owe it to yourself and to your chil dren to have them in that kind of j a Sunday school and church pro gram. It may be that just now, the Holy Spirit is speaking to your heart about a need which you have in this area, especially in light of the fact that the return of our Lord j could be at any moment. The most important position for any pastor to take is to expound and explain the Word of God to his hearers. We see this in verse one of II Timothy 4. He is not to preach the social Gospel, against communism, or something else, unless it relates to the message to be taught from Scripture. Do not let your heart be starved spiritually, when there are those churches i which are holding forth the Word of Life with dedication and pur pose.
realize the accuracy of such a prophecy. Apostasy is a departure from true Christian doctrine. It can only take place within the sphere of Chris tian profession at the devil's insti gation. The world has nothing to apostatize from. The church cer tainly does, and this has taken place in many areas through the years. These prophesied difficult days can only be expected to come upon us. Remember, one can be a member of a local church, but that does not mean that he is really a believer. Profession is not the same as possession! I trust that you, with your fam ily, for whom you are going to have to give an account to God spiritually, are in a Bible-preach- ing, Bible-believing church. You
Denise Shaw (I.) and Janice Wilson proudly display their Freshmen beanies and initiation cards.
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