Ukunyanzeliswa kokuZincama: Kutheni iiJWs Zixelisa abaFarisi abangenanceba endaweni kaYesu Krestu

Ndiza kukubonisa iphepha elingaphandle lephephancwadi u<em>Vukani! Iphephancwadi. Ibonisa abantwana abangaphezu kwama-22 abaye bala ukutofelwa igazi njengenxalenye yonyango lweemeko zabo. Abanye basinda ngaphandle kwegazi ngokutsho kwenqaku, kodwa abanye bafa.  

Ngowe-1994, ndandikholelwa ngokwenene kwingcaciso yeBhayibhile yonqulo yeWatch Tower Society ngokuphathelele igazi yaye ndandineqhayiya ngokuma okunyanzeliswa kwaba bantwana ukuze balondoloze ukholo lwabo. Ndandikholelwa ukuba ukunyaniseka kwabo kuThixo kwakuya kuvuzwa. Ndisenjalo nangoku, kuba uThixo uluthando kwaye uyabazi aba bantwana bebengafundiswanga kakuhle. Uyazi ukuba isigqibo sabo sokwala utofelo-gazi sasibangelwa yinkolelo yabo yokuba oko kwakuya kumvuyisa uThixo.

Babekukholelwa oku kuba abazali babo babekukholelwa. Yaye abazali babo babekukholelwa oko kuba babethembele ngamadoda ukuba abatolikele iBhayibhile. Njengomzekelo woku, inqaku le<em>Mboniselo elithi, “Bazali, Likhuseleni Ilifa Lenu Elixabisekileyo” lithi:

“Umntwana wakho kufuneka aqonde ukuba kuxhomekeka kwindlela aziphatha ngayo, unokumenza buhlungu uYehova okanye amyolise. ( IMizekeliso 27:11 ) Esi sifundo kunye nezinye ezininzi ezibalulekileyo zinokufundiswa abantwana ngokusebenzisa le ncwadi Funda KuMfundisi Omkhulu. ” (w05 4/1 iphe. 16 isiqe. 13)

Ekukhuthazeni loo ncwadi njengesixhobo sokufundisa abazali ukuze bafundise abantwana babo, eli nqaku lihlabela mgama lisithi:

Esinye isahluko sithetha ngengxelo yeBhayibhile yabafana abathathu abangamaHebhere, uShadraki, uMeshaki noAbhednego, abangazange bavume ukuqubuda kumfanekiso omela uRhulumente waseBhabhiloni. (w05 4/1 iphe. 18 isiqe. 18)

AmaNgqina afundiswa ukuba ukuthobela uThixo ngokwala utofelo-gazi kufana nokuthobela uThixo ngokungavumi ukuqubuda kumfanekiso okanye ukukhahlela indwe. Zonke ezi zivezwa njengeemvavanyo zengqibelelo. Iziqulatho zikaMeyi 22, 1994 UVukani! ikwenza kucace oko uMbutho ukukholelwayo:

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Ulutsha Olubeka UThixo Kuqala 3-15

Ngaphambili amawaka olutsha afa ngenxa yokubeka uThixo tanci. Basayenza, kunamhlanje nje lo mdlalo udlalwa ezibhedlele nakwiinkundla zamatyala, kukho utofelo-gazi.

Kwakungekho gazi kumaxesha angaphambili. Ngelo xesha, amaKristu afa ngenxa yokungavumi ukunqula oothixo bobuxoki. Apha, iQumrhu Elilawulayo lenza uthelekiso lobuxoki, lithetha ukuba ukwala utofelo-gazi kufana nokunyanzelwa ukuba unqule isithixo, okanye ulahle ukholo lwakho.

Ukuqiqa ngendlela elula ngolo hlobo kulula ukuyamkela kuba imnyama okanye imhlophe. Akuyomfuneko ukuba ucinge ngayo. Kufuneka wenze le nto uyixelelwayo. Ngapha koko, le miyalelo ayiveli kubantu ofundiswe ukubathemba ngenxa yokuba bemazi uThixo njengowakhe—yilindele—“ijelo lonxibelelwano.”

Hmm, “ukwazi uThixo”. Ngokunxulumene noko, kukho ibinzana kwabase-Efese elalidla ngokundibhida: “uthando lukaKristu lugqwesile ukwazi” ( Efese 3:19 ).

NjengamaNgqina, safundiswa ukuba ‘sinolwazi oluchanileyo lwenyaniso. Oko kwakuthetha ukuba sasiyazi kakuhle indlela yokukholisa uThixo, akunjalo? Ngokomzekelo, ukwala utofelo-gazi kuzo zonke iimeko kuya kumkholisa uThixo, kuba sasithobela. Ngoko uthando ludibana ngantoni naloo nto? Kambe ke siyazi ukuba uthando lukaKristu luyagqwesa ulwazi ngokwabase-Efese. Ngoko ke, ngaphandle kothando asinakuqiniseka ukuba ukuthobela kwethu nawuphi na umthetho kwenziwa ngokoko uThixo akulindeleyo, ngaphandle kokuba ukuthobela kwethu kuya kuhlala kukhokelwa luthando. Ndiyazi ukuba oko kunokuvakala ngathi kuyabhidisa ekuqaleni, ngoko ke makhe sijonge ngakumbi.

Xa uYesu wayesemhlabeni, wayesoloko ecelw’ umngeni ngamagosa onqulo lwamaYuda awayelawula kwaSirayeli. Balandela inkqubo yooRabhi yokubambelela ngokungqongqo kumthetho, bedlulela ngaphaya koko kufunwa ngumthetho kaMoses. Oko kufana nqwa nendlela amaNgqina kaYehova ayithobela ngayo imithetho yawo.

Le nkqubo yomthetho yamaYuda yaveliswa okokuqala ngoxa amaYuda ayesekuthinjweni eBhabhiloni. Uya kukhumbula ukuba uThixo wawohlwaya uSirayeli kangangeenkulungwane zokungathembeki, ngenxa yokunqula izithixo zobuhedeni, ukuphanzisa umhlaba wabo nokubathumela ebukhobokeni. Emva kokuba besifundile isifundo sabo, bagabadela ngokugqith’ emgceni ngokuthi ekugqibeleni banyanzelise ukuthotyelwa kwabo ngokungqongqo kwindlela ababewutolika ngayo umthetho kaMoses.

Ngaphambi kokuthinjwa, ade abingelele ngabantwana bawo kuthixo wamaKanan, uMoleki, yaye emva koko, phantsi kwenkqubo yomthetho eyamiselwa eBhabhiloni eyabeka igunya ezandleni zoorabhi—ababhali nabaFarisi—abingelela ngomntwana kaYehova okuphela kwamzeleyo.

Isigqebelo asisindi.

Yintoni ababeyiphosa ebangele ukuba benze isono esigqithiseleyo?

Ngokukhethekileyo abaFarisi babecinga ukuba banolwazi oluchanileyo ngomthetho kaMoses, kodwa bengenalo. Ingxaki yabo yayikukuba ulwazi lwabo babengalwakhanga kwisiseko sokwenyaniso somthetho.

Ngesinye isihlandlo, befuna ukubambisa uYesu, abaFarisi bambuza umbuzo owamnika ithuba lokubabonisa eyona nto isisiseko somthetho.

“Emva kokuba abaFarisi bevile ukuba ubavale umlomo abaSadusi, bahlanganisana ndawonye. Yaye omnye wabo, owazi uMthetho, wambuza, emlinga, esithi: “Mfundisi, owona myalelo mkhulu emthethweni nguwuphi na? Wathi kuye: “'Uze umthande uYehova uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho iphela nangomphefumlo wakho uphela nangengqondo yakho iphela. Lo ngowona mthetho mkhulu nowokuqala. Owesibini ke, njengawo, uthi, Uze umthande ummelwane wakho ngoko uzithanda ngako. Kule mithetho yomibini kuxhomekeke uMthetho uphela, nabaProfeti.”— Mateyu 22:34-40;

Uwonke umthetho kaMoses unokuxhonywa njani eluthandweni? Ndithetha ukuthi, thatha umthetho weSabatha, umzekelo. Uthando ludibana ngantoni nalo? Mhlawumbi awuzange usebenze ixesha elingqongqo leeyure ezingama-24 okanye ubuya kuxulutywa ngamatye.

Ukuze sifumane impendulo, makhe sijonge le ngxelo ibandakanya uYesu nabafundi bakhe.

“Ngelo xesha uYesu wayecanda emasimini ngesabatha. Abafundi bakhe balamba baza baqalisa ukukha izikhwebu, badla. Bakukubona oku, abaFarisi bathi kuye: “Khangela! Abafundi bakho benza oko kungavumelekileyo ukwenziwa ngesabatha. Wathi kubo: “Anizange nikufunde na oko wakwenzayo uDavide xa yena namadoda awayekunye naye balamba? Okokuba wangena endlwini kaThixo, bazidla izonka ezibekwa phambi koThixo, ekube kungavumelekile ukuba badle yena, nabo babenaye, kuvumelekele ababingeleli bodwa? Okanye anilesanga na emthethweni ukuba ngesabatha ababingeleli etempileni bayayichitha isabatha, baze bahlale bengenatyala? Ke ndithi kuni, omkhulu kunayo itempile ukho apha. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uye waqonda ukuba oku kuthetha ukuthini, ‘Ndithanda inceba, andithandi mbingelelo,’ ngeningabagwebanga abangenatyala. ( Mateyu 12:1-7 NWT )

NjengamaNgqina kaYehova, abaFarisi babezidla ngokulitolika ngokungqongqo ilizwi likaThixo. KubaFarisi, abafundi bakaYesu babesaphula omnye wemithetho elishumi, ukwaphula umthetho owawufuna isigwebo sokufa phantsi komthetho, kodwa amaRoma ayengabavumeli ukuba babulale umoni, kanye njengokuba oorhulumente banamhlanje bengenakubavumela. AmaNgqina kaYehova aza kubulala umzalwana osusiweyo kubudlelane. Ngoko, ekuphela kwento abaFarisi ababenokuyenza kukugatya loo mahluli baze bamkhuphele ngaphandle kwendlu yesikhungu. Abazange bakwazi ukugweba naziphi na iimeko ezithethelelayo, kuba umgwebo wabo akazange awusekele kwinceba, eluthando olusebenza ngezenzo.

Kubi kakhulu kubo, kuba uYakobi usixelela ukuba “lowo ke ungenanceba uya kugwetywa ngokungenanceba. inceba iyawuqhayisela umgwebo. ( Yakobi 2:13 )

Kungenxa yoko le nto uYesu wabakhalimela abaFarisi ngokucaphula umprofeti uHoseya noMika ( Hoseya 6:6; Mika 6:6-8 ) ukuze abakhumbuze ukuba uYehova “ufuna inceba, akafuni mbingelelo”. Ingxelo ihlabela mgama ibonisa ukuba abazange bayifumane ingongoma kuba kamva kwangaloo mini, baphinda bazama indlela yokubambisa uYesu ngomthetho wesabatha.

“Emva kokuba emkile apho waya kwindlu yabo yesikhungu; yaye, khangela! umntu onesandla esomileyo! Bambuza ke besithi, Kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngesabatha? ukuze bammangalele. Wathi kubo: “Ngubani na kuni oya kuthi enemvu enye, aze ukuba ithe yeyela emhadini ngesabatha, angayibambi ayikhuphe? Ubeke phi na ke umntu ukuyigqitha imvu! Ngoko kuvumelekile ukwenza into entle ngesabatha.” Wathi ke kuloo ndoda: “Yolula isandla sakho.” Wasolula, sabuya saphila ke njengesinye isandla. Ke kaloku abaFarisi baphuma benza ibhunga ngaye, ukuze bamtshabalalise.” ( Mateyu 12:1-7, 9-14 NWT 1984 )

Emva kokubhenca uhanahaniso lwabo nokubawa kwabo imali—babengazisindisi izimvu kuba bethanda izilwanyana—uYesu uvakalisa ukuba phezu kwayo nje incwadi yomthetho engokugcinwa kweSabatha, eneneni ‘kwakusemthethweni ukwenza into entle ngesabatha.

Ngaba ummangaliso wakhe wawunokulinda de kube semva kwesabatha? Ngokuqinisekileyo! Indoda enesandla esomileyo yayinokubandezeleka olunye usuku, kodwa ngaba oko bekuya kubonisa uthando? Khumbula ukuba, wonke umthetho kaMoses wawusekelwe okanye wawusekelwe kwimigaqo emibini ebalulekileyo: Ukuthanda uThixo ngako konke esikuko nommelwane wethu njengoko sizithanda.

Ingxaki yayikukuba ukusebenzisa uthando ukubakhokela kwindlela yokuthobela umthetho kwakuthabatha igunya kwiqumrhu lowiso-mthetho, kule meko, abaFarisi nezinye iinkokeli zamaYuda ezazibumba iqumrhu elilawulayo lakwaSirayeli. Kumhla wethu, kunokwenziwa okufanayo kuzo zonke iinkokeli zonqulo, kuquka iQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaNgqina kaYehova.

Ngaba ekugqibeleni abaFarisi bafunda indlela yokusebenzisa uthando emthethweni, nokuqonda indlela yokwenza inceba endaweni yedini? Zigwebe ngokwakho. Benza ntoni emva kokuva eso sikhumbuzo sikaYesu ecaphula kowabo umthetho, nasemva kokubona ummangaliso owawungqina ukuba uYesu wayexhaswa ngamandla kaThixo? UMateyu uyabhala: “Baphuma abaFarisi benza ibhunga ngaye [uYesu] ukuze bamtshabalalise. ( Mateyu 12:14 )

Ngaba iQumrhu Elilawulayo laliza kusabela ngendlela eyahlukileyo ukuba lalikho? Kuthekani ukuba umbandela wawungengomthetho weSabatha, kodwa utofelo-gazi?

AmaNgqina kaYehova akayigcini isabatha, kodwa ukwalela kwawo utofelo-gazi awuphatha ngendlela engqongqo nengqongqo njengabaFarisi ngokuphathelele ukugcinwa kwesabatha. AbaFarisi babemalunga nokugcina umthetho owabonakaliswa nguYesu xa ebhekisa ekwenzeni amadini. AmaNgqina kaYehova akenzi mbingelelo wezilwanyana, kodwa onke abhekisela kunqulo uThixo alugqala lufanelekile olusekelwe kuhlobo olwahlukileyo lwedini.

Ndingathanda ukuba wenze uvavanyo oluncinane usebenzisa inkqubo yeWatch Tower Library. Ngena "ukuzigxeka*" kwindawo yokukhangela epelwe ngale ndlela usebenzisa unobumba wekhadi lasendle ukubandakanya zonke iinguqu zegama. Uya kubona esi siphumo:

 

Umphumo uba ngaphezu kwewaka leempapasho zeWatch Tower Society. Iingoma ezimbini ezithi “iiBhayibhile” ezikule nkqubo zifumaneka kuphela kumanqaku ofundo eNguqulelo Yehlabathi Elitsha (uHlelo Lokufundisa). Ibinzana elithi “ukuzincama” aliveli kwiBhayibhile yokoqobo. Kutheni bezama ukuzincama ngoxa ingeyonxalenye yesigidimi seBhayibhile? Kwakhona, sibona ukufana phakathi kweemfundiso zoMbutho kunye nezo zabaFarisi ababesoloko bechasa umsebenzi kaKristu Yesu.

UYesu waxelela izihlwele nabafundi bakhe ukuba ababhali nabaFarisi ‘babopha imithwalo enzima, bayibeke emagxeni abantu, babe ke bona bengathandi kuyishukumisa nangomnwe wabo. ( Mateyu 23: 4 NWT )

Ngokutsho kweQumrhu Elilawulayo, ukuze umkholise uYehova, umele uncame izinto ezininzi. Umele ushumayele kwindlu ngendlu kwaye usasaze iimpapasho zabo neevidiyo zabo. Kufuneka uchithe iiyure ezili-10 ukusa kwezili-12 ngenyanga usenza oku, kodwa ukuba unako, ufanele ukwenze oku ixesha elizeleyo njengovulindlela. Kuya kufuneka ukuba ubanike imali yokuxhasa umsebenzi wabo, kwaye unikele ngexesha lakho kunye nezixhobo zokwakha iindawo zabo zokuhlala. (Baphethe amashumi amawaka eepropathi kwihlabathi jikelele.)

Kodwa ngaphezu koko, ufanele uxhase indlela abayichaza ngayo imithetho kaThixo. Ukuba awenzi njalo, uya kuphetshwa. Ngokomzekelo, ukuba umntwana wakho ufuna utofelo-gazi ukuze athomalalise ukubandezeleka kwakhe okanye kwanokukhusela ubomi bakhe, umele ungalufuni kuye. Khumbula, umzekelo wabo kukuzincama, kungekhona inceba.

Cinga ngaloo nto njengoko sigqiba kukufunda. Umthetho wesabatha wawungomnye wemithetho elishumi yaye ukungawuthobeli kwakuphumela kwisigwebo sokufa ngokomthetho kaMoses, ukanti uYesu wabonisa ukuba kwakukho iimeko xa kwakunganyanzelekanga ukuba kuthotyelwe ngokupheleleyo loo mthetho, ngenxa yokuba isenzo senceba sasiwongamela lo mthetho. incwadi yomthetho.

Phantsi koMthetho kaMoses, ukutya igazi kwakukwasisohlwayo sokufa, ukanti kwakukho iimeko apho kwakuvumelekile ukutya inyama engophiswanga. Uthando, hayi ukuthobela umthetho, lwalusisiseko somthetho kaMoses. Unokuzifundela oku kwiLevitikus 17:15, 16. Xa sishwankathela eso sicatshulwa, lenza ilungiselelo lokuba umzingeli olambileyo atye isilwanyana esifileyo aze asifumane nangona sasingophiswanga ngokomthetho wakwaSirayeli. . (Ukufumana ingcaciso epheleleyo, sebenzisa ikhonkco elisekupheleni kwale vidiyo ukuze ufumane ingxubusho epheleleyo ngombandela wotofelo-gazi.) Loo vidiyo inikela ubungqina obungokweZibhalo bokuba iQumrhu Elilawulayo laliwuchaza kakuhle umbandela weZenzo 15:20—umyalelo ‘wokukhwebuka egazini. ”—iphosakele njengoko libhekisela kutofelo-gazi.

Kodwa nantsi ingongoma. Kwanokuba kwakungeyonto iphosakeleyo, kwanokuba isalelo sotofelo-gazi sasingayi kubhukuqa umthetho wothando. Kusemthethweni na ukwenza into entle, njengokuphilisa isandla esomileyo, nokusindisa umphefumlo, ngesabatha? Ngokommisi-mthetho wethu, uYesu Kristu, kunjalo! Ngoko, wahluke njani umthetho wegazi? Njengoko sibonile ngasentla kwiLevitikus 17:15, 16 akunjalo, kuba kwiimeko ezimaxongo kwakuvumelekile ukuba umzingeli atye inyama engophiswanga.

Kutheni iQumrhu Elilawulayo linomdla wokuzincama kangangokuba lingayiboni le nto? Kutheni bekulungele ukubingelela ngabantwana esibingelelweni sentobeko ekuchazeni kwabo umthetho kaThixo, xa uYesu exelela aba baFarisi banamhlanje, ukuba ubukuqondile oko kuthethwa koku; ‘Ndithanda inceba, andithandi mbingelelo,’ ngeningabagwebanga abangenatyala. ( Mateyu 12:7 )

Isizathu sikukuba abaqondi ukuba uthando lukaKristu luthetha ntoni ngokwenene, okanye indlela yokufumana ulwazi ngalo.

Kodwa asimele sibe njalo. Asifuni ukuba ngamaxhoba omthetho. Sifuna ukuqonda indlela yothando ukuze sithobele umthetho kaThixo osekelwe kungekhona ekusebenziseni ngokungqongqo imithetho nemimiselo, kodwa njengoko yayifanele ukuthotyelwa, esekelwe eluthandweni. Umbuzo ngulo, siyenza njani loo nto? Ngokucacileyo kungekhona ngokufundisisa iimpapasho zeWatch Tower Corporations.

Undoqo ekuqondeni uthando—uthando lukaThixo—sichazwe kakuhle kwincwadi eya kwabase-Efese.

“Waza wabanika abanye ukuba babe ngabapostile, abanye babe ngabaprofeti, abanye babe ngabashumayeli beendaba ezilungileyo, abanye babe ngabalusi nabafundisi, ukuze abo bangcwele balungelelaniswe nomsebenzi wokulungiselela, ukuze kwakhiwe umzimba kaKristu, side sifikelele sonke. kubunye bokholo kunye of ulwazi oluchanileyo [i-epignósis ] loNyana kaThixo, ekubeni yindoda ekhulileyo, efikelela kumlinganiselo wobukhulu bokuzala kukaKristu. Ngoko asifanele sibe ngabantwana, ekhukuliswa ngamaza yaye ephetshethwa yiyo yonke imimoya yeemfundiso zabakhohlisi abalahlekisa abantu ngobuqhokolo.” ( Efese 4:11-14 )

INguqulelo Yehlabathi Elitsha iliguqulela eli gama lesiGrike i-epignósis “njengolwazi oluchanileyo.” YiBhayibhile kuphela endiyifumeneyo edibanisa igama elithi “chanekile”. Phantse zonke iinguqulelo kwi-Biblehub.com ziguqulela nje oku ngokuthi "ulwazi". Abambalwa basebenzisa "ukuqonda" apha, kunye nabanye abambalwa, "ukuqaphela".

Igama lesiGrike i-epignósis ayithethi malunga nolwazi lwentloko. Ayikokuqokelelwa kwedatha ekrwada. UNCEDA kufundo-magama kucaciswe i-epignósis "njengolwazi oluzuzwe ngobudlelwane bomntu wokuqala…ulwazi lonxibelelwano olufanelekileyo… ukuya okokuqala, ukwazi ngamava."

Lo ngomnye umzekelo wendlela iinguqulelo zeBhayibhile ezinokusilela ngayo. Uliguqulela njani igama kwisiGrike elingenakulinganiswa nomntu kulwimi oguqulela kulo.

Uya kukhumbula ukuba ekuqaleni kwale vidiyo, ndabhekisa kwabase-Efese 3:19 apho ithetha “ngothando lukaKristu olugqwesa ulwazi…” (Efese 3:19 NWT)

Igama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ulwazi” kule ndinyana ( 3:19 ) lithi gnosis leyo iConcordance kaStrong iyichaza “njengokwazi, ukwazi; ukusetyenziswa: ulwazi, imfundiso, ubulumko.”

Apha unamagama amabini ahlukeneyo esiGrike aguqulelwe ngegama elinye lesiNgesi. INguqulelo Yehlabathi Elitsha ilahlwa kakhulu, kodwa ndicinga ngazo zonke iinguqulelo endizifundileyo, isondele kakhulu kwintsingiselo eyiyo, nangona ngokobuqu, ndicinga ukuba “ulwazi olusondeleyo” lunokuba ngcono. Ngelishwa, igama elithi “ulwazi oluchanileyo” liye lehla kupapasho lweWatchtower ukuze lihambisane “nenyaniso” (icatshulwe) ethetha intonye noMbutho. Ukuba “senyanisweni” kukuba yinxalenye yoMbutho wamaNgqina kaYehova. Njengokuba,

“Kukho amawaka ezigidi zabantu emhlabeni. Ngaloo ndlela, kuyintsikelelo yokwenene ukuba phakathi kwabo uYehova aye wabatsalela kuye waza wabatyhilela inyaniso yeBhayibhile. ( Yohane 6:44, 45 ) Kuphela ngumntu omnye kwabayi-1 1,000 abaphilayo namhlanje oye waphila. ulwazi oluchanileyo lwenyaniso, yaye ungomnye wabo.” (w14 12/15 iphe. 30 isiqe. 15 Ngaba Uyakuxabisa Oko Ukufumeneyo?)

Ulwazi oluchanileyo eli kuthethwa leli nqaku leMboniselo asilolwazi (i-epignósis) kuthethwa ngaye kweyabase-Efese 4:11-14 . Olo lwazi lusenyongweni lungoKristu. Simele simazi njengomntu. Simele sicinge njengaye, siqiqe njengaye, senze njengaye. Kuphela kungokwazi ngokupheleleyo ubuntu nobuntu bukaYesu esinokuthi siphakame siye kufika kumlinganiselo wokuba ngumntu okhule ngokupheleleyo, okhulileyo ngokomoya, ongasenguye umntwana okhohliswa ngokulula ngabantu, okanye njengoko iNew Living Translation isitsho, “siphenjelelwa xa kuthethwa ngoYesu. abantu bazama ukusiqhatha ngobuxoki ukuze buvakale njengenyaniso.” ( Efese 4:14 )

Ekwazini ngokusondeleyo uYesu, sifikelela ekuqondeni uthando ngokugqibeleleyo. UPawulos ubhalela abase-Efese kwakhona:

“Ndiyakucela ukuba kubutyebi bozuko lwakhe alomeleze ngamandla ngaye uMoya wakhe ngaphakathi kwenu, ukuze uKristu ahlale ezintliziyweni zenu ngokholo. Ke nina, nimiliselwe eluthandweni, niya kuba namandla, ndawonye nabo bonke abangcwele, ukuba nibuqonde ubude, nobubanzi, nokuphakama, nobunzulu bothando lukaKristu; nokulwazi olu uthando oluncamisa ukwazi, ukuze nizaliswe. ngayo yonke inzaliseko kaThixo.” ( Efese 3:16-19 )

UMtyholi wamlinga uYesu ngazo zonke izikumkani zehlabathi ukuba wayenokwenza isenzo esinye kuphela sokumnqula. UYesu wayengenakuyenza loo nto, kuba wayemthanda uyise ibe wayekujonga ukunqula nabani na omnye njengokwaphula olo thando, kusisenzo sokungcatsha. Kwanokuba ubomi bakhe babusengozini, wayengayi kulugxothela uthando lwakhe ngoYise. Lo ngumthetho wokuqala osekelwe kuwo umthetho kaMoses.

Ukanti, xa wayejamelene nokunceda indoda ethile, ukuphilisa abagulayo, ukuvusa abafileyo, uYesu wayengawukhathalelanga umthetho wesabatha. Akazange ajonge ukwenza ezo zinto njengokwaphulwa kwaloo mthetho, kuba ukuthanda ummelwane kwakungowona mgaqo ubalulekileyo owawusekelwe kuwo loo mthetho.

AbaFarisi babeya kuyiqonda into yokuba ukuba babeqonda ukuba uBawo ufuna inceba kungekhona umbingelelo, okanye izenzo zothando ukuze aphelise ukubandezeleka komnye umntu kunokuba aphelise ukuthobela umthetho ngokungqongqo nangokuzincama.

AmaNgqina kaYehova, njengoogxa bawo abangabaFarisi, aye abeka ukuthanda kwawo intobelo yokuzincama ngaphezu kwalo naluphi na uthando ngommelwane wawo ngokuphathelele utofelo-gazi. Abakhange banikele ngqalelo kwiindleko zobomi kwabo baye baqinisekisa ukuba bayayithobela ingcaciso yabo. Kwaye abakhathali ngokubandezeleka kwabazali abasindileyo abaye bancama abantwana babo abathandekayo kwisibingelelo se-JW theology. Olunjani lona ugculelo abaluzise kwigama elingcwele likaThixo, uThixo ofuna inceba, kungekhona umbingelelo.

Ngamafutshane, njengamaKristu siye safunda ukuba siphantsi komthetho kaKristu, umthetho wothando. Noko ke, sisenokucinga ukuba amaSirayeli ayengekho phantsi komthetho wothando, ekubeni umthetho kaMoses ubonakala unemithetho, imimiselo nemigaqo. Kodwa yayinokwenzeka njani loo nto, ekubeni umthetho wanikwa uMoses nguYehova uThixo yaye eyoku-1 kaYohane 4:8 isixelela ukuba “uThixo uluthando”. UYesu uye wachaza ukuba umthetho kaMoses wawusekelwe eluthandweni.

Oko wayekuthetha noko sikufundayo koku kukuba imbali yoluntu njengoko ityhilwe eBhayibhileni ibonisa inkqubela yothando. IEden yaqalisa njengentsapho enothando, kodwa uAdam noEva babefuna ukuzihlalela bodwa. Bakugatya ukuvelela kukaBawo onothando.

UYehova wabanikela kwiminqweno yabo. Bazilawula kangangeminyaka emalunga ne-1,700 1,500 de ugonyamelo lwaba mbi kangangokuba uThixo waluphelisa. Emva komkhukula, abantu baphinda banikezela kubungendawo obungenaluthando nogonyamelo. Kodwa ngesi sihlandlo, uThixo wangenelela. Wazidubaduba iilwimi eBhabheli; wamisela umda wokunyamezela kwakhe ngokutshabalalisa iSodom neGomora; waza emva koko wazisa umthetho njengenxalenye yomnqophiso nenzala kaYakobi. Kwandula ke emva kweminye iminyaka eli-XNUMX XNUMX, wamazisa uNyana wakhe, ekunye naye nowona mthetho ubalaseleyo, oxelisa uYesu.

Kwinyathelo ngalinye, uBawo wethu wasezulwini wasisondeza ekuqondeni uthando, uthando lukaThixo, olusisiseko sobomi njengelungu lentsapho kaThixo.

Sinokufunda okanye singavumi ukufunda. Ngaba siya kufana nabaFarisi, okanye abafundi bakaYesu?

Wathi ke uYesu: “Ndizele lo mgwebo kweli hlabathi, ukuze abangaboniyo babone, bathi ababonayo babe ziimfama. Abo bakubaFarisi ababekunye naye baziva ezi zinto, baza bathi kuye: “Siziimfama nathi na? UYesu wathi kubo: “Ukuba beniziimfama, ngeningenasono. Kungokunje nithi, Siyabona; Isono senu sihleli.”—Yohane 9:39-41.

AbaFarisi babengafani nabeentlanga ngelo xesha. Abantu beentlanga ubukhulu becala babengazi nto ngethemba losindiso uYesu awayelibeka, kodwa amaYuda, ingakumbi abaFarisi, babewazi umthetho kwaye babelindele ukufika kukaMesiya.

Namhlanje, asithethi ngabantu abangazi nto ngesigidimi seBhayibhile. Sithetha ngabantu abathi bayamazi uThixo, abazibiza ngokuba bangamaKristu, kodwa baqhelisela ubuKristu babo, ukunqula kwabo uThixo ngemithetho yabantu, hayi kuthando lukaThixo njengoko lutyhilwe kwiSibhalo.

Umpostile uYohane, obhala ngakumbi ngothando kunaye nawuphi na omnye umbhali, wenza olu thelekiso lulandelayo:

“Yiyo ke le indlela ababonakala ngayo abantwana bakaThixo nabantwana bakaMtyholi: Bonke abangaqhubekiyo besenza ubulungisa abaphumi kuThixo, kwanalowo ungamthandiyo umzalwana wakhe. Kuba esi sisigidimi enasivayo kwasekuqalekeni, ukuba sithandane; singabi njengoKayin, owaphuma kulowo ungendawo, wambulala umninawa wakhe. Yaye wambulala ngenxa yantoni? Ngokuba eyakhe imisebenzi ibingendawo, ke yona eyomzalwana wakhe ibiyeyobulungisa.” ( 1 Yohane 3:10-12 )

AbaFarisi babenethuba elixabisekileyo lokuba ngabantwana bakaThixo ngokwamkelwa nguYesu Kristu ngentlawulelo, ekuphela kwedini lokwenene elibalulekileyo. Kodwa endaweni yoko, uYesu wababiza ngokuba ngabantwana bakaMtyholi.

Kuthekani ngathi, mna nawe? Namhlanje, baninzi ehlabathini abayimfama ngokwenene inyaniso. Ithuba labo liya kufikelela ekumazini uThixo emva kokuba ilungiselelo Lakhe phantsi kukaYesu limiselwe ngokupheleleyo njengamazulu amatsha alawula umhlaba omtsha. Ke thina siyalazi ithemba eliziswa kuthi. Ngaba siya kufunda ukuxelisa uYesu, owenza yonke into esekelwe kuthando awalufunda kuYise osezulwini?

Ukucacisa oko sisandul’ ukukufunda kwabase-Efese (Kwabase-Efese 4:11-14 NLT) Ndakhe ndakhula ngokomoya, njengomntwana, kwaye ke ndaphenjelelwa xa iinkokeli zoMbutho zandiqhatha “ngobuxoki obukrelekrele kangangokuba bavakala ngathi inyaniso”. Kodwa uYesu wandinika—usinike—izipho ezikwimo yemibhalo yabapostile nabaprofeti, kwanabafundisi namhlanje. Yaye ngale ndlela mna—hayi, thina sonke—sinikwe indlela yokuba simanyane elukholweni lwethu yaye siye samazi ngokusondeleyo uNyana kaThixo, ukuze sibe ngabantu abakhulu bokomoya, amadoda nabafazi, abavukelayo. ukuzala nokugqibelela kukaKristu. Njengoko simazi ngakumbi nangakumbi ngofundisiso lwethu lweZibhalo, siyakhula eluthandweni.

Masiqukumbele ngala mazwi avela kumpostile oyintanda:

“Kodwa thina singabakaThixo, yaye abo bamaziyo uThixo bayasiva. Ukuba asingabo abakaThixo, abasiphulaphuli. Sazi ngaloo ndlela ke ukuba umntu unoMoya wenyaniso, nomoya wankohliso;

Zintanda, masithandane, ngokuba uthando lwaphuma kuThixo. Nabani na onothando ungumntwana kaThixo yaye uyamazi uThixo. Kodwa nabani na ongenalo uthando akamazi uThixo, kuba uThixo uluthando.” ( 1 Yohane 4:6-8 )

Enkosi ngokubukela kwaye ndiyabulela ngenkxaso eniqhubeka nisinika yona ukuze siqhubeke siwenza lo msebenzi.