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A New Beginning
A New Beginning – Day 10

A New Beginning – Day 10

Honouring.

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

KwabaseRoma 13

7Nikani bonke okubafaneleyo: intela kofanele intela, inkokhiso kofanele inkokhiso, ukwesaba kofanele ukwesatshwa, udumo kofanele udumo.

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IzAga 3

9Dumisa uJehova ngempahla yakho,

nangolibo lwazo zonke izithelo zakho,

10izinqolobane zakho zigcwale ngobuningi,

nezikhamo zakho zichichime ngewayini elisha.

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UGenesise 14

18UMelkisedeki inkosi yaseSalema waletha isinkwa newayini; wayengumpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke. 19Wambusisa wathi: “U-Abrama makabusiswe nguNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, umdali wezulu nomhlaba. 20Makabongwe uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke onike izitha zakho esandleni sakho.” U-Abrama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke.

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Ukuyalezwa kuka-Abrahama kokunikela ngo-Isaka

1Kwathi emva kwalezo zinto uNkulunkulu wamvinvinya u-Abrahama, wathi kuye: “Abrahama!” Yena wathi: “Ngilapha.” 2Wayesethi: “Thatha manje indodana yakho eyodwa oyithandayo, u-Isaka, uye ezweni laseMoriya, unikele khona ngaye abe ngumnikelo wokushiswa entabeni ethile engizakukutshela yona.”

3U-Abrahama wavuka ekuseni, wabophela imbongolo yakhe, wathatha ezimbili ezincekwini zakhe, no-Isaka indodana yakhe; wacanda izinkuni zomnikelo obuzakushiswa, wasuka waya endaweni uNkulunkulu abemtshele yona. 4Ngosuku lwesithathu u-Abrahama waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wayibona indawo isekude. 5U-Abrahama wathi ezincekwini zakhe: “Hlalani lapha nembongolo; mina nomfana sisaya laphaya, sikhuleke, sibuye size kini.”

6U-Abrahama wathatha izinkuni zomnikelo obuzakushiswa, wazibeka phezu kuka-Isaka indodana yakhe, waphatha esandleni sakhe umlilo nomese; bahamba bobabili kanyekanye. 7U-Isaka wathi ku-Abrahama uyise: “Baba.”

Wathi yena: “Ngilapha, ndodana yami.”

Wayesethi: “Bheka, nanku umlilo nezinkuni, kepha iphi imvu yomnikelo ezakushiswa na?”

8U-Abrahama wathi: “UNkulunkulu uzakuzibonela imvu yomnikelo ezakushiswa, ndodana yami,” bahamba bobabili kanyekanye.

9Bafika endaweni uNkulunkulu abemtshele yona; u-Abrahama wakha khona i-altare, walungisa izinkuni, wambopha u-Isaka indodana yakhe, wambeka e-altare phezu kwezinkuni. 10U-Abrahama waselula isandla sakhe, wathatha umese ukuba ahlabe indodana yakhe. 11Kwase kumemeza kuye ingelosi kaJehova isezulwini, ithi: “Abrahama, Abrahama!”

Yena wathi: “Ngilapha.”

12Yayisithi: “Ungabeki isandla sakho kumfana, ungenzi lutho kuye, ngokuba ngiyazi manje ukuthi uyamesaba uNkulunkulu, lokhu ungagodlanga kimi nandodana eyodwa yakho.”

13U-Abrahama waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona; bheka, ngemuva yinqama, ibhajiwe esihlahleni ngezimpondo zayo; u-Abrahama waya wayithatha inqama, wanikela ngayo umnikelo wokushiswa esikhundleni sendodana yakhe. 14U-Abrahama waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi uJehova uyabonelela, njengalokhu kuthiwa nanamuhla: Entabeni kaJehova kuyakubonelelwa.

15Ingelosi kaJehova yayisimemeza ku-Abrahama ngokwesibili isezulwini, 16ithi: “Ngizifungile, usho uJehova, ukuthi njengokuba ukwenzile lokhu, ungagodlanga indodana yakho eyodwa, 17ngiyakukubusisa nokukubusisa, ngandise nokwandisa inzalo yakho, ibe ngangezinkanyezi zezulu nangangesihlabathi sasogwini lolwandle, inzalo yakho inqobe isango lezitha zayo, 18nangenzalo yakho ziyakubusiswa izizwe zonke zomhlaba, ngokuba ulalele izwi lami.”

19U-Abrahama wayesebuyela ezincekwini zakhe; basuka, baya eBeri Sheba; u-Abrahama wakha eBeri Sheba.

Inzalo kaNahori

20Kwathi emva kwalokho kwabikwa ku-Abrahama ukuthi: “Bheka, naye uMilka umzalele uNahori umfowenu abantwana: 21Ngu-Use izibulo lakhe, noBusi umfowabo, noKemuweli uyise ka-Aramu, 22noKesede, noHazo, noPilidashe, noJidilafe, noBetuweli,” 23uBetuweli wazala uRebeka; laba abayisishiyagalombili uMilka wabazalela uNahori umfowabo ka-Abrahama. 24Nesancinza sakhe esigama laso lalinguRewuma sazala oTheba, noGahamu, noTahashi, noMahakha.

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NgokukaLuka 21

Umnikelo womfelokazi

1Kwathi ebheka, wabona abacebileyo bebeka iminikelo yabo emphongolweni womnikelo. 2Wabona nomfelokazi othile ompofu ebeka khona amafadingi* amabili; 3wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lo mfelokazi ompofu ubeke okuningi kunabo bonke. 4Ngokuba bonke laba babeka eminikelweni kokuchichimileyo kwabo, kepha yena ebumpofini bakhe ubeke konke abephila ngakho.”

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NgokukaLuka 19

UJesu ungenisa kwaZakewu

1Wangena eJeriko, wadabula khona. 2Bheka, kwakukhona indoda, igama layo linguZakewu, ingumthelisi omkhulu, icebile. 3Yayifuna ukumbona uJesu ukuthi ungubani; yahluleka ngenxa yesixuku, ngokuba yayimfushane. 4Yagijimela phambili, yakhwela emthombeni ukuba imbone, ngokuba ebezakudlula ngakhona.

5Esefikile uJesu kuleyo ndawo wabheka phezulu, wathi kuyo: “Zakewu, shesha wehle, ngokuba namuhla ngimelwe ukuhlala endlini yakho.” 6Washesha wehla, wamamukela ngokuthokoza.

7Kuthe bekubona, bakhonona bonke, bathi: “Uye kungenisa kwandoda eyisoni.”

8Kodwa uZakewu wasukuma, wathi eNkosini: “Bheka, Nkosi, ngipha abampofu inxenye yempahla yami; kuthi uma ngimaphucile umuntu into ngamacebo, ngiyibuyisa iphindwe kane.”

9UJesu wathi kuye: “Namuhla insindiso ifikile kule ndlu, lokhu naye eyindodana ka-Abrahama. 10Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu ize ukufuna nokusindisa okulahlekileyo.”

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UDuteronomi 26

10Manje-ke, bheka, sengilethile ulibo lwezithelo zomhlaba onginike wona wena Jehova;’ bese wukubeka phansi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukhuleke phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, 11wename ngakho konke okuhle uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunikile khona wena nendlu yakho, wena nomLevi, nomfokazi ophakathi kwakho.

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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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