Geestelike kos vir die siel

16/11/2025

Vader, vanoggend gaan ons na U huis om met U te ontmoet. Ontvang ons daar asseblief, amen.

17/10/2025

Vanoggend sê ek net weer dankie Here. U is goed vir my. Ek prys U heilige Naam

24/01/2024

So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together everyone they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who was not wearing a wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
“For many are called, but few are chosen”.
Matthew 22:10-14

22:10 “Both bad and good”– means people of good reputation and bad, those morally good and bad, keepers of the law and breakers of the law. Of course, in God's eyes none are good (19:17). All are sinners (7:11; Rom 3:23), but some are worse sinners than others. However, all are invited to come to Christ and receive salvation.

22:11 The people who were there had come in directly from the streets. In the banquet hall they could not have had special wedding clothes on unless they had been provided by the king himself. Therefore it seems clear that the man without wedding clothes had refused to accept the ones that the king had there for this purpose. These wedding clothes speak of the righteousness of Christ which God freely gives to all who receive Him as Lord and Saviour.

22:12 This man is a picture of those who seem to accept God's invitation, but refuse His provision for righteousness. They ignorantly suppose their own righteousness is sufficient. There are many like this in the churches. When the king examined him he could not say a single word in his defense. He should have had on the proper garment and knew it. When such people stand before God they will be condemned, guilty and speechless.

22:13 To refuse or neglect God's provision is a serious matter indeed, and will have terrible penalties. Compare Heb 2:3.

22:14 The Gospel invitation goes out to a great many, but only a comparatively few show themselves to be actually the chosen of God, the elect (Mark 13:20; John 6:37; 15:19; 17:6; Eph 1:4; 2 Thess 2:13).

24/01/2024

And the rest took his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
“But when the king heard of it, he was angry, and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore go into the highways, and invite everyone you find to the marriage.’ ”
Matthew 22:6-9
22:6 Others in Israel (as in many places in the world today) were more violent in their reaction. This showed a hatred for the King, His Son, and His servants (John 15:18-24).

22:7 God's anger will surely come on all those who mistreat and persecute His servants and reject His invitations (2 Thess 1:6-8). It came on Israel, and these words were fulfilled in 70 AD. Compare Luke 19:41-44; 21:20-24. The army was the Roman army, but it was God's army too because He used it for His purposes. Compare Isa 10:5-6.

22:8-9 God will not have an empty house. If some refuse His invitation He will find others who will come. Here the Gentile nations are meant (8:10-12).

24/01/2024

The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son. And he sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they would not come.
“Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited: Now I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened animals have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the marriage.’
“But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business.
Matthew 22:2-5

The “king” is God the Father. The “son” is the Lord Jesus. The “wedding” suggests the great truth that the true Church is the bride of Christ (9:15; John 3:27-29; Rom 7:4; 2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:25-32).

22:3 The “invited” signify the Jewish nation. They were God's chosen people and received the first invitation (10:5-6; 15:24). They refused to accept God's message (23:37-39; John 1:11; 5:40). In Old Testament times God continually sent His servants (Jer 7:25; 25:4; 26:5). In New Testament times He did likewise – 23:34; Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8. God's kingdom, the salvation He wants men to receive and enjoy, is altogether the work of God. It is prepared and ready in Christ. Men need not prepare anything but should come just as they are – 11:28; Isa 55:1-3; John 6:37; Rev 22:17.

22:5 This was the reaction of many in Israel in those days (it is the same all over the world today). God invited them to an eternal feast of good things in Christ. They ignored God's invitation and occupied themselves with the things of this world.

20/12/2023

But whoever has this world’s good things, and sees his brother in need and shuts up his heart toward him, how can the love of God be in him?
1 John 3:17
3:17-18 Compare Jam 2:14-17. Without deeds faith is dead. We can say the same about love. Love that does not practice good deeds is not love at all. So-called love that does not help others is a false, deceptive and useless thing. When Christ comes to judge the nations the basis of His judgment will be what people have and have not done, not the fine words they may have uttered, or the fine emotions they may think they have felt. See Matt 25:31-46 (vs 41-46 are especially meaningful in the light of John’s words here). Of course those who have real love do not help others with a view of getting some benefit for themselves (such help is only disguised selfishness). They help those in need simply because they need help. This is the only way we can see if we truly love God, to love our fellow men.

VEK Lofdal se Visie: Christus vir almal en in almal.

25/09/2023

Soek wat goed is, en nie wat sleg is nie, sodat julle kan lewe en die Here, die God van die leërskare, só met julle kan wees soos julle sê.
AMOS 5:14 AFR53
https://bible.com/af/bible/5/amo.5.14.AFR53

VEK Lofdal se Visie: Christus vir almal en in almal.

12/09/2023

Maar wie volhard tot die einde toe, hy sal gered word.
MATTHÉÜS 24:13
Want: Elkeen wat die Naam van die Here aanroep, sal gered word.
ROMEINE 10:13 AFR53
En elkeen wat die Naam van die Here aanroep, sal gered word.
HANDELINGE 2:21
Hy wat glo en hom laat doop, sal gered word; maar hy wat nie glo nie, sal veroordeel word.
MARKUS 16:16
Toe sê hulle: Glo in die Here Jesus Christus en jy sal gered word, jy en jou huisgesin.
HANDELINGE 16:31
Maar toe Jesus dit hoor, antwoord Hy hom en sê: Moenie vrees nie. Glo net, en sy sal gered word.
LUKAS 8:50
Maar sy sal gered word deur kinders te baar, as hulle bly in geloof en liefde en heiligmaking, met ingetoënheid.
I TIMÓTHEÜS 2:15
En julle sal deur almal gehaat word ter wille van my Naam. Maar wie volhard tot die einde toe, hy sal gered word.
MATTHÉÜS 10:22
En elkeen wat die Naam van die Here aanroep, sal gered word;
Joël 2:32
Ek is die deur; as iemand deur My ingaan, sal hy gered word, en hy sal ingaan en uitgaan en weiding vind.
Joh. 10:9
Veel meer dan sal ons, nou dat ons geregverdig is in sy bloed, deur Hom gered word van die toorn.
ROMEINE 5:9
As jy met jou mond die Here Jesus bely en met jou hart glo dat God Hom uit die dode opgewek het, sal jy gered word;
Rom. 10:9
Want dit is goed en aangenaam voor God, ons Verlosser, wat wil hê dat alle mense gered word en tot kennis van die waarheid kom.
I TIMÓTHEÜS 2:3,4
Wie op sy eie hart vertrou, hy is 'n dwaas; maar hy wat in wysheid wandel, word gered.
SPREUKE 28:26
Toe sê iemand vir Hom: Here, is die wat gered word, min? En Hy antwoord hulle: Stry hard om in te gaan deur die nou poort, want baie, sê Ek vir julle, sal probeer om in te gaan en sal nie in staat wees nie.
LUKAS 13:23‭-‬24
Deur die mond stort die roekelose sy naaste in die verderf, maar deur kennis word die regverdiges gered.
SPREUKE 11:9
Want as ons, terwyl ons nog vyande was, met God versoen is deur die dood van sy Seun, veel meer sal ons deur sy lewe gered word nou dat ons versoen is.
ROMEINE 5:10
Maar Ek neem die getuienis van 'n mens nie aan nie; maar Ek sê dit, dat julle gered kan word.
JOHANNES 5:34
Maar ons glo dat ons deur die genade van die Here Jesus Christus gered word op dieselfde manier as hulle ook.
HANDELINGE 15:11
Want God het sy Seun in die wêreld gestuur nie om die wêreld te veroordeel nie, maar dat die wêreld deur Hom gered kan word.
JOHANNES 3:17
BROEDERS, ek maak julle die evangelie bekend wat ek aan julle verkondig het, wat julle ook aangeneem het, waarin julle ook staan, waardeur julle ook gered word as julle daaraan vashou op die wyse waarop ek dit aan julle verkondig het, of julle moet tevergeefs geglo het.
I KORINTHIËRS 15:1‭-‬2
Maak my gesond, Here, dan sal ek gesond word; verlos my, dan sal ek verlos word; want U is my lof.
JEREMIA 17:14
Want ons is gered in hoop; maar die hoop wat gesien word, is geen hoop nie; want wat iemand sien, waarom hoop hy dit nog?
ROMEINE 8:24
Want die woord van die kruis is wel dwaasheid vir die wat verlore gaan, maar vir ons wat gered word, is dit die krag van God;
I KORINTHIËRS 1:18
En die saligheid is in niemand anders nie, want daar is ook geen ander naam onder die hemel wat onder die mense gegee is, waardeur ons gered moet word nie.
HANDELINGE 4:12
Wie homself verhoog, sal verneder word, en wie homself verneder, sal verhoog word.
MATTHÉÜS 23:12
Want uit jou woorde sal jy geregverdig word, en uit jou woorde sal jy veroordeel word.
MATTHÉÜS 12:37

09/09/2023

1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

4:4 “Have overcome them”. Believers are God’s chosen ones; their new spiritual life has come from God. They are able to discern false teachers and reject their teachings.

“He who is in you”– the Spirit of Christ.
1 John 3:24 And he who keeps his commands remains in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.
Romans 8:9-10
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

“He who is in the world”– Satan. God’s Spirit is far greater than this evil spirit. Therefore believers can overcome Satan.
James 4:7
Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

4:5 They are of the world, so they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.
“They”– false teachers. “World”–False prophets teach what unsaved, unspiritual people want to hear, so they are accepted.

1 John 4:6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us, but he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
“We”– John means true teachers of God’s Word, those whom God has sent. Real believers (those who know God) listen to them, recognize them as men of God and obey their teaching (compare Acts 2:42). Believers recognize teachers of God’s truth, and the teachers recognize God’s children. The test and proof have to do with God’s revelation of the truth. Those who will not receive the teaching of Christ’s gospel as recorded in the Bible are not of God, no matter what they may think.

07/09/2023

Rom 8:1
There is, therefore, now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not behave according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Because of their struggles with sin believers may often think to condemn themselves, but God does not condemn them. How can believers be condemned for sins which God does not count against them? “In Christ” means united to Him, members of His spiritual body – Rom 6:3; 1 Cor 12:12-13. “No condemnation” is the same as being counted righteous or justified (Rom 3:24; 4:7-8; 5:1). See also John 5:24. Just as there is no condemnation for Christ, so is there none for those united to Him. Christ has already died for them and taken away their condemnation and sin forever. He and they with Him have risen to a new life beyond condemnation. Another reason why there is no condemnation for them is that this way of faith in Christ leads to freedom from the law of sin and death. Christ both saves His people from their sins and gives victory over their sinfulness. Whom He justifies He also sanctifies. Being counted righteous through faith is the way (and the only way) that leads to victory over the flesh, the world and the devil.

06/09/2023

Spreuke 14:12 Daar is ‘n weg wat vir die mens reg lyk, maar die einde daarvan is die dood. Hoeveel mense bevind hulle nie op hierdie weg nie!

Ek het hierdie weg vir baie jare gewandel. As jy na my toe sou kom en vra:”Johannes is jy ‘n Christen? As jy vandag sou sterwe sal jy hemel toe gaan?” sou ek vir jou ‘n besliste ja geantwoord het. Maar die realiteit was dat ek nie kind van God was nie, en as ek sou sterwe sou ek nie hemel toe gaan nie!

As ek wel sou sterwe sou die prediker my begrafnis preek as of ek in die hemel is maar die realiteit sou iets anders wees want ek het my op ‘n weg bevind wat reg gelyk het maar die einde was die dood.

Dit was nie tot ek my gelowig tot God bekeer het deur die Here Jesus Christus aan te neem en wedergebore is dat ek my op die WEG bevind het nie. Vraag: Op watter weg bevind jy jou vandag? Die weg wat reg lyk of die WEG? Watter een? Glo my jy en net jy sal weet? En as jy werklik nie weet nie let net op jou lewe en vra jouself die vraag:”Dra ek die vrug wat by die bekering pas en maak ek werklik die pad van die Here in my lewe reguit?

Glo my daar is net een WEG na die ewige lewe, daar is net een ware ANKER in die lewe - Sy naam is Jesus Christus. Vraag: Het jy al werklik ‘n lewensveranderende ontmoeting met Hom gehad?

13/03/2023

Hulle wat die Here verlaat sal omkom Jesaja 1:28.