Uncedo Lobuthixo Kubomi Onokufa

NgoMprofeti uJoseph Smith, iNkosi yatyhila izinto ezimbalwa malunga nobomi bethu bangaphambili komhlaba. Apho saphila singabantwana bakaThixo bomoya. Ngenxa yokuba uThixo wayenqwenela ukunceda abantwana baKhe baqhubele phambili, Yena wagqiba ekubeni adale umhlaba esasinokuthi phezu kwawo sibe nokufumana umzimba, sifunde ngamava, aphuhlisa iimpawu ezingcwele, kwaye ungqinwe ukubona ukuba singayigcina na imiyalelo kaThixo. Abo bafanelekelayo babeya kwenza oko “baya kuba nozuko olongezelelwe phezu kweentloko zabo ngonaphakade kanaphakade” (Abraham 3:26).

Ukuseka iimeko zeli cebo lobuthixo, uThixo wakhetha uNyana waKhe eKuphela koZelweyo ukuba abe nguMsindisi wethu. ULusifa, oye wacebisa enye indlela yotshabalalisa ukuzikhethela komntu, waba nguSathana waza “waphoswa ezantsi.” Egxothelwe emhlabeni waza wavinjwa ilungelo lobomi obunokufa, uSathana wavunyelwa ukuba alinge “akhohlise kwaye emfamekisa abantu aze abakhokelelele ekuthinjweni ngentando yakhe, nkqu njengoko abaninzi bengayi kuphulaphula ilizwi lika [Thixo]” (Moses 4:4).

Okubalulekileyo kwicebo likaThixo lokukhula ngokwasenyameni enokufa kwabantwana baKhe yayikukuba babe namava “inkcaso kuzo zonke izinto” (2 Nephi 2:11). Kanye njengokuba izihlunu zethu zomzimba zingenakuphuhliswa okanye zigcinwe ngaphandle kokutsala nzima kobunzima bomthetho womxhuzulane, ngoko ukukhula okufayo kufuna ukuba sizikhandle ngokuchasene nezilingo zikaSathana nenye inkcaso yobomi obufayo. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo ekukhuleni ngokomoya yimfuneko yokukhetha phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi. Abo bakhetha okulungileyo baya kuqhubela phambili besiya kwisiphelo sabo sanaphakade. Abo bakhetha ububi—njengoko bonke beya kwenza kwizilingo ezahlukeneyo kubomi obunokufa—baya kufuna uncedo olusindisayo, apho uThixo onothando aluyilele ukuba alunikele.

Ukuthi ga ngoku, olona lomeleleyo uncedo lukaThixo kubomi obunokufa, yayilulungiselelo lwaKhe loMsindisi, uYesu Krestu, owayeza kubandezeleka ukuze ahlawule ixabiso aze alungiselele ukuxolelwa kwezono eziguqukelweyo. Loo Ntlawulo yenceba nezukileyo icacisa ukuba kutheni ukholo kwiNkosi uYesu Krestu ingumgaqo wokuqala wevangeli. Intlawulelo yaKhe “yenza kwenzeke uvuko lwabafileyo” (Alma 42:23), kwaye iya “kuhlawulela izono zehlabathi” (Alma 34:8), isula zonke izono zethu eziguqukelweyo kwaye sinike uMsindisi wethu amandla okusinceda kubulwelwe bethu bobomi obunokufa.

Ngaphaya koko kucinywa kozuko lwezono ezenziweyo nokuxolelwa, icebo likaBawo waseZulwini onothando libonelela ngezipho ezininzi zokusikhusela, kuquka nokusikhusela ekoneni kwasekuqaleni. Ubomi bethu obunokufa buhlala buqala ngotata nomama. Ngokufanelekileyo, bobabini bakhona, baneziphiwo ezahlukeneyo zokukhokela ukukhula kwethu. Ukuba akunjalo, ukungabikho kwabo yinxalenye yenkcaso ekufuneka siyoyise.

Icebo likaBawo wethu waseZulwini libonelela ngoncedo lokusikhokela kuhambo lwethu lwasemhlabeni. Ndiza kuthetha ngezine kwezi. Nceda ungandibambi kwinani lam lesine, kuba la mancedo ayangenana. Ngaphezu koko, kukho ezinye izikhuselo zenceba ukongezelela kwezi.

Okokuqala, Ndithetha ngokuKhanya okanye uMoya kaKrestu. Kwimfundiso yakhe enkulu kwincwadi kaMoronayi, uMoronayi ucaphula uyise okokuba “uMoya kaKrestu unikiwe kuye wonke umntu, ukuze abe nokukwazi okulungileyo kokubi” (Moronayi 7:16). Sifunda le mfundiso inye kwizityhilelo zanamhlanje:

“Kwaye uMoya unika ukukhanya kuye wonke umntu oza ehlabathini; kwaye uMoya ukhanyisela wonke umntu kulo lonke ihlabathi, ophulaphula ilizwi loMoya” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 84:46).

Kwakhona: “Kuba uMoya wam uthunyelwe ngaphambili kulo ihlabathi ukukhanyisela abathobekileyo nabatyumkileyo, nasekugwetyweni kwabangahloneli Thixo” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 136:33).

UMongameli Joseph Fielding Smith wachaza ezi zibhalo: “INkosi ayibashiyanga abantu (xa bona bezalelwe kweli hlabathi) bengenakuzinceda, bephuthaphutha ukufumana ukukhanya nenyaniso, kodwa wonke umntu … uzalwa enelungelo lokufumana inkokhelo, imiyalelo, ingcebiso yoMoya kaKrestu, okanye ukuKhanya kweNyaniso.”

Olwesibini kuncedo olukhulu olunikelwa yiNkosi ukuze isincede sikhethe oko kulungileyo liqela lemiyalelo yobuthixo kwizibhalo njengenxalenye yecebo losindiso (icebo lolonwabo). Le miyalelo yimiyalelo, imimiselo, neminqophiso.

Imiyalelo ichaza indlela uBawo wethu waseZulwini ayiphawulele thina ukuba siqhubele phambili sibheke kubomi banaphakade. Abantu abacingela imiyalelo njengendlela uThixo agqiba ngayo ukuba ngubani azomohlwaya bayasilela ukuqonda le njongo yecebo likaThixo lothando lolonwabo. Kuloo ndlela, sinokufikelela ngokuthe ngcembe kubudlelwane obudingekayo noMsindisi wethu kwaye ufanelekele ukongezwa kwamandla aKhe ukuze asincede kwindlela yethu eya kwindawo asinqwenelela yona sonke. UBawo wethu waseZulwini unqwenela ukuba bonke abantwana baKhe babuyele kubukumkani beselestiyali, apho uThixo noMsindisi wethu ahlala khona, nokuba nohlobo lobomi babo bahlala kobo buqaqawuli beselestiyali.

Imimiselo ne minqophiso yinxalenye yomthetho ochaza indlela esa kubomi banaphakade. Imimiselo, neminqophiso engcwalisekileyo esiyenzayo noThixo ngayo, ngamanyathelo afunekayo kunye nezithintelo ezibalulekileyo kulo mzila. Ndiyathanda ukucinga ngendima yeminqophiso njengokubonisa oko phantsi kwesicwangciso sikaThixo, iintsikelelo zakhe eziphakamileyo zinikwe abo bathembisa kwangaphambili ukugcina imiyalelo ethile kwaye abazigcinayo ezo zithembiso.

Olunye uncedo esilunikwe nguThixo ekwenzeni ukhetho olululo ziimbonakaliso zoMoya oyiNgcwele. UMoya oyiNgcwele lilungu lesithathu lentloko yobuThixo. Umsebenzi waKhe, ochazwe esibhalweni, kukungqina ngoYise noNyana, ukusifundisa, ukuzisa zonke izinto kwinkumbulo yethu, nokusikhokelela kuyo yonke inyaniso. Izibhalo zibandakanya iinkcazo ezininzi zeembonakalo zoMoya oyiNgcwele, obufana nobungqina bomoya ekuphenduleni kumbuzo ngenyaniso yeNcwadi kaMormoni. Imbonakalo akumele ibhidaniswe nesipho soMoya oyiNgcwele, esifumaneka emva kobhaptizo.

Enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zoncedo lukaThixo kubantwana baKhe abathembekileyo sisipho soMoya oyiNgcwele. Ukubaluleka kwesi sipho kubonakala kwinto yokuba sinikezelwa ngokusesikweni emva kokuguquka nokubhaptizwa ngamanzi “kwaye ke [izibhalo ziyacacisa] kuze uxolelo lwezono zenu ngomlilo nangoMoya oyiNgcwele” (2 Nifayi 31:17). Abantu abanalo olu xolelo lwezono—kwaye ngoko rhoqo bahlaziya ukuhlanjululwa kwabo ngenguquko yemihla ngemihla kwaye baphila ngokweminqophiso abayenzayo ngommiselo womthendeleko—bafanelekele isithembiso sokuba uMoya oyiNgcwele, uMoya weNkosi, “ubesoloko … ukunye nabo” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 20:77).

Ngoko, uMongameli Joseph F. Smith wafundisa ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uya “kukhanyisela iingqondo zabantu malunga nezinto zikaThixo, ukubaqinisekisa ngexesha loguquko lwabo lokuba benze intando kaBawo, nokuba ibe bubungqina obuhlala buhleli kubo njengeqabane ebomini, usebenza njengesikhokelo esiqinisekileyo nesikhuselekileyo kuyo yonke inyaniso kwaye abazalise imihla ngemihla ngovuyo nemincili, enokuthambekela ekwenzeni okulungileyo kubantu bonke, eve ubunzima, kunokuba enze ububi, abe nobubele, inceba, umonde, nobabalo. Bonke abanaso esi sipho singenakuthelekiswa nanto, le perile yexabiso elikhulu, abahlala benxanelwe ubulungisa. Ngaphandle koncedo loMoya oyiNgcwele,” waqukumbela uMongameli Smith, “akekho mntu onokuhamba kwindlela ethe tye nemxinwa.”

Ngoncedo oluninzi olunamandla lokusikhokela kuhambo lwethu lokufa, iyadanisa into yokuba abaninzi bengayilungiselelanga intlanganiso yabo emiselweyo noMsindisi noMhlawuleli wethu, uYesu Krestu. Umzekeliso waKhe weentombi ezilishumi, ekuthethwa ngawo rhoqo kule nkomfa, icebisa ukuba kwabo bamenyiweyo ukuba badibane naYe, sisiqingatha kuphela esiya kube sikulungele.

Sonke siyayazi imizekelo yabangalungiselelanga: abafundisi bevangeli ababuyileyo abaye baphazamisa ukukhula kwabo ngokwasemoyeni ngamaxesha okungasebenzi, ulutsha oluye lwabeka esichengeni ukukhula kwalo ngokomoya ngokuzahlula kwimfundiso yeBandla nemisebenzi, amadoda athe ahlehlisa ukumiselwa kwawo kuBubingeleli bukaMelkitsedeke, amadoda nabafazi—maxa wambi isizukulwana sabahlahlindlela ababekekileyo okanye abazali abafanelekileyo—abawushiyileyo umendo womnqophiso nokusilela ekwenzeni nokugcina iminqophiso kwitempile engcwele.

Uninzi lwezo nxaxha zenzeka xa amalungu esilela ukulandela isicwangciso esisiseko sokugcina umoya womthandazo wobuqu, ukufunda izibhalo rhoqo, nenguquko rhoqo. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, abanye bakutyeshela ukuhlaziya veki nganye iminqophiso ngokungathabathi nxaxheba kumthendeleko. Abanye bathi iBandla alizifezekisi iimfuno zabo; abo bathatha indawo yoko bakubona njengeemfuno zabo ezizayo oko iNkosi ikunike kwiimfundiso zaYo ezininzi namathuba enkonzo yethu ebalulekileyo kwabanye.

Ukuthobeka nokuthembela eNkosini ngamayeza anjalo ukunxaxha. Njengoko iNcwadi kaMormoni ifundisa, iNkosi “ithi ibasikelele kwaye ibaphumelelise abo babeka ithemba labo kuyo” (Hilamani 12:1). Ukuthembela eNkosini kuyeyona mfuno ikhethekileyo yabo bonke abayilinganisa ngokungafanelekanga imiyalelo kaThixo neemfundiso zabaprofeti baKhe ngokuchasene neziphumo zamva nje nobulumko bomntu.

Ndithethe ngoncedo oluninzi lwasemhlabeni alunike uBawo wethu waseZulwini ukunceda abantwana baKhe babuyele kuYe. Inxalenye yethu kwesi sicwangciso sobuthixo kukuthembela kuThixo kwaye sifune kwaye sisebenzise olu ncedo lukaThixo, kakhulu iNtlawulo yoNyana waKhe oyiNtanda, uMsindisi noMkhululi wethu, uYesu Krestu. Ndiyathandaza ukuba siyakufundisa kwaye siphile le migaqo, egameni likaYesu Krestu, amen.