Isiphepho Esiphelele

"Isiphepho Esiphelele", umthombo awaziwa

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoMashi 26, 2008.

Kusukela kubalimi abaziphilisa ngokudla ilayisi e-Ecuador kuya kuma-gourmet adla ama-escargot eFrance, abathengi emhlabeni wonke babhekene nokwenyuka kwamanani okudla kulokho abahlaziyi abakubizayo isiphepho esiphelele kwezimo. Isimo sezulu esingajwayelekile siyisici. Kepha kunjalo nangezinguquko ezinkulu emnothweni womhlaba, kufaka phakathi amanani entengo kawoyela, amanani aphansi okudla nokunyuka kwesidingo sabathengi eChina naseNdiya. -Izindaba ze-NBC online, Mashi 24, 2008

Esigabeni “esingalindelekile nesingakaze sibonwe”, ukuhlinzekwa kokudla emhlabeni kuncipha ngokushesha futhi namanani okudla akhuphuka aze afinyelela ezingeni lomlando… “Sikhathazekile ngokuthi sibhekene isiphepho esiphelele kwabalambile emhlabeni. ” —UJosette Sheeran, uMqondisi Omkhulu, Uhlelo Lokudla Lomhlaba; Ngomhlaka 17, 2007; I-International Herald Tribune

"Ngeke kuthathe okuningi ukufaka umnotho waseMelika kwezomnotho… [kukhona] isiphepho esiphelele okubandakanya ukwehla kwesikweletu okubi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka, ukwehla kwamanani ezindlu, kanye namafutha ka- $ 100. -UDavid Shulman, Isazi Sezomnotho Esiphezulu, u-UCLA Anderson Forecast; Mashi 11, 2008, www.inman.com

I-International Monetary Fund ezinze eWashington isixwayisile 'isiphepho esiphelele' kubangelwe ukwanda kwamanani kawoyela kanye nesiyaluyalu ezimakethe zezezimali. 'Ukuhlanganiswa kwesikweletu nokwenyuka kwentengo kawoyela kungaletha ukuncipha okukhulu kwezebhizinisi lamazwe omhlaba okungekho muntu ongavikeleka kuwo.' —USimon Johnson, oyi-Chief Economist IMF, Novemba 29, 2007; www.asinakucn.co.uk

Sekuyizinyanga eziyi-16… Esikhathini esedlule kulandela ukukhonjwa kwesifo manje esaziwa ngeColony Collapse Disorder (CCD), izinto azikaze zithole okungcono ngezinyosi zesizwe, ezifaka impova engxenyeni eyodwa kwezintathu zezilimo zase-US — amanye ama- $ 15 billion kuwufanele... “Kungenye into. Ikona isiphepho esiphelele, uma ufuna ukuyibiza kanjalo. Sikholelwa ukuthi noma yini eba buthakathaka noma eguga [izinyosi] izonikela ku-CCD. ” -UKevin Hackett, umholi wohlelo lukazwelonke locwaningo lwezinyosi nempova, i-Agricultural Research Service; Mashi 24, 2008; www.mamalinks.com

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ISIPhepho ESIPHELELE

Isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka emibili, Ngiye ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngibhale mayelana “nesiphepho” esizayo nesizayo. Ukulungiselela ngoba lesi sivunguvungu sisenhliziyweni yale mibhalo.

Uma umlindi ebona inkemba iza futhi engashayi icilongo ukuze abantu bangaxwayiswa, futhi inkemba ifike, ithathe noma ngubani kubo; lowo muntu uyasuswa ebubini bakhe, kepha igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni sombonisi. (UHezekeli 33: 6)

Ngabe uNowa akazange awulungiselele umkhumbi i isiphepho? Uma uMariya “kungumkhumbi omusha”, uthunyiwe ukuzosilungiselela Isiphepho Esikhulu. Isexwayiso ngesinye se okungokomoya ukulungiselela ukuthi lapho kuvulwa isiphepho, uzobe usuphephile ku Umphongolo Wenhliziyo KaMariya; ukuze nini lokho okwakhiwe esihlabathini kuqala ukudilika, uyomiswa uqine eDwaleni, elinguKristu; ukuze lapho “iBhabhiloni”Iqala ukuwa, ngeke iwele ekhanda lakho! Ukuthembela kwakho kuzoba okuqinile kuKristu, futhi ngosizo lukaMariya, ngeke kuzanyazanyiswe!

Awuboni umbani ngawe? Ingabe imimoya yenguquko hhayi ukushaya? Awuzwa yini ukuduma kwezulu?

Yini okufanele uyenze ukulungiselela umzimba? UNkulunkulu wathi uzozinakekela izidingo zakho, nokuthi kufanele "sifune kuqala umbuso." Uhlelo alukashintshi. Kuyaphuthuma kakhulu kunakuqala. Abaningi bazama kanzima ukuvikela indlela yabo yokuphila njengamanje njengoba izinhlelo zomhlaba ziqala ukutetema njengetilosi elidakiwe. Ukuba umphathi omuhle kungenye into… ukuzakhela owakho unkulunkulu kungenye into.

Isiliva labo negolide labo ngeke likwazi ukubasindisa ngosuku lolaka lukaJehova… (Zef 1:18)

Lokho uNkulunkulu akufunayo kuwe manje kunengqondo impela. Ukuzimisela ukudedela konke okuphelele ngesaziso somzuzwana. Ungakwazi?

UKHOLO YIKHO OKUNQOBAYO

Ukunqoba okunqoba umhlaba ukukholwa kwethu. (1 Johane 5: 4)

Okushiwo yilo mBhalo ukuthi lapho amaphupho akho encibilika, ukuphepha kwakho kuphelile, nakho konke okuzungezile kubonakala sengathi kuyawa, awuwi nakho, ngoba ukuthembela kwakho kukuNkulunkulu nokuthi yini akuvumelayo ukuthi kwenzeke empilweni yakho. Unqoba kanjalo-ke ubuhlungu, nokuhlupheka, nomdlavuza, nodlame, nokungabi nabulungisa, nenzondo, nokwesaba. Wethemba uNkulunkulu njengomntwana omncane phakathi kwawo, futhi ngalokho unqoba amandla okufa — nazo zonke izithelo zawo — ngokwamukela izinzipho zosizi ezandleni zakho kanye nomqhele wokungaphatheki ebusweni bakho futhi ulinde ngokubekezela ebumnyameni ethuneni lokuthula kukaNkulunkulu. Lokhu akukhona yini lokho okwenziwa nguJesu esibizelwe ukulingiswa? Lokhu akusiyo ingokomoya elikude, nelingafinyeleleki — “kuyizinto” ezingaphelelwa isikhathi zokulandela uKristu kuyo yonke iminyaka, imicu kanye nokuqina kokuba ngumfundi waKhe.

Noma ngubani olahlekelwa ngumphefumulo wakhe ngenxa yami nangenxa yevangeli uyowusindisa. (Marku 8:35)

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UMary uze ukuzosilungiselela isiphepho esikhulu, a Impi Enkulu futhi. Senzani-ke ngesikhathi sethu namandla ethu? Izinhliziyo zethu zibekephi ingcebo? Ngabe silalele uMama wethu?

Alikho isosha elisenkonzweni elihileleka emisebenzini yomphakathi, ngoba inhloso yalo ukwanelisa lowo obhalisile. (2 Thim 2: 4)

Kuyikholi eya ku- gxila- hhayi ukuba ngamaKristu adangeleyo - kepha sigxile eqinisweni lokuthi sinomsebenzi omkhulu — i-Great Co-mission yokuba ngusawoti nokukhanya kwabanye, isikhathi ngasinye.

Ngikholwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi izindlela zethu zokuphila eNyakatho Melika zizoshintsha — yebo, ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho iNkosi esitshela kona. Kepha uma sesivele siqale ukuhlala njengama-pilgrim, siqhelelene nezwe, futhi silambele futhi somele uMbuso (Math 5: 6), khona-ke lokho esingase sikulahle ngokunethezeka sizokubheka njengenzuzo enkulu!

Ezimweni zonke nasezintweni zonke ngiye ngafunda imfihlo yokwaneliswa nokuswela, neyokuphila ngokuchichimayo neyokuswela. Nginamandla akho konke ngakho ngalowo ongipha amandla. (Fil 4: 12-13)

Ngamandla atholakala ngokukholwa — ukwethembela okwengane kuzo zonke izimo.

Amandla obumnyama kubonakala sengathi aqoqene ndawonye “isiphepho esiphelele. ” Kodwa-ke, izulu liphikisana nesiphepho salo esiPhelele. Futhi inamandla onke we isiphepho, egijimela ngejubane a Isithende sowesifazane mayelana nokuchoboza ikhanda lenyoka:

Kwase kuvulwa ithempeli likaNkulunkulu ezulwini, umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe kwakubonakala ethempelini. Kwaba nemibani, ukuduma, nokuduma kwezulu, ukuzamazama komhlaba, nesichotho esinamandla. (IsAm 11: 19)

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