This documentary shows that it is simply amazing what God can do through a person and a body in which He has their whole heart. I long for my heart to be completely His and that He will use me in some way in His kingdom.
I have the same longing, not only for mr but the Church in these times when the Churches in our Town where we have been closed for the greater part of the year due to Lockdown.
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This is a totally enthralling account of the life and times of Count Zinzendorf which I fully enjoyed. It is so sad that when I turned to read more about the Count from the book 70 Great Christians by Geoffrey Hanks, I found no mention of him or his influence on the church. By all account it seems to me that Zinzendorf was far ahead of his times, especially in area of the mission field and evangelism. But the church today is still enmeshed in issues that the Moravians seem to have overcome in their time to some degree at least. Would that the Church today would come into a unity and closeness with the Holy Spirit that they seemed to have in the Counts’ time.
This reminds me of our Lord's words " the last shall be first and the first shall be last. " in the kingdom of heaven. I think the greatest in God's kingdom save the Lord himself, will be someone who no one knows their name in this life. The count sought no credit, for he did it all for his love for Our Lord Jesus and for others.
1700 years early AFTER the start of Christianity is NOT early Christians. Lord have mercy. If you want Early Church look to The Orthodox Church including coptic, the apostolic times if Ignatius etc, the desert fathers and mothers. Watch about the Chapel in the Sky or the hewned rock Churches of Africa.
1. A lamp in the dark 2. tares among the wheat 3. bridge to babylon complete history of the church from the apostles onward.... VERY Important , informative and eye opening !
Zinzendorf was truly A "Chosen" Profit To Seed The Word Of GOD and Jesus Throughout The World. It was no Coincidence that Circumstances Beyond His Control led him to Raised By His Grandmother in a Bible Based Family Household. Praise GOD!
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Inspired by God there are prayer houses all around the world. Not promoting one kind of church but just seeking God's face and live a biblical life. This is so wonderful. So you never know what God works through you when you start doing what He puts in your heart!
Sure wild. like to see a house of 24 hr. prayer in every town. Imagine what a difference that would make to our personal relatioships & God's will being done in nations.
This is the kind of history schools should be teaching without a doubt, wish we could convince the schools of this because who else could teach us better than the Holy Spirit Himself. This was amazing thanks to all creators that created this content and contended in the faith to do so. God bless everyone..
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Count Zinzendorf was an amazing man with an amazing vision that should be mirrored today by the church and it is my prayer that pastors today might pick up that mantel.
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Excellent life. No room for pride in anyone in the generations during 1900's and since. Shows what a person can do through Christ without technology or distractions. Though Zinzendorf's wife suffered in their personal life, she will no doubt reap his same reward from Jesus as she had stood by him and fulfilled her work as his mate.
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Given a movement that began with simplicity, humility, and piety, why is it that so far every Moravian speaker in this video bears the title, "Reverend"? The definition of the word is from the Latin reverendus ‘a person to be revered’. Whether sought or merely accepted, it is still an obscene title for a follower of one who could have proclaimed himself everywhere he went "Son of God" but instead referred to himself as "son of man".
Never fear little flock. The Lord is still doing great things. He is not dismayed at our current situation. This is a set up, not a setback. I believe we will live to see some truly amazing things according to scripture and and there will be one flock again. So take heart, and hold on👑✨
@@carolynm1900 I think he got the biggest "press" because of the peasant revolt - there were huge repercussions because of events he inadvertently triggered in Germany.
God's Spirit must have been so powerfully working in this man. Praise you Lord for your saints on earth. Imagine the impact of his life throughout time!
My ancestors came to Bethlehem in 1740. In 1995 I visited with a cousin. We went to church in the old church and then the new church. The music was extraordinary. In English and then German. Peter Ginther.
I saw Archangel Michael and two other angels standin behind the preacher in the German-tongue's Easter's service at the Concordia Kirche in Washinton DC about 1981. This caused me to realized that some similar angel/s had been present in the Westmoreland Congregational Church, Bethesda, MD when I was pre-adolescent; as the feelin was recognizable and unlike other experiences in church-houses, wherein no angel was perceptibly there.
I have never understood why churches do not routinely have church open for constant prayer. I used to yearn for that 20 years. Now that desire has been rekindled.
It sad but many people now are used by Satan to be to be destructive. And the Churches had to be locked. Sad to say even pastors are influenced by him, sometimes unaware, that they are being used by him (devils) . We need better teaching that WE FOLLOW not the baby food many churches have been dishing out. Pray for maturity in the pastors and the Body of Christ as a whole. Remember you can pray to the Lord anywhere you are.
I loved this documentary so much. Thank you for bringing this man of God to light. We need his story and more like it to encourage us about how to live as The Day approaches ☝️🙏🏻🙌
Praise GOD for HE is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED HE has shown Christians everywhere how to pray in their language how top pray. He set the slaves free and now they are free to give PAISE GOD in every way.
The church historians need to make known some of these brethren, makes me want to know more about the lesser known christian groups beyond the mainstream
I learned of him through the audiobook of Mission to the Southern Indians, decades ago. The whole movement is interestin, especially reliance on "God"'s grace through lots.
@@GladysRWhite So I thought when I keyed the comment. Not long afterward I learned that Zinzendorf was tied in with coercive forces that were settin up the world of conflict that we have had since his day.
@@trukeesey8715 Satan doesn't sleep! He is always working to stop God from recovering His property! But the Lord's victory will be apparent, we are about to see it ourselves!
“May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of his suffering “ Was what missionaries said as they bid goodbye to their families as they went to minister in hostile lands. Service to God without regard for personal safety. Total surrender
What I appreciate most about him is he did not partake of discrimination against women, they were given close to equal rights with men, they were leaders, like Bishops, of the Church. This is BIG. And he also renamed the Holy Spirit 'God the MOTHER' which is also big. I grieve that after his death this was REMOVED from his Church. He also extended Christ's love to the most 'untouchable' of people around the world - the poor, the slaves, the dark skinned, the de-valued people - He saw clearly that we are all EQUAL in the eyes of God. I also feel good about THE emotional - warm, passionate segment that rose up in his community for a while, which unfortunately for me, was squelched. Why not allow for differences of experience? Surely some can be one way while others less 'charismatic' & emotional? Overall indeed he was the FATHER OF THE MISSIONS.
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Many great humans are sort of lost in the background of history. But they were pivotal to change the world. Now you probably heard of John Wesley, who began the Methodist movement? He was deeply influenced by Count Zinzendorf & for a while worked with him, but then branched off his own way. And the missionaries, who came, got their head start from him. He or his members went to the Inuits, to Africa, North & South America, India, many other places, before any other missionaries. He especially targeted those who no one loved or respected - like slaves & the poorest of the poor. This man was Christ reincarnated. Before they attempted to 'convert' people they learned their language, no matter how obscure, & created printing presses in that tongue where they could present the Scriptures in their language, to better instruct them. Many of the missionaries died in their quest, like from tropical diseases, they got arrested, they endured great hardships.
25:01 1727 Moravian renewal of Herinhut, Germany; described as “almost a Pentecostal experience”.. 34:40 “Don’t go and preach. Go and live w/ those in need. Don’t just tell them about Christ but paint a living picture of Christ for them” 46:50 Wesley enters the story
This documentary was truly inspirational! It left me wishing that I had been raised in a Moravian Church. As it is, I have begun to suspect that love, compassion, empathy, and especially redemption, do not truly exist in the real world. There seems to be only ambition, greed, treachery, (and lechery and philandery), at least in the part of the world that I can see. It seems to me that the institutional church has outlived its usefulness to the Kingdom of God. From this documentary, I see that this might not be entirely true. Someone, please talk to me about this!
As the bible states since sin entered the world through Adam we have been living in a fallen world full of sin and corruption. The institutional church is very much like the kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament where it has gone through periods of greatness and periods of great apostasy. When there’s a period of apostasy there’s always found that there’s a faithful remnant.
Yes Del, I agree. Seeing how these Christians in the 1700 truly lived out the Bible was so touching to me. So many items just in Scripture to me, they actually lived out practically. I watched this documentary because I heard of count Zinzindorf from the writings of Watchan Nee and Witness Lee. They also seek this blessing of oneness and usefulness and genuine living Christianity. Watchman Nee is another amazing brother who's story touched me. And I try to find as many missionary Biographies as I can to see the pattern.
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on ( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I do not believe the problem in Pa was he was a nobleman it was because they WERE lukewarm. He had worked cross culture too much not to know how to work there.
Nothing to really understand when people need God again when they need him people like him will raise up if there is the opportunity for people to need him to need the Lord I think the man had it right and in so many ways even his mistakes were not a bad idea really they weren’t
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So much here for the church to glen from, both in correction and instruction. Prove that God will use the imperfect vessel whose heart is submissive to Him...
Did you know? The man that named Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Matthew 19:16-22 The young Rich Ruler That said "Yes" Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and the early Moravian Church. a wealthy young man embarking on a trip that was meant to launch his life and career. Has a life changing encounter Jesus. “This is what I did for you. What will you do for me?”
And he renamed the Holy Spirit 'God the MOTHER' which is also big. I grieve that after his death this was REMOVED from his Church. The saint who started it is no more, the ‘elders’ who took over the Church degraded it. No more leadership for women, stop calling the Almighty Mother God & remove the heart/emotion. Count Zinzendorf extended Christ's love to the most 'untouchable' of people throughout the world - the poor, the slaves, the dark skinned, the de-valued - He saw clearly that all are EQUAL in the eyes of God. I feel good about the emotional - warm, passionate segment that rose up in his community for a while, which unfortunately was squelched. Why not allow for differences of experience? Even the Count disapproved. Surely some can be one way while others less emotional?
Repent. Why do you long for something that is not of God? God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the wayward, the confused.
Some viable mission work, but I heard some unscriptural heresies, along the way, as well. Getting an impression of a cult, here, sadly, but as Paul said... whether in pretense, or Truth, the gospel is preached, and therein do I rejoice.
the Bible tell us in Genesis 3 "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" subtle changes is what leads us from following the way. 1Timothy 2:10-15 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
What's there doctrine though, it's important to just to pray, they said Christ is with everyone sometime in their life, that's simply not Biblical. I think they were criticized because doctrinally they had real problems. It isn't just piety that's important but praying aright according to right truths. Not just what is God saying to me as Peter says no scripture is of any private interpretation. It seems the Puritans had the right balance of sound doctrine with piety. You can make many mistakes if piety is without sound teaching. It's not all about your devotional life. Your doctrine must be correct. Very vital, as we will give an account regardless of how many follow you.
The overarching message that I got is that we, as individuals, need to strengthen our personal relationship with Christ, the Son of God. He will lead us in our walk toward Truth, and in so doing, will strengthen our inner wisdom of Him. While Church Doctrine (whichever Christian sect) can provide that early structure, we need to allow God, through our walk in Jesus Christ, to be our ultimate Guide..... beyond Doctrine, beyond piety, to beyond our own mortal understandings. And we can do this in community with others.
I heard his name and a little child's story a long time back but I never heard his entire biography as a documentary like this. It is interesting concerning the hymn about the blood of Christ written in this documentary though. @1:11:03 How accurate does our theology have to be concerning the Trinity in order to be saved? The concept of the HS being feminine is generally a theological abomination in most denominations. Is it OK to attempt to oversimplify our theological beliefs in order to assimilate those that are ignorant our theology? What if any is the extent of the potential soteriological danger of doing so? What is the potential for the loss of rewards or inheritances for those that believe & join a movement? What is the BOTTOM LINE for salvation? For advancement and rewards & reaching of spiritual maturity? Christianity has the poorest definition of both the dangers of bad theology & the advancement of the believer through ranks & the bottom line securing of honors & favors & eternal rewards that will distinguish one believer from another in time and eternity. There never seems to be any definite grounds or formulas for any guarantee of anything. Even the very bottom line of salvation itself is too fuzzy & often mixed with the performance of the believer whether rear loaded or front loaded with requirements of works and relative or subjective moral standards. A front loaded gospel is loaded with pre salvation good works psychological works, pre regeneration intentionality or outward religious ceremony such as water baptism with or without added the name of the father son HS or Jesus Christ etc formulary. A rear loaded gospel will look on an extreme failure such as heresy or blasphemy or immoral or criminal involvement as an indicator that somehow that person was never saved to begin with. A front loaded gospel is loaded with fuzzy pre requirements that the person seeking salvation failed to achieve when they believed. I was taught that WHAT I BELIEVED "the faith that does not regard works" is infinitely more important than how I live or the fruits of salvation in initially securing a grace alone based salvation in which works become irrelevant. I was also taught that works and advancement in spiritual maturity are extremely relevant to securing rewards and honors beyond simply getting saved & generally difficult to achieve. Yet if the bottom line salvation requirement to secure a salvation without regard to works is too often presented by careless evangelists and pastors as somewhat fuzzy & subjective, living a life to secure any commendation beyond salvation is far fuzzier & more subjective still. There are no mid terms pop quizzes or exams that God stamps an official personal grade on this side of eternity. The whole Christian experience too often is a surprise waiting to be revealed when we draw our last breath in which the most devoted & fruitful in works may still end up in hell Matt 7:21 and some of the most criminal immoral treacherous or evil & fruitless may still end up in Heaven such as the thief on the cross, King David toward Uriah, Manasseh, etc. You further examine the testimonials of those who went through near death or long resuscitation out of body experiences & too often people who believed they were headed for Heaven were not & somehow barely escaped often leaving them just WHERE in this life? If all they did & perhaps even believed or presumed left them unregenerate according to their experience of near death & resuscitation WHERE THEN DID GOD let them off? A second chance under some sort of new probation? If they were not saved in the first place then where do the stand now? Or are they now fully justified without regard to the works fruits attitudes or production of their future? Search high and wide for answers to these questions and you really never get any satisfactory absolute answers you can fully rely on. If the answer is not the idea that one m ust be willing to be saved without regarding their works then WHAT ELSE IS THERE? Salvation by works that proceed from justification is all that is left. If salvation is by works that proceed from regeneration then how many what kind how long it all becomes subjective & relative. You never know if the works are dead works or profitable works. I appreciate the blood & wounds theology which do not regard works. @1:18:18 As for hymnology this explains many of the blood & wounds related songs in our present day hymnals. I suppose I never related the spear wound in the side of Jesus to the hiding of Moses in the cleft of the rock while God passed by so Moses could see the afterglow. I never put those two together. I also never suspected that Count Zinzendorf's son Christian was so responsible for these blood and wound related hymns that we all sing today without ever asking about the history or the theology behind them. As for the excesses in the order of little fools movement, this certainly could not have been any worse than the problems Paul had with the Corinthian church. We do sing too many hymns that either contain vows and promises that are made to God without thinking about or following them through or keeping them that we are not certain that God requires us to make or keep or singing songs we have no clue to their history or the theology behind them. In too many Churches we sing all kinds of stuff in our hymnbook just because everyone else is doing so. Who knows if all we sing is either orthodox or the promises we make contained in them are the will of God for our lives. Much of our failures to keep up with the items we sing in our hymnals are indeed not well thought through.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that WHO SO EVER BELIEVES ON HIM “SHALL” (a legal term meaning, 100%)BE SAVED. As you mentioned... the thief on the cross simply believed.
Perhaps you are over-thinking all these vast questions. They are unanswerable in this life. Trust Jesus and the Holy Spirit to eventually tell you what is important and focus on that in obedience to Jesus's words. Focus on His Word - the Bible. He is central.
The entire universe fits in the span of God almightys hand. Is the creator and author of everything. All powerful all present all knowing. Knows what you just did what you have done and what you will do. Better cry for mercy from Jesus Christ and do what He says
Excellent account, but this is no children’s cartoon, so why are contributions in languages other than English dubbed over? Why not subtitle, especially for very short accounts given? Some of us do have a knowledge of other languages and would prefer to evaluate for ourselves what speaker has to say.
This documentary shows that it is simply amazing what God can do through a person and a body in which He has their whole heart. I long for my heart to be completely His and that He will use me in some way in His kingdom.
I have the same longing, not only for mr but the Church in these times when the Churches in our Town where we have been closed for the greater part of the year due to Lockdown.
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@@angelakatsapas7894 great thanks Almighty for the opportunity today to know about such great people.
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Excellent, engaging documentary - thank you
Absolutely excellent
Thanks for sharing the inspirational Word.
Amen and Amen
Thanks for posting this. I love these documentaries of Christians
Fantastic presentation! To God be the Glory! Jesus is LORD!
Thanks for introducing this wonderful man of God..
Yea,first timer as well.
Thank you! I never knew about this amazing man!
Loving these Documentaries on those JESUS followers who have gone before us
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on
( +2347068573134) tell him I sent an you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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An extraordinary, informative, and enlightening film! Thank you for making available this gift!!
Beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with a motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation (Godstime MOTHERLESS FOUNDATION) in kebbi state nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details on (WhatsApp or call them now on
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Thank you!
This is a totally enthralling account of the life and times of Count Zinzendorf which I fully enjoyed. It is so sad that when I turned to read more about the Count from the book 70 Great Christians by Geoffrey Hanks, I found no mention of him or his influence on the church. By all account it seems to me that Zinzendorf was far ahead of his times, especially in area of the mission field and evangelism. But the church today is still enmeshed in issues that the Moravians seem to have overcome in their time to some degree at least. Would that the Church today would come into a unity and closeness with the Holy Spirit that they seemed to have in the Counts’ time.
This reminds me of our Lord's words " the last shall be first and the first shall be last. " in the kingdom of heaven. I think the greatest in God's kingdom save the Lord himself, will be someone who no one knows their name in this life. The count sought no credit, for he did it all for his love for Our Lord Jesus and for others.
Sad, but the situation persisting with churches today is that their focus is on the offering plate and not offending their congregation.
The more I learn of the early Christians the more I thank God for raising up these courageous men and women who led the way for us today.
1700 years early AFTER the start of Christianity is NOT early Christians.
Lord have mercy.
If you want Early Church look to The Orthodox Church including coptic, the apostolic times if Ignatius etc, the desert fathers and mothers.
Watch about the Chapel in the Sky or the hewned rock Churches of Africa.
1. A lamp in the dark
2. tares among the wheat
3. bridge to babylon
complete history of the church from the apostles onward....
VERY Important , informative and eye opening !
I loved to hear my favorite hymn, "Amazing Love" (or "And can it be that I should gain".
Great full for this documentary very grateful
I am amazed by this true story, glory to God!! So inspiring!!
Zinzendorf was truly A "Chosen" Profit
To Seed The Word Of GOD and Jesus
Throughout The World. It was no
Coincidence that Circumstances
Beyond His Control led him to
Raised By His Grandmother in a Bible Based Family Household. Praise GOD!
"And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preach in all the world, for a witness unto all nation, and then shall the end come"
This was fascinating. Thank you.
That is very great presentation! Thank you 😊
This was a delightful revelation, Thank You for this wonderful journey.
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Wonderful documentary.
Inspired by God there are prayer houses all around the world. Not promoting one kind of church but just seeking God's face and live a biblical life. This is so wonderful. So you never know what God works through you when you start doing what He puts in your heart!
Sure wild. like to see a house of 24 hr. prayer in every town. Imagine what a difference that would make to our personal relatioships & God's will being done in nations.
Why not begin small in your area of the world? God works through every committed heart that follows His leading.
Awesome channel. May it keep being a blessing.
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Excellent film thank you
THANK YOU
This is the kind of history schools should be teaching without a doubt, wish we could convince the schools of this because who else could teach us better than the Holy Spirit Himself. This was amazing thanks to all creators that created this content and contended in the faith to do so. God bless everyone..
So inspiring! Oh to be like Paul and the Count and live truly for Christ:(
So what is stopping you ?
So what is stopping us?
so so well done
Because of that man’s pursuit of the heart of Yeshua, Moravian Falls now exist in North Carolina ❣️🙌🌈
Praise God for every good thing
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Count Zinzendorf was an amazing man with an amazing vision that should be mirrored today by the church and it is my prayer that pastors today might pick up that mantel.
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Excellent life. No room for pride in anyone in the generations during 1900's and since. Shows what a person can do through Christ without technology or distractions. Though Zinzendorf's wife suffered in their personal life, she will no doubt reap his same reward from Jesus as she had stood by him and fulfilled her work as his mate.
Thank you for posting this wonderful documentary!
Thanks for telling this story
These missionaries are really inspiring. I wish more of them had come to Africa.
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Great documentary! Peace of Christ be up on all of you. Greetings from Brazil.
Greeting from smerica
Given a movement that began with simplicity, humility, and piety, why is it that so far every Moravian speaker in this video bears the title, "Reverend"? The definition of the word is from the Latin reverendus ‘a person to be revered’. Whether sought or merely accepted, it is still an obscene title for a follower of one who could have proclaimed himself everywhere he went "Son of God" but instead referred to himself as "son of man".
This has really touched my heart and challenged me as a Christian.
Never fear little flock. The Lord is still doing great things. He is not dismayed at our current situation. This is a set up, not a setback. I believe we will live to see some truly amazing things according to scripture and and there will be one flock again. So take heart, and hold on👑✨
I grew up Lutheran and was not taught about any of this. Thank you.
most of us need to really search to find out about the good, God-fearing people of the past. It has been hidden.
see as well "Kinderbetten" a rivaval among prussian kids in teh same time as Hernhut
Kathied7: Me too. First time I heard about him was 10 years ago.
Me too. I thought Luther started the protestant movement.
@@carolynm1900 I think he got the biggest "press" because of the peasant revolt - there were huge repercussions because of events he inadvertently triggered in Germany.
Beautiful! ...to learn of the lives and endeavours of our brethren in The Lord🙏🏻👑🙏🏻
Excelente biografía de este gran hombre de Dios muy inspiradora mil bendiciones
God's Spirit must have been so powerfully working in this man. Praise you Lord for your saints on earth. Imagine the impact of his life throughout time!
Wow amazing man touched by God.
Wonderful!
Well done. Our Pastor taught us about the Count and his experiment, several years ago. It's good to hear more of it.
Praise tô the true God
I came here from Remnant Radio.
What a nice true story
Nice to learn history ☺️
My ancestors came to Bethlehem in 1740. In 1995 I visited with a cousin. We went to church in the old church and then the new church. The music was extraordinary. In English and then German. Peter Ginther.
Fascinating
I saw Archangel Michael and two other angels standin behind the preacher in the German-tongue's Easter's service at the Concordia Kirche in Washinton DC about 1981. This caused me to realized that some similar angel/s had been present in the Westmoreland Congregational Church, Bethesda, MD when I was pre-adolescent; as the feelin was recognizable and unlike other experiences in church-houses, wherein no angel was perceptibly there.
True nobility, transcending monetary greed.
I have never understood why churches do not routinely have church open for constant prayer. I used to yearn for that 20 years. Now that desire has been rekindled.
It sad but many people now are used by Satan to be to be destructive. And the Churches had to be locked. Sad to say even pastors are influenced by him, sometimes unaware, that they are being used by him (devils) . We need better teaching that WE FOLLOW not the baby food many churches have been dishing out. Pray for maturity in the pastors and the Body of Christ as a whole. Remember you can pray to the Lord anywhere you are.
I loved this documentary so much. Thank you for bringing this man of God to light. We need his story and more like it to encourage us about how to live as The Day approaches
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Praise GOD for HE is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED
HE has shown Christians
everywhere how to pray in their language how top pray. He set the slaves free and now they are free to give PAISE GOD in every way.
How wonderfull
Interesting story
The church historians need to make known some of these brethren, makes me want to know more about the lesser known christian groups beyond the mainstream
Rick Joyner talked bout this for 30 years
I learned of him through the audiobook of Mission to the Southern Indians, decades ago. The whole movement is interestin, especially reliance on "God"'s grace through lots.
true christianity!
@@GladysRWhite So I thought when I keyed the comment. Not long afterward I learned that Zinzendorf was tied in with coercive forces that were settin up the world of conflict that we have had since his day.
@@trukeesey8715 Satan doesn't sleep! He is always working to stop God from recovering His property! But the Lord's victory will be apparent, we are about to see it ourselves!
The work of the ministry has always been mans to do ! Eph 4;11_12
“May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of his suffering “
Was what missionaries said as they bid goodbye to their families as they went to minister in hostile lands.
Service to God without regard for personal safety. Total surrender
love the painting of jesus at 1:25:02
Moravians had a big impact to Latvia and Estonia too. As misionaries.
And revival for 120 years! in Latvia and Estonia. Zinzendorf was imprisioned for a while in Riga (Latvia) during his visit.
What I appreciate most about him is he did not partake of discrimination against women, they were given close to equal rights with men, they were leaders, like Bishops, of the Church. This is BIG. And he also renamed the Holy Spirit 'God the MOTHER' which is also big. I grieve that after his death this was REMOVED from his Church. He also extended Christ's love to the most 'untouchable' of people around the world - the poor, the slaves, the dark skinned, the de-valued people - He saw clearly that we are all EQUAL in the eyes of God. I also feel good about THE emotional - warm, passionate segment that rose up in his community for a while, which unfortunately for me, was squelched. Why not allow for differences of experience? Surely some can be one way while others less 'charismatic' & emotional? Overall indeed he was the FATHER OF THE MISSIONS.
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Thank you for this, have heard of Hus but not this Count.
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THE HOLYSPIRT IS BEAUTIFUL PERSON
Many great humans are sort of lost in the background of history. But they were pivotal to change the world. Now you probably heard of John Wesley, who began the Methodist movement? He was deeply influenced by Count Zinzendorf & for a while worked with him, but then branched off his own way.
And the missionaries, who came, got their head start from him. He or his members went to the Inuits, to Africa, North & South America, India, many other places, before any other missionaries. He especially targeted those who no one loved or respected - like slaves & the poorest of the poor. This man was Christ reincarnated.
Before they attempted to 'convert' people they learned their language, no matter how obscure, & created printing presses in that tongue where they could present the Scriptures in their language, to better instruct them. Many of the missionaries died in their quest, like from tropical diseases, they got arrested, they endured great hardships.
Great Church history of a man the Count, who dedicated his riches for the Christian service of early 18th century.
Yeah that’s right this man was right this man was right
25:01 1727 Moravian renewal of Herinhut, Germany; described as “almost a Pentecostal experience”..
34:40 “Don’t go and preach. Go and live w/ those in need. Don’t just tell them about Christ but paint a living picture of Christ for them”
46:50 Wesley enters the story
I love Zinfandel, but I’d not heard of Zinzendorf before.. 👍🏻
This documentary was truly inspirational! It left me wishing that I had been raised in a Moravian Church. As it is, I have begun to suspect that love, compassion, empathy, and especially redemption, do not truly exist in the real world. There seems to be only ambition, greed, treachery, (and lechery and philandery), at least in the part of the world that I can see. It seems to me that the institutional church has outlived its usefulness to the Kingdom of God. From this documentary, I see that this might not be entirely true. Someone, please talk to me about this!
As the bible states since sin entered the world through Adam we have been living in a fallen world full of sin and corruption. The institutional church is very much like the kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament where it has gone through periods of greatness and periods of great apostasy. When there’s a period of apostasy there’s always found that there’s a faithful remnant.
Yes Del, I agree. Seeing how these Christians in the 1700 truly lived out the Bible was so touching to me. So many items just in Scripture to me, they actually lived out practically. I watched this documentary because I heard of count Zinzindorf from the writings of Watchan Nee and Witness Lee. They also seek this blessing of oneness and usefulness and genuine living Christianity. Watchman Nee is another amazing brother who's story touched me. And I try to find as many missionary Biographies as I can to see the pattern.
A true Shepherd of Gods people a true Pope Father of many
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Pray that God,will send laborers into hiz harvest !
I do not believe the problem in Pa was he was a nobleman it was because they WERE lukewarm. He had worked cross culture too much not to know how to work there.
Soooo they went to the Indians
Really amazing so today what do to Great missionary Jesus?
Nothing to really understand when people need God again when they need him people like him will raise up if there is the opportunity for people to need him to need the Lord I think the man had it right and in so many ways even his mistakes were not a bad idea really they weren’t
What a Might Awesome
GOD we serve, who reigns forevermore, this mans
life proves shows
we can do all things
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For nothing Is impossible with YHWH the 0ne & 0nly GOD there Is none other
no not one.... YHWH alone
Is Holy GOD, "0h" Give All PRAISE to our WONDERFUL AWESOME MIGHTY BIG GOD
whose In complete control
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WITH YHWH,
THERE IS NONE OTHER
Nor ever will be anorher
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ALLALUYAH ALLALUYAH.. HOLY HOLY HOLY IS
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So much here for the church to glen from, both in correction and instruction. Prove that God will use the imperfect vessel whose heart is submissive to Him...
Hello German Christians
Did you know? The man that named Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Matthew 19:16-22 The young Rich Ruler That said "Yes"
Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and the early Moravian Church. a wealthy young man embarking on a trip that was meant to launch his life and career. Has a life changing encounter Jesus. “This is what I did for you. What will you do for me?”
Unity with born again believers under Christ yes; however, unity with Mary-worshipers under the pope NEVER!!!
And he renamed the Holy Spirit 'God the MOTHER' which is also big. I grieve that after his death this was REMOVED from his Church.
The saint who started it is no more, the ‘elders’ who took over the Church degraded it. No more leadership for women, stop calling the Almighty Mother God & remove the heart/emotion.
Count Zinzendorf extended Christ's love to the most 'untouchable' of people throughout the world - the poor, the slaves, the dark skinned, the de-valued - He saw clearly that all are EQUAL in the eyes of God.
I feel good about the emotional - warm, passionate segment that rose up in his community for a while, which unfortunately was squelched. Why not allow for differences of experience? Even the Count disapproved. Surely some can be one way while others less emotional?
Repent.
Why do you long for something that is not of God?
God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the wayward, the confused.
Too many ads. Very distracting.
RUclips should stop messing with titles. Graf Zinzendorf was not a ruler, but a nobleman subject to the Duke Elector of Saxony.
Some viable mission work, but I heard some unscriptural heresies, along the way, as well.
Getting an impression of a cult, here, sadly, but as Paul said... whether in pretense, or Truth, the gospel is preached, and therein do I rejoice.
Omg yes especially if God let's you know thru a whisper in your 👂 or wifi code..
the Bible tell us in Genesis 3 "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" subtle changes is what leads us from following the way.
1Timothy 2:10-15
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
sad, can't hear the lecture over the flute and strange tin-y vibration background sound
YES, in the beginning...but it was pretty good throughout the film. I am also conscious of music eliminating the spoken word.
maybe turn on closed caption would help
@@poolahpot thank you, just sad can't hear-such an amazing man!
What's there doctrine though, it's important to just to pray, they said Christ is with everyone sometime in their life, that's simply not Biblical. I think they were criticized because doctrinally they had real problems. It isn't just piety that's important but praying aright according to right truths. Not just what is God saying to me as Peter says no scripture is of any private interpretation. It seems the Puritans had the right balance of sound doctrine with piety. You can make many mistakes if piety is without sound teaching. It's not all about your devotional life. Your doctrine must be correct. Very vital, as we will give an account regardless of how many follow you.
The overarching message that I got is that we, as individuals, need to strengthen our personal relationship with Christ, the Son of God. He will lead us in our walk toward Truth, and in so doing, will strengthen our inner wisdom of Him. While Church Doctrine (whichever Christian sect) can provide that early structure, we need to allow God, through our walk in Jesus Christ, to be our ultimate Guide..... beyond Doctrine, beyond piety, to beyond our own mortal understandings. And we can do this in community with others.
I heard his name and a little child's story a long time back but I never heard his entire biography as a documentary like this. It is interesting concerning the hymn about the blood of Christ written in this documentary though. @1:11:03 How accurate does our theology have to be concerning the Trinity in order to be saved? The concept of the HS being feminine is generally a theological abomination in most denominations. Is it OK to attempt to oversimplify our theological beliefs in order to assimilate those that are ignorant our theology? What if any is the extent of the potential soteriological danger of doing so? What is the potential for the loss of rewards or inheritances for those that believe & join a movement? What is the BOTTOM LINE for salvation? For advancement and rewards & reaching of spiritual maturity? Christianity has the poorest definition of both the dangers of bad theology & the advancement of the believer through ranks & the bottom line securing of honors & favors & eternal rewards that will distinguish one believer from another in time and eternity. There never seems to be any definite grounds or formulas for any guarantee of anything. Even the very bottom line of salvation itself is too fuzzy & often mixed with the performance of the believer whether rear loaded or front loaded with requirements of works and relative or subjective moral standards. A front loaded gospel is loaded with pre salvation good works psychological works, pre regeneration intentionality or outward religious ceremony such as water baptism with or without added the name of the father son HS or Jesus Christ etc formulary. A rear loaded gospel will look on an extreme failure such as heresy or blasphemy or immoral or criminal involvement as an indicator that somehow that person was never saved to begin with. A front loaded gospel is loaded with fuzzy pre requirements that the person seeking salvation failed to achieve when they believed. I was taught that WHAT I BELIEVED "the faith that does not regard works" is infinitely more important than how I live or the fruits of salvation in initially securing a grace alone based salvation in which works become irrelevant. I was also taught that works and advancement in spiritual maturity are extremely relevant to securing rewards and honors beyond simply getting saved & generally difficult to achieve. Yet if the bottom line salvation requirement to secure a salvation without regard to works is too often presented by careless evangelists and pastors as somewhat fuzzy & subjective, living a life to secure any commendation beyond salvation is far fuzzier & more subjective still. There are no mid terms pop quizzes or exams that God stamps an official personal grade on this side of eternity. The whole Christian experience too often is a surprise waiting to be revealed when we draw our last breath in which the most devoted & fruitful in works may still end up in hell Matt 7:21 and some of the most criminal immoral treacherous or evil & fruitless may still end up in Heaven such as the thief on the cross, King David toward Uriah, Manasseh, etc. You further examine the testimonials of those who went through near death or long resuscitation out of body experiences & too often people who believed they were headed for Heaven were not & somehow barely escaped often leaving them just WHERE in this life? If all they did & perhaps even believed or presumed left them unregenerate according to their experience of near death & resuscitation WHERE THEN DID GOD let them off? A second chance under some sort of new probation? If they were not saved in the first place then where do the stand now? Or are they now fully justified without regard to the works fruits attitudes or production of their future? Search high and wide for answers to these questions and you really never get any satisfactory absolute answers you can fully rely on. If the answer is not the idea that one m ust be willing to be saved without regarding their works then WHAT ELSE IS THERE? Salvation by works that proceed from justification is all that is left. If salvation is by works that proceed from regeneration then how many what kind how long it all becomes subjective & relative. You never know if the works are dead works or profitable works. I appreciate the blood & wounds theology which do not regard works. @1:18:18 As for hymnology this explains many of the blood & wounds related songs in our present day hymnals. I suppose I never related the spear wound in the side of Jesus to the hiding of Moses in the cleft of the rock while God passed by so Moses could see the afterglow. I never put those two together. I also never suspected that Count Zinzendorf's son Christian was so responsible for these blood and wound related hymns that we all sing today without ever asking about the history or the theology behind them. As for the excesses in the order of little fools movement, this certainly could not have been any worse than the problems Paul had with the Corinthian church. We do sing too many hymns that either contain vows and promises that are made to God without thinking about or following them through or keeping them that we are not certain that God requires us to make or keep or singing songs we have no clue to their history or the theology behind them. In too many Churches we sing all kinds of stuff in our hymnbook just because everyone else is doing so. Who knows if all we sing is either orthodox or the promises we make contained in them are the will of God for our lives. Much of our failures to keep up with the items we sing in our hymnals are indeed not well thought through.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that WHO SO EVER BELIEVES ON HIM
“SHALL” (a legal term meaning, 100%)BE SAVED.
As you mentioned... the thief on the cross simply believed.
Perhaps you are over-thinking all these vast questions. They are unanswerable in this life. Trust Jesus and the Holy Spirit to eventually tell you what is important and focus on that in obedience to Jesus's words.
Focus on His Word - the Bible.
He is central.
The entire universe fits in the span of God almightys hand. Is the creator and author of everything. All powerful all present all knowing. Knows what you just did what you have done and what you will do. Better cry for mercy from Jesus Christ and do what He says
Excellent account, but this is no children’s cartoon, so why are contributions in languages other than English dubbed over? Why not subtitle, especially for very short accounts given? Some of us do have a knowledge of other languages and would prefer to evaluate for ourselves what speaker has to say.
Gold gust of wind Dixie