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HUWELIK EN GESIN
ONDER DIE MIKROSKOOP (2)
Ds. Piet du ToitDs. Piet du Toit Stap 1: ‘Verlaat’: Hierdie woord
ie huwelik is ‘n heilige
instelling van ‘n heilige
DGod. Dit is 'n permanente
verbintenis tussen twee persone
wat één word. Die hoofdoel van
die huwelik is om God te standige gesin as eenheid te
verheerlik.
Gen 2:24 is die instelling van die
huwelik: “Daarom sal die man sy
vader en moeder verlaat en sy
vrou aankleef. En hulle sal een
vlees wees.”
Dit is duidelik dat die huwelik voor
die sondeval ingestel is. Dit is
inderdaad ‘n heilige instelling van
'n heilige God. Sonde het die
huwelik besoedel, maar ons as
wedergebore kinders van die bymekaargebring het.
Here moet hierdie waarheid erken
en bely.
GEN. 2:24 GEE VIR ONS 'N PAAR
DUIDELIKE STAPPE:
Veral in die Ou Testament het verdeeld nie. Hier word ‘n baie
beteken letterlik dat die man sy kommunikasie goeie oogkontak belangrike beginsel neergelê:
rug op sy ouers draai en hom beteken. Wanneer oogkontak eers toewyding (commitment) en
losmaak van hulle en die gesin verbreek word, word kommuni- dan intimiteit. Dis die grondslag
waarin hy grootgeword het. Hy kasie verbreek, en dit mag nie. vir die huwelik!
beweeg weg om ‘n eie, self- Wanneer ‘n paartjie agterkom dat Dink net wat sal gebeur wanneer
iets of iemand tussen hulle kom, kinders van die Here na hierdie
begin. Ouers moet hul kinders moet hulle daadwerklik optree. basiese beginsel terugkeer en dit
dus ‘loslaat’ en hulle bystaan, Hier moet veral die man sterk eerbiedig, omdat hulle God as
begelei en seën. leiding neem. Hulle moet die hulle God eerbiedig. Omdat hulle
Stap 2: ‘Aankleef’: Hierdie woord geskilpunt of persoon wat op ‘n Hom eer, eer hulle Sy instellings.
beteken ‘vasgom’. Dit het die ongesonde wyse tussen hulle Onmiddellik sal ons die huwelik
spesifieke betekenis dat man en gekom het, verwyder. Wanneer met diep eerbied en respek
vrou aan mekaar ‘vasgegom’ hulle harte bymekaar is, kan hulle bejeën. Mag dit veral in Suid-
word in ‘n unieke verhouding en as ‘n verenigde front uitbeweeg Afrika plaasvind!
verbintenis waarin daar geen plek om dit wat rondom hulle is in die Ds. Piet du Toit is ‘n pastorale
is vir ‘n derde persoon nie. Daar is oë te kyk en te hanteer. Dus saam, berader en stigter van Lusanti
slegs plek vir Hom wat hulle nie verdeeld nie. Beradingsbediening. Hy bied
Let op: Daar mag niks of niemand landwyd interkerklike seminare
In die praktyk beteken dit dat die tussen julle wees nie, nie eens ‘n aan, o.a. die Kruis-seminaar:
huwelikspaar nie mag toelaat dat worshond wat tussen julle slaap Bevryding deur die Kruis. Hy
enigiets of enigiemand tussen nie. woon in Kuilsrivier, Kaapstad.
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HOW WE CAN KNOW GOD
What's Missing in Our Life? experiencing all the troubles and emotions that we
"So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy do. Then He was arrested on false charges and
food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. killed on a Roman cross. But this was no accident.
Then I realised that this pleasure is from the hand of He did it to suffer the punishment deserved by us
God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from all. And then three days later, Jesus rose from the
Him?" (Ecclesiastes 2:24-25). Purpose, meaning, a dead, conquering sin and death forever!
reason for living - these are all things we desire and The Response: Accepting God's Offer
search for in life. But despite our search, we still "Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you
feel empty and unfulfilled. We each have an empty can be cleansed of your sins" (Acts 3:19). To know
place in our hearts, a spiritual void, a "God-shaped Jesus Christ personally and have our sins forgiven,
vacuum". Possessions won't fill it, nor will we must believe that we are sinners separated from
success, relationships, or even religion. Only God and that our only hope is Jesus Christ, the Son
through a vibrant relationship with God can this of God, Who came and died for our sins. But we
void be filled, but before such a relationship can be must not stop with this realization. We also need to
established, we need to face a serious problem. take steps toward confessing and turning from our
The Problem: Sin sins. And we must welcome Jesus Christ into our
"The human heart is most deceitful and desperately life as Lord and Saviour. He will move in and help us
wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?" (Jeremiah to change from the inside out.
17:9). The Bible identifies this problem as sin. Sin is If you are ready to repent of your sins and believe in
not just the bad things we do but an inherent part of Jesus Christ so that you can receive His
who we are. We are not sinners because we sin; we forgiveness, take a moment to pray like this:
sin because we are sinners. King David once wrote, God, I'm sorry for my sins. Right now, I turn
"I was born a sinner - yes, from the moment my from my sins and ask You to forgive me.
mother conceived me" (Ps. 51:5). Because we are Thank you for sending Jesus Christ to die on
born sinners, sinning comes to us naturally. And the cross for my sins. Jesus, I ask you to
every problem we experience in society today can come into my life and be my Lord, Saviour,
be traced back to our refusal to live God's way. and Friend. Thank you for forgiving me and
The Solution: Jesus Christ giving me eternal life. In Jesus' Name I pray.
"We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Amen.
Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we can all If you have prayed this prayer and meant it with all
be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or of your heart, you can be sure that God has forgiven
what we have done" (Romans 3:22). God you and received you into His family.
understood our problem and knew we could not [The Book of Hope, Tyndale House Publishers,
beat it alone. So He lovingly sent His own Son, 1998].
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