Faith and Deeds
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless
Faith is the connecting power into the spiritual realm, which links us with God and makes Him become a tangible reality to the sense perceptions of a person. Faith is the basic ingredient to begin a relationship with God.
Lo nguGrace
Amanye amaKristu acebisa ukuba ukuba nobabalo lukaThixo kuthetha ukuba sikhululekile ukuqhubeka esonweni kwaye asiyi kugwetywa ngenxa yoko. Kwaye ifumaneka kuphela kwiTestamente eNtsha, kodwa yintoni na
Ithini iTestamente eNtsha?” Ngaba wakha weva umntu esithi iTestamente eNdala yayiphantsi komthetho kodwa emva komnqamlezo, siphantsi kobabalo? Kulungile, ithetha ukuthini loo nto?
Yintoni ubabalo? Cinga ukuba ubabalo luthetha ntoni na kuwe. Ngoku makhe sihlolisise iZibhalo zeTestamente Entsha.”
Ukuphila ngoMoya
+ 17 Kuba inyama ikhanukela okuchasene noMoya, kodwa uMoya ukhanuka ngokuchasene nenyama. Ziyaphikisana, ukuze ningenzi ngokokuthanda kwenu. … 18 Ukuba ke nikhokelwa nguMoya, anikho phantsi komthetho. . . .
IZenzo 5:1-10 Ke indoda ethile, uHananiyas, inoSafira umkayo, yathengisa ngentsimi, yathi, ekwazi oko umkayo, yashicilela kuyo inxalenye yayo, yazisa kuphela isahlulo sesine. inxenye yawo wayibeka ezinyaweni zabapostile. Uthe ke uPetros, Hananiya, kungani na ukuba uSathana azalise intliziyo yakho, ukuba umxokise uMoya oyiNgcwele, uzibekelele kulo ixabiso lomhlaba? Oko ibihleli ingekathengiswa, ibingabiyeyakho na? Yaye emva kokuba ithengisiwe yayingabi sesandleni sakho na? Yini na ukuba uyicingele nto entliziyweni yakho? Akuxoke mntwini, uxoke kuThixo. Wathi akuweva la mazwi uHananiya, wawa phantsi, waphefumla okokugqibela. Kwabakho uloyiko olukhulu kubo bonke abayivayo loo nto. Basuka abafana, bamsongela, bamthwalela phandle, bamngcwaba. Emva kwesithuba esimalunga neeyure ezintathu, kwangena umfazi wakhe, engayazi into eyenzekileyo. Wathi ke uPetros kuyo, Ndixelele, umhlaba lo nawuthengisayo ngale mali. Kwaye wathi, "Ewe, kakhulu." Uthe ke uPetros kuye, Yini na ukuba nivumelane ngokumlinga uMoya weNkosi? Uyabona, iinyawo zabo bangcwabe indoda yakho zisemnyango; baya kukuthwalela phandle. Wawa phantsi kwangoko ezinyaweni zakhe, waphuma umphefumlo. Bangena ke abafana, bamfumana efile, bamthwalela phandle, bamngcwabela ecaleni lendoda yakhe.
Wow! UAnaniyas noSafira baxokisa ibandla ngemali yempahla yabo ethengisiweyo. Emva koko uPetros wathi babengaxoki mntwini kodwa kuMoya oyiNgcwele, baza ke babethwa bafa! Ngokwenene? Ubethe wafa?!? Ngaba olo lubabalo?
James 5:9 Musani ukukrokrelana omnye nomnye, bazalwana, ukuze ningagwetywa; nanko uMgwebi emi emnyango. “Musani ukukrokrelana omnye nomnye, okanye niya kugwetywa”? Ngaba oko kuvakala njengobabalo? Kufanele ukuba, kuba yile nto siphantsi kwayo…akunjalo?
KUMAGALATI 1:9 Njengokuba besesitshilo, ndiyaphinda, ndithi nangoku, Ukuba ubani unishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ezinxamnye nezo nazamkelayo, makasingelwe phantsi. Ukuqalekiswa lubabalo?” KUMAHEBHERE 10:26-31 Kuba, xa sithe sona ngabom, emveni kokuba samkele ukwazi inyaniso, akusasele dini ngenxa yezono; Umntu owaphule umthetho kaMosis ubulawa kungekho nceba, ngomlomo wamangqina amabini okanye amathathu. Niba wobeka phi na ke ukohlwaywa kwalowo umnyatheleyo uNyana kaThixo, elinyelise igazi lomnqophiso angcwaliswe ngalo, wamngcikiva uMoya wobabalo? Kuba siyamazi lowo watshoyo ukuthi, Impindezelo yeyam; kuya kubuyekeza mna. Kwaye kwakhona, "INkosi iya kubagweba abantu bayo." Kuyoyikeka ke ukweyela ezandleni zoThixo ophilileyo. Wowu. Bakholwayo, abangeva ngabom, baya kuqwengwa ndawonye neentshaba zikaThixo? Ngaba oko kuvakala njengobabalo kuwe? Kumele kube njalo, kuba nantso into esiphantsi kwayo. Ke, yintoni ubabalo? Ngumbuzo omkhulu lowo. Mhlawumbi umbuzo ongcono ngowokuba, yintoni engeyiyo ubabalo? Ubabalo AYISIYO imvume yokwenza isono, kwaye asiyomvume yokusibetha ngoyaba isono.
KwabaseRoma 6:1-2 Sithini na ke ngoko? Sihlale esonweni na, ukuze ubabalo lwande?
Nakanye! Thina safayo nje kwisono, singathini na ukuba sihlale kuso? 1 KWABASEKORINTE 5:1-5 Kuyavakala ukuba kukho umbulo phakathi kwenu, oyinto enganyamezelekiyo naphakathi kweentlanga, kuba indoda inomfazi kayise. Kwaye unekratshi! Aningafanelanga ukuba nizilile na? Lowo wenze oko makasuswe phakathi kwenu. Kuba nangona ndingekho ngesiqu, ndikho ngomoya; sendide ndimgwebe lowo wenze into enjalo. Xa nithe nahlangana egameni leNkosi uYesu [igama lakhe lesiHebhere elithi Yesu], ukho noMoya wam, ngokwamandla eNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, nimnikele lo mntu kuSathana, ukuba inyama itshatyalaliswe; ukuze umoya wakhe usindiswe ngemini yeNkosi. Wowu. Wakhutshwa phakathi kwawo wada wanikelwa kuSathana. Ngaba oko kuvakala njengobabalo kuwe? Kufuneka kube njalo, kuba yiloo nto ababephantsi kwayo, akunjalo?
IINDUMISO 103:1 Umhobe kaDavide.
1 Mayimbonge uYehova yonke into yam; NGEntliziyo yam yonke, ndiya kulidumisa igama lakhe elingcwele. 2 Mayimbonge uYehova yonke into endiyithethileyo; kwanga ndingangaze ndizilibale izinto ezintle andenzela zona. 3 Uloxolela bonke ubugwenxa bam, Ulophilisa zonke izifo zam; 4 Ulondihlangulayo ekufeni, andambese ngezibele nangenceba. 5 Ulolisa ubomi bam ngezinto ezilungileyo; Ubutsha bam buhlaziyekile njengobokhozi; UYehova unika ubulungisa nokusesikweni kubo bonke abaphathwa ngokungekho sikweni; 7 Ubutyhilile ubuntu bakhe kuMoses, Nezenzo zakhe koonyana bakaSirayeli.8 UYehova unemfesane, unemfesane, uzeka kade umsindo, uzele yinceba.
9 Akayi kuhlala ehlala enomsindo ngonaphakade. 10 Akasohlwayi ngenxa yezono zethu zonke;
11 Ngokuba ubukhulu bakhe bunjengokuphakama kwezulu phezu komhlaba, inceba yakhe kwabamoyikayo; 12 Uzikhwelelisele kuthi izono zethu, njengokuba empumalanga entshonalanga. 14 Ngokuba uyakwazi yena ukutyhafa kwethu; Ukhumbula ukuba siluthuli nje. 16 Umoya uyavuthuza, singabikho;
17 Kodwa uthando lukaYehova luhlala ngonaphakade kwabamoyikayo. Usindiso lwakhe lufikelela kubantwana babantwana.
KwabaseRoma 2:13 “Kuba angabevayo umthetho abangabalungileyo emehlweni kaYehova, kodwa abenzi bomthetho abaya kugwetyelwa.”
1 John 3:4 Lowo uthi, Ndimazile, abe engayigcini imithetho yakhe, ulixoki, kulowo ayikho inyaniso.
INTSHUMAYELI 12:14 Ukuhlanganiswa kwentetho, yakuba ivakele into yonke, nanku: Yoyika uThixo, ugcine imithetho yakhe, ngokuba indawo leyo yimfanelo yoluntu lonke.
1 Yohane 3:4 Bonke abasenzayo isono benza okuchasene nomthetho; Inene, isono kukuchasa umthetho. IINDUMISO 19:7 Umyalelo kaYehova ugqibelele, ubuyisa umphefumlo;
Isingqino sikaYehova sinyanisekile, sinika isiyatha ubulumko
Psalms 19:8 Izimiselo zikaYehova zithe tye, zivuyisa intliziyo; Umthetho kaYehova unyulu, ukhanyisela amehlo. Prov 10:8 Izimiselo zikaYehova zithe tye, zivuyisa intliziyo; Umthetho kaYehova unyulu, ukhanyisela amehlo. 1 KUTIMOTI 1:8 Siyazi ke ukuba umthetho mhle, ukuba umntu uyawusebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo
1 Hayi, uyolo lwabandlela igqibeleleyo, bahambayo ngomyalelo kaYehova; Hezekile 36:26-27 Ndiya kuninika intliziyo entsha, ndininike umoya omtsha; Ndoyisusa intliziyo yakho elilitye kuwe, ndikunike intliziyo yenyama; Ndofaka uMoya wam kuni, ukuba nihambe ngemimiselo yam, niyigcine imithetho yam;
UYEREMIYA 31:33 Nguwo ke lo umnqophiso, endiya kuwenza nendlu kaSirayeli emva kwaloo mihla, utsho uYehova; ndiya kuwubeka umyalelo wam engqondweni yabo, ndiwubhale ezintliziyweni zabo; ndibe nguThixo wabo, bona babe ngabantu bam.
Ukuba uqhubeka udanisa noMtyholi awusayi kugoduka uyokuhlala noThixo.