“The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven”

HEAVEN has been on my mind and I have been looking and I am still looking for more information about heaven.

And yes, I read the Bible and I have also a few books about heaven in my library.

In one of the books about heaven the writer, a missionary and evangelist, says, that he has known the Lord Jesus Christ for 40 years. During that time he has been to many meetings and conferences and has listened to many important speakers, but he has never heard a sermon on heaven.

I am reading also that there are not many authoritative books on the subject of heaven available.

When have you heard your last sermon about heaven?

Last Friday and Saturday the Kaitaia Rotary Club sold books at rock bottom prices and now the book THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF HEAVEN by Wilbur M. Smith is in my possession. Almost nothing was paid for the book.

(I want to say again that  my best books are bought second – hand)

“THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF HEAVEN will take its place as the definitive study of heaven for this century,” It says about this book.

I am looking forward not only to read it but to study it.

All I can say now with the Psalmist:

“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

You read that in the Bible, in Psalm 37:4

AT THE BEACH

When I picked up the ‘litter’  from the footpath in front of our house today, I was holding a flyer in my hand. The wind must have blown the ‘flyer’ out of one of the letterboxes on our street. I don’t think it was our letterbox.

“More than 25 years with one aim: build the world’s best barbecues,” said the Beefeater barbecue advertisement – flyer – and when I read that I was more than interested.

I am still more than interested, because I am asking myself again:

“WHAT IS MY ONE AIM?”

My ONE AIM is to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ:

Yesterday I talked briefly with two Germans and gave them my business card. Hopefully they are checking out my blog.

My one aim to follow the Lord Jesus Christ started with my conversion in the year 1958 in Germany.

After three years Bible school also in Germany I applied  to a missionary society and worked in Thailand for 13 years. After doing more studies at a Bible College in Auckland / New Zealand during 1980 I worked as a missionary  in New Zealand from 1980 – 2004 in Kaitaia and Kaikohe in the Far North of New Zealand (United Maori Mission).

I say, “More than 60 years with one aim: To be the best follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

My Business Card

THE CROSS

“This is what I say

Luke 6:27-31

Intr.:

to all who will listen to me:

1.  Love your enemies, and

2.  be good to everyone who hates you.

3.  Ask God to bless anyone who curses you,

4.  and pray for everyone who is cruel to you.

“God’s Word: open for all”

5.  If someone slaps you on one cheek, don’t stop that person from slapping you on the other cheek.

6.  If someone wants to take your coat, don’t try to keep back your shirt.

7.  Give to everyone who asks and don’t ask people to return what they have taken from you.

8.  Treat others just as you want to be treated.”

End:

When I saw today “OFF 2 C” written on a camper van, Ecclesiastes 1:8 came to my mind. There it says:

 “All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.”

Sunflower

“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” – Philippians 1:27

When I read today “Must – see movies” on the front page of the NEW ZEALAND LISTENER (May 17-23, 2014) in our beautiful Kaitaia library, Must – read books  came to my mind.

Our beautiful Library in Kaitaia

There are many Must – read Books, even in my library.

Let me just mention five:

1.  LOS VOM ICH by Ernst Modersohn. “Wie Gott aus einem Jakob einen  Israel machte.”

That is a book I must read again! (German!)

2.  SPIRITUAL DEPRESSION by D. Martyn Lloyd – Jones. “Its causes and Cure.”

3.  SOMETHING MORE by Catherine Marshall.

4.  REVIVAL, can we make it happen? by D Martyn Lloyd – Jones.

5.  MORNING AND EVENING, Daily Readings, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

There are not only must – read books, there are also must – read again Books.

But the fact is that there is only ONE Must – Read Book and that is the BIBLE.

The Bible is also called THE BOOK OF BOOKS, the GOOD BOOK, The Word of God, the Scriptures and the Writings.

What makes me say that there is only one Must – Read Book? All other books are written be men, but the author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit.

Please read Second Peter 1:20,21.

THE CROSS

“I will do this

First Kings 11:33

Intr. :

because

1. they have forsaken me and

2. worshiped

a. Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,

b. Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and

c. Molech the god of the Ammonites, and

3. have not walked in my ways,

4. nor done what is right in my eyes,

5. nor kept the statutes and laws

End:

as David, Solomon’s father, did.”