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Teruggegeven aan de Heere

Gerrit Vos·2025-06-01
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Gerrit Vos addresses the serious shortage of ministers in Reformed churches, lamenting that despite an abundance of qualified young men in the church, few answer the call to the pastoral office. He emphasizes that divine calling is essential to the ministry and appeals to church members to pray that God would raise up laborers for the harvest, drawing on the example of Hannah's dedication of Samuel to the Lord's service.

Ik bad om dit kind, en de HEERE heeft mij mijn bede gegeven, die ik van Hem gebeden heb. Daarom heb ik hem ook den HEERE overgegeven al de dagen die hij wezen zal; hij is van den HEERE gebeden. En hij bad aldaar den HEERE aan, 1 Samuël 1:27-28. Er is in onze kerken een ernstig tekort aan predikanten. En, zoals ik uit verschillende kerkelijke kranten verneem, is dit tekort algemeen. Dit tekort is "ernstig". Dat klopt. Zolang ik leef, en dat is achtenzestig jaar, is het nog nooit zo geweest. Er...

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Author
Gerrit Vos
Date

2025-06-01

Source
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Scripture References
Jeremiah 14:14
Matthew
Matthew 7:22Matthew 9:37
Topics
PreachingPrayerProvidence
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