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Ezinye iinkokeli zingabantu ababalaseleyo, kunye nobukho obunamandla, okukhuthaza ukuzithemba. Ngokwemvelo sinomdla kubantu abahlukileyo: bade, baphumelele, bathethe kakuhle, bajonge kakuhle.
Kutshanje, omnye udade oliNgqina elityeleleyo (masimbize ngoPetra) webandla laseSpain ubuze uluvo lwam ngoPopu okwangoku. Ndiva isandi esisezantsi sokuyithanda le ndoda, kwaye ndihlala ndikhumbula ukuba ibikade ingumKatolika, ndiwuva owona mbandela wawunayo.
Upopu wangoku unokuba ngumntu owahlukileyo-kunje ngohlaziyo oluzimiseleyo ngoKristu. Kuya kuba yinto yemvelo kuphela ukuba azive ebambekile ngenxa yenkolo yakhe yangaphambili aze abuze ngaye.
Ngokuzenzekelayo, i-1 uSamu 8 weza engqondweni yam, apho uSirayeli wacela uSamuel ukuba abanike inkosi ukuba ibakhokele. Ndamfundela i-7 kuye apho uYehova waphendula ngokuqinileyo wathi: “Asinguwe [uSamuel] abamgatyileyo, kodwa ndim abamgatyileyo njengokukumkani kwabo”. - 1 Samuel 8: 7
Abantu bakwaSirayeli basenokuba babengenanjongo yokuyeka ukunqula uYehova njengoThixo wabo, kodwa babefuna inkosi ebonakalayo njengezizwe; umntu oza kubagweba aze alwele amadabi abo.
Isifundo sicacile: Nokuba inkokheli yomntu ingaqhelekanga kangakanani, umnqweno wenkokeli yomntu uyafana nokugatya kukaYehova ukuba ngumlawuli wethu.

UYesu: Kumkani weenkosi

U-Israyeli wayenesabelo sakhe sookumkani kuyo yonke imbali, kodwa ekugqibeleni uYehova wenza inceba kwaye wamisela ukumkani igunya elingapheliyo kwitrone kaDavide.
U-Yesu Krestu ungoyiphi na indlela ngoyena mntu uthandekayo, okhuthazayo, onamandla, onothando, olungileyo, olungileyo, nolulamileyo umntu owakhe waphila. Kwingqondo epheleleyo yegama, unokubizwa ngokuba ngoyena mntu uthandekayo kuye nawuphi na unyana ka-Adam. (INdumiso 45: 2IZibhalo zithi uYesu 'nguKumkani wookumkani' (ISityhilelo 17: 14, 1 Timothy 6: 15, Matthew 28: 18). Ungoyena Kumkani ungoyena ulungileyo sakha samnqwenela. Ukuba sijonga endaweni yakhe, kusisenzo sobabini ukungcatsha uYehova. Okokuqala, siya kugatya uYehova njengoKumkani njengoko wenzayo uSirayeli. Okwesibini, siya kumgatya ukumkani uYehova asinike wona!
Kungumnqweno kaBawo wethu waseZulwini ukuba ngegama likaYesu onke amadolo aguqe kwaye zonke iilwimi ziya kuvuma ekuhleni ukuba uYesu Krestu uyiNkosi kuzuko lukaBawo.I-2 Filipi 2: 9-11).

Sukuzibhabisa ngamadoda

Xa ndijonga emva, ndiyavuya ukuba uPetra akazange ayeke imibuzo yakhe kuPopu. Ndiphantse ndawa kwisitulo sam xa wayeqhubeka nokundibuza malunga nokuba ndingaziva njani na xa kukho ilungu leQumrhu Elilawulayo.
Ngokukhawuleza ndaphendula ndathi: “Akukho lungelo lahlukileyo okanye lilunge ngakumbi kunokuba ndiziva ndiphakathi kwabazalwana noodade kwiholo yethu yoBukumkani!” Ngenxa yoko, ndakhangela inqaku ngaphakathi I-1 Koric 3: 21-23, "...makungabikho namnye uqhayisa ngabantu... Unguye uKrestu; UKrestu yena ungokaThixo ”; kwaye UMateyu 23: 10, "Kwaye kungabizwa nkokeli, ngenxa Inkokeli yakho ibenye, uKrestu ”.
Ukuba ngaba sinenkokeli 'enye', oko kuthetha ukuba inkokeli yethu lilungu elinye, hayi iqela. Ukuba silandela uKrestu, ngoko asinakujonga kuye nawuphi na umzalwana okanye indoda emhlabeni njengenkokeli yethu, kuba oko kuya kuthetha ukwala uKrestu njengeyona nkokeli yethu.
Umama kaPetra — naye olingqina — wayehlunguzela intloko ngalo lonke ixesha. Kwaye ngokuthatha inyathelo elinye ngokubhekele phaya, ndathi: “Awuva na ukuba iQumrhu Elilawulayo ngokwalo lithetha ukuba bangabendlu kunye naye? Singabaphatha ngasiphi isizathu abanye aba bazalwana? ”

AmaNgqina kaYehova acela uKumkani

Inomdla kakhulu indlela esebenza ngayo ingqondo yomntu. Nje ukuba iindonga ezikhuselweyo zisiwe phantsi, kuvuleke izikhukula. UPetra uqhubeke nokundixelela amava am. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ilungu leQumrhu Elilawulayo lathetha kwindibano yeSithili saseSpain awaya kuyo. Uye waqhubeka nokukhumbula indlela apho kamva abaphulaphuli babeqhubeka beqhwaba ngemizuzu. Ngokutsho kwakhe, akukhange kube kuhle ukuba umzalwana lo ulishiyile inqanaba, kwaye kwangelo xesha, ihlombe laqhubeka.
Oku kwamkhathaza isazela. Undixelele ukuba ngaxesha lithile wayeka ukuqhwaba izandla, kuba wayeziva ngathi kufanelekile- kwaye ke apha usebenzisa igama lesiSpanish- “veneración”. Njengomfazi ovela kwimvelaphi yamaKatolika, akukho ukungaqondi ukungenisa koku. "Ukuhlonela" ligama elisetyenziswe ngokudibeneyo nabaNgcwele, ukubonisa imbeko kunye nentlonipho ukuya kwinqanaba elinye phantsi kokudumisa ngenxa kaThixo yedwa. Igama lesiGrike proskynesis ngokoqobo lithetha “ukwanga ebusweni [b]] umntu obalaseleyo; ukwamkela ubuThixo bomamkeli kunye nokuthobeka okuphantsi komnikeli. [i]
Ngaba unokuwuthelekelela ibala lemidlalo lizaliswe ngamawakawaka abantu behlonela indoda? Ngaba sinokuba nomfanekiso ngqondweni kwaba bantu babiza abantu bakaYehova? Yenzeka le nto kanye phambi kwamehlo ethu. AmaNgqina kaYehova acela ukumkani.

Iziphumo zoku kupapashwa

Andikwabelani ngebali elipheleleyo lendlela incoko yam noPetra yaqala ngayo. Iqale ngomnye umbuzo. Undibuze: "Ngaba iza kuba sisikhumbuzo sethu sokugqibela"? UPetra wahlabela mgama esithi: “Kutheni le nto bebhala nje”? Kwaye ukukholelwa kwakhe komelezwe ngumzalwana kwintetho yesikhumbuzo kwiveki ephelileyo othethe into kwinto yokuba ukunyuka kwangoko kwabathanjiswa kungqina ukuba i144,000 iphantse yathutywa. (ISityhilelo 7: 3)
Ndiye ndaqiqa naye ngeZibhalo kwaye ndamnceda ukuba azenzele isigqibo ngalo mbandela, kodwa oko kubonisa yimiphumo yoko kubhaliweyo kwiimpapasho zethu. Ukutya kokomoya okuqhubekayo kunawuphi umphumo kumabandla? Asingabo bonke abakhonzi bakaYehova abasikelelweyo ngesixa esikhulu solwazi kunye namava. Le yayiyinyani, kodwa udade ophakathi kwibandla laseSpain.
Ngokumhlonela ikhoboka elithembekileyo, ndilingqina lam eli. Kwibandla lam, ndibala ukukhankanywa ngakumbi ngala madoda kunoYesu. Emithandazweni, abadala kunye nabaveleli besekethe bayayibulela 'iklasi yamakhoboka' ngokukhokela nokutya kwabo rhoqo kunokuba bebulela inkokeli yethu yokwenene, uLogos ngokwakhe, iMvana kaThixo.
Ndicela ukubuza, ingaba la madoda athi abe liLikhoboka eliThembekileyo aphalaza igazi lawo kuthi ukuze siphile? Ngaba bafanelwe kukukhankanywa ngaphezulu kwendumiso kunonyana okuphela kozelweyo kaThixo owanikela ngobomi bakhe negazi ngenxa yethu?
Yintoni ebangele olu tshintsho kubazalwana bethu? Kutheni le nto ilungu leQumrhu Elilawulayo kuye kwafuneka liphume kwinqanaba ngaphambi kokuba kugqityezelwe ihlombe? Sisiphumo soko bakufundisayo kupapasho. Omnye kuphela kufuneka aqwalasele isiphelo esingenasiphelo sezikhumbuzo malunga nokunyaniseka nokuthobela umbutho kunye 'Neklasi lekhoboka' kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo IMboniselo amanqaku afundwayo.

Ukuma elulwalweni eHorebhe

Ndiyakwazi ukucinga ukuba loluphi uhlobo 'lokuhlonela' konke oku okuya kuthabathela ihlobo elizayo, xa iQumrhu Elilawulayo liza kuthetha ngokuthe ngqo nezihlwele, nokuba kukodwa okanye kusetyenziswa iinkqubo zeprojekti.
Zimnkile ke iintsuku apho aba bazalwana babengaziwa kuthi; phantse angaziwa. Ndiyathemba ukuba ngeli hlobo ihlobo ndiza kuba nakho ukuyazi inkolo endikhulele kuyo. Sele sizibonele iziphumo zeemibhalo zethu zamva nje kwisimo sengqondo sabanye abantakwethu noodadewethu abathandekayo.
Lonke ithemba ngoku lilele ezandleni zeQumrhu Elilawulayo. Xa kusenzeka indumiso engafanelekanga, ngaba baya kulungisa ngokuqinileyo abaphulaphuli, bathi ayifanelekanga kwaye iphinde idlulise indumiso kuKumkani wethu oyinyaniso? (Yoh 5:19, 5:30, 6:38, 7: 16-17, 8:28, 8:50, 14:10, 14:24)
Ehlotyeni, iQumrhu Elilawulayo liza kuthetha nohlanga lukaYehova. Aya kuma elityeni lomfuziselo eHorebhe. Kuya kubakho abo bazithathela ingqalelo njengoko abavukeli kubaphulaphuli; bambombozela. Kuyabonakala kwizinto ezibonakalayo ngaphakathi IMboniselo ukuba iQumrhu Elilawulayo liyakhula lingapheli monde kunye nabantu abanjalo! Ngaba baya kuzama ukuyeka oku ngokuzama ukunikezela ingxelo yabo 'yamanzi obomi', inyaniso evela 'kwikhoboka elithembekileyo'?
Ngayiphi na indlela, sinokubona isiganeko esingumlando kwimbali yamaNgqina kaYehova kwiindibano zesithili zalo nyaka.
Njengombono wokuvala, ndiza kwabelana nomdlalo weqonga. Nceda ulandele iBhayibhile yakho apha Iinombolo 20: 8-12:

Bhala ileta ubhalele amabandla kwaye ubabizele indibano yezizwe ngezizwe, kwaye uthi iinyaniso ezininzi zeZibhalo ziya kuxutyushwa, kwaye abazalwana noodade baya kuvuselelwa kunye namakhaya abo.

Ngoko ke udidi lwekhoboka elithembekileyo nelicekeceke lalungisa umxholo wentetho, kanye njengoko uYehova eyalele ukuba kunikwe ukutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Emva koko iQumrhu Elilawulayo labiza amabandla kwindibano yezizwe ngezizwe lathi: “Khanive, nina bawexuki! Ngaba kufuneka sivelise amanzi aphilayo, inyaniso entsha evela eLizwini likaThixo? ”

Ngenxa yoko amalungu eQumrhu Elilawulayo aphakamisa izandla zawo kwaye abothusa ababukeli njengoko bekhupha iimpapasho ezintsha, kwaye abazalwana noodade kunye namakhaya abo baqhwaba ihlombe benombulelo.

Emva kwexesha uYehova wathi kwikhoboka elithembekileyo: “Ngenxa yokuba ungakhange ubonise ukholo kum kwaye ungcwalise phambi kwabantu, akuyi kulingenisa ibandla kulo ilizwe endiya kubanika lona.”

Ngamana le nto ingaze yenzeke! Njengomntu onxulumana namaNgqina kaYehova, kuyandibuhlungu ukuba le yindlela esihamba kuyo. Andifuni amanzi amatsha njengobungqina, ndifuna ukubuyela kuthando lukaKristu njengoko abafundi bebhayibhile bokuqala babenalo. Kwaye ke ndithandazela ukuba uYehova ayityebise iintliziyo zabo ngaphambi kokuba kube kudala.
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[i] I-2013, uMateyu L. Bowen, Izifundo eziseBhayibhileni kunye ne-Antiquity 5: 63-89.

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