IMfundiso neMinqophiso 121–123

Xa thina okanye abantu esibathandayo bebandezeleka, kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuzibuza inoba uThixo uyasazi kusini na. Njengoko ufunda IMfundiso neMinqophiso 121:1–6cinga ngamaxesha xa wawunemibuzo okanye iimvakalelo ezifana nezikaJoseph Smith. Ufumana ntoni kwimpendulo yeNkosi enokukunceda xa unale mibuzo okanye iimvakalelo? Ngokomzekelo, kuyo imiqolo 7–10, 26–33, qaphela iintsikelelo Yona ezithembisayo. Ucinga ukuba kuthetha ukuthini “ukunyamezela … kakuhle”? Ukunceda njani uMsindisi ukuba wenze oku?

Njengoko ufunda icandelo 122, cinga ngokuba iNkosi ifuna wena ububone njani ubunzima bakho. Unokucingisisa ngamava avele kwizilingo zakho kwaye nokuba “[ziya] kuba [ngo]ncedo [lwakho]” njani (umqolo 7).

Amandla ehlabathi anyanzela abaNgcwele ukuba baphume eMissouri noJoseph Smith aye entolongweni. Kodwa xa uJoseph wayelapho, iNkosi yamfundisa ngohlobo olwahlukileyo lwamandla: amandla waKhe, “amandla ezulu.” Ukufunda ngaloo mandla kuyo IMfundiso neMinqophiso 121:34–46 ingakunceda ufunde ukuba ungawafumana njani na loo mandla—kwaye nendlela yokuwasebenzisa ukusikelela abanye. Mhlawumbi ungabhala oko ukufundayo kwitafile eneekholamu ezibhalwe Amandla eZulu kunye Amandla Ehlabathi. Zahluke njani ezi ndidi zimbini zamandla? Ezi nkcazelo zamandla eNkosi zikufundisa ntoni ngaYe?

Ungaphinda ucinge ngegama elithi impembelelo kuwo umqolo 41. Zeziphi ezinye iimeko apho ufuna ukuba yimpembelelo entle—mhlawumbi kubudlelwane bosapho, esikolweni, emsebenzini, okanye kwisabelo saseCaweni? Yintoni oyifunda kuyo imiqolo 41–46 malunga nendlela uThixo abaphembelela ngayo abantwana baKhe? Unokushwankathela oko ukufundayo ngokugqibezela isivakalisi esifana nesi: “Ukuba nempembelelo okulungileyo, ndiyaku .”

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Ucinga ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuthi uYesu Krestu “wehle ngaphantsi … [kwezinto] zonke”? Nantsi eminye imiqolo eyongezelelweyo enokukunceda uqonde eli binzana: uIsaya 53:3–4; AmaHebhere 2:17–18; 1 Nifayi 11:16–33; Alma 7:11–13. Ngokusekelwe koko ukufundayo, cinga ukuphinda kwakhona IMfundiso neMinqophiso 122:8 ngamazwi akho. Ungawubonisa njani umbulelo wakho kuYesu Krestu ngokuhlela ngaphantsi kwezinto zonke?

Ingaba le ngqiqo evela kuMongameli Dallin H. Oaks ikuchaphazela njani ukuqonda kwakho? “Sisenokutsho ukuba ekubeni ehlele ngezantsi kwako konke, [uYesu Krestu] umi ngokugqibeleleyo ukuze asiphakamise aze asinike amandla esiwadingayo ukuze sinyamezele iinkxwaleko zethu.” (“Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ,” Liahona, Nov. 2015, 64).

Kuyo IMfundiso neMinqophiso 123:7–8, uJoseph Smith wayebhekiselele kwiinkolelo zobuxoki ezakhokelela ekubandezelekeni, kuquka ukutshutshiswa kwabaNgcwele. KweyoKwindla 1839, kwakunokubonakala ngathi akukho nto ingako abaNgcwele ababenokuyenza ngaloo nto. Kodwa kwiileta zakhe awayezibhale ekwintolongo yaseLiberty, uJoseph wabaxelela into ababenokuyenza: “[aahlanganise] ulwazi lwawo onke amanqaku” baze “beme ngokuzolileyo, ngokuqiniseka kokugqibela, ekuboneni usindiso lukaThixo.” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 123:1, 17). Njengoko ucinga iingxaki zehlabathi namhlanje, cinga ngeendlela zokucombulula ezo “zilele emandleni [akho]” (imiqolo 12, 17). Kwaye musa ukungayihoyi izinto ezibonakala ngathi “zincinane” (umqolo 15). Kutheni kubalulekile ukwenza ezi izinto “ngokuchwayita? (umqolo 17).

Uninzi lweengxelo ezazicelwe nguJoseph kule leta zazithunyelwe kurhulumente kwaye zapapashwa njengecandelo le-11 kwiphephandaba laseNauvoo., Amaxesha naMaxesha Onyaka (bona “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri, December 1839–October 1840,” [josephsmithpapers.org]).

• Ukunceda abantwana bakho bacinge ukuba bekuya kuba njani kuJoseph Smith nabahlobo bakhe kwintolongo yaseLiberty, ninokufunda kunye “Chapter 46: Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail” (in Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 172–74) . Emva koko, njengoko nifunda kunye IMfundiso neMinqophiso 121:1–9, ningathetha ngendlela uMsindisi awamnceda ngayo uJoseph ukuba ave uxolo. Silufumana njani uxolo kuMsindisi, nangamaxesha anzima?

  

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• Ukunceda abantwana bakho baqonde ukuba izilingo zethu “[zi]ya kuba [zelo]ncedo [lwethu]” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 122:7), unokuthetha nabo ngendlela ezikhula ngayo izihlunu xa sithwele into enzima. Usenokude ubacele ukuba baphakamise into enzima. Emva koko ungathetha malunga nokuba ukuhamba kumaxesha anzima kunokunceda njani imimoya yethu ukuba ikhule—njengoko siphendukela eNkosini sifuna uncedo. Yabelana ngemizekelo evela kubomi bakho.

• Mhlawumbi umzekeliso unokunceda abantwana bakho baqonde “amandla ezulu.” Ngokomzekelo, unokuthelekisa amandla kaThixo namandla ombane. Yintoni enokuthintela isixhobo sombane ekubeni sifumane amandla? Yintoni enciphisa amandla ethu omoya? Yintoni eyandisayo? (Khangela amagama namabinzana kuyo IMfundiso neMinqophiso 121:34–46; bona kananjalo General Handbook, 3.5, 3.6, Ithala leeNcwadi zeVangeli.)

• Emva kokufunda IMfundiso neMinqophiso 122:7–9 kunye nabantwana bakho, ninokwabelana ngamava xa wawuva ukuba uMsindisi enawe ngexesha lesilingo esinzima. Ningakwazi kananjalo ukucula kunye ingoma ngoYesu Krestu kwaye ningqine ukuba uYesu Krestu angasinceda kuba Yena uyayazi indlela esiziva ngayo.

• Ukunceda abantwana bakho baqonde IMfundiso neMinqophiso 123:15–17, unokwabelana nabo ngomfanekiso wenqanawe enkulu nenqanawa encinane, okanye wabelane nabo ngengcaciso kaMdala uDavid A. Bednar “The Principles of My Gospel” (Liahona, May 2021, 125–26). Emva koko ninokuthetha ngeendlela ezincinane ngokuchwayita sikhonze usapho nabahlobo bethu.

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