Fumana uVuyo kuHambo Lwakho lweVangeli

NguMdala Gary E. Stevenson

WeQumrhu labaPostile abaliShumi elineSibini

Isiphumo sokugqibela sokubonisa uthando lwethu eNkosini ngokugcina imiyalelo yaKhe ziintsikelelo ezizisa ulonwabo novuyo.

Ngelixa ndandikhonza njengenkokeli yobufundisi eJapan kwiminyaka ethile eyadlulayo, Ndaya kwikomfa yempelaveki kwisixeko esisemaphandleni kwenye yeekona ezikude zobufundisi bethu. Umongameli wesithili wayenze amalungiselelo okuba ndiqhube udliwano-ndlebe nenye indoda eyazibandakanye neBandla kunyaka ongaphambili kwaye ifuna ukufumana imvume yokungena etempileni. Yayinethemba lokufumana isipho esisesayo ngomhla okanye xa kusondela isikhumbuzo sonyaka omnye wokubhaptizwa kwayo.

Ebudeni bencoko yethu, eli lungu litsha lachaza indlela elinombulelo onzulu ngayo ngeentsikelelo ezininzi elalizifumene kunyaka ukususela ekubhaptizweni kwalo. Yayikonwabela ukuya kumthendeleko weveki nezinye iintlanganiso. Yazibandakanya ngokunzulu kwimisebenzi yesebe layo. Kum, yabonisa intembeko yomnqophiso ephuma ekuqondeni injongo yevangeli yayo, ngoku eyayiyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yayo. Yayingumfundi kaKrestu oguqukileyo owayefumene utshintsho olukhulu lwentliziyo (bona Mozaya 5:2.)

Incoko yethu eseleyo yalandela umzekelo onika ithemba. Saxoxa ngemimiselo neminqophiso eyayiza kuba yinxalenye yamava ayo asetempileni. Yaphendula nganye ngokungqinayo imibuzo esemgangathweni eqhelekileyo enxulumene nokufumana iphepha-mvume lokungena etempileni.

Emva kodliwano-ndlebe, ndikhumbula ndigqabaza kumongameli wesithili ngendlela endandi nombulelo ngayo ukudibana nendoda ebalaseleyo ngola hlobo. Ndamxelela indlela endichukumisekileyo ngayo kukuba abefundisi bevangeli namalungu babefumene, kwaye nowondleke ngokomoya, umntu onjalo nesithembiso.

Ndothuka xa umongameli wesithili wabelana ngaloo nto xa le ndoda yayiqalisa ukufumana iimfundiso kubafundisi bevangeli kwaye nokuya ebandleni kwisithuba esingangonyaka ngaphambilana, yayingenakhaya kwaye ikweyona ezinzima gqitha—kufutshane nezinganikisi themba—iimeko. Umongameli wesithili wachaza indlela lo mzalwana ayifunda ngayo ivangeli yaye ukuguquka kwakhe kangangeenyanga ezithile kwakhokelela ekubeni enze inguquko engummangaliso, imbeka endleleni zombini yokuzimela ngokomoya nangokwexeshana kwaye kwamnika ingqiqo yenjongo novuyo.

Ivangeli yamnika umfanekiso ocacileyo wenjongo yobomi bakhe. Iinyaniso ezicacileyo nezixabisekileyo zevangeli zazisa iimpendulo kwimibuzo ebalulekileyo yobomi basemhlabeni, iqala ngolwazi lokuba “Uthixo nguBawo wethu waseZulwini, kwaye thina singabantwana baKhe. … UThixo uyasazi thina buqu kwaye uyasithanda.” Kwicebo laKhe, “UBawo waseZulwini … usinike izipho ezininzi nezikhokelo zokusinceda ukuba sibuyele kubukho baKhe.”

Yayiyintsikelelo ke leyo kule ndoda, efumaneka ngokulinganayo kubo bonke abantwana bakaThixo ngevangeli likaYesu Krestu.

Injongo Yobomi

Ngokuba uYesu Krestu wabuyisela ivangeli yaKhe ngoMprofeti Joseph Smith, “sinokuqonda injongo yobomi, yokuba singoobani,” wabhengeza uMongameli M. Russell Ballard (1928–2023). Kubungqina bakhe bokugqibela eBandleni, uMongameli Ballard, ngoko owayenguMongameli Olibambela leQumrhu labaPostile abaLishumi elineSibini, wathi:

“Siyazi ukuba ungubani na uThixo; siyamazi ukuba ungubani na uMsindisi ngenxa yokuba sinoJoseph, owangena kwihlathi lemithi njengenkwenkwe, efuna ukuxolelwa izono zakhe. …

“Ndiyamangaliswa, kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba uninzi lwenu ngokunjalo, ngendlela esisikeleleke ngayo kukwazi esikwaziyo ngenjongo yethu ebomini, isizathu sokuba silapha, into ebekufanele ukuba sizama ukuyenza kwaye siyiphumeze kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla.”

Kumalungu eBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela, olo lwazi luquka ukuqonda “icebo eligqibeleleyo” likaThixo losindiso. Likwaziwa “njengecebo elikhulu lolonwabo,” “icebo lentlawulelo,” kunye “necebo lenceba” (Alma 42:8, 11, 15), “lisusa imfihlelo ebomini nokungaqiniseki ngekamva lethu.” Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwelo cebo “yimfundiso kaKrestu,” nto leyo esembindini kwinjongo yobomi.

Ngenxa yokuba sinevangeli, siyazazi ukuba singabantwana bakaThixo, sithunyelwe emhlabeni ukuba sivavanywe, sikhazimliswe, kwaye silungiselelwe “ukuziswa ngaphambili ngovuko lwabafileyo, ngoloyiso nobuqaqawuli beMvana” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 76:39). Siyayazi imiyalelo kwaye siyalelwa “ngokwaneleyo ukuba [si]kwazi okulungileyo kokubi” (2 Nifayi 2:5). Siyazi ukuba sisemhlabeni ukuba sithande kwaye sikhonze. Kwaye siyazi ukuba uMsindisi usibizele ukuba soyise ihlabathi kwaye sincede abanye benze njalo (bona UYohane 16:33; IMfundiso neMinqophiso 64:2) ukulungiselela ukuBuya kwaKhe kweSibini.

Njengoko sigxila kuYe, oko uJoseph Smith wakubiza “isandi esichwayitisayo seVangeli yeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu” iya kusomeleza ngeentsuku ezinzima kwaye izise intsingiselo nenjongo kubomi bethu nobabanye.

Every Knee Shall Bow [Lonke Idolo Liya Kuguqa],, nguDan Wilson, ayinakukhutshelwa

Ukuthobela, Iintsikelelo, Uvuyo

UThixo usinike ilungelo lokuzikhethela elilungileyo ukuze wonke umntu abenokuziphendulela kukhetho lwethu (bona IMfundiso neMinqophiso 101:78; 2 Nifayi 2:16). Njengenxalenye “yenkcaso kuzo zonke izinto” (2 Nifayi 2:11), uSathana uvumelekile ukuba asihende ukuba sikusebenzise kakubi ukuzikhethela kwethu.

Kodwa iNkosi uYesu Krestu, “ndiyazi intlekele eya kuza phezu kwabemi bomhlaba” kumhla wethu, yabiza uMprofeti Joseph Smith, “ndathetha kuye ndivela ezulwini, ndaze ndamnika imiyalelo” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 1:17). Laa ndlela iNkosi ityhila ngayo imiyalelo yaYo nentando kubaprofeti baKhe iyaqhubeka kulo mhla wethu noMongameli uRussell M. Nelson—kwaye ngesizathu esifanayo. UThixo unqwenela ukusikhokelela kulonwabo kobu bomi nakuzuko lwezulu kubomi obulandelayo.

Ukuthobela imiyalelo kaThixo kufanele kusuke ekuzinikeleni nasekuthandeni kwethu Yena. INkosi uYesu Krestu ngokwayo yavakalisa ukuba ukuthanda uThixo “nguwo lowo wokuqala nomkhulu umthetho” (bona UMateyu 22:37–38). Yanikela ingqiqo eyongezelelekileyo xa yavakalisa, “Ukuba niyandithanda, yigcineni imithetho yam” (UYohane 14:15).

Kukho umvuzo wokuthanda uYehova nokugcina imiyalelo yaKhe. Kweli xesha lokuzihlanganisela Yona yachaza “kukho umthetho, umiselo wasezulwini ongenakubhangiswa … , phezu kwawo kusekelwe zonke iintsikelelo—

“Kwaye xa sizuza nayiphi intsikelelo evela kuThixo, kungokuthobela la mthetho usekelwe phezu kwawo” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 130:20–21).

Ngoko ke, isiphumo sokugqibela sokubonisa uthando lwethu eNkosini ngokugcina imiyalelo yaKhe ziintsikelelo ezizisa ulonwabo novuyo.

Ukujonga ubomi ngeliso levangeli elibuyisiweyo nesityhilelo sangoku kusinika ingcaciso. Ngembono ecacileyo ngemvelaphi yethu yobuthixo nekamva lethu, siyayazi into yokuba “ezona zinto ziya kwenza [obethu] ubomi basemhlabeni bubengobona bu balaseleyo nezifana ngqo nezinto eziya kwenza ubomi [bethu] bonke ngonaphakade bu bengobona bu balaseleyo!”

Ukuqukumbela

Ndigqibela apho bendiqale khona, ndikhumbula amava am kwiminyaka eyadlulayo nowayesandul’ ukuguquka eJapan. Ngenkuthalo yakhe nenkuthalo yabafundisi bevangeli namalungu, wafumana ivangeli ebuyisiweyo kaYesu Krestu. Ekufumaneni ivangeli, wafumanisa nenjongo yakhe, eyandisa umbono wakhe. Yena kananjalo wafumana icebo elikhulu lolonwabo. Ukuthobela iminqophiso yevangeli yecebo kumzisele iintsikelelo novuyo, kumphakamisa ngokwasenyameni nangokomoya.

Uhambo lwakhe olukhokelela kubulungu beBandla likaYesu Krestu lwamvumela ukuba abe lingqina likaYesu Krestu. UMdala uPatrick Kearon weQumrhu labaPostile abaLishumi elineSibini uchaze uvuyo olulandelayo:

“Ngenxa yecebo lothando likaBawo wethu waseZulwini ngabantwana baKhe ngamnye, kwaye nangenxa yobomi obukhululayo nomsebenzi woMsindisi wethu, uYesu Krestu, sinako—kwaye kufanele—ukuba ngabona bantu bonwabileyo emhlabeni! Kwananjengokuba izaqhwithi zobomi kwihlabathi elisoloko lineengxaki zisihlasela, singahlakulela imvakalelo ekhulayo nehlala ihleli yovuyo noxolo lwangaphakathi ngenxa yethemba lethu kuKrestu nokuqonda kwethu indawo yethu kwicebo elihle lolonwabo.”

Ndinikela umbulelo wam, nobungqina bevangeli ebuyisiweyo kaYesu Krestu, kuquka necebo elikhulu lolonwabo esizinziswe nzulu kulo. Ndiyakumema ukuba uthathe inxaxheba kwiziqhamo zevangeli nokuva uvuyo olungakumbi kobu bomi kuhambo lwakho olusingise kubomi banaphakade.