fiLE COpy The Pentecostal E GEL August 17, 1958 NO T B Y M IG H T. N OR B Y POW e: R. • U T B Y M Y 5 P I R I T . 5 A I T H THE L 0 ,. D , " ) " f / / If / • r • - I . ., "I "- , • ---- ~ J :<:<44 u. 7~ 1444e ~THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS NAME Chaplains " set up shop " in Ala s ka (see pog e e ight) ~WHERE ARE THE OEAD? ~ ENRICHED IN ALL UTTERANCE ~ SCHOOL BELLS RING AGAIN and other articles of s piritual inte rest THE EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT The Pentecostal • EVANG L Bloodshed In the Middle East WEEKLY VOICE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD AUGUST 17, 1958 NUMBER 2310 The headlines tell of a bloody revolt in Iraq, civil war in Lebanon, and a tense si tuation in other Bible lands. The news reminds us that EDITOR .. ROBERT C. CUNNINGHA~{ the Middle East is \"'here human government began and it is there EXEClITI\'E DIRECTOR . 1. R. FlOU'cr it will end when Christ returns. LAYOUT EDITOR Lrslic IV. Stili/II EDITORIII.L A~SISTA:oIT Elm Af. J olmJOII \nlilc Christians everywhere arc praying fo r peace, we know from EDITORIAL POLICY BOARD the Scriptures that there shall not be lasting peace ;J,S long as men J, R. FIo"'H (nt~irm~n) . Howard S. Ilu.h. D. 11. are !.inners. There shall be waTS alld rumors of wars until the \lci.aullhl"l. R,,~ H. \\'e~(I. A~ron A \\,it'on Prince of Peace returns to earth to take the reins of government in His own hands. In fact, before that day comes there shall be CONTENTS morc bloocbhed in the i\liddle East tha n the world has ever seen. The Where Are the Dead? .... Raymond l. Ca,.; 3 Bible says so. It was in the Middle East that the precious blood of n.e Fragrance Chri st was shed on the Cross. It was there the moh cried, "His of Hi, Nome ............ Ale,.;ander Lindsay 4 blood be On LIS. and on am ch ildren:' It will be there the blood will flow How I Found Peoce ............ Maudie Sorter 5 so deep it will reach the horse bridles for a di stance of 160 mi les Enriehed in All UHero"ee ...... Robert W. Cummings 6 (see I~ e\'e!at i o !l 1-1 :20). What a blood bath it will he for the wicked! Thi, Prese nt World .... Harold C. Mintle 8 Some would classify the cruci fixi on of ChriH merely as the execution School Be ll, of a good man, a martyr for His cause. They would put the killing RinS! Again ....... _ Charles W. H. Scott 10 of Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, on a plane that is only sl ightly foreign Million, New, ........ Cyril Carden 12 The Family Fortune ..... __ . Victor Trimmer 14 higher than the assassination of King Faisal and Premier Nuri es Said, Family Altar .. _................. R. G. Champion 15 the rulers o f Iraq. In Cod's sight there is no comparison between Home Million' New, ................................ 16 Jesus and any other person. lIe was divine as weil as human. He Peace for the Poi"teI ........ Luther Cayton 17 was born of a vi rgin. conceived of the Holy Spirit, with no trace Reyi.,oltime New, ........ Stanley Michael 18 of sin in I li s being. lie di ed as an innocent Lamb to atone for the Your Queltion, _................. E. S. Williams 19 sin s of others. His blood was holy blood; therefore it hac! power S&inday Sehoal LeSion ............ J. B. Bishop 20 to wash away the si ns of the whole world. The in spired apostle declared that we arc redeemed not \\'ith OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL COUNC IL corruptible things stich as silver and gold "but \\'ith the preciolls R atl>h M. Rigg$ (G(Tl. Supt.). T. F. Zimmumnn. G, F. Lewis. TIen \\'ebb, C. W. II. &ott. {. R. blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" HOl"(r. M. U. 1\'(t •. d. Noel I'(rkin. II. S. lll,h. P II. McLnu;,:hlin, A. A. \\'ilwn. 1( . II. \\'e~d ( 1 Peter 1:18, 19 ). It wa s Cod's loving will that Christ should be execut ed. H ad He !lOt shed His pure and precious blood, \\'e would have no hope of entering heaven; but now we may confess • . We believe the Hible !O be our sin to Cod and obtain H is pardon. th~ in$pire<l and 0,,1~ i"f311ibl~ nn!! 3uthori!a!i,,, W ord of God. WE liELlEVE that thue i ~ one God. e!~rnally e,.;i.utl! in three p"rsolls: God the Let us never cease to thank God for the blood of Jeslls Christ, F:uher. God the Son. "nd God the Holy Chou. \\·E IlF:LIEVE in !he deit~ of our Lord Jesus Cltd.t. His Son, that cleanses us frOIll all sin. It is the life blood of the in Hi, virgin binh, in His ""Iut liie. in His miude•. in !lis ,';c.~rious "nd atoni"g death. in His One who loved liS and sacrificed Himself for liS. It is the blood bodil)' re~urr""tion. in His .ucension to Ihe right h~nd of Ihe Falhe •. ~nd in IIi. personal futu.e rc· of sprinkling. 1t is the blood of atonement. It is the blood of the IU." to Ihi, cUlh In power and glor~ 10 rule Our the Il~tiotl ,. WE llEUEVE thlt Ihe onl~ means everlasting covenant. That blood wi ll be the theme of Ollr song in oi Iteing de~n$('d from .in is throu$h Tep"tllnnee and heaven, and it should ever he the theme of our songs on earth. failh in Ihe I'r«:'ou, blood of e hnsl. WE BELTEVE Ihal regeneration b), the Holy "Unto Hint th.1.t loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own Spirit i. nb <olutdy e~ .e ntia! for person"l sal ... :tl;on. WE BEI.1EV£ thaI Ihe red~ml)liv~ .work of Christ blood ... to Him be glory and dominion for evcr and ever. Amen" OOt the cross provides hulin&, 0 the human body in ~n._r 10 believing pra~er. W~: BELIEVE Ihat (sec Revelation 1:5, 6). th~ ll ~p l ism of Ihe Hoi), Spirit. according to Act. 2: ~. i. giv~" to be]j~v~r. who a~k for il. WE IlE. [-'EVE in the ,:!nelilying power of lhe H ol~ Spirit /-lavc )'ou bccli to Jcsus for the c/colIsi"g prrwer: by whose indweHinjt' the Christian is enabled to t,,'e Arc )'Olt 'washed i,l the Blood of the Lamb! a holy ! il~. 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TilEY AR~: OOI;\"G awakened by the kiss of dawn on resur­ immortality to light through the go ... pel." e\'erything pos~ible through medical I"cction morning, \\'e 1ll11 .. t look to the (\eW Testament, and scientific means to prolong their But does the Bible teach this theory? theil, for the fu ll and final dl\'ioc reve­ lives, and they are meeting \\' ith rel­ It must be franklv admitted that lation ahout the state of the dead. ative sllccess. The devclopment of there are a few iso\at~d verses in the Docs the New Te<.,tallleTlt designate wonder drug~ especially has lengthened Old Testament which at first sight death as a dormitory for shllohcri ng the life expectancy of the average seem to support "soul sleep'-' Howe"er, sollls? human being.