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I T is TO BE devoutly hoped that sometime in the not too distant future some responsible segments o f our government bureau cracy will put their collective heads together and present an au thoritative definition o f the word dissent. For 160 years or so, the i people o f the United States thought they understood quite definite ly what the word meant. But in the present permissive society which has emerged as a result o f the utterly weird interpretations o f the so-called “Warren Court” o f the past few years, the concept o f dissent has gotten clear beyond control, as well as being utterly beyond any reason whatsoever. Weak, opportunistic politicians have picked up these current concepts o f the term and distorted it so that we no longer have a government of the majority, but instead, a rule o f the activist, dissenting minority. The majority o f students, for instance, in the great universities o f our land would like to continue their education under law and order. But a handful o f the dissenters, who have no constructive program of their own, are merrily endeavoring to overthrow the existing so ciety and to prevent the serious students from attaining their goals. Incredibly, they have been able to bring the great univer- t sities to a grinding halt. With but a few exceptions, they have been successful in bringing the chief school administrators to their knees in an effort to appease the continuing demands o f the dis senters. The spectacle o f a comparative handful o f these rebels , (for that is exactly what they are) being able to close down in duction centers operated by the United States military; to stop orderly traffic in busy city streets for an indefinite period o f time; to disrupt totally otherwise orderly meetings and assemblies; to em barrass duly elected public officials put in office by the majority o f the electorate who have to face shame, ridicule, and insults by r this small minority in the name o f dissent, presents an utterly ridiculous and pathetic commentary on this particular generation in American history. These dissenters, with absolutely no program o f their own, would not know what to do with proper authority if it were granted them. They have absolutely no convictions con cerning the problems that they happen to espouse at the moment. The only compulsion they feel is to tear down the very society which has allowed them this privilege. A completely nauseating sentimentalism is being expressed today by far too many, claim ing to be charitable to those who are seeking to destroy historic America. Under the blanket o f the current interpretation o f the
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meaning o f the First Amendment of our Constitution, they are aiding and abetting the confusion and the turmoil that we see on every hand. Most assuredly, the framers o f our Constitution and the attending Amendments never for one moment envisioned the present-day distortion o f the First Amendment. Others have brought out the fact that “ there is a clear distinc tion between the freedom to act and the freedom to speak.” Su preme Court Justice Hugo Black has noted, “The First Amend ment protects speech, and it protects writing, and it protects as sembly, but it doesn’t say anything that protects a man’s right to walk around, and around, and around my house, if he wants to; fasten my people — my family — up in the house, make them afraid to go out-of-doors, afraid that something will happen. It just doesn’t do that; that’s conduct.” Granted, the dissenters have certain rights. But so have law-abiding citizens! The dissenters have absolutely no right whatsoever o f interfering with the ordi nary pursuit o f life, liberty, and the provision o f law-abiding citi zens to assemble without fear o f harm, danger, or molestation. The spectacle o f former President Lyndon B. Johnson coming to Los Angeles to give a major policy address and having to be brought surreptitiously by a back door into the hotel where the banquet was being held for fear o f the mob o f dissenters who had assembled around all o f the main entrances for the purpose o f hurling verbal insults and doing possible bodily harm to the chief executive o f these United States was utterly revolting. That will be a dark blot on the United States throughout the generations to come. It was all allowed because o f the irrational and totally un-American interpretation o f the meaning o f the First Amend ment by the Supreme Court. Certainly the concept o f dissent was never intended to mean that a baby doctor and a University chap lain would have the liberty o f going around the country, deliber ately encouraging young men to bum their draft cards and refuse to be inducted into the Armed Forces o f our country. When at last they were arraigned, one o f the branches o f our Judiciary released them because o f some minor interpretations o f an incon sequential legal matter! This is an utter travesty o f American justice and the laws o f our land. It is to be devoutly hoped that within the near future the per sonnel o f the Supreme Court o f these United States will be changed sufficiently so that Constitutional government once again will begin to be enforced. As citizens of our land, we would do well to re member very definitely the judges o f the various lower courts who periodically come up for re-election. Names o f these liberal-minded judges should be well-noted and remembered. The electorate should repudiate them with a resounding vote o f “ no confidence!” Then once more we can have a society governed by “ law and order.” That phrase, incidentally, used to be well understood, but some have objected to the phrase because it infringes on their right o f dissent. So now, the phrase has to be supplemented by the words “with justice.” Law and order w ith justice. The laws o f the land are just; to anyone who is a true American, law and order mean that the citizens are safe in their homes and on the streets and the hoodlums are put in their places. May the right-minded, right- thinking officials both in the Judiciary and in the Legislative branches of our government become far more concerned with the rights o f the populace than with the so-called rights o f certain individuals who would tear down a whole government and the society which brought it into being. God grant that this day may come soon! k b
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“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giv ing heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” (I Timothy 4:1).
T his verse suggests a phase of the Spirit’s minis try which receives very little attention in present- day teaching and preaching, namely, the function of the Holy Spirit in relation to the future. Any devout student of the Scriptures will not be able to escape seeing the Person and work of the Holy Spirit in prophecy. The Spirit is the Author of prophecy. “ Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scrip ture is of any private interpretation. For the proph ecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (II Peter 1:20, 21). The prophecies re corded in the Bible are not the result of the mind and meditations of man. The penmen of prophecy were “ men of God” and they spoke and wrote under the direct power and influence of the Holy Spirit. As a sailing vessel is moved or borne along by the wind, so the prophets were driven to speak and write by the Spjirit’s unseen but irresistible force. Too many people read the prophetic Scriptures, and say, “ I think it means this or tha t." The correct interpretation of any prophecy will disclose one mean ing, and that is the meaning the Holy Spirit gave when He inspired the prophecy to be written. The proph ecies in the Bible are not the opinions of the men who wrote them; they are the clear statements of the mind of the Spirit. Let us not be guilty of passing our opinion upon these prophecies, but rather let us seek the mind of the Spirit. Jesus said, “ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. . . . And he will shew you things to come” (John 16:13). God has a future plan for the world and man, and even now that plan is in the process of fulfillment. The Holy Spirit has put in His Word as much of that plan as He wants you and me to know, and we may be certain that He will show it to those who seek His help. The Spirit not only brings to mind the past (John 14:26), but also He has shown the future as well. 8
The Book of the Revelation is entitled, "The Reve lation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass . . .” (Revelation 1:1). Now how can one know what those things are which must come to pass? The answer to this is repeated seven times in Chapters 2 and 3. “ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (1:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). So whether they be things past, things present, or things to come, the teaching min istry of the Holy Spirit is inerrant and indispensable. David’s testimony is typical of those testimonies of the writing prophets. He said, “ The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue” (2 Samuel 23:2). Micah said, “ I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD” (Micah 3:8). The New Testa ment Scriptures verify the fact that the Old Testament writers were controlled by the Holy Spirit. The Lord Jesus said, “ For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Mark 12:36). Peter said, “ Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus” (Acts 1:16). Paul added this word, “ Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers” (Acts 28:25). The Epistle to the Hebrews bears the same testimony in at least three chapters'. “ Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years” (Hebrews 3:7-9 cf. Psalm 95:7-9). “ The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tab ernacle was yet standing” (Hebrews 9:8). “ Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will THE KING'S BUSINESS
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make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I re member no more” (Hebrews 10:15-17 cf. Jeremiah 31:33, 34). It is striking indeed the way the Holy Spirit is exalted and the human penman almost ig nored. When we read in the Pentateuch of the details in the Tabernacle, we may all well remember that each detail is attributed to the Holy Spirit and that the record is no mere human narration of history. The Holy Spirit is not merely the recorder of prophecy, but He takes an active part in its fu lfill ment. As an illustration, consider the prophetic prom ise of the resurrection of our bodies. In the great Res urrection Chapter in the New Testament, Paul com mences by reminding his readers that what he has written he ‘‘also received" (1 Corinthians 15:13), that is, he was given his message by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Then he goes on to say, “ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51, 52). Now here is a Spirit-given prophecy; namely, that all Christians who have died will be raised and changed, that is, their bodies will become incorrupt and immortal, not liable to death and corruption. In another Epistle, Paul says that the Holy Spirit will be the Divine factor and force in the fulfillment of this prophecy. “ But if the Spirit of him that raised up Christ from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11). The future resurrection of the believer’s body will be accomplished through the in strumentality of the Holy Spirit. He will be both the means and the cause of our resurrection. In virtue of His indwelling, we shall experience the same kind of resurrection as did the Lord Jesus Christ, our living Head. Not in vain does the blessed Spirit dwell in these mortal bodies. He will perform that which He has predicted. Let us turn now to examine the passage which ac companies the title of this chapter. “ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; For bidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the tru th " (1 Timothy 4:1-3). The source of the prediction is the Spirit. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit Himself, the Spirit of proph ecy, the Author of the prediction recorded here. This information He has given “ expressly," that is, dis- tictly or explicitly. It is not couched in difficult lan guage, but is clearly stated. This is not the first time He gave a prophecy of this nature. He inspired Dan- OCTOBER, 1970
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teaching will appear to the unbeliever to be wisdom, but “ this wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish” (James 3:15). Thus, in contrast to the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of truth, Satan has his lying spirits who influence the minds of men to give heed to false teaching. Let us beware of this army of evil spirits. They come to a man at a time of intellectual doubt, or of devastating sor row, or of spiritual failure, or even of bodily weak ness. None of us are immune from such attacks. “ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false proph ets are gone out into the world” (I John 4:1). These spirits are “ demons.” The word Paul uses is not “ devils," for Scripture speaks of only one Devil, but rather “ demon,” a term never applied to Satan in the Word of God. They are supernatural evil spirits, and their wiles [or methods] are those of trickery and deceit (Ephesians 6:11). The human agents through whom they work are said to come “ speaking in lies in hypocrisy." There was to be no doubt in Timothy’s mind, nor should there be in ours, that hypocritical liars who depart from the faith are controlled by de mons. Their chief aim is to draw others away from that body of teaching which forms the basis of what all true Christians believe. So rapidly has their num ber increased in recent years that we have found our selves among strange bed-fellows. This apostasy will reach its full maturity immediately before Christ’s second coming to the earth (2 Timothy 3:5-8). Christian, beware! There is a deadly conflict now in progress over the mastery of man’s mind. The evil spirits of error are increasing in strength as they go all out in a final assault against God's truth, for Satan knows his time is running out. We need more and more to pay attention to what the Holy Spirit says in the Scriptures. He has spoken the truth. Jesus said, “ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all tru th ” (John 16:13). But many do not want the truth. Mod ern intellectualism has a strange hold upon many re ligious leaders, so that the voice of the Holy Spirit is not being heard in some areas. The spirit of the world-system is more acceptable to most people than is the Holy Spirit of God. In some churches it seems that the Holy Spirit has been displaced. He is no long er depended upon. Committee meetings are held where every one is asked an opinion except the Holy Spirit. We had better consult Him for He has some thing important to say, and when He speaks, He speaks expressly. It was necessary for Him to stir up the saints in the churches throughout Galatia by ask ing them, “ 0 foolish Galatians . . . are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” Yes, “ The Spirit speaketh expressly,” and if we are not hearing His voice, we will be picking up the voice of another spirit. He speaks in clear tones through His written Word, the Bible. Give Him a hear ing. Heed what He says. KB THE KING’S BUSINESS
iel to give a similar prediction (Daniel 8:23). Jesus spoke by the Spirit when He predicted that the end of the age would be marked by deception and false prophets (Matthew 24:4), 5, 11, 24). The Spirit in spired the Apostles to write about it (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 9-12; 2 Peter 3:3; 1 John 2:18; Jude 18). The strength and importance of this warning lay in its authority. Only the Holy Spirit can foresee the future, and it is He who is speaking. Man may guess at what the future holds and offer his conjectures, but the Spirit knows, and these elements of future events He has set forth in specific terms. That the events were future from the time when Paul wrote them is clear from the expression “ latter times.” How distant that future was in the mind of Paul we do not know. We do know, however, that the times were subsequent to his own. He did warn the Ephesian elders about the imminent danger of false teachers when he said, “ For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:29, 30). The Spirit did not speak through Paul to Timothy just for the sake of speaking. He had something im portant to say. Whether the “ latter times” has refer ence to the immediate future, or to the period at the very close of this age at the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are not inclined to argue. The important thing is that we heed the warning and be ready at all times. Evidently the beginnings of the apostasy took place in Paul’s day, for he wrote elsewhere, “ For the mystery of iniquity doth already work . . .” (II Thessa lonians 2:7). The substance of the prediction is that some de liberately and intentionally will withdraw from the Christian faith they once professed. These apostates will not necessarily give up their profession of being Christians, but they will forsake the great truths of the historic Christian faith. From time to time during this present age of grace men have been victimized away from their original profession. They are the nominal professing Christians who reveal their true nature by their departure. The Apostle John wrote, “ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have con tinued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us” (1 John 2:19). To revolt from the truth once heard and con fessed is no slight error, but a heinous crime. When anyone deserts the fold of God, he proves that he never was one of God’s sheep, but a wolf in sheep's clothing. Many a so-called backslider has never been born again. Paul has a timely word when he says, “ Ex amine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves . . .” (2 Corinthians 13:5). The source of the peril is described as “seducing spirits.” Satan will put into the mouth of a false prophet a lying or deceiving spirit, and that false prophet will in turn deceive many. Such demonic 10
You could have heard a pin drop in the sanctuary when he quoted the following statement from Kerry Elliot: "To flaunt sexuality in public is a betrayal of your femininity, not an endorsement. It is like playing the tuba on the subway to prove that you’re a musician. “ It isn’t honest to expose a man to the aroma of steak and apple pie . . . , and then accuse him of being a glutton because he licks his lips.” I think everyone got the point. I really blushed when he began asking questions about what we miniskirts did when we were out in the work-a-day world. He wondered what we thought our testimony amounted to in the presence of men who couldn't care less about feminine purity. He said it doesn’t take much to tr ig g e r a man’s thoughts in the direction of sex. That’s why Jesus said, “ He that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adul tery with her in his heart.” The preacher claimed there is nothing about a m in is k ir t th a t would suggest to the man on the street that the wearer’s body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. He said that the Spirit-indwelt body should be adorned in modest ap parel (I Tim. 2:9, 10). Furthermore, he had secured some s ta tis tic s from somewhere that prove there is a vital relationship between mini skirts and the increase of rape in America. I began to feel as though I was abetting the crime wave. I suppose it is the truth that hurts. That’s why I hurried out of church this morning. I saw several other miniskirts slinking out too. I guess what we really need is to be converted into something more modest. I suspect, however, that this may not take place in the church unless the trend first takes place in the world. That's a sad commentary. To think that my u lti mate condition depends more upon the designers and fabric manufac turers than upon the moral stand of the church is a little disturbing. -------- KB Don Hillis is Associate Director of The Evangelical Alliance Mission. 11
a miniskirt SPEAKS UP by Don W . Hillis
I want to make it clear that I am a Christian miniskirt. That is, I go to church every Sunday. What’s more, I a ttend an e vange lica l church. Of course, I am not the only Christian miniskirt in town. There are many others who go to my church. Though we represent a variety of colors and patterns, there is one thing we all have in common. We all have a way of revealing attrac tive thighs, especially when the legs are crossed. They tell me that’s the most comfortable way to sit. Unless I am misreading the situ ation, we seem to make our wearers a bit self-conscious. At least the girl who wears me is always tug ging at my hem. Though I am not an expert on human nature, this appears to indicate some kind of a complex. I have also noted that we mini skirts have the ability to attract a good deal of masculine attention, even in church. At first I took pride in the fact that men were fascinat- OCTOBER, 1970
ed by my pattern and color design. However, just this morning, I heard the preacher say that this was not really what the young men (some not so young) were looking at. Though I was all ears when he started to preach, “ The Appeal of a Miniskirt," I was embarrassed before he was through. He claimed that the miniskirt does not appeal to the aesthetic. According to him, there are dozens of other dresses more beautiful than I am. His blanket statement that miniskirts do not make an aesthetic, academ ic, econom ic, moral, or spiritual contribution to their wearers left me with a feel ing that I wasn't such a great Chris tian after all. He said the only appealing thing about me was my appeal to the flesh. Then he spoke for ten min utes on the carnality of human na ture. He publicly accused me of contributing to the lust of the flesh. I felt a hard tug on my hem when he said that!
we expect the minister to do before he takes a service or we do ourselves before we give our Sunday school lessons. Sometimes we expect to get by in our domes tic worship without having prepared ourselves for our share in it, having carefully thought out a program for the worship or considered what would be best. Yet the family devotions are of equal importance with taking a Sunday school class and could be more in fluential with the children than the public service of worship. The Bible story especially needs careful plan ning. If mother or father tells it rather than reads it from a book, the children will be more interested. It will be more real to a little child. True, this is more difficult, but it is much more valuable. Telling a story gives opportunity for the person to add any essential details to give a clearer picture in the minds of the hearers as well as giving it that expression which makes the story live. Charles and Catherine Tomkins had a family altar that was a precious memory for all who were present. They shared the planning of the family devotions. They decided not only what was to be done but how and by whom. As the children got older they too shared in the preparations. When the family held a conference once a week, one subject discussed was details of the daily devotions. Charles and Catherine knew that as they got older their knowledge of what appealed to youth was getting rusty. Young people knew best what would interest and so benefit the younger members of the family. Charles went on to explain: “ While children like to know what is coming, imagination must be used in the arrangement of family worship. Indeed this is cru cial in preventing our devotions from becoming bor ing. We need to be creative and make changes within a given pattern. Sometimes we sing or say together a hymn or part of it. A hymn or a psalm can be used as part or the whole of the prayer. By careful plan ning ahead, one member of the family says the verses of scripture from memory. “ Again, the Bible is read sometimes by one per son, at other times by another. Some days we read it responsively, other days all in unison. Also we vary the version used. While a modern version is usually to be preferred for use at the family altar, we need not confine our reading to Phillips or Amplified Versions. Today’s English Version makes an interesting change.” When mother and father are mature Christians familiar with the Bible, they can devise their own pro gram. For a change they can use one of the printed forms of help for part of their family devotions. Some of these are planned by people who give considerable time to make these meditations a strong devotional stimulus to family worship. Where mother and father need considerable aid, a booklet is vital. Most denominations print their own. Changing for a while from a denominational to an in terdenominational publication, or the other way THE KING’S BUSINESS
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by Gordon Chilver s I n one Christian home, family devotions followed this pattern! During breakfast one person, prefer ably a visitor, was given a Bible and told to read a certain passage. If the reader did not mind, it was explained, the children would carry on with their breakfast or they would be late for school. Until the moment arrived for reading, the reader had no idea what passage it would be. The family was reading through the Bible a section at a time. On one of my visits to the home, I was asked to read about the most unsuitable passage in the Old Testa ment for group reading, especially during breakfast. After the reading, which had to be without any helpful comment or explanation, a short prayer followed. A little later, the father said he was so disappointed. No member of the family seemed to have a stronger spiritual life through this family altar. What can we do to make our devotional periods a joy to each member of the family? The part of the day to have for the domestic altar must be carefully chosen. The ideal time is when every member of the family can be present and nei ther come there out of breath with haste or have to rush away scarcely before the last words have been said. Also, the preferred time is when no one has to leave something he is doing and return to it later. A school assignment or preparation for a ball game could easily crowd out more spiritual thoughts. Either having devotions at the table or moving to another room directly after the meal is finished can avoid some difficulties. Further, choose a time which is most convenient for all members of the family. This becomes increas ingly difficult as the children grow older. One may have a job to do before school; another arrives home late from school. Father may have to leave either early in the morning or not come back till the evening. The schedules of each member of the family have to be examined carefully. Perhaps the chores must be done at different times. What is best for most is the rule when selecting a time. It may even be that one day has to differ from another, or one week from another, to fit the best time. Occasionally one mem ber of the family will be absent at the time fixed. This will require patience and thought, but these are essen tial in arranging the most profitable family altars. We want our devotional periods to be a joy to each member of the family. We shall reach that goal only after much planning. We shall prepare as carefully as 12
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