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CAN I AS A CHRISTIAN BIND SATAN? "And behold, I am with you to the end of the world." MATTHEW 28:20 Sakkie Parsons Vertaal van Afrikaans: “Kan ek as Christen die satan bind?” Someone wrote and asked me two questions: I answer the questions to the best of my ability as...

ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS Sakkie Parsons Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “Oor Bygelowe” Someone asks me about 'superstitions' and I shortened the person's question a bit. "I would like to hear your opinion regarding believes of the blink of a left eye, or a right eye and then...

THE CHRISTIAN AND FEAR Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Die Christen en Vrees” Someone asked me if I could write a ‘Thought from the Word’ about how we as Christians should look at fear. Personally, I think we should not be afraid in our being as the world...

GOD DEMAND LIABILITY OF EVERY INDIFERENT WORD Sakkie Parsons Someone wrote me a letter in which she expresses her concern and asked my opinion about certain things that are preached in her denomination by one of the people in their cell groups, namely that the fruit...

BUILD UP AND RESPECT ONE ANOTHER Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans "Stig en respekteer die een die ander" Translator:  Robin Barker One morning, I awoke and turned the radio on and started looking for some beautiful music.  I found some beautiful...

PROPHECIES CONCERNING JESUS CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Therefore GOD has highly exalted JESUS and given Him a Name that is above every other name. Sakkie Parsons I received a letter in which the question arose:  “Where do the prophecies about Jesus appear in die...

CAN I LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR AS I LOVE MYSELF? Author: Sakkie Parsons Translated from the Afrikaans Version: Kan ek my medemens net so liefhê soos myself? Translator:  Lynda Botha I would like to share with you how God resolved this particular problem I had: Luke 10...

WHAT IS THE LAW OF CHRIST? Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Wat is die Wet van Christus?” Someone wrote to me: "Leviticus 19:27 "Do not follow the heathen custom and cut off the hair at your temples or trim the sides of your beards. Can you please...

ABOUT THE WOMAN IN MARRIAGE Sakkie Parsons Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “Oor Die Vrou in die Huwelik” I want to start with something I said when I wrote about the man in marriage. There is a saying that I don't think is true and that many people always quote, so I...

WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AFTER THE GRAVE Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: "Wat gebeur met my na die graf?" Translator:  Robin Barker Someone asked me, for my opinion about life after death and firstly I must say that I do not have all the answers.  I also...

WILL I BE THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN WHEN I'M THERE? Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “ Sal ek uit die Hemel gegooi word wanneer ek daar is?” Someone wrote to me and ask the following and I give a shortened version of the person's question to me: “I want to know...

HOW DO I CONFESS MY SINS AND KNOW THAT GOD FORGIVES ME? Translated from Afrikaans: Hoe bely ek my sondes en weet ek dat God my vergewe het? Sakkie Parsons Someone asked me the following question and I repeat his question as faithfully as possible: "How do I confess my...

AM I DOOMED WITH MY WEAKNESS OR ADDICTION?  Sakkie Parsons  Translated from Afrikaans:  Is ek met my swakheid of verslawing verdoem?” Someone spoke to me about an addiction in their life, and I share my reply to you:  First, I want to tell you that, according to my...

IS THE LORD PUNISHING ME? I Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Straf die HERE my?” Someone wrote to me as follows: "We just want to know: Does the Lord punish you with bad for good so that you can get back on the right path?" Before I answer this...

LORD MAKE ME HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND LET ME LOOK AND SEE Sakkie Parsons  Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “HERE laat my hoor en verstaan en laat my kyk en sien” In what I am going to write now, I am not saying that we may not love what we call our own, but surely all my...

WHY AM I HERE ON EARTH? Sakkie Parsons Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “Hoekom is ek hier op aarde?” The other day I heard from a woman who was telling on TV how discouraged she became because she couldn't figure out why she was on this earth. I tell people when they...

BECOME INVOLVED WITH LOVING HUMILITY Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans "Vol liefde in nederigheid betrokke" Translator:  Robin Barker Someone wrote to me and it went something like this: I am using my own words because a few things are mentioned and I do...

WE SHALL BE  LIKE JESUS Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Ons sal net soos JESUS wees” Translator:  Robin Barker Someone wrote and asked the following question: “Do children grow in Heaven?” Here is how I look at the matter: The Word does not give...

THE POWER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “DIE KRAG VAN ONS HERE JESUS CHRISTUS” Someone wrote to me as follows: "In Matthew 27:52 it says that the graves were opened, and the believers were raised and appeared to many. My...

ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM AND FOR HIM – GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE UPON US IN HIS CREATION Sakkie Parsons Someone wrote to me as follows: Thank you very much for your messages. My question to you this morning is: Why did God decide to make the earth? I would...

FROM ANOTHER ANGLE Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Vanuit ‘n ander hoek” One day in an e-mail, I let off a bit of steam about some Christians around me, who like to complain. Someone, you could say, took me on in a nice way about what I said. If I am right,...

WHAT SHOULD YOU AND I DO TO NOT GET LUKEWARM? The letter to the church of Laodicea which became lukewarm. Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Wat moet jy en ek doen om nie lou te raak nie” Someone wrote and asked if I don't want to explain Revelation 3:16. We...

WE ARE NOT OF THE NIGHT OR THE DARKNESS Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Ons is nie van die nag of duisternis nie” Someone wrote to me and asked me as follows: "Are we going to be able to see the Antichrist before the rapture?" As I understand the...

DELANEY'S SANDWICH Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Delaney se sandwich” One Sunday morning several years ago, my grandson Delaney, he was seven years old at the time, came to his mother right after waking up and told her he was hungry for a sandwich. She...

HE WHO SPEAKS IN A LANGUAGE EDIFIES HIMSELF Sakkie Parsons  Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “Hy wat in tale spreek, stig homself” Someone wrote to me and asked me my opinion on a statement that a church leader seems to have made, that speaking in tongues no longer happen...

SALT IN YOUR SUGAR Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Sout in jou Suiker” I would like to share with you the following saying, which I also try to remember and live out in my own life: “Why would I put salt in your sugar? It's not going to make my sugar...

HE THAT BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans Translator:  Robin Barker Someone wrote to me and asked the following question and I have extracted the question directly from the person’s letter to me: “I refer to Mark 16...

HOW DID BABY BAPTISM START? What Does The Bible Say About The Baptism Of Babies? Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Hoe het die Baba-doop ontstaan?” Someone wrote to me and asked the following: "How did infant baptism come about? By way of introduction,...

IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Sou iets vir die HERE te wonderbaar wees?” Following a thought from the Word that I sent out, with the name of: " WILL WE RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN" which I will also send to you...

DO I REALLY LOVE GOD? Sakkie Parsons Vertaal van Afrikaans:  “Het ek God werklik lief?” People say so easily: "I love God." But do I really love God? When my children were still in the house and I did something for them, I did it with unconditional love. There...

FROM ANOTHER ANGLE Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans: “Vanuit ‘n ander hoek” One day in an e-mail, I let off a bit of steam about some Christians around me, who like to complain. Someone, you could say, took me on in a nice way about what I said. If I am right,...

ALWAYS REMEMBER JESUS CHRIST - YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR To all my brothers and sisters who at this moment are stumbling under satan's attack. Sakkie Parsons One day I was talking to someone and then a thought came to my mind in the form of a question that I want to share...

YET NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE Our LORD has the final say in everything we pray for Sakkie Parsons Translated from Afrikaans:  “Nogtans nie my wil nie, maar U wil” Someone wrote to me, and I post here only the relevant part from the letter, which concerns...