Isahluko 10

Ukucekisa “Izinto Ezinzulu ZikaSathana”

ITIYATIRA

1. ITiyatira yayimi ndawoni ngentelekiso namanye amabandla, ibe yayinjani imeko yayo engokonqulo?

MALUNGA neekhilomitha ezingama-64 ukuya kumzantsi mpuma weBergama (iPergamo) kukho iAkhisar eyidolophu efumileyo yaseTurkey. Kwiminyaka enokuba li-1 900 eyadlulayo, le dolophu yayingummandla ekwakumi kuwo iTiyatira. Umveleli ohambahambayo wayenokuyifikelela lula iTiyatira ngokusebenzisa indlela esemhlabeni ukusuka ePergamo aze ajikeleze esiya kumabandla aseleyo eSityhilelo isahluko 3—iSardesi, iFiladelfi neLawodike. Ngokungafaniyo nePergamo, iTiyatira akubonakali ukuba yayiliziko elibalulekileyo lokunqulwa komlawuli, kodwa yayinezindlu zonqulo neetempile ezazinikezelwe koothixo babahedeni. ITiyatira yayidume njengeziko lezorhwebo.

2, 3. (a) Yintoni eyabhalwayo ngaphambilana ngomntu waseTiyatira owaba ngumKristu? (b) Ibaluleke ngantoni kumaKristu aseTiyatira into yokuba uYesu ‘enguNyana kaThixo’ nokuba ‘amehlo akhe enjengedangatye lomlilo’?

² Xa uPawulos wayeshumayela eMakedoni, wadibana nomfazi waseTiyatira ogama linguLidiya, umthengisi weengubo ezibomvu. ULidiya nendlu yakhe yonke basamkela ngovuyo isigidimi esasishunyayelwa nguPawulos baza babonakalisa umoya omangalisayo wokubuk’ iindwendwe. (IZenzo 16:14, 15) Waba ngumntu wokuqala waseTiyatira obhalwe kwiingxelo owamkela ubuKristu. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, kwesi sixeko kwabakho ibandla lamaKristu. UYesu usithumela apho esona sigidimi sakhe side: “Nengelosi yebandla eliseTiyatira yibhalele uthi: Utsho uNyana kaThixo, lowo umehlo akhe anjengedangatye lomlilo, neenyawo zakhe zinjengobhedu olusulungekileyo.”—ISityhilelo 2:18.

³ Esi kuphela kwesihlandlo apho kubonakala khona ibinzana elithi “uNyana kaThixo” kwiSityhilelo, nangona kwezinye iindawo uYesu ebhekisela kuYehova ngokuthi ‘uBawo.’ (ISityhilelo 2:27; 3:5, 21) Ukusetyenziswa kwesi sibizo apha kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukhumbuza amaKristu aseTiyatira ngobuhlobo uYesu anabo noYehova. Lo Nyana ‘unamehlo anjengedangatye lomlilo’—nto leyo esisilumkiso kumaKristu aseTiyatira sokuba umgwebo wakhe uya kuvutha nxamnye nantoni na ayibona ingcolisa ibandla. Ngokubhekisela kwiinyawo zakhe ezifana nobhedu olubengezelayo okwesihlandlo sesibini, ubalaselisa umzekelo wakhe oqaqambileyo ongokuthembeka ngoxa wayephila kulo mhlaba. Alithandabuzeki elokuba amaKristu aseTiyatira asamkela isiluleko sakhe, yaye nathi simele senjenjalo namhlanje!—1 Petros 2:21.

4, 5. (a) Kutheni le nto uYesu wawancomayo amaKristu aseTiyatira? (b) Ibandla laseTiyatira lifana njani namabandla amaNgqina kaYehova namhlanje?

⁴ Okuvuyisayo kukuba, uYesu uyawancoma lawo aseTiyatira. Uthi: “Ndiyazazi izenzo zakho, nothando nokholo nobulungiseleli nonyamezelo lwakho, nokuba izenzo zakho zamva zingaphezulu kwezo zangaphambili.” (ISityhilelo 2:19) Ngokungafaniyo namaEfese, amaKristu athanjisiweyo apho akaphulukananga nothando lwawo lokuqala ngoYehova. Ukholo lwawo lomelele. Ngokungakumbi, izenzo zawo zingaphezu kwezokuqala, yaye njengamabandla amathathu awandulelayo, amaKristu aseTiyatira ayanyamezela. Hayi indlela afana ngayo namabandla amaNgqina kaYehova amalunga ne-100 000 akuwo wonke umhlaba namhlanje! Ukuthanda uYehova kuyinto eqaqambileyo, njengoko umoya wenzondelelo kubulungiseleli uzalisa yonke intlangano, uvuselela abaselula nabakhulileyo. Abaninzi bazibhokoxa njengoovulindlela, ngaloo ndlela belisebenzisa ngobulumko ixesha elisaseleyo lokuvakalisa ithemba eliqaqambileyo loBukumkani bukaThixo obuzayo!—Mateyu 24:14; Marko 13:10.

⁵ Kangangamashumi eminyaka, abaninzi abathembekileyo, intsalela ethanjisiweyo nesihlwele esikhulu, bebebonakalisa unyamezelo olungumzekelo kwinkonzo kaThixo, ngoxa ihlabathi elibangqongileyo beliya lingena ngakumbi nangakumbi kubumnyama obunganiki themba. Kodwa masikhaliphe ngokwenene! ISityhilelo siqinisekisa ubungqina babaprofeti bakaThixo bangaphambili. “Imini enkulu kaYehova ikufuphi. Ikufuphi, yaye ikhawuleza kakhulu.”—Zefaniya 1:14; Yoweli 2:1; Habhakuki 2:3; ISityhilelo 7:9; 22:12, 13.

“Laa Mfazi UIzebhele”

6. (a) Phezu kwazo nje iimpawu ezincomekayo kwibandla laseTiyatira, yiyiphi ingxaki ekhankanywa nguYesu kulo ekufuneka kunikelwe ingqalelo ekhawulezileyo kuyo? (b) Wayengubani uIzebhele, yaye ngaba ngokwenene wayengumprofetikazi?

⁶ Amehlo kaYesu anjengedangatye lomlilo abone okungakumbi. Uphawula into efuna ingqalelo ekhawulezileyo. Uxelela amaKristu aseTiyatira oku: “Noko ke, ndinoku nxamnye nawe, kokuba umnyamezela laa mfazi uIzebhele, ozibiza ngokuthi ungumprofetikazi, efundisa aze alahlekise amakhoboka am ukuba ahenyuze, atye izinto ezibingelelwe kwizithixo.” (ISityhilelo 2:20) Ngenkulungwane yeshumi ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo, uKumkanikazi uIzebhele, owayenqula uBhahali nowayengumfazi kaKumkani uAhabhi wakwaSirayeli, waduma ngokubulala, ukukrexeza nokulawula. UYehu, njengomthanjiswa kaYehova, wayalela ukuba abulawe. (1 Kumkani 16:31; 18:4; 21:1-16; 2 Kumkani 9:1-7, 22, 30, 33) UIzebhele owayenqula izithixo wayengenguye umprofetikazi. Wayengafani noMiriyam noDebhora, abakhonza njengabaprofetikazi abathembekileyo kwaSirayeli. (Eksodus 15:20, 21; ABagwebi 4:4; 5:1-31) Yaye umoya kaYehova awuzange umshukumisele ukuba aprofete njengoko wawushukumise uAna owalupheleyo neentombi ezine zikaFilipu owayengumshumayeli weendaba ezilungileyo.—Luka 2:36-38; IZenzo 21:9.

7. (a) Ngokuthi “loo mfazi uIzebhele,” ngokucacileyo uYesu ubhekisela kweyiphi impembelelo? (b) Abanye abafazi ababenxulumana nebandla kusenokuba balithethelela njani ikhondo labo lokuba neenkani?

⁷ Ngoko, licacile elokuba, “loo mfazi uIzebhele” ozibanga engumprofetikazi eTiyatira ngowenkohliso. Akaxhaswa ngumoya kaThixo. Ungubani? Kunokwenzeka ukuba, ungumfazi okanye iqela labafazi elinempembelelo eyonakalisa ngokungenalusizi ebandleni. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba bambi abafazi abanxulumana nebandla babefaka amalungu alo ekuziphatheni okubi, ngoxa babethethelela ngokuphandle ikhondo labo lokuba neenkani ngokuzisebenzisa ngokuphosakeleyo izibhalo. Ngenene babengabaprofetikazi bobuxoki! Babeza kuphembelela abanye ukuba bawele kwiindlela zabo ‘zohenyuzo, ukungahlambuluki, inkanuko yesini, umnqweno owenzakalisayo, nokubawa, okulunqulo-zithixo.’ (Kolose 3:5) Babeya kwenza abo basebandleni bazifice ngokugqith’ emgceni ekuziphatheni okubi nokwanelisa iziqu zabo nto leyo ngoku eyamkelwayo, okanye ebethwa ngoyaba kwiinkonzo ezininzi zeNgqobhoko.

8. (a) Siyintoni isigwebo esivakaliswa nguYesu ‘kuIzebhele’ eTiyatira? (b) Impembelelo engafanelekanga yamabhinqa iye yabonakala njani namhlanje?

⁸ UYesu uhlabela mgama exelela abadala baseTiyatira oku: “Yaye ndamnika ixesha lokuba aguquke, kodwa akavumi kuguquka kuhenyuzo lwakhe. Khangela! Sele ndiza kumphosa elukhukweni lokufa, nabo bahenyuza kunye naye ndibaphose kwimbandezelo enkulu, ngaphandle kokuba bayaguquka kwizenzo zakhe.” (ISityhilelo 2:21, 22) Kanye njengokuba uIzebhele wangaphambili kubonakala ukuba wayelawula uAhabhi waza ke wamjongela phantsi umgwebi owayemiselwe nguThixo, uYehu, ngokunjalo la mabhinqa kusenokuba ayezama ukulawula amadoda nabadala. Kubonakala ukuba, abadala baseTiyatira bayinyamezela impembelelo kaIzebhele eyayibonakalisa ukungathozami. Apha uYesu wayevakalisa isilumkiso esinamandla kubo, nakumabandla abantu bakaYehova asemhlabeni wonke namhlanje. Bambi abafazi abanempembelelo enamandla ngolo hlobo baye balukuhla amadoda abo ukuba abe ngabawexuki yaye bade babangela ukuba inkundla ithabathe inyathelo nxamnye nabakhonzi bakaYehova abathembekileyo.—Thelekisa uYude 5-8.

9. (a) Kutheni le nto amazwi kaYesu angoIzebhele engabonisi ukuba asingawo onke amabhinqa angalunganga ebandleni? (b) Kuphela kunini apho kuvela khona impembelelo kaIzebhele?

⁹ Oku akubonisi nangayiphi na indlela ukuba amabhinqa athembekileyo akwibandla lamaKristu akalunganga. Kule mihla, inxalenye enkulu yomsebenzi wokunikelwa kobungqina ifezwa ngoodade abathembekileyo; ngezifundo zeBhayibhile zamakhaya abaziqhubayo, bezisa inginginya yabantu abatsha ebandleni. UThixo uyalisikelela eli lungiselelo, njengoko kuboniswe yiNdumiso 68:11: “NguYehova onikela eli lizwi; abafazi abavakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo bangumkhosi omkhulu.” Amadoda anokuphenjelelwa kakuhle yihambo yobulali nentlonelo yabafazi bawo, nto leyo ‘exabiseke kakhulu emehlweni kaThixo.’ (1 Petros 3:1-4) Umfazi ofanelekileyo nokhutheleyo uyadunyiswa nguKumkani uLemuweli. (IMizekeliso 31:10-31) Impembelelo kaIzebhele ivela kuphela xa abafazi bephambuka endleleni ngokulukuhla amadoda okanye ngokutyeshela ubuntloko bawo.—Efese 5:22, 23; 1 Korinte 11:3.

10. (a) Kutheni le nto uIzebhele nabantwana bakhe begwetywa? (b) Abo baba ngabantwana bakaIzebhele bakweyiphi imeko eyingozi, ibe yintoni abamele bayenze?

¹⁰ Ebhekisela ‘kumfazi onguIzebhele,’ uYesu uyaqhubeka esithi: “Yaye abantwana bakhe ndiza kubabulala ngesibetho esibulalayo, khon’ ukuze onke amabandla azi ukuba ndingulowo uphengulula izintso neentliziyo, ndinike elowo ngokwezenzo zenu.” (ISityhilelo 2:23) UYesu unike uIzebhele nabantwana bakhe ixesha lokuguquka, kodwa bayaqhubeka behamba ngeendlela zabo zokuziphatha okubi ibe ngenxa yoko bamele bagwetywe. Apha kukho isigidimi esinamandla kumaKristu namhlanje. Abo baxelisa uIzebhele, enoba bangamadoda okanye bangabafazi, baze ngaloo ndlela babe ngabantwana bakhe ngokuthi batyeshele imigaqo yeBhayibhile engobuntloko nokuziphatha okuhle okanye ngokuthi babe neenkani kangangokuba batyeshele ulungelelwaniso lolawulo lobuthixo, bagula ngokuyingozi ngokomoya. Enyanisweni, ukuba ubani onjalo ucela abadala bebandla ukuba bamthandazele, “umthandazo wokholo uya kumphilisa lowo ungaphilanga, uYehova amvuse”—ukuba ngokuzithoba wenza ngokuvisisana naloo mithandazo. Kodwa makungabikho namnye ucinga ukuba unokumkhohlisa uThixo okanye uKristu ngokuzama ukufihla izenzo zokuziphatha okubi okanye azibonakalise ngaphandle ezondelela inkonzo.—Yakobi 5:14, 15.

11. Amabandla namhlanje ancedwa njani ukuba aphaphele ukungenelela kwempembelelo engafanelekanga yamabhinqa?

¹¹ Okuvuyisayo kukuba, inkoliso yamabandla amaNgqina kaYehova namhlanje iyiphaphele le ngozi. Abadala baluphaphele utyekelo lokungathotyelwa kolawulo lobuthixo nezenzo eziphosakeleyo. Bazama ukunceda amadoda namabhinqa akwindlela esa engozini ukuze akhiwe ngokomoya aze ancedwe ngaphambi kokuba ashiywe lixesha. (Galati 5:16; 6:1) Ngothando nangokuqinileyo, aba baveleli bangamaKristu bathintela nayiphi na imigudu yamabhinqa yokuyila amaqela akhuthaza izinto ezifana nenkululeko yabafazi. Ngaphezu koko, isiluleko esifika ngexesha elifanelekileyo siyanikelwa ngamathuba athile kwiimpapasho zamaNgqina kaYehova.a

12. Udidi lukaYohane namhlanje luyibonisa ngayiphi indlela inzondelelo efana naleyo kaYehu?

¹² Noko ke, xa kukho ukuziphatha okubi ngokunzulu, ingakumbi xa kude kwaba luqheliselo, aboni abangaguqukiyo bamele basuswe ebudlelaneni. Sikhumbula inzondelelo kaYehu ekushenxiseni yonke impembelelo kaIzebhele kwaSirayeli. Ngokukwanjalo, namhlanje udidi lukaYohane luthabatha inyathelo eliqinileyo, lumisela umzekelo omele ulandelwe ngamaqabane alo ‘angamaYehonadabhi’ yaye luzibonakalisa lwahluke ngokupheleleyo kubalungiseleli beNgqobhoko abangoovula zibhuqe.—2 Kumkani 9:22, 30-37; 10:12-17.

13. Kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwabo bayivumelayo impembelelo ephosakeleyo yamabhinqa?

¹³ NjengoMthunywa noMgwebi omiselwe nguYehova, uNyana kaThixo wenza ngokufanelekileyo ekubhenceni uIzebhele wanamhla ogula ngokunganyangekiyo ngokomoya. (Malaki 3:1, 5) Abo baziyekeleyo ukuba baphenjelelwe ngokuphosakeleyo leli bhinqa nabo baya kufumana imbandezelo enkulu—intlungu yokususwa kubudlelane, basikwe kwibandla lamaKristu ngokungathi bafile. Ngaphandle kokuba bayaguquka, babuye, baze bamkelwe kwakhona ebandleni, nabo baza kufa “ngesibetho esibulalayo”—kamva, kwimbandezelo enkulu. Okwangoku, banokubuyiselwa kuphela ukuba baguquka ngokupheleleyo kwizenzo zabo eziphosakeleyo.—Mateyu 24:21, 22; 2 Korinte 7:10.

14. (a) UYesu ubasebenzisa njani abadala ekusingatheni iingxaki ezithile, ezinjengayo nayiphi na impembelelo kaIzebhele? (b) Ibandla limele libaxhase njani abadala abasingatha iingxaki ezinjalo?

¹⁴ “Onke amabandla” amele azi ukuba uYesu uphengulula “izintso,” ezona mvakalelo zinzulu, ‘nentliziyo,’ umntu ongaphakathi, kuquka neentshukumisa ezifihlakeleyo. Oku ukwenza ngokuthi asebenzise iinkwenkwezi okanye abadala abanokuthenjwa, ekusingatheni iingxaki ezithile, ezinjengayo nayiphi na impembelelo kaIzebhele abayibonayo. (ISityhilelo 1:20) Emva kokuba aba badala bewuhlolisise ngokupheleleyo umbandela ololu hlobo kuze kuwiswe nesigwebo, abanye abantu abafanelanga bafune izizathu zokuba kuwiswe eso sigwebo. Bonke bamele bayamkele ngokuzithoba indlela abadala abawubona ngayo umcimbi lowo baze baqhubeke bezixhasa ezi nkwenkwezi zebandla. Baya kuvuzwa ngokunyaniseka kwabo kuYehova nakumalungiselelo entlangano yakhe. (INdumiso 37:27-29; Hebhere 13:7, 17) Ngamana wena ngokobuqu ungasikelelwa xa uYesu enika elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe.—Galati 5:19-24; 6:7-9.

“Kubambeni Nkqi Oko Ninako”

15. (a) UYesu wathini kwabo babengazange bonakaliswe nguIzebhele? (b) Yintoni ebonisa ukuba asingabo bonke ababesithi bangamaKristu emva ngowe-1918 abathi bonakaliswa yiNgqobhoko ewexukileyo?

¹⁵ Amazwi alandelayo kaYesu ayathuthuzela: “Noko ke, ndithi kwabanye benu abaseTiyatira, bonke abo bangenayo le mfundiso, abo kanye bangazazanga ‘izinto ezinzulu zikaSathana,’ ngokutsho kwabo: Andibeki phezu kwenu naluphi na olunye uxanduva. Ngokunjalo ke, kubambeni nkqi oko ninako ndide ndifike.” (ISityhilelo 2:24, 25) ETiyatira kukho abantu abathembekileyo abangaphenjelelwanga nguIzebhele. Ngokufanayo, kangangeminyaka engama-40 ngaphambi kowe-1918 yaye ukususela ngoko, asingabo bonke abathi bangamaKristu abaye bakunyamezela ukuziphatha okubi nokonakala okuxhaphakileyo kwiNgqobhoko. Ibathwana laBafundi BeBhayibhile, ngoku abaziwa njengamaNgqina kaYehova, elazama ukunceda amalungu ecawa abone ukuba iimfundiso ezininzi zeNgqobhoko azisekelwanga kubuKristu, liye lazahlukanisa nazo zonke iinkolelo nezinto eziluqheliselo lwaseBhabhiloni ezifumaneka kwiNgqobhoko ewexukileyo. Oku kuquka imfundiso kavula- zibhuqe ‘yaloo mfazi unguIzebhele.’

16. Nangona uYesu nequmrhu elilawulayo lamaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala bengazange bongezelele naluphi na uxanduva, ziziphi izinto ezimele ziphetshwe?

¹⁶ Namhlanje udidi lukaYohane nalo lukhuthaze amaqabane alo, isihlwele esikhulu, ukuba silumkele iimpembelelo zokuziphatha okubi, ezinjengezo zokuzonwabisa okukwihlabathi elonakeleyo. Ayikho imfuneko yokuba uthi ngenxa yokufun’ ukwazi ubukele ukungcola okanye ufune ukuba namava ngako ukuze wazi indlela yokukuphepha. Kulikhondo lobulumko ukuziphepha ngokupheleleyo “izinto ezinzulu zikaSathana.” Kunjengokuba uYesu esithi: ‘Andiyi kongezelela uxanduva olubhekele phaya kuni.’ Oku kusikhumbuza ngommiselo owakhutshwa liqumrhu elilawulayo lamaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala: “Kukholekile kumoya oyingcwele nakuthi ngokwethu ukungongezeleli uxanduva olubhekele phaya kuni, ngaphandle kwezi zinto ziyimfuneko, ukuba nikhwebuke kwizinto ezibingelelwe kwizithixo nasegazini nakwizinto ezikrwitshiweyo nakuhenyuzo. Ukuba niyazikhwebula kwezi zinto, niya kuphumelela.” (IZenzo 15:28, 29) Ukuze uphumelele ngokomoya, luphephe unqulo lobuxoki, ukusebenzisa kakubi igazi (njengokutofela igazi) nokuziphatha okubi! Yaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba impilo yakho engokwasemzimbeni nayo iya kukhuseleka.

17. (a) USathana ubalinge njani abantu namhlanje ‘ngezinto ezinzulu’? (b) Simele sibe yintoni isimo sethu sengqondo ‘ngezinto ezinzulu’ zehlabathi likaSathana?

¹⁷ USathana unezinye “izinto ezinzulu” namhlanje, ezinjengeengcamango eziphosakeleyo nezilahlekisa ingqondo. Ukongezelela kwingcinga kavula-zibhuqe neyokuziphatha okubi, ezi zinto ziquka ukukhafula nengcamango yendaleko. UMdali olumke ngokupheleleyo uzijonga njani ezi ‘zinto zinzulu’? Umpostile uPawulos umcaphula njengothi: “Ndiza kubutshitshisa ubulumko babantu abazizilumko.” Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ‘izinto ezinzulu zikaThixo’ zicacile, ziyaqondakala yaye ziyahlaziya. AmaKristu alumkileyo ayaziphepha “izinto ezinzulu” zehlabathi likaSathana. Khumbula ukuba, “ihlabathi liyadlula nenkanuko yalo, kodwa lowo wenza ukuthanda kukaThixo uhleli ngonaphakade.”—1 Korinte 1:19; 2:10; 1 Yohane 2:17.

18. Ziziphi iintsikelelo uYesu awazithembisa amaKristu athanjisiweyo ahlala ethembekile ukusa ekupheleni, yaye liliphi ilungelo aya kuba nalo eArmagedon?

¹⁸ Kuloo maKristu aseTiyatira, uYesu ngoku uthetha amazwi afudumez’ intliziyo. Akwakhuthaza namaKristu athanjisiweyo namhlanje: “Yaye lowo woyisayo nogcina izenzo zam kude kuse ekupheleni ndiya kumnika igunya phezu kweentlanga, yaye uya kubalusa abantu ngentonga yentsimbi, abaqhekeze njengezitya zodongwe, njengoko nam ndilifumene kuBawo elo gunya.” (ISityhilelo 2:26, 27) Ngenene eli lilungelo elimangalisayo! Eli gunya elithi lifunyanwe ngaboyisi abathanjisiweyo ekuvusweni kwabo likukwabelana noYesu ekusebenziseni ‘intonga yentsimbi’ yentshabalalo kwiintlanga ezivukelayo eArmagedon. Kwanokuba ezo ntlanga zinokudubula ngezixhobo zazo zenyukliya, ziya kufana nje neziqhushumbisi zokudlala xa uKristu ezityumza ngokupheleleyo iintshaba zakhe.—INdumiso 2:8, 9; ISityhilelo 16:14, 16; 19:11-13, 15.

19. (a) Lingubani “ikhwezi lokusa,” ibe baya kulinikwa njani abo boyisayo? (b) Luluphi ukhuthazo olunikwa isihlwele esikhulu?

¹⁹ UYesu wongezelela la mazwi: “Yaye ndiya kumnika ikhwezi lokusa.” (ISityhilelo 2:28) Kamva uYesu ucacisa ukuba liyintoni na eli “khwezi,” esithi: “Mna ndiyingcambu nenzala kaDavide, nekhwezi eliqaqambileyo lokusa.” (ISityhilelo 22:16) Ewe, nguYesu ozalisekisa isiprofeto uYehova awanyanzelisa ukuba sithethwe nguBhileham owayengavumi ukusivakalisa: “Kuya kuphuma inkwenkwezi kwaYakobi, kusuke intonga yobukhosi ivela kwaSirayeli.” (Numeri 24:17) UYesu uya kubanika njani “ikhwezi lokusa” abo boyisayo? Licacile elokuba, uya kwenjenjalo ngokuzinikela kwakhe kubo, ngokubangenisa kolona lwalamano lusondeleyo nolusenyongweni kunye naye. (Yohane 14:2, 3) Ngenene, ukhuthazo olunamandla lubanceda ukuba banyamezele! Kwakhona, kulukhuthazo kwisihlwele esikhulu ukwazi ukuba ‘ikhwezi eliqaqambileyo lokusa’ kungekudala liza kusebenzisa igunya lalo loBukumkani ekubuyiseleni iParadesi apha emhlabeni!

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20. Ziziphi iziganeko ezenzeke kwiNgqobhoko ezisikhumbuza ngobunye ubuthathaka bebandla laseTiyatira?

²⁰ Esi sigidimi simele ukuba sawakhuthaza kakhulu amaKristu aseTiyatira. Khawufan’ ucinge nje—uNyana kaThixo ozukisiweyo ezulwini wayethethe ngokobuqu namaKristu aseTiyatira ngezinye zeengxaki zawo! Ngokuqinisekileyo, ubuncinane bambi abasebandleni basabela koko kwalusa kunothando. Esi sigidimi sisesona side kwezisixhenxe kwakhona siyasinceda ukuba sibone ibandla lamaKristu okwenyaniso namhlanje. Ngowe-1918 xa uYesu weza kwitempile kaYehova ukuza kugweba, iintlangano ezininzi ezazisithi zezamaKristu zazingcoliswe kukunqula izithixo nokuziphatha okubi ngokomoya. (Yakobi 4:4) Zimbi zazisekele iinkolelo zazo kwiimfundiso zabafazi abanempembelelo enamandla benkulungwane ye-19, abanjengoEllen White wecawa yamaSabatha noMary Baker Eddy weChristian Scientists, ibe kutshanje abafazi abaninzi bebeshumayela besepulpitini. (Thelekisa eyoku-1 kuTimoti 2:11, 12.) Phakathi kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zobuKatolika, uMariya udla ngokuzukiswa ngaphezu koThixo noKristu. UYesu akazange amzukise ngolu hlobo. (Yohane 2:4; 19:26) Ngaba ngenene iintlangano eziyamkelayo impembelelo engafanelekanga yamabhinqa ziyamkeleka njengezamaKristu?

21. Ziziphi izifundo ezinokufundwa ngumntu ngamnye kwisigidimi sikaYesu esiya eTiyatira?

²¹ AmaKristu, enoba ngawodidi lukaYohane okanye ngawezinye izimvu, enza kakuhle ukuqwalasela esi sigidimi. (Yohane 10:16) Wambi asenokufuna ukulandela ikhondo elibonakala lilula, njengokuba abafundi bakaIzebhele waseTiyatira benjenjalo. Kwakhona kukho nesilingo sokulalanisa. Namhlanje, kumele kujonganwe neembambano ezinjengokudla izinto eziveliswe ngegazi okanye ukwamkela utofelo-gazi. Wambi asenokuba noluvo lokuba ukuzondelela inkonzo yasentsimini okanye ukunikela iintetho kuwanika ilungelo lokubukela imifanekiso-bhanyabhanya neeteyiphu zevidiyo ezibonisa ugonyamelo nokuziphatha okubi, okanye ukuzinkcinkca ngokugqith’ emgceni ngotywala. Isilumkiso sikaYesu esiya kumaKristu aseTiyatira sisixelela ukuba asimele sizibeke emngciphekweni onjalo. UYehova ufuna ukuba sicoceke, sizinikele ngomphefumlo opheleleyo, singabi mbaxa, njengokuba ayenjalo amaKristu amaninzi eTiyatira.

22. UYesu ukubethelela njani ukubaluleka kokuba nendlebe evayo?

²² Ekugqibeleni, uYesu uvakalisa oku: “Lowo unendlebe makakuve oko ukutshoyo umoya kuwo amabandla.” (ISityhilelo 2:29) Apha uYesu uphinda amazwi okuqukumbela avuselelayo okwesihlandlo sesine, yaye kuya kuqukunjelwa ngawo zonke izigidimi ezithathu ezisezayo. Ngaba unayo indlebe ephulaphulayo? Ngoko hlala uphulaphula ngenyameko njengoko uThixo, ngomoya wakhe, eqhubeka elungiselela isiluleko ngejelo lakhe.

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