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John Norton Loughborough

GSAM 3.1Kukho iincwadi ezininzi eziluncedo esele zikwizandla zabantu, kwaye isizathu sam sokongeza enye kuluhlu sesokuba kwezi maphepha ndichaza izinto ezininzi eziphathelele kuma-Adventist, ingakumbi kumaSeventh-day Adventist, ezingazange ziboniswe ngolu hlobo ebantwini. Ngaphandle koku, abaninzi abaxhase lo mcimbi kwiminyaka kamva, nabangazange babone izinto ekuthethwe ngazo, bacele ngenkuthalo ukuba kubaliswe ezi nyaniso namava kwabo babesebenza kuqala kulo msebenzi. Njengoko ndandiyazi kakuhle intshukumo yokubuya ngo-1843 nango-1844, kwaye ukususela ngomhla wesi-2 kuJanuwari 1849, ndibhengeze imfundiso, kuqala ndingum-Adventist, kwaye ukususela ngo-1852 ndingumSeventh-day Adventist, ndiyithatha njengovuyo “ukuthetha izinto endizibonileyo nezendizivileyo.”

GSAM 3.2Ndinike ingxelo malunga nentshukumo yokubuya, eyasasazeka ukusukela ngo-1831 ukuya ku-1844 kuzo zonke iintlanga eziphucukileyo zehlabathi.

GSAM 3.3Ukusukela ngo-1845 kuye kwabakho amanye amaqela ama-Adventist abathe babhengeza, kwaye basabhengeza, ukusondela kokubuya kukaKristu. Endaweni yokulandela onke la maqela, injongo yam ibikukunika, ngokubanzi, imvelaphi nenkqubela yamaSeventh-day Adventist, nditsalela ingqalelo ngokukodwa kwezo ndlela ezithi, kulondolozo lukaThixo, zibe negalelo ekuphuhliseni, ukusuka kwintlupheko nasekuqaleni okuncinci, isizwe esithi, nangona sinabantu abamalunga namawaka alikhulu nje kuphela, abanye babachasi babo bathe, “Ngamandla nomdla abasebenza ngawo umntu angacinga ukuba bazizigidi ezibini.”

GSAM 3.4Nkqu nabo bazi kancinci ngembali yamaSeventh-day Adventist bayazi ukuba ukususela ngo-1845 uNksk. E. G. White ebesoloko enxulumene kakhulu nale ntshukumo, njengesithethi nombhali. Bayazi nokuba kunye nomsebenzi wakhe bekukho iinkqubo ezingaqhelekanga, okanye iziphiwo. Kube lilungelo lam ukubakho ndize ndibone ukusebenza kwesi siphiwo malunga namashumi amahlanu amaxesha. Kwezi maphepha nditsalele umdla kwezinye iingqikelelo ezicacileyo ezingamashumi amabini anesithandathu ezenziwe nguNksk. White ezizalisekisiwe ngokuchaneke kakhulu.

GSAM 4.1Ukongeza kwinto endiyibonileyo, ndikwazisile nobungqina bamanye amangqina-mehlo malunga namava abo. Iinyaniso ezinje kufanele zibe nesisindo esingakumbi kumfundi onyanisekileyo kunentetho nje ephuma engqondweni yabo bangazange babe khona kwiziganeko ezinje.

GSAM 4.2Ndinikezela lo msebenzi kubafundi, ndinethemba lokuba, ngentsikelelo kaThixo, ukufunda ezi maphepha kuya kuba yindlela yokukhuthaza umcimbi kaKristu ezintliziyweni ezininzi, kwaye ndithemba ukuba bonke, njengoko befunda, baya kuzigcina engqondweni iintetho zikaPawulos kumaTesalonika, “Zilinge zonke izinto; zibambelele kuloo nto ilungileyo.”

GSAM -J. N. Loughborough.

GSAM -Mountain View, California, Meyi 1, 1905.

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