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Isingeniso: UnguNkulunkulu ubuzokwennzani uma abantu sebeku hlamukele? Amaviki amabili edlulileyo sifundile ukuba kwenzakala njani ukthi uEva lo Adamu bona basiwisela emumweni omubi.Kule iviki siyaphambili sibone icebo lika Nkulunkulu ngokuwa siza uluntu kulobu bubi. Kwkuyikukhetha okunzima kangakanani kuNkulunkulu lokhu? Kungani uNkulunkulu wakhuluma phambilini lokho ayelakho emcabangweni? Kungani engatshiyanga lokhu kuvulekile ukubayini engenzakala? Kusifundisani lokhu ngesimilo sikaNkulunkulu? Kasingeneni esifundweni sethu sifunde okunye!
I. Isithembiso
A. Siqala ukulandela lindaba uAdamu loEva besanda ukona. Kasifundeni uGenesise 3:8. Kungani uDamu loEva bacatsha? (Kutshingesa ukuzisola. Basebezwisisa okubi.)
B. Funda uGenesise 3:9-10. Yimpendulo yeqiniso na leyi? (Hatshi. Okokuqala uGenesise 3:7 usitshela ukuthi babanganqunu ngokweqiniso. Okwesibili bacatsha ngenxa yokuzisola.)
C. Funda uGenesis 3:11-12. Ukuvunywa kwesono lokhu ukubona njani? (UAdamu usola uNkulunkulu lo Eva ngesono sakhe!)
D. Funda uGenesis 3:13. Ukubona njani ukuma isono kuka Eva? (Kungcono kulokuka Adamu. Laye usola enye inyamazana (inyoka) ngamanye amazwi usola uNkulunkulu kodwa hatshi manqamu. Kodwa uyatsho ukuba waqilibezelwa uyavuma ukuthi wonile. )
E. Zibeke ezinyaweni zika Nkulunkulu okomzuzu. Ekuqaleni uEva wabona engathi usathane uqinisile-ukuthi uNkulunkulu kabatshelanga iqiniso lokuthi akathembakalanga. Sikhangela konke osokuthethe indawo, kumele enzeni uNkulunkulu endabeni le esesixoxe ngayo? (NginuNkulunkulu bengiza zonda. Indalo yami yakholwa ukuba nginamanga. Lapho ngibalanda baya phambili bekhuluma amanga (ikakhulu uAdamu) bephinde besole Mina kulesi sono sabo!)
1. Ubungezwa kumele ubafele ukufa okunzima? Unikele indodana yakho nenxa yabo? Kumbe ungabaphephukisa masinyane njenge ntuthu-kungakhanya engathi kuyikho okumele kwenzakale? Ubuvele ubaxwayisile ekuqaleni.
F. Funda uGenesis 3:14-15. Uthembisani “ngenzalo” yowesifazana uNkulunkulu? (Lesiyisithembiso sokukaba ngumuntu kuka Nkulunkulu: UJesu esiza evela ezulwini ukuze azalwe engumuntu kowesifazana (UMariya). UJesu wayezamqoba usathane (“acobodise ikhanda lakhe” usathane laye waye zazwisa ubuhlungu uJesu “alume isithende sakhe”).
II. Ukuzwa ubuhlungu bukaNkulunkulu
A. Funda uGenesise 22:1-2. Zibeke ezinyaweni zika Abrahama. UNkulunkulu usanda unkukutshela ukuthi bulala utshise indodana yakho. Sizatho bani ongaba laso ukungalaleli lokhu akutshoyo uNkulunkulu?
1. Nanzelela ukuba uNkulunkulu umcasisa njani uIsaka kula amavesi. Kumele kumenze alalele uuAbrahama? (UNkulunkulu uyagcizelela ukuba lo useyindodana kaAbrahama “eyiyeyodwa” “ayithandayo.” Khuluma ngokwenz izinto zibe nzima!)
a. Funda kuLevitikusi 20:1-2 lo Jeremaya 32:35. Ukunikelwa kwabantwana kuyisenzo esinjani kuNkulunkulu?
2. Kungani uAbrahama enikwa umyalo wokuthi enze okuphambeni lalokhu okuyisimilo sika Nkulunkulu? Into athi kayisoze “ingene ekhanda Lakhe?”
a. Funda uGenesise 21:12. Unkulunkulu wayethe ikusasa kaIsaka izakubanjani?
b. UnguAbrahama kwakuzaletha mkhumbulo bani kuwe lokhu? (Ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayese xotshele indodana yami yakuqala (UIshimayeli) esesemcane. Ngangingakufuni lokhu. Ngangingakukhangelelanga. Kwadabula inhliziyo yami. Ukuxotsha uIshumayeli kwakukhanya kuphambeni lesithembiso asenzayo kuGenesise 17:20. Kephuli na isithembiso sakhe kimi njalo? Engithathela indodana yami esele iyiyo yodwa esesemcane kakhulu? )
3. UAbrahama ulemnyaka engu 120,ulengcebo enkulu njalo uyahlonipheka. Indodana yakhe yiyo esizaphatha ikusasa. Yonke into yayi hamba njengokuhleliweyo. Engabe esitsho lokhu ngokweqiniso khathesi?
B. Funda uGenesise 22:3-5. Ubona engathi uAbrahama wamtshela uSara engakahambi?
1. Wayezakuthini esephenduka esebulele indodana yakhe eyiyoyodwa.
2. Ukwenzelani uAbrahama lokhu masinyane?
3. Ungakuthanda njani ukuhamba uhambo lwamalanga amathathu ucabanga ngokunikela umntanakho, indodana yakho ethandekayo?
4. Kungani uAbrahama etshela inceku zakhe ukuthi “sizophenduka kini?”
C. Funda uGenesise 22:6-8. Ubona engazathi uAbrahama uyakukholwa akutshela uIsaka? Kumbe, ulamanga ukwenzela ukumduduza umntanakhe? (Fund uGenesise 18:14. Ngibona engathi ukuphikisana okukhulu kwenzakala enqodweni zika Abrahama. Ngibon ukuthi uAbrahama wacina esezinikele ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyazi akwenzayo akukho okwakukubi kakhulu loNkulunkulu.)
D. Funda uGenesis 22:9-10. Kwesinye isigaba kwakumele uAbrahama atshele uIsaka ngakulayelwe nguNkulunkulu. Sibona engathi uIsaka wenza njani? (Wavumelana lakho lokhu. Ngaye wabaleka wamtshiya uyise. Wethembe ukuba uyise uyalazi izwi likaNkulunkulu njalo wayelokholo lukayise.)
1. Waye sezinikele na uAbrahama ukwenza okubi kakhulu okwakuphikisana lumacebo ayewazwisisa akaNkulunkulu.(Yebo.Kakukholeki lula!)
2. Kwakukhona nxa okuncane okulenqondo kulokhu? Kwakuyiku themba uNkulunkulu kuphela nje? (Fund AbaHeberu 11:17-19. uAbrahama wayesesebenzile ekuhlanganiseni izithembiso zika Nkulunkulu lalokhu ayemele akwenze. )
E. Funda uGenesis 22:11-12. UAbrahama wedlula ekuhlolweni kokukholwa kwakhe okunzima. Lapho uAdamu lo Eva abehluleka khona, uAbrahama wathembakala (lokuhlolwa okunzima kakhulu). Kungani Unkulunkulu wanika uAbrahama ukuhlolwa okunzima kangaka? Kungani uNkulunkulu waloba lokhukuhlolwa ezwini lakhe? Lokhu yikuhlolwa okunganika abanye abantu imicabango engayisiyo. (Ngikholwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi uNkulunkulu wayefisa ukuba abantu bazwisise ayezimisele ukukwenza ekuthumeleni iNdodana yakhe. Waye fisa sizwisise ukungazwisiseki kwesithembiso sakhe ekuthumeleni indodana yakhe ngenxa yethu .)
F. Funda uGenesis 22:13-14. Khumbula ngibuza ukuthi uAbrahama wayekhuluma iqiniso kuIsaka kuGenesise 22:8 esithi “UNkulunkulu uzazilungisela umhlatshelo?” Wazilungiselana? (Yebo!)
1. Inqama ifana njani loJesu? (Jengalokhu linqama yathatha indawo kaIsaka, yaphulukisa impilo yakhe, ngedlela efanayo uJesu uthatha indawo yabantwabethu, abazali bethu lathi asivikela ekufeni okunaphakade.)
G. Kasilakho okulotsheweyo okuveza ukuvumelana kuka Nkulunkulu uBaba loNkulunkulu iNdodana (uJesu) ngecebo lokuza kuka Jesu ukuzofela izono zethu. Ubona engazathi okwenzakala phakathi kuka Abrahama loIsaka kusivezela okungakanani ngalesi senzakalo?
1. Indaba kaAbrahama isitshelani ngoBaba wethu osezulwini owyengala ongamela lapho INdodana, UJesu, wafa endaweni yethu.
2. Funda UIsaya 52:14-15. Lesiyiporofethi esikhomba ebuhlungwini uJesu abuzwayo. Ungacabanga ukuthi uAbrahama kwakumele abukele umntanakhe ehlunkunyezwa engakabulawa? Ubona engazathi wayezakwenelisa ukumelana lakho lokhu kuhlolwa?
III. Hamba emanyathelweni kaNkulunkulu
A. Isitshela lindaba kaAbrahama lo Isaka ngokuqakatheka kwemisebenzi ekusindisweni kwethu ngokukholwa? Yini eyayingenzakala ngabe uAbrahama wayala ukwenza lokhu? Ngabe wehluleka lokhu kuhlolwa? (Qathanisa uJakobe 2:20-22 labaseRoma 4:1-3.)
B. Funda uEksodasi 32:31-32. Lokhu yikuxoxisana phakathi kuka Mosi lo Nkulunkulu ngemva kokwakhiwa kwethole legolide baqala ukusikhonza. UMosi utshengisa simo bani? (Utshingisa ukwenza lesimilo kuka Jesu. Unikelela impilo yakhe ngenxa yabanye.)
C. Funda uEksodusi 32:33-34 Kungenzakala ukuthi omunye umuntu ancengele omunye? (Kangeke. Ngitsho lendoda efana loMosi. UJesu ungumuntu ngokupheleleyo njalo unguNkulunkulu ngokupheleleyo. Nguye yedwa owayengafela izono zethu. )
1. Sihamba njani emanyathelweni kaJesu loMosi uma singenelisi ukucengela izono zabanye? (Singabatshengisa uthando oluzinikelayo. Ukukholwa kwethu kulokhu uNkulunkulu asenzele khona kuvezwa ngothando olokuzinikela kwethu kwabanye.)
D. Mngane, usidiso lwethu lwahlela umhlaba ungakabi khona. UNkulunkulu waveza icebo lakhe masinyane ngemva kokona komuntu. UNkulunkulu wayenza yaba sobala imizwa yecebo lakhe endabeni kaAbrahama loIsaka. Ungaba lokuthandabuza ukuba uJesu nguMesaya? Ungaba lokuthandabuza ngothando lukaNkulunkulu olumangalisayo kuwe na? Ukuba ukuthanda njani? Kungani unganikeli impilo yakho kuye namhlanje?
IV. Iviki ezayo: Ukucengelwa kumelwe yizinto ezithile: Okokuqala.