KONSENTREER DAAROP OM ALLES IN JULLE VERMOË TE DOEN OM TE LEWE SOOS GOD DIT WIL HÊ

2 Petrus 1:5 (Die Lewende Bybel)

5 Van julle kant af moet julle nie net glo nie maar julle moet ook daarop konsentreer en alles in julle vermoë doen om te lewe soos God dit wil hê en om Hom al beter te leer ken.

2 Petrus 1:5–9 (Afrikaanse Ou Vertaling)

5 En juis daarom ook moet julle met aanwending van alle ywer by julle geloof voeg die deug, en by die deug die kennis,

6 en by die kennis die selfbeheersing, en by die selfbeheersing die lydsaamheid, en by die lydsaamheid die godsvrug,

7 en by die godsvrug die broederliefde, en by die broederliefde die naasteliefde.

8 Want as hierdie dinge by julle aanwesig is en toeneem, dan laat dit julle nie ledig of onvrugbaar tot die kennis van onse Here Jesus Christus nie;

9 want hy by wie hierdie dinge nie aanwesig is nie, is blind en kortsigtig, en het die reiniging van sy vorige sondes vergeet.

(ESV)

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

INLEIDING:

Ons vertrekpunt sal altyd wees wat God reeds in ons lewens gedoen het.

The exhortations to live a new life are grounded in the divine power and promises that were granted to believers when they came to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.[1]

(Die Lewende Bybel)

3 Ons ken nou die Here wat ons geroep het om ook deel te hê aan sy eer en goedheid. Omdat ons Hom so ken, het sy Goddelike krag ons alles gegee wat ons nodig het om te lewe en God te dien.

4 Dit is groot en wonderlike dinge wat Hy ons belowe het sodat ons kan deel hê aan God se geaardheid ..........

1. Julle Moet Ook Daarop Konsentreer En Alles In Julle Vermoë Doen ............. (Lewende Bybel)

“met aanwending van alle ywer” Opgewonde ywer om iets aan te pak. Iets groot te bereik (BSL) Bible Sense Lexicon. He is not saying that works are a prerequisite for salvation but rather is arguing that faith must take concrete form in life. [2]

Spiritual growth is not automatic. It requires cooperation with God and the application of spiritual diligence and discipline. “Work out your own salvation … For it is God which worketh in you” () The word translated “add” really means “to supply generously.” In other words, we develop one quality as we exercise another quality. [3]

2. DIE DEUG

We met this word in , and it basically means “excellence.” To the Greek philosophers, it meant “the fulfillment of a thing.” When anything in nature fulfills its purpose, that is “virtue—moral excellence.”.. True virtue in the Christian life is not “polishing” human qualities, no matter how fine they may be, but producing divine qualities that make the person more like Jesus Christ.[4]

The word “excellence” (Gk. aretē, “virtue, excellence”) was used by Greek writers to describe the sum of all desirable character qualities.[5]

3. BY DIE DEUG DIE KENNIS,

“Die somtotaal of reikwydte van alles wat jy waargeneem het, ontdek het of aangeleer het” (BSL) Die klem lê meer op verstaan wat jy geleer het.

It means “full knowledge” or “knowledge that is growing.” The word used here suggests practical knowledge or discernment. It refers to the ability to handle life successfully. In the Christian life, you must not separate the heart and the mind, character and knowledge.[6]

4. BY DIE KENNIS DIE SELFBEHEERSING

Die karaktertrek of eienskap om vasbeslote in beheer te kom van jou eie begeertes (wat uitloop op handelinge). (BSL)

(Die Lewende Bybel)

32 Iemand wat geduldig is, is groter as ’n oorlogsheld, en iemand wat homself kan beheers, is groter as iemand wat ’n stad inneem.

(Die Lewende Bybel)

28 ’n Man wat homself nie kan beheer nie, is soos ’n stad waarvan die muur afgebreek is sodat hy onbeskerm lê

Vir Paulus gaan dit daarom dat jy jouself sal dissiplineer.

(Die Lewende Bybel)

7 ..... Doen moeite om geestelik fiks te word en fiks te bly. 8 As ’n mens oefen om jou liggaam fiks te hou, is dit ’n goeie ding, al help dit ’n mens nie in alle opsigte nie. Maar ’n lewe wat aan God toegewy is, help ’n mens in alle opsigte want dan het ons God se belofte vir die ware lewe—nie alleen nou nie maar ook in die lewe wat hierna kom.

5. BY SELFBEHEERSING DIE LYDSAAMHEID. “steadfastness”

Die krag om teenspoed en ontberinge of dit wat stres veroorsaak te kan teenstaan. Ons praat van innerlike fortifisering.

It means the “dominion which one has over oneself or something” in the sense that one may or may not have it, that one can bear it, that one thus controls[7]

Dit is ‘n woordjie wat al meer misken word in die kerk. Binne die konteks van “Hiper Genade” kan dit nie bestaan nie wat God mo0et alles doen en niks word van jou verwag nie. Hulle glo dat al jou sonde is vergewe selfs dit wat jy in die toekoms gaan doen. Daarom moet jy nie skuldig voel as jy gesondig het nie. (Allen Platt)

6. BY DIE LYDSAAMHEID DIE GODSVRUG

Godliness simply means “God-likeness.” In the original Greek, this word meant “to worship well.” It described the man who was right in his relationship with God and with his fellowman. Perhaps the words reverence and piety come closer to defining this term. It is that quality of character that makes a person distinctive. He lives above the petty things of life, the passions and pressures that control the lives of others. He seeks to do the will of God and, as he does, he seeks the welfare of others

The godly person makes the kinds of decisions that are right and noble. He does not take an easy path simply to avoid either pain or trial. He does what is right because it is right and because it is the will of God.[8]

7. BY DIE GODSVRUG DIE BROEDERLIEFDE

There is more to Christian growth than brotherly love; we must also have the sacrificial love that our Lord displayed when He went to the cross. The kind of love (“charity”) spoken of in is agape love, the kind of love that God shows toward lost sinners. This is the love that is described in , the love that the Holy Spirit produces in our hearts as we walk in the Spirit (; ). When we have brotherly love, we love because of our likenesses to others; but with agape love, we love in spite of the differences we have.[9]

8. AFSLUIT

Because we have the divine nature, we can grow spiritually and develop this kind of Christian character. It is through the power of God and the precious promises of God that this growth takes place. The divine “genetic structure” is already there: God wants us to be “conformed to the image of His Son” ()[10]

[1] Crossway Bibles, 2008. The ESV Study Bible, Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

[2] Crossway Bibles, 2008. The ESV Study Bible, Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

[3] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[4] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[5] Crossway Bibles, 2008. The ESV Study Bible, Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

[6] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[7] Grundmann, W., 1964–. ἐγκράτεια (ἀκρασία), ἐγκρατής (ἀκρατής), ἐγκρατεύομαι G. Kittel, G. W. Bromiley, & G. Friedrich, eds. Theological dictionary of the New Testament, 2, p.340.

[8] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[9] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[10] Wiersbe, W.W., 1996. The Bible exposition commentary, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.