NgamaHebhere 11:1, kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ngoku ukholo yinto yezinto ezithenjisiweyo, ubungqina bezinto ezingabonwayo. Kuba ngayo, abadala bafumana ingxelo entle. Ngokholo, siyaqonda ukuba ihlabathi layilwa ngelizwi likaThixo, ukuze izinto ezibonwayo zibe aziphume kwezibonakalayo. Ithini iBhayibhile ngoobawo bokholo? Ngoobani oonyana bokholo eBhayibhileni?
Ithini iBhayibhile ngoobawo bokholo?
Ngokholo uAbheli wasondeza kuye uThixo umbingelelo ogqithileyo kunokaKayin, awangqinelwa ngalo ukuba ulilungisa, UThixo engqina ngezipho zakhe: ngayo ke, efile nje, usathetha (Funda kwakhona: Kutheni le nto uThixo engamhloneli umnikelo kaKayin?).
Ngokholo uEnoki wafuduselwa emazulwini ukuba angaboni kufa; akafunyanwa, ngokuba uThixo wamfudusayo: kuba phambi kokufuduswa kwakhe wayenobungqina, ukuba wamkholisa uThixo.
Ke, lungekho ukholo, akunakubakho ukumkholisa kakuhle;: kuba lowo uzayo kuThixo, umelwe kukukholwa ukuba ukho, Kwaye ukuba ungumfundi wabamfuna ngenyameko.
Ngokholo uNowa, sihlanjululwe nguThixo ngazo izinto ezingekabonwa, ihambile ngoloyiko, walungisa umkhombe wokusindisa indlu yakhe; awathi ngalo waligweba ihlabathi, Yaba yindlalifa yobulungisa, ngenxa yenkolo (Funda kwakhona: Ziziphi iimpawu ezisixhenxe zemihla kaNowa?)
Ngokholo uAbraham, xa ebizwe ukuba aphume, aye kuloo ndawo abeza kuyamkela ukuba ibe lilifa, wathobela; waphuma, engazi apho aya khona.
Ngokholo uAbraham waba ngumphambukeli emhlabeni wedinga, njengakwilizwe lasemzini, ehlala ezintenteni noIsake noYakobi, iindlalifa zalo elo dinga kunye naye: Kuba wayewulindele umzi lo uneziseko, omakhi nomenzi wayo inguThixo.
Ngokholo, USara wafumana amandla okukhawula imbewu
Ngokholo noSara ngokwakhe wamkela amandla okumisa umzi, waza wazala umntwana xa wayesele edluleyo, ngokuba wambalela ekuthini uthembekile lowo wabeka ngedinga. Kungoko kwazalwayo oko;, kwaye ufana nofileyo, bangangeenkwenkwezi zezulu ukuba baninzi, nanjengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle engenakubalwa (Funda kwakhona: Ukulindela idinga likaThixo).
Bonke aba bafa benokholo, bengawafumananga amadinga, kodwa wababonela kude, bayeyisela kuzo, kwaye bawola, bavuma ukuba bangabasemzini, balundwendwe emhlabeni. Kuba abo bathetha izinto ezinjalo, babonakalalisa ukuba bangxamele ikowabo. Kwaye ngokwenene, ukuba babekhumbula elo babephuma kulo, ngebanethuba lokuba babuye. Kodwa ngoku bafuna ilizwe elilunge ngakumbi, yiyo i, owasezulwini: kungoko uThixo angenazintloni, ukuba kuthiwe unguThixo wabo: ngokuba ubalungisele umzi.
Ngokholo, UAbraham wamnikela uIsake
Ngokholo uAbraham, xa wayevavanywa, wanikela uIsake: wathi lowo wawamkelayo amadinga wamnikela okuphela kwamzeleyo unyana, Kwakutshiwo ngaye, ngokuba iya kubizwa ngoIsake imbewu yakho: ecamanga ngokuthi, uThixo unako ukumvusa, nakwabafileyo; apho athe wamthabatha khona ngokomfanekiso.
Ngokholo, UIsake wabasikelela uYakobi noEsawu, ngazo izinto ezizayo.
Ngokholo uYakobi, xa wayesifa, Wabasikelela bobabini oonyana bakaYosefu; waqubuda, engqiyame phezu kwentonga yakhe.
Ngokholo uYosefu, xa wafayo, wakukhankanya ukuphuma koonyana bakaSirayeli; Wawisa umthetho ngawo amathambo akhe (Funda kwakhona: Ukulinda iphupha kuba yinyani).
Ngokholo uMoses wanyula ukutshutshiswa, ndawonye nabantu bakaThixo,
kunokuba axhamle iziyolo zesono
Ngokholo uMoses, ekuzalweni kwakhe, wafihlwa iinyanga ezintathu zabazali bakhe, kuba babembona ukuba ungumntwana olungileyo; kwaye abazange bawoyike umyalelo wokumkani.
Ngokholo uMoses, xa wayesele eneminyaka, wala ukubizwa ngokuba ungunyana wentombi kaFaro; enyula kanye ukuba aphathwe kakubi, ndawonye nabantu bakaThixo, ngaphezu kokuxhamla iziyolo zesono okwexeshana; ekubalele ukungcikivwa kukaKristu kububutyebi obungaphezu kobutyebi baseJiputa: kuba wayekhangele ukwamkela umvuzo.
Ngokholo uMoses wayishiya iYiputa, engawoyiki umsindo wokumkani: kuba wanyamezela, ngathi ndiyambona lowo ungenakubonwa.
Ngokholo uMoses wayigcina ipasika, nokutshizwa ngegazi, hleze lowo wayewatshabalalisa amazibulo angawachukumisi.
Ngokholo, baluwela uLwandle oluBomvu emhlabeni owomileyo: athe amaYiputa, akukulinga oko, arhaxwa.
Ngokholo, zawa iindonga zaseYeriko, bajikeleza iintsuku ezisixhenxe (Funda kwakhona: Zawa njani iindonga zase Yeriko?).
Ngokholo uRahabhi ihenyukazi akazange atshabalale,
wazamkela ngoxolo iintlola
Ngokholo, uRahabhi ihenyukazi akatshabalalanga nabo bangevayo, wazamkela ngoxolo iintlola.
Ndisathetha ntoni na? Kuba ndingaphelelwa lixesha ndibalise ngoGidiyon, kunye noBharaki, noSamson, kunye noYifeta; nokaDavide, noSamuweli, nabaprofeti: abathi ngokholo beyisa izikumkani, wenza ubulungisa, wafumana amadinga, zavala imilomo yeengonyama, balucima ugonyamelo lomlilo, basinde kuhlangothi lwekrele, bomelezwa bubuthathaka, waba nesibindi sokulwa, bagxothe imikhosi yabasemzini.
Abafazi babazuza abafileyo babo bevukile: abanye ke batyakatywa, engalwamkeli ukukhululwa; ukuze bazuze uvuko olulunge ngakumbi:
Yaye abanye bavavanywa ngokugculelwayo nangokutyakatywa, ewe, phezu koko, kukho imixokelelwane nentolongo: baxulutywa ngamatye, zasarha kubini, bahendwa, babulawa ngekrele: babhadula benxibe iimfele zeegusha neebhokhwe; ubuhlwempu, uxhwalekile, bathuthumbisa; (elalingabafanelanga ihlabathi:) babhadula entlango, nasezintabeni, nemiqolomba nemiqolomba yomhlaba.
Kwaye ezi zonke, efumene ingxelo entle ngokholo, abafumananga dinga: UThixo ebesilungiselele eyona nto ilungileyo, ukuze bona ngaphandle kwethu bangenziwa bagqibelele
Hebhere 11
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
