12. (a) Wathini uYesu ngokukhanya kokomoya? (b) Sinokulukhanyisa njani ukhanyiselo lwethu?

¹² Sisebenzisana kakuhle kakhulu nabantu xa sibanceda bafumane ukukhanya okuvela kuThixo. (INdu. 43:3) UYesu waxelela abafundi bakhe ukuba ‘balukhanyiselo lwehlabathi’ waza wababongoza ukuba balukhanyise ukhanyiselo lwabo ukuze abantu babone ‘imisebenzi yabo emihle,’ okanye izinto ezintle ababezenzela abantu. Oku kwakuza kubangela ukuba ‘abantu’ bakhanyiselwe ngokomoya, okanye bangenelwe. (Funda uMateyu 5:14-16.) Namhlanje, sikhanyisa ukhanyiselo lwethu ngokubenzela okulungileyo abamelwane bethu size sibe nesabelo kumsebenzi wokushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo “kulo lonke ihlabathi,” oko kukuthi, “kuzo zonke iintlanga.” (Mat. 26:13; Marko 13:10) Kulilungelo ngokwenene ukwenza lo msebenzi!

15. ‘Imisebenzi yethu emihle’ ibachaphazela njani abanye?

¹⁵ Emva kokuthetha ngesibane esikhanyisayo, uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Malukhanye ngokunjalo ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle baze bazukise uYihlo osemazulwini.” Ngenxa ‘yemisebenzi yethu emihle,’ abanye ‘bazukisa’ uThixo ngokuba ngabakhonzi bakhe. Nathi siyakhuthazwa ukuba siqhubeke ‘sikhanya njengezikhanyiso ehlabathini’!—Fil. 2:15.

16. Yintoni ekufuneka siyenze ukuze sibe “lukhanyiselo lwehlabathi”?

¹⁶ Ukuze sibe “lukhanyiselo lwehlabathi” kufuneka sibe nenxaxheba kumsebenzi wokushumayela ngoBukumkani nowokwenza abafundi. Kodwa kukho nenye into ekufuneka siyenze. Umpostile uPawulos wabhala wathi: “Qhubekani nihamba njengabantwana bokukhanya, kuba sona isiqhamo sokukhanya sikuko konke ukulunga nobulungisa nenyaniso.” (Efe. 5:8, 9) Kufuneka sibe ngumzekelo ngehambo yokuhlonela uThixo. Sifanele sithobele isiluleko sikampostile uPetros owathi: “Ihambo yenu mayibe ntle phakathi kweentlanga, ukuze, nokuba zithetha kakubi ngani njengabenzi-bubi, zithi ngokubona imisebenzi yenu emihle, zimzukise uThixo ngemini yokuvelela kwakhe.” (1 Pet. 2:12) Kodwa sifanele senze ntoni xa kukho ukungavisisani phakathi kwethu nomnye umKristu?