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Geestelike Oorlogvoering, Engele, Demone En Hoe Om Waarheid Te Vind

Geestelike Oorlogvoering, Engele, Demone En Hoe Om Waarheid Te Vind

As gevolg van my program Geestelike Oorlogvoering: Engele, Demone, Kwantumfisika En Jou Brein, het ek baie terugvoer ontvang – sommige positief, sommige verward en sommige negatief.

Terwyl ek besin het oor die kritiek wat baie oor die program geopper het, het ek besef dat baie van die meningsverskil spruit uit die feit dat ons nie almal ons begrip uit dieselfde databasis put nie. Dit is ‘n gegewe dat as ons ons gevolgtrekkings maak uit verskillende inligtingsbronne wat uiteenlopende data bevat, ons noodwendig nie sal kan saamstem nie. Ons eerste prioriteit om hierdie kwessies aan te spreek, is dus om die datastel te bepaal wat ons “gesaghebbend” vind, die standaard waarteen ons eie idees en ander inligtingsbronne getoets sal word.

My standpunt (vooroordeel) is dat die 66 boeke van die Bybel ons skriftuurlike standaard is, en watter gevolgtrekkings ons ook al maak, moet daarmee ooreenstem en dit nie weerspreek nie. Verder, op ‘n verskeidenheid maniere, leer die Skrif dat God drie bewysdrade voorsien het wat geharmoniseer moet word sodat ons tot ‘n akkurate begrip kan kom. (Sien my blog Die Ou Testament, Moderne Onderrig En Die Integrerende Bewysgebaseerde Benadering.) Hierdie drie bewysdrade is:

  1. die 66 boeke van die Skrif (geskrewe openbaring)
  2. God se ontwerpwette wat in die weefsel van die werklikheid (wetenskap en natuur) ingebou is
  3. en lewenservarings (hoe dinge werklik werk).

Ons doel is om waarheid te vind waarin al drie hierdie fasette harmoniseer. Ek demonstreer dit op baie plekke, soos my praatjie getiteld Die God-Gevormde Brein en my boek Die God-Gevormde Brein: Hoe Jou Siening Omtrent God Jou Lewe Verander.

Een van die waarhede van die Skrif is die oorkoepelende storielyn, die beloofde Messias van Genesis 3:15. Dwarsdeur die geskiedenis, tot en met Christus se oorwinning aan die kruis, het Satan en sy magte aktief teen God en sy plan oorlog gevoer en probeer om daardie mense te vernietig wat saam met God gewerk het – die weg waardeur die Messias sou kom. Daardie oorlog was soms fisies, met die verskillende nasies wat Israel en Juda aangeval het, maar nog belangriker, dit was ‘n geestelike oorlog met voortdurende aanvalle deur nie net heidense aanbidding nie, maar ook valse profete met valse profesieë en valse geskrifte, soos met Bileam (Numeri 22, 23; 2 Petrus 2:15) en die profete van Baäl, maar ook die valse profete wat beweer het dat hulle profete van Jahweh is (1 Konings 22:13; Jeremia 14:14, 23:25-28; Esegiël 13:3-6; Miga 3:5).

Namate die valse profete en hulle valse geskrifte deur God se volk aanvaar en gebruik is, het die foute wat hulle geleer het, filters geword wat toegepas is om die Bybel te verstaan, en die waarhede van die Bybel is verdorwe deur die mense wat op hierdie valse Skrifgedeeltes staatgemaak het om die Bybel te verduidelik.

‘n Voorbeeld van hierdie dwaling word in die Nuwe Testament opgeteken, wanneer Jesus die Fariseërs konfronteer oor hul praktyk van Korban, wat die gebruik was om ‘n persoon se eiendom by sy dood as toewyding aan die tempel te verklaar; daardie eiendom kon dan nie gebruik word om vir sy eie ouers te sorg nie, net vir homself. Jy kan Jesus se veroordeling van hierdie gebruik in Markus 7:11 vind. Maar waar kom hierdie praktyk vandaan? Uit die Misjna (geskrewe Joodse mondelinge tradisie en rabbynse literatuur), (Misjna [Ned III. 6; IX] verklaar dat enigiets wat as ‘n qorbān afgesonder is), ‘n valse tradisie uit valse skrif, wat gebruik is om die Bybel verkeerd te interpreteer en mense te lei tot praktyke wat strydig was met God se ontwerp van liefde en vertroue.

Jesus veroordeel Korban tereg en bevestig, deur hierdie kontras te beklemtoon, dat ander geskrifte, idees en praktyke deur die geïnspireerde Woord van God beoordeel moet word, nie andersom nie, wat op baie plekke in die Bybel bevestig word (bv. Jesaja 8:20). As ons toelaat dat ander tradisionele geskrifte, apokriewe en pseudo-apokriewe boeke as bronmateriaal gebruik word, bring ons foute in in ons begrip van die Skrif. En as enige van hierdie ander geskrifte deur Satan en sy volgelinge geïnspireer is, dan word ons begrip van die Bybel verdorwe, iets waarvan die Bybel waarsku, in hierdie tyd in die menslike geskiedenis, sal gebeur:

Die Gees spreek uitdruklik dat in latere tye sommige van die geloof afvallig sal word en ag gee op verleidende geeste en leringe van duiwels (1 Timoteus 4:1 AFRB’23).

Daarom beveel ek aan vir enige van diegene wat nie saamstem met wat ek aangebied het nie en wil betrokke raak by betekenisvolle studie van hierdie belangrike onderwerp dat ons ons gevolgtrekkings oor hierdie onderwerp slegs bepaal deur wat ons kan dokumenteer, demonstreer en bevestig deur die 66 boeke van die Bybel, geharmoniseer met wetenskap/natuur en lewenservarings.

As iemand bekommerd is dat my insluiting van kwantumwetenskap en breinwetenskap nie uit die Skrif kom nie en daarom glo dat dit goed is om ander nie-Skriftuurlike geskrifte, soos die pseudo-Apokriewe in te bring, sou ek verweer dat daar drie tipes bewysdrade is soos hierbo beskryf: Skrif (geskrewe materiaal), wetenskap en natuur (God se skepping en die wette waarop die lewe funksioneer en werk), en ons persoonlike ervarings met God (hoe dinge werk). Die Bybel leer ons om die drie verskillende tipes bewysdrade te integreer soos Jesus met sy gelykenisse en illustrasies gedoen het. Maar enige nie-Bybelse geskrewe materiaal moet deur die 66 boeke getoets word en nie andersom nie.

Ons moet verduidelikings van die wetenskap slegs verwerp wanneer dit die Skrif weerspreek. Ons sal nooit die wetenskap self hoef te verwerp nie, want wanneer dit reg verstaan word, is dit altyd in ooreenstemming met God se Woord. Ons sal egter baie wetenskaplike verduidelikings vind wat verwerp moet word omdat dit die Bybel weerspreek – soos die teorie van goddelose evolusie, wat daarop dui dat die wetenskap leer dat daar geen God is nie en dat ons uit laer lewensvorme ontwikkel het.

As daar kommer is dat my aanbieding van die wetenskap op een of ander manier die Skrif weerspreek, vra ek gretig bewyse om dit te dokumenteer, want my doel is altyd om die suiwerste voorstelling van waarheid, van die werklikheid moontlik, te lewer, en ek wil opreg hê dat enige misverstand, fout of valse gevolgtrekking verwyder word uit wat ek aanbied.

Daarom vra ek diegene wat dalk nie met my aanbieding saamstem nie, en wat my wil help om my begrip te verbeter, om die enigste datastel te gebruik wat ek gesaghebbend vind, die 66 boeke van die Bybel, in harmonie met wetenskap/natuur en lewenservarings. As ander geskrifte gebruik word, soos ek met Luther in my aanbieding gedoen het, word daardie ander geskrifte nie gebruik om die Skrif te interpreteer nie en vervang nie die Skrif nie, maar word bloot gebruik om die feit te dokumenteer dat my gevolgtrekkings van wat die Skrif leer nie myne alleen is nie, net soos die Lutherse aanhaling wat ek gebruik het, gedemonstreer het.

My doel hiermee is nie om vir enige ander persoon te sê wat om te dink nie, maar eerder om die waarheid en liefde van God met ander te deel sodat hulle kan dink, studeer, bid, redeneer en self kan besluit – sodat elke persoon ten volle oortuig kan word in hul eie denke (Romeine 14:5). Ek wil diep persoonlike studie stimuleer, motiveer en aanmoedig wat God se koninkryk van waarheid en liefde bevorder. En sy koninkryk word nie bevorder “deur mag of deur krag [Newtoniaanse fisika] nie, maar deur my Gees [kwantumfisika], sê die HERE, die Almagtige” (Sagaria 4:6 NIV 84).

Dit is as ons op die waarheid reageer en die waarheid kies dat ons verander word; die waarheid maak ons vry (Johannes 8:32). Soos ons die waarheid internaliseer, inneem, waarneem soos Jesus dit geopenbaar het, word daardie waarheid vasgelê in die substruktuur van ons brein en verander die resonerende harmoniese deeltone van ons kwantumhandtekening, wat ons al hoe meer in harmonie met die hemel bring. Soos ons God vertrou, as ons kies om sy metodes en beginsels uit te leef, word ons verder verander, getransformeer en gevestig deur ervaring in ‘n lewende vereniging, band, vriendskap van geloof, vertroue en liefde met ons Skepper.

Ek moedig jou aan om diep te dink, persoonlik te studeer en getrou te bid, en God se Gees uit te nooi om jou te verlig, te bemagtig en te transformeer – en wanneer jy ten volle oortuig is in jou eie gedagtes oor een of ander waarheid, kies dit, sê ja, en waarheid vir waarheid, keuse vir keuse, sal jy getransformeer word en daagliks groei in jou liefde en vertrouensverhouding met God.

 

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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.

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[This ministry is the] biggest blessing I have ever received! Your DVDs and lessons could not have come at a better time in my life. I have experienced in the past year many difficulties that, if it wasn’t for this wonderful view of God that I have discovered through this ministry, I would not have been able to respond in love and forgiveness. My heart is being transformed everyday by the Calvary-looking God you teach. Hallelujah!! I have tears in my eyes as I write, because my life has taken a complete turn from where I was heading.

I am from Central America. Most of my family is scattered in different parts of the world and all have the same view of God that I had growing up; a distant, exacting, and ready-to-punish-us-with-tragedy type of God. So, I have been translating lessons for my family and, to my surprise, they have also been sharing them with others! I can already see the difference. My brother has often said, “Thank you for sharing, I have never heard it this way!” My other family members are taking an amazing turn from a message of “repent or burn” towards a loving God, pleading to us that we won’t reject him because he loves us eternally.

Bless you for all you do.

Sofia S., Ashfield, MA, USA

 

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

 

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I just want to say thank you so much for your conversations via YouTube. I regularly tune in to your lectures, “Let’s Talk” sessions, and many others. Through these I’ve found greater depth and meaning to God’s word. Thanks for all that you do and please continue. I’m currently working in the middle of Silicon Valley at Stanford University. I feel like God really has me in the right place right now and I’m sensing that your teachings might be part of it.

B. F., Silicon Valley, CA, USA

 

Testimony 56

I cannot thank you enough for opening my understanding to the beautiful truth of God’s Law of Love and how it applies to everything. I have been a Christian for over forty years, but I feel like I am only now seeing with my eyes open. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

Tammy Cinzio, Australia

 

Testimony 61

I grew up in a prominent protestant church and had what I like to call religious anxiety. I’ve always had questions about God and Salvation that no one could seem to answer.  I didn’t know how to find resolution. During 2020, at the height of my anxiety, I fell to my knees and begged God to show me truth and light and to give me the hope that I’ve been longing for. Days later, I stumbled upon your online videos and it was like a veil was lifted and EVERYTHING made sense! For the first time in my almost 39 years of life, my religious/spiritual anxiety has lessened. I feel a sense of freedom and peace I’ve NEVER had before… and it’s all because my view of God has changed. Thank you!

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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 57

You have helped make sense of thirty two years of confusion. The material you freely provide reorganized so much of my life into such a beautiful pattern that has always been hinted at from within, but misguided with my training and what I was experiencing externally. My filipno parents, who were converted from Catholicism to SDA, were sincere and did their best to raise me the right way and I have deep respect for them. However, being immigrants and not understanding the language made for a difficult transition as I was growing up, which also applied to my spiritual growth as I learned the patterns of religion. I have been listening to as many bible study classes and reading blog posts as my time in a work truck will allow, searching for the practical applications of where spirituality and reality meet, and I thank you for helping me find that. You have helped me reach a point in which I can truly say that I love God, that I believe He loves me, and, like David, I delight in His law. God bless.

Emmanuel V., Calgary, AB Canada

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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 62

I would like to express my thanks to the C&R team for creating a platform from which people can learn to trust in God and grow. My life is a witness to the effectiveness of this ministry. Without believing the truth about God as you have shown, I don’t know what my life would be like. I had given up on God helping me with certain sins – it was all useless. Given that the scripture is clear and God is so good, how could I have betrayed him so many times? I was a yo-yo christian; spinning up and down. My faith and enthusiasm was driven by discoveries/threats that prophecy is about to be fulfilled. But when I watched your “Healing the Mind” seminar, it was like a light finally went on. I could see God had no plan to hurt me, the danger came from sin, and that He is working to protect me and strengthen me. Thank you for allowing God to use you. The message God gave C&R saved my life!

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I have been really blessed reading your response to the various questions on your site.

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I have been blessed by your ministry. I have experienced personally, and deeply resonate with, the God of love and the beautiful picture of God’s character that you present. I have seen your seminar series on YouTube, read ‘The Journal of the Watcher’ book, used your mobile app, and also listen/study the bible study lesson with you each week. I concur with many of the thoughts and perspectives that you share. I understand your conclusions on natural laws vs imposed law and the legal/penal substitution (incorrect diagnosis). This makes perfect sense to me.

Bless you for all you do.

Melissa L.

 

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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.

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We really appreciate your views on the judgment and they make good sense considering our free choice.

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I have been sharing Come And Reason Ministries Bible study lessons with several folk. You have such a beautiful view of the plan of salvation. If we had this message preached when I was young, my generation would still all be in church.

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