Vater Wilhelms Rundbrief

Gestern abend erfuhren wir, dass ein Filter, ein Nachkomme vom ersten Pastor der Lüneburger Gemeinde in seinem Haus auf seiner Farm von sechs vermummten Räubern angegriffen und erschossen wurde. Die Filters wohnen auf der Farm, die Urgroßvater Kohrs mit zwei anderen bewohnt und bearbeitet hat, nachdem sie aus dem Hermannsburger Dienst ausschieden. Urgroßvater Christian Kohrs gehörte zu den Kolonisten, die 1859 ausgesandt wurden.
Die Räuber hatten wohl nicht damit gerechnet, dass die Tochter mit ihrem Mann gerade zu Besuch gekommen waren, weil die Mutter krank war. Die Tochter wollte ihrem Vater zu Hilfe kommen. Da benutzten sie ihre Schusswaffe. Man rechnet damit, dass es Männer aus der Gegend sind. Einer in der Nachbarschaft hätte am Nachmittag mit einer Waffe “gespielt” und einem Kind in den Fuß geschossen. Weil es sechs waren, rechnet man damit, dass irgendeiner irgendwann ihre Untat ausplaudern wird.
Die Polizei sei mit Hunden gekommen, aber die hätten keine bestimmte Spur aufgenommen, weil zu viele zusammengekommen waren und zu viele Spuren waren. Viele Farmer aus der Gegend waren versammelt, der Polizei beizustehen, aber in der Nacht haben sie die Mörder nicht dinghaft machen können. Man rechnet damit, dass sie den Mord nicht beabsichtigt hatten, sondern nur gekommen seien zu stehlen, oder Herrn Filter zu zwingen Geld herauszurücken. Oft werden gerade die Netten angefallen. Es ist erschrechend, dass die täglichen Nachrichten von so viel Vergewaltigungen, Einbrüchen, Morden, oder Korruptionsfällen zu berichten haben. Man schreibt davon, weil es gerade wieder einmal ganz in der Nähe geschehen ist.
In den Morgenandachten habe ich gerade von dem Verbot gesprochen, vom Baum der Erkenntnis des Guten und Bösen zu essen mit der Drohung: “Wenn ihr davon esst, werdet ihr des Todes sterben.” Das ist ein Warnung, die seitdem alle Nachkommen Adams im Bewusstsein geblieben ist. Als Beispiel brachte ich, dass es ganz selbstverständlich sei, dass Eltern ihre Kinder vor Giftpflanzen und besonders vor Giftpilzen warnen: “Wenn Ihr die esst, sterbt ihr.”
Gott hat uns das Gewissen mitgegeben, aber da ist die Erbsünde mit ihrer bösen Lust, Schaden zu tun. Da sprechen die Zulu von “ugovana”. Den kann man am besten mit einer Schlange vergleichen, die einen verleitet, Böses zu tun. Wenn das Gewissen dann totgeritten ist, und nicht mehr sagt: Tu es nicht! Es ist böse, sagt govana: “Tue es! Es ist gut.” Wie soll es da anders sein, wenn so viele ungetauft sind, oder ihre Taufe und Gott vergessen haben? Der Herr erbarme sich über Afrika, einfach über die ganze Welt. Leider hören so viele eher auf  “uGovana”, und beachten nicht mehr “unembeza – ihr Gewissen.”
Neben der Schreckensnachricht ist von viel Erfreulichem zu berichten, von Besuchen zu erzählen. Gerhard mit Familie besuchten uns, und wir feierten seinen Geburtstag hier. Die Kinder nahmen an der Rüstwoche in Fels teil. Gerhard hatte in den Tagen hier in der Gegend auch einiges zu tun gehabt. Hans und Renate feierten am vergangenen Sonnabend in Commondale – Augsburg eine Hochzeit mit, kamen am Freitag und fuhren am Montag wieder nach Hause.
Elisabeth hat vor einiger Zeit bei sich einen Kursus mit den entsprechenden Leuten organisiert, dass Frauen und Mädchen etwas von Altenpflege lernen konnten. Das hat ihnen dort in Wartburg so gut gefallen, dass Ruth hier dasselbe unternommen hat. Obwohl die Teilnehmer R 1000 bezahlen mussten, haben hier in Paulpietersburg über zwanzig an dem Kursus teilgenommen. Es hat ihnen so gut gefallen, dass es wiederholt werden soll. Die drei Frauen, die den Kursus anboten, haben hier auf Welbedacht übernachtet, damit die Ausgaben für ein ‘bed und breakfest’ gespart werden konnten. Sie fuhren deshalb täglich von hier nach Paulpietersburg. Gestern abend gab es zum Abschied hier ein Fleischbraten (Afrideutsch). In Deutschland spricht man von Grillen.
Und ich freue mich, wie Missionarstöchter sich ehrenamtlich fürs allgemeine Wohl einsetzen. Hier gerade Ruth, in Wartburg Elisabeth, nicht zu schweigen von Renates Einsatz am Seminar in Arcadia, und Magdalene in Shelly Beach. Magdalene fliegt mit ihrem Mann jetzt nach Deutschland und soll da von ihrem Einsatz berichten.
In Afrika gibt es viel zu tun, und es wird viel getan. Dabei denke ich daran, wieviele Farmer mit ihren Arbeitern täglich Andacht halten, oder einen benachbarten Pastor oder Evangelisten der LCSA darum bitten. Ein anderes Beispiel ist, dass z. B. hier in der Lüneburger Gemeinde Farmer oder ihre Frauen darum gebeten haben und nicht nur aus der Schwesterkirche der LCSA, dass ihnen zum Verteilen unter ihren Arbeitern die über die Jahre hin versandten sonntäglichen Predigten zugeschickt werden möchten, inzwischen einige durch E-Mail.
Mit herzlichen Grüßen und Segenswünschen zum Pfingstfest
Euer Wilhelm Weber aus Welbedacht.
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The Holiday of Pentecost

Watchword for the Holiday of Pentecost from Zechariah 4:6  This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. (KJV)

Old Testament reading from Ezekiel chapter 36 the verses 22-27: Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

 The Epistle reading from Acts the 2nd chapter verses 1-18: And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.

The gospel of St. John the 14th chapter verses 23-31a: Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.

Collect: Almighty and ever-living God, You fulfilled Your promise by sending the gift of the Holy Spirit to unite disciples of all nations in the cross and resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ. By the preaching of the Gospel spread this gift to the ends of the earth; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Liturgical colour: Red (The Holy Spirit, the Church, the office of the ministry and mission)

 

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Matins in the morning

A sermon on the gospel of St. John, the 7th chapter held in the chapel of St.Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane. You can read it here (Joh7,33-39 Matins 2016.5.12) and listen to it here here: 

Here is a recording of the last hymn  “When peace flows like a river…”

 

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Burden, work and joy in the service of Lutheran Mission

Read here a translation of a report on the mission work by Superintendent Christoph Johannes (Salem, S.E.Transvaal) as written by the inspector of Lutheran Missions Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf (Bleckmar, Germany) in early 1951: 1951 Januar Nr 2 43 Burden, work and joy in the mission service

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Mary of Bethany

Read a translation of the devotion by the inspector of Lutheran Missons (Bleckmar) Pfarrer Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf DD in the 2nd “Missionsblatt” edited by him: 1951 Januar Nr 2 43 Mary of Bethany

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“Exaudi Domine vocem meam…”

7th Sunday in Easter: “Exaudi Domine vocem meam…”

Introit: Hearken, O Lord, unto my voice which has called out to you, alleluia; my heart declared to you: “Your countenance have I sought; I shall ever seek your countenance, O Lord; do not turn your face from me, alleluia, alleluia.” The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

 Watchword from the gospel of the evangelist St. John 12:32  Jesus says: When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself.

The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah 31:31-34  1 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.  32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.  33 “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.  34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

From the epistle to the Ephesians 4:2b-16  Be patient, bearing with one another in love.  3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.  4 There is one body and one Spirit– just as you were called to one hope when you were called–  5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;  6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.  7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.  8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men.”  9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?  10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)  11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,  12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up  13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.  14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.  15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.  16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

The holy Gospel according to the evangelist St.Matthew 13 (This is for the theme of this Sunday: Prayer for the unity of the Church).  1 Jesus Christ told another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.  32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.”  33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

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Holiday: Ascension of our Lord

May you have a very blessed Ascension Holiday and have time to meditate on the watchword for this day. Our God, the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ said to his disciples: And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (Joh 12:32 KJV)

The readings for this Holiday of Christ’s Ascension to heaven are:

  • Old Testament:       1 Kings 8:22-24.26-29
  • The Epistle:              Acts 1:3-4 (5-7) 8-11
  • The Gospel:              St. Luke 24 (44-49) 50-53
  • Psalm:                        47:2.6.8-9

The liturgical colour is white (Christ Holiday/Feast)

Here is today’s sermon preached during Matins in St.Timothy’s chapel at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane to read (Mk16,14-20 Matins 2016.5.5) and to listen to 

A collect for this Holiday of Ascension: Almighty God, as Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, ascended into the heavens, so may we also ascend in heart and mind and continually dwell there with Him, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. (LSB Altar Book Pg.899)

If you are called to preach this holiday, may the triune God give you joy and strength, wisdom, knowledge and insight – and the true words and pictures to preach his holy will faithfully according to his most precious revelation of his will and promises in both the Old and New Testament! However if you are not preaching, but listening – then listen as if God is talking to you + His precious gospel is “the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Rom 1:16 NIV)

 

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Pastor Ndwalane + 28.4.2016

Pastors convention 2010

Our Lord and triune God has called home out of this life into His eternity our dear brother in Christ P.Ndwalane last Thursday, the 28th April 2016. In the last years he was living in the vicinity of the Lutheran Church in Ohlangeni on the S.Coast of KZN. At the pastor’s convention in Cyara 2010 he was seated between my father Rev. E.A.W. Weber DD and Professor J.T. Pless (CTS Ft.Wayne). Together with Pastors Gule, Lubede and my father he was recognised at this occassion for his faithful ministry in the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa throughout many years. May the heavenly Father comfort the bereaved in this time of loss with the promise of the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the eternal life for Jesus Christ our saviour’s sake and teach us all that we too must die and give an account of our life to Him the Lord and Judge of all.

Here’s the Bishop’s letter of today: Rev S. Ndwalane Passing

Psalm 90: Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. (KJV)

“Who Knows when Death May Overtake Me”
by Aemilie Juliane, 1637-1706

1. Who knows when death may overtake me!
Time passes on, my end draws near.
How swiftly can my breath forsake me!
How soon can life’s last hour appear!
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

2. The world that smiled when morn was breaking
May change for me ere close of day;
For while on earth my home I’m making,
Death’s threat is never far away.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

3. My end to ponder teach me ever
And, ere the hour of death appears,
To cast my soul on Christ, my Savior,
Nor spare repentant sighs and tears.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

4. Help me now set my house in order
That always ready I may be
To say in meekness on death’s border:
Lord, as Thou wilt, deal Thou with me.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

5. Reveal the sweetness of Thy heaven,
Earth’s galling bitterness unfold;
May I, amid this turmoil riven,
Thy blest eternity behold.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

6. My many sins blot out forever
Since Jesus has my pardon won;
In mercy robed I then shall never
Fear death, but trust in Thee alone.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

7. Naught shall my soul from Jesus sever;
In faith I touch His wounded side
And hail Him as my Lord forever.
Nor life nor death shall us divide.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

8. Once in the blest baptismal waters
I put on Christ and made Him mine;
Now numbered with God’s sons and daughters,
I share His peace and love divine.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

9. His body and His blood I’ve taken
In His blest Supper, feast divine;
Now I shall never be forsaken,
For I am His, and He is mine.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

10. Then may death come today, tomorrow,
I know in Christ I perish not;
He grants the peace that stills all sorrow,
Gives me a robe without a spot.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

11. And thus I live in God contented
And die without a thought of fear;
My soul has to God’s plans consented,
For through His Son my faith is clear.
My God, for Jesus’ sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.

Hymn #598  The Lutheran Hymnal Text: Ps. 90:12
Author: Ämilie Juliane (1686) titled: “Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende

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Wer eine Reise tut…

Bishop Buthelezi was a most prominent Lutheran theologian in Southern Africa and beyond. I heard him giving three papers. The first time we met was at the Lutheran conference in FELS (Natal Spa, KZN), where he lectured on the use of the Bible in Zululand and beyond, the second was at our Open Day where he lectured on Lutheran Theological Studies and how Seminaries in Africa (and elsewhere!) should go about their business and lastly just two or three years ago in Windhoek, where he gave the keynote address on Holy Baptism in the church and especially in the life of African Christians at the LUCSA annual meeting.  The time, when he visited the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane as keynote speaker of our Open Day, he stayed with us at home and I got to know him better and appreciate him even more. He was a fascinating person, guest and theologian. Missionary Heinrich Voges knew him far better still. So it did not need a lot of convincing to travel to the funeral this weekend. Read more about our roundtrip together with three students of our Seminary in the following overview. Going to Ezidwadweni and back again: Funeral of Buthelezi- There and back again

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5th Sunday after Easter: Rogate

The 5th Sunday after Easter called “Rogate: Pray to the Lord…” from Psalm 66:20  Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

 The text is a reference to Isaiah 48:20, followed by a verse from Psalm 66: Vocem iucunditatis annuntiate, et audiatur, alleluia: nuntiate usque ad extremum terræ: liberavit Dominus populum suum, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. Iubilate Deo omnis terra: psalmum dicite nomini eius, date gloriam laudi eius.

 Speak out with a voice of joy; let it be heard, alleluia, to the ends of the earth: The Lord has set his people free, alleluia, alleluia. Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

God’s Word from the Old Testament Exodus 32:7-14  7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.  8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’  9 “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people.  10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”  11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “O LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?  12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.  13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.'”  14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

The epistle from St. Paul’s first letter to St.Timothy in the 2nd chapter: I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone–  2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.  3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior,  4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.  5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,  6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men

The holy Gospel of St. John in the 16th chapter:  I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.  24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.  25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.  26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.  27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.  28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” …”I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

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