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Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 4-1-1982 Herald of Holiness Volume 71 Number 07 (1982) W. E. McCumber (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation McCumber, W. E. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 71 Number 07 (1982)" (1982). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 278. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/278 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. im the dead.., (Matthew 28:7, NIV: BENNER LIBRARY OLIVET NAZALENE COLLEGE KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS AN EDITORIAL WO FAITHFUL women made and later the disciples, the many fort also through the deep sorrow -4- their way on that first Easter post-Resurrection appearances of bereavement. The hope of im­ morning to the sepulchre where of Jesus, and the ancient Roman mortality is universal in mankind, Jesus was buried. They carried records substantiate the glorious and it becomes reality in the res­ with them the hope of the newly fact that Jesus arose from the urrection of Christ. Paul states in formed church and indeed the dead. The openness of Christiani­ 1 Corinthians 15:22, “For as in faith of all Christendom in the fu­ ty to invite challenge and exami­ Adam all die, even so in Christ ture. If they had found Jesus still nation is a w inning factor. C om e shall all be made alive.” in the tomb, all Christianity would and see an empty tomb. Come There is an urgency about the have perished. Paul stated this in and see a living Christ. Come and message of Easter. “Go quickly his letter to the Corinthians: “If experience the miracle of the new and tell his disciples that he is Christ be not risen, then is our birth. risen from the dead.” It must be preaching vain, and your faith is The message lifts our vision announced. It must be told. The also vain” (1 Corinthians 15:14). and hope beyond life’s horizon. waiting disciples heard it and new In the clear morning light came “He is risen.” He conquered faith was born. A frustrated world the angel of the Lord with the death and thus raised our hopes must know. We must in our gen­ timeless message that has given that because He lives we too shall eration accelerate our efforts to Christianity its strength and hope: live. Millions have faced death bring this message of hope to all “Fear not ye: for I know that ye without fear and have found com­ m ankind. □ seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quick­ ly, and tell his disciples that he is A MESSAGE risen from the dead” (Matthew 28: 5-7). Through the passing cen­ turies this message has contin­ OF HOPE ued to inspire hope in all who believe. “COME AND SEE A LIVING CHRIST.” The message invites us to Christian certainty. “Come and see.” The fact of the Resurrection is a well established historical event. The witness of the women, by General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland HERALD OF HOLINESS on the______ THIRD DAY ----------------------------- by ROSS W. HAYSLIP T IS IN the first eight verses of the last chapter of . the Gospel according to St. Mark that we have what is doubtless the oldest account of the resurrec­ Ition of our Lord. Identical words are also used by Matthew and Luke to report the announcement of the angel at the empty tomb. The announcement was both negative and positive: “ He is not here: for he is risen!” Mark reverses the order of the announcement by placing the positive statement first and the nega­ tive second. The New Testament Church made this great fact central in their faith and preaching. It was a life- changing event for them. The first word of the risen Lord was a challenge to the mourner, “ Woman, why weepest thou?” We recall that this was the same Jesus who wept by the graveside of His friend Laza­ rus in the presence of death. Death touched His heart in the days of His flesh but now in His glorified body He uses terms of comfort in the time of mourning. He had met death and conquered it, therefore He could bring hope to a heart in despair. James Denney aptly said, “The apostles did not preach the Resurrection of Jesus as a mere fact. What they preached was the Gospel of the Resurrection." The gospel is good news and the message of Easter is not just a recounting of a historical event but rather a proclamation that salvation has been brought down. EASTER Men can now be saved from their sins and redeemed by a supernatural power. I cannot prove that Jesus rose The glorious message of entire sanctification rests That first glad Easter day, upon the risen triumph of our Lord. Paul says, “ the But I am sure He lives because Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead . He hears me when I pray. shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11). I cannot prove that God forgives, The message Paul brought was that a life of holi­ And sets the conscience free, ness is utterly impossible apart from the mighty And yet the guilt I used to know energy that raised Christ from the dead. Paul ex­ No longer follows me. pressed the longing of his life to the Philippians when he said, “ that I may know him, and the power of his I cannot prove there is a place resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings” Christ promised to prepare, (3:10). And many dear ones I have loved When Christ arose He made truth triumphant over Are waiting for me there. falsehood. When He arose He cried out, “Peace be still,” to the rolling billows of unrest . He became the I cannot prove eternal life Captain of our salvation to lead us to sure and certain For those who've been reborn, victory over sin. He became the Pilot to guide us But death no longer frightens me through the fog and storms on the sea of life and to Because of Easter morn. sweep back the tidal wave of sins. After His resurrec­ tion He declared that all power was given to Him in -ELMA BROOKS COMPFORT heaven and in earth. He who was dead is alive again Olean, New York and is alive forevermore! □ ROSS \N. HA YSLIP is the pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Tucson. Arizona. APRIL 1, 1982 Bible Quotations in this issue: W. E. M cCUM BER, Editor in Chief Unidentified quotations are from the KJV. Quotations from the following translations IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor are used by permission: MABEL ADAMSON, Editorial Assistant (RSV) From the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952. © 1971, 1973. (NIV) From The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1978, by New York Contribution I V. H. LEWIS • ORVILLE W . JENKINS International Bible Society. F riltn ri CHARLES H. STRICKLAND • EUGENE L. STOWE Editors. | W |LUAM M GREATHOUSE • JERALD D. JOHNSON HERALD OF HOLINESS (USPS 241-440) is published semi-monthly by the NAZARENE PUB­ General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene LISHING HOUSE, 2923 TROOST AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO 64109. Editorial Office at 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City, MO 64131. Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to Naza­ rene Publishing House. P.O. Box 527, Kansas City. MO 64141 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us Cover Photo: by H. A rm strong Roberts your new address, including ZIP code, as well as your old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $5.00 per year. Second-class postage paid at Kansas City. Volume 71, Number 7 A p ril 1, 1982 Whole Number 3347 Mo. Litho in U.S.A. IN THIS ISSUE A MESSAGE OF HOPE ...............................................2 THE GATES OF DEATH ........................................................12 General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland A lbert J. Lown ON THE THIRD D AY ............................................................... 3 MERCY .......................................................................................13 Ross W. Hay slip Poem Jack M. Scharn BECAUSE OF EASTER ......................................................... 3 THE PROBLEM OF IRRELEVANCE .......................... 13 Poem Elma Brooks Compfort Phil S tout LETTERS ................................................................................. 4 ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE ................................................14 M errill S. Williams EASTER SUNRISE ..................................................................5 ONE YIELDED LIFE ..............................................................16 M ary E. Latham Gordon L. Kennedy SIN-BEARING LOVE ............................................................... 6 DEATH TO LIFE ...................................................................... 17 Ivan A. Beals Poem Mabel P. Adamson JESUS.....................................................................................7 THE TEXTURE OF MY DAYS ..............................................17 Poem Connie Riddle Book Brief Marva L. Weigelt THE EDITOR’S STANDPOINT ............................................18 HE KNEW THIS WOMAN’S SORROW .......................... 8 W. E. M cC u m b er Gordon Chilvers BY ALL MEANS .....................................................................

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