Siphila kwihlabathi, apho wonke umntu unoluvo lwakhe. Ngena kwiqela labantu abalishumi kwaye uze nesihloko kwaye uya kuva izimvo ezahlukeneyo. Oku akumangalisi, since they have different backgrounds in relation to the family they were raised in and the way they were nurtured, the environment, inkcubeko, imfundo, njl. But if you believe in Jesus Christ and become born again in Him and become a Christian, then it’s no longer about you and about your opinion and findings, but what the Word of God says. Ngokuba ngoMhla woMgwebo, the Word shall judge everyone according to his works. Ngoko ke, let the Word be your Judge in your life on earth.
Why is it important to read and study the Bible?
If everyone, who calls themselves a Christian, would be born again and read and study the Bible by themselves through the Holy Spirit, then the church would no longer be a receptacle of all kinds of human reasonings, izimvo, kunye neemfundiso, where there is disunity, but the church would form a unity through the Word, and be a witness of Jesus Chris and represent the will of God and live according to His will and establish His Kingdom on earth (Funda kwakhona: ‘Yintoni engalunganga kwiCawe?‘ kwaye ‘Yintoni ebangela iiyantlukwano ebandleni‘).
Because through the Word you will get to know the will of God and if you really love Jesus and follow Him, you shall keep His commandments and you shall subdue the will of the flesh to the will of God.
Ngelishwa, many Christians are too busy with their own lives and the things of the world and spend all their time on temporary things, which have no eternal value (Funda kwakhona: ‘Yintoni na 7 iimpawu zemihla kaNowa?‘ kwaye ‘Ndixakeke kakhulu ukuba ndixakekile‘).
Maninzi amaKristu, who rather listen to all kinds of (edumileyo) preachers and feed themselves with new doctrines, even if the doctrines contradict the Word, kunokuba bathabathe iBhayibhile baze bazifundele ngokwabo iBhayibhile, ukuze bamazi uThixo kwaye uThixo uya kuthetha nabo ngokuthe ngqo kwaye bafumanise into okuyiyo ukuthanda kukaThixo.
Ngenxa yokuba ngeMini yoMgwebo uYesu uya kubaqonda abantu bakhe kwaye iLizwi liya kugweba wonke umntu ngokwemisebenzi yakhe kwaye wonke umntu uya kuphendula kuwo onke amazwi angento awathethayo. (Owu. UMateyu 12:36-37, UYohane 12:48, AmaRoma 2:16, 2 uTimoti 4:8, ISityhilelo 20:11-14).
Xa umi phambi kweTrone, anisayi kuba nako ukuziphendulela ngamazwi nangezenzo zenu. Awungekhe uthi, “Kodwa, umshumayeli wathetha oku okanye okuya okanye umshumayeli undenze ndayenza”. Kuba uThixo uzazisile waza wayityhila intando yakhe ngeLizwi lakhe; UYESU khristu, Ngubani na isibonakalaliso sikaThixo.
INkosi isinike yonke into: ILizwi lakhe noMoya waKhe, kodwa ixhomekeke ebantwini, into abayenzileyo ngeLizwi lakhe nangoMoya wakhe emhlabeni.
Amazwi angasebenziyo kunye nothando lwehlabathi
Amazwi angasebenziyo kunye nothando lwehlabathi ayayikholisa inyama kwaye ayamkele kwaye ayinyamezele imisebenzi yenyama kwaye akhuthaze isono. Jonga kwi (ezentlalo) amajelo eendaba, apho kukhuthazwa imisebenzi yenyama yaye abantu bekhuthazwa ukuba baphile ubomi besono.
Kuba imbono yehlabathi nenjongo yomlawuli wehlabathi kukuqinisekisa ukuba wonk’ ubani uyaqhubeka esenza imisebenzi yenyama aze azingise esonweni aze ahlale ebukhobokeni besono nokufa..
Amazwi nothando lwehlabathi luyanyamezela, wamkele kwaye ukhuthaze isono kwaye ugcine abantu ebukhobokeni kwaye ekugqibeleni ubakhokelela ekufeni okungunaphakade.
Amazwi nothando lukaThixo
Kodwa amazwi nothando lukaThixo alukholisi inyama kodwa umoya, kwaye ningayivumeli imisebenzi yenyama, but testify that the works of the flesh are evil and that everyone, who keeps doing the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, doesn’t belong to God and have not known God personally (Owu. 1 UYohane 2:28-29; 3:4-9; 5:18-19).
The words and love of God call to repentance and discipline, ichanekile, and chastise man. The Word means death for the flesh but life for the spirit.
Umntu wenyama, who is not born again, shall consider the words of God as harsh and relentless instead of compassionate and loving.
They shall not be able to bear the Word, because the Word separates spirit and soul and testify that the works of the flesh are evil and therefore condemns them. That’s why the carnal man shall reject the words of God.
But the spiritual man, Ngubani ozelwe ngokutsha kuKristu, shall consider the words of God as precious and loving.
They shall believe and love the Word and submit to the Word by obeying the Word and applying the words of God in their lives.
They shall be willing and allow the Word to correct and chastise them and keep the commandments of Jesus. Since the spiritual man knows that submission to the words of God brings forth peace and (ngonaphakade) ubomi.
“Lowo ugiba Mna, akawamkeli amazwi am, unaye umgwebi: ilizwi endilithethileyo”
.Wakhala uYesu wathi, Lowo ukholwayo kuM, anikholwa kum, kodwa kulowo wandithumayo. Lowo undibonayo mna, ubona owandithumayo. Mna ndilukhanyiso ehlabathini, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kum bangahlali ebumnyameni. Nokuba umntu uthe waweva amazwi am, ningakholwa ke, andimgwebi: kuba andizanga kuligweba ihlabathi, kodwa kukusindisa ihlabathi. Lowo ugiba Mna, akawamkeli amazwi am, unaye umgwebi: ilizwi endilithethileyo, abaya kumgweba ngomhla wokugqibela. Kuba andithethanga ngam; kodwa uBawo owandithumayo, Wandinika umthetho, mandithini, nento endiya kuyithetha. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba umthetho wakhe bubomi obungunaphakade: Ngoko ke izinto endizithethayo mna, njengokuba uBawo wathethayo kum, ngoko ndiyathetha (UYohane 12:44-50)
kuba uYise akagwebi namnye, uthe umgwebo wonke wawunikela kuNyana: ukuze bonke bambeke uNyana, njengokuba bembeka uYise. Lowo ungambekiyo uNyana, akambeki uYise owamthumayo. Inene, inene, Ndithi kuni, Lowo ulivayo ilizwi lam, kwaye ukholelwe phezu kwakhe lowo undithumileyo, Unokuphila Obungunaphakade, kwaye ayiyi kungena esigwebo; Kodwa idluliselwa ekufeni ukuya ebomini. Inene, inene, Ndithi kuni, Liyeza ilixa, kwaye ngoku, xa abafileyo baya kuliva ilizwi loNyana kaThixo: abevayo baya kuphila. Kuba njengokuba uYise enabo ubomi kuye ngokwakhe; ngokunjalo wamnika noNyana ukuba abe nobomi kuye ngokwakhe; Wamnika negunya lokugweba;, ngokuba enguNyana woMntu (UYohane 5:22-27)
Jesus represented His Father and was a reflection of His Father. Kuba uYesu watshoyo, he that has seen Me has seen Him that sent Me. Jesus didn’t speak His own words, but Jesus spoke the words of the Father that represent His will.
When Jesus walked on the earth it wasn’t His time to judge the people.
Injongo kaYesu’ coming was not to judge but to save the world. First by calling the people of the house of Israel to repentance and by preaching and bringing the Kingdom of God and eventually through His redemptive work, apho abo, who believe in Him shall be saved (Funda kwakhona: ‘Intsingiselo yokwenyani yomnqamlezo‘).
But there shall be a time, that Jesus will judge everyone according to their works and they shall give account from every idle word they have spoken.
Ukuba uyakholwa kuYesu Kristu, uNyana kaThixo, and take the words of Jesus and obey and do them, kwaye ngenxa yoko, have shown Him that you are born of God and belong to Him and love Him, Uya kusindiswa.
But if you reject the words of Jesus, then those same words, which Jesus has spoken, shall judge you and condemn you.
Let the Word be your Judge in your life
Come now, and let us reason together, utsho uYehova: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it (uIsaya 1:18-20)
Ebomini, it’s not about people’s opinions and what they say, but it’s about God’s opinion and what God says. Ithini igama? Because eventually, it’s the Word Who shall judge you, and not people (Lees ook: ‘Gods Word has the final word on the Day of Judgment‘)
Therefore it’s so important that the Word is the highest authority in everyone’s life and that the Word is the center in families, and children will be raised from a young age in the will of God and they will get to know Jesus Christ and God the Father through the Word, so that children will learn to submit to Him and His Word and fear the Lord (having great awe for the Lord) and love Him and have an experiential relationship with God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Because the Word is meant for both young and old. No child is too young to hear and understand the words of God. That’s what the world wants you to believe, but it’s a lie from the devil.
Let the Word be the highest Authority in your life and let the Word be your Judge. Consult and listen to the Word and submit yourself to the Word and obey the words of God in your life, so that on the Day of Judgement you won’t be surprised by the verdict.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
