OLwesine, October 2
Wena ugcine [iwayini] elimnandi kwaze kwaba khathesi.—Joh. 2:10.
Isimangaliso sikaJesu sokutshintsha amanzi esiba liwayini sisifundisani? Sisifundisa ukuthi kumele sithobeke. Phela uJesu kazange azitshaye isifuba ngemva kokwenza isimangaliso lesi. Vele wayengakaze azitshaye isifuba ngaloba yini ayenzayo. Kodwa wayehlala esipha uYise udumo olumfaneleyo ngoba wayethobekile. (Joh. 5:19, 30; 8:28) Nxa lathi sithobekile njengoJesu kasisoze sizitshaye isifuba ngalokho esiyabe senelise ukukwenza. Akumelanga sizikhukhumeze kodwa kumele sizigqaje ngoNkulunkulu wethu omuhle esilesibusiso sokumkhonza. (Jer. 9:23, 24) Nguye yedwa okumele simnike udumo. Kambe kukhona yini ebesingaphumelela ukukwenza nxa uJehova engasincedisi? (1 Khor. 1:26-31) Nxa sithobekile asisoze sifune ukuthi abantu basibabaze ngenxa yezinto ezinhle esiyabe sizenzele abanye. Kodwa sizasuthiseka ngokwazi ukuthi uJehova uyakubona futhi uyakuqakathekisa konke esikwenzayo. (Khangela uMathewu 6:2-4; Heb. 13:16) Sizamthokozisa kakhulu uJehova nxa sisiba ngabantu abathobekileyo njengoJesu.—1 Phet. 5:6. w23.04 4 ¶9; 5 ¶11-12
OLwesihlanu, October 3
Lingaqakathekisi lokho okufunwa yini kuphela kodwa liqakathekise lalokho okufunwa ngabanye.—Flp. 2:4.
Umphostoli uPhawuli wakhuthaza amaKhristu ukuthi aqakathekise okufunwa ngabanye. Singakusebenzisa njani lokhu emihlanganweni yebandla? Kumele sikhumbule ukuthi abafowethu labodadewethu labo bayafuna ukuphendula njengathi. Ake sikubeke ngale indlela: Nxa ulabangane bakho nguwe yini ohlala ukhuluma kumbe labo uyabanika ithuba lokuthi bake batsho abakucabangayo? Kuyafanana lasemihlanganweni yebandla, asifuni kube yithi kuphela esitshonela ukuphendula. Eyinye indlela engcono kakhulu yokukhuthaza abafowethu labodadewethu yikubanika ithuba lokuthi labo baphendule, sizwe bezikhulumela ngokholo lwabo. (1 Khor. 10:24) Yikho asigcineni izimpendulo zethu zizimfitshane ukuze sinike abanye ithuba lokuphendula. Zama ukuthi ungakhulumi ngemicijo eminenginengi lanxa impendulo yakho imfitshane. Nxa ungahle uthathe konke okusendimeni abanye bazaswela okokutsho. w23.04 22-23 ¶11-13
UMgqibelo, October 4
Ngenza zonke izinto ngenxa yezindaba ezinhle ukuze ngizitshumayele kwabanye.—1 Khor. 9:23.
Kumele sihlale sikhumbula ukuthi kuqakatheke kakhulu ukuthi siqhubeke sincedisa abanye, ikakhulu ngokwenza umsebenzi wokutshumayela. Nxa sitshumayeza abantu kumele sivumelane lezimo. Sihlangana labantu abakholwa izinto ezitshiyeneyo, abacabanga ngendlela etshiyeneyo futhi abavela ezindaweni ezehlukeneyo. Umphostoli uPhawuli wayevumelana lezimo njalo singafunda okunengi kuye. UJesu wanika uPhawuli umsebenzi wokuthi abe ‘ngumphostoli kwabezinye izizwe.’ (Rom. 11:13) UPhawuli wayetshumayeza amaJuda, amaGrikhi, izifundiswa, abalimi ababengabayanga, abahlonitshwa kanye lamakhosi. UPhawuli waba “yizinto zonke kuyo yonke imihlobo yabantu” ukuze athinte inhliziyo zabantu bonke laba ababetshiyene. (1 Khor. 9:19-22) Wayecabangisisa ngamasiko abantu ayebatshumayeza, lalapho ababevela khona kanye lalokho ababekukholwa, abesetshintsha intshumayelo yakhe ukuze ihambelane labo. Lathi singathuthukisa indlela esitshumayela ngayo ngokuhlala sicabangisisa ngabantu esibatshumayezayo besesitshintsha intshumayelo yethu ukuze sikhulume ngalokho okuzabanceda. w23.07 23 ¶11-12