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WE MUST HAVE YOUR HELP! I can’t remember the last time when I have devoted a page in The Evangelist Magazine to specifi- cally ask for your financial help, but I must do so this month. Last month, in my letter to our Partners, I related the financial burden the Ministry is facing. I told you that the Ministry had to raise one million dollars or we face the possibility of losing the Telecast in your area, as it regards the Network you watch. I want to thank those who have responded. You don’t know how important your offering is. How- ever, we are not out of the woods yet. We must take care of the deficit and it must be done right now. This Ministry is of the Lord. What we preach and teach is the Truth and you know it. What we are endeavoring to do, as it regards World Evangelism, is the Lord’s and when something is of the Lord, you can expect Satan to fight. Could I ask you once more for your help? If the need was not critical, I wouldn’t ask. Your best gift right now will help more than you can know. Actually, if you could call and place your best gift on a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) it would be greatly appreciated. The number to call is 1-800-288-8350; Baton Rouge residents please call (225) 768-7000. Or, go online to www.jsm.org and click “Online Giving” to make a donation. In the Master’s Service, yours, Jimmy Swaggart 2 August, 2010 The Evangelist © OK Farm Bureau “The Cross of Christ defeated the powers of particular Church. It was an offering that he needed very, very much. As he closed this Epistle, this is what darkness, and in every capacity. This is what is T he said: ‘well-pleasing to God.’” “But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a Sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God” A MOST IMPORTANT NOTE TO YOU (Phil. 4:18). This Passage of Scripture tells us many things. Beauti- I personally believe that the Message the Lord has fully enough, the Holy Spirit through Paul used an Old given us to give to the church and the world, THE MES- Testament example. You can find it in the first seven SAGE OF THE CROSS, is, in fact, what the Holy Spirit is Chapters of Leviticus. Concerning the sacrifices, the Holy saying to the modern church. If, in fact, that is correct, Spirit through Moses said, “It is an Offering made by fire, and I know in my heart that it is, then what we are at- of a sweet savour unto the LORD” (Lev. 1:9, 13, 17; 2:9; 3:5, tempting to do for the Lord, in fact, what He has called 16; 4:31). us to do, will have eternal consequences. The terminology, “an odour of a sweet smell, a Sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God,” presents a picture of the I CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU Cross of Christ as the Lord sees it. How in the world could the burning of the carcass of an animal on the Altar be Even though the Lord has Called me for this task, even a “sweet smell”? though He has given me the Message, and even though It was sweet in the Nostrils of God, simply because it He has anointed me to deliver that Message, for which we spoke of His Son and our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, will ever be grateful, still, I cannot do this thing without Who would give Himself on the Cross in order that man you. I think the Lord has made it very clear to me, that might be redeemed. The Cross of Christ defeated the you are an integral part of this Message, and that it be powers of darkness, and in every capacity. This is what given to the world. is “well-pleasing to God.” Why the Lord chose you to be in the flow of this Mes- sage, that I cannot answer. But I want you to know and WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING TO US understand that He has called you for a special purpose. THROUGH THIS PASSAGE? You did not come in contact with this Message by acci- dent. It was all planned by the Lord. And now, I implore He is saying that when we give of our means, as you, to do everything within your power, to justify the did the Philippians, to help Paul take this Message of choice the Lord has made. the Cross to a hurting, dying world, in essence, in some way known only to God, we literally become a part of “A SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE, WELL-PLEASING the Sacrifice of Christ. That is the way the Holy Spirit TO GOD” described the offering of the Philippians, of which we should take careful note. Paul was in prison in Rome when he wrote his Epistle That means that unless our resources are used for to the Philippians. Epaphroditus had come to Rome the Message of the Cross, they really aren’t doing what from Philippi, a distance of some 800 miles or more, and had brought Paul a very generous offering from that Continued on page 4 The Evangelist August, 2010 3 The Greater Harvest as stated, has not previously been done. Why are we Continued from page 3 doing this? We’re doing it first of all because the Lord has told “As well, the Lord has given us, I believe, us to do this. I want the Message and the Spirit to be identical in all the programming. I do not want any some of the finest Preachers and Teachers of A conflicting spirits, and I believe you understand what I the Gospel in the world today, for which we give mean. The Message is all-important, whether it be by Music or by Word. It must not be compromised. Him all the Glory.” should be done. A dear Brother wrote me the other day asking, “Brother Swaggart, how does the Cross of Christ play into our giving?” I think it is obvious from these Passages that the Message of the Cross and our giving should be locked together. GOD’S TIMING As someone has said, and rightly so, “God’s Timing is just as important as His Promise.” God’s Timing seemed to be very bad when He brought the Children of Israel to the banks of the Jordan as they were about to enter the Promised Land. Jordan is nor- mally just a few feet wide; however, due to the fact that this particular time was the rainy season, scholars tell us that the Jordan at this time was over a mile wide and approximately forty feet deep. (Due to modern irrigation, the Jordan does not now flood.) But, the Lord knew exactly what He was doing. He wanted to show His People that He was equal to the task, As well, the Lord has given us, I believe, some of the whatever that task might be. finest Preachers and Teachers of the Gospel in the world He had Israel to go through the wilderness in order today, for which we give Him all the Glory. They have to prove to them that He could meet their needs even in come up in this Ministry, and share my burden 100%. this howling wasteland. To be sure, it was His Will that And, of course, all of you know Donnie and Gabriel, who they remain in the wilderness for about two years, not preach this Message as good as, or better than, I do. forty. That was because of their unbelief. The timing of the Lord, as it regards the SONLIFE I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING BROADCASTING NETWORK, is His Way, and He always knows best. • If the Message of the Cross is, in fact, what the The nation is in the midst of the worst recession since Holy Spirit is saying to the Church; the Great Depression of the 1930’s. So the question is, “Can • If you believe that God has called us to carry out God set a table in this wilderness?” I know that He can. This this task; is the time that He chose, and He did it for purpose and • If you believe that the Lord has made you a part of reason, and I believe that He will make a way. this Work; and, your answer is “yes,” to all of the above, as it most definitely should be, I’m going WHAT WE BELIEVE GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO to ask you to do two things: 1. First of all and foremost, I am asking that you We are going to do our best to place the SONLIFE pray for us daily. Paul said, “Pray for us that the BROADCASTING NETWORK on every Cable in this na- Gospel will have free course.” I know that many of tion, thereby, reaching every home. At least that is our you know how to pray. In other words, you know goal. As well, we want to go on Satellites that will cover how to believe God. So I’m asking for your prayers every nation in the world, with some of these even being and your Faith. translated into the languages of the indigenous people, In fact, the Lord told me to tell you “to believe.” That’s whatever that might be, for instance Spanish.

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