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God Met Ons – Vir Ewig!

God Met Ons – Vir Ewig!

“Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe het” (Johannes 3:16 NKJV, beklemtoning myne).

God het Jesus nie aan die mensdom geleen nie. Jesus het nie bloot as ‘n mens verskyn, soos die tyd toe Hy Abraham besoek het nie (Genesis 18:16-17). Die Seun van God het mens geword!

Sy naam sal genoem word “Immanuel – wat beteken ‘God met ons’” (Matthéüs 1:23, NIV 84).

God het uit die hemel neergedaal om by ons te wees, nie net vir 33 jaar nie, maar Jesus, God die Seun, is vir ewig met ons!

“Daarom, toe Christus in die wêreld gekom het, het Hy gesê: ‘Slagoffer en spysoffer het U nie begeer nie, maar ‘n liggaam wat U vir My berei het’ (Hebreërs 10:5 NIV 84).

“Want vir ons is ‘n kind gebore, aan ons is ‘n Seun gegee; en die regering sal op sy skouer wees. En sy Naam sal genoem word Wonderbaar, Raadgewer, Magtige God, Ewige Vader, Vredevors” (Jesaja 9:6, NKJV beklemtoning myne).

God het ons sy Seun gegee om ‘n ware mens te word, met menslike “vlees en bloed, Hy het ook deel gehad aan [ons] mensheid” (Hebreërs 2:14 NIV 84). En Jesus behou sy menslikheid vir ewig sodat ons kan weet dat God met ons is, dat God vir ons is, dat God nie vir ons skaam is nie:

Beide die een wat die mense heilig maak en die wat heilig gemaak word, is van dieselfde familie. Jesus is dus nie skaam om hulle broers te noem nie (Hebreërs 2:11 NIV84, beklemtoning myne).

Deur die ewigheid heen, is ons wat sondaars is, gered deur genade, nie tweederangse burgers in die hemel nie; ons word nie as misdadigers op parool beskou nie. Deur Jesus se offerande, deur ‘n ware mens te word, is ons spesie nader aan God sou Adam nie gesondig het nie. Deur Jesus word die mensdom verhef en vereer tot ‘n hoër posisie en ‘n nouer verhouding met God as wat Adam in sy onskuld kon geweet het. Jesus, God die Seun, is nou ten volle mens, en deur Hom regeer ‘n mens nou in die hemel, ‘n mens sit nou op die troon, ‘n mens regeer nou die kosmos (Jesaja 9:6) – en hierdie wonderlike God van liefde is nie skaam om deel van ons familie te wees nie!

En deur Jesus, wat nie net die Seun van God is nie, maar ook die Seun van die mens is – die afstammeling van Adam, ‘n lid van ons menslike familie, op hierdie planeet, waar Satan sy banier geplant het, waar Adam se heerskappy deur die bose oorgeneem is, waar sonde en boosheid floreer, en die skoonheid van God se skepping bederf en verduister is, die enigste plek in die heelal waar sonde oorvloedig is – hier is God se genade des te meer oorvloedig, aangesien Jesus nie net mens geword het nie, nie net Satan verslaan het nie, nie net die mensdom verlos het nie, maar Hy sal ook die setel van God se regering na die aarde skuif en vir ewig in die toekoms van hierdie planeet af regeer (Openbaring 21:2-3)!

Wees in verwondering, staan verbaas, laat jou hart verneder word in aanbidding en liefde, want ons Skepper God skaam hom nie vir ons nie en sal nooit vir ons skaam wees nie – Hy het ons lief en verlang net om ons te genees van alle sonde, alle gebrek, alle hartseer en seerkry! Hy verlang daarna om elke vrees weg te neem, om ons te reinig van alle skuldgevoelens, skaamte en sonde; om elke tekortkoming te verwyder en om ons te herstel tot gelykvormigheid aan Christus in alle dinge.

God is met ons!

“Want diegene wat God tevore geken het” sal sy liefde ontvang en hulle harte in vertroue vir Hom oopmaak, “dié het hy ook voorbestem om gelykvormig te word aan die gelykenis van sy Seun, sodat hy die eersgeborene onder baie broers kon wees. … Wat sal ons dan in reaksie hierop sê? As God vir ons is, wie kan teen ons wees? Hy wat sy eie Seun nie gespaar het nie, maar hom vir ons almal oorgegee het, hoe sal Hy nie ook saam met hom ons ook alles genadiglik gee nie? … Wie sal ons skei van die liefde van Christus? Sal moeilikheid of swaarkry of vervolging of hongersnood of naaktheid of gevaar of swaard dit doen? … Nee, in al hierdie dinge is ons meer as oorwinnaars deur Hom wat ons liefgehad het. Want ek is daarvan oortuig dat geen dood of lewe, of engele of demone, die hede of die toekoms of enige kragte, nie hoogte of diepte of enigiets anders in die hele skepping ons sal kan skei van die liefde van God wat in Christus Jesus, onse Here, is nie” (Romeine 8:29-39 NIV 84, beklemtoning myne).

Wees bly, o hemele! Wees verbaas, o aarde, want God is met ons – en ons kan kies om by Hom te wees!

 

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I’m a youth leader in South Africa. We as a youth group are currently using a lot of the material on the Come and Reason site. Since we’ve started using the material, our youth group has grown.

R. V. N., South Africa

 

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I am absolutly on fire with the message at Come and Reason! I can’t get enough! I’ve read your book, blog, and articles. I’ve listened to your Bible study podcasts, your radio show, and your series – all excellent! It wasn’t until the past couple of years that I have I like I’m becoming “healthy,” with more to share with others than just beasts and commandments! I used to be a Bible worker and preached when the pastors were gone until I had had enough. I didnt realize at the time what the problem was, but i know now… the message wasn’t properly focused. Now my flame is rekindled. All of your little examples are so perfect in explaining something “complicated” and making it easily understood! Now I’m trying to shape it into a life changing evangelistic series! Thank you!

M.T., USA

 

Testimony 38

Since November 2015, when I started studying Gods word from this God Is Love point of view, my life has been transformed. My troubled marriage of 15 years has been healed and my husband and I are truly happy for the first time in 15 years. Now When I read the word of God I understand it so much better and I can’t help but see Gods love radiating through the pages to humanity. Gods word is living and active and I am blessed beyond measure to be having this amazing experience. God has given me a beautiful understanding of Jn 3:16 that amazes me more and more each day. Thank you again for your ministry.

Helen D., London, England

 

Testimony 33

I was invited over a friend’s house to see the “God and Your Brain” seminar today. I became [a christian] 36 years ago at the age of 19, but have struggled with the concept of God taking His ‘pound of flesh’ out on His Son to be appeased. Wow. Your seminar has been an incredible revelation and breath of reason and fresh air! I have your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” and it is SO eye opening. Finally, after 36 years enlightenment has come! Praise the Good Lord! What can I say, but that the Real Gospel is truly “Good News!” Thank you for your efforts in giving the Gospel a clear sound!

Paul C.,  Springfield, MA, USA

 

Testimony 71

When I was 9 years old, I remember setting at our devotional table with a hunger and thirst for God that wanted more, deeper, BETTER. I can remember literally crying and pounding on the table, “I know these teachers didn’t mean to give us error. They taught what THEY had been TAUGHT, but didn’t ANYBODY READ THE BOOK?!?!?” It mattered to me then. It mattered to me as a teenager. It matters now as I teach bible classes. It didn’t have to be so hard as I watched so many give up and lay God’s great plan and gift of salvation aside as being “impossible.” Then, a friend sent me a link to Come And Reason’s website. I grew excited. YES! FINALLY! Then another friend told me to stay away, saying her son had just broken up with a girl because she was involved with Come And Reason and that “Tim Jennings preaches a false gospel.” But, AFTER many years of developing an authentic and, dare I say FUN relationship with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit I see this message has been around a LONG time, since the apostle Paul, Ellen White, Graham Maxwell, Ray Foucher, and yourself (though I admit, you’ve made me back up, rewind and replay the clips, and get out my well-worn Bible on a few things.) I’m so thankful I have found LIGHT during these DARK days. I am not alone.

Vicki DiNitto

Testimony 43

Two years ago I stumbled upon your book, “Could It Be This Simple,” and then found “The God-Shaped Brain” videos on YouTube, your bible study class, and the ‘Come And Reason’ mobile app. I shared your book with a friend and after nine months of showing love, patience, and kindness this person has been changed by the love of God, too. The same love that healed me, I now express to other women in tangible ways, such as to a Baptist woman with high anxiety and childhood trauma. She was extremely happy and relieved when I shared about the so-called “judgment of God” and burning in hell. She had no desire to serve a God that was so harsh. I have repeated the phrase dozens of times to her. “What we believe has power over us, but we have power over what we believe…”

This message that you are sharing has changed my life. I will continue to serve other women and bring this message of God’s healing love to their lives by sharing your books, YouTube videos, and The Remedy Bible app. Keep up the good work. Don’t be discouraged. God is doing a mighty work in and through this ministry!

Jill L., Midwest, USA

 

Testimony 18

The Healing the Mind DVD set tarted me on a journey that has changed my relationship with our loving God more significantly than any other study, and brought me to your book and Bible study podcasts, which I now listen to daily, thanks to the availability of archived content on your site and on iTunes.

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Testimony 20

I just wanted to personally thank you for your teachings and insight into scripture. I came across your website via my cousin who suggested I look into “Healing the Mind” information. My youngest daughter has been struggling over the last couple of years and it all came to a head this spring. When I started listening to the “Healing the Mind” lectures my own life began to be transformed. I began sharing with all my daughters the concepts you laid out so clearly. I ordered your book and soaked it up. I just want to say “Thank You!” My walk with the Lord has been refreshed and renewed. Your obedience to the Lord is a blessing to so many.

R. K., Anderson, SC, USA

 

Testimony 54

I had a lot of pressure, as a pastor’s kid, to conform and be “good.” I was good at being “good.” I thought my life was going along well until it all started falling apart and I could not figure out why! In my search for “why is this happening to me, God?” I came across your book, “Could it be this Simple,” and God started revealing to me the many distortions I held about His character, His principles, and how He has designed His universe to operate. I remember thinking, “Wow, I have had this all backwards.” I was happy and angry all at the same time. Happy to have the light of truth break through the darkness, revealing a wonderful, beautiful way of understanding God and His plan for His children, and angry, because I felt deceived and cheated by the church, my family, and myself!

My heart thrills when I listen to your bible study lessons. Literally I have gone from death to life. It is a journey I look forward to every day, as God reveals areas this distortion affects. Praise GOD! I will ever be grateful to God for this ministry and your cooperation with the Spirit!

Karen S., Portal, AZ, USA

 

Testimony 50

After coming into contact with Come And Reason Ministries, I can finally say that many of my unanswered questions have fallen into place. I discovered that my view of God’s Law was “imposed laws and rules” with “imposed punishments” and that this was the major culprit of my many unanswered questions. Thanks be to God for using you and those around you to help us who have struggled with this “infection” of thought. I have now rejected the “imposed law” concept to fully embrace “Design Law”… to look thru “Design Law,” instead of “imposed law,” is a relief.

Viliami L., Australia

 

Testimony 53

I was so blessed by a friend who gave me your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” while I was sitting in church asking God to please help me learn more about Him and help me not to be so confused and scared. That was about 2 years ago. Your books have helped me to love God even more. I’m not confused or scared anymore! I have listened to all of your bible study classes and feel like I know the wonderful people that attend every week. Thank you for all that you’re doing in spreading the true message about God and His law of love. God bless you and your whole class.

Elssy P., Modesto, CA, USA

 

Testimony 36

Thank you and may God continue to bless you as you share with others the intricacies of how we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made”. I must share that you have opened a whole new world to me, and I have found tremendous healing through what you have shared in two of your books, “Could It Be This Simple?” and “The God Shaped Brain.” I praise God for what you shared, what I have learned, and how I have grown and healed! My prayer is that My Precious Jesus will be seen by others in the way I live, act, talk, etc. and they may be encouraged to know He is truly a GREAT God of LOVE, desiring that no one should perish! God Bless you in your continued endeavors to present Him as He really is!

Joleen H. GA, USA

 

Testimony 67

I was introduced to Come And Reason by a friend of my mother-in-law, who gave me several CD’s of Dr. Jennings. The clarity of the message and recognition that God’s is a God of love was so clear, advancing beyond Dr. Maxwell’s message. However, grappled with Maxwell saying God used emergency measures for the fallen world. Now after several years of being a regular listener of the Come And Reasoning bible study class and attending Jennings’ meetings in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, things are becoming clearer for me. Design law versus imposed law has added so much to my personal understanding of theology. This message has really impacted my work in counseling so many people miserable because they are searching for and trusting human governments to create order and peace or believing in a God who says love Me or I will kill you. I am grateful that I have an alternative view to offer my clients that makes sense. I teach a bible study class on a semi-regular basis and I value the materials that Come And Reason so freely offers to aid me in presenting this vital message. Thank you for continuing to provide advancement in our very limited understanding of a Infinite God that is rational and believable.

Dr. Roger D, Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 45

I have been confused for years about what [christianity] calls [its] most disgusting teaching. It has never made much sense to me and for that reason has been evermore empty. I have listened to your class off and on and have struggled determining what is truth, because of the resistance design law encounters in the church. So, I thank God for your ministry. What you teach makes sense. It’s logical and backed up by the power of love. I have never seen that in Christ until now. I am astounded by the insight that is found when we look at God’s ministry through design law. All strength to this message, as I believe it to be the power of God.

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Testimony 52

Your unique way in spreading the truth is what we all need today. Most of us don’t recognize the contamination coming from all the lies and selfishness in the world. Because of our fear of death, we forgot how to live. Lies left and right. I was losing hope and faith, because of so many ideas that are always contradicting each other – so many questions answered by other, more complicated, questions – until I found your channel on YouTube.

You did not just give me answers, you also taught me how to answer new questions that arise in my mind. Now I see things differently. I see God’s mercy, grace, and Love everywhere, in spite of all the chaos that we all have done as humans. I don’t fear death anymore. Accepting the Truth and Love about God is truly a genuine Freedom from all the confusions, sufferings, selfishness, pain, and death.

I just wanted to say, thank you, sooooo much for revealing the real Remedy for our infected life. I have a new hope and now see the world in a different perspective!

Wheinny P., University Place, WA, USA