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THE PENTECOSTAL
NOVEMBER 1967
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The Modern Versions
another modern English \"ersiOI1 of the
Scriptures. This hrings the list to a total of 24, without couming either
the King James or any of the Roman Catholic or Jewish ycrsions.
\Ve are heginning to wonder how long the procession will last. The
modern ,'crsians lIlar be inciucing a wider reading of the Scriptures.
and possihly a better understanding of thern also. but they arc confusing
sOme good people.
T ake, for example, the 19 or so places in the ),'cw Testament where
speak in g in tongucs is mentioned. Cood ."TC"~'S jor .I/OdCTII Man (Today's h"lIf1fisli FCTSiOlJ ) renders this "languages" or "tongues" in some
places but in 10 instances it renders this "strange sounds." T he o riginal
text docs 1I0 t warrant any such distinction. In e\'cry one of the 19 places
the Greek is r;fossa, meaning a language. a tongue. In 1Ione of these
pl:!.res docs the Greek n~e the words phollc or cellos, which mean
"sound·' or "noise ," yet Today's £lIghslr f/crsiol! confuses people by
rendering "speaking in tongues" in numerous places as "speaki ng with
strange sou nd s" and it has led some to assume "tongues" is not a
language.
Incidentally, Today's English f/ersiOlJ does transl:!.te the gift of ]11terpretatioll of tungues as "the abili ty to explain what these sounds
mean" ( 1 Corinthi ans 12:10). indica ting th:lt the sound s are not meaningJ ess; but there is no hasis in the Greek text fo r nsing the expression
"strange sounds" in stead o f "t ongues·' in Acts (chapters 10 and 19) ,
or in I Corinthians (chapler s 12 and 14 ) . rt is signifi cant that the
Spanish tramlation of Today·s EIlr;/ish Vcrsioll is not capricious in this
I·eganl hut consistently uses "l:!.nguages" or "tongues" in faithfulness to
the Greek text.
\Ve ("it e this example to warn against haste in accepiing all the idea s
which arc cO!l\'eyed in the variou s modern English \'crsions. It seems
Ihat, in seeking to corn'("1 the King James \ 'ersion and to express the
\Vonl in prescnt-day language. the new versions make at least one
mi stake for everyone thcy corrcc\.
The average church mcmher has difficulty distinguishing between
those which are merely paraphrases (such as Livill[J Lelfers and U1·iJl(!
G ospe l.~ ) and thost' which are serious attempts to replace the King
fame s (such as the He'vised Stol1(/arri Versio ll and the Nc'i.l.I English
Ribll'). One version may be as llndependahle as another.
\Vhen the H. S. \·. made its appearance 15 years ago. a great cOntro,·ersy arose throughout the evangel ical world. A statement was published
in Till' P enterostal Evmlqcl to the effect that the Assembl ies of God
could not endorse this new translation and that the King James Version
wO\lld cominu(' to be. used as the hasic text in all of our publications.
This policy continlle~ 10 he iollowed. Modern versions may be purchased at our hookstores for devotional reading or pri\·ate stitely, and
sometimes we may quote hriefly from one or another in our publications
to clarify a passage, hut our basic text is the King James and we encourage its lISe for all puhlic preaching and teaching.
Lnti! we can find something better than any of the modem versions
that arc now on the market. we should trea sure the King James \'er sion .
For clarity, richness. and beauty of its English it is unsmpassed by any
book in the world. Read it. Memorize it. Let its glory and grandeur
fill your heart and you win be a happie r. holier Christian.
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WE BELIEVE Ihe Ilih le 10 he the inspired
and only infallible and a\llltorit"'t;,.e \\"orJ 01 Cod.
"·E llEl.lEVE thaI the!"e i. OrlC God, ~terllally
c,i.1<1I1 ill ,hree renons: God the Fathcr, God
the $on, and God the 1101)" Ghosl. \\"8 BELIEVE
i" the deity of our Lonl )(.us Chri\!, in Hi.
,irg," birlh. in His ,iule .. life, in I[i. miracles,
in !lis ,.ieu;ous alld atoning death. in lTis bodily
resurreclion. ill Iii. ascell.iotl 10 the right h and
(>f tbe Falher, alltl in Ili s persollal fUlure re'
IUrn to Ihi. earth 'n power am[ ~Iory to rule a
thou.",," yc~u. \VE BELIEVE ,n the Blessed
Hope , "hich is Ihe H"pt" re of Ihe Church at
Chri.t's corn ing. WF,; BELIEVE that the only
<lle.LIlS of be;lIg clean.ed from sin i. Ihrongh
repe ntance altd faith in the preeiou. blood of
Chri$l. WE 1l~; LI EVE that regelleration by the
Ilo[y Spirit i$ ahso[utel)" cuent;.,l for persona l
O3ha l;On. WE JJELIE\'F,; tl1011 the redempt,ve
work 01 ChriSI on the (TO.. pro.ides healing
of the human hody ill alls"cr to bdieving prayer.
WE IIFLIEVE Ih~t the haptism 01 the Holy
Spirit, J<."<:orrlinlt 10 Acts 2:4, ;s given to be.
liners. who ask for it . W E BELIEVE in the
saltctilying power 01 the Holy Spirit by whost
indwelling the ("hrist ian is en~ble(1 to live a holy
[ife. WE REUEVE in the r~s"rre~lio!\ of bot h the
" av~d. and the 1051, Ihe One 10 e ,·erlasl ing life
and the other to e"erlasting damnation.
THE
PENTECOSTAL
EVANGEL
" Whe n I th ollght t o kno w th is, it wa s t oo pa infu l fo r me;
until I we nt into t he sa flc tuary of God :
th en und ers t ood I th eir e nd" (Pl olm 7 3 :1 6, 17 ).
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buoy our spirits when we
worship in the house of God. As they sing the
1)ongs of Zion and play their sweet Illusic, they lift us
IIno heavenly places of blessing and e<:sta5Y. But sometlllles they themselves need somc encouraging. This is
Illdic..1.ted by Psalm 7J, a psalm of Asaph.
\\'ho was Asaph? lIc was a Leyite, one of King
Uavid's chief mllSicians. We read in 1 Chronicles 16:S
how the king appointed Asaph and other singers to
minister before the ark of the Lord at that great jubilee
when the ark of God was hrought baek frOIll Israel's
enemies. Asaph made a sound with cymbals (\" . 5). He
and his brethren ministered before the ark continually,
day after day, singing and playing their harps, psalteries,
and cymbals.
Asaph was the chief musician; his name means
'"gatherer,·' and evidently he conducted that great choir
and orchestra that led the people in their jubilant service
of thanksgi\·illg. But even choir directors and orchestra
leaders may have their ··valley experiences" when their
spirits sink and thcir faith grows weak.
According to Psalm 73, Asaph was going through such
a hard trial that he almost hackslid. He said, "My feet
were almost gone; Illy steps had well-nigh slipped" (v.
2). His test camc when he saw the wicked prospering
in their e\'il ways, while he-though he was doing God's
will- was terribly afflicted.
Why should the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper in the world? That is a (IUestion that has made
countless thousands of God's people mourn. It is not
always easy to bc1ic\'c that "all things work together
for good to thclll that love God, to them who arc the
called according to his purpose" (Romans 8 :28) .
Asaph was tempted to think God was giving him
a raw deal; the more he thought about it, the more painful
it became. Ilow COIllTllon it is to think aboat our trials.
\Ve all do iI, though it only makes mattcrs worse. "\\'hen
I thought to know this, it was too painful," he said, until
he went into the sanctua ry.
Outside of the s..,nctuary he could sec only the wicked
prospering in their e\·jl ways, but inside he saw their end.
Their very prosperity was destroying thet~l (". IS).
··\\,hal shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his 0\\"11 soul?"' (:\Iark 8:36).
Thank God for the sanctuarv! \\'hat a difference it
made to the P"almist. and what' a difference it makes to
us. Outside of the sanctuary--defeaL Inside-victory.
OUlside- Asaph was so foolish and igno rant he was as a
heast heforc God (v. 22). Inside-he was made wise
concerning the ways of the Lord. ] lere we learn how
wcak and ignorant the strongest Christians become when
they fail to li,'c in God's presence.
Another S:lllctU:H"Y hlessing is beauty. ;'Strength and
heauty arc ill his sanctuarv " (Psalm 96 :6). The sanctuarv
is God's beauty parlor. Surely this is the place \\"hcr~
the Bride is making herself ready for the coming Bridegroom.
:\Ioses spent 40 days and 40 nights alone with God.
\\'hen he callle down frOIll the mount. his face shone
l);(;ERS AXil )lCSICIA .... S
NOVEMBER
5.
1967
SANCTUARY
BLESSINGS
By AL EXANDER LINDSAY
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La ke land, Florida
Wilh such heavcnly radiance that people could not look
upon him until he covered his face with a veil. It is
recorded that ., :\Ioscs wist not that the skin of his face
shonc" (Exodus 34 :29.30). Oh, for the humility to
shine for the Lord and not know it !
The world has many beauty parlors. In our country
alone. people 5pend more thall two billion dollars :L1lIlually for heaut)' treatments. Surely those who seek outward beauty-mere nalllral loveliness-hav.e missed the
mark. "The King's daughter is all glorious within"
(Psalm 45:13 ) . The he~I.lIlY that the King greatly desires
is the beauty of holiness. Only Christ cnthrOlled in the
heart can cause the face to shine and make the life
radiant with the beauty of Jesus (I Peter 3 :3, 4).
In the Old Testalllent the s..'llctuary was the holy place
wherc the Di\·ine Presence dwelt ill the tabernacle. Today
God does Ilot dwell in temples made with hands. hut in
the bodies of all believers. OllT bodies arc the temples of
the 110ly Ghost (I Corinthians 3: 16).
Let us make Christ the King of onr lives and walk
with God. Enoch walkecl wi th God; and one day he
disappeared, for God took hinl Home (Genesis 5:24).
This can be the Ulessed Hope of every believer.
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Sermon Preached by ROBERT
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TENDESCIES
TAIT1NGER , Edmonton, Alberto , Canada , at the Eighth Pentecostal
T HR EE
in the
Pentecostal church. J t has happened to evcry
church hefore it. J f we are to survive the vicious
ordeal, it will be because each generation realizes that
,·jetory and continuance must come by each individual
ha\'ing a personal encollnter with God and receiving
a personal Pentecost. hcing filled with the power of
the J laly Spirit.
According to stat istical surveys, a generation is 25
years. The Pentecostal church has thus produced it s
third gene ration. Our teen-agers represent a most
decisive generation of this Pentecostal revival.
Let me illustrate by using three interest ing generations of lliblical history. The lives of Abraham, I saac,
and J acob can be fittingly compared to the brief history
of the P entecostal church.
ABRAHAM-TH E FIRST GENERATION
Abraham prayed for everything he received. His
walk with God was a lifetime of commun ion with his
r.laker. He was the predom inant man of prayer in the
Old Testament.
Abraham built seven altars during his lifetime, An
altar always speaks of sac rifice and selflessness. At an
alta r personality differences and COnflicts are forgotten as men seek God. At an altar the l3lood of
cleansing is applied, and men are clean and free and
new.
Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him
for righteollsness. So monumental was the character
of this man that Paul painted his portrait in Galatians
and declared that by faith we too are the sons of
Abraham.
llecause Abraham was first and foremost a man of
prayer, he became a great man of God.
O\'er six decades ago God visited the earth with
Pentecostal revival. In an old mansion used as a Bible
school in Topeka, Ka nsas, a class studying the Book of
Acts concluded that the Early Church received its
dynamic power "through the baptism in the Holy Ghost
when they were visited by the phenomenon of speaking
with other tongues. 1n a sovereign and salutary manner
God began to lX>ur out of His Spirit on hungry , seeking hearts-wi th revival bursting forth in every corner
of the earth.
Whether in Sweden or England, the USA or Brazil.
the O rient, or the island s of the sea, the most predom inant feat ure of these early meetings was the
emphasis a ll prayer. The fathers of the Pentecostal
fcJl owship were men who knew how to pray. They
had to know how to pray. They prayed for most
eve rything they had. They prayed for rent money, for
fuel for the fire, for the food they ate. They had to
pray for clothing to wear and for courage to survive
the criticism and contempt leveled at them because
of their new-found experience. And they prayed men
through to the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
If there is anything that has made the fellowship
of Pentecostal believers what it is today, it is prayer.
I t was born at an altar of prayer where the Holy
Ghost came upon men and filled them with a burning
desire to serve Christ. At those altars men were endued
with power from on high, The 'oVord of God was like
a fire burning in their bones. as they preached and
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the Lord worked with them, confirming His Word
with signs and wonders.
The first generation of Pentecostal believers set
before us an enviable example of Spirit-filled, victorious living. They gave birth to an organization that has
circled the globe and now claims over 10 million members.
As Abraham prayed for everything he received, so
that first generation of praying Pentecostal leaders
brought forth a church that has become perhaps the
greatest force in the religious world today.
ISAAC-THE SECOND GENERATION
Isaac inherited what he received. ]n Genesis 25:5
we read: "And Abraham gave al! that he had unto
Isaac."
One who inherits a thing cannot appreciate it like
the one who has ea rned it . T he boy who inherits the
home his father built with his own hands can never
know its .real worth. H e knows nothing of the late
hours of toil and of doing without that made the house
a reality. No stress or strain. no amount of sacrifice
is required to inherit something.
Isaac was fortunate to be the son of a great man
of God . He knew the th ings his father stood for.
But being born the son of Abraham had not made
him a spiritual character. ] saac had inherited a spiritual atmosphere and Illany privileges, yet in his !ife
THE PENTF.COSTAL EVANGEL
World Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brozil
GENERATIONS
tbere lingered no memory of a personal encounler with
God.
Later Isaac tr;\\-ersed the "cry places wbere bis
father Abraham had dug wells of water many years
pre\"iOllsly. He found the wells were stopped up, so
he dug the wells of Abraham again. He removed the
debris that had quenched the flow of life-gi\' ing water.
H e drank from the wells of his own digging, T here
he had his own experience.
i\lany of us werc born as second-generation Pent ecostals, knowing littlc or nothing of the real worth of
the spiritll:l.l blessing we had inheri ted. \\'e never had
a drunkard and a brawle r for a father, and we knew
lIOt what it means to ha\'c a socialite for a mother .
As children we were taken regularly to church wherc
gospel chortlses and personal testimonies were an integral pa rt of the service. \\'e wcrc never shocked when
we heard someone speak in tongues; our parents had
done it fo r years. The)' att ributed their constanc), and
iervenc), to the fire of the Spirit that they recei\'ed
as they fasted and prayed and met God at an oldfashioned alta r of prayer.
Then came the day when some of us discovered that
although we had inherited much , we could not claim to
be Pentecostal for we had ne\'er been to the Cross or
to the Cpper Room. j was one of them. r learned a
solemn truth. You can teach a child the Bible. You
can encourage him to memorize the Scriptures. You
ca n take him to SlInday school. YOll ca n give him
the rich heritage of a Christian home, But you cannot
transmit or transfe r a religiolls experience. The child
has to dig his O WI1 spirit ual well. He has to make
his own personal contact with God. Only then will
he burn with sllch an intense glow that men will
recognize he has been with Jeslls.
JACOB-
THE THIRD GENERATION
Abraham prayed for everything he received, I saac
inherited most of what he received, Jacob schemed for
much that he received.
The third is often a perilous generation. Church
history reveals il is usually a generation of nonconformists a nd rehels, Jacob was no exception. His
life was marked hy deceit. \Vith goats' skin s on his
a rms and neck be stepped into the presence of his aged
father and deceitfully <tccepted the hlessillg that was
not rightfully his.
He fled frOIll the wrath of his f<tthe r and bis brother
Esau. Al Bethel he drove a ha rd bargain with God.
H e said , ';If You will bless me, Twill p<ty YOll a
tithe of all I possess." He was a scheme r.
In Syr ia Jacob schemed for his cattle and there he
became rich. J Ie took two wives, reared a family , and
hecame a prosperous man.
Then one day God told him to go home. Now the
picture became different. He thought about Esau. He
recognized that hi s easy way to fame and fortune was
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1967
catching up wl\h him. So, realizmg the shallowness of
his life, he begml to see how deslltute he was of the
noble characteristics and spiritual experiences that had
motivated his forefathers. Sending his wives and belongings ahead, he remained alone to seek thc God
he had met at Bethel so many years before.
During the long hours of the night he battled III
prayer and tears, and was visited by a heavenly messenger who wrestled with him. The v]~itor struggled
to escape, In desperation Jacob cried, "I will nOt let
Ihee go, except thou bless me." In that victorious moment he recei,'ed a new name, Israel, "prince with
God." The third-generation schemer had a personal
encounter with the only One who could make him like
his father and his grandfather. It had to come.
I am afraid that too often the third Pentecostal
generation is far removed from the praying men of
faith and power that shepherded the formation of the
church as we know it today.
Church history informs us there arc certain hazards
to the survival of a spiritual organism. The fir:. t
generation of any religious mO\'ClllelH is generally one
of inspiration and re\'h·al. The second includes periods
of building and numerical ad\'ances. But with the third
generation there is the inevitable drift to social acceptance, m:uerialism, and dependence \Ipon human
means, Th is generation knows little of the calloused
hands, the ridicule, Ihe blinding tears of tra,'ail, the
price it COSt to bring the church into being.
Like Jacob, our third generation must meet God for
themselves. There is 110 shoncll! to Pentecostal blessing. I t has to COmc in the same way it came to
Abraham and Isaac, to your father and mine. ] n the
final analysis, it's not what you know, it's ~('''om
you know- God . 1I's nOt what you possess but what
you really are that counts. All the modern inventions,
all the religious entertainment. all the beautiful facil ities money call provide can nevcr take the place
of the Pentecostal lx>wer that fo stered the church.
It isn't enough for a teen-ager to hear his fathe r
pray. He must learn to pray fo r himself. It isn't
enough to hea r his mother speak in tongues. He must
have a personal Pentecost. It isn't enough to go to
church. This third generation of Pentecostals must be
the Church. \\'hen like Jacob he cries, " I will not let
Thee go, cxcept Thou bless me," then God will come
and rcvolutionize his liie as He did the lives of our
pIOneers.
I n the third generation we see some alarming tendencies. The spirit of this distinctive group is to
depart from the traditional paths. But let me say
that we also have great cause to be encouraged. \Ve
have seen PerJlecostal teen-agers and young adults rise
with a determination to sen 'e God with a burning
passion, to know l1im and make I-lim known. They
have prosrr,1ted them selves at the altars of our camp
meetings and wept tears of comm itment in the prayer
rooms of our churches, They have taken a hold on
Pent ecostal trllt h. Like Jacob they have cried for a
revelation of that truth in their own hearts.
The future is as bright as the promi ses of God. \Ve
rejoice in the prospect of a victorious Church that will
moye Oil like a mighty army until the Lord J esus
return s. It is "not by might, nor by power, but by my
Spi rit. saith the Lord."
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NEWS AND NOTES ON OUR TIMES
t:HIS PRESENT WORLD
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Chicago Mission Celeb rates 90 Yeors of Servic e
Tom Ski nller, a 25-year-old ;\cgro c\·angeli"t whom
the Lord is using 11\ a rcmarkahlc way to reach his own
people with the go~pcl, will spcak at the 90th ann iversa ry
rally of Chicag:o's Pacific (;ardcn )'lis51011 ::-\ovclII1>cr 5.
Saved in h is tCCTIS when he lcd a !\'ew York gang,
Skinner has in recellt y(.'ars conducted mass rallies in
many sectiolls of the lJ.S. l ie Ix:lic\'cs the gospel is
the only solution to the racial problems of our day.
In addition, several men and women will gi\'c capsule
Mories of how they have found a ncw, satisfying life
through the 1\lission.
The :-'lis5iol1 '5 90th year, according to Superintendent
lIarry G. Saulnier. !jaw an enlarged ministry, especially
amOIlg' strv iccmCII- IO.67G hc ing scrvcd by the mission's
('vcr-opell Se rvicemen's Celllcr. i\ total of 3,875 se rvicemen w('I'e among the 40.672 overnight guests of the
~ I issioll.
The ~li ssion was opened Septemher 15, IR77, by
Colonel and ~Irs. George Clarke. Xotablc com'erts include Evangelists Billy Sunday and ~Iel Trotter. Pacific
Garden ~I i ssion is the nation's second oldest rescue unit.
the first heing Jerry .\JcAuky's \\',lter Street Mission in
~cw York.
Catholic Population Up in U.S.
Roman Catholics--46,864.910 men. women. and children now constitute 23.6 percent of the total popu lat ion
of the Uni ted States. accord ing to The Official Catholi(
Dirutory Jor 1967. published by P. J. Kcnnedy and Sons
in New York.
Figures showed a lO-year illcrease of 12,301,059or 35.6 percent over the 34,563,851 reported in 1957,
which was 20.7 percent of the 195 7 populat ion.
church·s missionary program for the coming year. The
congregation contributes to the support of 300 missionaries in foreign lands.
Dr. Smith, founder of The Peoples Church, retired
from pastoral duties several years ago hut continued to
serve the church as minister of missions. I fis son. P alll
11. Smitb , is pastor.
75 Percent Bclicve in Divinity of Christ
Out of every 100 American adults, 75 believe in the
divinity of Christ. accordillg to a Callup Poll. This is
five percent fewcr than in 1952.
The latest poll showed among a represemative cross
sect ion of people that 72 percellt bel ie\'e that Chrbt was
God. T hree percellt indicated a belief that lIe was the
Son of God.
Uut is it enough to bclie"e that Christ ~vas God? \Vc
must believe that J Ie is God now ami we must accept
H illl as ollr S;\\·iour.
Governor Proposes Proyer Rooms in Schools
The governor of (;corgia proposed that prayer rooms
be established in the public schools of his state.
Speaking at a Uaptist Church in Adel, Ga., Gov. Lester
~Iaddox said, " I ha\'e long favored a constitutional
amendment which would permit our children and Ollr
teachers to pray and to read the Bihle. if they so desire."
WORLD WIDE
Bible Sales High in Jopan
Although there are fewer than 800,000 baptized Christians ill Jap.1.I1. SOllie 600,000 Bibles and l\ew Testaments
arc sold each year. Bible portions and selections boost
these figures to o\'er four million copies. \Vho buys
them?
A possible answer was given in a recent sUf\'ey of
100 leading Japanese husinessmen . mOSt of whom are
Over $12 Million Raised for Missions
Tn nearly 40 years of missionary work, Oswald J.
Smith
of Toronto.
Canada,
has
raised
1110re
than
$12.000,000 for missions. III his final m issionary convention at The Peoples Church, held a few weeks ago,
$325,000 in faith promises was received to finance the
A.RAB REFUGEES-Afte, hostilities b,oke out in the Middle Eo,t
in June 1967, thousands of Arabs on the west bonk fled to surrounding Arab countries. Since the cease-fire some have returned
to their homes in Israeli-occupied territory. Many more live in
refugee camps like this one on the east bonk of the Jordon River.
A. lock of education and inadequate job opportunities force most
of these people to live on welfare. Help has come from many
J,Qu.ces including the Red Crall and United Hatians Relief and
Works Agency. American churches have undertaken the task
of raising $1,000,000 in funds and supplies to help these hogic
vidims of war.
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.I1aIIJi('"';., 2.5 :32-46 implirs lit!.' importOlltr of '·~.·orks:·
,,'hile I Corililhialls J :13-15 and Ephrsians 2 :8, 9 teach
thai sah'atioll is by yracc. 1101 by 7t'orks. lim.' do .You
IHlYlllolli:;c thrsl'/
Salvation is ··by grace."' not hy merit gained through
good works. 1t is the gift of God. not something we
earn. But sal\';\tion is evidenced by good works. "Faith
without \\"orks is dead." (See James 2:17-25.)
j)l('ase ('xplaill ,(,'hat Jeslls mCGnl by Ihe "poo r in
spiri(·
ST UDE NTS PROT~E"siTi;::~S:;':.;"~.;;'-:;:::;;:;;;7,:;::;::;::;::~Ch;~
students marched an Hollywood Boulcvard in Los Angeles, Calif"
this summer " becouse we ore concerned about cruptions of
violcnce, breokdown of moral standards, rising crime rate, misuse
of drug s, hatred, discrimination, and bigotry." The march was
sponsored by Chinese for Christ, on evongclistic ministry among
Chinese ond other foreign students in the U.S.
not Christians. The report stated that the Bible was the
second most frequently mentioned book when this questiOIl was asked; \\,hat one book would ),011 take with you
on a th ree-month space trip? Eleven favored the I3ible .
The Bulletill of Ihe United Bihle Societies reports
that Dihle study groups are being organized among 11011Christian students . .:\bny Christian and non-Christian
schools have requested Dible exhibits.
Accord ing to the general secretary of the Japan Bible
Society. "In Japan the Scr iptures are thought of as one
of the most important cultural hooks."
Thank God for this start. For "faith cometh by hearing.
and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10: 17).
Herodian Citadel Uncovered in Jerusalem
\ Vh ile excavat ing before construction of the Ezrat
Kashim :'Iental 110spital in Jerusalem, workmen unco\"cred a yirtually intact two-story IIerodian fortress
or citadel.
Thc four-room building was completely buricd insidc
thc tel (a large circular-shaped mound containing the
rema ins of layers of ancient cities) on the site. under
the rcmains of an unidentified Byzantine structure of
the fourth or fi fth century.
The llerodian style of the building stones, as well as
Herodian coins . lamps. and potsherds, made the identific ation of the fortress certain, The fortress was destroyed by fire either at the time of Titus in A.D. 70
o r at the time of Had rian 65 years later.
Excayation of the for tress is being carried out by the
Tsrael Antiquities Department.
Religion Defended in Communist Newspaper
KOlllsomols/..'aya PrG'vda, daily newspaper of the Young
COllllllunist Leagllc. surprised its regular readers in ?o.[oscow by publishing an impassioned defense of Christianity.
The proreligious stateme nt was a lett er to the editor
by ).frs. A. Zyazyeva of Ben!zo\·sky. It was countered
with a lengthy defense of atheism by V. Kokashinsky,
But it s publication in a journal which has always been
militant for atheism was generally considered remarkablc,
NOVEMB ER 5.
1967
(.\lollh("1. · .=i :3).
The poor in spirit arc those who feel their spi ritual
nced . "Bul to this man will I look, c\'en to him that is
poor and of a contritl' spirit. and trelllbleth at my
word·' ( I saiah 66:2). "God resisteth the proud, but
gi\'eth gnce ulllO the humhle'· (James 4:6 ).
It'hell Jeslls said .i'e sllould IIOt call fril'llds or ki ll smc n
10 a dinller, bll t rathrr roll the poor, the maimed, the
blind. clc .. did HI' lJIl'(UI it is ".'ro tl[/ to !lave friends
eat 7"itl! tis! (Lukl' 14:12-14).
Jesus was teaching that we should not invile pe rsons
only that wc might gain from doing so. "Lesl they also
bid thee again, ami a recompense be made thee." The
lesson is. "Don't do things JUSt to get something in
return."' If we delly ourselves in order to help othe rs,
the Lord will reward tiS in His own way. Jesus received i11\·itations to haye mcals with Ilis frie nds, and
He accepted.
Please c.rplai'l Romans 14 :14: "1 k1l011.', alld am persuaded by fhe Lord Jcsus. Illat Iher(' 1'.1 tlothing 101clea n oj ilself." Docs this gin· frredom to indulge i ,l
allythitlg a persall ,,'ishl's 10 do. prot,jded 11(' docs 1I0t
look 011 il a.~ 1Il1rleall!
It would he COlltra ry to common decency for a Illall
to claim freedom to stoop to sinful lusts on the basis
of Homans 14: 14 or an)" other passage in the Bible.
The apostle is speaking concerning foods. (See vv.
2. 3.) We arc not to judge another's choice of foods
(v, 15 ) . for "the kingdom of God is not mcat a nd
drink" (v . 17) . The Gentiles wcrc tlot under the
:'Ifosaic law as to what they might cat. F or Jewish
law, see Lcyiticus 11.
Si1lfl' "re arc nol Hlldrr the Law bill u nder grace,
should 'We spelld time stlldyi'lg Ihe Law !'
\ Ve are saved hy grace, not by merit gained through
seeking to obcy the Law. "For by grace are ye s,'lVed
through faith ... not of works. lest any man should
boast" (Ephesians 2 :8. 9), But grace does not make
us lawless. "The Jaw is holy . just. a nd good."
Believers look to Jesus for righteousness rather than
to the L..:lw. This righteousness is impa rted to al1 who
arc born ;Jgalll. "That the righteous ness of the law
might be fulfilled in us. who walk not after the fle sh.
but after the Spi rit" (Romans 8:4),
1/ you ilm.'c a spiritual prabtr m or all y ql.cstioll about Ill e Biblf'.
)'tllI II rc im'itrd to write 10 ")' our Qu<'stiml$," The PCrltccos/ni
li1'GlIgd. 1445 J]oowi!ille, Sp riu U/idd, JIiSSQllri 65802. Brother
n ·illitlms ~,,'l/ {IIISWf'r if )'011 snrd a slam/,f'd sti/-addrf'SSf'd fU1,do f f'.
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superintendent of
the Korea Assemblies oj God
mId pus/or of tIll! Scoul Emllgl'listic
CCll la 11! Koyw's capitai, passed
!lIrol/yll Springfield, ~l1 issol/ri, all his
1. '0), to speut: a/ the Eighth World
Pell iaos/ai COllfcrcllcc ill Rio de
JlO
YOl\G(;"
Ja neiro. Hya::;/. During his visit to the
FoyriYII Mi.~sio'ls TJepo rtlllfll t, Execl/tive nirre/or }. Flli/ip J/ogan had the
jOflO1 ...i ll fJ interview 1..,;//1 him.
] . PIIIL I I'
II OGA:\": \Voulcl you say
that the opportu ni ties for evangelism
arc the greatest they have evcr \)een
ill Korea?
CliO YON(;(;!: Yes,
think so.
Duri ng the wartime most of the people
lost the ir homes and their families,
and they were so ullstabili zed. Because of this they were not ready to
.'lccept Jesus.
IJ O(;AN : How brgc is the city of
Seoul now?
baying some thoughts about the situation. Do you folk in the Orient feel
that someday China will reopen. to
foreign missionaries?
CliO: \Vell, actually most Koreans
arc really hoping that internal conflict
will develop within Red China to defeat communism.
IIOGAN: Do you think this will happen?
CHO : Yes. And also we think that,
once internal revolution starts in
China, it will be very difficult fo r the
Reel Chinese Go,'ernmc nt to stop it.
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an underground church?
CliO: Once a converted Comm unist
spy told mc this story. She was in
the action of trying to find a Ch ri stian
and she began to follow o ne lady who
was carrying a Bible in her coat. \Vhen
the people got together, they began 10
llse sign language. They never took
their Bibles out, but they opened up
songbooks and sang by nodding their
heads. So there are many Christians
in North Korea.
HOGAN: Brother Cho, you
your way to Rio de Janeiro
\Vorld PCI1lccostal conference.
the time is right for Latin
are on
for the
Do you
Amer i-
Cli O: Seoul is more or less like
Los Angeles in Amer ica -so widespread and grown alit. \Ve now have
a population of fou r million.
I TOGA N: J 11 recent years, Brother
eho, you mini ste red in some conferences abroad and you arc now on an
internat ional trip. " 'hat opportuniti es
for evangel ism do you find throughout the Far East?
CliO: This is a time of grea t opportuniti es. r..raterialisll1 is beginning
to come int o the Orient. Before it
comes is the hour for us to evangelize
the people.
1 rOGAN: YOI\ couldn't live in the
proximity of Red China without
Korea receive any news from the
North K orean church?
ClIO: Righ t now we do not have
a church in North Korea. Many of the
captured spies told llS this, and I have
heard that in North Korea there are
no churches.
H()(;AN: Do you not believe there
" Brother Cho, do you folk in the Orie nt feel ,ho' somedoy Chino .... iIl reopen?"
cans to exchange evangelists
Asians, and vice versa ?
with
CHO: Yes. Koreans think of American evangelists as privileged persons;
but when we begin to have our evangelists from Latin Amer ica, then we
feel differently. You've got to approach the people that way.
HOGAN: Do you plan, if the Lord
directs you , to get away from your
tremendous responsibilities and accept
some of the invitations to minister 111
these Latin American countries?
CHO: Yes, because I now definitely feel the burden in my heart. We
have been helped by the American
Assemblies of God so much. Now I
think we a re arriving at the point of
maturity where we want to share this
hurden to evangelize.
HOGAN: L et's just talk a minute
about that great church in Seoul
where you are the pastor . \"'hat is the
membership?
CHO: Right now our membership
is sl ightly more than 5,000 adults. We
have more attendance than membership . Ahout 7,000 attend in a given
week.
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THE PEN TECOSTA L EVANGEL
110L ... :\. lIow do you handle ali
these crowds 011 Sundar?
CliO: \\-e have very excellently
trained deacons and deacones::.es. It i::.
::.0 easy. I JUSt go out to the pulpit
and speak. They take care of all the
new people. After the first se rvice it
takes ahoUl 30 minutes to change the
crowds.
IIOGA:-'-: llo\\" many Sl1uda\' ::.er\·ices do yOI1 have:- .
.
CliO: We have five-early morning a t 4 :30, then at 8 :00, 10 :00.
IZ:OO noon. and 7:00 in the evening.
IlocAj'.;: How many will your audito rium seal?
Clro: The maximum capacity is
2,500.
I IOGAj'.;: I understand this building
was three stories high, and you ha\'c
recently added two more stories. You
are now planning a radio station in
the building; is that correct?
C110: Yes . Already we ha\'e finished the construct ion of the studio ,
and the Speed-the-Light program of
Amc rica hclped us to buy the equipment. \Vit h the purchase of a few
more machines we can start the F;\l
!)I:\tion.
I-lOCAl\": Do most of the homes in
Korea have radios now?
CliO: Yes. The government is ellcouraging e\'ery person to buy a radio.
UOGAl\": I understand your church
also has a printed magazine?
CliO: \Ve have our own literature
and are publish ing our own magazine.
I lOGAN : Would you know what
Korea's literacy rate is?
CliO : I should say that almost 90
percent arc literate.
HOGAN: Cho, you haven"t said anything to us about your family.
CliO: 1 have my wife, she is ve ry
heautiful, and onc baby boy who is
one year and seven months old.
1I0GAl'.': One boy. Arc you prayi ng
that he will grow up to be a preacher ::
" We have mare ottendo"ce than member.
, hip. Abo"t 7,000 attend i" a g ive" week."
SEOUL
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" W e want 10 shore this b"rde"
to e vongeliKe ."
South Korea
CliO: 1 pray for that, but 1 expect
the Lord to come before that time.
I lOGAN: Thank" you, Brother Cho,
not only for \'isiting us here at headquarters but for your ministry here in
America. \Vhen do you plan to be
hi\ck in your church in Seoul?
Cli O: As soon as we · fi ni sh our
mceting in Rio. I am getting very .
very anxIous.
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NOVEMBER
5.
1967
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Tettimo"y give" by CHO YONGGI, Korea, at the
Eighth Pe "tecO$tol World Conference in
Rio de Ja neiro, Brallil
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L,\SD TilEY WORSHI!' 13t:I)I)I!A. So I did not
need any religion. J did nOt need a philosophy.
\\'r had rites, hut we did I\ot have life.
! did not haw health either. They said there was
no hope fOJ· !lit': I had only a fcw months to livc.
! prayed to the B\lddha. I learned the prayer off
hv heart. I wanted to live. hut no salvation came. I
\~al1ted something to happen in my life so r could go to
heaven. The more I cried and prayed to Buddha, the
more J felt Ill\" need. But 1 was not praying to God.
I had a nee;1 in Ill\" heart. hut then I discovered that
I needed nOt something hut Someone. I needed Some·
one who is greater than religion: Someone who is
g-reater than philosophy. And then 1 cried to God.
God ~a"ed Illy soul when a Christian mall came and
told TIle about the Lord jesus.
They gave me a Bihle. I read it and I did not
find a religion, I did 1I0t find a ph.ilosoph~·, btu
I found jesus. the SOil of God.
jesus is greater than religion. Christianity is not a
religion: it is jesus Christ. H e gi\·es life. He is
the Way, the Truth, and the I.ife. 1 had a religion
hefore: I prayed with the heads hut l had no peace in
IllV soul. But when I received Christ as my Saviour,
th~n peace came. [ felt God grow in my soul. Light
frOIll heaven came imo Illy soul.
I was sick with a lung infection and had the begin·
nings of gangrene when God saved me. It was most
difficult to breathe. [ had stich a brief time to live.
Rllt when Jesus callie into my sou\. He also healed
Illy lungs.
Today Je~tls is li\·inl;{. He is 110t dead. Christ is
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\i\"lng III tis. J h.' IS mighty to saY('; 11e JS mighty to
heal; lIe IS IlHghty to b..1.ptize ill the Holy Ghost.
jesus ~id "J will nOt lea\c yOli comfortless." J11
Korea we say that jesu~ said: '·1 will not leave you
(lrphall'; .. ,
During the Korean \\·ar I saw thousands of children
walking the streets, Some of them were without
c1othb. ~()lIle of them had their bodies covered with
!"inow :-'Iany oj them were sick untO death. \\·h)":
Because the)" wtTI' orphans.
:-'Iall)" Chri~tiam toda\" li\"e as though the)" were
(Jrphans. Bm jesus said, :'1 will not leave yOt! orphans."'
Through the 1101)" .:-ipirit Christ comes alld takes care
of us. By the J loly Spirit Christ is living in liS. Christ
will change yOtl. lie \,·ho sayed Illy soul is ready to
~a\·e you. I It· who healed me is ready to heal you. H e
who haptizcd mc in the 1{oly Spirit is ready to baptize
you in the I [oly Spirit.
\\·l1el1 the Lord sent me to work for Him, 1 had 110
Illolley. Hut J had tht· 110ly Spirit, and the Spirit
help{'d me work for Goe\. I had the Bible; 1 had God .
.Iesu,> ht'gan to sa\"l~ sinners. E\·ery night hundreds of
Ix'Oplc goa\"(; thelllsehes to the Lord. Hundreds were
baptized in the Holy Spirit. \\'e now have the biggest
church in Korea. F..\"Cry year some thousand or so new
members are added to the church.
"jt'Stls Christ the same yesterday. and today, and
forever:· Just the ~allle way that He "aves here in
Jlmzil. so I Ie S<l\·es in Korea. This world needs more
than a philo.'iophy. more than a religion; it needs the
presence of jesus Christ.
\\'h('11 I came to Jesus and 1 saw my soul in sin, { had
nothing. But whell God camc into my soul, I had the
joy of salvation. jesus ga\·e me new lungs. Theil the
Lord gave me this great church in Korea.
TIIi.:; world is waiting for Christ, for the 1'ellte·
costal mcssage. \\'e JIllist accept Christ as a Person
ami not as a religion or a philosophy. lie is the s:!llle
"yesterday, and tod:!},. and forever." Let liS believe
that people will he saved no\\". that they will he healed
now. that they will he ha.ptized in the floly Spirit now.
READ
THE
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CHAPTERS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5·12
Sunday ........... 1 Thess.
Monday ...... 2 Thess. 1,
Tuesday .......... 2 Thess.
Wednesday .. 1 Tim.
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5
2
3
2
Thursday ......
Friday . .........
Saturday ........
Sunday ..........
J Tim. 3,
1 Tim. 5,
2 Tim.
2 Tim. "3,
4
6
2
4
"A"d the very God of peoce $o"c:tify you wholly; o"d I
proy God your whole spirit ond soul o"d body be prue n ed
blomeless unto the coming of our !"'ord JUUI Chri,t"
!1 Theualo"io". 5:23 ),
THE
PENTECOSTA~
EVANGE~
THE FIRST CHURCH
SHnday School
LesSOIl
Jor Xm'(,JIlbcr
12.
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BY J. BASHFORD BISHOP
OCR PRE\-IOl'S I.E:;50:\ described the finn persectltion to
which the newly formed Church was subjected. Its oe-
was the healing of the lame man at the Temple
gate. Its expressioll was in the fOflll of a prohihition to
preach the glorious good news. the gospel of Christ. I Is
t('(lctioll was seen in the holy boldness the disciples
exhibited as Ihey answered, "\Yc cannOt hut speak the
things ,dlich we h~lxc se('n and heard."
In this lesson we see the sc(}rrrl to the persecution.
"And being let go. they wen I to their own company."
They immediately went to th . . place where they knew
their feUow-hclic"crs would he gathered together.
\\'hat company do we pick when we are free to do as
we please? \Vhat places do we frequent when we are "let
go"-when we are free from the restraining influences
of parents, h0111elowlI. neighborhood, and friends? A convict may behaye well in prisoll hecause it is wise to do so
if he hope~ for early release; but the test of his character
comcs when he is "let go." r .ikewise the test of a
Christian's character is what he does when no hnman
eye is upon him-when he is free from restraining
influences.
The text gives a most helpful insight into the life
and condnct of the E.arly Church.
CQSiOlI
word of God with boldne:;s .. , and with grcat pot.'a
gave ... witness oi the resurrection ... and great grace
was upon thelll all." lIere is the b..1Iance<i spiritual life
power to witness and grace to live.
THE GENEROSITY Of THE CHURCH
The concern they had for each other's wcliare waS
a tangihle evidence of the "great grace" that was upon
these early Chri::.tians. ~Io\'ed by the Holy Spirit, these
belic\'ers-to relieve the suffering of :;ollle of their poor
-sold their possessions and brought the money to the
church . There it was placed in a commOIl lund from
which every memher was supplied according to his need.
Communists and Socialist:; usc thi:; incident to attempt
to pro\'c their methods <Irc right. \\'e mllst remember,
howevcr. that the poollllg of goods by the Early Church
was: (I) ,"olullIar), <"Ind not compulsory, for 110 one was
forctd to sell his property or contribute to the common
fund: (2) confined \0 helievers ill Jerusalem, a loe<"ll
rather than univer"al :;itll(\tion: (3) tcmporary and not
permanent, undoubtedly made neceS$..,ry because Jewish
cOlwens were dri\'en from their homes, slrippcd of their
IXlsscssiolls, and dismi~scd irom their places of employIllent: (4) lim!led to memhers of the Church.
The spirit and printiple oi the mattcr remains, ho\\'ever. Concern for our hrethren in Christ is a vital rcsult
of any deep 11I0\'e of God's Spirit. Surely thc church
has a responsihility for the welfare of its 0\\"11 and thi s
duty should !lot be dumped elllircly on the state. ~
THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
1. Prayer was their first resort rather than the last.
\\'hy should such a great privilege and resource ever be
the last resort? Cndaunted hy threatenings, the disciples
"lift ed up their voice to God" (v . 24).
2. It began in faith, and with praise. "Lord, tho\.l art
God. which hast made heavcn. and earth." Their prayer
was spiritual. for here they quoted verbatim from the
Septuagint Version oi Psalm 146:6. In their prayer they
were more taken up with the greatness of God than the
g-reatlless of their difficulty.
3. It asked for what probably would bring them further
human difficulty. Instead of praying for deli\'erance
frOIll persecution and punishment. they prayed for a
g-reater manifestation of Christ's saving and healing power . And remember. it was because of a healing that their
persecution occurred.
THe MUmrl/f)e Of111EIII
TIIAT BELIEYE£) WERE OF
ONE HEART AN£) OF ONE
SOUL , ACTS 4:32
....
THE UNITY AND POWER Of THE CHURCH
"And when they had prayed, the place was shaken"
(\'. 31). ;;~rore things are wrought by prayer than this
world dreams of "-the poet's words arc true! In reslxlIlse to the unitcd pra~'ers of His people God always
shakes things.
"And they were all filled with the 110ly Ghost" (\' . 31).
Had they not beell filled with the Spirit on the Day of
Pentecost ~ Yes, indeed. However, with a new crisis in
\' iew they realized their need of a fresh infilling and refilling . .\Iaintaining the Spirit-filled life was the secret of
success throughout the Early Church in the Hook of Acts.
As a result of the fre:;h infilling, "they :;pakc the
NO VEMBER
5.
1967
11
· .. Your foith g,o"'eth u.ceed ingl y"
(2 Theuo loni on s 1 :J J.
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FAITH
lhe grett need of us all. \\'e arc
only whcn we have cnol1gh faith in Chri~t
to accept Ilim into onr h('art~. But this should he only
tht' beginning of a wonderful !lew life in which ou r tru ~ t
in God g rows ~ tronger hy the day.
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GRO WI NG IN AB ILITY TO REC EI VE TRUT H
The age and physical condition of a perSOIl usua lly
is related to the type of food he can ca t. [f you see a
tray of soft food and milk. you know it is probably being
taken to S0111COnc ei ther very young or :;ick. Thc capacity
to cat alld enjoy fo()(1 reql1i ring more chewing and digestive action increases with physical maturity and good
health.
III the begmning our Chri~tian faith is geared to John
3:16, and later to .· \CIS 2:4, and not much else. I3ut as
we become lovers of the [h ille, we find ourselvcs longing
to know mo re and marc about the Lord. \'\ 'e delight in
l;\"ery new morsel of truth the 110ly Spi rit hrings to us.
Ollr faith thus enlarges to receil'c alld apprccia te the
"strong meat" of the gospel.
GROWING IN CON SISTE NCY
Faith shol11d pursue a steady course~llot one of
constant up' s anc! down's. \\'hel1 :-'105es was a ll the
mountaltl ol'erlooking the hattie with Amalck , the outcome depended all his keeping the rod of God aloft. He
could not do this witholl t help bUI he did accompl ish this:
By KENNETH D. BARNE Y
Posto r, Height li Aue rnbl y,
Ho us to n , Te xa s
and the Scripture says "his hands were stea.dy until the
going down of the su n" (Exod us 17 :12) .
There arc some Christians whose hands arc steady for
awhile, lhell drop ill defeat. There is g reat need for
those who will hold high the hands of prayer and faith
until the sun of their life sets and they are called from
the 1ll0l!lltainlop oi sen'ice into the presence of the Lord.
Paul said, "I have feamed in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content." There a re some things in life
which come so naturally they do not have to he learned.
Other things must he learned , and the only way to learn
something is to practice it o\'er and over. It is so with
Ihe life of faith . The more practice il has, the more
consistent and stead fast it becomes. [t may have limes
of low ebb, blll these \\"ill not last long. Faith will come
surging back to its full strength as we diligently exerCIse
it.
GR OW ING IN CALM NESS, SERENIT Y, AND JOY
It is not God's will for His child ren to be m a state
of constant upset and despa ir. The very purpose of faith
is to avoid this.
I like David's expression in Psalm 56:3: " \ Vhat time
I am afraid, I will trust in thee." The best thing to do
with fear is to adm it it 's there, TnSlead of continually
telling yourself, .. J 'm lIOt afraid," when yOu know vcry
well that you a re, follow David's practice and say, "I'm
afraid, hut ['m tfllsting."
In describing (be futu re resto ration of Israel to their
homeland, the Scr ipture says in Isaiah 51 :11, "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come
with si nging unto Zion." The retu rning pilgrims do not
wait until they arrivc in Zion to start singing. T hey
romc with singing; they sing on the way.
Some Chri st ians are perpclt!al ly shrouded in gloom,
envel oped in pessimism . They are unconsciollsly adopting
the attitude that al\ their singing will take place after
they reach heaven. But when the gate of the glory world
is opened to welcome the beli ever home, God expects
him to come ill singing because he has been singing on the
way. The stro nger ou r faith. the more joyful our song!
GROWING IN ABILITY TO TAKE SHOCKS
:-.rake 110 mistake about it: faith receives some severe
Jolts. ft is constantly tested . You pray for someone
to be healed . and he dies . You pray for a sinner to be
sa\'ed, and his heart seems only to grow harde r. Y ou
)il'e for God ,111d /:41)' your tithes fai thfully, and you lose
your job. You pray for a 100'ed one to come back from
war , and he doesn 't come back. You pray fo r P eter's
deliverance, and il comes : bu t yOIl pray fo r James'
deliverance. and Herod beheads him .
\ \'hell I studied arithmet ic. [ couldn' t stop working on
a problem lInt il r gOt thc answer. I remember one math
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book in elementary school that had the answers in the
back. The first tiling we did after completing a problem
was to look in the answer section to see if ours was
correct.
\Ve sometimes think that in life itself we must always
have the answers, but this we are not guaralHced. 11 is ill
the very nature of faith thai there (lre sOllle tlri'lgs ,~'C
jllst IIlIISt leat'e with God. Above all, we must not allow
our faith to be destroyed if things do not turn out the
way we think they should.
Paul spoke of fighting with heasts at Ephesus, from
which he was ob\·iotlsly rescued unharmed. He told of
being delivered frolll the mouth of the lion. One time he
got away from his enemies by being let down by a
basket o\"er the wa1\ of the city.
Bllt there came a t1Inc when Paul knew he was not
going to be deli\·cred; he knew that his head would be
laid on 1\ era's chopping block. What did he say then?
He said, "1 am now ready to be offered ." This was the
apostle's finest hour. Of all his great utterances, none
was grcater than. "1 am ready."'
Tt is disconcerting to see Christians who ha\"e grown
bitter because Gael has not answered prayer as they felt
He should. Some have allowed cynicism to take over their
thinking and ha\'e hecome disillusioned because of disappointments. But when these st1l1ging sorrows and
shocks come. let us ha\"e the attitude of the three Hebrews
facing the fiery fu rnace : "1 he1ievc God will deliver mc:
but if lie doesn·t. it won't shake my faith . I will keep
all trusting and leave the answers with Him."'
GROWING BY FEEDING ON THE WORD OF GOD
Too many feed their faith on the opinions of others.
They rely more on the advice of well-meaning friends
than on the Bible. Often such advice is conflicting. No
one can really kllow our problems but God; ami the
answer is in His Word. lJapp)" is the Christian whosc
faith is constantly increasing because it is being supplied
with strong support fr OIll the Holy Scr iptures . Thai
kind of faith will endure. It will take 011 quali ties of consistency. It will he joyous and calm. It will be able to
take shocks and seem ing defeats without collapsing.
This is not an overnight process. \Ve usually are not
even conscious that our faith is growing-just as we
are not conscious of growth taking place in our bodies.
But "faith cometh by hearing. and hear ing by the word of
God." You canllot fill your soul with the truths of the
Book without growth taking place.
Faith will grow more at some times than others. The
advance may sometimes seem to · be painfully slo\\'. At
other seasons our faith wil1 grow "exceedingly" like that
of the Thessalonians. But the rate of growth is not our
responsibili ty. Give faith the right food, and God will
take care of the results t
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5.
1967
A LIVING TESTIMONY
FALL a!) our six-year-old
SOil
Douglas went
happily ofi to school, we recalled agatn how God had
healed him when he was .1. baby.
Douglas was lwO months old
when he became \"ery ill. 1[e had
much difficulty breathing. and il
looked as if it took al\ his
strength to inhale.
We took him to a doctOr who
said that ii he were not impro\·ed
hy morning. we would have to
put him in the hospital. \\'hen
we left the doctor's office , I began to dri\'e toward the home of
a praYl11g friend, Juanita Car~
mack. We hael been praying, but
seemingly to no a\'ail.
\\·hen we arrived at Sister
Carmack's home, she said. "God is
going to heal this baby, but fir~t [
want to tell you about a dream I had last night. I
dreamed I was holding a haby and praying for it.
Its arms had turned black up to its elbows, and
its legs were black to its knees. nut God instantly healed
it, and I Know J Ie will heal Doug."
\\'e were still standing ;lS she told us this. and then
111y wife S;lt down and took the blanket frOIll around
the baby, To our surprise, we could see that his arms
and legs were turning black. Sister Carmack said,
';This is the haby [ prayed for in Illy dream."
\\'e began to pray, and some Christian neighbors
came in and prayed with us. But nothing happened.
The baby was dying.
Then Sister Carmack took the baby in her arms,
and we began to pr;ly again. Soon the glorious presenCe of God filled Ihe room, and God instantly healed
Doug, His breathing" hecame perfectly normal. The
Holy Spirit c:!.t11e upon lIS, and we glorified God in
other tongues.
Today we do not forget that in ou r home we ha\"c
a Ih'ing testimony of God's great healing power. \Ve
are grateful for a healthy son.-Arthur Phelps, Cardwell, :\10.
(E lldorS{'d by Alfred C. Thompson. Paragould,
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TilE DOCTOR RECO:o.D-1ENDED
complete removal of
Illy right breast after. X rays showed a large growth
in it, I turned to the Lord for help. He had healed
me many times hefore, and I believed He would meet
this need .
Our pastor was out of the city, bllt our associate
paStor, Clyde C. :011 iller. ;'\Ilointed and prayed for me.
I relllrned to the doctor a month later. and he said the
growth had disappeared. :'Ilore than a year has passed
since that time, and J am grateful to God for His
continued f"ithfulncss,-j'..\rs. l\'ina Reynolds, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
(E lldorsed by Clyde C. MillN. /l OW pastor of First
Assl'mbly. Cushillf}. Ok/a.)
W
IEX A TORNADO swept thrcugh the Canadian dllagc
of llcnsall, Ontario, Ikrt Hrandcnhor_~t lost hi!'
new barn. The cntin.: building was lifted off the ground
am] carried away. This was a serious loss for the
farmer. hut men have lOst morc importallt things.
For instance, whell British police probed the wreckage
of a crashed ca r at Londonderry nedf Xorthallcrtoll.
Yorks. England. they found pan of a man's nose. It
was rushed to Friaragc Ilospital and quick frozen.
T here was rca SOli to hc1ic\"(~ that the seyered part could
he rejoined to the man's nose, if he conkl be found;
and police appealed to the injured man to come forward
to claim it. Hut it happened the wrecked car had been
"tOI('I1. [f the c\riq'r claimed the missing part of his
nost:, he would likely lose h is freedom! I [e stooo to lose
somcth ing imlxlrlam eithcr way!
Hcforc~ Ch;tncellor Konrad Adcnauer of \\'est Germany
died, world leaders paid him great trihu te. 'Winston
Churchill called him "the ~re:ttest German statesman
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Canadian Youths
Demonstrate
for Christ
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make world headlines daily.
Ilippies demonstrate for unrestrained freedom.
"lian the Bomb"" demonstrations occur on the streets of
every major city. Co!!ege students demonstrate against
academic authority. Racial demonstrations erupt into
bloody tiots.
A'ld at the forefrollt of it off romps today's ),oullt.
Hut on September 9 in Toronto. Ontario, another sort
of demonstration was staged-a demonstration that won
the highest praise of civic and religious leaders throughout this thri"ing metropolis of nearly two million.
Saturday afternoon in Toronto saw more than 1,0Cl0
young Canadians march two miles through the downtown
;lrea to the steps of heautiful City I-[all. There in front
of that modern structure these outstanding young
Christians stood to testify to their community of Christ's
E:\,O:\"STRATlO:\"S
MEN LOSE IMPORTANT THINGS
By ARTHUR H. TOWNSEND
~lIlCC BisllIark." Former President Eisenhower said, "11e
was dedicated to his people and to the peace of the
\\"orld.·· The late Pre5ident Kennedy hailed hill] as "an
historic figure." But despite the honors of men, the
elderly chancellor passed away. Important though Ollr
Jives may he to our country, to the world. or to ourselves. we die at last and are huried.,
YOI1 will lose yO\lr life. I shall lose minco Death
comes to everyone. "[t is appointed unto men once to
die" (Heb rews 9:27). We call1lOt escape physical death.
r-.lell do lose important things: a new baril, part of
a nose, a life.! Yet a barn can be rebuilt. Pbstic surgery
can mend a nose. Hut who can bring a life back from
the dead? God alone can do that.
So the 1l10S1 important fact to cOllsider is: In what
condition will the soul he when death comes? \Ve shall
go into eternity either ready or unready . To be ready
I!) all important. "God is not willing that any should
perish" (2 P eter 3:9).
One day your life as you know it here will be lost.
Hut this need not he a tragedy. Paul said, "0 death,
where is thy sting: 0 grave, where is thy victory?"
(I Corinthians 15 j~). Sudden death is only sudden
g-lory when the soul is ready to meet God. Death has
no lasting terrors for the child of God.
I f. on the other ham\. your soul is not ready to meet
itsi\lake r, you will lose it, your most priceless possession. I [ere is tragedy! 1!cre is so rrow! Here is endless remorse! :-'len do lose important things, and the
sonl once lost can never be regained.
There is a big difference between losing your physical
life and losing your soul for all eternity. You <'<'1.11
afford to lose your barn. a part of your body, a million
dollars, even life itself. but you rmlliot afford to lose
yOllr sOld.1
"For what shall it profi t a man. if he shall gam
the whole world, and lose his own soul: Or what shall
a man give in exchange for his soul?" (1 lark 8 :36. 37).
So the apostle's statement. recorded in Acts 16:31,
i.., something you dare not overlook: "Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ. and thou shalt be saved."
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EVa"'gelist C. M. Word (left) and Radio Secretol"}' Lee Shultz
(right) present the Revivoltimc "Honor of Origi",atian" plaque
to Hope Smith Cleft center) and Lauric Price (right center), copastors of Evo"'gel Temple in Toronto, Canada.
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Honoring Canodo's Centenniol, "Rcvivoltill'tc" originated "live" from Evang cl T e mpl e in Toronto,
Ontario. September 10 . A notiv e of T oronto, Evong e lil t C . M . Word found lolvotion mony yeors
ag o ot th e altar of Evange l Templ e, and he $OYS th e chutch holds mony cherished mem o rics.
l()\ t' ami what it had done in their li\-(':;, Dynamic
personalities :-;llch as Canada's popular gold medal gymnasI faced their fellow ('itizcns and told oi the joy~ of
1>:ll\'aliOI1.
;\ IOp-ll'\e! city official said it was good 10 sec young'
people demollstrat ing "jor" w11lclhing instcad of protesl
mg.
Speaker ior Ihe nell! was 1<<llIio E\'angtlisl C. :\\.
\\'an\. Present in the cily for a "\i\-c" RC~'i'"altlllll'
(Jl"lgul:ttioll :;cn-icc scheduled ior Evangel Temple the
following Cl'cllillg, the radio spt'nker addrcssed the young
peoph: from the steps of City Ilall and again at an
cn.'ning youth rally.
Following the afternoon" :'II arch for Christ," the dl'lll*
on::.lrators congregated at E\';wgel Temple for a special
prayer st'ry!cl'. The h:cn*ag<Ts IIlterccded en masse for
the spiritllal and physical nceds of this conlused world.
It was a thrilling sight. The /?C'i.'ii'altilll t' tcalll left
Toronto with ;:\ fresh realizatiOIl g'lowing ill their hearts
-tha t in an age of rebellion somc young people still
care ahollt Cod's wil! for their li\'c::. and seek His face
daily,
These young Chrislian::. an' serving a li\'ing God-the
God who grallted strength 10 :-iamsOIl. who delivered
Daniel from the lions. and who :-.tcpped into a fiery
furnace to wrap three llehrew yomhs in the insulation
of righteousness.
These Canadi;Uls declare \\'ith thos(' tlm.'e young yictims
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(If Xeb\\chadIlL'aar, "OUI' (,o{1 whom \\1,: Sl'rn: IS aMI' In
{!elin'r us" (Darlll'l 3:17).
On Sunday. XO\'l'lllill'r 19. more than ':;0,000 i'entc*
costal helien'rs will assert their confi(\t'l1ct' 111 that d<.'C*
laration of faith "Our God ... Is Ahle" at the 10()/
J(c~'i'i:alti/JI!' \\'orld I'rayermel'ting.
The success of tillS great 1I1tercessory dfort will cit-pend
\11)()1I the prayers of many dt.'(\icatc<i ht'lil'\'{'rs acro"s
,\mcrica anti around til{' world. If yOll art' concerned
"hom thc eternal tit'stillY of your friends and lo\'t!o oncs
if you an: willing' to trust God for the h<'a1in~ ;lnd
ddin;rancc of sick l)()(lil's througham tht, \\'orld you arc
im'ited to participate. Ilundreds of pray('r groups will
gathl'r at thc "world'" long'('s\ altar" on \\'orld Praycr*
meeting Day,
1rake a list of yom' fi\c 1110St urgent prayt'r [t'l[uests,
including your pl'rsonal m'Nb, and send them to R,,,,-,j'l!llftllllt'. Box 70, Springfield, :'Ilissouri 65&)1. Be sure to
include the name and h0111C city of cach person for
whom you requcst prayer,
.. \s a result of last :\'o\'em!Jer's PraYl'flneetillg, hundreds
of personal nccc!:; wcn' met. Souls \\'ere savcd, cancers
disappeared. ha nniul habits were overcome, desper:ltc
financial prohlcTns soh·cd.
"Ollr God ... Is .\hle!" Belic\'e that. and no prohlem
is too great. ~Iirack's will he witnessed . \)Oll't miss thi-;
opportulllty to ~l'(' lil(' IXI\\'er oi Cod unleashed among'
H is people.
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THEY COULD SEE THE LIGHTS OF THE TOWN ....
By V. G. BROWN
Peterborough , Ontorio, Conodo
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Bf:AUTln1L Jt.:LY MOR!'I!'G 1 drove into the quiet
Canadian toWII of Gore Bay, Ontario. It was
quieter than usual that morning. People were standing in
groups here and there along the main street.
1 SlOpped at a service station and waited to be served .
.. \ group of men stood at the back of the garage talking,
hut no Olle offered to sen'ice my car. So 1 joined that
liltle group engaged in serious cOll\'ersation, and this is
what I heard.
The previolls morning five men of the community set
out on a fishing trip. All were familiar with the waters
of the nonh channel and had fished there Illany times.
They apparently had had a successful day of fishing and
were returning aoout 10 o'c1ock at night. As they rounded
the point of land which hid the little town from view, they
could see the lights of home,
Suddenly. without warning, a wave broke over the
hack end of the boat, flooding out the motOr. The next
wave filled the hoat and swamped it. The boat began to
~illk rapidly.
One of the men. 65 years old, apparently had a heart
'l{tack. They tied his body to the boat. The motor end
of the boat settled on the boltom of the lake with the
prow sticking out of the water.
The other four men st ruck out for shore, each confident he could make the 300 yards quite easily. Two of
them reached shore and called for the other two across
the dark waters, but there was no answer. Finally they
made their way into town with the sad story.
The next morning the bodies of the two men who failed
to make it to safety were found within 50 feet of the
shore. They were so close to safety, yet they missed it.
All of them saw the lights of home, but only two made
it to s.."Ifety. Almost home-but lost.
How many people have been so close to the kingdom
of God, so near the Sa\'iour. They have walked in the
very shadow of the Cross, listened to a voice over the
radio. read some Christian literature. heard a minister
proclaim the gospel of Jeslls Christ. They have been so
near to deciding for Christ, but have Pllt it off.
\\'hat tragedy when a person so close to accept ing
Jesl1s Chr ist as his Saviour, so near to peace and happiness. slips Ollt into eternity, lost without God.
13tH you lIeed not make thi s mistake if right now you
will open the door of your heart and invite Jeslls Christ to
come in and he your Saviour a nd Lord. 17 0r the Bible
says that "whosoe\'er shall ea.ll upon the name of the
Lord shall he saved" (Romans to :13).
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