Bible Text: Luke 19:44 | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Mat\u00adthi\u00adas Alt\u00adwegg | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme Home | By the term \u00abvisi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb we under\u00adstand a stro\u00adke of fate that is per\u00adcei\u00adved as a test or punish\u00adment from God. In Luke 19:44 we encoun\u00adter the word in the Bible and it refers to Jesus\u00bb visit to Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem, with which he wan\u00adted to call peo\u00adp\u00adle home to the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father. Based on per\u00adso\u00adnal sto\u00adries, the poten\u00adti\u00adal of visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and how they can bring us clo\u00adser to God will be shown.<\/p>\n
\tWhat did the visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of Silas and Paul involve? Bible Text: Luke 19:44 | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Mat\u00adthi\u00adas Alt\u00adwegg | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme Home | By the term \u00abvisi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb we under\u00adstand a stro\u00adke of fate that is per\u00adcei\u00adved as a test or punish\u00adment from God. In Luke 19:44, we encoun\u00adter the word in the Bible and it refers to Jesus\u00bb visit to Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem, with which he brought the peo\u00adp\u00adle to the heavenly\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[53],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":["wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","wpfc_sermon_series-willkommen-daheim","wpfc-sermon-single","post-2196","wpfc_sermon","type-wpfc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"],"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nBy \u00abvisi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb, accor\u00adding to Wiki\u00adpe\u00addia, we mean a stro\u00adke of fate that is per\u00adcei\u00adved as a test or punish\u00adment from God. Are\u00adas are visi\u00adted by storms or peo\u00adp\u00adle by an ill\u00adness or a cri\u00adsis at work. It is not uncom\u00admon that in the face of such visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons we ask, \u00abGod, whe\u00adre are you?\u00bb or even per\u00adcei\u00adve it as God\u2019s remo\u00adten\u00adess. Quite a few peo\u00adp\u00adle have thrown faith over\u00adboard becau\u00adse of a visitation.
\nIf God is good\u2026
\nEpi\u00adcu\u00adrus, a phi\u00adlo\u00adso\u00adpher who lived in 300 BC<\/span>, made the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing state\u00adment: \u00abGod eit\u00adher wants to abo\u00adlish evil, but he can\u00adnot \u2013 then he is power\u00adless and not God. Or he can and does not want to \u2013 then he is evil, basi\u00adcal\u00adly he is then a devil. Or he neither wants to nor can \u2013 which amounts to both con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adons at the same time. Or he wants it and can do it \u2013 whe\u00adre then does the evil come from?\u00bb The pre\u00admi\u00adse behind this sen\u00adtence is that if God were good, he would have to pre\u00advent visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in the sen\u00adse of pain\u00adful blows of fate.
\nGod is good!
\nIn Luke 19:44 Jesus speaks about the des\u00adtruc\u00adtion of Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem, which beca\u00adme a fact in 70 AD<\/span>, and uses the word visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon: \u00aband they will level you to the ground, even your child\u00adren within you, and will not lea\u00adve in you one stone upon ano\u00adther, becau\u00adse you did not reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse the time of your visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon!\u00bb (Schl).
\nThe word deno\u00adtes the visit of a supe\u00adri\u00ador for care and help, but also for super\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon and juris\u00addic\u00adtion; here it means the gra\u00adcious visit of the Lord who offe\u00adred Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem rep\u00aden\u00adtance and sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. God, in the per\u00adson of Jesus Christ, visi\u00adted the peo\u00adp\u00adle of the city of Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem with the pur\u00adpo\u00adse of cal\u00adling them to hims\u00adelf. But the inha\u00adbi\u00adtants of the city did not reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse it! Could it be that God wants to draw us to Hims\u00adelf through visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, but we do not reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse it?
\nC.S. Lewis says: \u00abGod whis\u00adpers in our joys, he speaks in our con\u00adsci\u00aden\u00adces; but in our sor\u00adrows he cries aloud. They are his mega\u00adpho\u00adne to wake up a deaf world.\u00bb
\nGod is good! God is not a punis\u00adhing God who punis\u00adhes us with blows of fate. God is love. The only thing he wants is unadul\u00adtera\u00adted com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with us. Becau\u00adse God is good, he suf\u00adfers with us. Many years ago, when the den\u00adtist had to spon\u00adta\u00adneous\u00adly pull two tee\u00adth out of our son Yanick, the den\u00adtist said, \u00abThe mothers usual\u00adly suf\u00adfer more than the child\u00adren in such situa\u00adtions.\u00bb It is the same with our hea\u00adven\u00adly Father. He suf\u00adfers with His child\u00adren when they go through hard times. For him, it feels like he is car\u00adry\u00ading the pain himself!
\nHuman reaction
\nIf we are unsu\u00adre whe\u00adther God is good or even belie\u00adve in a punis\u00adhing God, we will not reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse God in our visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and get into gre\u00adat trou\u00adble. I have in mind an adult per\u00adson who has expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced such a visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. This per\u00adson has taken on a vic\u00adtim role, bla\u00admes God and other peo\u00adp\u00adle, and car\u00adri\u00ades bit\u00adter\u00adness and vul\u00adnerabi\u00adli\u00adty. Yet the key to a bet\u00adter future would be to lea\u00adve the vic\u00adtim role and seek God.
\nDavid was anoin\u00adted king over Isra\u00adel by Samu\u00adel in his youth. When Isra\u00adel was at war with the Phi\u00adlis\u00adti\u00adnes, David was the only one who trus\u00adted God. With faith in God, he took on Goli\u00adath and defea\u00adted him with a stone from a sling. But no soo\u00adner had the rejoi\u00adcing died away than he was hit by a migh\u00adty visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. Becau\u00adse of mor\u00adbid jea\u00adlou\u00adsy on the part of Saul, who still holds the thro\u00adne, David has to hide in the desert for years and even join the hosti\u00adle power of the Phi\u00adlis\u00adti\u00adnes out of fear. How must David have felt? Anoin\u00adted king, the only one trus\u00adting in God and now run\u00adning for his life. Hey God, what\u2019s this all about? This visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon has the poten\u00adti\u00adal to throw away trust in God.
\nDavid did not. Many psalms writ\u00adten during this time testi\u00adfy to an inten\u00adse search for God and exch\u00adan\u00adges with him. \u00abHis wrath strikes us for a moment, but his good\u00adness sur\u00adrounds us all our lives! The night is still full of wee\u00adping, but with the mor\u00adning comes joy\u00bb (Psalm 30:6). In the silence of the desert, David lear\u00adned to lis\u00adten to God and was pre\u00adpared for his gre\u00adat task. The dif\u00adfi\u00adcult time of the visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon made him more at home with God. God is good even when I suf\u00adfer a visitation.
\nPaul and Silas also expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced a seve\u00adre visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon when they were thrown into pri\u00adson for their faith. Impri\u00adso\u00adned in the safest cell, feet in the block, they prai\u00adsed God (Acts 16:25). They were so awa\u00adre of the vic\u00adto\u00adry through Christ that they took the pre\u00adcau\u00adti\u00adon of cele\u00adbra\u00adting it! Unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly, in such cri\u00adses we are all too hap\u00adpy to give free rein to our old impul\u00adses and fee\u00adlings and think that we have the right to do so.
\nSomeone recent\u00adly asked if we need cri\u00adses to grow spi\u00adri\u00adtual\u00adly. The Greek word verb for kri\u00adsis The Greek word verb for cri\u00adsis can be trans\u00adla\u00adted as assess\u00adment and decis\u00adi\u00adon. A cri\u00adsis requi\u00adres a decis\u00adi\u00adon. Who do I want to trust? Who is in char\u00adge of my life? Do I stand up with God\u2019s help or do I remain in the vic\u00adtim mind\u00adset? A visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon is a cri\u00adsis in which God visits me. Our task is to dis\u00adco\u00adver him. Com\u00adpa\u00adn\u00adions can be an important help in this pro\u00adcess. \u00abWhat brings the \u00abhea\u00advy bou\u00adquet\u00bb in wine, that spe\u00adcial depth of fla\u00advour, is in life matu\u00adri\u00adty the bit\u00adter hours\u00bb (Hans\u00adpe\u00adter Wolfsberger).
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\nThe best thing is: God visi\u00adted us all through Jesus Christ. He beca\u00adme man and lived among us. The only pur\u00adpo\u00adse he had in doing so is to call us home. Have you reco\u00adg\u00adnis\u00aded him yet?
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead the Bible text: Acts 16:23\u201340<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat was their thin\u00adking pre\u00admi\u00adse that the two prai\u00adsed God in the most dire need?
\n\tWhat might be the value of visi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons in rela\u00adti\u00adon to our faith?
\n\tDo we need cri\u00adses to beco\u00adme more at home with God? How could it be different?
\n\tShare about the expe\u00adri\u00adence of inter\u00adview\u00adee Wal\u00adter St.. What can we learn from this?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"