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It’s clear that all the religious systems are different. Yet all the religious systems, except Christianity, are all ultimately the same. Every world religion teaches what man must do to earn his salvation. Only Christianity teaches that we cannot earn our salvation, but that God in Christ must accomplish it for us. Thus, in Christianity, as compared to all other religions, it is gift versus reward and grace versus works and faith versus effort and humility versus pride and Christ versus self.
Randy Smith

Do you want to go to heaven? I mean, do you really want to go to heaven? Let’s remember that heaven is a place of perfect holiness. That means as we delight in beholding God’s glory now, it is as if we are, 2 Corinthians 3:18, “beholding [Him] as if in a mirror.” Heaven will be direct exposure to the fullness of His glory. Why there and not here? Because we still have sin. Yet the split second Christians die, they are instantly transformed to be as righteous as Christ. Now we are declared as perfectly righteous as Christ. Then we will be made as perfectly righteous as Christ. If you are in Christ, this will be your state into all of eternity. Therefore I have to make the two following conclusions: One, we can think of our time here on earth as we are being made more holy like God only as preparation for our future existence with Him. And two, if you really want to go to heaven and be as holy as God throughout all of eternity, isn’t it safe to assume you’d desire it right now as well?
Randy Smith

Bible – Afrikaans – Livitikus Chapter 12:1-8.

Index: Afrikaans

 

Livitikus 12

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12:1 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek en gesê:

12:2 Spreek met die kinders van Israel en sê: As ‘n vrou swanger word en ‘n seun baar, sal sy sewe dae lank onrein wees; soos in die dae van die onreinheid as sy onwel is, sal sy onrein wees.

12:3 En op die agtste dag moet hy aan die vlees van sy voorhuid besny word.

12:4 Dan moet sy drie en dertig dae in die reinigingsbloed bly. Aan niks wat heilig is, moet sy raak nie en in die heiligdom mag sy nie kom nie totdat die dae van haar reiniging verby is.

12:5 Maar as sy ‘n dogter baar, sal sy twee weke onrein wees soos by haar maandelikse onreinheid. Dan moet sy ses en sestig dae in die reinigingsbloed bly.

12:6 En as die dae van haar reiniging in die geval van ‘n seun of ‘n dogter verby is, moet sy ‘n jaaroud lam as brandoffer en ‘n jong duif of tortelduif as sondoffer bring na die ingang van die tent van samekoms, na die priester toe;

12:7 dié moet dit offer voor die aangesig van die HERE en vir haar versoening doen; dan sal sy rein wees van haar bloedvloeiing. Dit is die wet van haar wat baar, in die geval van ‘n seun of ‘n dogter.

12:8 Maar as sy ‘n lam nie kan bekostig nie, moet sy twee tortelduiwe of twee jong duiwe neem, een as brandoffer en een as sondoffer; en die priester moet vir haar versoening doen; dan sal sy rein wees.