Imagine vir 'n oomblik Gaza is die Here se toets aan ons. Imagine die Here dink oukei goed, dis nou lank genoeg, Ek gaan iets aan plaasmoord doen. Maar voor Ek dit doen, kom ons toets die mense se empatie met ander om te sien hoe baie hulle dit verdien dat Ek hul lewens beter moet kom maak. Dan laat Hy Israel Palestynse kinders vermoor om te kyk of die mense wat elke dag vir Hom pleit ook empatie het met ander wat vermoor word. Dan kom die Here en sien hierdie selfde mense verlustig hulle in Israel se dade/moorde/kindermoordselfverdediging op Beeld se kommentaarblad. Op Beeld se blad is mense pro-moordenaars (Oscar/Israel) en kryt Palestynse kinders as terroriste uit wat dit verdien. Dan kyk Hy weer na die situasie met die oog, hierdie mense wat nie dink Palestynse kinders is onskuldig nie, wil hê Ek moet mense wat na apartheid met al die goeie landbou land sit (toegegee, almal moontlik heeltemal onskuldig aan enige iets apartheid) kom red? Hoe dink jy sal die Heer dan maak?
Gaza en die Here se toets aan ons
Wel jy hoef nie ver te dink nie, want die antwoord kom uit die Bybel self:
(van bbc.co.uk):
The parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:21-35)
Peter had a question for Jesus about forgiveness, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy seven times.” He told the parable to explain.
A man owed the king ten thousand
talents
. He could not pay so he begged for mercy – and the king cancelled the debt. The man then met a fellow servant who owed him a hundred
denarii
. The man demanded payment and had his fellow servant thrown in prison when he could not pay.
When the king heard about this, he called for the first servant. “You wicked servant,” he said, “I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” The king handed him over to the jailers to be tortured.
Jesus concluded, “This is how my heavenly father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
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