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Jesus saves is a popular slogan on bumper stickers, signs at athletic events, and even banners being pulled across the sky by small airplanes. Sadly, few who see the phrase Jesus saves truly understand what it means. Those two words pack a tremendous amount of power and truth.
Jesus saves, but who is Jesus?
Most people understand that Jesus was a man who lived in Israel about 2,000 years ago. Virtually every religion in the world views Jesus as a good teacher and/or a prophet. And while Jesus was truly a good teacher and a prophet, those job descriptions do not capture who Jesus truly is, nor do they explain how or why Jesus saves. Jesus is God in human form (John 1:1, 14). He came to Earth as a true human being (1 John 4:2) in the person of Jesus Christ in order to save us. That brings up the next question: why do we need to be saved?
Jesus saves, but why do we need to be saved?
The Bible declares that every human being who has ever lived has sinned (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:23). To sin is to do anything in thought, word, or deed that contradicts God’s perfect and holy character. Because of our sin, we are separated from God and deserve judgment from God (John 3:18, 36). God is perfectly just, so He cannot allow sin to go unpunished. Since God is the infinite and eternal Creator, all sin is ultimately against Him (Psalm 51:4), and only an infinite and eternal punishment is sufficient. Eternal death—separation from God—is the only just punishment for sin. That is why we need to be saved.
Jesus saves, but how does He save?
Because we have sinned against an infinite God, either a finite person (each one of us) must pay for our sins for an infinite amount of time, or an infinite Person (Jesus) must pay for our sins one time. There is no other option. Jesus saves us by dying in our place. Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on our behalf, paying the infinite and eternal penalty only He could pay (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 2:2). Jesus took the punishment that we deserve in order to save us from an eternal destiny separated from God. Because of His great love for us, Jesus laid down His life (John 15:13), paying the penalty that we had earned, but could not pay. Three days later, Jesus rose from the dead, demonstrating that His death was indeed sufficient to pay for our sins and that His life conquers death on our behalf (1 Corinthians 15).
Jesus saves, but whom does He save?
Jesus saves all who will receive His gift of salvation by faith. Jesus saves all those who cease trying to save themselves and fully trust in His sacrifice alone as the payment for sin (John 3:16; Acts 16:31). Jesus’ sacrifice was sufficient to pay for the sins of all humanity, but His gift of salvation is only received through faith (John 1:12). We must trust Him.
If you now understand what it means that Jesus saves, and you want to trust in Him as your personal Savior, you can, as an act of faith, communicate the following to God: “God, I know that I am a sinner, and I know that because of my sin I deserve to be eternally separated from you. Even though I do not deserve it, thank you for loving me and providing the sacrifice for my sins through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and I trust in Him alone to save me. From this point forward, help me to live my life for you instead of for sin. Help me to live the rest of my life in gratitude for the wonderful salvation you have provided. Thank you, Jesus, for saving me!”
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Jesus red is ‘n gewilde slagspreuk op bufferplakkers, tekens by atletiekbyeenkomste, en selfs baniere wat deur klein vliegtuie deur die lug getrek word. Ongelukkig verstaan min mense wat die frase Jesus red sien werklik wat dit beteken. Daardie twee woorde bevat ‘n geweldige hoeveelheid krag en waarheid.
Jesus red, maar wie is Jesus?
Die meeste mense verstaan dat Jesus ‘n man was wat ongeveer 2 000 jaar gelede in Israel gewoon het. Feitlik elke godsdiens in die wêreld beskou Jesus as ‘n goeie onderwyser en/of ‘n profeet. En hoewel Jesus werklik ‘n goeie onderwyser en ‘n profeet was, vang daardie posbeskrywings nie vas wie Jesus werklik is nie, en verduidelik hulle ook nie hoe of hoekom Jesus red nie. Jesus is God in menslike vorm (Johannes 1:1, 14). Hy het na die aarde gekom as ‘n ware mens (1 Johannes 4:2) in die persoon van Jesus Christus om ons te red. Dit bring die volgende vraag na vore: hoekom moet ons gered word?
Jesus red, maar hoekom moet ons gered word?
Die Bybel verklaar dat elke mens wat ooit geleef het, gesondig het (Prediker 7:20; Romeine 3:23). Om te sondig is om enigiets in gedagte, woord of daad te doen wat God se perfekte en heilige karakter weerspreek. As gevolg van ons sonde is ons van God geskei en verdien ons oordeel van God (Johannes 3:18, 36). God is volkome regverdig, daarom kan Hy nie toelaat dat sonde ongestraf bly nie. Aangesien God die oneindige en ewige Skepper is, is alle sonde uiteindelik teen Hom (Psalm 51:4), en slegs ‘n oneindige en ewige straf is voldoende. Die ewige dood – skeiding van God – is die enigste regverdige straf vir sonde. Daarom moet ons gered word.
Jesus red, maar hoe red Hy?
Omdat ons teen ‘n oneindige God gesondig het, moet óf ‘n eindige persoon (elkeen van ons) vir ‘n oneindige hoeveelheid tyd vir ons sondes betaal, óf ‘n oneindige Persoon (Jesus) moet een keer vir ons sondes betaal. Daar is geen ander opsie nie. Jesus red ons deur in ons plek te sterf. Jesus Christus het Homself namens ons geoffer en die oneindige en ewige straf betaal wat net Hy kon betaal (2 Korintiërs 5:21; 1 Johannes 2:2). Jesus het die straf wat ons verdien, geneem om ons te red van ‘n ewige bestemming geskei van God. As gevolg van Sy groot liefde vir ons, het Jesus Sy lewe afgelê (Johannes 15:13), en die straf betaal wat ons verdien het, maar nie kon betaal nie. Drie dae later het Jesus uit die dood opgestaan en gedemonstreer dat Sy dood inderdaad voldoende was om vir ons sondes te betaal en dat Sy lewe die dood namens ons oorwin (1 Korintiërs 15).
Jesus red, maar wie red Hy?
Jesus red almal wat Sy gawe van verlossing deur geloof sal ontvang. Jesus red almal wat ophou om hulself te probeer red en ten volle op Sy offer alleen vertrou as die betaling vir sonde (Johannes 3:16; Handelinge 16:31). Jesus se offer was voldoende om vir die sondes van die hele mensdom te betaal, maar Sy gawe van verlossing word slegs deur geloof ontvang (Johannes 1:12). Ons moet Hom vertrou.
As jy nou verstaan wat dit beteken dat Jesus red, en jy wil op Hom vertrou as jou persoonlike Verlosser, kan jy, as ‘n daad van geloof, die volgende aan God kommunikeer: “God, ek weet dat ek ‘n sondaar is, en ek weet dat ek as gevolg van my sonde verdien om ewig van U geskei te wees. Al verdien ek dit nie, dankie dat U my liefhet en die offer vir my sondes voorsien deur die dood en opstanding van Jesus Christus. Ek glo dat Jesus vir my sondes gesterf het, en ek vertrou op Hom alleen om my te red. Van nou af, help my om my lewe vir U te leef in plaas van vir sonde. Help my om die res van my lewe in dankbaarheid te leef vir die wonderlike verlossing wat U voorsien het. Dankie, Jesus, dat U my gered het!”
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Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James 4:12
Prayer
Lord , Jesus there will Only be ONE JUDGE one day , and That Judge is Jesus Christ that will sit on the Great White Throne Judgement seat one day . We may not Judge , But please teach us the difference between Reproof and Judgement , we Pray in Jesus name . Amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Daar is net een wetgewer wat mag het om te red en te vernietig; wie is U wat ‘n ander oordeel?
Jakobus 4:12
Gebed
Here Jesus, daar sal net EEN REGTER eendag wees, en daardie Regter is Jesus Christus wat eendag op die Groot Wit Troon Regterstoel sal sit. Ons mag nie oordeel nie, maar leer ons asseblief die verskil tussen teregwysing en oordeel. Ons bid in Jesus se Naam. Amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
In Matthew 1:18–21 Joseph was visited by an angel through a dream and was instructed to marry Mary. Joseph was of a mind to divorce her quietly, saving her from public disgrace, thinking she had become pregnant by another man. Yet the angel reassured Joseph that her pregnancy was from the Holy Spirit. Joseph was told, “Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:20–21).
Joseph and Mary were both instructed by God through angels to name the child miraculously conceived Jesus (Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31). The angel specifically told Joseph why they were to name Him Jesus: “You are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21, emphasis added). Jesus means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation.” It is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua. Jesus did not come to save the Jews from political oppression or social ills or wrong thinking. His mission in coming to earth was to save His people from their sins.
Jesus’ name not only proclaimed His mission, but it also confirmed His deity and the efficacy of His mission. “Yahweh saves.” Sin brought death and separated us from God (Romans 5:12). But Jesus’ “righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people” (Romans 5:18). Jesus is God eternal (John 1:1–3), yet He became flesh, lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; 1 John 3:5), and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice on our behalf (1 Corinthians 15:3; Colossians 1:22; Hebrews 10:10). Jesus’ death eternally conquered sin and death and provided the atoning sacrifice for the entire world (1 John 2:2). All who believe in Him will be saved (John 3:16; Acts 16:31). Since only God can save and Jesus came to save His people from their sin, Jesus’ name confirms He is God. And His purpose was successful: He provided the only way for people to be saved from their sins.
God intentionally sent Jesus to fulfill His plan of redemption “when the set time had fully come” (Galatians 4:4). The Messiah’s coming was prophesied long before He was born. Jesus’ mission and name are connected to the prophecy from Isaiah 7:14. Matthew makes the connection explicit: “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’)” (Matthew 1:22–23). Jesus is not the same name as Immanuel. So how did naming Him Jesus (because He will save His people from their sins) fulfill the prophecy about calling Him Immanuel?
Immanuel is one of the many “names” or titles given to Jesus in the Old and New Testaments. Immanuel was not His given name, just as He was not named “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). Instead, Jesus was His given name. Jesus fulfilled the meaning of His given name while also fulfilling the meaning of Immanuel, “God with us.” Indeed, God became one of us (John 1:14) and provided the only way for people to be saved from their sins.
The name of Jesus is essential to who He is and His mission. Jesus was given His name because He would save His people from their sins. That is what He did and continues to do. Acts 4:12 says, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Those who have been saved now live to proclaim this salvation (Matthew 28:19–20) and to glorify the One who came to save us: “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
In Matteus 1:18–21 is Josef deur ‘n engel deur ‘n droom besoek en is opdrag gegee om met Maria te trou. Josef was van plan om haar stilweg te skei en haar van openbare skande te red, omdat hy gedink het sy het swanger geraak deur ‘n ander man. Tog het die engel Josef verseker dat haar swangerskap van die Heilige Gees was. Josef is meegedeel: “Moenie bang wees om Maria as jou vrou huis toe te neem nie, want wat in haar verwek is, is van die Heilige Gees. Sy sal ‘n seun baar, en jy moet Hom Jesus noem, want Hy sal sy volk van hulle sondes verlos” (Matteus 1:20–21).
Josef en Maria is albei deur God deur engele opdrag gegee om die wonderbaarlik verwekte kind Jesus te noem (Matteus 1:21; Lukas 1:31). Die engel het spesifiek vir Josef gesê waarom hulle Hom Jesus moes noem: “Jy moet Hom Jesus noem, want Hy sal sy volk van hulle sondes verlos” (Matteus 1:21, klem bygevoeg). Jesus beteken “Yahweh red” of “Yahweh is verlossing.” Dit is die Griekse ekwivalent van die Hebreeuse naam Josua. Jesus het nie gekom om die Jode te red van politieke onderdrukking of sosiale euwels of verkeerde denke nie. Sy sending met sy koms aarde toe was om Sy mense van hulle sondes te red.
Jesus se naam het nie net Sy sending verkondig nie, maar dit het ook Sy goddelikheid en die doeltreffendheid van Sy sending bevestig. “Yahweh red.” Sonde het die dood gebring en ons van God geskei (Romeine 5:12). Maar Jesus se “regverdige daad het gelei tot regverdiging en lewe vir alle mense” (Romeine 5:18). Jesus is ewige God (Johannes 1:1–3), maar Hy het vlees geword, ‘n sondelose lewe geleef (2 Korintiërs 5:21; Hebreërs 4:15; 1 Johannes 3:5), en Homself as die perfekte offer namens ons aangebied (1 Korintiërs 15:3; Kolossense 1:22; Hebreërs 10:10). Jesus se dood het sonde en dood ewig oorwin en die soenoffer vir die hele wêreld voorsien (1 Johannes 2:2). Almal wat in Hom glo, sal gered word (Johannes 3:16; Handelinge 16:31). Aangesien slegs God kan red en Jesus gekom het om Sy mense van hulle sonde te red, bevestig Jesus se naam dat Hy God is. En Sy doel was suksesvol: Hy het die enigste manier voorsien vir mense om van hulle sondes gered te word.
God het Jesus doelbewus gestuur om Sy verlossingsplan te vervul “toe die vasgestelde tyd aangebreek het” (Galasiërs 4:4). Die koms van die Messias is lank voor Sy geboorte geprofeteer. Jesus se sending en naam is gekoppel aan die profesie van Jesaja 7:14. Matteus maak die verband eksplisiet: “Dit alles het gebeur sodat die woord van die Here deur die profeet vervul kon word: ‘Die maagd sal swanger word en ‘n seun baar, en hulle sal Hom Immanuel noem’ (wat beteken ‘God met ons’)” (Matteus 1:22–23). Jesus is nie dieselfde naam as Immanuel nie. So hoe het die naam Jesus (omdat Hy Sy mense van hulle sondes sal red) die profesie oor die noem van Hom Immanuel vervul?
Immanuel is een van die vele “name” of titels wat aan Jesus in die Ou en Nuwe Testamente gegee word. Immanuel was nie Sy gegewe naam nie, net soos Hy nie genoem is as “Wonderbare Raadsman, Magtige God, Ewige Vader, Vredevors” (Jesaja 9:6) nie. In plaas daarvan was Jesus Sy gegewe naam. Jesus het die betekenis van Sy gegewe naam vervul terwyl Hy ook die betekenis van Immanuel, “God met ons”, vervul het. Inderdaad, God het een van ons geword (Johannes 1:14) en die enigste manier voorsien vir mense om van hul sondes gered te word.
Die naam van Jesus is noodsaaklik vir wie Hy is en Sy sending. Jesus is Sy naam gegee omdat Hy Sy mense van hul sondes sou red. Dit is wat Hy gedoen het en steeds doen. Handelinge 4:12 sê: “Verlossing is in niemand anders nie, want daar is ook geen ander naam onder die hemel wat aan die mensdom gegee is waardeur ons gered moet word nie.” Diegene wat gered is, leef nou om hierdie verlossing te verkondig (Matteus 28:19–20) en om die Een te verheerlik wat gekom het om ons te red: “En wat julle ook al doen in woord of in daad, doen alles in die Naam van die Here Jesus en dank God die Vader deur Hom” (Kolossense 3:17).
Today’s Devotional
The Bible says that, if salvation were based on our own efforts, no one could be saved: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Psalm 143:2 adds, “No one living is righteous before you.” Romans 3:10 affirms, “There is no one righteous, not even one.”
We cannot save ourselves. Instead, we are saved when we believe in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8–9 teaches, “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” We are saved by God’s grace, and grace, by definition, cannot be earned. We do not deserve salvation; we simply receive it by faith.
God’s grace is enough to cover all sin (Romans 5:20). The Bible is filled with examples of people who were saved from sinful backgrounds. The apostle Paul wrote to Christians who had formerly been living in a variety of sinful conditions, including sexual immorality, idolatry, adultery, homosexuality, thievery, greed, and drunkenness. But Paul tells them that, upon salvation, “You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11).
The apostle Paul himself had been a persecutor of Christians, approving of the death of Stephen (Acts 8:1) and arresting Christians and throwing them into prison (Acts 8:3). He would later write, “Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst” (1 Timothy 1:13–15).
God often chooses to save unlikely candidates to serve His purposes. He saved a thief on a cross with only minutes to live (Luke 23:42–43), a persecutor of the church (Paul), a fisherman who had denied Him (Peter), a Roman soldier and his family (Acts 10), a runaway slave (Onesimus in Philemon), and many others. There is no one beyond God’s ability to save (see Isaiah 50:2). We must respond in faith and receive His free gift of eternal life.
Who can be saved? One thing is for certain—you can, if you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior! If you are not certain you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, you can respond right now in prayer. Saying a prayer is simply a way of declaring to God that you are relying on Jesus Christ as your Savior. There are no magical words that result in salvation. It is only faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection that can save us. If you understand that you are a sinner and in need of salvation through Jesus Christ, here is a prayer you can pray to God:
“God, I realize I am a sinner and could never reach heaven by my own good deeds. Right now I place my faith in Jesus Christ as God’s Son who died for my sins and rose from the dead to give me eternal life. Please forgive me of my sins and help me to live for you. Thank you for accepting me and giving me eternal life. Amen and Amen ”
Vandag se Bemoediging
Die Bybel sê dat, as verlossing op ons eie pogings gebaseer was, niemand gered kon word nie: “Almal het gesondig en dit ontbreek hulle aan die heerlikheid van God” (Romeine 3:23). Psalm 143:2 voeg by: “Niemand wat leef, is voor U regverdig nie.” Romeine 3:10 bevestig: “Daar is niemand regverdig nie, selfs nie een nie.”
Ons kan onsself nie red nie. In plaas daarvan word ons gered wanneer ons in Jesus Christus glo. Efesiërs 2:8–9 leer: “Uit genade is julle gered, deur die geloof – en dit is nie uit julleself nie: dit is die gawe van God – nie uit werke nie, sodat niemand kan roem nie.” Ons word gered deur God se genade, en genade kan per definisie nie verdien word nie. Ons verdien nie verlossing nie; ons ontvang dit bloot deur geloof.
God se genade is genoeg om alle sonde te bedek (Romeine 5:20). Die Bybel is vol voorbeelde van mense wat uit sondige agtergronde gered is. Die apostel Paulus het aan Christene geskryf wat voorheen in ‘n verskeidenheid sondige toestande geleef het, insluitend seksuele immoraliteit, afgodery, egbreuk, homoseksualiteit, diefstal, gierigheid en dronkenskap. Maar Paulus sê vir hulle dat, na redding, “julle is gewas, julle is geheilig, julle is geregverdig in die Naam van die Here Jesus Christus en deur die Gees van onse God” (1 Korintiërs 6:11).
Die apostel Paulus self was ‘n vervolger van Christene, het die dood van Stefanus goedgekeur (Handelinge 8:1) en het Christene gearresteer en in die tronk gegooi (Handelinge 8:3). Hy sou later skryf: “Alhoewel ek vroeër ‘n lasteraar en ‘n vervolger en ‘n gewelddadige man was, is aan my barmhartigheid bewys omdat ek in onkunde en ongeloof gehandel het. Die genade van onse Here is oorvloedig oor my uitgestort, saam met die geloof en liefde wat in Christus Jesus is. Hier is ‘n betroubare woord wat ten volle aanvaarding werd is: Christus Jesus het in die wêreld gekom om sondaars te red, van wie ek die ergste is” (1 Timoteus 1:13–15).
God kies dikwels om onwaarskynlike kandidate te red om Sy doeleindes te dien. Hy het ‘n dief aan ‘n kruis gered met slegs minute oor om te lewe (Lukas 23:42–43), ‘n vervolger van die kerk (Paulus), ‘n visserman wat Hom verloën het (Petrus), ‘n Romeinse soldaat en sy gesin (Handelinge 10), ‘n wegloperslaaf (Onesimus in Filemon), en vele ander. Daar is niemand buite God se vermoë om te red nie (sien Jesaja 50:2). Ons moet in geloof reageer en Sy gratis geskenk van die ewige lewe ontvang.
Wie kan gered word? Een ding is seker—jy kan, as jy Jesus Christus as jou Verlosser aanneem! As jy nie seker is dat jy Jesus as jou Verlosser aangeneem het nie, kan jy nou dadelik in gebed reageer. Om ‘n gebed te sê is bloot ‘n manier om aan God te verklaar dat jy op Jesus Christus as jou Verlosser vertrou. Daar is geen magiese woorde wat tot redding lei nie. Dit is slegs geloof in Jesus se dood en opstanding wat ons kan red. As jy verstaan dat jy ‘n sondaar is en verlossing deur Jesus Christus nodig het, is hier ‘n gebed wat jy tot God kan bid:
“God, ek besef dat ek ‘n sondaar is en nooit die hemel deur my eie goeie dade kan bereik nie. Op die oomblik plaas ek my geloof in Jesus Christus as God se Seun wat vir my sondes gesterf het en uit die dood opgestaan het om my die ewige lewe te gee. Vergewe my asseblief my sondes en help my om vir U te lewe. Dankie dat U my aanvaar en my die ewige lewe gee. Amen en Amen”
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Bemin Om Lief Te Hê:
“Ń Hart word nie beoordeel volgens hoe baie jy liefhet nie, maar hoeveel jy deur ander mense bemin word, “Ek het hierdie aanhaling op ń plakaat in ń geskenkewinkel gesien. Dis glo ń aanhaling uit The Wizard of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz mag ń goeie storie wees, maar dis beslis nie ń bertoubare bron om geestelike inligting te verkry nie. God het iets heel anders gesê. Volgens Hom is die grootste gebod vir ons om lief te hê – eerstens vir Hom en dan vir ander ( Mark 12:29-31). Die Bybel sê niks oor die verwagting dat daardie liefde wederkerig moet wees nie. Om die waarheid te sê, Jesus het die absolute teenoorgestelde in sy Bergpredikasie gesê: “Geseënd is julle wanneer die mense julle ter wille van My beledig en vervolg en valslik alles wat sleg is van julle sê. Wees bly en verheug, want julle loon is groot in die Hemel ( Matt 5:11-12 ).
Wanneer liefde ter sprake kom in die belangrikste wat ons moet weet dat alle liefde by God begin ( 1 Joh 4:19 ). Soos Moses aan die Israeliete gesê, was dit God se vreugde om sy liefde aan hulle te betoon ( Deut 10:15 ) en daarom het Hy van hulle verwag om ander ook lief te hê, ja selfs vreemdelinge ( vs 19 ). God se plan is dat diegene wat sy liefde deelagtig word, dit oordra aan ander.
Buite God om – Hy self liefde is – sou niemand van ons ander kon liefhê nie en sou ons ook liefgehad het nie ( 1 Joh 4:7-8 ).
Wie nie liefhet nie, het geen kennis van God nie, want God is liefde – 1 Joh 4:8.
Love to Love:
“A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others,” I saw this quote on a poster in a gift shop. It is said to be a quote from The Wizard of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz may be a good story, but it is certainly not a reliable source for spiritual information. God said something quite different. According to Him, the greatest commandment for us is to love – first Him and then others (Mark 12:29-31). The Bible says nothing about expecting that love to be reciprocated. In fact, Jesus said the exact opposite in his Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven ( Matt 5:11-12 ).
When it comes to love, the most important thing we need to know is that all love begins with God ( 1 John 4:19 ). As Moses told the Israelites, it was God’s delight to show his love to them ( Deut 10:15 ) and therefore He expected them to love others as well, even strangers ( vs 19 ). God’s plan is that those who share his love will pass it on to others.
Apart from God – He Himself is love – none of us could love others and would have loved us either ( 1 John 4:7-8 ).
He who does not love does not know God, because God is love – 1 John 4:8.
TruLight Ministries Daily Entertainment
TruLight TV – Kids Hour – Unique in Your Own Way
Today, the group learns about how they are special each in their own unique way. And Brie returns to learn more about Konnect HQ’s mission by going on an official tour. But who’s this new, super quiet guy named Joe? And has anyone seen Tony? This and plus some stunning gospel kids’ songs. Enjoy
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9 Signs That The United States And NATO Are Both Preparing For War
War on a large scale takes time to prepare. You have to prepare in advance and there are plenty of long terms plans being made by multiple countries in anticipation of an expanded war as early as next year.
The only way that Russia could possibly be defeated in Ukraine would be if western forces get directly involved in the conflict. Sadly, it appears that events are rapidly taking us in that direction. When long-range missiles that are provided by western countries and that are guided to their targets by western countries start slamming into Moscow, it is likely that the Russians will respond with overwhelming force.
That will give western countries all the justification that they need to officially enter the war, and then we will be just one step away from a nuclear apocalypse.
The following are 9 signs that the United States and NATO are both preparing for war…
1 Keith Kellogg has told Fox News that President Trump has given Ukraine authorization to conduct long-range missile strikes deep inside Russian territory…
“Are you saying it is the President’s position that Ukraine can conduct long-range strike into Russia? That that has been authorized by the President?” the Fox News host asked Kellogg.
“I think reading what he has said and reading what Vice President Vance has said as well as Secretary Rubio, the answer is, yes,” Kellogg said in response.
2 According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon is asking firms that produce missiles for the U.S. military to “double or even quadruple production rates”…
The Pentagon, alarmed at the low weapons stockpiles the U.S. would have on hand for a potential future conflict with China, is urging its missile suppliers to double or even quadruple production rates on a breakneck schedule.
The push to speed production of the critical weapons in the highest demand has played out through a series of high-level meetings between Pentagon leaders and senior representatives from several U.S. missile makers, according to people familiar with the matter. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg is taking an unusually hands-on role in the effort, called the Munitions Acceleration Council, and calls some company executives weekly to discuss it, some of the people said.
3 It has been confirmed that the U.S. is strongly considering sending long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged that the White House is actively considering proposals to sell Tomahawk missiles to European allies for use in Ukraine.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Vice President Vance said that the Trump administration is “looking at” sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, as Washington seeks to ramp up pressure on Moscow to come to the negotiating table and come to a peace agreement to end the bloody conflict.
“It’s something the President’s going to make the final determination on,” Vance said of the Tomahawks. “I’ll let the president speak to it, but I know that we’re having conversations this very minute about that issue.”
Tomahawk cruise missiles can travel 1,000 miles, and they would be a very serious threat to the city of Moscow.
It is expected that Vladimir Putin is expected to address this threat during a “major speech” that he is scheduled to deliver next week…
Vladimir Putin is set to make a “major speech” in what the Kremlin is promising to be an “interesting week”. The announcement comes following remarks by the US Vice President J D Vance on Friday, in which he said Donald Trump was considering a request to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dropped the cryptic message in an interview on Sunday with the Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin. “The President will deliver a fairly major speech next week,” he said. “We will announce what it will be about, as well as exactly when and where. But the week will be interesting.”
It is also being reported that conscription of soldiers for the Russian military has reached the highest level in nine years…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the conscription of 135,000 men by the end of 2025, the largest conscription drive in nine years.
4 Denmark is suddenly calling up hundreds of reservists…
In Denmark, reservists were urgently called up for service on Sunday, September 28. This decision was made due to drones in Danish airspace, according to TV2.
According to sources cited by the news agency, “several hundred” reservists were called up for service. The summons explicitly states that the decision was made due to incidents involving unidentified drones. Soldiers were instructed to report as quickly as possible.
The outlet’s interlocutors added that the call-up of reservists was carried out to prepare for their possible deployment within Denmark.
5 NATO forces in the Baltic Sea are in a state of “enhanced vigilance”…
A spokesperson for Nato said it has “enhanced vigilance” in the Baltic Sea following the intrusions.
The reinforced measures “include multiple intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms and at least one air-defence frigate” in the region to the west of Russia, alliance spokesman Martin O’Donnell said.
6 French hospitals have been instructed to prepare for mass casualties by March 2026…
French hospitals have been told to prepare a potential armed conflict in Europe by next year, local media reported.
In a letter sent to regional health agencies, revealed by Le Canard Enchaîné , the Ministry of Health asked hospitals to prepare for a “major (military) engagement” by March 2026.
The newspaper warned that between 10,000 and 50,000 men could be expected in hospitals over a period of 10 to 180 days.
7 Germany is preparing to treat up to 1,000 wounded troops per day…
Germany’s armed forces are planning how to treat a potential 1,000 wounded troops per day should a large-scale conflict between NATO and Russia break out.
Moscow has rejected any suggestions it might be preparing for a war with the Western military alliance, but the latest incursions of Russian jets and drones into NATO territory have raised fears of escalation.
Germany’s Surgeon General Ralf Hoffmann said the number of wounded troops in a potential conflict would depend on the intensity of battle and which military units were involved.
8 On Tuesday, President Trump, the Secretary of War, and every general and admiral in our military will be gathered at a military base in Virginia…
President Donald Trump is set to attend Tuesday’s unprecedented all-hands meeting of U.S. military commanders in Quantico, Va., he said Sunday.
As speculation swirls over why generals and flag officers from around the world were summoned, Trump insisted the purpose was celebratory.
“It’s really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things. It’s just a good message,” Trump told NBC News.
9 A fleet of U.S. tankers just made the long journey across the Atlantic Ocean…
Flight trackers have spotted a fleet of US air tankers crossing the Atlantic just as Donald Trump prepares to meet with generals and admirals on Tuesday.
Around a dozen KC-135R/T Stratotankers were making the journey on Sunday night, with several en route to RAF Mildenhall – a major Air Force base in England, open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts reported on X.
The presence of air tankers can indicate that the US or Nato is addressing an urgent military requirement for fighter jet refueling capacity.
The last time we witnessed a deployment of tankers of this magnitude, we bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities…
The deployment carries ominous weight, according to three Defense Department sources – two former, one current – who spoke to the Daily Mail on condition of anonymity.
The last time the US moved tankers in comparable numbers was five days before American warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump is meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.
Each one of the items in this list is certainly noteworthy.
But when you put them all together, a very alarming picture emerges.
Something is up.
2025 has been a year of war, but the vast majority of the population is simply not prepared for what is coming next.
A nightmare scenario is literally playing out right in front of our eyes, but even at this very late hour most people are still sleeping.
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