Kuwait Nepal

Algeria
Bhutan
Pakistan
Libya Egypt
Bangladesh

Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
(Burma)
India
Mali
Oman
Niger Yemen
Chad
Sudan Eritrea

Djibouti

ZULU
Nigeria
Benin

South Ethiopia
Central African Republic Sudan
DIVISION

Cameroon Somalia
Sri Lanka

Equatorial Guinea Uganda

Kenya

Congo SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION

São Tomé Gabon
Rwanda
and Príncipe Democratic Republic
UNION CHURCHES COMPANIES MEMBERSHIP POPULATION
of the Congo Burundi
Botswana Union Conference 165 80 47,590 2,317,000
1 Indian Ocean Union Conference 1,178 1,220 199,852 31,069,000
Malawi Union Conference 1,624 2,015 622,546 19,130,000
Luanda 2 Tanzania
3 Mozambique Union Mission 1,054 1,638 363,796 31,166,000
North-Eastern Angola Union Mission 660 951 265,933 13,008,800
Angola 5 Northern Zambia Union Conference 2,040 1,922 676,650 10,397,990
4 Malawi
6 Southern Africa Union Conference 1,391 447 189,255 65,421,000
Zambia Southern Zambia Union Conference 1,482 2,315 623,414 7,986,010
Lusaka South-Western Angola Union Mission 983 1,435 293,407 19,513,200
Harare
Zimbabwe Central Union Conference 1,085 265 324,980 4,904,790
Antananarivo Zimbabwe East Union Conference 984 1,086 346,496 5,202,050
Namibia Zimbabwe Mauritius
Zimbabwe West Union Conference 454 732 269,351 4,756,160
São Tomé and Principe Mission 26 75 7,396 210,000
Botswana Mozambique
Windhoek DIVISION TOTALS 13,126 14,181 4,230,666 215,082,000
Gaborone Madagascar
Pretoria

Swaziland PROJECTS
Lesotho 1 Church and elementary school, Belize, Angola
2 Sequele elementary school, Luanda, Angola
South Africa
3 Domestic violence and counseling center, Lombe, Angola

4 Men’s dormitory, Adventist University of Angola, Huambo, Angola

5 Community outreach and leadership development center at Mzuzu campus of

Malawi Adventist University, Malawi
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean

6 Better Living Center and FM radio station, Mayotte

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UKUVIVINYWA KANYE
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1 Isivivinyo soMalusi–Nhlangulana 25-Ntulikazi –––––––––––––––––– 4

2 Izivivinyo Ezifikayo—Ntulikazi 2-8 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12

3 Ikheji Lezinyoni—Ntulikazi 9-15 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 20

4 Ukubona Ubuso Bomkhandi Wegolide—Ntulikazi 16-22 ––––––––– 28

5 Ukushisa Okusezingeni Eledlulele—Ntulikazi 23-29 ––––––––––––– 36

6 Ukuzabalaza ngawo wonke amandla—Ntulikazi 30-Ncwaba 5 –––– 44

7 Ithemba elingenakushabalala—Ncwaba 6-12 –––––––––––––––––– 52

8 Ukubona Ongabonwayo—Ncwaba 13-19 –––––––––––––––––––––– 60

9 Impilo Yokudumisa—Ncwaba 20-26 ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 68

10 Ubumnene Phakathi Kwesivivinyo—Ncwaba 27-Mandulo 2 –––––– 76

11 Ukulinda Phakathi Kwesivivinyo—Mandulo 3-9–––––––––––––––– 84

12 Ukufa njengembewu—Mandulo 10-16 –––––––––––––––––––––––– 92

13 UKrestu Phakathi Kwesivivinyo—Mandulo 17-23 ––––––––––––– 100

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 UMdali
Owabethelwa

“Konke kwavela ngaye; ngaphandle kwakhe akuvelanga lutho kukho

konke okuvelileyo” (Johane 1:3).

K
“ onke” kwavela ngaYe uJesu, kodwa, ngokusho kwemiBhalo, “uJesu
wakhala” (Johane 11:35). UMdali wakhala? Nangaphezu kwalokho, uJesu
“waphikwa waphinde wedelelwa abantu; umuntu wosizi, odeleliwe nowazana
nokuhlupheka” (Isaya 53:3). UMdali, umuntu wosizi, odeleliwe waze waphikwa? Wake
wakhala wathi “Nkulunkulu waMi, Nkulunkulu waMi, ungishiyeleni? (Matt. 27:46).
Kwakungenzeka kanjani lokhu? Kungenxa yokuthi uJesu, uMdali wethu, wayebuye
abe uMsindisi wethu futhi, ngaleyo ndlela wayengobethelweyo kaNkulunkulu-uMdali
owathatha isimo somuntu, wahlupheka ephila impilo yokuhlupheka nokusebenza
kanzima, okwagcina ngokuthi aphanyekwe esiphambanweni samaRoma.
Kanjalo-ke uMdali wethu, esiphila ngaYe, sikhona ngaYe, sihamba ngaYe, siyikho
konke ngaYe” (Izenzo 17:28), wahlupheka njengomuntu ngezindlela esingeke thina
size sihlupheke ngazo. Singathwala kuphela olwethu usizi, okwethu ukudabuka;
esiphambanweni wathwala “ izifo zethu, wetshatha ubuhlungu bethu” (Isaya 43:4)—
bonke. Lesi yisenzo esimangalisa kakhulu kuwo wonke umlando womhlaba nezulu.
Njengoba sesinawo lomlando wokubethelwa kukaNkulunkulu, kulezinyanga ezimbalwa
ezilandelayo sizozama ukuqonda kangcono lokho okungaqondakali—ukuhlupheka

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kwethu, ukuhlupheka kwamaKrestu, kwalabo abanikele ukuphila kwabo kuKrestu.
Asisho ukuthi sinazo zonke izimpendulo; esikushoyo ukuthi “uNkulunkulu uluthando”
(1 Johane 4:8) nokuthi yize zenzeka lezi zinto, singamethemba uNkulunkulu, sikhule
emseni ngenxa yazo noma kubuhlungu kangakanani.
Kulonyangantathu sizofunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu, sibone ukuthi abanye abantu
benyama negazi, nakuba benconywa ngokukholwa, nokho babhekana nokulahlekelwa
yithemba, ukukhashelwa, ukujabhiswa, ukulahlekelwa,
ukungabikho kobulungiswa, nokuhlukunyezwa
(akuzona yini izinto esizaziyo lezi?). Bahlangabezana Noma, njengokusho kuka
kanjani nalezo zimo, bafundani? Isibonelo sabo Ellen G. White: “Isiphambano
singasifundisani thina? siwukubonakaliswa
Uma sibuka laba bantu, okwabehlelayo, imizabalazo emiqondweni yethu
yabo, nokuvivinywa kokukholwa kwabo (okucishe ebuthuntu, ubuhlungu
kufane nokwethu), sidinga njalo ukukuqhathanisa
obafikela inhliziyo
nesiphambano. Sidinga ukukhumbula njalo ukuthi
noma ngabe umuntu ubhekene nani, uJesu Krestu, kaNkulunkulu kusukela
uMdali noMsindisi wethu wadlula kokungaphezu kungena isono emhlabeni.”
kwalokho. --Education, p. 263.
UNkulunkulu wethu unguNkulunkulu ohluphekayo.
No Albert Camus, owayengesiye umKrestu oqinile,
wabona ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuhlupheka kukaNkulunkulu esiphambanweni, wathi:
“Ubusuku eGolgotha bubaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wabantu ngenxa emathunzini
abo, ongcwele washiya amalungelo akhe, waphuza nomthamo wokugcina usizi
lokufa.”—Albert Camus, The Rebel (New York: Vintage International, 1991),
p. 33. Noma, njengokusho kuka Ellen G. White: “Isiphambano siwukubonakaliswa
emiqondweni yethu ebuthuntu, ubuhlungu obafikela inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu kusukela
kungena isono emhlabeni.” --Education, p. 263.
Izifundo zethu akuhlosiwe ngazo ukuvikela uNkulunkulu phakathi kobubi obukhona.
Kunalokho, njengoba sesishilo, zizama ukusisiza ukuthi sibhekane nokuhlupheka
okungegwemeke kulomhlaba lapho khona isono silula njengokuphefumula. Esizozama
ukukutshengisa ukuthi ubuhlungu, ukuhlupheka, nokulahlekelwa akusho ukuthi
uNkulunkulu usishiyile; kusho ukuthi nathi thina abakholwayo, siyathinteka kolokho
okwenzeka kubo bonke abantu besono. Umehluko ukuthi, ngoJesu kanye nethemba
asinika lona, singathola ithemba nesizathu sokuphila lapho kubonakala sengathi
akusekho nesizathu sokuphila, nokuthi noma ngandlela thize, singaboni ukuthi
singasethemba kanjani isithembiso esithi: “konke kusebenzelana ukulunga kulabo
abathanda uNkulunkulu” (Rom. 8:28)—Yena loNkulunkulu owenza zonke izinto,
wahlupheka ngazo zonke izinto futhi (kungakho-nje simthanda).
UGavin Anthony, okunguyena obhale kakhulu kulesifundo salekota, wakhulela eSri Lanka
eyingane yomvangeli. Wasebenza njengomfundisi eNgilandi, waba umongameli weconference
e-Iceland ngesikhathi ebhala lezifundo.