STEPHEN'S SPEECH CONTINUES, Third section ... / STÉPHANUS SE TOESPRAAK DUUR VOORT, Derde gedeelte ...

Weekend 10 & 11 September 2016

WORD OF THE DAY:

(James 3:8,9)

8. But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 

9. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God's image. 

10a. From the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:  

STEPHEN'S SPEECH CONTINUES, Third section ...

(Acts 7:33-40)

33. "But the Lord said to him: 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing, is holy ground.

34. "'I have certainly seen the suffering of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

35. "This same Moses they had rejected, saying: 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliver through the hand of the Angel, who appeared to him in the bush. 

36. "He it was who led them forth, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and during the forty years in the wilderness (desert).

37. "It was this (very) Moses who said to the children of Israel: 'God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren, as He raised me up.'

38. "This is he who in the assembly in the wilderness (desert) was the go-between for the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and he received living oracles (words that still live) to be handed down to us. 

39. "(And yet), our forefathers determined not to be subject to him (refusing to listen to, or obey him); but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt. 

40. "And they said to Aaron: 'Make us gods who shall be (our leaders and) go before us; as for this Moses who led us forth from the land of Egypt - we have no knowledge of what has happened to him.  

41. "And they (even) made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol and made merry, and exulted in the work of their (own) hands. 

42. "But God turned (away from them), and delivered them up to worship and serve the host (stars) of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you (really) offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness (desert), O house of Israel?'"

 

Naweek 10 & 11 September 2016. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

(Jakobus 3:8,9)

8. Maar die tong kan geen mens tem nie; dit is 'n onbedwingbare kwaad, vol dodelike gif. 

9. Daarmee loof ons God en die Vader, en daarmee vervloek ons die mense wat na die gelykenis van God gemaak is. 

10a. Uit dieselfde mond kom seën en vervloeking. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

STÉFANUS SE TOESPRAAK DUUR VOORT, Derde gedeelte ...

(Handelinge 7:33-40)

33. "Toe sê die Here vir hom: 'Trek die skoene van jou voete af, want die plek waarop jy staan is heilige grond. 

34. "'Ek het duidelik gesien die mishandeling van My volk wat in Egipte is, en hulle gesug gehoor en neergedaal om hulle te verlos. En nou, kom hier. Ek wil jou na Egipte stuur.'

35. "Hierdie Moses wat hulle verloën het deur te sê: 'Wie het jou aangestel as owerste en regter? - hom het God as owerste en verlosser gestuur deur die hand van die Engel wat aan hom verskyn het in die doringbos. 

36. "Hy het hulle uitgelei en wonders en tekens in Egipteland en in die Rooi See en die woestyn gedoen, veertig jaar lank. 

37. "Dit is dié Moses wat aan die kinders van Israel gesê het: 'Die Here julle God sal vir julle 'n Profeet verwek uit julle broers net soos ek is; na Hom moet julle luister.'

38. "Dit is hy wat in die vergadering in die woestyn was saam met die Engel wat met hom op die berg Sinai gespreek het, en saam met ons vaders; hy het die lewende woorde ontvang om aan ons te gee.  

39. "Na hom wou ons vaders nie luister nie, maar hulle het hom verstoot en met hulle harte teruggekeer na Egipte, 

40. "Toe hulle vir Aäron gesê het: 'Maak vir ons gode wat voor ons uit sal trek; want hierdie Moses wat ons uit Egipteland uitgelei het, ons weet nie wat van hom geword het nie.'"

(God willing and by His marvellous grace and mercy I will share the Word with you, as often as I possibly can.         /

As dit die wil van God is en deur Sy wonderbare genade en barmhartigheid sal ek die Woord met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Many thanks to John Hagee Ministries for this powerful and relevant statement.