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July 2015 | Vol. 49 | No. 7 FEATURES
Jimmy Swaggart EVANGELIST
6 BROTHER SWAGGART, ARE
RESURRECTION CAMPMEETING 2015 HOMOSEXUALS BORN THAT WAY? part i

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF by Jimmy Swaggart

JIMMY SWAGGART 12 THE CALL OF GOD

EDITOR by Frances Swaggart

DONNIE SWAGGART 18 THE OLD PATHS

STAFF WRITER/EDITOR by Donnie Swaggart

DESIREE JONES CROSSFIRE YOUTH MINISTRIES

ART DIRECTOR 20 WHAT GOOD IS SPEAKING
WITH OTHER TONGUES?
TOM COLEMAN
by Gabriel Swaggart
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32 THE EXAMPLE OF EZRA
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SHARON WHITELAW by Loren Larson

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JAIME TRACY
38 FROM ME TO YOU
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1972 FIRST GOLD RECORD:
THERE IS A RIVER

IN 1972, BROTHER SWAGGART’S album, When David finished the song, I said, “I THERE IS A RIVER »
There Is A River, was named the number one am going to Nashville on Monday and
gospel album for that year. Its initial sale of we are recording on Tuesday. I want to There is a river, and it flows
more than 500,000 copies pushed the album record that song.” And that’s how “There from deep within
into gold record status and its title song even- Is A River” turned out to be the lead song
tually became the anthem of Jimmy Swaggart on that album. There is a fountain, that
Ministries. Below, Brother Swaggart explains frees the soul from sin
how he came to record There Is A River: Now I have recorded more than 100 albums
and I don’t remember much about many Come to this water; there is
I will never forget my introduction to that of them — of the actual recording — but a vast supply
song. It was a Saturday morning. In those recording this song I do remember.
days, Frances and I were always in meetings There is a river, that never
somewhere in the world and almost never In those days, when stereo had just come shall run dry.
home in Baton Rouge. But on this day, I out, if you made a mistake while you were
believe it was in 1970 maybe, we just hap- recording, you just about had to stop and There was a thirsty woman,
pened to be home and the doorbell rang. start over. Nowadays, they can fix it, but then,
if you made a mistake, you couldn’t correct it. She was drawing from a well
I remember going to the door and there You had to go back and start all over again.
stood a boy there. I found out later that he You see her life was ruined
was 17 years old. He introduced himself As I was sitting at the piano singing the and wasted
saying, “I am David Sapp.” I knew his broth- song and it was going down on tape, the
ers, but I didn’t know David. Spirit of God filled that place. I meant And her soul was bound
literally filled it. for hell
He said, “Brother Swaggart, I live in Dallas
and I just took a chance that you would be I remember thinking in my heart, Oh, Oh but then she met
here. I have written a song, and I want to Lord, because Your Spirit is here, don’t let the Master
introduce it to you.” me mess up. Don’t let any of the other
musicians mess up. Don’t let the singers And He told about her sin
My mind instantly thought, This is a 17-year- mess up.
old kid and he’s written a song. It’s of no And He said “If you drink
consequence. The song concluded and, as we did in those this water,
days, we went into the control room to hear
Still, I welcomed him and said, “Sure, come the play back. You’ll never thirst again.”
on in.”
The room was filled with DJs, engineers, There is a river, and it flows
He saw the piano sitting there in the living and musicians. Anyway, as that song began from deep within
room and said, “Can I sing it for you?” to come over the play back system, I looked
up and saw tears rolling down the faces There is a fountain, that
I said, “Certainly. Go right ahead.” of most of those men who were standing frees the soul from sin
there as the Spirit of God got a hold of their
He sat down at the piano (he played a little) hearts and lives. Praise God. Come to this water; there is
and started to sing. I was bowled over a vast supply
when he began to sing, because the boy Whenever I finally got the recording fin-
could sing. I don’t mean maybe, I meant, ished, we played it on the radio. At that There is a river, that never
he had one more phenomenal voice. time, we were on some 600 radio stations shall run dry.
daily; we had a little 15-minute program
When he got through with the first verse, called The Camp Meeting Hour. I didn’t
I was weeping as the Spirit of God filled really get to teach that morning, I just kept
that room.

[CONTINUED ON PAGE 39]

ONE MINISTRY. ONE MESSAGE. 60 YEARS.

Brother Swaggart,
Are Homosexuals
Born That Way? part i

By Jimmy Swaggart

THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS NO!
We will address ourselves to that to a greater degree momentarily.

God would not There are several places in the Word of God deeper darkness, grace gives place to judg-
violate man’s will that addresses itself to this perversion (Gen. ment, and the divine wrath hardens men,
and force him to 19:1-13; Lev. 18:22; 20:13; Deut. 23:17-18; Judg. and hurries them on to more fearful degrees
do something 19:22; Rev. 22:15); however, we will address of depravity.” God, in other words, delivered
he did not want ourselves primarily to Romans 1:24-28. man to uncleanness.
to do. When
men persisted in Hopefully in these passages given by the Holy The word lusts is epithumia in the Greek text,
following their Spirit to the Apostle Paul, your questions will and means, “a passionate craving, longing,
totally depraved be answered. desire,” and in this sense, an inordinately
natures, God sinful one.
allowed them SEXUAL UNCLEANNESS
free rein. Alford again says, “Not by or through the lusts;
Paul said, “Wherefore God also gave them up to the lusts of their heart were the field of action,
uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, the department of their being in which the
to dishonor their own bodies between themselves” dishonor took place.” In other words, this was
(Rom. 1:24). what their hearts wanted.

The phrase, “Wherefore God also gave them up to The phrase, “To dishonor their own bodies
uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts,” between themselves,” carries with it more than
presents mankind not merely drifting toward, mere profligacy in the satisfaction of natu-
but actually, in a sense, being shoved by God ral lusts, but rather bestiality, which refers
in that direction. to impurity in the physical, and not only in
the social and religious sense. In other words,
Since men chose to give up God and worship man is grossly immoral.
the creature, God could do nothing but give
men into the control of the sinful things they It speaks of adultery, fornication, pedophilia
preferred. In other words, God would not vio- (sex with children), bestiality (sex with ani-
late man’s will and force him to do something mals), lesbianism, and homosexuality. In
he did not want to do. When men persisted in other words, this “dishonor” includes all of
following their totally depraved natures, God these things mentioned.
allowed them free rein. The natural result was
immorality of the vilest kind. CHANGING THE TRUTH
OF GOD INTO A LIE
Biblical scholar Henry Alford says of God’s
act of delivering mankind over into the con- Paul said, “Who changed the Truth of God into a
trol of utter human depravity, “Not merely lie, and worshipped and served the creature more
permissive, but judicially, God delivered them than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Amen”
over. As sin begets sin, and darkness of mind, (Rom. 1:25).

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JIMMY SWAGGART PTHRE ICELESS CORNER

The phrase, “Who changed the truth of God into a lie,” refers back to Verse 23, We have set aside this corner of The Evangelist to show God’s
which speaks of spiritual and sexual uncleanness. Plan of Salvation. If you are unsure where you will go when you
die, please listen to what God has said in His Word:
In the realm of idolatry, it refers to the images of men, birds, cattle, dogs,
crocodiles, frogs, and snakes, which are common among all idolaters. FIRST: GOD LOVES YOU!

Such idolatry has been the root of all the abominable immoralities of the “For God so loved the world that he gave His only Begotten
heathen. The idols have been the patrons of licentiousness. Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have Everlasting Life” (Jn. 3:16).
When they formed their gods in human shape, they endowed them with pas-
sions and represented them as slaves to disgraceful sex perversions and as SECOND: MAN IS A SINNER, AND SIN
possessing unlimited powers of sexual gratification. HAS SEPARATED HIM FROM GOD

However, this condition of men’s hearts in purposely refusing the truth of God, “For there is not a just man upon Earth, that doeth good and
led to the Lord using no restraining force over man whatsoever, allowing him sinneth not” (Eccl. 7:20).
without restraint to push headlong into this lie of darkness, which, in effect,
is the same as God giving man a push. Considering man’s already depraved “For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”
condition, the slide even further downward was terrible, to say the least! (Rom. 3:23).

As we see here, the words, “God also gave them up,” as given in Verse 24, is a THIRD: JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY REMEDY FOR SIN
restraining force exercised by God even on unregenerate mankind, unless
refused, which it was and continues to be. “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the
unjust, that He might bring us to God ...” (I Pet. 3:18).
As well, there is far greater restraining force on believers as should be obvious
(Job 1:10; Ps. 91; Rom. 8:28). “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other
name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be
However, this restraining force even on believers can be removed, as well, saved” (Acts 4:12).
through disobedience and rebellion.
FOURTH: YOU MUST RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST
The phrase, “And worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator,” AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR
(Rom. 1:25) presents that of which Paul spoke in his message to the Athe-
nians (Acts 17:29-30). Jesus calls this experience the new birth. He told Nicodemus:
“... Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom
For man to worship and serve the creature, means he is doing such to some- of God” (Jn. 3:3).
thing he has made with his hands and is, therefore, less than him.
We invite you now to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your
Regarding the “creature,” even if man worships himself or other men and personal Saviour. “But as many as received Him, to them gave
women, which most of the world does, still, what good does that do him? He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on His Name” (Jn. 1:12).
The phrase, “Who is blessed forever,” should have been translated, “bless-ed,”
because it refers to God. WE BELIEVE:

The word blessed refers to one receiving a blessing, in which, as should be »»The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative
obvious, God needs nothing. written Word of God (Ps. 119; Mat. 4:4; Lk. 24:27).

The two syllable word bless-ed, in effect, refers to the One doing the blessing, »»There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: God
in this case, the Lord. the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (I Jn. 5:7).

The idea is all true blessings come exclusively from the Lord, with idols or »»In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in
anything else for that matter, able to produce none at all. His Sinless Life, in His Miracles, in His Vicarious and atoning
Death, in His Bodily Resurrection, in His Ascension to the
The word Amen means that this is anchored in the Word of God, and, as such, Right Hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this
will not change. Earth in Power and Glory to rule a thousand years (Jn. 1:1-4;
Eph. 2:13-18; Rev., Chpts. 19-20).
WOMEN AND HOMOSEXUALITY
»»In the Blessed Hope — the Rapture of the Church at Christ’s
“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did Coming (I Thess. 4:13-18).
change the natural use into that which is against nature” (Rom. 1:26).
»»The only means of being cleansed from sin is through
The phrase, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections,” presents Repentance and Faith in the Precious Blood of Christ (Rom.
once again the people purposely and with forethought rejecting God, desir- 5:1; Eph. 2:8-9, 13-18).

[CONTINUED ON PAGE 8] »»Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for
personal Salvation (Jn. 3:5-8; Titus 3:5).

»»The Redemptive Work of Christ on the Cross provides Healing
of the human body in answer to believing prayer (Ex. 15:25-26;
James 5:14-15; I Pet. 2:24).

»»The Baptism with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4 is
given to Believers who ask for it (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7).

»»In the Sanctifying Power of the Holy Spirit by Whose
indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life (Rom.
6:3-14; 8:1-2, 11).

»»In the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the one
to Everlasting Life and the other to everlasting damnation
(Rev. 20:5-6, 11-15).

Pray this prayer and mean it with all of your heart:

““Dear Lord Jesus, I now realize that I am a sinner. I accept
the fact that You died for me on the rugged Cross of Calvary.
I now open my heart’s door and receive You as Saviour and
Lord of my life. Please take full control of me and help me to
be the kind of Christian You want me to be. Amen.”

If you prayed this prayer in all sincerity, you are now a Child
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JIMMY SWAGGART As stated, the problem can only be rec- The Holy Spirit through Paul is not
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[CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7] Jesus Christ. pointing out the mere designation

ing instead a way of gross evil, with LESBIANISM of man, but rather the male as
the Lord removing His restraints and,
therefore, giving them unimpeded The phrase, “For even their women did distinguished from a female. These
access to their desires. It must be change the natural use into that which is
remembered that the way down picks against nature,” in short, speaks of les- terms are used because only the
up speed as it goes, therefore, making bianism — unnatural sexual relations
it more and more difficult to stop or between women (homosexuality). distinction of sex is contemplated.
turn around, even though desire to do Several things are said here:
so may ultimately come about. MENANDHOMOSEXUALITY
»» The word women as used here is not
I speak of the untold millions who are the word used as in John 4:9, which Paul said, “And likewise also the men,
hooked on alcohol, drugs, immorality, simply speaks of designation, but leaving the natural use of the woman,
gambling, or any vice one may name. rather the Greek word thelus which burned in their lust one toward another;
It begins oftentimes as a lark, but as means “a female.” In other words, men with men working that which is
the acceleration downward increases, the Holy Spirit through Paul is unseemly, and receiving in themselves
it becomes more and more difficult to pointing to the gender, meaning that recompense of their error which was
stop, actually impossible without the that it is to stay that way. meet” (Rom. 1:27).
help of God.
»» That women tried to “change” The phrase, “And likewise also the men,”
DISHONOR the purpose of their gender, is the presents the word men used in the
reason that Paul used the Greek same fashion as the word women in
The word vile in the Greek text is word for female. They were not the previous verse.
atimia, and means “dishonor, igno- trying so much to change the
miny, and disgrace.” gender, but rather its purpose The Holy Spirit through Paul is not
respecting the sexual sense. pointing out the mere designation of
The first word in this meaning is dis- man, but rather the male as distin-
honor, and looking at the meaning of Consequently, they were changing guished from a female. These terms
its opposite “honor,” means to evaluate what God had designed, and doing are used because only the distinction
the worth of a person and to treat him so in a rebellious, base, and igno- of sex is contemplated.
with the consideration, respect, and minious way. They went from a far
love due his character and position higher use down to a far lower use. The phrase, “Leaving the natural use
of the woman” speaks of the sex act
Conversely, to dishonor a person is to Even though this is one of the which is to be performed between the
either put an incorrect appraisal upon worst, or possibly the very worst man and his wife. This natural way
his worth and treat him accordingly, example, still, this is the great sin formed and made by God, is set aside,
or, having properly evaluated his char- of man, changing God’s ways for in favor of that which is far, far lower.
acter, to refuse to treat him with the man’s ways, and in every capacity.
respect and deference that are his due. Let it ever be understood, man can
»» The “natural use” presents that never improve upon that which God
Paul is using this in the sense of the intended by God, in this sense, the has done. He cannot add to it, or take
world putting an incorrect estimate way sexually that women were away from it, at least with any posi-
upon the sacredness, dignity, and originally created. tive results. He always drops down
purity of the physical body which was to a lower level, which is the problem
made by God and, in effect, in God’s The word natural in the Greek is with the world, and always has been
image, and thus, using it in a way phusis, and means “the nature since the fall.
which dishonors it. of things, the force, laws, order of
nature, as opposed to that which The Holy Spirit through the apostle is
In that this is what the world wanted, is monstrous, abnormal, perverse.” using this example of lesbianism and
they were given over to a “condition,” homosexuality, because it portrays
and not merely to an evil desire. It »» That which is “against nature” in the most glaring way, the obvious
is one thing for an individual to do respects that which is against
something which is very evil, but nature’s laws, or God’s laws, which
something else altogether for that are one and the same.
person to “become” what they do,
which is always where sin leads one. [CONTINUED ON PAGE 11]

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truth of these statements. In other words, this example However, I must remind the reader, that there is no profes-
portrays in the worst way the folly of changing God’s sional help for something of this nature or any sin for that
designed direction, and designed, I might quickly add, for matter, be it great or small.
our good and not harm. Actually, this is one of Satan’s
greatest ploys, even as he tempted Adam and Eve in the I would ask the reader to think back to the Catholic situ-
garden. He tried to make them think that God was with- ation, where scores of priests have been exposed as being
holding some good things from them, exactly as men think pedophiles. The Catholic system has the greatest psycholo-
today; however, let it ever be known, that all good things gists in the world. As well, many, if not most, of these priests
are found in the ways of God, and not outside those ways. have undergone untold hours of psychological counseling,
Satan has no good ways, only bondage. While he is able but with no positive effect. To be sure, if psychological
to offer some pleasure and can titillate the flesh somewhat, counseling was the answer, it would have worked in those
without exception, his efforts will lead to destruction. In situations. It didn’t work, because it cannot work.
other words, the Marlboro man dies of cancer.
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED
The phrase, “Burned in their lust one toward another,” refers
to that which is terrible in its intensity. The only answer is Jesus Christ and what He did for us at
the Cross (Rom. 6:1-14; 8:1-2, 11; I Cor. 1:17-18, 23; 2:2; Col.
The word burned in the Greek is ekkaio, and means “to 2:14-15).
burn out,” and can be explained as “the rage of lust.”
New Testament Greek scholar A. T. Robertson defined it As we have previously said, and will continue to say over
as, “to inflame with lust.” and over again, if, in fact, man has the answer for these
problems in the realm of psychoanalysis, or any other
In other words, this type of lust satiates or consumes the way, Jesus Christ made an unnecessary trip down to this
entirety of the individual. It is an all-out endeavor to sat- sin-benighted world to die on Calvary, thereby, paying a
isfy their totally-depraved natures. Once again, we are terrible price to redeem humanity. Once again I remind
speaking here of homosexuality. the reader, man’s problem is sin, not environment, associa-
tion, or education, even though these things certainly may
The phrase, “Men with men working that which is unseemly,” have some affect.
specifies its direction.
And once again I say, man’s solution is Jesus Christ and
PEDOPHILES Him crucified, and that alone! In other words, there is no
other answer.
The word, working taken from Verse 27 in the Greek is kat-
ergazomai, which means “to perform, accomplish, achieve, Also, I remind the reader, Jesus needs no help in this capac-
to do that from which something results, to carry to its ulti- ity, for, in effect, He has already effected the cure, which is
mate conclusion.” It is a “lust” which will not be satisfied His shed blood coupled with His power. For the church to
until it obtains its desired results. look elsewhere, to do otherwise, to think otherwise, is not
just sin, but actually, rank, raw, ignominious blasphemy.
Many would ask as to how a man could take advantage of
a little boy, sexually molesting him, when the man knows This article will be continued in the August issue of The
in his heart the child will be greatly affected mentally Evangelist.
and emotionally.
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At this stage and even long before, the favorite word used,
and even by the church is, “they need professional help!” Of
course, they are speaking of psychological counseling, etc.

THE CALL OF GOD by frances swaggart

EDITOR’S NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN THE AUGUST 2010 ISSUE OF THE EVANGELIST.

Luke 1:35, 45 – “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you. And blessed is she that believed: for there
shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

I Corinthians 3:10-11 – “According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-
builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how
he builds thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

Within the WHATEVER GOD ASKS US to do, He fits us for, tion will always purge all of that which is not the
minister’s calling and whatever He fits us for, He asks us to do. The Cross of Christ.
is the building, minister who has answered God’s call is in a place
the breaking, the of divinely-appointed power, and he needs no Also, the minister must go to all people and soci-
planting, and weapon other than the promise of God. When the eties to whom the Lord sends him. He must be
the plucking of Lord told Mary through the angel Gabriel that she determined to say only what the Lord commands
community. He would conceive a Son, all she had was faith in what him to say. Just as we read in the Bible of “God’s
must build and the Lord had spoken to her. Yet, that was all she Greats,” the call of God is something a minister
plant, yet he must needed. It was God who performed the miracle, can never get away from. The touch of God’s hand
also root out, pull bringing our Saviour into this world, born of a virgin. on his life is a tangible pledge that God is with
down, destroy, and him, and that He is with him for the rest of his life.
throw down the Any minister who walks in faith, believing His Through his victories, his failures, his struggles,
works of the flesh. promises, will show this world the miracles of Jesus! his moments of despair, the work he is called and
commissioned to do is not his own. He will always
MASTERBUILDER be conscious of a divine call.

The minister’s commission is actually multifac- THE MESSAGE
eted. Within the minister’s calling is the building,
the breaking, the planting, and the plucking of A man that has received the call of God will always
community. He must build and plant, yet he must have to choose between his own desires and
also root out, pull down, destroy, and throw down God’s will, even though the cost may be great.
the works of the flesh. These assignments and Like Jeremiah, the minister may be called to a task
responsibilities, in fact, will be characteristic of that is very difficult. He may be tempted to shrink
all believers desiring to be true workers together back from proclaiming an unwelcomed message.
with God. See, if idolatry and pride are not The preacher loves to carry good news, but to
exposed and eliminated, little can be built in its be a bearer of bad news, rebuke, and/or strong
place. In other words, a minister must make sure warning to an undisciplined people is never easy.
a proper foundation is laid, and such a founda- When the faces of the people register pleasure,

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the minister feels safe. But when the faces of the a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was
people register unbelief or disgust, the preacher weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
must exhibit courage. He must not move away (In view of the terrible opposition, even bodily
from or alter the message given to him by God. harm, the prophet actually stopped preaching,
The call of God is, in fact, a spiritual gift. at least for a while. The cause of the opposition
was ‘Him’ and ‘His name.’ However, he found
The world will never understand it, and the church it impossible to cease from preaching. The
may not always accept it. But, the minister must fire of the divine wrath against sin burned so
always remember that the Word of the Lord is fiercely within him that he could not help but
a power unto itself that carries out His will and resume his work.)”
accomplishes what He wishes. Against this power
nothing can stand! It is a hammer that breaks THE CROSS IS AN OFFENSE You see, nothing
rocks into pieces. His Word demonstrates power has changed from
in both destruction and construction. If men Even the message that Jesus preached became then until today.
accept God’s Word, it will give life. If they reject too strong for many of His followers. Many freely The Cross of Christ
it, it will bring condemnation. and unreservedly followed Him for the miracles is still an offence
He performed. They were amazed and watched to the world. And
WORLDLY STANDARDS ARE in wonder at the feeding of the 5,000 with only the preacher that
NOT GOD’S STANDARDS five loaves and two fishes. But, His message was preaches the
the stumbling block! message of Christ
I know a little bit of what it is like when a minister and Him crucified
is given a message from God that he knows will John 6:60 states: “Many therefore of His dis- is not always
upset a lot of people. I have watched my husband ciples, when they had heard this (spoke of those accepted.
agonize over a message. Through many sleepless other than the Twelve), said, This is an hard
nights, a message would weigh heavy on his heart, saying; who can hear it? (They were unwilling
giving him no rest until the message was delivered. to accept the bloody death of their Messiah, or
And, many times even after it was preached, the to entrust themselves to a divine personality
enemy tried to attack with troubling thoughts such whose most distinctive act would be His sacri-
as, “I could have said it better,” or “Maybe I didn’t fice of Himself. This was the gross and terrible
deliver it as well as I should have,” or “God, did offence which made the Cross a stumblingblock
you really tell me to preach this?” to the Jews [Mat. 16:21; I Cor. 1:23; Gal. 5:11]).”

You see, it is never easy to be used of God because Then verse 66 tells us that, “From that time
the actual execution of God’s will in our lives rarely many of His disciples went back, and walked no
meets the expectations of the world. Worldly more with Him.”
standards are not God’s standards, and so worldly
people are often left perplexed and frustrated The Cross is an offense to the entirety of the world,
with our actions. The message God gives us may and regrettably even most of the church. The
not be received, and we may not be accepted on claims of Christ were so profoundly different from
a personal basis either. what they anticipated that they now refused to
accept Him at all! In verse 67, we hear Him asking
One only has to read Jeremiah 20:8-9 which the Twelve disciples, “Will you also go away?”
states: “For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried
violence and spoil; because the Word of the The Holy Spirit is asking us the same thing today:
Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a Will you also go away? You see, nothing has
derision, daily. (The subject of his preaching changed from then until today. The Cross of Christ
is expressed in the two words, ‘violence’ and is still an offence to the world. And the preacher
‘spoil.’ This oppression and robbery of the poor that preaches the message of Christ and Him
so deeply stirred him that he shouted aloud crucified is not always accepted.
against it, but the only response to his outcries
was that he was held in derision daily, and In Luke 21:8, the Lord tells us, “And He said (for
everyone laughed at him.) Then I said, ‘I will the next four verses, Luke deals with the signs
not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore of the times as it regards the Second Coming),
in His name. But His Word was in my heart as Take heed that you be not deceived (presents
the exact manner in which Matthew begins his

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FRANCES SWAGGART raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to They never mention that the root cause
bless you, in turning away every one of for all the ills of society is sin. They
account – the warning of deception; you from his iniquities.” reject the real cure for sin through
it is mainly in the realm of religion): We learn in Acts 4:4 that: “many of the Cross of Christ, instead choosing
for many shall come in My name, them which heard the Word believed; to treat the symptoms. The modern
saying, I am Christ (of Christ); and the and the number of the men was about church is, therefore, only capable of
time draws near (the rapture of the five thousand.” giving the beggar his alms and treating
church): go you not therefore after his “felt needs.”
them (be very careful as to whom This message preached by Peter
you follow).” will not be found in the socialistic This social gospel has no power, but
churches of today because they the message Peter preached had the
He is telling His disciples that many have been turned into nothing power to set the captive (the beggar)
“preachers” will come claiming to more than distribution centers free! While the beggar was asking for
represent His character, but their mes- for social causes. They are about his felt needs to be met, Peter (the
sage will not actually be the same as ‘social justice,’ not the gospel. preacher), through the anointing of the
His message. We are to turn away and Holy Spirit, was able to get to the root
not follow these men. The “feel good, This message preached by Peter will not of the problem. Now, the beggar was
do good, anything goes, I’m OK, you’re be found in the socialistic churches of healed and would be able to care for
OK” socialistic gospel of many modern today because they have been turned his own felt needs!
churches is the opposite of what the into nothing more than distribution cen-
early church, founded by the apostles ters for social causes. They are about He would no longer have to depend on
in the New Testament, was about. “social justice,” not the gospel. handouts from strangers. He was free!
In removing the Cross, today’s churches
In Acts, Chapter 3, we find Peter and are actually following the all-inclusive
John going together into the temple “broad road,” and as a result, they have
at the hour of prayer. “A certain man found themselves affirming anyone and
lame from his mother’s womb was everyone’s unbiblical beliefs. Once
carried, whom they laid daily at the again, this is a powerless gospel. Men
gate of the temple called Beautiful will not be saved, repent, or reconciled
to ask alms of them who entered into back to God through it.
the temple.”
A.W. TOZER — THE NEW CROSS
But when this poor beggar attempted
to reach out and receive alms from In an article, I came across this
Peter and John, something totally new excerpt written by A.W. Tozer. It goes
happened! Peter said, “Silver and along perfectly with what we have
gold have I none; but such as I have just discussed.
give I thee: in the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth rise up and walk...and Unannounced and mostly unde-
immediately his feet and ankle bones tected there has come in modern
received strength. And he leaping up times a new cross into popular
stood, and walked, and entered with evangelical circles. It is like the old
them into the temple, walking and cross, but different: the likenesses
leaping, and praising God.” are superficial; the differences,
fundamental. From this new cross
REPENTANCE has sprung a new philosophy of the
Christian life, and from that new
And Peter, realizing that a crowd had philosophy has come a new kind
begun to form, took the opportunity to of preaching.
preach a sermon of repentance to the
crowd, reminding them that they had This new evangelism employs the
denied the “Holy One and the Just.” same language as the old, but its
content is not the same and its
Acts 3:19 states: “Repent ye therefore, emphasis not as before. The old
and be converted that your sins may be cross would have no truck with the
blotted out.” And then in verse 26 he
tells them: “Unto you first God, having

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life motivation is unchanged; he still lives for his own
pleasure. The new cross encourages a new and entirely
different evangelistic approach. The evangelist….
preaches not contrasts but similarities. He seeks to key
into public interest by showing that Christianity makes
no unpleasant demands; rather, it offers the same thing
the world does, only on a higher level…The new cross
does not slay the sinner, it redirects him. It gears him
into a cleaner and jollier way of living and saves his
self-respect….It is false because it is blind. It misses
completely the whole meaning of the cross.

God salvages the individual by liquidating him

and then raising him again to the newness

of life. That evangelism which draws friendly

parallels between the ways of God and the

ways of men is false to the Bible and cruel to

the souls of its hearers. The faith of Christ does

not parallel the world, it intersects it.

The old cross is a symbol of death. The race of Adam
is under death sentence. There is no commutation and
no escape. God cannot approve any of the fruits of sin,
however innocent they may appear or beautiful to the
eyes of men. God salvages the individual by liquidating
him and then raising him again to the newness of life.
That evangelism which draws friendly parallels between
the ways of God and the ways of men is false to the
Bible and cruel to the souls of its hearers. The faith of
Christ does not parallel the world, it intersects it.

In coming to Christ we do not bring our old life up
onto a higher plane; we leave it at the cross. The
grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die. God
offers life, but not an improved old life. The life He
offers is life out of death. Let him not seek to make
terms with God, but let him bow his head before the
stroke of God’s stern displeasure and acknowledge
himself worthy to die ... the power that raised Christ
from the dead now raises him to a new life along
with Christ.”

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THE OLD PATHS by donnie swaggart

Jeremiah 6:16 – “Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and
ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall
find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

God, in His JEREMIAH WAS ONE OF the greatest prophets If the preacher is to be true to the call and to the
mercy and who ever lived. He is known as the Weeping Word of God, then he must preach the positive
longsuffering, Prophet, due to his broken heart at Judah’s refusal and the negative.
would send to repent. Judah was guilty of idolatry and apos-
His prophets tasy. God, in His mercy and longsuffering, would That which is negative doesn’t win one a lot of
to the people send His prophets to the people calling them to friends or support, but as ministers, we are “watch-
calling them repentance, yet they would not yield. men” called to stand on the wall and to warn the
to repentance, church of that which is not of God.
yet they would Jeremiah and his message were rejected. Not
not yield. only was the message rejected, but the people In II Timothy 4:2-3, the Apostle Paul told Timothy:
also rejected Jeremiah. They went as far as put- “Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of
ting him into prison, throwing him into a well, season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuf-
and exiling him to Egypt against his will. Yet in fering and doctrine. For the time will come when
all of this, Jeremiah never faltered in his duty and they will not endure sound doctrine; but after
faithfulness to his sacred call. their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears.”
Jeremiah’s ministry was, for the most part, nega-
tive. He wouldn’t fit in with the majority of the It is very clear that to reprove and to rebuke is a part
churches today as they seek after that which is of ministry, no matter how unpopular it may be. As
only positive. ministers, we must never forget that every time we
stand to preach, we have in our hands the eternal
NEGATIVE VERSUS POSITIVE souls of men and women, and what we preach or
don’t preach can have eternal consequences.
When it comes to ministry, preaching is to be
both positive and negative. We are to preach THE SINS OF JUDAH
messages that encourage and inspire the people.
We are to preach messages of hope and joy. As stated earlier, Judah had gone into idolatry
However, to only preach that which is positive and and apostasy. In Jeremiah, Chapter 2, the Lord
leave off the negative is an incomplete message. makes the following statements concerning Judah:

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Verse 5: “They are gone far from Me, and have preaching today look down upon those giants of
walked after vanity, and are become vain.” the faith of the present and the past. Opening the
Bible and preaching God’s Word is out of step and
Verse 11: “My people have changed their glory no longer popular. We need to incorporate the
for that which doth not profit.” world and its ways to become more relevant. But
what can be more relevant than the Word of God?
Verse 13: “For My people have committed two
evils, they have forsaken Me the fountain of living The Bible has the answer for every problem that
waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cis- plagues the human heart. So, as ministers, that
terns, that can hold no water.” is what we must give to the people.

Verse 20: “Played the harlot.” GOD’S COMMAND It doesn’t matter
how popular the
Verse 21: “Turned into the degenerate plant of If you want God’s blessings, if you want the power preacher is or how
a strange vine.” of God, if you want to be a vessel pleasing to the big the church
Lord, then this is what you must do: is. What matters
Jer. 3:1: “Thou hast played the harlot with is that what is
many lovers.” “Stand ye in the ways.” This means that we are preached lines up
to seek the ways of God. Jeremiah 29:13 says, with the Bible.
THE SIN OF THE CHURCH “You shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall
search for Me with all your heart.” The Word of
As Judah no longer put her faith in what the God must be read and studied. One must pray
sacrifices represented (the coming Messiah and and seek the help of the Lord. That’s the only
Redeemer) and opted for a “new path” of idolatry way one can know the ways of the Lord and the
and apostasy — a new path that would eventually will of the Lord.
lead to their destruction — so too has much of the
modern church opted for a new path. “And See.” This means diligently looking for that
which belongs to God, and that which is of God is
What is that new path? It’s any message, any always confirmed by His Word. It doesn’t matter
preaching or teaching that is not the Message of how popular the preacher is or how big the church
the Cross. The new path consists of the schemes is. What matters is that what is preached lines up
and ideas of men to try and address the spiritual with the Bible.
needs of God’s people.
“Ask for the Old Paths.” The old paths are the
I could take several paragraphs and point out the great tried and true doctrines of the Bible. They
various new paths the church is walking down, but may not be popular. Many may say they are out-
I won’t — you must have discernment; you must dated. But, if you will “Stand ye in the ways, and
have the leading of the Holy Spirit. Don’t settle see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good
for me or any other preacher. You must know for way, and walk therein,” the result will be “rest for
yourself, and you can by your knowledge of the your souls.”
Word of God and the help of the Holy Spirit.
I want the old paths. How about you?
WHO LED JUDAH ASTRAY?

Jeremiah 2:8 gives the answer: “The priests said
not, Where is the Lord? And they that handle the
law knew Me not: The pastors also transgressed
against Me. And the prophets prophesied by Baal,
and walked after the things that do not profit.”

This verse makes it clear that it was the priests,
pastors, and prophets who led Judah down the
new path, and so it is the same today.

The pulpit is the problem, as every strange wind
of doctrine is being preached today. Too many
of the younger generation of ministers who are

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WHAT GOOD IS SPEAKING WITH OTHER TONGUES?

by gabriel swaggart

Acts 2:1-5 – “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance”

The very moment A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE with other tongues as the Spirit of God gave the
that I began to utterance. However, being freshly filled with the
pray for him, FOR AS LONG AS I can remember, I have heard Spirit, and even going into my teenage years, I
I immediately the question, and even asked the question myself, really did not know how important speaking with
felt something “What good is speaking with other tongues?” other tongues really was. Sadly, there are scores of
stirring in my believers today who know nothing of the Holy Spirit
inner most I was saved when I was 5 years old and filled with and really don’t understand how good it really is.
being. I did not Holy Spirit when I was 8, and, as many of you have
know exactly heard this story, I was not really even seeking the We are going to look at just some of the reasons
what it was, but I baptism with the Holy Spirit for myself, but my as why it is so important, and what good it really
knew it was from younger brother, Matthew, was. He had deter- is to speak with other tongues.
the Lord. mined in his mind that he was going to get it at
the age of 7. Incidentally, he received the Holy IT BRINGS ABOUT JOY
Spirit when he was either 8 or 9 years old.
First of all, as we look into the value and impor-
Anyway, I had gone down to the front to pray for tance of speaking with other tongues, we need not
Matthew, but the very moment that I began to pray look any further than in Acts, Chapter 2. As we
for him, I immediately felt something stirring in my scroll through the text, we read about the Spirit
inner most being. I did not know exactly what it of God falling upon those who were in the temple
was, but I knew it was from the Lord. courtyard. Those individuals, however many there
were that day, were baptized with the Holy Spirit
At that very moment, my dad leaned down to with the evidence of speaking with other tongues
me — I can remember his exact words — and he as the Spirit of God gave the utterance. People
said, “Gabriel, the Holy Spirit is all over you. Open from all over the region began to hear the com-
your mouth and yield your tongue.” That was all motion, and would take notice of the languages
he said, and that is exactly what I did. that these unlearned individuals were speaking,
with many coming to the simple conclusion that
The moment I opened my mouth, it began to flow these people were drunk.
like a river, a river of living waters. I began to speak

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In Verse 15, Peter proclaimed, “For these are not IT IS A SIGN TO UNBELIEVERS
drunk as you suppose, seeing it is but the third
hour of the day.” In reality, they were drunk, but Fourth, the baptism with the Holy Spirit is a sign to
not on any alcoholic beverage; they were drunk the unbeliever that time is wrapping up. “Where-
in the Holy Spirit. fore tongues are for a sign, not to them who
believe, but to them who believe not” (I Cor. 14:22).
The very first thing I want to mention is that the
baptism with the Holy Spirit provides a joy unlike Now, how in the world can this be possible when
anything we would ever experience. It is the joy all those who are unbelievers know absolutely
of the Lord. Anything, and I mean anything, that nothing about this great gift? Once again, as
can bring about that much joy in the life of the stated, that this gift is a sign to the world that we
believer is extremely beneficial and worthwhile. are living in the last of the last days. This means
He brought about joy then, and He will bring that whenever a person — whoever they might be
about such joy now. and wherever they might be in the world — goes
through to the mighty baptism with the Holy Spirit
IT IS A DIRECT PIPELINE TO GOD with the evidence of speaking with other tongues,
it will be a sign to inform the world that the Lord
Secondly, speaking with other tongues is, what I is wrapping things up.
like to refer to as, a direct pipeline to God. Paul
would say in I Corinthians 14:2, “For he who IT BRINGS ABOUT A REST
speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto AND A REFRESHING
men, but unto God.”
Last, but definitely not least, speaking with other As a runner
Paul puts it in crystal clear words: anyone, and tongues brings about rest and a refreshing. We becomes tired in
that means anyone who is saved, is speaking must look at the Old Testament text of Isaiah 28:11- his race, as soon
not unto men, but unto God. This means that 12, where the prophet would prophecy, “For with as water is offered
this is a direct pipeline unto God. Once again, stammering lips and another tongue will He speak and partaken of,
I must state that anything designed by God to to this people.” To whom He said, “This is the rest instantly there
benefit us in this way — speaking directly to wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and a is a refreshing.
Him — is invaluable. refreshing: yet they would not hear.” It speaks of
rejuvenation for
Life can be extremely stressful and can bring The “rest” spoken of here refers to the tiredness the journey ahead.
about things that no one would expect. So to of this journey called life, and how that life itself
have something like this — a direct pipeline to can bring about exhaustion. Just as a car idles at
God — is of utmost importance and value. My a stoplight, speaking with other tongues causes us
friend, this is better than good, it’s fantastic! to stop and become idle, and rest from the journey.
The “refreshing” refers to rejuvenation. As a runner
I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve been at my becomes tired in his race, as soon as water is offered
wits’ end, but then, as I pray, I begin to speak with and partaken of, instantly there is a refreshing. It
other tongues, and even though the situation is speaks of rejuvenation for the journey ahead.
still in front of me, the Lord will give me the grace
to get through that situation. A GIFT WORTH RECEIVING

IT BRINGS ABOUT PERSONAL EDIFICATION All that I have addressed here is just a taste of how
important it is for any believer to go through the
Third, this gift of speaking with other tongues mighty baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evi-
brings about personal edification. Once again, we dence of speaking with other tongues. Without it,
must go to the Bible and see what the Bible has believers will never be able to make it through all
to say about this. Paul would write in I Corinthi- that life will throw their way. It is an invaluable gift
ans 14:4, “He who speaks in an unknown tongue that God has given to us and if God has given it to us,
edifies himself.” then why are so many unwilling to receive this gift?

Every believer needs personal edification. The You may ask, “What good is speaking with other
word edifies in the Greek means “to build,” and tongues?” What I have written explains just how
that is exactly what speaking in tongues does, it good speaking with other tongues really is!
build us up, it strengthens us, and it helps us.

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BELIEVER SENSES GOD’S TOUCH, HOPE THROUGH JSM gave the altar call for everyone and pointed to the TV and
said, “And those of you watching by TV, Internet, or listening
DEAR EVANGELIST: Your ministry has been very, very, dear by radio,” and then he led everyone in the sinner’s prayer. I
to me. At times when I felt I could not keep hope alive, your was not with her, but as I was saying the sinner’s prayer I felt
ministry has helped me to sense His gentle touch. Please her saying it also! Thank you SonLife Broadcasting Network
keep up your work. God’s blessings on all your saints in this for your ministers — you are heaven-sent!
good work.
– Email
– Pennsylvania
FORMER BAPTIST COMES TO BELIEVE
SONG BY ROBIN HERD MINISTERS TO VIEWER THAT TONGUES ARE FOR TODAY

DEAR EVANGELIST: I have to tell you — the song that Robin DEAR EVANGELIST: Brother Gabriel, I hope you get this
sang this morning was so amazing. I couldn’t stop crying for message. I was raised Baptist and was taught that tongues
two hours. That is how the Holy Spirit touched me and dealt are not for today and only given in Acts, to the early church to
with my life as he sang it. God’s presence was all over my help spread the gospel. Well, I have been watching SBN on
living room! The more I would worship the Lord and think of Dish Network for about four years now and I came to believe
His faithfulness, goodness and mercies towards me, the more that tongues are truly for today. Anyway, on March 29 (Palm
I would cry. It will bless many others. Sunday), you preached on the Holy Spirit and gave an altar call
for those who wanted to be filled. Now I had been seeking
– New York and praying, and I had prayed with Brother Donnie and Brother
Swaggart, but was never filled. But during this altar call (here
OUT OF NOWHERE MR. SWAGGART STARTED I am in northern rural Michigan and at the age of 63), the Lord
SINGING ‘LORD, I’M COMING HOME’ filled me with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking with
other tongues as the Spirit of God gave the utterance! Thank
DEAR EVANGELIST: Last night I was watching the last you, Brother Gabriel, for teaching and preaching on the Holy
rebroadcast of the Sunday service when my niece, who had Spirit. I also thank everyone at SBN for teaching the truth!
gone on a cocaine binge for the past couple of days, called
me. I had sent her a text while she was out on the streets P.S. I watch the Generation of the Cross and I have learned
doing her thing, and I told her that God loves her no matter so much!
what and He just is not happy with what she is doing and it
was the Devil as his job is to steal, kill and destroy. I then told – Michigan
her thank you for helping me and telling me about the Lord
Jesus Christ when I was out on the streets under the bondage GOD’S HAND IN EVERY PART OF
of drugs and alcohol and I just wanted to return the favor. As SONLIFE BROADCASTING NETWORK
we were talking, she could hear Mr. Swaggart’s message as I
had the TV on, and she asked me what I was watching. I gave DEAR EVANGELIST: I love SBN and have watched it 24/7
her the channel number (190 for Comcast cable). She turned since December 2012. One night I was just sick and tired of
to it and said, “I will call you back.” She had missed almost Fox News and started changing channels and found SBN. I
the entire sermon, and it seems like from out of nowhere, Mr. immediately loved the music and soon got hooked on all the
Swaggart started singing “Lord, I’m Coming Home,” and then programs. It has become a major part of my life, and I am cur-

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rently an online audit student at WEBC, taking Romans ““The answer for
Part I. I love it! I see God’s hand in every part of SBN, which you seek
beginning with Brother Swaggart’s musical talent. I’m so is found only
grateful that God has chosen to let me be part of SBN. ”in the Cross.

– Texas POINTING PEOPLE TO
THE CROSS OF CHRIST
FOUND MESSAGES OF BROTHER FOR MORE THAN 59 YEARS.
JIMMY SWAGGART ONLINE

DEAR EVANGELIST: I just wanted to tell you that you
have been a great blessing in my life. I am 29, and have
known Christ since age 16 when I was saved and bap-
tized in His Spirit. He really pulled me out of a desper-
ate situation, as I was a victim of abuse as a child by my
own father, and Jesus freed me from that. I had found
the messages of Brother Jimmy Swaggart online and
old TV shows that were broadcast around the world. I
had only heard a couple of comments about how God
used Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart in the 1980s, and that
intrigued me and I wanted to know those messages.
You cannot imagine how much blessing that brought to
my life and God was a real revival in me — thank God for
being found! From here, so far away on the map, I tell
you that I love you and may God continue to exalt His
name through this ministry.

– Argentina

GOD HIMSELF MADE ME WATCH YOUR STATION

DEAR EVANGELIST: I am a Media Church member in
Germany. Brother Swaggart has helped me a lot in my
faith; he has been a great inspiration to me. Actually, God
Himself made me to watch your station. If only you know
how many souls Brother Swaggart has saved for the Lord.
I am a living testimony for that! Brother Swaggart, God will
keep using you to save so many souls, He will keep bless-
ing you in Jesus’ name, amen. Keep up the good work.

– Germany

THE EXAMPLE OF EZRA by loren larson

Ezra 7:10 – For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord,
and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.”

Behind every EZRA WAS KNOWN, BOTH in his day and ours, THE NEED OF THE CHRISTIAN
great man or as a scribe, a leader, a man, of integrity, and a man
woman of God greatly used of God. Behind every great man or The experiences needed to live the Christian life
you will find woman of God you will find a common denomi- are relatively simple ones. However, I fear in our
a common nator. That is, there will be a manifested love for “post-modern” church age we have ignored the
denominator. God and His Word. need for, or have been ignorant to the truth of,
That is, there will what those experiences are.
be a manifested Notice the simple steps that Ezra followed in our
love for God and text above: They have never changed from the time of the first
His Word. century church. The individual must first have had
1. He prepared his heart to discover the truths a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ that
of God’s Word. resulted in redemption. Regeneration — being
born again — is the first experience required.
2. He applied those concepts and precepts
to His daily life. Ezra was not content to just Second, the new believer should actively seek
learn God’s Word, he was determined to after the baptism with the Holy Spirit, immediately,
live out God’s Word, to experience how this with great urgency. The baptism with the Holy
might be done and to understand the chal- Spirit is always accompanied with the initial physi-
lenges and benefits involved. cal evidence of speaking with other tongues. The
fullness of the Spirit is needed to both become
3. He would then take his experiential knowl- what God desires and to perform the function
edge of God’s Word and share his insight which God asks of us as a believer.
with others, training others to lead flourish-
ing fruit-bearing Christian lives. Third, the knowledge of how to live for God
under the principles of grace — not law — must
This is the same example we attempt to follow be acquired. The process of grace and faith
and pass on to the students of World Evangelism demands a constant connection to the finished
Bible College & Seminary: work of Christ (the Cross) as the object of one’s
faith. The goal of this knowledge must be the
1. Prepare your heart to learn the Word. pursuit of holiness and righteousness. To learn
to rise above the weight of sin that does so easily
2. To do the Word. beset the believer. Once these principles and

3. To share this knowledge with others.

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LOREN LARSON

experiences are embraced and encountered, the In this past school year (2014-2015), we contin-
believer has not “arrived” at a state of perfection, ued to experience an amazing move of the Holy
he has simply been properly discipled to step out Spirit. We have seen students baptized with the
into this ungodly age and live and proclaim the Holy Spirit right in the middle of classes, the
gospel of Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit interrupting the “status quo” of the
class, and doing a special work in the hearts of
THE GOALS OF WEBC&S FOR ITS STUDENTS all who were there.

Those who choose to attend WEBC&S will be Our chapel services have been filled with praisers
discipled with the above principles in mind. and praise to a God who has met with us time
The first two years, we will focus on training and time again.
the believer on how to live for God. Those who
choose to stay longer will be equipped with Enrollment for this upcoming year is going on
classes that prepare them for sharing their faith, right now! Has God called you to discipleship?
either as a layperson or as a God-called verbal Has he called you to Ministry? Let the Holy Spirit
gift to the body. We are currently moving our guide you always, but if He is tugging at your
class schedules to reflect these goals. heart to be a part of this move of God, call us
today at 225.768-3890.

THE SINLESS SUBSTITUTE by mike muzzerall

ONE OF THE GREATEST PICTURES of God’s grace in the Old Testament is found in the
sacrificial system. God allowed the blood of sinless animals to be the substitute for the
blood of sinful man. The first occurrence of this sinless substitute is found in Genesis 3:21,
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Although we are not told what types of skins were provided by God, we do know one thing,
the killing of an animal had to have occurred for God to provide their covering for sin.

CHRIST IN FIGURE have taught, “Since Genesis merely JUSTICE VERSUS MERCY
states that God clothed them it is quite
From his commentary on Genesis, presumptuous to suggest that this is an “For the wages of sin is death; but the
Brother Swaggart addressed this verse: example of blood atonement. After all, gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
“The first thing that died was a sacrifice there’s no mention of death.” One of Christ our Lord” (Rom. 6:23). The wages
or Christ in figure, who is, therefore, the Jewish Targums even suggested of sin speaks of God’s righteous justice.
said to be the Lamb slain from the that the Lord made these garments for Sin produces death. The eternal life
foundation of the world (1 Pet. 1:18-20)”. Adam and Eve from the skin which the offered through Jesus Christ speaks of
Substitution is at the very core of the serpent in the garden had shed. How God’s love and mercy. God’s justice
gospel story as the spotless Lamb of ridiculous. I’m not sure to what extent demands the death of the sinner, but
God graciously replaced us at Calvary. an almost transparent discarded snake- God’s love and mercy provides a sinless
skin could cover their nakedness, but substitute. Do you see how substitu-
WHAT IS SO TROUBLING I am certain of this one thing: Christ tion was established by God to meet
ABOUT SUBSTITUTION? would not be prefigured in this story the righteous demands of His justice?
as the serpent!
There are those who reject the whole FULFILLMENT AT CALVARY
idea that somehow God was involved THE FRAILTY OF FIG LEAVES
with sacrificing an innocent animal in The blood of bulls, goats, and lambs
Genesis in order to clothe sinful man. The best man can do is to weave fig offered on God’s brazen altar served
They also ardently reject the idea that leaves together in a futile attempt to to cover man’s sins until they could
fallen man can be redeemed by the hide the result of his rebellion against be totally paid for at Calvary. What
innocent blood shed upon Calvary’s God. Man feels he can make right the started off as a figure of Christ in the
rugged Cross. However, the blood of wrongs he has committed. No matter garden finds it’s fruition at Calvary
the sinless substitute is the only way how intricate you weave your fig leaves, when Jesus said, “It is finished!”
that sinful man could be redeemed. they will dry up! They will crumble!
Instead of turning to the only One who “For He hath made Him to be sin for
HOW FAR WILL THEY GO? can remove the stain of sin, man fool- us, who knew no sin; that we might
ishly labors to try to do what Christ has be made the righteousness of God in
Man goes to great lengths in their already accomplished. Him” (II Cor. 5:21). Jesus is the sin-
attempt to discredit the Cross. Some less substitute!

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THANK YOU THE HARVEST

AGAIN, I WISH TO thank you so very, very much for all The harvest respecting souls is the single most impor-
the cards and well wishes respecting the 80th birthday of tant thing on the face of the earth, other than glorify-
this evangelist. ing the name of Jesus. Everything and anything we do
Retire? must glorify His name, but after that comes the harvest.
What is that? And I might quickly add that you are an integral part
Actually we are gearing up for the greatest move of of this, which God is doing. What a privilege! What an
God the world has ever known. I believe it will result honor! And how so very much I want to thank you — for
in more people being saved, more lives being changed, both your prayerful support and your financial support,
more believers being baptized with the Holy Spirit, and without which we simply could not do what God has
more people being delivered by the power of God than the called us to do. But yet, when He called me, He called
world or the church has previously known. It is no secret you as well.
what God can do.
Also, I thank God for the roster of preachers which God
TELEVISION has given us in this ministry. Each one is anointed by
the Holy Spirit. Each one has a message to give to the
In the last few weeks, we have added Sri Lanka, India, world — all tailored by the Message of the Cross. What-
Kenya, Indonesia, and Thailand to our television roster. ever time you tune in to the SonLife Broadcasting Net-
No, that doesn’t mean we cover the entirety of these coun- work, you will be edified and blessed. You will learn the
tries, but we do cover a sizable portion. Others are also Word of God, and, as well, you will be blessed by the
in the works. music and worship. I think almost every one of you will
agree with me on that.
NOW AIRING IN
Also, as we speak of worship, the Lord has given us some
5 NEW NATIONS of the finest musicians and singers in the world, for
which we are so grateful. In fact, I would have to say
ACROSS AFRICA & ASIA. the same thing about the entirety of the staff at SonLife
Broadcasting Network, and I’m speaking of more than
300 people.

PRAY FOR US

Of the many thousands of you who hold this magazine in
your hands, some of you are called of God to be an inter-
cessor. In other words, you know how to pray. So I would
implore you, even plead with you, that you would pray for
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more, no less. We desire nothing except His perfect 1972
will. If there is such a thing as a permissive will,
I’m not interested. I only want His perfect will, as [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5]
I’m sure you also do. And to be sure, the Lord has
a perfect will for everything and everyone pertain- playing that song over and over. The Spirit of God
ing to His work. And please be assured, our prayers flowed like a river through those airwaves, and we
are with you daily. Even though we cannot pray for received only the Lord knows how many letters. Every
each one of you individually, we daily bring all of you time that song comes on, it moves me.
before the Lord, collectively, and ask for His blessings
upon your life and living. In his biography, To Cross A River, Brother Swaggart
mentioned a little more about his records:
THE MEDIA CHURCH
Two of my records were named number one gospel
It just keeps growing and growing. It consists of albums their respective years: This Is Just What Heaven
people from all over the world, and how so pleased Means To Me was number one in 1971 and There Is A
and happy we are to have you. You are a member River gained the same spot in 1972.
of Family Worship Center Media Church. In a
sense, that means that you are a missionary to the At first, Frances and I accepted the royalties from
entirety of the world. God has called me to be sent, the records, but as the radio ministry grew, the Lord
and He has called you to do the sending. Thank told me He wanted all the money to go back into the
you for sending us. ministry.

As well, how so much I thank those of you who pay I didn’t obey the Lord right away … but the Lord con-
your tithe respecting Family Worship Center. This tinued speaking to me. Each time I prayed, thoughts
I can assure you, you will be blessed. In fact, I’m of the royalty money bore down upon me.
asking each of you, whether you are a member of the
Media Church or not, if you are blessed by SonLife Several weeks later, Frances and I had gone up to the
Broadcasting, I would ask you to give and to support state capitol to have a photograph taken for one of the
it accordingly. I’ll leave that between you and the album jackets. Afterwards, I sat in the photographer’s
Lord, but if you’ll seek His face, as many of you do, station wagon waiting for him to load equipment.
He will let you know what He wants you to do each
month. Thank you again. “Now about these record albums,” the Lord suddenly
spoke to me.
In the Master’s service, yours,
“Father, would you take 90 percent and let me have
Jimmy Swaggart 10 percent?” I asked.

“You can have all of it,” the Lord responded, “but you
won’t have My perfect will.”

It was another step of commitment. But I knew it had
to be done. As soon as I returned to the office, I con-
tacted the ministry’s attorney, advising him to draw up
the necessary papers.

When I signed all of the royalties over to the ministry, a
peace flooded my heart. I knew that I had been obedi-
ent to the Lord and it would ultimately bring blessing.
Record sales tripled almost immediately.

The song There Is A River is taken from the Psalm 46:
“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad
the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the
most High.”

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Office: 225.768.8300 Office: 225.768.3887
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
JULY 10-12, 2015 – CLEVELAND, TN JULY 10-12, 2015 – LOGAN, OH

Pastor Isaac Walker Pastor Don Downs
Family Worship Center Gateway Outreach Ministries
4271 Dalton Pike, Cleveland, TN 37323 10041 Frasure Helber Road, Logan, OH 43138
423.310.2106 or 423.472.7644 740.385.4899
[email protected] or [email protected] ² FRI 6:30 PM | SAT 6:30 PM (Sharon ministering) | SUN 10:30 AM
² FRI & SAT 7 PM | SUN 10:30 AM & 6 PM
JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2015 – TEXARKANA, AR
AUGUST 7-9, 2015 – DUBLIN, IRELAND
Pastor Mike Mauldin
Pastor Samy Litofo Crossway Church of Texarkana
Friends of Jesus Christ 3604 County Avenue, Texarkana, AR 71854
Location: Venue La Grace Christian Center (Turn off of State Line Rd onto East 37th St and go 4 blocks)
JFK Avenue, Bluebell Ind. Estate | Dublin 12 870.773.5665 or 903.748.3302
PH: 00353899620780 | [email protected] ² FRI 6:30 PM | SAT 6:30 PM (Sharon ministering) | SUN 10:30 AM
² FRI 6 PM | SAT 5 PM | SUN 6 PM
Loren Larson
Gabriel Swaggart
Office: 225.768.3890
Office: 225.768.3072 Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] JUNE 26-28, 2015 – PORTIA, AR
SPECIAL EVENT: AUGUST 28, 2015 – SPARTANBURG, SC
Pastor Steve Alexander
Gabriel Swaggart Rally Faith Worship Center
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium 3105 Highway 63, Portia, AR 72457
385 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 870.869.1134
² FRI 7 PM ² FRI 7 PM | SAT 7 PM | SUN 10 AM & 5 PM

David Borg JULY 10-12, 2015 – WATERTOWN, WI

Office: 225.768.3890 Pastor Jeff Steiner
Email: [email protected] Promised Land Church
243 East Spaulding Street, Watertown, WI 53098
JULY 9-12, 2015 – BEAVER DAMS, NY 920.390.0336
² FRI 7 PM | SAT 10 AM (Teaching) & 7 PM | SUN 10 AM
Pastors Patrick & Petrice Neyman
Full Gospel Church Catlin Dave Smith
683 Backer Road, Beaver Dams, NY 14812
607.739.9579 | www.fgccatlin.org Email: [email protected]
² FRI 7 PM* | SAT 7 PM* | SUN 11 AM* & 6:30 PM* JULY 11-12, 2015 – SPRING, TX

*Special Musical Guest - Martha Borg Pastor Robert Byrum
Crossline Church
JULY 30-AUGUST 2, 2015 – BEULAVILLE, NC 26434 Lexington Road, Spring, TX 77373
832.726.4447
Freedom Camp Meeting | Cross Of Christ Community Church ² SAT 7 PM | SUN 10 AM & 6 PM
1046 South NC 41/111, Beulaville, NC 28518
910.298.3163 | www.cocwm.org
² THU, FRI, & SAT 7 PM | SUN 10:30 AM

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