[Ukusuka kwi-ws17 / 10 p. I-7-Novemba Novemba 27-Disemba 3]

"Masingathandi ngazwi nangamlomo, kodwa ngezenzo nangenyaniso." - 1 John 3: 18

(Amathuba: uYehova = 20; Yesu = 4)

Umbuzo wokuqala kule veki IMboniselo isifundo ngu:

  1. Loluphi olona hlobo lothando luphakamileyo, kwaye kutheni kunjalo? (Jonga umfanekiso osekuqaleni.)

Ubuya kuyiphendula njani loo nto emva kokubona lo mfanekiso?

Ngoku kuye kwathiwa umfanekiso ufanele iwaka lamagama. Esinye isizathu kukuba umfanekiso uya ngqo kwingqondo ngokudlula nakweyiphi na amacebo okucoca ulwelo. Ngelixa abanye banokuphikisana naloo ngongoma, bambalwa abanokuyiphika into yokuba oko sikubonayo kunempembelelo kwangoko kwaye kunokusikhokelela ngokulula kwindawo ethile yokujonga.

Ukuzekelisa, buza umntwana omncinci lo mbuzo ubhekisa kuye kumfanekiso ongentla kwaye ucinga ukuba impendulo iya kuba yintoni? Ngaba ungothuka xa besithi, “Ukucoca iholo yoBukumkani, okanye ukwakha iholo yoBukumkani”?

Impendulo eyiyo evela kumhlathi kukuba olona hlobo lothando luphezulu luthando lokungazicingeli "olusekwe kwimigaqo elungileyo". Ngaba kungothusa ukuva ukuba ayiyonyani le?

Ukubonisa oku, funda amazwi kaPawulos kuTimoti.

“Yenza konke okusemandleni akho ukuba uze kum kungekudala. I-10 ye-Demas indishiyile ngenxa yokuba wayemthanda le nkqubo yezinto,. . . ”(2Ti 4: 9, 10)

Isenzi esiguqulelwe ngokuthi "uyathandwa" kwindinyana yakhe sisuka kwisenzi sesiGrike agapaó, ehambelana nesibizo sesiGrike agapé. Uthando lukaDemas lwale nkqubo yezinto eyambangela ukuba amshiye uPawulos kwiimfuno zakhe akunakubizwa ngokuba 'luthando lokungazingci olusekwe kwimigaqo elungileyo'.

Lo ngumzekelo wento ethe yaba sisondlo sokomoya esinikwa amaNgqina kaYehova— “ukutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo” abathanda ukukubiza njalo. Kubi ngokwaneleyo ukuba uhlalutyo lwe agapé Kweli nqaku lithetha izinto ezingaginyisi mathe, kodwa yintoni embi kakhulu kukuba ichazwe ngendlela engeyiyo.

Amagama amane esiGrike alungiselelwe uthando.  Agape yenye yezine, kodwa kuncwadi lwesiGrike lwesiGrike kunqabile ukuba isetyenziswe. Ngesi sizathu, yayineentsingiselo ezimbalwa zenkcubeko, eyenza ukuba ibe lilizwi elifanelekileyo ukuba uYesu alisebenzise ukuze achaze into entsha: Uhlobo lothando olunqabileyo olufumaneka kwihlabathi ngokubanzi. UYohane usixelela ukuba nguThixo agapé. Ke uthando lukaThixo luba nguMgangatho weGolide ekulinganiswa ngawo lonke uthando lobuKristu. Ngesi sizathu, phakathi kwabanye, wasithumela uNyana wakhe-ukubonakalisa kwakhe ngokugqibeleleyo-ukuze sifunde ukuba olu thando kufuneka lubonakaliswe njani ebantwini.

Bexelisa uthando olukhethekileyo lukaThixo, abalandeli bakaKristu kufuneka nabo babe agapé omnye komnye. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo lolona phawu lubalaseleyo lwamaKristu. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko sibona kumazwi kaPawulos, inokusetyenziswa gwenxa. UDemas wayezingca, kodwa yena agapé yayisekwe kwisizathu. Wayefuna le nkqubo yezinto ikhoyo, ngoko yayisengqiqweni into yokuba amshiye uPawulos, azibeke kwindawo yokuqala, aze asebenzise oko kunokufumaneka kule nkqubo. Isengqiqweni, kodwa ayilunganga. Lakhe agapé yayisekelwe kwimigaqo, kodwa imigaqo yayigqibile, ke ukubonakaliswa kothando egqwethekileyo. Ke agape unokuba ngumntu ozithandayo ukuba uthando lujoliswe ngaphakathi, kuye; okanye ukungazingci, ukuba ujonge ngaphandle ukulungelwa kwabanye. UmKristu agapé, kuba ngokwenkcazo ixelisa uKristu, luthando oluphumayo. Nangona kunjalo, ukuyichaza "njengothando lokungazingci" yinto engenantsingiselo, njengokuchaza iLanga njengebhola eshushu yegesi. Yiyo leyo, kodwa ingaphezulu kakhulu.

UWilliam Barclay wenza umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokuchaza eli gama:

Agape inento yokwenza ne engqondweni: ayisiyomvakalelo eziphakame nje ezingabalulekanga ezintliziyweni zethu; ngumgaqo esiphila ngawo ngabom. Agape ubukhulu becala inento yokwenza ne Ingabe. Loloyiso, uloyiso, kunye nempumelelo. Akukho namnye owakhe ngokuzithanda iintshaba zakhe. Ukuthanda iintshaba zakho loloyiso lwayo lonke utyekelo lwethu lwendalo kunye neemvakalelo.

le agapéOlu thando lobuKhristu, ayisiyomvakalelo nje eyehlela kuthi engabekekanga kwaye engafunanga; ngumgaqo wengqondo owenziwe ngabom, kunye nokoyisa ngabom kunye nokufezekiswa komyolelo. Ngokwenyani ngamandla ukuthanda abangathandekiyo, ukuthanda abantu esingabathandiyo. Ubukristu abusibuzi ukuba sithande iintshaba zethu kunye nokuthanda amadoda ngokubanzi ngendlela esithanda ngayo kufutshane nabo sibathandayo kunye nabo basondeleyo kuthi; oko kuya kuba ngaxeshanye kwaye kwangaxeshanye akunakwenzeka kwaye kuphosakele. Kodwa ifuna ukuba ngamanye amaxesha sibe nesimo sengqondo esithile kunye nolwalathiso oluthile lokuthanda kubo bonke abantu, nokuba bangubani na.

Yintoni ke intsingiselo yale agapé? Indawo ephezulu yokucacisa intsingiselo agapé nguMat. 5.43-48. Simenyiwe ukuba sithande iintshaba zethu. Ngoba? Ukuze sifane noThixo.  Kwaye yintoni isenzo esiqhelekileyo sikaThixo esichaziweyo? UThixo uthumela imvula phezu kwabalungileyo nabangalungisiyo, kokubi nokulungileyo. Koko kukuthi-Nokuba umntu unjani, uThixo akafuni nto ngaphandle kokulunga kwakhe.[i]

Ukuba sibathanda ngokunyanisekileyo abanye abantu, siya kwenza okona kulungileyo kubo. Oku akuthethi ukuba siya kwenza unothanda okanye oko kumkholisayo. Amaxesha amaninzi, eyona nto ilungele umntu ayisiyiyo le ayifunayo. Xa sabelana ngenyaniso nabazalwana bethu beJW ephikisana noko bakufundisiweyo, bahlala bonwabile kuthi. Banokude basitshutshise. Oku ngokuyinxenye kungenxa yokuba sijongela phantsi umbono wabo wehlabathi owakhiwe ngocoselelo — inkohliso ebanika imvakalelo yokuziva benqabisekile, nokuba yeyiphi eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibe bubuxoki. Ukoyiswa okunjalo "kwenyani" ebanjiwe kubuhlungu, kodwa ukubambelela kude kube sesiphelo esikrakra kuya kungqina kubuhlungu, kwaye kuyonakalisa. Sifuna ukuba baphephe isiphumo esingenakuphepheka, ke siyathetha, nangona oko kuhlala kuthetha ukubeka umngcipheko kukhuseleko lwethu. Bambalwa kuthi abonwabela ukungavisisani nokungavisisani. Rhoqo, iya kuguqula abahlobo babe ziintshaba. (Mt 10: 36) Nangona kunjalo, sithatha umngcipheko ngaphezulu koku, kuba uthando (agapé) ayisoze isilele. (1Co 13: 8-13)

Indlela yokucinga enye-kolu phando ngokubhekisele kuthando lobuKristu ibonakala xa inika umzekelo ka-Abraham kumhlathi 4.

U-Abraham wabeka uthando lwakhe phambi koThixo xa wayalelwa ukuba anikele ngonyana wakhe uIsake. (Jas. 2: 21) - isiqe. 4

Kukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwesiBhalo. U-Yakobi uthetha ngokholo luka-Abraham, hayi uthando lwakhe. Yinkolo kuThixo eyamenza ukuba athobele, ngokuzithandela anikele ngonyana wakhe njengedini kuYehova. Ukanti umbhali weli nqaku ufuna ukuba sikholelwe ukuba lo ngumzekelo ofanelekileyo wothando lokungazingci. Kutheni usebenzisa lo mzekelo mbi? Kungenzeka ukuba umxholo wenqaku uthi "luthando", kodwa injongo yeli nqaku kukukhuthaza ukuzincama ngenxa yoMbutho?

Qwalasela eminye imizekelo ekwisiqendu 4.

  1. Ngothando, Abheli wanikela into eya kuThixo.
  2. NguNothando, uNowa kushunyayelwe kwihlabathi.[ii]
  3. Ngothando, u-Abraham wenza idini elinendleko.

Ukuthathela ingqalelo imifanekiso evulekileyo, sinokuqala ukubona iphethini liphuma.

Uthando lwenene kunye nokulinganisa uthando

Uninzi lwemizekelo ebekwe ngaphambili kweli nqaku ikhuthaza umbono wokusebenzela umbutho. Ukuchaza agapé “uthando lokungazingci” luthathela ngqo kwingcamango yothando lokuzincama. Kodwa idluliselwa kubani imibingelelo?

Ngokufanayo, ukuthanda uYehova nommelwane kwethu kusishukumisela ukuba singaceli nje kuphela uThixo ukuba “athumele abasebenzi baye esivunweni” kodwa nokuba nesabelo ngokuzeleyo kumsebenzi wokushumayela.- isiqe. I-5 [Lo iya kuba ngumsebenzi wokushumayela olawulwa nguMbutho.]

Nanamhlanje, abawexuki nabanye ababangela iyantlukwano ebandleni basebenzisa “intetho egudileyo nentetho egudileyo” ukuze bazenze babonakale benothando, kodwa eyona njongo yabo kukuzingca. - isiqe. I-7 [Ukuthanda uMbutho kungasibangela ukuba sigatye nabani na ongavumelaniyo nathi.]

Uthando lokuhanahanisa luhlazo ngokukhethekileyo kuba luphawu lomgangatho lokuhlonela uThixo. - isiqe. I-8 [Abo basiphikisayo, abanalo uthando lokwenyani.]

Ngokwahlukileyo koko, uthando lokwenene lusishukumisela ukuba sonwabe xa sinceda abazalwana ngaphandle kokuthandabuza okanye ukuqatshelwa. Umzekelo, abazalwana abaxhasa iQumrhu Elilawulayo ekuncedeni ukulungisa ukutya kokomoya bakwenza oko ngokungaziwa, bangazitsaleli kubo okanye batyhile izinto abebesebenza kuzo. - isiqe. I-9 [Uthando lwenene luya kuthetha ukuba asisayi kuze siluthathe kude kwiQumrhu Elilawulayo.]

Yonke le ndlela yokuqiqa iyavela xa sifumanisa ukuba ngumKristu wokwenene agapé imalunga nokwenza into elungileyo ngaphandle kweendleko zomntu. Senza into elungileyo, kuba yile nto uBawo wethu, onguye agapé, uhlala esenza. Imigaqo yakhe ikhokela iingqondo zethu kwaye iingqondo zethu zilawula iintliziyo zethu, zisibangela ukuba senze izinto esinokungafuni ukuzenza, ukanti siyazenza kuba sisoloko sifuna inzuzo yabanye.

IQumrhu Elilawulayo lifuna ukuba nibonise uthando lokuzincama kulo Mbutho. Bafuna ukuba uthobele yonke imiyalelo yabo nokuba oko kufuna ukuba uzincame. Amadini anjalo ayenziwa, ngokutsho kwabo, ngenxa yothando.

Xa abanye bechaza iziphoso kwiimfundiso zabo, batyhola abo njengabawexuki abangabahanahanisi ababonisa uthando lobuxoki.

Uthando lokuhanahanisa luhlazo ngokukhethekileyo kuba luphawu lomgangatho lokuhlonela uThixo. Olohanahaniso lunokubakhohlisa abantu, kodwa hayi uYehova. Ngapha koko, uYesu wathi abo bahanahanisayo baya kohlwaywa “ngokuqatha kakhulu.” (Mat. 24: 51) Ewe, abakhonzi bakaYehova ngekhe bafune ukubonisa uthando lokuhanahanisa. Nangona kunjalo, kuya kuba kuhle ukuzibuza, 'Ngaba uthando lwam luhlala luyinyani, alungcoliswa kukuzingca okanye yinkohliso?' - isiqe. 8

UYesu wathi: “Noko ke, ukuba benikuqondile okuthethwa kukuthi, 'Ndifuna inceba, andithandi mbingelelo,' ngeningabagwebanga abangenatyala.” (Mt 12: 7)

Namhlanje, kugxilwe kwakhona kumbingelelo hayi inceba. Ngakumbi nangakumbi sibona “abamsulwa” bema ukuze baviwe, kwaye bona bagwetywa ngokungqongqo njengabawexuki nabahanahanisi.

Isikhalazo sikaYesu esiyintloko nxamnye neQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaYuda elaliquka ababingeleli, ababhali nabaFarisi yayikukuba babehanahanisa. Nangona kunjalo, ucinga ukuba umzuzwana bazithatha njengabahanahanisi? Bamgweba uYesu ngaloo nto, besithi wazikhupha iidemon ngamandla kaMtyholi, kodwa abanakuze bazibuyisele nakanye. (Mt 9: 34)

Agape ngamanye amaxesha asizithandi, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukuzincama, kodwa eyona nto ingaphezulu kwayo yonke enye into yile uthando olufuna ezona zibonelelo zexesha elide kulowo uxelelwa olo thando. Lowo umthandayo usenokuba lutshaba.

Xa umKristu engavumelani nemfundiso yeQumrhu Elilawulayo kuba enokuthi angqine ukuba ibubuxoki obusekelwe kwiZibhalo, oko ukwenza ngothando. Ewe uyazi ukuba oku kuya kubangela iyantlukwano. Oko kulindeleke kwaye akunakuphepheka. Ubulungiseleli bukaYesu babusekelwe ngokupheleleyo eluthandweni, ukanti waxela kwangaphambili ukuba oko kwakuya kuphumela kwiyantlukwano enkulu. (Luka 12: 49-53) IQumrhu Elilawulayo lifuna ukuba sithobele ngokuthobekileyo kwimiyalelo yabo kwaye sincame ixesha lethu kunye nezixhobo zethu kwiiprojekthi zabo, kodwa ukuba bayaphazama, luthando kuphela ukubonisa loo nto. Umlandeli wokwenene kaKristu ufuna ukuba bonke basindiswe kwaye kungabikho namnye olahlekileyo. Ke uyakuma ngenkalipho, nokuba semngciphekweni omkhulu kuye nakwimpilo-ntle yakhe, kuba elo lixesha lamaKristu agapé.

IQumrhu Elilawulayo lithanda ukubonakalisa nabani na ongavumelaniyo nalo njengomwexuki osebenzisa “intetho egudileyo nentetho egudileyo” ukuze abonakale enothando ”, ebhekisa kubantu abakhohlisayo abazingcayo. Kodwa makhe sijonge kancinci. Ukuba umdala ebandleni uqalisa ukuthetha kuba ebona ukuba ezinye zezinto ezibhalwe kwiimpapasho azichanekanga — nokuba zibubuxoki kwaye ziyalahlekisa — ikhohlisa njani loo nto? Ngapha koko, kukuzingca njani oko? Indoda inakho konke ukuphulukana nayo, kwaye kubonakala ukuba akukho nto inokuyizuza. (Enyanisweni, kuninzi anokukuzuza, kodwa oko akuphatheki kwaye kubonwa ngamehlo okholo kuphela. Ngokwenyani, unethemba lokufumana ukuthandwa nguKristu, kodwa konke anokukulindela ngokwenyani ebantwini yintshutshiso.)

Ezi mpapasho zincoma amadoda athembekileyo exesha elidlulileyo awaphakamayo athetha inyani, nangona babebangela iyantlukwano ebandleni kwaye babetshutshiswa kwanokufa. Ukanti, amadoda afanayo namhlanje ayanyeliswa xa esenza umsebenzi ofanayo kwibandla lethu lanamhlanje.

Ngaba asingabo abahanahanisi abo babhengeza indlela abalunge ngayo ngelixa beqhubeka befundisa ubuxoki kwaye betshutshisa "abangenatyala" abayimela ngenkalipho inyaniso?

Isisitho sokuhlazisa umhlathi 8 asilahleki kwabo ngokwenene agapé inyani, Yesu, Yehova, ewe, umntu onguwabo.

UKUBHALA

IMboniselo isebenzisa ibinzana elithi “uthando lokuzincama” kweli nqaku. Eli lelinye lala magama e-Watchtower abonakala kufanelekile kwaye engacacanga xa ujongwa ngaphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, umntu kufuneka athandabuze ukusetyenziswa okuphindaphindiweyo kupapasho lwegama elingaveliyo eBhayibhileni. Kutheni ilizwi likaThixo lingathethi 'ngothando lokuzincama'?

Kuyinyani, uthando lukaKristu luquka ukukulungela ukuncama okuthile ngengqondo yokuncama izinto esizigqala njengezixabisekileyo, njengexesha lethu nezinto zethu, ukuze sincede omnye umntu. UYesu wazinikela ngokuzithandela ngenxa yezono zethu, kwaye wenza oku ngenxa yothando ngoYise nangathi. Ukanti, ukubonisa uthando lobuKristu "njengokuzincama" kukunciphisa umda woluhlu. UYehova, olona thando lubalaseleyo, wadala zonke izinto ngenxa yothando. Nangona kunjalo akaze akuchaze oku njengedini elikhulu. Akafani nabanye oomama abanqabileyo abahlala benetyala labantwana babo ngokubakhumbuza malunga nendlela ababandezeleka ngayo ekubazaleni kwabo.

Ngaba kufuneka sikujonge konke ukubonakaliswa kothando njengedini? Ngaba oku akuyiphazamisi indlela esizijonga ngayo ezona mpawu zobuthixo? UYehova ufuna inceba hayi umbingelelo, kodwa kubonakala ngathi uMbutho unenye indlela ejikelezayo. Kwinqaku nakwividiyo emva kwenye, sibona umbingelelo ugxininisiwe, kodwa sithetha nini ngenceba? (Mt 9:13)

Ngamaxesha akwaSirayeli, kwakunyuswa amadini anyukayo (amadini) apho yonke into isetyenziswa khona. Yonke le nto yaya kuYehova. Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwamadini lwalushiya into kumfundisi, kwaye bahlala koku. Kodwa bekuya kuba yinto ephosakeleyo ukuba umbingeleli athabathe ngaphezulu kwesabelo sakhe; Eyona nto imbi kakhulu kuye kukucinezela abantu ukuba bazincame ngakumbi ukuze bafumane inzuzo kubo.

Ugxininiso olugqithisileyo ekwenzeni amadini luphela luvela kwimibutho. Ngubani ngenene oncedayo kulo lonke olu 'thando lokuzincama'?

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[i] Amagama eTestamente eNtsha NguWilliam Barclay ISBN 0-664-24761-X

[ii] AmaNgqina ayekholelwa ukuba uNowa wayeshumayela kwindlu ngendlu, ngaphandle kwabo nabuphi na ubungqina beBhayibhile. Emva kweminyaka eli-1,600 yokuzala kwabantu, umhlaba wawunabantu abaninzi-yiyo loo nto uMkhukula kwafuneka ubekho emhlabeni wonke-usenza ukuba kube nzima ukuba indoda enye ehamba ngeenyawo okanye ihashe ifikelele wonke umntu ngexesha elifutshane elifumanekayo kuye.

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