Was Åge Samuelsen saved when he died he was cohabiting and lived contrary to God's word !?
Image of
'brotherly' Åge Samuelsen, but he is a "brotherhood"? I do not know,
but I hope he was saved, but yet so as through fire scripture says.
From
Wikipedia: Aage Kristian Samuelsen also called "Brother Aage", (born
23 January 1915 in Skien, died 29 November 1987) was a Norwegian preacher,
lyricist and composer of Christian songs. He was the son of a factory worker,
blacksmith and Rallar Karl Hjalmar Samuelsen (1886-1969) and Anna Hansen who
was cleaning worker and union woman. He married in 1938 with Elisabeth Olsen
("Lisa") and they had five children. Aage Samuelsen died in 1987, 72
years old and was buried at the Northern Cemetery in Skien. Kåre Kristiansen
officiated during the funeral.
(end of
quote).
Aage
Samuelsen died he was divorced, lived as cohabiting. He had had extramarital
relationships where someone claims that it had also become the children etc.
Anyway, Aage
Samuelsen had led a life anything but worthy of Christ. Were «brother» Aage
saved? I do not know, but hope so. He reminds me of King Solomon in many
things. Exceptionally gifted, charismatic and "girls'" Abraham
". No good combination.
When the
queen of Sheba visited Solomon (10.1 to 13), she was overwhelmed by both wisdom
and his wealth (10.5). She understood that the covenant was the basis for the
blessing of the land (v 9). The rest of chapter 10 lists the prosperity and the
glory which prevailed during Solomon's reign.
In Chapter
11, we begin to see cracks in glory. Of Solomon was prosperity demonstrated by
the king had many wives and mistresses.
Solomon had
a thousand women (11.3). Some of these he chose against God's command (v 2).
Wives who worshiped pagan gods did Solomon to compromise their own religion (v
4-8).
Since
Solomon clung to the covenant with God, he got problems and met resistance
(11.11; 11.14 and 11.23), including through Jeroboam rebellion (11.26 to 40).
Ahijah the prophet foretold the impending division of the kingdom (11.29 to
32). Solomon died after reigning for 40 years (from 11.42 to 43).
We read
about King Solomon
1 Kgs. 11.
1. But King Solomon loved many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh,
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites, 2 women of the nations
concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not give
yourselves with them; and they are not with you; surely they will turn away
your heart after their gods. To those Solomon himself and loved them. / 3 He
had seven hundred wives of princely rank and three hundred concubines; these
his wives bowed his mind. 4 And when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his
heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as
his father David's heart had been. 5 And Solomon followed Astarte Zidonians,
and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the eyes
of Jehovah, and went not fully after the LORD, as his father David had done. 7
At the time Solomon built a sacrificial place for Chemosh the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of
the Ammonites. 8 And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burned
incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9 Therefore Jehovah angry with Solomon
because he had set his heart away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had
appeared to him twice 10 and had commanded him to follow other gods; but he had
not kept himself after the Lord's commandments. 11 Then the Lord said to Solomon:
Because this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my
statutes which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from you
and give it to your servant. 12 But for your father David's sake I will not do
it in your days - from your son I will tear. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away
all the kingdom; one tribe I will give your son for my servant David's sake and
for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 14 And the Lord raised Solomon an
opponent Edomite Hadad; he was of the royal family in Edom. 15 For when David
was in Edom, and Joab commander was gone up to bury the slain, and slew every
male in Edom. 16 - For six months did Joab and all Israel, until he had
destroyed every male in Edom - 17 then fled Hadad with certain Edomites of his
father's servants, and go into Egypt. Hadad was then a little boy. 18 They
journeyed from Midian and came to Paran; from Paran took his men with him and
came to Egypt for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he gave him a house and suggested
him livelihood and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight
of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, Queen
Tahpenes. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son; Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house, and since Genubath in Pharaoh's house among
Pharaoh's own children. 21 Now when Hadad in Egypt heard that David had lain
down with his fathers, and that Joab commander was dead, he said to Pharaoh,
Let me go, that I may go to my country! 22 Pharaoh said unto him, What aileth
thee with me, since you want to go home to your country? He answered: Nothing;
howbeit let me go. 23 God raised up Solomon another adversary, Rezon, Eljadas
son, who had fled from his master Hadadezer king of Soba. 24 He gathered people
around him and was leading a troop, when David slew them; and they went to
Damascus and settled himself down there and made themselves masters in
Damascus. / 25 He was an adversary of Israel as long as Solomon lived, and both
he and Hadad caused Israel damage. He hated Israel and reigned over Syria. 26
So it was one of Solomon's servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from
Sereda; His mother's name Seru and widowed. He stood up against the king. 27
And thus it was that he came up against the king: Solomon built Millo - he
would close the open spot in his father David. 28 Jeroboam was a talented guy,
and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he made him ruler over
all the house of Joseph to perform. 29 At that time it happened even when
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him
on the road; he had a new garment, and the two were alone in the field. / 30
The Akia the new robe he wore and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 And he said to
Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces For thus saith the Lord God: I will rend the
kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give ten tribes; 32 But one tribe shall
remain to him for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city
which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel. 33 So I will do because
they have forsaken me and worshiped Astarte of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of
Moab, and Milcom the Ammonite god, and not walked in my ways, to do that which
is right in my sight, and have not kept my statutes and judgments, as did David
his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom from him, but let him
prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose and
who kept himself after my commandments and laws. 35 But I will take the kingdom
from his son and give thee - the ten tribes; 36 but his son will I give one
tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp burning before me in Jerusalem,
the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. / 37 But thee I take, and
be prevail over all that you desire, and be king over Israel. 38 And if you do
whatever I command you and walk in my ways and doing what is right in my sight,
to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be
with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give
you Israel. 39 And David will I humble because of what is done, but not for all
times. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose and
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the
death of Solomon. / 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he
did, and his wisdom, are written in Solomon?. 42 The time Solomon was king in
Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 Then Solomon slept with his
fathers and was buried in his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his
place.
Many of the
Bible's men and women failed the Lord after they started so well!
This is from
my Bible come tater Galatians 4. 19 My children, whom I again travail in birth
until Christ be formed in you!
If it is so that
we can not change our hearts through the outer works, what shall then change
it? And it is such that it is only God that changes our hearts and only God can
seem sanctification in us then may well not do anything with us than crushed
our hearts over our own miserable condition and our own helplessness in
changing it !? It should create in us a heartfelt cry to God to change our
hearts! A call for rummage us and show us Christ in our lives so that he can
win figure in us. Psalm 139: 23,24: "Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts. 24 See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead
me in the way everlasting. "
So when God
has heard our prayer, seemed holiness in us and Christ again lit in our hearts;
Do we have achieved to be more perfect in ourselves and more according to God's
standard? NO! Though we have realized that we can not win holiness through our
external changes but only through Christ by faith will overcome formed in us,
which INCREASES dependence on God. Ie we are left with less of ourselves and
more of Christ Jesus! We realize more and more that the source of life is in
him. We are left as much freer and happier people than when we tried to rectify
life itself. The farmer knows that the reason for missing the apples on the
apple tree is the lack of soil and nutrients. So it is with us; When we live a
life close to God in faith and repentance and realize our dependence on him -
when carrying tree fruit by itself.
If we see
all kinds of misery in ourselves and our expectation is that God will change
this in ourselves so we are disappointed. God changes not man that way. Man
gets changed when it appears that its life is Christ - the focus on the self
and the ego disappears and Christ is formed. Sanctification always end up with
more Christ and not with more of ourselves! The result of God's work in us is
that we dig ourselves less into our own misery and realize that our life is in
Christ and that He is our sanctification! Gal 5:16 ": Live a life in the
Spirit! Then follow ye desire in human flesh and blood. ". So if the
conclusion is that it not at all yesterday, so has thus Bible against itself
The Gospel
is brilliant, there is hope for everyone whether you are weak or strong as a
person gets only God hold of such a set would more than equal.
(end of
quote).
This is what
is so difficult - but so necessary, that Christian life is a continuous process
throughout life. Begun is not complete.
Final
Comment:
It is sad
reading. This is unfortunately the result if one tries to "ride" two
horses simultaneously. We must choose whom we will serve, God or the mammon.
Related
links:
http://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/10/no-1050-what-does-it-mean-to-be.htmlhttp://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/10/no-1048i-argue-that-christians-should.html
http://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2012/12/nr-416-have-me-as-models-that-i-have.htmlhttp://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/10/no-1047-singer-einar-ekeberg-relying-on.html
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