Rev. Samuel Doctorian in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

Volume 43 - Nos. 3-4
November 2003
Rev. Samuel Doctorian
in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.
Volume 43 – Nos. 3-4
November 2003
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In This Issue
“Faith” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3
Rev. Samuel Doctorian
What is impossible with men is possible with God
PART TWO
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George McRobb
In loving memory of my precious brother, George Doctorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8
Rev. Samuel Doctorian
News from the Vineyard of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9
Rev. Samuel Doctorian
Patmos 2004 The next Bible Land Mission Conference International . . . . . . . . Page 16
A Photo Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18
The Vision of Five Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30
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“Faith”
By Rev. Samuel Doctorian
FAITH IS POWER.
FAITH IS THE GIFT OF GOD.
W
ithout faith we can never
please God.
It is only through faith that
we can have our prayers answered. We can
be saved. We can be sanctified. We are kept
by faith.
The Bible says, “The just shall live by
faith.”
In Second Corinthians 5:7 we read, “For
we walk by faith, not by sight.”
Ephesians 6:16 we read that we can conquer every
situation when we have the “shield of faith”.
In Second Timothy 4:7, Paul the Apostle says, “I
have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith.” To God be the glory.
The Lord Jesus gave us a wonderful illustration of
the mustard seed and He said in Matthew 17:20, “If ye
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, 'Remove hence to yonder place;'
and it shall remove.”
The apostles said to the Lord, “Lord increase our
faith.” So our faith can be very small but we can ask
the Lord to increase our faith so we can have greater
faith and exercise much stronger faith and see all our
prayers answered.
The Lord Jesus said, “Whatever you ask in my name
believing from the Father, He will give it to you.”
All my life, from the day the Lord called me to fulltime ministry, at the age of sixteen, I have exercised
faith. I have found out, when I have much faith, I
have much blessing. When I have little faith, I have
little blessing. And when I have no faith, I have no
blessing.
Lord, help me to have more faith than ever. I thank
you for the way you have honored my faith. You've
helped me in every situation. You have given me
tremendous meetings everywhere. You have given
great victories because I have exercised faith. But even
now, Lord, at my age of seventy-three, I want to
exercise more faith than ever.
It's far better to have faith than to have doubt. There
is great joy in having faith in your heart from
morning till night.
In some very serious times of my life in the ministry,
I've had tremendous difficulties but the Lord has
honored me by faith. I've conquered the impossible.
To God be the glory.
Only by faith I have started Bible Land Mission in
the Garden of Gethsemane as the Lord led me to do it.
He showed me all the lands of the Bible where I would
minister. Indeed, I have ministered by faith in
Jerusalem, in Israel; then in Amman, capital of
Jordan; then in Damascus, capital of Syria; then
Beirut, Lebanon, where we've had tremendous
opportunities to glorify God. There were times it
seemed impossible but the Lord Jesus said, “With God
all things are possible.”
When the Lord led me to buy the buildings of
Peniel, from the prime minister of Lebanon who was
a Muslim, God gave me faith. I believed I could
purchase the buildings from him. The price he asked
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anger he turned to me and
said, “All right, I agree.”
You can imagine my joy
when he accepted half the
price of that great property. I
told him, “I will bring the
down payment in one week.”
He accepted that also. I left
Lebanon. I had to go to
Jerusalem. I began to gather
the ten thousand Lebanese as
down payment. By faith,
miraculously, the amounts
began to come. And the last
amount, one thousand
Lebanese Liras, came from a
widow in Jerusalem, called Miriam. She worked hard
to earn money. She had kept some money aside. She
gave it to me in an envelope and said, “Don't open it
till you leave Jerusalem.” I agreed and thanked her. I
started driving back to Lebanon. While going through
the Valley of Jordan on my way to Amman, returning
to Beirut, I remembered the envelope. I opened it. It
was the last thousand Lebanese pounds that I needed.
Miraculously I paid the Prime Minister, and we signed
the deal. I was able to buy the property, which today is
our Peniel headquarters. It's there where we've had
our home to many workers and missionaries, home
for my own family, and home where we have had the
children of the orphanage. It was there where we took
care of 156 orphans. It was there where we started the
school of Light with several hundred students. And it
was there when later God blessed and we were able to
have a wonderful church that is still continuing. It's a
wonderful living church, called Church of God. The
pastor is the Director of the Bible Society of the whole
Middle East countries. God has blessed Peniel in every
way.
Today, we have a fine school called Eastwood
College. It occupies all the different classrooms in
Peniel. It is a very well known school throughout the
city. It has a very high standard of education. God is
using Peniel headquarters for His glory. God is a great
was tremendous. He told me he would sell them to
me for five hundred thousand Lebanese. At that time,
1962, that was a great sum of money. I could have
lived with only two hundred Lebanese Liras a month.
How could I buy property for five hundred thousand?
But I believed God. I asked the owner for some time to
pray. And that I would come back with the answer.
The prime minister was very kind. He let me have my
prayer time. The next time as I visited him, by faith,
the Lord said to me, “Tell him you want the property
for half that price!” I said, “Lord, if I tell him that he
might throw me out of the palace” He was living in a
huge mansion, with bodyguards and all types of
people.” The Lord said, “Don't be afraid... Just tell
him that's all you can pay.”
He met me graciously and led me to the living
room. His son, an ambassador of Lebanon to Austria,
was sitting already in the room. I also shook his hand
and we sat down to speak. I told the prime minister, “I
prayed, and my Lord said to offer you half of your
asking price, two hundred fifty thousand.” Suddenly
the son, the ambassador, got angry. He turned to his
father and with little anger said, “How can you sell
such a property for such a small amount?” The father
got angry with his son and said to him, “You be quiet.
You have nothing to do with this. The property
belongs to me. I can do what I like with it.” And with
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God. He that believeth shall not be ashamed.
We read in Romans chapter 5:2, that we have the
most wonderful privilege as children of God. We
have access to speak with God, our Creator. That
access is by faith. In Romans ten, we have
wonderful verses where we read, that the word of
faith is sown in our hearts by the preaching of
the Word. In Romans 10:17, “So then faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.”
Romans 10:8 we read about 'the word of faith'
being so powerful. That seed, the Word that falls in
our hearts, by faith, bears fruit. As they hear the
Gospel, faith is developed in their hearts. And as they
call on the name of the Lord they are saved.
Romans 12:3, we read about the measure of faith.
In our large Salem Evangelistic Center that seats a
thousand in Beirut, God is using the place mightily
for many congregations to meet together and hear His
Word. As we were completing the construction of the
sanctuary I had asked for a cross to be placed at the
front. My son Paul surprised me with a very big sized
cross whose dimensions neared the real thing. I liked
it very much.
There's only one Bible verse in our Salem Center. On
the wall towards the left written with gold letters. My
father-in-law was a sign writer who had written over
eighty thousand Bible verses in his lifetime. This was
one of his masterpieces in Arabic and Armenian. It
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reads, “According to your faith be unto you.”
In Luke 7:50 the Lord Jesus said, “ Thy faith has
made the whole.” When we exercise faith it doesn't
matter what sickness we have, what disease has come
upon us. As we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Lord says your faith has made you perfect. To God be
the glory.
In Hebrews 11, the chapter of faith in the Bible,
there are many wonderful verses about faith. The
beautiful chapter starts with, “Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.” Heb. 11:1
James 5:15, the Apostle teaches that when we have
the sick among us, that we would call the elders of
the church and let them anoint with oil and pray.
It continues, “and the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and if there's any sin it shall be forgiven.”
Dear reader of this Evangelist magazine, the Lord
has led me to write this article about faith and I pray
it's a blessing to you. Whatever circumstances you are
going through, BELIEVE GOD. God is greater than
your problems. God can do the impossible. Have faith
in God and let the Lord honor your faith and give you
a great deliverance, healing, and rich blessing.
This is the only WAY — walking by faith, we will
enter heaven by faith.
The Lord richly bless you and give you the gift of
faith. May He increase your faith in every way.
Amen.
WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN IS
POSSIBLE WITH GOD [Luke 18:27] PART TWO
By George McRobb
other disciples in
their criticism of
Mary of Bethany,
when she gave
her most costly
possession to the
Lord. “Why this
waste,” they
asked. Is it waste
to give our lives
completely and
wholeheartedly to the Lord and to His Service?
Read what Jesus says on the matter in verses 29
and 30 and also in the parallel passage in
Matthew 19:29. A hundred times more and also
eternal life!
We need to remember however, that many
Christians who are not in full time service are
called on to make great sacrifices for the sake of
the Gospel. Why do they do it?
They do it because the love of Christ constrains
them. God will certainly compensate them, if not
here now, then in that day when He will welcome
them and say, “well done, good and faithful
servant… come and share you Master's
happiness.”
Then if asked how they were able, joyfully, to
make such sacrifices, they'll say, “the things
which are impossible with men are possible with
God.”
6. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GOD TO FULFILL EVERY
PROMISE HE HAS EVER MADE.
In verses 31 to 34, we read that our Lord told
His disciples about his imminent arrest, trial and
death on the cross and He made it clear to them
that all this would come to be in fulfillment of the
words of the Prophets hundreds of years before.
Was He right? Did it happen? Of course it did
exactly as he said! This then reminds us that
n the previous issue of the Evangelist
I shared with you four of the seven
points from Luke 18 on what is
possible for God.
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The seven points were:1. It is possible for God to answer persistent
prayer.
2. It is possible for God to save the very worst
sinner.
3. It is possible for God to make Himself known
to little children.
4. It is possible for God to deliver from the
allurements of the world.
5. It is possible for God to compensate us for any
sacrifice we may be called on to make for
Him.
6. It is possible for God to fulfill every promise
He has ever made.
7. It is possible for God to perform great
miracle.
Now we turn to number five. It is possible for
God to compensate us for any sacrifice we may
be called on to make for Him. In verses 28 to 30
of Luke 18, we read that Peter was concerned
about the fact that he and the other disciples had
left everything in order to follow Jesus. Would
they lose it? Jesus then gives them some very
reassuring words when He says that whoever
leaves family for the sake of the Kingdom of God
will inherit much more, even Eternal Life.
How we need to thank God for missionaries
and others who have made great sacrifices for
the Lord's sake. Given up home, good prospects,
good salary and in some cases the prospect of
marriage, so that they might be freer and more
fitted to proclaim the Gospel where the need is
greatest. Some with a worldly outlook would call
them “stupid,” but they would join Judas and the
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problem which is so great that you feel it cannot
ever be solved, humanly speaking, there does not
seem to be a way out: but why use the words
“humanly speaking?” Bring God into the picture
and relate the situation to Him. He will see you
through for “the things which are impossible with
men are possible with God.”
Before leaving this 18th chapter of Luke, a
question. How big is your God? Do we sufficiently
recognize His Greatness and his Power? Surely,
then, if we do we shall come to Him and prove
for ourselves that “the things which are
impossible with men are possible with God.”
I pray that this article will have in some way,
brought all of us close to our Great God by
sharing from His Word and that we shall know as
a reality in our lives that it is possible for God to
answer persistent prayer.
It is possible for God to save the very worst
sinner.
It is possible for God to make Himself known to
little children.
It is possible for God to deliver from the
allurements of the world.
It is possible for God to compensate us for any
sacrifice we may be called on to make for Him.
It is possible for God to fulfill every promise He
has ever made.
It is possible for God to perform great miracle.
I agree that we have difficulty with some of
these things, but let's test our faith over the
coming days and test the many promises of God
as we would seek to work and to witness for the
Master.
GOT ANY RIVERS YOU THINK UNCROSSABLE?
GOT ANY MOUNTAINS YOU CAN'T TUNNEL
THROUGH?
GOD SPECIALIZES IN THINGS THOUGHT
IMPOSSIBLE,
HE DOES THE THINGS WHICH NO OTHERS
CAN DO!
every promise and prediction so far unfulfilled
will be fulfilled literally, in God's own time. Some
of these relate to the coming again of Christ, to
the rapture of the Church, to the Judgement Seat
of Christ. All these things may seem impossible of
fulfillment, but with God all things are possible.
It seemed an impossible thing to the Virgin
Mary that she should be the mother of Jesus and
when told she expressed her astonishment, “how
will this be since I am a virgin?” Note then the
end of the Angel's message (Luke 1:37) “for
nothing is impossible with God.” Think of the
Vision, Prophecy, Revelation given by the Angels
to Brother Samuel in Patmos in 1998, some of
which has already taken place. Numbers 23:19
“Does He speak and then not act? Does He
promise and not fulfill?” Nothing is too hard for
the Lord. “Heaven and Earth will pass away, but
My Words will never pass away.” The things
which are impossible with men, are possible with
God.
7. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GOD TO PERFORM A
GREAT MIRACLE.
In verse 35 to 43 we have an account of the
healing of blind Bartimaeus. he could see
nothing, but at the word of the Lord he
immediately received his sight. Such a thing is
impossible with man, but not with God.
How impossible it seemed to Abraham and
Sarah that they should have a son. He was 100
years old and she 90 years. Their faith was strong
and they were fully persuaded that, what He had
promised he was able to perform. The
impossible became possible and actual. So then
they proved that nothing was too hard for the
Lord. Are there some situations which are really
too difficult for the Lord to sort out? Are there
problems which He can't solve? Are there any
sinners He is unable to save? Is there a
backslider anywhere whom He can't restore? Is
there a Church which He can't revive? Perhaps
you are facing some trying situation, some
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y parents had four sons and two
daughters. Four of the sons were born in
Lebanon.We were brought up in
Jerusalem.Then the Lord gave us two lovely
sisters.We lived in Jerusalem for many years.
Because of circumstances,we moved to Amman,
Jordan and then to Beirut,Lebanon.
My eldest brother was George.He was two
years older than me.He worked very hard in
Lebanon,then Syria,and then back in Lebanon.
My brother had the name of our paternal
grandfather,who was a surgeon in the Old
Country.With the terrible war and the massacre of
the Armenians,thousands were killed for their
faith in Christ,including my grandparents.
My grandfather's name was Guiragos,(Cyrus in
the Bible).So my eldest brother was called
Guiragos.Later he was known as George.
He was very healthy all his life.He never used
any medications;not even Aspirin! He took good
care of himself.He knew what he ate and what he
drank.
He gave his life to the Lord in Jerusalem.He was
married to a lovely Christian girl from Aleppo,
Syria.Her name is Mary.
The Lord gave them five wonderful children,
one son,and four lovely daughters.
George and Mary were baptized in the Peniel
Church,in our Mission Headquarters.What a great
day that was.
George was a very active person.He was a hard
worker.He was a great helper to people who were
in need of help.He served Bible Land Mission
wholeheartedly for many years.
He was a very generous man.He was a loving
husband and father.And later a wonderful
grandfather to his nine beautiful grandchildren.
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brother Geor
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As was he,so is his whole family very active in
the church.
Suddenly,as we had never expected it,he
became very ill.Nothing could save him.Not even
surgery.
In a short time my beloved brother went to be
with the Lord.
My dear father had gone to heaven 14 years
before,and now my brother had joined him.
His death was not easy for my mother and for
Mary,his wife. Also it was so difficult for the
children,grandchildren,and the rest of the
relatives.
The Bible says,“Blessed is the death of the
saints.”
“Absent from the body is to be present with the
Lord.”
“For me to live is Christ,but to die is gain.”
Jesus said,“He that believeth in me shall never
die.”Praise the Lord,one day we shall see George.
I miss my older brother.I always loved him.
Soon we shall be together forever.
May the Holy Spirit continue comforting his
dear wife,Mary,and all the dear loved ones.
Samuel Doctorian
The younger brother
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News From
The Vineyard Of The Lord
By Rev. Samuel Doctorian
he Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior, said to
me years ago in the city of Jerusalem,
“I will take you to the nations of the
world and use you for the extension of
my Kingdom.”
I answered, “Lord, I don't understand. My mind
is too small. This is a tremendous commission
you're giving me, but I believe you.”
Until today, by the grace of God, from Jerusalem
He has taken me to hundred twenty-six countries
of the world. I have traveled literally millions of
miles for the Master.
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The lord had said to me also, “Go to the whole
world and preach the gospel to all nations
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
The same Lord said to me, “Lo, I am with you
always even to the end of the world.”
The same precious Savior said, “All power is
given unto me in Heaven and in Earth.”
And He encouraged me
with a promise,
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“Whatever you ask from the Father in my name I
will give it to you.”
The Lord has kept His promise. He has preserved
me from many dangers. He has helped me in all
the flights. He's taken me to many countries of the
world, giving me health and strength. I've enjoyed
the food in every country. He has kept me healthy,
kept me from sickness, and He has given me daily
strength. Praise His name.
Dear Bible Land Mission family, those who are
reading these lines in our Evangelist magazine, I
want to thank you for all your prayers and your
financial support. Because of you, I can do what
the Lord has called me to do. May the Lord richly
reward you.
In the last few months I have had wonderful
meetings in the following countries.
Between two hundred fifty and four hundred come
together and worship the Lord.
We also have a small group of brethren who
faithfully meet together every Sunday morning in
the little chapel next door; we call the “Upper
Room”.
Beirut, Lebanon
In the big sanctuary God has blessed a ministry
of a dear young dynamic brother who only a few
years ago came asking if he could use Salem
Church for evangelism. He only had about a dozen
people at that time but I could see the fire in his
eyes! I could see the Holy Spirit burning in him. I
could witness he had tremendous faith. I accepted
with joy his use of Salem Church and I promised
to pray for God's blessing on them.
Praise the Lord today, he has a congregation of
four hundred Lebanese Arab Christians. Young
people who are on fire for God. They are full of the
Holy Spirit. Also worshiping with them is a great
number of Armenian Christians.
Today, I only praise God for the number that has
grown in such a short period of time and daily is
increasing.
I arrived in Beirut with the invitation of these
churches. From the first Sunday morning, and
every night for the whole week we had tremendous
meetings. Salem Church was crowded to a
thousand people. Thank the Lord we were able to
In our Beirut Salem Evangelistic
Center, several wonderful churches
come together to worship the Lord. There's a
wonderful black church, comprised of workers who
are in Lebanon from Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina
Faso. They meet together in our Salem Church
several times during the week and especially the
Sunday morning service is a tremendous one.
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have the elevator working and being put to use. It
was a great blessing. We have our own electric
generator now to produce electricity in case the
power from the government would go out. In few
seconds our own generator would kick in.
countries... Now, it is coming to pass. Hallelujah!
Every night many came to the Lord and gave
their lives to the Lord. Many were restored and
reconciled. Many were filled with the Holy Spirit.
We prayed for the sick and anointed with oil. The
Lord stretched His hand and healed them. We give
the Lord all the glory.
Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
A wonderful Christian family that I
had led to the Lord many years ago invited me for
two days to that Muslim city of Dubai. I had the
most wonderful encouraging two days witnessing
Christ, and passing out small crosses with the
message that I give everywhere, “As you look at
this cross remember God loves you. He died for
We were able to install fourteen air conditioning
units in the main hall. So in the midst of the
Middle Eastern hot summer our Salem church was
cool and comfortable! Praise the Lord. Many
people were happier to come to church than stay
at home!
From the first day, the church was crowded. To
my amazement there were three huge professional
television cameras with a crew of ten young men
recording the services. The dear brother who was
sponsoring the programs was a brother who had
been gloriously saved twelve years. His name is
George Khoury. He gave us the good news that he
had been able to buy a station off a satellite,
calling it the 'Spirit Channel'. It would begin
broadcasting Christian programs to the Middle
East starting September of this year. He wanted all
the messages of that week to be televised to
millions in the Arab world. What a prophecy
fulfilled. In 1960 God gave me the prophecy that
the day will come where I would be preaching to
millions on television in the Middle East
you. If you believe in Him you will not go to hell.
You will go to Heaven.” It was the first time I was
in Dubai and I plan, as the Lord leads, I will
return back to that city.
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Singapore, Asia
being with us, made all the difference.” To God be
the Glory.
The night that I preached to twenty thousand there
was a tremendous move of the Holy Spirit of God.
Many were touched. Many were prayed for. And the
From Dubai I was able to go to
Singapore. Singapore has been the
main heart for my ministry in the countries of
Asia. From Singapore I've been able to go to many
countries all around that region of the world. We
have a wonderful committee there, the “Bible Land
Mission Singapore”. They are on fire for the Lord,
dedicated to serve the Master and help Bible Land
Mission. We had a great gathering on Saturday in
the WMCA. The place was crowded and we were able
to share with pictures of what the Lord is doing
through Bible Land Mission. I was able to share,
minister, and preach the Word of the Lord. God was
glorified in that meeting.
I'm always busy in Singapore. Sometimes
conducting two meetings a day, even three! I was
very busy preaching the Gospel in many different
churches and denominations and fellowships.
Holy Spirit glorified the name of Jesus.
I've been invited from now for the great meetings
on Easter day 2004, in that same church. Lord
willing, April 11, is that day, which happens to be my
seventy fourth birthday. I'm looking forward to
minister in that great church again.
Surabaya, Indonesia
Bethany Church invited me to
Surabaya. They have the largest
church building in Asia. Pastor Alec with the
church's committee had invited me.
The leaders of the Bethany Church Fellowship
Indonesia came together — great leaders like pastor
Alec, pastor Timothy Areveen, and pastor Nicko from
Jakarta. There were twenty thousand people in the
seminar.
We had four very busy seminar sessions. We started
from the early morning seven thirty prayer, to the
eight o'clock seminar and continued until the
afternoon. Then we came together again for a great
gathering at night. The Lord blessed all the sessions
and I was so happy I was privileged to be a part of
that seminar. The brethren at the end of the seminar
wrote me a very wonderful letter thanking me for my
presence. They said in the letter, “Your presence, just
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to be anointed with oil. Many lives were broken
before God when the Holy Spirit came upon them
with great power. We thank God for every victory in
the “Dream Church” at Gold Coast.
I flew to Perth, Australia to be the guest of my
dear brother and sister Gunawan, a husband and
wife team who are on fire for God. They are a
dedicated couple, serving the Lord. Although
brother Gunawan is a very successful businessman
yet the Lord's work comes first in his life. They are
true witnesses for the Lord in Perth. He is now the
pastor of Bethany Church in Perth. I ministered in
their church.
I also preached in another church where pastor
Australia
My dear brother Peter Chan is a
wonderful dynamic brother. He is a
great organizer and administrator. He also pastors
a wonderful church in Sydney. He organized
meetings for me in Arabic churches, Australian
churches, Chinese churches, and a great wonderful
banquet in Chinatown Sydney, with the Full Gospel
Businessmen Fellowship.
There was great anointing in every service in
Sydney. I was so happy that my son-in-law, pastor
Terry Workman, my darling daughter Jasmine,
and my two grandchildren joined me in Australia
this time. Their presence, the singing of Jasmine,
and the sharing of pastor Terry were a great
blessing in all the meetings.
The large church in Gold Coast is now called the
“Dream Church”. Pastor Gil Christ and wonderful
brothers and sisters are working together there.
Also there is brother Steve Asmar, who I call 'my
son', and his dear wife Michelle. They gave us a
great welcome in that church. I was able to
minister several times. Sunday, the day of the Lord,
we had three great meetings. Pastor Terry shared
in one of the meetings and I also preached the
Word. Many came forward for prayer. Many came
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Daniel is pastoring four hundred very lively young
people. It was a great time in Perth, Australia. To
God be the glory.
After Perth, Australia, I flew via Singapore to
come home to California to have a very blessed
reunion with my precious mother, who is now
ninety-three. My two brothers and my two sisters,
all my family and other relatives were gathered
together for a few days of quality time. We had a
great time together giving God the glory for the
way the Lord is blessing our family.
Armenia, a totally
day there was no place for people to even stand.
The Holy Spirit moved mightily and every night
souls cried to the Lord for Salvation. Every night
we prayed for the sick. And one night the mighty
Holy Spirit came down and filled many of them. I
believe revival has started in that part of the
country.
I want to thank the Lord and all His children
from all over the world, the wonderful Bible Land
Mission family who did help us financially. You
sent us monetary help so we could go to Armenia
and minister the Word of God boldly and with
freedom.
Armenia presently is a poor country. In order to
visit there and evangelize, we had to pay our own
tickets, our own hotel expenses and many other
expenses in the country including renting buses
that brought the people to the meeting places. We
were able to help many of the pastors and the
preachers financially. God gave us our daily bread
and helped us to minister with total freedom with
no financial burden because many of God's
children helped us so we could come and minister
in this needy country of Armenia.
While I am dictating this report, I'm in Yerevan,
the capital city. In Artashat, a neighboring town,
few days ago we had overcrowded meetings in the
church building that the Lord helped us buy and
give it to the church body there. The church
building seats three hundred fifty. It's a beautiful
building with nice gardens all around it. All the
seats were full, air conditioning units were working
full blast, a loud speaking system was operational,
and I was able to preach the gospel everyday. To
God be the glory many new souls were added to
the Kingdom.
One night I shared the message on the blood of
Jesus. The Holy Spirit touched many lives. To my
amazement many stood to be saved. They cried out
independent country now.
After five hundred years under the
Turks, and seventy-two years under the Russian
communist government, the country of Armenia is
now independent. We have great freedom to preach
the Gospel.
I arrived in Armenia with my dear son, Paul,
who is now as an ordained minister also pastoring
the Pasadena Armenian Church of the Nazarene,
in California. Paul and I were very excited to be
back in Armenia. Our first station was to go to the
military zone in Mountainous Karabagh. They
have had severe battles with Azerbaijan for three
years. They were able to recapture that great piece
of land with villages and cities that belonged to
Armenia. Armenian loss of life was six thousand
five hundred in a span of three years. Our first stop
was to go to the capital city of that region,
Stepanakert. The precious brother who arranged
and led those meetings for us had been a general
commander in that area. Five years ago God
visited him gloriously and he started a fellowship
of Christians in that city.
It was marvelous to preach in the hall that was
packed. The next day it was overcrowded. The third
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the prayer, repeating words after me, “Lord, I'm a
sinner. Lord, I believe in you. Lord, thank you for
dying in my place. Thank you for shedding your
blood for my salvation. Save me Lord.” I believe
the Lord did it. For the Word of the Lord says, “As
many as call the name of the Lord, shall be
saved.”
Now I am busy preaching in another church, in
a town called Norapatz, where the Lord helped us
also send financial help. They were able to buy a
wonderful piece of land. They renovated the
building and the Lord really blessed in this new
church in a wonderful way. Lord willing, on
Saturday and Sunday of this week I will preach in
a big hall in Yerevan on the third floor of a
building. I know the Lord will bless abundantly.
As I leave Armenia on September 15, I will be on
my way to South Africa preaching in different
churches near Johannesburg, South African
churches and also one big meeting on Sunday
with the Chinese churches together in
Johannesburg.
From South Africa, I will visit Singapore for one
week. I will be preaching every day, and twice on
Sundays. On Saturday 27th of September we shall
be having a great get together with the Bible Land
Mission committee in Singapore. I know the place
will be full and the Lord will give us a great
meeting.
From Singapore I shall be flying to Delhi and
then on to Bihar. Bihar is located in the North of
India near Tibet, with Nepal right on the border.
Twelve thousand are coming together for a great
convention. The people mostly are Hindus and I
shall be preaching Christ in that great convention.
From Bihar, India, I will be on my way to
Holland. There I'll be preaching for three weeks
every day. The first Sunday, I start with the
Maranatha Church, the largest Pentecostal church
in Amsterdam. Two meetings on Sunday morning
and then daily services all over Holland. I need
your prayers.
I rejoice to give such report of what the Lord has
done, what He is doing, and what He is going to
do.
Remember dear reader, I am now seventy-three
years old but by the grace of God still going on
preaching the glorious gospel.
I have no words to thank you for your faithful
financial support. Every time you receive a
newsletter or you receive our Evangelist magazine,
PRAY FOR US. By using the enclosed envelopes,
your gifts that come to our offices in California are
greatly appreciated. The amount does not matter.
What matters is for us to know that you are behind
us in prayer and full support. With the thank you
receipts, monthly reports are sent to our regular
contributors. God bless you.
Yours for the extension of God's Kingdom
everywhere,
The world is my church,
Samuel Doctorian
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How to Receive
Christ as
Your Savior
1
RECOGNIZE YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE
A SINNER.
The Word of the Lord says in Romans
3:23, “For all have sinned, and have come short of
the glory of God.” David in Psalms says, “I was born
in sin.” Peter said of himself, “I am a great sinner.”
Paul the Apostle said, “I am the chief of sinners.”
This includes you and me. We also read in Romans
3:10, “There is none righteous, no, not one.”
Because you are a sinner you are under God's
judgment. For we read in Romans 6:23, “For the
wages of sin is death.” Also this verse in the Bible
that says, “The soul that sinneth shall die.”
Testament. Not one of them can save a sinner. The
only Savior is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is able to save
to the uttermost, to all those who come to Him.
3
RECEIVE THIS FREE ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
“For God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not parish, but
have everlasting life.” John 3:16
In Ephesians 2:8 we read, “For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God.”
4
2
REPENT AND CONFESS.
Repentance and confession — they go
together. Whenever you repent of your
sins, you realize that you're a great sinner. The Word
of the Lord says in Luke 13:3, “Except you repent, ye
shall all likewise parish.” And in Acts 3:19, on that
great mighty outpouring of the Holy Ghost, Peter
said, “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out.” We also read about
confessing our sins. We have to confess them to the
Lord Jesus Christ with our lips, with our mind, with
our heart. In 1 John 1:9 we read, “If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” We also
read in Romans 10:9, “If thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.”
REALIZE THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
SALVATION THROUGH THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST.
In Romans 6:23 we do read, “For the
wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.” In Luke 19:10 we
read, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost.” The angel said about the
Lord Jesus, “His Name shall be called Jesus, for He
will save His people from their sins.” Peter the
Apostle said, “For as many as called on the Name of
the Lord shall be saved.” Also He said in the great
sermon on the day of Pentecost, “For there is no
other Name mentioned under heaven through
whom we must be saved.”
No other person on earth or in heaven can save
you. As great as Moses was or Abraham or the great
prophets of God and the mighty Apostles in the new
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5
FORSAKE YOUR OLD WAYS.
After repentance and confession, we have
to forsake our old ways. The Lord is the
one who is going to help you to change
your life, transform you, and make you a new
creation. Isaiah 55:7 says, “Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy
upon Him; and our God, for he will abundantly
pardon.”
Believing is trusting, trusting is resting in the
words of the Lord. Resting is receiving what the Lord
Jesus is giving you. And when you receive what
Christ is given you, listen to these wonderful verse in
John 1:11-12, “He came unto His own, and His own
received Him not. But as many as received Him, to
them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name.” We also read that
we are purchased possession of the Lord. I
Corinthians 6:19-20, “And ye are not your own? For
you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
Now we have to rejoice that Christ has made us
new creations. The Word of the Lord says in 2
Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.” Now you
have a tremendous new purpose in your life to
glorify God in all that you do.
When you have become a new
creation, you are a member of a
glorious, eternal, divine body of
Christ Jesus. This is a heavenly body
on earth. What fellowship we have
now with the Father, the Son, the
Holy Spirit and the members of the body
of the Lord. Now we have to have
fellowship with God's children. The
Word of the Lord says 1 Peter 2:2,
“As newborn babes desire the
sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby.” Also we read in 2 Timothy 2:15,
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.”
The Holy Spirit that has inspired the word, the
Bible to be written. The Holy Spirit that has
persuaded you and worked upon your heart and now
changed your life is going to be your teacher every
day, is going to guide you, provide for you, open your
spiritual eyes to see great truth in the word and give
you tremendous fellowship with God's children.
In Hebrews 10:25 we read, “Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another; and so much
the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
The greatest miracle of all miracles that can
happen to you in your whole lifetime is to find the
greatest Savior, the Lord Jesus. To experience the
greatest salvation is the Salvation of your soul and to
have fellowship with the greatest body of believers is
the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you as
you make your decision for the Lord Jesus today.
Vision, Prophecy, Revelation
Patmos, Greece
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May 5, 1998
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