Imibono Emikhulu

Ngu New Christian Bible Study Staff (umshini ohunyushelwe ku isiZulu)
     
A girl gazes into a lighted globe, showing the solar system.

Silapha ekhulwini lama-21. Siyazi ukuthi indawo yonke iyindawo enkulu. Sisanda kuqhuma ulwazi lwesayensi. Kodwa siqhuba kanjani ngemibono emikhulu nakakhulu? Imiphakathi yethu yabantu ibonakala iyazisula, noma iyaziba - mhlawumbe sicabanga ukuthi simatasa kakhulu ngayo.

Lapha engosini Yesifundo SeBhayibheli SobuKristu Esisha, sizowuqeda lo mkhuba. Sifuna ukuhlola imibono emikhulu esinika uhlaka lokuphila izimpilo ezingcono. Nasi isiqalo sohlu lwemibono emikhulu ngombono omusha wobuKristu. Ngomqondo ngamunye, kunombhalo waphansi obala ezinye izikhombo emisebenzini yezenkolo yaseSwedenborg:

1. UNkulunkulu ukhona. UNkulunkulu oyedwa nje, owadala futhi wasekela indawo yonke kuzo zonke izilinganiso zayo, ezingokomoya nezingokwenyama. 1

2. Ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu iwuthando uqobo lwalo. Ngamandla ashayela yonke into. 2

3. Ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu iba khona, okungukuthi, ikhona, phakathi nangendalo. 3

4. Kunamazinga, noma amadigri, endalo - kusukela kwangokomoya esingakwazi ukuwabona ngezinzwa zethu zenyama noma izinzwa, kuya ezingeni lomkhathi obonakalayo lapho iningi lokuqaphela kwethu kulapho siphila lapha. 4

5. Umkhathi odaliwe uvela kuNkulunkulu, futhi usekelwa uNkulunkulu, kodwa ngendlela ebalulekile yehlukene noNkulunkulu. Ufuna ihlukaniswe, ukuze inkululeko ibe khona. 5

6. UNkulunkulu usebenza othandweni ngokuhlakanipha - izinto ezinhle ezivumayo, nokuqonda ukuthi zingalethwa kanjani. 6

7. Izinga elibonakalayo lendalo likhona ukuze linikeze abantu ithuba lokuzikhethela ngenkululeko, ngokunengqondo, ukuvuma noma ukubambisana noNkulunkulu. 7

8. UNkulunkulu unikeza bonke abantu yonke indawo, kungakhathaliseki inkolo yabo, inkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuphila ukuphila kothando ngoNkulunkulu nomakhelwane. 8

9. UNkulunkulu uthanda wonke umuntu. Uyazi ukuthi injabulo yeqiniso iza kuphela lapho singenabugovu; lapho sishukunyiswa ngempela uthando lweNkosi olusekelwe othandweni ngomakhelwane. Ufuna ukuhola wonke umuntu, kodwa ngeke asiphoqe ukuba silandele ngokumelene nentando yethu. 9

10. UNkulunkulu akasahluleli. Usitshela ukuthi yini enhle, nokuthi yini embi, futhi ageleza ezingqondweni zethu ukuze asiholele kokuhle. Nokho, sikhululekile ukwenqaba ukuhola kwakhe, futhi esikhundleni salokho sikhethe ukuzithanda thina ngokwethu kakhulu. Usuku nosuku, sakha imikhuba yokupha noma yobugovu, futhi siphile impilo ehambisana naleyo mikhuba. Leyo mikhuba iba “yithi” sangempela, uthando lwethu olubusayo. 10

11. Imizimba yethu yenyama ekugcineni iyafa, kodwa ingxenye yomoya yengqondo yethu iyaqhubeka. Sesivele sisebenza endizeni yomoya, kodwa ukuqaphela kwethu kuyashintsha - ukuze sibe nokuqaphela ngokugcwele okungokoqobo okungokomoya. 11

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