• Lingisa Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Namuhla
    INqabayokulinda—1991 | Ephreli 15

    •  2. Yisiphi iseluleko uJesu asinikeza kuMathewu 18:15-17 ngokusingatha isono esingathi sína?

      2 IBhayibheli lisinikeza ukuqondisisa umqondo kaNkulunkulu, ngisho nasezindabeni ezinjengokuthi yini okufanele siyenze uma othile esona. UJesu watshela abaphostoli bakhe, kamuva ababeyokuba ababonisi abangamaKristu: “Uma umfowenu ekona, hamba umsole ninodwa naye. Uma ekuzwa, woba umzuzile umfowenu.” Ububi obabuhilelekile lapha kwakungekhona nje ukweyiswa komuntu siqu kodwa kwakuyisono esingathi sína, njengokukhwabanisa noma ukunyundela. UJesu wathi uma lesinyathelo singayixazululi indaba futhi uma bekhona ofakazi, lowo owoniwe kufanele ahambe nabo ayonikeza ubufakazi bokuthi kunobubi obenziwe. Ingabe lesinyathelo siwumzamo wokugcina? Cha. “Uma [owonile] enqaba ukubezwa, tshela ibandla; uma enqaba ukuzwa nalo ibandla, makabe-kuwe njengowezizwe nomthelisi.”—Mathewu 18:15-17.

       3. Wayesho ukuthini uJesu lapho ethi umenzi wobubi ongaphenduki kwakumelwe abe “njengowezizwe nomthelisi”?

      3 Njengoba babengamaJuda, abaphostoli babeyoqonda ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuphatha isoni “njengowezizwe nomthelisi.” AmaJuda ayebugwema ubudlelwane nabantu bezizwe, futhi ayewadelela amaJuda ayesebenza njengabathelisi bamaRoma.a (Johane 4:9; IzEnzo 10:28) Ngakho-ke, uJesu wayazisa abafundi ukuthi uma ibandla lenqaba isoni, kwakumelwe bayeke ukudlelana naso. Nokho, ingabe lokho kuvumelana kanjani nokuba kukaJesu nabathelisi ngezinye izikhathi?

  • Lingisa Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Namuhla
    INqabayokulinda—1991 | Ephreli 15

    • a “Abathelisi babedelelwa ikakhulukazi umphakathi wamaJuda wasePalestine ngezizathu eziningana: (1) babeqoqa imali yombuso wakwelinye izwe owawudle izwe lakwaIsrayeli, ngaleyondlela besekela lobudlova ngendlela engaqondile; (2) babaziwa kabi ngokungabi namahloni, beceba ngezithukuthuku zabanye abangabantu bakubo; futhi (3) umsebenzi wabo wawubenza bahlangane njalo nabeZizwe, okwakubenza babe ngabangcolile ngokwezinkonzo ezingokwenkolo. Ukweyiswa kwabathelisi kutholakala kokubili eT[estamenteni] E[lisha] nasezincwadini zorabi . . . Ngokwalokhu kwamuva, inzondo kwakumelwe idluliselwe ngisho nasemkhayeni womthelisi.”—The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.