My christian testimony – my life 1945-2025 – a personal statement about my faith in Jesus Christ.
Tekst og fotos Erik K Abrahamsen, 27. september 2025.
For ca. 20 år siden i 2004 skrev jeg en artikel ” Livet med Gud “, som er mit kristne vidnesbyrd om min personlige tro og liv med Guds Søn Jesus Kristus.
Kristne venner bad mig i 2014 om lov til at udgive min artikel ” Livet med Gud ” i en folder “All nations touched – all hearts changed”, (Alle nationer berørt – Alle hjerter forvandlet), sammen med andre kristnes vidnesbyrd.
Her følger en kopi af min artikel ” Livet med Gud “:
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My christian testimony:
In july 2004 I wrote this article “Life with God” (“Livet med Gud”) published by Aglow International Danmark Aglow.dk Aglow.org in folder in 2014, pages 1-32 (includes 7 christian testimonies):
“All nations touched – all hearts changed”, (Alle nationer berørt – Alle hjerter forvandlet), 2014:
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Translation from danish with some additions, page 7:
LIFE WITH GOD
When God are with you in your personal life all around you and in you will be uplifted. Everything becomes more intense. Your experience of the beauty of nature multiplies. You receive an inner strength, where you keep both your legs on the ground, and because God is light He shine through the Holy Spirit in you. The Holy Spitit gives out light around you in a simple way. Its the presence of God with his love, peace and joy.
My christian background is roman catholic and protestant lutheran. When min lutheran father got married in march 1942 with my roman catholic mother, he should sign a contract with the roman catholic bishop in Copenhagen, that all expected children in their marriage should be baptized and brought up in the Roman Catholic Church. And so it became for me born 1945 and my two sisters born in 1943 and 1947. I learned early in my childhood to pray to God everyday – from I was 3-4 years old. From 1. grad to 9. grade 1952-61 in my private secular school I left all the lessons in lutheran christianity to attend catholic Catechism lessons by roman catholic priests in The Roman Catholic Church in Aarhus. In four years from 1956-60 I served as mess-room boy under all sunday catholic messes in my local Church in Aarhus. My home as a child was free, conservative, open for all kind of discussions and an atmosphere of humor, love and joy surrounded me in my childhood. I and my two sisters participated in all kinds of sports, dance and attended classical-, modern jazz- and popular concerts. This spare-time occupation has followed me all years – even today.
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Translation from danish with some additions, page 8:
My father died in 12. november 1962, when I was 17 years old. His death – only 60 years old – provoked a crisis of grief in my life. I stopped being an active member of the Roman Catholic Church and after several discussions with the local catholic priests on subjects in the catholic faith i became atheist. In second and third year in High School I used my spare-time to read litterature to find a meaning and direction for my life. I became student with mathematics, physics and chemistry as main subjects in june 1964.
From 19. august 1964 until 25. august 1965 I did my military service as marine soldier in The Royal Danish Navy. I was stationed 9 months on Greenland Command (Grønlands Kommando) on Navel Base Grønnedal, Greenland from 1. november 1964 to 15. august 1965. My meeting with the nature of Greenland turned my thinking and feelings up and down of joy and love. Its beauty of its fjords, mountains, vegetations, animals, the ice cap, icebergs, the sky, northerns lights, the enormous night sky, the greenland people and their culture – all its genuineness, brutality and purity nearly knocked me down in complete fascination. So in spring 1965 I decided to travel hitchhiking around the world to experience with my own eyes and five senses instead through books and others peoples narratives.
Back home as a civilian in Denmark september 1965 I worked as to teacher until I and a friend departed to Germany 27. september 1965 hitchhiking with 600 U.S. Dollars in each of our pocket. In France we worked 2 weeks in vineyards to earn money for our journey and tried to get work as seamen on cargo ships in Marseilles and Genoa without success. But we were two lucky guys in Rotterdam, Holland, where a seamen´s employment bureau offered us work on a danish cargo ship sailing out from Hamburg to New York. We left Hamburg 25. november 1965 with a hire 100 U.S. Dollars per month with free food and logi. From New York we sailed to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in Caribbean Sea. With 6000 tons raw sugar we passed The Mexican Gulf to New Orleans and arrived and celebrated New Year in Bourbon Street in french quarter. In beginning of January 1966 we sailed south of Florida´s Key West to Baltimore and Philadelphia and arrived to Brooklyn, New York 20 january 1966. We stayed 2 weeks in New York before we departed over the Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea and arrived to Genoa, Italy 2o. february 1966. From Italy we sailed to Port Said in Egypt and passed through Suez-Canal to Red Sea and arrived to Port Sudan. Then we sailed south of Arabia into Persian Golf to Kuwait and discharged in Khorramshar (Iran), Basra (Iraq), Abadan( Iran), Ramman (Arabia) and Bahrein. In beginning of april 1966 we sailed on the same route through Suez Canal back to Genoa in Italy. Here 15. april 1966 we payed off and traveled 18.april 1966 by train through Yugoslavia and Greece directed to Istanbul in Turkey to start our journey to Asia. The next 4-5 months we hitchhiked and traveled with busses, trains, passenger boats and by air to Ankara, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Manila, Hong Kong, Japan and home through Sovjet Union and Sweden to Denmark arriving in Copenhagen 5. september 1966. In all visiting countries we were welcomed with hospitality and love from the local population.
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In 1967 Beatles traveled to India and became fascinated by the Hinduism Religion. In 1968 the Indian “meditation wave” arrived to Denmark. I attended a meeting with followers of the movement Transcendental Meditation (T.M.) and I thought “maybe it was something for me”. Why should it hurt me? I decided to be member of T.M., became initiated and receive a personal mantra in the first week of april 1968. I did not know or fully understood, that my decision to be initiated was a spiritual initiation to an indian Guru. From 1968 until 1972 I meditated periodic. In june 1972 I stopped my membership of T.M. and stopped my mediation and have never practiced meditation since. Later in my life I should experience, that my initiation to T.M. was a spiritual bondage, which was not truth or healthy. And upon that – when I visited Thailand in july 1966 and stayed 18-21 july 1966 among hill-tribes in the jungle near Chiang Mai I was foretell by a fortune teller, who was passing through to visit and help the local medicine-man. Later from 1980-87 I read and practised spiritual exercises of the New Age Movement: work out my horoscope, swing of a pendulum, reading in Tarok cards and my hands.
In may 1987 when I lived in Copenhagen God called on me to give my life to his Son Jesus Christ, but it was difficult for me to receive Gods grace, love and peace. Since april 1970 I believed that Jesus Christ was the Way, the Truth and the Life but I did not understand Jesus Christ divinity. And I wanted to control my own life in wide personal areas – I would not surrender my life 100% to God. That produces sin in my life – sins I did not confess to God. But in may, june and july 1987 I experienced that God said to me, that my repentance was a decision about life or death. In the first week of July 1987 The Holy Spirit led my in contact with born again charismatic christians. From 7-11 july 1987 I attended a christian rally in Mariager, Jutland, Denmark organized by the pentecostal Movement in Denmark. 3 priests gave me a lesson in the spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit (1. Corinthians chapter 12 and Ephesians chapter 4). They made a spiritual judgment of my 20 years involvement in occult practices and told me, that this occult practices are idolatry and have to be confessed to God. On 8. july 1987 together with the 3 priests I confessed and mentioned as sins to God all the different occult practices I had been involved in all my life. I repented and ask Jesus Christ to forgive me and to save me and invited Jesus Christ into my heart. Gods grace, love, peace, freedom and joy came into my body, soul and spirit instantly. The next day 9. july 1987 I was healed by The Holy Spirit and at the same time received the baptism in the Holy Spirit and spoked in spiritual tongues. When I returned back to Copenhagen God told me to get rid of and clean my home from all New Age and occult idols and litereture. I obeyed God and destroyed all idols in my life. 9. august 1987 I was baptized in water and 1. september 1987 – 1. june 1988 I was a full-time student in the pentecostal bible school “Elim” in Copenhagen.
Life in relation to God, is a life where all your personality becomes vital and God shows you how great and beautiful your life on earth is. Your life has been given to you as a gift from a loving God, who’s intention is to give you the best and to develop all your potentials – your talents and your inner character. This is a process, which The Holy Spirit every day cultivate in cooperation with you the rest of your life.
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From the moment, when God create you to existence in your mothers womb you became a living soul with eternal existence. Its the seriousness in your life. You have eternal existence.
And God has decided, that it is during our life here on earth, that each of us shall make the decision, whether we want to live with God or not. Life with God is through Jesus Christ. He has been human being as you and me. So Jesus Christ knows what it is to be a human being. Thats why I am confident, that Jesus Christ from God has been given the authority of the final judgment of my life. It is Jesus Christ who will say the last words to me in relation to the living of my entire life. And I know that He’s Judgment is truth and that I must agree to his words. Jesus Christ is gracious and compassionate, but He is also righteous. Thats why I know that he’s judgment is truth.
See Philippians, 25, 5-11:
“- Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongued confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Finish of translation from danish of my article “Life with God” in folder “All nations touched – all hearts changed” (“Alle nationer berørt – Alle hjerter forvandlet”), pages 7-10, published by Aglow International Danmark 2014)
FREEDOM IN CHRIST, Galatians 5,1: (Quote)
-It is for freedom that Christ has set you free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Unquote)
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May God bless you.
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Jorden rundt på stop 1965-66
Midt ude i Atlanterhavet på sejlads i februar 1966 – under min 5 mdr. ansættelse fra 25. nov. 1965 -15 april 1966 som koksmath (2´ kok) på det 11.000 tons danske fragtskib “Gautatyr” – fra New York til Genoa i Italien skriver jeg denne tekst:
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Den 9. december 1965 om aftenen på vor anden dag i U.S.A. var jeg med mine venner på tur ind til New York City. Mens jeg går på Broadway standser jeg pludselig op på Times Quare og kigger op på en kæmpemæssig lysreklame med følgende overskrift, der kører på skærmen igen og igen: “PRESIDENT JOHNSON SENDS 250.000 G.I. SOLDIERS TO VIET-NAM”.
Ombord på skibet i Atlanterhavet ud for New York på vej til Europa skriver jeg følgende tekst i februar 1966:
SOLDAT I VIET-NAM.
” Jeg er 20 år. Blev født 2 dage før Hiroshimabomben og 12 dage før bomben faldt over Nakasaki. Jeg er soldat. Jeg mærker sveden over min pande. Skubber hjælpen lidt længere tilbage og tørrer sveddråberne bort med underarmen. Det er noget rigtig forbandet lort. Det er aften. Solen er ved at gå ned bag bjergene i det fjerne. Himlen nærmest brænder. Jeg er træt. Tager mig en cigaret. Røgen gør godt. Vi har lige slået teltet op og mine to kammerater er igang med at lave mad over bålet. Myggene sværmer omkring. Jeg bliver snart tosset, hvis jeg ikke allerede er blevet det. Det er da også et ubekvemt træ. Barken gnaver mod min ryg og jeg gider ikke at flytte mig. I det hele taget gider jeg snart ikke mere. Igår mistede jeg en af mine bedste kammerater. Han blev skudt i en kort ildkamp. Det hele gik så hurtigt. Jeg hørte et skrig og styrtede hen til ham. Han var ramt lige i brystet. Død med det samme. Død for hvad. Til helvede med det hele. Imorgen kan det blive mig eller John eller Paul. Hvem af os vælger de. Hvem af os får lov til at leve et par dage mere end de andre. Jeg trænger til at være alene. Rejser mig og går ned mod floden. Alt er stille. Jeg hører kun summen af myggene. Det varer ikke længe før solen er helt borte. Klipperne er mørke. Ser kun deres siluet. Har jeg valgt at kæmpe her? Har jeg valgt at gå til grunde her? Jeg er ikke bange for at kæmpe for en sag, men er denne sag så stor, at jeg vil ofre mit liv for den? Vil jeg dø for denne sag? Vil den give mig en indre tilfredsstillelse ved at kæmpe for den? Hvem har sendt mig herud? Hvem har grebet ind i mit liv og bestemt dens længde? Er det ikke kun mig selv der er ansvarlig over for mit liv? Er det ikke kun mig alene det afhænger af om jeg får noget ud af livet? Har jeg ikke retten til at leve? Har jeg ikke retten til at opbygge min tilværelse? Kan andre tillade sig at gribe ind og bane en anden vej? En vej som jeg ikke er interesseret i. En vej som jeg mener er forkert. En vej som kan afkorte min tilværelse før jeg knap nok er begyndt på den. En vej som fører mod tilintetgørelse. Har nogen retten til at nægte mig at leve? Give mig et nummer og sige, at det nummer skal der og der hen. Uden at jeg kan andet end at adlyde. Men jeg kan protestere. Endnu. Over for hvem? For er der nogen der hører dig andre end dig selv? Du er jo kun en brik. Hvor mange græder over at nummer det og det er død? Om 10 år læser man overfladisk om den krig, hvor det blev bestemt, at du skulle dø. En ny generation lærer om den og prøver at drage konklusioner ud af dens fejltagelser. For så selv at blive kastet ud i akkurat det samme selv. Endnu engang skal unge på min alder berøves livet. Det liv som vi kun har fået eet af. Hvorfor. Hvorfor. Hvorfor. Skæret fra bålet får mig til at knibe øjnene sammen. Det er blevet mørkt nu. Lyset oplyser deres ansigter. De er tavse. Myggene summer.”
Tekst: Erik K Abrahamsen, Atlanterhavet, februar 1966.
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Visiting Hill Tribe White Maew Group near Chiang Mai july 1966
Overview drawing of my 1 year hitchhike “around the world” from 27. september 1965 to 5. september 1966:
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Grønnedalsforeningen groennedalsforening.dk har udgivet mit beretning om mit 9 mdr.´s ophold som værnepligtig marinesoldat (1. nov. 1964-15. aug. 1965) på Flådestation Grønnedal, Grønland som digital bog på 44 sider:
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Ovenstående artikel “Livet med Gud” indgår som en del af følgende artikel (Klik på tekst eller find den på min hjemmeside danculture.dk under rubrik “Spiritualitet”):
How to understand Jesus teaching about to be born again and his freely sacrificing death on Calvary Cross
I dansk oversættelse: “Hvordan forstås Jesus undervisning om at blive født på ny og hans frivillige stedfortrædende død på Golgata kors”.
Jeg har 12-generationers dokumenteret velsignelser af kristne forfædre i min families stamtræ, siden min 7x tipoldefar Lorenz Tuxen, sognepræst 1585-1602 til Store Solt, Flensborg Amt. Klik på tekst:
9 generationer af slægten Tuxen – 5 præster, 3 søofficerer og en kunstner
Det har velsignet min familie gennem mere end 500 år og det samme er sket i mit liv. Du kan læse om dette i mine artikler under Kategori Spiritualitet, bl.a. Livet med Gud – kristen spiritualitet og The eternal truth of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.
Links til mine artikler om spiritualitet på min hjemmeside danculture.dk:
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På min anden hjemmeside Erik K Abrahamsen Blog (tvndk.wordpress.com) har jeg skrevet artiklen:
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Aarhus i sne-dragt lillejuleaftensdag 2009
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