Spiritual Beings
Theme: 6. The Satan and Demons
Summerstrand 1 September 2019 18:30
INTRODUCTION
The storyline of the Bible presents a populated spiritual world, full of creatures who are in rebellion against their Creator, just like humans. Let’s look at the video for episode six of our series to learn more about the powers of spiritual evil in the story of the Bible.
Dit is die eindstryd van die Curriebeker op Nuweland. WP teen Noord-Transvaal. Die telling is gelykop. Die losskakel lê aan vir ‘n skop na die pale. As dit oor is, wen WP. As dit mis is, is dit gelykop. Die eindfluitjie gaan blaas. Die losskakel kom vorentoe, die bal trek reguit pale toe … en toe op ‘n onverklaarbare manier verander die bal van trajek, en die skop is mis. Die beker word gedeel.
Die storie is vir my vertel van wat daardie dag gebeur het. Drie spelers het bymekaar gestaan en gebid. Twee het gebid: “Here, ons sien al hoe daardie bal deur die pale trek!” En die bal het reguit pale toe getrek … totdat die derde speler afgesluit het met: “laat u wil geskied,” en die bal se trajek verander het. Die een se kommentaar was: “Jy met jou wil van die Here! Kyk nou daar! Dit kos ons die wedstryd.”
Beide gebede is natuurlik verkeerd. Die gebed van selfvertroue. En die gebed van selfvertwyfeling. Hoekom? Want, nie een van die bidders weet presies wat God se wil is nie. Jy kan immers net sê laat u wil geskied, as jy weet wat God se wil is. En God se wil het boonop nie veel te doene met balle wat deur pale trek nie.
Ons moet versigtiger wees met wat ons vra
Download the English Translation: Pray that God’s will be done
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INTRODUCTION
In the opening pages of the Bible, God appoints humans to rule the world on his behalf. But when they rebel, the biblical story leads us on a search for a new humanity that will be God’s faithful partners, forever. This is the plot conflict of the biblical story that leads to Jesus, and we explore it in this final and seventh episode of our Spiritual Being series.
Wat bid ons met die sesde bede van die Ons Vader?
In die uitleg van die Heidelbergse Kategismus 127 erken ons daarmee:
Ons vra daarmee:
Download the English translation: Pray that we remain faithful
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Walter Mischel
Walter Mischel conducted an experiment with four-year-olds in the 1970s. He left a four-year-old alone in a room with a marshmallow and a bell. If the child rings the bell, Walter returns immediately, and the child eats the marshmallow. If the little one can wait for Walter to come back of his own choice, he or she will get an extra sweet.
In videos from the experiment, you can see the kids wriggle, squirm, swing their legs, close their eyes, and sit on their hands. They are desperate to apply restraint. They usually really want to wait to get two sweets. Their actions differed greatly. Some could not hold out and rang the bell within a minute. Others could hold out for up to 15 minutes.
The children’s further development was followed by the researcher. Those who could wait longer scored higher points at school. They gained access to better educational institutions and accomplish more as adults. The children who rang the bell the soonest were prone to a higher percentage of bullying. Ten years later, they were rated poorer by parents and teachers, and by age 32 were more likely to have drug-related problems.
Walter Mischel’s conclusion was that children should learn that it is better to work, prepare and sacrifice for the future, rather than living for immediate satisfaction of needs. The future is more important than one might realize in the heat of the moment.
This is also true of spiritual life as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:1-13.
I would like us to listen to Paul’s take on temptations. And to learn from him how waiting for God’s promise provide the way of escape from temptations. That is the only sure way to persevere in faith.
Die wêreldbevolking het in 2016 gestaan op 7,5 miljard mense (7,7 in September 2019).
‘n Paar stukkies interessante statistiek. As die wêreld 100 MENSE was:
Daar sou die volgende groepe wees:
Daar sou die volgende aantal gelowiges wees:
Daar is baie dinge wat goed gaan in die wêreld. Daar het groot verbeteringe tussen 2006 en 2016 vir mense gekom.
Byvoorbeeld:
En die voorsiening van huisvesting is redelik goed:
Die ontstellende statistiek is egter vir my dat uit die 100 mense:
En dit is hierdie laaste stukkie statistiek wat steeds kommer wek. 12 mense het nie genoeg om van te lewe uit elke 100 mense nie. 12% van die wêreldbevolking.
Dit is die eerste hoek vanwaar ons die verhaal van Lasarus en die ryk man moet lees, die teks vir vandag, Lukas 16:19-31. Ons lees die gelykenis uit die hoek van nood.
Download the English Translation: Listen to Lazarus and the Rich Man
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