1 Nefi 11–15

Lapho uNefi eyibuza ingelosi mayelana nokuthi wawusho ukuthini umuthi embonweni kaLehi, ingelosi yayingavele ithi, “Umele uthando lukaNkulunkulu.” Esikhundleni sokusho njalo, yakhombisa uNefi uchungechunge lwezimpawu nezehlakalo empilweni yoMsindisi. Zibheke lezi zimpawu nezehlakalo njengoba ufunda futhi uzindla 1 Nefi 11. Ngabe yikuphi okutholayo okukusiza uqonde ukuthi kungani uJesu Kristu eyisibonakaliso sokugcina sothando lukaNkulunkulu na?

 ­ Ngabe uMsindisi ukusize kanjani ukuba uzwe uthando lukaBaba oseZulwini na?

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UNefi wayengezukuphila ukuze abone okuningi kwalokho akubona embonweni wakhe. Ucabanga ukuthi kungani kwakubalulekile ukuthi uNefi azazi lezi zinto na? Kubaluleke ngani ukuthi wena uzazi lezinto na? Buza lemibuzo njalo uma ufunda mayelana nokuthile uNefi akubona embonweni wakhe (bheka ku 1 Nefi 12–14). Ngabe yimuphi umuzwa owutholayo mayelana nokuzokwenziwa nguwe emsebenzini weNkosi “omkhulu … nomangalisayo” na? (1 Nefi 14:7). Ngabe yiziphi ezinye zezinto ezinkulu nezimangalisayo asekwenzele zona na?

Cabanga ikakhulu ngesethembiso esiku 1 Nefi 14:14.. Ngabe uMsindisi usigcwalise kanjani lesi sethembiso empilweni yakho na? ­

UMongameli uDallin H. Oaks wachaza ukuthi “ibandla elikhulu nelinengekile” elachazwa nguNefi limele “noma yiziphi izimfundiso noma inhlangano ephikisana nokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu. Futhi lokhu ‘kuthunjwa’ leli ‘bandla’ elifuna ukukuletha kwabangcwele akuzukuba ukuboshwa ngokwenyama ukudlula ukuthunjwa yimicabango engamanga” (“Stand as Witnesses of God,” i-Ensign, Mar. 2015, 32). Ngabe uMsindisi ukusiza kanjani ukuba ugweme—futhi uphunyuke—ekuthunjweni yimicabango engamanga na?

Wake wazizwa nanini sengathi awusitholi isambulo sakho siqu—sengathi uNkulunkulu wayengakhulumi nawe? Yisiphi iseluleko uNefi asinika abafowabo ngesikhathi bezizwa ngale ndlela na? (Bheka ku 1 Nefi 15:1-11.) Ungasisebenzisa kanjani iseluleko sikaNefi empilweni yakho na?

Isithombe

uphawu lohlelo lokufundisa ivangeli

1 Nefi 15:23–25

Ukubambelela ezwini likaNkulunkulu kuyangisiza ngimelane nethonya likaSatane.

UNefi wayevame ukuba nezinto ezazibalulekile ayefuna ukuzisho kubafowabo. Kodwa wayebonakala emagange kakhulu ngalokho abatshela kona ku 1 Nefi 15:23–25. Ngabe kwakuyimuphi umyalezo kaNefi, futhi kungani wayemagange kangaka ngawo na?

IGosa uDavid A. Bednar wafundisa ukuthi “izwi likaNkulunkulu” lingasho imibhalo engcwele, lingasho amazwi abaprofethi abaphilayo, ngokunjalo noJesu Kristu uQobo. Ucabanga ukuthi kusho ukuthini “ukubambelela [uqine]” emibhalweni engcwele kanye nasemazwini abaprofethi na? Kungahle kusho ukuthini “ukubambelela uqine” kuJesu Kristu na? Ungahle ufune izimpendulo kulemibuzo enkulumweni yeGosa uBednar enesihloko esithi “But We Heeded Them Not” (iLiyahona, May 2022, 14–16).

Ngabe ukubambelela uqine ezwini likaNkulunkulu kukusiza kanjani ukwazi ukumelana nesitha na? Ukwenza ishadi elinjengaleli elilandelayo kungakusiza uhlele imicabango yakho:

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Isithombe

umndeni ufunda imibhalo engcwele

• Ukuze ifundise uNefi ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, ingelosi yakhombisa uNefi izehlakalo ezivela empilweni yoMsindisi. Nawe ungase ubenzele okufanayo abantwana bakho––banike izithombe zezehlakalo uNefi azibona ku 1 Nefi 11:20, 24, 27, 31, kanye nasevesini 33. Ngesikhathi uwafunda lamavesi, basize abantwana bakho ukuba bathole izithombe ezihambisana nezehlakalo. Ngabe yikuphi esikufundayo ngoJesu Kristu kulamavesi nakulezi zithombe na?

• Ukucula iculo elithi “Uthando lukaBaba” kungabasiza abantwana bakho ukuba baluzwe uthando lukaNkulunkulu. Emva kokucula, babuze abantwana bakho ukuthi bafundeni kulelo culo. Ngabe yikuphi okunye esikufundayo ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ku 1 Nefi 11:22–23?

• Ukusiza abantwana bakho bawazise amaqiniso “asobala nayigugu” aseNcwadini kaMormoni, ungahle udwebe isithombe bese uyabamema abantwana bakho ukuba bashintshe noma basuse ezinye izingxenye zaleso sithombe ukuze sibonakale sehlukile. Ungakusebenzisa lokhu ukufundisa ukuthi izinto eBhayibhelini zashintshwa futhi zasuswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Fundani ndawonye ku 1 Nefi 13:40 bese nikhuluma ngokuthi ngabe iNcwadi kaMormoni (“lemibhalo yokugcina”) isisiza kanjani ukuba siziqonde “izinto ezisobala neziyigugu” ezalahleka eBhayibhelini (imibhalo “yokuqala”). Ngabe yimaphi amaqiniso “asobala nayigugu” owafundile eNcwadini kaMormoni na?

Isithombe

amakhophi eNcwadi kaMormoni ngezilimi ezahlukene

• Nika abantwana bakho ithuba lokuba babelane ngalokho abakukhumbulayo ngombono kaLehi. Kungasiza ukusebenzisa isithombe, njengaleso sesifundo sangesonto eledlule. Ngabe yikuphi okwakuvimbela abantu ukuba bafinyelele emthini wokuphila na? Yikuphi okwabasiza bafinyelele kuwo na? Ungahle ubacele bathole induku yensimbi kuleso sithombe. Fundani ndawonye ku 1 uNefi 15:23–24 ukuze nithole ukuthi ngabe induku yensimbi imeleni nokuthi ingasisiza kanjani.