ULwesihlanu lweViki yesiMashumi amabini anesixhenxe kwiXesha Eliqhelekileyo — Izwi Losuku

Ukungenisa

Egameni likaYise, nelikaNdodana, nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele. Amen. Makube nokuphola noxolo lukaKristu kuloo ntliziyo nganye yenu namhlanje.

Uxolo

Nkosi, yiba nenceba kutha. Kristu, yiba nenceba kutha. Nkosi, yiba nenceba kutha.

♪ “Nkosi Sihawukele (Organ & Cello)” — A song for Ben

Lizwi

Isifundo sokuQala · Galati 3:7-14

Bazalwane, qaphelani ukuba ngabo banokholo abangabantwana bakaAbraham. Isibhalo, esabona kwangaphambili ukuba uThixo angabalungisa iintlanga ngokholo, sashumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kuAbraham, sisithi: 'Ngawakho zonke iintlanga ziya kusikelelwa.' Ngako oko, abo banokholo basikelelwa kunye noAbraham owaba nokholo. Kuba bonke abaxhomekeke emisebenzini yomthetho bangaphantsi kwesiqalekiso; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: 'Cikidekile bonke abanganyamezeliyo ekwenzeni zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo encwadini yomthetho.' Nokuba akukho namnye olungiswe phambi kukaThixo ngumthetho, kuyacaca; kuba lowo ulilungisa ngokholo uyakuphila. Kodwa umthetho awuxhomekekanga ngokholo; kunoko, lowo uzenzayo ezo zinto uyakuphila ngazo. UKristu usikhulule kwisiqalekiso somthetho ngokuba ngesiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: 'Cikidekile bonke abaxhonywe emthini,' ukuze isuke isikelelo sikaAbraham size kwiintlanga ngoKristu Yesu, ukuze samkele isithembiso soMoya ngokholo.

INdumiso yoKuphendula · INdumiso 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6

R. INkosi iyakukhumbula uncedo lwayo ngonaphakade. Ndiyabulela kuYehova ngentliziyo yam yonke, ebandleni nasentlanganisweni yamalungisa. Masebenzi mankulu kaYehova, aziswe ngabo bonke abakholisayo kuwo. R. INkosi iyakukhumbula uncedo lwayo ngonaphakade. Isidima nobukhosi ngumsebenzi wakhe, ubulungisa bakhe buhleli ngonaphakade. Uenze isikhumbuzo semiqondiso yakhe emangalisayo; unobubele nenceba uYehova. R. INkosi iyakukhumbula uncedo lwayo ngonaphakade. Unike ukudla kwabo bamoyikayo; uyakhumbula ngonaphakade umnqophiso wakhe. Ubuyityhile kubantu bakhe amandla emisebenzi yakhe, ebanika ilifa leentlanga. R. INkosi iyakukhumbula uncedo lwayo ngonaphakade.

IVangeli · Luka 11:15-26

Ngelixa uYesu wakhuphayo idemon, abanye abantu esixukwini bathi: 'Ngamandla kaBhelezebuli, umphathi weedemon, ukhupha ngayo iidemon.' Abanye, ukumlinga, bafuna kuye umqondiso ovela phezulu. Ke yena esazi iingcamango zabo wathi kubo: 'Yonke uBukumkani eyahlulene yodwa iyatshabalala, indlu iwa phezu kwendlu. Ukuba uSathana wahlulene yedwa, wobume njani uBukumkani bakhe? Kuba nithi ndikhipha iidemon ngoBhelezebuli. Kodwa ukuba ndikhipha iidemon ngoBhelezebuli, abantwana benu bazikhipha ngobani na? Ngenxa yalo nto baya kuba ngabagwebi benu. Ke ukuba ndikhipha iidemon ngomunwe kaThixo, ngoko uBukumkani bukaThixo bufikile kuni. Xa umntu omeleleyo exhobileyo egada indlu yakhe, izinto zakhe zikhuselekile. Kodwa xa kufika ongaphezulu kunaye, amoyise, amhlwithe izixhobo zakhe ebekholose ngazo, aze ahlulele impahla yakhe. Oyingenaso nam nam, uchasene nam; kwaye ocingiweyo nam, uyachitha. Xa umoya ongcolileyo uphumile kumntu, uzulazula ezindaweni ezingenamanzi, ufuna ukuphumula; kungafuneki nto, uthi: 'Ndiya kubuyela endlwini yam endiphume kuyo.' Uthi akufika ayifumane itshiziwe, ilungisiwe. Ake ahambe aze athathe abanye omoya abasixhenxe ababi kunaye, bangene bahlale apho; abe ke umntu loyo okokugqibela embi kunasekuqaleni.'

INkosi iyakukhumbula uncedo lwayo ngonaphakade.

Isifundo

Cinga ngendlela ibali eliqala ngayo apha phantsi kwelanga. KwiNcwadi kaGalati, uPawulos ubhala ngamazwi abukhali kakhulu, engena ngqo kwintliziyo yendaba: 'O Galati abaziziyatha! Ngubani unikwe ubungqina obucacileyo bukaYesu Kristu obetshwe emnqamlezweni?' Uthi abantu bazama ukufumana ubulungisa ngemisebenzi yomthetho, ngokusenza izinto ngezandla zabo, ngokuqokelela amanyathelo okuzama ukuzenza basinde emehlweni kaThixo. Kodwa uPawulos usikhumbuza into ehlukeneyo kakhulu. Uthi: 'Kuba bonke abaxhomekeke emisebenzini yomthetho bangaphantsi kwesiqalekiso… Lowo ulilungisa ngokholo uyakuphila.' Apha kukho umfanekiso wokuma phambi kweengcango ezivaliweyo. Ucinga ukuba kufuneka ufake isitshixo esifanelekileyo, ukuba kufuneka wenze konke ngendlela egqibeleleyo ukuze ukhusele abantwana bakho, ukuze ukhusele ikhaya lakho kwiingozi zehlabathi.

Kodwa uYesu kwiVangeli ka-Luka ubonisa enye inyaniso enkulu, esoyikisayo ngamanye amaxesha, kodwa ekugqibeleni ikhanyisa bonke ubumnyama. Abantu bathetha ngaye bathi ukhupha iidemon ngamandla kaBhelezebuli. Bafuna umqondiso ovela phezulu. UYesu uyabazi abacinga ngako, ube esithi: 'Xa umntu owomeleleyo exhobileyo egada indlu yakhe, izinto zakhe zikhuselekile. Kodwa xa kufika ongaphezulu kunaye, amoyise, amhlwithe izixhobo zakhe ebekholose ngazo, aze ahlulele impahla yakhe.' Lo ngumfanekiso womqhusheko omkhulu wamandla amabini. Kukho amandla obumnyama afuna ukubamba ikhaya lakho, afuna ukubamba ingqondo yakho ngokuzisola nangokoyika; kwaye kukho lowo omeleleyo kakhulu owaphula olo donga lweentlungu, oza kuzisa ukukhanya apho kwakukho isithokothoko.

Masimi apha ixesha elincinci… Masicinge ngoBenjamin Vo, ngaloo ntwana owayenentliziyo eqaqambileyo eyayiqonda izinto ezininzi zenzululwazi nezobuchwephesha. Wayeyazi indlela yokwakha ikhowudi, indlela yokucinga ngamaphupha amakhulu okubhabha, kwaye wayethanda ukuhleka xa encokola ngale ‘con chim airlines’ yakhe. UBenjamin wayengumntwana owayengafuni kubonwa ngabantu nje, kodwa owayenomdla wokwazi inyaniso yezinto. Khumbula indlela awayephila ngayo – engakhathali ngokuzibonakalisa, kodwa enika uthando lwakhe ngokupheleleyo. Ngekhe siwulibale umzuzu awayefuna ngayo yonke intliziyo yakhe ukunceda umalume wakhe uWilliam, ngaphandle kokuba aphule ibhokisi yakhe encinci yemali, kodwa ngokumnikela konke oko akunakho entliziyweni yakhe.

Kodwa Alan, Thao, nawe Ryan mfowethu omncane, ndiyazi ukuba kule nyanga yesithathu emva kokuba uBen ebuyele kuThixo, kukho iingcamango eziza kuwe ebusuku ezikubuza ukuba: 'Kutheni kukho intlungu enjengale? Kutheni le ntwana inobubele obungaka yahamba ngolu hlobo?' Ucinga ngaloo miba yokugula, mhlawumbi uzibek’ icala ngokwakho, uzibuza ukuba ngaba uphosile na inyathelo elithile, ngaba ukhona umntu owenza impazamo. Ndifuna ukuba ume apha, uphulaphule inyaniso kaThixo enovelwano olukhulu. KwiVangeli, uYesu akaze abeke icala kubazali bomntu owayegula. Ukugula akwanga kwenzeka ngenxa yezinto owazenzayo okanye ongazenzanga. UThixo akakubeki icala, kwaye noBen akakubeki icala kwaphela. Masikhuphe lo mthwalo wokuzisola emajukujukwini eentliziyo zenu namhlanje. Awuphosanga nto. Ubenze konke okusemandleni enu ngothando olungaphelekiyo. Ezinye izinto kulo mhlaba zenzeka ngaphandle kolawulo lwethu, ngaphandle kokuba nabani na enze impazamo. Niyinyaniso, nithandwa nguThixo ngokupheleleyo.

Kwaye nangu umkhanya oza kukhanyisa indlu yakho namhlanje. UYesu uthi: 'Ukuba ke ndikhupha iidemon ngomunwe kaThixo, uBukumkani bukaThixo bufikile kuni.' Lomunwe kaThixo ngumsebenzi wobubele bakhe obungagungqiyo. Awusodwa kuloo mthwalo. UBen akalahlekanga; usebukhoneni obukhulu boMthombo wothando. Kwiimbono zakho zasebusuku, kwiintsuku ezinzima xa ungazilindelanga, khumbula ukuba uthando alufa. UBen uyaqhubeka ekhanya, engumthombo woxolo njengalowo wamanzi eCà Mau oletha ubomi kwabanye.

Ryan, mfowethu omncane, uBen uyaqhubeka ehamba nawe. Ungalokothi uzive ungedwa. Xa udlala okanye ucinga ngezinto ezinkulu, yazi ukuba uBen ukuthembile, ukuthandile, kwaye usakuthanda kakhulu. Hamba ke namhlanje ukhululekile emthwalweni wokuzisola. Bamba isandla sikaYesu, uthembe ukuba uYisease usezintliziyweni zenu, kwaye uBen ulala ngokuthula ekhanyeni likaThixo, esikhangela sonke ngovuyo olungunaphakade. Amen.

Ukuzindla

♪ “Ubuhle Bendalo (Version A)” — A song for Ben

Izicelo

For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:

“Ben, ebuthongweni uHuy ukubonile uza kumvakashela, kukunika umthandazo wokuba niphinde nitholane. Kwangathi uNkulunkulu angawamukela umthandazo wakho, uBen ajabulele ukuthula okuphakade eceleni kukaNkulunkulu. Uma kungenzeka, sicela uphinde uze ungivakashele emaphuphweni alandelayo, noma kungaba nje ukubingelela noma ukumamatheka okumnandi njengakuqala.”