Isifundo seBhayibhile - Isahluko 4 Par. I-16-23

Isifundo sale veki sixoxa ngokwamkelwa kwegama lamaNgqina kaYehova ngo-1931 ngaBafundi beBhayibhile. Isizathu sokucacisa le ntshukumo sisekwe kumabala amaninzi angenasiqinisekiso sokuba ndiyeke ukubala nge-9, kwaye bendikwisiqendu sesithathu kuphela.

Eyona nto iphambili kukuba uYehova anike amaNgqina igama lakhe, kuba yindlela ayiphakamisa ngayo.

"Eyona ndlela ibalaseleyo uYehova aliphakamisa ngayo igama lakhe kukuba nabantu abasemhlabeni ababizwa ngegama lakhe." - isiqe. 16

Ngaba ngokwenene uYehova uliphakamisile igama lakhe ngokulinika iqela labantu? U-Israyeli wayengenalo igama lakhe. "USirayeli" lithetha "osukuzana noThixo". AmaKristu ayengenalo igama lakhe. “UmKristu” uthetha “umthanjiswa.”

Njengokuba le ncwadi izaliswe ngabantu abathi, mabenze abambalwa bethu; kodwa siya kuzama ukuxhasa ezethu.

Jonga ukususela kumhla ka-Rutherford

Yi-1931. U-Rutherford usandula ukuphelisa ikomiti yokuhlela ebikade ilawula oko yayishicilela.[i]

Ukususela ngaloo nyaka de kwasekufeni kwakhe, wayekuphela kwelizwi leWatch Tower Bible & Tract Society. Ngamandla amnika oku, ngoku wayenokulungisa enye inkxalabo ekubonakala ukuba yayisengqondweni yakhe iminyaka. I-International Bible Students Association yayiyinxalenye yamaqela obuKrestu eyayiqokeleleke kwihlabathi liphela. URutherford wayezama ukuyizisa yonke into phantsi kolawulo olumbindi iminyaka. Endleleni, abaninzi bemka kuRutherford — hayi kuYehova nakuKristu, njengoko kusoloko kutyholwa njalo — xa baphoxeka ziziprofeto zakhe ezingaphumelelanga, ezinje ngomdlalo wango-1925 xa waxela kwangaphambili ukuba iArmagedon iza kufika. Uninzi luqhubeka nokunqula ngaphandle kwenqanaba lempembelelo yeWTBTS.

Njengeenkokeli ezininzi zeecawe ezaziphambi kwakhe, uRutherford wasiqonda isidingo segama elahluke ngokwenene ukubopha onke amaqela awayesadibene naye aze awahlule kuwo onke amanye. Bekungayi kubakho mfuneko yoku ukuba ibandla belilawulwa kuphela yinkokeli yalo yokwenene, uYesu Kristu. Nangona kunjalo, ukuze amadoda alawulwe kwelinye iqela lamadoda kufuneka azibeke ngokwahlukileyo kwabanye. Inyani yile, njengoko isiqendu se-18 sophando sale veki sisitsho, “igama elithi 'aBafundi BeBhayibhile' lingahlukanga ngokwaneleyo.”

Nangona kunjalo, uRutherford kwakufuneka afumane indlela yokulungisa igama elitsha. Le yayiyintlangano yonqulo esekelwe eBhayibhileni. Wayenokuya kwiZibhalo zamaKristu zesiGrike kuba wayefuna igama lokuchaza amaKristu. Umzekelo, kukho inkxaso eyaneleyo esiBhalweni ngombono wokuba amaKristu kufuneka anike ubungqina ngoYesu. (Nazi ezimbalwa: iZenzo 1: 8; 10:43; 22:15; 1Ko 1: 2. eli nqaku.)

Ngokwenyani uStefano ubizwa ngokuba lingqina likaYesu. (Izenzo 22: 20) Ke umntu unokucinga ukuba "amaNgqina KaYesu" iya kuba ligama elifanelekileyo; okanye, "AmaNgqina KaYesu" usebenzisa iSityhilelo 12: 17 njengombxholo wethu.

Okwangoku singabuza ukuba kutheni igama elinje linganikwanga amaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala? Ngaba lo "mKristu" wayehluke ngokwaneleyo? Ngaba igama elahlukileyo liyimfuneko ngokwenene? Ngamanye amagama, ibalulekile into esizibiza ngayo? Okanye ngaba sinokuphoswa luphawu ngokujonga kwigama lethu? Ngaba sinezizathu ezingokweZibhalo zokutyeshela “ubuKristu” njengobubizo?

Xa abapostile baqalisa ukushumayela, babaleka ngenxa yegama likaThixo, kodwa ngenxa yobungqina ababenabo ngegama likaYesu.

". . Waza umbingeleli omkhulu wababuza 28 saza sathi: “Saniyalela ngokucacileyo ukuba ningaqhubeki nifundisa ngeli gama. . . ” (IZe 5:27, 28)

Emva kokwala ukuva ngoYesu, bakatswa “bayalelwa… ukuba bayeke ukuthetha kwisiseko segama likaYesu. ” (IZe. 5:40) Noko ke, abapostile bemka “benemihlali ngenxa yokuba babebalelwe ekuthini bafanelwe kukuhlaziswa ngenxa yegama lakhe. ”(Izenzo 5: 41)

Masikhumbule ukuba uYesu yinkokeli ayimisileyo. Phakathi kukaYehova nomntu omi nguYesu. Ukuba singamsusa uYesu kwi-equation, kukho isithuba sengqondo yamadoda esinokuthi emva koko sigcwaliswe ngamanye amadoda-amadoda angathanda ukulawula. Ke ngoko, igama leqela elijolise kwigama lenkokeli esinqwenela ukubuyisela elinye indawo alibobulumko.

Kuyaphawuleka ukuba uRutherford wazityeshela zonke iZibhalo zamaKristu, kwaye endaweni yoko, ngenxa yegama lakhe elitsha wabuyela kwimeko enye kwiZibhalo zesiHebhere ezazichaphazela, hayi amaKristu, kodwa amaSirayeli.

URutherford wayesazi ukuba wayengenakuyivelisa le nto ebantwini. Kwakufuneka alungiselele umhlaba wengqondo, afake isichumiso kwaye alime kwaye asuse inkunkuma. Yiyo ke loo nto, kungasothusi ukufumanisa ukuba isicatshulwa awayesekele kuso — uIsaya 43: 10-12 — saqwalaselwa kuso Imiba eyahlukeneyo ye57 of IWatch Tower ukusuka 1925 ukuya 1931.

(Ngawo wonke lo mgaqo, kubonakala ngathi abazalwana bethu baseJamani esihlala sibasebenzisa ukumela umbutho njengemizekelo yokholo phantsi kwentshutshiso abakhange bakhawuleze balamkele elo gama. njenge Abafundi beBhayibhile abanyulu. [Ernste Bibelforscher])

Ngoku kuyinyani ukuba ukuphakanyiswa kwegama likaThixo kubaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa ekugcobeni igama likaThixo, ngaba siya kukwenza ngendlela yethu, okanye ngendlela yakhe?

Nantsi indlela kaThixo:

". . Ngapha koko, akukho lusindiso kuye nabani na ongomnye; kuba akukho gama limbi phantsi kwezulu, linikiweyo phakathi kwabantu, esimele ukusindiswa ngalo. (IZe 4:12)

URutherford kunye neQumrhu Elilawulayo ngoku bafuna ukuba singayinaki le nto kwaye siqwalasele kuYehova ngokusekwe kwiakhawunti eyenzelwe uSirayeli wamandulo ngokungathi sasiseyinxalenye yenkqubo ephelelwe lixesha. Kodwa ke nengxelo ka-Isaya isawajolise amehlo ethu kubuKrestu, kuba phakathi kweendinyana ezintathu ezisoloko zisetyenziselwa ukuxhasa ukukhetha kwethu amagama, sifumanisa oku:

". . Mna ke ndinguYehova, akukho msindisi ingendim. ” (Isa 43:11)

Ukuba akukho wumbi usindisayo ngaphandle kukaYehova kwaye akunakuphikiswa kwisibhalo, singathini ke ngoku ukuqonda iZenzo 4: 12?

Kuba inguYehova kuphela umsindisi kwaye emisele igama ekufuneka sisindiswe ngalo sonke, ngoobani thina ukuba sizame ukuphelisa ukujikeleza elo gama siye ngqo emthonjeni? Ngaba silindele ukusindiswa kwanangoko? Ingathi uYehova usinike ipasikhowudi enegama likaYesu, kodwa sicinga ukuba asiyidingi.

Ukwamkela isibizo esithi "amaNgqina kaYehova" kusenokubonakala kungekho msulwa ngokwaneleyo ngelo xesha, kodwa ukutyhubela iminyaka kuye kwavumela iQumrhu Elilawulayo ukuba liyinciphise ngokuthe ngcembe indima kaYesu ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba igama lakhe likhankanywe nakanye phakathi kwamaNgqina kaYehova kuyo nayiphi na intlalo ingxoxo. Ukujolisa kwigama likaYehova kusivumele ukuba sitshintshe indawo kaYehova kubomi bomKristu. Asicingi ngaye njengotata wethu kodwa njengomhlobo wethu. Abahlobo bethu sibabiza ngamagama abo, kodwa utata "ngutata" okanye "utata", okanye "utata".

Molo, uRonald wafezekisa injongo yakhe. Wenza aBafundi beBhayibhile baba kunqulo olwahlukileyo kuye. Wabenza njengabo bonke abanye.

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[i] IWill, Tony (2006), Abantu begama lakhe, Amashishini eLulu Enterprise I-978-1-4303-0100-4

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