light in darkness – Kanisa la Christadelphian huko Anderlecht

A few months ago, we embarked on a pilgrimage.
During the trek, we faced many questions.
We sought and got answers to our many questions.
But we also came to know that we had to make certain choices.
This was and is not always easy.

Persons around us tried to get us to go along with them.
It was tempting to respond to their calls to us.
But we also heard that voice from above.
A voice that sounded from the darkness
And gave us confidence.
We chose to listen to that Voice from the heights of the heavens.

It is the Voice of Truth
In Whom we may have confidence.

It is the Voice That led us to
the possibility of life.

Thus we came to see the Bread of life
Which came down from heaven like manna from God.

We allowed ourselves to be fed by that heavenly Bread
that made an inner fire come to burn
deep within us.

Thus on our journey we could emerge strengthened from a struggle
between all kinds of thoughts that sometimes dared to torment us.
But by listening to that Voice from the distant heights,
we were led to the light that carried us across the waters and valleys.
It brought us to faith,
that will strengthen us further in our life to come,
purified by the waters of God.

Lord God we are grateful to you for being willing to guide us on our trek.
We may still have a long way to go
to come to stand completely purified before Your throne?
But we ask You that You will be willing to continue with us,
in Jesus’ name.

plannen van een reis of trektocht - planning of a voyage or trekking - passport on map, paspoort op landkaart - photo camera on map - fototoestel op landkaart — Foto door Element5 Digital op Pexels.com

We start our pilgrimage during the dark hours of dawn, wanting to put that world of despair behind us, we realize that there is a lot going wrong in that world we want to turn our backs on.

The People of God, who were largely made up of itinerants, knew all too well that one had to turn away from that world which had no eye for the Great Designer of this earth. They too, knew that one had to turn away from sin. In their journeys they did all they could to succeed, but like every man they were also sometimes weak and fell into sin. We too, we too, during our journey, we must be aware that this will also be part of our lives.

About two thousand years ago there was also another man of God who came to explain the Heavenly Father and who called on people to follow him as the light in the darkness. It was a sent one from God who spoke to humanity and asked them to follow him. He was a Nazarene Jew who knew the Scriptures very well and loved his Heavenly Father above all the worldly lords, many of these spiritual leaders were not served, which also turned them against that man who received more attention than them and who dared to call himself son of God.

It is following that Jewish teacher that we want to join those who believe in the long-awaited son of God whom we want to accept as the Kristos – the Anointed of God – or Christ. We believe that he is the Messiah that people have been looking forward to for so many centuries.

It is important to know under what name one wishes to be known in the world.

passport - paspoort — Foto door Ekaterina Belinskaya op Pexels.com

Before the trek, one could say that those who are interested in walking would also like to be regarded as his followers or brothers and sisters, which is why they would be happy to bear his name and record it on their passport.
That important preacher mentioned Yeshua or Jeshua ben Josef and that is why we want to continue to travel the world under his name as « Yeshuaist » or « Jeshuaist« , which means « follower of Jeshua« .

While the many ‘name Christians‘ do not follow the authority of Holy Scripture at all, we want those who go on a trek with us to take the Bible as a guide and recognize the Word of God as the highest authority.

Those who go with us through the fields, mountains and valleys and cross the waters with them will continue to see together how important it is to get rid of a name that covers the wrong charge. If one pretends to be a Christian, most will think of all those other Christians who believe in the Holy Trinity. But one does not want to belong if one wants to end the trek together in the place where we must arrive, which is why it is important that you indicate from the beginning that you want to go through life as a Jeshuaist or follower of Jeshua, and even in that capacity that you are a Brother in Christ, or for the women and Sister in Christ.

During our journey we will make it very clear to the outside world that we as Brothers and Sisters in Christ want to continue through life.

Preceding