Hvis vi vil, kan vi lære
enormt meget af de ældres vidnesbyrd og hvad de deler med os, gennem
andre der har fundet det og givet det videre også selv de er hjemme
hos Herren Jesus. Desværre siger mange i dag. Alt det gamle bras er
ikke relevant for os i dag.
En mand kom gående på
fortovet og mødte en kristen der gik klappende i sine hænder.
Hvorfor gør du det, spurgte manden. For at holde løverne væk
svarede den kristne. Ja men, svarede manden, her er jo ingen løver.
Der kan du selv se, svarede den kristne og gik videre medens han
klappede i sine hænder.
Den store vækkelses prædikant
Charles G. Finney blev spurgt af sin menighed: Må vi godt være dine
forbedere for din tjeneste? Nej svarede han. Hvorfor ikke spurgte de
forundrede. Fordi I beder og beder og får ingen bønnesvar svarede
Finney. -- Det var hård tale fra Finney, men nok realistisk set. Vi
kan komme i den situation, hvor det drejer sig om bøn for bønnens
skyld og vi kontrollerer aldrig om vi får det vi beder om. Men beder
så videre, for vi gør jo en god tjeneste, mener vi. Det fungerer på
samme måde, som, at klappe i hænderne, der hvor løverne kun var i
fantasien.
Menigheds rådet var forsamlet
i formandens stue. Anledningen var, at bede for de medlemmer af
kirken, som sjældent kom til møde. De havde delt dem iblandt sig
ved navns nævnelse. Til stede var også formandens 11 årige datter,
som havde listet sig ind. Må jeg ikke også bede for en spurgte hun.
Lidt overbærende og smilende sagde de ja. Hun sagde, så vil jeg
bede for Henrik. Han var byens original, som man ikke rigtig regnede
for noget i byen. Da næste gudstjeneste var i kirken kom den lille
pige med Henrik i hånden. Hun var gået hen til Henrik og spurgt om
ikke godt han ville følge med hende i kirke, hvortil han svarede ja.
Der kom ingen af dem, som menighedsrådet havde bedt for. Hun hentede
selv sit bønnesvar.
Jeg talte lige med en, som var
med i en bedekreds. De samledes en gang i måneden for, at bede. De
bad for Danmark, for kongehuset, for kirkerne, for præsterne, for
alle de syge, for vækkelse i vort land. Og så selvfølgelig for de
syge og lidende de personligt kendte hver især. Jeg kendte, at
vedkommende var meget stolt over, at være med i et sådant betydende
arbejde for Gud. Men missionerede de ved, at gå ud med evangeliet i
skrift og vidnesbyrd? Nej de bad for dem, som gik ud sagde
vedkommende. Men tilbage til Finney, kontrollerede de, at de fik
synlige bønnesvar? Det var nok vanskelig med så store bønne emner.
Det kan let blive, som at klappe i hænderne.
Den mand, som førte min kone
Hanne til frelse var landmand og søndag skole lære for børn. En
dag gik han ude på marken sammen med en af sine søndags skole
elever. Han så så, at en af hans kreaturer var sunket ned i
mudderet til bugen. Den prøvede, at komme fri, men kunne ikke. Han
prøvede, at hjælpe den, men måtte opgive. Så sagde drengen: Du
sagde til os, at Gud hører bøn, kan vi så ikke bede til ham om
hjælp. Hvad nu tænkte manden, hvis Gud ikke hører bøn, så mister
drengen sin enfoldige tro og tilliden til mig. Vi beder sagde manden
og de bøjede begge deres knæ og lukkede deres øjne. Da de åbnede
øjnene igen så stod koen på græsset og var kommet fri. Sikkert på
drengens enfoldige tro, min kommentar. De så resultatet af deres
bøn.
Missionæren i Randers, en
færing, som havde stor betydning for Hannes og min frelse, han tog
sig meget af os. Han var en bønnens mand. Han havde samlet en lille
kreds af forbedere om sig. De havde valgt 10 personer ud, nogle var
ikke frelst og andre frafaldne. De skrev dem op på en liste og gik i
bøn for dem. De var udholdende i bønnen. Hver gang en omvendte sig
krydsede de dem af på listen. Inden for et år var alle 10 tilbage
hos Jesus. De så deres bønnesvar.
HEB.11 1 OG 6 “ TRO ER FAST
TILLID TIL DET, MAN HÅBER, OVERBEVISNING OM TING, MAN IKKE SER ---
MEN UDEN TRO ER DET UMULIGT AT HAVE HANS VELBEHAG, THI DEN, SOM
KOMMER TIL GUD, MÅ TRO, AT HAN ER TIL OG LØNNER DEM, DER SØGER
HAM.” --- Jeg har skrevet i min bibel her: Tro er virkeliggørelsen
af de ting jeg håber. Det er ikke bare noget jeg tror inde i mig
selv, nej, det er noget jeg vil opleve i den synlige verden.
MARKUS 11-24 “ DERFOR SIGER
JEG JER: ALT, HVAD I BEDER OG BØNFALDER OM - TRO, AT I HAR FÅET
DET, SÅ SKAL I FÅ DET.” --- Her er det ikke nok, at bede og tro,
men vi må kontrollerer, at vi får det vi beder om. Ellers er der
noget der hindre troen. Grundsprogsordet for “ har fået” er
Lambànete, som betyder: Gribe fat i. Vi skal altså ikke nøjes med,
at vente på bønne svaret, men vi skal gribe fat i det. Her kan vi
tænke på den lille pige der hentede byens original og fik ham på
møde. Vi må selv gøre noget for bønbesvarelsen. Når vi beder i
tro, så ligger Gud noget til rette, så må vi gå ind i det.
JOH. ÅB. 3-22 “ DEN, SOM
HAR ØRE, HAN HØRE, HVAD ÅNDEN SIGER TIL MENIGHEDERNE.”
AMEN!
Kommentar.
Måske er Bibelen ikke færdig
skrevet! Bibelen er jo en samling af bøger og breve som de kristne
fik den gang til os. Vi har jo fået enormt mange udlægninger og
åbenbaringer i henhold til Biblens ord skrevet, fortalt af kristne
op gennem tiden lige ind til i dag.
Når vi ser tilbage på alle
de hæfter, bøger, blade senere lyd, cd'er dvd-er og nu internet.
Da ser vi er lang samling af prædikener både i form af sange, lyd,
tekster. Skulle vi tage alt lige fra de førstes skrev noget ville
hel jordene være dækket af kristen matrikler som folk har delt og
delt alt efter hvad den enkelte fik fra Den Hellige Ånd til folket.
ENGLISH
THE
CLAPPING CHRISTIAN!
If we
want, we can learn a great deal from the testimonies of the elders
and what they share with us, through others who have found it and
passed it on even to their home with the Lord Jesus. Unfortunately,
many say today. All the old bras are not relevant to us today.
A man
came walking on the sidewalk and met a Christian who was clapping in
his hands. Why do you do that, the man asked. To keep the lions away,
the Christian replied. Yes, but, the man replied, here are no lions.
There you can see for yourself, replied the Christian and went on
while clapping his hands.
The
Great Revival preacher Charles G. Finney was asked by his
congregation: May we be your enhancers for your ministry? No, he
answered. Why didn't they ask in amazement. Because you pray and pray
and get no prayer answer, Finney replied. - It was hard speech from
Finney, but probably realistic. We can get into the situation where
it is about prayer for the sake of prayer and we never check if we
get what we ask for. But pray then, because we do a good service, we
mean. It works the same way as clapping hands where the lions were
only in the imagination.
The ward
council met in the chairman's room. The occasion was to pray for
those members of the church who rarely met. They had divided them
among themselves by name. Also present was the chairman's 11-year-old
daughter, who had been listed. May I not also pray for one she asked.
A little indulgent and smiling, they said yes. She said, then I will
pray for Henrik. He was the original of the city, and you didn't
really count on anything in town. When the next service was at the
church, the little girl with Henrik came in hand. She had gone to
Henrik and asked if he would rather go with her to church, to which
he answered yes. None of them came for the ward council to pray for.
She even retrieved her prayer response.
I just
talked to someone who was in a bed circle. They gathered once a month
to pray. They prayed for Denmark, for the royal house, for the
churches, for the priests, for all the sick, for revival in our
country. And then of course for the sick and suffering they
personally knew each other. I knew that he was very proud to be part
of such an important work for God. But did they mission by going out
with the gospel in writing and testimony? No, they prayed for those
who went out, he said. But back to Finney, did they check that they
got visible prayer answers? It was probably difficult with such great
prayer topics. It can easily be like clapping your hands.
The man
who brought my wife Hanne to salvation was a farmer and Sunday school
teaching for children. One day he went out in the field with one of
his Sunday school students. He then saw that one of his creatures had
sunk into the mud to the belly. It tried to get free, but couldn't.
He tried to help it, but had to give up. Then the boy said: You told
us that God hears prayer, then we cannot ask him for help. Now what
did the man think, if God does not hear prayer, then the boy loses
his simple faith and trust in me. We pray said the man and they both
bent their knees and closed their eyes. When they opened their eyes
again, the cow stood on the grass and was free. Certainly on the
boy's simple faith, my comment. They saw the result of their prayer.
The
missionary in Randers, a Faroese who was of great importance to
Hannes and my salvation, he cared deeply for us. He was a man of
prayer. He had gathered a small circle of improvements around him.
They had chosen 10 people, some had not been saved and others had
fallen away. They wrote them down on a list and prayed for them. They
were persevering in prayer. Each time a repentant crossed them off
the list. Within a year, all 10 were back with Jesus. They saw their
prayer response.
HEB.11 1
AND 6 “FAITH IS RELIABLE TO WHAT YOU HOPE, CONVERSATION OF THINGS
YOU DO NOT SEE --- BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE HIS
WELL-BEING, FOR THAT WHO COMES TO GOD, BELIEVE THAT HE IS UP AND
PAYING THEM WHO SEEKS HIM. " --- I've written in my Bible here:
Faith is the realization of the things I hope. It's not just
something I believe in myself, no, it's something I want to
experience in the visible world.
MARK
11-24 "THEREFORE I TELL YOU: EVERYTHING WHAT YOU PRAY AND PRAY
FOR - BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE GOT IT, YOU SHOULD GET IT." ---
Praying and believing is not enough here, but we must make sure we
get what we ask for. Otherwise, there is something hindering the
faith. The basic word for "got" is Lambànete, which means:
seize. So we should not just wait for the prayer answer, but we must
seize it. Here we can think of the little girl who picked up the
original and met him. We must do something for the prayer answer
ourselves. When we pray in faith, God is right, so we must go into
it.
JOH.
OPE. 3-22 "HE HEARING HE HEATS WHAT SPIRIT SAYS TO HUMANITIES."
AMEN!
Comment.
Maybe
the Bible is not finished writing! After all, the Bible is a
collection of books and letters that Christians received at that
timeil os. After all, we have had an enormous number of
interpretations and revelations written according to the words of the
Bible, told by Christians up through time right up to the present
day.
When we
look back at all the booklets, books, magazines later audio, CDs DVDs
and now the internet. Then we see a long collection of sermons in
terms of songs, sound, lyrics. If we were to take everything right
from the first writing something, the entire earth would be covered
by Christian matrices that people have shared and divided according
to what each individual received from the Holy Spirit to the people.
