The Bible Apostolic Logo features the
golden sun rising
from a
deep blue
morning sky. The Bible as the one foundation upon which we build and
are
establishes is marked open by the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Great
Creator who so loved us that He became flesh and dwelt among us, then
bled
and died to pay the debt for our sins. Then the golden sun arc doubles
to represent the open tomb from which He arose triumphant. The
descending
dove represents the coming of the Holy Spirit to us and the flame
represents
the fire and power of the Holy Spirit in the life of every true
believer.
When asked if we are Fundamentalist, we are more Fundamental than they.
Are we Evangelistic? Very!
Are we Baptist? We place a higher value on
Biblical
water baptism than the Baptists.
Are we Pentecostal? We definitely
believe
in the entire of the Acts 2 experience including that the promise of
2:38
and 39 is to all that the Lord our God shall call.
Are we Apostolic?
Our
desire and goal is to preach, teach and practice that exact same Gospel
that Jesus Christ and His Original Apostles taught and would still be
teaching
if here in person, as we prayerfully try to be their faithful
representatives.
—
Samuel M. Smith,
Presiding Elder
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The Doctrine of
UP WAY PUBLICATIONS
P. O. Box 1015
Kailua, HI 96734-1015 U. S. A.
Followers
of JESUS CHRIST Fellowship
Apostolic Internet
Seminary
and
Up Way Publications India
Anakapalli, AP, India
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Chathancode, K.K. Dist., India
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Nkwen Bamenda, NWP, Cameroon
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The Basic Doctrine
The doctrinal position of
Up Way Publications is and
always shall be
total adherence to the Bible as the divinely inspired and infallible
Word
of God who has manifested Himself as the Father in creation and
parental
concern for His children, the only begotten Son who was born to be the
sacrificial Lamb of God, and the Holy Spirit, that same Spirit as the
Father
who indwells each of us personally. We believe ALL have sinned, face
eternal
punishment and need a SAVIOR. We teach the Bible standard of Full
Salvation
which is repentance, baptism in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus
Christ,
and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking
in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We teach the Virgin Birth,
the
Blood Atonement, Divine Healing, the Personal visible Second Coming of
Jesus Christ, and the Resurrection of the dead. We believe there is
Eternal
Life for the saved which begins at the new birth. We believe the only
truly
joyful life on earth is living wholehearted lives for Jesus.
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WHO GOD IS
WE BELIEVE the One Holy,
Eternal, Infallible God revealed Himself
throughout
the Old Testament as Jehovah Elohim, Jehovah El Shaddai, Jehovah Rapha,
Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi and Jehovah Shalom. HE appeared glorified
to Moses, who was allowed to see only His back. HE appeared to
Nebuchadrezzar
as the Son of God in the fiery furnace with the three faithful Hebrew
lads.
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace
and truth," (John 1:14). "But when the fullness of time was
come,
God sent forth His son, made of a woman..." (Galatians 4:4).
"...unto
us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be
upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,
The
Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace," (Isaiah
9:6).
"...and thou shalt call His Name JESUS: for He shall save His people
from
their sins," (Matthew 1:21). "...God sending His Own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh," (Romans
8:3).
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"...God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto Himself,
not
imputing their trespasses unto them," (2 Corinthians 5:19).
"...in
Him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily," (Colossians
2:9).
After Jesus' ascension back into heaven which followed His death on
the cross and resurrection, He sent the Comforter, the Holy Spirit,
back
to indwell, empower, and overflow the lives of true believers. (See
Acts 1:5,8; Luke 24:49; John 14:16,17,26.) The first outpouring of
the Holy Spirit occurred on the Day of Pentecost and was followed
rapidly
by additional converts in Jerusalem, Samaria, the household of
Cornelius,
the salvation and subsequent baptism of the Holy Spirit of the Apostle
Paul, and at the founding of the church in Ephesus. (See Acts 2:4;
8:16;
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THE SUPREME DOCTOR
The first covenant that
the Lord made with the children of Israel after
He had brought them out of Egypt was a covenant of healing. The Lord
said,
"If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and
wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear unto his
commandments,
and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord that Healeth
thee." (Exodus 15:26). Jehovah-Rapha, the Supreme Doctor. With
Him
as our Doctor, we have the best there is. Isaiah 53:5 ties healing and
salvation together in the great redemption plan, "...with His stripes
we
are healed." The harsh Roman lash on Jesus' back paid our doctor bill.
Matthew 8:17 reads, "...Himself took our infirmities, and bare our
sicknesses." (Also,
1 Peter 2:24.)
Divine healing is,
therefore, clearly in the atonement,
Since this is
true, Healing is for all who believe. Jesus said, in Mark 16:17, "They
shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover..." in describing
the
actions of believers, James 5:14 says, "Is any sick among you, let him
call for the elders of the church, and the prayer of faith shall save
the
sick and the Lord shall raise him up."
To say that this was only
for the days of the Apostles,
is nonsense
by the very fact that James tells the church do do this in his
instructions
for both the then present and future churches. All these promises are
"...them
that believe..." to the end of time to "...as many as the Lord our God
shall call."
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BLESSED COVENANTS
COMMUNION OR THE LORD'S
SUPPER
Jesus ate the Passover with His disciples the night He was betrayed,
and at the close of the meal, instituted the sacrament.
"And He took bread,
and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is My
body
which is broken for you; This do in remembrance of Me. Likewise also,
He
took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in My
blood which is shed for you." (Luke 22:19,20; Matthew. 26:26-29;
Mark
14:22-25). Paul gave further instructions on how the church should
observe the ordinance in 1 Cor. 11:23-34. For this reason, we prefer to
use literal
unleavened bread (Kosher Matzos) and wine (although
fermented
wine was unquestionably used in the time of the Apostles, we prefer
unfermented wine or grape juice). These we partake of literally as
emblems of the
broken body and shed blood of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This
ordinance
should be observed often as a time of reconsecration and rededication,
never lightly nor casually. Great blessings and sometimes physical
healing accompany the proper observation of this covenant.
FOOT-WASHING
In John 13:4-10, Jesus conducted the first foot-washing service.
Completing
the washing, He said, "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed
your
feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an
example, that ye should do as I have done to you," (John 13:14,15).
The Apostle Paul mentions foot-washing in 1 Timothy 5:10. Should we
think of ourselves as too good to humble ourselves in obedience to our
Lord's command?
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HOLINESS
Godly living must
characterize the life of every child of the Lord,
each living according to the pattern and example given in the Bible.
'For
the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching
us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously and Godly in this present world," (Titus 2:11,12).
"For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving
us an example, that ye should follow His steps: Who did no sin, neither
was guile found in His mouth: Who when He was reviled, reviled not
again;
when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that
judgeth righteously," (1 Pet. 2:21-23).
"Follow peace with all men, and HOLINESS without which
no man shall
see the Lord," (Hebrews 12:14).
"But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. And
if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according
to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot." (1 Peter 1:15-19).
True Christians, therefore, do not frequent movie
theaters, dances,
nor participate in any activities not appropriate to one whose whole
purpose
in being is to "...glorify God in your body, and your spirit, which are
God's," (1 Cor. 6:20), or which would not be appropriate to the
moment of the catching away of the Bride of Christ. This includes the
viewing
of many television programs which stimulate lust, greed or temptation.
Truly holy Christians do not wear immodest apparel, excessive jewelry
or
inappropriate hair styles, such as excessively long hair on men or
excessively
short hair on women. Christians should strenuously object to the
current
sex education programs in the public schools and the showing of
sadistic
or immoral "educational" films, as well as so-called sensitivity
training.
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Since
whatever we do in word or deed
should be to the honor
of God through our Lord Jesus Christ (see 1 Cor. 10:31), it is
inappropriate
for true children of God to participate in secret societies and
organizations
wherein there is a fellowship with unbelievers bound by an oath (James
5:3-7; 2 Cor 6:14-18) since such fellowship can only draw the
Christian
away from faith in God.
God's Grace
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation..." (Titus 2:11); "For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of " (Eph. 2.:8). "For the Law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ," (John 1:17).
The word "grace" means
"undeserved or unmerited favor." When a person
first hears the good news of God's salvation, whether it is by
preaching,
personal witnessing of a friend, a gospel tract or any other means, it
is by the grace of God. It is by the grace of God that the sinner feels
the conviction of the Holy Spirit as and when he or she believes, and
it
is the grace of God that leads through belief and conviction to
repentance,
which may be likened to the slaying of the old sin nature, and it is
God's
grace that fills the new believer, the "new creature in Christ Jesus"
with
the Holy Spirit power and the first evidence, that of speaking in
tongues.
When a person commits sin,
God is obligated to react as
a loving parent
to an erring child and bring correction or punishment. If the child of
God does not repent, and contiues to commit sins, he cannot enter the
kIngdom
of heaven. (See John 15:1-6; 2 Peter 2:20-22; Jude 4; Hebrews
6:4-6.)
Tithing
Tithing or paying the tenth part of the family income to the Lord's
service can be traced back as far as Abraham and was specifically
ordered
by God through Moses. In the New Testament, tithing was also practiced,
and in some cases, considerably more than tithing. (See Acts
4:32-37.)
Jesus endorsed it in Matthew 23:23. Paul said to "lay by in store..." (1
Cor. 16:2. See also Malachi chapter 3.)
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The Bible clearly teaches the restitution or making
right of all things.
Thus, when a person turns from sinning to the Lord, he should restore
everything
he has wrongly taken from anyone, and make amends for asny other injury
by word or deed whenever possible. (See Matthew 5:23; Mark 11:25;
Acts
3:21; Rev. 20:10.)
ONE WAY OF SALVATION
In the beginning, God created man innocent, pure and holy, but through
disobedience, Adam and Eve, the first humans, fell from their holy
state
and were banished from the Garden of Eden. Thus by one man's
disobedience,
sin entered into the World, (See Romans 5:19.)
Conviction of sin comes as a result of believing on the
word of God.
It is not possible for the Holy Spirit to convict a person of sin until
he or she has heard the word of God and believed that he or she is a
sinner:
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God," (Romans
3:23).
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags...," (Isaiah 64:6). ,"All we like sheep have gone
astray;
we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him
the iniquity of us all," (Isaiah. 53:6). When we realize that
we
are sinners and that we are headed for eternal damnation and
destruction,
to say nothing of our present difficulties, we find that Abraham
prophesied,
"...the Lord will provide Himself a lamb...." (Genesis 22:8). and
"Behold
the lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world," (John
1:29,
?35). "For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten
Son
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life," (John 3:16).
The true Bible Plan of Salvation given by the Apostles
who lived with
and studied under Jesus Christ teaches:
(First): Recognize the love and Grace (undeserved,
unearned
favor) of God which made provision for lost humanity to be born anew or
again through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. "For God so loved
the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life," (John 3:16). "For by
grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the
gift of God: Not of works lest any man should boast," (Ephesians
2:8,9).
It is by the GRACE of God that you have ever heard the message about
the
love of God through godly parents, the preaching of the Word of God, or
even that you received this pamphlet. For "...faith cometh by hearing
and
hearing by the Word of God," (Romans 10:17).
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(Second).
Believe. It is through
belief that the
Holy Spirit brings you to conviction. You cannot and will never feel
conviction
of the Holy Spirit until you Believe:
(a) That you are a sinner. "For all have sinned and come short of the
glory of God," (Romans 3:23).
(b) That you, miss the mark of God's plan and purpose for your life,
and "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through
Jesus Christ our Lord," (Romans 6:23).
(c) That Jesus Christ is the sinless, only begotten Son of God. "He
that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God," (John 3:18).
(d) That Jesus was and is the Lamb of God, "Behold the Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin of the world," (John 1:29,31). He was
God's own perfect sacrifice for our sins.
(e) That He loved all people in the world and so He died to save you
and everyone else from the wages of sin, "For God sent not His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be
saved," (John 3:17).
(f) That He paid it all, by His grace, it is all finished. There is
no price you must pay, nothing you can do to earn salvation. "Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers:
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and
without spot," (1 Peter 1:18,19). Until you believe you need to
be saved and that there is noting you can do to earn it, you can never
the feel conviction of God's Spirit.
The very first people who ever believed a sermon about their own
sinfulness
and salvation through Jesus, "... were pricked in their hearts and
said,
Men and brethren what must we do?" (Acts 2:37). The answer to
them
was the same as it is to you today:
(a) Be sorry that you have fallen short, far short of God's plan for
you and that you have missed His mark for your life.
(b) Turn and determine to turn from serving your own self to serving
Him as Lord of every detail of your life.
(Fourth). "...and Be Baptized every one of you..."
How? By what
power or authority? "...in the name of Jesus Christ," (Acts 2:38).
For what purpose? "...for the remission [forgiveness] of
sins..."
Baptism is your burial with Jesus Christ in the watery grave so you can
be raised with Him to live as a new creature in Christ Jesus with old
things
passed away (your old nature dead and buried in the watery grave).
"Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into His death? Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism
into
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life," (Romans
6:3,4).
"...and ye shall..."
(Third) "Repent ..." (Acts 2:38). |
(Fifth). "...Receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts
2:38).
Though you may succeed in fooling any man, you cannot and will not fool
God. When you have truly believed and felt the conviction of the Holy
Spirit,
repented and been baptized in Jesus' name, not holding back any part of
yourself from God, dying to your own will and desires, opening your
heart
to love Him above all else, He will fill you with His Spirit to let you
know you have been born into His kingdom. "For the promise is unto you,
and to your children and to all that are afar off, even as many as the
Lord our God shall call," (Acts 2:39). As a new baby in Christ,
you will speak in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance just as a new
baby
cries when it first gulps and breathes air. (See Acts 10:44-46;
Acts
11:15-17; Acts 19:6.) When it really happens, you will know it
without
any question and so will all those nearby. Pardon and forgiveness of
sin is obtained by genuine
repentance, being
truly sorry for sins and shortcomings and determining ever after to
forsake
all sins. We are justified by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans
5:1). John, Jesus Christ and the Apostles all emphasized Repentance
to both Jews and Gentiles. (Acts 2:38; 11:18; 17:30). In the
Old
Testament, two words from the Hebrew are translated "Repent".
The
first, "naham," means to lament or to grieve and speaks of
aroused
emotions when taking a different course of action. The second, "shubh,"
is more generally used and means a radical change in attitude toward
sin
and God. In the New Testament, "metamelomai" from the Greek
means
almost exactly the same thing as "naham" from the Hebrew. "Metanoeo"
means to have another mind and indicates a deep and radical change.
"...except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Jesus warned in
Luke 13:3. "And that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached
in His Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem," (Luke 24:47).
Following repentance in the scriptural order is water
baptism. The word
"baptize" is taken from the Greek "baptizo" and means literally to
immerse.
Its significance is clarified by the Apostle Paul in Romans 6:3,
Galatians
3:27 and Colossians 2:12 and the mode is given in Acts 2:38; 8:16;
10:48;
and 19:5 in compliance with Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; and Luke 24:47.
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Under
the anointing of the Holy Ghost,
Peter declares in
Acts 2:38, that when true repentance has been followed by baptism in
water
in the name of Jesus Christ, the new convert will receive the Gift of
the
Holy Ghost, of which the fact the initial sign and evidence throughout
the New Testament is speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit gives
the utterance. Nowhere are we taught to have long tarrying for the Holy
Ghost. Such conduct indicates a seeking for the gift more than the
Giver.
Joel 2:28 promises that God will "...pour out My Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and daughters shall dream dreams and your old men shall
see
visions..." and "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call,"
(Acts
2:39), and this was promised for the last days., not just the times
of the apostles. Jesus promised the gift to the Apostles in Acts 1:5,
and
this was fulfilled in Acts 2:4. There is a distinct difference between
being BORN of the Spirit, being BAPTIZED with the Holy Ghost, and being
FILLED with the Spirit. A person is BORN of the Spirit when he fully
believes
the Gospel, feels the "pricked-heart" conviction of the Holy Spirit,
repents
of his sins, thus slaying his old sin nature and is baptized or buried
with Jesus Christ. The BAPTISM of the Holy Spirit takes place at that
moment
that God accepts the living sacrifice of the repentant sinner and so
immerses
him in Himself that the tongue is loosed and the new convert speaks in
a new and heavenly language which he does not know, or first "speaks in
tongues". Being FILLED with the Spirit is a daily renewal and
refreshing
in which, through prayer and Bible reading, the believer is lifted up
into
heavenly places in Christ Jesus continually and daily. It is a daily
renewing
of the fullness of the Holy Spirit power. Some churches call this
"Progressive
Sanctification." It is a point of being continually full to the
overflowing
of the Spirit of God and comes through continual consecration. It is
totally
Scriptural to expect all those who receive the Baptism of the Holy
Spirit
to have the same sign or evidence of speaking in tongues as is recorded
in Acts 2:4; 10:46; 11:15 and 19:6. The Gift of Tongues, which is
explained
in 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 14, is the same in essence but
different
in use and The Apostle Peter explained further in Acts 2:33, "...having
received
of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He [Jesus] hath shed forth
that which ye now see and hear." And in Acts 2:39, he adds, "For the
promise
is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even
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MINISTRIES
The scriptural five-fold ministries are outlined in Ephesians 4:11,
which is Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers.3 Bishop
is essentially a word meaning the head pastor of a local church or of a
group of churches.. The Apostle Paul gives the requirements for bishops
or overpastors including missionary evangelists in Titus 1:5-9 and 1
Tim.
3:1-13. The Bible does not use the word, "Missionary," but by
definition,
an apostle is "one sent" as is a present-day missionary. Therefore a
present-day
"missionary evangelist," one who carries the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ
to new areas and establishes or prepares local ministers to establish
new
churches, can properly be recognized as an "Apostle." The distinction
of
having personally seen the Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh, by the
context,
does not necessarily apply to the Apostles as mentioned in Ephesians
4:11.
Prophets are known by the forth-telling of the immediate application of
the Word of God to the lives of those to whom they speak and its
accurate
fulfillment, often against seemingly impossible odds. They may also
tell
of future events, but we are commanded to judge their prophecies by the
fulfillment of those prophecies.
There is also a "body ministry" which includes every believer as
defined
in 1 Cor. 14:26 and 1 Peter 2:1-5.
PATRIOTIC OBLIGATION
True Christians should recognize the institution of human government
as ordained of God, and thus affirm unswerving loyalty to our
government
unless it passes laws which directly conflict with clear teachings of
scripture.
Christians therefore should not be involved in activities such as
strikes
nor those advocating any kind of violence nor the overthrow of any form
of government not in direct conflict with principles clearly taught in
the Bible. The Apostle Paul speaks of being good soldiers in a
spiritual
sense and thereby implies that the same applies in the natural. (2
Timothy
2:3,4). Jesus told those who questioned Him to "...render unto
Caesar
the things that be Caesar's" (Luke 20:25). Paul says to "I
exhort
therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and
giving of thanks,be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are
in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
and honesty," (1 Tim. 2:1,2). (Also see 2 Peter 2:9-11.)
We also have the obligation to live and teach in such a
way that the
ungodly will be turned to Jesus Christ and real Holy Spirit revival
break
out in our communities, realizing that even if we succeed in getting
laws
passed prohibiting drug abuse, the taking of the lives of the pre-born (abortion),
and gun control, which are not fully the will of all people those laws
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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
"...For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall
cleave
unto his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no
more twain, but one flesh, What therefore God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder," (Matt. 19:5,6). God created woman for man
and intended the relationship between husband and wife to be a most
beautiful
and enjoyable relationship. Many have found this joy, but Satan,
through
the lust of the eye and the lust of the flesh has corrupted the view of
many and for those unfortunate ones who make a poor choice, there is
only
one reason acceptable to God for divorce. Even then, any children of
the
marriage are sure to be adversely affected by conflict in the home, but
even more traumatically by divorce. Therefore, marriage should be
entered
into only after much careful thought and prayer for God's guidance.
"Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for
fornication, and
shall marry another, committeth adultery," (Matt. 19:9 & 5:32).
When this ground has been invoked, the innocent party may be free to
remarry,
but only "...in the Lord." EXTREME caution should be exercised by those
in or possibly entering the ministry, as much misunderstanding and loss
of confidence may undermine or even destroy a divorced minister's
respect
and standing among his congregation and fellow ministers.
Unquestionably,
the minister must have acted from completely pure and right motives and
be the injured party. (See also 1 Cor. 7:1-31 and Eph. 5:22-25.)
EVENTS TO COME
As we read, hear or watch the news, we cannot avoid seeing the
fulfillment
of prophecy indicating the nearness of the time for our Lord Jesus to
return
in the clouds, the dead arise, and we who are alive and remain be
caught
up to meet Him in the air! (See 1 Thes. 4:13-17; 2 Cor. 15:51-54;
Phil.
3:30,21.)
Jesus is coming again in person, just as He went away. This teaching
is clear from passages in Acts 1:11 and Matthew 24. (See also Acts
3:19-21;
1 Cor. 11:26; 1 Thes. 4:14-17; Titus 2:13,14.)
The present distress here on earth is but a foreshadowing of the time
of Great Tribulation, but if we correctly understand the scriptures, it
seems that the events of 1 Thes. 4:13-17; 2 Cor. 15:51-54 and Phil.
3:30,21
will most likely take place about the time of "the beginning of
sorrows" (See
Matt. 24:4-14) and therefore occur before this Great Tribulation.
Following
the Great Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon, it is prophesied
that
Jesus Christ will return to the earth with His saints to set up an
earthly
kingdom with His capitol to be atop the Mount of Olives. this will
begin
a thousand years of peace on earth during which Satan will be bound and
in which the saints will rule and reign with Him. At the close of the
thousand
years, there will be a resurrection of the dead who will then be
summoned
before the Great White Throne for the final judgement, and all those
whose
names are not found in the Lamb's Book of Life will be cast into the
Lake
of Fire burning with brimstone which God hath prepared for the Devil
and
his angels, Satan, himself being cast in first. (Matt. 25:41; Rev.
20:7-15;
21:8).
-- Samuel M.
Smith,
Publisher, PresidingElder
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