Ngaba uya kukhetha ukukhanya okumnyama kukaJoseph Smith, okanye ukukhanya kwenene kukaYesu Kristu?
UYohane wabhala - Ke yena uYesu wadanduluka wathi, Lowo ukholwayo kum, akakholwa kum, ukholwa kulowo wandithumayo. Lowo undibonayo, ubona owandithumayo. Mna, lukhanyiso, ndifikile ehlabathini, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kum bangahlali ebumnyameni. Nokuba umntu uthe weva amazwi la am, akakholwa, mna andimgwebi; kuba andize kuligweba ihlabathi, ndize kulisindisa ihlabathi. Lowo undigibayo, angawamkeli amazwi am, unaye omgwebayo; ilizwi endilithethileyo, nguye oya kumgweba ngomhla wokugqibela. Andithethanga okuphuma kum; owandithumayo, uBawo ngokwakhe, nguye owandiwisela umthetho wokuba ndithini na, nokuba ndithethe ntoni na. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba umyalelo wakhe bubomi obungunaphakade. Ke izinto endizithethayo mna, njengoko uBawo andixeleleyo, ndenjenjalo ukuzithetha. (KuYohane 12: 44-50)
UYesu weza njengoko abaprofeti beTestamente eNdala babeprofetile. UIsaya wabhala ngokuza kukaMesiya - “Abantu abahamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu; aba behleli ezweni lomthunzi wokufa, ukukhanya kubengezele ukukhanya. (Yi. 9: 2Njengokuba uYohane ecatshulwe ngasentla, uYesu watsho xa wayesiza - “Ndize njengokhanyiso ehlabathini…” UIsaya wathetha ngokuthetha ngoMesiya - “Mna, Yehova, ndikubize ngobulungisa, ndibambe isandla sakho; Ndiza kukugcina ndikunike ube ngumnqophiso wabantu, ukuba ube lukhanyiselo kwiintlanga, ukuba uvule amehlo angaboni, ukuba ukhuphe amabanjwa entolongweni, abo bahleli ebumnyameni endlwini yentolongo. (Yi. 42: 6-7UYohane waphinda wacaphula uYesu esithi - “Ukuze wonke umntu okholelwa kum angahlali ebumnyameni…” Umdumisi wabhala - Ilizwi lakho lisisibane ezinyaweni zam nokukhanya komendo wam. (KwiNdumiso 119: 105Kwakhona wabhala - Ukungena kwamazwi akho kuyakhanyisa; kunika ukuqiqa izinto ezilula. (KwiNdumiso 119: 130UIsaya wabhala - Ngubani na kuni owoyika uYehova? Ngubani na olithobela izwi lomkhonzi wakhe? Ngubani ohamba ebumnyameni, ongenakukhanya? Makathembele egameni leNkosi, athembele kuThixo wakhe. (Yi. 50: 10)
Weza uYesu elithetha ilizwi likaThixo. UYohane wabhala ukuba kuYe kwakukho ubomi; Ubomi obo bulukhanyiso eluntwini.KuYohane 1: 4). Weza kukhupha abantu ebumnyameni nakwinkohliso yeli hlabathi lingendawo. Ethetha ngoYesu, uPawulos wabhalela abaseKolose- "Usihlangule kumandla obumnyama, wasingenisa ebukumkanini boNyana wothando lwakhe, esimkhululayo kuye ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono." (Kol 1: 13-14UYohane wabhala kwincwadi yakhe yokuqala - Nalu ke udaba esiluvileyo kuye, esinityela lona, lokuba uThixo ukukukhanya, akukho bumnyama kuye nakanye. Ukuba sithi sinobudlelane naye, kwaye sihambe ebumnyameni, siyaxoka, asiyenzi inyaniso. Kodwa ukuba sihamba ekukhanyeni, sinobudlelane omnye nomnye, lithi negazi likaYesu Kristu, uNyana Wakhe, lisihlambulule kuso sonke isono. (1Jn. 1: 5-7)
UThixo ukukukhanya, kwaye akafuni ukuba sihlale ebumnyameni. Utyhile uthando lwaKhe kunye nobulungisa baKhe ngobomi bukaYesu Krestu. Usinika ubulungisa baKhe, njengoko sisamkela ukufa kwakhe emnqamlezweni njengentlawulo epheleleyo yezono zethu. USathana usoloko ezama ukutsalela abantu ekukhanyeni kwakhe “okumnyama”. Ukukhanya kwakhe "okumnyama" kuhlala kubonakala njengokukhanya kokwenyani. Kubonakala kulungile. Nangona kunjalo; inokuhlala ibonwa njengobumnyama, xa ityhilwa yinyani kunye nokukhanya kwelizwi likaThixo eBhayibhileni. Cinga oku kulandelayo kwiwebhusayithi yeCawa kaMormoni: “Ngokupheleleyo, ivangeli ibandakanya zonke iimfundiso, imigaqo, imithetho, imimiselo, neminqophiso eyimfuneko ukuze siphakamiswe kubukumkani beselestiyali. UMsindisi uthembisile ukuba ukuba siyanyamezela kude kube sekupheleni, ngokunyaniseka siyiphila ivangeli, uyakusibamba engenatyala phambi koBawo kuMgwebo wokuGqibela. Ukuzaliseka kweendaba ezilungileyo kushunyayelwe kuyo yonke iminyaka xa abantwana bakaThixo belungiselelwe ukuyifumana. Ngemihla yokugqibela, okanye kwixesha lokuzaliseka kwamaxesha, ivangeli ibuyisiwe ngoMprofeti uJoseph Smith. ” Nangona kunjalo, iindaba ezilungileyo zebhayibhile "ziindaba ezilungileyo" ezilula zosindiso ngento eyenziwe nguYesu Krestu. Umntu "angaphila" njani ngevangeli? Oko uYesu wasenzela kona ziindaba ezilungileyo. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, “ukuyiphila ivangeli” kuthetha imisebenzi nemimiselo kaMormoni.
Cinga ngento eyabhalwa ngu Scofield nge Gnosticim: "Le mfundiso yobuxoki yabelwa uKrestu indawo engaphantsi koThixo oyinyaniso, yabujongela phantsi ubunye nomsebenzi ogqibeleleyo wokuhlangula." (IScofield 1636) I-Gnostics isebenzise igama elithi "ukuzaliseka" ukuchaza yonke inkitha yabantu phakathi koThixo nomntu (1636). Qaphela, ama-Mormon athi zonke iimfundiso, imigaqo, imithetho kunye nemigaqo, kunye nemvumelwano "yokugcwala" yevangeli (okanye yeCawa kaMormon uqobo) ziyimfuneko ukungena ezulwini. Ivangeli yebhayibhile ifundisa ukuba konke okufunekayo ukuze ungene ezulwini ukholo kukugqibezela umsebenzi kaYesu Krestu. Ivangeli ye-Mormon kunye nevangeli yebhayibhile yahluke ngokupheleleyo.
Ndiyangqina ukuba usindiso likuYesu Krestu kuphela. Akukho mfuneko “yokuzaliseka” kweendaba ezilungileyo. AbaseKolose babephulaphule ootitshala be-Gnostic. UPawulos wazivakalisa ezi zinto zilandelayo kubo ngoYesu. Ungumfanekiso kaThixo ongabonakaliyo, izibulo kwindalo yonke. Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto ezisemazulwini, ezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonakalayo nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone okanye ubukhosi, nokuba ziziphathamandla okanye amagunya. Zonke izinto zidalwe ngaye kwaye zidalelwa yena. Ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zikuye. Kwaye uyintloko yomzimba, ibandla, osisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze ezintweni zonke azive kuqala. Kuba kwakholeka kuye uYise, ukuba kuhleli kuye konke ukuzaliseka, kuye, nokuthi zonke izinto zibe nokuxolelana naye, nokuba zenziwe izinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini, nokuba enze uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo wakhe. (Kol 1: 15-20) "Ukuzaliseka" kweendaba ezilungileyo ze-Mormon kukuthomalalisa ukupheleliswa kosindiso lukaYesu. Ukufuna abantu benze iminqophiso kwiitempile zeMormon zokunika yonke into kumbutho kaMormoni, kugxila ixesha labo, iitalente, kunye neenzame zabo ekufezekiseni iimfuno zombutho, endaweni yokuphuhlisa ubudlelwane obubalulekileyo noYesu Krestu.
Ingcambu kaMormon isekwe kwaye nakuJoseph Smith. Wayikhaba ngawo omane ibhayibhile ivangeli yobabalo. Ukuze akhe ubukumkani bakhe, waqinisekisa abantu abaninzi ukuba wayengumprofeti kaThixo. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ujonga ubungqina bembali ngaye, uyakubona ukuba ubuqhetseba. Wayengenguye nje ubuqhetseba, kodwa wayekrexeza, enesithembu, enomgunyathi, kwaye esenza imilingo. Iinkokeli zombutho kaMormoni ziyazi ukuba zenza ubuqhetseba bokomoya. Baqhubeka bexoka malunga, kwaye bejikeleza imbali yabo yokwenyani. Icawa kaMormoni ayililo ilitye eliqingqiweyo entabeni eliya kutyumza zonke ezinye izikumkani. UYesu Kristu kunye noBukumkani bakhe lilitye, kwaye akakabuyi kodwa ngenye imini uya kubuya.
Ndicel 'umngeni ukuba nayiphi na iMormon efunda oku ukubeka phantsi iimfundiso kunye neemfundiso zikaJoseph Smith kunye nokufunda iTestamente eNtsha. Ngomkhuleko cinga ngoko ukufundisayo ngoYesu Krestu. Ivangeli yinyani yobabalo inokukukhulula ekukhanyeni "okumnyama" okhelwe nguwe. Ngaba ungabuthemba ngonaphakade bakho kwivangeli kaJoseph Smith, okanye kuYesu Krestu?
Iingxelo:
Scofield, CI, ed. I-Scofield Study Bible. ENew York: I-Oxford University Press, ngo-2002.
https://www.lds.org/topics/gospel?lang=eng
