32—Ibandla Elinobubele

Kwileta yakhe yokuqala eya kwibandla laseKorinte, uPawulos wanika amakholwa imfundiso ngokubhekiselele kwimithetho-siseko ekwakhiwe phezu kwayo indlela yokuxhasa umsebenzi kaThixo emhlabeni. Uthi xa ebhala ngokusebenza kwakhe umsebenzi wobupostile, emele bona [abapostile], abuze athi:IZ 335.1

“Ngubani na okha aphume umkhosi ngeyakhe indleko? Ngubani na otyala isidiliya, aze angadli siqhamo saso? Khona ngubani na owalusa umhlambi, aze angawadli amasi omhlambi lowo? Ndizithetha ngokomntu yini na ezo zinto? Awuthethi kwa-ezo zinto nawo na umthetho? Emthethweni kaMoses kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uze ungayibophi umlomo inkomo ibhula. Ziinkomo yini na into ayikhathaleleyo uThixo? Kanene akatsho ngenxa yethu; ngokuba lowo ulimayo ufanele ukulima ethembile; lowo ubhulayo ufanele ukubhula enethemba lokuyaba loo nto athembe yona.IZ 335.2

“Ukuba ke thina sanihlwayelela izinto ezizezoMoya,” waqhubela phambili ukubuza umpostile, “yinto enkulu na, ukuba siya kuvuna izinto zenu ezizezenyama? Ukuba abanye babelana ngokwenza ngeli gunya kuni, asikukhona singenjenjalo na thina ngakumbi? Asilisebenzisanga ke elo gunya; sisuka sithwale izinto zonke, ukuze singazibambezeli ngani iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu. Anazi na ukuba abo bazisebenzayo izinto ezingcwele badla okwetempile, abo bahlala behleli esibingelelweni bahlulelana nesibingelelo eso? Ngokunjalo neNkosi le yabamisela abazazisayo iindaba ezilungileyo, ukuba baphile ngeendaba ezilungileyo.” 1 Korinte 9:7-14.IZ 335.3

Apha umpostile wayebhekisa kwicebo likaThixo lokuxhasa ababingeleli ababelungiselela etempileni. Abo babebekelwe bucala lo msebenzi ungcwele, babexhaswa ngabazalwana babo, ababelungisela kubo iintsikelelo zomoya. “Abo kunene bakoonyana bakaLevi, babamkelayo ububingeleli, banomthetho wokubanga isishumi kubo abantu ngokomthetho.” Hebhere 7:5. Isizwe sikaLevi sasinyulelwe nguThixo umsebenzi ongcwele ojongene netempile kunye nobubingeleli. Kwathiwa xa kuthethwa ngababingeleli, “Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho wamnyula . . . ukuba eme alungiselele egameni likaYehova.” (Duteronomi 18:5.) Isishumi sayo yonke ingeniso sasibangwa nguYehova njengesaKhe, kwaye ukusibamba isishumi kwakuthatyathwa nguYe njengokuqhatha. Yayileli cebo lokuxhaswa kobulungiseleli awayebhekisa kulo uPawulos xa wayesithi, “Ngokunjalo neNkosi le yabamisela abazazisayo iindaba ezilungileyo, ukuba baphile ngeendaba ezilungileyo ezi.” Kamva, ebhalela uTimoti, umpostile wathi, “Umsebenzi uwufanele umvuzo wakhe.” 1 Timoti 5:18.IZ 336.1

Ukuhlawula isishumikwakuyinxalenye yecebo likaThixolokuxhasa umsebenzi waKhe. Ziliqela izipho ezaxelwayo lizulu. Phantsi kohlelo lwesiYuda abantu babefundiswa ukuba bonwabele umoya wobubele ekuxhaseni umsebenzi kaThixo nasekwaneliseni iimfuno zabasweleyo. Kwakukho iminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo ejongene nemicimbi ethile. Ngexesha lokuvuna kunye neleediliya, iziqhamo zokuqala emasimini--umbona, iwayini, ne-oli--zazinikelwa njengomnikelo kuYehova. Ukukhwahlaza neembombo zentsimi zazigcinelwa amahlwempu. Iziqhamo zokuqala zoboya xa kuchetywe iigusha, ezeenkozo xa kubhulwe ingqolowa, zazibekelwa bucala uThixo. Kwakukwanjalo nakwizilwanyana, kanti kwakubakho nexabiso lokuhlangula elihlawulelwa unyana wokuqala. Iziqhamo zokuqala kwakufuneka zinikelwe phambi kukaYehova engcweleni zize emva koko zibekelwe bucala ukuba zisetyenziswe ngababingeleli.IZ 337.1

Ngolu cwangcwiso lwesisa, uYehova wayefuna ukufundisa uIsrayeli ukuba kuyo yonke into kufuneka uThixo abe ngowokuqala. Ngoko ke, babekhunjuzwa ukuba uThixo ungumnini wamasimi abo, wemihlambi yabo yempahla emfutshane neenkomo; nokuba nguYe owayebathumela ilanga nemvula ezazihlumisa zivuthiswe isivuno. Yonke into ababenayo yayiyeyaKhe; kuphela bona babengamagosa ezinto zaKhe.IZ 337.2

Asiyiyo injongo kaThixo ukuba amaKristu, anamalungelo awadlula kude awesizwe samaYuda, anikele ngaphantsi kakhulu ngokukhululekileyo kunokuba wona [amaYuda] ayesenza. “Kubo bonke abanikwe okukhulu,” watsho uMsindisi, “kuya kufunwa okukhulu kubo.” Luka 12:48. Ububele obabufuneka kumaHebhere kakhulu kwakujonge ukunceda kwauhlanga lwabo; namhlanje umsebenzi kaThixo unabele kulo lonke ihlabathi. UKristu ubeke indyebo yeendaba ezilungileyo ezandleni zabalandeli baKhe, waza wabeka kwalapho phezu kwabo uxanduva lokuba bazinike ihlabathi iindaba zovuyo zosindiso. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ekufuneka sikwenzile kungaphezulu kakhulu koko kukaIsrayeli wakudala.IZ 337.3

Njengoko umsebenzi kaThixo usiya unaba, ubizo loncedo luya kuza rhoqo ngakumbi nangakumbi. Ukuze olu bizo lube nokuphendulwa, amaKristu kufuneka athobele umyalelo othi, “Ziziseni zonke izishumi endlwini yobuncwane bam, ukuze ke kubekho ukudla endlwini yam.” Malaki 3:10. Ukuba abo bazibiza ngoKristu bebengazisa izishumi zabo neminikelo yabo kuThixo ngokuthembeka, uvimba waKhe ebeya kuzala. Bekungayi kubakho mfuneko yokubhenela kwimiboniso [yokwenza imali], ukudlala i“lotho,” okanye amatheko olonwabo ukufumana imali yokuxhasa iindaba ezilungileyo.IZ 338.1

Abantu bayalingeka ukuba basebenzise ubutyebi babo ekuziyekeleleni, ekwaneliseni ukuthanda ukutya, ekuzinxibeni, okanye ekuhombiseni amakhaya abo. Ukufumana ezi zinto, amalungu ebandla amaninzi awalibazisi ukuchitha ngokukhululekileyo ade athsafaze. Ilishwa lelokuba, xa becelwa ukuba banikele kuvimba weNkosi, ukuze kuhanjiselwe phambili umsebenzi waYo emhlabeni, bayaqhankqalaza. Ababonisi luthando lwenene lomsebenzi kaKristu, nokungabikho komdla wenene ekusindisweni kwemiphefumlo. Akumangalisi ukuba ubomi bamaKristu anjalo bunqaphele, buntununtunu!IZ 338.2

Lowo ontliziyo yakhe inobushushu luthando lukaKristu uya kukuthabatha,hayi kuphela njengomsebenzi,kodwangokolonwabo, ukunceda ekuhambiseleni phambili komsebenzi owaka wamkhulu nowona ungcwele owanikelwa emntwini—umsebenzi wokubeka phambi kwehlabathi ubutyebi bokulunga, benceba, nenyaniso.IZ 338.3

Ngumoya wokunqwenela okhokelela abantu ekwaneliseni u-mna izinto [ezinje ngemali] ngokomthetho ezizezikaThixo, kwaye lo moya uthiyekile kuYe ngoku kanye njengoko wathi ngomprofeti waKhe wakhalimela kalukhuni abantu baKhe, esithi, “Umntu angamqhatha na uThixo, ukuba nindiqhathe nje? Nithi ke, Sitheni na ukukuqhatha? Kwizishumi nemirhumo. Niqalekisiwe ngesiqalekiso; noke ke niphikele ukundiqhatha, nina luhlangandini nonke niphela.” Malaki 3:8, 9.IZ 339.1

Umoya wobubele ngumoya wasezulwini. Okona kubonakala kukhulu kwalo moya kukumbingelelo kaKristu emnqamlezweni. Ngenxa yethu, uYise wanikela uNyana waKhe ekuphela kwamzeleyo; waza uKristu, akuba enikele ngako konke awayenako, wazinikela, ukuze umntu asindiswe. Umnqamlezo waseKhalvari umele ukusibizela ukuba sibe nesisa kuye wonke umlandeli woMsindisi. Umthetho-siseko oboniswe apho kukuba uphe, uphe [okokoko]. “Lowo uthi uhleli kuye, ufanele ukuthi, njengoko wahambayo yena, enjenjalo ukuhamba naye.” 1 Yohane 2:6.IZ 339.2

Kwelinye icala, umoya wokuzithanda [okanye umona] ngumoya kaSathana. Umthetho-siseko obonakala ebomini babantu behlabathi ngowokuba bazuze, bazuze [okokoko]. Bathemba ukuba ngolo hlobo baya kuzuza ulonwabo nokuphila kakuhle, kodwa isiqhamo sokuhlwayela kwabo yinkxwaleko nokufa.IZ 339.3

Abantwana bakaThixo abasayi kukhululeka kumakhamandela okubuyisela kuYe oko akubangayo ade uThixo ayeke ukubasikelela. Asikuko ukubuyisela kuYehovaoko kukokwaKhe kuphela,kodwa kufuneka bazise kuvimba waKhe, njengomnikelo wombulelo, umnikelo wesisa. Kufuneka ngeentliziyo ezizaliswe luvuyo banikele kuMdali wabo iziqhamo zokuqala zendyebo yabo—ezona zinto zingcono, inkonzo eyiyeyona ingcono nangcwele. Baya kuthi ke ngoko bafumane iintsikelelo ezityebileyo. UThixo ngokwaKhe uya kuyenza imiphefumlo yabo ifane nesitiya esinkcenkceshelwayo esimanzi angapheliyo. Kuya kuthi xa kuqokelelwa isivuno esikhulu sokugqibela, izithungu abaya kuza nazo eNkosini ziya kuba yimbuyekezo yokusebenzisa kwabo ngokungazibandezi iitalente ebaboleke zona.IZ 339.4

Abathunywa bakaThixo abanyuliweyo, abakumsebenzi wokuhlasela, akufuneki banyanzelwe ukuba baye emfazweni ngezabo iindleko, bengancedwa ngenkxaso yabazalwana babo yovelwano nephuma entliziyweni. Yinxalenye yamalungu ebandla ukuphatha ngobubele abo babeka bucala umsebenzi wabo wasemhlabeni ukuze bazinikele ekulungiseleleni. Xa abalungiseleli bakaThixo bekhuthazwa, umsebenzi waKhe uhambela phambili kakhulu. Xa kuthe, ngobugqolo kwabantu, yabanjwa inkxaso yabo [abalungiseleli] efanelekileyo, zenziwa buthakathaka izandla zabo, amaxesha amaninzi buqhwaleliswa kakhulu ukuba lulutho kwabo.IZ 340.1

Ukunganeliseki kukaThixo kuyaphembeka ngakwabo bathi bangabalandeli baKhe, babe beyekela abasebenzi abazinikeleyo ukuba baswele iimfuno zobomi ngeli xesha bephakathi emsebenzini wolungiselelo.IZ 340.2

Aba batsalela kubo baya kubizwa ngenye imini ukuba banike ingxelo, kungekuphela ngokusebenzisa gwenxa imali yeNkosi yabo, kodwa ngenxa yoxinzelelo nentliziyo ebuhlungu, izinto, ethe indlela yabo yenza ukuba zihle phezu kwabasebenzi baYo [iNkosi] abanyanisekileyo. Abo babizelwe emsebenzini wolungiselelo, baza bathi xa bebizwa bancama konke bangenaemsebenzini kaThixo, bamele ukufumana ngamalinge okuzibingelela kwabo umvuzo owaneleyo ukuba bazixhase bona neentsapho zabo.IZ 340.3

Kumasebe amaninzi omsebenzi welizwe, owengqondo nowomzimba, abasebenzi abanyanisekileyo bahlawulwa imivuzo emihle. Ingaba umsebenzi wokungenisa inyaniso, nokukhokelela imiphefumlo kuKristu, awubalulekanga ngaphezulu kuneshishini nje? Ingaba abo basebenza lo msebenzi abalungelwanga ngokufanelekileyo na ngumvuzo omninzi? Ngokuqikelela kwethu ixabiso lokusebenzela indlela yokuziphatha nokulungelwa komzimba [kwasenyameni], kunye nokukhokelela imiphefumlo kuKristu, sibonisa ukuxabisa kwethu okwasezulwini xa kuthelekiswa nokwasemhlabeni.IZ 341.1

Ukuze kubekho iimali kuvimba zokuxhasa isilungiseleli, nokuhlangabezana nobizo loncedo kumaphulo ovangelo, kuyafuneka ukuba abantu bakaThixo banikele ngokuchwayita nangesisa. Uxanduva olunendili lulele phezu kwabalungiseleli ukuba baphakamise phambi kwamabandla izidingo zomsebenzi kaThixo nokuwafundisa ukuba abe nesisa [ekunikeleni]. Xa oku kutyeshelwe, aze amabandla asilele ekunikeleleni iimfuno zabanye, akwaneli kutsala nzima umsebenzi weNkosi kuphela, kodwa nentsikelelo efanele ukuzuzwa ngamakholwa iyabanjwa.IZ 341.2

Nabona bangamahlwempu kakhulu kufuneka bazise iminikelo yabo kuThixo. Kufuneka babe ngababelana ngobabalo lukaKristu ngokuzilandula u-mna ngokuthi bancede abo bantswelo yabo ingaphezu kweyabo. Isipho somntu olihlwempu, isiqhamo sokuzilandula, siza phambi kukaThixo njengevumba elimnandi. Sonke isenzo sokuzibingelela someleza umoya wesisa kwintliziyo yalowo uphayo, simayamanise ngakumbi kuLowo wayesisityebi, kodwa wathi ngenxa yethu, walihlwempu, ukuze sithi thina ngobuhlwempu baKhe, sibe zizityebi.IZ 341.3

Isenzo somhlolokazi sokuphosa “iimalanana zambini eziyikodrante” kuvimba, — phofu ephelelisile apho, sagcinwa kwingxelo ukuze sibe yinkuthazo kwabo abathi, betsala nzima bubuhlwempu, babe besalangazelela ukufaka isandla emsebenzini kaThixo. UKristu wayitsalela ingqondo yabafundi baKhe kulo mfazi owanikela “impilo yakhe iphela.” Marko 12:44. Wasiphakamisa isipho sakhe njengesinexabiso elingaphezu kweminikelo emikhulu yabo bantu amalizo abo ayengadingi ukuba bancame nto. Bathabatha kwintabalala ukunikela intwana encinane. Ukwenza umnikelo wakhe yena, umhlolokazi wazivimba iimfuno zokuphila, ethembe ukuba uThixo uya kuzaneza iintswelo zakhe zexesha elizayo. Wathi xa ethetha ngaye uMsindisi, “Inene ndithi kuni, Lo mhlolokazi ulihlwempu uphose ngaphezu kwabo bonke abaphosileyo emkhumbini wokulondoloza imali.” Indima 43. Ngaloo ndlela, wafundisa ukuba, ixabiso lesipho alixelwa ngobuninzi, kodwa ngomyinge onikelweyo kunye nenjongo namandla aqhuba lowo uphayo.IZ 342.1

Ekulungiseleleni kwakhe phakathi kwamabandla, umpostile uPawulos wayengadinwa kwimizamo yakhe ukugalela ezintliziyweni zabaguqukileyo abatsha ulangazelelo lokwenzela umsebenzi kaThixo izinto ezinkulu. Wayesoloko ewakhuthaza ukuba abonakalalise ububele. Ekuthetheni nabadala base-Efese ngemisebenzi yakhe yangaphambili phakathi kwabo, wathi, “Ndanibonisa zonke izinto, ukuba ngokwenjenjalo ukubulaleka nimelwe kukuthi niyisize imilwelwe, nikhumbule namazwi eNkosi uYesu; ngokuba yena wathi, Ukupha kunoyolo kunokuphiwa.” “Lowo uhlwayela ngokuvimba,” wawabhalela watsho amaKorinte, “wovuna kwangokuvimba; nalowo uhlwayela ngesisa wovuna kwangesisa. Elowo makanike njengoko agqibe ngako entliziyweni; makungabi kokuphuma kabuhlungu, nangokunyanzelwa; kuba uThixo uthanda umphi ochwayithileyo.” Zenzo 20:35; 2 Korinte 9:6, 7.IZ 342.2

Phantse onke amakholwa aseMakedoni ayengamahlwempu ngokwezinto zehlabathi, kodwa iintliziyo zawo zaziphuphuma luthando lukaThixo nenyaniso yaKhe, aza anikela ngovuyo ukuxhasa iindaba ezilungileyo. Kwakusithi xa kuqokelelwa iminikelo jikelele kumabandla abeeNtlanga ukuze kuncedwe amakholwa amaYuda, ububele babaguqukileyo baseMakedoni babuphakanyiswa njengomzekelo kwamanye amabandla. Xa wayebhalela amakholwa aseKorinte, umpostile watsalela ingqondo yawo kulo “ubabalo lukaThixo oluhlakaziweyo phakathi kwamabandla akwelaseMakedoni; okokuba ekucikidweni kwawo okukhulu yimbandezelo, kwaphuphumela ekutyebiseni ukunyanisa kwawo. . . . bathe ngokwamandla abo, ewe nangaphezu kwamandla, banikela ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo; besikhunga, besibongoza kakhulu ukuba silwamkele ubabalo olo, ubudlelane ke obo bukulungiselela.” 2 Korinte 8:1-4.IZ 343.1

Ukuba nentumekelelo kumakholwa aseMakedoni kwabasisiphumo sokuzinikela ngentliziyo epheleleyo. Bathi beqhutywa nguMoya kaThixo, “kuqala bazinikela eNkosini” (2 Korinte 8:5), baza banentumekelelo yokunikela ngokukhululekileyo kwizinto abanazo ukuxhasa iindaba ezilungileyo. Kwakunganyanzelekanga ukubakhuthaza ukuba banikele; endaweni yoko balonwabela ilungelo lokuzithiba nakwizinto ezifunekayo ukuxhasa iintswelo zabanye [abantu]. Wathi umpostile akuzama ukubanqanda, bamnyanzela ukuba awamkeleumnikelowabo. Kubumsulwa babo nakwisidima sabo, nakuthando lwabo kubazalwana, bakuvuyela ukuzilandula, baza baphuphuma sisiqhamo sesisa.IZ 343.2

Ukumthumela kukaPawulos uTito eKorinte, wamyalela ukuba alakhe ela bandla elubabalweni lokupha, kanti nakwileta ephuma kuye buqu, wongeza esakhe isibheno. “Ke, kwanjengokuba niphuphuma iinto zonke,” wabhena, “ukholo, nokuthetha, nokwazi, nokunyameka konke, nokuthanda kwenu, maniphuphume nakulo olu babalo,” “Ngoku ke yenzeni niyifeze loo nto, ukuze kwanjengokuba bekukho intumekelelo yokuthanda, kwangokunjalo kubekho nokuyifeza ngeninako. Kuba intumekelelo, ukuba selikho, yamkeleka kakuhle ngokoko angenako.” “Unako ke uThixo ukuphuphumisela kuni ubabalo lonke, ukuze nithi, nihlala ninako nje ukwanela konke ngeendawo zonke, niphuphumele emsebenzini wonke olungileyo: . . . nityetyiselwe ekunyaniseni konke, kona kusebenzayo ngathi umbulelo kuThixo.” 2 Korinte 8:7, 11, 12; 9:8-11.IZ 344.1

Isisa esingenanjongo yakuzuza salikhwelisa ibandla lokuqala kwinqwelo yovuyo; amakholwa ayesazi ukuba uncedo lwawo luthumela isigidimi seendaba ezilungileyo kwabo basebumnyameni. Ububele bawo babungqina ukuba ukufumana kwabo ubabalo lukaThixo kwakungelilo ilize. Yintoni eyayinokuveza isisa ngaphandle kokungcwalisa kukaMoya? Emehlweni amakholwa yayingummangaliso wobabalo.IZ 344.2

Impumelelo ngokwasemoyeni iqanyangelwe nesisa sobuKristu. AbalandelibakaKristubameleukubanovuyongelungelolokutyhila ebomini babo ububele boMhlanguli wabo. Njengoko benikela eNkosini, banengqiniseko yokuba ubutyebi babo buyabakhokela ukuya kwiinkundla zasezulwini. Ingaba abantu bafuna ukukhuseleka kwezinto zabo? Mababeke ezandleni ezineziva zokubethelelwa. Ingaba bayayonwabela yonke into abanayo? Mabayisebenzisele ekusikeleleni abasweleyo nababulalekayo. Ingaba bafuna ukukwandisa abanako? Mabanyamekele okugunyaziswa ngumyalelo ongcwele, “Mzukise uYehova ngobuncwane bakho, nangentlahlela yongeniselo lwakho lonke: ozala amaqonga akho bubuninzi, nemikhombe yakho yokukhongozela iphuphume iwayini entsha.” Mizekeliso 3:9, 10. Ukuba bafune ukukugcina oko abanako ngenxa yokukuthandela bona, konke kuya kuba yilahleko engunaphakade. Indyebo yabo mayinikelwe kuThixo, kuya kuthi ukususela ngaloo mzuzu ibe nombhalo waKhe. Itywinwa ngokungabi nakuguquka kwaKhe.IZ 344.3

UThixo uthi, “Hayi uyolo lwenu bahlwayela ngasemanzini onke.” Isaya 32:20. Ukuqhubeka njalo sisipha ngezipho zikaThixo naphina apho kukho umsebenzi kaThixo okanye apho zifuna njalo iintswelo eluntwini akusayi kuze kuzise buhlwempu. “Kukho ohlakazayo, aye esanda ngokwanda; Kukho nozinqandayo kokumfaneleyo, oko kube yintswelo yodwa.” Mizekeliso 11:24. Umhlwayeli uyayandisa imbewu yakhe ngokuyilahla. Kunjalo nakwabo banyanisekileyo ekusasazeni izipho zikaThixo. Ngokupha bayazandisa iintsikelelo zabo. “Yiphani, naniyakuphiwa nani;” UThixo uthembisile “umlinganiselo omhle, ohlohliweyo, ohlunguzelweyo, ophalalayo, nowuphiwaesondweni lengubo yenu.” Luka 6:38.IZ 345.1