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BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN February 2019 Page 1 Bible Believers’ Bulletin Vol. 43 No. 2 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17) February 2019 CHARLES DARWIN The Bible Rejecting Fool By Brian Donovan are all worms, but I believe that I am Every so often, the god of this a glow worm.” When addressing the world places a man or a woman into House of Commons in 1941, he used a the right place at the right time, and form of a quote from William Henley’s they become a “hero” of the world poem, Invictus, saying, “We are still on the basis of their circumstances. the masters of our fate, we are still Most every one of these “great ones” the captains of our soul.” Obama used of the world, upon careful inspection, the same quote at Nelson Mandela’s is found to be a blank when it comes memorial service, with neither man to dealing with or speaking the truth. aware that the quote was written in Some cases in point include Abra- an attempt to make a mockery of the ham Lincoln, Barack Obama, JFK, King James Bible, with the stanza, FDR, and Winston Churchill to name saying, “It matters not how strait the just a few. None of those men could gate, How charged with punishments relate anything that they were doing the scroll, I am the master of my fate, to their consequences, especially in I am the captain of my soul”. light of eternity, God their Creator, or Henley wrote the poem as a proud, the scriptures. Winston Churchill and stubborn man who after having one Lincoln were repeated failures in poli- leg amputated, had the other infected tics until both were thrust into positions leg saved by a Christian man named just prior to great wars that sealed Joseph Lister. Lister learned of germs a popularity for both of them. About and bacteria from the “archaic, ancient, possibly dying in battle, Churchill ritualistic” laws of the King James once said (among many other stupid Bible, in the books of Leviticus and things), “I am so conceited that I do Numbers, that washing with running not believe that the gods created so water after coming in contact with dead potent a being as myself for so prosaic bodies and infected flesh, could save an ending.” He also once said, “We lives. Lister told Henley that it was not necessary that his other leg be ampu- In This Bulletin tated as the doctors were telling him, Charles Darwin— but through antiseptic procedures, it The Bible Rejecting Fool ..............1 could be saved. Rather than thanking God for this blessing, Henley stuck out Jealousy ..........................................2 his stiff upper lip and talked tough. This Feminism, Pure Devilment ............23 Continued on 11 Page 2 February 2019 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN Jealousy By Dr. Peter S. Ruckman “For he knew that for ENVY they had delivered him” (Matt. 27:18). “And the patriarchs, moved with ENVY, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him” (Acts 7:9). “But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with ENVY, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming” (Acts 13:45). “But the Jews which believed not, moved with ENVY, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a com- pany, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people” (Acts 17:5). Envy was the “original sin.” When the Catholics and Episcopalians talk about “original sin,” they mean the sin which Adam committed at the fall and passed on to the human race to the original source or beginning (Rom. 5:12). In those systems, water of “all evil.” “All evil” in the Bible baptism is supposed to remove “orig- begins with Satan: “iniquity was inal sin,” which is why they baptize found in” him before it was found infants. Of course, you are respon- in Adam (Ezek. 28:15). The “original sible for any sins you commit after sin” found in Satan preceded the use baptism, so you are still “hanging by and knowledge of money. It is found a thread,” as far as salvation goes. in Isaiah 14. In Isaiah 14, long before Then again, in Roman Catholicism Adam showed up, Lucifer said, “I will these days, getting baptized won’t ascend into heaven, I will exalt my do the recipients any good because throne above the stars of God . the pope doesn’t really believe in I will be like the most High” (Isa. “original sin”: the pope denies Gen- 14:13–14). The Devil was jealous of esis 1–3 as the historical account of God; that’s where the trouble began. the fall and says mankind evolved up The Bible says, “Wrath is cruel, through animals. and anger is outrageous; but who Now Paul says, “the love of is able to stand before envy?” money is the root of all evil” (1 Tim. (Prov. 27:4). 6:10), but that’s talking about right Most envy comes from frustrated now in this age. It’s not a reference Continued on 3 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN February 2019 Page 3 Jealousy Continued from 2 be any different. The main issue is: ambition. When Paul describes the What is your final authority? What’s carnal Christian, he never calls him the final authority in your church? “worldly.” The carnal Christian is not What’s the final authority in your one who smokes, drinks, plays bingo, home? What’s the final authority in goes to the movies, wears tank tops, government? A newspaper or news or has his ears pierced. A carnal broadcast is nothing but a list of Christian is one who is envious (1 contests to see who or what will be Cor. 3:1–3). the final authority in any given field: Now jealousy is an emotion that Who’s going to win the series? Who’s accompanies love. The Bible says going to get voted into office? What that our God “is a jealous God” show will top the box office? That’s (Exod. 20:5, 34:14; Deut. 4:24, 5:9, all it is. All of life is a struggle for 6:15; Josh. 24:19). If you belong to power, and when you are envious of Him, He resents it when you step out someone else’s power, you get into on Him with something or someone bad trouble. else. That’s known in the Bible as There have been over 323 differ- “godly jealousy” (2 Cor. 11:2). ent versions of the Bible put out since The problem with human jealousy, 1880. Every one of them compares though, is that our love is tainted by itself to one Book, and it’s not the our sinful flesh. We don’t lovepurely, version that preceded it. Well, if ev- so our jealousy is not pure like God’s. ery version is put out to replace one God has perfect love, and therefore, Book, then that one Book is the stan- He has perfect jealousy. The Bible dard; it is the final authority. Do you says, “the spirit that dwelleth in us know the reason all the publishers, lusteth to envy” (James 4:5). God all the translators, all the revisers, wants you for Himself and nobody and all the scholars want to get rid of else. that one Book? They are envious of You understand that, I trust. If you its authority. That Authorized Version men love your wife, you don’t want has a hold on people no other book another man “making time” with her, has, and the translators, revisers, and if you women love your husband, and scholars want that hold. They you don’t want any other woman want to intimidate you and control flirting with him and seducing him. If you with their education and their you are the Lord’s, you’re “bought intellect, and they can’t do that as with a price” (1 Cor. 6:20), and He long as you hold that Book as your doesn’t want you messing around final authority. with any other god (i.e., anything or When a man gets envious and anyone you put before Him or in His lusts for someone’s power and au- place). thority, he usually goes crazy. Hitler The first thing of which people be- talked of conquering the world with come jealous is authority and power. some type of super weapon up until The main issue in the universe has the day he blew his brains out. That’s always been the same; it never will Continued on 4 Page 4 February 2019 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN Jealousy Continued from 3 got envious of Aaron and wanted the all that’s going on in Palestine right priesthood for themselves. All they now. Those Moslem Arabs (there got for their trouble was being burned is no such thing as a “Palestinian” alive by the fire of God. unless you are referring to anyone— Another time in Numbers 11, the Jew, British, French, German, Arab, Spirit of God rests on Eldad and Greek, etc.—born and raised in Medad, and they get to prophesy- Palestine) are just eaten up with jeal- ing in the midst of the camp. Joshua ousy that God gave that land to Israel comes running to Moses and says, and not Ishmael (Gen. 21:10–12; “‘My lord Moses’ (Num. 11:28), Gal.