Isahluko 19 — “Ngezithelo Zabo Niya Kubazi”

GSAM 299.1“YENA wanika abanye, abapostile; abanye, abaprofeti; abanye, abavangeli; waza wanika abanye, abalusi nabafundisi; ukulungisa abangcwele, ukwenza umsebenzi wenkonzo, ukwakha umzimba kaKristu; side sonke sifike kubunye bokholo, nakubunye bolwazi lweNyana kaThixo, sibe ngumntu opheleleyo, sibe kumlinganiselo wobude bokuphelela kukaKristu.”¹

GSAM 299.2Xa uMsindisi wabeka izipho zoMoya wakhe ebandleni, ukuze kwenziwe, “njengoko kwamkholisayo,” umsebenzi weNkosi de kufike usuku olupheleleyo, akazange abashiye abantu bakhe baziqikelele ukuba ingaba ukuvela kwento kususela ezulwini, okanye kuziimimoya ezimbi, kodwa unika imigaqo esinokuthi ngayo sazi ukuba umoya uvela kuThixo na okanye awunjalo. Nangezi ntsuku zokugqibela, xa, njengoko kwakubhikiwe ngumprofeti Yoweli, iNkosi yayiza kuthulula uMoya wayo phezu kwabo bonke abantu, kwaye noonyana neentombi babeza kuprofeta,² UPawulos uthi abantu akufuneki bazidelele iziprofeto, kodwa “mabavavanye zonke izinto,” kwaye “babambelele kokulungileyo.”³

GSAM 299.3Zingavavanywa ngayiphi enye indlela iimpawu ezinjalo ngaphandle kokuzithelekisa nemigaqo yeziBhalo yokwahlula umsebenzi woMoya kaThixo? Yonke into engaphaya kokuqonda kwengqondo enomda ayisuke kuThixo ngokuqinisekileyo, kuba iBhayibhile ityhila ukuba kwiintsuku zokugqibela uSathana uza kwenza imimangaliso, ukukhohlisa ihlabathi, ukuze alihlanganyise edabini lwalo suku lukhulu lukaThixo uSomandla.⁴ Kungoko ke, ngokuthelekisa ngononophelo ukuvela kwalo mphawu nemigaqo yeBhayibhile apho isiphiwo sokwenene somoya sinokwaziwa khona. Oko kunonophelo kunye kufuneka nakule nto, okufana noko abantu behlabathi bakusebenzisayo ekufumaniseni imali engeyonyani.

GSAM 300Ukufumanisa iMali eNgeyonyani

GSAM 300.1Kwi-Detroit Bank Note Reporter ka-Epreli, 1863, uMnu. Preston wanika imigaqo emihlanu yokubona imali engeyonyani, waza wachaza ukuba nawuphi na umntu owayeza kuqwalasela ngenyameko yonke imbhalo-mali engena ezandleni zakhe, ngokwale migaqo, wayengasoze oyike ukuba uza kukhohliswa.

GSAM 300.2Akukho ndlela iqinisekileyo ngakumbi yokungqina isiphiwo sesiprofeto ngaphandle kokusithelekisa nenkcazelo yeziphiwo ezanjalo ezazibonakala kwixesha leziBhalo, nokusivavanya ngemigaqo enikwe kuzo. IziBhalo zisixhobisa ngokupheleleyo kuzo zonke izenzo ezilungileyo (2 Timoti 3:16, 17), kwaye zinika ingxelo echanekileyo yokubonakaliswa kwesiphiwo sokuProfeta, nendlela umsebenzi wokwenene woMoya kaThixo onokwaziwa ngayo kusukela kwimisebenzi kaSathana, neziphiwo zakhe zobuxoki.

GSAM 300IMIGAQO YOKWAHLULA IZIPHO ZOKWENENE

GSAM 300.3INkosi isinike kwilizwi layo ubuncinane imigaqo esixhenxe eyahlukileyo ekunokwahlulwa ngayo iimpawu zokwenene zoMoya kaThixo kwimisebenzi kaSathana.

GSAM 300Umgaqo Wokuqala—Umyalelo Okhethekileyo

GSAM 300.4Umprofeti Isaya, xa ethetha ngezinto ezizakubakho kwiintsuku zokugqibela, uthi: “Bopha ubungqina, tywina umthetho phakathi kwabafundi bam. Kwaye ndiya kulinda iNkosi, efihla ubuso bayo kwindlu kaYakobi, kwaye ndiya kumkhangela.... Kwaye xa besithi kuni, Buzani kwabo banemimoya eyaziyo, nakwizithakazi ezintyilozayo nezimbombozelayo; akufanelanga na ukuba abantu bafune kuThixo wabo? Kanti bafunela abaphilayo kwabafileyo? Kumthetho nakubungqina; ukuba abathethi ngokweli lizwi, kungenxa yokuba akukho kukhanya kubo.”⁵

GSAM 301.1Kulo mbhalo, kugxininiswa kubantu abazibandakele ekubuyiseleni isitampu kumthetho kaThixo—abantu abalindele iNkosi, abazibandakele enkonzweni yakhe. Bamfuna; oko kukuthi, balindele ukubuya kwakhe—oku, kwixesha apho iimiphefumlo ezithi ziimiphefumlo zabafileyo zibongoza abantu ukuba bazifune. Abanye bayayiphulaphula le mibizo, baze bafune ulwazi kwabafileyo; kodwa iNkosi imema abantu bayo ukuba bayifune yona. Oku kuthetha ukuthi ukuba bayayifuna, iya kubanika imiyalelo ekhethekileyo. Akufuneki bafune abafileyo, abangakwaziyo ukubanika naluphi na ulwazi; kuba “abasenalo nelifa ngonaphakade kuko konke okwenziwa phantsi kwelanga;” kwaye “abafileyo abazi nto.”⁶

GSAM 301.2Kwesi sibhalo singentla kunikwe umgaqo ekufuneka kuvavanywe ngawo yonke imiyalezo,—“ukuba abathethi ngokweli lizwi, kungenxa yokuba akukho kukhanya kubo.” Yonke imiyalezo evela eNkosini iya kuthetha ngokuhambelana nelizwi layo nomthetho wayo.

GSAM 301.3Ukusebenzisa lo mthetho kwimibhalo kaNksk. White, ndingatsho ukuba kule minyaka ingamashumi amahlanu anesibini idlulileyo ndifunde ngenyameko ubungqina bakhe, ndibuthelekisa nomthetho kaThixo nobungqina beBhayibhile, kwaye ndifumana imvisiswano egqibeleleyo phakathi kwazo zombini. Imiyalelo yakhe ayizanga ukunika isityhilelo esitsha esiza kuthatha indawo yeziBhalo, kodwa endaweni yoko iza kusibonisa apho kwaye njani, kwezi ntsuku, abantu abanokukhohliswa, bakhutshelwe kude nelizwi. Isikhundla esithathwa ziingxelo zikaNksk. White sichazwa kakuhle koko wakubhalayo ngokwakhe ngazo:—

GSAM 301.4Ilizwi likaThixo lanele ukukhanyisa ingqondo edideke kakhulu, kwaye liyakuqondwa ngabo banomnqweno wokuliqonda. Kodwa, nangona konke oku, abanye abathi ilizwi likaThixo luluphononongo lwabo bafunyanwa bephila ngokuchaseneyo nezona ndlela zifundiswayo zicacileyo zalo. Ke, ukuze amadoda nabafazi bangabi nasizathu sokuzithethelela, uThixo unika ubungqina obucacileyo nobungqalileyo, ebabuyisela kwilizwi abaliphosileyo ukulilandela.

GSAM 302.1“Ilizwi likaThixo lizele yimigaqo jikelele yokwakha imikhwa yokuphila efanelekileyo, kwaye ubungqina, obujikelele nobobuqu, bubekelwe ukutsalela ingqalelo yabo ngakumbi kule migaqo.... Aniyazi kakuhle iZibhalo. Ukuba benilifundile ilizwi likaThixo, benomnqweno wokufikelela kumgangatho weBhayibhile nize nifikelele ekugqibeleleni kobuKristu, beningayi kubufuna ubungqina....

GSAM 302.2“INkosi iceba ukunilumkisa, ikhalimele, ikhokele, ngobungqina obunikelweyo, kwaye ifuna ukubeka engqondweni yenu ukubaluleka kweyinyani yelizwi layo. Ubungqina obubhaliweyo abenzelwanga ukunika kukhanya okutsha, kodwa ukubeka ngokucacileyo entliziyweni iinyaniso eziphefumlelwe nguThixo esele zityhilwe.... Akukhutshwa inyaniso intsha, kodwa uThixo, ngezi ngxelo, wenze lula iinyaniso ezinkulu esele zinikwe, waza ngendlela yakhe akhethileyo wazisa ebantwini, ukuvusa nokuchukumisa ingqondo ngazo, ukuze bonke bangabi nasizathu sokuzithethelela....

GSAM 302.3“Ubungqina abukho ukuhlisa ilizwi likaThixo, kodwa bukho ukuze buluphakamise, kwaye butsale iingqondo kulo, ukuze ubulula obuhle benyaniso bufikelele kuzo zonke.... Ukuba abantu abathi ngoku bangubutyebi obukhethekileyo bukaThixo bebeya kuthi bathobele iimfuno zakhe, njengoko zichazwe elizwini lakhe, ubungawenziwa ubungqina obukhethekileyo bokubavusa emsebenzini wabo, nokubagxininisa ngoboni babo kunye nengozi yabo eyoyikekayo ngokungathobeli ilizwi likaThixo.”⁷

GSAM 302Umgaqo Wesibini—Abaprofeti Bokwenyani

GSAM 302.4Sele sifundile ukuba bonke abaprofeti bokwenyani baya kuthetha ngokuhambelana nomthetho kaThixo nobungqina beLizwi laKhe. Umpostile uYohane unika omnye umgaqo ochaza imfundiso yabaprofeti bokwenyani. Uthi: “Thandwa, ningakholelwa kuwo wonke umoya, kodwa livavanyeni imimoya ukuba ivela kuThixo na; kuba abaprofeti abaninzi bobuxoki baphumele ehlabathini. Ngaloo ndlela niyazi uMoya kaThixo: Yonke imimoya evuma ukuba uYesu Kristu uze enyameni yeyakwaThixo: kwaye yonke imimoya ingavumiyo ukuba uYesu Kristu uze enyameni ayiyiyo eyakwaThixo: kwaye le yimoja yeAntikristu, eniyivileyo isaza kuza; kwaye sele ikho ehlabathini ngoku.”⁸

GSAM 303.1Qaphela ngenyameko isibhalo esingentla. Asitsho ukuba nabani na ovumayo ukuba uYesu Kristu “wafika enyameni,” “kodwa uyeza enyameni;” oko kukuthi, uza, ngoMoya wakhe, aze ahlale kuthi, ngenxa yokholo lwethu. Le nto, eneneni, yinyaniso esembindini wevangeli, “uKristu kuni, ithemba lobungangamsha.”⁹

GSAM 303.2Umxholo esebenzisekayo ofumaneka kuzo zonke iimbhalo zikaNksk. White kukubaluleka kukaKristu njengeMsindisi ohlala ngaphakathi kuthi ukuba sifuna ukwenza inkqubela yaluphi na uhlobo kwindlela eya ezulwini. Iimbhalo zakhe zifundisa ukubaluleka kukaKristu kuqala, ekugqibeleni, nangalo lonke ixesha. Njengomzekelo wale nyaniso, ingqwalasela itsalwa kwincwadi yakhe, Steps to Christ, ethengiswe ngaphezu kwamawaka alikhulu eekopi ngesiNgesi, singasathethi ke ngamawaka eekopi ezikwiilwimi ezilishumi elinesibhozo zangaphandle apho ngoku iprintwa khona. Umlungiseleli wamaPresbyterian, emva kokufunda le ncwadi, u-odole iikopi ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amathathu zamalungu ebandla lakhe kunye nabahlobo, waza wathi, “Le ncwadi ibhalwe ngumntu owazi kakuhle iNkosi uYesu Kristu.”

GSAM 303Umgaqo Wesithathu—Iiprofeti Zobuxoki

GSAM 303.3UYohane unika umgaqo wokuchonga iiprofeti zobuxoki: “Bangabamhlaba: ngoko ke bathetha ngokwehlabathi, ilizwe ke libamamela.”¹⁰ Imfundiso yeeprofeti zobuxoki iya kukholisa intliziyo yenyama, endaweni yokuphakamisa indlela yokuzikhanyela nokuthwala umnqamlezo. Iiprofeti zobuxoki ziya kufundisa “izinto ezigudileyo,” endaweni yokuphakamisa “Oyingcwele waseSirayeli.”¹¹ Nabani na ofunda namakhasi ambalwa nje abhalwe nguNksk. White uyabona ukuba zihambelana nokuzithiba nokuthwala umnqamlezo, kwaye azikho zendalo yokukholisa intliziyo yehlabathi, enyama.

GSAM 304Umgaqo Wesine—Ukuhlupheka Nomonde

GSAM 304.1Xa siqhubeka nokuphonononga lo mbandela, siza kuthatha, njengomgaqo wesine, amazwi ompostile uYakobo: “Thathani, bazalwana bam, iiprofeti ezathetha egameni leNkosi, njengomzekelo wokubandezeleka nokunyamezela.”¹² Xa sifunda ngamava ezo profeti zakudala, sifunda ukuba olunye lwezona mvavanyo zabo zinkulu yayikukubona uSirayeli elahla, okanye enza ngokuchaseneyo, nobungqina obucacileyo obabunikezelwe kuye. Uphononongo olufutshane lwezo maxesha luya kubonisa kwangoko isimilo soonabikezeli bokwenyani nabobuxoki. “Itsho ngolu hlobo iNkosi yemikhosi, Ningeva amazwi oonabikezeli abanibikezelayo: banizalisa ngamampunge; bathetha umbono weentliziyo zabo, hayi owaphuma emlonyeni weNkosi.”¹³

GSAM 304.2Akukho nto kwizibhalo zikaNksk. White engenza umfundi azicinge ngaphezu kwakhe; kodwa, njengoko kwavezwa ngomnye, “Ndifumene inzuzo enkulu yokomoya amaxesha angenakubalwa kwiingxelo. Enyanisweni, andizange ndizifunde ndingaziva ndisolekile ngokunqaba kokholo lwam kuThixo, ukunqaba kokuzinikela, kunye nokunqaba kokuzimisela ekusindiseni imiphefumlo.” Ngokuqinisekileyo, ke, isiphumo sobungqina bukaNksk. White bahluke kakhulu kwesemfundisweni yamaprofeti obuxoki, njengoko kuchaziwe nguYeremiya.

GSAM 304.3Umprofeti usixelela kwakhona nendlela abaprofeti bobuxoki abaza kufundisa ngayo: “Basithi kusoloko kwabo bandidelayo, INkosi ithe, Niya kuba noxolo; baze bathi kumntu wonke ohamba ngokucinga kwentliziyo yakhe, Akukho bubi buza kwehla phezu kwenu.”¹⁴

GSAM 304.4Ngokuphathelele kuhlobo lwentshumayelo kaNksk. White kwiingxelo zakhe, ndiza kucaphula la mazwi alandelayo avela kumfundi onenkathalo:

GSAM 304.4“Ndizifundile zonke iingxelo zakhe ngokupheleleyo, uninzi lwazo izihlandlo ezininzi, kwaye andizange ndikwazi ukufumana nesinye isivakalisi esingamanyala kuzo zonke, okanye nantoni na engacocekanga ngokungqongqo kwaye ingeyobuKristu; akukho nto ikhokelela nabani na ukuba amke kwiBhayibhile okanye kuKristu; kodwa apho ndifumana khona ezona zibongozo zinyanisekileyo zokuthobela uThixo, zokuthanda uYesu, zokukholelwa kwizibhalo, nokuziphanda rhoqo. Ukuba kufutshane noThixo okunjalo, ukuzinikela okunzulu okunjalo, izibongozo ezingcwele zokuphila ubomi obungcwele, kunokukhuthazwa kuphela nguMoya kaThixo.”

GSAM 305.1Umqaphi onenkuthalo wobungqina bakhe ukusukela ekuqaleni ubhala athi:

GSAM 305.1“Kwimbandela yokuthetha ngokucacileyo nangokunyanisekileyo, ngaphandle koloyiko okanye ukukhetha, ndinqwenela ukungqina ukuba akukhange kubekho kusilela. Ukuba iinjongo ezimbi nezikhohlakeleyo bezilawula lo msebenzi, amazwi okuncoma ngokukhohlisa ebeya kuthatha indawo yobungqina obuphengululayo kunye nokukhalinyelwa okunyanisekileyo. Ukuthetha ngokucacileyo, ukukhalinyelwa okunyanisekileyo kokubi, amagama ovelwano nokukhuthaza kwimiphefumlo engcangcazelayo eziva isidingo soMsindisi, nakwabaphambukayo abafuna ngokuthobeka ukulahl' iziphoso zabo,—zizinto ezingene kakhulu kwimisebenzi yakhe. Ubungqina bukaNksk. White, obugxeka iimpazamo kwimeko yabantu abaninzi awayebabonile embonweni, bunikezelwe ngokunyaniseka okukhulu, kwaye kwaba nefuthe elihle kakhulu.”¹⁵

GSAM 305Umgaqo Wesihlanu—Iziprofeto Zokwenyani Ziyazaliseka

GSAM 305.2Kukho intetho eyenziwe nguMoses emalunga nabaprofeti bokwenyani nabobuxoki, efumaneka kwisahluko seshumi elinesibhozo seDuteronomi. Uthi: “Singayazi njani ilizwi iNkosi ingalithethanga? Xa umprofeti ethetha egameni leNkosi, into leyo ingahambi, ingenzeki, lilo elo lizwi iNkosi ingalithethanga, kodwa umprofeti uthethe ngokuzicingela; akuyi kumoyika.”¹⁶

GSAM 305.3Into efanayo ikwafumaneka kwezi ndinyana zilandelayo: “Ngubani lowo uthethayo, kwaye kwenzeke; xa iNkosi ingayalanga?”¹⁷ Ngomprofeti Samuweli kwathiwa, “Konke akuthethayo kuza kwenzeka ngokuqinisekileyo.”¹⁸ “Xa ilizwi lomprofeti liyenzeka, ngoko ke umprofeti uya kwaziwa, ukuba iNkosi imthumile ngokwenene.”¹⁹

GSAM 306.1Ngoku sekudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu anesithathu ukusukela oko umbhali wabona okokuqala uNksk. E. G. White kumbono wobuprofeti. Kule minyaka, wenziwe iingqikelelo ezininzi zeprofeto ngaye malunga nezinto ezaziza kwenzeka. Ezinye zezi ngqikelelo zingeziganeko esele zigqityiwe, kwaye ezinye zisekwenkqubeni yokuzaliseka, ngelixa ezinye zisekamva. Ngokuphathelele kwezo zinxulumene neziganeko ezadlulayo okanye ezingoku, andazi nangomzekelo omnye wokusilela. Ezinye zezivakalisi zakhe zexesha elizayo sele zikhankanyiwe. Ezinye ziya kuvela kwizahluko ezilandelayo njengoko siqhubeka nebali lethu.

GSAM 306Umgaqo Wesithandathu—Iimangaliso AsingoVavanyo loMprofeti oyiNyaniso

GSAM 306.2Kuye kwangqinwa ngababhali abaninzi bezifundo zenkolo, kwaye kwachazwa kwiinkcazelo zeZibhalo, ukuba uphawu lomprofeti wokwenene kukwenza kwemimangaliso. Asikafundi kwizibhalo umthetho onje.

GSAM 306.3Ukuba ukwenza imimangaliso bubungqina bomprofeti wokwenene, ngoko ke “umprofeti wobuxoki” okhankanywe kwiSityhilelo 19:20 ebeya kuthiwa ngenene ungumprofeti wokwenene; kuba kuthiwa, “Isilwanyana sathathwa, kunye nomprofeti wamanga owenza imimangaliso phambi kwaso, awayekhohlisa ngayo abo bamkela uphawu lwesilwanyana.” Kukwalitsho ngamandla afanayo kwakhona kwiSityhilelo 13:14, njengokukhohlisa “abo bahlala emhlabeni ngenxa yezimangaliso awayenamandla okuzenza phambi kwesilwanyana.” Ngokusebenzisa lo mthetho ngendlela efanayo, kufuneka siqhutyelwe kwisigqibo sokuba noSathana ngokwakhe unguMprofeti wokwenyani. Iimiphefumlo ezithile eziya kwenza umsebenzi okhethekileyo phantsi kwesithandathu sezibetho ezisixhenxe zokugqibela zibizwa ngokuba “imimoya yeedemon, eyenza imimangaliso, ephuma iye kookumkani bomhlaba nabehlabathi lonke, ukuze ibabuthele edabini lalo suku lukhulu lukaThixo uSomandla.”²⁰

GSAM 306.4Ukuba ubungqina bomprofeti wokwenene bufunyanwa kwimimangaliso ayenzayo xa engekho embonweni, besiya kufumana abaprofeti abambalwa beBhayibhile abebeya kuluphumelela olu vavanyo, ingakumbi xa isigqibo sisekelwe koko kurekhodiweyo malunga nemisebenzi yabo. Kuyinyani ukuba imimangaliso irekhodiwe njengeyenziwe ngabanye abaprofeti, njengakwimeko kaEliya, u-Elisha, noPawulos. Kodwa ngubani ofumene ingxelo kwiBhayibhile yemimangaliso ka-Isaya, uYeremiya, uDaniyeli, uHoseya, uYoweli, uAmosi, njl.? Noko ke, aba babengabaprofeti bokwenene beNkosi, kwaye babonakaliswa njalo ngemigaqo eyanikwa yiNkosi njengovavanyo lomprofeti wokwenene.

GSAM 307.1Ukuba ukwenza imimangaliso asiluvavanyo lwemprofeti yokwenene kubonakala ngokucacileyo xa kufundwa ingxelo yeziBhalo ngoYohane uMbhaptizi. Ukuba wayeyiprofeti kubonakaliswa sisiprofeto sikayise, uZakariya, xa wayebalisa ngombono awayewunikwe nguThixo malunga nonyana awayeza kuzalwa: “Nawe, mntwana, uya kubizwa ngokuba yiprofeti yoPhezulu; kuba uya kuhamba phambi kobuso beNkosi ulungiselele iindlela zayo.”²¹ UMhlanguli wethu ngokwakhe wamchonga uYohane njengalowo mprofeti uza kulungiselela indlela phambi kwakhe; kuba ngoYohane wathi: “Kodwa niphumele ukubona ntoni? Umprofeti? Ewe, ndithi kuni, kwaye nangaphezulu kunomprofeti. Ngulo, ekubhalwe ngaye, Nanko, ndithumela umyemeli wam phambi kobuso bakho, oya kulungiselela indlela yakho phambi kwakho. Kuba ndithi kuni, Phakathi kwabo bazalwa ngabafazi akukho mprofeti mkhulu kunoYohane uMbhaptizi?”²²

GSAM 307.2Nantsi ke, intetho ecacileyo yoMsindisi yokuba uYohane wayengumprofeti. Masisebenzise uvavanyo lokwenza imimangaliso sibone isiphumo. KwiVangeli ebhalwe nguYohane umvangeli, sinamazwi la: “Kwaye abaninzi baya kuye [uKristu] bathi, uYohane akazange enze mmangaliso; kodwa zonke izinto ezithethwe nguYohane ngalo mntu zaziyinyani.”²³ Le ngxelo yodwa luphikiso olupheleleyo lwebango lokuba uphawu lomprofeti wokwenene kukwenza imimangaliso.

GSAM 307.3Lo mthetho unikezelwe kwiDuteronomi 13:1-3, esiwubiza ngokuba ngumthetho wesithandathu kuluhlu lwethu lwangoku, yeyokukhusela ekusukeleni nasiphi na isenzo esimangalisayo okanye esingummangaliso side siqale siqaphele ngononophelo ukuba ingaba ukuthambekela kwaso kukusondela ngakumbi kwiNkosi okanye kukusuka kuyo. Lo mbhalo ngokwenene usixelela ukuba sisebenzise yonke imithetho, ingakumbi ukubona ukuba iyahambelana na noThixo nomthetho wakhe.

GSAM 308.1Lo mthetho wesithandathu ufundisa ukuba xa ummangaliso wenziwa ngumkhohlisi, kuya kubonakala kunye nawo, xa uphicothiwe ngononophelo, ukuphambuka kwiinyaniso ezingcwele zezwi likaThixo, kunye nokuthotywa komgangatho ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nentliziyo ethanda ukuphepha indlela yokuzikhanyela. INkosi ivumela umntu onje ozenzisayo ukuba avele, kwaye indlela yakhe iluvavanyo kumntwana kaThixo wokwenene, imnika ithuba lokulinganisa ngononophelo isimo okanye injongo yalo menzi-mimangaliso kuthethwa ngaye. Abo banamathela elizwini likaThixo, endaweni yokuba bathinjwe ngulo menzi-mimangaliso wobuxoki, baphuma beqinile kuThixo ngenxa yamava anjalo.

GSAM 308.2Kwezi ntsuku zikhohlakeleyo, xa abaninzi bezibiza ngokuba “ngabaphilisi bokholo,” “abaphilisi bobuthixo,” “abaphilisi beChristian Science,” njalo njalo, kungakuhle ukusebenzisa ngokusondeleyo imigaqo yeziBhalo; kuba kuza kufuneka imigaqo kaThixo, nokukhanyiswa koMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuze sikwazi ukwahlula ngokucacileyo injongo nenjongo yaba “baphilisi” abathile, kuba umsebenzi wabo unobuqhetseba kangako; ngelixa kwelinye icala kukho abo ngokungafihlisiyo bangayihoyiyo imithetho kaThixo nenyaniso yakhe ngeli xesha. Kwezinye iimeko aba “baphilisi” bokuzenzisa baye bagquma ngomsindo okhulu njengabantu abazaliswe bubugeza xa kusithiwa nje ngomthetho kaThixo. Ngokwenene, njengoko iNkosi inomyalezo obhengeza umthetho wayo ongcwele, ngokwenene abo bathuka umthetho wakhe nabagxotha kwindawo yabo kwanabo bawukhankanyayo abanampembelelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele.

GSAM 308Umgaqo Wesixhenxe—Iziqhamo Zabo

GSAM 308.3“Lumkela abaprofeti bobuxoki, abeza kuni benxibe iimpahla zeegusha, kodwa ngaphakathi bangamawufu aqwengayo. Niya kubazi ngesiqhamo sabo. Ingaba abantu bayakha iidiliya kwimithi enameva, okanye amakhiwane kwiinkunzane? Ngokunjalo, yonke imithi emihle ivelisa isiqhamo esihle; kodwa umthi ombi uvelisa isiqhamo esibi. Umthi olungileyo awunakuvelisa isiqhamo esibi, kwaye nomthi ombi awunakuvelisa isiqhamo esihle. Yonke imithi engazivelisi isiqhamo esihle iyagawulwa, ize ilahlelwe emlilweni. Ngenxa yoko, niza kubazi ngezithelo zabo.”²⁴

GSAM 309.1La mazwi kaMsindisi wethu aqinisekisa into yokuba isipho sobuprofeti besiya kubakho kwixesha levangeli. Ukuba bekungekho baprofeti bokwenyani ababambe inxaxheba kulo msebenzi, kwaye yonke imiboniso yobuprofeti ibisuka kumthombo ombi, ingaba ebengayi kuthi, “Lumkela abaprofeti”? Inyaniso yokuba usixelela ngokucacileyo ukuba uhlobo ngalunye lungaziwa njani bubona bubungqina obugqwesileyo bokuba kumsebenzi woMduduzi, uMoya oyiNgcwele, ekubonakaliseni “izinto ezizayo” (Yohane 16:13), ibiya kuba sisipho sokwenene sokuProfeta. Lo mthetho, esithi kuluhlu lwethu sibe sisithi ngumthetho wesixhenxe, awunakusilela. UKristu akazange athi ningabazi ngeziqhamo zabo, kodwa, ngokuqinisekileyo, “ngeziqhamo zabo niyakubazi.”

GSAM 309.2Siyabuza, Yeyiphi isiqhamo esibonakalayo kumsebenzi wezipho zokwenene zoMoya kaThixo? Impendulo ifumaneka kwintetho kaPawulos emalunga nenjongo yeNkosi ekubekeni izipho ebandleni: “Kungoko esithi, Ekunyukeni kwakhe phezulu, wathimba amathimba, waza wanika abantu izipho.... Waza wanika abanye, ukuba babe ngabapostile; abanye, ukuba babe ngabaprofeti; abanye, ukuba babe ngabavangeli; nabanye, ukuba babe ngabalusi nabafundisi; ukuze kwenziwe abangcwele bagqibelele, ngenxa yomsebenzi wenkonzo, ukuze kwakhiwe umzimba kaKristu; side sonke sifike kubunye [‘ebunyeni,’ kumda] bokholo, nakulwazi lweNyana kaThixo, ukuya kumntu opheleleyo, kumlinganiselo wobude bokuphelela kukaKristu.”²⁵

GSAM 309.3Sebenzisa lo mthetho kwisipho sobuprofeti esiye sanxulunyaniswa nomyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu ukususela ekuqaleni kwaso, kwaye yintoni isiphumo?—Sifumanisa ukuba isikhokelo esiqhubekayo esinikwe nguNksk. White besisoloko sikhuthaza umanyano nokuvumelana, sisilumkisa ukuba “sicebisane kunye,” nokuba “simanyane,” ukuze sivumelane noKristu, ngaloo ndlela siqinisekisa ubudlelwane obunyanisekileyo nomanyano phakathi kwethu.

GSAM 310.1Abanye abachasi balo msebenzi bathe ngokugxeka, “Ukuba bekungengenxa yemibono kaNksk. White, eninayo phakathi kwenu, umba wenu ubungaphela kudala.” Kuphendulwa, “Yinyani loo nto; kuba kuloo mthombo iNkosi inike umcebiso, isilumkiso, nokukhanya, kwaye ngaloo ndlela iiyantlukwano ziye zasuswa, nomsebenzi waphumelela.” Ngoko ke, oko bakucwangcisileyo njengohlaselo kwisipho, eneneni bubungqina bokuba isiqhamo saso sesesipho sokwenene sokuProfeta.

GSAM 310.2Kangangeminyaka engamashumi amathandathu nangaphezulu, iimpawu zesipho sobuprofeti ngoNksk. White ziye zavavanywa ngala migaqo isixhenxe, kwaye kuyo yonke inkalo ziye zahlangabezana neemfuno ezifunekayo kubuprofeti bokwenyani.