[Kusuka ku-ws15 / 03 p. I-25 ngoMeyi 25-31]

 “Kuze kufike lapho wenze khona kokunye kokuncane
laba bafowethu, ukwenzile kimi. ”- Mt 25: 40

Umzekeliso wezimvu nezimbuzi ungqikithi walesi sonto INqabayokulinda Isifundo. Isigaba sesibili sithi:

“Sekuyisikhathi eside abantu bakaJehova bemangele lo mfanekiso…”

Isizathu salokhu kwesasasa ukuthi lo mfanekiso uyingxenye enkulu yemfundiso “yezinye izimvu” edala isigaba sangaphansi samaKristu esinethemba lasemhlabeni. Lesi sigaba kufanele silalele iNdikimba Ebusayo uma sinethemba lokuthola ukuphila okuphakade.

“Ezinye izimvu akufanele zikhohlwe ukuthi ukusindiswa kwazo kuxhomeke ekusekeleni kwabo ngenkuthalo 'kwabafowabo' bakaKristu abagcotshiwe abasesemhlabeni. (Math. 25: 34-40) ”(w12 3 / 15 p. 20 par. 2)

Ngaphambi kokuba singene shí kulokhu, ake sibheke isisekelo esisodwa esidukisa oFakazi BakaJehova abaningi abaqotho. Isisekelo siwukuthi “ezinye izimvu” uJesu akhuluma ngazo kanye kuphela eBhayibhelini, kuJohane 10:16, ziyizimvu ezifanayo akhuluma ngazo kuMathewu 25:32. Lesi sixhumanisi asikaze sisungulwe ngobufakazi obungokomBhalo. Kuhlala kucatshangwa.

Kufanele futhi sikhumbule ukuthi okushiwo yiNkosi yethu kuMathewu 25: 31-46 kuwumfanekiso, umfanekiso. Inhloso yomfanekiso ukuchaza noma bonisa iqiniso eselivele lisunguliwe. Umfanekiso awusona ubufakazi. Ubabekazi wami ongumSabatha, wake wazama ukufakazela uZiqu-zintathu kimi esebenzisa izinto ezintathu zeqanda — igobolondo, umhlophe nejoka — njengobufakazi. Kungabonakala njengokuphikisana okuqinile uma umuntu ezimisele ukwamukela umfanekiso njengobufakazi, kepha kungaba ubuwula ukwenza njalo.

Yini uJesu nababhali beBhayibheli abayichaza ngokucacile ngaphandle kwemifanekiso? Buyekeza isampuli elandelayo yemiBhalo ukuze ubone ukuthi ithemba elinikezwe isintu kusukela osukwini lukaKristu ukuthi amaKristu abizwe ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu nokuthi abuse noKristu eMbusweni Wezulu. (I-Mt 5: 9; UJoh 1: 12; I-Ro 8: 1-25; I-9: 25, 26; IGa 3: 26; I-4: 6, 7; I-Mt 12: 46-50; Col 1: 2; I-1Co 15: 42-49; I-Re 12: 10; I-Re 20: 6)

Zibuze ukuthi ngabe kunengqondo yini — futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuhambisana nothando lukaNkulunkulu — ukuthi uJesu uveze imininingwane eminingi kakhulu ngethemba le-144,000 kuphela yabafowabo, kuyilapho ethembisa ithemba lezigidi eziningi ngokubonakaliswa okungacacile lemifanekiso?[i]

Kule ndatshana, kulindeleke ukuthi sisekele ithemba lethu lokusindiswa okuphakade encazelweni enikezwa iNdikimba Ebusayo ezintweni ezingokomfanekiso ezisemfanekisweni kaJesu wezimvu nezimbuzi. Ngokunikezwe lokho, ake sihlole ukutolika kwabo ukubona ukuthi kuyahambisana yini nomBhalo futhi kungafakazelwa ngaphandle kokungabaza okunengqondo.

Ukuqonda Kwethu Kuhlukaniswe Kanjani?

Ngokwesigaba 4, besihlala sikholwa (kusukela ku-1881 kuqhubeke) ukuthi ukugcwaliseka kwalo mfanekiso kwenzeka phakathi nokubusa kukaKristu kweminyaka eyinkulungwane. Noma kunjalo, ku-1923, "UJehova wasiza abantu bakhe ukuba basebenzise ukuqonda kwabo lo mfanekiso."

Abashicileli ngakho-ke bathi ukuqonda kwethu kwamanje kusekelwe ekucacisweni noma ekucwengweni okuvela kuNkulunkulu. Yikuphi okunye ukucwengwa ebesithi uJehova ukwambula kubantu bakhe ngo-1923? Leso bekuyisikhathi somkhankaso othi “Izigidi Eziphilayo Manje Azisoze Zafa”. Besishumayela ukuthi ukuphela kuzofika ngo-1925 nokuthi u-Abrahama, uMose namanye amadoda okholo avelele azovuswa ngalowo nyaka. Lokho kwavela kwaba yimfundiso engamanga eyayingaveli kuNkulunkulu, kodwa kumuntu — ikakhulukazi, iJaji Rutherford.

Kuvele ukuthi okuwukuphela kwesizathu esiqhubeka nokufuna ukuthi ukuqonda kuka-1923 komzekeliso wezimvu nezimbuzi kuvela kuNkulunkulu ukuthi asikakuguquli okwamanje.

Isigaba 4 siyaqhubeka:

“INqabayokulinda kaOkthoba 15, 1923… wethule izizathu ezinengqondo ezingokomBhalo ezikhawulela identity Abafowabo bakaKristu kulabo abazobusa naye ezulwini, futhi yachaza izimvu njengalabo abanethemba lokuphila emhlabeni ngaphansi kokubusa koMbuso kaKristu. ”

Umuntu kufanele azibuze ukuthi kungani le “mibono emiBhalweni enengqondo” ingekho futhi kulesi sihloko. Ngemuva kwakho konke, i-15 ka-Okthoba, ukukhishwa kwe-1923 INqabayokulinda ayifakwanga ohlelweni lwe-Watchtower Library, ngakho-ke ayikho indlela elula yokuthi isilinganiso soFakazi BakaJehova sokuqinisekisa lesi sitatimende ngaphandle uma efisa ukweqa umkhombandlela weNdikimba Ebusayo futhi ungene kwi-inthanethi ukuphenya lokhu.

Ngaphandle kokuphoqwa yile nqubomgomo, sithole ivolumu ye-1923 ye INqabayokulinda. Ekhasini 309, isigaba. I-24, ngaphansi kwesihlokwana esithi “Kuqondiswe Kubani”, indatshana okukhulunywa ngayo ithi:

“Ngakho-ke, lezifanekiselo zezimvu nezimbuzi zisebenza kubani? Siyaphendula: Izimvu zimelela bonke abantu bezizwe, hhayi abazelwe ngomoya kodwa bathambekele ebulungiseni, zivuma ngokomqondo uJesu Kristu njengeNkosi futhi ebheke futhi ethemba isikhathi esingcono ngaphansi kokubusa kwayo. Izimbuzi zimelela bonke labo bantu abathi bangamaKristu, kepha abangavumi ukuthi uKristu njengoMhlengi omkhulu neNkosi yesintu, kodwa abathi ukuhlelwa kwezinto okubi okukhona kulomhlaba kwakha umbuso kaKristu. ”

Umuntu angacabanga ukuthi “izimpikiswano ezizwakalayo ezingokomBhalo” zingafaka… angazi… imibhalo? Ngokusobala akunjalo. Mhlawumbe lokhu kumane nje kungumphumela wocwaningo olushibhile nokuzethemba ngokweqile. Noma mhlawumbe kukhombisa okuthile okuphazamisa kakhulu. Kunoma ikuphi, asikho isizathu sokudukisa abafundi abathembekile abayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili ngokubatshela ukuthi imfundiso yomuntu isekelwe eBhayibhelini kanti empeleni akunjalo.

Ukuhlola isizathu esivela endatshaneni ye-1923, sibona ukuthi izimbuzi 'zingamaKristu' ezenzayo hhayi Vuma uKristu njengohlengi nenkosi, kepha kholwa ukuthi uhlelo lwamanje umbuso kaKristu.

INqabayokulinda inkolelo ukuthi lo mfanekiso awuphathelene nokwahlulelwa kwendlu kaNkulunkulu. (1 Peter 4: 17) Uma kunjalo, khona-ke incazelo ka-1923 — ngokusobala esisafashini — ibabeka esicongweni esithile, ekubeni bengezona izimvu noma izimbuzi. Yize kunjalo uJesu uthi “zonke izizwe” ziqoqiwe.

Sigqolozela lokho okwamanje, kufanele sibuze ukuthi angobani la maKristu le ndatshana ebhekisa kuwo? Ngikhulumile namaKhatholika namaProthestani namaBaptist namaMormon, futhi into eyodwa bonke abafana ngayo ukuthi bavuma ukuthi uJesu ungumhlengi nenkosi. Ngokuqondene ne-canard yokuthi wonke amanye amahlelo obuKhristu akholelwa ukuthi umbuso kaKhristu utholakala emhlabeni namuhla noma kulesisimiso samanje noma njengesimo somqondo nenhliziyo emphefumulweni womuntu othembekile ongumKristu… kahle, ukusesha kwe-inthanethi okulula kubeka amanga kulokho inkolelo. (Bheka I-StartCatholic.com)

Isigaba 6 sithi okunye "ukucaciswa", okungenzeka ukuthi kuvela kuJehova, kwafika maphakathi nawo-1990. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iNdikimba Ebusayo yacacisa khona ukuqonda kwesikhathi sesahlulelo saya eqophelweni nje emva kosizi lukaMathewu 24:29. Lokhu kwenziwa ngenxa yokufana kwamagama aphakathi kukaMathewu 24: 29-31 no-25: 31, 32. Akucaci ukuthi yikuphi ukufana kwamagama abhekisele kuwo, ngoba okuwukuphela kwento ejwayelekile ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu iza. Kwesinye, uza ngamafu; kwesinye, uhlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. Kokunye, ufika yedwa; kokunye, uhamba nezingelosi. Ukubeka ukuqonda okusha entweni eyodwa ejwayelekile ezigabeni ezimbili lapho kuneziningi ezahluleka ukufana kubonakala kuyindlela esolisayo.

Isigaba 7 sithi, "Namuhla, siwuqonda kahle umfanekiso wezimvu nezimbuzi." Ngemuva kwalokho iyaqhubeka ichaze isici ngasinye somfanekiso, kepha njengezihloko ezandulelayo, ayinikezi bufakazi obusemiBhalweni bokuchazwa kwayo. Ngokusobala, kufanele sikholwe ukuthi sinokuqonda okucacile ngoba yilokho esitshelwa khona. Kulungile, ake sihlole lowo mqondo.

Umzekeliso Ugcizelela Kanjani Umsebenzi Wokushumayela?

Ngaphansi kwalesi sihlokwana, siholelwa ekukholelweni ukuthi ngumsebenzi wokushumayela okhomba izimvu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngenkathi zonke izizwe zibuthene phambi kukaKristu, empeleni uchitha isikhathi sakhe ebheka zonke lezo zigidigidi. Kungasebenza kahle kakhulu kwiNkosi yethu ukugxila nje kwizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili zoFakazi BakaJehova, ngoba kuphela abanethemba lokuqokwa njengezimvu, ngoba yibona kuphela ababambe iqhaza emkhankasweni omkhulu wokushumayela emlandweni. . 16)

Lokhu kusiletha ku-crux yesihloko kanye ne-ajenda yangempela.

"Ngakho-ke, manje yisikhathi sokuba labo abanethemba lokwahlulelwa njengezimvu basekele abafowethu bakaKristu ngokwethembeka." (Isigaba 18)

Njengabaningi ngaphambi kwayo, le ncazelo isetshenziselwa ukugxilisa isisusa sokwethembela nokusekelwa kwabaholi bokholo loFakazi BakaJehova.

Ukucabanga Okuthile

Kufanele sizigweme ekukhohlisweni imicabango engacacile. Isikhali sethu esikhulu sokuvikela nokuhlukumeza, njengoba bekulokhu kunjalo, iBhayibheli.

Isibonelo, ukusenza sikholelwe ukuthi iBhayibheli lifundisa ukuthi ukushumayela kuzokwenziwa ngamaKristu angewona abantwana bakaNkulunkulu, angagcotshiwe, isigaba 13 sikhuluma ngombono kaJohane kusAmbulo futhi sithi ubona abanye abangebona abesigaba somlobokazi , ngakho-ke akagcotshiwe. Noma kunjalo, isikhathi sale ngxenye yombono siyibeka phakathi nesikhathi soMbuso KaMesiya lapho kuzovuswa khona izigidigidi zabangalungile. Lo mbhalo uphakamisa ukuthi uMlobokazi umema iqembu lesibili ukuthi lizothatha amanzi okuphila mahhala osukwini lwethu, “ezinye izimvu”. Kepha, uMlobokazi akekho esikhathini sethu. Kubakhona kuphela lapho bonke abafowabo bakaKristu bevusiwe. Siphinde futhi sithathe isingathekiso futhi sizama ukukuqinisekisa, kanti empeleni akukho lutho emiBhalweni yamaKrestu olukhomba ekilasini lesibili lamaKrestu osukwini lwethu bephuza amanzi okuphila mahhala esandleni se-superclass yobuKrestu.

Ukucabanga okunengqondo kakhudlwana kwembulwa ngokungahambelani kwemfundiso yeNhlangano yokufundisa. Ngo INqabayokulinda nokunye ukushicilelwa, sifundiswa ukuthi ezinye izimvu ezizosinda kwi-Amagedoni zizoqhubeka zisesimweni sokungapheleli, ezinesono futhi kuzodingeka zisebenzele ekupheleleni phakathi neminyaka eyi-1,000; khona-ke, uma bephumelela ovivinyweni lokugcina ngemuva kokuba uSathane ekhululiwe, bazothola ukuphila okuphakade. Noma kunjalo lo mfanekiso uthi laba besiya ekuphileni okuphakade; akukho ma-ifs, ands, noma buts ngakho. (I-Mt 25: 46)

Inhlangano futhi ibonakala ingathandi ukusebenzisa imithetho yayo lapho kunenkinga. Thatha umthetho "wokufana kwamagama" asetshenziselwe ukuthethelela ukuhambisa ukugcwaliseka kuye ngaphambi nje kwe-Armagedoni. Manje ake sikusebenzise kuMathewu 25:34, nakweyoku-1 Korinte 15: 50 nakwe-Efesu 1: 4.

“INkosi izothi kwabangakwesokunene sayo: 'Wozani nina enibusiswe nguBaba, badla ifa loMbuso uzilungiselele kusuka ukusungulwa komhlaba. ”(Mt 25: 34)

“Kepha, lokhu ngikusho, bazalwane, leyo nyama negazi ngeke badla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu, futhi nenkohliso ayizukudla ifa ukungaboli. ”(1Co 15: 50)

"Njengoba yena wasikhetha ukuba nobunye naye ngaphambili ukusungulwa komhlaba, ukuthi kufanele sibe ngcwele futhi singabi nasici phambi kwakhe othandweni. ”(Eph 1: 4)

Abase-Efesu 1: 4 bakhuluma ngento ekhethwe ngaphambi kokusungulwa komhlaba futhi kusobala ukuthi ikhuluma ngamaKristu agcotshiwe. U-1 KwabaseKorinte 15:50 ukhuluma nangamaKristu agcotshiwe adla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu. UMathewu 25:34 usebenzisa womabili la magama asetshenziswa kwenye indawo kumaKristu agcotshiwe, kepha iNdikimba Ebusayo ifuna singakunaki lokho kuxhumana - lokho "kufana kwamagama" - futhi samukele ukuthi uJesu ukhuluma ngeqembu elihlukile labantu nabo abazuze ifa umbuso.

UJesu wathi:

“Lowo owemukelayo uyangamukela nami, nalowo ongamukelayo wamukela nalowo ongithumile. 41 Lowo wemukela umprofethi ngoba ungumprofethi uzothola umvuzo womprofethi, nalowo othola umuntu olungileyo ngoba uyindoda elungile uzothola umvuzo womuntu olungileyo. 42 Futhi noma ngubani onika eyodwa lezi zincanyana kuphela inkomishi yamanzi abandayo yokuphuza ngoba ungumfundi, ngiqinisile ngithi kini, akasoze alahlekelwa ngumvuzo wakhe. ” --Mt 10: 40-42.

Futhi, phawula ukufana kwamagama. Lowo onikeza umfundi inkomishi kuphela yamanzi abandayo ukuphuza uyothola umvuzo wakhe. Imuphi umvuzo? Labo abathola umprofethi ngoba wayengumprofethi bathole umvuzo womprofethi. Labo abathola umuntu olungile ngoba wayengumuntu olungileyo uthole umvuzo womuntu olungileyo. Wawuyini umvuzo wabantu abalungileyo nabaprofethi ngesikhathi sikaJesu? Kwakungekhona ukuzuza ifa lombuso?

Ukungazenzi Omningi Kakhulu

Kulula kakhulu komunye umuntu ukwenza umzekeliso omningi kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma ene-ajenda. I-Ajenda yeNdikimba Ebusayo ukuthi iqhubeke nokusekela imfundiso ye-1934 esetshenziswayo ye-XNUMX ehlukanisayo edala isigaba sabantu abadala phakathi koFakazi BakaJehova. Njengoba bungekho ubufakazi obungokomBhalo bale mfundiso, baye bacindezela umzekeliso kaJesu weZimvu Nezimbuzi emsebenzini ukuze bazame ukuqamba ubufakazi bemiBhalo.

Njengoba sesishilo, umzekeliso noma umfanekiso awufakazanga lutho. Inhloso yayo kuphela ukukhombisa iqiniso esevele selimisiwe. Uma sifuna ukuba nethemba lokuqonda umfanekiso kaJesu Wezimvu Nezimbuzi, kufanele silahle imicabango kanye nama-ajenda wethu, bese esikhundleni salokho sifune iqiniso eliyinhloko abezama ukulichaza.

Ake siqale ngalokhu: Ukhuluma ngani lo mfanekiso? Kuqala ngenkosi ehleli esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi ukwahlulela zonke izizwe. Ngakho-ke kumayelana nokwahlulela. Ngiyaphila. Yini enye? Yebo, wonke lo mfanekiso ubala imibandela izizwe ezokwahlulelwa kuyo. Kulungile, iyini inqubo?

Konke kuyehla ukuthi ngabe labo bahlulelwa yini,

  • wanika abalambile ukudla;
  • wanika owomileyo amanzi;
  • wakhombisa umoya wokungenisa izihambi kumuntu ongaziwa;
  • wembathisa ubunqunu;
  • wayenakekela abagulayo;
  • waduduza ababesejele.

Inhlangano ibheka lezi zinto eziyisithupha ngokusebenzisa izingilazi zayo ezinombala obhalwe phansi bese iyakhala: “Konke kumayelana nokushumayela!”

Ukube ubungachaza zonke lezi zenzo ngegama elilodwa noma igama elilodwa, bekungaba yini? Akubona bonke izenzo zesihe? Ngakho-ke lo mzekeliso umayelana nokwahlulela kanye nenqubo yokwahlulela okuhle noma okungekuhle ukuthi lowo muntu usibonisile yini isihe kubafowabo bakaKristu.
Ukwahlulela nesihe kuhlobene kanjani? Cishe sizokhumbula amazwi kaJakobe kule ndaba.

“Ngoba lowo ongasibonisi isihe uyothola isahlulelo sakhe ngaphandle kwesihe. Isihe sethaba ngokunqoba phezu kokwahlulela. ”(James 2: 13 NWT Reference Bible)

Kuze kube manje, singasho ukuthi uJesu usitshela ukuthi uma sifuna ukwahlulelwa ngomusa, kufanele senze izenzo zomusa.

Ingabe kukhona okuningi?

Yebo, ngoba ubalula ngokukhethekile abafowabo. Umusa wenziwa kubo, futhi ngawo wenziwa kuJesu. Ingabe lokhu kuvimbela izimvu ekubeni ngabafowabo bakaJesu? Masingasheshe sifinyelele kuleso siphetho. Kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi ngenkathi uJakobe ebhala ngesihe esinqoba ukwahlulela wayebhalela abafowabo, amanye amaKristu. Izimvu nezimbuzi zonke ziyamazi uJesu. Bobabili bayabuza, “Sakubona nini ungumfokazi sakungenisa, noma uhamba ze sakwembathisa? Sakubona nini ugula noma usetilongweni seza kuwe? ”

Lo mfanekiso wanikezwa abafundi bakhe ukuze kuzuze bona. Ifundisa ukuthi noma umuntu engumKristu futhi ezibheka njengomfowabo kaKristu, akunandaba. Okubalulekile — ukuthi wahlulelwa kanjani — yindlela abaphatha ngayo abafowabo. Uma ehluleka ukubonisa umusa kubafowabo abafowabo lapho ebabona behlupheka, khona-ke ukwahlulela kwakhe kuzoba kubi. Angacabanga ukuthi ukusebenza kwakhe kuKristu, intshiseko yakhe enkonzweni, iminikelo yakhe emsebenzini wokwakha, konke kuqinisekisa ukusindiswa kwakhe; kodwa uyazikhohlisa.

UJames uthi,

“Kusizani ngani, bafowethu, uma umuntu ethi unokukholwa kepha yena engenayo imisebenzi? Lokho kukholwa ngeke kumsindise, angithi? 15 Uma umfowethu noma udade entula izingubo nokudla okwanele kosuku, 16 kodwa omunye kini athi kubo, “Hambani ngokuthula; fudumala futhi usuthise, ”kepha kepha awubaniki abakudingayo ngomzimba wabo, kunanzuzoni lokho? 17 Ngakho-ke, nokukholwa ngokwayo, ngaphandle kwemisebenzi, kufile. ”(Jas 2: 14-17)

Amazwi akhe ahambisana nalawo omzekeliso kaJesu. UJesu uthi uma thina, noma sicabanga ukuthi singumfowabo, singakhombisi isihe “kwabancane kunabo bonke, bafowethu”, sizobe sesithola uJesu esahlulela ngokungabi nesihe okufanayo nathi esikukhombisile. Akunasisekelo sokwahlulela okuhle ngaphandle kwesihe, ngoba sonke siyizigqila ezingelusizo lwalutho.

Ingabe Abafowabo Futhi Bangaba Izimvu Noma Izimbuzi?

Emphakathini waseNtshonalanga, sinambambili kakhulu endleleni yethu yokwenza izinto. Sithanda izinto ukuthi zibe mnyama noma zimhlophe. Isimo saseMpumalanga sosuku lukaJesu sasihlukile. Umuntu noma into noma umqondo ungaba yinto eyodwa ngokubuka komunye umbono, futhi omunye ngombono ohlukile. Lokhu kungacaci kuvame ukusenza singakhululeki eNtshonalanga, kepha uma sifuna ukuqonda amazwi kaJesu mayelana Nezimvu Nezimbuzi, ngiyavuma ukuthi kufanele sikucabangele lokhu.

Ukuqonda kwethu kungathuthukiswa ngokucabangela isahluko 18 sikaMathewu. Isahluko siqala ngala mazwi:

“Ngaleso sikhathi abafundi basondela kuJesu bathi: 'Ngubani ngempela omkhulu embusweni wamazulu?'”

Yonke ingxenye yesahluko iyinkulumo uJesu abe nayo abafundi bakhe. Kubalulekile ukuthi siqonde ukuthi izilaleli zazingobani. Ukuqhubeka nokusiqinisekisa ukuthi lesi yisikhathi esisodwa sokufundiswa abafundi bakhe, amazwi okuvula esahluko esilandelayo athi: “Lapho uJesu eqeda ukukhuluma lezi zintowamuka eGalile wafika emikhawulweni yaseJudiya ngaphesheya kweJordani. ”(Mt 19: 1)

Manje-ke uthini kubafundi bakhe okuyi-germane engxoxweni yethu yomzekeliso wezimvu nezimbuzi?

I-Mt 18: 2-6: Utshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi ukuze bakhule kumele bazithobe, nokuthi noma ngubani kubo okhubekisa umfowethu-omncane; UJesu usebenzisa ingane encane ukuphoqelela iphuzu lakhe — uzokufa sonke isikhathi.

I-Mt 18: 7-10: Uxwayisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangabi yizimbangela zokukhubeka abese ebatshela ukuthi uma bedelela omncane — umfowenu — bayogcina eGehena.

I-Mt 18: 12-14: Abafundi bakhe batshelwa ukuthi bangamnakekela kanjani omunye wabafowabo ophambukayo bese elahleka.

Mt 18:21, 22: Isimiso sokuphatha ukuxolela umfowenu.

I-Mt 18: 23-35: Umzekeliso obonisa ukuthi ukuthethelela kuhlobene kanjani nesihe.

Nakhu konke lokhu kuhlobana nomzekeliso wezimvu nezimbuzi.

Lowo mfanekiso umayelana nokwahlulela nesihe. Inamaqembu amathathu kuyo: abafowabo bakaKristu, izimvu nezimbuzi. Kunemiphumela emibili: ukuphila okuphakade noma ukubhujiswa kwaphakade.

Wonke uMathewu 18 ukhuluma nabafowabo bakaKristu. Noma kunjalo, uhlukanisa phakathi kwezincane nezimbangela zokukhubeka. Noma ngubani angaba mncane; noma ngubani angaba yisikhubekiso.

Vs 2-6 khuluma ngokumelene nokuziqhenya. Umuntu oqhoshayo akathambekele ekubeni nesihe, kuyilapho othobekile enza kanjalo.

UVs 7-10 ulahla abazalwane abadelela abanye abazalwane. Uma udelela umfowenu ngeke umsize ngesikhathi sokuswela. Ngeke wenze ngesihe. UJesu uthi ukudelela umzalwane kusho ukubhujiswa okuphakade.

I-Vs 12-14 ikhuluma ngesenzo somusa esiqukethe ukushiya izimvu ezingama-99 (abafowenu abaphephile futhi abaphilile) futhi benze isenzo somusa sokuhlenga umzalwane olahlekile.

I-Vs 21-35 ikhombisa ukuthi isihe nokuxolelana kuhlangana kanjani nokuthi ngokubonisa ukuthethelela kumfowethu ngesenzo somusa, sizoxolelwa isikweletu sethu kuNkulunkulu futhi sithole ukuphila okuphakade. Sibona futhi ukuthi ukwenza ngaphandle kwesihe kumfowethu kuphumela kanjani ekutholeni ukubhujiswa kwaphakade.

Ngakho-ke uJesu uthi kuMathewu 18 ukuthi uma abafowabo besebenzelana ngomusa, bathola umvuzo othunyelwe kwiZimvu futhi uma besebenzelana bodwa ngaphandle kwesihe, bathola isijeziso esiqondiswe kumaMbuzi.

Ukubeka lokhu ngombono ohlukile: Abazalwane emfanekisweni bonke bangamaKristu, noma abafowabo bakaKristu, ngaphambi ekwahlulelweni. Izimvu Nezimbuzi yilezi ezifanayo ngemuva ukwahlulela. Ngamunye wehlulelwa ngokuya ngalokho akwenza kubafowabo ngaphambi kokufika kukaJesu.

Isahlulelo Endlini KaNkulunkulu

Uma inhlangano ikhuluma iqiniso ngalesi sikhathi sombhalo-futhi kulokhu ngikholwa ukuthi bayikho-ke lokhu kungaba ukwahlulela kokuqala okwenziwa nguJesu.

“Ngoba yisikhathi esimisiwe se ukwahlulela ukuqala ngendlu kaNkulunkulu. Manje uma kuqala kuqala ngathi, kungaba yini umphumela walabo abangazilaleli izindaba ezinhle zikaNkulunkulu? ”(1Pe 4: 17)

UJesu wahlulela indlu kaNkulunkulu kuqala. Lokho kwehlulela kwase kuqhubeka kakade osukwini lukaPawulu. Lokho kunengqondo, ngoba uJesu akahluleli abaphilayo kuphela, kodwa nabafileyo.

"Kepha laba bantu bazolandisa kulowo olungele ukwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo." (1Pe 4: 5)

Ngakho-ke uJesu wahlulela amaKristu kusukela ngekhulu lokuqala kuze kube sosukwini lwethu lapho ehlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. Lesi sahlulelo asikho mayelana nokuhlala emhlabeni, kepha simayelana nokuzuza umbuso. Kukwahlulela kokuqala.

Bonke abanye bahlulelwa ngokuzayo, ngesikhathi noma ngasekupheleni kwenkathi yeminyaka ye-1,000 lapho kuzokwahlulelwa khona umhlaba wesintu ongalungile.

Ukuzikhulula

Angicabangi ukuthi ngineqiniso eliphelele ngalolu daba, futhi angilindele ukuthi noma ngubani amukele lokhu kuqonda ngoba ngisho kanjalo. (Sengivele nginakho konke lokho impilo yonke, ngiyabonga kakhulu.) Kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sizibonele sisuselwa ebufakazini obethulwayo futhi sifinyelele ekuqondeni kwethu, ngoba sonke sahlulelwa ngamunye, hhayi ngesisekelo sezimfundiso abanye.

Yize kunjalo, sonke siletha umthwalo othile kulezi zingxoxo ngendlela yokuchema komuntu noma ukufundiswa kwenhlangano. Ngokwesibonelo:
Uma ukholelwa ukuthi wonke amaKristu angabafowabo bakaJesu, noma okungenani anamandla okuba — iqiniso elisekelwa emiBhalweni — nokuthi izimvu akubona abafowabo, khona-ke izimvu nezimbuzi kufanele zivela engxenyeni engeyona eyesiKrestu umhlaba. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma unguFakazi KaJehova, ukholelwa ukuthi angama-144,000 XNUMX kuphela amaKristu agcotshiwe. Ngakho-ke ukholelwa ukuthi unesisekelo sokubheka ukuthi wonke amanye amaKristu akha izimvu nezimbuzi. Inkinga ngalokho kuthatha lo mfanekiso ukuthi usekelwe embonweni ongamanga wokuthi ezinye izimvu ziyisigaba sesibili sobuKristu. Lokhu akukho emibhalweni njengoba sibonise kaninginingi emakhasini alesi sithangami. (Bheka isigaba “Ezinye Izimvu".)

Noma kunjalo, lo mzekeliso ubonakala ubhekise emaqenjini amabili: Elinye elingakahlulelwa, abafowabo; futhi okuwukuthi, abantu bazo zonke izizwe.

Nawa amanye amaqiniso ambalwa okusisiza ukuba sivumelanise lezi zinto ezimbili. Izimvu ziyahlulelwa. Izimbuzi ziyahlulelwa. Kucacisiwe isisekelo salokho kwahlulelwa. Ngabe sicabanga ukuthi abafowabo bakaJesu abahlulelwa? Vele akunjalo. Ingabe bahlulelwa ngesisekelo esihlukile? Ingabe isihe asiyona imbangela ekwahluleleni kwabo? Futhi, akunjalo. Ngakho-ke babengabandakanywa ekusetshenzisweni kwalo mzekeliso. Kungenzeka ukuthi uJesu wayekhuluma ngesisekelo sokwahlulelwa komuntu, ngokusekelwe ezenzweni zakhe eqenjini.

Isibonelo, uma ngahlulelwa, akunandaba ukuthi obani abafowabo bakaJesu engibabonise isihe noma yibaphi, kuphela lokho enginakho. Futhi akunandaba ukuthi ngingazibheka njengomunye wabafowabo bakaJesu ngesikhathi sokwahlulelwa. Kakade, nguJesu onqumayo ukuthi bangobani abafowabo.

Ukolweni kanye Nokhula

Kunesinye isici okufanele sicabangisise ngengxoxo. Akukho mfanekiso okhona wedwa. Zonke ziyingxenye yomdwebo wobukristu. Imifanekiso yamaMina namaThalente ihlobene kakhulu. Ngokunjalo nemifanekiso yezimvu nezimbuzi neyokolweni nokhula. Zombili zihlobene nesikhathi esifanayo sokwahlulela. UJesu wathi siphakathi kwakhe noma simelene naye. (Mt 12:30) Asikho isigaba sesithathu ebandleni lobuKristu. Ngeke sicabange ukuthi izimbuzi ziyisigaba esihlukile kukhula, akunjalo? Ukuthi kukhona isahlulelo esilahla ukhula nesinye isahlulelo esigweba elinye iqembu eliyizimbuzi?

Emfanekisweni kaKolo nokhula, uJesu akasho ukuthi isisekelo sokwahlulela senziwa yini, ukuthi izingelosi ziyabandakanyeka emsebenzini wokuhlukanisa. Emfanekisweni wezimvu nezimbuzi, izingelosi nazo ziyabandakanyeka kodwa kulokhu sinezizathu zokwahlulela ezichaziwe. Izimbuzi zichithekile, ukhula lushisiwe. Izimvu zidla ifa lombuso, ukolweni ubuthelwa embusweni.

Kokubili iShembe nezimpongo kanye noNgqolo kanye Nokhula kukhonjwe ngasikhathi sinye, ekugcineni.

Kunoma yiliphi ibandla lobuKristu, asinakuqiniseka ukuthi obani ukolweni nokuthi bangobani ukhula, futhi asinokwazi ukuthi ubani ozokwahlulelwa njengezimvu nokuthi ngubani oyimbuzi. Sikhuluma ngomqondo ophelele, wokwahlulela kokugcina lapha. Kodwa-ke, uma inhliziyo yethu iqotho eNkosini, ngokwemvelo sikhangwa yilabo abenza intando yeNkosi, labo abalwela ukuba ukolweni — abafowabo bakaKristu. Laba bazoba khona ngathi ngezikhathi zobunzima, noma babe sengozini enkulu kubo. Uma sibonisa isibindi esinjalo futhi sizinikela uma kuvela ithuba lokwenza isenzo somusa (okungukuthi, ukunciphisa ukuhlupheka komunye), lapho-ke singathola isahlulelo sethu ngesihe. Yeka ukunqoba lokho okuyoba yikho!

Esiqeshini

Yini esingaqiniseka ngayo?

Noma ngabe yikuphi ukuqonda kwakho komuntu siqu, kubonakala kungangabazeki ukuthi iqiniso uJesu alibonisayo kulo mfanekiso ukuthi uma sifuna ukwahlulelwa njengabafanele impilo engunaphakade, kufanele sinezenzo eziningi zesihe kulabo abangabafowabo. Uma singaqiniseki ngokunye, lokhu kuqonda kuzosiholela ekusindisweni.

INdikimba Ebusayo isebenzisa kabi ukusetshenziswa kwalo mzekeliso ukuxhasa i-ajenda yabo. Basenza ukuthi singazinaki izenzo ezisindisa impilo zomusa ngenxa yokubasiza ukuthi basakaze uhlobo oluthile lobuKristu nokusiza ukukhulisa iNhlangano yabo. Basebenzisa futhi lo mfanekiso ukuqinisa umqondo wokuthi ngokubakhonza nokubalalela, insindiso yethu iqinisekile.

Ngalokhu benza kabi umhlambi abacabanga ukuwunakekela. Noma kunjalo, umalusi oyedwa weqiniso uyeza. Ungumahluleli womhlaba wonke. Ngakho-ke, sonke masivame ezenzweni zesihe, ngoba “isihe siphakamisa ngokunqoba phezu kwesahlulelo.”
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[i] Ngenkathi isibalo i-144,000 cishe singokomfanekiso, imfundiso yoFakazi BakaJehova ukuthi ingokoqobo ngakho-ke lo mzila wokubonisana usekwe kulokho kuncoma.

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