“Sithandwa, wenza okuthembekileyo ngalokho okwenzele abazalwane nokuba bengabafo [abafokazi] abafakazele uthando lwakho phambi kwebandla; uzakwenza kahle, uma ubaphelekezela ngokufanele uNkulunkulu; ngokuba ngenxa yeGama baphuma bengathathi-lutho kwabezizwe. Ngalokho-ke thina sifanele ukubamukela abanjalo, ukuze sibe-yizisebenzi zeqiniso kanye nabo.”—3 Johane 5-8.

12. (a) AmaKristu ajikelezayo kwakumelwe aphelezelwe kanjani? (b) Labazalwane babephumele lapho ngegama likabani? (c) Yimuphi umehluko okhona phakathi kwendlela abazalwane abathembekile nabayizihlubuki okumelwe baphathwe ngayo?

¹² Umphostoli wanxusa uGayu ukuba aphelezele amaKristu ajikelezayo “ngokufanele uNkulunkulu,” ayezikhandla ngokwawo enkonzweni yakhe. Kwakumelwe alungiselelwe izinto ezifana nokudla nezimali zohambo lwawo. (Thithu 3:13) Labazalwane kumelwe basizwe ngoba babethunyelwe lapho ngenxa “yeGama,” ngokombhalo wesiGreki. Lapha uJohane ngokusobala wayebhekisele egameni likaNkulunkulu elingenakulinganiswa nalutho, uJehova, njengoba wanxusa ukuba baphelezelwe “ngokufanele uNkulunkulu.” (Qhathanisa ne-New World Translation; Kingdom Interlinear Translation; RS.) Nakuba abafundisi abayizihlubuki abajikelezayo kwakungamelwe bamukelwe, labazalwane abahambelayo abathembekile kwakumelwe baphathwe njengoFakazi bakaJehova abathembekile nabeNdodana yakhe.—Isaya 43:10-12; IzEnzo 1:6-8; 2 Johane 9-11.

13. (a) Iqiniso lokuthi amaKristu ajikelezayo aye“ngathathi-lutho kwabezizwe” lalisho ukuthini? (b) Khona-ke abanye babengaba “izisebenzi zeqiniso kanye nabo” kanjani?

¹³ AmaKristu asebenza kanzima ajikelezayo aye“ngathathi-lutho kwabezizwe.” Njengomphostoli uPawulu, ngokusobala wayefuna ukuba “ivangeli lingabizi lutho” ngokungagidlabezi umthwalo wezimali kulabo ayeshumayela kubona iqiniso. (1 Korinte 9:18; 2 Korinte 11:7; 1 Thesalonika 2:9) Njengoba labazalwane babephumele lapho ngenxa yegama likaJehova futhi bememezela “izindaba ezinhle” kwabeZizwe ngaphandle kokwamukela ukusekelwa ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo kubona, amaKristu ayekanye nabo aye“fanele ukubamukela abanjalo [abashumayela ngevangeli].” Ngokubasiza, labakhulekeli bakaJehova abamukela izihambi babefeza indima ebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni ubuKristu. Ngaleyondlela bazibonakalisa beyi“zisebenzi zeqiniso kanye nabo.” Umoya ofanayo ushukumisa oFakazi BakaJehova namuhla.