Ithende Lempiliso

UMsindisi waveza kwimimangaliso yaKhe amandla asebenza njalo ngenxa yomntu, ukumxhasa nokumphilisa. Ngezenzeleli zendalo, uThixo usebenza, imini ngemini, iyure ngeyure, umzuzu ngomzuzu, ukusigcina siphilile, ukusakha nokusibuyisela [okanye ukusenza sibe sempilweni]. Xa ithe nayiphi indawo emzimbeni yanokonzakala, umsebenzi wokuphilisa uqala kwangoko; izenzeleli zendalo zifakwa emsebenzini ukuba zibuyisele ukuphila. Amandla ezisebenza ngawo ezi zenzeleleli ngamandla kaThixo. Onke amandla anika ubomi avela kuYe. Xa ubani ephila kwisifo anaso, nguThixo ombuyiselayo.UL 74.3

Ukugula, intlungu, nokufa zizinto ezisebenzangegunya nenkcaso. USathana ungumtshabalalisi; uThixo ungumbuyiseli [ungumphiisi].UL 75.1

Amazwi awathethwa kuIsrayeli ayinyaniso namhlanje ngabo babuyelwa yimpilweni yomzimba okanye yimpilo yomphefumlo. “NdinguYehova igqirha lakho.” Eksodus 15:26.UL 75.2

Umnqweno kaThixo ngomntu wonke athethwe kumazwi athi, “Ntanda, ndinga ungathi ngezinto zonke usikeleleke uphile, njengokuba usikelelekile umphefumlo wakho.” 3 Yohane 2.UL 75.3

NguYe “oxolela bonke ubugwenxa bakho; ulophilisa zonke izifo zakho. Ulokhulula ubomi bakho esihogweni, akuthi jize ngenceba nemfesane.” Ndumiso 103:3, 4.UL 75.4

Xa uKristu wayephilisa isifo, wabalumkisa abaninzi kwabo babandezelweyo ngelithi, “Musa ukuba sona, ukuze ungahlelwa yinto embi kunaleyo.” Yohane 5:14. Ngaloo ndlela wayebafundisa ukuba bazizisela isifo phezu kwabo ngokugqitha imithetho kaThixo, nokuba impilo inako ukugcinwa kuphela ngokuthobela.UL 75.5

Ugqirha kufuneka azifundise izigulana zakhe ukuba kufuneka zisebenzisane noThixo emsebenzini wokubuyiselwa [kwempilo]. Ugqirha uhleli eyiqonda ngalo lonke ixesha into yokuba, isifo sisisiphumo sesono. Uyazi ukuba imithetho yendalo, kanye njengemiyalelo yemiThetho eliShumi, ingcwele, kwaye kuphela ngokuyithobela enokuthi impilo ibuyiselwe okanye igcinwe. Uyababona abaninzi bebulaleka ngenxa yokwenza kwabo okugwenxa kanti babenako ukubuyela empilweni ukuba bebengenza oko banako ukuze babuyele empilweni. Badinga ukufundiswa ukuba sonke isenzo esonakalisa umzimba, ingqondo okanye amandla asemoyeni sisono, nokuba impilo kufuneka ikhuselwe ngokuthobela imithetho athe uThixo wayimisela ukuze kulungelwe lonke uluntu.UL 75.6

Xa ugqirha embona ogulayo ukuba ufa sisifo esibangwa kukutya nokusela ngendlela engeyiyo okanye yeminye imikhwa engalunganga, aze akutyeshele ukumxelela oku, uyamlimza umzalwana wakhe. Amanxila, abaphambeneyo, abo bazinikele ekuzibhodlozeni ngokuthanda imigidi, bonke “bacela” ugqirha ukuba atsho ngokucacileyo nangokuphandle ukuba isigulo sisiqhamo sesono. Abo bayiqondayo imithetho-siseko yobomi kufuneka banyaniseke ekuzameni ukulwa oonobangela besifo. Ngokubona idabi eliqhubeka njalo nentlungu, esebenza angayeki ukuthomalalisa ukugula, uthula njani ugqirha? Angaba unobubele nenceba xa engabufundisi ubungcathu obungqongqo njengomathunga wesifo?UL 75.7

Mayibekwe icace into yokuba indlela yemithetho kathixo yindlela yobomi. UThixo wamisela imithetho yendalo, kodwa imithetho yaKhe ayisiso isinyanzelo esinomkhethe. Wonke u-“Uze unga…,” nokuba kungomzimba okanye kumthetho wokuziphatha, uthetha isithembiso. Ukuba siyawuthobela intsikelelo iya kusilandela. UThixo akaze asinyanzele ukuba senze okulungileyo, kodwa uzama ukusisindisa ebubini, asikhokelele kokulungileyo.UL 76.1

Ingqwalaselo mayinikwe kwimithetho eyafundisa uIsrayeli. UThixo wawanika imiyalelo eqinisekileyo ngokubhekiselele kwimikhwa yobomi. Wawazisa imithetho ehambelana nako kokubini, ukuphila kwasenyameni nokwasemoyeni; kuthi ukuba kuthe kwathotyelwa, wawaqinisekisa, “UYehova wosusa zonke izifo kuwe.” Duteronomi 7:15. “Wabekeleni intliziyo zenu onke amazwi endiwangqinayo kuni namhla.” “Kuba ibubomi kwabayifumanayo, nempiliso enyameni yabo yonke.” Mizekeliso 4:22.UL 76.2

UThixo ulangazelela ukuba sifike kumgangatho wengqibelelo esiwubekelweyo ngesipho sikaKristu. Uyasibiza ukuba sikhethe ukuba kwicala elilungileyo, sihlangane nezenzeleleli zezulu, samkele imithetho-siseko eya kubuyisela kuthi umfanekiselo ongcwele. Kwilizwi laKhe elibhaliweyo nasencwadini enkulu yendalo, uyivezile imithetho-siseko yobomi. Ngumsebenzi wethu ukuzuza ulwazi lwala emithetho-siseko, size sithi ngokuthobela sisebenzisane naYe ekubuyiseleni mpilo emzimbeni kunye nasemphefumlweni.UL 76.3

Abantu bayakudinga ukufunda ukuba iintlikelelo zokuthobela, ngokuphelela kwazo, zingaba zezabo kuphela xa belwamkela ubabalo lukaKristu. Lubabalo lwaKhe olunika umntu amandla okuthobela imithetho kaThixo. Lulo olu olumenza akwazi ukuqhawula kukhoboka bomkhwa ombi. Kuphela kwamndla anako ukumenza nokumgcina ezinzile kwindlela elungileyo.UL 76.4

Xa iindaba ezilungileyo zamkelwe ngobunyulu namandla azo, zilichiza kwizifo ezangena ngesono. Ilanga loBulungisa liphuma “linophiliso emaphikweni alo.” Malaki 4:2. Asikuko konke okunikwa lihlabathi okunokuphilisa intliziyo eyaphukileyo, okanye kunike uxolo lwengqondo, okanye ukususa ixhala, okanye ukugxotha isifo. Udumo, ubuchopho, italente—zonke azinawo amandla okuvuyisa intliziyo enosizi okanye ukubuyisela ubomi obonakalisiweyo. Ubomi bukaThixo emphefumlweni kuphela kwethemba analo umntu.UL 77.1

Uthando athi uKristu alufake emzimbeni wonke womntu lungamandla aphilisayo. Yonke indawo ephilayo —ingqondo, intliziyo, imithambo-luvo—luyichukumisa ngempiliso. Ngalo, awona mandla aphezulu omntu aye avuselwe ekusebenzeni. Luyawukhulula umphefumlo kwityala naselusizini, kwixhala nenkathalo, izinto ezinyhasha imikhosi yobomi. Ngalo kubakho ukuzola nokuphola. Lutyala emphefumlweni uvuyo ekungekho nto emhlabeni inokulubhangisa,--uvuyo kuMoya Oyingcwele,--uvuyo olunika impilo, olunika ubomi.UL 77.2

Amazwi oMsindisi wethu, athi, “Yizani kum, . . . ndoninika ukuphumla” (Mateyu 11:28), ayinkcazo yokuphiliswa kwezigulo zomzimba, zengqondo nezasemoyeni. Nangona abantu bezise ukufa phezu kwabo ngokwenza kwabo okungalungileyo, ubaphatha ngovelwano. KuYe, banako ukuzuza uncedo. Uya kubenzela izinto ezinkulu abo bathembela kuYe.UL 77.3

Nangona kuyiminyaka isono sisiqinisile isandla saso phezu kohlanga loluntu, nangona, ngobuxoki nobuchule, uSathana egqume ngethunzi elimnyama lokuchaza kwakhe ilizwi likaThixo, nto leyo eyenze ukuba abantu bakuthandabuze ukulunga kwaKhe; kanti noko kunjalo, inceba kaBawo nothando lwaKhe aluyekanga ukuthululeka emhlabeni luyimisinga emikhulu. Ukuba abantu bebengavulela iifestile zomphefumlo ngakwicala elikhangele ezulwini, zinombulelo ngezipho zikaThixo, umsinga wobuhle bempiliso ubuya kuthululelwa ngaphakathi kuzo.UL 77.4

Ugqirha onga angaba ngumsebenzi owamkelekileyo kunye noKristu uya kuzama ukuba abe nempumelelo ngazo zonke iimpawu zomsebenzi wakhe. Uya kufunda ngokukhuthala, ukuba afaneleke kakuhle kwimithwalo yoqeqesho lwakhe, azame rhoqo ukufikelela kumgangatho ophakamileyo, efuna ulwazi olwandileyo, ubuchule obungaphezulu, nokukwazi ukwahlula kokuhle nokubi ngokunzulu kakhulu. Wonke ugqirha umele aqonde ukuba, lowo wenza umsebenzi otyhafileyo ongabonakaliyo akanelanga nje ukubabulala abagulayo kuphela, kodwa akenzi bulungisa nakwabanye oogqirha. Ugqirha owanelisekileyo ngumgangatho ophantsi wobuchule nolwazi akaneli kulahlela phantsi ubizo lobugqirha, kodwa akamzukisi uKristu, uGqirha oyiNtloko.UL 77.5

Abo babona ukub abawufanelanga umsebenzi wonyango kufuneka bafune msebenzi wumbi. Abo bakulungele kakhulu ukukhathalela abagulayo, kodwa abamfundo yabo nokuqeqeshwa kwabo ekunyangeni kunganelanga, kungakuhle ukuba basebenze kwiindawo ezithobekileyo zomsebenzi, balungiselele ngokunyaniseka njengabongikazi. Ngokusebenza ngomonde ngaphantsi koogqirha abachubekileyo, banako ukuhlala befunda, kuze kuthi ngokuphuhla kwawo wonke amathuba okuzuza ulwazi bathi ekuhambeni kwexesha babe baqeqesheke ngokupheleleyo kumsebenzi kagqirha. Oogqirha abaselula, “njengabasebenzisana naye [uGqirha oyiNtloko], . . . bangafumane balwamkele ubabalo lukaThixo. . . . kungabikho namnye omisela isikhubekiso, nokuba kukuwuphi na umcimbi, ukuze ulungiselelo [kwabagulayo] lungabi nakubekwa bala, kuthi emicimbini yonke baqondakale ngokwabalungiseleli bakaThixo.” 2 Korinte 6:1-4, [ilungisiwe].UL 78.1

INjongo kaThixo ngathi kukuba sihlale sinyukela phezulu. Umvangeli ongugqirha wonyango wenene uya kukhula njalo ekubeni ngumsebenzi onobuchule. Oogqirha abangamaKristu abanetalente, beqeqeshwe kakhulu kwisakhono sabo, kufuneka bafunwe baze bakhuthazwe ukuba bangene emsebenzini kaThixo kwiindawo apho banokuthi bafundise baqeqeshe abanye ukuba babe ngabavangeli bomsebenzi wonyango.UL 78.2

UGqirha kufuneka ahlanganise emphefumlweni wakhe ukukhanya kwelizwi likaThixo. Kufuneka ahlale ekhula elubabalweni. Kuye inkolo akufuneki ibe yenye nje impembelelo phakathi kwezinye. Kufuneka ibe yimpembelelo eyongamela zonke ezinye. Kufuneka asebenze ngokuphuma kwiinjongo eziphezulu ezingcwele—iinjongo ezinamandla kuba ziphuma kuLowo wanikela ngobomi baKhe ukusinika amandla okoyisa ububi. Ukuba ugqirha uthi, ngokunyaniseka nokukhuthala, azame ukuba negalelo elihle emsebenzini aqeqeshelwe wona, ukuba uyazinikela emsebenzini kaKristu, athabathe ixesha ukuphengulula eyakhe intliziyo, uya kuyiqonda indlela yokuzibamba iimfihlelo zobizo lwakhe olungcwele. Angakwazi nokuziqeqesha azifundise ukuba, konke okuqulathwe kummandla wempembelelo yakhe kuya kukubona ukutshatshela kwemfundo nobulumko obuzuzwa ngulowo uqhagamshelene noThixo wobulumko namandla.UL 78.3

Ayikho indawo apho kufuneka kakhulu ubudlelane noKristu ukudlula umsebenzi kagqirha. Lowo unga angawenza ngendlela eyiyo umsebenzi kagqirha kufuneka yonke imihla, ngazo zonke iiyure, aphile ubomi bomKristu. Ubomi besigulana busezandleni zikagqirha. Ukuhlola nje okukodwa okunika ingxelo kube kwenziwe ngokungakhathali, ukunika ichiza nje okukodwa okungalunganga, kwimeko emaxongo kakhulu, okanye intshukumo nje eyodwa engenabuchule yesandla ekwenzeni uqhaqho, sekuphume endleleni kancinane kangangonwele, ubomi bungalahleka, umphefumlo ulahlelwe kunaphakade. Yingcamango endilisekileyo le! Ibaluleke kakhulu ngokungenamlinganiselo indlela ugqirha ekufuneka ahlale ephantsi kolawulo lukaGqirha oyiNtloko!UL 79.1

UMsindisi ukulungele ukunceda bonke ababiza Yena befuna ubulumko nobukrelekrele bengcinga. Kanti ke, ngubani odinga ubulumko nobukrelekrele bengcinga ngaphezu kukagqirha, ekuxhomekeke into eninzi phezu kwezigqibo zakhe? Lowo uzama ukwenza bude ubomi makakhangele ngokholo kuKristu ukuba akhokele yonke intshukumo yakhe. UMsindisi uya kumnika ubunkunkqele nobuchule ekuphatheni iimeko ezinzima.UL 79.2

Ayamangalisa amathuba anikwa abo bagcina abagulayo. Kuko konke okwenziwayo ukubuyiseleni impilo kwabagulayo, kufuneka baqonde ukuba ugqirha uzama ukubanceda ukuba basebenzisane noThixo ekulweni isifo. Benze bazive ukuba kwinyathelo ngalinye elithatyathwayo ngokuhambelanayo nemithetho kaThixo, banako ukulindela uncedo lwamandla ezulu.UL 79.3

Abagulayo nabasezintlungwini banokumthemba ngakumbi ugqirha abaqinisekileyo ukuba uyamthanda ekwamoyika uThixo. Bayaxhomekeka kumazwi wakhe. Baziva bekhuselekile kubukho kwanolawulo lwakhe loo gqirha.UL 79.4

Ngokuyazi iNkosi uYesu, kulilungelo lomsebenzi ongumKristu ukuba ngomthandazo abumeme ubukho baKhe kwigumbi logulayo. Ngaphambi kokwenza uqhaqho oluyingozi, ugqirha makacele uncedo lukaGqirha omKhulu. Makamqinisekise ogulayo ukuba uThixo unako ukumkhupha ekhuselekile kuloo meko imbi, nokuba, ngawo wonke amaxesha oxinzelelo, uligwiba eliqinisekileyo [uThixo] kwabo bathembela kuYe. Ugqirha ongakwaziyo ukukwenza oku, ulahlekwa rhoqo ziimeko ebezingathi zibe nako ukusinda. Ukuba angathetha amazwi anokuthi avuselele ukukholelwa kuMsindisi onovelwano, okuva konke ukubetha kwentlungu, nonako ukunikela izidingo zomphefumlo kuYe ngomthandazo, imeko embi ingakholisa ukudlulwa ngenkuseleko.UL 80.1

Mnye kuphela Lowo ukwaziyo ukuyifunda intliziyo okwaziyo ukungcangcazela nokoyika abathi bavume ngako abagulayo ukwenziwa uqhaqho phantsi kwesandla sikagqirha oqhaqhayo. Bayayiqonda ingozi abakuyo. Nangona benokubuthemba ubuchule bukagqirha, kodwa yabazi ukuba abukho msulwa ekwenzeni imposiso. Bathi kodwa xa bebona ugqirha ethoba emthandazweni, ecela uncedo kuThixo, bakhuthazeke baqine. Umbulelo nethemba zivulela intliziyo kumandla kaThixo aphilisayo, amandla ogulayo omzimba wonke avuselelwe, ize imikhosi yobomi yoyise.UL 80.2

Kugqirha, ubukho boMsindisi bukwasisiqalo samandla.kukholisa ngokuba imithwalo nokunokwenziwa komsebenzi wakhe kuzise ukoyika emoyeni wakhe. Ukuba ntununtunu kokungaqiniseki nokoyika kusenza singabi nabuchule isandla. Kanti ke, ingqiniseko yokuba uMcebisi wezulu usecaleni kwakhe, ukuba akhokele axhase, kunika ukuzola nesibindi. Ukuchukumisa kukaKristu phezu kwesandla sikagqirha kuzisa ukudlamka, ukuzola, isibindi, namandla.UL 80.3

Xa Ithe yadlula le meko imaxongo, ibonakale impumelelo, makubekho imizuzwana embalwa yomthandazo nalowo ugulayo. Xela ukuba nombulelo kwakho ngobomi obuye basindiswa. Ngexesha amazwi ombulelo ephuma kogulayo esiza kugqirha, yekela ukuba ukubonga nokubulela kubhekiswe kuThixo. Mxelele ogulayo ukuba ubomi bakhe busindiswe kuba ebephantsi kokhuselo lukaGqirha wasezulwini.UL 80.4

Ugqirha olandela ikhondo elinjalo ukhokelela isigulana sakhe kuLowo axhomekeke kuye ngobomi, Lowo unako ukusindisa kube sekupheleni kubo bonke abeza kuYe.UL 81.1

Emsebenzini wovangelo ngokunyanga, kufuneka kubonakalaliswe ulangazelelo olunzulu lwemiphefumlo. Kugqirha, ngokulinganayo nomfundisi weendaba ezilungileyo, kunikelwe eyona ndyebo inkulu kwezakha zanikelwa emntwini. Nokuba uyayiqonda okanye akayiqondi, qonke ugqirha unikelwe impiliso yemiphefumlo.UL 81.2

Emsebenzini wabo osebenza ngesifo nokufa, oogqirha bakholisa ukulahlekwa ngumbono wokuqiniseka okunendili wekamva lobomi. Kwilinge labo elinenzondelelo lokuyigxotha ingozi emzimbeni, baye bayilibale ingozi yomphefumlo. Lowo balungiselela kuye unokwenzeka ukuba uyalahlekwa kukubambelela kwakhe ebomini. Amathuba ako okugqibela ayaphuncuka ekuwabambeni kwakhe. Lo mphefumlo kuza kufuneka ugqirha ephinde wahlangana nawo phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba sikaKristu.UL 81.3

Sikholisa ukuziphosa iintsikelelo ezixabisekileyo ezininzi ngokutyeshela ukuthetha izwi ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Ukuba ithuba elihle kakhulu alilindelwanga, liya kulahleka. Ngakumandlalo wogulayo, akukho lizwi lankolo okanye lampikiswano ekufuneka lithethiwe. Ogulayo makalathiswe kuLowo uhleli elungele ukusindisa bonke abeza kuYe ngokholo. Ngokunyaniseka nobubele, zama ukuwunceda umphefumlo ojinga phakathi kokufa nokuphila.UL 81.4

Ugqirha owaziyo ukuba uKristu unguMsindisi wakhe, kuba yena ngokwakhe wakhokelelwa kwiHlathi lokuzimela, uyayazi indlela yokuphatha imiphefumlo ethuthumbayo, enetyala, egula sisono ethi ize kuye ukuba ifumane uncedo. Unako ukusabela kumbuzo othi, “Ndingenza ntoni na ukuze ndisindiswe?” unokubalisa ibali lothando loMhlanguli. Unokuthetha ngamava amandla enguquko nokholo. Ngamazwi alula nanyanisekileyo, unokusibeka isidingo somphefumlo kuThixo ngomthandazo kwaye enako ukumkhuthaza ogulayo naye ukuba acele aze amkele inceba yoMsindisi onemfesane. Xa esebenza ngolo hlobo ecaleni komandlalo wogulayo, ezama ukuthetha amazwi aya kuzisa uncedo nentuthuzelo, iNkosi isebenza kunye naye nangaye. Xa ingqondo yogulayo ikhokelelwa kuMsindisi, uxolo lukaKristu luyayizalisa intliziyo yakhe, ize impilo yasemoyeni efika kuye isetyenziswe njengesandla esincedayo sikaThixo ekubuyiseleni impilo emzimbeni.UL 81.5

Ekukhathaleleni ogulayo, ugqirha uya kukholisa ukufumana ithuba lokulungiselela kubahlobo balowo ungaphilanga. Bathi xa belinde ngakumandlalo wogulayo, beziva bephelelwe ngamandla ukuba bathintele nokuba inye kuphela intlungu yokuthuthunjelwa, zisuke iintliziyo zabo zichukumiseke. Maxa wambi, ukukhala okufihlakeleyo kwabanye kuye kuxelwe kugqirha. Kuba lithuba, ke ngoko, lokuba aba baselusizini balathiswe kuLowo osele ebamemile abadiniweyo nabasindwa yimithwalo ukuba beze kuYe. Kuyakholisa ukuba umthandazo ube nokwenziwa ngenxa yabo nabo bekhona, kubekwa izidingo zabo kuMphilisi wazo zonke iintsizi, uMthomalalisi wazo zonke iintlungu.UL 82.1