Emuva kwi1984, umsebenzi kwikomkhulu laseBrooklyn, uKarl F. Klein wabhala:

“Oko ndiqale ngokungenisa 'ubisi lwelizwi,' zimbalwa iinyaniso zokomoya ezibalaseleyo abantu bakaYehova abaye baqonda: umahluko phakathi kwentlangano kaThixo nentlangano kaSathana; ukuqinisekiswa kukaYehova kubaluleke ngakumbi kunokusindiswa kwezidalwa… ”(w84 10 / 1 p. 28)

Kwi nqaku lokuqala kolu ngcelele, sihlolisise imfundiso ye-JW yokuba umxholo webhayibhile “kukuthethelelwa kolongamo lukaYehova” kwaye sabona ukuba azisekelwanga Zibhalweni.
Kwi Inqaku lesibini, Sifumanise esona sizathu sokuba uMbutho uqhubeke ugxininisa kule mfundiso yobuxoki. Ukugxila koku kubizwa ngokuba "ngumbambano wolawulo lwendalo iphela" kuye kwavumela ubunkokheli beJW ukuba bazithathele ingubo yegunya lobuthixo. Ngokuthe ngcembe, ngokungacacanga, amaNgqina kaYehova ayeka ukulandela uKristu aza alandela iQumrhu Elilawulayo. NjengabaFarisi bexesha likaYesu, imithetho yeQumrhu Elilawulayo ifikile kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi babalandeli babo, iphembelela indlela abathembekileyo nabaziphatha ngayo ngokumisela izithintelo ezingaphaya kwayo nantoni na ebhalwe eLizwini likaThixo.[1]
Ukutyhala umxholo othi "ukuthethelelwa kolongamo lukaThixo" kwenza ngaphezulu kokuxhobisa uBunkokeli boMbutho. Icacisa kwa eli gama, amaNgqina kaYehova, kuba bangqinela ntoni, ukuba akunjalo ukuba ulawulo lukaYehova lungcono kunoSathana? Ukuba ulawulo lukaYehova alufuneki ukuba luthethelelwe, ukuba injongo yeBhayibhile ayikokubonisa ukuba ulawulo lwakhe lungcono kunoSathana, akukho "tyala lenkundla iphela"[2] Kwaye akukho mfuneko yamangqina kaThixo.[3]  Nokuba yena okanye indlela yakhe yokulawula ayixoxwa.
Ekupheleni kwenqaku lesibini, kwabuzwa imibuzo ngobunjani bolawulo lukaThixo. Ngaba kufana nje nolawulo lomntu kunye nomehluko okwahlukileyo wokuba aKhe abonelele ngomlawuli olungileyo kunye nemithetho elungileyo? Okanye ngaba yinto ehluke ngokupheleleyo kuyo nayiphi na into esakha safumana?
Isicatshulwa sokwazisa ngeli nqaku sithathwe kwi-Okthobha ye-1, i-1984 IMboniselo.  Ityhila ngokungazi ukuba kumaNgqina kaYehova akukho mahluko phakathi kolawulo lukaSathana nolo lukaThixo. Ukuba kuthethelelwa kukaYehova Kaninzi kubaluleke ngakumbi kunokusindiswa kwabantu bakhe, apho kukho umahluko phakathi kolawulo lukaThixo nolukaSathana? Ngaba simele sigqibe ekubeni, kuSathana, ukuthethelelwa kwakhe kunjalo Ngaphantsi ibaluleke ngaphezu kosindiso lwabalandeli bakhe? Unotshe! Ke ngokutsho kwamaNgqina kaYehova, ngokubhekisele ekuthethelelweni, uSathana noYehova abahlukanga. Bobabini bafuna into enye: ukuzithethelela; kwaye ukuyifumana kubaluleke ngakumbi kunosindiso lwezifundo zabo. Ngamafutshane, amaNgqina kaYehova ajonge kwelinye icala lengqekembe enye.
INgqina likaYehova linokuziva ngathi libonisa ukuthobeka ngokufundisa ukuba ukuthethelelwa kolawulo lukaThixo kubaluleke ngakumbi kunokusindiswa komntu. Ukanti, ekubeni kungekho apho iBhayibhile ifundisa khona into enjalo, le ntobeko ineziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zokuzisa ugculelo kwigama elihle likaThixo. Ewe, singoobani thina ukuba simxelele uThixo oko kufuneka akubone kubalulekile?
Ngokuyinxenye, le meko ibangelwa kukusilela kokuqonda okwenyani malunga nokuba yintoni umthetho kaThixo. Ulongamo lukaThixo lwahluke njani kolo lukaSathana nomntu?
Ngaba sinokuthi, mhlawumbi, sifumane iimpendulo ngokuphinda siphinde siwubuze umbuzo womxholo weBhayibhile?

Umxholo weBhayibhile

Kuba ulongamo ayingomxholo weBhayibhile, yintoni? Ukungcwaliswa kwegama likaThixo? Ngokuqinisekileyo oko kubalulekile, kodwa ngaba yonke loo nto ithetha ngayo yonke iBhayibhile? Abanye banokucebisa ukuba ukusindiswa koluntu ngumxholo weBhayibhile: IParadesi elahlekileyo yaphinda yaba yiparadesi. Abanye bacacisa ukuba konke malunga nembewu yeGenesis 3:15. Kuyavunywa, kukho ukubaluleka kokuqiqa kuba umxholo wencwadi ubaleka kuwo ukusuka ekuqaleni (intshayelelo yomxholo) ukuya kugqiba (isisombululo somxholo), kanye le nto yenziwa "ngumxholo wembewu". Yaziswa kwiGenesis njengemfihlakalo, ethi ityhileke kancinci kuwo onke amaphepha eZibhalo zangaphambi kobuKristu. Umkhukula kaNowa unokubonwa njengeendlela zokugcina abo baseleyo bembewu. Incwadi kaRute, ngelixa sisifundo esisiso ekuthembekeni nasekunyanisekeni, inika ikhonkco kulwalamano lomnombo okhokelela kuMesiya, eyona nto iphambili kwimbewu. Incwadi kaEstere ibonisa indlela uYehova awasindisa ngayo amaSirayeli kunye nembewu kuhlaselo olubi lukaSathana. Kwincwadi yokugqibela ye-canon yebhayibhile, iSityhilelo, imfihlakalo igqityiwe ngoloyiso lokugqibela lwembewu ngokufikelela ekufeni kukaSathana.
Ukungcwaliswa, Usindiso, okanye iMbewu? Inye into eqinisekileyo, ezi zihloko zithathu zihambelana kakhulu. Ukuba kufanelekile ukuba sikhathazeke ukulungisa enye ibaluleke ngakumbi kunezinye; ukuzinza kumxholo weBhayibhile?
Ndikhumbula ndiseklasini yam yoncwadi lwesiNgesi kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eyayikwiShakespeare's Umrhwebi waseVenice kukho imixholo emithathu. Ukuba umdlalo unokuba nemixholo emithathu eyahlukileyo, mangaphi amagama kaThixo eluntwini? Mhlawumbi ngokuzama ukuchonga le Umxholo weBhayibhile sizibeka emngciphekweni wokuwunciphisa ukuya kwinqanaba leNoveli eNgcwele. Esona sizathu sokuba nathi sibe nale ngxoxo kungenxa yoxinzelelo olugwenxa oluye lwenziwa yi-Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society. Kodwa njengoko sele sibonile, loo nto yenziwe ukuxhasa i-ajenda yomntu.
Ke endaweni yokuzibandakanya kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yezifundo malunga nokuba ngowuphi umxholo ophambili, endaweni yoko masigxile kumxholo omnye oya kusinceda simqonde ngcono uBawo wethu; kuba xa simqonda, siza kuqonda indlela alawula ngayo-ulongamo lwakhe ukuba uyathanda.

Ingcebiso Ekupheleni

Emva kweminyaka emalunga ne-1,600 1 yokubhala okuphefumlelweyo, iBhayibhile iyaphela. Uninzi lwabaphengululi bayavuma ukuba ezokugqibela iincwadi ezakha zabhalwa yivangeli kunye neencwadi ezintathu zikaYohane. Uthini umxholo ophambili weencwadi ezenza amagama okugqibela uYehova awadlulisele kuluntu? Ngegama, "uthando". Ngamanye amaxesha uJohn ubizwa ngokuba "ngumpostile wothando" ngenxa yokugxininisa kwakhe kwelo phawu kwimibhalo yakhe. Kwileta yakhe yokuqala kukho isityhilelo esikhuthazayo ngoThixo esifumaneka kwisivakalisi esifutshane, esilula esinamagama amathathu kuphela: "UThixo uluthando". (4 Yohane 8: 16, XNUMX)
Ndisenokuba ndiphuma apha emlenzeni apha, kodwa andikholelwa ukuba kukho isivakalisi kuyo yonke iBhayibhile esityhilela okungakumbi ngoThixo, kwaye ngenene ngayo yonke indalo, kunala magama mathathu.

uthixo Luthando

Ingathi yonke into ebhaliweyo ukuza kuthi ga kwinqanaba eligubungela iminyaka engama-4,000 yokunxibelelana kwabantu noBawo wethu yayikho nje ukwenza isiseko sesi sityhilelo simangalisayo. UJohn, umfundi u Yesu awayemthanda, wakhethwa ekupheleni kobomi bakhe ukuba angcwalise igama likaThixo ngokutyhila le nyaniso: UThixo IS uthando.
Into esinayo apha luphawu olusisiseko lukaThixo; umgangatho ochaziweyo. Zonke ezinye iimpawu-okusesikweni kwakhe, ubulumko bakhe, amandla akhe, nokuba yeyiphi na enokubakho — ziphantsi kolongamo lukaThixo. Uthando!

Yintoni uthando?

Ngaphambi kokuba siqhubeke, kufuneka siqale siqiniseke ukuba siyaluqonda uthando ukuba luyintoni na. Ngaphandle koko, sinokuqhubeka phantsi kwengcinga engeyonyani eya kuthi ikhokelele kwisigqibo esingalunganga.
Kukho amagama amane esiGrike anokuguqulelwa njengo “thanda” esiNgesini. Kuqhelekileyo kuncwadi lwesiGrike erōs apho sifumana khona igama lethu lesiNgesi "erotic". Oku kubhekisa kuthando lwendalo enomdla. Ngelixa lingathintelwanga kuphela kuthando lomzimba kunye neempawu zalo ezinamandla zesini, isetyenziswa rhoqo kwimibhalo yesiGrike kuloo meko.
Okulandelayo sinayo storgē.  Oku kusetyenziswa ukuchaza uthando phakathi kwamalungu osapho. Ngokuyintloko, isetyenziselwa ubudlelwane begazi, kodwa amaGrike ayisebenzisile ukuchaza naluphi na ulwalamano lwentsapho, nkqu nesifaniso.
Njalo erōs okanye storgē Zivele kwi iZibhalo ZamaKristu ZesiGrike, nangona le nto yenzeka ngegama eliyimbumba yamaRoma 12: 10 eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “uthando lobuzalwana”.
Elona gama liqhelekileyo kwesiGrike uthando philia ebhekisa kuthando phakathi kwabahlobo-olo thando lufudumeleyo luzalwa kukuhloniphana, amava okwabelwana ngawo, kunye "nokudibana kwengqondo". Ngaloo ndlela umyeni uya kuthanda (erōs) Umfazi wakhe nonyana banokuthanda (storgē) abazali bakhe, amalungu osapho onwabe ngokwenene aya kubotshelelwa eluthandweni (philia) omnye komnye.
Ngokungafaniyo namanye amagama amabini, philia Yenzeka kwiZibhalo zamaKristu ngeendlela zayo ezahlukeneyo (isibizo, isenzi, isichazi) ngaphezulu kwezihlandlo ezibini.
UYesu wayebathanda bonke abafundi bakhe, kodwa kwakusaziwa phakathi kwabo ukuba wayenomsa okhethekileyo komnye, uYohane.

Weza ke kuSimon Petros nomnye umfundi, lowo wayethandwa nguYesu.philia), bathi, "Bayikhuphe iNkosi engcwabeni, kwaye asazi ukuba bayibeke phi!" (John 20: 2 NIV)

Igama lesine lesiGrike lothando ngu agapē.  Nakuba philia Iqhelekile kwizibhalo zakudala zamaGrike, agapē ayiyo. Ukanti okwahlukileyo kuyinyani kwiZibhalo zamaKristu. Ngayo yonke imicimbi ye philia, zilishumi kwi agapē. U-Yesu walisebenzisa eli gama lincinci lisetyenzisiweyo ngelixa egatya abazala bakhe abaqhelekileyo. Ababhali abangamaKristu benza ngokufanayo, belandela ukukhokelwa yinkosi yabo, noJohn exhasa injongo.
Ngoba?
Ngamafutshane, kuba iNkosi yethu kufuneka ivakalise izimvo ezintsha; izimvo apho kwakungekho lizwi. U-Yesu ke uthabathe oyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwisigama sesiGrike wasisonga kweli gama lilula ubunzulu bentsingiselo namandla angazange aboniswe ngaphambili.
Olunye uthando ezintathu luthando lwentliziyo. Ukuyivelisa ngokunqwala kwi-psychology majors phakathi kwethu, luthando olubandakanya ukusabela kweekhemikhali / zehomoni kwingqondo. Kunye erōs sithetha ngokuwa eluthandweni, nangona namhlanje kuhlala kungumcimbi wokuwela kwinkanuko. Okwangoku, ukusebenza kwengqondo okuphezulu akunanto yakwenza nayo. Ngoko storgē, ngokuyinxenye yenzelwe emntwini kwaye ngokuyinxenye sisiphumo sobuchopho obuxonxwe kwasebusaneni. Oku akuthethi ukuba kukho into ephosakeleyo, kuba ngokucacileyo le yayiyilwe nguThixo. Kodwa kwakhona, umntu akasenzi isigqibo sokuthanda umama okanye utata wakhe. Kwenzeka nje ngale ndlela, kwaye kuthatha ukungcatsha okukhulu ukutshabalalisa olo thando.
Sisenokucinga oko philia yahlukile, kodwa kwakhona, chemistry iyabandakanyeka. Sisebenzisa elo gama esiNgesini, ngakumbi xa abantu ababini becinga ngokutshata. Ngelixa erōs Isizathu kukuba, into esiyijongayo kwiqabane ngumntu abanaye "chemistry elungileyo."
Ngaba wakha wadibana nomntu ofuna ukuba ngumhlobo wakho, kanti awunamdla wakhethekileyo kuloo mntu? Usenokuba ngumntu obalaseleyo — onesisa, onokuthenjwa, okrelekrele, nantoni na. Ukusuka kwimbono ebonakalayo, ukhetho oluhle kakhulu kumhlobo, kwaye usenokumthanda umntu ukuya kwinqanaba, kodwa uyazi ukuba akukho thuba lobuhlobo obusondeleyo nobusenyongweni. Ukuba ubuziwe, ngekhe ubenakho ukuchaza ukuba kutheni ungaziva unobuhlobo, kodwa awunakuzenza uzive. Ukubeka ngokulula, akukho chemistry apho.
Incwadi Ubuchopho obuziTshintsha NguNorman Doidge ukutsho oku kwiphepha 115:

"I-fMRI yamva nje (ukusebenza komfanekiso oshukumayo oshukumayo) isikali sabathandi abajonga iifoto zabathandekayo babo sibonisa ukuba inxenye yengqondo egxile kakhulu kwi-dopamine yenziwe; Iingqondo zabo zazifana nezabantu abasebenzisa icocaine. ”

Ngelizwi, uthando (philia) kusenza sizive silungile. Yileyo ndlela iingqondo zethu zifakwe ngayo iintambo.
Agapē yahlukile kwezinye iindlela zothando kuba luthando oluzelwe ngengqondo. Kungokwemvelo ukuthanda abantu bakho, izihlobo zikabani, usapho lukabani, kodwa ukuthanda iintshaba zikabani akuyonto izenzekelayo. Kusifuna ukuba sihambisane nendalo, ukuze siphumelele inkanuko yethu yendalo.
Xa uYesu wasiyalela ukuba sithande iintshaba zethu, wasebenzisa igama lesiGrike agapē ukwazisa uthando olusekwe kumgaqo, uthando lwengqondo kunye nentliziyo.

“Kodwa, ndithi kuwe: Qhubeka nothando (agapate) iintshaba zakho kunye nokuthandazela abo bakutshutshisayo, 45 ukuze nizingqine ningoonyana boYihlo osemazulwini, ekubeni elenza ilanga liphume kwabangendawo nabalungileyo nemvula eyinisa ngabalungileyo nabangengomalungisa. ”(Mt 5: 44, 45)

Kukuloyisa utyekelo lwethu lwendalo lokuthanda abo basithiyayo.
Oku akuthethi ukuba agapē uthando luhlala lulungileInokusetyenziswa gwenxa. Umzekelo, uPawulos uthi, "Kuba uDemas wandishiya ngokuthanda (agap agsas) inkqubo yezinto yangoku…" (2Ti 4: 10)  UDemas wamshiya uPawulos kuba wayecinga ukuba angayifumana into ayifunayo ngokubuyela emhlabeni. Uthando lwakhe lwalusisiphumo sesigqibo esaziwayo.
Ngelixa ukusetyenziswa kwesizathu-amandla engqondo — ukwahlula agapē Kuzo zonke ezinye izinto zothando, akufuneki sicinge ukuba akukho nxalenye yeemvakalelo kuyo.  Agapē luvakalelo, kodwa yimvakalelo esiyilawulayo, endaweni yokuba ilawule thina. Ngelixa kunokubonakala kubanda kwaye kungathandeki ukuba "uthathe isigqibo" sokuziva into, olu thando aluyonto ebandayo.
Kangangeenkulungwane, ababhali kunye neembongi bebethandana 'ngokuthandana', 'ukutshayelwa luthando', 'ukuthandwa luthando'… uluhlu luyaqhubeka. Njalo, ngumthandi ongenakukwazi ukumelana nokuqhutywa ngamandla othando. Kodwa olo thando, njengoko amava abonisile, ludla ngokuba yinto engenakwenzeka. Ukungcatsha kunokubangela ukuba indoda ilahlekelwe erōs womfazi wakhe; unyana ukuphulukana storgē zabazali; Indoda yokulahleka kwe philia yomhlobo, kodwa agapē soze isilele. (1Co 13: 8) Iya kuqhubeka okoko likho ithemba lentlawulelo.
UYesu wathi:

Ukuba uyathanda (agapēsēte) abo bakuthandayo, uza kufumana mvuzo mni? Abenzi kwato na nabaqokeleli berhafu? I-47 Kwaye ukuba ubulisa kuphela abantu bakho, wenza ntoni ngaphezu kwabanye? Ngaba abahedeni abakwenzi oko? 48 Gqibezela, ke, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile. ”(Mt 5: 46-48)

Sinokubathanda ngokunzulu abo basithandayo, sibonisa loo nto agapē luthando lweemvakalelo ezinkulu kunye neemvakalelo. Kodwa ukuze sigqibelele njengoThixo wethu ugqibelele, akufuneki sime apho.
Ukubeka ngenye indlela, abanye abathathu bayasilawula. Kodwa agapē luthando esilulawulayo. Nokuba sinesono, sinako ukubonakalisa uthando lukaThixo, kuba senziwe ngokomfanekiso wakhe kwaye uluthando. Ngaphandle kwesono, olona phawu lubalaseleyo lokugqibelela[4] umntu naye uya kuba luthando.
Yenziwa njengoThixo, agapē luthando oluhlala lufuna okona kulungileyo.  I-Erōs: Indoda inokunyamezela iimpawu ezimbi kumthandi ukuze ingamlahle.  Storgē: Umama unokusilela ukulungisa indlela yokuziphatha embi emntwaneni kuba esoyika ukumlahla.  UPhilia: a Indoda inokuvumela ukungaziphathi kakuhle kumhlobo ukuze ingabubeki esichengeni ubuhlobo. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba nganye yezi zivakala agapē kumthandi / womntwana / umhlobo, uya kwenza nantoni na ukuba ancede lowo amthandayo, nokuba ungakanani na umngcipheko kuye okanye kulwalamano.

Agapē ibeka omnye umntu phambili.

UmKristu onqwenela ukugqibelela njengoko uYise egqibelele uya kumodareyitha nayiphi na imbonakalo erōs, okanye storgē, okanye philia kunye agapē.
Agapē luthando oloyisa. Luthando oloyisa zonke izinto. Luthando oluhlala luhleli. Luthando lokungazingci olungasoze lutshitshe. Kukhulu kunethemba. Lukhulu kunokholo. (I-1 uJohn 5: 3; I-1 Kor. I-13: 7, 8, 13)

Ubunzulu bothando lukaThixo

Ndifundile ilizwi likaThixo bonke ubomi bam kwaye ngoku sendimdala njengendoda endala. Andindedwa kule nto. Uninzi lokufunda amanqaku kule foramu ngokufanayo kunikelwe ubomi babo bonke ukufunda malunga nokuzama ukuqonda uthando lukaThixo.
Imeko yethu isikhumbuza umhlobo wam onendlu encinci ngakwichibi lasentla. Uye waya rhoqo ehlotyeni ukusukela ebuntwaneni. Ulazi kakuhle eli chibi — zonke iindawo ezihamba kuzo, onke amatye angaphantsi komhlaba. Uyibonile ekuzeni kokusa ngentsasa ethe cwaka xa umphezulu wayo ufana neglasi. Uyayazi imisinga yayo efika emva kwemini eshushu xa kubetha impepho yasehlotyeni. Uye wahamba ngayo, wadada, wadlala emanzini apholileyo nabantwana bakhe. Nangona kunjalo, akazi ukuba bunzulu kangakanani. Amashumi amabini ezinyawo okanye amawaka amabini, akazi. Elona chibi linzulu emhlabeni lingaphezulu nje kangekhilomitha ubunzulu.[5] Nangona kunjalo sisiqula nje ngokuthelekisa ubunzulu bothando lukaThixo olungenamda. Emva kwesiqingatha senkulungwane, ndifana nomhlobo wam owaziyo kuphela umphezulu wothando lukaThixo. Andinanto incinci yobunzulu bayo, kodwa kulungile. Yinto leyo ubomi obungunaphakade, emva kwayo yonke loo nto.

"... obu bubomi banaphakade: ukukwazi wena, wena ukuphela koThixo oyinyaniso ..." (Yohane 17: 3 NIV)

Uthando kunye nobukhosi

Kuba sihamba nje nothando lukaThixo, masitshekishe loo ndawo yolwandle-ukwandisa isikweko-esichaphazela umba wolawulo. Ekubeni uThixo eluthando, ukusebenzisa kwakhe ulongamo, ulawulo lwakhe, lumele lusekelwe eluthandweni.
Asikaze simazi urhulumente osebenza ngothando. Ke singena emanzini angaziwayo. (Ndiza kushiya isikweko ngoku.)
Xa wayebuzwa ukuba uYesu uyayihlawula na irhafu yetempile, uPetros waphendula ngelivuma. Kamva uYesu wamlungisa ngokubuza:

“Ucinga ntoni, Simon? Ookumkani behlabathi bamkela kubaphi na irhafu okanye irhafu yentloko? Koonyana babo okanye kwabasemzini? 26 Xa wathi: "Kwabasemzini," uYesu wathi kuye: "Ngokwenyani, ke, oonyana bakhululekile kwirhafu." (Mt 17: 25, 26)

Njengonyana wokumkani, indlalifa, uYesu wayengenasibophelelo sokuhlawula irhafu. Into enomdla kukuba kungekudala, uSimon Peter wayeza kuba ngunyana wokumkani, kwaye ngenxa yoko, angabinayo nerhafu. Kodwa ayipheleli apho. UAdam wayengunyana kaThixo. (Luke 3: 38Ukuba wayengonanga, sonke ngesele singoonyana bakaThixo. UYesu weza emhlabeni ukuza kwenza uxolelwaniso. Xa umsebenzi wakhe ugqityiwe, bonke abantu baya kuba ngabantwana bakaThixo kwakhona, njengoko zenzayo iingelosi zonke. (Job 38: 7)
Ke kwangoko, sinendlela eyahlukileyo yokulawula kubukumkani bukaThixo. Zonke izifundo zakhe zikwangabantwana bakhe. (Khumbula, ulawulo lukaThixo aluqali de kube kuphele iminyaka eliwaka. 1Co 15: 24-28) Ke kufuneka sishiye nayiphi na imbono yolongamo njengoko siyazi. Owona mzekelo usondeleyo womntu esinokuwufumana ukuze uchaze ulawulo lukaThixo ngutata wabantwana bakhe. Ngaba utata ufuna ukulawula oonyana bakhe neentombi zakhe? Ngaba leyo yinjongo yakhe? Kuyavunywa, njengabantwana, baxelelwa into amabayenze, kodwa bahlala benenjongo yokubanceda ukuba bazimele; ukufikelela kwinqanaba elithile lenkululeko. Imithetho katata yenzelwe ukunceda bona, hayi eyakhe. Nokuba sele bebadala, bayaqhubeka ukukhokelwa yile mithetho, kuba bafunde bengabantwana ukuba izinto ezimbi zehlela xa bengamameli utata.
Ewe utata womntu ulinganiselwe. Abantwana bakhe banokukhula bagqwese kuye ngobulumko. Nangona kunjalo, oko ngekhe kwenzeke kuBawo wethu wasezulwini. Sekunjalo, uYehova akazange asidalele ukuba silawule ubomi bethu. Kwaye akasidalelanga ukuba simkhonze. Akafuni zicaka. Uphelele kuye. Kutheni ke wasidala? Impendulo yile uthixo Luthando. Usidalele ukuba asithande, kwaye ukuze nathi sikhule simthanda.
Ngoxa kukho iinkalo ezithile kulwalamano lwethu noYehova uThixo ezinokufaniswa nokumkani nabalawulwa bakhe, siya kuluqonda kakuhle ulawulo lwakhe ukuba sigcina imbonakalo yentloko-ntsapho iphambili ezingqondweni zethu. Nguwuphi utata obeka izizathu zakhe malunga nentlalontle yabantwana bakhe? Nguwuphi utata onomdla wokumisela isikhundla sakhe njengentloko-ntsapho kunokuba esindisa abantwana bakhe? Khumbula, agapē ibeka othandekayo kuqala!
Ngoxa ukuthethelelwa kolongamo lukaYehova kungakhankanywanga eBhayibhileni, ukungcwaliswa kwegama lakhe. Singaqonda njani ukuba ngokunxulumene nathi nakwakhe agapē-miselwe umthetho?
Khawufane ucinge ukuba utata ulwela ilungelo lokugcina abantwana bakhe. Umfazi wakhe uyamhlukumeza kwaye uyazi ukuba abantwana abazukuhamba kakuhle kuye, kodwa ulinyelisile igama lakhe kangangokuba inkundla sele iza kumnika ilungelo lokugcina umntwana. Kuya kufuneka alwe acoce igama lakhe. Nangona kunjalo, akwenzi oku ngokuzingca, okanye ngaphandle kwesizathu sokuzithethelela, kodwa kunoko usindisa abantwana bakhe. Uthando kubo lolona lumshukumisayo. Lo ngumzekeliso ombi, kodwa injongo yawo kukubonisa ukuba ukucoca igama lakhe akumncedi uYehova kodwa kunoko kuyasinceda. Igama lakhe lingahlanjululwa ezingqondweni zabaninzi babafundi bakhe, abantwana bakhe bakudala. Kukuqonda kuphela ukuba akanabaninzi abaza kumpeyinta, kodwa kufanelekile ukuba simthande kwaye simthobele, apho sinokuthi sixhamle kulawulo lwakhe. Kuphela kuxa sinokuthi siphinde sibuyele kusapho lwakhe. Utata angamthatha umntwana ongamzalanga abe ngowakhe, kodwa umntwana lowo kufuneka akulungele ukumkhulisa abe ngowakhe.
Ukucoca igama likaThixo kuyasisindisa.

Umlawuli ngokuchasene noBawo

UYesu akazange abhekisele kuYise njengowongamileyo. UYesu ubizwa ngokuba yinkosi kwiindawo ezininzi, kodwa wayesoloko ebhekisa kuThixo njengoBawo. Ngapha koko, inani lexesha ekubhekiswa kulo njengoYise kwiZibhalo zamaKristu lingaphezulu kwenani leendawo amaNgqina kaYehova ngokungenalusini afake igama lakhe kwiZibhalo eziNgcwele zamaKristu. Kakade ke, uYehova ngukumkani wethu. Akunakuphikwa oko. Kodwa ungaphezulu koko-NguThixo wethu. Ngaphezu koko, ukuphela koThixo oyinyaniso. Kodwa nangayo yonke loo nto, Ufuna ukuba simbize ngokuba nguBawo, kuba uthando lwakhe kuthi luthando lukabawo ebantwaneni bakhe. Endaweni yokuba ngumlawuli olawulayo, sifuna uBawo onothando, kuba olo thando luya kuhlala lusifunela okona kulungileyo kuthi.
Uthando lulongamo lokwenene lukaThixo. Lo ngumgaqo uSathana okanye umntu angaze abe nethemba lokuwulingisa, kungasathethwa ke ngokuba ugqithisile.

Uthando lulawulo lwenene lukaThixo.

Ukujonga ulongamo lukaThixo ngezibuko ezibonakaliswe ngurhulumente wabantu, kubandakanya nolawulo "lwamabhunga olawulo" onqulo, kusenze sanyelisa igama nolawulo lukaYehova. AmaNgqina kaYehova axelelwa ukuba ahlala kulawulo lobuthixo lokwenene, umzekelo wangoku wolawulo lukaThixo oluya kubonwa lihlabathi lonke. Kodwa akukho mthetho wothando. Ukutshintsha uThixo liqumrhu lamadoda alawulayo. Ukutshintsha uthando ngumthetho odluliselwa ngomlomo owaphula umthetho kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi bomntu, uphelise isidingo sesazela. Ukutshintsha inceba kukutsalela umnikelo ngakumbi nangakumbi wexesha kunye nemali.
Kwakukho elinye iqela lenkolo elisebenza ngale ndlela, lisithi lilawulwa ngokobuthixo kwaye limele uThixo, kodwa ke lingenalo uthando kangangokuba bambulala unyana wothando lukaThixo. (I-Col 1: 13Babesithi bangabantwana bakaThixo, kodwa uYesu walatha komnye njengoyise. (John 8: 44)
Luphawu oluchonga aBona bafundi bakaKristu bokwenyani agapē.  (John 13: 35Asikuko ukuba nenzondelelo kwabo kumsebenzi wokushumayela; ayilo nani lamalungu amatsha ajoyina umbutho wawo; ayililo inani leelwimi abaziguqulela kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo. Asizukuyifumana kwizakhiwo ezintle okanye kwiindibano zamazwe aphesheya. Siyifumana kwinqanaba leengcambu kwizenzo zothando kunye nenceba. Ukuba sifuna ulawulo lobuthixo lokwenene, abantu abalawulwa nguThixo namhlanje, emva koko kufuneka sizihoye zonke iintengiso zeecawe zehlabathi kunye nemibutho yezenkolo kwaye sijonge eso sitshixo silula: uthando!

“Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba ninothando phakathi kwenu.” (UJoh 13: 35)

Fumana oku kwaye uya kuba ubufumene ubukumkani bukaThixo!
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[1] Njengomthetho womlomo wababhali nabaFarisi elawula ubuncinci bobomi obufana nokuba kuvunyelwe ukubulala impukane ngeSabatha, uMbutho wamaNgqina kaYehova unezithethe zawo zomlomo ezithintela umfazi ukuba anganxibi ibhulukwe ebaleni Inkonzo ebhubhileyo ebusika, ethi igcine umzalwana onentshebe angayiphumi, kwaye elawula xa ibandla livunyelwe ukuqhwaba.
[2] Jonga i-w14 11 / 15 p. I-22 isiqe. I-16; w67 8 / 15 p. I-508 isiqe. 2
[3] Oku akuthethi ukuba akukho sidingo sokungqina. AmaKristu abizelwe ukungqina ngoYesu nosindiso lwethu ngaye. (1Yo 1: 2; 4:14; ISi 1: 9; 12:17) Nangona kunjalo, eli ngqina alinanto yakwenza nenkundla yomzekeliso apho kugwetywa khona ilungelo likaThixo lokulawula. Nditsho nokuzithethelela okusetyenzisiweyo kwegama elivela ku-Isaya 43:10 kubiza amaSirayeli-hayi amaKristu-ukuba anikele ubungqina phambi kweentlanga zaloo mhla ukuba uYehova wayengumsindisi wazo. Ilungelo lakhe lokulawula alikhankanywa.
[4] Ndisebenzisa "ukugqibelela" apha ngengqondo yokugqibelela, okt ngaphandle kwesono, njengoko uThixo wayefuna sibe njalo. Oku kuthelekiswa nendoda "egqibeleleyo", ethe ingqibelelo yayo yangqinwa kuvavanyo lomlilo. Ukuzalwa kukaYesu wayefezekile kodwa wafezekiswa kuvavanyo ngokufa.
[5] Ichibi leBaikal eSiberia

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