“We should strive to live every day as if it was our last, for one day it will be.” – Billy Graham
Author Archives: Werner Dekarski
What is Terminal Illness?
In a West Auckland Hospice pamphlet are a number of Frequently Asked Questions answered. One of the questions is of course “What is Hospice West Auckland? Another is “How much does Hospice Cost?”
But I am very much interested in the question WHAT IS TERMINAL ILLNESS? Listen to the answer to that question: “This is when there is no cure for the illness and the patient is expected to die. It is also referred to as Life Threatening Illness.”
Are not all of us suffering from a Terminal Illness? I think we do. The life threatening illness is called sin. In Romans 3:23 we read “…, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,….” And in Romans 6:23 it says, “For the wages of sin is death;…”
The answer in the pamphlet to the question “What is terminal illness?” is “This is when there in no cure for the illness and the patient is expected to die.”
But for the sickness called sin there is a cure. Praise the Lord for that! Sin is “at the root of our problems”. Sin is “the disease of human nature”. Sin is the centre of our trouble. But there is a cure for the sinsick world.
In Romans 6:23 it does not only say, “For the wages of sin is death,…” But it continues, “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Remember, eternal life is a gift. All you need to do is receive it. Please do not hesitate, receive it TODAY!
Looking at the Wound and looking at the Remedy.
“Looking at the wound of sin will never save anyone. What you must do is look at the remedy.” – D. L. Moody
Was beruehmte Maenner ueber die BIBEL sagen:
Immanuel Kant: Scharfsinnigster deutscher Denker
“Die Bibel ist mein edelster Schatz, ohne den ich elend waere.”
Goethe: Deutschlands groesster Dichter
“Der Massstab fuer das Leben und die Kraft eines Volkes wird immer seine Stellung zur Bibel sein.”
Martin Luther: Der grosse Reformator
“Es ist auf Erden kein klareres Buch geschrieben, denn die Heilige Schrift; sie ist gegen alle anderen Buecher gleich wie die Sonne gegen alle anderen Lichter.”
Ulrich Zwingli: Schweizerische Reformator
“Das Wort Gottes ist die einzige Richtschnur fuer Glauben und Leben.”
Prayer:
“FERVENT PRAYER, LIKE A CANNON PLANTED AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN, MAKES THEM FLY OPEN.” – An old Divine
Kaitaia & Districts Agriculture & Pastoral Association
123rd Annual Show to be held at A & P Showgrounds Kaitaia
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
25 & 26 FEBRUARY 2011
Last year (2010) at the SHOW:
Kraftlosigkeit?
“Oft gruended unsere Kraftlosigkeit nicht in unserem Mangel an Staerke, sondern in dem Uebermass unserer Belastung. Dann sollten wir Gott nicht um mehr Kraft, sondern um mehr Einsicht beten.” – H. J. Eckstein
TE WA (TIME)
Te Wa
“Tomuri rawa te wa mo ratou e tatari ana
Tere rawa te wa mo ratou e wehi ana
Roa rawa te wa mo ratou e tangi ana
Poto rawa te wa mo ratou e hari koa ana
Engari
Mo Ratou e aroha ana Kahore rawa He mutunga mai” (Maori)
TIME
“Time is too slow for those who wait
Time is too fast for those who fear
Time is too long for those who mourn
Time is too short for those who rejoice
BUT
for those who love time is eternal” (English)
We find the story of Jacob and his sons in the first book of the Bible. Please read in the book of Genesis the chapters 28-50. If you don’t want to read all the chapters, read chapter 29!
Jacob did not fear, Jacob did not mourn. He did not rejoice. What did Jacob do? Jacob waited, he waited to be married to……. Rachel.
He waited not only, but he served seven years to get Rachel. Imagine, seven long years. That are 84 months or 364 weeks or 2555 days.
But what did we read just now? “But for those who love time is eternal.”
Eternal means “unchanged by time”. The meaning of eternity is the “timeless existence”.
That’s why it says in Genesis 29:20
“So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him…….” Why? “because of his LOVE for her.”