Daar is ‘n persoonlike vraag in Hand. 19:2 waarop ons wat bely dat ons Christene is, bevestigend behoort te antwoord: “Het julle al die Heilige Gees ontvang toe julle gelowig geword het?”
Christene het beslis ‘n behoefte aan die Heilige Gees (vs. 1-7).
Kyk net na die gruwel en boosheid rondom ons. Dis is kragtig aan die werk in die teenswoordige wêreld. Die koerante en TV is vol daarvan en in baie gevalle was sommige van ons al slagoffers daarvan.
Ons het die Heilige Gees nodig sodat ek en jy die boosheid om ons kan oorwin. Die Heilige Gees sal uitdrywe alles wat ontheilig is in elke gedagte en daad.
Die afwesigheid van die Here Jesus (Joh. 16:5-11) gaan gepaard met Sy belofte dat Hy die Heilige Gees na ons toe stuur. Die Heilige Gees sal vir ons altyd alles wees wat Jesus Christus vir die dissipels was (Joh. 14:16-17).
Die Heilige Gees word die inwonende helpende hand van elke kind van God – die ander “Trooster”.
Daardie Trooster is die Een wat ondersteun in tye van swakheid, raad gee in tye van probleme, troos in tye van droefheid en wysheid in tye van vraagstukke.
Die werking van die Heilige Gees word onder meer uitgebeeld in Joh. 16:8-15.
Hy oortuig van sonde (vs. 8,9). Watter sonde? Die sonde van ongeloof. Ongeloof is die verwerping van liefde in die hoogste openbaring daarvan, en is derhalwe die wortel van alle sonde.
Die Heilige Gees is daar om mense te oortuig dat om die Here Jesus te verwerp, inderdaad sonde is.
Dis ook ‘n sonde om as gelowige van tyd tot tyd te twyfel in jou geloof. Jak. 1:5-6) sê hy wat twyfel moenie dink dat hy iets van die HERE kan ontvang nie!
John. 16:8-9 oortuig van geregtigheid. Die Here Jesus is God se standaard van geregtigheid; die Heilige Gees oortuig mense van hulle behoefte aan daardie geregtigheid wat alleen deur Jesus Christus gegee kan word.
Die Here Jesus is nie alleen die ideaal van God se geregtigheid nie, maar is ook die energie van God in die my en jou wat ons in staat stel om ‘n lewe van geregtigheid te volhou.
Joh. 16:8-9 oortuig van oordeel. Dit is nie oordeel in die toekomstige wêreld nie, maar die oordeel van God oor sonde, in die sterwe van Jesus Christus aan die kruis (Joh. 12:31).
By die kruis van Christus word die mens oortuig van die sondigheid van sonde (Rom. 3:25-26).
Joh. 16:13 lei ons in die Waarheid. Die Heilige Gees ondersoek die diep dinge van God en maak dit vir ons ‘n werklikheid. (1 Kor. 2:9-10).
In Joh. 16:14-15 verheerlik die Heilige Gees die Here Jesus, nie net om bewonder te word nie, maar om bemin en gedien te word. Die Seun arbei slegs om die Vader te verheerlik (Joh. 17:1). Die Heilige Gees begeer slegs om die Seun te verheerlik.
Joh. 16:22-23 open vir ons ‘n nuwe dispensasie. “In daardie dag (vs. 23) word die krag van ‘n nuwe lewe belowe.
In watter dag? In die dag wanneer jy en ek volkome oorgegee is aan die Heilige Gees, wanneer ons, ons sonde afgelê het en gelowig geword en die Heilige Gees ontvang het.
Die Heilige Gees is by ons wedergeboorte en bekering betrokke, maar ons word eers met die krag van die Gees vervul wanneer ons ‘n totale oorgawe maak – eers dan neem die Heilige Gees ten volle besit.
Die uitstaande voorwaarde aan die kant van die mens om die volheid van die Heilige Gees te ontvang, is dat ek en jy daadwerklik ons lewens ten volle moet oorgee aan God om Sy wil te doen.
Sonder daardie totale oorgawe bly ons bloot nominale Christene wat deur elke wind rondgegooi word.
Wanneer die Here Jesus sê “in daardie dag” moet ek en jy antwoord: “Hierdie dag” gee ek myself oor aan die Heilige Gees, vryelik, volkome en vir altyd!
“Maar daar kom 'n uur, en dit is nou, wanneer die ware aanbidders die Vader in gees en waarheid (in die Heilige Gees Joh 16:13) sal aanbid; want die Vader soek ook mense wat Hom só aanbid.
“God is Gees; en die wat Hom aanbid, moet in gees en waarheid aanbid.” Joh 4:23-24 (lees weer John 16:13)
Dis ‘n persoonlike vraag wat net jy en ek op mag antwoord.... – Sjibbolet
In September 2015, Agenda 21 Will Be Transformed Into The 2030 Agenda
August 11, 2015 | Michael Snyder
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If you didn’t like “Agenda 21″, then you really are not going to like “The 2030 Agenda”. Next month, the United Nations is going to launch “The 2030 Agenda” at a major conference that will be held from September 25th to September 27th in New York City.
The Pope is actually traveling to New York to deliver an address which will kick off this conference. Unlike Agenda 21, which primarily focused on the environment, the 2030 Agenda is truly a template for governing the entire planet. In addition to addressing climate change, it also sets ambitious goals for areas such as economics, health, energy, education, agriculture, gender equality and a whole host of other issues. As you will see below, this global initiative is being billed as a “new universal Agenda” for humanity. If you are anything like me, alarm bells are going off in your head right about now.
This new agenda is solidly rooted in a document known as “Agenda 21″ that was originally adopted by the United Nations back in 1992. The following comes from Wikipedia…
The full text of Agenda 21 was made public at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), held in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 1992, where 178 governments voted to adopt the program. The final text was the result of drafting, consultation, and negotiation, beginning in 1989 and culminating at the two-week conference.
Since that time, Agenda 21 has been modified and amended numerous times. Noteworthy changes occurred in 1997, 2002 and 2012.
But now the UN’s sustainable development program is being given an entirely new name, and the scope of this agenda is being broadened dramatically. The following is what the official United Nations website has to say about it…
The United Nations is now in the process of defining Sustainable Development Goals as part a new sustainable development agenda that must finish the job and leave no one behind. This agenda, to be launched at the Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, is currently being discussed at the UN General Assembly, where Member States and civil society are making contributions to the agenda.
Just a few days ago, the core document for the 2030 Agenda was finalized. When what is in this document starts getting out, it is going to create a huge stir among Americans that are concerned about the ambitions of the globalists. The following comes from the preamble of this document…
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
As you can see, this is not just a plan to fight climate change.
This is literally a blueprint for transforming global society.
The core of the plan is a set of 17 specific goals…
Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*
Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Many of those sound very good.
After all, who wouldn’t want to “end poverty” or “halt biodiversity loss”?
But as you read through that list, ask yourself what forms of human activity would be excluded from it.
Personally, I have a hard time coming up with much of anything.
As I discussed earlier this week, the globalists want to use “sustainable development” as an excuse to micromanage the lives of every man, woman and child on the entire globe.
We are told that individual liberty and freedom are “dangerous” because when everyone just runs around doing whatever they want it is “bad for the planet”.
Eventually, the globalists want to fundamentally transform virtually everything about our society. This includes our economy, our government, our entertainment, our social interactions, our families and even our religious beliefs.
So don’t let all of the nice language fool you.
This “new universal Agenda” is far, far more dangerous than Agenda 21 ever was, and it is a giant step forward into a one world system governed by bureaucratic control freaks.
Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2015/August11/111.html#oXF1FCLUJIFfMXYd.99
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