UKUNCEDA ABANYE UKUTHI BANQOBE UBUNZIMA

Okwenza uJohane wabhalela uGayiyu incwadi kayisikho ukuthi wayefuna ukumbonga kuphela. Kodwa wayefuna lokumnceda ukuthi alwisane lobunzima obabukhona ebandleni. Ngokwesibonelo kwakulendoda okuthiwa nguDiyothrefe ebandleni eyayingafuni ukwamukela abazalwane abahambelayo futhi ivimbela labanye ababefuna ukwamukela labobazalwane.​—3 Joh. 9, 10.

Kumele ukuthi abazalwane abathembekileyo babekuthola kunzima ukuyahlala koDiyothrefe lanxa wayengabe efuna ukuthi bafikele emzini wakhe. Indoda le yayithanda isikhundla, iseyisa yonke into eyayivela kuJohane njalo ibanyeya kubi abaphostoli labanye abazalwane. Lanxa uJohane engatshongo ukuthi uDiyothrefe wayefundisa amanga, kusegcekeni ukuthi wayengafuni ukulalela abaphostoli. Ukuthanda kwakhe izikhundla lendlela ayesenza ngayo kwenza ukuthi angathenjwa. Indaba kaDiyothrefe itshengisa ingozi ebakhona nxa ebandleni kulabantu abathanda izikhundla futhi abangokhanda limtshela okwakhe. Yikho uJohane watshela uGayiyu amazwi asebenza lakithi lamuhla, wathi: ‘Lingalingiseli okubi.”​—3 Joh. 11.

Okwesibili, akumelanga simangale nxa kwezinye izikhathi sibona abanye ebandleni behlamukela abazalwane abakhokhelayo. Lasendulo kwake kwenzakala lokhu, bakhona abazalwane ababeseyisa umphostoli uJohane kanye lomphostoli uPhawuli. (2 Khor. 10:7-12; 12:11-13) Manje kumele senzeni nxa kungaba lezimo ezinjalo ebandleni? UPhawuli watshela uThimothi wathi: “Inceku yeNkosi kumele ixwaye ingxabano; kodwa kumele ibe lomusa ebantwini bonke, yanelise ukufundisa, ingabi lenzondo. Abaphikisayo kumele ibaluleke kuhle.” Ngakho kufanele sibe lomusa kwabanye nxa besiphathe kubi. Lokhu kungenza abanye bacine bentshintsha futhi loJehova ‘angabaguqula izinhliziyo baholelwe ekwazini iqiniso.’​—2 Tim. 2:24, 25.