kuphela kwaye inamaxesha ali-10 okubala kweli nqaku elinye alisebenzisayo amaxesha 40. Andicingi ukuba yinto engekhoyo ukucebisa ukuba siyayigxininisa imfuneko yomKristu yokuzincama.
Kuba sele uyivulile inkqubo yeThala leencwadi leWatchtower, kutheni ungajongi kuyo yonke indawo kwiZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike zeli gama. Ukulungiselela ukulungelwa kwakho ndizikhuphile ezo zingenanto yakwenza nenkqubo yamaJuda okanye idini elenziwa nguKristu ngenxa yethu. Oku kulandelayo yimibingelelo eyenziwa ngamaKristu.

(KwabaseRoma 12: 1, 2) . . Ke ngoko ndiyanibongoza ngeemfesane zikaThixo, bazalwana, ukuba nikela imizimba yakho ibe lidini eliphilayo, ingcwele kwaye yamkelekile emehlweni kaThixo, inkonzo engcwele ngamandla akho okucinga. 2 Kwaye ke yeka ukubunjwa yile nkqubo yezinto, kodwa uguqulwe ngokuguqula ingqondo yakho, ukuze uqondele ngokwakho ukuba kukuthanda kukaThixo, kwamkelekile, ngokugqibeleleyo.

Umongo wamaRoma uyakubonisa oko we ngumnikelo. NjengoYesu wanikela konke, nkqu nobomi bakhe, nathi sizinikezela kwintando kaBawo wethu. Asithethi apha ngokuncama izinto, ixesha lethu kunye nemali, kodwa eyethu.

(KwabaseFilipi 4: 18) . . Nangona kunjalo, ndinayo yonke into endiyifunayo nangaphezulu. Ndixhaswe ngokupheleleyo, ngoku sendifumene kuEpafrodito Yintoni oyithumileyo, ivumba elithozamisayo, umnikelo owamkelekileyo, ethandeka kakuhle emehlweni kaThixo.

Ngokucacileyo isipho senziwa kuPawulos ngoEpafrodito; ivumba elimnandi, umbingelelo owamkelekileyo, into ekholisa uThixo. Nokuba ibingumnikelo wezinto eziphathekayo, okanye enye into, asinakuqiniseka ngokuqinisekileyo. Ke isipho esenziwe kumntu osweleyo sinokuthathwa njengedini.

(Heb. 13: 15) . . Ngaye masisoloko sinikela kuThixo Umbingelelo wendumisoOko kukuthi, isiqhamo semilebe yethu evakalisa esidlangalaleni igama lakhe. .

Esi sibhalo sihlala sisetyenziselwa ukuxhasa uluvo lokuba ubulungiseleli bethu basentsimini bulidini. Kodwa ayisiyiyo le kuthethwa ngayo apha. Zimbini iindlela zokujonga naliphi na idini kuThixo. Enye kukuba yindlela yokudumisa uThixo njengoko kubonisiwe apha kumaHebhere; enye into, kukuba yimfuneko esemthethweni okanye eyimfuneko. Omnye unikwa ngovuyo nangokuzithandela ngelixa omnye enikwa kuba kulindeleke ukuba enze njalo. Ngaba bobabini bayalingana kuThixo? UmFarisi wayeya kuphendula athi, Ewe; kuba bebeqonda ukuba ubulungisa bungaphunyezwa ngemisebenzi. Nangona kunjalo, "umbingelelo wendumiso… isiqhamo semilebe yethu" wenziwa 'ngoYesu'. Ukuba siza kumxelisa, asinakucinga ukuba kungcwaliswa ngemisebenzi, kuba akakwenzanga oku.
Ngapha koko, uPaul uqhubeka esithi, "Ngaphezu koko, musani ukulibala ukwenza okuhle nokwabelana nabanye ngezinto eninazo, kuba uyakholiswa yiminikelo enjalo."[i]  U-Kristu akazange alibale ukwenza okulungileyo nayo yonke into awayenayo wabelana ngayo nabanye. Wakhuthaza nabanye ukuba banike amahlwempu.[ii]
Kuyacaca ke ngoko ukuba umKristu owabelana ngexesha lakhe kunye nobutyebi kunye nabanye abasweleyo wenza umnikelo owamkelekileyo kuThixo. Nangona kunjalo, ugxininiso kwiZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike alukho kwidini ngokwalo ngokungathi ngemisebenzi umntu unokuthenga indlela yosindiso. Endaweni yoko, kugxilwe kugxininiso kwisimo, sentliziyo; ngokuthe ngqo, ukuthanda uThixo nommelwane.
Ukulifunda nje inqaku elinqabileyo elinokucebisa umfundi ukuba nawo kanye lo myalezo uchazwa kolu phando kule veki.
Nangona kunjalo, qwalasela amazwi okuvula omhlathi 2:

“Iindlela ezithile zokuzincama zibalulekile kuwo onke amaKristu okwenyani kwaye kubalulekile ukuba sihlakulele ulwalamano oluhle noYehova. Ezo zinto ziquka ukuchitha ixesha namandla ethandazayo, ukufunda iBhayibhile, ukunqula iintsapho, ukuya ezintlanganisweni nasentsimini. ”

Ndandinethemba lokufumana into kwiZibhalo zamaKristu enxulumene nomthandazo, ufundo lweBhayibhile, ukuya kwiintlanganiso, okanye ukunqula kwethu uThixo kunye nokubingelela. Kum, ukucinga ngomthandazo okanye ufundo lweBhayibhile njengedini ngenxa yexesha esilichitha kulo kuya kufana nokuhlala phantsi kwisidlo esimnandi njengedini ngenxa yexesha esilithathayo. UThixo undinike isipho ngeli thuba ndinalo lokuthetha ngqo naye. Undinike isipho sobulumko bakhe njengoko budandalazisiwe kwiZibhalo ezingcwele endinokuthi ngazo ndiphile ubomi obungcono, obunesiqhamo kunye nobomi obungunaphakade. Uthini umyalezo endiwudlulisela kubawo osemazulwini ngokubhekisele kwezi zipho ukuba ndizithatha njengedini?
Ndiyaxolisa ukutsho ukuba oku kugxininisa kakhulu kwidini njengoko kubonisiwe kwiimagazini zethu kuhlala kwenza ukuba sizive sinetyala kwaye singaxabisekanga. NjengabaFarisi bomhla kaYesu, sisaqhubeka ukubophelela abafundi imithwalo enzima, imithwalo esingafuniyo ukuyithwala.[iii]

Crux yeNqaku

Iya kubonakala nakulomfundi nje oqhelekileyo ukuba umbono weli nqaku ukukhuthaza ukuncama ixesha lethu kunye nemali kwiinzame zoncedo lwentlekele kunye nokwakhiwa kweeHolo zoBukumkani. Ukuchasana nayo nayiphi na kwezi zinto zimbini kufana nokuba ngokuchasene nezinja ezinja kunye nabantwana abancinci.
AmaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala abandakanyeka kuncedo lwentlekele njengoko iziqendu 15 no-16 zibonisa. Ngokuphathelele ukwakhiwa kweeHolo zoBukumkani akukho ngxelo iseBhayibhileni. Nangona kunjalo, inye into eqinisekileyo: Nokuba yeyiphi na imali esetyenzisiweyo ukwakha okanye ukulungiselela iindawo zokuhlanganisana, kwaye nayiphina imali eyanikelwa ukuze kuncedwe intlekele, ayithunyelwanga kwaye ilawulwe ligunya elithile eliseJerusalem okanye kwenye indawo.
Xa ndandisengumntwana sasidibana kwiLegion Hall, esasiyiqasha qho ngenyanga kwiintlanganiso zethu. Ndikhumbula ukuba xa sasiqala ukwakha iiHolo ZoMbuso, abanye babecinga ukuba yinkcitho yexesha kunye nemali banikwa ukuba isiphelo siza kufika nangaliphi na ixesha. Kwi-70s xa ndasebenza kwiLatin America, zazimbalwa kakhulu iiHolo ZoMbuso. Inkoliso yamabandla yayihlanganisana kumakhaya abanye abazalwana abaqhuba kakuhle okanye abakhuphele ukusebenzisa umgangatho wokuqala.
Emva phayaa ngezo ntsuku, ukuba ubufuna ukwakha iHolo yoBukumkani ubudibanisa abazalwana bebandla, uqokelele imali onokwazi ukuyenza, emva koko uqale ukusebenza. Yayingumsebenzi omkhulu wothando owawuqhutywa kwinqanaba lendawo. Ngasekupheleni kwama-20th kwinkulungwane konke okutshintshileyo. IQumrhu Elilawulayo lasungula ilungiselelo leKomiti Yokwakha Yenqila. Injongo yayikukuba nabazalwana abanobuchule kwezokwakha bavelele umsebenzi baze bathabathe uxinzelelo kwibandla lasekuhlaleni. Ekuhambeni kwexesha yonke le nkqubo iye yamiselwa kakhulu. Akusenakwenzeka ukuba ibandla lihambe lodwa. Ngoku kuyimfuneko yokwakha okanye yokuhlaziya iHolo yobukumkani ngeRBC. I-RBC iya kujongana nayo yonke imicimbi, iyicwangcise ngokwexesha labo, kwaye ilawule imali. Ngapha koko, ibandla elizama ukuzihambela lodwa, nokuba banazo izakhono ezibekiweyo kunye nemali, baya kungena engxakini kwikomkhulu.
Malunga nokuguquka kwenkulungwane edluleyo inkqubo efanayo yaqala ukusebenza malunga nentlekele. Oku ngoku kulawulwa ngokusekwe kwindawo yombutho. Andiyigxeki le nkqubo okanye andiyikhuthazi. Ezi yinyaniso nje njengokuba ndibaqonda.
Ukuba unikela ngexesha lakho njengomntu onobuchule kulwakhiwo lweeHolo ZoBukumkani okanye ukulungiswa kwezakhiwo ezonakaliswe yintlekele ethile, usebenza imali. Isiphumo seenzame zakho ziyinto yexabiso ebonakalayo eya kuthi iqhubeke ikhula ngexabiso njengoko intengiso yearhente yokuthengiswa kwezindlu inyuka.
Ukuba unegalelo lemali yakho kwimali yesisa yehlabathi, unelungelo lokufumana yonke indlela esetyenziswa ngayo imali; Ukuqinisekisa ukuba imali yakho isetyenziswa kakuhle.
Ukuba siyayilandela imali esiyinikela ngokungqalileyo okanye ngomrhumo wabasebenzi kuncedo okanye ekwakhiweni kweeHolo zoBukumkani, iphelela phi? Ngokubhekisele kwiiHolo zoBukumkani, impendulo icacile, isezandleni zamabandla asekuhlaleni ekubeni enayo le Holo yoBukumkani. Ndandisoloko ndikholelwa ukuba oku kunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, iziganeko zamva nje ziye zavela kwimithombo yeendaba zindikhokelela ekubeni ndibuze ubunyani beli linge. Ndicela ke ulwazi oluthile kuthi ngokufunda ukuba yeyiphi eyona nto iyinyani. Makhe ndipeyinte imeko: Yithi ibandla linayo iHolo yoBukumkani ethi ngokunyuka kwamaxabiso ezindlu nemihlaba ngoku ixabise i-2 yezigidi zeedola. (IiHolo zoBukumkani ezininzi eMntla Merika zixabiseke kakhulu kunoko.) Masithi ezinye iingqondo eziqaqambileyo ebandleni ziyaqonda ukuba zinokuyithengisa iHolo yoBukumkani, zisebenzise isiqingatha semali ukunciphisa iintlungu kwiintsapho ezininzi ezihlwempuzekileyo ibandla kwaye banegalelo kwimibutho yesisa yasekuhlaleni okanye bazivulele ngokwabo ukulungiselela amahlwempu kumoya wabafundi bakaYesu.[iv]  Elinye ihafu yemali liza kufakwa kwiakhawunti yebhanki apho inokufumana i-5% ngonyaka. Isiphumo se- $ 50,000 siza kusetyenziswa ukuhlawula irenti kwindawo yokuhlangana njengoko besenze emva kwii50. Abanye bacebise ukuba, ukuba inokuzama nantoni na enjengale, iqumrhu labadala liya kususwa lize ibandla litshitshiswe, apho abavakalisi babeya kuthunyelwa kwiiHolo zoBukumkani ezikufutshane. Emva koko, isebe liya kuqesha iRBC yengingqi ukuba ithengise ipropathi. Ngaba ukhona umntu owaziyo ngemeko apho into enje yenzekileyo? Into enokubonakalisa ukuba yeyiphi na ipropathi kunye neHolo yoMbuso yawo nawaphi na amabandla?
Kwimigca efanayo, kwakhona kwi-vein yokuqinisekisa ukuba imali yethu isetyenziswa ngobunono, umntu kuya kufuneka azibuze ukuba isebenza njani intlekele xa impahla silungisa i-inshurensi yethu okanye sikulungele ukufumana imali yokunceda kwintlekele, njengoko be kunjalo eNew Orleans. Abazalwana banikela ngezinto. Abazalwana banikela ngemali. Abazalwana banikela ngomsebenzi wabo nezakhono zabo. Ihamba nabani imali ye-inshurensi? Urhulumente umdlulisela kubani imali ebelibekelwe ukunceda intlekele? Ukuba kukho nabani na onokunika impendulo eqinisekileyo kulo mbuzo, singathanda kakhulu ukuba sazi.


[i] KumaHebhere 13: 16
[ii] Matthew 19: 21
[iii] Matthew 23: 4
[iv] UJohn 12: 4-6

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