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Day Six - Youth Week June 2000
Hundreds left for Empumalanga last night. The exodus continues today
and will probably continue till Sunday.
2:00pm
The morning service began with a young man, Bongani Sibeko, leading a devotion from
Jn 4:3.
Rev Erlo Stegen preached on Matt 26:65 & 66 - the tearing of the High Priest's
garment. In the law, Lev 21:10 & Ex 28:2,3, the priestly garments were not to be torn
because of what they signified. But the mind of the High Priest was already made up -
Jesus had to die. What Jesus said (in verse 64) was so contradictory to his pre-arranged
plan that the High Priest was infuriated and tore his garment, contrary to the law. What
Jesus says is always provocative and let us beware lest we fight against His will and tear
our garments. The tearing of the garment was also symbolic of the end of the High Priest's
office, for Jesus is the Great High Priest for ever. It also symbolized that with the end
of the High Priest's office and his going into the temple once a year to offer blood for
the nation and his sins, Jesus was to tear the veil in the temple so that any sinner could
go directly into the Holy of Holies and be washed by the blood of Christ.
An alter call was made for those who had not yet made a decision to receive Christ
and be cleansed. Together with this morning's response there have been thousands who have
come to the altar to accept the Lord as they confessed their sins to God.
9:30pm
This afternoon was conducted by the young people with particular emphasis on the drug
problem. Martin van der Merwe
gave his testimony about his life of drug abuse and extreme right-wing racism. Then,
Christian Hlongwane shared his life story of drugs, jail and freedom through Jesus Christ.
This evening's service had various choirs singing and then the
"Izono Zakho Zizokufumana" (Your sins will find you out) Christian film.
Thank you for interceding for these children. Actually, many of them,
perhaps most of them, are young adults. We've noticed a general rise in the average age
over the past year.
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