Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne Kwabase-Efesu 6:14

Kule nkonzo yezinsuku ezintathu, sizobheka ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuphila ngenhloso. Ukuphila okungenanjongo kulula kakhulu futhi kuwukumosha okudabukisayo kwezimpilo zethu eziyigugu. Kungani ungathathi izinsuku ezintathu ezilandelayo ukhiphe lokho okubukeka sengathi ufulathela izindlela zezwe, ubhekane noNkulunkulu futhi uqale ukulandela uJesu - ngenhloso.

Ezinkathini ezingaqinisekile, ukucabanga kwethu ukwesaba. Kubonakala ngathi kuyasiduduza lapho siqhubeka nokuhamba kwegcwele ukwesaba, “ikunganjani” yemigwaqo. Njengabalandeli bakaJesu, singakulwa nalokhu. Akudingeki sivumele ukwesaba kunqobe. Loluhlelo lugcwele izeluleko ezisebenzayo njengoba uthatha izinyathelo zokunqoba ukwesaba empini okukhona.

UJesu weza ukuzosikhulula, kodwa zingaba khona izinkathi zonyaka ohambweni lwethu Naye lapho singazizwa sikhululekile khona. Le nkonzo yezinsuku ezingu-5 izobe isikhipha emakhejini ethu ngenkathi isihlomisa futhi isinika amandla okuphila impilo yenkululeko uKristu ayifisela thina usuku nosuku. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe, vakashela ku-finds.life.church

Lapho udeveli engqongqoza, awukuzwa njalo. Kunjalo? Uvele anyonyobe emnyango ovuliwe. Ungumkhohlisi, umbhubhisi, nommangaleli ozokwenza noma yini ukufihla uthando neqiniso likaNkulunkulu. Wayengafuni ukuthi kubhalwe lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwe-Life.Church, futhi akafuni neze ukuthi wena noma i-LifeGroup yakho niyifunde. Kodwa leyo ngenye impi uNkulunkulu asezoyinqoba.

Ngalezi zimfundiso ezinamandla uzokwambula ukuqonda okujulile kokuthi ungakha kanjani isu lokuqola futhi unqobe isitha futhi uvimbele icebo lakhe lokucekela phansi impilo yakho

Nsuku zonke, kuqubuka impi engabonakali eduze kwakho—engabonwa, engezwakali, kodwa ezwakala kukho konke ukuphila kwakho. Isitha esizinikele, esinodeveli sifuna ukwenza umonakalo kukho konke okubalulekile kuwe: inhliziyo yakho, ingqondo yakho, umshado wakho, izingane zakho, amaphupho akho, isiphetho sakho. Uhlelo lwakhe lwempi luncike ekukubambeni ungazi futhi ungahlomile. Uma ukhathele ukuphushwa futhi ubanjwe ungaqaphile, lolu cwaningo olwakho.

Kukho konke ukuphithizela kwamaholide, kungase kube lula ukulahlekelwa umbono wokuthi kungani sigubha. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-5 zokuza, sizongena ezithembisweni ezigcwaliseke ngokuzalwa kukaJesu nethemba esinalo ngekusasa. Njengoba sifunda okwengeziwe ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani, sizothola ukuthi singaphila kanjani phakathi nesikhathi samaholide ngethemba, ukholo, injabulo, nokuthula.

Njengoba amazwi amaningi esitshela ukuthi kufanele sibe ngubani, akumangazi ukuthi sinenkinga yokuziqonda ubuthina. Unkulunkulu akafuni sichazwe ngomsebenzi wethu, isimo somshado, noma amaphutha. Ufuna umbono Wakhe ube igunya eliphakeme kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziyisithupha luzokusiza ukuthi ufunde lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo mayelana nokuthi ungubani futhi wamukele ngempela ubuwena kuKristu.

Impilo inendlela yokusehlisa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi, inkinga yezimali, noma ubuhlobo obuphukile, ngamunye wethu uyakwazi ukunambitheka kokudumala. Ukwazi ukuthi singahlehla kanjani kulezo zinkinga kubalulekile uma sifuna ukuzwa ngokugcwele ukuhlinzekwa nomusa kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu. Kulolu chungechunge, uDkt. Evans unikeza isisekelo seBhayibheli sokufunda indlela yokusingatha ukudumazeka ekuphileni kwethu kwansuku zonke.

Amasonto awabiza ngamaqembu amancane, amaqembu amaseli, kanye namaLifeGroups. Ngaphandle kwamagama, akhona ukuze akhe ubudlelwano obunenjongo phakathi kwabalandeli bakaKristu. Kodwa kungani? Ingabe laba ngabantu esiphila nabo ngokukhululeka kobuKristu, noma kukhona okunye? Lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli, lweqembu le-Life.Church LifeGroups, olwanoma ubani ocabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu angasebenzisa iqembu labo elincane ukuze abangele ukukhula okukhulu.

Kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezingu-7, u-Beth Moore usebenzisa imibuzo evela emiBhalweni ukukuholela ebudlelwaneni obuseduze nalowo okwazi kangcono. Uphawu lokubuza ekugcineni komusho lukhuluma ngelukuluku, isithakazelo, futhi mhlawumbe nokungabaza. Umbuzo uyisimemo sokuba sengozini, ebudlelwaneni. Ibhayibheli alikugwemi ukumenywa okunjalo. Ngokuphindaphindiwe sibona abantu bakaNkulunkulu bebuza imibuzo kuMdali wabo. Sibona futhi uNkulunkulu wendawo yonke ebuza imibuzo ngendalo Yakhe. Usesho luyinselele yokwamukela isimemo.  Funda ukumba eZwini, ukuphendula imibuzo kaNkulunkulu, nokuletha imibuzo yakho phambi Kwakhe. Vumela uphawu lokubuza kube ibalazwe elikukhomba ebudlelwaneni obuseduze noBaba.

Konke kusekhanda lakho. Kodwa kuthiwani uma lokho kuyinto enhle? Imicabango yethu ingaphezu kokusabela kulokho okwenzeka ezimpilweni zethu—ingamandla anamandla okubumba lokho esiyikho nokuthi singaba ngubani. Funda kubantu bansuku zonke abafana nawe ukuthi ungalisebenzisa kanjani iqiniso elinamandla kwabaseRoma 12:2 ukuze uvule ungqondongqondo ongaphakathi kuwe.

Uma sigubha iPhasika, sigubha ukunqoba okukhulu emlandweni. Ngokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu, wanqoba kuze kube phakade amandla esono nethuna, kanye nayo yonke imiphumela yako emibi, futhi wakhetha ukwabelana nathi ngalokho kunqoba. Kuleli sonto lePhasika, ake singene kwezinye zezinqaba azinqobile, sicabange ngempi asilwela yona, futhi simdumise njengeBhanesha lethu lokunqoba.

Kuyasinda. Kugcina abantu ngaphandle. Kunzima futhi kubuhlungu - igqubu. Abaningi bethu bangase bangaqapheli, kodwa sithwele amagqubu adinga ukuphuma ebumnyameni siye ekukhanyeni. Funda ukuthi ungathola kanjani inkululeko ngokuthethelela kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7 oluhambisana nochungechunge lwemiyalezo kaMfundisi uCraig Groeschel, elithi, Igqubu.

Siyalwa ukuba sigqoke izikhali zikaNkulunkulu ezihlanganisa ukholo, ukulunga, insindiso, iqiniso, nokuthula. Akudingekile ukuthi siZikhiqize kodwa siqondiswa ukuthi siZigqoke. Lezi zikhali zihlinzekwa uNkulunkulu kuwo wonke amakholwa. Wonke umKristu unezikhali zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa akuwona wonke umKristu ozigqokayo. Izikhali azisebenzi uma zingagqokwa.

Ingabe uzithola ukhathele ukubuka okuphakelayo kwakho kwezindaba muva nje ngoba uzizwa uhlukene phakathi kwemibono yesikhathi sethu? UJohn Mark Comer usikhuthaza ukuba silandele uJesu enkathini yokuthanda izwe okunenzondo ngokwandayo kuyilapho sigcina izinhliziyo zethu zithambile futhi zivulekile. Ukuthola ukuvuselelwa ngokomoya osukwini lwethu kuqala ngokuqaphela ukungqubuzana kwangaphakathi phakathi kwamanga esiwaphilayo neqiniso eliletha ukuthula esikulangazelelayo.

Kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi, iZwi likaNkulunkulu libuyise ngenkuthalo izinhliziyo nezingqondo-futhi uNkulunkulu akakapheli. Kulolu hlelo olukhethekile lwezinsuku eziyi-7, ake sibungaze amandla okuguqula impilo yemiBhalo ngokubhekisisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulisebenzisa kanjani iBhayibheli ukuthinta umlando nokuguqula izimpilo emhlabeni wonke.

Ukukhulisa ubuholi bethu kubalulekile namuhla. Kumele sandise, siqhakambise, sengeze futhi sikhulise ukuhlakanipha kobuholi bethu ukuqondisa indawo yethu eguquguqukayo. Ubuchwepheshe obuguquka ngokushesha, ukushintsha umsebenzi/imithelela yenqubo yeqembu, futhi nokushintsha kwezomnotho kungezinye izinkinga esihlangabezana nazo. Kepha ungacabangi ukuthi ukukhulisa ubuholi bethu kwenzelwa nje indawo yemsebenzi. Kumele sikhulise ukuqondisa amakhaya ethu futhi nasebudlelwaneni bethu. Jula namuhla ukuzuza ulwazi olufanelekile lokuhola.

Hamba umgwaqo ohlukile oholela ePhasikeni kulo nyaka. Qala uhambo lwakho nezithunywa zevangeli zomhlaba wonke eMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi uzulazule ezindaweni ezibukwayo nemisindo ezokusiza ukuba ujabulele iPhasika ngombono omusha. Yizwa kabusha ukuthi kungani uJesu eze kulo mhlaba--ukuzosindisa imiphefumulo yesintu.

UMbhali owuMfundisi uCraig Groeschel usiza amadoda ukuba ambulekelwe ukuthi empeleni wona angobani —indoda eyiqhawe elinamandla. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-11 lubheka ukuphila kukaSamsoni—indoda enamandla kodwa ebuye ibe nobuthakathaka obusobala. Kulwele lokhu uNkulunkulu akwenze waba yikho. Ungalwi njengendoda ejwayelekile. Yilwa njengendoda kaNkulunkulu.

Eyabase-Efesu inothile ngamaqiniso ngoNkulunkulu nomsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa kithi. Lolu hlelo lwenzelwe ukukusiza ukuthi umbe ujule kulo mbhalo, ube ufunda okwengeziwe ngoNkulunkulu kanye nawe. Isigqi sezinyathelo eziyisithupha zansuku zonke sizokusiza ukuba uzenzele umkhuba wokufunda nokuhlanganyela neZwi likaNkulunkulu. lolu hlelo lulethwe kuwe yi-Christian Standard Bible (CSB). Funda kabanzi ku-CSBible.com.

Ezikhathini eziningi kuba nzima ukwabelana ngevangeli nabangani bethu. Kuphakathi kokuthi sinqotshwa ukwesaba noma asazi ukuthi sizokwabelana ngani. Sonke sidinga umthwalo ukuze sifinyelele kubangane bethu abalahlekile bakaKristu. Lolu wuhlelo lokufunda iBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-21 olusisiza ukuthi sizindle ngokukhethekile ngezindima eziphathelene nokushumayela ivangeli futhi luhambisana nomkhuleko omfishane wosuku ngalunye lwabangane bethu.

Ibhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi “ebukhoneni bakhe kukhona ukugcwala kwenjabulo” nokuthi “ukuthokoza kukaJehova kungamandla ethu”. Injabulo ayiwona nje omunye umzwelo; kuyisithelo sikaMoya kanye nesinye sezikhali ezingcono kakhulu kunqolobane yakho yokulwa nokudumazeka, ukudangala, kanye nokunqotshwa. Chitha izinsuku ezingu-31 ufunda lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngenjabulo, futhi uziqinise ukuze ube umKristu ojabulayo ngokungenamibandela.