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edia headlines frequently expect friends to be merciful to me to understand what
express outrage at one another. Justice and mercy Jesus achieved for us on
Mjudges who are 'soft on do not normally go together! We the cross: Two people
crime' and fail to impose the tend to see them as alternatives. went through school and
appropriate penalty for the We expect either justice or mercy, university together and
offence committed. but not both at the same time. developed a very close
friendship. Life went on
When I worked as a barrister, I Yet, God is both a God Who and later they went their
noticed that the legal profession judges with justice, and also a separate ways and lost
did not respect judges who were God of mercy. How can He contact. One went on to
regarded as too lenient. We combine these two apparently become a judge, while the
expect judges to execute justice. contradictory characteristics? other's life spiralled down-
We do not expect them simply to The answer is that the sacrifice of wards and he ended up being a sacrifice! This illustration is far
be merciful. Jesus has made it possible for criminal. One day the criminal from being an exact one. Man's
God to combine both justice and appeared before the judge. He plight is much worse - the penalty
On the other hand, we do expect mercy. had committed a crime to which we face is death! The relationship
mercy in our personal relation- he pleaded guilty. is closer - our Father in heaven
ships. A loving parent will be When I first encountered Jesus, loves us more than any earthly
merciful to his or her child. We the following illustration helped The judge recognised his old parent can love their child. And
friend and faced the dilemma, the cost is far greater. It cost God
which, in effect, God faces. He far more than money - He came
was a judge so he had to be just; Himself, in the Person of Jesus,
he couldn't simply let the man off. and paid the penalty of sin!
On the other hand, he wanted to
be merciful, because he loved his God is not soft on crime. In His
friend. justice, God judges us because
we are guilty. But then in His
So he fined him the correct mercy and love He comes down
penalty for the offence. That was in the Person of his Son, Jesus
justice! Then he came down from Christ, and pays the penalty for
his position as judge and wrote a us. Through the sacrifice of
cheque for the amount of the fine. Jesus on the cross, God is both
He gave it to his friend, saying that just and merciful!
he would pay the penalty for him. - Nicky Gumbel
That was an act of mercy, love and https://www.alpha.org
A o Mokeresete wa Sontaga Fela?
(Is jy slegs 'n Sondag-Christen?)
DITEMANA kerekeng ka Sontaga mme go tloga
"A boa a bua gape a re: 'Puso ya ka Mosupologo go ya go Satertaga
Modimo ke tla e tshwantsha ka o be o dira fela jaaka baheitene le
eng? E tshwana le matlhabego a ba ba sa itseng Modimo. Fa e le
mosadi o a tsereng, a a tsenya mo gore kakanyo e ke ya gago o ne o ka
dielong tse tharo tsa bupe, jwa ba tlogela le go ya kerekeng. A ke
jwa bela jotlhe'" (Luka 13:18-21). kakanyo e e e dirang gore go
"Mme leungo la Mowa lone ke senyege jalo mo manyalong le mo
lorato le boitumelo le kagiso le lefatsheng? Bophelo jo ke jwa
bopelotelele le bopelontle le mabokoso. A wena o motho wa
molemo le boikanyego le bonolo le bophelo jwa mabokoso? O na le
boitshwaro le bophepa" (Bagalata lebokoso la Sontaga. Ke mo o
5:22). aparang sutu mme o tsaya Beibele ba batla go mo gopola fela ka bonagala matlhabego a maungo a
"Jesu a ba tlhagisa a re: 'Tlhoko- mme o opela mme o dutse kwa Sontaga. Fa o mo tlogela mo mowa? Dira teko e beke e le nngwe
melang, lo itise mo matlhabegong kerekeng mme o fepa tsa semowa. lebokosong la Sontaga o batla a go fela. Letsatsi le letsatsi ipotse gore
a Bafarisai le mo matlhabegong a Ka Satertaga lebokoso ke la kwa tshegofatse jang kwa tirong le kwa a kwa wena o tsamaileng teng a o
ga Herote'" (Mareko 8:15). šhebining le kwa meketeng. Kwa gae? Temana ya rona ke ya Luka ile wa nna matlhabego a lerato,
go a nowa mme go a rogakiwa mme 13:20-21. E bua ka matlhabego. kutlwelobotlhoko, kagiso, boikan-
DIKAKANYO go tsietswa basadi le banna mo Jesu o dirisitse setshwantsho sa yego?
Ke ne ke tshwere puisano le motho lenyalong. Ka Mosupologo go iwa matlhabego. Mosadi fa a batla go
mongwe ka ga batho le ditiro tsa kwa tirong kwa lebokosong la tiro. dira borotho o tsenya matlhabego THAPELO
bone le dipolotiki. Ke makeditswe Kwa tirong gongwe o rekisa dilo mo buping. O bo dubela mo Ntate wa rona re kopa o re thuse
ke kakanyo ya gore: "batho ba mme kgotsa o baakanya dikoloi borothong mme bo dira gore gore re nne Bakeresete ba matlha-
kereke ga ba a tshwanela go kgotsa o dira kwa thiling ya borotho botlhe bo bele. Gape Jesu bego. Re thuse gore gotlhe kwa re
tsenamo dipolotiking ka gore Shoprite. Gongwe o morutabana. o kile a re re tshwanetse go dirang teng le kwa re tshamekang
dipolotiki kemo go lwelwang madi Gongwe o mo dipolotiking mme o tshwana le matlhabego. Gotlhe teng re kgone go tlisa lerato la
le maatla le go ikhumisa le go jola tsena dikopano tsa go busa toropo kwa re tsamayang teng le mo Gago. Re kopa o re itshwarele fa
basadi ba bantsi le go dira dilo tsa kgotsa o kwa palamenteng. Mo mabokosong otlhe a rona re nako e nngwe re sa nnang letswai
ga Satane. Batho ba kereke ke lebokosong la setso o dira jang? A tshwanetse go tlisa lerato le le matlhabego a Gago. Modimo
batho ba semowa ba ba tsenang Jesu le Bokeresete bo teng mo maungo a mowa. Ipotse gompieno Ntate re kopa gore o thuse le
kereke ba ba dirang tse Modimo a setsong jaaka ka nako ya loso le gore a wena o Mokeresete wa baeteledipele botlhe ba rona ba
di batlang mme ba godisa mewa ya kwa ditirelong tsa setso? A Sontaga fela kgotsa o matlhabego kgone go bona go se phelele mo
bone mme ba buisa Lefoko la Mokeresete a ka phela jalo? Nnyaa kwa o tsamayang teng go tloga ka mabokosong mme o re thuse le
Modimo." Kakanyo e e ne ya dira fa e le gore o akanya jalo o a fosa. O nako e o tswang ka yone mo rona gore re ungwe maungo a
gore ke atlhame molomo fela ka ka se direle Satane mo gare ga kerekeng go fitlhela o tsena gape mowa kwa re tsamayang teng
dimakatso. Ke lemogile gore fa se e beke mme ka Sontaga o be o batla beke e e tlang phakela? Wena o ka letsatsi le letsatsi.
le kakanyo ya batho ba bantsi ba ba go direla Modimo. Se se makat- ipona jang fa o ka itlhatlhoba? A o AMEN.
leng mo mmusong go raya gore re sang ke gore batho ba batla tshire- motho wa mabokoso? A kwa - Johan Zerwick
mo mathateng. O ka dula jang mo letso ya Modimo beke yotlhe mme mabokosong otlhe a gago go Sêlê ke 083 458 3837
