The Evangelist November, 2010 1 the TIMES in WHICH WE LIVE
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The Evangelist November, 2010 1 THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE We believe the Bible teaches seven great happenings, which are soon to take place. They are: • The Rapture of the Church, or, if you prefer, the Resurrection. • The Rise of the Antichrist. • The Great Tribulation Period. • The Battle of Armageddon. • The Second Coming of the Lord. • The 1,000 year Kingdom Age. • The Perfect Age to come, which will be forever. THE CHURCH AGE We are presently living in the very closing days of the Church Age. That means the Rapture could take place very, very shortly. In fact, the stage is being set for all of these great happenings to be brought about in this world. The Bible is full of this information and you, as a Believer, ought to know and understand what it says about these most important subjects. If we as Believers do not know and understand what is coming upon this world in the very near future, then it is quite possible that we do not know too very much about what is happening now, or what has taken place in the past. The Bible is the only Book in the world that gives us information as it regards the future. We must, and beyond the shadow of a doubt, know what it says. This Book will help you to do just that, as nothing that’s ever been placed in your hands, we believe. 2 November, 2010 For Fast & Easy Ordering Call Toll Free 1-800-288-8350 The Evangelist ContentsTable of ARTICLES The Doctrine Of The Bible – Part II . 4 by Jimmy Swaggart “The Message Bible”: Continues New Age Terminology . 12 by Frances Swaggart Where There Is No Vision, The People Perish . 16 by Donnie Swaggart please notice World Evangelism (the evangelist) Bible College And Seminary . 26 If you would like for any Christian friend “Jesus Is In The House” (any number) living in the United States to receive this magazine (The Evangelist) each by Loren Larson month, postage paid and free of charge, please send us their name (or names) and address (or addresses). We will begin their subscription Crossfire Youth Ministries . 28 immediately. 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Failing these criteria, the rest of the ancient Jewish writings came to be classified as “Apocrypha” or “Pseudepigrapha” literally, “false writings.” THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE A number of Christian writings, other than those that came to be accepted from the New Testament, ap- At the end of the First Christian Century, the Jewish peared early and were considered by some authorities to Rabbis, at the Counsel of Gamnia, closed the Canon of be worthy of Canonical status. The Didache, the Epistle Hebrew Books – these Books considered as authoritative of Barnabas, I and II Clement, the Shepherd of Hermas, by the Jews. Their decision resulted from: the Apocalypse of Peter, and the Acts of Paul were some • The multiplication and popularity of sectarian of the more popular ones. By the beginning of the Third apocryphal writings. Century, twenty-two of the Books comprising our present • The fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), which created a New Testament had become widely accepted. Four prin- threat to the religious tradition of the Jews. ciples or considerations operated in determining which • The disputes with Christians over their interpreta- Books should occupy a place in the authoritative New tion of Jewish Scriptures in preaching and writing. Testament Scriptures: • There never was any doubt about the five Books 1. Was the Book written by an Apostle? of the Law – the Pentateuch – but, beyond that 2. Was the Book’s content of a Spiritual nature? various sects of Judaism disagree. The prophetic 3. Was the Book widely received by the Churches? collection was generally agreed upon by 200 4. Was evidence in the Book of Divine Inspiration? B.C., but the major problem concerned the other As far as is known, it was the Easter letter of Arch- writings. Four criteria operated in deciding what bishop Athanasius of Alexandria in A.D. 367 that first Books should occupy a place in the authoritative listed the 27 Books of the New Testament as authoritative. Old Testament Scriptures: Jerome, by his Latin translation of these same twenty- 1. The content of each Book had to harmonize with seven Books (A.D. 382), further established this list as the Law. Canonical for the Churches. 2. Since Prophetic inspiration was believed to have The group of Books, which numbered about 14, and begun with Moses (1450 B.C.) and ended with referred to as the “Apocrypha” is believed to be spurious, Ezra (450 B.C.), to qualify for the Canon and to or at least non-Canonical. This in no way implies that be considered inspired, a Book had to have been the Books in question do not contain some good things, written within that time frame. nor does it mean they were written by evil men. It sim- 3. The language of the original manuscript had to ply means they were believed not to be inspired; conse- be Hebrew. quently, they were not placed in the Canon of Scripture. 4. The Book had to have been written within the Eleven of these Apocryphal Books have been accepted geographical boundaries of Palestine, with the by the Catholic Church, included in the Roman Catholic 4 November, 2010 The Evangelist WE BELIEVE . The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and au- thoritative written Word of God. (Ps. 119; Mat. 4:4; Lk. 24:27) “Satan has done everything within his power to hinder, destroy, . there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. dilute, and outright do away with the Word of Almighty God.” (I Jn. 5:7) S . in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in His Sinless Life, in His Miracles, in His Vicari- ous and atoning Death, in His Bodily Resurrection, in His Ascension to the Right Hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this Earth in Power and Glory to rule a thousand years. (Jn. 1:1-4; Eph. 2:13-18; Rev., Chpts. 19-20) . in the Blessed Hope — the Rapture of the Church at Christ’s Coming. (I Thess. 4:13-18) . the only means of being cleansed from sin is through Repentance and Faith in the Precious Blood of Christ. (Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:8-9, 13-18) . Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal Salvation. (Jn. 3:5-8; Titus 3:5) . the Redemptive Work of Christ on the Cross provides Healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer. (Ex. 15:25-26; James 5:14-15; I Pet. 2:24) . the Baptism with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4 is given to Believers who ask for it. (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7) . in the Sanctifying Power of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life. (Rom. 6:3-14; 8:1-2, 11) . in the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the one to Everlasting Life and the other to everlasting damnation. (Rev. 20:5-6, 11-15) THE PRICELESS CORNER We have set aside this corner of THE Evangelist to show God’s Plan of Salvation. If you are unsure where you will go when you die, please listen to what God has said in His Word: FIRST . GOD LOVES YOU! Canon and placed in the “Douay Version” of the Bible. “For God so loved the world that he gave His only Why were these Books not considered inspired or Canonical by the rest of Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should the Church? Some of the reasons relate specifically to the Old Testament, some not perish, but have Everlasting Life” (Jn. 3:16). to the New Testament. SECOND . MAN IS A SINNER, AND SIN HAS sepa- rated HIM FROM GOD! “For there is not a just man upon Earth, that doeth THE REASONS good and sinneth not” (Eccl. 7:20).