¹³ Mumuenzaniso wakafanana, mufananidzo wamatarenda, Jesu akataura kuti pashure penguva refu, tenzi akauya kuzogadzikisa zvinhu navaranda vake. Kuvaranda vakabvumikisa kuva vakatendeka, tenzi akati: “Makanga makatendeka pazvinhu zvishomanene. Ndichakugadzai pazvinhu zvizhinji. Pindai mumufaro watenzi wenyu.” Asi pamusoro pomuranda asina kutendeka, iye akazivisa, kuti: “Kunyange chaanacho chichatorwa kwaari. Uye kandirai muranda pasina murima riri kunze.”—Mateo 25:21-23, 29, 30, NW.

16. Apo Kristu akasvika kuzonzvera imba yaMwari muna 1918, nei asina kuwana machechi echiKristudhomu achigovera zvokudya zvomudzimu panguva yakafanira?

¹⁶ Sezvo nguva refu yokumirira kwaJesu ari kurudyi rwaJehovha yakaswedera kumugumo, kwakava pachena pashoma napashoma kuti ndiani akanga achipa migove yezvokudya zvomudzimu kuveimba yaKristu kunyange munguva yapamberi pa 1914. Ko unofunga kuti aiva machechi echiKristudhomu here? Kwete zvamazvirokwazvo, nokuti akanga akabatanidzwa zvikuru mune zvamatongerwe enyika. Akanga ave ari zvishandiswa zvinodisa zvokukura kwokutonga kwedzimwe nyika uye akanga aedza kukundana kubvumikisa kuvimbika kwawo kunyika yawo, nokudaro achikurudzira urudzi. Ikoku kwakakurumbidza kuunza mhaka huru yeropa paari, ndiko kuti, apo akapa tsigiro yawo yokushingaira kuhurumende dzezvatongerwe enyika dzakabatanidzwa muhondo yenyika yokutanga. Mumudzimu, kutenda kwawo kwakanga kwaneteswa neChizvino-zvino. Ngozi yomudzimu yakaparirwa nemhaka yokuti vazhinji vavakuru vawo vorudzidziso vakava vanyajambwa vari nyore vokutsoropodzwa kweBhaibheri nemhindumupindu. Hakuna zvokudya zvomudzimu zvaigona kukarirwa kuvakuru vechiKristudhomu!

17. Nei Jesu akaramba mamwe maKristu akazodzwa, uye nomuuyoi nokuda kwavo?

¹⁷ Nenzira yakafanana, hakuna zvokudya zvomudzimu zvinovaka muviri zvakanga zvichibva kumaKristu iwayo akazodzwa ayo aiitira hanya zvikuru ruponeso rwavo rwomunhu oga kupfuura kushandisa tarenda raTenzi. Vakava “vane usimbe,” vasina kufanira kutarisira zvinhu zvaTenzi. Nokudaro, vakakandirwa “murima rokunze,” uko kuchine machechi echiKristudhomu.—Mateo 25:24-30.