Isahluko 22 — Ulungelelwaniso

GSAM 343.1“Ngenxa yesi sizathu ndakushiya eKrete, ukuze ulungise izinto eziseleyo, uze umisele abadala bebandla kwisixeko ngasinye, njengoko ndakuyalela.”¹

GSAM 343.2Ekuqhubeleni phambili komyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu kwakudlule iminyaka elishumi elinesibini (ukusukela ngo-1846 ukuya ku-1858) phambi kokuba abantu bethu babonakale beqonda imfuneko yombutho osesikweni ngakumbi kunokukholwa kwinyani nothando lobuKristu nje kuphela. Nangona iNkosi yayithethe nabantu bayo ngalo mbandela ngesiphiwo sobuprofeti, kwabonakala kufuneka amava athile anzima ukuze ibavuse ngokupheleleyo kwimvakalelo yokufuneka kokulungelelaniswa kweenkomfa, amabandla nemibutho kulawulo lwezinto eziphathekayo zeli phulo.

GSAM 343Inkcaso yoMbutho

GSAM 343.3Kwiphawu elisezantsi kwephepha le-12 kwi-Supplement to Experience and Views, epapashwe ngo-1854, uMfundisi uJames White uthi:—

GSAM 343.4“Emva kwexesha eladlulayo ngo-1844 kwabakho isiphithiphithi esikhulu, yaye uninzi lwaluchasene nayo nayiphi na intlangano, luthatha ukuba yayingahambelani nenkululeko epheleleyo yevangeli! UNksk. White wayesoloko echasa zonke iindlela zokugqithisa, yaye wabhengeza kwangoko ukuba kufuneka kubekho uhlobo oluthile lwentlangano ukuthintela nokulungisa isiphithiphithi. Bambalwa ngoku abanokuqonda ukuqina okwakufuneka ngelo xesha ukugcina isikhundla sakhe ngokuchasene neso siphithiphithi sasixhaphakileyo.”

GSAM 344.1Umanyano olubekho phakathi kwamaSeventh-day Adventist luye lwakhuthazwa kakhulu lwaza lwagcinwa ngenxa yezilumkiso zakhe neziyalelo zakhe ezifike ngexesha elifanelekileyo.

GSAM 344UGeorge Storrs ngoMbutho

GSAM 344.2Oku kulandelayo okuvela kuGeorge Storrs, okubhalwe ngo-1844, kuza kubonisa oko kwakufundiswa malunga nombutho kwabo babazihlukanisileyo kumabandla ngenxa yesibhengezo sokubuya kukaYesu:—

GSAM 344.3“Lumkela ukuba ungazami ukumisa elinye ibandla. Akukho bandla linokumiselwa ngengqondo yomntu lingajiki libe yiBhabheli kwangoko xa limiselwe. INkosi yamisela elayo ibandla ngemibopho eqinileyo yothando. Ayinakwenziwa ibe namandla ngaphezu koko; kwaye xa imibopho enjalo ingabambi kunye abalandeli abavumayo bakaKristu, bayayeka ukuba ngabalandeli bakhe, baze bahlukane nomzimba ngokwendalo.”²

GSAM 344Ucwangco Kwixesha LobuPostile

GSAM 344.4AmaSeventh-day Adventist, njengoko kuye kwachazwa ngaphambili, babengenalo uhlangano olusesikweni lwalo naluphi na uhlobo iminyaka emininzi, bengenalo nolungelelwaniso lwebandla. Nawuphi na umntu owayenesibindi sokwamkela inyaniso nokuyithobela phantsi koxinzelelo lwangaphandle lokuchasa olwalukho ngelo xesha, wayethathwa njengonyanisekileyo kwaye efanele uthando nobudlelwane bobuKristu. Kwafika ixesha ngeentsuku zabapostile lokuba kwanyanzeleka “ukulungisa izinto ezazisilela.”³ Malunga nonyaka wama-65 A.D. uTito wanikwa igunya “lokumisela abadala bebandla kwisixeko ngasinye” apho kwakukho abakholwayo, kwaye uTimoti wafumana imiyalelo epheleleyo ngalo mbandela.⁴

GSAM 344UMfundisi White ngoCwangciso

GSAM 344.5Oku kulandelayo okuvela kuMfundisi uJames White malunga nomba wocwangciso nokuziphatha kwavela kwi-Review yomhla we-4 kaJanuwari, 1881:—

GSAM 345.1“Ulwakhiwo lwaluyilelwe ukuqinisekisa umanyano kwizenzo, kunye nokukhusela kubuqhophololo. Aluzange lujongelwe ukuba lube sisohlwayo sokunyanzela intobelo, kodwa lwalusenzelwe ukukhusela abantu bakaThixo. UKristu akabatyhaleli abantu bakhe; uyababiza. ‘Iigusha zam ziyalisiva ilizwi lam, ndiyazazi, zize zindilandele.’ Intloko yethu ephilayo ikhokela, ize ibize abantu bayo ukuba bayilandele.

GSAM 345.2“Iinkolelo zabantu abanakudala umanyano. Amandla ebandla akanakunyanzela ibandla ukuba libe ngumzimba omnye. UKristu akazange acinge ukuba iingqondo zabantu mazibunjelwe izulu ngempembelelo yezinye iingqondo zabantu. ‘Intloko yomntu wonke nguKristu.’ Inxalenye yakhe kukukhokela, nokubumba, nokubeka umfanekiso wakhe kwiindlalifa zozuko olungunaphakade. Nokuba ukulungelelaniswa kubaluleke kangakanani na ekukhuseleni ibandla, nasekuqinisekiseni intsebenziswano, akufanelanga kungene kuthathe ingqeqesho ezandleni zoMphathi.

GSAM 345Ubunye Phakathi Kwezinto Ezimbini Ezigqithisileyo

GSAM 345.3“Phakathi kwezinto ezimbini ezigqithisileyo, ukunyanzela ibandla nokuzimela okungangcwaliswanga, sifumana imfihlelo enkulu yomanyano nokusebenza kakuhle kubulungiseleli nakwibandla likaThixo. Ingqwalasela yethu itsalelwa koku ngesibongozo esingcwele kakhulu esivela kwintumwa ehloniphekileyo uPetros kubadala bexesha lakhe: ‘Abadala abaphakathi kwenu ndiyabacenga, nam ndingumdala, nengqina leentlungu zikaKristu, ndibe yinxalenye yozuko oluza kutyhilwa: yalusani umhlambi kaThixo ophakathi kwenu, niwongamele, ninganyanzeliswa, kodwa ngokuzithandela; kungekuko ngenxa yenzuzo engcolileyo, kodwa ngentliziyo elungeleyo; hayi njengokuba ningabalawuli belifa likaThixo, kodwa nibe yimizekelo kumhlambi; kwaye xa uMelusi oMkhulu evela, niza kufumana isithsaba sozuko esingapheliyo. Kwangokunjalo, nina baselula, nithobele abakhulu. Ewe, nonke nithobelane, nize nambathe ukuthobeka; kuba uThixo uchasa abazidlayo, abathobekileyo ubanika ubabalo. Thobekani ke phantsi kwesandla esinamandla sikaThixo, ukuze aniphakamise ngexesha elifanelekileyo.’⁵

GSAM 346Ukulula neFom yoLungelelwaniso lweTestamente eNtsha

GSAM 346.1“Abo benza umzobo wolungelelwaniso owamkelwe ngamaSeventh-day Adventists basebenza nzima ukufaka kulo, kangangoko kunokwenzeka, ukulula kwentetho nomumo okufumaneka kwiTestamente eNtsha. Okukhona kubonakala umoya wevangeli, kwaye okukhona kulula, kokukhona le nkqubo isebenza ngcono.

GSAM 346.2“INkomfa Jikelele ithatha ulawulo jikelele lomsebenzi kuko konke amasebe ayo, kuquka iinkomfa zePhondo. Inkomfa yePhondo ithatha ulawulo lwawo onke amasebe omsebenzi kwiPhondo, kuquka amabandla akwiPhondo. Kwaye ibandla liliziko lamaKristu adibene kunye ngesivumelwano esilula sokugcina imiyalelo kaThixo nokholo lukaYesu.

GSAM 346Amagosa eBandla ngabakhonzi

GSAM 346.3“Amagosa ebandla lasekuhlaleni ngamakhoboka elo bandla, hayi iinkosi, ezilawula ngenkani. ‘Oyena mkhulu phakathi kwenu makabe likhoboka lenu.’⁶ La magosa kufuneka abe ngumzekelo wokunyamezela, wokulumka, womthandazo, wobubele, nowesisa kumalungu ebandla, kwaye kufuneka abonise uthando olukhulu kwabo bakhonza kubo olwabonakaliswa kubomi nakwimfundiso zeNkosi yethu.”

GSAM 346Ubungqina Bokuqala Ngokucwangciswa

GSAM 346.4Kwi-Supplement to Experience and Views, esapapashwa ngo-1854, kunikwa imiyalelo ekhethekileyo ngomba wolungiselelo lwevangeli. Kwiphepha elilishumi elinesibhozo sifunda oku kulandelayo:—

GSAM 346.5“Ibandla kumele libalekele kwilizwi likaThixo, lize lizinze kulungelelwaniso lwevangeli, oluye lwaphoswa lwaza lwatyeshelwa. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu ukuze kubuyiswe ibandla ekunye kokholo.”

GSAM 347Ucwangco Olufunekayo Ekusondeleni Esiphelweni

GSAM 347.1Kubungqina obunikezelwe nge-23 Disemba 1860, sifunda:

GSAM 347.1“Njengoko sisondela esiphelweni sexesha, uSathana wehla ngamandla amakhulu, esazi ukuba ixesha lakhe lincinci. Ingakumbi amandla akhe aza kusetyenziswa kwintsalela. Uza kulwa nabo, aze afune ukubahlula nokubasasaza, ukuze babe buthathaka baze bawiswe. Abantu bakaThixo kufuneka benze ngokuqonda, kwaye bamanyane kwimizamo yabo. Kufuneka babe nengqondo enye, nokugweba okukodwa; ngoko ke imizamo yabo ayisayi kuchithachitheka, kodwa iya kuba negalelo elikhulu ekwakheni umcimbi wenyani yangoku. Ucwangco kufuneka lugcinwe, kwaye kufuneka kubekho umanyano ekugcineni ucwangco, kungenjalo uSathana uya kubaxhaphaza.”⁷

GSAM 347Ucwangco Lwezithunywa Ekufuneka Lulandelwe

GSAM 347.2KwiTestimony No. 14, esapapashwa ngo-1868, sifunda: “Okukhona sisondela ekulinganiseni imvisiswano nocwangco lwembutho yezithunywa, kokukhona iinzame zezi zithunywa zasezulwini ziya kuba nempumelelo ngakumbi ngenxa yethu. Ukuba asiboni mfuneko yokusebenza ngokuvumelanayo, kwaye singacwangcisekanga, singalawuleki, kwaye singahlelanga kwindlela yethu yokwenza izinto, izithunywa, ezicwangciswe ngokupheleleyo kwaye zihamba ngokucwangciseka okugqibeleleyo, azinakusisebenzela ngempumelelo. Ziyajika ngokudana, kuba azinagunya lokusikelela ukudideka, ukuphazamiseka, nokungacwangciseki.

GSAM 347UThixo UsenguThixo WoCwangco

GSAM 347.3“Ingaba uThixo utshintshe ukusuka ekubeni nguThixo wocwangco? Hayi; unjalo ngoku njengoko wayenjalo ngaphambili. UPawulos uthi, ‘uThixo asingoMdali wempixano, kodwa wexolo.’ Unenkathalo ngokufanayo ngoku njengoko wayenjalo ngoko. Kwaye uceba ukuba sifunde izifundo zocwangco nolungelelwaniso kwicwangco eligqibeleleyo alimisayo ngeentsuku zikaMoses ukuze kube luncedo kubantwana bakaSirayeli.”⁸

GSAM 348Umthandazo kaKristu Wokulungelelana

GSAM 348.1Kubungqina obabhalwe ngo-1882 sibona loo mvakalelo inye ibonakaliswe ngala mazwi,

GSAM 348.1“Ukuba kubekho umanyano nothando phakathi kwabafundi bakhe yayisisihloko esiphambili somthandazo wokugqibela woMsindisi wethu ngabo phambi kokuba abethelelwe esiphambanweni.... ‘Andithandazeli aba bodwa, kodwa nangabo baza kukholwa kum ngelizwi labo; ukuze bonke babe banye; njengokuba wena, Bawo, ukhona kum, nam ndikuwe, ukuze nabo babe banye kuthi; ukuze ihlabathi likholwe ukuba uye wandithumela.’”⁹

GSAM 348Ingozi Yokuzimela Komntu Ngamnye

GSAM 348.2Ngo-1885 obu bungqina banikwa:

GSAM 348.2“Kufuneka sikulumkele ukuzimela komntu ngamnye. Njengamajoni emkhosini kaKristu, kufuneka kubekho intsebenziswano kumacandelo ahlukeneyo omsebenzi.”¹⁰

GSAM 348USathana Uyakuthanda Ukuwisa Ucwangco

GSAM 348.3Kwingxelo ekhethekileyo eyapapashwa ngo-1895 sifunda,

GSAM 348.3“O, uSathana angavuya kangakanani na ukungena phakathi kwaba bantu, aze aphazamise umsebenzi ngexesha apho ulungelelwaniso olupheleleyo luyimfuneko, kwaye luza kuba ngawona mandla makhulu okuthintela ukuvuka okubuxoki, nokuphikisa amabango angaxhaswanga lizwi likaThixo. Sifuna ukugcina imigca ilingene, ukuze kungabikho kuwa kwenkqubo yolawulo nocwangco.”

GSAM 348Ukuncomelwa Kwabafundisi

GSAM 348.4Enye yeengongoma zokuqala ekwakufuneka iqwalaselwe ekumiseni ucwangco phakathi kwabantu bethu, ngokuhambelana neengxelo esisandul' ukuzicaphula, yayikukuba kubekho indlela ethile yokuqaphela abo babeshumayela umyalezo. Ukususela ngo-1850 ukuya ku-1861 isicwangciso esamkelweyo yayikukunika abafundisi ababengqine isiphiwo sabo, nababebonakala bevunywe yiNkosi, kwaye behambelana nayo yonke le ntshukumo, ikhadi elibacetyisayo kubudlelwane babantu beNkosi kuyo yonke indawo, lichaza nje ukuba bavunyiwe kumsebenzi wobulungiseleli bevangeli. La makhadi ayenomhla kwaye ayesayinwa ngababini kwabafundisi abaphambili, ababebaziwa ngabantu bethu njengeenkokeli kulo msebenzi.

GSAM 349Inkxaso Yobulungiseleli

GSAM 349.1Ebusika buka-1858-59 kwanikwa umyalelo othi iBhayibhile inenkqubo epheleleyo yokuxhasa ubulungiseleli, kwaye ukuba abantu bethu bangaphonononga lo mbandela ngokwembono yeziBhalo baya kuyifumana loo nkqubo. Ngenxa yoko, kwabanjwa iklasi yeBhayibhile eBattle Creek, eyayikhokelwa nguMfundisi uJ. N. Andrews. Emva kwesifundo esinyamekileyo nesithandazekileyo seziBhalo, kwalungiswa inqaku laza lapapashwa kwi-Review yomhla wesi-3 kuFebruwari 1859, libonisa isicwangciso esasibandakanya umgaqo wokunikela ngesishumi. Intetho ngalo mbandela yanikezelwa kwindibano enkulu yabantu bethu, ababehlanganisene kwintlanganiso jikelele eBattle Creek, eMich., ngomhla we-6 kuJuni 1859, yaza yamkelwa ngamxhelo mnye ngovoto wendibano iphela.

GSAM 349Ukunconywa Kwelungiselelo Elimiselweyo

GSAM 349.2KwiTestimony No. 6, 1861, iNkosi yathetha ngolu hlobo, ngoNksk. White, malunga nenkqubo eyayisetyenziswa ngamaSeventh-day Adventists:

GSAM 349.2“Musani ukuphanga uThixo ngokumbandeza iminikelo yenu yeshumi neminye iminikelo yenu. Luxanduva lokuqala olungcwele ukunikela kuThixo isabelo esifanelekileyo. Makangabikho mntu ufaka amabango akhe aze akukhokelele ekuphangeni uThixo. Ningavumeli abantwana benu babe iminikelo yenu kwaltari kaThixo ukuze bazincede.

GSAM 349Inkqubo Yesishumi Yokukhulisa Isimilo

GSAM 349.3“Le nkqubo yokunikela isinye kwishumi, ndabona, iya kuphuhlisa isimilo, kwaye iveze imeko yokwenene yentliziyo. Ukuba abantu banikwa le ngongoma ngokwenene yayo, baze bashiyelwe ukuba bazigqibelele, baya kubona ubulumko nohlelo olulungileyo kule nkqubo yokunikela isinye kwishumi.”

GSAM 349.4Ngale ndlela kwamiselwa inkqubo yezemali phakathi kwamaSeventh-day Adventist, yokuxhasa umsebenzi wobulungiseleli, kwaye ngoku isetyenziswa ngabantu bethu kwihlabathi jikelele.

GSAM 350.1Kwi-Review yomhla wama-21 kaJulayi, 1859, ngenxa yomyalelo owawunikezelwe ngaphambili nge-Testimonies, kwacetyiswa okokuqala ukuba iPhondo ngalinye libe nentlanganiso yonyaka apho kucwangciswe ngenyameko umsebenzi; kwaye ngaloo ndlela kuphetshwe isiphithiphithi esasixhaphakileyo kwindlela yokusebenza kwabavangeli, kwaye kubekho ucwangco nenkqubo kumsebenzi wethu. Esi siphakamiso sasinombono wokwakhiwa kwemibutho yeenkomfa zamaphondo.

GSAM 350Ukubamba Impahla Yebandla

GSAM 350.2Njengoko umyalezo wawuqhubela phambili kwaye amanani ayanda, ngokwendalo kwalandela ukufunyanwa kwepropathi, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekuqwalaseleni ukubanjwa kwepropathi yebandla ngokusemthethweni. Kwinqaku elivela kuMfundisi White, elifumaneka kwi-Review yomhla wama-23 kuFebruwari 1860, sifunda oku kulandelayo:—

GSAM 350.3“Nangona kunjalo, sinethemba lokuba ixesha alikude apho abantu aba baya kuba kwimeko efunekayo ukuze bakwazi ukufaka i-inshorensi kwipropathi yebandla, babambe izindlu zabo zentlanganiso ngendlela efanelekileyo, ukuze abo benza iwile, kwaye benqwenela ukwenza njalo, bakwazi ukwabela isabelo isebe lokupapasha. Sibongoza abavangeli bethu kunye nabazalwana bethu abakhokelayo ukuba bayinike ingqalelo le mba. Ukuba kukho nabani na ongavumelani neziphakamiso zethu, ngaba bangathanda ukubhala isicwangciso esinokusisebenzisa thina njengabantu?”

GSAM 350Ulungelelwaniso Olusemthethweni Luyaxhaswa

GSAM 350.4Ngehlobo lalo nyaka, kubekho ingxoxo enobuhlobo ngesi sihloko kwi-Review. Kwaye kwindibano jikelele yabameli babantu bethu abavela eMichigan nakwamanye amaphondo aliqela, ebibanjelwe eBattle Creek ukusukela ngomhla wama-28 kuSeptemba ukuya kowoku-1 ku-Oktobha, kubekho ingqiqo enyanisekileyo ngesi sihloko, kunye nengxoxo epheleleyo nekhululekileyo malunga nokumiselwa ngokwasemthethweni ngenjongo yokuphatha iofisi nezinye iimpahla zebandla—iindlu zokuhlangana, njl. Le ngxoxo ifumaneka ngokupheleleyo kwi-Review, iVol. 16, iiNombolo 21, 22, ne-23, ezapapashwa nge-9, 16, ne-23 ka-Okthobha, 1860.

GSAM 351.1Ngenxa yeengxoxo ezazibanjwe kolu hlanganiso, kwavotwa ngamxhelo mnye ukuba kusekwe ngokusemthethweni umbutho wokupapasha, kwaye ukuze olo hlobo lwekoporasi lwenziwe ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, kwanyulwa ikomiti yabantu abahlanu yingqungquthela eyayihlangene.

GSAM 351Igama Lehlelo

GSAM 351.2Le nkomfa ikwathathe ingqalelo kumcimbi wegama ekufuneka abantu bethu babizwe ngalo. Oku kwaphinda kwavusa izimvo ezahlukeneyo, abanye becenga igama elinye baze abanye bacenga elinye. Yakuxoxwa nge “Bandla likaThixo”, kwaphikiswa ngesizathu sokuba alibonisi nanye iimpawu ezahlukileyo zokholo lwethu, ngelixa igama elithi “AmaSeventh-day Adventist” belingayi kubonisa ukholo lwethu ekubuyeni kukaKristu okusondeleyo kuphela, kodwa beliya kubonisa nokuba siingcini zeSabatha yosuku lwesixhenxe. Indibano yayivumelana ngokupheleleyo kwigama lesibini kangangokuba xa kwakuvotwa, kwavotela ngokuchaseneyo indoda enye kuphela, yona yayirhoxisa inkcaso yayo kamsinya emva koko.

GSAM 351Igama Elivunyiweyo

GSAM 351.3KwiTestimony No. 6, sifunda:

GSAM 351.3“Akukho gama sinokulithatha liya kulungela ngaphandle kwelo lihambelana nokuvuma kwethu, kwaye livakalisa ukholo lwethu, kwaye kusenza sibonakale njengesizwe esikhethekileyo....

GSAM 351.4“Igama elithi Seventh-day Adventist libeka phambili iimpawu zokwenyani zokholo lwethu, kwaye liya kucenga ingqondo efuna ukwazi. Njengotolo oluphuma kwisikhongozeli seNkosi, liya kungxwelerha abaphuli-mthetho kaThixo, kwaye liya kukhokelela enguqukweni kuThixo nokholo kwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.”

GSAM 351.4Isiphumo sobungqina yayikukusisombulula ngonaphakade esi sibuzo ezingqondweni zabakholwayo.

GSAM 351Indima Yesipho Sokwenene

GSAM 351.5Ingaba ayingowona msebenzi ukhethekileyo wokubonakaliswa kwezipho zoMoya kaThixo? UPawulos wathi zabekwa ebandleni “ukuze kugqibeleliswe abangcwele, ngenxa yomsebenzi wenkonzo, ukwakha umzimba kaKristu: side sonke sifike kumanyano lokholo,” njl.¹¹ Hayi indlela ekufanelekile ngayo, ukuba emva kokuba abakholwayo befune ukukhanya ngomthandazo nangokuzithoba, uMoya athethe athi, “Le yindlela; izigqibo zenu zichanekile;” aze ke “akhe” ibandla ngakumbi, njengakule meko, ngokubaxelela ukuba lo mbuzo unentsingiselo enjani ebomini, kunye neminye yemiphumo emihle eza kuvela kwizigqibo zabo.

GSAM 352Ulungelelwaniso Lwebandla

GSAM 352.1Kwintetho eyayinikwa nguMfundisi White phambi kweNkomfa Jikelele eBattle Creek, ngo-Epreli, 1861, yaza yapapashwa kwi-Review, ngomhla we-11 kuJuni, 1861, wazisa umbono wolungelelwaniso olupheleleyo ngakumbi lwamabandla ethu. Ngokumenywa, abafundisi abasithoba babambe iklasi yeBhayibhile ukuze bafune ukukhanya ngalo mbandela, baza bacelwa yiNkomfa ukuba bapapashe kwi-Review iziphumo zolo phando. Emva kokunikezela ngobungqina obusuka eBhayibhileni malunga nohlelo lwebandla namagosa ebandla, kwaxoxwa ngomba wokumelwa ngokulinganayo okuvela kumaphondo ahlukeneyo kwiNkomfa Jikelele, kunye nokumelwa okufanelekileyo nokulinganayo kwamabandla kwiinkomfa zamaphondo. Enyanisweni, esi yayisesona saziso sokuqala sombono wokuba nabathunywa abanyuliweyo ngokufanelekileyo kwiindibano jikelele ngomlinganiselo olinganayo onokuvunyelwana ngawo.

GSAM 352INkomfa yePhondo laseMichigan yaqulunqwa

GSAM 352.2Ngo-Oktobha 6, 1861, iNkomfa yaseMichigan yamiselwa ngokunyulwa komsihlalo, unobhala, kunye nekhomiti ephathisayo yabantu abathathu. Ngokuvota kwenkomfa, kwacetyiswa ukuba amabandla angene kulungelelwaniso, amkela oku kulandelayo njengesivumelwano sebandla:—

GSAM 352.3“Thina, abasayine apha ngezantsi, ngale ndlela sizimanya ndawonye njengebandla, sithatha igama elithi AmaSeventh-day Adventist; sisenza isivumelwano sokugcina imiyalelo kaThixo nokholo lukaYesu Kristu.”

GSAM 353Iziqinisekiso zabaFundisi

GSAM 353.1Kule nkomfa kwagqitywa okokuqala ukuba iincwadi ezingqina umsebenzi zinikwe bonke abafundisi bamaSeventh-day Adventist kweli Phondo ababemi kakuhle, nokuba abafundisi mabaphathe amaphepha aquka isatifikethi sokumiswa enkonzweni, kunye neencwadi ezingqina umsebenzi ezityikitywe ngusihlalo kunye nomabhalana wenkomfa, ezi ncwadi ziza kuvuselelwa minyaka le.

GSAM 353.2Kwavotelwa kwakhona ukuba kukhethwe ikomiti yokulungiselela intetho ebonisa abantu bethu indlela yokuqhuba imicimbi ekusekweni kwamabandla. Le ntetho yapapashwa kwi-Review yomhla we-15 ka-Okthobha, 1861.

GSAM 353Iziqinisekiso Zabathunywa

GSAM 353.3Ngenyanga kaSeptemba, ngo-1862, iNkomfa yaseMichigan yabamba iseshoni yayo yokuqala eMonterey. Apha okokuqala kwavezwa ingcamango yokwamkela amabandla kwiinkomfa njengoko amalungu awo ayevotelwa. Njengoko amabandla alishumi elinesixhenxe kweli Phondo ayesele emi, la, ngovoto, amkelwa kwinkomfa; kwaye onke amalungu ala mabandla awayekhona amkelwa njengabathunywa.

GSAM 353Imivuzo Yabafundisi

GSAM 353.4Kwakhona kwakule nkomfa apho kwamkelwa isicwangciso sokuhlawula abafundisi isixa esithile ngeveki ngenkonzo abayenzileyo. Abafundisi kwakufuneka, kwicala labo, banike ingxelo yexesha abalichithileyo besebenza enkomfeni, kunye nemali abayifumeneyo neendleko zabo; yaye inkomfa, emva kokufumana le ngxelo, yayiza kwenza intlawulo efanelekileyo.

GSAM 353Iziqinisekiso Zokuqala Ezaziswa Ngabathunywa

GSAM 353.5NgoMeyi 20, 1863, iNkomfa Jikelele yabanjelwa eBattle Creek, eMich. Yayiseseshoni yokuqala yaloo mbutho apho abathunywa babephethe amaxwebhu okugunyaziswa avela kumaphondo azo. Noko ke, ubameli babungekho ngokusekelwe kwinani. Amaphondo ameleyo ngeli xesha yayinguMichigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, neOhio.

GSAM 354Imigaqo-siseko yeNkomfa Jikelele neyePhondo

GSAM 354.1NgoMeyi 21, kwamkelwa umgaqo-siseko yiNkomfa Jikelele, yaye ngaloo mini kwacetyiswa umgaqo-siseko wePhondo kwiinkomfa zePhondo. Wawamkelwa kwintlanganiso yeNkomfa yaseMichigan. La migaqo-siseko yabeka isiseko seenani sokumelwa kwabathunywa kwiinkomfa zePhondo nakwiNkomfa Jikelele. Umgaqo-siseko wePhondo, owacetyiswa ngelo xesha, ufana kakhulu nalowo usetyenziswa ngoku ziinkomfa zethu zasekuhlaleni ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesibini kwihlabathi jikelele.

GSAM 354.2Ngexesha leNkomfa Jikelele, entwasahlobo yowama-1864, kwenziwa isindululo okokuqala kwinkomfa yePhondo sokuba kukhethwe iKomiti yoPhicotho-zincwadi eyenziwe ngamalungu angengabo abafundisi angazange asebenze kwinkomfa ngaloo nyaka, ukuze isebenze kunye nekomiti yophathiso ekuphicotheni nasekuvaliseni iincwadi zemali zabafundisi. Ngokunjalo, inyathelo ngenyathelo, njengoko imfuneko yayibanga, kwamiselwa ucwangco emsebenzini nakwiphulo likaThixo.

GSAM 354.3Ngoko ke, siye salandelela ngokufutshane amanyathelo akhokelele kulungelelwaniso olusesikweni lomsebenzi. Oku kwenziwa ngexesha inkolo yayincinci kakhulu xa ithelekiswa nendlela eyiyo ngoku.

GSAM 354.4Xa iNkomfa Jikelele yalungelelaniswa ngokupheleleyo, ngo-1863, inani lilonke labathunywa belingekho likhulu njengoko sinalo ngoku minyaka le kwezinye iinkomfa zasekuhlaleni ezincinci.

GSAM 354Injongo yoLungelelwaniso

GSAM 354.5Injongo yokuphunyezwa ngolungelelwaniso yayikukuba ipropathi yombutho igcinwe ngokusemthethweni kwaye ilawulwe ngokusemthethweni; nokuba abasebenzi emsebenzini bahambe ngokuvumelana, ngaphandle kwesiphithiphithi, kuba iintshukumo zabo zazihamba ngecebiso, kwaye, ngenxa yoko, ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. Imigaqo efanayo eyamkelwa kulungelelwaniso lwethu kude kube ngo-1864 yafakwa emsebenzini njengoko wawanda waza wanwenwela kwamanye amazwe nezinye iintlanga.

GSAM 355Imibutho Jikelele Eyadalwayo

GSAM 355.1Njengoko umyalezo wawuqhubela phambili, kwakhiwa la mibutho jikelele ilandelayo, amagosa ayo ayenyulwa kwiintlanganiso eziqhelekileyo zeNkomfa Jikelele:—

GSAM 355.2I-General Conference Association—umzimba osemthethweni wamalungu angamashumi amabini ananye, wokuphatha isihloko sobunini bepropathi yamaziko ahlukeneyo eMelika nakwamanye amazwe.

GSAM 355.3IBhodi yeMishini yaPhesheya—ukongamela nokwandisa umsebenzi wemisebenzi yevangeli ngaphandle kweenkomfa ezimiselweyo.

GSAM 355.4I-International Tract Society—owawunoxanduva lokusasaza izinto zokufunda, kunye nokunxibelelana ngokubhala, ngenjongo yokuvula iinkonzo ezintsha zovangelo.

GSAM 355.5I-Religious Liberty Association—inkalo yawo ekhethekileyo yayikukunceda abo bahlukunyezwayo ngenxa yesazela sabo, nokusasaza iincwadi ezingemigaqo yenkululeko yenkolo.

GSAM 355.6I-International Sabbath-School Association—injongo yawo yayikukwakha nokuphucula umsebenzi weSikolo seSabatha kuwo onke amacandelo.

GSAM 355.7I-Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association—umsebenzi wawo unxulumene nokuqeqeshwa koogqirha nabanesi, ukuphathwa kweziko zempilo, amakhaya eenkedama, awabantu abadala, njl.

GSAM 355Indawo Eyayisetyenziswa kude kube ngu-1868

GSAM 355.8Kude kube ngunyaka we-1868, indawo yethu yomsebenzi ibandakanya loo ndawo yase-United States engasempuma koMlambo iMissouri nasemantla komgca we-latitude ohambelana nomgca osemazantsi weMissouri. Ngelo xesha iKomiti yeNkomfa Jikelele ibinemalungu amathathu kuphela, umongameli wenkomfa engomnye wawo. Iinkomfa zasekuhlaleni ezisibhozo zonke zaziphantsi kolawulo lweNkomfa Jikelele, eyayinekomkhulu layo eBattle Creek, eMich.

GSAM 356Isizathu Sokuba Kwakufuneka Ukuhlengahlengiswa

GSAM 356.1Njengoko umyalezo wawusasazeka kwamanye amazwe, kwavela imfuneko yokuhlengahlengiswa kwakhona kwentsimi yonke. Kungoko, kwathathwa amanyathelo ngo-1897 akhomba kuloo ndlela; kodwa umsebenzi wokuhlengahlengisa wenziwe ngokupheleleyo ngakumbi kule minyaka mine idlulileyo, ngexesha apho kuqulunqwe iNkomfa Jikelele yaseYurophu, enekomiti esebenzayo enamalungu alishumi elinesine; kwaye iNkomfa Jikelele yoqobo, enekomkhulu layo eWashington, D.C., inekomiti esebenzayo enamalungu angamashumi amabini anesibhozo, emele zonke iinkalo ezahlukeneyo zomyalezo, kwaye ithatha indawo yeminye imibutho jikelele, eyayekhutshiwe.

GSAM 356Imeko Yolungelelwaniso NgoJanuwari 1, 1903

GSAM 356.2Oku kulandelayo okuvela kwi-Year Book yeNkomfa Jikelele ka-1904 kunika iinkcukacha-manani ezinomdla ezifikelela kumhla woku-1 kuJanuwari 1903:—

GSAM 356.3Ngelo xesha umsebenzi wethu oququzelelweyo wawuquka iiNkomfa Jikelele ezimbini, ezibandakanya iiNkomfa zoManyano ezilishumi elinesine, iiNkomfa zasekuhlaleni ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesibini, kunye neemishini ezingamashumi amane anesibini. Zisasazwe ngolu hlobo: IiNkomfa zasekuhlaleni kuMntla Merika, ngamashumi amane anesithoba; ngaphandle koMntla Merika, ngamashumi amabini anesithathu. IiNkomfa zoManyano eMerika, sisibhozo; kwamanye amazwe, zintandathu. Iindawo zomsebenzi wobuthunywa eMelika, kuquka iAlaska, iHawaii, neNew Foundland, zintlanu; iimishini ngaphandle kweMelika, zingamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe, ezifumaneka ngolu hlobo: Ezilishumi elinambini eYurophu; ezine e-Afrika; ezintathu e-Asiya; ezimbini eMelika esemzantsi; ezimbini eMzantsi Afrika; neziseleyo ziseMelika ePhakathi, eMexico, eWest Indies, naseZiqithini zePacific. Ezi mishini zinxulunyaniswe nabafundisi abangamashumi amathandathu anesixhenxe abamiselweyo nabaneelayisensi kunye namabandla alikhulu elinamashumi amathathu ananye.

GSAM 356Imbumba Kubuninzi Bezinto Ezahlukeneyo

GSAM 356.4Kuyinkuthazo ukwazi ukuba le mibutho eyahlukeneyo kumazwe awohlukeneyo nobuzwe ahlukeneyo yonke imanyene ekukhuthazeni le njongo ibalulekileyo inye yenyani nosindiso lwabantu. Asithembi nje kwisakhiwo esisemthethweni sobumbano, kodwa sithembele kuThixo, umsunguli wocwangco. Ngentsikelelo yakhe phezu kwesenzo esihlangeneyo nesivumelanayo sabasebenzi bakhe sinokubona ukuba kuhle kwaye kumnandi kangakanani na ukuba “zonke izinto zenziwe ngokufanelekileyo nangocwangco.”