| International Edition of Dutch Magazine 'VOLG' (February 2012) Evangelical E-mail Magazine of the ministry 'Teach All Nations' of Teun & Tessa de Ruiter in Holland e-adres: info@tjderuiter.nl and info.tjderuiter@telfort.nl Internet: www.tjderuiter.nl Contents 1. Building on a good foundation 2. It is God's time for Africa, CfaN now in Burkina Faso 3. The testimony of the wonderful divine healing of Gabrielle Febe Lit 4. Comments and commentary on a Bibleverse 1. Building on a good foundation
The
apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 about building our eternal
future. He
compared building our eternal life with building a house. A house needs
a good
foundation and for a Christian is this foundation our faith in and
practical
obedience to Jesus Christ. In Ephesians 2:20 the apostle Paul refers to
the
deep historic foundation of the Church: The apostles and prophets,
while Christ
Jesus Himself is the cornerstone.
When
you are going to build a house on a weak and soft ground you have to
dig and
make a foundation. If that is not done well the house may collapse when
it has
rained a lot and the ground has become soaked. Jesus compared building
our
eternal future with building a house, in Matthew 7:24-27. He said that
those
who not only hear His words but obey and do them, are building their
eternal
future on save ground. The apostle James wrote on this subject in James
2:14-26. He wrote that when faith cannot be demonstrated with
somebody’s deeds
it has no value. In verse 26 he said that faith without works is as a
body
without a soul and has to be pronounced dead.
When
we are tested in our faith with trials
and temptations all kinds of dangerous forces try to damage our life
with the
Lord. Some readers are perhaps right now in such a situation that
greatly
troubles you. But also international and worldwide situations can shake
someone’s faith, for dark clouds are gathering over our world. I think
of the
bad signs of coming economic, moral and spiritual storms. Prophets and
leaders
are warning that difficult times are ahead of us. Already
now Christians in several countries experience
the first heavy gusts and many are shaken in their faith. It is of
great
importance that our house of faith in and obedience to Jesus, is built
on the
good historical Scriptural foundation of the prophets and apostles and
with
good materials as the apostle Paul told us in 1 Corinthians 5:10-13.
Are you
building your house on a good foundation and with the best materials? T.
J. de Ruiter, February
2012 2. It is God’s time for Africa,
CfaNnow in Burkina Faso Introduction
by Teun J. De Ruiter Reinhard
Bonnke and I were students in the Bible College of Wales in Swansea,
Great Britain
from 1959-1962. We soon became friends. One morning Reinhard told me
that he
had a vision in the night. He saw himself standing before a great crowd
of
black people, preaching the Gospel. And the Lord said to me that He was
going
to call me to Africa. That is now, in 2012, a little more than sixty
years ago.
After our graduation Reinhard returned to his home country, Germany,
and worked
there for sis years in the churches, before he knew that the time had
come to
go to Africa. The nightly vision has become a wonderful reality and the
Lord
has confirmed His presence and power with numberless wonderful miracles
of
healing and deliverance. Now, a young anointed German evangelist, David
Kolenda, is cooperating in this divine call. And God is continuing His
saving
and healing power in their campaigns. It is a privilege for me to feel
that I
can in a little way contribute in the realisation of Gods work in
Africa. Holland,
februari 2012 First campaign in Burkina Faso After
a decade of holding campaigns almost exclusively in Nigeria, this
year, in obedience to that word of the Lord, we are launching out all
across
East and West Africa proclaiming the Gospel and the timing seems
absolutely
providential. On
the 25th of January we started our campaign in the West African nation
of Burkina Faso in the city of Ouagadougou (pronounced Waga-doo-goo).
Our very
first meeting was attended by over 70,000 people. There is a tremendous
excitement
and anticipation for what the Lord will do here this week. We witnessed
a
number of amazing miracle testimonies tonight including several
cripples who
can now walk, a boy whose blind eye can now see, a mute woman who can
now
speak, a couple of paralytics that are now healed. As always our
greatest joy
is to see tens of thousands of people responding to the Gospel and
being
ushered into the Kingdom of God. I’m sure that all Heaven is rejoicing
tonight!
Every evening the crowd grew in numbers. On Saturday we had more than
160.000
people in the meeting that is more than 1% of the population of this
country. Some
days after
this campaign was closed we received the wonderful news from West
Africa that
that the decision card count from the
Burkina Faso – over the five days of meetings – was 429,255 people
who
received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord! In a nation where the
entire
population is around 16-million, this is a RICH HARVEST for sure. We
are
rejoicing! Yours
in the
Gospel, evangelists Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke The specialist told me in 2009
that the leukaemia could become suddenly acute and that I was never
going to be
healed. He told me frankly: “You are going to die through the
leukaemia,
perhaps you will live for a month or year. But it will become suddenly
acute
and then we cannot any longer delay or influence it. In March 2011
biopsies
showed tumours behind the breastbone (sternum) and the blood values had
deteriorated. On the sixth of December 2011 I returned from a
missionary
journey to Prague and Switzerland and at the same day I was
hospitalized and
put in a wheelchair. On 14 December 2011 blood was examined because of the leukaemia (blood and bone marrow cancer). On the 20th of December biopsies showed that the breast was okay. I asked the prayerteam of Morris Cerullo in Barendrecht, Holland, to pray for me as they hold each Wednesday evening a prayermeeting. That night I received a vision. A bottle with the best wine was given me out off heaven. It came to me that this would mean new life and I asked: “But for whom....?” In the morning of 22 December the Holy Spirit said to me to take the Lord’s Supper with Jesus. That morning I visited the medical specialist. She said to me: “You could become a hundred years! Officially I cannot say that you have any longer leukaemia!” To be sure she felt in my neck and in other places to see if there were still tumours, but they were all gone! Jesus said: All power is given
me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and preach the Gospel to all
creatures.” Gabriëlle Febe Lit, January 2012 Translation Teun de
Ruiter and
published with permission. Mrs. Lit is known to us. 4. Comments and commentary on a
Bibleverse.'The mystery of God and
of Christ Colossians 2:2b,3a,”.... to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ..” When you read these verses in various translations you will notice some differences. The above quote is from the King James Bible, the Authorized Version. But the New International Version has “in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ.” And the “New King James Version’ has ”.... to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,” You notice that in some newer translations than the Authorized Version, ‘The Father,’ is missing. The reason for this omission is because in some of the fifteen now known Greek manuscripts ‘of the Father,’ in the Greek language: “tou Patrou,’ is not included in the text. They have, “musteriou tou Theou, Xristou”, which is literally '"the mystery of God, of Christ.’ It is a fact that there is a syntactic difficulty in this sentence. There are two genitives (of God, of Christ) after one another. However, every translation makes clear that here is meant the mystery of Jesus Christ, for He is both God and man, which originated in God, The Father, and therefore it is in the first place His mystery. T. J. de Ruiter (a non-profit foundation and as such recognized by the Dutch Tax Office) This Foundation has been founded by the son of Teun and Tessa de Ruiter, to support them in the last phase of their life and ministry. In 2011 Teun resigned at the age of 73 as pastor of the local Pentecostal Church in Hilversum, Holland. He and his wife Tessa served there as pastors for twenty years after their 27 years of ministry in the Bible College. They do now no longer receive a regular income. That's why we have founded this foundation. We gladly receive any donation for them in the account of the foundation 'Support Christian Ministries,' in Leusden, Holland. The account is 44.71.11.973 and the IBAN code is NL70ABNA0447111973. The Foundation supports also missionaries and evangelists. Contact or Information? E-mail... VOLG Indexpage of VOLG Magazine (English & Dutch) Home and Index of this site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |