Volksrust Recorder - Column / Rubrieke10 Recorder 15 May 2015

Jesus gaan weer kom

Joh. 14:3 En as Ekgegaan en vir julleplek berei het, komEk weer en sal jullena My toe neem,sodat julle ook kanwees waar Ek is.

Die Here Jesus hetmet Sy hemelvaartbelowe dat Hy weergaan kom. Meer astweeduisend jaargelede is die beloftevan die koms van die

Heilige Gees reedsvervul! Hy het toe algesê dat HY weergaan kom.

Op. 1:7 Kyk, Hy kommet die wolke, en

elke oog sal Homsien, ook hulle watHom deursteek het;Sag. 14:4 En in diédag sal sy voetestaan op die Olyfbergwat voor Jerusalemlê, aan dieoostekant; en dieOlyfberg salmiddeldeur gesplytword van oos na westot ‘n baie groot dal;en die een helfte vandie berg sal wegwykna die noorde en dieander helfte na diesuide. Matt. 24:34-39Voorwaar Ek sê virjulle, hierdie geslagsal sekerlik nieverbygaan voordatal hierdie dingegebeur het nie. Diehemel en die aardesal verbygaan, maar

my woorde sal nooitverbygaan nie. Maarvan dié dag en diéuur weet niemandnie, ook die engelevan die hemele nie,maar net my Vaderalleen. En net soosdie dae van Noagwas, so sal ook diekoms van die Seunvan die mens wees.Want net soos hullewas in die dae voordie sondvloed toehulle geëet engedrink het, getrouen in die huwelikuitgegee het, tot opdie dag dat Noag indie ark gegaan het,en dit nie verstaanhet voordat diesondvloed gekom enalmal weggevoer hetnie, so sal ook die

koms van die Seunvan die mens wees.

Met die herdenkingvan die hemelvaartvan die Here Jesusmoet ons opnuutbewus word vanJesus se naderendewederkoms. Diechaos in die wêreldverkondig vir ons datSy koms dalk nader isas wat ons besef. Ja,niemand ken die tydvan die wederkomsnie al poog mense omdit te voorspel. Matt.24:3 En toe Hy op

die Olyfberg gaan sithet, kom die dissipelsalleen na Hom en sê:Vertel ons, wanneersal hierdie dingewees, en wat is dieteken van u koms envan die voleindingvan die wêreld? EnJesus antwoord en sêvir hulle: Pas op datniemand julle misleinie. Want baie salonder my Naam komen sê: Ek is dieChristus! en hulle salbaie mense mislei. Enjulle sal hoor vanoorloë en gerugtevan oorloë. Pas op,moenie verskrikword nie, want allesmoet plaasvind, maardit is nog nie die

einde nie. Want dieeen nasie sal teen dieander opstaan en dieeen koninkryk teendie ander; en daarsal hongersnodewees en pessiektes enaardbewings opverskillende plekke.Lees gerus die res vanMatt. 24 en u sal siendat die gebeure in diewêreld is 'n voorlopervan die wederkomsvan Jesus. Dieherdenking van Jesusse hemelvaart vra dievraag: Is u gereed virSy wederkoms? Is ugeestelike lewe inorde?Groete in die Naamvan Jesus Christus.Ds. Jan Keyser

ChangeYourStory

With Jacques de Villiers

The four enemies of knowledge

For further information: Jacques deVilliers jacques@jacquesdevilliers.com082 906 3693

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Francis Bacon famously said, “Knowledge ispower”. This may or may not be so.But I think that the attainment of knowledge is alot more complex than Bacon’s oft quoted soundbite and maybe it needs to be interrogated morefully. I recently read Carlos Castaneda’s, TheTeachings of Don Juan – a Yaqui way ofknowledge and becoming a ‘person of knowledge’is no easy task according to the author.In fact most people don’t succeed in gaining trueknowledge because we don’t have any idea thatwhen we follow the path of learning how hard itwill be.Not only intellectually, mentally, emotionally butin terms of what we may discover. We may preferignorance because the path to real knowledge isnot an easy one.According to Don Juan, there are four enemies tobecoming a person of knowledge.The first is fear! Some people run away fromknowledge believing ignorance is bliss. Somepeople don’t want to find knowledge because itmight challenge the very foundation of the beliefsthey currently hold. And, as we know, it is easierto stick with the status quo, than to delve into theunkown.Also, the journey for knowledge is unpredictable.One never knows what learning will come acrossyour path and which direction it will take you in.Knowledge can really mess with your plans andthrow you off kilter. Knowledge can be a real egobuster too. Because the more you know, the moreyou know that you know almost nothing. Andknowing that you know nothing is a humblingexperience.The rule to overcoming fear is not to stop seekingknowledge. If you keep striving to become a personof knowledge, the fear will be defeated and you’llhave clarity.And, clarity is the second enemy! The clarity ofmind that is so hard to obtain, dispels fear, butalso blinds. “It forces the man never to doubthimself. It gives him the assurance he can doanything he pleases, for he sees clearly intoeverything. He is courageous because he is clear,

and he stops at nothing because he is clear,” saidDon Juan. The danger of clarity is that once youhave it, you become certain. And, sometimes thatcertainty dulls the need to learn or yearn for anymore knowledge. And, that’s when we stops andrest on our laurels, so to speak. And, when wethink we know the answer and think that ouranswer is the right one, we become arrogant andultimately ignorant.To know that our clarity is subjective and thatour knowledge can be tested and found wanting,gives us power.Power, of course, is the third enemy! When wehave knowledge we become powerful. Herein liesthe danger … we command, we take calculatedrisks and make rules because we are the ‘master’.Often we lose ourselves and don’t know how toproperly use this power. We can become arrogantand capricious. How do we defeat the thirdenemy? Don Juan said, “He has to defy it,deliberately. He has to come to realise the powerhe has seemingly conquered is in reality never his.He must keep himself in line at all times, handlingcarefully and faithfully what he has learned.”And, when we come to the end of our journey oflearning, the fourth enemy sneaks up on us: Oldage! This one we cannot defeat completely, butonly fight away.I can’t say it better than Don Juan: “This is thetime when a man has no more fears, no moreimpatient clarity of mind – a time when all hispower is in check, but also the time when he hasan unyielding desire to rest.”If we give in to that desire we lose the last roundand the enemy will cut us down into feeble oldcreatures.I suppose it is only when we fight off the tirednessand live our fate through that we can be called a‘person of knowledge’, albeit only briefly.But, I would rather be seeking knowledge withmy dying breathe than live a life of ignorant bliss,wouldn’t you?