Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 6-19-1974 Herald of Holiness Volume 63 Number 13 (1974) W. T. Purkiser (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 Purkiser, W. T. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 63 Number 13 (1974)" (1974). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 1240. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/1240 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]. H e r a i D OF HOLINESS General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe 00 SABBATH KEEPinO f you keep the Sabbath holy, not thou shalt not do any work . (Exodus I having your own fun and business on 20:8- 10). that day, but enjoying the Sabbath and Scriptural evidence is clear that Jesus speaking of it with delight as the Lord’s believed in keeping the Sabbath as a holy day, and honoring the Lord in what sacred day set apart to honor His Father. you do, not following your own desires One of the Master’s earliest activities re­ and pleasure . then the Lord will be corded in Mark's Gospel was “On the your delight, and I will see to it that you sabbath day he entered into the syna­ ride high, and get your full share of the gogue” (Mark 1:21). When His enemies blessings I promised to Jacob, your fa­ criticized Him for picking corn to eat on th e r” (Isaiah 58:13-14, The Living Bible). the Sabbath, He set the record straight that “the sabbath was made for man. With so many stores open and so much professional sport taking place on Sun­ Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28). One of the day, these words sound very old-fash­ first ways in which His disciples acknowl­ ioned. And they really are. They're even edged His lordship was in setting aside older than Isaiah . and Jacob . and the first day of the week (His resurrection even Moses. They’re as old as the world day) as the Christian Sabbath. itself. Christ’s twentieth-century disciples After the activities of the six days of have this same opportunity to witness to creation God himself took a day their faith by observing Sunday as the off— . and he rested on the seventh Lord’s Day. Two biblical principles set day from all his w ork.... And God blessed the pattern for Sabbath keeping. the seventh day, and sanctified it” (Gen­ 1) Positively— ". enjoying the Sab­ esis 2:2-3). bath ... as the Lord’s holy day, and hon­ And there is no evidence that He ever oring the Lord in what you do.” changed His mind about this special day. 2) Negatively—". not having your When He gave the timeless Ten Com­ own fun and business on that day . not mandments to His people, He spoke of following your own desires and pleasure.” Sabbath observance in no uncertain At home or on vacation let us carefully terms: “Remember the sabbath day, to and consistently keep the Sabbath holy, keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, that we may receive the full share of di­ and do all thy work: but the seventh day vine blessing promised to those who is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it make the Lord’s Day a different day. □ God of creation does not relinquish His power to help and to restore, when He gives freedom to man. Thus, after the Fall, comes the plan of redemption, with atonement privileges, which saves a man from sin and keeps him from sin­ UJHQ'S ning. The promise for deliverance can be rea­ soned another way. Would Christ’s death on the Cross be only a deterrent to sin? It would hardly be logical that Christ would die only to stem the flow and problem of sin. BEHIflD There is, yet, another way to look at the promise of God. The value of the promise is in the nature of God. And when you study the na­ ture of God you realize that His promise of deliverance from sin, the resources for holy THE living, would not be too much for a God like this to provide. The nature of God is best realized through His attributes or His nature and PRODUCT? characteristics. These are: 1. Self-sufficiency hen an advertisement offers a 2. Eternity product with outstanding prom­ 3. Immutability (unchanging) ise and grand design, we are 4. Omnipresence prone to ask, “ W ho’s behind the 5. Omnipotence (all-powerful) W product?” 6. Omniscience (all-knowledge) The gospel offers an outstanding promise for life and a grand design for living. And all of When you add these attributes of God, you this is backed with the authority and power of come up with a God who could promise and God. provide resources for holy living. The gospel promise is that man can be A verse in the Old Testament asks: “ Who saved from sin and from sinning. You see in is like unto thee . glorious in holiness?” (Exo­ scripture a saving God and a keeping God. One dus 15:11). The word used here for “ holiness” is without the other is unreasonable. “ brilliance.” It is a reminder of the ability of This is a promise backed with scripture. God to plan and to provide a redemption, an “ And she will bear a Son; and you shall call his atonement, that empowers man to live a holy name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people life and equips him to meet life with victorious from their sins” (Matthew 1:21, NASB). “ Be­ resources. hold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin Who’s behind the promise? God. It is He of the world!” (John 1:29, NASB). “ Christ . who promises and who provides the resources suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he for holy living. He is a God who hates sin but might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). “He loves the sinner. [Christ] gave himself for us, that he might A doctor who sees a child who has swal­ redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto lowed poison does not prescribe a pain-killer. himself a peculiar people [a people for His own Rather, he administers a remedy that will drive possession]” (Titus 2:14). the poison from the child and bring healing and Other verses support the promise. “ Where­ recovery. God has done this for us, through the fore he is able also to save them to the utter­ death of His Son and the ministry of the Holy most that come unto God by him” (Hebrews 7: Spirit. 25). 1 John 1:7 speaks of cleansing from sin. The Great Physician of the soul is behind Romans 6:6 refers to our deliverance through the promise for deliverance from sin. It is a Christ “ that our body of sin might be done promise we can trust. □ away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin” (NASB). The gospel promise for deliverance from By C. Neil Strait sin can also be reasoned in this manner. The Racine, Wis. J U N E 1 9, 1 9 7 4 3 HtKALU 01 HULINtSS W. T . P U R K IS E R , Editor in Chief JUNE NIGHT JACK M. SCHARN, Office Editor The crimson glow of setting sun Contributing Editors: Had long since left the western sky, V. H. LEWIS EUGENE L. STOWE GEORGE COULTER ORVILLE W. JENKINS But scarce had twilight changed to dark EDWARD LAWLOR CHARLES H. STRICKLAND Ere shone the silver moon on high, General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene And deep within the forest shade Was heard the night bird's lonely cry. 'Twas June—the night was clear and fair. IN THIS ISSUE O'erhead a balmy southern breeze Made music through the verdant trees, ARTICLES And carried upon its mighty tide, Like sweetest incense, far and wide, ON SABBATH KEEPIN G ..................................................2 The scent of roses rare. General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe WHO’S BEHIND THE PRODUCT?.................................. 3 The night seemed filled with heavenly peace, God’s guarantee C. Neil Strait And blessings that would never cease JUNE N IG H T .......................................................................4 To lift men's souls to loftier heights, Poem Charles S. Adams Where, with the stars, the lesser lights Are made to shine more brightly still FAMILY PRAYER............................................................... 4 Poem M. R. Edman 'Til lost at last in God's great will, From baser things have found release. □ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CHURCH...........................5 Where to look for the church Edward F. Cox By Charles S. Adams WORLD YOUTH CONFERENCE—SWITZERLAND ... 6 St. Marys, Ohio An international experience Paul Miller ALCOHOL AD D IC TIO N ....................................................8 Answer to a major drug problem Dr. Oswald Hoffmann TRUE SPIRITUALITY....................................................... 9 Pen points Richard Lee Fisher FAMILY PRAYER HER HEART S A W ........................................................... 10 Music memoette Ovella Satre Shafer O Thou who came from realms above, A SHOCKING QUESTION— Yet had a lowly birth; A SATISFYING ANSWER .............................................. 12 Who felt the warmth of parents' love Review of personality traits D.