[Ukusuka kwi-ws11 / 16 p. I-26 ngoDisemba 5, 19-25]

"Ke ngoku ukholo kukuqiniseka kwezinto eziza kubakho ngethemba,
ukuqiniseka ngezinto ezingabonwayo.
—Uye. I-11: I-1 BLB[i]

Umhlathi 3 wolu phononongo lwale veki usibuza: “Kodwa luyintoni kanye kanye ukholo? Ngaba kuphelela nje ekuqondeni iintsikelelo uThixo asigcinele zona? ”

Ukuphendula lo mbuzo wokuqala kwaye ubone ukuba umbuzo wesibini uwuphosa njani amanqaku, funda ngocoselelo isahluko seshumi elinanye samaHebhere. Njengoko ujonga umzekelo ngamnye umbhali awukhomba kumaxesha angaphambi kobuKristu, khumbula ukuba iMfihlelo eNgcwele yayiseyimfihlo kubo. (Kol 1: 26, 27) Akukho ndawo ichazwe ngokucacileyo kwithemba lovuko kwiZibhalo zesiHebhere okanye kwiTestamente eNdala. U-Yobhi uyathetha ngomntu ophilayo kwakhona, kodwa abukho ubungqina bokuba ngokwenene uThixo wamxelela oku, okanye wenza isithembiso esithile kuye. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba inkolelo yakhe yayisekwe kumazwi awathethwa ngookhokho bakhe nakwithemba lakhe ngokulunga, ubulungisa nothando lukaThixo. (Yobhi 14:14, 15)

UAbheli ukhankanyiwe nakwesi sahluko, kodwa akukho bungqina bokuba uAbheli waxelelwa ngethemba lovuko. (Hebhere 11: 4) Sinokuqikelela, kodwa ukuba ithemba lalicacile ngoko — okanye kamva xa uMoses, owayethetha ubuso ngobuso noThixo, eqala ukubhala iBhayibhile — umntu angalindela ukuyibona icacisiwe; Ukanti ayikho. (Ex 33: 11) Konke esikubonayo kungqinwa okungacacanga ngako.[ii] IBhayibhile ithetha ngokukholelwa kwigama likaThixo nelikaKristu. (Nd 105: 1; Yohane 1:12; IZenzo 3:19) Oku kuthetha ukuba sithembele kwisimilo sikaThixo ukuba singasidanisi, kodwa sibuyisele ukulunga kwabo bathembele kuye nabamthandayo. Ngamafutshane, ukholo yinkolelo yokuba uThixo akasoze asiphoxe. Kungenxa yoko le nto 'siqinisekile ngezinto esinethemba lazo' kwaye sinokholo lokuba izinto ezingekabonwa ziyinyani.

Xa uYobhi wayenethemba lokuphila kwakhona, ngaba wayeliqonda uhlobo lovuko lokuqala, uvuko lwamalungisa ekuthethwa ngalo kwiSityhilelo 20: 4-6? Akunakwenzeka oko, kuba loo mfihlelo ingcwele yayingekatyhilwa. Ithemba lakhe ngekhe lisekwe 'kwingqondo yeentsikelelo uThixo awayezigcinele' yena. Kodwa nantoni na awayenethemba layo ngokungqalileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo wayenentembelo yokuba ubunyani buya kuba kukhetho lukaThixo kwaye nantoni na eya kuthi ibekho iyakwamkeleka ngokugqibeleleyo kuYobhi.

Bonke abo bakhankanyiweyo kwisahluko se-11 kumaHebhere banethemba lovuko olungcono, kodwa de kwatyhilwa imfihlakalo engcwele, ngebengayazi ukuba loluphi uhlobo olo. (U-11: 35) Nanamhlanje, sinebhayibhile epheleleyo ezandleni zethu, sisaxhomekeke ekukholweni, kuba sinokwazi okungacacanga okwenzekayo.

Akunjalo ngamaNgqina kaYehova. Umhlathi 4 uyayichaza loo nto "Ukholo lubandakanya okungakumbi kunokuqonda ngengqondo ngenjongo kaThixo". Oku kuthetha ukuba sele sinayo "ukuqonda kwengqondo ngenjongo kaThixo". Kodwa ngaba thina? AmaNgqina awaziboni esibi njengesipili sesinyithi, kodwa abona ngokucacileyo ngoncedo lwemifanekiso emibalabala epeyintwe ngamagcisa aneziphiwo kunye nemiboniso yevidiyo ekhuthazayo ekhutshelwe kwiwebhsayithi ethi jw.org. (1Ko 13:12) Oku kubenza baziqonde kakuhle “izithembiso” zikaThixo. Kodwa ngaba okwenene 'okwangoku akukabonakali'? Kungaphikiswa ukuba kuya kubakho xa abangalunganga bevuselwa kwimeko yokungabi nasono ekupheleni kweminyaka eliwaka; xa ukufa kungasekho. (1Ko 15: 24-28) Kodwa ayisiyo "isithembiso" eso amaNgqina ajonge phambili kuso. Le mizekeliso ibonisa imiboniso evela kwiLizwe elitsha emva kweArmagedon, hayi kwiminyaka eliwaka ngaphambili. Ngandlela thile iibhiliyoni zabangengomalungisa abaza kuphila aziyi kuba nampembelelo incinci kubume obuhle beJWs.

Ngaba yile nto kanye iBhayibhile ifundisa amaKristu ukuba abe nethemba layo? Okanye ngaba amadoda asenza sibeke ukholo kwizithembiso uThixo angazange azenzele amaKristu?

Ngaba ukholo lufuna ukuqonda kwengqondo ngenjongo kaThixo? Kukuphi ukuqonda okungqondweni okwaphanyekwa ecaleni komoni xa wayecela ukukhunjulwa xa uYesu weza ebukumkanini bakhe? Into awayeyikholelwa kukuba uYesu wayeyiNkosi. Oko kwakwanele ukuba asindiswe. Xa uYehova wacela uAbraham ukuba abingelele ngonyana wakhe, uAbraham wayeqonda kangakanani ngengqondo? Ekuphela kwento awayeyazi kukuba uThixo wathembisa ukwenza uhlanga olunamandla kwinzala kaIsake, kodwa ngokubhekisele ekubeni njani, nini, phi, yintoni kwaye kutheni, wayesele ebumnyameni.

AmaNgqina athabatha ukuphatha ukholo kuThixo njengesivumelwano. UThixo uthembisa ukwenza u-X ukuba senza u-Y no-Z. Konke kupelwe. Ayilulo uhlobo lokholo olufunwa nguYehova kubanyulwa bakhe.

Isizathu sokuba "ukuqonda ngengqondo kwenjongo kaThixo" kugxininiswe apha kukuba uMbutho uxhomekeke kuthi ukuba nokholo kumfanekiso abawuhombisa, ngokungathi uvela kuThixo.

"Ngokucacileyo, ithemba lethu lokunandipha ubomi ngonaphakade kwihlabathi elitsha likaThixo lixhomekeke ekubeni nokholo kunye nokulugcina lomelele." - isiqe. 5

Ewe, abantu baya kunandipha ubomi obungunaphakade kwihlabathi elitsha likaThixo, kodwa ithemba lamaKristu kukuba yinxalenye yesicombululo. Ithemba lokuba yinxalenye yobukumkani bamazulu kunye noKristu. Ezi zizinto ezingabonwayo esinethemba lazo.

Ukusuka kweli nqanaba ukuya phambili, inqaku lenza iingongoma ezibalaseleyo malunga nokholo nemisebenzi. Enye inkalo yokholo, njengoko ibonakalisiwe kwimizekelo enikwe kumaHebhere isahluko 11, kukuba onke loo madoda nabafazi bakudala senze kukholo lwabo. Ukholo luvelise imisebenzi. Isiqendu 6 ukuya kwese-11 sinika imizekelo yeBhayibhile ukubonisa le nyaniso.

Isiluleko esihle siyaqhubeka kwimiqendu 12 thru 17, sibonisa indlela ukholo nothando zombini ezifunekayo ukuba zikholisa uThixo.

Ukubonisa ukuba nengqondo ephilileyo

Ngeli cebiso lihle kangaka le Bhayibhile ezingqondweni zethu, sizilungiselele kakuhle isithiyelo kwaye sitshintshe esiye saba yinto eqhelekileyo kumanqaku emagazini esiwafundayo.

“Kule mihla yethu, abantu bakaYehova bebekhona besebenzisa ukholo lwabo kuBukumkani bukaThixo obumiselweyo. " - isiqe. 19

Ngalo lonke elixesha besithetha ngokholo kuThixo nakuKristu, ukanti apha, ekugqibeleni, sithetha ngokholo kuBukumkani bukaThixo obumiselweyo. Zimbini iingxaki ngale nto. Okokuqala, asixelelwa eBhayibhileni ukuba sibeke ukholo kuBukumkani. Ubukumkani buyinto, hayi umntu. Ayikwazi ukugcina izithembiso. Inqaku liyicacisile into yokuba ukholo kunye nenkolelo ayizozinto zinye. (Jonga isiqendu 8) Kodwa apha eyona nto ithethwa lukholo yinkolelo — inkolelo yokuba imfundiso yeQumrhu Elilawulayo yokuba ubukumkani bumiselwa ngo-1914 iyinyani. Oko kusizisa kwingxaki yesibini ngale ngxelo.  Ubukumkani bukaThixo abuzange bumiswe kwi-1914. Ke basicela ukuba sibeke ukholo kwinto ethile, hayi emntwini, eya kuthi ibe yintsomi yamadoda.

Eli nqaku lithetha ngokuqinisa ukholo lwethu kuYehova. Nangona kunjalo, uMbutho ujongwa njengonxulumene noYehova. Xa iNgqina lixelelwa ngabadala ukuba "sifuna ukulandela ulwalathiso lukaYehova", bathetha ukuba "sifuna ukulandela ulwalathiso lweQumrhu Elilawulayo". Xa iNgqina lisithi, 'kufuneka sithobele ikhoboka', akaboni oku njengokuthobela abantu, kodwa ukuthobela uThixo. Ikhoboka lithethela uThixo ke, eneneni, ikhoboka linguThixo. Abo banokuphikisana nengxelo enjalo baya kuhlala bevuma ukuba kulindeleke ukuba sithobele ulwalathiso "lwekhoboka" ngaphandle kwemeko.

Ke eli nqaku libhekisele ekomelezeni ukholo lwethu kuMbutho nakwiQumrhu Elilawulayo eliwukhokelayo. Ukusinceda ekwenzeni oku, sinamagama alandelayo okusenza siziva sikhethekile.

“Oku kukhokelele kuphuhliso lweparadesi yokomoya yomhlaba wonke enabemi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezisibhozo. Yindawo egcwele iziqhamo zomoya kaThixo. (Gal. 5: 22, 23) Olona phawu lubonisa ukholo lokholo nothando lobuKristu! ” - isiqe. 19

Amagama avakala kakuhle! Nangona kunjalo singayibiza ngokuba yiparadesi yokomoya ukuba, xa sikhankanya umba omnye, abona bantu basemngciphekweni wethu bengakhuselekanga ngokwaneleyo kumarhamncwa? Uphando lwakutsha nje lukarhulumente lubonise ukuba, kwilizwe nje elinye, amatyala angaphezu kwewaka okuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana ngokwesondo aya kwabasemagunyeni.[iii]  Oku kubangela ukuba kuphindwe kubuzwe ngemigaqo nezenzo zamaNgqina kaYehova ngokubhekisele ekukhuseleni abantwana ngokufanelekileyo.[iv] 

Ibe yintoni intsabelo kule 'ngxaki ipharadesi? Ngaba amangqina aye abonakalisa isiqhamo somoya kaThixo kubantu abanjalo? Kukhe kwakho “umboniso onamandla wothando lokwenene lobuKristu…”? Hayi. Amaxesha amaninzi, xa amaxhoba ethetha okanye ethatha amanyathelo asemthethweni, ayanqunyulwa kwiinkqubo zawo zokuxhasa iintsapho kunye nabahlobo ngendlela engavisisaniyo neZibhalo yokuzahlula. (Ukuba awuvumelani, nceda unike isiseko sombhalo walo mgaqo-nkqubo usebenzisa icandelo lamagqabantshintshi ngeli nqaku.) 

Ukongeza, ngaba kunokuba yiparadesi yokomoya ukuba akukho nkululeko? UYesu wathi inyaniso iya kusikhulula. Nangona kunjalo ukuba umntu uthetha ngenyaniso kwaye anike isiluleko esisekwe kwiZibhalo kubadala, abaveleli abahambahambayo, okanye iQumrhu Elilawulayo, ngokuqinisekileyo uya koyikiswa sisongelo sokususwa kubudlelane (ukugxothwa). Kunzima ukuba yiparadesi xa umntu esoyika ukuthetha ngenxa yokoyika ukutshutshiswa.

Ewe Ewe! Bonakalisa ukholo kuYehova nakuYesu, kodwa hayi emadodeni.

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[i] IBerean Literal Bible

[ii] Imeko yesiprofetho esikhulu sika-Isaya kwisahluko 11 kubonakala ngathi sibonisa ukuba lo mprofeti uthetha ngeparadesi yokomoya enxulumene nokuza kukaMesiya, ayisosiprofetho esimalunga novuko lwasemhlabeni.

[iii] khangela Icandelo 29

[iv] khangela Icandelo 54

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