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THE CLAUDE NEWS
Claude, Texas NOV. 12, 1964.
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A Warm Welcome
Awaits You
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning; Worship 11:00 a.m.
Training Union 6:00 p.m.
Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Meet Your Friends At
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Claude, Texas
"Spare thy people, O Lord, and give
not thine heritage to reproach, that
the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their God?" Joel 2:17
False teachers
Moments of Meditation
by Frednu W. Bennett
For there are many unruly and
vain talkers and deceivers, speci-
ally they of the circumcision;
Whose mouths must be stopped,
who subvert whole houses, teach-
ing things which they ought not,
for filthy lucre's sake. Titus 1.10.
Paul warned Titus and all faith-
ful ministers to oppose the false
teachers and accusers of the bre-
thren who would seek to "subvert
whole houses teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy
lucre's sake."
Being warned of false teachers,
we ought not to be surprised when
we find them in the church today.
Instead, we should be on our
guard lest they deceive us, lead us
astray, and cause us to turn from
the truth. False teachers are al-
ways busy seeking to draw off
others to follow after their false
teaching.
Jesus said, "By their fruits ye
shall know them." False teachers
are unruly, headstrong, and am-
bitious of power. They will not
endure good government nor sound
doctrine. They are vain talkers.
Being filled with a vain conceit
that they are wise, they are fool-
ish—"ever learning, and never able
to come to the knowledge of the
truth."
Paul told Timothy: "This know
also, that in the last days peri-
lous times shall come. For men
shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blas-
phemers, disobedient to parents,
unthinkful, unholy, without na-
tural affection trucebreakers, fal-
se accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lov-
ers of pleasures more than lovers
of God; Having a form of godli-
ness, but denying the power there-
of: from such turn away."
The command
to warn
I loward H. Kami, Editor
Destiny Magazine
Merrimac, Mass.
As the end of the tarrying per-
iod approaches, God has found it
necessary to raise up a group
known as watchmen whose assign-
ed task would be to mark the pass-
ing hours of the night and an-
nounce the events of each hour
in the light of an understanding
both of the prophecies of the Scri-
ptures and Biblical chronology.
Because the Christian world, thro-
ugh its neglect of prophecy, re-
mained asleep to its significance,
the watchmen could make scant
impression before the midnight
hour arrived.
The watchmen, awaken and a-
lert during the night, mark the
passing of the hour preparatory
to the issuance of the midnight
cry which is to arouse the Chris-
tian world, particularly the sleep-
ing virgins. As the hour of that
awakening draws near, here and
there a stirring- is seen as the
watchmen succeed in causing the
sleepers to at least turn over and
groan a little before lapsing into
slumber again. Through the Pro-
phet Ezekiel the Lord declares:
'So thou, O son of man, I have
set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; therefore thou
shalt hear the word at my mouth,
and warn them from me." Ez. 33:7
Then, as the night deepens, and
the critical hour approaches, an
urgent message is addressed to the
watchmen:
"Watchman, what ol the night?
The watchman said, The nlornlng
cometh, and also the night: if ye
will enquire, enquire, ye; return,
come." (Isa. 21:11-12.)
The watchmen themselves are
unable to give detailed informa-
tion about developments beyond
the hour of their announcements.
They must "make their rounds"
and report hour by hour. All the
watchmen are able to do is to ad-
monish the few who may be lis-
tening to return again, for, when
the hour strikes, further enlight-
enment will be forthcoming. Ac-
cording to the parable, they meet
with little or no response until, in
the middle of the night, they are
enjoined to issue the special warn-
ing that the Bridegroom is com-
ing, with the result that the vir-
gins are at last awakened from
their sleep.
The Lord addressed a message
to the Prophet Ezekiel, directed to
the attention of the watchmen,
indicating the impossibility of a-
rousing the sleepers until major
developments confirm beyond qu-
estion the accuracy of prophecy
fulfilled, together with its marvel-
lous timing. Ezekiel was told it
will not be until it comes to pass
that the virgins will awaken. In
the meantime they listen but do
not believe; they come but will not
accept the testimony of the wat-
chmen. The Lord stated:
"As for you, O mortal man, your
fellow-countrymen who talk of you
by the walls and at the doors of
the houses say to one another,
'Come and hear what the word is
that comes from the Lord!' They
come to you, as my people used to
come; and they sit before you, as
if they were still my people: they
listen to your words, but they will
not obey them; for with their
mouths they make a show of love,
but their minds are set upon their
own selfish gain. You are to them
like a singer of love songs (or lul-
labies), with a beautiful voice, and
able to play well on the instru-
ment; they listen to your words,
but they will not obey them. Only
when the hour comes—and it is
coming—they shall know that a
prophet has been in the midst of
them." (Ez. 33:30-33, Smith &
Goodspeed Trans.)
The Septuagint Translation ren-
ders the last part of this quota-
tion as follows:
"They will hear thy words but
will not do them; but when they
come to pass they will say, Lo!
they are come! And they will
know that there was a prophet
among them."
This communication, through
Ezekiel to the watchmen, discloses
the reason why their task is a
thankless one. They are informed
among other things, that recog-
nition of the fulfillment of pro-
phecy and its timing will not come
until the hour strikes, announcing
This approach, in the case of the
ten virgins—the mid-night hour!
When, finally, the sudden and
spectacular fulfillment of proph-
ecy does awaken the virgins to the
undeniable worth of the predic-
tions of the prophets, followed by
their recognition of the imminen-
ce of the Lord's appearing, lamp-
trimming time will have arrived.
Very likely it will be the marked
prophetic importance of transpir-
ing events—and their timing—con-
firming the signs to which the
watchmen have pointed, that will
result in fully arousing the virgins
from their long period of slumber.
The analogous meaning of the
chore of lamp-trimming (that is,
trimming the wick to remove the
encrusted carbon) is to produce
an increased comprehension of the
Word of God. Thereafter, the un-
encumbered action of the oil will
cause the lamp to burn more
brightly.
This brings up the question con-
cerning what is signified by tha
oil which the foolish lack. That it
is something that may be pur-
chased is clear from the instruc-
tions the wise gave to the foolish
in counselling them to go to those
who sell and buy for themselves.
It has been generally believed
that the oil the foolish did not
have was "the oil of the Holy
Spirit," but the Holy Spirit can-
not be bought! This was clearly
demonstrated when Simon saw
that, by the laying on of the a-
postle's hands, the Hold Spirit was
given. He offered Peter money for
this power:
"But Peter said unto him, Thy
money perish with thee, because
thou hast thought that the gift of
God may be purchased with mon-
ey." (Acts 8:20.)
Nevertheless, we are told:
"Buy the truth, and sell it not;
also wisdom and instruction, and
understanding." (Prov. 23:23.)
The greatest body of truth to
be found in these climactic days
is an understanding of prophecy,
coupled with the chronological
time cycles correlating prophetic
fulfillment. Volumes of informa-
tion have been compiled to this
end and it is this that may be
purchased. In order to have an
understanding mind, Paul's advice
to Timothy must be followed:
"Study to shew thyself approv-
ed unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, right-
ly dividing the word of truth."
(II Tim. 2:15.)
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
TRAVELING'
Some years ago I often passed a
tiny little place called
Travelers' Rest. What there was
in the insignificant plr.ee to bring
rest to the traveler I cannot say.
There it was and may be yet. As
a matter of fact, the traveler to-
day seems to find little rest be-
cause he so consumed with the
desire to be somewhere else and
as fast as possible.
The question of travel today is
of grave concern. Because it j;;ms
the highways with such a mass of
humanity. Here is or.c of those
whose destination is snyv.here
other than the place where he is.
And when he reaches the other
place as quickly as he dares, his
only desire then is to return io
the place where he started as
quickly as lie dares. He is like the
king of France who rusrehed up
the hill and then marched down
again. But thiro are many others
who drive their cars to their busi-
ness. And others who drive on
vacation. And all together jam
the streets and highway?.
Thinking of the great mass of
people on the move, I wonder
which mode of travel is the best.
If men can no longer endure the
tedium of travel that once
seemed so fast, they may take the
wings of the bird. And while
many do reach their destination
safe and sound there are many
who find death in a wrecked
plane. Give me the good old train,
which has its own rails on the
solid earth and while is some-
times wrecked, offers the most
dependable service.
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