Ngaphandle kwenyani, that the Bible is the most sold and ‘read’ book in the world, the Bibel is also the most controversial Book and attacked Book in the world. Many countries are afraid of the Bible and have forbidden Bibles. Oku akumangalisi, since the Bible is the only Book in the world, wherein God reveals Himself and the truth through His words. The Bible is so powerful that it divides soul and spirit and changes lives. But is the Bible still considered the true and eternal Word of God? Do Christians spend time in the Bible and is the Bible the highest authority in their lives? Is the Bible still compelling and relevant to Christians or do the hearts of Christians go out to other books and is the Bible faded into the background or even completely disappeared from their lives?
The sons of God spent time in the Bible
Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba umntu azalwe ngokutsha, which means that the flesh dies and the spirit is raised from the dead in Christ, and the person becomes a new creation, the person shall long to spend time in the Bible and search the Scriptures and feed themselves with the words of God. Ngokuba uMoya oyiNgcwele, Ngubani ohlala kwindalo entsha, draws the new creation to the Word of God and desires to be in unity with Jesus Christ; ilizwi, kwaye utata.
niyenze nyulu nje imiphefumlo yenu ngokuyilulamela inyaniso ngoMoya, kuse ekuthandeni abazalwana okungenaluhanahaniso., thandanani ngenyameko, ngokwasentliziyweni ehlambulukileyo: Ukuzalwa ngokutsha, hayi abembewu enokonakala, eyongenakonakala, ngelizwi likaThixo, odla ubomi, ehleli ngonaphakade (1 UPetros 1:22-23)
NjengoYesu, uNyana kaThixo, withdrew Himself to spend time with the Father, ezo, who are born of God and belong to Him shall also withdraw themselves to spend time with Jesus Christ and the Father in the Word and in prayer. (Funda kwakhona: Ubomi obuyimfihlo bomthandazo wekholwa).
Kwaye ngale nto siyazi ukuba siyamazi, Ukuba sigcina imiyalelo yakhe. Lowo utshoyo, Ndiyamazi, kwaye ayiyigcini imiyalelo yakhe, lixoki, kwaye inyani ayikho kuye. Ke ogcina iLizwi lakhe, Ngaye uthando lukaThixo lugqibelele: Ngale nto uyazi ukuba sikuye. Lowo uthi, yena dade kuye, ngokwakhe ufanele ukuhamba ngayo, Kanye njengokuba wayehamba (1 UYohane 2:3-6)
The Bible is the Word of God and contains the truth. NgeBhayibhile, Uyazi uYesu Kristu wokwenene and the will of God and His Kingdom.
The more time you spend in the Bible, the better you shall get to know God and His will. And by believing, obeying, kwaye ukwenza amazwi kaThixo, you shall walk as Jesus Christ in the will of God.
The Bible should be the highest authority in the lives of Christians
The Bible is the power of God and should be the highest authority in the lives of every born-again Christian, othe waba ngunyana kaThixo (omabini kunye nebhinqa). Ngelishwa, akusoloko kunjalo.
Many Christians don’t consider the words of God as credible, compelling, and relevant, but as outdated, dusty, and old-fashioned that don’t fit in today’s society. Nje ngeziphumo, God’s words are no longer believed, wathobela, and applied, but adjusted, itshintshiwe, and/or rejected.
Kwaye yena (UYesu) baphendule bathi kubo, My mother and My brethren are these which hear the word of God, kwaye wenze (ULuka 8:21)
But He (UYesu) watsho, Ewe, Banoyolo abo balivayo ilizwi likaThixo, kwaye gcina (ULuka 11:28)
The deception of the devil
The prince and ruler of this world (umtyholi) doesn’t want people to find out the truth and discover his lies in which many people live. Ngoko ke, the devil adjusts and corrupts the words of God very subtle through modern Bible translations and false teachings of man.
He keeps the people away from the truth and the Kingdom of God by keeping them away from the Bible; ILizwi likaThixo.
He tempts, seduces, kwaye entertains people with the things of this world and claim their time.
True born again Christians, who walk after the Spirit shall spend time in the Word and consider the Bible as the truth. Ukuya ku, the Bible is compelling and relevant and the highest authority in their lives.
Nangona kunjalo, abantu, abangazalwanga ngokutsha kwaye abangenaye uMoya kaThixo uhleli kubo, but the spirit of the world, shall not long to be with Jesus and the Father and spend time in the light of the Word. They rather spend time in the light of the world aka the light of their phone, umabonwakude, (Ukudlala)ikhompyutha, njl.
Ngaba iBhayibhile isanyanzeleka kwaye ifanelekile kumaKristu?
Many Christians don’t consider the Bible a compelling spiritual Book, which contains the life of God and reveals the will of God and is relevant and needed for the spiritual man to grow up into a mature son of God and to stand against all the temptations and wiles of the devil.
They don’t consider the Bible as the Sword of the Spirit and don’t know how the handle the Sword of the Spirit in the ongoing spiritual battle.
Kunoko, they walk in pride by thinking, that they know the Bible after reading the Bible so many times.
Kuba ilizwi likaThixo likhawuleza, kwaye inamandla, kwaye ibukhali kunalo naliphi na ikrele elinemifuziselo, Ukubhoboza nasekuzalweni komphefumlo nommoya, kunye namalungu kunye nomongo, kwaye licebo leengcinga kunye neenjongo zentliziyo (Hebhere 4:12)
But Jesus answered and said, Kubhaliwe, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (UMateyu 4:4)
But as long as someone doesn’t walk and lives as a mature son of God in the will of God, as Jesus walked in the will of the Father, someone doesn’t know the Bible completely
Head knowledge puffs up
You can have a lot of head knowledge of the Bible, but head knowledge doesn’t do anything with a person, except that it puffs up a person and exalt himself above others.
You don’t enter the Kingdom of God by having head knowledge of the Bible, even though many people think they do. But that’s because, despite their head knowledge, they don’t know the Word experientially nor have the Word abiding in their heart.
And so many Christians are misled and lead defeated lives and are controlled by the spirit of the world. They rather feed themselves with the knowledge and wisdom of the world and listen to what ‘learned’ people have to say and consider their words as the truth and walk by faith according to their words.
What is the difference between believers and unbelievers?
Akukho mahluko phakathi kwamakholwa kunye nabantu abangakholwayo. That’s because many Christians believe the words of the world above the words of God. The words of the world that correspond with the carnal mind and will of the flesh, are the highest authority in their lives.
Iingcamango zabo, Indlela yokucinga, amazwi, and opinions hardly differ from each other. The only difference is that believers say they believe that God exists and believe in Jesus Christ and the unbelievers don’t. But their walk, amazwi, works and life are many times identical, since they walk after the flesh and are led by the same spirit that reigns in the flesh. (Funda kwakhona: Ukuba amaKristu aphila njengehlabathi, umhlaba kufuneka uguquke?).
Most Christians are carnal and are led by the spirit of the world, njengabangakholwayo. They walk after the flesh and are led by their feelings and what happens in the natural realm. They are dependent upon situations, the surrounding, kunye nabantu, njengehlabathi. Their outside world determines how they feel and determines their state. Kufuphi, their lives and well-being depend upon external factors in the natural realm.
They follow the same path as the world and read all kinds of books, written by man, endaweni yebhayibhile. They engage in various teachings, iindlela, and technics that often derive from iifilosofi zomntu and pagan religions that are popular in the world, whereby the carnal man is strengthened and the spiritual man weakens. Ngalo lonke olu lwazi lwenyama bazenza iinqambi kwaye bangene emacaleni, nto leyo ekugqibeleni ikhokelela enzonzobileni.
Usathana ufuna ukukugcina ungazi
UMtyholi, Ngubani umlawuli wehlabathi, uya kwenza nantoni na ukuthintela abantu kude neBhayibhile nokususa iBhayibhile kubomi babantu. Konke kuba umtyholi uyawazi amandla eBhayibhile.
Ngaphandle kweBhayibhile kunye nokuhlaziywa kwengqondo ngeLizwi likaThixo, abantu abasayi kuze bafikelele ekuyazini intando kaThixo kwaye bangaze bayifumane iNyaniso, kwaye ungaze uhambe ngokholo kwintando kaThixo. Kwaye yiloo nto kanye uMtyholi ayifunayo.
Ke ngoko ukholo luza ngokuva, Ukuva ngelizwi likaThixo
AmaRoma 10:17
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
