Author Archives: Werner Dekarski

ZEAL FOR SOULS

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ZEAL FOR SOULS

While in Auckland not long ago I attended the NEW LYNN Salvation Army Corps Sunday Worship Service at 10am, and I have here the New Lynn Notable News  from Sunday April 10, 2011 before me. On the front page it says:

“JESUS…. WOULD RATHER GO TO HELL FOR YOU, THAN GO TO HEAVEN WITHOUT YOU.”

The Lord Jesus Christ has always open eyes for the ripe harvest on the fields. His desire is to make us fishers of men.

MOSES had a zeal for souls. He was a soul-winner.

Moses knew that God had written a book. Moses knew also that his name was written  in that book.

Now the people had sinned. They had made the Golden Calf. They had made gods of gold. Moses asked God to forgive their sin. He even asked to be blotted out of the book the Lord had written, if the people could not be forgiven.

PAUL had also a zeal for souls. And what a soul-winner he was.

He was willing to be cursed and cut off from the Lord for the sake of his brethren. His heart was full of anguish and sorrow. He felt deeply for his own race. He wanted the Israealites to come to the Saviour. He prayed for them.

Paul was a free man. He belonged to no man, but he made himself a slave  to everyone. His desire was to win as many for Christ as possible.

What about ME ? Do I have zeal for souls? Am I a soul-winner? What about YOU?

People who are winning souls are wise people. Those who lead many to righteousness will shine like stars.

 

 

 

Count Your Blessings

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“BE KIND TO YOURSELF” (??)

“LIVE FOR THE MOMENT” (??)

“COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS” (!!)

I looked up “be kind to yourself” and “live for the moment” on GOOGLE SEARCH, but I still doubt that I understand. Does someone has a simple explanation?

 

MIND, EYES AND EARS

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MIND, EYES AND EARS

In my reading through the Bible, the Word of the Living God, I arrived again at Deuteronomy 29:4, where it says:

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“BUT TO THIS DAY THE LORD HAS NOT GIVEN YOU A MIND THAT UNDERSTANDS OR EYES THAT SEE OR EARS THAT HEAR.”

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The verse is sort of  ‘highlighted’ in my Bible with pencil and the words ‘mind’, ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ received more black.

The mind is “the part of a person responsible for thought, feelings, intention etc.” That’s what the dictionary says. I have also learned that our body has five senses. Sight is one sense and hearing is another sense. (eyes and ears)

In Deuteronomy  29:4 we read:  “But to this day the LORD has not given you a MIND that understands…..”

The devil has blinded the minds of the unbelievers. That’s why they cannot see the light of the gospel.

And there are so many unbelievers around us. They cannot understand the Bible. Only the Lord can open their minds. Let us ask the Lord to open the minds of our friends who are not believers as yet.

Second Corinthians 4:4; Luke 24:45

In Deuteronomy 29:4 we read also “But to this day the LORD has not given you …… EYES that see…”

Only the Lord can open the eyes of unbelievers. When the Lord is opening our eyes, we can see the wonderful things in his word. (Psalm 119:18) The Lord is opening the eyes that are blind. (Isaiah 42:7) In Luke 24:31 we read, “Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him,…..”  If we want our unbelieving friends to come out of darkness into light, from death into life, we must pray like the apostle Paul in Ephesians 1:18:

“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you,…”

 

And finally it says in Deuteronomy 29:4 “But to this day the LORD has not given you…. EARS that hear.”

Your unbelieving friends do not have ears that hear!

Ask the Lord to give them ears that hear, so  that they can say with Isaiah,  “The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears,…”  (Can YOU say that?)

Please read also Isaiah 35:5

We must pray that the Lord will give our unbelieving neighbours  a mind that understands.

We must pray that the Lord will give our unbelieving neighbours eyes that see.

We must pray that the Lord will give our unbelieving neighbours ears that hear.

 

Golden Nugget

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“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be

quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”

James 1:19