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In Acts 7:58 we are introduced to a leader named Saul. He was leading persecutions of the church (Acts 8:3) and was active in threatening believers (Acts 9:1). He had asked for and received written approval to arrest any who believed (Acts 9:2). Surprisingly, it is in the account of Saul’s pursuit of that task that we learn that Saul was a chosen vessel. In Acts 9:15 we read that “he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel” (NASB95). What a remarkable turn that someone who was so destructive could actually be transformed and used by God in such a powerful way! There is much for us to learn from Saul being a chosen vessel.
While Saul was traveling to Damascus to persecute believers there, Jesus Himself interacted with Saul, asking Saul why he was persecuting Jesus (Acts 9:4). Saul questioned who it was that was addressing him and who it was that Saul was actually persecuting. The answer was direct: “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting” (Acts 9:5). Saul listened and followed Jesus’ directions to enter the city, where he would be shown what to do (Acts 9:6). Saul then saw a vision of a man named Ananias come and restore Saul’s sight, which he had lost when he met Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:12).
When the Lord instructed Ananias to meet Saul, Ananias was disturbed because he was aware of Saul’s hatred and persecution of Christians (Acts 9:13–14). God encouraged Ananias and explained to him that “this man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel” (Acts 9:15). Saul was a chosen vessel who would be a powerful testimony of Jesus before both Jews and Gentiles. Ananias went to meet Saul, and Saul became the man God had said he would be. Saul (also known as Paul) later testified before many, including kings, that Jesus was the Christ. This isn’t mere history; there is much we can learn from Saul being a chosen vessel.
Saul acknowledged how great a change there was in his life, as he refers to himself later as the foremost or chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). He recognized that God had shown him incredible mercy and grace and that, though at one time he was a child of God’s wrath (Ephesians 2:3), he had become God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus for doing good (Ephesians 2:10). In the same way as was true of Saul, we all begin as children of wrath, as enemies of God. But in His mercy and grace God brings us to Himself and offers us a new life. We are saved by grace through belief in Jesus (Ephesians 2:8), and then we also become God’s workmanship—new creations created for doing good (Ephesians 2:10).
Also, like Saul, we are chosen vessels of God. In Ephesians 1:4–5 we learn that we have been predestined to be His children, and in Ephesians 2:10 we read that He prepared good works beforehand that we should walk in them. It should be a great encouragement to us that God has chosen us, given us mercy and grace, and no matter how much we do not deserve His love, He has loved us and made us His workmanship designed to fulfill His purpose. Saul’s being a chosen vessel is not very different from how God works in our own lives.
In Handelinge 7:58 word ons voorgestel aan ‘n leier met die naam Saulus. Hy het vervolgings van die kerk gelei (Handelinge 8:3) en was aktief in die dreigemente van gelowiges (Handelinge 9:1). Hy het skriftelike toestemming gevra en ontvang om enigiemand wat geglo het, te arresteer (Handelinge 9:2). Verbasend genoeg leer ons in die verslag van Saulus se nastrewing van daardie taak dat ons leer dat Saulus ‘n uitverkore werktuig was. In Handelinge 9:15 lees ons dat “hy ‘n uitverkore werktuig van My is om my Naam te dra voor die heidene en konings en die kinders van Israel” (NASB95). Wat ‘n merkwaardige wending dat iemand wat so vernietigend was, eintlik op so ‘n kragtige manier deur God verander en gebruik kon word! Daar is baie vir ons om te leer van Saulus as ‘n uitverkore werktuig.
Terwyl Saulus na Damaskus gereis het om gelowiges daar te vervolg, het Jesus self met Saulus gekommunikeer en vir Saulus gevra waarom hy Jesus vervolg het (Handelinge 9:4). Saulus het gevra wie dit was wat hom aangespreek het en wie dit was wat Saulus eintlik vervolg het. Die antwoord was direk: “Ek is Jesus wat jy vervolg” (Handelinge 9:5). Saulus het geluister en Jesus se aanwysings gevolg om die stad binne te gaan, waar hy gewys sou word wat om te doen (Handelinge 9:6). Saulus het toe ‘n visioen gesien van ‘n man met die naam Ananias wat kom en Saulus se sig herstel, wat hy verloor het toe hy Jesus op pad na Damaskus ontmoet het (Handelinge 9:12).
Toe die Here Ananias opdrag gee om Saulus te ontmoet, was Ananias ontsteld omdat hy bewus was van Saulus se haat en vervolging van Christene (Handelinge 9:13–14). God het Ananias bemoedig en aan hom verduidelik dat “hierdie man is my uitverkore instrument om my Naam te verkondig aan die heidene en hulle konings en aan die volk van Israel” (Handelinge 9:15). Saulus was ‘n uitverkore instrument wat ‘n kragtige getuienis van Jesus sou wees voor beide Jode en heidene. Ananias het Saulus ontmoet, en Saulus het die man geword wat God gesê het hy sou wees. Saulus (ook bekend as Paulus) het later voor baie, insluitend konings, getuig dat Jesus die Christus was. Dit is nie bloot geskiedenis nie; daar is baie wat ons kan leer van Saulus as ‘n uitverkore werktuig.
Saulus het erken hoe groot ‘n verandering daar in sy lewe was, aangesien hy later na homself verwys as die voorste of hoof van sondaars (1 Timoteus 1:15). Hy het erken dat God hom ongelooflike genade en barmhartigheid bewys het en dat, alhoewel hy eens ‘n kind van God se toorn was (Efesiërs 2:3), hy God se vakmanskap geword het, geskape in Christus Jesus om goed te doen (Efesiërs 2:10). Net soos dit met Saulus waar was, begin ons almal as kinders van die toorn, as vyande van God. Maar in Sy barmhartigheid en genade bring God ons na Homself toe en bied ons ‘n nuwe lewe. Ons word gered deur genade deur geloof in Jesus (Efesiërs 2:8), en dan word ons ook God se vakmanskap—nuwe skeppings geskape om goed te doen (Efesiërs 2:10).
Ook, soos Saulus, is ons uitverkore werktuie van God. In Efesiërs 1:4–5 leer ons dat ons voorbestem is om Sy kinders te wees, en in Efesiërs 2:10 lees ons dat Hy goeie werke voorberei het sodat ons daarin kan wandel. Dit behoort vir ons ‘n groot bemoediging te wees dat God ons gekies het, ons barmhartigheid en genade gegee het, en maak nie saak hoeveel ons Sy liefde nie verdien nie, Hy het ons liefgehad en ons Sy vakmanskap gemaak wat ontwerp is om Sy doel te vervul. Dat Saulus ‘n uitverkore werktuig was, verskil nie baie van hoe God in ons eie lewens werk nie.
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Psalm 145:17
Prayer
Lord , Your Righteousness is never ending and Your Holiness is in all you are and Do ! Please Help us to See Your Righteousness and Holiness in all You do for Us , we Pray in Jesus name , amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Die HERE is regverdig in al sy weë en heilig in al sy werke.
Psalm 145:17
Gebed
Here, u geregtigheid is oneindig en u heiligheid is in alles wat U is en doen! Help ons asseblief om u geregtigheid en heiligheid te sien in alles wat U vir ons doen. Ons bid dit in Jesus se naam, amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
As Paul exhorts Timothy to diligence in holiness, he uses a metaphor about vessels “for honor” (2 Timothy 2:21, NKJV). He pictures a large house where there are many vessels. Some of gold and silver, and some of wood and earthenware. Some of these vessels are intended for honorable purposes, and some for dishonorable purposes (2 Timothy 2:20). Paul notes that, if a person cleanses himself from the things Paul warns Timothy about, then that person will be a vessel for honor (2 Timothy 2:21a). That person will be set apart (or sanctified), useful to the Master and prepared for every good work (2 Timothy 2:21b).
In the immediate context, there are several things Paul warns Timothy should be avoided in order to be a vessel unto honor. A vessel for honor shouldn’t quarrel about words because it is of no benefit and hurts those who hear (2 Timothy 2:14). A vessel unto honor should avoid worldly and empty chatter, as that is a gateway to further ungodliness (2 Timothy 2:16). A vessel for honor should flee from youthful lusts (2 Timothy 2:22). A vessel unto honor should refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, as they produce quarrels (2 Timothy 2:23). Finally, the vessel unto honor should not be quarrelsome (2 Timothy 2:24). Avoiding these things—or cleansing oneself from these things—allows a person to function as a vessel for honor and to be useful and prepared (2 Timothy 2:21).
In addition to outlining the things to be avoided to be a vessel for honor, Paul highlights some of the good works that one might expect to see from a vessel unto honor. A vessel unto honor ought to pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace (2 Timothy 2:22). A vessel for honor ought to be kind to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged (2 Timothy 2:23). A vessel unto honor ought to correct with gentleness (2 Timothy 2:24).
Paul uses several metaphors in 2 Timothy 2 to illustrate the kind of godly conduct he hopes to see from Timothy and those whom Timothy teaches. Paul refers to a good soldier (2 Timothy 2:3–4), an athlete who competes according to the rules (2 Timothy 2:5), the hard-working farmer (2 Timothy 2:6), and finally the various vessels in the large house (2 Timothy 2:20–21).
Paul’s exhortations give us occasion to consider whether we are allowing ourselves to be used as vessels of honor who are useful to our Master and prepared for every good work. Paul provides clear guidance and shows how we can be honorable vessels. He prepares Timothy for the tasks ahead in his ministry, knowing what it takes to be useful and prepared. All believers in Christ can be vessels of honor if they simply heed Paul’s direction. It is a sad fact that some who believe in Christ will fail to cleanse themselves of dishonorable things and may in fact be vessels of dishonor, not useful and not prepared.
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Terwyl Paulus vir Timoteus aanspoor tot ywer in heiligheid, gebruik hy ‘n metafoor oor voorwerpe “tot eer” (2 Timoteus 2:21). Hy beeld ‘n groot huis uit waar daar baie voorwerpe is. Sommige van goud en silwer, en sommige van hout en erdewerk. Sommige van hierdie voorwerpe is bedoel vir eervolle doeleindes, en sommige vir oneervolle doeleindes (2 Timoteus 2:20). Paulus merk op dat, as ‘n persoon homself reinig van die dinge waaroor Paulus vir Timoteus waarsku, dan sal daardie persoon ‘n voorwerp tot eer wees (2 Timoteus 2:21a). Daardie persoon sal afgesonder (of geheilig) word, nuttig vir die Meester en voorberei vir elke goeie werk (2 Timoteus 2:21b).
In die onmiddellike konteks is daar verskeie dinge wat Paulus vir Timoteus waarsku vermy moet word om ‘n voorwerp tot eer te wees. ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet nie oor woorde stry nie, want dit is van geen nut nie en benadeel diegene wat hoor (2 Timoteus 2:14). ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet wêreldse en leë gepraat vermy, aangesien dit ‘n poort na verdere goddeloosheid is (2 Timoteus 2:16). ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet vlug van jeugdige begeertes (2 Timoteus 2:22). ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet dwase en onkundige spekulasies verwerp, aangesien dit rusies veroorsaak (2 Timoteus 2:23). Laastens, die voorwerp tot eer moet nie rusielustig wees nie (2 Timoteus 2:24). Deur hierdie dinge te vermy – of om jouself van hierdie dinge te reinig – kan ‘n persoon as ‘n voorwerp tot eer funksioneer en nuttig en voorbereid wees (2 Timoteus 2:21).
Benewens die uiteensetting van die dinge wat vermy moet word om ‘n voorwerp tot eer te wees, beklemtoon Paulus sommige van die goeie werke wat ‘n mens van ‘n voorwerp tot eer kan verwag. ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet geregtigheid, geloof, liefde en vrede nastreef (2 Timoteus 2:22). ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet vriendelik teenoor almal wees, bekwaam om te leer en geduldig wanneer dit onreg aangedoen word (2 Timoteus 2:23). ‘n Voorwerp tot eer moet met sagmoedigheid teregwys (2 Timoteus 2:24).
Paulus gebruik verskeie metafore in 2 Timoteus 2 om die soort godvrugtige gedrag te illustreer wat hy hoop om van Timoteus en diegene wat Timoteus onderrig, te sien. Paulus verwys na ‘n goeie soldaat (2 Timoteus 2:3–4), ‘n atleet wat volgens die reëls meeding (2 Timoteus 2:5), die hardwerkende boer (2 Timoteus 2:6), en laastens die verskillende voorwerpe in die groot huis (2 Timoteus 2:20–21).
Paulus se vermanings gee ons geleentheid om te oorweeg of ons onsself toelaat om as voorwerpe van eer gebruik te word wat nuttig is vir ons Meester en voorbereid is vir elke goeie werk. Paulus verskaf duidelike leiding en wys hoe ons eerbare voorwerpe kan wees. Hy berei Timoteus voor vir die take wat voorlê in sy bediening, wetende wat dit verg om nuttig en voorbereid te wees. Alle gelowiges in Christus kan voorwerpe van eer wees as hulle bloot Paulus se leiding volg. Dit is ‘n hartseer feit dat sommige wat in Christus glo, sal versuim om hulself van oneervolle dinge te reinig en in werklikheid voorwerpe van oneer kan wees, nie nuttig en nie voorbereid nie.
Today’s Devotional
In 2 Corinthians 4:7, Paul makes a beautiful statement that “we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves.” The context helps us understand what is the treasure in earthen vessels (other translations say “jars of clay”). Paul is exhorting his readers that, even though there is great difficulty in their ministry, he is encouraged (2 Corinthians 4:1). He acknowledges that in his ministry he had received mercy and that he and the others who shared that ministry are not losing heart (in this case he is also referring to Timothy, see 2 Corinthians 1:1). They could have confidence because they were walking in the truth of God’s Word and not in their own cleverness or craftiness (2 Corinthians 4:2). Because their confidence was in His truth and not their own ability, they could fulfill their ministry with good conscience even as God could observe their actions (2 Corinthians 4:2).
Even though Paul and Timothy’s gospel-proclaiming ministry was at times met with rejection, it was not because of any flaw in the good news itself. Unbelievers suffer from a blindness of the mind and are unable to see the “light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:3–4). Because of this great need, the message of the gospel is so important. They weren’t proclaiming or promoting themselves; rather, they were serving others by proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:5). The light that Paul and Timothy were proclaiming had come from God—that same God who had originally created light (Genesis 1:3) and who had determined that Christ would come to provide light to humanity (John 1:4–9). God had accomplished the creation of light and the coming of Jesus. What He determines shall happen; it will indeed take place, and God had shone light in Paul’s and Timothy’s hearts that they would be equipped to present the wonderful truth of Jesus Christ and the eternal life He provides (2 Corinthians 4:6). It is for this reason that Paul explains that they have the treasure in earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7) and why that is significant.
Paul says elsewhere that, if he will boast, he will boast in the Lord (2 Corinthians 10:17). He is doing exactly that here when he says that they have the treasure in earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7). The marvel that Paul is communicating is that, even as Paul and Timothy (and presumably the other disciples) were proclaiming Christ, they were not fulfilling this responsibility in their own power. Instead, God had provided the life, the power, and the message. Paul understood that those who were doing the actual proclaiming were simply earthen vessels—with no glory or merit of their own. As he said to the Corinthians in his previous letter, “Neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth” (1 Corinthians 3:7). Such lowly and humble people were given an incredible treasure—the personal and lifegiving knowledge of Jesus Christ in their own lives and the good news to proclaim to others. This shows how surpassing is the strength and power of God, and those who hear the message can be encouraged that the power is from God and His truth. The power does not originate in the cleverness or strength of people.
As God uses broken and imperfect people, we can also be encouraged that God can use us to accomplish important things and that, when we use the tools He provides, the power is not our own, but His. We are simply earthen vessels / jars of clay; the treasure is God’s gift inside.
Vandag se Bemoediging
In 2 Korintiërs 4:7 maak Paulus ‘n pragtige stelling dat “ons hierdie skat in erdehouers het, sodat die uitnemende grootheid van die krag van God sal wees en nie uit onsself nie.” Die konteks help ons om te verstaan wat die skat in erdehouers is (ander vertalings sê “kleipotte”). Paulus vermaan sy lesers dat, al is daar groot probleme in hul bediening, hy bemoedig word (2 Korintiërs 4:1). Hy erken dat hy in sy bediening barmhartigheid ontvang het en dat hy en die ander wat daardie bediening gedeel het, nie moed verloor nie (in hierdie geval verwys hy ook na Timoteus, sien 2 Korintiërs 1:1). Hulle kon vertroue hê omdat hulle in die waarheid van God se Woord gewandel het en nie in hul eie slimheid of listigheid nie (2 Korintiërs 4:2). Omdat hul vertroue in Sy waarheid was en nie in hul eie vermoë nie, kon hulle hul bediening met ‘n goeie gewete vervul, net soos God hul dade kon waarneem (2 Korintiërs 4:2).
Alhoewel Paulus en Timoteus se evangelieverkondigingsbediening soms met verwerping begroet is, was dit nie as gevolg van enige fout in die goeie nuus self nie. Ongelowiges ly aan ‘n blindheid van die verstand en is nie in staat om die “lig van die evangelie van die heerlikheid van Christus wat die beeld van God is” te sien nie (2 Korintiërs 4:3-4). As gevolg van hierdie groot behoefte is die boodskap van die evangelie so belangrik. Hulle het nie hulself verkondig of bevorder nie; eerder het hulle ander gedien deur die boodskap van Jesus Christus te verkondig (2 Korintiërs 4:5). Die lig wat Paulus en Timoteus verkondig het, het van God gekom – dieselfde God wat oorspronklik lig geskep het (Genesis 1:3) en wat bepaal het dat Christus sou kom om lig aan die mensdom te verskaf (Johannes 1:4-9). God het die skepping van lig en die koms van Jesus volbring. Wat Hy bepaal sal gebeur; dit sal inderdaad plaasvind, en God het lig in Paulus en Timoteus se harte geskyn sodat hulle toegerus sou wees om die wonderlike waarheid van Jesus Christus en die ewige lewe wat Hy voorsien, aan te bied (2 Korintiërs 4:6). Dit is om hierdie rede dat Paulus verduidelik dat hulle die skat in erdehouers het (2 Korintiërs 4:7) en hoekom dit betekenisvol is.
Paulus sê elders dat, as hy wil roem, hy in die Here sal roem (2 Korintiërs 10:17). Hy doen presies dit hier wanneer hy sê dat hulle die skat in erdehouers het (2 Korintiërs 4:7). Die wonder wat Paulus kommunikeer, is dat, selfs terwyl Paulus en Timoteus (en vermoedelik die ander dissipels) Christus verkondig het, hulle nie hierdie verantwoordelikheid in hul eie krag nagekom het nie. In plaas daarvan het God die lewe, die krag en die boodskap voorsien. Paulus het verstaan dat diegene wat die werklike verkondiging gedoen het, bloot erdehouers was – sonder enige heerlikheid of verdienste van hul eie. Soos hy in sy vorige brief vir die Korintiërs gesê het: “Dit is nie die een wat plant of die een wat natgooi nie, maar God wat die groei laat plaasvind” (1 Korintiërs 3:7). Sulke nederige en nederige mense is ‘n ongelooflike skat gegee – die persoonlike en lewegewende kennis van Jesus Christus in hul eie lewens en die goeie nuus om aan ander te verkondig. Dit wys hoe oortreflik die krag en mag van God is, en diegene wat die boodskap hoor, kan bemoedig word dat die krag van God en Sy waarheid kom. Die krag ontstaan nie in die slimheid of sterkte van mense nie.
Soos God gebroke en onvolmaakte mense gebruik, kan ons ook bemoedig word dat God ons kan gebruik om belangrike dinge te bereik en dat, wanneer ons die gereedskap gebruik wat Hy voorsien, die krag nie ons eie is nie, maar Syne. Ons is bloot erdehouers / kleikruike; die skat is God se geskenk binne-in.
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“weaker vessel” means “worth protecting”
The context of 1 Peter 3:7 is the Apostle Peter’s instructions concerning living as godly believers toward one another beginning in the home (1 Peter 3:1-12). The wife is addressed first and then the husband. This is the same order the Apostle Paul uses in Ephesians 5:22-33. Husbands are instructed to “live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel” (ESV). Other translations of 1 Peter 3:7 render the phrase “weaker partner” (NIV, CSB), “someone weaker” (NASB), or “weaker than you are” (NLT).
What does it mean that the wife is a “weaker vessel”? The passage does not specifically say. There are many speculations. The most common proposal is that 1 Peter 3:7 is referring to physical weakness since the vast majority of husbands are significantly physically stronger than their wives. Some interpreters see other ways that women are, generally speaking, weaker than men, such as being less in control of their emotions. Others point to the idea that women are more easily deceived (based on 1 Timothy 2:14). The primary problem with these theories is that this passage, and the Bible as a whole, nowhere specifically identifies ways that women are weaker than men. First Timothy 2:14 simply says that Eve was deceived. It does not say that women are more easily deceived than men.
First Peter 3:7 is not about identifying weaknesses in wives. Rather, it is about how husbands are to treat their wives. According to 1 Peter 3:7, husbands are to live with their wives in an understanding way, show them honor, and recognize that their wives are heirs with them of the grace of life. The consequence of a husband not honoring his wife is hindered prayer, something every Christian husband should strive to avoid.
While it is interesting to study what precisely Peter may have meant by “weaker vessel,” ultimately, it misses the point. Whatever “weaker vessel” means, the application is that husbands are to understand, honor, and value their wives.
In context, “weaker vessel” likely carries the meaning of “worth protecting” and “something to cherish” far more than it is intended to identify specific weaknesses or in any way diminish the strength and value of wives.
“swakker Vat” beteken “die moeite werd om te beskerm”
Die konteks van 1 Petrus 3:7 is die apostel Petrus se instruksies rakende die lewe as godvrugtige gelowiges teenoor mekaar, beginnend in die huis (1 Petrus 3:1-12). Die vrou word eerste aangespreek en dan die man. Dit is dieselfde volgorde wat die apostel Paulus in Efesiërs 5:22-33 gebruik. Mans word opdrag gegee om “met begrip saam met julle vrouens te leef en eer aan die vrou as die swakker vat te bewys” (ESV). Ander vertalings van 1 Petrus 3:7 gee die frase “swakker maat” (NIV, CSB), “iemand swakker” (NASB), of “swakker as jy is” (NLT) weer.
Wat beteken dit dat die vrou ‘n “swakker vat” is? Die gedeelte sê dit nie spesifiek nie. Daar is baie spekulasies. Die mees algemene voorstel is dat 1 Petrus 3:7 verwys na fisiese swakheid, aangesien die oorgrote meerderheid mans aansienlik fisies sterker is as hul vrouens. Sommige interpreteerders sien ander maniere waarop vroue, oor die algemeen gesproke, swakker as mans is, soos om minder beheer oor hul emosies te hê. Ander wys op die idee dat vroue makliker mislei word (gebaseer op 1 Timoteus 2:14). Die primêre probleem met hierdie teorieë is dat hierdie gedeelte, en die Bybel as geheel, nêrens spesifiek maniere identifiseer waarop vroue swakker as mans is nie. 1 Timoteus 2:14 sê eenvoudig dat Eva mislei is. Dit sê nie dat vroue makliker mislei word as mans nie.
1 Petrus 3:7 gaan nie oor die identifisering van swakhede in vrouens nie. Dit gaan eerder oor hoe mans hul vrouens moet behandel. Volgens 1 Petrus 3:7 moet mans op ‘n begripvolle manier met hul vrouens saamleef, eer aan hulle betoon en erken dat hul vrouens saam met hulle erfgename van die genade van die lewe is. Die gevolg van ‘n man wat sy vrou nie eer nie, is belemmerde gebed, iets wat elke Christenman moet probeer vermy.
Alhoewel dit interessant is om te bestudeer wat presies Petrus met “swakker vat” bedoel het, mis dit uiteindelik die punt. Wat ook al “swakker vat” beteken, die toepassing is dat mans hul vrouens moet verstaan, eer en waardeer.
In konteks dra “swakker vat” waarskynlik die betekenis van “die moeite werd om te beskerm” en “iets om te koester” veel meer as wat dit bedoel is om spesifieke swakhede te identifiseer of op enige manier die krag en waarde van vrouens te verminder.
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Signs of the Times
The baptism ceremony was a subdued celebration.
On Saturday, March 8, eight young Burkinabe Christians were baptized. “These baptisms are different than most I have attended as they are quite solemn,” said a front-line worker. “Once these individuals are baptized, they are targeted and are likely to be beaten or even killed for their faith in Jesus Christ.”
As they were being baptized, the Christians sang “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.”
Following Christ in Burkina Faso comes with great risk. According to church leaders in the country, 292 Christians have been killed and more than 131,000 have been displaced by Islamist attacks since January 2024. “These are current numbers,” said another front-line worker. “We need to increase prayer support for our Burkinabe brothers and sisters — for their protection, for provision and for their persecutors to come to faith in Christ.”
The baptism ceremony for the young Christians took place in a village in the southwestern part of the country where Muslim terrorists from neighboring Mali sometimes attack and kill followers of Christ. There is “no turning back” for these believers.
When Christians are displaced or martyred by Islamist attacks, such as in Burkina Faso, you can help support them and their families. Your gifts to Persecution Response help provide shelter, food, medical care and fulfill other immediate and ongoing needs for our brothers and sisters who have suffered persecution. Let them know they are not forgotten.
Gog and Magog Update
Trump May Remove Entire Gaza Population;
The Trump administration is drafting plans for the post-war administration of the Gaza Strip, which would include either paying for the mass voluntary migration of the area’s two million residents to third-party countries or their relocation into designated refugee zones within the coastal enclave, according to a report published Sunday.
The Washington Post cited a 38-page prospectus in its report, revealing details of the White House’s plans for rebuilding Gaza after the current war with Israel ends.
In February 2025, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit, President Donald Trump announced plans to promote the voluntary mass migration of Gaza’s entire population of roughly two million people, with the United States taking control of the Gaza Strip.
While the administration has provided few details on the president’s plan, which he claimed would see the wartorn area turned into a Middle Eastern “Riviera,” US officials are now mulling competing proposals for implementing Trump’s vision of rehabilitating Gaza into an American economic zone — one that would serve as a hub for a larger east-west economic corridor linking the US and India.
Netanyahu Advances All-out Invasion of Gaza City;
WATCH: Massive IDF airstrike levels multiple buildings in Jabalia
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