Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Border Massed Choir Eastern Cape
Who of you remember and took part in the wonderful 500 voice choir conducted by Ralph Weyer? Those were wonderful occassions and i am shortly going to upload some of the performances in video as soon as i can get the audio side working. Praise to our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST!
My View Port Elizabeth
Photo
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Remember the good old days when woman and children could walk down a lane like this with not a care in mind?
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Elizabeth Donkins Grave Port Elizabeth
Credit to photographer.
Picture downloaded from website
http://anilbh.tripod.com/meerut/p1-1.htm
Elizabeth Donkin died of fever in Meerut India while her husband was on official duty in Britian's armed forces. She bore him a son named George Donkin.Her grave is in the centre of the picture.
The inscription says:
Elizabeth Frances Donkin
Daughter of Dr. Markham
The Dean of York
and wife of Major General Donkin
Died Aug 28th 1818
Aged 28yrs
Credit to photographer.
Harvest Christian School Port Elizabeth
Harvest Christian School is a Ministry of Harvest Christian Church
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64. THE JOY OF BEING A CHRISTIAN (23)
Whenever I compare myself with others round about
I soon become despondent and filled with fear and doubt,
Yet others, though they may succeed and earn a great reward
They’ll never know true happiness until they know the Lord.
My life is full of meaning for I’m God’s own precious child,
And even though the world around is wicked – evil – wild,
I have a peace within my heart that no one can destroy,
For Jesus loves me as I am, and fills my life with joy.
Nothing I could ever do could help me find the way,
My nature, being so sinful, the sin was there to stay
‘til Christ reached down and touched me – and took away my sin
and broke the hold that Satan had, and set me free within.
Things round about are changing and crumbling with decay,
Nothing seems for certain, things worsen every day;
But I’m secure because I know God understands and cares,
He’s always there to comfort, and banish all my fears.
The moments come when I feel down and nothing turns out right,
But I believe, because “we walk by faith and not by sight”
God gives His children problems to test their faith and trust
Yet even then He’s with them, for He’s merciful and just.
He left so many promises for us to freely claim,
He’ll keep His Word forever, for He’ll always be the same,
One promise He must still fulfill to those who are His own,
He said He’s coming back one day to fetch His children home.
I have this hope that one day my Jesus I will meet
and when I get to heaven, I’ll sit down at His feet
and gaze upon His lovely face, forever, through the years,
All heartache will be worthwhile when He wipes away my tears.
Used with permission
SJA
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Harvest Christian Church Port Elizabeth
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65. I BELIEVE (23)
Though I seem so small as I gaze around and see the things You’ve made
And Your power and might astounds me, I never feel afraid,
The extent of Your greatness I will never quite conceive
Yet I know You’re there – and that You care – and somehow, I believe.
Your handiwork is evident in things both large and small
So how can there be anyone who can’t believe at all?
The mountains, seas and rivers in this world are just a part
And the perfume of the roses portray Your tender heart.
When sunlight filters through the clouds and Your rainbow can be seen
When crystal-coloured raindrops leave the grass all fresh and green,
When the spring arrives in season, buds pushing through the sod –
The beauty of creation confirms that You are God.
When branches of the oak trees are outstretched to the sky,
And tiny, feathered, baby birds start learning how to fly,
When newborn calves and foals and lambs first struggle to their feet
I’m sure that You are gentle to have made things be so sweet.
Wandering through a forest, with just a whispering breeze,
Seeing tiny little insects, birds singing in the trees,
Or standing at the ocean, in my hands a pink-tinged shell
convinces me without a doubt that You are very real.
When snowflakes flutter silently to settle on the ground,
‘til every hill and valley in a coat of white is found,
When streams and lakes are frozen, like mirrors, on the land
I’m filled with awe, for here too, I see Your ruling hand.
At evening when the sun sets, its fiery, crimson glow
is something else to prove that You are watching down below
And when at last the twinkling stars and moon begin to shine
I’m made aware each planet is Your very own design.
The seasons come and go each year in just the way You’ve planned
And day and night are always there, well-ordered by Your hand,
And even when storms threaten, and in fury begin to increase
I’m filled with Your tranquility, serenity, and peace.
Life passes by so quickly, and is always filled with much
that can take one’s eyes from heaven, and seeing Your heavenly touch,
Yet to wake up in the morning to a garden drenched with dew
I’m filled with joy for knowing that I belong to You.
Whilst standing on the corner of a busy, bustling street
and watching all the people rushing by on hurried feet;
I see so many people and not one who’s quite the same,
All made by You, and known by You, yes, everyone by name.
Each time I look at a baby, all dimpled, and pink, and new,
I’m reminded by its perfection, that it was made by You,
And even then the miracle and wonder of its birth
brings back to me the fact that this is how You came to earth.
I believe the Holy Bible is Your complete, precious, Word,
I believe You love Your children, that their every prayer is heard,
You weren’t too great to see man’s state – his need of Your salvation,
In spite of all Your majesty, revealed through Your creation.
Used with permission
SJA
copyright
Harvest Christian Church Port Elizabeth
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69. HE KNOWS IT ALL (23)
Lord, You can see when human hearts are breaking
beneath the weight of sin, despair and pain,
Those lonely lives – those souls who’re sick with aching
for purpose, love, and hope to start again.
When all around seems dark with gloom and sorrow
With misery, and suffering, want and need,
When people feel they cannot face tomorrow
And from their hopeless state long to be freed.
You had a lonely road to walk on too, O Lord,
You breathed the air we breathe, felt weary too;
You came to save and not to gain reward,
And people scoffed and mocked, and turned their backs on You.
You felt the hurt and pain of being rejected
You met with trials, disappointments, fears,
And though Your faith in God was not affected
At times You too shed very bitter tears.
Each person has a different need, that’s true,
And has those times of feeling so alone,
And yet You see what they are going through
For all their problems You’ve already known.
No persons’ needs exceed the needs You’ve known,
No human being can ever suffer more,
No-one can be so utterly alone
Or have to bear just what it was You bore.
O Lord, whenever life becomes too much
And pressure mounts, and leads souls to despair;
Remind Your children everywhere by Your loving touch
that You endured their human pains to show them that You care.
So Lord, wherever human hearts are breaking
Where human minds are ravaged, sick with fear,
Give them that peace which eases all the aching,
And the comfort of Your Presence, always near.
Used with permission
SJA
copyright
Harvest Christian Church Port Elizabeth
Harvest is a member of the COTN Churches international
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73. YIELDED (23)
Not my way, dear Master, it would only lead astray,
Give me faith to trust You, and to follow and obey,
It’s never very easy to depend on You alone,
When often I am tempted to go it on my own.
I do not know the future and just what for me is planned,
The way You seem to want me go I do not understand,
Things seem to be so muddled and the path so steep and rough,
But Your presence there to guide me is really quite enough.
I cannot see the harm my hopes and plans and dreams would do,
They seem so sane and normal, yet are not met by You,
For though You’ve heard my many prayers, and seen each tear I’ve shed,
You’ve answered “No” because, being God, You know what lies ahead.
You’ll never let Your children go through more than they can take,
And things that happen in their lives aren’t merely a mistake,
Your plans for every moment of each day are very wise
although they may seem pointless when seen through human eyes.
The hardest words to say must be – “Not my will, Lord, but Yours”
For when I say this, You begin to close so many doors,
Doors which I’d been hoping would be opened wide for me,
And the reason for their closing is quite a mystery.
You’ll never ever close all doors and leave Your child locked out,
You’ll open other doors for me, I know this without doubt,
I make a mess each time I turn my back and disobey
Forgive me, Lord, for blaming You, when things don’t go my way.
I want to do Your will, O Lord, to You I humbly yield,
And cling to every promise in Your Word, my Light and Shield,
Take my life and break me, then remould me as You please,
Make me pure and loving, keep me humble, on my knees.
Now as I walk along the path You’ve called on me to go,
Be with me every day, please Lord, help me defeat each foe,
Though weak and often failing, and though dark ahead it seems
The door through which You’ll lead me will bring more joy than my dreams.
Used with permission
SJA
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Second World War Veteran Port Elizabeth
Private collection
To use this image quote: Our Christian Heritage/www.portelizabethtimes.blogspot.com/jpg 0194/2009
Mount Road Power Station Port Elizabeth
www.metromedia.co.za History Archive Port Elizabeth
Original Source PE Library
HM Queen Victoria Port Elizabeth
To use this image quote: Our Christian Heritage/www.portelizabethtimes.blogspot.com/jpg 7906/2009
Theatre Whites Road Port Elizabeth
To use this image quote: Our Christian Heritage/www.portelizabethtimes.blogspot.com/jpg 4082/2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Movie 'The Young Victoria' Port Elizabeth
QUOTE
NOBLE PURSUIT: “Loving Albert (Rupert Friend) was Victoria’s (Emily Blunt) greatest achievement,’ said Blunt.
Victoria’s Real Secret
A new film about Queen Victoria’s abusive childhood and exceptional rise to power reveals the true monarch for the first time, writes Barry Ronge
Movies
Popular history has not been kind to Queen Victoria. The only royal utterance attributed to her is “We are not amused” and she is remembered mainly for being reclusive, obsessively traditional and rather dull.
Real history, however, reminds us that she reigned for 60 years, over the most powerful, rich and vast empire in the history of the England monarchy. She did so with a firm hand and with the love and support of her people.
This elegant, robust biography brushes away the caricatures and tells the story of her dramatic ascent of the throne when she was just 18 years old, and focuses on her idyllic love match to the dashing Prince Albert. It’s a timely and gorgeously told tale that offers a fresh account of Victoria’s dramatic ascent to the throne.
What gives this film the added twist of topicality is that it was the brainchild of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. She shares a producer’s credit on the film, along with the Oscar-winning movie-mogul, Martin Scorsese. It’s an interesting project and it’s not hard to imagine why Fergie became so interested in this story.
She, like the late Princess Diana, was catapulted into the web of protocol and royal ritual when they married the young princes, Andrew and Charles. The two girls constantly overstepped the limits of royal tradition, and both their marriages ended in divorce.
Fergie became fascinated by the complicated early life of Victoria, and the romantic tale of her passionate love for Prince Albert. She gained access to the royal archives and wrote two books on Victoria and Prince Albert. In doing so, she was given unlimited access to Victoria’s diaries at Windsor Castle and that’s where she got the idea for a film.
Fergie passed on all her research to screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who had won an Oscar for writing Gosford Park, and he was highly praised for his scripts for Separate Lies and Vanity Fair.
Fergie was very hands-on during the script phase, but she did not want this film to be construed as her oblique comment about her life in the House of Windsor. “We could
have minimized the history and made a film about a dysfunctional family who just happened to be dukes and duchesses, and kings and queens,” said Fellowes. “But I’m not a believer in modernizing the story too much.
“If you do, you lose the context in which these characters must act and respond. We cannot impose our current perceptions about personal freedom and individual responsibility on characters who lived in a culture totally different from our own. The audience has to understand how limited were the choices open to Victoria. If they don’t recognize that, they will judge all the characters by current attitudes and that would warp the story and its meaning.”
The smart move, said Fellowes, was to find a director who was not awestruck by the weight and density of royal history. “We chose French director Jean Marc Vallee,” said Fellowes, “because his point of view is not steeped in British history. He did not grow up with the ponderous stereotype of Queen Victoria that a British writer might have retained,” said Fellowes.
COURT IN THE ACT: Emily Blunt stars in The Young Victoria.
“Vallee brought a fresh approach and he shoots very emotionally. He had wonderful tactics that were not just pretty, they helped to create the feeling that all eyes were on Victoria, and that she was being watched, all the time, by everyone, and from every single angle. He also shot quickly so that events moved very fast and never felt stuffy or boring.”
The film’s great coup, of course, is the casting of Emily Blunt, one of the most interesting young actresses of this time. She admits that she knew almost nothing about Victyoria. “I had the same clichéd opinion; that she was old, in mourning, sour-faced and repressed,” she said, “and I was amazed by what I found as I started researching the role.”
The story is genuinely dramatic. Victoria was never considered to be a contender to the throne but a bizarre series of deaths and mishaps wiped out all the other direct heirs to the throne of the reigning King William IV. So when Victoria was still a child, her mother, the mercenary, ambitious Duchess of Kent, played in the film by Miranda Richardson, started pushing her daughter into court life.
The ambition of the Duchess of York was not selfless. She was the mistress of an unscrupulous noble-man, Sir John Conroy. They were plotting to ensure that when old King William died, the Duchess of Kent would be appointed Regent until Victoria “came of age”.
“It was a selfish power-grab and Victoria was necessary to their schemes”.
That would have made Sir John Conroy and the Duchess of Kent the virtual rulers of England. It was a nakedly ambitious and selfish power-grab and young Victoria was necessary to their schemes.
The crucial issue was that when Victoria turned 18, she was eligible to ascend the throne and could legitimately reign as Queen of England. Victoria turned 18 years old on May 27 1837. Just one month later, the reigning King William IV died and Victoria was woken at dawn to be told that she was Queen of England, an enormous responsibility for any 18 year old, and a rare thing for a woman in Britain.
Between the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 and Victoria’s ascent to the throne, there had been only one other Queen of England, Queen Anne (1702 – 1714).
Anne’s reign was uneventful, largely because she fell pregnant 18 times during her marriage. She was keen on horses and perhaps the single feature of her royal legacy was that she founded the legendary Ascot race meeting.
England was ruled by just three queens in three centuries. That tradition meant that this 18-year-old girl was up against an arrogant, close-knit, male-dominated government. The powerful men, who managed England at the time, assumed that Victoria would be a pliable, pretty figurehead who would rubber stamp whatever they ordered her to do.
They did not reckon on the fact that Victoria was strong-willed and highly intelligent, and she desperately yearned to be free of her domineering mother.
As Fellowes observed: “If someone had said to me, `Do you know about Queen Victoria?’, I probably would have said, `Yes’, but I soon realized how little I actually knew about her early years. I didn’t realize at all that she had survived all this emotional battering in order to take control of her own life and I was immediately fascinated by that,” he said. “most people don’t know the drama of her succession to the throne, or that she was essentially the victim of an abusive childhood.”
Blunt’s response was similar.
“As I did my research,” she said, “I was amazed by her cruelly isolated childhood. She was never allowed any friends. Anyone who was going to meet her had to be interrogated before they were introduced. She led a secluded life and wasn’t even allowed her own bedroom. She had to sleep in the same room as her mother till she was 18,” said Blunt. “She was never allowed to walk down a staircase on her own. Her hand had to be held by her mother or some devoted servant, for fear that she would fall and die of her wounds.
“Victoria knew that this was not genuine concern for her welfare. It must have been awful, to never have any private space or time, to be always in the company of scheming adults. No wonder she was still playing with dolls when she was 15.
“But when she turned 18, and her mother no longer had any legal control of her life, Victoria made her stubborn burst for freedom. She was finally independent of everyone and wanted to test her strength. It must have been frightening to put a young girl who had lived largely in her imagination, or under the thumb of her grasping mother, in that position.
“The saving grace,” Blunt continued, “was that she fell passionately in love with the handsome Prince Albert, who was a modern thinker, a reformist. He truly loved Victoria and respected that his wife had been crowned queen. Albert was quite happy to be her consort, but he never presumed to act as the king.
“In a sense, loving Albert was Victoria’s greatest achievement. He came in with his very Teutonic ways and tempered some of Victoria’s emotion. They became this very successful couple. But she wouldn’t have been the success she was without him.”
The story of how their romance built an empire makes one of the year’s most elegant movies………
Article transcribed from: SUNDAY TIMES June 28, 2009
“Lifestyle” Newspaper Insert
Page 12
Pictures from the same article Page 12
Article by Barry Ronge
NOBLE PURSUIT: “Loving Albert (Rupert Friend) was Victoria’s (Emily Blunt) greatest achievement,’ said Blunt.
Victoria’s Real Secret
A new film about Queen Victoria’s abusive childhood and exceptional rise to power reveals the true monarch for the first time, writes Barry Ronge
Movies
Popular history has not been kind to Queen Victoria. The only royal utterance attributed to her is “We are not amused” and she is remembered mainly for being reclusive, obsessively traditional and rather dull.
Real history, however, reminds us that she reigned for 60 years, over the most powerful, rich and vast empire in the history of the England monarchy. She did so with a firm hand and with the love and support of her people.
This elegant, robust biography brushes away the caricatures and tells the story of her dramatic ascent of the throne when she was just 18 years old, and focuses on her idyllic love match to the dashing Prince Albert. It’s a timely and gorgeously told tale that offers a fresh account of Victoria’s dramatic ascent to the throne.
What gives this film the added twist of topicality is that it was the brainchild of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. She shares a producer’s credit on the film, along with the Oscar-winning movie-mogul, Martin Scorsese. It’s an interesting project and it’s not hard to imagine why Fergie became so interested in this story.
She, like the late Princess Diana, was catapulted into the web of protocol and royal ritual when they married the young princes, Andrew and Charles. The two girls constantly overstepped the limits of royal tradition, and both their marriages ended in divorce.
Fergie became fascinated by the complicated early life of Victoria, and the romantic tale of her passionate love for Prince Albert. She gained access to the royal archives and wrote two books on Victoria and Prince Albert. In doing so, she was given unlimited access to Victoria’s diaries at Windsor Castle and that’s where she got the idea for a film.
Fergie passed on all her research to screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who had won an Oscar for writing Gosford Park, and he was highly praised for his scripts for Separate Lies and Vanity Fair.
Fergie was very hands-on during the script phase, but she did not want this film to be construed as her oblique comment about her life in the House of Windsor. “We could
have minimized the history and made a film about a dysfunctional family who just happened to be dukes and duchesses, and kings and queens,” said Fellowes. “But I’m not a believer in modernizing the story too much.
“If you do, you lose the context in which these characters must act and respond. We cannot impose our current perceptions about personal freedom and individual responsibility on characters who lived in a culture totally different from our own. The audience has to understand how limited were the choices open to Victoria. If they don’t recognize that, they will judge all the characters by current attitudes and that would warp the story and its meaning.”
The smart move, said Fellowes, was to find a director who was not awestruck by the weight and density of royal history. “We chose French director Jean Marc Vallee,” said Fellowes, “because his point of view is not steeped in British history. He did not grow up with the ponderous stereotype of Queen Victoria that a British writer might have retained,” said Fellowes.
COURT IN THE ACT: Emily Blunt stars in The Young Victoria.
“Vallee brought a fresh approach and he shoots very emotionally. He had wonderful tactics that were not just pretty, they helped to create the feeling that all eyes were on Victoria, and that she was being watched, all the time, by everyone, and from every single angle. He also shot quickly so that events moved very fast and never felt stuffy or boring.”
The film’s great coup, of course, is the casting of Emily Blunt, one of the most interesting young actresses of this time. She admits that she knew almost nothing about Victyoria. “I had the same clichéd opinion; that she was old, in mourning, sour-faced and repressed,” she said, “and I was amazed by what I found as I started researching the role.”
The story is genuinely dramatic. Victoria was never considered to be a contender to the throne but a bizarre series of deaths and mishaps wiped out all the other direct heirs to the throne of the reigning King William IV. So when Victoria was still a child, her mother, the mercenary, ambitious Duchess of Kent, played in the film by Miranda Richardson, started pushing her daughter into court life.
The ambition of the Duchess of York was not selfless. She was the mistress of an unscrupulous noble-man, Sir John Conroy. They were plotting to ensure that when old King William died, the Duchess of Kent would be appointed Regent until Victoria “came of age”.
“It was a selfish power-grab and Victoria was necessary to their schemes”.
That would have made Sir John Conroy and the Duchess of Kent the virtual rulers of England. It was a nakedly ambitious and selfish power-grab and young Victoria was necessary to their schemes.
The crucial issue was that when Victoria turned 18, she was eligible to ascend the throne and could legitimately reign as Queen of England. Victoria turned 18 years old on May 27 1837. Just one month later, the reigning King William IV died and Victoria was woken at dawn to be told that she was Queen of England, an enormous responsibility for any 18 year old, and a rare thing for a woman in Britain.
Between the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 and Victoria’s ascent to the throne, there had been only one other Queen of England, Queen Anne (1702 – 1714).
Anne’s reign was uneventful, largely because she fell pregnant 18 times during her marriage. She was keen on horses and perhaps the single feature of her royal legacy was that she founded the legendary Ascot race meeting.
England was ruled by just three queens in three centuries. That tradition meant that this 18-year-old girl was up against an arrogant, close-knit, male-dominated government. The powerful men, who managed England at the time, assumed that Victoria would be a pliable, pretty figurehead who would rubber stamp whatever they ordered her to do.
They did not reckon on the fact that Victoria was strong-willed and highly intelligent, and she desperately yearned to be free of her domineering mother.
As Fellowes observed: “If someone had said to me, `Do you know about Queen Victoria?’, I probably would have said, `Yes’, but I soon realized how little I actually knew about her early years. I didn’t realize at all that she had survived all this emotional battering in order to take control of her own life and I was immediately fascinated by that,” he said. “most people don’t know the drama of her succession to the throne, or that she was essentially the victim of an abusive childhood.”
Blunt’s response was similar.
“As I did my research,” she said, “I was amazed by her cruelly isolated childhood. She was never allowed any friends. Anyone who was going to meet her had to be interrogated before they were introduced. She led a secluded life and wasn’t even allowed her own bedroom. She had to sleep in the same room as her mother till she was 18,” said Blunt. “She was never allowed to walk down a staircase on her own. Her hand had to be held by her mother or some devoted servant, for fear that she would fall and die of her wounds.
“Victoria knew that this was not genuine concern for her welfare. It must have been awful, to never have any private space or time, to be always in the company of scheming adults. No wonder she was still playing with dolls when she was 15.
“But when she turned 18, and her mother no longer had any legal control of her life, Victoria made her stubborn burst for freedom. She was finally independent of everyone and wanted to test her strength. It must have been frightening to put a young girl who had lived largely in her imagination, or under the thumb of her grasping mother, in that position.
“The saving grace,” Blunt continued, “was that she fell passionately in love with the handsome Prince Albert, who was a modern thinker, a reformist. He truly loved Victoria and respected that his wife had been crowned queen. Albert was quite happy to be her consort, but he never presumed to act as the king.
“In a sense, loving Albert was Victoria’s greatest achievement. He came in with his very Teutonic ways and tempered some of Victoria’s emotion. They became this very successful couple. But she wouldn’t have been the success she was without him.”
The story of how their romance built an empire makes one of the year’s most elegant movies………
Article transcribed from: SUNDAY TIMES June 28, 2009
“Lifestyle” Newspaper Insert
Page 12
Pictures from the same article Page 12
Article by Barry Ronge
Warwickshire Enters PE Harbour Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
www.metromedia.co.za History Archive Port Elizabeth
Original Source PE Library
'For GOD so Loved the World' Port Elizabeth
The heavens declare the glory of the LORD
The picture above is one of the marvels of the 20th century. Taken by the “Apollo Mission to the Moon” it is the first glimpse of earth seen free from the constraints of gravity, all thanks to NASA.
This is the view GOD had in mind when He created the cosmos, everything right down to the finest detail; the moon just far enough from earth so that the ocean would wax and wane harmoniously, the earth just far enough from the sun so that the earth would neither freeze or die from excessive over exposure from the radiation from the sun. It is, however, also the microscopic detail in GOD’s plan for the human race, fallen from grace. It is a plan birthed in the mercy of our Creator, “For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes on Him should not perish, but have eternal LIFE”. (John 3:16). This eternal LIFE is offered to humanity as a free gift only to those who willingly accept it. The gift of eternal LIFE is made possible in the person JESUS CHRIST as “there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved…..”
We all know our life is finite: “All men are like the flowers of the field their glory fades and they are gone…”. After this comes the judgment, either to an afterlife ushering in the joy of eternal LIFE in the presence of GOD, or an eternal judgment in Hell which the Bible describes as the second Death, from which there is no escape. Hell is a place of torment, a literal eternal separation from a wonderful awesome GOD. Many reject this truth but it is as real as the law of gravity.
The Bible states that “ALL have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of GOD”. This biblical statement means that every man ever born has sinned against GOD by missing His Holy standard and perfection, the reason for which we will be judged. Man says, “No GOD”, not wanting GOD’s will but His own. This was Adam’s original sin in the Garden of Eden.
A mental picture can be made where Old Testament priests would lay their hands on a goat without spot or blemish to simulate the transference of the sin of Israel onto the sacrificial animal. It would then be chased into the desert to die, and with it the sin of the people. This typology is a forerunner of the Messiah Who would be the ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. JESUS died on a Cross for our Sin, we the guilty - JESUS the Righteous - JESUS the Perfect One – JESUS the Sinless – JESUS without blemish – JESUS our GOD and KING.
GOD LOVES the people of the WORLD so HE made a way for us to escape the coming judgment.
GOD’s WORD is clear:
• All of Humanity has sinned against GOD our FATHER.
• We cannot get to GOD by our own feeble attempts but GOD has come down to us in the form of His Son.
• We have to accept that we are sinners and therefore deserve GOD’s punishment.
• We have to accept GOD’s way of salvation and not some other way, or religious activity.
• JESUS died on the Cross for our sin, but we have to accept His sacrifice for us to be acceptable to our FATHER in heaven.
• We have to confess with our mouth that JESUS is LORD with a contrite heart, giving testimony to the word of our lips.
• We have to turn from our wicked ways.
Say this prayer and mean it with your whole heart:
Thank You FATHER for Your SON, JESUS CHRIST. Thank You that HE died for me on the Cross at Calvary, a horrible and unjust death, to give me eternal LIFE. I’m sorry for my SIN and I now turn to follow YOU as an obedient child. Thank You that YOU are a Friend to me, even ONE who sticks closer than a brother. Thank You for LOVING me so much and for YOUR promise that You will be with me till the end of the age.
AMEN
JESUS LOVES YOU
The Glory of the Kingdom of GOD Port Elizabeth
St. John’s Church Havelock Street Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
www.metromedia.co.za History Archive PE Library
As a Christian, after being saved by GOD, I was always fascinated at the colourful personalities and exceptional character of the local church preachers. These are the men and women who came from our communities and who had been honed by GOD over their Christian lifetime to be the face of JESUS to people like me. These are servants of GOD in the true sense who’s lives are sometimes no less remarkable than kings.
One of my favourite times in the Christian community has been to visit other churches where I have enjoyed listening to the exposition of the Word experiencing first hand the power of the HOLY SPIRIT. Sometimes getting stuck in one parish can cloud one’s overall experience of GOD’s dynamic kingdom on earth. GOD has called myriads of men and women to start ministries on every corner of the earth; an outreach to sailors such as the harbour missions in Port Elizabeth, ministries to the destitute such as Jerusalem Ministries started from the cosy home of the Walmer suburb, an evangelical foot washing ministry, such as the one started by the Godly man Dave Cape to the cities of the world and many others….., all for the purpose of bringing people into the Kingdom and giving glory to JESUS CHRIST. These “Lights” of the Kingdom, as they are described by John the Apostle, can be likened to the many precious stones we collect as wealth objects. These “Voices of the Kingdom” remind me of Topaz, Emeralds, Diamonds, Sapphires, Rubies, Jasper, Amethyst, Beryl….a never ending kaleidoscope of beauty, colour and light emanating from the Word of GOD.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone, a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it” Revelation 2:17
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