John 3-16 by Hendrik Vorster

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For God so Loved the world...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (Joh 3:16) KJV

What would Jesus Do...

We have all heard and maybe even wore an arm band saying: “What would Jesus do?” But would it not be awesome to truly know what Jesus would do if He had lived in the 21st century, with its technological age and speed? Things do not get done the way they were done 2000 years ago. Although man has technologically advanced, man has not advanced in the same degree spiritually. And even those who did advance in the spiritual realm has called themselves spiritists, not knowing what they pervert now, was discovered and has been known and understood by the prophets of old, long before them.

“And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God) [shall give forth light] like the stars forever and ever. [Matt. 13:43.] But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great.” [Amos 8:12.] (Dan 12:3-4) Ampl

The Cross in the sky... On the morning of the 16th of March 2003, after a church service, I was very encouraged by the Love of the Lord Jesus

The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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Christ. In a vision that day the Holy Spirit showed me how the Lord Jesus Christ had put His arm around my neck and my arm around His neck. We walked together, like an older brother and a younger brother, who truly love one another deeply.

And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads and flee away. And all men shall [reverently] fear and be in awe; and they will declare the work of God, for they will wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His doing. The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust and take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise. (Psa 64:2-10) Ampl

As I got home I spoke to the Lord Jesus about those things that were truly on His heart. Then, while I worshipped the Lord, full of praise and thanksgiving towards the Lord Jesus, I looked up into the sky. As I looked up I saw something like the sign of a "Flat Cross” It looked like it was covered by something draped over it. After this sign another sign appeared in the sky: I saw the sign of something like a large

The Lord told me about an evil scheme that was going on and called upon me to intercede for this situation. God also prophesied to these people that their destructive doom, which He would soon execute, was upon them.

capital letter "B”, which had fallen over and was pointing to the north. After this sign the Lord showed me another sign of that of people sitting around a table, having some kind of discussion. After this another sign appeared in the sky. I clearly saw the heart of a man. I could see the veins and the heart, which was high in the northern heavens. Then the Lord, through the Holy Spirit gave me the word to David, as was written:

The Lord concluded on what was about to come on earth, giving me His promise, which He gave His servant David:

“Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious! Say to God, How awesome and fearfully glorious is Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience]. All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men.” (Psa 66:2-5) Ampl

“Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, from the scheming of evildoers, Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows, Who shoot from ambush at the blameless man; suddenly do they shoot at him, without selfreproach or fear. They encourage themselves in an evil purpose, they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover us? They think out acts of injustice and say, we have accomplished a well-devised thing! For the inward thought of each one [is unsearchable] and his heart is deep.

And TO YOU belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.

“But God will shoot an unexpected arrow at them; and suddenly shall they be wounded.

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Loving and forgiving Father, who does not always keep the sins of men before Him.

O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come. Iniquities and much varied guilt prevail against me; [yet] as for our transgressions, You forgive and purge them away [make atonement for them and cover them out of Your sight]! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. By fearful and glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas; Who by [Your] might have founded the mountains, being girded with power, Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples, So that those who dwell in earth's farthest parts are afraid of [nature's] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy. (Psa 65:28) Ampl

Little did I know what was about to happen... Then in conclusion the Lord Jesus, through His Holy Spirit gave me His word to David, as was written:

“Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. (Ps 68:1-4) KJV Truly, God will scatter every enemy before Him, but the righteous, those who trust in God, will see the awesome ability of God, to communicate with those who are willing to be His friends.

The Power of God... One week later, this prophecy, as God announced it before hand, started to come to pass. It happened in this way:

Truly our God is awesome. Just to see these signs of God in the heavens and to know that the God of heaven and earth knows all things and even searches the deepest secrets of the schemes of all man, whether good or evil, makes one tremble in His presence. He allows the consistently righteous into His presence and opens the heavens so that they may see His heart and will. If this does not make any man burst forth into spontaneous praises for the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who knows all things, then your eyes are wilfully blinded to His Loving willingness to reveal those things which are to come to ordinary man. But you would say: “Why would God speak to a man like this!” God has forgiven the sins of all those who accepted that He is a

On the morning of the 20th of March 2003, I woke up with a song in my heart: “Alleluya, for the Lord God Almighty reigns!” I sensed a deep mourning that came from the Lord Jesus’ heart. Later that same day, an announcement was made on the news, that early that same morning at 4:00 AM, the United Nations attacked Iraq, at the command of George W. Bush. 24 Cruise missiles were shot at Baghdad, strategically destroying targets, which were identified by US intelligence. Then I realized the Lord Jesus mourned, because of the destructive power with which the US forces had bombed Baghdad, killing innocent victims, because of an evil scheme

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plotted by those who hate God. This was a partial interpretation of the sign, which the Lord Jesus Christ had

Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever! For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. (Joh 3:14-16) KJV

“B” that had fallen over towards the

shown me, of a north, four days earlier.

But then the same song that the Holy Spirit had laid upon my heart that morning changed to a song of victory: “Alleluya, for the Lord God Almighty reigns!"

The Letter was all about a little boy who found out about the wonderful love of the Lord Jesus, as was written in the book of John 3:16. God so loved the world that He gave us His Son to die a gruesome death on a cross. God still loves the world and cares about those who live in it. He wants all man to be saved and to live an eternal life with Him. He still sees the pain and hurt that is going on in this world, even though we have become desensitized to this world and its atrocities. God came and revealed His heart of flesh to us. A heart full of compassion and mercy. He is not unable to relate or sympathize with our pains, troubles and weaknesses, just as the writer of the book of Hebrews wrote:

God also has a secret plan, not to destroy the world, but to save it, and to remind it that He loves all mankind.

The Flat cross... On the 20th of March 2003, still during that same day, the Lord Jesus did another miracle: While I was working, a lady came to me giving me a printout of something she had downloaded from the internet. The moment I picked up the letter which she gave me, something caught my eye. On the front of the paper was a cross that looked like it was laying flat, with some flowers draped over the cross. I immediately remembered the sign of the cross, which the Lord Jesus had shown me only 4 days ago. After I had read the whole letter I realized what the Lord Jesus wanted me to see.

“For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favour to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]”. (Heb 4:15-16) Ampl

John 3:16... “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num. 21:9.] In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on

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we daily taught many people, at the campus of the University of Pretoria, to lay down there lives and selfish ambitions to follow Christ. I was set on fulfilling the great commission, as Jesus called His disciples to do:

“He is able to exercise gentleness and forbearance toward the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is liable to moral weakness and physical infirmity.” (Heb 5:2) Ampl

“Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be)”. (Mat 28:19-20) Ampl

Everyday, God sees the pain and suffering that continues in this world. God sees the affliction of His people, whether saved or lost. God knows the evil that is going on and does not approve of it. We often blame God for all that is going wrong in society, but we do not see the true heart of God and the fact that man has been given the full right to decide between loving and serving God, or treating others with contempt.

But when the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me on the 9th of May 2001 and said: “I will make you a fisher of men!” I was surprised. For that was what I have been doing for the last 8 years of my life. And if I needed to be taught something else, then for whom did I do it and what was I doing?

On this letter was one more thing, which I believe is the plan of God to spread the true gospel of good news to the entire world. At the end of this letter was a prayer request asking people to pray for the one who sent this letter to you and to distribute it to many others so that they also may be blessed by the Love of the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus walked with His disciples for a period of three years. He invested His time and effort into them. He showed them how to love the sick and how to help the people turn to God. He taught them to be fishers of men. After three years of intensive apprenticeship, He commanded them to go and do what He has taught them to do. Jesus once said: “A

Being a fisher of men... When the Lord Jesus Christ called me the first time 7 years ago, He said to me: “Come follow me, for I will make you become a fisher of men!” 9 Years before, I counted the cost to follow Jesus Christ for the rest of my life, even if it would cost my life. I had helped to plant a church in Zambia and saw a church grow from 13 disciples to 26 committed followers of Christ in 6 months. In the next 6 months I saw the church double to 50 young disciples of Jesus Christ. I studied the word of God with men all day long, converting them to follow Jesus Christ.

disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant or slave above his master. It is sufficient for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant or slave like his master.” (Mat 10:2425) Ampl Jesus made a duplication of His heart and skill. Even Paul the apostle understood this, saying: “PATTERN

YOURSELVES after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah). (1Co 11:1) Ampl

8 Years before that I joined an evangelical church. We grew in those 8 years from 5o disciples to 980 new, vibrant, students of the Lord Jesus Christ. We grew in every way as

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It took me many years, 7 years later, to realize that Jesus wants to use all that He has taught me in a new and powerful way in the 21st century...

[in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters--[yes] and even his own life also--he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple. (Luk 14:25-27) Ampl

Being a true disciple of Jesus Christ... Christianity as we came to know it may be completely different from the way that Jesus did it or even intended it to be. Did you know that the word Christian only came into existence about 8-11 years after the church of Jesus Christ was born, on the day of Pentecost? It was in a heathen city called Antioch that the followers of Christ became known as “Christians!” It was actually a slanderous word, which the followers of Christ were called, by the outsides, as was written: For a whole year they assembled together

This might offend you, because you say, but I am to busy or I am not called to preach the word or I don’t like talking about my faith, then you would also have been offended at Jesus Christ. Jesus said: I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,

with and were guests of the church and instructed a large number of people; and in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. (Act 11:26) Ampl

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.

The word Christian actually means “Christ-like” To be like there master - Jesus Christ. John the apostle once re-iterates this same principle in the book of first John saying: “Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a

Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honour him. (Joh 12:24-26) Ampl

personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He [Jesus Christ] walked and conducted Himself.” (1Jn 2:6) Ampl Thus, if you say you are a Christian, then you would do things the way that Jesus would have done it. This is true Christianity! If Jesus was a fisher of men, that was His life and His passion, then it will also be your life and passion. Now the saying: “WWJD” – “What would Jesus do?” gets a totally new meaning.

Obedience to Jesus Christ will result in one grain, you, dying, so that many others can life and receive eternal life! This has always been my commitment and zeal for the Lord Jesus Christ. For His sake I am willing to forsake all and obey His call to make fishers of men, like He did.

Jesus actually one day told people, what I have now explained to you, and they were offended, as was written:

“Now huge crowds were going along with [Jesus], and He turned and said to them, if anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother

True discipleship turned the known world upside down. The word of God spread across the province of Asia Minor within a short period of two years, by having daily discussions with

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people in the lecturer hall of Tyrannus. (Act 19:9-10) The province of Asia was the size of the province of Gauteng in South Africa. With all the technology we have, we still have not been able to reach out to our lost neighbour right next to us, what about an entire province in our nation!

neutrons then hit another neutron, which causes a chain reaction. Soon we have a great explosion, which destroys everything in its way. If one of Christ’s followers only told two people in a year about Christ and then teach of them to do the same, this message would become like a nuclear explosion. At this rate, all of mankind – 6.8 billion people, will be reached in 32 years.

Maybe we are not really doing what Jesus taught His disciples to do. Maybe we have watered Christianity down to powerless religion like all others in this world?

Behold I will do a new thing… Now God is ready once more to use the technology of mankind to let all mankind know that He is coming. For seven years the Lord Jesus Christ has not allowed us to release the prophesies, which He gave us regards His coming and the tribulation that would follow, but within the next 3-4 months God is about to reveal very clear and radical messages to His people, so that they may know that He loves them and is about to come and take away only His bride, those 5 virgins, who are ready to go in and eat with Him in His kingdom; those who will rule and reign with Him. He will also reveal what is about to happen on the earth as was prophesied by all the prophets since the beginning.

The question is: “How did they do it?” Why did the gospel spread so fast in those times, but today no one even wants to mention that they are a Christian anymore? Jesus said: “Go and make disciples of all nations and peoples!” then teach them to obey all that I have commanded you. Jesus says pattern people after you as you pattern yourself after Me. Make them become people who make fishers of men. There is a saying which says: Do not give a man fish and feed him for a day, but teach him to fish and feed him for a life time. True Christianity is a life style not a religion. Let us not be like Paul’s prophecy, as was written: For [although] they hold a form of piety

(true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them]. (2Ti 3:5) Ampl

3 – 4 Months before we were called, 7 years ago, on the 9th of May 2001, the Lord Jesus gave me a prophetic promise, through an old lady, who has since passed on to the life here after with the Lord, saying, according to the prophecy to the prophet Isaiah:

How many people live as hypocrites do, saying one thing, but living another, yet claiming to be Christians.

“Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff. You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest or whirlwind

A Nuclear Explosion... When Jesus Christ came He told one person to tell another. This would cause mankind to reach out to all man in a very short time. The concept is called exponential growth. The nuclear bomb technology is based on this concept. A proton hits a neutron and splits the neutron in two. Each of these

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May God bless you as you partner with Him in spreading this message of His love and coming, for a spotless bride!

shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.” (Isa 41:15-16) Ampl The whirlwind and the chariots of the Lord will now come forth to thresh the peoples of all nations, separating the chaff from the wheat. This whirlwind is the Lord’s atom bomb, which will now be released, sent into the entire world to accomplish the Lord’s purpose. It will be like a fire that consumes all that are in its way and it will winnow mankind like a winnower separates the chaff from the wheat. Pay it Forward… In the film: “Pay it forward,” each character who had been helped by another person, needed to help 3 three other people, by doing something really extraordinary for them. Someone even gave a brand new car to a complete stranger who needed it. Witnesses for Jesus Christ exists only for this one reason; to witness of the extraordinary things the Lord Jesus Christ has told us, so that we may prepare you, the reader, for His coming. We are not building a ministry, but use all possible means to spread the good news of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Since He appeared to us through mighty signs, on the 9th of May 2001, He appeared to both of us at the same time, over a period of three years. Therefore, we urge you to be a partner of Witnesses for Jesus Christ, by forwarding those monthly newsletters and prophecies from the Lord Jesus, to as many other people as possible. You can also print out these letters and distribute them to your churches and cell groups. Please let us know if you have found encouragement from these newsletters and / or prophecies. This message of God’s love for the entire world must be distributed as quick and as effectively as possible. Freely you have received, therefore freely distribute to all so that they may be prepared for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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