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Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 6-15-1986 Herald of Holiness Volume 75 Number 12 (1986) 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 75 Number 12 (1986)" (1986). Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today. 186. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/186 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]. THE BLESSINGS OF PENTECOST by General Superintendent Raymond W. Hum hey were all filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4, pening. Pentecost for the Nazarenes provides what NKJV). theologians call entire sanctification. TAll of Christendom recently celebrated Pentecost. Our Many denominations believe and speak about the minds are still attuned to that eventful moment when the Holy Spirit, using terms such as sanctification, holiness, Holy Spirit was given. and baptism with the Holy Spirit. Usually they do not At first, Christ personally led and instructed His disci mean what we mean respecting entire sanctification as ples. On the Day of Pentecost Christ, who physically a result of a personal Pentecost. had left them, came back to them as the indwelling We believe that entire sanctification is an act of God Christ. He infused every recess of their committed be that follows conversion, freeing the consecrating Chris ings. tian from the nature of sin (or depravity). This act results The working of the Spirit indwelt them with love and in a life that has been cleansed from a sinful condition, power to overcome. Before Pentecost they had jeal empowered by the Holy Spirit for victory and peace with ousies, strife, and weakness of character. After Pen God. tecost Paul described their condition as “having the We do not believe in a “flawless” life after being en mind of Christ." Paul emphasized, “Your attitude should tirely sanctified, or in a form of absolute perfection. We be the same as that of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5, do believe in a life of holiness flowing from holy hearts, NIV). Christ, he describes, as being in “the very nature” making the sanctified “blameless” before God and man. of God. Although He did not consider himself equal with It is not our own “perfection” that we stress but rather God, Christ took to himself the nature of the servant, the power of Christ at work within. We must always humbling himself in obedience to God's plan of redemp maximize the centrality of Christ in the experience of tion, including a painful form of death. It is this quality of holiness. This experience provides a spiritual wholeness Christlikeness that must characterize professors of holi that unifies all of life under the Lordship of Christ. ness today. The apostle Paul clearly taught a consecration to At Pentecost Christ was no longer external to their Christ that negated conformity to the world and “trans lives as teacher or leader. He came to them and worked formed” the life into one of holy living, “pleasing to God” in them, removing the bitterness of inward sin. His love (Romans 12:1, NIV). He called on the Christians to think overwhelmed them, putting inside them the blessing about themselves with “sober judgment,” but not to and the power of God. think “more highly” than was in harmony with the “good, Twenty years after Pentecost Paul, the apostle, was in pleasing and perfect will" of God (vv. 2-3, NIV). The Ephesus asking new converts if they had yet received godly qualities of love, goodness, zeal, spiritual fervor, the Holy Spirit since believing. These new believers had patience, joy, prayerfulness, hospitality caused him to not yet heard of the Holy Spirit but had received John’s summarize, “Do not be overcome by evil, but ovecome baptism signaling repentance. So Paul placed his hands evil with good” (v. 21, NIV). on the new believers, praying for them, and “the Holy Peter, writing from the ancient city of Babylon many Spirit came on them” (Acts 19:6, NIV). years after Pentecost, came directly to the point early in It is in this tradition that Nazarenes celebrate Pen his Epistle, calling for “God’s elect” to “be holy in all you tecost. This is more than a one-day observance for us. It do” (1 Peter 1:15, NIV). He specifies that as a “chosen is a vital concern throughout the year as it relates to our people” they were a “holy nation” and belonged to God cardinal doctrine. We understand Pentecost to be more (2:9-10). than the birthday of the Christian Church and more than And we, too, belong to God if we are indwelt by His spiritual atmosphere given at the time of a historic hap Spirit’s presence. □ n Saturday, January 18, Coach Marvin Meredith major emphasis on academics, ranking in the top five notched victory number 600 as a high school high schools in the state. He has earned 14 conference Obasketball coach for Russell, Ky. He is the winningestchampionships, 13 tournament championships, and 10 coach in the state. His coaching record is 600-183. If coach-of-the-year honors. Five times he has refused you combine his record while coaching basketball, chances to move to the college ranks of coaching. track, and golf at Russell High School, his record is He and his wife, Lenora, are loyal members of the 1,261 wins and 260 losses—an uncanny winning per Catlettsburg First Church of the Nazarene, where he is centage of 89 percent. a song leader and teaches a Sunday School class. His In a state where basketball is given major im son, Dr. Terry Meredith, is Sunday School superinten portance, Meredith works in a school system that puts dent. The following editorial appeared in the Ashland PAUL NEAL, Nazarene elder, is a field representative for the Daily Independent, eastern Kentucky’s largest circu Nazarene Publishing House. He resides in Worthington, Ken lation daily newspaper: tucky. By notching his 600th career victory in the middle of his 29th season as head basketball coach at Russell High School, Marvin Meredith has further established Christian First, himself as an excellent basketball coach. However, to describe Marvin Meredith by merely listing his many achievements in basketball would be a disservice. Coach Second Much more than just a good basketball coach, Meredith is a superb person. The type of person that Meredith is was exemplified by his comments follow ing victory number 600 Saturday night. First he credited his faith: “I’ve always put God first in my life.” Then he praised his wife: “She has always been my number one fan.” Third, he gave credit to the school system where he has spent most of his adult life: “They gave me full reign when I said I wanted to run the whole program down to elementary school. I’ve just had the pleasure to work with some outstanding people.” Meredith always has had his priorities in the right order. He is a leader in his church, his community and school sys tem. He loves to win, but he places more importance on teaching young men the fundamentals of both good basketball and fruitful living. When he loses, he ac cepts defeat like a gentleman. For almost three decades, Meredith has had a tre mendous influence on a lot of young men who have played basketball for him, and those men are richer for that experi ence.* □ *The newspaper article is reprinted with permission from the Ashland Daily Independent. BENNER LIBRAKr OLIVET NAZARENE COLLEGt KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS JUNE 15, 1986 3 HERALD Bible Quotations in this issue: *3HOLINESS ~ Unidentified quotations are from the KJV. Quotations from the following translations are used W. E. McCUMBER, Editor in Chief by permission. IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor (NIV) From The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973. 1978, 1984 by the MABEL ADAMSON, Editorial Assistant International Bible Society. 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IN THIS ISSUE THE BLESSINGS OF PENTECOST........................................ 2 THE SECRET CLASSROOM................. ...............................13 General Superintendent Raymond W. Hum Poem R. Guilford Fitz, Jr. CHRISTIAN FIRST, COACH SECOND.................................... 3 THE EARLY Y E A R S ............................... ...............................14 Paul Neal An Interview with Dr. Samuel Young Steve Cooley LETTERS.......................................................................................4 PRAYING TIM E......................................... ...............................15 Poem Connie THIS ONE IS FOR YOU SKEPTICS.........................................5 Ray Hendrix TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A S O U L.............