Icandelo 1: Izinto Ezikholelwa NgamaKristu

Ukufunda kwakho iBhayibhile namaNgqina KaYehova kukwenze waqhelana nenyaniso. Siqinisekile ukuba izinto ozifundileyo zikwenze wanobuhlobo obuhle noThixo, ibe zikwenze wanethemba lokufumana iintsikelelo nokuphila kumhlaba oyiparadesi phantsi koBukumkani BukaThixo. Uye wanokholo ngakumbi kwiLizwi LikaThixo, ibe ngenxa yokuba usondelelene nebandla lamaKristu, sele ufumene iintsikelelo ezininzi. Uye wayibona indlela uYehova aqhubana ngayo nabantu bakhe namhlanje.—Zek. 8:23.

Njengoko ulungiselela ukubhaptizwa, abadala bebandla baza kuba nengxubusho kunye nawe eza kukunceda uphinde uzikhumbuze ngezinto ezikholelwa ngamaKristu. (Heb. 6:1-3) Akwaba uYehova angaqhubeka ekusikelela njengoko uzama ukumazi, aze akunike ubomi obungunaphakade njengoko ethembisile.—Yoh. 17:3.

1. Kutheni ufuna ukubhaptizwa?

2. Ngubani uYehova?

• “UYehova unguThixo wokwenene emazulwini phezulu nasemhlabeni phantsi. Akakho omnye.”—Dut. 4:39.

• “Wena, ogama linguYehova, nguwe wedwa Oyena Uphakamileyo phezu komhlaba wonke.”—INdu. 83:18.

3. Kutheni kubalulekile ukuba ulisebenzise igama likaThixo?

• “Ngoko ke, nina nize nithandaze ngale ndlela: ‘Tata wethu osemazulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho.’”—Mat. 6:9.

• “Wonke umntu othembela egameni likaYehova uza kusindiswa.”—Roma 10:13.

4. Zeziphi ezinye iindlela abizwa ngazo uYehova eBhayibhileni?

• “UYehova, uMdali wayo yonke into esemhlabeni, unguThixo ngonaphakade.”—Isa. 40:28.

• “Tata wethu osemazulwini.”—Mat. 6:9.

• “UThixo uluthando.”—1 Yoh. 4:8.

5. Yintoni onokumenzela yona uYehova uThixo?

• “Umele umthande uYehova uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ngomphefumlo wakho wonke, ngengqondo yakho yonke nangamandla akho onke.”—Marko 12:30.

• “Umele ukhonze uYehova uThixo wakho kuphela, ukhonze yena yedwa.”—Luka 4:8.

6. Kutheni umele uthembeke kuYehova?

• “Yiba sisilumko nyana wam, uze uyivuyise intliziyo yam, ukuze ndimphendule lowo undigxekayo.”—IMize. 27:11.

7. Uthandaza kubani, egameni likabani?

• “Ndiyaniqinisekisa ukuba, ukuba nicela nantoni na kuTata egameni lam [Yesu], uza kuninika.”—Yoh. 16:23.

8. Zintoni onokuzithandazela?

• “Ngoko ke, nina nize nithandaze ngale ndlela: ‘Tata wethu osemazulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho. Mabufike uBukumkani bakho. Makwenzeke nasemhlabeni ukuthanda kwakho, njengasezulwini. Siphe namhlanje isonka sanamhlanje; usixolele amatyala ethu, njengokuba nathi sibaxolele abanamatyala kuthi. Ungasiyekeli xa silingwa, kodwa sisindise kuSathana.’”—Mat. 6:9-13.

• “Siqinisekile ukuba uyasiva xa sicela nantoni na evumelana nokuthanda kwakhe.”—1 Yoh. 5:14.

9. Yintoni enokwenza uYehova angawumameli umthandazo wakho?

• “Baza kukhwaza uYehova becela uncedo, kodwa akazukubaphendula . . . ngenxa yobubi ababenzileyo.”—Mika 3:4.

• “Amehlo kaYehova ajonge kumalungisa, neendlebe zakhe zimamele imithandazo yawo ecengayo, kodwa uYehova uyabacaphukela abantu abenza izinto ezimbi.”—1 Pet. 3:12.

10. Ngubani uYesu Kristu?

• “USimon Petros wathi: ‘UnguKristu, uNyana woThixo ophilayo.’”—Mat. 16:16.

11. Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu eze emhlabeni?

• ‘UNyana womntu akezanga ukuze asetyenzelwe, kodwa uzele ukuba ibe nguye osebenzayo, aze anikele ngobomi bakhe ukuze kuhlawulelwe abaninzi.’—Mat. 20:28.

• “Ndimele [mna Yesu] ndishumayele iindaba ezilungileyo ezingoBukumkani bukaThixo nakwezinye izixeko, kuba ndithunywe loo nto.”—Luka 4:43.

12. Ungabonisa njani ukuba uyayibulela into uYesu awasenzela yona?

• “Wabafela bonke ukuze abo baphilayo bangabi saziphilela, kodwa baphilele lowo wabafelayo waza wavuswa.”—2 Kor. 5:15.

13. Leliphi igunya uYesu analo?

• “Ndinikwe lonke igunya ezulwini nasemhlabeni.”—Mat. 28:18.

• “UThixo wamphakamisa wambeka kwisikhundla esiphezulu waza ngobubele wamnika igama elingaphezu kwawo onke amanye amagama.”—Fil. 2:9.

14. Ngaba uyakholelwa ukuba iQumrhu Elilawulayo LamaNgqina KaYehova ‘likhoboka elithembekileyo neliyingqondi’ elimiselwe nguYesu?

• “Ngubani kanye kanye olikhoboka elithembekileyo neliyingqondi, elanikwa yinkosi yalo umsebenzi wokukhathalela abo basebenza endlini yayo, ukuze libanike ukutya kwabo ngexesha elifanelekileyo?”—Mat. 24:45.

15. Ngaba umoya oyingcwele nguThixo?

• “Le ngelosi yaphendula yathi: ‘Uza kufikelwa ngumoya oyingcwele, namandla Oyena Uphakamileyo. Yiloo nto ke lo mntwana eza kuba ngcwele, aze abizwe ngokuba nguNyana kaThixo.’”—Luka 1:35.

• “Ngoko ke, ukuba nina, nakubeni ningaboni, niyakwazi ukupha abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo, wobeka phi na ke yena uTata wenu osezulwini ukubapha umoya oyingcwele abo bamcelayo!”—Luka 11:13.

16. UYehova uye wawusebenzisa njani umoya oyingcwele?

• “Amazulu enziwe ngelizwi likaYehova, yonke into ekuwo yenziwe ngumoya womlomo wakhe.”—INdu. 33:6.

• “Niza kuba namandla xa nifumana umoya oyingcwele, ibe niza kuba ngamangqina am . . . de niyokufika nakwezona ndawo zikude emhlabeni.”—IZe. 1:8.

• “Akukho siprofeto seSibhalo sivela ebantwini. Kuba zange nanini na kubekho isiprofeto ngokuthanda komntu, kodwa abantu babethetha ngokusuka kuThixo beqhutywa ngumoya oyingcwele.”—2 Pet. 1:20, 21.

17. Yintoni uBukumkani BukaThixo?

• “UThixo wezulu uza kumisa ubukumkani obungasoze butshatyalaliswe. Obu bukumkani abuzukudluliselwa kubo nabaphi na abanye abantu. Buza kubutyumza bubuphelise bonke obunye ubukumkani, buze bona buhlale bukho ngonaphakade.”—Dan. 2:44.

18. Buza kunceda njani wena uBukumkani BukaThixo?

• “Uza kuzosula zonke iinyembezi emehlweni abo, kungabi sabakho kufa, kungabi sabakho kuzila nakukhala nantlungu. Izinto zangaphambili azisekho.”—ISityhi. 21:4.

19. Wazi njani ukuba sele siza kuzifumana iintsikelelo zoBukumkani?

• “Abafundi bakhe beza kuthetha naye ecaleni, bathi: ‘Sixelele, ziza kwenzeka nini ezi zinto, ibe siza kubona ngantoni xa ukho naxa sekuza kupheliswa ihlabathi?’ UYesu wabaphendula wathi: ‘. . . Iintlanga ziza kulwa nezinye iintlanga namazwe alwe namanye amazwe, yaye kuza kubakho indlala neenyikima kwiindawo ngeendawo. Ibe ezi ndaba zilungileyo ezingoBukumkani ziza kushunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke, ziviwe zizo zonke iintlanga, emva koko sifike isiphelo.’”—Mat. 24:3, 4, 7, 14.

• “Ngemihla yokugqibela kuza kufika amaxesha ekunzima ukuwanyamezela. Kuba abantu baza kuthanda iziqu zabo, bathande imali, baqhayise, baziphakamise, bathethe kakubi ngoThixo nangabantu, bangathobeli bazali, bangabi nambulelo, bangathembeki, bangabi naluthando, babe nenkani, bangcolise amagama abantu, bangakwazi kuzibamba, babe ziindlobongela, bangazithandi izinto ezilungileyo, bajikele abahlobo babo, bangafuni kumamela mntu, bakhukhumale likratshi, bathande ulonwabo kunokuba bathande uThixo, babonakale ngathi bayamkhonza uThixo, kodwa indlela abaphila ngayo ibe ingatsho.”—2 Tim. 3:1-5.

20. Ubonisa njani ukuba bubalulekile uBukumkani kuwe?

• “Qhubekani, ke ngoko, nifuna kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo nobulungisa bakhe.”—Mat. 6:33.

• “UYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: ‘Nabani na ofuna ukundilandela, makazincame, athwale isibonda sakhe sokungcungcutheka aze aqhubeke endilandela.’”—Mat. 16:24.

21. Ngubani uSathana needemon?

• “Utata wenu nguMtyholi . . . Yena wayengumbulali kwasekuqaleni.”—Yoh. 8:44.

• “Yaphoswa phantsi emhlabeni inamba enkulu, laa nyoka yakudala, le ibizwa ngokuba nguMtyholi, uSathana, lo ulahlekisa umhlaba wonke. Waphoswa phantsi emhlabeni, neengelosi zakhe zaphoswa phantsi kunye naye.”—ISityhi. 12:9.

22. USathana umtyhola ngantoni uYehova nabantu abamkhonzayo?

• “Umfazi wathi kwinyoka: ‘Singazitya iziqhamo zemithi yomyezo. Kodwa uThixo uthe ngeziqhamo zomthi osemyezweni phakathi: “Nimele ningazityi, ningazichukumisi; kungenjalo niza kufa.”’ Yona inyoka yathi kumfazi: ‘Ngokuqinisekileyo anizukufa. UThixo uyazi ukuba mhla nithe natya kuzo, aza kuvuleka amehlo enu nibe njengoThixo, nazi okulungileyo nokubi.’”—Gen. 3:2-5.

• “USathana wamphendula uYehova wathi: ‘Isikhumba ngesikhumba. Akukho nto umntu angenakuyincama ukuze asindise ubomi bakhe.’”—Yobhi 2:4.

23. Ungabonisa njani ukuba uSathana uyaxoka?

• “UThixo . . . umkhonze ngentliziyo epheleleyo.”—1 Kron. 28:9.

• “Andizukuyeka ukuba msulwa de ndife!”—Yobhi 27:5.

24. Kutheni abantu besifa?

• “Isono sangena ngomntu omnye ehlabathini, nokufa kwangena ngenxa yesono, kwaza ukufa kwasasazeka kubo bonke abantu ngenxa yokuba bonke babenesono.”—Roma 5:12.

25. Kwenzeka ntoni emntwini xa eswelekile?

• “Abaphilayo bayazi ukuba baseza kufa, kodwa bona abafileyo abazi nto kwaphela.”—INtshu. 9:5.

26. Ngaba likhona ithemba ngabantu abaswelekileyo?

• “UThixo uza kuvusa abantu abangamalungisa nabangengomalungisa.”—IZe. 24:15.

27. Bangaphi abantu abaza kulawula noYesu ezulwini?

• “Ndabona iMvana imi phezu kweNtaba YeZiyon, imi kunye nabantu abayi-144 000, abanegama leMvana negama likaTata wayo emabunzini abo.”—ISityhi. 14:1.