7. Kuthetha ntoni ‘ukugcina ubunye bomoya’?

⁷ Nangona uYehova evakalise abathanjiswa bengamalungisa njengoonyana nezinye izimvu zingamalungisa njengabahlobo ngenxa yedini lentlawulelo likaKristu, kuza kubakho iingxabano logama sisaphila kweli hlabathi lale nkqubo yezinto. (Roma 5:9; Yak. 2:23) Ukuba bekungenjalo, ngelingekho icebiso eliphefumlelweyo lokuba siqhubeke ‘sinyamezelana.’ Sinokumanyana njani namanye amaKristu? Simele sizame ‘ukuba nokuthobeka okupheleleyo kwengqondo.’ (Funda eyabase-Efese 4:1-3.) Ukuthobela esi siluleko kuquka ukuvumela impembelelo yomoya kaThixo kuthi size siwuvumele uvelise isiqhamo sawo kuthi. Eso siqhamo singciba iiyantlukwano phakathi kwabantu, ngokwahlukileyo kwimisebenzi yenyama, esoloko ibangela ukungavisisani.

 9. Sinokuzihlolisisa njani enoba ‘sikuzabalazela ngokunyamekileyo ukugcina ubunye bomoya’?

⁹ Ngenxa yoko, ngamnye wethu umele azibuze oku: ‘Ndizimisele kangakanani ukuzama “ukugcina ubunye bomoya kumxokelelwane omanyanisayo woxolo”? Ndiye ndenze ntoni xa kuvela ukungavisisani? Ngaba ndixelela wonke umntu ngoko kungavisisani, ngelokuzama ukufumana inkxaso kwabona bahlobo bam baninzi? Ngaba ndilindela ukuba abadala bandithethelele kunokuba mna ndenze umgudu wokwenene wokubuyisela uxolo? Ngaba ndiyabaphepha abanye ukuze kungabi yomfuneko ukuba ndithethe nabo xa ndiye andavisisana nabo, mhlawumbi ndiqinisekise ukuba ndibabekela kude kangangoko kunokwenzeka?’ Ngaba ukwenza ngolo hlobo kubonisa ukuba senza ngokuvisisana nenjongo kaYehova yokuhlanganisela zonke izinto kwakhona kuKristu?

10, 11. (a) Kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba seluxolweni nabazalwana bethu? (b) Kufuneka senze ntoni ukuze kubekho uxolo nenkqubela yokomoya?

¹⁰ UYesu wathi: “Ukuba, ngoko, uzisa isipho sakho esibingelelweni, uthi ulapho ukhumbule ukuba umzalwana wakho unento ngakuwe, sishiye isipho sakho apho phambi kwesibingelelo, uze uhambe uye kuxolelana nomzalwana wakho kuqala, wandule ke, wakubuya, unikele isipho sakho. Lungisana ngokukhawuleza nalowo ukumangaleleyo.” (Mat. 5:23-25) UYakobi wabhala wathi “imbewu yesiqhamo sobulungisa ihlwayelwa phantsi kweemeko zoxolo ngabo benza uxolo.” (Yak. 3:17, 18) Ngenxa yoko, asinakuqhubeka nehambo yobulungisa lungekho uxolo.

¹¹ Ngokomzekelo, kuqikelelwa ukuba kwamanye amazwe adlakazwe yimfazwe, umhlaba ongaphezu kwama-35 ekhulwini ubunokulinywa ukuba abantu balapho bebengoyiki izigcayiseli ezityalwe apho. Xa kudutyulwa izigcayiseli, amasimi ayashiywa ngabalimi, abantu basezilalini bangabi nanto yakutya kuze kungabikho kutya kwizixeko. Ngendlela efanayo ukukhula kwethu ngokomoya kuyaphazamiseka xa sinemikhwa enokuphazamisana noxolo esinalo nabazalwana. Kodwa xa sikhawuleza ukuxolela size siqiniseke ukuba sibaphatha kakuhle abanye, senza kubekho inkqubela yokomoya.