Thursday 30 January 2014
JOHN CH 20 verse 21
JOHN CHAPTER 20 AMENDED...
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On 27 Jan 2014, at 22:55, Michael Jaffray King wrote:
JOHN CHAPTER 20 VERSE 21 AS MY FATHER SENT ME SO SEND I YOU...
NOW THAT IS VERY CLEAR..
SO HOW DID GOD SEND JESUS WHAT HAPPENED?
GOD MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HIS SON JESUS...
SON I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD SO SO MUCH... I HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB FOR YOU TO DO... I WANT YOU TO LEAVE THIS WONDERFUL HEAVEN THAT YOU LIVE IN AND GO AND LIVE AMONG THESE PEOPLE THAT WE CREATED. I WANT YOU TO SHOW OUR LOVE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY THIS LOVE AND SALVATION MESSAGE WILL REACH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH....BUT I AM SAD TO SAY.... THE MAJORITY AND ESPECIALLY THE RELIGIOUS RULERS WILL TREAT YOU TERRIBLY... THEY WILL BE MOTIVATED AND CONTROLLED BY SATAN OUR JEALOUS AND BITTER ENEMY....YOU WILL TRAIN 12 FOLLOWERS WHO WILL BE WITH YOU ALL THE TIME FOR AROUND 3 1/2 YEARS... YOU WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.... TEACHING YOUR 12 FOLLOWERS TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN.... YOU WILL ALSO SPEND A MUCH SHORTER TIME WITH THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE... HEALING THEM.... COMFORTING THEM... TEACHING THEM USING SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS.... TEACHING THEM ABOUT OUR KINGDOM WHICH WILL LAST FOREVER AND EVER...HOWEVER THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF YOUR SUCCESS... AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT... I WILL ALLOW THEM TO CAPTURE YOU AND TORTURE YOU AND KILL YOU... I WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE A HUMAN SACRIFICE FOR THE SINS OF THE WICKEDNESS OF ALL THOSE IN THE WORLD... YOU WILL BE A HUMAN SACRIFICIAL LAMB.... A LAMB THAT HAS NEVER SINNED ...WITHOUT A BLEMISH...YOU WILL POUR OUT YOUR BLOOD FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.... WHEN YOU DO THIS VOLUNTARILY.... SATAN WILL BE DEFEATED SO THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN YOU AND ACCEPT YOU WILL BE GRANTED FORGIVENESS AND SALVATION FOR THEIR SOULS...THEY WILL BE FREED FROM THE GRIP OF SATAN...THEY WILL RECEIVE THE ABILITY TO BECOME SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD......SEE JOHN CH 1 V 12......THE THIRD DAY AFTER YOUR DEATH YOU WILL RISE FROM THE GRAVE.... YOU WILL APPEAR TO YOUR FOLLOWERS FOR 40 DAYS.... YOU WILL BRING THEM GREAT JOY AND COMFORT DURING THIS TIME.... THEN YOU WILL RISE IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES INTO THE CLOUDS AND DISAPPEAR FROM HUMAN SIGHT... 10 DAYS AFTER THIS WE BOTH WILL SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE POWER TO ALL YOUR FOLLOWERS TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THIS EXTRAORDINARY GOOD NEWS TO EVERY CREATURE....
JOHN CH 3V16....FOR I GOD LOVE THE WORLD SO MUCH THAT I WILL GIVE YOU MY SON TO THEM, THAT IF THEY WILL ONLY BELIEVE AND ACCEPT YOU AND THE PRICELESS FREE GIFT OF SALVATION AT YOUR EXPENSE...THEN THEY CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH US IN OUR KINGDOM...
........SO THAT IS WHAT THE FATHER WANTED THE SON TO DO..NOW THE SON WANTS US TO DO THE SAME AS HE DID....WE ARE TO FORSAKE OUR COMFORTABLE HOMES AND POSITIONS IN SOCIETY AND BECOME NOT FISHERS OF FISH BUT FISHERS OF MEN...TO BE A DISCIPLE I WILL REQUIRE YOU TO GIVE UP ALL THAT YOU HAVE...SEE LUKE CH 14 VERSE 33....SEE LUKE ch. 9 v 23... YOU WILL FISH FOR SOULS AND THEN YOU WILL TEACH THEM TO DO THE SAME AS I HAVE TAUGHT YOU SO THAT THEY CAN CARRY ON THIS GREAT WORK OF SALVATION UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD.
I AM SURE THERE ARE OTHERS WHO CAN SAY THIS BETTER THAN ME..but that should give us all a good idea as to what the responsibility and dedication must be to be a true follower of JESUS Christ.
HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR US AND NOW HE EXPECTS US TO GIVE OUR ALL FOR HIM....LORD HELP EACH ONE OF US TO TRY AND TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY...I BELIEVE IF WE DO NOT VOLUNTARILY DO THIS THEN THE DAYS WILL SOON COME WITH PERSECUTION WHEN WE WILL BE FORCED TO FORSAKE ALL...CHECK OUT THESE TWO VERSES...THEY ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTING... ACTS CH 1 V 8... THIS WAS THE PLAN FOR WORLD OUTREACH....FIRST JERUSALEM...THEN JUDEA....THEN SAMARIA....THEN TO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH.....DISOBEDIENCE RESULTED IN ACTS CH 8 V 1..And 8...1. THE EARLY DISCIPLES WERE RELUCTANT TO CARRY OUT 1....8 SO GOD ALLOWED PERSECUTION IN 8....1
COINCIDENCE IN THE NUMBERING??? NO I DO NOT THINK SO.....
THY WILL BE DONE AND HELP US NOT TO FREAK OUT BUT TO TRUST IN HIM FOR EVERY SITUATION AS IT COMES UPON US...bye for now MJK.
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Tuesday 28 January 2014
THE CHALLENGE...!!!!
CHALLENGE... THE GREATEST CHALLENGE ON EARTH...
Luke ch 9 verse 23....IF ANY MAN WOULD COME AFTER ME LET HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT HOLIDAYS... AND FOLLOW ME...
I am human and I get very discouraged because my children have pretty much rejected the message.. We have not been just preaching this message but actually living it for at least 40 years...My kids know exactly what is involved in being a real DISCIPLE....they were forced by circumstances relating to their birth into my family to live in the unusually rough and tough conditions of discipleship... Normal Christian kids born into a more just believer environment are not challenged beyond just going to a cozy fellowship once a week in a comfortable place with nice music and yummy food. Maybe they read the Bible without really putting it into practise as JESUS told them to but just get a job settle down have children and teach them this same way of life....ROMAN CATHOLICS who can trace their origin right back to the early forsake all and go into all the world church, realise that there is a great distinction between discipleship..like being a NUN or a BROTHER where they take the vow of poverty chastity and obedience... And just being a Lay member. A believer in other words..
Priests are not allowed to marry because they are meant to be married to their flock and not side tracked by the inevitable responsibilities of being a husband and a father or mother....Pope Francis just gave a sermon about how a falling tree makes much more noise than all the trees just quietly growing in the forest. These majority of trees never catch the news... Only the fallen ones... I like that analogy very much.. It is brilliant... Priests can earn a salary where as those in orders like Franciscans and Dominicans do not get more than maybe a little pocket money to but essential socks and undergarments..To try and make it more attractive, priests were offered a salary but it has not always been the case...PROTESTANTS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS....BILLY GRAHAM IS CONSIDERED TO BE A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST...HE LIVES IN A MANSION WITH GUARDS AND GUNS AND IS VERY RICH....DOES THAT REALLY SOUND LIKE JESUS??YOU CAN SAY THAT THE POPE LIVES IN LUXURY...VATICAN....IT IS MORE LIKE A PRISON AND THIS PRESENT POPE IS ALL FOR LIVING SIMPLY JUST LIKE JESUS...
Of course none of us is perfect, but now because a good friend has been challenging me and trying to make me feel bad and stupid, I am taking up the challenge and it is making me think very deeply about this whole subject...WHEN MY LITTLE GROUP BECAME THE RED LETTER KIDS WE BECAME SO UNPOPULAR WITH THE PROTESTANTS...THE GREAT DAVE WILKERSON WITH HIS GOSPEL ENTERTAINMENT CHURCH IN NEW YORK WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH US AND THE ONLY HELP AND RECOGNITION WE RECEIVED WAS FROM A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTRE CALLED MY FATHERS HOUSE IN NEW YORK STATE.
I HOPE YOU CAN NOW BETTER SEE THE DIFFERENCE.. IT IS EASY TO SHOOT DOWN THE CATS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TRYING SO HARD TO JUSTIFY YOUR POSITION... THERE IS PLENTY OF DIRTY LAUNDRY TO BE FOUND BUT JUST CHECK OUT THE EARLY CHURCHES IN REVELATION CHAPTER 2&3 AND YOU WILL FIND THAT SATAN WAS ALREADY AT WORK. I really like the story of the man out duck hunting..... He was shooting ducks right and left and bringing them down... He told his servant to bag the live ones and leave the dead ones lay... Those live ones could fly away because they had only been a little bit wounded.... The dead ones could be picked up at leisure.... Have you got It? Are you a live one or are you a dead one??THE ANSWER IS UP TO YOU.....
Monday 27 January 2014
AS MY FATHER SENT ME, SO SEND I YOU...JOHN CH 20 V 21
JOHN CHAPTER 20 AMENDED...
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On 27 Jan 2014, at 22:55, Michael Jaffray King wrote:
JOHN CHAPTER 20 VERSE 21 AS MY FATHER SENT ME SO SEND I YOU...
NOW THAT IS VERY CLEAR..
SO HOW DID GOD SEND JESUS WHAT HAPPENED?
GOD MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HIS SON JESUS...
SON I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD SO SO MUCH... I HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB FOR YOU TO DO... I WANT YOU TO LEAVE THIS WONDERFUL HEAVEN THAT YOU LIVE IN AND GO AND LIVE AMONG THESE PEOPLE THAT WE CREATED. I WANT YOU TO SHOW OUR LOVE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY THIS LOVE AND SALVATION MESSAGE WILL REACH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH....BUT I AM SAD TO SAY.... THE MAJORITY AND ESPECIALLY THE RELIGIOUS RULERS WILL TREAT YOU TERRIBLY... THEY WILL BE MOTIVATED AND CONTROLLED BY SATAN OUR JEALOUS AND BITTER ENEMY....YOU WILL TRAIN 12 FOLLOWERS WHO WILL BE WITH YOU ALL THE TIME FOR AROUND 3 1/2 YEARS... YOU WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.... TEACHING YOUR 12 FOLLOWERS TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN.... YOU WILL ALSO SPEND A MUCH SHORTER TIME WITH THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE... HEALING THEM.... COMFORTING THEM... TEACHING THEM USING SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS.... TEACHING THEM ABOUT OUR KINGDOM WHICH WILL LAST FOREVER AND EVER...HOWEVER THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF YOUR SUCCESS... AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT... I WILL ALLOW THEM TO CAPTURE YOU AND TORTURE YOU AND KILL YOU... I WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE A HUMAN SACRIFICE FOR THE SINS OF THE WICKEDNESS OF ALL THOSE IN THE WORLD... YOU WILL BE A HUMAN SACRIFICIAL LAMB.... A LAMB THAT HAS NEVER SINNED ...WITHOUT A BLEMISH...YOU WILL POUR OUT YOUR BLOOD FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.... WHEN YOU DO THIS VOLUNTARILY.... SATAN WILL BE DEFEATED SO THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN YOU AND ACCEPT YOU WILL BE GRANTED FORGIVENESS AND SALVATION FOR THEIR SOULS...THEY WILL BE FREED FROM THE GRIP OF SATAN...THEY WILL RECEIVE THE ABILITY TO BECOME SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD......SEE JOHN CH 1 V 12......THE THIRD DAY AFTER YOUR DEATH YOU WILL RISE FROM THE GRAVE.... YOU WILL APPEAR TO YOUR FOLLOWERS FOR 40 DAYS.... YOU WILL BRING THEM GREAT JOY AND COMFORT DURING THIS TIME.... THEN YOU WILL RISE IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES INTO THE CLOUDS AND DISAPPEAR FROM HUMAN SIGHT... 10 DAYS AFTER THIS WE BOTH WILL SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE POWER TO ALL YOUR FOLLOWERS TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THIS EXTRAORDINARY GOOD NEWS TO EVERY CREATURE....
JOHN CH 3V16....FOR I GOD LOVE THE WORLD SO MUCH THAT I WILL GIVE YOU MY SON TO THEM, THAT IF THEY WILL ONLY BELIEVE AND ACCEPT YOU AND THE PRICELESS FREE GIFT OF SALVATION AT YOUR EXPENSE...THEN THEY CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH US IN OUR KINGDOM...
........SO THAT IS WHAT THE FATHER WANTED THE SON TO DO..NOW THE SON WANTS US TO DO THE SAME AS HE DID....WE ARE TO FORSAKE OUR COMFORTABLE HOMES AND POSITIONS IN SOCIETY AND BECOME NOT FISHERS OF FISH BUT FISHERS OF MEN...TO BE A DISCIPLE I WILL REQUIRE YOU TO GIVE UP ALL THAT YOU HAVE...SEE LUKE CH 14 VERSE 33....SEE LUKE ch. 9 v 23... YOU WILL FISH FOR SOULS AND THEN YOU WILL TEACH THEM TO DO THE SAME AS I HAVE TAUGHT YOU SO THAT THEY CAN CARRY ON THIS GREAT WORK OF SALVATION UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD.
I AM SURE THERE ARE OTHERS WHO CAN SAY THIS BETTER THAN ME..but that should give us all a good idea as to what the responsibility and dedication must be to be a true follower of JESUS Christ.
HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR US AND NOW HE EXPECTS US TO GIVE OUR ALL FOR HIM....LORD HELP EACH ONE OF US TO TRY AND TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY...I BELIEVE IF WE DO NOT VOLUNTARILY DO THIS THEN THE DAYS WILL SOON COME WITH PERSECUTION WHEN WE WILL BE FORCED TO FORSAKE ALL...CHECK OUT THESE TWO VERSES...THEY ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTING... ACTS CH 1 V 8... THIS WAS THE PLAN FOR WORLD OUTREACH....FIRST JERUSALEM...THEN JUDEA....THEN SAMARIA....THEN TO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH.....DISOBEDIENCE RESULTED IN ACTS CH 8 V 1..And 8...1. THE EARLY DISCIPLES WERE RELUCTANT TO CARRY OUT 1....8 SO GOD ALLOWED PERSECUTION IN 8....1
COINCIDENCE IN THE NUMBERING??? NO I DO NOT THINK SO.....
THY WILL BE DONE AND HELP US NOT TO FREAK OUT BUT TO TRUST IN HIM FOR EVERY SITUATION AS IT COMES UPON US...bye for now MJK.
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Saturday 25 January 2014
Disciples and Believers...Are they the same thing???
DISCIPLES AND BELIEVERS, ARE THEY THE SAME THING?
Okay I'm going to tackle this without opening my Bible.... I have memorized a lot of key verses in the Bible together with their references.
So for starters I'm just going to go on what I can remember... I've been a Christian for nearly 50 years and a pretty active one at that... It is always a good thing to start with prayer... Not just any old prayer..... But the Lord's prayer.... The one HE taught us to pray...SO Ohere goes!!
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE.
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE, WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
AMEN!,
Some people are of the opinion that all Christians are disciples...
I THINK THEY CAN BE BUT LET US TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAYS IS THE COST...
LET'S START WITH A FEW QUOTES THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN.
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALL BE SAVED. NOTHING ABOUT BEING A DISCIPLE IN THAT VERSE... EMPHASIS ON BELIEF...
SO LIKEWISE WHOSOEVER HE BE OF YOU THAT FORSAKES NOT ALL THAT HE HAS HE CANNOT BE A DISCIPLE... EMPHASIS HERE ON FORSAKING EVERYTHING ......IT DOES NOT SAY HE CANNOT BE A BELIEVER....
THERE WERE THREE GUYS WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO FOLLOW JESUS.... ONE SAID I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU.... AND JESUS WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IS MIND.... SAID.... FOXES HAVE HOLES BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE NESTS BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NO PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD.... THIS MAN IS NEVER HEARD OFF AGAIN .....ANOTHER SAID I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU BUT PLEASE LET ME BURY MY DAD FIRST..... THAT WAS A PRETTY REASONABLE REQUEST.. I CAN CATCH YOU UP LATER GIVE ME A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DO THAT.... JESUS REPLIED A VERY TOUGH REPLY..... LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD YOU GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL..... THEN ANOTHER GUY SAID.... I'M YOUR MAN I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU..... BUT MY PARENTS COULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED SO I NEED TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEM.... AGAIN A REASONABLE REQUEST.... JESUS MADE ANOTHER VERY TOUGH REPLY... NO MAN WHO PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND LOOKS BACK IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.... OW,!!!! THAT HURTS!!!!
Nearly all the people that Jesus healed did not follow him as disciples...
I AM SURE THEY WERE BELIEVERS TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER....
I really think it is time to rest my case....
THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST BEING A WEEKLY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP BELIEVER AND A FULL-TIME WILD STARRY EYED FANATICAL LOVER OF JESUS WHO IS PREPARED TO GO ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.... AM I A DISCIPLE OR AM I A BELIEVER.??.
A VERY GOOD QUESTION..... I AM A BELIEVER.... TRYING TO BE AS MUCH OF A DISCIPLE AS I CAN... AS I HAVE THE FAITH FOR...
THERE IS TONS MORE TO STUDY BUT I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS..
TO ME IT IS JUST COMMON SENSE.....
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Personal evangelism compared with Mass evangelism.....
Personal evangelism as compared with Mass evangelism.....
Mass evangelism played a great part in my conversion.... I asked Jesus into my heart in a Railway train when I was all by myself, but I went to a Billy Graham Crusade, shortly after my personal encounter with Christ on the train going up to London to work at Lloyd's.... The atmosphere at the crusade was very emotional almost electric..... However it taught me that this was probably the best and only way to win souls... I always wanted to win souls...... If Jesus could do this for me I wanted to see HIM do it for everyone else.... I definitely did not want to keep this experience selfishly for myself..... By the providence of God I met the navigator team in London...Ed Rice and Doug Sparks and their charming families.... They were the current experts at soul winning on a one to one basis.They are still doing a very good job today as well... They had a world vision.... But how could one on one multiply and reach the whole world.... They explained to me..... If I win two souls..... And train them up so that they can win two souls each.... Then in just two jumps we would have a total of six souls...... Then in 10 jumps we would reach 1000.... Now wait for this, this sounds extraordinary...... In just 28 jumps...... We reach the whole world population...... 28 is not a very big number....... 6 billion is a big number...... So to reach 6 billion you just need 28 jumps of MULTIPLICATION.....2 becomes 4 becomes 8 becomes 16 becomes 32 becomes 64 becomes 132 becomes 264 becomes let's say 250 to make the math easier....becomes 500.... Becomes 1000.... Becomes 2000....4000.....8000.....16000......32000....64000.....132000...250000....500000....1000000
So in 20 jumps we reach 1 million.......
Now the real payoff is that each person reached is not just a bench warming do very little Christian but is a trained Christian multiplying soul winning disciple.....beat that!!!!!!!!!!! Now the navigators have been working for 80 years..... If you check out their website they are currently working in 100 countries worldwide... That is pretty good..... They are even surviving in countries that are closed to the Gospel..... They do not make a big splash but are like underground workers working out of sight...
This could really be a way forward during the coming days weeks months years of severe Christian
persecution.....
Now To return a little too mass evangelism.... In the Bible we see that Jesus practiced both..... Mass evangelism was particularly effective when Jesus did his miracles...... One dramatic healing miracle would be witnessed by hundreds or thousands...... These hundreds and thousands however were not the effective converts that took the gospel into all the world.... That was left to his inner core which he trained personally himself.... The 12..... So this is not the case of either/or but of the good old Roman Catholic both/and.. However today in all repeat all Christian gatherings, with the exception of NAVIGATOR groups and the team that I grounded in Slovakia.... Personal one on one evangelism is totally neglected...... This is so sad..... Because Christians are not being taught how to share their faith with others..... Just bring them along to our Christian meeting and then you will have done your job...
I will end by telling you a quick true personal story.... When my team was working in Odessa in the Ukraine....
The famous mass Evangelist...REINHARD BONKE ..... Held a three day healing crusade and Gospel crusade.... Our little team decided to help out in distributing the flyers to invite the population to
come to the stadium... I think the six of us gave out more flyers then all the Pentecostal churches in the area put together... On the first day Rinehart gave a great sermon... One old man that we personally knew who walked on crutches.... Was seemingly miraculously healed..... He threw away his crutches and walked staggering a bit..... The crowd was amazed..... The next day however we found the man walking around on his crutches...... Busloads of church people were being lifted in to Odesa for the second day..... By now our little team was beginning to see how fruitless this method of evangelism really was... On the final day which was meant to draw the biggest crowds..... With all the church members praying in prayer meetings for this special last day...... The Lord allowed the biggest rainstorm to flood the stadium and there was no meeting....WHY??? You may well Ask???We tried to contact Reinhard to help him to see that if he concentrated more on exhorting the masses to personally evangelise, then he would reach many many more people.. But he had already left for Kiev...
Please help me to spread this message of one on one...I need to pay more attention to this too..Lord
help us all...?
Just imagine what a revival there would be if the pastors of churches both big and small would both practice personal evangelism themselves, then teach their congregations to do the same?????!!!!!!
Mass evangelism played a great part in my conversion.... I asked Jesus into my heart in a Railway train when I was all by myself, but I went to a Billy Graham Crusade, shortly after my personal encounter with Christ on the train going up to London to work at Lloyd's.... The atmosphere at the crusade was very emotional almost electric..... However it taught me that this was probably the best and only way to win souls... I always wanted to win souls...... If Jesus could do this for me I wanted to see HIM do it for everyone else.... I definitely did not want to keep this experience selfishly for myself..... By the providence of God I met the navigator team in London...Ed Rice and Doug Sparks and their charming families.... They were the current experts at soul winning on a one to one basis.They are still doing a very good job today as well... They had a world vision.... But how could one on one multiply and reach the whole world.... They explained to me..... If I win two souls..... And train them up so that they can win two souls each.... Then in just two jumps we would have a total of six souls...... Then in 10 jumps we would reach 1000.... Now wait for this, this sounds extraordinary...... In just 28 jumps...... We reach the whole world population...... 28 is not a very big number....... 6 billion is a big number...... So to reach 6 billion you just need 28 jumps of MULTIPLICATION.....2 becomes 4 becomes 8 becomes 16 becomes 32 becomes 64 becomes 132 becomes 264 becomes let's say 250 to make the math easier....becomes 500.... Becomes 1000.... Becomes 2000....4000.....8000.....16000......32000....64000.....132000...250000....500000....1000000
So in 20 jumps we reach 1 million.......
Now the real payoff is that each person reached is not just a bench warming do very little Christian but is a trained Christian multiplying soul winning disciple.....beat that!!!!!!!!!!! Now the navigators have been working for 80 years..... If you check out their website they are currently working in 100 countries worldwide... That is pretty good..... They are even surviving in countries that are closed to the Gospel..... They do not make a big splash but are like underground workers working out of sight...
This could really be a way forward during the coming days weeks months years of severe Christian
persecution.....
Now To return a little too mass evangelism.... In the Bible we see that Jesus practiced both..... Mass evangelism was particularly effective when Jesus did his miracles...... One dramatic healing miracle would be witnessed by hundreds or thousands...... These hundreds and thousands however were not the effective converts that took the gospel into all the world.... That was left to his inner core which he trained personally himself.... The 12..... So this is not the case of either/or but of the good old Roman Catholic both/and.. However today in all repeat all Christian gatherings, with the exception of NAVIGATOR groups and the team that I grounded in Slovakia.... Personal one on one evangelism is totally neglected...... This is so sad..... Because Christians are not being taught how to share their faith with others..... Just bring them along to our Christian meeting and then you will have done your job...
I will end by telling you a quick true personal story.... When my team was working in Odessa in the Ukraine....
The famous mass Evangelist...REINHARD BONKE ..... Held a three day healing crusade and Gospel crusade.... Our little team decided to help out in distributing the flyers to invite the population to
come to the stadium... I think the six of us gave out more flyers then all the Pentecostal churches in the area put together... On the first day Rinehart gave a great sermon... One old man that we personally knew who walked on crutches.... Was seemingly miraculously healed..... He threw away his crutches and walked staggering a bit..... The crowd was amazed..... The next day however we found the man walking around on his crutches...... Busloads of church people were being lifted in to Odesa for the second day..... By now our little team was beginning to see how fruitless this method of evangelism really was... On the final day which was meant to draw the biggest crowds..... With all the church members praying in prayer meetings for this special last day...... The Lord allowed the biggest rainstorm to flood the stadium and there was no meeting....WHY??? You may well Ask???We tried to contact Reinhard to help him to see that if he concentrated more on exhorting the masses to personally evangelise, then he would reach many many more people.. But he had already left for Kiev...
Please help me to spread this message of one on one...I need to pay more attention to this too..Lord
help us all...?
Just imagine what a revival there would be if the pastors of churches both big and small would both practice personal evangelism themselves, then teach their congregations to do the same?????!!!!!!
MULTIPLYING SOUL WINNING WITNESSING DISCIPLES!!!!!!!
Dear Friend in CHRIST
I have been thinking a lot about the distinction between priests and priests....
The universal priesthood off all believers and this specialized priesthood of those full-time workers in the church...
I think that it is very evident that there is a distinction between disciples and believers..
The above Protestant explanation mydisciplemaker.org makes it very clear. It is a bit long-winded but definitely worth reading..
In one section it emphasizes bringing forth fruit... For those of us who don't particularly like to do one on one witnessing, we generally look at fruit as being the fruits of the Spirit... Yes for sure that is a part of fruitfulness but the writer also makes it clear that it involves winning souls and making disciples out of them so that they can win more souls. In the NAVIGATOR missionary movement, we called them multiplying believers or disciples... The emphasis being on multiplying... Second Timothy chapter 2 verse two...WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME, he tells his disciple Timothy,I WANT YOU TO PASS ON TO FAITHFUL MEN WHO WILL THEN BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO....THE EXACT QUOTE FROM THE KJV IS AS FOLLOWS.................
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.u
I VERY MUCH LIKE THE ANALOGY..........drawn between The freshwater sea of Galilee full of life and fish and the super salt water Dead Sea! One sea has rivers running in and then running out, and of course the Dead Sea has no outlet except through evaporation.
Christians who want to share their faith with the lost hurting world are like this sea of Galilee... They take in and then they give out. The vast majority of Christendom, do not give out... They just take it in and slowly die on the vine... Why do they not give out? There are a few reasons and I wonder if
you are going to agree with me? One is because giving out is a scary and embarrassing, business, many times....... It may cost your pride and reputation... But another I think more important reason, is
because of the lack of instruction from the shepherds.....The shepherds do not do this and so of course they cannot teach something which they do not practice... I can tell you from first-hand experience that when you do give out then you get a huge spiritual high.... When Jesus sent his disciples out two buy two, they came back in high spirits.. They were overjoyed!!! I am going to send this off to you now because I don't know how to save this while I look up an important verse in the Bible... I think it is Isaiah chapter 58, v 10 and 11
Let us see if my memory is correct??! Verse 10..!IF YOU DRAW OUT YOUR SOUL TO THE HUNGRY AND SATISFY THE AFFLICTED SOUL(this could refer to food or the Word)THEN SHALL YOUR LIGHT RISE IN THE DARKNESS AND YOUR WORST MOMENTS WILL BE LIKE THE NOON DAY SUN....
Love to hear from you.... Let's start a revolution!!!FOR WINNING THE LOST!!
Get out the GOSPEL to the LOST!!!
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I have been thinking a lot about the distinction between priests and priests....
The universal priesthood off all believers and this specialized priesthood of those full-time workers in the church...
I think that it is very evident that there is a distinction between disciples and believers..
The above Protestant explanation mydisciplemaker.org makes it very clear. It is a bit long-winded but definitely worth reading..
In one section it emphasizes bringing forth fruit... For those of us who don't particularly like to do one on one witnessing, we generally look at fruit as being the fruits of the Spirit... Yes for sure that is a part of fruitfulness but the writer also makes it clear that it involves winning souls and making disciples out of them so that they can win more souls. In the NAVIGATOR missionary movement, we called them multiplying believers or disciples... The emphasis being on multiplying... Second Timothy chapter 2 verse two...WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME, he tells his disciple Timothy,I WANT YOU TO PASS ON TO FAITHFUL MEN WHO WILL THEN BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO....THE EXACT QUOTE FROM THE KJV IS AS FOLLOWS.................
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.u
I VERY MUCH LIKE THE ANALOGY..........drawn between The freshwater sea of Galilee full of life and fish and the super salt water Dead Sea! One sea has rivers running in and then running out, and of course the Dead Sea has no outlet except through evaporation.
Christians who want to share their faith with the lost hurting world are like this sea of Galilee... They take in and then they give out. The vast majority of Christendom, do not give out... They just take it in and slowly die on the vine... Why do they not give out? There are a few reasons and I wonder if
you are going to agree with me? One is because giving out is a scary and embarrassing, business, many times....... It may cost your pride and reputation... But another I think more important reason, is
because of the lack of instruction from the shepherds.....The shepherds do not do this and so of course they cannot teach something which they do not practice... I can tell you from first-hand experience that when you do give out then you get a huge spiritual high.... When Jesus sent his disciples out two buy two, they came back in high spirits.. They were overjoyed!!! I am going to send this off to you now because I don't know how to save this while I look up an important verse in the Bible... I think it is Isaiah chapter 58, v 10 and 11
Let us see if my memory is correct??! Verse 10..!IF YOU DRAW OUT YOUR SOUL TO THE HUNGRY AND SATISFY THE AFFLICTED SOUL(this could refer to food or the Word)THEN SHALL YOUR LIGHT RISE IN THE DARKNESS AND YOUR WORST MOMENTS WILL BE LIKE THE NOON DAY SUN....
Love to hear from you.... Let's start a revolution!!!FOR WINNING THE LOST!!
Get out the GOSPEL to the LOST!!!
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Tuesday 21 January 2014
YOU SAY YOU LOVE MY JESUS...BUT WHAT DOES HE WANT YOU TO DO???
You say you love my JESUS, but do you really know what He wants you to do?
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HELL IS A REAL PLACE.....
BROAD IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.... NARROW IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE...
Okay so we love Jesus... Now the question is what should we do with this love.???
Shall we just keep it to ourselves and share it with our Christian circle of friends who already know Jesus??
OR....shall we at least try to take this messag of GOOD NEWS to those on the BROAD WAY in our hurting world?
No where in the Bible does it say that being a personal, one on one, witnesser is a special gift for just a few...
An old granny can pack her hand bag with 20 or so Gospel tracts and try to hand them out to people wherever you may be...In the bus....on the train....paying the cashier at the supermarket...or even standing on a street corner and handing them out....If someone actually stops....you can ask them...
DO YOU LOVE JESUS? Do you know him? Have you asked him into your heart? Then if you get a Chance you can share with this person what Jesus Christ means to you. You can give your personal testimony... If your gospel tract has your email address or telephone number then you can encourage that person to get in touch with you for more information when he or she has more time...
I firmly believe that if you and your church start to do this, you will have a revival... Witnessing one on one is far more effective than mass evangelism.... Here you require a big stadium or a big church and a famous evangelist... One on one you can make lasting friends for life..
Please try have a shot at it and let me know... As you do it you will get better and better at it.
WHEN YOU WITNESS YOU ALWAYS WIN... YOU WIN SOULS AND YOU WIN THE APPROVAL OF GOD.. YOU ALSO BECOME ON FIRE....
OF COURSE IT IS A BIT SCARY... THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO EXCITING... YOU MAY GET SOME RUDE ANSWERS.... AND EVEN IF YOU SEEM UNSUCCESSFUL.... THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT YOU CHALLENGED THEM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST..THE WAY...THE TRUTH... AND THE LIFE...
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HELL IS A REAL PLACE.....
BROAD IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.... NARROW IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE...
Okay so we love Jesus... Now the question is what should we do with this love.???
Shall we just keep it to ourselves and share it with our Christian circle of friends who already know Jesus??
OR....shall we at least try to take this messag of GOOD NEWS to those on the BROAD WAY in our hurting world?
No where in the Bible does it say that being a personal, one on one, witnesser is a special gift for just a few...
An old granny can pack her hand bag with 20 or so Gospel tracts and try to hand them out to people wherever you may be...In the bus....on the train....paying the cashier at the supermarket...or even standing on a street corner and handing them out....If someone actually stops....you can ask them...
DO YOU LOVE JESUS? Do you know him? Have you asked him into your heart? Then if you get a Chance you can share with this person what Jesus Christ means to you. You can give your personal testimony... If your gospel tract has your email address or telephone number then you can encourage that person to get in touch with you for more information when he or she has more time...
I firmly believe that if you and your church start to do this, you will have a revival... Witnessing one on one is far more effective than mass evangelism.... Here you require a big stadium or a big church and a famous evangelist... One on one you can make lasting friends for life..
Please try have a shot at it and let me know... As you do it you will get better and better at it.
WHEN YOU WITNESS YOU ALWAYS WIN... YOU WIN SOULS AND YOU WIN THE APPROVAL OF GOD.. YOU ALSO BECOME ON FIRE....
OF COURSE IT IS A BIT SCARY... THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO EXCITING... YOU MAY GET SOME RUDE ANSWERS.... AND EVEN IF YOU SEEM UNSUCCESSFUL.... THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT YOU CHALLENGED THEM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST..THE WAY...THE TRUTH... AND THE LIFE...
Monday 20 January 2014
WHY THE ROSARY???
The rosary prayer is always under attack.....??WHY??
Especially from Protestants...
Martin Luther who was the very first protestant.....
Never gave up praying the rosary and he never gave up his devotion to the Virgin Mary.....
The early church fathers also loved and reveered Mary...
As Protestantism expanded and divided, an anti-Catholic propaganda campaign spread like wildfire....
THOSE CRAZY CATHOLICS WORSHIP MARY.... SHE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN JESUS.... SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY VILLAGE GIRL..
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JESUS MADE AND DESIGNED YOU AND ME....
HE ALSO MADE AND DESIGNED HIS OWN MOTHER...
THE OLD TABERNACLE CONTAINED THE WORDS WRITTEN IN STONE...
The new tabernacle contained the WORD OF GOD HIMSELF in the flesh for nine months....
The mother of the human race disobeyed God, encouraging her husband to do the same....
The new eve Mary, on the other hand obeyed God and became the mother of God. While dying on the cross Jesus gave his mother to John and we believe that at this moment she became the new EVE and our mother too....
Why pray to Mary when you can pray directly to Jesus Christ himself??
I would ask you why do you ask other people to pray for your sick child and surely your prayer to Jesus would be enough? Why ask a whole bunch of intermediaries to help you in your prayer for your sick child??? Because you know that in collective prayer there is more power generated... When we are praying to people in heaven, we are just talking to them and asking them for help.. Jesus likes to share his responsibilities with others he doesn't want it all for HIMSELF.... It is just that simple...
When you are making an important request, wouldn't you like his holy mother to intercede to for you just like you would a friend who loves you???
After all it's difficult to refuse your mother...
In The Gospel of John chapter 2 they ran out of wine at a wedding feast. Jesus did not seem very interested in helping out in this situation.... The faith of his mother turned the tables and He changed His mind and miraculously made the very best wine this world has ever seen or tasted..
THE ROSARY IS A PRAYER IN WHICH WE PRAY THE LORD'S PRAYER... THE PRAYER HE PERSONALLY TAUGHT US TO PRAY.....6 Times.... THAT IN ITSELF IS VERY POWERFUL!!!
SO THIS IS A PRAYER WHERE WE MEDITATE ON 20 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST.... THIS IS A PRAYER CENTERED AROUND THE WORDS AND THE ACTIONS OF JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF....Let me ask you a question??? How many times do you pray with your Bible wide-open reading the WORD at the same time?
THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS WHY ONE SHOULD PRAY THIS PRAYER.... WHY DON'T YOU PERSONALLY ASK GOD WHO IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU TO SHOW YOU FIRST IF I AM TELLING THE TRUTH AND SECOND TO GIVE YOU EVEN MORE REASONS TO PRAY THIS 20 MINUTE LONG PRAYER... GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE.. Michael Jaffray IF THIS IS JUST A CRAZY CATHOLIC SMELLS AND BELLS PRAYER OF NO-CONSEQUENCE..... SURELY YOUR GOD,YOUR JESUS, WILL LET YOU KNOW.....
I think it is just that simple.....As a child ......just ask daddy and HE WILL NOT GIVE YOU A STONE INSTEAD OF YUMMY FRESH BREAD and HE will not give you a snake WHEN you ask FOR A FISH...
IT'S THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 VERSE SEVEN ALL OVER AGAIN.. GOD'S TELEPHONE NUMBER...MAT77... Of course if we don't phone HIM then we won't get any answers!!
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Especially from Protestants...
Martin Luther who was the very first protestant.....
Never gave up praying the rosary and he never gave up his devotion to the Virgin Mary.....
The early church fathers also loved and reveered Mary...
As Protestantism expanded and divided, an anti-Catholic propaganda campaign spread like wildfire....
THOSE CRAZY CATHOLICS WORSHIP MARY.... SHE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN JESUS.... SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY VILLAGE GIRL..
......................................
JESUS MADE AND DESIGNED YOU AND ME....
HE ALSO MADE AND DESIGNED HIS OWN MOTHER...
THE OLD TABERNACLE CONTAINED THE WORDS WRITTEN IN STONE...
The new tabernacle contained the WORD OF GOD HIMSELF in the flesh for nine months....
The mother of the human race disobeyed God, encouraging her husband to do the same....
The new eve Mary, on the other hand obeyed God and became the mother of God. While dying on the cross Jesus gave his mother to John and we believe that at this moment she became the new EVE and our mother too....
Why pray to Mary when you can pray directly to Jesus Christ himself??
I would ask you why do you ask other people to pray for your sick child and surely your prayer to Jesus would be enough? Why ask a whole bunch of intermediaries to help you in your prayer for your sick child??? Because you know that in collective prayer there is more power generated... When we are praying to people in heaven, we are just talking to them and asking them for help.. Jesus likes to share his responsibilities with others he doesn't want it all for HIMSELF.... It is just that simple...
When you are making an important request, wouldn't you like his holy mother to intercede to for you just like you would a friend who loves you???
After all it's difficult to refuse your mother...
In The Gospel of John chapter 2 they ran out of wine at a wedding feast. Jesus did not seem very interested in helping out in this situation.... The faith of his mother turned the tables and He changed His mind and miraculously made the very best wine this world has ever seen or tasted..
THE ROSARY IS A PRAYER IN WHICH WE PRAY THE LORD'S PRAYER... THE PRAYER HE PERSONALLY TAUGHT US TO PRAY.....6 Times.... THAT IN ITSELF IS VERY POWERFUL!!!
SO THIS IS A PRAYER WHERE WE MEDITATE ON 20 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST.... THIS IS A PRAYER CENTERED AROUND THE WORDS AND THE ACTIONS OF JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF....Let me ask you a question??? How many times do you pray with your Bible wide-open reading the WORD at the same time?
THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS WHY ONE SHOULD PRAY THIS PRAYER.... WHY DON'T YOU PERSONALLY ASK GOD WHO IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU TO SHOW YOU FIRST IF I AM TELLING THE TRUTH AND SECOND TO GIVE YOU EVEN MORE REASONS TO PRAY THIS 20 MINUTE LONG PRAYER... GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE.. Michael Jaffray IF THIS IS JUST A CRAZY CATHOLIC SMELLS AND BELLS PRAYER OF NO-CONSEQUENCE..... SURELY YOUR GOD,YOUR JESUS, WILL LET YOU KNOW.....
I think it is just that simple.....As a child ......just ask daddy and HE WILL NOT GIVE YOU A STONE INSTEAD OF YUMMY FRESH BREAD and HE will not give you a snake WHEN you ask FOR A FISH...
IT'S THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 VERSE SEVEN ALL OVER AGAIN.. GOD'S TELEPHONE NUMBER...MAT77... Of course if we don't phone HIM then we won't get any answers!!
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Saturday 18 January 2014
I LOVE MY JOB
I LOVE MY JOB... even at 75.....
THE FOLLOWING IS FOR THOSE WHO INVEST IN OUR WORK... EITHER FINANCIALLY OR IN PRAYER OR BOTH....OR WHO ARE JUST PLAIN INTERESTED....
Every week we give our statistics for the following.... We do this in a weekly prayer meeting on Saturday mornings in a small room that belongs to our church... At the end of the year.... We add up our weekly stats and this is what we did in 2013... That is Irmgard and myself... Out of 365 days we traveled to the Cologne Dom cathedral precincts 355times. As many of you know this is a shrine visited by thousands of people from all over the world every day... You name a country and I'm sure that we met someone even from the most obscure ones like Iceland or Tajikistan or Cameroon.there are nearly 200. Countries in the world and I would guesstimate that we have met 100 of them..the people from them I mean.
OK so here goes..
Hours in the train and door to door....1965 hours...3 hours a day...
Hours on the field approx 3 hours daily ...1965 hours..
We have prayed with 8085 people to ask JESUS into their lives.
We have given some kind of a verbal witness like..JESUS loves you to approx 20,000 people individually....
Our mass witness must be in the hundred thousands...
We have distributed10540 pieces of Gospel literature....
We have distribute approx 3256 coloured home made wooden rosaries...
On the internet I have witnessed to approx 6000 people.....
SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR US AND HELPING US WITH DONATIONS....we hope YOU think that your investment was worth it...
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP US..2014 started badly for Me with my bacterially infected leg so I missed the first 10 days but Irmgard battled bravely on by herself...
GOD BLESS YOU AND MANY MANY THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF THIS DROP IN THE OCEAN MINISTRY..
THE FOLLOWING IS FOR THOSE WHO INVEST IN OUR WORK... EITHER FINANCIALLY OR IN PRAYER OR BOTH....OR WHO ARE JUST PLAIN INTERESTED....
Every week we give our statistics for the following.... We do this in a weekly prayer meeting on Saturday mornings in a small room that belongs to our church... At the end of the year.... We add up our weekly stats and this is what we did in 2013... That is Irmgard and myself... Out of 365 days we traveled to the Cologne Dom cathedral precincts 355times. As many of you know this is a shrine visited by thousands of people from all over the world every day... You name a country and I'm sure that we met someone even from the most obscure ones like Iceland or Tajikistan or Cameroon.there are nearly 200. Countries in the world and I would guesstimate that we have met 100 of them..the people from them I mean.
OK so here goes..
Hours in the train and door to door....1965 hours...3 hours a day...
Hours on the field approx 3 hours daily ...1965 hours..
We have prayed with 8085 people to ask JESUS into their lives.
We have given some kind of a verbal witness like..JESUS loves you to approx 20,000 people individually....
Our mass witness must be in the hundred thousands...
We have distributed10540 pieces of Gospel literature....
We have distribute approx 3256 coloured home made wooden rosaries...
On the internet I have witnessed to approx 6000 people.....
SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR US AND HELPING US WITH DONATIONS....we hope YOU think that your investment was worth it...
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP US..2014 started badly for Me with my bacterially infected leg so I missed the first 10 days but Irmgard battled bravely on by herself...
GOD BLESS YOU AND MANY MANY THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF THIS DROP IN THE OCEAN MINISTRY..
Thursday 16 January 2014
AN IMPORTANT P.S. TO WHAT IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN???
A VERY IMPORTANT...P.S. TO WHAT IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN???
MAY BE I DIDN'T REALLY POINtT THIS OUT SUFFICIENTLY....
I THINK THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ADMIT THE FOLLOWING:-
THE FACT THAT THIS WORLD IS IN SUCH A TERRIBLE TERRIBLE MESS....
WAIT FOR IT.....
IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY FAULT TOO.......
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY????
FIRST IT IS SO EASY TO POINT FINGERS....
NOT REALIZING THAT THERE ARE THREE FINGERS POINTING BACK AT YOU..
WHEN I USED TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SING JESUS SONGS IN PRISON, I BELIEVE THE LORD SHOWED ME TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING WITH THE INMATES.....IF I HAD BEEN IN YOUR POSITION... WITH YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES... YOUR UPBRINGING... MAYBE I WOULD HAVE COMMITTED WORSE CRIMES... THIS WOULD PUT THEM AT THEIR EASE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN THEIR APPLAUSE AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR MINI CONCERTS..
HOW MUCH HAVE WE PRAYED FOR THESE WICKED SO CALLED PEOPLE????
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE REALLY SOUGHT THE LORD FOR THEM????
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TRIED TO HELP THEM???
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THEM???
ESPECIALLY IN PRAYER AND IN WHAT WE WRITE ON THE WEB FOR PEOPLE TO READ???
I JUST WATCHED A VERY MODERN MOVIE WITH TOM HANKS CALLED "CAPT. PHILLIPS"THE SHIP WAS CAPTURED BY SOMALI PIRATES...
AFTER A VERY DRAMATIC INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND SPECIAL FORCES, CAPT. PHILLIPS WAS RESCUED AND ALL BUT ONE OF THE PIRATES WERE KILLED....
GOOD JOB WE MAY SAY..... BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THOSE LIVING IN ABJECT POVERTY IN SOMALIA THAT DROVE THEM TO PIRACY??
DOES THAT EVEN ENTER OUR EQUATION WHEN VIEWING THIS FILM??
ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND BEGGING FOR THEIR EXISTENCE....
SURELY IT IS THEIR FAULT BECAUSE THE GREAT STATE AND THE GOVERNMENT ARRANGED WELFARE FOR THEM???
HOW OFTEN DO WE WALK BY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD?
I STAND GUILTY AS CHARGED...THANK GOD THAT HE FORGIVES WHEN WE ADMIT OUR FAULTS AND SHORT COMINGS...
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
MAY BE I DIDN'T REALLY POINtT THIS OUT SUFFICIENTLY....
I THINK THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ADMIT THE FOLLOWING:-
THE FACT THAT THIS WORLD IS IN SUCH A TERRIBLE TERRIBLE MESS....
WAIT FOR IT.....
IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY FAULT TOO.......
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY????
FIRST IT IS SO EASY TO POINT FINGERS....
NOT REALIZING THAT THERE ARE THREE FINGERS POINTING BACK AT YOU..
WHEN I USED TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SING JESUS SONGS IN PRISON, I BELIEVE THE LORD SHOWED ME TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING WITH THE INMATES.....IF I HAD BEEN IN YOUR POSITION... WITH YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES... YOUR UPBRINGING... MAYBE I WOULD HAVE COMMITTED WORSE CRIMES... THIS WOULD PUT THEM AT THEIR EASE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN THEIR APPLAUSE AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR MINI CONCERTS..
HOW MUCH HAVE WE PRAYED FOR THESE WICKED SO CALLED PEOPLE????
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE REALLY SOUGHT THE LORD FOR THEM????
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TRIED TO HELP THEM???
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THEM???
ESPECIALLY IN PRAYER AND IN WHAT WE WRITE ON THE WEB FOR PEOPLE TO READ???
I JUST WATCHED A VERY MODERN MOVIE WITH TOM HANKS CALLED "CAPT. PHILLIPS"THE SHIP WAS CAPTURED BY SOMALI PIRATES...
AFTER A VERY DRAMATIC INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND SPECIAL FORCES, CAPT. PHILLIPS WAS RESCUED AND ALL BUT ONE OF THE PIRATES WERE KILLED....
GOOD JOB WE MAY SAY..... BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THOSE LIVING IN ABJECT POVERTY IN SOMALIA THAT DROVE THEM TO PIRACY??
DOES THAT EVEN ENTER OUR EQUATION WHEN VIEWING THIS FILM??
ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND BEGGING FOR THEIR EXISTENCE....
SURELY IT IS THEIR FAULT BECAUSE THE GREAT STATE AND THE GOVERNMENT ARRANGED WELFARE FOR THEM???
HOW OFTEN DO WE WALK BY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD?
I STAND GUILTY AS CHARGED...THANK GOD THAT HE FORGIVES WHEN WE ADMIT OUR FAULTS AND SHORT COMINGS...
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
Wednesday 15 January 2014
WHAT MUST WE DO
WHAT IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN?
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Genesis chapter 18 verse 18....
TO SAVE SODOM AND GOMORRAH GOD NEEDED JUST 10 RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THAT WICKED CITY...
WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY WICKED WORLD...
WHAT CAN WE DO AS CHRISTIANS TO SAVE THIS SITUATION.?
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES....
WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY TO THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD...
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL CONTROLS THE UNLIMITED MONEY SUPPLY.....
THIS MONEY IS JUST FIAT MONEY AND IT IS TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF BANKERS....
WE READ IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE DEVIL FIGHTS AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS ARMIES IN MILITARY WARFARE....
HE OVERCOMES THEM...
SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYTHING WE DO IN THE ARM OF THE FLESH WILL NEVER REALLY WORK... IT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE ...WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT..
IT IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO SAID WE CANNOT FIGHT CITY HALL... WE CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE RULERS OF THIS PRESENT WORLD UNTIL JESUS COMES AND DEFEATS THEM TOTALLY IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON....
LYING HERE IN BED FOR 15 DAYS I HAVE BEEN LEARNING SO MANY LESSONS... NOW MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED... WE CAN NEVER DEFEAT HIM IN OPEN WARFARE,!!
But we can defeat him in spiritual battles...
The Bible clearly tells us how to do that....
We need to concentrate on becoming righteous people....
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
NOW I AM GOING TO SHOCK YOU...
I MICHAEL JAFFRAY KING AM A RIGHTEOUS MAN....
WATCH OUT MJK THAT SOUNDS REALLY CONCEITED...
PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL...
BUT JUST HANG ON A MINUTE AND I WILL EXPLAIN...
MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY MENSTROUS RAGS...
I AM A RIGHTEOUS WHEN I CLOTHE MYSELF IN THE RIGHTEOUS ROBES OF JESUS CHRIST....
I CONTINUALLY WASH MYSELF IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD..
TO HELP ME STAY IN THIS CONDITION... I HAVE TO DO MY PART... TO KEEP MY INSATIABLE PRIDE UNDER CONTROL... I NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOUR... PRAYING AND READING HIS WORD.. TELLING OTHERS ABOUT HIM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY... SO THAT THIS SIMPLE FAITH OF MINE... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MY GOOD WORKS... AS FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD...
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE.... THAT IF I FAIL IN MY EFFORTS..... I CAN RELY ON HIS MERCY...
AND FORGIVENESS.... AS LONG AS I TRY TO IMPROVE AND DO BETTER....
THAT IS MY ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT IT IS TOTALLY SUFFICIENT...
WHEN I AND YOU STOP POINTING OUR FINGERS AT THOSE WE THINK ARE UNRIGHTEOUS AND WICKED..ETC. AND TURN OUR ACCUSATIONS INTO PRAYERS FOR OUR ENEMY, THEN GOD WILL LISTEN TO OUR PRAYERS AND HEAL OUR WORLD....LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE....
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Genesis chapter 18 verse 18....
TO SAVE SODOM AND GOMORRAH GOD NEEDED JUST 10 RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THAT WICKED CITY...
WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY WICKED WORLD...
WHAT CAN WE DO AS CHRISTIANS TO SAVE THIS SITUATION.?
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES....
WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY TO THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD...
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL CONTROLS THE UNLIMITED MONEY SUPPLY.....
THIS MONEY IS JUST FIAT MONEY AND IT IS TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF BANKERS....
WE READ IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE DEVIL FIGHTS AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS ARMIES IN MILITARY WARFARE....
HE OVERCOMES THEM...
SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYTHING WE DO IN THE ARM OF THE FLESH WILL NEVER REALLY WORK... IT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE ...WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT..
IT IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO SAID WE CANNOT FIGHT CITY HALL... WE CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE RULERS OF THIS PRESENT WORLD UNTIL JESUS COMES AND DEFEATS THEM TOTALLY IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON....
LYING HERE IN BED FOR 15 DAYS I HAVE BEEN LEARNING SO MANY LESSONS... NOW MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED... WE CAN NEVER DEFEAT HIM IN OPEN WARFARE,!!
But we can defeat him in spiritual battles...
The Bible clearly tells us how to do that....
We need to concentrate on becoming righteous people....
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
NOW I AM GOING TO SHOCK YOU...
I MICHAEL JAFFRAY KING AM A RIGHTEOUS MAN....
WATCH OUT MJK THAT SOUNDS REALLY CONCEITED...
PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL...
BUT JUST HANG ON A MINUTE AND I WILL EXPLAIN...
MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY MENSTROUS RAGS...
I AM A RIGHTEOUS WHEN I CLOTHE MYSELF IN THE RIGHTEOUS ROBES OF JESUS CHRIST....
I CONTINUALLY WASH MYSELF IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD..
TO HELP ME STAY IN THIS CONDITION... I HAVE TO DO MY PART... TO KEEP MY INSATIABLE PRIDE UNDER CONTROL... I NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOUR... PRAYING AND READING HIS WORD.. TELLING OTHERS ABOUT HIM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY... SO THAT THIS SIMPLE FAITH OF MINE... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MY GOOD WORKS... AS FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD...
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE.... THAT IF I FAIL IN MY EFFORTS..... I CAN RELY ON HIS MERCY...
AND FORGIVENESS.... AS LONG AS I TRY TO IMPROVE AND DO BETTER....
THAT IS MY ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT IT IS TOTALLY SUFFICIENT...
WHEN I AND YOU STOP POINTING OUR FINGERS AT THOSE WE THINK ARE UNRIGHTEOUS AND WICKED..ETC. AND TURN OUR ACCUSATIONS INTO PRAYERS FOR OUR ENEMY, THEN GOD WILL LISTEN TO OUR PRAYERS AND HEAL OUR WORLD....LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE....
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WHAT IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN
WHAT IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN?
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Genesis chapter 18 verse 18....
TO SAVE SODOM AND GOMORRAH GOD NEEDED JUST 10 RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THAT WICKED CITY...
WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY WICKED WORLD...
WHAT CAN WE DO AS CHRISTIANS TO SAVE THIS SITUATION.?
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES....
WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY TO THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD...
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL CONTROLS THE UNLIMITED MONEY SUPPLY.....
THIS MONEY IS JUST FIAT MONEY AND IT IS TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF BANKERS....
WE READ IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE DEVIL FIGHTS AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS ARMIES IN MILITARY WARFARE....
HE OVERCOMES THEM...
SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYTHING WE DO IN THE ARM OF THE FLESH WILL NEVER REALLY WORK... IT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE ...WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT..
IT IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO SAID WE CANNOT FIGHT CITY HALL... WE CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE RULERS OF THIS PRESENT WORLD UNTIL JESUS COMES AND DEFEATS THEM TOTALLY IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON....
LYING HERE IN BED FOR 15 DAYS I HAVE BEEN LEARNING SO MANY LESSONS... NOW MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED... WE CAN NEVER DEFEAT HIM IN OPEN WARFARE,!!
But we can defeat him in spiritual battles...
The Bible clearly tells us how to do that....
We need to concentrate on becoming righteous people....
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
NOW I AM GOING TO SHOCK YOU...
I MICHAEL JAFFRAY KING AM A RIGHTEOUS MAN....
WATCH OUT MJK THAT SOUNDS REALLY CONCEITED...
PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL...
BUT JUST HANG ON A MINUTE AND I WILL EXPLAIN...
MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY MENSTROUS RAGS...
I AM A RIGHTEOUS WHEN I CLOTHE MYSELF IN THE RIGHTEOUS ROBES OF JESUS CHRIST....
I CONTINUALLY WASH MYSELF IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD..
TO HELP ME STAY IN THIS CONDITION... I HAVE TO DO MY PART... TO KEEP MY INSATIABLE PRIDE UNDER CONTROL... I NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOUR... PRAYING AND READING HIS WORD.. TELLING OTHERS ABOUT HIM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY... SO THAT THIS SIMPLE FAITH OF MINE... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MY GOOD WORKS... AS FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD...
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE.... THAT IF I FAIL IN MY EFFORTS..... I CAN RELY ON HIS MERCY...
AND FORGIVENESS.... AS LONG AS I TRY TO IMPROVE AND DO BETTER....
THAT IS MY ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT IT IS TOTALLY SUFFICIENT...
WHEN I AND YOU STOP POINTING OUR FINGERS AT THOSE WE THINK ARE UNRIGHTEOUS AND WICKED..ETC. AND TURN OUR ACCUSATIONS INTO PRAYERS FOR OUR ENEMY, THEN GOD WILL LISTEN TO OUR PRAYERS AND HEAL OUR WORLD....LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE....
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Genesis chapter 18 verse 18....
TO SAVE SODOM AND GOMORRAH GOD NEEDED JUST 10 RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THAT WICKED CITY...
WE LIVE IN AN INCREDIBLY WICKED WORLD...
WHAT CAN WE DO AS CHRISTIANS TO SAVE THIS SITUATION.?
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES....
WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY TO THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD...
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL CONTROLS THE UNLIMITED MONEY SUPPLY.....
THIS MONEY IS JUST FIAT MONEY AND IT IS TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF BANKERS....
WE READ IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE DEVIL FIGHTS AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS ARMIES IN MILITARY WARFARE....
HE OVERCOMES THEM...
SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYTHING WE DO IN THE ARM OF THE FLESH WILL NEVER REALLY WORK... IT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE ...WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT..
IT IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO SAID WE CANNOT FIGHT CITY HALL... WE CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE RULERS OF THIS PRESENT WORLD UNTIL JESUS COMES AND DEFEATS THEM TOTALLY IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON....
LYING HERE IN BED FOR 15 DAYS I HAVE BEEN LEARNING SO MANY LESSONS... NOW MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED... WE CAN NEVER DEFEAT HIM IN OPEN WARFARE,!!
But we can defeat him in spiritual battles...
The Bible clearly tells us how to do that....
We need to concentrate on becoming righteous people....
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
NOW I AM GOING TO SHOCK YOU...
I MICHAEL JAFFRAY KING AM A RIGHTEOUS MAN....
WATCH OUT MJK THAT SOUNDS REALLY CONCEITED...
PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL...
BUT JUST HANG ON A MINUTE AND I WILL EXPLAIN...
MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY MENSTROUS RAGS...
I AM A RIGHTEOUS WHEN I CLOTHE MYSELF IN THE RIGHTEOUS ROBES OF JESUS CHRIST....
I CONTINUALLY WASH MYSELF IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD..
TO HELP ME STAY IN THIS CONDITION... I HAVE TO DO MY PART... TO KEEP MY INSATIABLE PRIDE UNDER CONTROL... I NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOUR... PRAYING AND READING HIS WORD.. TELLING OTHERS ABOUT HIM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY... SO THAT THIS SIMPLE FAITH OF MINE... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MY GOOD WORKS... AS FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD...
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE.... THAT IF I FAIL IN MY EFFORTS..... I CAN RELY ON HIS MERCY...
AND FORGIVENESS.... AS LONG AS I TRY TO IMPROVE AND DO BETTER....
THAT IS MY ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT IT IS TOTALLY SUFFICIENT...
WHEN I AND YOU STOP POINTING OUR FINGERS AT THOSE WE THINK ARE UNRIGHTEOUS AND WICKED..ETC. AND TURN OUR ACCUSATIONS INTO PRAYERS FOR OUR ENEMY, THEN GOD WILL LISTEN TO OUR PRAYERS AND HEAL OUR WORLD....LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE....
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