Woord vir Vandag - 17 Nov 2024

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“die volk wat in die donker sit, het ‘n helder lig gesien…”
Matteus 4:16 NLV

Jesus: die bron van lig (1)

Eerstens en die belangrikste, het Jesus die lig van verlossing vir die hele mensdom gebring. Een van die blywende voordele van sy koninkryk is egter sy impak op leer en opvoeding. Die woord universiteit het begin by diegene wat geglo het dat God die heelal geskep het; daarom moet sy weë bestudeer en geken word. Martin Luther het uit die Nuwe Testament die priesterskap van alle gelowiges uitgelig. In die proses het hy onderwys verander omdat hy gesê het dat elke persoon in staat moet wees om te lees en te skryf sodat hulle die Skrif self kan bestudeer. Dit het 'n doelwit van wêreldwye geletterdheid vir almal in 'n samelewing ingelui. In Amerika is die eerste wet wat vir universele onderwys gevra het, in 1647 in Massachusetts aangekondig. Dit is genoem, glo dit of nie, ‘The Old Deluder Satan Act.’ Die bewoording daarvan lui: ‘It being one chief product of that Old Deluder Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures… and to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers.’ Dis ‘n lieflike idee wat deur almal nagestreef moet word: dat onkunde die duiwel se gereedskap is en dat God die God van waarheid is. In nasie na nasie het Christensendelinge tale ontdek wat nie neergeskryf is nie. In dade van buitengewone opoffering het hulle hul lewens aan die taak gewy om hierdie tale neer te skryf. Hulle het die eerste woordeboeke saamgestel. Hulle het die eerste sinskonstruksie neergepen. Hulle het die eerste alfabette gevorm. Die eerste betekenisvolle eienaam wat in talle tale geskryf is, was die naam Jesus.
16 Nov 2024 English South Africa Christianity

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