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NgoFebhuwari 9, 2014, esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka edlule, ngabhalela uMeleti:

Ngingajabulela isithangami esinjengokuhlungwa okuhle jwtalk.net kepha ngenkululeko yokubeka umbhalo ngaphambi kwenhlangano njengomehluko omkhulu. Kepha kungumsebenzi omningi okufanele uwunakekele, futhi uzodinga iqembu labantu abathanda iqiniso nabazonda ukuhlubuka kweqiniso (ukufulathela uKristu) ukugcina inkundla ngaphakathi kwemingcele ebekiwe.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili, ngangithole le bhulogi. Mhlawumbe njengawe, ngakubona masinyane njengokuhlukile futhi ngafuna ukusiza. Kuyamangalisa ukuthi umehluko nje ngonyaka ongawenza!
SingabakaKristu. Kuleli zwe, futhi ngisho naphakathi kwabafowethu nodadewethu be-JW, ukuvuma leli qiniso kudinga isibindi. Kudinga isibindi ukusho ukuthi singabakaKristu esikoleni, emsebenzini nasenhlanganweni yoFakazi BakaJehova.

Inhlangano KaJehova

Cabanga nencazelo yenhlangano:

inhlangano iyinhlangano yabantu abahlelekile enenhloso ethile, njengenhlangano. 

Ngakho-ke, oFakazi BakaJehova bakufakazela kanjani ukuthi uNkulunkulu usebenzisa inhlangano? Encwadini Ukubonisana ngemiBhalo, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Inhlangano” nesihlokwana esithi “Ingabe iBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi amaKristu eqiniso kungaba ngabantu abahlelekile?”, ungabona umbhalo wokugcina ocashunwe yi1 Peter 2: 9, 17. Njengoba kucashunwe esigabeni sokugcina, ithi:

“Kodwa nina 'niluhlanga olukhethiweyo, ubupristi bobukhosi, isizwe esingcwele, isizwe esiyimpahla ekhethekile, ukuze nimemezele kabanzi ubuhle' balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo. . . . Thanda bonke abazalwane. ”

Ukucaphuna umbhalo kulandelwa isitatimende somzali:

Inhlangano yabantu emizamo yabo iqondiswe ekufezeni umsebenzi othile yinhlangano.

Kuyiqiniso lokho? Uhambo olusheshayo kwisichazamazwi seMerriam-Webster luqinisekisa ukuthi inhlangano yile:

iqembu labantu abahlelekile abanentshisekelo efanayo, umsebenzi, njll.

Kodwa-ke, INguqulo Yezwe Elisha yikho kodwa ukuhumusha okusatshalaliswa kabanzi kusetshenziswa inkulumo ethi “inhlangano yabafowethu” lapha. Ukuhumusha okuvame kakhulu “ubuzalwane” (ESV) noma “umndeni wamakholwa” (NIV). Kungaba ngokwakhiwa noma nge-quirk yokuhumusha engahlosile, ukufakwa kwesichazamazwi senhlangano ku-NWT kuyhlanekezela incazelo eseBhayibhelini yebandla lobuKristu lokuqala ngendlela esebenzela izintshisekelo zobuholi be-JW.
Kuyavunywa, umbhalo waphansi we-New World Translation uthi: “Ngempela, 'ubuzalwane.' Gr., a · del · phoʹte · ti“. Kepha ekukhetheni ukuhumusha nokusebenzisa le ndima njengoba benza, oFakazi BakaJehova basebenzisa umbhalo ongcwele ukukhuthaza umbono odukisa kakhulu wokuthi ubudlelwano bobuKristu buhlanganisani.

Umndeni Wamakholwa

Lapho uFakazi KaJehova ecabanga ngenkulumo ethi "Inhlangano", iyafana "nenhlangano KaJehova", okuyinto kufanele asho ukuthi "Umndeni KaJehova Wamakholwa". Emndenini, kunoYise, ophethe lonke igunya njengenhloko. Ngakho-ke siwumndeni wabafowethu nodadewethu noBaba wethu waseZulwini. UKristu uyingxenye yalowo mndeni, ngoba uyindodana kaNkulunkulu; ungumfowethu, ulalela uBaba. U-Kristu wathi: "hhayi intando yami, kodwa eyakho yenziwe" (Luka 22: 42). Lawa kwakungamazwi endodana kaNkulunkulu yangempela.
UBaba wathi ku-Eksodusi 4: 22: "U-Israyeli uyindodana yami eyizibulo". UJesu Kristu uyimpande yakwa-Israyeli:

“Mina, Jesu, ngithumele ingelosi yami ukufakaza kini ngalezi zinto emabandleni. Ngiyimpande nenzalo kaDavide, inkanyezi yokusa ekhanyayo. ” (Isambulo 22:16)

Siba yingxenye yomndeni wamakholwa ngobumbano bethu noKristu,

"Futhi wena, ungumnqumo wasendle, waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwabo futhi waba ngumhlanganyeli nabo empandeni yomnqumo e-olive" (KwabaseRoma 11: 17 NASB)

Ubuzalwane bomhlaba wonke, hhayi ngoba siyingxenye "yenhlangano kaNkulunkulu", kodwa ngoba samukelwa njengabantwana bakaYise oyedwa, siba ngu-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu.

Lokho uNkulunkulu Akuhlanganisile

“Ngenxa yalokhu indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, bobabili bayakuba nyamanye. ”(UGenesise 2: 24, UMathewu 19: 5, Efesu 5: 31)

Asibona nje abantwana bakaYise. Singumzimba kaKristu, sihlanganiswe naye futhi sibekwe ngaphansi kobunhloko bakhe.

“Lawa mandla awasebenzisile kuKristu ngesikhathi emvusa kwabafileyo futhi ehlezi ngakwesokunene sakhe ezindaweni zezulu kude kakhulu yonke imibuso negunya namandla nokubusa nalo lonke igama elibizwa ngalo, hhayi kulo nyaka kuphela kodwa nakuwo lowo ozayo. Futhi uNkulunkulu wafaka zonke izinto ngaphansi kwezinyawo zikaKristu, Futhi wamnika esontweni njengenhloko phezu kwezinto zonke. Manje ibandla lingumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwalowo ogcwalisa konke kukho konke. ”(Kwabase-Efesu 1: 20-23)

Lapho kukhazinyuliswa nguKhristu ku33 AD, uBaba wanikela ngoKhristu emndenini wamakholwa, ngobunhloko njengomphathi womyeni. Manje njengoba uKristu esinikezwe uBaba njengenhloko yethu, sihlanganiswa nguYise uqobo. Makungabikho muntu odabula le nyunyana. Kuyintando kaBaba ukuthi asinayo enye inhloko ngaphandle kukaKristu, futhi akumelwe sibeke obunye ubunhloko ngaphezu kwethu.

“Lowo othanda ubaba noma umama kunami angifanele mina” (UMathewu 10: 37)

Ukuzithoba egunyeni lomuntu ongaziwa kufana nokukhonza izithombe nokufeba. Isifebe seBabiloni Elikhulu siyisibonelo esivelele. Izinkolo eziningi kanye noKristu bamanga bafuna ngenkuthalo ukuthatha isikhundla sikaJesu Kristu njengenhloko yethu. Ukuzithoba ekubuseni kwamadoda anjalo kungukuhlanekezelwa.

“Anazi yini ukuthi imizimba yenu iyizitho zikaKristu uqobo? Ngabe kufanele ngithathe amalungu kaKristu ngiwahlanganise nesifebe? Ngeke! Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi lowo ohlangana nesifebe ungumzimba munye naso? Ngoba uthi, "LABABILI BAYOKUBA NGENYAMA ENYE." (1 KwabaseKorinte 6: 15-16)

Ukuhleleka akukubi. Ukuzihlanganisa akukubi. Kepha uma inhlangano iqala ukuheha abantu ngemuva kwabo futhi isuke kuKristu, bese beba yingxenye yesifebe esikhulu esiyiBabiloni Elikhulu. Lokho uBaba wethu akuhlanganisile — thina uqobo noKristu — makungabikho muntu odwengula!

Inhlangano, Isidingo Somuntu

UJehova uneqembu labantu — umndeni, futhi uyinhloko. UJesu uneqembu labantu — umzimba wakhe, futhi uyikhanda.
La maqembu abantu ayafana; uBaba unikeze leli qembu iNdodana njengesigaba sayo somlobokazi. Sifisa ukuzihlanganisa. Iyiphi enye indlela esingakhombisa ngayo uthando komunye nomunye futhi sikhuthazane? (Qhathanisa nezAga 18: 1) Sinesidingo somuntu sokuchitha isikhathi nesikholwa nabo. Thatha uPaul ngokwesibonelo:

"Ngoba uNkulunkulu ungufakazi wami ukuthi ngiyanilangazelela nonke ngesisa sikaKristu Jesu." (KwabaseFiliphi 1: 8)

Ngaphambi kuka-Rutherford, amabandla ayenziwa ngamalungu endawo omndeni wamakholwa ayehlangene ngokuzithandela enhlanganweni yobuKristu. Kuze kube muva nje, izakhiwo abaziqoqele kuzo bezingezabazalwane nodade bendawo. Namuhla nokho, awukho mehluko phakathi kweSonto Lama Katolika noFakazi BakaJehova kule ndaba. Lezi zakhiwo zingezobuholi obuphakathi kwabantu abathi bamelele uKristu, futhi ukuhlangana kuncike ekulaleleni izimiso zalesi siteshi.
Sidinga ukuzihlanganisa okuhle. Kepha mhlawumbe sizwa, njengo-Eliya ku-1 Kings 19: 3, 4, iyodwa. Selokhu ngathola amaPuzzle eBeroean, angisazizwa ngingedwa. Kunokubukwa okuhlukahlukene okunempilo, njengoba kukhonjisiwe inkundla. Yebo, ngaso sonke isikhathi asivumelani ngezimfundiso ezithile. Kepha sihlangene kuKristu nasothandweni. Ngezindlela eziningi discussthetruth.com kukhombisile ukuthi kuyenzeka sikhombise uthando komunye nomunye yize kungafani ukwehluka kwethu. Sifakazisile ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uhleleke ngaphandle kokubeka inkululeko kanembeza nokukhuluma.
Lapho izivakashi ezintsha zifika ezinhlanganweni zethu, zivame ukuveza injabulo nokumangala ukuthi ithoni enjalo yenhlonipho nothando inokwenzeka naphezu komehluko. Kulula ukuthanda labo abavumelana nawe kukho konke, kepha ubungane obuhle kakhulu buphakathi kwabantu abahloniphana ngokungafani bodwa.

Inhlangano, Isidingo Esikhulayo

Njengawe, ngiseseshe i-web iminyaka ethile ngaphambi kokuthola le nhlangano enothando. Manje kunabantu abangakholelwa ebukhoneni bokuthi i-JW's ihlasela iNdikimba Ebusayo kuzo zonke izikhathi, ngaphandle kokunikeza okuthile okwakhayo. Kunabaphurofethi abazibiza bona uqobo, abalindi, ofakazi ababili, abaporofidi nabaporofidi abanikela “ukutolikelwa okungcono”, imvamisa bazokubuka abanye abamukela imibono yabo njengabasindisiwe. Kukhona ezinye izazi ze-JW ezingagcina ukwakheka kwenhlangano inqobo nje uma ezinye izimfundiso zihanjisiwe.
Ngo-2013, ama-Beroean Pickets abe nezivakashi eziyi-12,000 ezihlukile ezinokubukwa okungama-85,000. Ngo-2014, lelo nani lase lenyukele cishe ku-33,000 ngokubukwa okungama-225,000. Ngaphandle kokushicilela ama-athikili ayi-136 ngo-2014 (cishe i-athikili eyodwa njalo ezinsukwini ezi-3), angicabangi ukuthi izindatshana yizona zizathu eziyinhloko zokuthi kungani izivakashi zethu eziningi ziqhubeka nokubuya. Ngikholwa ukuthi uyisizathu.
Lezi zinombolo ziveza isidingo esikhulayo sabaningi abakholwa kuJehova wokuzibandakanya othandweni lobuKristu nenkululeko nabanye abathanda iqiniso. Asinayo intshisekelo yokwakha inkolo entsha, nokho sikholelwa ngokuqinile esidingweni somuntu sokuhlangana okuhle.
Njengoba manje sidlula ukubukwa kwe-1,000 ngosuku olulodwa, siqala ukubonisa umthelela ezinjini zokusesha. Njengoba izivakashi ezintsha ngokwengeziwe zithola ukuhlangana kwethu okukhulayo kwabafowethu nodadewethu abakhululekile kuKristu, sinomthwalo wemfanelo ngokuhlanganyela kulokhu, wokuhlanganyela izindaba ezinhle nabo enkululekweni yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. (KwabaseRoma 8: 21)
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