“By the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established!”  (Deut. 19:15)

To a friend from the Danish Jewish aristocracy the Lord in His grace gave me boldness to say to him recently, “My statement of faith is purely Jewish!”  And I opened my Bible and read for him Isa. 53:5-6.  This was my best visit with him and his wife so far.

This I mentioned at our afternoon meeting last Friday at a beautiful place in Western Denmark.  So again Isa. 53 went, as it were, right in.  O, that chapter which according to Spurgeon is wetted with blood of Christ!

Later I asked a young man to share a word with us.  He was there in the evening, as he couldn´t make it earlier because of his job.  What did he share?  Isa. 53!  He didn´t know  about our afternoon gathering.  But so wonderful to have that chapter re-emphasized. 

By the way, I don´t believe in “one man´s ministry”.  We shouldn´t be so “churchy” that we can´t give access to the free sharing.  “Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, a teaching…” etc.  Only “let all things be done decently and in order!” 

The Spirit was good and I was encouraged.  A good relationship was established with a fine, honest dear lady, very religious and enthused about Jesus.  Yet I had to quietly tell her the necessity of a new, spiritual birth.  That´s really our true need in our churches.  In the middle class Christendom.  In Denmark and I believe in your country also.

-jn-

August  15, 2010.