ISIFUNDO 80
UJesu Ukhetha Abaphostoli Abangu-12
UJesu wathi esetshumayele okwesikhathi esedlula umnyaka, kwasokumele akhethe ukuthi ngobani ayezasebenza labo. Abantu ayezabakhetha yibo ababezakhokhela ibandla lobuKhristu. UJesu wayedinga ukuncediswa nguJehova ukuze akhethe abantu labo. Yikho wahamba entabeni wafika wakhuleka ubusuku bonke. Ekuseni wabiza abanye abafundi bakhe wasekhetha abaphostoli abangu-12. Yibaphi obakhumbulayo? Amabizo abo kwakunguPhetro, u-Andreya, uJakhobe, uJohane, uFiliphu, uBhatholomewu, uTomasi, uMathewu, uJakhobe indodana ka-Alifewu, uThadewu, uSimoni loJudasi Iskariyothi.
U-Andreya, uPhetro, uFiliphu, uJakhobe
Abaphostoli laba babezahamba loJesu. Wabafundisa ukutshumayela wasebathuma ukuthi bayetshumayela bodwa. UJehova wabanika amandla okukhipha amadimoni lawokusilisa abagulayo.
UJohane, uMathewu, uBhatholomewu, uTomasi
UJesu wayebathemba abaphostoli bakhe waze wathi bangabangane bakhe. AbaFarisi babecabanga ukuthi abaphostoli kabafundanga futhi ngabantukazana. UJesu wabafundisa indlela yokutshumayela. Babezakuba loJesu ngezikhathi eziqakathekileyo empilweni yakhe. Abaphostoli bakhe abanengi babevela eGalile njengaye. Abanye babetshadile.
UJakhobe indodana ka-Alifewu, uJudasi Isikariyothi, uThadewu, uSimoni
Abaphostoli babewenza amaphutha ngoba babelesono. Kwezinye izikhathi babekhuluma bengacabanganga futhi babesenza izinqumo ezimbi. Ngezinye izikhathi babesehluleka ukubekezela njalo babephikisana ngokuthi ngubani oqakathekileyo. Lanxa babesenza njalo, babemthanda uJehova. Yibo ababezakhokhela ibandla uJesu esebuyelile ezulwini.
“Kodwa ngilibiza ngokuthi lingabangane bami ngoba sengilitshele zonke izinto engizizwe ngoBaba.”—UJohane 15:15