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Life is too short to learn everything by
personal experience.
-
Rick Warren.
Luke
15:11 And He said,
A certain man had two sons.
Luke
15:12 And the
younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that is coming to
me. And he divided his living
to them.
Luke
15:13 And not many
days afterward, the younger son gathered all together and went away into a far
country. And there he wasted his property, living dissolutely.
Luke
15:14 And when he
had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land. And he began to be in
want.
Luke
15:15 And he went
and joined himself to a citizen of that country. And he sent him into his
fields to feed pigs.
Luke
15:16 And he was
longing to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, and no one gave to
him.
Luke
15:17 And when he
came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in
loaves, and I perish with hunger!
Luke
15:18 I will arise
and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven
and before you
Luke
15:19 and am no
more worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.
Luke
15:20 And he arose
and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw
him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Luke
15:21 And the son
said to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you, and am no
more worthy to be called your son.
Luke
15:22 But the
father said to his servants, Bring the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his hand and shoes
on his feet.
Luke 15:23 And bring
the fattened calf here and kill it. And
let us eat and be merry,
Luke
15:24 for this my
son was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found. And they began to be
merry.
Luke
15:25 And his
elder son was in the field. And as he came and drew near the house, he heard
music and dancing.
Luke
15:26 And he
called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
Luke
15:27 And he said
to him, Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf
because he has received him safe and sound.
Luke
15:28 And he was
angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and entreated him.
Luke
15:29 And
answering he said to his father, Lo,
these many years I have served you, neither did I transgress your commandment
at any time. And yet you never gave me a
kid so that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke
15:30 But when
this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you have
killed for him the fattened calf.
Luke
15:31 And he said
to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
Luke
15:32 It was right
that we should make merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and
is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (MKJV, eSword).
As I had already mentioned in Post #1, Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross, I
received Jesus Christ as Saviour and Messiah as a boy of 14 in 1962. That however, does not necessarily mean that
I had been living an exemplary Christian life all the time since. During 1964 I strayed off the beaten path of
God’s ways and also started experimenting with the
hedonistic activities and
practices of the secular world. Like so
many other teenagers and young adults, I started dabbling in the occult, read all about the Eastern religions and questioned the
principles of the Bible and the deity of Christ, and also the true value and significance of the Gospel. But, after many years of searching (between
1964 and 1973) for all kinds of ‘truth’ in all kinds of places, I eventually
returned to the God of those prophets and priests of old as told in the Bible …
yes, I have come home!
I had to learn the hard way that there is only one God and one Saviour … the humble Carpenter from Nazareth. As Rick Warren says, "Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience." This beautiful song was written by Marijohn Wilkin, who, among others, also wrote One Day At A Time. I quote from two verses:
I had to learn the hard way that there is only one God and one Saviour … the humble Carpenter from Nazareth. As Rick Warren says, "Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience." This beautiful song was written by Marijohn Wilkin, who, among others, also wrote One Day At A Time. I quote from two verses:
(Marijohn Wilkin, 1920-2006)
I
have returned to the Lord of my childhood
To
the same simple faith
As
a child I once knew
Like
the prodigal son
I
longed for my loved ones
For
the comforts of home
And
the God I outgrew.
CHORUS: I have returned to the God of my father
Bethlehem’s
Babe, the prophet’s Messiah
He’s
Jesus to me, Eternal Deity
Praise
His name, I have returned.
I
have returned to the God of my father
Creator
of heaven and earth
God
of the Universe
He’s
Jesus to me, Eternal Deity
Praise
His name, I have returned.
CHORUS: I have returned to the Father of Abraham
The
Shepherd of Moses
Who
called Him the great ‘I Am’
He’s
Jesus to me, Eternal Deity
Praise
His name, I have returned.
Piet Stassen
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- eBoek: 'Bevryding Van Die Anti-Evangelie Van Ateisme-Evolusionisme' [AFRIKAANS].
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Bibliography
E-Sword. Accessed At <www.e-sword.net> [online] 2013.
Warren,
Rick(1995) The Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan
Publishing House. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Wikipedia.
‘Marijohn Wilkin’. Accessed At <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijohn_Wilkin>
[online] 2013.
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