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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Satan can never undo a man without himself; but a man may easily undo himself without Satan.
Thomas Brooks

God did not demand that we first demonstrate our allegiance to Him before Christ would agree to die in our place. To demand that we somehow show ourselves deserving of forgiveness in order to regain our status as His children would have been futile. What can ungodly, rebellious sinners offer God that would move the holy Creator of the universe to sacrifice His only Son on their behalf? So God acted first, motivated solely by his own sovereign love, to grant mercy to His people as the ultimate expression of His grace (Ex. 33:19; Isa. 63:7; Rom. 9:15-18; Eph. 2:4; Titus 3:5; 1 Pet. 1:3). Christ died for us because the Father and the Son loved the unlovable.
Scott Hafemann

Bible – Afrikaans – Psalms Chapter 122:1-9.

Index: Afrikaans

 

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122:1 ‘n Bedevaartslied. Van Dawid. Ek was bly toe hulle vir my gesê het: Laat ons na die huis van die HERE gaan!

122:2 Ons voete staan in jou poorte, o Jerusalem!

122:3 Jerusalem wat gebou is soos ‘n stad wat goed saamgevoeg is,

122:4 waarheen die stamme optrek, die stamme van die HERE- ‘n voorskrif vir Israel! – om die Naam van die HERE te loof.

122:5 Want daar staan die stoele vir die gereg, die stoele van die huis van Dawid.

122:6 Bid om die vrede van Jerusalem; mag hulle wat jou liefhet, rustig lewe!

122:7 Mag daar vrede wees in jou skanse, rus in jou paleise!

122:8 Ter wille van my broers en my vriende wil ek spreek: Vrede in jou!

122:9 Ter wille van die huis van die HERE onse God wil ek die goeie vir jou soek.