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This is an issue that can tear the Body of Jesus apart, i.e. unless we approach the Scriptures objectively and so that God can always be glorified. We should never be afraid to analyse the Scriptures God's way for God is knowledge and wisdom and His Spirit will always contend with the spirit of deception (error). So let us boldly approach our most precious heritage, namely the Bible in all its diverse translations (here meaning English as the final product of course). Those who are applying foreign languages can and will of course also be entitled to do so. For knowledge will always shine through God's Plan of Salvation for one and all.

`n Baie belangrike area wat dikwels verwaarloos word....

Let daarop dat die apostel teen die wysbegeerte wat hy met nietige misleiding vereenselwig, waarsku. Paulus het ook met die Stoisynse filosowe gestry (Hand. 17.18) en ons behoort by die lees van hierdie artikel dit in gedagte te hou. Die apostel was ook baie gekant teen die wysheid van/uit die wereld en wat natuurlik nie dieselfde is as Skrifwaarheid nie. Die denkstyl van die filosowe sou dan inderdaad nie Jesus op dieselfde wyse as die apostels verkondig het nie - en dit behoort ons in die uittreksel tot hierdie artikel gou raak te kan sien en dit is natuurlik die rede waarom `n triniteitbelydenis in die Godheid toe posgevat het. Dit behoort vir elkeen wat objektiwiteit behou, dan duidelik te word waarom die doop van Petrus (Hand. 2.38) plek moes maak vir Mat. 28.19! Dit is onder almal wat `n triniteit in die Godheid bely. Kom ons bid God vir insig in die heilige Skrifte en sodat ons die Woord van God sal kan verstaan want waar Paulus teen die filosofie gewaarsku het, behoort dit tog duidelik te wees dat hy dit met `n baie goeie rede gedoen het! Lees dan die uittreksel aan die einde van hierdie artikel met aandag maar vra God terselfdertyd dat Sy Gees, die Gees van Waarheid, die Skrifte vir jou as leser verstaanbaar sal maak want in plaas daarvan om die Griekse filosofie nader te trek, behoort ons na die leiding van God se Gees te vra! God se Gees woon in ons deur die wedergeboorte en om hierdie rede kan ons versugtinge aan God opstuur in ons gebede en sodat ons deur die Gees van Waarheid kan ontvang! Die Terapeute (Egipte) het `n drie-persoon Godheid bely, die Vader, die Moeder en die Seun (v. op hierdie webwerf, Vreemde Vure in die Christendom, Christian Jewish Studies, Belydenisse binne die Christendom indien u sou belangstel om meer te wete te kom).

Paulus verwys na `n verborgenheid wat deur die eeue en geslagte verborge was, maar in sy tyd geopenbaar was. Daar is dan wel iets verbonde aan Christus se vooraardse bestaan en wat ons verplig is om in die heilige Skrifte na te speur!

Om erkenning te gee aan die Engel (Boodskapper) van die Here is nie engeleverering nie! Diegene wat so gou by is met hierdie aantyging verstaan nie die Skrifte nie! Paulus was teen engeleverering en dit lei ons af van Kol. 2.18 (LEES dit self). Jesus het nooit verklaar dat ons Hom moet aanbid nie!! Dit is `n baie belangrike vertrekpunt. Jesus het ons geleer om tot Sy Vader, die hoogste Bron van gesag in hemel en op aarde te bid en om hierdie rede verklaar Paulus dat hy sy kniee voor die God en Vader van Jesus Christus buig (Ef. 3.14). Luister gerus na Arie Blomerus se videos, "Jesus in die Ou Testament" vir meer oor hierdie kwessie. Die Essene en die Gnostici het engeleverering gehandhaaf en spiritiste doen dieselfde tot vandag toe. Ons aanbid DEUR Jesus Christus, Verlosser van die wereld sonder Wie se bemiddeling en bloedoffer ons as mens nie die Troon van God ooit kan nader nie (1 Tim. 2.5; Heb. 7.25).

Wees dan versigtig voor jy haastig mense wat die heilige Skrifte handhaaf, van dwaallering beskuldig! (`n Engelse artikel oor hierdie saak is tans in die pyplyn).

Our faith is based on God's prescriptions!

NOTE PLEASE!!! "Day of Reconciliation" is officially "Day of Atonement" for a Jew. Paul deals with the redemption as man having been reconciled unto God, i.e. through Jesus' crucifixion. However, should one deal with "Yom Kippur" as commemorated by the Jews to this day, it is better to word it as "Day of Atonement". Atonement = satisfaction, reparation or expiation made for wrong or injury or making amends. Theologically meaning the reconciliation between God and man effected by Christ's life, passion and death. (Standard Dictionary). To atone then means to make repayment (see Paul's Letter to the Romans, namely that our debt was fully paid by Jesus/Yeshua on the Cross). Christ's death on a Roman Cross then indeed expressed the full purpose of Yom Kippur, namely Christ having brought full redemption on a heathen stake (!) and so that the Law of sacrifice for the sins of man, could apply for ALL nations (Abraham as father of ALL nations), i.e. then the eternal sacrifice that was brought by Christ in His own body on the Cross and therefore in place of the recurrent animal sacrifice on Yom Kippur (OT) bringing about only temporary reconciliation (atonement) between God and man. For this purpose Jesus (Yeshua) alone could satisfy the Law (He fulfilled the Law) for His death on the Cross as foreshadowed by Abraham's complete obedience to God, i.e. on the word of God to sacrifice his son, was then brought to full completion (perfection) - see Math. 5.17. In God's appointed time He Himself was then going to send His own dear Son to bring to fullness the purpose of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), i.e. in accordance with his implicit message to Abraham. Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMaschiach) is then indeed the seed of Abraham (Paul) - see also Gal. 4.

NB!! This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

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Calling for an objective approach.

Although mainline Catholicism did of course also participate in public worship, total freedom of "Christian" worship only came with Constantine I. It seems Simon Magus (Acts 8) escaped persecution and clearly because of his type of his apostate worship and influence gained with the people at large. Trends that are strongly in sway in broader society can then indeed have an effect on one's culture and faith and this is why the apostles of Jesus had to fight with all their might against apostate influences but, regardless of the apostles' resistance to this type of onslaught, apostasies were nevertheless subtly imported once they had left the scene. Belief in a triad in worship was indeed accommodated by the Church Fathers and Gnostic influence can hardly be denied should we retain objectivity. Likewise the mother worship, rife among heathen cultic worshipers, had its particular impact the same way and clearly via Gnostic thought and practice.

Ons moet altyd in gedagte hou dat Jesus in Sy verheerlikte liggaam opgevaar het (Hand. 1). Vanaf Sy opstanding was Hy een oomblik by hulle en die volgende oomblik nie meer nie, Hy het dan aan Sy apostels verskyn (Joh. 20.19). Kyk ook Joh 21.1, oor die Emmausgangers (Luk. 24.31. Vergelyk die Verbondmaker se verskynings in die Ou Testament en Jesus se gebed in Getsemane (Joh. 17.5). .

Lees gerus hierdie artikel

God werk op baie eienaardige wyses om `n roeping tot stand te bring

Ester Blomerus

A discussion on Jesus' Second Coming in relation to

Rev. 3.3. How to approach John's "like a thief in the night" statement objectively.

Something any true believer in Jesus and His sacrificial death on Calvary must consider!

This article is published here as supplementary to what has already been stated in Ester's articles/tractates on this subject - it was used for a video that was published on YouTube in the past. For those who would like to read the notes.

Is hierdie teks apostolies?

What will quench the spiritual thirst of modern man?

What does true repentance entail?

Wat is die simboliese "merkteken" van die bees (Open. 13)?

The Tree of Life implicitly means the "Word of God". Jesus/Yeshua is the Word of God (John 1.1; Heb. 1). If we have Christ in our lives as Redeemer, we indeed have the fullness of the Scriptures revealed to us and with Him central thereto as "the secret of the ages past" (Paul).

This article covers the baptism conveyed to us on Pentecost day as it appears in the Acts of Luke (a New Testament apostolic book) contrasted with the Trinitarian baptism inscribed in the Didache (Teachings that are not apostolic). It is said that Clemens I propagated the Trinity or then a Trinitarian viewpoint. It also seems that he is that very one who regarded himself as Paul's successor and apostle of the Corinthian assembly. We may therefore link Phil. 4.3 to him, however, this is sometimes regarded as mere assumption. I, however, and in accordance with the research that I have made, maintain that Clemens I was indeed part and parcel of the schism that had taken place and which is mentioned by the Apostle Paul in 2 Thes. 2 - shortly after Paul and Peter had left the scene. He was a Nazarene (Essene) who must have known Sint Ignatius, also presumably from the same background. The transition from first-century apostolic Christianity to post-apostolic Christendom with of course the schism wedged in-between, would indeed have been evident, i.e. once it had fallen in place, however, it seems there was indeed a strong notion at work of discreet subtlety and so that the transition could have taken place as discreetly as possible, leaving of course the impression that the post-apostolic Church was a true continuation of the first-century Church!

The "autographs" are the first apostolic letters on the whole dictated to "secretaries" and we must then differentiate between this type of initial writing and follow-up copies which would have contained marginal notes and even corrections. We do not have the original autographs anymore at our disposal but what we do have are copies of earlier copies. If an autograph is found, it would mainly be a fragment of the original apostolic writing. A full, first-century (!) apostolic writing would indeed be a rare find.

Lees gerus ook saam met hierdie artikel, "Mag ons tot die Heilige Gees Bid?" Is die Heilige Gees Mag, Krag of Derde Persoon? (Kyk op Documents)

Lees gerus die artikel, onder Documents, oor die Heilige Gees, "Mag ons tot die Heilige Gees Bid?" Is die Heilige Gees, Mag, Krag of Derde Persoon?

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

This article provides commentary which should be read in conjunction with the video of the same name.

Click here to view the video

Hierdie dokument kan saam met oudios wat op hierdie webwerf aangebied word oor die Triniteit gelees word (verkrygbaar onder Audios : Spiritual Enrichment). Ons bepleit begrip en verdraagsaamheid alhoewel ons standpunte oor hoe ons God in en deur Sy Seun Jesus in die Woord aanskou, duidelik behoort te wees vir een en almal. Lees gerus ook die opvolg dokument oor ons doelwit, naamlik om verdraagsaamheid te bevorder ten spyte van geskille oor Godheidbelydenisse, "to agree to disagree" as eenstemmigheid nie bereik sou kan word tussen strydende partye nie.

Waarom gaan waarheid altyd gepaard met bevryding?

Are we called to tolerate and to bear with one another in the love of Jesus?

Why would it be right to "agree to disagree" on Godhead issues?

Even Paul states in 1 Cor. 13 that we now see through a mirror dimly but then face to face! Although we then are making an effort to search the Scriptures and to explain them, there will always be something we will not be able to explain FULLY in mere words. Therefore we must search the Scriptures, believing God's Word and always placing the focus on FAITH in God's awesome greatness!

The only time Abraham seems to have failed God was when he listened to Sarah, i.e. when she ordered him to father a child with her slave as Sarah by then must have lost all hope - or she never had any faith in the prophecy given to her and Abraham previously. Yet, God allowed it and this is the crux! or else God would have intervened timely. But can we reason like this or should we rather admit that even the father of our faith could not persevere beyond all doubt?

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Is die ontvangs van die Heilige Gees nog nodig?

`n Onderwerp wat uit vele invalshoeke benader behoort te word teneinde ons die sekerheid te gee van hierdie uitstaande Skrifwaarheid!