The Purgatory Is Over! The Paradise Is at Hand! |
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Skrevet af Jørn Nielsen
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Lørdag, 18. november 2017 08:53 |
After 12 days of a reviving hospital stay these solemn points have burned themselves into my soul and my re-stabilized heart:
1. "I do not count my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of grace of God!" Acts 20:24.
In other words: I may still, for some unknown time, "do the work of an evangelist!" (2. Tim. 4:5).
2. The Lord has whisperingly assured me of that, but with days strictly measured (Sl. 90:12).
3. During my turbulent stay the Spirit has, through the apostolic teaching, warned me again the servants of Satan who proclaim "another Jesus - another Spirit and another gospel" (2 Cor. 11:4, Gal. 1:6) in a very subtle way to the church. I´ve also been warned against those in legalistic, joyless bondage, who are not "in step with the truth of the gospel", Gal. 2:14.
4. I´m not supposed to waste my time with those "blind guides". Mt. 15:14
I´m grateful to the Lord for precious co-workers "diligent in business" with whom I´m in the gospel´s fellowship. Phil. 1:5. Do I know them? Indeed, I do and they sometimes move me to tears. And there´s nothing that gives our speech so much power as the simple gospel. Say it simple, say it often - and let it burn!
"This is what I mean, brothers, the appointed time has grown very short" (1. Kor. 7:29). My new super pacemaker (ICD) may be super, but we don´t have super much time left. "The errand of the King is urgent!" 1.Sam.21:8.
Nov. 18, 2017 - jn
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