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Die metodes van die bose

Die apostel Paulus het aan Timoteus geskryf om hom te waarsku oor gebeure wat voor die wederkoms van Christus sal plaasvind en beskryf hoe boosheid homself sal manifesteer:

Die Gees sê duidelik dat sommige in latere tye die geloof sal laat vaar en misleidende geeste en dinge sal volg wat deur demone geleer word. Sulke leerstellings kom deur skynheilige leuenaars, wie se gewetens soos met ‘n warm yster verskroei is. Hulle verbied mense om te trou en beveel hulle om hulle te onthou van sekere kosse, wat God geskep het om met danksegging ontvang te word deur diegene wat glo en wat die waarheid ken (1 Tim 4:1-3 NAV84, beklemtoning myne).

Paulus sê vir ons dat die bose leuenaars is. Hulle gebruik misinformasie, propaganda, valsheid, verdraaiing en allerhande afleiding en verduistering om te verhoed dat mense die waarheid sien. Hulle laat mense fokus op woorde eerder as dade, aansprake eerder as uitkomste, afkondigings eerder as bewyse, verklarings eerder as feite, opgemaakte reëls eerder as toetsbare ontwerpwette – wat alles lei tot fantasie, fiksie, mite en bygeloof, eerder as intelligente wesens wat leef en werk in ‘n werklikheid gebaseer op waarheid.

Ja, bose mense, geïnspireer deur bose geeste, lieg en mislei. Maar hulle gebruik ook ander metodes om hul valshede, hul bose koninkryke, hul korrupte karakters en hul sondige self te bevorder – hulle gebruik opgelegde reëls, opgemaakte wette en dwanghandhawing om hul oortuigings te bevorder. Die regverdiges gebruik wel opgelegde reëls, opgemaakte wette en dwanghandhawing, maar slegs om boosheid in toom te hou – om die optrede wat ander skade berokken, in toom te hou; die goddeloses gebruik dit egter om boosheid te bevorder – om ander te dwing en te forseer tot dade wat skade veroorsaak.

Let op en kontrasteer die verskil in metode tussen die bose en die regverdiges. Die Bybel is vol raad oor die huwelik en dieet, maar die Bybelmetode wat Paulus bevorder, is aanbeveling, om die waarheid voor te lê, asook die bewyse, die rasionaal, die redes aan te bied – en dan elke persoon vry te laat om self te besluit. Paulus verbied nie; hy beveel nie nakoming nie.

Toe daar in die vroeë kerk twispunte ontstaan het oor voedsel en dae van aanbidding, het Paulus geskryf, “Elkeen moet ten volle oortuig wees in sy eie gedagtes” (Romeine 14:5 NAV84).

By berading oor die huwelik het Paulus nie beveel nie, ook nie verbied nie; Hy het geskryf:

Nou, oor wat jy oor ongetroude mense geskryf het: Ek het nie ‘n opdrag van die Here nie, maar ek gee my mening as een wat deur die Here se genade vertroue waardig is … (1 Kor 7:25 GNT, beklemtoning myne).

Dan gaan Paulus voort om raad te gee oor die spanning en laste van die huwelik en verhoudings met die swaarkry wat die gelowiges sou ervaar terwyl hulle vervolging in die gesig gestaar het, en hy bied sy rede vir sy raad aan, maar dan skryf hy:

Ek wil graag hê jy moet vry wees van bekommernis… Ek sê dit omdat ek jou wil help. Ek probeer nie beperkings op jou plaas nie. In plaas daarvan, wil ek hê dat julle moet doen wat reg en fatsoenlik is, en julleself heeltemal aan die Here se diens moet oorgee sonder enige voorbehoud (1 Kor 7:33, 35 GNT, beklemtoning myne).

Let op Paulus se metode is om die waarheid, sy raad, in liefde aan te bied, maar om mense vry te laat om self te besluit. Die metode van die bose is om te probeer mislei, maar as hulle nie mense kan kry om hul leuens te glo nie en daardeur dwaas kies om deel te neem aan wat vernietigend is, dan gebruik die bose die metodes van geweld, opgelegde wet, dwang, vereiste onder bedreiging en die toediening van straf.

Oorweeg die metodes wat ons met COVID gesien het – blatante leuens, aansprake sonder bewyse, verklarings wat bekend is om onwaar te wees, tesame met die gebruik van opgelegde wette met dreigemente van straf en dwangdruk om mense te laat voldoen daaraan.

Oorweeg die metodes van die “woke” agenda (persone wat roem dat hulle bewus (wakker) en ingelig is oor kwessies van diskriminasie en rasse vooroordeel) – hulle lieg en gebruik allerhande propaganda en valshede. (Sien ons tydskrif Kritiese rasteorie: Die leuens blootlê terwyl u die evangelie bevorder vir dokumentasie.) En hul leuens gaan gepaard met allerhande dwangdruk, insluitend verwydering van sosiale media, staking van befondsing, beswaddering, verlies aan werk, openbare vernietiging van reputasie, fisiese bedreigings, verlies aan beroepslisensiëring, ens. Hulle is nie in staat om hul sienings aan te bied en mense vry te laat nie, want hul sienings is in stryd met wat gesond en waar is; Die “woke” intimideer dus, teister, val aan (verbaal, professioneel, fisies) en bemoei hulle met die vryheid van spraak van ander, terwyl hulle wette probeer beheer om mense te dwing om aan hul eise te voldoen.

Een van die beginsels waarop die Verenigde State gegrond is, is byvoorbeeld die vryheid van gewete, dat elke persoon vrygelaat moet word om nie net in God te glo soos hulle Hom verstaan nie, maar om hul godsdiens sonder beheer van buite te beoefen – solank dit nie ‘n ander persoon direk benadeel nie (bv. geen menslike offer nie). In verskeie state regoor Amerika het diegene wat “woke” wees bevorder, egter probeer om Christelike geestesgesondheidswerkers te dwing om aan paartjies van dieselfde geslag terapie te verskaf of om sogenaamde “geslagsbevestigende sorg” aan kinders te bied. Indien ‘n Christenpraktisyn eerder poog om sulke individue na ander gelisensieerde professionele persone te verwys wat die pasiënt se waardes deel, word die verwysende praktisyn gedreig met die verlies van hul beroepslisensiëring. In sommige jurisdiksies plaas professionele verenigings en lisensierade druk op Christenpraktisyns om sorg te verskaf wat nie net ‘n praktisyn se gewete skend nie, maar wat volgens die praktisyn skadelik vir die pasiënt is. Daarbenewens druk akademiese professionele beheerliggame Christelike kolleges en universiteite om goddelose filosofieë te onderrig, en as hulle nie daaraan voldoen nie, word hulle gedreig dat hulle hul geloofsbriewe sal verloor, wat beteken dat hul gegradueerdes nie by beroepslisensierade kan registreer nie. Die doel is om hierdie opgelegde en arbitrêre reëls te gebruik om alle oortuigings en praktyke in Jesus Christus en die metodes en beginsels van die God van die Bybel uit die professionele samelewing te filtreer.

In Kanada het hierdie goddelose magte gevorderde wette wat vereis dat dokters moet deelneem aan die moord op hul pasiënte. Dit word “mediese hulp om te sterf” (MAiD) genoem, en dokters moet medikasievoorskrifte wat die dood kan veroorsaak verskaf aan pasiënte wat daarvoor vra, of hulle lisensies sal herroep word. Dieselfde magte probeer om dit ook in Amerika die standaard te maak. U kan meer lees oor hierdie misbruik van menseregte wat bevorder word deur diegene wat nie meer waarde heg aan die God van die Bybel nie in https://www.cardus.ca/research/health/reports/from-exceptional-to-routine/.

Een punt uit die artikel lui: “Die aantal Kanadese wat voortydig sterf deur ‘mediese hulp om te sterf’ (MAiD) het dertienvoudig gestyg sedert wettiging. In 2016 was die aantal mense wat op hierdie manier gesterf het 1 018. In 2022, die laaste jaar waarvoor data beskikbaar is, was die getal 13 241.”

 

Die tekens van die tye

Op hierdie oomblik, vandag, sien ons die gebeure wat in die Skrif geprofeteer word wat die wederkoms van Christus sal voorafgaan. Ons sien die opkoms van globalisme, die integrasie van die regering en korporatiewe magte om globale reëls te aanvaar wat gewetens dwing. Ons sien ‘n toename in goddeloosheid. Ons sien die styging, deur sosiale media, die internet en tegnologie van inligtingsfiltrering wat dit al hoe moeiliker maak vir mense om betroubare inligting te kry waarop ingeligte besluite geneem kan word. Met ander woorde, die leuenaars word al hoe vaardiger in hul vermoë om te mislei.

Namate dinge aanhou ontvou, sal die bose allerhande data, inligting, opinies, perspektiewe en miskien selfs wetenskaplike studies aanbied. Dit is ontwerp om te intimideer, verwar, vrees aan te wakker en in te meng met individue wat vir hulself dink. Dit is ontwerp om mense te kry om hul denke aan die verskillende “owerhede” oor te gee.

Maar u hoef nie mislei te word deur dinge wat te wetenskaplik, tegnies of bloot te veel inligting is om te sorteer en filtreer nie. Al wat u hoef te doen is om eenvoudig na die metodes wat gebruik word, te kyk. Die regverdiges gebruik altyd die metodes van God, waarheid, wat in liefde aangebied word, dikwels met sterk aanbevelings soos Paulus, maar altyd onder die sambreel van die vryheid van gewete. Diegene wat die waarheid liefhet, sensor nie; Hulle nooi ondersoek en navrae uit omdat hulle wil hê dat hul idees, studies en teorieë deur die waarheid gesuiwer moet word. Die regverdiges sal diegene respekteer wat nie saamstem nie en sal nie probeer om hulle stil te maak nie. Hulle sal hulle nie beskuldig nie. Maar die goddeloses, die bose, het nie die waarheid nie, daarom sal hulle altyd probeer om ondersoek te beperk, debat af te sluit en die waarheidsoekers daarvan te beskuldig dat hulle rassisties of seksisties is of ander wil benadeel. Hulle sal metodes van aansporings (omkoopgeld en uitbetalings), intimidasie en dwang, en uiteindelik die mag van die staat op verskillende maniere, hetsy deur wetgewing of beleidspolisie, gebruik om hul manier af te dwing en te forseer.

Ek moedig u aan om die metodes van God, waarheid, liefde en vryheid te verstaan en die verskil tussen die korrupte praktyke van menslike regerings en opgelegde wette te herken. Verstaan God se wette is ontwerpwette, die protokolle waarop die werklikheid gebou is en waarop alles funksioneer. En besef dat opgelegde wette die domein van hierdie sondige wêreld is. En hoewel die regverdiges opgelegde reëls mag gebruik om boosheid te beperk (keer dat ‘n roofdier vry rondloop) – gebruik die regverdiges nooit opgelegde reëls om geregtigheid te bevorder nie (vereising van geloof, aanbidding of skending van gewete). Dit is die bose wat probeer om hul valse weergawe van paradys-op-aarde te bevorder deur opgelegde wet en eksterne straf.

Dink dus vir jouself, hou jou oë gevestig op Jesus en beoefen God se metodes in alles wat jy doen.

 

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