6. (a) Njengombana uPowula ahlathulile, kubayini umsebenzi wokuhlangula uyingcenye yokukhulekela kwethu? (b) Khewusihlathululele bona wenziwa njani umsebenzi wokuhlangula ephasini loke namhlanjesi. (Qala ibhoksi elithi, “Nakuvela Ihlekelele!” ekhasini 214.)

⁶ UPowula walemukisa beKorinte ukuthi umsebenzi wokuhlangula nawo uyikonzo yabo yokulotjha uJehova. Khewumuzwe ukuthi ubonisana nabo uthini nakathi: Ikonzo yokuhlangula le, amaKrestu ayenziswa kukuthi ‘ayazithoba . . . evangelini lakaKrestu.’ (2 Kor. 9:13) Okwenza amaKrestu asize labo akholwa nabo kukuthi asuke atjhukunyiswe kukwenza ngokuvumelana namezwi kaKrestu. Ngikho uPowula athi isirhawu abanaso ngabanakwabo sibufakazi obupheleleko ‘bomusa omkhulu uZimu abaphe wona.’ (2 Kor. 9:14; 1 Pit. 4:10) NesiThala sakaDisemba 1, 1975 sakhe sakhuluma ngendaba yokukhonza abafowethu ngomsebenzi wokuhlangula, sathi: “Akukafaneli nakancani sibilayele bona uJehova uZimu neNdodanakhe uJesu Krestu bawuqala njengoqakatheke kangangani umsebenzi lo.” Yeke, singatjho ngokungananazi ukuthi umsebenzi wokuhlangula uyikonzo ecwengileko.—Rom. 12:1, 7; 2 Kor. 8:7; Heb. 13:16.

7, 8. Ngimuphi umnqopho wokuthoma wekonzo yethu yokuhlangula? Hlathulula.

⁷ Iyini iminqopho yekonzwethu le yokuhlangula? Umbuzo lo uPowula wawuphendula encwadinakhe yesibili ayitlolela beKorinte. (Funda 2 Korinte 9:11-15.) Emavesini la uPowula uveza iminqopho emithathu eyihloko esiyifezako ‘ngomsebenzi wokuphakela iindingo zabantu bakaZimu,’ okumsebenzi wokuhlangula. Akhesicoce ngomnqopho ngamunye.

⁸ Kokuthoma, ikonzwethu yokuhlangula idumisa uJehova. Emavesini angehla, khewutjheje izinga uPowula aqalisela ngalo kuJehova uZimu nakakhuluma nabazalwana. Umpostoli lo ubakhumbuza ‘ngokuthokoza uZimu’ nangeendlela “ezinengi . . . zokuletha ukuthokoza kuZimu.” (Amavesi 11, 12) Uyatjho nokuthi imizamo yokuzikhandla kwamaKrestu ekonzweni le ‘idumisa uZimu.’ (Amavesi 13, 14) Kuthi-ke emaswapheleni, uPowula aphethe ngokutjho naka amazwi malungana nekonzo yokuhlangula le: “Akathokozwe uZimu.”—Ivesi 15; 1 Pit. 4:11.

9. Umsebenzi wokuhlangula ungabangela liphi itjhuguluko endleleni abanye abacabanga ngayo? Yiza nesibonelo.

⁹ Njengombana bekunjalo ngoPowula, neenceku zakaZimu zanamhlanjesi umsebenzi wokuhlangula ziwuqala njengoletha idumo kuJehova, uhlobise neemfundiso zakhe. (1 Kor. 10:31; Tit. 2:10, 13) Eqinisweni, umsebenzi wokuhlangula udlala nendima eqakathekileko ekuswabiseni labo abavame ukukhuluma kumbi ngaboFakazi bakaJehova. Nasi isibonelo: Omunye umma wendaweni eyasahlelwa siwuruwuru, emnyango wakwakhe bekafake iphawu elithi: “AboFakazi bakaJehova bangangeni la!” Kwathi ngelinye ilanga wabona abasebenza kwezokuhlangula balungisa indlu ephambi kwakwakhe. Kwadlula amalanga solo lokhu kwenzeka, wabona ukuthi abantwaba banobuntu kwamambala, yeke weqa indlela wayokubuza. Wathi nakezwa bona abantwabo boFakazi bakaJehova, waphatheka kabuhlungu khulu bewathi, “Uyazi benginiqala njengabantu abangakalungi.” Umphumela waba kukuthi nakafika kwakhe, walisusa khonokho iphawu ebelisemyangwelo.