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JULY–AUG 2016 | VOLUME 28 ISSUE 4 “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet.” Isaiah 58:1

Not of This Revelation Series Hiding Places World 6th Seal k Trumpet PAGE 5 PAGE 7 PAGE 11 EDITORIAL

What a tremendous privilege to be a child of God and to be enjoying the blessedness of walking in the light of His holy Word. Herein is life, and that more abundant, in- deed! It is no small miracle to be delivered from the power of darkness; from the blindness of mind Satan once had us under. The eyes of our understanding have now been en- lightened by the powerful grace of God. To be awakened is a divine work. And now, as partakers of so great a deliverance, we increasingly feel a weight of responsibility to rescue as INDEX many as we can who are yet held captive by Satan. Oh, for the passion and the wisdom to pull souls from the fire! Not of This World 5 The Holy Ghost enflamed this burden through mes- sages preached at our recent international camp meeting, The Seven Seals and Seven Trumpets and the saints responded with ready minds and willing of Revelation: A Series 7 spirits. May God teach us as never before how to number our days, for they are counting down to the Final Day of Hiding Places 11 Judgment. The harvest must be hastened in. We rejoice to see how God has been on the move and souls are being saved, yet long to see multitudes more Ten Questions for Our Detractors 12 being reached and rescued, both out of the world and out of the cages of false religion. Indeed, more people would Armageddon News 13 be finding real Bible salvation were it not for the curse of false religion that is overflowing the earth! Sectism is The Gospel Trumpet Publishing Co. marching souls along the broad way that leads to destruc- is registered as a charitable organization in the USA. tion. May God grant divine enablement to intercept their Please request a tax receipt for donations, if so desired. march before it is too late. sm This work is supported through free-will offerings. TESTIMONIES & LETTERS

God Has so Much Grace for Me kill the soul, so full of things that drain me, lived through a miserable summer of won- Praise the Lord! I am so thankful that and often times I cry deep inside, saying dering whether I was saved or not. Finally I have found the church of God and that I I am nearly drained–where can I find the coming to the conclusion that I wasn’t, I didn’t stay in Babylon. Oh glory! I am so fountains of living water? Praise the Lord! tried to figure out how salvation worked glad that I could be made free from sin as I can find it in Christ and through His be- and how I could get a hold of it. we read in 1 John 3:9. “Whosoever is born loved church. I thank God that on a Tuesday in Octo- of God doth not commit sin; for his seed re- The Gospel Trumpet radio is an en- ber of the same year, when I was willing to maineth in him: and he cannot sin, because couragement to the saints in the world who give everything up, I went to my mom that he is born of God.” are very far away during times where they evening and told her I wanted to be saved. And I am so thankful that I can be a need to work. God bless the work of His So we prayed together. I thank God that child of God at such a young age and that precious saints! Bro. Rio Carandang somehow, somewhere in my feeble little God has so much grace for me. I am so very Philippines prayer that He had mercy and reached down thankful!! Sis. Susana Martens (Age 16) and lifted that heavy weight of guilt and sin Bolivia Absolutely Real and Lasting from my soul. I remember getting up after “Could I sing out the pleasures in my that prayer feeling as light as a feather and Source of Consolation and Strength bosom, How my heart thrills with glory in thinking that no one in the world could tell Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, the way, All the world would no longer in me that I hadn’t gotten the real thing. I praise the Lord that the preaching and the desert stay, but to my Jesus come and I’m thankful that it didn’t end there, singing of the saints reach us here in the even today.” What a glorious experience! but that salvation just gets sweeter and Philippines through the Gospel Trumpet Sometimes I feel like if many people knew richer. It’s going on seven years since I got radio app. A few days ago I installed this the joy I was experiencing they wouldn’t saved, and though it was glorious when app in my Android phone and it has really keep doing what they’re doing. I’m thank- that happened and Jesus was sweet to me been helpful. The preaching and the sing- ful that in a world where it seems like ev- then, I must confess that it’s more glorious ing are very encouraging and a source of erything is fake, there’s still something that now and Jesus just keeps getting sweeter consolation and strength. It feels like I am exists that is absolutely real and lasting. and sweeter to me all the time. also there. When we met the saints seven years I love this holy way and am deter- In this evil world, where there is the ago, I was so ignorant: I had hardly ever mined to get all the Lord has for me. busy-ness of life in the city, the things of heard of the term “saved,” let alone know Bro. John Byler (Age 19) the world, the distractions–the Lord has what it meant. But I’m so glad that through Indiana, USA provided a refuge, the church of God. the preaching God kept dealing with me. There are times I think of being with I’m so glad God not only saves those I Have a Wonderful Friend in Jesus the saints seven days a week, but it is im- who come from drug houses, bar rooms, Glory to His name! I am so glad that I possible. It is only the seventh day that I can and night clubs, and those who’ve actually am part of His glorious church. I was very be with the saints in Tarlac and sometimes done a lot of evil things, but that He can bad when I was not saved. Now, I am so I still miss the meetings. But when I listen also save those who appear good to others, glad that I don’t have to be part of this sin- to Gospel Trumpet radio, I am encouraged. yet whose hearts and minds are desperately ful world. I have a wonderful Friend in Je- I sing along when I hear the singing. I also wicked, and the only reason they didn’t do sus. I want to serve the Lord in my whole say amen to the preaching, but many times a lot of bad things was because they either life. I love the church of God’s true mes- I weep because the messages are strong didn’t have the opportunity, or didn’t want sage. Please pray for me so that I can serve and life-giving so that it seems my thirst is to look bad. the Lord and give all my life to His work. quenched. There is life! This world is full After our first Ohio camp meeting in Sis. Ruth Tamang (Age 18) of death! This world is full of things that 2009, the Lord kept dealing with me, and I Nepal

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4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Not of This World

Sis. Kara Braun

“Not of the world” is the phrase with which Jesus Christ described Himself in John 17, and no wonder. Clearly, His was a life transcending ordinary existence. He had come from heaven, and heaven’s purpose con- sumed His life. Divine love, no doubt, inflamed His heart, controlled His thinking, inspired His conversa- tion, guided His choices, and was the one drive of His whole earthly career. His mind was on His Father, and His only goal was to glorify His Father. His time and strength were spent fulfilling a heavenly mission in- somuch that He had no ambition left for worldly pur- suits. Carnal men were puzzled when He would not al- low them to make Him their king, and often they found His purposes beyond their comprehension. Why? Be- cause His was a heavenly kingdom. He had come from a better place, and, throughout His earthly sojourn, He breathed still the air of the heavenly country. He was otherworldly. It is meaningful to note that our Lord uses the very same phrase to give His followers the same heavenly description: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” John 17:16. It seems He intended them to follow the pattern He had set before them and to walk in the same heavenly manner. He was not to be the only stranger and pilgrim. His followers, like Him, would be hated and misunderstood. They were to follow the same divine calling and live the same pur- pose-filled life–not as hermits, for He Himself difference in our tastes and ways of thinking. declared that His purpose was not to take them We think worldly fashions strange. We do not out of the world, but as pilgrims mingling in relish the same amusements. Our minds run a society to which they found themselves in different channels. Our pursuits are toward strangers. They too were to be otherworldly. higher goals. Things the world holds dear are It is this otherworldliness, this heavenly of little value to us because we are travelers mind frame, which has set apart true follow- only passing through. Because we are not of this world, we do not fight this Our pursuits are toward higher goals. Things the world holds dear world’s battles (Jn. 18:36) nor are of little value to us because we are travelers only passing through. get involved in this world’s pol- itics. The fact is we would not ers of Christ down through time. This alien- fit into their political systems if we tried. We ation in spirit from the very atmosphere and do not seek earthly empires, earthly honors, climate of sinful society naturally produces in or earthly presidencies. We do not build our the believer’s heart certain convictions and a hopes upon earthly gold. We are not overmuch manner of outward living which seem, per- patriotic to earthly nations, not because we do haps, strange and awkward in the eyes of those not appreciate what these countries do for us, looking on. Why our dress? Why our man- but because we owe a stronger allegiance to ner of greeting one another? Why our stand our heavenly country. We are detached from against the television and internet or our refus- earthly society in the same way that a travel- al to participate in the world’s amusements? er, however much he enjoys the scenes of his These are marks of our foreign citizenship. We journey, has his heart set on home and does dress distinctly because we follow a heavenly not build himself a house in every country he fashion. Ours is not “that outward adorning of passes through. plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of Some individuals, upon first sighting us, putting on of apparel” but is the adorning of “a have almost wondered if we came from Mars, meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of and the thought is not entirely without cause. God of great price” (1 Pet. 3:3-4). We speak Have no worries, Martians we are not; yet “as becometh saints,” loving to acknowledge foreigners we are. The things of this world our common kinship and shunning to corrupt are alien to us, and we are alien to them. We our language with light or unwholesome ex- breathe another air. If, to some reader, this pressions ill-fitted to grace and holiness. We standard seems unreasonable, or if the price of do not use television because “evil communi- separation seems too high, let him remember cations corrupt good manners” (1 Cor. 15:33) that one who is not a foreigner in this world and because it breathes a different spirit than is a foreigner to heaven. It would be far bet- heaven and comes from a different source. ter to be a misfit here than to be a misfit in Even useful technology we use in the fear heavenly society. We never will fit in with the of God, lest sin find any avenue to creep in. world, and it would be fruitless to try. There Any amusement, any sport, any holiday that are things about us that will always be foreign is not heavenly and does not give credit to to them and things about them that will always God’s holiness finds no place in our lifestyle. be foreign to us because we are of different The estrangement is more than a mere differ- countries. We are strange simply because we ence in outward customs. It is a fundamental are strangers. &

6 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Remove Revelation pages if you desire to keep as a study reference. 6 of 7 The Sixth Seal: the sixth seal and trumpet. Two to preach this message with urgency. He events happened that would was joined by others who had the same vi- And I beheld when he had opened the sixth shape the history of the church. sion. The time had come for all of God’s seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and One was the moving of God children to leave man-made sects and unite the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and upon various holiness people to in perfect unity on the Word of God alone. the moon became as blood; preach with renewed fervency For through the new birth one is made a And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, on the subject of entire sanctifi- member of God’s true church; they need even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, cation. Many began seeking the join no sect. when she is shaken of a mighty wind. baptism of the Holy Ghost. While people knew sectism was wrong And the heaven departed as a scroll when The other was the birth of and even taught against it at times, many it is rolled together; and every mountain and Daniel Sidney Warner in 1842. refused to walk in the light when the mes- island were moved out of their places. God saved him in 1865. In 1877, sage came to leave their man-made denom- And the kings of the earth, and the great Bro. Warner joined the holiness inations. They didn’t mind the theology but men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, movement and shortly after- refused to move into its reality. and the mighty men, and every bondman, and wards received the baptism of Hence, “a great earthquake” or spiri- every free man, hid themselves in the dens and the Holy Ghost for himself. tual shaking began to be felt. In the scrip- in the rocks of the mountains; The time was now ripe for tures, imagery of the sun becoming black And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall the opening of the sixth seal. and the moon becoming as blood also typi- on us, and hide us from the face of him that God had prepared the atmo- fies great shakings or upheavals. Refusing sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the sphere and people to receive the God’s message darkened the sun of the re- Lamb: sixth trumpet message. ligious professors and caused their moon For the great day of his wrath is come; and As a natural result of a sanc- (prophecy) to become as blood. Blood sig- who shall be able to stand? tified heart, Bro. Warner began nifies the guilt they bore because of their Revelation 6:12-17 to see that it was not God’s will refusal to walk in the light. This rejection for His people to be divided into resulted in them losing what they may have different sects. Je- sus had once possessed (Matt. 21:43). Any time a shed His blood group or individual refuses to move God had moved mightily in the fifth to purchase one forward when seal/trumpet time. The restoration of the church that was without understanding of entire sanctification had spot or wrinkle. They were been a tremendous step forward for the not only to be the same in church. Unfortunately, after the time of heart, but also in doctrine John Wesley, those who had embraced the and standard. God was holiness doctrine had splintered into many not coming back for di- denominations. vision and schism, but Towards the middle of the 1800s, for a glorious bride. God began to prepare for the opening of Bro. Warner began Did you know? 1886-1891: D.S Warner & Sarah Smith traveled extensively with an evangelistic company that they had formed. D.S. Warner and His Evangelistic Company Dec. 1, 1895: D.S Warner preached his last message (It was on Christian Growth). Seal k Trumpet6

God sends a message, there will always be takers of her sins” (Rev. 18:4). Those who hide them- darkness and guilt. refused to leave all, walk in holiness, and selves in false Stars (ministers) who had once been come home to the true church invoked the doctrine so used of God fell from the heavens (spirtual wrath of the Lamb–the same Lamb who they wouldn’t have to change, all the while places) to the earth (men’s dwelling and had shed His own blood to purchase the continuing in their religious professions. reasoning). Their refusal to accept the truth one, true church. “For the wrath of God is They tried to hide, but God was not demoted them to a place of sin and wrong. revealed from heaven against all ungodli- fooled. He said in Isaiah 28:17, “Judgment They should have been the first to rejoice in ness and unrighteousness of men, who hold also will I lay to the line, and righteousness the message and walk in the light, but they the truth in unrighteousness” (Rom. 1:18). to the plummet: and hail [the solid Word of lost their experiences as a fig tree whose These people called for the moun- God] shall sweep away the refuge of lies, fruit is shaken before it is ripe. (It should tains (false religion) to cover them. They and the waters [the Word] shall overflow have been ripe because of the understand- endeavored to hide in the dens and rocks the hiding place.” ing they had). When the wind of the Holy of the mountains (places absent of light). People may endeavor to hide from the Ghost blew, their experiences did not hold, They said to themselves, “We have made truth, but, in the end, God will always find and they were left with nothing but stubble. lies our refuge, and under falsehood have them out. There is no false movement or In refusing to obey God, their “heaven we hid ourselves” (Isa. 28:15). doctrine deceptive enough to fool God or departed as a scroll,” meaning they fell They didn’t want to be found out be- His people. It is better to be open before from their standing with God and His peo- cause they knew their deeds were evil (John God now than to be swept out of the dens ple in the heavenly places (Eph. 2:6). 3:19-21). They wanted to ease their con- and mountains. Many wanted to be able to choose “the sciences and church of their choice,” along with their own preferred standards and doctrines. But if God has only one true church, that makes all others false. The clear The Sixth Trumpet: preaching of that time revealed the mountain of Heb. 12:22-23–Mt. And the sixth angel sounded, and I brimstone. Zion, the church–looming high heard a voice from the four horns of the By these three was the third part above all the false “mountains” golden altar which is before God, of men killed, by the fire, and by the of sectism. This put condemna- Saying to the sixth angel which had smoke, and by the brimstone, which is- tion on false churches and on the trumpet, Loose the four angels which sued out of their mouths. the people that loved these un- are bound in the great river Euphrates. For their power is in their mouth, and scriptural dwellings. And the four angels were loosed, in their tails: for their tails were like Islands (independent spir- which were prepared for an hour, and a unto serpents, and had heads, and with its) were also exposed, because day, and a month, and a year, for to slay them they do hurt. if you wanted to belong to God, the third part of men. And the rest of the men which were you had to submit to the com- And the number of the army of the not killed by these plagues yet repented mon faith of His church and horsemen were two hundred thousand not of the works of their hands, that they come under those whom God thousand: and I heard the number of should not worship devils, and idols of had placed in His body over them. gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, you. And thus I saw the horses in the vi- and of wood: which neither can see, nor Everyone–rich or poor, sion, and them that sat on them, having hear, nor walk: important or unimportant– breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and Neither repented they of their mur- was faced with an ultimatum: brimstone: and the heads of the horses ders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their “Come out of her [Babylon], were as the heads of lions; and out of fornication, nor of their thefts. my people, that ye be not par- their mouths issued fire and smoke and Revelation 9:13-21 Dates are approximate.

God had been anticipating with of the message to “come out from among while he was still alive. great joy the sounding forth of this trum- them and be ye separate” (2 Cor. 6:17), But the devil was wroth and devised pet (message or warning). Its sounding many came “leaping and shouting home a plan to hinder the work of God. He would loose the four (universal or com- to Zion.” They were glad to be delivered was not happy that the denominations he plete) angels (messengers) from out of from the sects and creeds of men! had worked so hard to build were being the great river Euphrates. The Euphra- Not all were happy with the truth, knocked down. He was angry that many tes was the source of water for the lit- however. There were many who were souls were getting the help they needed. eral city of Babylon. Without this river, more comfortable with false doctrine He began to put it into the hearts of some Babylon would have been left desolate. than with the righteous judgments of younger ministers to feel as though they The life supply for spiritual Babylon is God. They refused to repent of their knew better than what Bro. Warner and false doctrine. Revelation 16:12 speaks ways and were not willing to be killed the pioneers had taught. of this river being dried up by the pour- by the plagues (to submit to the judg- Shortly after Bro. Warner's death ing out of the vials (the judgments of ments of God’s Word). They preferred in 1895, some of the ministers of rep- God). When false teachings are exposed the works of their own hands (sects) utation began to doubt the things the or dried up, honest souls can escape over the work of God’s hand (the one, church had clearly taught. They didn’t false systems of religion, no longer be- holy church). They chose to worship a show their true colors immediately, but ing blinded or bound by their unbiblical system that could not help them (idols). slowly, through the process of time, they errors. Though they knew the sects they be- poisoned many with their “innocent Thus being enlightened and freed, longed to could not see, hear, or walk, questions.” A subtle, but deadly spirit of these angels were soon established in they continued to bow the knee in order compromise was doing its work. the faith and fitted to go forward and to escape paying the price to be part of Instead of looking to the Word of preach the truth, resulting in a third part God’s church. As a result of loving these God to establish what was right, they be- (a large portion) of men being “slain,” systems, the congregants became like gan to teach the saints to trust their own or able to find the power to be delivered unto the systems they were part of (Psa. consciences and opinions. Things which from the carnal nature (to die to sin). 115:8). had been clearly taught and understood When the Holy Ghost infilled the They would not enter in and hin- became blurred. hearts of men, it resulted in a mighty dered those who would. Therefore they In an effort to “win more people” army (figuratively, two hundred thou- became guilty of soul murder, theft, and (those who wouldn’t allow themselves sand thousand) going forth to conquer. sorcery. They commited spiritual forni- to be killed by the plagues), they lowered Our God is a God of war (Ex. 15:3) and cation (illegimate relationship) by main- many standards of the church, including does not fight alone. Rev. 19:14 tells us taining an adoration for a system that dress. They began to segregate the black that all of the saved follow Him upon was outside of God. and white people. God was not pleased white horses. These horses are symbolic Revelation 9:19 says that “their and, therefore, left them. Worship and of pure and holy strength and warfare. power is in their mouth, and in their leadership led by the Holy Spirit were These militant saints had heads as tails.” This tells us there were two parts replaced with programmed services, lions and were aggressive and unafraid to the sixth trumpet time. The mouth mission boards, and pulpit committees. (Pro. 30:30). They were protected with represents the beginning, as the head There were those who refused to breastplates of fire (Holy Spirit), jacinth comes first. The tail is the latter part. The remove the ancient landmarks, but they (glory), and brimstone (heated judg- head was good, but something happened were quickly shunned as radical or judg- ment). Their message in word and deed over time that caused the tail to become mental and disposed of in one way or was fire, smoke, and brimstone. God bad. Not only did the tail become bad, another. blessed their labours and His glory was but it also caused much harm. Isa. 9:15 The lying prophets made fast busi- in their midst.They posed a formidable says, “The ancient and honourable, he is ness of turning the head into a terrible foe to all those who opposed God. the head; and the prophet that teacheth serpent tail. By 1910, this body of Bro. Warner and those with him lies, he is the tail.” people, whom God had so wonderfully went all over the country preaching the During Bro. Warner's lifetime, he visited, was in marked compromise. A visible unity of all believers. To those preached and lived a message of uncom- landslide of worldliness followed. who loved God, this was exactly what promised truth. His priority was holi- they had been waiting for. At the sound ness at any cost. Things remained good Sis. Elizabeth Oppel Hiding Places

Sis. Brigitte Wiebe

ing that they will save them in the end. “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and But praise the Lord, the overflow- the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow ing scourge is passing through! The water the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disanulled, and of God’s Word is overflowing the hiding your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge places, getting into every crack and corner, shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.” Isaiah 28:17-18. causing all manner of secret, evil things to be exposed. Not one hiding place will re- iding places! People every- can continue, at present, to live according main. Just like a tsunami sweeps away ev- where are trying to hide. Be- to their own lusts, people have built quite erything unstable in its path, so the water of holding with spiritual eyes, an underground city and dubbed it “Mille- God’s Word sweeps along with tremendous Hone sees this world’s land- nialism.” Homosexuals are doing their best momentum, toppling man’s feeble inven- scape filled with hiding places of every de- to camp in a cave called “Tolerance.” Ty- tions. NOTHING can stand against it! scription. Discontented with the laws set by rannical men, thirsting for power, enslave When you realize that what you have God, they try to create alternate ways. their wives while slinking away into the always believed does not match God’s Because some want to continue sin- hole inscribed with “Submit! Submit!” On Word, follow the only reasonable course of ning and still profess to be saved, they hide and on goes the record! action–FLEE from your “refuge” and let it from the revealing Word in the cave of “sin- Money-hungry, power-thirsty, soul- be destroyed, saving yourself! Be assured you-must” or “once saved, always saved.” devouring hirelings wrest the scriptures that this same Word will meet you on the Some are very anxious to avoid the clear, to their own advantage, precariously en- Judgment Day, whether or not you have ringing tones of the Word summoning all deavoring to hide in the Word written by measured to its standards. What mercy to to Zion and away from the “church” they the very One who will bring to light their have it revealed now, while we can still love so well; thus, they crouch under the hiding places of darkness. conform! huge boulder of ecumenism and proclaim, The ones of whom Isaiah prophesied in In 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, Paul states that “All sects compose the body of Christ.” the opening scripture had a covenant with he, with other ministers, had renounced the Very handy. death. They believed that they had procured hidden things of dishonesty. The light of Because many today do not like the “perfect security from evil and mischief of the gospel, shining through the early minis- thought of hell (a place of torment for all any sort” (Clarke). “Peace, peace!” they ters, exposed evil for what it was. who refuse God) they comfortably nestle in cried, when, in reality, there was no peace. At times in history, darkness settled a crevice darkened by the shadow “Annihi- Millions today are doing the very same over the land allowing all manner of evil lation.” Wishing for another chance so they thing. They cling to their false beliefs, hop- associations to form and wickedness to be

THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 11 largely left alone. But now, “At evening God’s Word runneth swiftly and will assur- ideals. Hide, hide in them! But be sure the time, it shall be LIGHT”! The Word of edly accomplish what it has set out to do. scourge will find you out, and ye shall be God is doing its work in power once again! Woe to all who think that they are safe trodden down by it, for it makes NO EX- God’s ministers once again proclaim it un- in their own little sect, believing their own CEPTION! compromisingly. manufactured doctrine. Babylon’s prosper- Let people cry and rail and curse; the Let foolish man shake his fist at it–let ity is OVER! When God says that the time overflowing scourge is sweeping through. him make an agreement with hell itself! is up, it is up! Hold on then to your idolized Praise the Lord! &

Ten Questions

for Our Detractors Bro. Daniel Eichelberger

In 10the light of those who oppose this flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride men, because ye are strong, and the word work of restoration, we feel that a few of life, is not of the Father, but is of the of God abideth in you, and ye have over- questions with scriptural commentary are world. And the world passeth away, and come the wicked one.” 1 John 2:14. in order. Why do you feel the church of the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will God is a threat to you? of God abideth for ever.” 1 John 2:15-17. 6. Is it because the presence of God on the assembly scares you? 1. Is it because you love lukewarmness? 4. Is it because you love your sectish divi- “And the Lord will create upon every “I know thy works, that thou art nei- sion? dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon ther cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all and the shining of a flaming fire by night: and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee speak the same thing, and that there be no for upon all the glory shall be a defence.” out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16. divisions among you; but that ye be per- Isaiah 4:5. fectly joined together in the same mind and “Others mocking said, These men are 2. Is it because you are afraid of what in the same judgment.” 1 Corinthians 1:10. full of new wine.” Acts 2:13. others may think of you? “That there should be no schism in the “Whosoever therefore shall be body; but that the members should have the 7. Is it because you just might not be as ashamed of me and of my words in this same care one for another.” 1 Corinthians familiar with the Bible and its teachings adulterous and sinful generation; of him 12:25. as you ought to be? also shall the Son of man be ashamed, “There is one body, and one Spirit, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye when he cometh in the glory of his Father even as ye are called in one hope of your think ye have eternal life: and they are they with the holy angels.” Mark 8:38. calling.” Ephesians 4:4. which testify of me.” John 5:39. “Nevertheless among the chief rulers “These were more noble than those in also many believed on him; but because of 5. Is it because you’d rather have light, Thessalonica, in that they received the word the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest frivolous, and foolish young people? with all readiness of mind, and searched they should be put out of the synagogue.” “And it shall come to pass afterward, the scriptures daily, whether those things John 12:42. that I will pour out my spirit upon all were so.” Acts 17:11. flesh; and your sons and your daughters 3. Is it because you love the world a little shall prophesy, your old men shall dream 8. Is it because you have an independent too much to give it up? dreams, your young men shall see visions.” spirit and like to be accountable to no “Love not the world, neither the things Joel 2:28. one? that are in the world. If any man love the “I have written unto you, fathers, be- “And he gave some, apostles; and world, the love of the Father is not in him. cause ye have known Him that is from the some, prophets; and some, evangelists; For all that is in the world, the lust of the beginning. I have written unto you, young and some, pastors and teachers; For the 12 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET ? perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Ephesians 4:11-12. “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give ac- count, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” Hebrews 13:17. Reported by Bro. Daniel Eichelberger “Likewise, ye younger, submit your- selves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and “Without natural affection.” Twice the that this scripture is fulfilled in our day. giveth grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5. beloved apostle Paul used this phrase in his letters: Once in describing the moral lows For the Honor of the Family? 9. Is it because you prefer to dress like to which they stoop who turn away from Zeenat Rafiq, a 17-year-old girl from the world and would rather be a little the knowledge of God (Romans 1:31), and Lahore, Pakistan, longed so much to marry immodest? the other to describe the signs of the latter the man whose proposals her family re- “In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments (or last) days (2 Timothy 3:3). It is the clas- fused that she eloped with him. Sometime about their feet, and their cauls, and their sic symptom of a society debased by sin after the wedding, her mother Parveen and round tires like the moon, the chains, and and bent on breaking His commandments. her uncle tried to persuade her to come the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, Who can read such headlines as those home and have a proper wedding ceremony and the ornaments of the legs, and the head- below and still believe he is waiting on a to erase the stigma of having eloped. She bands, and the tablets, and the earrings, battle to come? agreed and paid for it with her life. Her the rings, and nose jewels, the changeable mother and brother tied her to a cot, doused suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the Baby Boxes her with kerosene, and set her on fire. wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, Safe haven laws (sometimes referred to Apparently, the unrepentant mother and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the as Baby Moses laws) have been enacted in told the police that she had no regrets for vails.” Isaiah 3:18-23. all fifty states of the Union. They are meant immolating her own daughter. According “In like manner also, that women to protect unwanted infants from abandon- to The Washington Post, “Honor killings adorn themselves in modest apparel, with ment in places like trash cans or the woods. are depressingly prevalent in Pakistan. shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly Under these statutes, a parent can surrender A report by an independent commission array; but (which becometh women pro- a newborn child to police stations, fire sta- in the country, published in April, found fesseth godliness) with good works.” tions, or hospitals, often anonymously and that nearly 1,100 women believed to have 1 Timothy 2:9-10. without fear of reprisal. brought disrepute to their families were The state of Indiana has recently gone killed by relatives in 2015.” 10. Is it because, after all, you lack salva- a step farther, adding “Safe Baby Boxes” tion and are not a true Christian? (heated incubator boxes) to certain loca- These things they do, O God, under ““For every one that doeth evil hateth tions in the state. Instead of surrendering thy heaven and in the light of thy sun! the light, neither cometh to the light, lest the infant to an official, a parent can sim- These things they do while cowardly peo- his deeds should be reproved. But he that ply place the baby in the box and close the ple who profess thy name are ashamed to doeth truth cometh to the light, that his door. Law enforcement is automatically stand for black and white Bible truth. The deeds may be made manifest, that they are notified when the door is closed, and the very beasts of the earth behave better than wrought in God.” John 3:20-21. infant can then be taken into custody and mankind. “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth cared for. There is one help for this world, and not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, “Can a woman forget her sucking that is the precious church of God and sol- and the spirit of error.” 1 John 4:6. child, that she should not have compassion id, unflinching preaching. We entrench our- on the son of her womb?” asks the Lord. selves in the very Word of God. Let all lov- Please be honest with yourselves and “Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget ers of God band with us in this fight against answer prayerfully. & thee” (Isaiah 49:15). It is a sign of the times moral corruption. &

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Words cannot do justice to the glori- houses” (Haggai 1:4). blessed time. Our hearts were knit closer ous camp meeting we just experienced in The atmosphere of intensity that to one another and to our Saviour who West Milton, Ohio, May 21-29! Our souls pervaded the grounds and the numerous gave Himself for us. “magnify the Lord” (Luke 1:46) for the conversations between saints regarding Many, including precious holy chil- manifold blessings poured out upon us sacrificial giving witnessed that the Word dren and young people, were baptized in there. of God had found a lodging place in the a “watery grave” as a testimony of what To see the saints of God from around hearts of many who heard it. had already transpired in their regenerated the globe gathering to the campground Brothers Lonnie Bontrager, Jeremiah souls. was enough to thrill the deepest part of Estrada, and Allen Bontrager were or- Our children from ages 9-12 had a our souls. Oh, the glory of more than one dained to the ministry. Brother Matthias very special time in their children’s meet- thousand faces shining with the presence Schmidt and Sisters Susan Wiebe, Tara ing this year. Life-size replicas were used of God! Heaven on earth! Saints from the Steinle, Sara Martens, Maria Hiebert, and to teach the types and antitypes of the Old Philippines, Germany, Austria, Bolivia, Elizabeth Enns were ordained to the dia- Testament tabernacle and its furniture. At Haiti, several states of Mexico, three prov- conate. May the Lord of the harvest bless the end of the meeting these students of- inces of Canada, and all over the United each of them in their ongoing efforts for fered guided tours through their “taber- States rejoiced together, prayed together, the gospel. nacle.” It was obvious they had learned and laboured together in perfect unity. Hundreds drove to Greenville, Ohio, much that will profit them in future Bible The angel ministry faithfully climbed on Tuesday morning to hold a street meet- study. the ladder and brought God’s burden ing. Much literature was passed out and The Church of God Campground in down to us. The reality of Christ’s immi- many souls were exposed to the light of West Milton, Ohio, was the place to be nent return was so forcefully impressed the gospel. in May 2016. To those who were unable upon us. An urgency to move out, to exert Hundreds also took part in observ- to be there–we pity you. Your soul needs our energies at all cost for the gospel work ing the ordinances of feetwashing and what we received there. was felt like never before. We are near the the Lord’s supper as we have been com- “The Spirit and the bride say, Come.” end. It is not time to “dwell in your cieled manded to do in the scriptures. It was a Revelation 22:17. Sis. Patricia Braun

International Camp Meeting 2016 Oklahoma, USA: “I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 43:6. We thank God to be living in the time when we see this scripture fulfilled! God is doing a miraculous gathering of His children and we are standing in awe as they are coming leaping and shouting from the four corners of the earth, to the true home of their soul. We thank the Lord to have had the privilege of work- United States of America ing together with Him in the Clarita, Oklahoma, area these Alaska (Anchorage): Bro. & Sis. Sims (907) 376-7133 past few months. April 15-17 marked the third outreach ef- California (Upland): Bro. Rick Wiebe (909) 238-4359 fort in this area. The Spirit is truly striving with souls here. Bros. John Friesen, Addison Everett, Lonnie Bontrager, and Illinois (Chicago): Bro. Patrick O’Shea, Sr. (262) 652-7517 Jeremiah Estrada preached clear, Holy Ghost anointed mes- sages on the wickedness of the heart, the closeness of the end Indiana Vevay: Bro. Lonnie Bontrager (812) 571-3341 of time, and the need to be ready to meet God. Warsaw: Bro. Steve Hargrave (260) 433-7637 Visitors were visibly moved and expressed that they had never heard or seen anything like this. Six souls testi- Ohio fied to their salvation by partaking in baptism. Several souls Greenville: Bro. Ray Tinsman (937) 548-7373 have already come out of Babylon and taken their stand with Benton (Millersburg): Bro. John Strizu (937) 830-9427 God’s people. Oklahoma False preachers are angered by our presence and hungry Oklahoma City: Bro. Addison Everett (918) 315-0494 souls are requesting more meetings. Please help us pray for this area as we believe the Lord still has more for us to do Texas (Honey Grove): Bro. John Friesen (903) 378-3097 there. Bro. John Friesen Wisconsin Cecil: Bro. Allen Bontrager (715) 509-0000 Sheboygan: Bro. Jeff Moser (920) 627-2683

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