Kutheni kubalulekile ukuyiqonda iBhayibhile?
Ukuyiqonda kubalulekile le nto kuba iBhayibhile iliLizwi likaThixo.Xa siyivula, sifunda umyalezo kaThixo kuthi. Yintoni ebaluleke ngaphezu kokuqonda ukuba uthini uMdali wendalo iphela?
Sizama ukuqonda iBhayibhile ngesizathu esifanayo nendoda ezama ukuqonda ileta yothando ebhalwe sisithandwa sakhe. UThixo uyasithanda kwaye unqwenela ukubuyisela ubudlelwane bethu kunye naye (Mateyu 23:37). UThixo uxela uthando lwakhe kuthi eBhayibhileni (Yohane 3:16; 1 Yohane 3: 1; 4: 10).
Sizama ukuqonda iBhayibhile ngesizathu esifanayo nesojoni ukuzama ukuqonda ukuthunyelwa kumphathi-mkhosi wakhe. Ukuthobela imiyalelo kaThixo kumzukisa kwaye kusikhokele kwindlela yobomi (iNdumiso 119). Ezi zikhokelo zifumaneka eBhayibhileni (Yohane 14:15).
Sizama ukuqonda iBhayibhile ngesizathu esifanayo nomatshini ozama ukuqonda incwadi yokulungisa. Izinto azilunganga kweli hlabathi kwaye ibhayibhile ayichongi kuphela ingxaki (isono) kodwa ikwalatha kwisisombululo (ukholo kuKristu). "Kuba umvuzo wesono kukufa, kodwa isipho sikaThixo bubomi obungunaphakade kuKristu Yesu iNkosi yethu" (KwabaseRoma 6:23).
Sizama ukuqonda iBhayibhile ngesizathu esifanayo nesomqhubi ukuzama ukuqonda iimpawu zendlela. Ibhayibhile isinika isikhokelo ebomini ngokusibonisa indlela yosindiso nobulumko (Ndumiso 119: 11, 105).
Sizama ukuqonda ibhayibhile ngesizathu esinye nomntu osendleleni yesaqhwithi ezama ukuqonda uqikelelo lwemozulu. Ibhayibhile iqikelela ukuba amaxesha okugqibela ayakuba njani, inika isilumkiso esicacileyo malunga nomgwebo ozayo (Mateyu 24-25) kunye nendlela yokuwuthintela (kwabaseRoma 8: 1).
Sizama ukuqonda ibhayibhile ngesizathu esifanayo nesomfundi onomdla ozama ukuqonda iincwadi zombhali wakhe amthandayo. Ibhayibhile ityhila ubuntu nozuko lukaThixo kuthi njengoko kubonakalisiwe kuNyana wakhe, uYesu Krestu (Yohane 1: 1-18). Okukhona sifunda size siyiqonde iBhayibhile, kokukhona siya simazi uMbhali wayo.
Xa uFilipu wayesiya eGaza, uMoya oyiNgcwele wamkhokelela kwindoda eyayifunda inxenye yencwadi ka-Isaya. UFilipu waya kule ndoda, wabona le nto ayifundayo, wayibuza lo mbuzo ubalulekileyo: Uyayiqonda le nto uyifundayo? (IZenzo 8:30). UFilipu wayesazi ukuba ukuqonda yayikukuqala kokholo. Ukuba asiyiqondi iBhayibhile, asikwazi ukuyisebenzisa, asikwazi ukuthobela okanye ukukholelwa oko ikutshoyo.