Isahluko 28 — Ucango Olungenakuvalwa Ngumntu
GSAM 462.1“Ndithe ndabeka phambi kwakho umnyango ovulekileyo, yaye akukho mntu unokuwuvala; kuba unamandla amancinci, waze wawugcina ilizwi lam, awuzange ulikhanyele igama lam.”1
GSAM 462.2Lulwimi olunjalo oluthethwa kwabo baphakathi kwimeko yasePhiladelphia yebandla leeNdaba eziLungileyo. Eli bandla lalililo elakhuliswa ngokushumayela kokubuya kukaKristu okusondeleyo, okanye abo babebambelele ngokuqinileyo koko bakuva ngaloo mbandela; kuba uthi ngebandla laseSardis (elo lalingaphambi kanye kwelasePhiladelphia), “Khumbula ke indlela owamkela ngayo waza weva, uqinise ubambelele, uze uguquke. Ke ukuba awuphaphami, ndiza kuza kuwe njengesela, kwaye awuyazi ukuba yeyiphi iyure endiza kuza ngayo kuwe.”2
GSAM 462.3Ibandla laseSardis, ke, leva imfundiso yokuza kweNkosi okusondeleyo. Abo babambelele kwoko babekuvile, baqhubela phambili enyanisweni njengoko “isiphatho sesibane” sasuswa, baza baba libandla lasePhiladelphia, awalithethayo lona esithi, “Ngenxa yokuba ulugcinile ilizwi lomonde wam, nam ndiza kukugcina kwiyure yovavanyo, eya kuza kwihlabathi lonke, ukuze ivavanye abahlali bomhlaba. Nantsi, ndiza ngokukhawuleza: bambelela ngokuqinileyo koko unako, ukuze kungabikho mntu uthatha isithsaba sakho.”3 Yiyo ke le bandla lasePhiladelphia athe kuyo, “Ndithe ndabeka phambi kwakho ucango oluvulekileyo, kwaye akukho mntu unokuluvala.”
GSAM 462.4Nanko ke, esi sisibhengezo esigxininisiweyo seZibhalo eziNgcwele sokuba abo, kulondolozo lukaThixo, bathunyelwayo ukuba balumkise ihlabathi ngokuza kweNkosi, baze bacengele abantu ukuba bazilungiselele ukudibana noThixo, banentsikelelo ekhethekileyo kaThixo emsebenzini wabo. Abantu banokuzama ukuthintela, ukuphazamisa iintshukumo zabo, ukuvala “ucango lokuthetha,” kodwa isandi sikaThixo sisaphuma ngaphezu kwalo lonke ingxolo, “Ndibeke phambi kwakho ucango oluvulekileyo.”
GSAM 463Inkqubela Yeminyaka Engamashumi Asixhenxe Anesine
GSAM 463.1Kumaphepha adlulileyo wale ncwadi siye sajonga ngokufutshane isithuba seminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesine, ukusukela ngo-1831 ukuya ku-1905, silandela ukunyuka nenkqubela yemiyalezo yokubuya, ingakumbi umyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu. Sibonise indlela, ukusuka ekungaziweni nasekuhluphekeni, lo myalezo othe wakhula ngamandla nangamandla angxamisekileyo unyaka nonyaka, de waba neenkqubo zokushumayela ezijikeleze umhlaba. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayikokuba lo myalezo uyinto eyonwabisayo kwiintliziyo zenyama ukuba uphumelele ngolu hlobo; kuba ubeka phambili iSabatha yeNkosi, ukugcinwa kwayo kuzisa umnqamlezo onzima, okufuna ukwahlukana nemisebenzi yehlabathi ngosuku lomsebenzi lweveki oluxakeke kakhulu. Awukhange uqhubele phambili ngenxa yokungabikho kwenkcaso; kuba uye wahlangabezana nayo kwasekuqaleni, kwaye yayiyinkcaso eqatha kakhulu evela ngaphandle, kunye neengxaki ezibangelwe ngabantu abangangcwaliswanga abathi okwethutyana bangene phakathi kwethu. Ngokumalunga nemeko ebangelwe zizicwangciso nemizamo yeentshaba zangaphandle, singatsho kakuhle ngamazwi kaDavide uMdumisi, “Ukuba ibingeyiyo iNkosi ebikunye nathi, ngoku makathi uSirayeli: ukuba ibingeyiyo iNkosi ebikunye nathi, xa abantu basivukela: ngoko bebengasiginya sisaphila, xa umsindo wabo wavutha kuthi: ngoko amanzi ebengasitshona, umlambo ubungadlula ngaphezu kwemiphefumlo yethu: ngoko amanzi anobundlongondlongo ebengadlula ngaphezu kwemiphefumlo yethu. Mayibongwe iNkosi, engasenzanga sibe lixhoba lamazinyo abo. Umphefumlo wethu uphuncuke njengentaka kwisibamba sababambi: isibamba saphukile, saza saphunyuka. Uncedo lwethu lukwegama leNkosi, eyayenza izulu nomhlaba.”4
GSAM 464Uncedo eNkosini
GSAM 464.1INkosi ibhengeza ukuba ibeke phambi kwabantu bayo “ucango oluvulekileyo, kwaye akukho mntu unokuluvala.” Kungamangalisi ke ngoko, ukuba umyalezo uye waqhubela phambili ngokuzinzileyo. Ngumyalezo kaThixo ebantwini, kwaye kufuneka uphumelele. KwiSityhilelo 7:2 umsebenzi wokulungiselela abantu ukuba beme xa kusiza usuku olukhulu lomsindo kaThixo umelwe ngesithunywa “esinyukayo sivela empuma,” okanye, njengoko abanye beguqulela, “njengokuphuma kwelanga.” Jonga ukuvela kosuku—kuqala kuvele imitha yokukhanya empuma; le mitha idibana ukuze kubekho ukucaca okukhulu de kubonakale isangqa selanga esibanzi nesicacileyo. Njengoko “uKumkani woSuku” enyukela phezulu esibhakabhakeni, ukukhanya kwalo, ubushushu, namandla ayo ziba ngucaca nangakumbi.
GSAM 464.2Ngokwenene, kuye kwanjalo ukukhula komyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu ukusukela ngo-1848, xa iinyaniso zawo eziyinxalenye zaziswa kwimo ecacileyo, yaye ukusukela kuloo ndawo sibonise ukukhula okubonakalayo nokuzinzileyo okumangalisayo. Oku sinokukucacisa ngesiseko esinye kuphela, soku ukuba iNkosi ingqina ilizwi layo kwabo, kweli xesha lokuvela kosindiso lwayo, “abagcina iSabatha ingangcoliswa,”5 kwaye abajikisa unyawo lwabo ekwenzeni okuthandayo kwabo ngosuku olungcwele lukaThixo, ngaloo ndlela, “ngokholo lukaYesu,” njengoko kubhengezwe kumyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu weSityhilelo 14, begcina “yonke imithetho kaThixo.” Ngabo bantu iNkosi yathi ngomprofeti Isaya, “Ngoko ukukhanya kwakho kuza kuphuma njengentsasa, kwaye impilo yakho iza kumila ngokukhawuleza; nobulungisa bakho [‘iNkosi ubuLungisa bethu.’ Yeremiya 23:6] buza kuhamba phambi kwakho; nodumo lweNkosi luza kuba ngumkhuseli wakho wasemva.”6 Ngokuqinisekiswa okunjalo, singalindela ntoni na ngaphandle kokuba umsebenzi ube yimpumelelo? “Ukuba uThixo unathi, ngubani na onokuchasana nathi?”
GSAM 464Zingaphumelela Njani Ezi Zinto?
GSAM 464.3Xa sijonga imeko xa, ngo-1846, uMfundisi uJoseph Bates waqala ukubhala loo ncwadi yokuqala, eyayiyeyokuqala ukupapashwa ngomba weSabatha ngamaSeventh-day Adventist, eneesenti ezilishumi elinesibini enesiqingatha kuphela njengemali awayenayo, kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba ayisebenzise phambi kokuba kuphele nosuku lwakhe lokuqala lokubhala; kwaye xa sijonga kwakhona kuMfundisi uJames White ushicilela iphephancwadi lakhe lokuqala elincinci, iPresent Truth, ngemali ayeyifumene ngokucheba ingca emasimini, aze athumele elo phephancwadi simahla kubo bonke ababeya kulifunda, ethetha ngalo njengomyalezo owayeza kuya eziphelweni zomhlaba,—xa sijonga kwezi zisiqalo zincinci, umntu angathi, ngolwimi lwabantu bamaxesha ka-Amosi, angabuza, “Uya kuvukiswa ngubani uYakobi? Kuba mncinci.”7 Xa sithelekisa loo nto nemeko yowama-1905, xa ukupapashwa kweenyaniso zeli myalezo kwakusenziwa kumakhaya okupapasha angamashumi amabini, akwimimandla eyahlukeneyo yehlabathi, ahlala exinzelelwe kangangoko anako ukuhlangabezana nemfuno yezinto zokufunda, sinokuthi ngenene, Nanko, “ucango oluvulekileyo” olungekavaliwanga ngamntu.
GSAM 465.1Ngabo babakudala ababecinga ukuba lo msebenzi awunakuphumelela, singatsho, ngamazwi umprofeti Zekariya awabakhalimela ngawo abo ababecinga ukuthintela umsebenzi kaThixo wokwakha ngokutsha iJerusalem, “Ngubani odelele usuku lwezinto ezincinci?”8 Ngokumalunga nezinto ezazibonakala ngathi ziintaba zeengxaki endleleni yabo, iNkosi yathi ngomprofeti,—
GSAM 465Intaba Eyenziwe Ithafa
GSAM 465.2“Ungubani wena, Ntaba enkulu? Phambi koZerubhabheli uya kuba lithafa; aze akhuphe ilitye laso eliphezulu ngeemikhwazo, esithi, Ubabalo, ubabalo kulo.”9 Kuye kunjalo kumsebenzi womyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu, kwaye kuya kuba njalo de “ilitye eliphezulu” liphakanyiswe, okanye ngamanye amazwi, de umsebenzi ugqitywe.
GSAM 465.3Jonga abambalwa ngo-1846, bengamahlwempu ezintweni, behlwempuzekile ngazo zonke iindlela ngaphandle kokholo kuThixo nakwisitokhwe senyaniso, uze ubone ukuba umsebenzi wabo ukhule waba yintoni na. Cinga ngezixhobo esinazo ngoku, iincwadi zonke zilungisiwe, ziguqulelwe, zaza zaprintwa ngeelwimi ezahlukeneyo zomhlaba, kunye namakhulu abasasazi abafaka ezi ncwadi kumakhaya abantu ngexabiso elingange-$400,000 ngonyaka. Ngokuqhubeka kwentsikelelo kaThixo kulo msebenzi, sinokulindela impumelelo. Ngala mathuba nee-arhente ezikhula inyanga nenyanga, ngokuthemba kuKristu, asinakulindela enye into ngaphandle koko uSolomon wakucula ngako ngebandla likaThixo xa laliphuma kwimeko yalo yasentlango, “lithembele engalweni yoMthandi walo,” xa elimela njengoko lijonge phambili, “lihle njengenyanga, licwengile njengelanga, kwaye liyoyikeka njengomkhosi oneeflegi.”10
GSAM 466Sincediswa Sisipho Sesiprofeto
GSAM 466.1Asikuphela nje ukuba sibone ukuba ulungiselelo lweNkosi luvule indlela yokusasazwa kwenyaniso, kwaye intsikelelo yaKhe ekhethekileyo iye yakhaphela iinzame ezenziweyo zokuhamba kwiindlela zolungiselelo lwaKhe, kodwa ekunyukeni nakwinkqubela yomyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu uye wanxibelelana nabantu baKhe ngesipho sobuprofeti. Oku akubanga ngohlobo lwembonakaliso entsha eza kuthatha indawo yeBhayibhile, kwaye kungekho ngendlela yokugwenxa iimfundiso zeziBhalo, kodwa kube kukubonisa apho, kweli xesha, kukho ingozi yokuphambuka kubulula bevangeli likaKristu, apho abantu basemngciphekweni wokuwela phantsi komkhwa wexesha, bonelisekile yimbonakalo yobuthixo ngaphandle kwamandla.
GSAM 466.2Xa sijonga lo mbandela ngokomzekelo 11 wabaprofeti bamandulo, iNkosi esinike wona njengomnye wemigaqo ekufuneka kuvavanywe ngayo imiboniso enjalo, kufunyanwa izizathu ezifanayo zokuba kutheni imiboniso enjalo ifuneka ngoku njengoko yayifuneka ngoko; oko kukuthi, umngcipheko kwixesha ngalinye wokuphambukiswa endleleni yenyaniso ziimfundiso nezenzo ezixhaphakileyo nezizodwa zexesha elo. Umpostile uPawulos, xa ethetha ngokubonakaliswa kwezipho iNkosi ezibeke kwibandla, uthi “ukuze sigqibelelise abangcwele, ngenxa yomsebenzi wenkonzo, ukuze sakhe umzimba kaKristu; side sonke sifike kubunye bokholo, nakubunye bolwazi ngoNyana kaThixo, sibe ngumntu ogqibeleleyo, size sifikelele kumlinganiselo wobude bokuphelela kukaKristu; ukuze singaphindi sibe ngabantwana, siphoswa ngapha nangapha, siqhutywa ngalo lonke umoya wemfundiso, ngobuqhetseba babantu nangobukhohlisi babo obukrelekrele, apho balindele khona ukukhohlisa; kodwa sithetha inyaniso eluthandweni, sikhule simi kuye kuzo zonke izinto, ongoyena Ntloko, uKristu: othi ngaye umzimba wonke, edityaniswe wamanyaniswa ngokufanelekileyo, ngokuxhasana kwamalungu ngamnye, ngokomsebenzi wokunceda ngokwemilinganiselo yamalungu ngamnye, ube nokwanda komzimba, ukuze wakheke eluthandweni.”12
GSAM 467.1Ezo zikhalazo zifanayo eziphakanyiswa nxamnye neempawu zesipho sobuprofeti ngeli xesha langoku, bezinokuphakanyiswa ngamandla afanayo kwimihla yamandulo; oko kukuthi, sinazo iZibhalo, kwaye ngoko ke asizidingi izipho ezinjalo. Ezi Zibhalo zikanye zisixelela, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uKristu uzibeke ezi zipho ebandleni ukuze zenze umsebenzi wazo de “kufike okugqibeleleyo [imeko egqibeleleyo],” nokuba ibandla “alifanelanga lisalele nasiphi na isipho, lilindele ukufika kweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.”13
GSAM 467Sifuna Ntoni NgaBaprofeti?
GSAM 467.2Abantu bakudala babenokuthi bacinge ukuba babenomthetho wokuziphatha kaThixo owabhalwa ngomnwe wakhe kumacwecwe amatye; ukuba babenemithetho, izigwebo, nemiyalelo eyathethwa kuMoses ngomlomo kaThixo, yaye yaza yabhalwa phantsi ngononophelo; yaye yayifuneka ntoni enye? Kodwa nangona zonke ezo nyaniso zibalaseleyo ababenezazo, uThixo wavuya ukuthetha nabo “ngamaxesha awohlukeneyo nangendlela ezahlukeneyo ngabaprofeti bakhe abangcwele.”
GSAM 467.3Sifumanisa ukuba ubungqina obunikezelwe ngabaprofeti abohlukeneyo, abanjengoIsaya, uYeremiya, uHezekile, uDaniyeli, uHozeya, nabanye, kwimeko nganye babufundisa umgaqo omnye omkhulu ngokuphathelele ekuthobeleni uThixo; kodwa umprofeti ngamnye wayenengxwayiso yakhe eyodwa ebhekisele kubantu bexesha lakhe, ngenxa yokuthambekela kwabo ekutsalelweni kude nemigaqo engcwele neyokwenene ngenxa yezenzo eziqhelekileyo zexesha elo apho ubuprofeti babunikezelwa khona.
GSAM 468Isidingo Sezipho
GSAM 468.1Nangona kungathiwa asinazo kuphela iziyalo ezigqwesileyo zeZibhalo zeTestamente eNdala, kodwa ukongeza, sinamazwi soMsindisi wethu ngokwakhe, kunye nawabapostile, silidinga ntoni ke ilo khanya longezelelweyo? Inyaniso yeyokuba la ma-apostile angcwele ngokufanayo akhomba phambili kwiintsuku zokugqibela, xa “kuza kubakho amaxesha obunzima,” kwaye xa abantu “banomumo wobungcwele, kodwa bayawuphika amandla wawo,” besixelela kwakhona ukuba “abanye baza kuphambuka ekholo, bemamela imimoya elahlekisayo nezifundo zeedemon.”
GSAM 468.2Ngenxa yako konke oku, abo bantu uPawulos athetha ngabo ebhalela abaseTesalonika, abangayi kuba ebumnyameni, ukuze usuku lwakaKristu lungabafikeli njengesela, kodwa abaya kuba ngabantwana bokukhanya, bayakhuthazwa ukuba “bavavanye zonke izinto” ngendlela “yokuprofeta,” kwaye “babambelele kokulungileyo.”14 Oku kulingana nokubatsho ukuba abantu abaza kube belindele ukuza kweNkosi uYesu Kristu, kwaye ekugqibeleni bafunyanwe belungiselelwe loo mini, baya kuba neembonakaliso “ezilungileyo,” nezinyanisekileyo zesipho sobuprofeti phakathi kwabo.
GSAM 468Iimpawu Zesiphelo
GSAM 468.3Sikwixesha apho iimpawu zininzi macala onke zokuba usuku lweNkosi lukufuphi. Sikweli xesha kanye apho kwakufanele kuvele abantu abaza kugcina yonke imiyalelo, nabaza “kuba nobungqina bukaYesu”15 — “umoya wesiprofeto.”16 Sifumana ntoni? Ukuba kule minyaka ingamashumi amathandathu idlulileyo kuvele abantu abanjalo, bephethe umyalezo onjalo, phakathi kwabo isiphiwo sesiprofeto sibonakaliswe. Sivavanya isiphiwo esibonakaliswe nguNksk. E. G. White ngemigaqo yeBhayibhile, sibone ukuba siyamela kuvavanyo kuyo yonke inkalo. Akukho nanye imigca, kuzo zonke iimbhalo zikaNksk. White, ukusukela ekuqaleni kuye ekugqibeleni, enika ilungelo elincinane lokwenza isono, okanye evumela nangayiphi na indlela ukuphambuka kwilizwi likaThixo. Ezi mbhalo azizange zizibeke ngaphezu kweBhayibhile, kodwa zisoloko zikhuthaza ukuba kwenziwe isifundo esinyamekelekileyo selizwi likaThixo, zisalikhomba njengomgangatho omkhulu oza kusetyenziswa ukuhlola amatyala ethu kumgwebo wokugqibela. Kubhalo lwakhe uKristu uphakanyiswe phambi kwethu njengomzekelo ekuphela kwawo ekufuneka silandele. Ngokucacileyo kakhulu kubhengezwa ukuba nguye ithemba lethu ekuphela kwalo lokuphumelela apha, indawo yethu yokuzimela ekuphela kwayo kwingqumbo ezayo, ekuphela kwegama esinokusindiswa ngalo nendlela esinokusindiswa ngayo.
GSAM 469Imbeko Yobuqu
GSAM 469.1Ngokuphathelele kuNksk. White kunye nohlobo lomsebenzi wakhe, oku kulandelayo kunikwe, kwabhalwa ngo-1877 ngumntu owayemazi kwaye wayefundile umsebenzi wakhe iminyaka emininzi; kwaye emva kovavanyo lweminyaka emalunga namashumi amahlanu anesithathu, iminyaka yokuqwalasela ngononophelo, ndinika inkxaso yam engathandabuzekiyo kuyo yonke imvakalelo evezwe kuko:—
GSAM 469.2“Ngokuphathelele kwisimilo sobuKristu sikaDade White, ndicela imvume ukuthi ndicinga ukuba ndiyazi okuthile ngaso. Sendimazi iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo,—ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sembali yabantu bethu. Bendikade ndikwintsapho yabo amaxesha amaninzi, ngamanye amaxesha iiveki ezipheleleyo. Nabo bebesendlwini nasentsapho yethu amaxesha amaninzi. Ndiye ndahamba nabo phantse kuyo yonke indawo; bendikunye nabo ngasese nasesidlangalaleni, entlanganisweni nangaphandle kwayo, kwaye ndibe namathuba angcono kakhulu okwazi into ngobomi, isimilo, nomoya kaMzalwana noDade White. Njengomlungiseleli, kuye kwafuneka ndijongane nazo zonke iintlobo zabantu, nazo zonke iintlobo zesimilo, de ndacinga ukuba ndingakwazi ukugweba into ngomntu, ubuncinci emva kweminyaka yokwazi umntu ngokusondeleyo.
GSAM 470.1Ndiyamazi uDade White njengomfazi ozithobileyo, onobulali, onentliziyo enobubele, nobalaseleyo. Ezi mpawu kwisimilo sakhe azifakwanga okanye zikhuliswe nje, kodwa zivelela ngokukhululekileyo nangokulula kwindalo yakhe. Akazikhukhumalisi, akazenzi olilungisa, kwaye akaziboni ebalulekile, njengoko iifanatiki zisoloko zinjalo. Ndisoloko ndidibana nabantu abanenzondelelo egqithisileyo, kwaye ndisoloko ndibafumana bezele ziinkohliso, bezele ziqhayiya, bekulungele ukunika uluvo lwabo, beqhayisa ngobungcwele babo, njalo njalo, kodwa uDade White ndimfumene ephikisana nayo yonke le nto.
GSAM 470Umhlobo Wabahluphekayo
GSAM 470.2“Nabani na, oyena mhlwempuzekileyo nowona uzithobileyo, angaya kuye ngokukhululekileyo efuna icebiso nentuthuzelo ngaphandle kokugxothwa. Uhlala ekhathalele abasweleyo, abangenanto, nababandezelekayo, ebabonelela, kwaye ebathethelela.
GSAM 470.3“Andizange ndazi mntu onoloyiko lukaThixo oluhlala phambi kwakhe kangaka. Akukho nto iqalwayo ngaphandle komthandazo onyanisekileyo kuThixo. Ufunda ilizwi likaThixo ngononophelo nangokuqhubekayo. Ndivile uDade White ethetha amakhulu amaxesha, ndifunde bonke ubungqina bakhe ndibufunda ndibuphinda-phinda, uninzi lwabo ndibufunde izihlandlo ezininzi, kwaye andikaze ndikwazi ukufumana nesivakalisi esinye esingamanyala kubo bonke, okanye nantoni na engacocekanga ngokungqongqo kwaye ingeyobuKristu; akukho nto ikhokelela kude neBhayibhile noKristu; kodwa apho ndifumana izibongozo ezinamandla kakhulu zokuthobela uThixo, zokuthanda uYesu, zokukholelwa kwizibhalo, nokuziphanda rhoqo. Ndifumene inzuzo enkulu yokomoya, amaxesha angenakubalwa, kobu bungqina. Enyanisweni, andizange ndibufunde ndingaziva ndisolekile ngokunqaba kokholo lwam kuThixo, ukunqaba kokuzinikela, kunye nokunqaba kokuzimisela ekusindiseni imiphefumlo. Ukuba ndinayo nayiphi na ingqondo, nayiphi na ingqiqo yokomoya, ndithi obu bungqina bunesimo nomoya ofanayo neZibhalo.
GSAM 470.4“Kangangamashumi amathathu eminyaka [singatsho ngoku kangangamashumi amathandathu eminyaka] ezi ngxelo bezikholelwa kwaye zifundwa phakathi kwabantu bethu. Zibe yintoni ifuthe lazo kubo? Ingaba zibakhokelele kude nomthetho kaThixo? Ingaba zibakhokelele ekuyekeni ukholo kuKristu? Ingaba zibakhokelele ekulahleni iBhayibhile? Ingaba zibakhokelele ekubeni ngabantu abonakeleyo, abangenasimilo? Ndiyazi ukuba baya kuthelekiswa kakuhle naliphi na elinye ihlelo lobuKristu.
GSAM 471.1“Into enye endiyiqapheleyo, yeyokuba, abona bachasi bakrakra bemibono kaDade White bayavuma ukuba ungumKristu. Indlela abakwazi ngayo ukwenza olu kuvuma ayiyonto ndiyaziyo. Bazama ukuyilungisa ngokuthi uqhathekile. Abakwazi kubonisa nalinye ibala kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, kwanesivakalisi esingenasimilo kuzo zonke iimbhalo zakhe. Kufuneka bavume ukuba uninzi lwembhalo yakhe lubalasele, nokuba nabani na onokuphila ngako konke akutsho angaba ngumKristu olungileyo, oqinisekileyo ngasezulwini. Oku kuyamangalisa ngokugqithisileyo, ukuba usisixhobo sikaSathana, ephefumlelwe nguSathana, okanye ukuba imibhalo yakhe ayinasimilo okanye ziingcinga eziphambukileyo zengqondo yakhe.”
GSAM 471Abantu Abangaphandle Bafakazela Ngokubhalweyo
GSAM 471.2Njengoko amaphephancwadi ethu aqulethe imibhalo kaNksk. White ethunyelwa ngaphandle, afunwa ngabathobekileyo, abaloyikayo uThixo, nabazinikeleyo. Xa benika ingxelo ngento abayifundileyo, bathi, “Sinomdla ngokukodwa kwimibhalo kaNksk. White. Isebenziseka kakhulu, izele yimfundiso eyilelwe ukukhokelela umntu kufutshane neNkosi, kwaye imenze athobeke ngakumbi, aloyike uThixo, aze azinike ngakumbi. Ezi mbhalo zihambelana kakhulu neziBhalo kangangokuba xa sizifunda kubonakala ngathi uNksk. White uphefumlelwe ukuba abhale ngale ndlela abhala ngayo.” Ubungqina obunje bufumaneka kwiimeko ezininzi kwabo banxibelelana nabasebenzi bethu bobumishinari, kwabo, kananjalo, abangenalo nofifi lokuba iingcinga zikaNksk. White zifunyanwa kumbono ongcwele.
GSAM 471Umthombo Wenkcaso
GSAM 471.3Xa sibeka phambi kwethu impembelelo eyenziwe sisiphiwo esi, kuvela umbuzo othi, Ivela phi kwaye kutheni kuvele inkcaso ekubonakaleni kwesi siphiwo? kwaye ibe yintoni isiphumo sabo baye bachasa? Emva kokujonga le nto ngononophelo ukusukela ngo-1852, ndifumanise ukuba ubukhulu becala inkcaso ekubonakaleni kwesi siphiwo ivelile kwabo baye bakhalinyelwa ngenxa yeengxaki kwisimilo sabo, ngenxa yemikhwa emibi, okanye ngenxa yendlela engalunganga yokuphila. Uninzi lwabo bagxekwayo babesithi ababi kangako njengoko ubungqina babubonisa, kwaye babesithi bangakwazi ukubambelela kwinyaniso nokuba bangahamba ngokuchasene nesilumkiso abasinikwe sona. Ixesha libonise ukuba uninzi lwabo baye balilahla ukholo lwabo baze baphume ngokupheleleyo. Abanye baye bayibona impazamo yabo, baza bayibamba ngokuqinileyo inyaniso. Kuvela umbuzo othi, Ukuba abo bachasa esi sipho bakhokelwa yiNkosi, kutheni befanele balahle ubungcwele babo, baze barhoxe kuThixo? Umthetho woMsindisi wethu ngulo ukuba umthi waziwe ngesiqhamo sawo. Uqinisekisa ngokugqibeleleyo ukuba “umthi ombi awunakwenza isiqhamo esihle.”
GSAM 472Ukusilela Kweenkcaso
GSAM 472.1Sikhumbula iimeko apho kwaphakanyiswa inkcaso eququzelelweyo nxamnye nobungqina bukaNksk. White, kusithiwa impumelelo enkulu iza kuhamba nomsebenzi wabo kwangoko bakuba bayisuse obu bungqina. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, ukusilela okukhulu ekufezekiseni ukuphumelela kweentembelo zabo. Emva kweminyaka yokulwa abaniki bungqina obungaphezulu bokusasaza inyaniso yeSabatha phambi kwehlabathi kunabo bengohlobo lwabo abakwenzayo kwiminyaka engamashumi amane anesithoba eyadlulayo. Ukuba owabo yayingumsebenzi okhethekileyo weNkosi, kutheni ingaphumelelanga ngakumbi intetho yabo?
GSAM 472Impumelelo iphi?
GSAM 472.2Kwelinye icala, xa sijonga elo myalezo ngalo imithetho kaThixo nokholo lukaYesu kubhengezwa kwihlabathi,—umyalezo odityaniswe nokuvela kwesi sipho sobuprofeti, kunye neengcebiso zawo, izilathiso, neziluleko zokukhalimela,—siyabona ukuba wenze inkqubela eqinisekileyo nozinzileyo ukusukela ekuqaleni kwawo kude kube ngoku. Ngokuthobela iingcebiso zeNkosi ngeso sipho, isiya phambili ngamandla eNkosi, lo myalezo, njengoko sibonisile, ujikelezise umhlaba, kwaye ukhawuleza ukuya “kuzo zonke iintlanga, nobuzalwana, nolwimi, nabantu.”
GSAM 473.1Ngokuqhubela phambili kwayo kwixesha elidlulileyo sinokuthi, ilizwi likaThixo lingqineke liyinyani kuba wathi, “Akukho sixhobo senziweyo ngokuchasene nawe esiya kuphumelela.” Ngokwenene, isandla sikaThixo sibonakale kwimpumelelo ehambe nokunyuka nokuqhubela phambili kwale ntshukumo enkulu yokubuya ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kwaye kwixesha elizayo sithembele ekuzalisekeni okungathandabuzekiyo kwelizwi lakhe elithi, “Ndithe ndabeka phambi kwakho umnyango ovulekileyo, kwaye akukho mntu unako ukuwuvalela.” Ngale ntembeko singacula ngokuqiniseka okupheleleyo:—