Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 4-1-1983 Herald of Holiness Volume 72 Number 07 (1983) 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 72 Number 07 (1983)" (1983). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 254. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/254 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]. npgLi_ AN EDITORIAL HE APOSTLE PAUL was total­ Louis Evans tells of a Sunday Because He lives, I can face to­ ly convinced that Jesus rose School superintendent and his wife morrow, Tfrom the grave. The entire fifteenthwho buried their two daughters on Because He lives, all fear is chapter of his first letter to the Good Friday. No one expected them gone; young Christians in Corinth is dedi­ to be at their posts on Easter Sun­ Because I know He holds the fu­ cated to that proposition. He lists six day— but there they were; he lead­ ture, personal appearances which Christ ing the hymns and she teaching her And life is worth the living, just made following His death and resur­ class. Those who looked and lis­ because He lives. * rection. The last of these was to tened closely detected tears in their No matter what circumstances of Paul himself. All of this constituted eyes and an occasional quiver in life may confront us at this Easter undeniable proof that the Savior had their voices, but the vitality of their season, may it be said of us, as it kept His promise. After three days in faith came through loud and clear. was of the early Christians, “With the grave He had conquered death One of their Sunday School boys great power [they] continued to tes­ and hell by coming forth alive. said to his father after class, “Dad, tify to the resurrection of the Lord But in the Epistle to the Philippi- they sure believe it, don’t they?” His Jesus” (Acts 4:33, NIV). ans, he indicates that he has a deep father asked, “Believe what, son?” Through our lips and our lives may desire to know more than just the “Oh, all this about Easter and eternal we demonstrate dynamic resurrec­ historic fact of the Resurrection. He life.” The father replied, “Why, of tion power. □ testifies, “I want to know Christ and course, son. All Christians believe •From "Because He Lives," by William J. Gaither the power of his resurrection” (Phi- that.” But the boy came back, “I © Copyright 1971 by William J. Gaither/ASCAP. All lippians 3:10, NIV). He knew that rights reserved. International copyright secured. know. But they don’t believe it like Printed by special permission of the Benson Com­ very soon he would personally share that!” Thank God, pany, Inc., Nashville. in his Lord’s suffering and death by laying down his own life for Jesus’ sake. In that hour he would experi­ ence the power of the resurrection RESURRECTION and pass from mortality to immor­ tality. At this Easter season Christ’s fol­ lowers will again affirm their con­ POWER fident belief that on the first day of CHRIST CONQUERED DEATH AND HELL the week following His crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead. But like BY COMING FORTH ALIVE. St. Paul, we, too, want to know the power of His resurrection through personal experience. Some who have suffered bereavement may demonstrate this power by the strong testimony of their faith. Dr. by General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe HERALD OF HOLINESS As I looked around the group I began to despair. As I looked again—within this time—in prayer, I saw Jesus. “What is that in your hand?” He seemed to say. My piano. It was not new, and certainly not beautiful, but we did use it quite a lot. If He needed it, it was His. I left as soon as the pledges were received, feeling at GOD peace within, yet far from hopeful concerning our goal. Returning sometime later with our evening meal, I was greeted with hugs and kisses. Can Make There were no solemn faces and worried looks. In­ stead, laughter, smiles, and “God did it! He did it! Our miracle!” As the excited group talked I heard many testi­ It Happen monies similar to my own. A young couple gave the $300 they had saved toward their life-dream. A by VALERIE M. THOMPSON 17-year-old gave the $150 he had earned during the Christmas vacation. Motherly instinct wanted to pro­ tect him from improvidence—and what about his first N THE ANZAC* WEEKEND in April, 30 young car? But how glad I was for him that he too had seen people from our church studied ways in which Christ, and I knew this would be the first of many OGod can “make it happen” in their lives. miracles he would see in his life as a minister of the With the same fervor that our forefathers dug in at gospel of Christ. Gallipoli, we dug into God’s Word, determined that we Yes, God had made it happen. too should gain a stronghold over opposing forces or Our faith soared that day. Our faces glowed and our die in the attempt. hearts were strangely warmed within us because we By ten o’clock the first morning of camp, we each had met with Jesus. had been requested to write five faith goals—miracles Oh, that we might continue to live by faith so that we wanted God to do for us! The one stipulation was He might perform many miracles in our everyday lives. that it must be something we could not do for our­ □ selves. Ten minutes were allotted. The younger the 'ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and the weekend Christians the quicker they finished, it seemed. No is a public holiday in Australia. fuss. No bother. Some wrote more than five. Amazing. How we older Christians, we more mature Christians, agonized with our petitions. Was it worthy enough? Janet Anderson Was it reasonable? Was it in God’s will? Plenty of petitions for our church; plenty for others too; but what about me? W hat five things could I possibly want God to do for me, that I could not do for myself? Be specific, mind! No generalities here. It must be veri­ fiable and observable! W hat could those youngsters be writing? Well, those brand-new Christians came right out and shared their faith goals. They knew that if God didn’t answer they’d look pretty silly, but that didn’t bother them in the least. And their testimonies grew brighter by the hour as some of their miracles began happening then and there at the camp. I’m not sure that all of us seasoned prayer warriors were as convinced of the validity of the whole exercise or were as spontaneous in our testimonies as we could have been that weekend, but since then our faith has become a lot simpler. One month later our minister called a special church meeting concerning an urgent financial need and 19 of us met together. Of that group, 10 were wage earners, the rest either students or pensioners. $3,000! In one month? So soon after Easter Offer­ ing? Impossible ... or was it? VALERIE M. THOMPSON is a pastor's wife residing in Croydon Park, South Africa. f f E R A L D Bible Quotations in this issue: of H O LIN ESS" Unidentified quotations are from the KJV. Quotations from the following translations W. E. McCUMBER, Editor in Chief are used by permission: IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor (RSV) From the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952, © MABEL ADAMSON, Editorial Assistant 1971, 1973. (NASB) From the New American Standard Bible. © The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975. Contributing V. H. LEWIS • ORVILLE W . JENKINS (NIV) From The Holy Bible. New International Version, copyright © 1978, by New York CHARLES H. STRICKLAND • EUGENE L. STOWE International Bible Society E ditors: WILLIAM M. GREATHOUSE • JERALD D. JOHNSON General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene HERALD OF HOLINESS (USPS 241-440) is published semimonthly by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2923 TROOST AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO 64109. Editorial O ffice at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City. MO 64131. Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to Cover Photo: by Fred Sieb Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City. MO 64141 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including ZIP code, as well as your old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $5 50 per year Second-class postage paid at Volume 72, Number 7 April 1,1983 Whole Number 3371 Kansas City. Mo Litho in U S A IN THIS ISSUE RESURRECTION PO W ER................ .....................................2 HE WAS THERE ALL THE TIME .......................................... 13 General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe R aym ond C. Kratzer GOD CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN .....................................3 THE HIGH PRIVILEGE OF SUFFERING.............................. 14 Valerie M. Thompson Jerry W. McCant LETTERS.............................................. .....................................4 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.....................................................15 Poem Byron H. Maybury “WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE” .....................................5 THE MIRACLE CHILD...............................................................16 Ivan A.