ONS MOET GOD GLO

Hebreërs 11:3 (Die Lewende Bybel)

3 As ons in God glo, dan kan ons verstaan dat Hy die wêreld gemaak het deur net ’n woord te praat. Alles wat ons nou sien, is gemaak uit dinge wat nie gesien word nie.

Hebrews 11:3 (The Message)

3 By faith, we see the world called into existence by God’s word, what we see created by what we don’t see.

Faith is a gift from God himself and is not to be seen as the result of human striving or achievement. Faith is inspired by the word and works of God.[1]

Carl Sagan, a famous astronomer and author who professes to have no belief in God or the Bible, has nevertheless recognized the complexity of the design of creation. In his book The Dragons of Eden (New York: Ballantine, 1978) he describes the complexity of a chromosome:

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A single human chromosome contains twenty billion bits of information. How much information is twenty billion bits? What would be its equivalent, if it were written down in an ordinary printed book in modern human language? Twenty billion bits are the equivalent of about three billion letters. If there are approximately six letters in an average word, the information content of a human chromosome corresponds to about five hundred million words. If there are about three hundred words on an ordinary page of printed type, this corresponds to about two million pages. If a typical book contains five hundred such pages, the information content of a single human chromosome corresponds to some four thousand volumes. It is clear, then, that the chromosome contains an enormous library of information. It is equally clear that so rich a library is required to specify as exquisitely constructed and intricately functioning an object as a human being.[2]

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Telefoon-paal klim is 'n kuns.

· Ten einde te klim, moet 'n mens 'n gordel aantrek wat om die paal gaan en spyker skoene.

· Die geheim is om terug te leun teen die gordel sodat die spykers kan in die paal grawe.

· Dit is baie moeilik om jou vertroue ten volle op die belt te plaas.; beginners leer op die harde manier as hulle teen die paal afgly en die paal se splinters in hulle bene en lyf steek,

· Jy moet die toerusting vertrou en net terug leen teen die gordel

· Dit neem net 'n paar sulke ervarings om die beginner te oortuig dat dit beter is om gordel te vertrou. [3]

In die Christelike lewe wil God hê dat ons moet klim, en ons vertrou te volle op Hom plaas. Wanneer ons seergemaak word deur splinters, moet ons erken dat hulle herinnerings is wat ons nodig het om afhanklik te wees van sy krag en liefdevolle beskerming

The best way to grow in faith is to walk with the faithful[4]

Die skrywer van Hebreërs maak dit duidelik dat geloof 'n baie praktiese ding is (Hebr. 11:3), ten spyte van wat ongelowiges sê.

Geloof stel ons in staat om te verstaan wat God doen.

Geloof stel ons in staat om te sien wat ander nie nie kan sien nie

Hebreërs 11:7 (Die Lewende Bybel)

7 Noag is nog iemand wat in God geglo het. Toe God hom gewaarsku het, het hy geluister, al was daar nog niks te sien van die water waarvan God gepraat het nie. Hy het ’n skip gebou waarin sy huisgesin gered kon word. Sy geloof het duidelik gewys hoe skuldig die ander mense was wat nie geglo het nie. Omdat hy op God vertrou het, het God hom aangeneem.

Hebreërs 11:13 (Die Lewende Bybel)

13 Abraham, Isak en Jakob het tot hulle dood toe op God bly vertrou, al het hulle toe nog nie al die dinge ontvang wat God hulle belowe het nie. Hulle het dit in die verte gesien en was bly daaroor. Hier op aarde het hulle openlik gesê dat hulle maar net besoekers en tydelike inwoners is.

Hebreërs 11:27 (Die Lewende Bybel)

27 Dit was omdat hy op God vertrou het dat hy uit Egipte weggegaan het sonder om bang te wees vir die koning. Dit was asof hy die onsigbare God by hom kon sien, en daarom het hy vorentoe gegaan.

Expositor’s says: “The Word of God is an invisible force which cannot be perceived by sense. The great power which lies at the source of all that is does not itself come into observation; we perceive it only by faith which is (v. 1) ‘the evidence of things not seen.’ ”[5]

Gebed. Here onse God. Ons wil soos die man sê: “ons glo Here kom ons ongeloof te hulp”

[1] Manser, M.H., 2009. Dictionary of Bible Themes: The Accessible and Comprehensive Tool for Topical Studies, London: Martin Manser.

[2] Green, M.P. ed., 1989. Illustrations for Biblical Preaching: Over 1500 sermon illustrations arranged by topic and indexed exhaustively Revised edition of: The expositor’s illustration file., Grand Rapids: Baker Book House.

[3] Green, M.P. ed., 1989. Illustrations for Biblical Preaching: Over 1500 sermon illustrations arranged by topic and indexed exhaustively Revised edition of: The expositor’s illustration file., Grand Rapids: Baker Book House.

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

[5] Wuest, K.S., 1997. Wuest’s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.