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Matthew 19
Matthew 19, Mark 10:28 and Luke 10:28,31 report Jesus’ promises
and He Himself will sit on the throne of glory.
That all of this is true can be seen in what father and we as his children have experienced and that is what I want to write down here and I want to praise the Lord for literally having fulfilled what he has promised in Matthew 19, Mark 10:28-31 and Luke 10:28,31. A hundredfold, manifold will those who leave and give up everything for the sake of Jesus and the gospel and the kingdom of God receive here in this time earthly belongings and persons who are close to them! My father did this and the Lord Jesus has fulfilled His promises and has rewarded him a hundredfold and manifold? Yes! Completely!! And wonderfully!!! How?
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My father, as the oldest son and heir of the agricultural holding in Hermannsburg, gave his old mother the share that was due to her and gave up everything that was his and to which he was entitled
to the Hermannsburg Mission, to the Lord, and gave himself as worker and preacher of the gospel among the heathens. He remained patient as a scholar for many years in the Old Mission House, he followed instructions where in the past and up until then he had given instructions on his farm nearby. He had no income as before but had to live from what was given to him together with his wife and children.