I tjue år hadde profeten Samuel arbeidt for å få folket til å sjå samanhengen mellom gudsdyrking og menneskeleg fridom. Då dei innsåg at avgudsdyrking og moralsk forfall var fråfallet frå Herren og grunnen som førte nasjonen ut i ulukka, vart lengten til Gud tend på ny. Profeten sitt arbeid hadde vekka opp ein hunger etter Gud og hans velsignande nærvær hjå store lag av folket.
Month: June 2006
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The essence of the triune God
The divine life is the eternal activity of the Father who as the fountain of deity generates the Son to share in his own divinity. The self-giving of the Father for the Son, in turn, is reciprocated in the Son’s self-giving for the Father. This relationship between the Father and the Son comes forth as the third Trinitarian member, the Holy Spirit. Because he is the Spirit of the Father and the Son, the Spirit of love, the Spirit is the essence of the triune God.
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Love is self-giving
Because God is love, God is self-giving. The sovereign God is a community of love, and we may as well say that God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a kingdom of love as we find headship and submission within God himself. There is a constant movement of giving and receiving, of headship and submission in the divine life of love. Jesus hinted to this vital divine relationship when he said:
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of
Man.
John 5:26-27
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The community of Love
Love is a relational term, requiring both subject and object (someone loves someone else). Because God is triune, the divine reality already comprehends both love’s subject and object. The Father loved the Son and the Son loved the Father and this love between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of love. Therefore the essence of God lies in the relationship between the Father and the Son (love) which is the Spirit. In all eternity God is the social Trinity, the community of love.
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Enjoying fresh fruits
We are having a very good time in Spain. The temperature is very nice and the fruit season is on. We are enjoying a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. I am a bit disappointed in realizing that the strawberry season seems to come to an end! However, the sweet fellowship with my wonderful wife make up for the scarce supply of strawberries. We are having a good time during our daily "blue hour".
As we are enjoying the fresh fruits the Lord is speaking to us about this season of our life. We are to enjoy the fresh fruit of our humble labour in the Kingdom of God. We are enjoying fresh insight in the Word and even if we are not able to blog as much as we want we are still writing in our note books poems and fresh revelation. God is so good!
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In the beginning Love!
The first words of the Bible are dynamic in their profound simplicity: In the beginning God! Before anything else existed the eternal God existed as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The essence of God is love according to the apostolic teaching (1 John 4:8). The triune God is absolute complete in himself as the life of the Father, Son and Spirit is best characterised by our word love. Love builds the unity of the one eternal covenantal God. The Bible teaches that there is no God but the Father, the Son and the Spirit bound together throughout eternity.
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Profetord og overmot
Samuels ord kom ut over heile Israel. Og Israel drog ut for å strida mot filistarane. 1.Sa.4,1
Det er mange ulike meiningar om plasseringa av desse to setningane og som gjer at dei kan forståast på ulike måtar. I Bibelselskapet sin Bibel er den første setninga, om at det Samuel sa gjekk ut til heile Israel, plassert i samanheng med det som står i verset før (3,21). I Norsk Bibel si utgåve, som eg har sitert ovanføre, ser det ut som om det er ein klår samanheng mellom dei to setningane i 1.Sam.4,1.
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The kingdom of God is eternal – from the beginning – before the creation of the world
Understanding the Kingdom of God is the key to understand the eternal plan and purpose of God in Jesus Christ. He began his ministry by preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. He made the Kingdom of God the centre of his life and ministry. Through his Kingdom consciousness his life was meaningful and with a purpose.
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Herren openberrar seg fro profetane gjennom ordet sitt
Og Herren heldt fram med å syna seg i Sjilo; der openberra Herren seg for Samuel gjennom sitt ord. 1.Sam.3,21
Desse orda fortel om Samuel sitt framhaldande fellesskap med Den Evige Eg Er, Herren Allhærs Gud. Herren heldt fram med å gje seg til kjenne for Samuel. Han tala til han gjennom Ordet sitt. Dette er eit kjenneteikn på den profetiske tenesta, fellesskapet med Gud der Gud openberrar seg gjennom Ordet sitt. Ordet er det mediet Gud bruker til å gjera seg kjend gjennom. Når Gud talar syner han oss kven han er. Herren openberrar seg gjennom ordet sitt. Her ser vi også kva som er kjernen i den profetiske tenesta, å ta imot ord og bodskap frå Gud. For å kunna fungera i ei profetisk teneste må vi leva i eit nært forhold til Gud så han kan tala til oss.
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Vacation in Spain
Today we are going to Spain for vacation for about two weeks. We will spend time on the beach, and we will visit many villages, markets and nice places. We hope to read several books and find time to write and to blog. We will enjoy strawberries, cherries, apricots and other more excotic fruits. We will meditate and we will spend time together in prayer. We are in for a wonderful time!
