Kweli nqaku siza kujongana nesimangaliso esibi (maranatha, 161). “Irhamncwa libangela ukuba wonke umntu, abancinane nabakhulu, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abakhululekileyo nabangamakhoboka, babekwe uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene, nokuba kusebunzi, kungabikho bani unako ukuthenga nokuthengisa ngaphandle kwalowo ukhoyo. linophawu, okanye igama lerhamncwa, okanye inani legama lalo.” ( ISityhilelo 13,16.17:XNUMX, XNUMX ) Apha kuxelwe kwangaphambili ukuba uphawu luya kunyanzeliswa ngamandla. Luphawu lowexuko, umhla wokuphumla wobuxoki, ukuhamba kweSabatha ukusuka ngoMgqibelo, umhla wesixhenxe, ukuya kwiCawe, umhla wokuqala weveki. Lo iya kuba ngowona mxholo ubalaseleyo ekupheleni kwexesha.

“NgoMhla woPhumlo ukuthembeka kwethu kuya kuvavanywa...kuba akukho nto yokholo iphikisana ngolu hlobo...Ngelixa abathile baqubuda kumagunya asemhlabeni ngokuluvuma olo phawu baze ngaloo ndlela bamkele uphawu lwerhamncwa; abanye bafumana Inxalenye yetywina likaThixo ngokukhetha umqondiso wokunyaniseka kuThixo.”Impikiswano Enkulu, 605; bona. Umlo omkhulu, 606)

Wonke umntu ufumana itywina okanye uphawu. Zombini ziintsuku eziquka amava: nokuba ngamava okuthembeka okupheleleyo kuThixo okanye amava okuzithoba ngokupheleleyo kulawulo lomntu. Kuphela ngabo bakwenza umkhwa ukukhangela kuYesu endaweni yokuxhomekeka ebantwini abaya kulungela lo mmangaliso umangalisayo.

Izohlwayo zezoqoqosho kubantu ngabanye?

Kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwabo baye bazenza baxhomekeke kwabanye abantu? »Ukuba kungabikho mntu unokuthenga okanye athengise ngaphandle kwalowo unophawu.« (jonga ngasentla) Nabani na oxhomekeke ebantwini uya kunyanzelwa ukuba azithobe ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo yegama. Le ndinyana inomdla kakhulu kuba ibonisa isimo sengqondo sangoku. Bekungayi kuthandwa kakhulu eUnited States namhlanje ukukhupha isigunyaziso sokufa ngokuchasene nabantu abagcina iSabatha. Ngenxa yokuba okwangoku umoya we-ecumenism ukho, sihlanganisana ngenxa yoxolo oluthandekayo. Noko ke, kwelinye icala, ukohlwaywa kwezoqoqosho, njengoko kuchazwe kule ndinyana yeBhayibhile, kugqalwa njengesixhobo esisemthethweni. I-UN iye yacelwa amaxesha amaninzi ukuba ibeke izohlwayo. Baqinisekile ngengcamango yokuba eyona nto ilungileyo banokuyenza kukuhlutha isonka nebhotolo kwabo bangafuniyo ukulingana.

Zimbini izinto ezinconyelwayo ukuze kulungiselelwe abantwana bakaThixo: Eyokuqala, kukulungela ukuvumela uThixo azilungiselele, enoba eli lungiselelo lincinane okanye lilikhulu kangakanani na. Okwesibini, kukulungela ukwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuze sisebenze noThixo silungiselela loo mini.

Ixabiso lokulinywa kwakho

“Ihlabathi lamaProtestanti limisele iSabatha yonqulo-zithixo apho ifanele ibe khona iSabatha kaThixo. Ulandela ekhondweni likapopu. Ngoko ndiyayibona imfuneko yokuba abantwana bakaThixo bafuduke ezixekweni baye kwimimandla esemaphandleni ezolileyo apho baya kulima umhlaba baze bavune imveliso yabo. Ngale ndlela, abantwana babo baya kufunda imikhwa elula nesempilweni. Ndicinga ukuba kuyimfuneko ukuba silungiselele ingxaki enkulu ngaphandle kokulibazisa.Imiyalezo ekhethiweyo 2, 359; bona. Ibhalelwe uluntu 2, 368) Kunzima ukuba ichazwe ngokucacileyo. Umbuzo weSabatha-ngeCawa uya kuvusa ingxaki enkulu yokugqibela. Kungenxa yesi sizathu kanye le nto umthunywa kaThixo asilumkisayo. La mazwi abhalwa phantsi ngo-1897. Baphakathi kweminxeba yokuqala yokuba amalungu ecawe yethu afuduke ezidolophini aye kwiindawo ezikude ezilalini.

Ixabiso Lokuzimela

Abantwana bakaThixo, abangokukhanya, abayi kumangaliswa yinto embi leyo; baya kuba bezilungiselele; UNowa wenza okufanayo ngaphambi koNogumbe. Ngelo xesha abantu babemangalisiwe ngokungathi abazange balunyukiswe. Babesidla, basela, bazeke, bendiswa, kwada kwayimini awangena ngayo emkhombeni uNowa. Abazange bayiqonde loo nto wada umkhukula wabakhukulisa bonke. Kuya kuba njalo ekufikeni koNyana woMntu.”— Mateyu 24,39:XNUMX . Ihlabathi namhlanje liza kumangaliswa. Kanti uThixo ngothando lwakhe uyaqhubeka ebalumkisa de wonke umntu afumane isilumkiso njengakumhla kaNowa. Abantu abasithobelayo isilumkiso, intsalela kaThixo, baya kuyigcina iSabatha baze baphule iminqophiso. Baya kuzikhupha kwiimeko ezenza kube nzima ngabo ukuthobela umthetho kaThixo. Emaphandleni baya kuhlala “kwimozulu ezolileyo,” “lime umhlaba,” baze “bafundise abantwana babo ngemikhwa elula nesempilweni” (jonga ngasentla).

Kutheni eli lizwe?

Izizathu ezibini eziyintloko zokufudukela emaphandleni, okokuqala, yingcinezelo yomthetho wangeCawa yaye, okwesibini, uncedo lokomoya lokuba nolwalamano olusondeleyo nendalo, kude nolwaphulo-mthetho lwasezidolophini nakwizilingo. Siyambulela uThixo ngokusilumkisa.

“Musani ukuzinza apho ninyanzelwa ukuba nikhe ubuhlobo obusondeleyo nabo bangamzukisiyo uThixo... Ingxaki iyeza kamsinya ngokugcina [okufunekayo] ukugcinwa kweCawa... Zimiseni ngokwenu apho ninokuthi niwugcine ngokupheleleyo umthetho weSabatha... Thatha zilumkeleni nina, ningahlali apho kunzima khona ukugcinwa kweSabatha kuni nakubantwana benu.”Imiyalezo ekhethiweyo 2, 359; bona. Ibhalelwe uluntu 2, 368) Ngoko esi silumkiso sabakho ngokuphindaphindiweyo, nangona kwakungamagama ahlukeneyo.

Umzabalazo wamaqela anomdla

Izohlwayo zezoqoqosho kwabo baphula umthetho ngeCawe ziyakufunwa ngamaqela anomdla [umz. imibutho, iiNGOs]. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje siye sabona iicawa zamaKatolika namaProtestanti eUnited States zisebenzisana nemibutho yabasebenzi ukunyanzelisa umthetho weCawa. "Imibutho iya kuba phakathi kwemikhosi eya kuthi ifake umhlaba kwixesha lenkathazo elingazange libonwe emhlabeni." (Imiyalezo ekhethiweyo 2, 142; bona. Ibhalelwe uluntu 2, 141; maranatha, 182 okanye. UKristu uyeza kamsinya, 84)

Oku kuhambelana ngqo nesiprofeto sesiTyhilelo 13. Simalunga noxinzelelo lwezoqoqosho. Umyalelo wokufa okwindinyana ye-15 uza kamva. Ekuqaleni, ihlabathi liya kucinga ukuba i-Seventh-day Adventist inokuphenjelelwa ukuba inikezele xa bengenakuthenga okanye bathengise.

“Abantu bakaThixo banomsebenzi wokuzilungiselela iziganeko zexesha elizayo, eziya kuthi kungekudala zisifikele ngamandla amangalisayo.” ( Ibid; cf. ibid.) Ngoko lo ngumothuko okrakra. 'Kuza kuvela iimonopoli ezinkulu emhlabeni. Abantu baya kumanyana kwimibutho, imibutho kunye neminye imibutho eya kubaqhubela kwiingalo zotshaba. Amadoda ambalwa aya kuhlangana ukuze athabathe onke amandla ezoqoqosho kumashishini athile. Iimanyano ziya kuvela kwaye abo balayo ukujoyina baya kuphawulwa. Iimanyano kunye neemanyano zehlabathi zingumgibe. Asifanele sibadibanise okanye sisondele kubo, bazalwana. Kungcono ukuba singabi nanto yakwenza nabo konke konke.« (Ibid; cf. ibid.) »Abo bazibiza ngokuba bangabantwana bakaThixo mabangaze naphantsi kwayo nayiphi na imeko banxulumane nemibutho yabasebenzi esekwayo ngoku okanye eza kuyilwa. kwilixa elizayo. Sisalelo eso esivela kuYehova; Ngaba abafundi beziprofeto abayiboni into ezayo?” (Ibid. 144; cf. ibid. 143) …

Umnxeba ovela ezidolophini

Saza salandela esinye isithunywa sezulu, sisithi, Iwile iBhabheli, loo mzi mkhulu, ngokuba iseze zonke iintlanga ngewayini eshushu yobuhenyu bayo” ( ISityhilelo 14,8:18,2 ). Sadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, sisithi, Iwile, iwile iBhabheli enkulu... Ndaza ndeva elinye izwi liphuma ezulwini, lisithi, Phumani kuyo, bantu bam...” ( ISityhilelo 4:XNUMX ) XNUMX) Unokuba phi umnxeba? Umele ukuba ungaphandle kwakhe. Ukuba sinomoya weli hlabathi yaye singamalungu eminqophiso nonxulumano lweli hlabathi, kuya kuba nzima. Sinokumcenga njani umntu ukuba ashiye iSodom xa iintliziyo zethu zinamathele eSodom njengomfazi olihlwempu kaLote ngokwakhe?

Liyinyaniso elokuba sithunyiwe ukuba sityelele ezi zixeko ukuze sizise ngokuchanekileyo esi sigidimi. Kodwa nje wathi kubo: “Hambani nam siye ekhaya.” UEnoki wenjenjalo. Kwaye sifuna ukucela lo moya wokukhwaza!

ULote wayefuna ukuyisindisa iSodom

Nangona kunjalo, asiyi kukwazi ukuwuthwala lo myalezo ngokufanelekileyo de sifikelele ekuqondeni ixabiso lobomi bokwenyani belizwe kwaye sizixabise iinzuzo zabo kuthi. ULote wayengenayo loo nto, bangaphi awabaguqulayo xa wayeshumayela eSodom? Akukho nokuba abe mnye! Kungenxa yokuba wayengafuni ukumka eSodom. Ekuqaleni waya apho kuphela kuba intsapho yakowabo yayimbongoza. “Wayigxumeka intente yakhe kwada kwesa eSodom” ( Genesis 1:13,12 ). Mhlawumbi wayengafuni kwasekuqaleni ukufudukela esixekweni, kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha kwabonakala ngathi sisisombululo esiluncedo. Wayenengenelo yezoqoqosho nentlalo-ntle apho kuba wayeyindoda ehlonelwayo eSodom. Mhlawumbi wayefuna ukusebenzisa le mpembelelo kuThixo. Kodwa ngaba waphumelela kubemi baseSodom? Ngelishwa, hayi! Ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba wayecinga njengomntu ohlala edolophini kungekhona njengommi wasemaphandleni.

UAbraham wayisindisa iSodom

Ulwalamano luka-Abraham neSodom, kwelinye icala, lwahluke kakhulu. KwiGenesis 1 sifunda indlela awabusindisa ngayo ubomi babemi nokumkani waseSodom. Wayebekekile yaye ebekekile nangona wayehlala endle phantsi komthi wom-oki kaMamre, kude naso sonke isono nokonakala eyayidume kakubi ngako iSodom ngoko. Hayi indlela ekubaluleke ngayo ukuxabisa ilungelo lasebukhosini lobomi basemaphandleni, kunokuba ubugqale njengokuzinikela!

IEksodus kaLothe

Xa uLote wabizwa ukuba aphume eSodom, kwafuneka ukuba izithunywa zikaThixo zimrhuqe emva kwazo. Wathi uYehova: “Lote, uyayibona na le ntaba? baleka! Baleka ubomi bakho!” “Hayi!” waphendula wathi, “Andinakunyuka ndiye phaya. Kuthekani ukuba kukho into eyenzeka kum apho?” Wayeqhelene nezitrato nezixhobo zedolophu kangangokuba wayesoyika ubomi basemaphandleni. Ke wakhetha idolophu encinci wathi, "Ndingafudukela apho? Ubungenako na ukusisindisa esi sixeko?’ Yathi ke inkosi enobubele, “Kulungile.” ULote akazange aqonde. Wayengayiboni indlela uThixo awayenobabalo ngayo ngokumnceda afudukele kwelo lizwe. Kunoko, wafudukela eTsohare, kodwa ngokukhawuleza wasishiya eso sixeko waya kuhlala emqolombeni. Ekugqibeleni iTsohare yatshatyalaliswa njengeSodom ngaphambi kwayo. Emva koko kubaliswa ibali elibi lokuziphatha okubi kweentombi zakhe. Babefunde ukuba ezantsi kule dolophu, kanye njengokuba abantu abaselula befunda ezidolophini namhlanje. Elinjani lona ibali elibi. Kodwa yabhalelwa thina kuba uYesu wathi, “Kwaba kwanjengoko ngemihla kaLote... Kuya kuba kwanjalo ngemini yokutyhileka koNyana woMntu” ( Luka 17,28.30:XNUMX ).

Kungekudala iza kube ishiywe lixesha

Eyona ngxaki inkulu namhlanje yeyokuba abantu bajonge kakhulu kwi-advanteji yabo – kwezentlalo, kwezopolitiko, kwezoqoqosho nakwimfundo – kangangokuba kunzima kubo ukwahlukana nayo. Kungekudala kuya kubakho ukruthakruthwano nezidubedube ezixekweni kangangokuba abo banqwenela ukumka baya kuba nako. Kubalulekile ukulungiselela oku. Lulo olu ukhanyiso endalunikwayo.Imiyalezo ekhethiweyo 2, 142; bona. Ibhalelwe uluntu 2, 141 okanye. maranatha, 180) Ngokuphindaphindiweyo sifunda oku kwezi ngcaphulo: “Zilungiseleleni!”

Enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zokulungiselela olu xinzelelo kukwalathisa iingcinga zethu kumajelo kaThixo, endaweni yesiqhelo. UYesu weza emhlabeni waza wathabatha ubuhlwempu bethu phezu kwakhe ukuze sibe nesabelo kubutyebi basezulwini. Abo bangene nzulu kumoya wesi sigidimi nabo baya kubulungela ubuhlwempu. Kuba ukusindisa abantwana bakhe kubaluleke ngakumbi kuye kunokunandipha ubutyebi behlabathi kangangeentsuku ezimbalwa.

uthando lwenza ukuba kwenzeke

'Ngubani ofuna ukulumkiswa? Siphinda sithi: Phuma ezixekweni! Musani ukubona ukuba lidini elikhulu ukuya ezintabeni nasezintabeni. Kunoko, jonga ukuzola apho unokuba wedwa noThixo, apho unokufumana khona ukuthanda kwakhe uze ufunde iindlela zakhe! ... Ndicela umngeni kuwo onke ama-Seventh-day Adventist: Yenza ukusukela ubumoya bakho bube nenjongo ebomini bakho. UYesu usemnyango. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndinibiza ndisithi: Musani ukucinga ukuba lilidini elikhulu xa nibizwa ukuba niphume ezixekweni niye emaphandleni.”Imiyalezo ekhethiweyo 2, 355.356; bona. Ibhalelwe uluntu 2, 364 okanye. UKristu uyeza kamsinya, 71)

Ukuba sijonga ubomi belizwe njengedini elikhulu, asiyi kuhlala kweli lizwe ixesha elide. Kungekudala siza kubuyela edolophini. Siza kuhlawula inyanga nenyanga ukuze sithenge le okanye leya. Siza kuxinga kwi-treadmill kwaye sileqwa ebomini. Njengamakhoboka ahamba ngeenqanawa, siya kubotshelelwa, siphilela ukusebenza kuphela ukuze abantwana bethu banandiphe ezona ngenelo zimangalisayo nobutofo-tofo bobomi bezi mini ezidolophini. Kwaye lonke ixesha ubutyebi obukhulu busilindile ngaphandle kweli lizwe: ukudibana nendalo, ukuphuma kwelanga, umoya ococekileyo, ubuhle beentyatyambo, imithi, amachibi kunye neentaba kunye nomsebenzi wobudlelwane noThixo esikhundleni soomatshini! Ngaba bekungayi kuba ngcono ukubala iintsikelelo zethu? Ukuvuya ngeli lungelo lasebukhosini? Ngoko asiyi kuba ngabahendi, kodwa, njengoEnoki, siphume njengabavangeli, sisithi kubantu abaninzi abadiniweyo abalungele ukuva, “Phumani!”

Nkosi ethandekayo, tyhila ezintliziyweni zethu ngokucacileyo okusezayo. Masenze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuhlanganisa iigusha zakho kule yure yokugqibela. Ngegama likaYesu. Amen.

Ifinyeziwe kancinane ukusuka: Willmonte D. Frazee, Enye iTyeya Eya Kukhiwa, Harrisville, New Hampshire, USA: Mountain Missionary Press, 1979, iphepha 31-38.