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A New Beginning
A New Beginning – Day 10

A New Beginning – Day 10

Honouring.

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KWABASEROMA 13

7Ngoko ke bonke banikeni okubafaneleyo – irhafu kofanelwe yirhafu, umrhumo kofanelwe ngumrhumo, ukuhlonitshwa kofanelwe kukuhlonitshwa, imbeko kofanelwe yimbeko.

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IZAFOBE 3

9Rhuma ngobuncwane bengeniso yakho, uzimase uNdikhoyo;

ewe, menzele umnikelo ngolibo lwemveliso yakho.

10Ukuba uyayenza le nto ziya kutsho zizale izisele zakho yindyebo;

kanti ke neentsuba zakho ziya kuhlala ziphuphuma yiwayini entsha.

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EYEZIQALO 14

18UMelkizedeki owayengukumkani waseSalem ekwangumbingeleli woThixo uPhezukonke, weza nesonka newayini.

19Wathamsanqelisa uAbram esithi:

“UThixo uPhezukonke, owênza izulu nomhlaba,

wanga angakuthamsanqelisa, Abram!

20UThixo uPhezukonke okoyiseleyo iintshaba zakho, makadunyiswe.”

Waza ke uAbram wakhupha izishumi zamaxhoba emfazwe, wanikela kuMelkizedeki.

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EYEZIQALO 22

UThixo uvavanya uAbraham

1Ekuhambeni kwexesha uThixo wamvavanya uAbraham. Wambiza wathi: “Abraham!”

Wasabela uAbraham wathi: “Ndim lo, Mhlekazi!”

2Uthe uThixo: “Thatha unyana wakho uIsake, lo kanye usenyongweni kuwe, uye naye eMoriya. Uya kufika apho ke, kuloo nduli ndiza kukubonisa yona, umnikele khona abe lidini elitshiswayo.”

3Kwakusasa ngengomso uAbraham wavuka, wabopha idonki yakhe, wabiza izicaka zazibini kunye noIsake, bacanda iinkuni zokubasa umlilo wedini, banduluka baya kuloo ndawo bekuthiwe ze baye kuyo nguThixo. 4Ngosuku lwesithathu wayibona isekude loo ndawo uAbraham. 5Wathi kuloo madoda wayehamba nawo: “Salani apha nina nale donki, mna nale nkwenkwe siza kuya phaya. Sakuthi sakugqiba ukunqula, sibuye.”

6UAbraham wamthwalisa emagxeni uIsake ezo nkuni, yena waphatha amalahle nemela. Benjenjeya bobabini.

7Endleleni uthe uIsake kuyise: “Tata!”

UAbraham wathi: “Thetha, nyana!”

UIsake wathi: “Nanku umlilo, nanzi neenkuni; liphi ke lona ixhwane ledini?”

8-9Uthe ukuphendula uAbraham: “Iya kubonwa nguThixo loo nto, mfo wam.”

Batsho bahamba besiya kuloo ndawo yayalathwe nguThixo. Bakufika apho, uAbraham wenza iqonga lamadini, wabeka iinkuni ezo phezu kwalo, wambopha uIsake unyana wakhe, wambeka phezu kwezo nkuni. 10Uthathe imela ukuze ambulale unyana wakhe. 11Suka kwavakala isithunywa *sikaNdikhoyo simemeza sisezulwini sisithi: “Abraham! Abraham!”

Yena ke uthe: “Ndim lo!”

Sathi isithunywa kuye: 12“Uze ungayenzakalisi loo nkwenkwe, ungayithi cha nakancinci! Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uThixo uyamoyika; kaloku akwalanga nonyana wakho oyintandane ekuphela kwakhe.”

13UAbraham wabheka-bheka, wabona inkunzi yegusha ibambeke ngeempondo etyholweni. Waya kuyirhola, wenza ngayo idini endaweni yonyana wakhe. 14UAbraham wathi loo ndawo yiYawe-yire. Unangoku kusathiwa xa kuthethwayo: “UNdikhoyo uyabonelela endulini yakhe.”

15Siphindile savakala sithetha ezulwini isithunywa, sisithi kuAbraham: 16“Uthi uNdikhoyo: ‘Mna ngokwam ndiyafunga; ndithi ngenxa yale nto uyenzileyo, akwala ukuncama intandane ekuphela kwayo, 17ndiza kukuthamsanqelisa kanobom, ndikuphe inzala eninzi, ibe ngangeenkwenkwezi ezisesibhaka-bhakeni nentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle ubuninzi bayo. Abazukulwana bakho boyithimba imihlaba yeentshaba zabo. 18Zonke izizwe emhlabeni zothamsanqeliswa ngenzala yakho. Iyonke loo nto kungenxa yokundithobela kwakho.’ ”

19UAbraham wabuyela kwizicaka zakhe, bonke baphindela eBheshebha apho waba ngummi khona.

Inzala kaNahore

20Emva kwexesha uAbraham weva ukuba uMilika uzalele uNahore umninawa wakhe abantwana abasibhozo. 21Yayingu-Uzi izibulo, yaba nguBhuzi, kweza uKamweli uyise ka-Aram. 22Kulandele uRhesedi, noHazo, noPildashe, noJidelafu, kunye noBhetuweli. 23UBhetuweli wazala intombi uRabheka. Aba bantwana basibhozo bazalwa nguMilika umka-Nahore umninawa ka-Abraham. 24Iqadi likaNahore, uRewuma, lazala uTebha, noGaham, noTahashe, kunye noMahaka.

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ULUKA 21

Umnikelo womhlolokazi

1Ewaphakamisile amehlo akhe, uYesu ubone izityebi zigalela iminikelo yazo kwisikhongozeli-mali. 2Ke wabona mhlolokazi uthile ulihlwempu efaka iimalana ezimbini; 3waza wathi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, lo mhlolokazi ulihlwempu unikele ngaphezu kwabo bonke, 4kuba bonke aba banikele kuThixo bethatha ebutyebini babo, kanti yena, eswele nje, unikele ngako konke abenokuphila ngako.”

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ULUKA 19

UYesu noZakeyi

1UYesu wangena eJeriko, egqitha khona. 2Ke kaloku kwakukho ndoda ibizwa ngokuba nguZakeyi, eyayiyintloko yabaqokeleli-rhafu, isisityebi. 3Yayifuna ukubona uYesu, kodwa ngenxa yokusithwa yindimbane ayaba nako, kuba yayimfutshane ngesithomo. 4Yabaleka ke, yaya ngaphambili, yakhwela emthini womthombe ukuze imbone, kuba wayeza kudlula apho. 5Akufika kuloo ndawo, wakhangela phezulu uYesu, wathi kuyo: “Zakeyi, khawuleza uhle, kuba namhlanje ndimelwe kukuba lundwendwe lwakho.”

6Wakhawuleza ke wehla uZakeyi, waza wamkela uYesu ngovuyo. 7Bakuyibona loo nto, bakhalaza bonke, besithi: “Uye kungena endlwini yomntu *ongumoni.”

8Waphakama uZakeyi, wathi kuyo iNkosi: “Khangela, isiqingatha sempahla yam, Nkosi, ndisinika amahlwempu. Kanti nokuba ndidle nto kabani na ngobuqhetseba, ndimbuyisela kane.”

9Ke uYesu wathi kuye: “Namhlanje lufikile usindiso kule ndlu, kuba noZakeyi lo ungunyana ka-Abraham. 10Kaloku yena *uNyana woLuntu wezela ukufuna kwanokusindisa abantu abalahlekileyo.”

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UHLAZIYO-MNQOPHISO 26

10Ngoko ke ngoku, Ndikhoyo, ndikuphathele olu libo lwesivuno somhlaba ondiphe wona.’

“Wakuba utshilo ke, ibhaskiti leyo uya kuyibeka phantsi apho phambi koNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, umnqule. 11Ewe, vuya, ube nemincili ngenxa yendyebo wena nendlu yakho akunike yona uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho. NabaLevi kunye nabangeneleli abahlala apho phakathi kwenu mababe nenxaxheba apho kulo msitho.

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Man is very creative in thinking out ways to honour people and costs to do so are not spared. Speeches, statues, plinths engraved with names of worthy recipients, streets named after prominent persons and even the Nobel Prize, are but some of the various ways of how someone can be honoured.

Yet we struggle to honour the incomparable achiever, peacemaker and giver, – the only God – in an easily executable, simple and economic manner as spelt out in the Word. Proverbs 3: 9-10 teaches: “Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.”

Cain & Abel brought offerings to God. Tithes are discussed after Abram’s victory in freeing Lot. After the victory Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God, met with Abram, blessed him and gave him bread and wine. Deeply aware that he was dealing with someone who was greater than himself, Abram honoured the king by giving him a tenth of all the goods that he had recovered through his victory. (Genesis 14:18-20). He did not give because one or other law demanded that he do so, but in humble recognition of the king of Salem, who; “…was priest of God Most High…” (Genesis 14:18).

Abraham’s faith in, and respect for God, is also the motivation for his willingness to sacrifice his promised child to God (Genesis 22). A poor widow gives all she owns to honour God (Luke 21:1-4) and a wealthy tax collector ‘s life is so changed by his encounter with Jesus, that in gratitude he gives away and refunds, what he unjustly took. (Luke 19:1-10).

You and I also need to honour God for whom he is. He is the God of light, the God of love, the giver of good gifts and our provider. Our worship must be a consequence of our gratitude that he is involved in our lives. If we do not know how to do so, Deuteronomy 26:10-11 spells it out for us. Firstly, “and now I bring the first fruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Secondly, “Place the basket before the Lord your God…”. Thirdly, “… bow down before him …”. The attitude, in which we must do so, is spelled out: “…you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.”

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