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Careful what you sow, it might grow

"Careful what you sow, it might grow."
- Unknown

"The one who sows to please his sinful nature,
from that nature will reap destruction;
the one who sows to please the Spirit,
from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:8-9

Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Master’s Arrival.
Observe how the farmer patiently waits the precious fruit [harvest] of the earth
–exercising patience until it receives both the early and later rains.
James 5:7

God make that I can have patience, can be firm and unshaken
that I can grow and continue to firmly believe.
Give that I  keep the correct way to hold
and undertake the right steps to be admitted in your Kingdom.

Dutch version / Nederlandse version > Let op wat je zaait, het kan groeien
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Patience (Photo credit: AngSocialMed)

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Let op wat je zaait, het kan groeien

"Let op wat je zaait, het kan groeien."
- Onbekend

"Degene die zaait om zijn zondige aard tevreden te stellen,
zal van die aard vernietiging oogsten;
degene die zaait om de Geest te verheugen,
zal van de Geest eeuwige leven plukken.
Laten we niet moei worden door het goede te doen,
voor op het juiste moment zullen we een oogst plukken als we niet opgeven. "
Galaten 6:8-9

Hebt dus geduld, broeders, tot de komst van de Meester.
Observeer hoe de boer die uitziet naar de kostelijke vrucht van zijn land,
alleen maar geduldig kan wachten, totdat de winter - en voorjaarsregens gevallen zijn.
Jakobus 5:7

God maak dat ik geduldig, standvastig en onwankelbaar kan zijn,
dat ik kan groeien en verder gaan in rotsvast geloof.
Geef dat ik steeds de juiste handelswijze aanhoud
en de juiste stappen onderneem om in uw Koninkrijk te worden toegelaten.

Engelse versie / English version > Careful what you sow, it might grow

Blijf waakzaam nu einde nabij komt

In diverse Duitse steden zijn vorige week vele tienduizenden Jehova's getuigen bijeengekomen voor hun jaarlijks congres dat hier in België plaats vindt op 24,25 en 26 juli in de Flanders Expo hal te Gent.

Kort voor zijn dood gaf Jezus Christus zijn discipelen de waarschuwing voortdurend te waken (Markus 13:37) Met dit in gedachten brengen de JG het thema "Blijf Waakzaam". De beweging voorspelt het einde van het "huidige wereldwijde systeem" .

In het Olympisch Stadion in Berlijn kwamen 50.000 mensen bijeen, in Dortmund 45.000 en soortgelijke aantallen in München, Hamburg en Frankfurt, aldus de organisatoren.

"Jezus Christus voorspelde een 'teken,' bestaande uit verschillende elementen die wij vandaag kunnen zien," aldus de verklaring over het einde van het huidige 'systeem'.

Overal ter wereld zullen volgende thema's gegeven worden: "Blijf als christelijk gezin waakzaam", "Weet dat het einde nabij is", "Volg Jezus'voorbeeld van waakzaamheid na" en "Blijf val verwachting naar Jehovah's dag uitzien"
Hun titel is "Hoe overleef je het einde van de wereld?"

No time for immorality

"Christ had no time for immorality, and neither has any Bible-based church. Chastity, honesty and truthfulness are all musts for the genuine Christian.

At the same time, Christ hates self-righteousness, hard-heartedness and unkindness. He condemned the smug bunch of Pharisees who were looking down their noses at an adulterous woman - and then he rebuked the woman, 'Go, and do not sin again.' John 8:11.

Christ and fhe Adulterous Woman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The lesson of this story is clear. Christ hates both sorts of sin: the hidden sins of the heart, like the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, and the more obvious sins, like the adultery of the woman.

So we must constantly fight against 'internal' sins, like pride, and covetousness, and unclean thoughts; but we must fight equally hard against the 'external' sins, like cheating the income tax man, gluttony, and lying our way out of a scrape.

But this is only the negative side of Christian behaviour - the 'thou shalt nots'. Equally important, maybe even more important, are the positive traits listed in Galatians 5:22-23. 'The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.'"

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Brother Alan Hayward
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Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikt de slak de ark.

"Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikte de slak de ark."
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Daarom, sinds we omringd zijn door zulk een grote wolk van getuigen,
Laat ons alles wat belemmert af gooien en de zonde die zo gemakkelijk verstrikt,
en laten we met doorzettingsvermogen de race lopen die voor ons uitgestippeld is. "
Hebreeën 12:1

God, al lijkt het zo traag om ons doel te bereiken,
geef dat wij zullen kunnen doorzetten tot het einde.

Engelse versie / English version > By perseverance the snail reached the ark

By perseverance the snail reached the ark

"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles,
and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
Hebrews 12:1

God, though it seems so slow to reach our goal,
give that we will be able to continue to the end.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikt de slak de ark.

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Nieuw boek over Joël

In het Engels is er een nieuw boek verschenen over het Boek Joël.
> A new book on Joel

A new book on Joel

A reader might ask: Is there a need for another commentary on Joel? A new book on the Book of Joel is available. The book examines Joel and locates his ministry in the life and times of Ahaz and Hezekiah. It is based on the KJV, NASB and RSV versions and focuses on exegesis of the text and the relationship of Joel to other prophetic books.
Where existing studies of Joel perform well is in the areas of word analysis and devotional application; hence, they do not duplicate this kind of material, although they include a final chapter on the relevance of Joel to Christians living in the “last days”.
They take the view that Joel is part of inspired scripture and follow the common belief of Jesus and the first century church.

According to the writers it is well known that Joel lacks unequivocal determinate historical markers, therefore they have given the most weight to the external evidence for its date, and this is its position in the Hebrew and Greek canons which, on balance, suggest an eighth century date. They also argue for the view that the book is a literary unity and therefore they have no reason to overturn the external witness of the superscription—that it is the work of one author, Joel. A sister-book to this one engages the work of other writers on Joel, but they have excluded this material from this book. They have sought to include only footnotes to the relevant contemporary Assyrian texts. Their approach is centred on the text rather than centred on the scholar and his commentary.

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