UMuhammad noJoseph Smith: Abaporofethi bakaNkulunkulu, noma izigebengu?
Ngemva kokuboshwa, uJesu wayiswa kuqala ku-Anase, umukhwe kaKayafase umpristi ophakeme, kamuva kuKayafase. Kusuka ekulandiseni kwevangeli likaJohane sitshelwa ngokwenzeka ngokulandelayo - “Base behola uJesu besuka kuKayafase bemyisa esigodlweni, futhi kwakusekuseni kakhulu. Kepha bona kabangenanga enqabeni, funa bangcoliswe, kepha badle iphasika. UPilatu wabe esephumela kubo wathi, 'Nimmangalela ngani lo muntu?' Baphendula bathi kuye: Uma ebengesiye umenzi wobubi, besingayikumnikela kuwe. UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Mthatheni lina, limahlulele ngokomlayo wenu. Ngakho-ke abaJuda bathi kuye: “Asivunyelwe ukuba sibulale umuntu,” ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi likaJesu alikhulumileyo, etshengisa ukufa azakufa ngakho. UPilatu wabuye wangena endlini yombusi, wabiza uJesu, wathi kuye: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda na? UJesu wamphendula wathi: Uyazikhulumela wena lokhu, noma abanye bakutshelile lokhu ngami na? UPilatu waphendula wathi: Mina ngingumJuda yini? Isizwe sakini nabapristi abakhulu bakunikele kimi. Wenzeni?' UJesu waphendula wathi: Umbuso wami awusiwo owaleli zwe. Ukube umbuso Wami ubungowaleli zwe, izinceku zami bezizolwa, ukuze nginganikelwa kumaJuda; kepha kalokhu umbuso wami awusiwo owalapha. '” (Johane 18: 28-36)
UJesu weza emhlabeni ukuze anikele ngokuphila kwakhe njengesihlengo sethu. Wagcwalisa umthetho okungekho noyedwa ongawugcwalisa. Wakhokha inani eliphelele lokusikhulula esijezisweni sethu sokufa ngokomoya nangokomzimba. Wasivulela indlela yokuba sibuyisane naphakade noNkulunkulu. Wayengafuni ukuthi izinceku zaKho zintshontshe kubantu futhi bazibulale, njengoba kwenza uJoseph Smith noMuhammad bobabili.
Lapho befunda ngempilo nezimfundiso zabaprofethi bamanga, ngokungathandabuzekiyo batholakala bezama ukumisa umbuso wabo emhlabeni. Imvamisa bafuna ukuthi abantu babalandele nganoma yiziphi izindleko. Bobabili uMohammed noJoseph Smith bafuna ukulawula okukhulu kubantu. Kunokufana okuningi phakathi kwala madoda amabili. Esikhundleni sokungafuni ukuthi izinceku zabo zilwe, bobabili baba ngabaholi bempi bemikhosi yabo (UJohnson 22). Ngokufana nezinkinga zikaJoseph Smith nabantu baseMissouri, izinkinga zikaMuhammad namaJuda zaba zimbi kakhulu emva kokuba amaSulumane ewahlasele aletha iphuzu (...ISpencer 103). Futhi ngokufana noJoseph Smith, uMuhammad wathola "imiyalo" ehlukahlukene noma "imiyalo" evela kuAllah ngokuya ngezimo ezibucayi azithola ekuzo. Ngemuva kokuhlasela amakaravani eQuraysh, uMohammad wavuma ukuthi alwe nabo ngemuva kokuthola "isambulo" sokulwa kanzima futhi khanda izitha zabo (IQur'an 47: 4) (ISpencer 103-104). UJoseph Smith wezwakala ethi eFar-West, eMissouri ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile sokuthi abaNgcwele bavuke bathathe umbuso, ngenkemba yoMoya, futhi uma kungenjalo, ngenkemba yamandla, nokuthi isonto lamaMormon lowo mbuso owakhulunywa nguDaniel okufanele anqobe yonke eminye imibuso. UJoseph Smith uxwayise ngokuthi abantu mabamshiye yedwa, noma angawenza umnyakazo owodwa wegazi ukusuka ezintabeni zeRocky uye esifundazweni saseMaine (Ukuzingela 217). Kubikwa ukuthi eJackson County, eMissouri, amaMormon azotshela izakhamizi zaseMissouri nsuku zonke ukuthi kufanele zinqunywe, nomhlaba wazo unikezwe amaMormon njengefa, nokuthi lokhu kuzofezwa yingelosi ebhubhisayo, noma ngo amaMormon ngqo ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaNkulunkulu (Ukuzingela 129). Kwakuyisimo lesi sokuzikhukhumeza okwaholela ekuthini uMormoni - ukuxabana kwabeZizwe. Kunobufakazi obubhalwe phansi obubufakazi obukhombisa ngokusobala iqiniso lokuthi amaMormon ngaphansi kobuholi bukaJoseph Smith ayenecala lokuvukela umbuso, ukubulala, ukushisa ngomlilo, ukuphanga, ukugqekeza kanye nokubopha (Ukuzingela ngo-193-304).
UJesu akazange abe ngumholi wezempi wabantu baKhe. Weza njengeWundlu likaNkulunkulu elaprofethwayo ukuzonikela ngempilo yakhe ngenxa yothando lwakhe ngomhlaba. UJesu uthanda wonke umuntu. UJesu uthanda labo abamaziyo futhi abamlandelayo, kanye nalabo abalandela abanye abaprofethi nabafundisi. Uma ungumlandeli kaJoseph Smith noma uMuhammad, ungacabanga ukuthi uhluke kanjani uJesu kula madoda amabili? Ngabe ungaba nesibindi sokubheka ubufakazi obungokomlando bezimpilo zikaJoseph Smith noMuhammad? Ungacabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi indlela eya kuNkulunkulu abasungule ingahle ingabi yindlela eyiyo? UJesu wathi ngaye - “Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila. Akekho oza kuBaba ngaphandle kwami. ” (Johane 14: 6)
Njengomuntu obehlonipha iminyaka eminingi uJoseph Smith njengomprofethi kaNkulunkulu weqiniso, kuphela ngenxa yalokho abaholi beSonto LikaMormon abafundisayo ngaye, ngizokuphonsela inselelo ukuthi ungabukeki ebhokisini. Sebenzisa ubuhlakani bakho nesizathu sokuthola iqiniso ngoJoseph Smith no-Muhammad. Ngeshwa, inhlangano yamaMormon iyaqhubeka nokushicilela inkulumo-ze mayelana nomholi wabo osungula; nokho, ubufakazi obungokomlando bufakazela ngokusobala ukuthi wayeyisigebengu. Ngemuva kokubheka ubufakazi ngamadoda la, zinqumele ngokwakho ukuthi yini okufanele uyikholelwe.
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