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6. Isanti kunye neenkwenkwezi

 6. Isanti kunye neenkwenkwezi ukuba ndiya kukusikelela ndikusikelele; ndiya kuyandisa ndiyandise imbewu yakho njengeenkwenkwezi zezulu, nanjengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle; imbewu yakho ilidle ilifa isango leentshaba zayo; כִּי־בָרֵּךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכֹבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַשְׂרִים ָּם וְיִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָיו׃ Intsikelelo ithetha intsikelelo evela ezulwini. Ekubeni imbewu ifanekisela uKristu, intsikelelo evela ezulwini ithetha ukuba lowo ungcwele unokubuyela ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Oonyana baka-Abraham nguIshmayeli noIsake. Imbewu eneentsikelelo zasezulwini athetha ngayo uThixo apha ibhekisela kuIsake. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, lowo uneentsikelelo zomhlaba uya kuba nguIshmayeli. Ngamanye amazwi, bonke abantu behlabathi baya kuphumelela ngenxa yeentsikelelo zomhlaba, kwaye zonke izizwe zehlabathi ziya kufumana iintsikelelo zezulu ngoIsake (uYesu Kristu). Kumbhalo wesiHebhere santlandlolo, kuthiwa uThixo usikelela iintsikelelo, hayi i...

Ngaba siyamazi uThixo?

  Ngaba siyamazi uThixo?   Kwincwadi ye-Eksodus, sibona ibali lamaSirayeli asaba eYiputa phantsi kokhokelo lukaMoses. Xa abantu babona izibetho ezilishumi kwiYiputa, baqonda ukuba uThixo uyabakhusela yaye uyabakhokela, yaye babekholose ngoThixo. Yaye xa abona ukwahlulwa koLwandle Olubomvu, amele ukuba othuswa ngokwenene aza achukunyiswa ngamandla kaThixo. UMoses wakhokelela amaSirayeli kwiNtaba yeSinayi ukuze afumane amacwecwe amatye eMithetho Elishumi kuThixo. Noko ke, xa iintsuku ezingamashumi amane zadlula ngaphandle kweendaba, baqalisa ukuxhalaba.   Akukho namnye kumaSirayeli owakha wambona uThixo, kwaye bakholwa kuphela kuThixo ngoMoses kwaye babengamazi nokumazi uThixo ababekholelwa kuye. AmaSirayeli akazange adale aze anqule izithixo ngaphandle koThixo, kodwa anqula ithole legolide, ecinga ukuba nguThixo. Oku kwakungenxa yokuba babefuna uThixo obonakala enesimo kunoThixo ongabonakaliyo.   Kwiicawa ezininzi namhlanje, abefundisi bathetha ngemfuneko ...

5. Umkhombe kaNowa

 5. Umkhombe kaNowa IGenesis 6:14 Zenzele umkhombe ngomthi wegofere; wenze amagumbi emkhombeni, uwuqabe ngetela ngaphakathi nangaphandle.’ Umkhukula ufuzisela umgwebo kaThixo. Lufuzisela ukufa ngenxa yesono. Kweyoku-1 kaPetros 3:21 , “Lowo ufana nqwa nobhaptizo olusisindisayo ngoku, ( ingekuko ukulahla ukungcola kwenyama, kodwa kukuphendula kwesazela esilungileyo ngakuThixo), ngovuko lukaYesu Kristu. Ubhaptizo luthetha ukufa emnqamlezweni kunye noYesu. KwabaseRoma 6:3, “Anazi na ukuba thina sonke, sabhaptizelwayo kuKristu Yesu, sabhaptizelwa ekufeni kwakhe? Kuthetha ukuba bonke abantu abasehlabathini ngabo barhaxwayo. UThixo waxelela uNowa ukuba akhe umkhombe ngomthi wegofere. Ke ngoko, igama lesiHebhere elithi gopher (גֹ֔פֶר) liba ngumkhombe. wenze amagumbi emkhombeni, uwuqabe ngetela ngaphakathi nangaphandle. 』Itela yenziwe ngokuxuba ibhitumene yomthi wegofere. 『Inowuti yomthi wegopher』 ifuzisela igazi likaYesu Krestu. KwiGenesis 19:24, “uYehova wanisa isulfure nomlilo ezulwini, ...