9. USathane uyikhuthaza kanjani “inkanuko yamehlo” namuhla?

⁹ Namuhla, uSathane usasebenzisa isu elifanayo emacebweni akhe okuhlubukisa bonke abantu ekwenzeni intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngokusebenzisa ubucwebecwebe nobukhazikhazi bezwe, uSathane ukhuthaza “inkanuko yenyama, nenkanuko yamehlo, nokuzigabisa ngalokhukuphila.” (1 Johane 2:16) Lokhu kubonakala ngokukhanyayo emacebweni ezokukhangisa asetshenziswa yizwe lezentengiselwano. Akulona yini iqiniso ukuthi ukukhangisa okuphumelela kakhulu yilokho okuheha amehlo? Izinkulungwane zamabhodi okukhangisa amibalabala nanezimpawu ezibenyezelayo, imifanekiso ekhazimulayo yomagazini namaphephandaba, imidlalo yeTV yobuqili—nezinkulungwane zezigidi zamarandi ezichithwa ekukhiqizeni lokhu—konke kufakazela iqiniso lokuthi umqondo wokukhangisa uwukushukumisa “inkanuko yamehlo” yomthengi.

10. Yini ngempela ekhuthazwa yizwe lezentengiselwano?

¹⁰ Nakuba ukukhangisa okuningi kungase kungakwenzi ube nesifiso, okuwubuqili ngokwengeziwe yiqiniso lokuthi lokhu kukhangisa eqinisweni akutusi nje izinto umuntu azithenge kodwa futhi indlela yokuphila, Ngokuvamile imikhiqizo ikhangiswa njengesetshenziswa abantu abayizikhulu, abanogazi, abajabulayo, futhi abahle kakhulu. Iphuzu liwukuthi uma umthengi esebenzisa lowomkhiqizo, ngokuzenzekelayo ‘indlela yakhe yokuphila’ iyofana nenye yalamaqembu. Abakhangisi bayazi ukuthi lapho umuntu amukela indlela ethile yokuphila, akunzima ukumphoqelela ukuba amukele izimpahla ezihambisana nayo. Ngokucabangela lokhu, yeka ukuthi kuwukuhlakanipha kanjani ukuba amaKristu azinikezele agcine iseluleko esitholakala kumaHeberu 13:5! Lapho siyafunda: “Ukwenza kwenu makungabi-okokufisa imali; yaneliswani ngeninakho.”

15, 16. (a) Iyiphi enye “inkanuko yamehlo” okumelwe siyigweme? (b) Ubungasisebenzisa kanjani iseluleko esikuzAga 27:20 engxoxweni yethu?

¹⁵ Nokho, ingabe labo ababhekene nengozi yokuhamba ebumnyameni yilabo kuphela abagxilisa iso labo ekucebeni? Cha, ngoba “inkanuko yamehlo” ihlanganisa futhi nezinye izinto eziningi. Khumbula amazwi kaJesu kuMathewu 5:28: “Yilowo nalowo obuka owesifazane, amkhanuke, usephingile naye enhliziyweni yakhe.” Ngokuqinisekile, leso sixwayiso singasebenza futhi ekuvumeleni komuntu amehlo akhe ukuba agxile entweni eklanyelwe ukuvusa ngokungafanelekile izinkanuko nezifiso.

¹⁶ UJesu wakhuluma futhi ngokukhathazeka ngokudla, ukuphuza, nokwembatha. (Mathewu 6:25-32) Nakuba lezizinto zidingekile, isifiso eseqile sokufuna njalo okwamuva, okuhle kakhulu, okuthandwa kakhulu, singenza ingqondo nenhliziyo yethu kube yizigqila. (Roma 16:18; Filipi 3:19) Ngisho nasekuzilibaziseni, izinto esizithandayo, imidlalo, ukuziqeqesha, njalonjalo, kumelwe silondoloze ukulinganisela okuhle futhi siqaphele ukubanjwa yizimfashini zezwe. Kuzo zonke lezici, kungaba kuhle ngathi ukukhumbula amazwi ahlakaniphile atholakala kuzAga 27:20: “Indawo yabafileyo nokubhubha akusuthi, namehlo omuntu awasuthi.” Ngempela, sidinga ukuzithiba ukuze singazifaki engozini engokomoya lapho sizama ukwanelisa amehlo ethu.