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THE REVOLUTION FOR JESUS VOLUME 1 A brief traatie& on th& beeic teachínge and firet principlee of the faith of J.sue Chriet our LORD, with an introduction explaning the cauees of, and the necessity of, TRE Revolution for Je.sue•. by The Children of God

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THBUVOLUTICIIART M BIIU(JBR 15.16) IntroducUon •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 S1apl.e SalvaUon ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • •• • 15 Bternal Salva Uon •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 &17 Sp1l'lt BapU. (W.ter BapU_-94) ••••••••••••••• 18 <lar Relatlonah1p to th. WO••ld •••••••••••••••••••••••• 21

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''First Princrpíes of The Revolution For Iesus'' by The Chi ldren oí Cod

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--Original Foundere of The Jesue Revolution in California in 1968 and Still It'a Leadersl

--With Thouaanda of Followers in Hundreds of Colonies Around the WorldlXWVUTSRQPONM

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''First Princrpíes of The Revolution For Iesus'' by The Chi ldren oí Cod

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of their source is given,

and ~rmission obta ined in writing.

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IN'lRODUCTION As wa rolled by the historie hillsides of I~ with thair once proud structures of man, now in ruina, wa could sea again the glories of the past, the anDies that swept across thesa hills, first one way, then another-the legions of Remaand tha hordes of her eneoñea, fl'tar changing tha face of history--ona constructing, anothar destroying, building and tesring down, n8Ver pennanent, but each n811regima washing away all but tha meagar vastigas of tha past, so that there Was litUe left to brsg about--giant blocks o t useless reek, of interest only to the historian and archseologist, cluttering up the landscape in the vay

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of "progress". '" g~,s greatest prid'¡ is in his buildings-the vorks of bands" (LSA2.8), and thay have alvays been his down!all, from the towers o t Babel of yesterday to the temples & skyscrspers o t MaDmon o t today. Han glories in vhat he has made and p1'idas himselt in vhat he th1nks are going to be bis •••.erlasting vorks, to influence with awe and wonder the geners tions to cCllle. But their end is always the same-the wreckage of centuries, meaningless to the present, and unmourned by their children; the debris of years, o t t cleared avay to build a n811monUlllentto man' s futile endeavol'S and clasrlc failures-all going the ''''ay of all nesh" into the grsve of oblivion, IDonstrous 1'Mlinders o t man' s trsnsitory tenure, classical testimonies against his puny ettorts to eternallze himselt without God. This 18 vby, from N811York and allOund the world. ve haven 't fl'ten bothered to go arolD'ld the comer to give a passing glance at the "sights", because the dead, tempcry buildings of man do not interest USo For thay are here today and gone tam01'1'Clll'--dead,. burden_e, cos~, lifeless piles of junkl What interests us is seeing the etemal crea tions of God, in cCllling tace to tace with the infinitelJr more faecinating, avel'luting souls of men-that heart-to-heart contact of spirit with spirit, that fealing out t o r the "touch divine" in Hl.s creation, Hl.e handiwork, Hl.s most etemal vorkmanship, the immortality of the h••••n soul tbat is glimpsed in ave.,. pe.,son Ve meet, averyQne with vhom v . come in contact, and tbrill in fl'te.,. intercourse o t tha Spirit--the vib1'&nt, etemal, 1JImortal, ma..val of h\IIII&D spiritual lite from the lIand o t Godl ( p s l39a~! Tbis This is vhat is th1'illingl This is vhat is exci~1

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alloved to accumulate vould solid1fy and clot th •• circulator,y proa"ss. and that vh1ch is on th" top vould become 1IC\lIIl and froth. As in th" brew1ng of a good bev••rag •• it mu.t be constanUy stirred to prevent the settling of the drag. and the accumulation of scum. To in.ure the equal d1str1bution of all properties concemed. there mu.t be constant chang" and constant st1rring and CDnstant circula tion to prevent stagna tion • --e1ther by fire or by avord. Th1s 1s the principl" of ~--of th •• soc1"ty of human beings. as sure as the lavs of pllys1cs. God has ordainad it that vayl It is as sura as th" lav of grav1ty: vhat goes up must come down1 And as sur •• as the lav of circula tion of liquid s and gases: vhat 18 down must go upl "For ever,y h1gh place ahall be made 1"" and the lov places shall be made straight. and the mighty shall be abaaed and the veak shall become great." "Thay vh1ch liv" by the sword ahall die by th" sword; but the ~(MT 21.5,12) shall inherit the earth"(ISA 40.4 MT5.5 LK 14.11 As sure as the night follovs the day--As RE\' 13.10). sure as th" aun rises. it must also seto As su.... as the rain falls. 1t must also rise again. As sure as "from dust thou arto to dust thou shalt retuml" As sure as l1fe and dea th there must be a continlial birth lit". death. resurrection. The oycle must be completecÍ. The perfect circle of etemí ty. to complete the creation of God. of vh1ch He is the Designer and the Beg1n_ ning and the Ehd. the Alpha and the Qnega(RE\'22.13). The grand ••ur that vas Greece shall tlmlble into ruins. and the glory that vas Reme shall tade into oblivion. that He vh1ch 18 Etemal. and the Beauty of HIS Crea_ t10n may be made manifest(JOB 37.7). Society and economics and poli tics tend to solid1fy like the Church. U not melted and causad to flov by th" vh1te-heat of God's judgcents-persecution. hard shñps , surfer1ng_it not st1rred over the f1re by the svord of H1s chastisemento God moves{GEN1.2). He is a moving God. He 1s never st1ll(ZEC 4.10). He is always doing. going. say_ ing. arfecting chang" in ever,y sphere of Creat1on(PHIL 2.13 HAG1.14 GEN8.22). He is never stat1c. except for H1mself. "I &DI tIle Lord: I chang" not."(liAL 3.6). Except for H1s Word: "Forever. O Lord. thy Word 1s settled in Heaven"(PS 119.89). Are you beccm1ng station_ ar,y v1th those seeking to preserve the status quo. to treeze the vorld into a block of ice; or are you moving rlth the vh1te-hot fires of the Sp1rit of God-b!l=ing •••elting. aoving. flowing. pouring. sharing. in th1s •

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bring forth n ••••bud':> or di •• on th •• vin •• and become ead 1 The Francisc;;(s began to go a stray even b••f ore sto Francis was dead I Luth••r vaen 't even dead before his foUow ••rs hagan to fonn a n••••3ystem or ehureh, vhich eventua11;y becam•• almost as dead and corrupt as the old onel The same vas tru •• in th •• ear1;y days of Am ••rica-it vas on1;y th •• first g.., ••ration who fought and bled and died for freedall who real1;y appreciated itl The next gen••ration didn 't hav•• to pay anything interested for itl They got it f •.••••• S O they w••ren't in fighting and bleeding and dy1ng for itl AU they wanted to do was enjay itl It's been sort of an inevitable cycle of histor,y that this is the way govemments and denominations and movements of various kinds aU revolvel They're hom in the white-heat of the fires of inspira tion and of the desire for change , and , led b y an annointed lead ••r. they fight and die for th •• Cause until they gain enough foUow ••rs to "calle out from among them and be sepa •.••ta and touch not the unclean thing. and hav•• no fellowship with the unfrui tful works of darkn ••ss"(2 COR6.17 ¡;;p5.U)-and a n•••• "Ecclssia" has been fomed--the n•••• "caUed-out on••s", th •• n••••.e hurch, th •• n••••.d ropoutsl And they rev ••l in th ••ir nSOl-foundfreedom. until a ! ! ! ! ! leader and a ! ! ! ! ! gene•.••tion aris ••_who don"t appreciate th •• freedom or the bl ••ssing because they've never known anything else. so that they become la..,. and self-satisfied. with a false Sens•• of security. So each time. in order to preserve Bis Church and Bis children and the Truth and its freedom. God has to caU out a 1l§!!:man with some lll!![ motive. to make some n••••move to fom a nSOlmovement of dropouts f1'Olllthe--oñce_n••••3ystem. n;;- grown old and corrupto stsgnated. contaminated. and frozen together in fonnality. Like buildings. which began n S O l . uaeful. young and modem in their day and suited to the nseds of their time. ever,y System becomes old. decrepit. delapidated, cUngeroua and--;;:;;;;;:-emned a s time go•••. on; wom out. obsolet... and totsl1;y inadequate for t.he n••••needs of a n••••.g en••ration. fit on1;y to be tom down.deetroyed and cle.red nay to Jmke room for the n••••. 1 It has to be condemned and removed. lest it destray the life within. or even its neighhors. with it"s corruptionl So it is alwaya necessar,y to "root out. pull down. destray. and throw down" the old. in order "to build and to plant" the n••••. (JER 1.10); there just isn 't room for hothl There is no such thing as

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the peaceful eoex1stence of good and evill "I came not to bring peace, but a ""ord I "(MT 1 o. J4 ). One or the 011 •• or th" other has to be deother has to conquerl stroyed that the other might Uvel Ye cannot belong to both the Systan and the Revolution--the forces of Reaction and the force s of Changel You've gotta drop out ir you're gonna live-else you'U die with the old, and the building vill collapse on top of youl There is no man or woman, movaoent or denomination, building or gov••rnment, civilization or aopira, that has not grown too old to be useful--that has not had to pass away to bring forth the nlll<1 It " s God's plan to preserve lirel He has to keep reereating itl Nobody Uves foreverl No building or government of man has ever been eternall Must this always be the fate of every lire?--Must it di ••? o t every nation7_-1-lust it fold7 Must every reform •••. entualiy formalize?-Every revival die7-And •••. ery revolution revolva fun scale hack into tha Systan that gave it birth? Must wa, too, pass away? Thank God, I don't think there's enough time left for it to happen to us(DAN12.4)1 We're just getting startedl It's only the beginning, folksl But the warning Leason is alvays there: "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed leat he faU"(1 COR10.12). We have reeognized the rottenness and decay of the Old Systan, and, like th •• early "Eco1••sia", the "CaUed Out", the Early Chureh, ve, too, have dropped out and started anlll<_-a new lire, a nlll<way of living, a new nation of God's Children I But actually, !!.2i a nlll<vay, but the oldest of aU ways__God's Wayl "No other foundation can any man lay than thisl "(1 CORJ.U). We are just getting hack to tha Foundation--clearing away the old rubble to build anlll<1 Yes, we're a NewNation, and ve 're boOlllingand bloOllling and exploding, through tha . dynamic, atomic chain reaction of personal witnessing-th •• vay Jesus and His disciples in the Early Church did itl(MK 16.15). What ve have said and done has already echoed around th •• worldl Even our enan1es are helping to publiciz •• it and spread it by condemning us for it-Even thase jealous warnings te the vorld by false shepherds to their canfortabla flocks to blll<are of us-•••. en tIle.e bitt.er tirades against us by our enanies are helping to spread the Truth--are helping to pubUcize our M •• asage-are letting tIle vorld kn"" there's an alt.ernativ_there's a vay out--you ~ do it--you l1 m drop out and survivel But it took you young nlll<

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men and God pulls a ja11break and tell. them to continue spreading the TRUTH(v19..20)--right in enem,yheadquarters--THE TEMPLE. Meanwhile the Establishment, unaware of the escape, calls ALL the big politi~ians down to the trial(v21). The Big Wheels were qua te s h a k e n when they found them missing(v24), but an informer reveals their location(v25). The 9ystemites are very careful not to club them or kick them around (like usual) beca use of the eommonpeople that wanted to hear the Word(v26). COURT(v27)is a fulf11lmant of Jesusl prophecy(MT 10.18) and is about the only way we w111 ever get to give the Big Wheels the Word. The 9ystem reminds the diseiples of Us Anti-Chri.t threa ts (v28) but Peter tells them that he "obays God rather than ~en"(v29). He then socks it to them with the rest of the message(vJO-J2) It is our du~ to obay menls laws (RO lJ.1-7), unlees thay tell us to break GodI s laws (ECC B.2 EX 1.1'1). The Word of God enfuriates the 9ystem1 tes to the point of murder(vJJ). Gamal1el takes a stand for God and warns the 9ystem that thay are messing around with God(vJ5). He tells them that if it is only a work of man, it will soon fall apart by J.tself (vJ6-J8). But ir it is Godls work, there is no sense fightine against it beca use it i. impossible to beat God. Not only that, they would be fighting against God if they fought his work--BEWARE(vJ9). The 9ystem1tes listen to someone in the1r own ranks(v40 l. God has a few men still in the 9ystem(JN 12.42 19.J8}, but He i. calling them out(REV lB.4). They let the disciples go, but just like the Dev11, they have to get a few punche s in and try to intimidate them--THE BIG BLUFF(v40). Th~ diciples rejoice in tribulation(v41l (2 COR7.4), for Christ I s sake. Thay ignore the Satanic orders of the 9ystem a n d continue doing "hat God told them to d o WI'lNESS I (v42l. Today our SAMPLE of LIFE is our major

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THEREVOLUTIONARY SHEET THEREVOLUTIONARY Cl!ILDRJi}¡ OF GODhave been around a long time from Abel to the prophets, along with Jesus and his bearded, long-haired, barefoot rebels and their foUowers from then tiU today. All the famed Reformers, world-changers, pioneers, mart;¡rrs, and other young, radical revolutionaries were rebels against the rotten, decadent, decrepit, l\vpocritical, self-righteous, inflexible, affluent, self_satisfied, proud, stubbom, disobedient, blind, bloodthrist;¡r, Godlass, dead, selfish, churchy, unchangeable older generation of thair dayl Tl!EREVOLUTIONARY ROAD-RUNNING ClIIIJlR];}¡OF GODhave been waging an uprising of youth for .the Truth where the young paople are. From coffee houses and canmunes in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and NewYork, to Montreal they have invaded the Nation, both World Fairs, the UNand every major cit;¡r with teams of hundreds traveling thousands of miles ayear making na"The Children of God", tional news and 'N headlinesl ''It'sterious Red-robad Prephet.s", "Revolutionary Christian Nanads", are bypassing the hopaless, unresponsive older generation and churchy people and bringing "NewTime Religion" to a new "NowGenera tion" 1 THECl!ILDRJi}¡ OF GOD'SREVOLUTION FORJE.~USha4 made front page headlines in many newspapers for their unusual witnessing activities such as marches, demonstrations, picketing, sit-ins, vigils, and court cases (MT10.18) for preaching the Gospel in unexpected places to surprised audiences. Political rallies, market places, beaches, burger stands, bases, boulevards, parks, churches, and school campuses from Broadway to Bourbon street have felt their impact(AC 17.17 MT4.18 LK14.2) JER 26,2)--And frequentl,y they have íound less freedom is aUowed íor the distribution oí Gospel tracts than íor smut, pornograp"" and Communist propaganda; and that the peaceful preaching of the love oí Jesus is more taba in some places than violence, nudit;¡r and obsceni t;¡r; and tha t i t io more difficul t to smuggle the Gospel and Scripture portions on the average campus Constitutional íre_ than it is to push dopal (ISA 5,20) dans of religion, speech and press are oíten ignorad by local governments(AC 1),50), OURREVOLUTIONARY MUSICls mostl,y O lllllpond by ourselves under inspiration __strictl,y nonconform1st íolk and rock st;¡rle with guitars, drums and starUing languagel __No organ lullabys íor the deaci1 We have declarad War oí

the Spirit(EP 6,12 I ']M 6,12) on the System's Godless schools, ChrisUess churches, & hearUess Mammonl We hope to stop the poUution and destruction oí the &trth by the world's worst rebels oí aU time, the generation that produced uso our parentsl--who taught us rebeUion against God and His Laws(EZK20,18 )_-and we long to return to the Truth, Love, Peace and Beaut;¡r oí the An_ cients in dress, customs, appearance, and the simple Life oí True Happiness in God and love íor íeUow manlAnd in the peaceíul, natural, beautiful and unspoiled, unpoUuted surroundings oí God+s Creationl(ISA U,l-lO) THERADICAL TEACHOOS ANDTACTICSoí us C2>riaUaa ....,.. lutionaries are írom our Revolutionary Handbook, the Bible, and the greatest oí all Revolutionaries, Jesus Christ and His 12 bearded militant.1 ''Go ye into aU the world and preach the Gospel to every creature"(MX 16.15), "Go out into the highways and hedges and campal them to come in"(LK 14,2)>' "SeU '.U that thou hast and give to the poor and come íoUow He"(MX10,211 "He that íorsaketh not all that he hath cannot be my .u.c1~le (LK 14,))), "Seek first the Kingdom oí God and his righteousness and aU these things shall be added unto you" (MT6,))) ''Warn the w1cked oí his w1cked way, to save his liíe"(EZK ),17-19) "AU that believed wore together and had aU things cOIlll1on"(AC 2.44) "And they continued steadíastl,y in the AposUes' doctrina and feUowship, and in breaking oí bread, and prayers"(AC 2,42) "And daUy in the Temple and in every house they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ"(AC 5,42), WEBELIEVEthat "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son(Jesus), that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life"(JN ),16) '70r all have sinned and come short oí the glory oí God"(RO ),2) "There is none righteous, no not one" (RO ),10) "AU we like sheep have gone astrey, but the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquit;¡r oí ue a~ISA 5),6) "!he weges oí sin is death, but the gift oí God is eternal liíe through Jesus Christ our Lord~RO6,2) "Not by works oí righteousness which we have done, but according to His merey He saved us"(TIT ),5) ''For by grac. are ye saved,through íaith, and that not oí yourselves: it is the gift oí God, not oí works; l".t any un should boasttEP 2,8-9) "Ir we confess our sins, He i. í'llthful and just to íorglve us our sins"(I JN 1,9) "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be

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ABOUT THEBIBLE-'!'he word !tllli means "the Beck", 'l'he Bible was written by about 40 men over about a 1600 year period, from about 1,500 B. C. to 90 A.D. '!'he B1ble is divided 1nto two main parts, the 01d Testament 4nd the New Testament. '!he 01d Testament was written in Hebrew and the New Testament was written in Greek. There are 66 books in the Bible; 27 in the New Testament and 39 in the 01d Testament. '!'he Old Testament was wr1tten between 1,500 B.C.- 300 B.C. and the New Testament was wri tten between 30--90 A.D. 'l'he Old Testament could be d1vided into 3 parts: l)H1story-Genesis to Esther, 2 )Poetry--Job to Song of Solomon, 3 )Prophecy--lsaiah to Malachi. '!he New Testament is in the Old Testament, eoncea Led, '!he Old Testament 1s in the New Testament, revealed. From our standpoint we could divide the B1ble into 5 Sections: ~)'l'he O.T.-Preparation(for the coming Mess1ah--Jesus-ISA 53) ~)'!he Four Go els_-Manifestation(of the Messiah--Jesus-LK 2 • Acts_Propagation(the spreading of the ¡;ospelAC· 1.8) 4'Letters 01' ~isUes __Explanation(explains other portions of the Bible-RO 3.21) 5')Revela tion-ConsUlllDla tion (the End-REVl. 7>. '!he B1ble is a love letter to you from the Creator of the universe(JN 3.16 RO 5.6-8). Hen do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, men reject the Bible because it contradicts them. WHY WEUSE THEKINGJAMESVERSION(KJV)-Itwas translated from scrolls in isi; by 70 men who spent 10 years in its composition. It was translatad by fundamentalists during a time when heretics were burned at the stake and when the English language was in its purest, most beautiful form--the alizebethan, ahokeaperean periodo :It bu become the moat widely usad in the world todAl,y. out-sell1ng all tile other transle.tionB caabined. t1ru to one. (1 COR1,10 l, and has stood the test of time. 'l'Iie KJV has no patent or copyright on 1t as do most of the later translations which means it was not translated w1th the intent10n of making money. .Uso the Dead Sea Sorolls í'ound near the QumramCommunein Israel in 1948, prove tha t the KJV is an outstandingly, almost supernaturally, ~ translat10n. The best reason for using it is that it works(MT 7.20). '!'he KJVis powerful and convicting(lIEB 4.12). Quote a verse to someone in modern English or in a revisad ver.ion, then quote someone the same verse from the KJV and compare

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We believe the KJV wes inspired! THEBIBLE15 INSPIREDBYGOD-Consider the sour-ce 01' your Bible teaching(2 TX 3.14-15 NT 7.20). The whole Bible is the inspirad ¡{ord 01' God(2 1'113.16). Don't make a cafeteria out 01' the Bible. You can't just take out the portions 01' it tha t you 1ike and 1eave off or out the resto There is no priva te interpretation 01' God's "ord A pr1vate interpretation is a personal (2 PT 1.20-21). opinion not backed up by scripturA. God wrote the Bible through men. Just as 1 am 'lri t1ng this class >Tith a pen, so God used an instrument(man) to wr1te the B1ble. To Sl!.yman wrote the B1ble would be lika Sl!.ying a pan wrote this class(PS 45.1). Jesus HilIlself and Peter saád the Holy Sp1rit 01' God spake throllgh the men who Samue1 said the wrote the B1ble(MK12.36 AC 1.16). Sp1rit spake by h1m(2 SA 23.2). Ca1aphas prophesied the death 01' Christ not knowing what he was say1ng(JOlli 11.49-52). You have on1y to compare one 01' the thousands 01' fulfUled prophec1es with history to know tha Bible had to have a suparna tural author. God put His words in Jaremiah' s mouth(JER 1.9). God SI!. id , "Thou hast written from I1Ymouth"(JER 36.2,4,6). The prophets sometimes did not even understand what they wrote (DA12.8-9 8.27 1 PT 1.10-12). Thay "spake as they Were moved by the Holy Ghost"(2 PT 1.21). Not 01' men, but God(GAL1.11-12 1 TH2.1). Also ZEC7.12 MT22.311 JESU5IS THEWORD-Synonyms are two "ord s which mean the same thing. Jesus end the Word are synonyms. The Bible Ls Jesus on pagas. The Bible is as important to a Christian as Jesus HilIlself. You Leve Jesus as much as you Leve the Word. The word ''Word'' in JN 1.1-14 is cap1talizad beca use it 1s talking about Jesus. V7,8,9 the word"Lifht" is capitalizad because it is talking about the Word or Jesus(JN 8.12), our example(I PT 2.21 MT4.19). We are born agadn and saved by the word-Jesus(1 PT 1.23 with JN 1.12-13). Jesus(I JN 1.1) 1s ealled the Word(cap1t&lizad). That wh1ch was from tha beginning(JN 1.1-2), Jesus, the Son 01' God, 1s th •• Word (1 JN 5.7). Jasus caning at the battle 01' Armageddon 1s called the Word(REV19.11-16). THEWORD 1S OURSPIRITUALFOOD-Jesus saád , after fast~~ f~4~Td~Ya' the wol'd 1s more important than phys1( • LX 4.4). The word does for the sp1r1t what phys1ca1 food does for the body. Wa are to dasire 1t as m,uchand as 01'ten as a 11ttla baby does h1s IllOther a 1I1U(I Pr 2.2). That -.!lO ner:!' ~ hOUl'llfor the reactions.

you taka into your mouth affects your body(JOB 34.3). Be as caraful about what you listen to as you would be about what you eat. Avoid rad10, T.V. advart1sing sorcery which parverts your soul(PS 19.7). To get tha word da1ly 1s mora important than your phys1ca1 daUy bread(JOB 2).12). Eat God's 'lord da1ly(JER 15.16). Tha Wol'd Digest it wa11 by med1tation(REV 10.8-11). wil1 build you up(AC 20.32). Teaching paople the word 01' God 15 lika feeding them(1 PT 5.1-2 JER 3.15). A lack 01' the word 01' God 1s called a famine(AM8.11-13). It' s a worse famina than a physica1 famine. A sp1ritua1 famine 1s what caused the Dark Ages. The Rena1ssance(rabirth) was eaused by tha Word 01' God throllgh the invention 01' tha printing prass which got the word So be lika Josaph 01' God out to the people(PS 119.130). in Ji€ypt and start storing up tha word(memor1za) for tha spir1 tual famina wh1ch is on its way. nso, "they tha t underst&nd among the peop1e shall instruct many" (DA11.33). Jasus(tha Word) said we must eat and drink h1m(JN 6.47-58). Wedo th1s spiritually whan we believe(GREEK word "p1steuo"--to drink or take in) and receive the word into our hearts. Then we become born again by the wol'd(I PT 1.23). Hiding tha word in your he8rt 15 hiding Jesu8 in your heart(PS 119.11 JN 3.30). THECLEANSING OF THEWORD-The Word c1eans your consc1enee 01' a11 sin(HEB 9.14) just 11ke phys1es1 water c1eans your body 01' physieal d1rt(JN 15.3). Just as you beeome offens1ve to others when you don't bathe, you become offens1ve to others whan you don 't &110" the word to cleanse you from your spir1 tual l'U th every day, The word sanet1f1es you or sets you apart(JN 17.17) The word washad you(EP 5.25-26). The Word pur1f1es you(I PT 1.22). Taking heed to the word w111 e1eanse your way(PS 119.9 JAS 1.21). THEWORD IS OURSPIRITUALWEAPON-Whan you put tha "Sp1r1t" to the ''Word" , you have a Sword(HEB4.12). Use the ""ord 01' God(the W'ord) on peop1e who don't believe in 1t, and perhaps they will. The Word 18 tha sword(EP 6.17) which Jesus came into the world to bring (lrr 10.~.) to sepante the sheep from the goats (la 25.32-33), the chaff from the wheat(MT 3.12), and His children from the DevU's children(GJlL 3.26 JN 8.44 2 COR6.14-18 1 JN 3.10). The ""ord 01' the Splrit

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REVOLUTIONARY DlSCIPLESHIP Jesus still caUs "follow me". Will i t be today or wiU it be tomorrow, or vas it yesterday and you vere too busy with the affair_ of this life to take heed to that ca111 True Christiani ty 10 an aU-out commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. '!he Savior is not looking for menand vomenvho vill give their spare evening to him, or their veekend, or their years of retirement. Nothing less than an uncondi tional surrender could even be a fitting response to his sacrifice at Calvary. Wecan accept the fact that soldiers give their lives for pa-. triotic reasons. Wedon't think it strange that Can.. mW'lists give their lives fol" poli. tical reasons. But tha t "blood, sweat, and tee.r-s!' should characterize the life of a follower of Christ somehowseems remote anrl hard te gra sp, !!ere are the terms of discipleship as laid down by the Savior of the vorld: l. A supreme love for Jesus Christ. LK14.26. This means that our love for Christ should be so great that a11 other loves are hatred by comparison. ActUAUy, the most d11'ficult clause in tMs passage is the expression ''yea, and his own 111'e aLso", 2. A denial of self. MT16.24. Denial of seU is not the same as seU -denial. '!he la tter means foregoing certain foods, pleasures, or possessions. But denial of seU means such complete suCmission to the Lord ship of Christ that seU has no rights or authority at aU. ). A deUberste choooing of the cross. MT16.24. In order te be !lio di_ciples, we must valk(l JN 2.6) as !!e walked. Wemust exhibi t the frui t of ChrisUikeness ••• (JN 15.8). 4. A fervent love for all who belong to Christ. JN 1).)5. This is the love that esteems others better than oneself (PHIL 2, ~), :lt 1. the loYe thst coYera the It is the love that suf_ multitude of sins(l PT 4.8). fer_ long and is kínd, lt vaunts not itseU and is not puffed UP. It does not behave itseU unseemly; seeks not 1ts own, 1_ not easily provoked, thinks no evil, lt bears aU things, be11eves aU tbingo, hopes aU things, and endures aU things(l COR1).4-7), 5. An W'l""erving continUAnce in !lis Word. JN 8. )1. But the test of reaU ty 1s endursnce te the end(MT 24.1). Ion;¡man "ho looks back after putting his hand te the plow 1s not fit for the kingdom of God(LK9,62). 6. A forsaking of aU to foUow !lim. LK14.3). This 1s

perhaps the most unpopular of all Chr1st's terms of disciplesh1p, and may weU prove te be the most UHPOPULARVERSEIN THEBIBLE, Clever theologians can g1ve you a thousand reasons why it does not mean vhat it says, but simple d1sciples dr1nk it down eagerly, assum1ng that the Lord Jesus knew vhat he vas saying. What 1s meant by forsaking aU? lt means an abandonment of aU one' s possessions tha t are not absolutely essential and could not be used in spreading of the gospel. But since the pa ssion of his lite is te advance the cause of Chr1st, he invests everything above current needs in the work of the Lord and leaves the futura with God, He does not vant te vaste his l;re accumulating r1ches that will faU into the devil s hando. He offers what he cannot keep anyway, and what he has ceased to Leve, FORSAKlNG ALL LK 14. )) __No matter how mucn ve might object te such an "extreme" demand, no matter how much ve m!.¡¡:htrebel against such an "impossible" and "unwise" policy. He did not say that ve must simply be willing te forsake aU. He did not say tha t a diluted form of discipleship vould be poss1ble for the man vho holds on te his treasuras. Jesus said, "••• he ~ be nr¡¡ disciple." MT6.19-20--As Wesley j~ said, "To lay up treasure on earth 10 as plainly forb1dden by our Master as adul_ tery and muroer, " LK 12.33, 18.22 __lf He did not mean e.xactly vhat Be sa1d vhat then did ae mean? Was 1t not true .of the beU;""'rs in the early church that they "sold their possessions and goods and parted them to aU men as evel'Y man had need"(AC 2.45}1 C,T. Studd "decáded te give his entire fort\Dle te Christ, " After distributing thousands te the vor.k of the Lord, He reserved $9,538 for his new bride, "Charlie", she asked, ''what did the Lord tell the rich young man to do?" "Seu aU", he r.eplied, ''WeU then, ve will start clear with the Lord at our wedding." And off vent the money te Christian missions. Jim Elliot said, "Father let me be weak that l might loose nr¡¡ olutch on everything temporIt' LIFE, 111{! REl'tlTATIllN,my POSSESSlONS, Lord let al. _ 100se the tension of nr¡¡ grasping hand, Rather open my hand te receive the nail of Calvary, as Christ's epened , that r, releasing aU, might be released, unleashed from aU that binds me now." Our infidel hearts teU us that it vould be impossible to take the

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century is tbat more zea1 is avident among the Communists and Cultists tban among the Christians. In 190), one man with saventeen fo11owars bagan his attack on tha wor1d. !lis name was Lenin. By 1918, the nwnber had increased to fort;y thousand. He final1y gained control of the one hundred-sixt;y mi11ion peop1e of Russia. And tha movemant has gona on to control over ona-third of the wor1d' s population. Howaver much Una might be opposed to thair princip1as, one cannot ha1p but admire their zea1. The fo11owing 1ettar writtan by an American co11ege student who had been convertad to Camnunism-The purpose of the 1etter was to exp1ain to his fiancee wby he must break off their engagement: ••••• e Communists have an high casua1t;y rata. We're the enes who g••t shot and hung, and ridiculed and firad f'rom our jobs. A certain percentage of us get killed or imprisoned. We live in virtual povert;y. We turn hack to the part;y every pe~. We Cornmunists don't have the time or money for concerts or T-bone steaks, or decent homes and new cars. We are fanatics. There is one thing in which 1 am in dead earnest and tba t is the Carnunist cause. It is my 1ife, my business, my religion, my hobby, my sweetheart, my mistress, my bread and meato 1 work at it in the daytime and dream of it at night. Its ho1d on me grows, not 1essens as time goes on, Therefore 1 cannot carry on a friendship, a lovII affair, or even a conv••rsation without relating it to this force which both drives and guid ••s my 1ite. I've already been in jail because of my ideas and if necessary l'm ready to go before a firing squad." Ir Comnunists can be dedicate<! to their cause, how much more should ChristiansT llilli--Our God is the God who specializes in impossibilities-LX l. )7, There is nothing too hard for Him(GEN 18.14) "Th•• things which are impossib1e with men are possible with God"-LX 18,27, Faith claims his promise (KK9.2), and (PHIL 4.1). Becaus •• faith deals with the supematural and the divine, it does not a1ways seem to be "reasonabl ••", It was not using "common sens ••" for Abraham to go out not knowing where he was going, but simpl,y obeying God's cOlll118.nd(1IEB 11.8), It was not "shrewd" of Joshua to attack Jericho without death-dea1ing weapons(JOS 6,1-20), but it worked, TO '!RUSTGODIS TlIEMOSTSENSIBLE,SANE, RATIONALTHING the surest evidence TIlA T A MANCANDO, P'aith IlEMANDS and finds ti in God's unfailing Word(RO10.17>. Faith

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FORSAKING ALLTe LIVE TOOETHER God's people have always lived together communa Lky , !!2!h and his family lived together for 120 years building the Ark and then for 1 year together in the Ark (GI!6-9). Abrahamand his band(GE 12.4,5 14.14) traveled and lived together for many years on their way to and in Canaan. Israel(Jacob) (GE46.26-27 46.1-7) brought his whole family into Egypt, from their communa L fa"" in Canaan. 'I'hen they li ved together separa teIy from the Egypti1ns(EX 1.7 8.2J 9.1,26). Moses Forsook Egypt(HEB11.26l1· 'I'he Children of Israel traveled in the Wilderness 40 years living together in tribes,and God supplied all their needs: raiment(NE 9.21) and food (EX16.11-21) and water(EX 17.6l. 'I'he Jews then lived for about 900 years in tribes in the Promised Land, sometimes united under judges and kings(AC lJ.18-22 1 KG8.5J). Jesus set the perfect example, with his 12 who immedistelv forsook all when he caUed them,and traveled with him for Jt years living communAUytogether with one purse, just trusting Him to suppIy all their needs. other communeshave failed, because they didn't forsake all. Such as Lot(GE lJ.6 36.7), who failed to give aU to hia elder, Abraham. Weare to foUow in His steps(Jesus, 1 PT 2.21l. MT4.17-22 was the first public message Jesus preached. Remember,God had to give up Mis Son; that's the least a parent could do(JN J.16--"tha t he gave His only son" l In MT4.18 they were busy working on their job. Jesus said, "FollC/Wme and 1 '11 make you a fisher of men," See v20, •• So they notified their boss and gave him two weeks notice that they were planning to quit1 "Nol" It says, "They straightway left their nets and followed Mim." Trying to stay on your job for 2 weeks to explain your reasons for leaving is unacriptural. Obed-, ~ is better than sacrifice(I SA 15.22 PR 21.~ One of the reasons why an individual would rather wait would be because he wouldn 't want to offend his boss, parents, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, or husband or wife. 'I'he reason why they would get offended is because they don't love God's laws(PS U9.165). The one that's been offended the most i. God, According to the Scriptures, you owe it to God to put Mimfirst(2 COR 5.15). Your parents m~ht have helped you, your bo•• m~ht have given you a raise, but Jesus took your place on the cross. "Jesus caUed me and 1 have to go now." Someclaim, "1 just have 4 months left to finish m¡y

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'IGadis no respector of persons." WILLYOUnot ventura out on His promises into new reallns of fai th and blessing7 Can you not venture out and scale the heights to higher greund? Are you so fearful-_so lacking in real courage tha t you cannot step out upon GodI S premises and risk your a11 on His faithfulness7 No mattar if Petar ¿id sink for a moment beneath the "aves, he had a t least the courage to "venture out". Are "e al_ ways going to stay in the same li ttle circumscribed limits7 If "e l<i11 not venture out and put His Word to the tast, "e "ill never know "hat He means by the "gr-eat and mighty things" of "hich He speaks in JER JJ. J: "Ca11 upon me, and 1 "i11 answer- thee , and show thee grea t and mighty things which thou knowest not." His "ord says He "ill lead you "Into a large place"; H e will "show you a. new thing. 11 But you say , "Hawcan 1 have this overcoming faith7 Hawcan 1 appropria ta these promises for IIIYself7 How can 1 preve them1" ¡.fe give you, very briefly, in the fo11owing pages some practical suggestions as to "How to get things from God." -HEART--1tis of course under_ FIRST: BEG1N W1THA CLEAN s tood , in getting things from God, tha t the heart must be right(PS 66.18). A rry unconfessed sin in the life will hinder faith(PR 28.1J). Arrything unyielded to God "ill come up before you and accuse you mightily in some time of tasting. Do not let this discourage you, because God does not a sk for perfection(PS 119.96 JOB 9.20 M1C6.8). He only a sks that we put our wills over on His side; tha.t wi th a11 our hearts we try the very beoft "e know hev, Here is "here so many stumble and say, "Ah, 1 am not good enough; others may be "orthy, but 1 am not." And yat in their hearts there is a deep desira to pl ••••sa the Lord. This is all He asks; a perfect yieldedness, and entire surrender; that everything be on the alta ••; then He will do the rest (PR 2).26). I.et us cry, as Do.vid of old, "Creata in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit vithin me." "Search me, O God and know IIIYheart; try me, and know IIIYthoughts"(PS 51.10 1)9.2). SECalD: PREPARE THOROtGHLy"'ccroaT PROMISES--1tis abso., lutaly necessary vhen "e are asking God for something that ve have the authori~ of His Word upon which te ' stand. Wemust gat hold of His premisas and not onl,y

come of itself(RO 10.17). You can never have faith for arrything if you are not sura God has given you authori~ to ask for it; so it vould be impossible te stress too much the need of committing te memoIj' some of the outstanding promises(2 PT 1.4). Here are a few that have been stand-bys of many faith-varriors for years;I will supply the texts,you may look them up for your1 JN 5,14-15 and JER 33. ), You self: MI( 11.24 9.2) may not be able te commit a great many promises, but even one or two vill so strengthen your faith in time of need tha t you vill "onder how you ever got along without knowing them before, THIRD:BE DEF1NITE--Theremust be definitaness in our transactions with God, He has been definita with us, giving us very definita premises, stating them in very definita tarms--so simple that a child can understand them You must be definite with Híra, We are definite inl our- business dealings "i th others--especially in arry matter of importance tha t involves a money transaction. Howcareful we are to have a perfect understandáng , W e say we are''m aking a dea.L", or "closing a deal" with a person, and there comes a time when we write our name on the dotted line and in a very deJ"inite, careful manner, we close the deal. Just so, there must be a definite moment in which we, so to speak, writa our name on the dotted line under His promises, take Him at His Word, and close the deal. At that moment it is done--drive the stake dawn and forevermore count it a closed matter. Our whole attitude is changed--hope has changed to faith. Faith--the belief in things NOT seen. Oh, what a pity that we can take man+s word easily and be so d••fini te in our transaction with others, and yet be so indefinite in our transactions with God-_so wishy-va5hy as though prayer were sane sort of form through which to go, but wi thout arry real meaning. Let us be DEFINITEwith Godl (J A S 1 .6 -8 ). FOURTH:EXPECT FROMGOIl--Ther8 as more failure in the ~ life than along any other line, for the simple reason that we start so many petitions and never vait for the answers--ju.t keep sending them up and sending them up without any real expectation of getting the answers back, until the muscles of our souls become flab\:Jy because we 90 not exercise our powers of receptivity.

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Th81'eare two different kinds of ChristiAns--those vho pray and reaUy expeet to see something happen, and thO" vho pray--but do not expeet anything to happen, Prayer is first a means unto an end; a eonneeting link betlreen humanneeds and Divine resources; the ery of the ehild unto its Father with the EXPECTA TIONthAt the great Father loves to give to them even more than they lave to receive, There are some of the most exemplary Christians, in "hose lives one eould hArdly find a naw, yet they rarel,y get things from God, simply beca use they faU along this very line; they laek this expectaney; they do not know the least thing about this mighty principIe of f4ith, There is love of God, and deep eonfidenee in the Bible as being truly the \%rd of God, but so far as al'\Yactual expectancy is eoneerned there is none, How pitiful __how it must grieve the heart of the Infinite-tor H is chlld te pray on and on and on , but never dá s-, playa genuine expectant a ttitud el (M!( 11,24) FlP"nI: ACCEPT FRCMGOD--"WhAtsoever things ye desire, when ye pray, believe thAt ye reeeive them and ye shall have them," ''WHl!N YE PRAY--BELlEVE, "(M!( 11,24) It is .1lIIpl,yamazing haw many people, who, after having asked God to do the giving, aetuaUy expeet lfun to do the TAKING alsol \o/ewant lfun, without the least effort on our part, to come r1ght down and lay it in our laps; and this He will do--but on His own eonditions,and those eonditions are: ''BELIE'lE THATYE RECEIVET¡¡¡;}\, and ye shAll have them," He has a right to set down His own eonditions, and "hAt less eould He ask than tbat we honor lfun by believing His Word? His \%rd has not aaiel thAt "i thout perfeetion it is impossible to pl •••.•e God, but it doe s aay thAt without FAITHit is . impoasible to please Him(1lEB11,6). If there is in your heart today a desire to please God, just honor His Word by believing for something thAt is impossible for you to obtain of yourself, Just take a step of faith out on the impossiblel "Faith i. the substanee of things hoped for; the evidenee of things NOTseen, " (1lEB11,1), But thAt whieh "aits to SEE before it believe., i. NOTfaith, lt is not "hAt "e see, for the "just shall walk by faith"; it is not whAt "e feel, 1t's what fa1th elaims; 1t is not whAt we think about 1t--it 18 what God says about it thAt eounts. Faith puts the thing in the past and count.s it done; it is done .impl,y beeause God aays so; we have it no", "But", you aay, "l eannot see 1t; l eannot hand.Le 1t,

so l do not reall,y know thAt l have r-ecetved, 11 But we 00 know, because God SAlO SO, and His Word 1s enough, Webe11eve, not because any of the senaes test1fy to 1t, but because of God' s testimony, "Let every man be found a liar, but God be found true,lI(RO 3.4). I know how deep-seated the natural des1re to have some v1s1ble evidenee tha t our peti tion is granted, but to have any other evidenee than God's Word, is not faith; the man or womanwho walks by fai th needs no other evidenee than that. Do you realize tha t there is a time when i t is ''wrong to pray?" Wh,!nit is ineonsistent to pet1tion the Lord any longer? "And the Lord said unto Joshua, 'GETTHEEUP; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy faee?'" (JOS 7,10) This Scripture 1s self-explanatory: The man of the story had been pleading with God for the desire of h1s heart, and 1t seems as we read, tha t he keeps up h1s pleading long after God has heard him and sent the answer on the way; and so the Lord reproves him for tarrying longer, and ind1eates very defin1tel,y that 1t is time for him to r1se and go about h18 business, because he had been heard and there ~s no need of any further praying so far as the Lord Ls eoneerned(DAN 10.12). There undoubtedl,y comes a time whan further praying 15 UNBELIEF, There 15 such a thing a s PRAYING ONESELF OUTOF FAlTH. Let us take Him a t His Word and COUNT THETIIINGDONE;and it 1s done, because He said sol SlXTII: STAND YOURGROUND--''When, hAving done all, STAND, "(EP 6,13) Standing means to maintain our ground, not yielding or fleeing. Just so,the one who 1s getting something from God takes a premise from His Word, stands upon it; and from that moment, fully reekon • upon i t no matter what happens after he elaims the promise, and though he may not be able to see a foot ahead of him, yet he saUs by dead reekoning, He says, "Back there l elaimed tIlAt promise from the Lord, and l am stUl standing upon 1t, no matter if l saU in perfeet darknes,," !le does not look around a t the waves, the fog, or the storm--the eircumstanees--he simply keeps his eyes on the prom1se, of Scripture, "being fully persuaded tha t what He has proen.sed , H•• is able to perform"(RO 4,21); as someone has sa1d, "For every lcok at your trouble, take a hundred looks a t tha prem1ses of Godl" SE'fENTH:PUTFAITHINTOACTION-_Theun who gats thing~ tl'O ll God will ACTOUTHIS FAlTH. JAS 2.17-26-"As the

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MEMORY - how big is ;I2!!!: Bibla? "Tha Comforter will bring all things to your remembranca - lE thou keap them wi thin thee, thay shall withal be fitted in thy lips"(JN 14.26 PR 22.18). !lo1ELL III YOURICHLY,wri te them upon the "Let tha W'ORD table of your haart"(COL 3.16 PR 3.3 7.3). You are saved "IF you keep them in mamory"(I COR15.2 RO 10.9,17!. "I will NEVERFORGETthy precepts for with tham thou hast QUICKENED mell(pS 119.93). "Meditate in tha W'ORD day and night; talk of tham when you are sitting, walk1ng, lying down, or rising. W'hen thou goa_t it shall lesd thee, whan thou _leepest it shall keep thee, when thou awakast it shall talk with thee Give u,ysalf W'HOLLY to it, then tl;y PROFIT and SUCCE5s"ill 6.7 JOS 1.8 PR 6.22 SAVE YOUand them that HEAR"(DEU I 1M4.15-16). The MEMORIZED W'ORD(inheaz-t.) is the OOLYthing tha t will keep us from falling during the IlEAVY PERSECUTION mAT ~ CCMINCH (PS 27.13 37.31 119.11,23,54-~,80,~,95,~Ir you don+t memorize the W'ORD your "root shall be as rottenness"(ISA 5.24), because you haTe counted His \fORDas a strange thing (HO8.12). Ir you don't treasure up these EXCELLENT gems that are more precious than gold, silver, and rubies(PR 3.15 22.20), you are a SLOTHFUL,UNGRATEFUL, DULL,SPIRITLESS, VISIOOLESS, HYPOCRITICAL FOOL who "despises his own soul"(PR 1.7 15. J2 LK 24.25). ANOYOUWILLBE PLAYllIGTHEDEYIL'S GAME(LK 8.12). TM. may sound prett¡y heavy, O VAllI MAN,but you have just received a letter(Bible) from the Crea tor of the Universal The following method of memorizing and review is not tha only one in existenca. But I have found it very successful, along "i th sevaral other members of the Revolution. You can Use arv method you "ant, but please find SOll1emethod. After you have finished tha required sets (I 1M1.9) you should pray earnestly tha t the Lord will quicken several verses a day to you for memorizing. It ia not natural to lova the \ford, but ir you ask God he will make you hunger(PS 119.36). To be filled you MUSTFIRST GET HUNGRYI(MT 5.6). The verses that are the easiest to memorize and keep are the anes you really \fANT, the enes the Lord has pointed out to you, the anea that APPLYto a speciric situstion that you encounter a loto llús method of memorizing separate verSes from all over the Bible gives you a broad field of knOlfledge that 1s very helpful in dealing with the 20,.000,000 philosophies on tha streets

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PS-lSA JER.-MAL, MT_JN,AC-2 COR,GAL-REV).(!lEE~IA_ 11(;112. This wUl give you about 85 verses a ay for 6 days. Use the 7th day for chapters(someone help.ing with chapter-s J, and the 8th day for reviewing notebooks and then start over. After you add more verses you can stretch from 8 days to 12 days(PHIL 2.12). and even 20 days. A s soon as your card s get fillad in one ares. just add a few more blank Jx5 cards and keep add-. ing verses to them. 1 started by having 20 cards in the Old TestaIllent section which took 2 days. Nowthere are 100 cards and it takes 9 days, 'IbiS was done by adding one card at a time as each section became filled. Every time l found one section taking too long to review, 1 dividad it. l started with 5 days then 8, then 12,15,18 and finally 22. A s long as you were faithful with the new verse during the first seven days it wUl last a month without revi8Wing. So it's kind of like 2 systems in one I A scra tch sheet for every-day use GRAM

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(FAlTH). (SEEDIAGRAM "A"), At least twice a day you should take out five minutes,' and starting from the last reference, work back to the ones of 7-10 days ago, Whenthe scratch sheet is fUlad just glue a new one on top of the old. 010 VERSES:At least once a veek these new verses should be m oved into

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be a Jx:5 card box dividad into 5, 7, 10. 15. or 20 days depending on the number of verses vou have, By keepin.o; your verses en cardo you wUl be able to check yoursel! and make sura you are not missing any words in the verse. Thi. can happen if you just review them out of your head without checking th.... By using afine point pan you can ea.ily PRINT10 separate verses on one side of a card, and put the references on the other side~ DIAGRAM "B") 'Ibis saVes money and space, You can ~ut 300 cards, which is 3,000 verses in one Jx:5 bex, Review your CHAPTERs right out of the Bible(lf you try to revi..... single verses out of the Bible you wUl spsnd a lot of time flipping pages, especial.ly in the Old Testament). These cards should be care~ preservad llave soma CLASSand wash the food grease off your • hands before you use them. This revi ••••.set should last you until you go HCME(2 COR5.8). If you are a REAL Revolutionary you wUl have at least lpOO verses in a couple years, and to have to make your review set over again would be a staggering ta sk, Get the vision and get started o ff RIGHT,now. (This goes for your note_ books eLeo, have sCllleCLASSand get the VISION). We are the ones that are going to turn the world upside down, but we are not going to do it if our papeNork systems look like usad toUet-paper, or, in other words: 1l!JN:3. If you divide your rev1ew case up into books, you can do a certain number of verses every day Don't do more than 100 single verses a day or you will" bog downand get discouragad. You can do half in the morning and the rest a t night. Don't be bound by cal_ end••••weeks; yóu can have a 6, 9, or lJ-day system depending on how much you have to review. For instance: if you have 500 single verses and 15 chapters. divide the single verses into 6 sections(Example: GEN-JOB,

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old verses. Dividing the verses up by books has the advantage of seeing the different character of each book, Also, if you become separa ted frem your review system for a few days, you can just use your Bible and check thsn in the same order because it becomes part of your memory. If you don't have even a Bible you will be able to recall most of the verses in your revi"" system if you.have been faithful. It is also very quick to find a certain reference tha t you might have made a few notes beside. For instance: on MT15.19 about the human heart, 1 have 4 other references written-GEN 6.5 ISA 44.20 JER 17.9 ECC9.3. 1 do not necessarUy know them word for wOrd, but a t least l know they are on the same subject. E>ctra references are of great value(as long as we have Bibles). If you know 1,000 verses, ¡>.ndyou have just one reference with each one, it really increases your scope of the Bible. This way you can have a topical set-up right with the division by book method. (See DIAGRAM "B"). 'Ibe topical method of review is too complica ted because there are about 20,000,000 topics in the gospel of John alone. And some verses can be usad under 10-20 different topics. The idea of a revi"" system is mainly the simplest way to revi"" the verses. Trying to topicalize your verses is like putting God in a boJ<, Just be faithful to review them by books and the Holy Spirit will show you naw possibili ties for these verses as you

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'!he numbers of Bibla reference. are often helpfUl to keep thing. in mind: in you works PHIL2.13 & 1 TI!2.1J-----------Word JER 2.19 & 1 JN 2.19 & PR 2.19--Backsliding vine RE.V 14.18 & DEU32.32 (+ )-------Evil DAN9.26 & HEB9.26--------------Sacriflce sacrifice lSA 1.13 & MAL 1.lJ------------False 1 SAM16.14 & JN 14.16-----------Spirit (O. T. & N.T.) 1 TI!J.12 & 4.9 (XF)6)-----------Lord teaches to lave ZEC14.5 & REV19· 19------------Armageddon RE.V19.11 & EZKJ9.11 & ZEPU--Blrds at the batUe 1 TI!4.11 & 1 PT 4. 11-----------_How to talk LK4.4 & MT4. 4--------------__Food for thought 2 COR4.4 & JAS 4.4 & 1 JN 4.4---'l'he World a11 MT19.~ & MK10.~ & LK 18.~---Forsaking JOB2.2 & El' 2.2-----------------'!he Devil' s course voice MK9.7 & AC 9.7------------------Heavenly '!he Bystem Queen JER 7.18 & RE\' 18.7----------DEU13.1-3 1 KGlJ RE\' 13.1J---False prophacy NUM 22 1 KG22.22 2 TI! 2. 11----Strong deluslon JN J.16 1 JN 3.16 1 TI! J.16----God I S love JN 7.7 GAL1.4 2 TI! 4.10 TIT 2.14--&11 world (14) 1108.11 2 COR4.11 HEB1.1!t 1 PT !t...ll--Suffering (17) EX12..1 JER 1.~ El' Q.",g 1 TI! 1.~ Q.",g--War (18)

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TAJaNGANDREVIElIilllG NOTES rnTRODUCTION: Note-taking is one of tbe most important skills of the Revolution. It ia essentiall Han¡ impo]O. tant lessons tha t would otherwise be lost, are retained . through taking notes, A Revolutionary' s notebook should be his right arm, It should be wri tten in, read and reviewed CONSTANTLY I !he lessons and pointers written in your notebock will be more precious than gold some day, espec1ally when you are given a posi tion of responsibility. These are a few points and some information about note-taking, that if known and practicad, ••• ill save much time and grea tly improve your note- takáng , 1, PRACTICAL NOTETAK1NG: A,

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Whenreferences are given, quick1y write number llill, and then get the Bookll Be consistant. The most important principIes Leamed in a class are often only a sentence long. Don't get discouraged, or give up, You may be slow, but steady. Keep up with the teacher, and cateh up on what you may have missed whan you have a chanceo Don't take such ext&n.i ve notes you get behind and miss the spiri t of what '. being saád, An important Lesscn is more important than paper. Don't fa11 prey te "end of the page panic"(Beware of paper-worship and "two-pages-per-class_i tis "). Toilet and notebook paper are two different things. If you're faithful in .taking notes, the Lord wi11 provide--PHIL 4.19. The most import&nt points of a class are usually given at the end. Before God can speak, He usually has te wait until we have run out of words. Be most diligent toward the end of a class te take notes, as crowning sta tements, summarie., and tinal points are the most important. The be.t place te keep notes Ls right in your Bible, because you are Leas apt te lose them there and you will always have them right there in your Bible. 'l'hat's why wide margin Bibles with plenty of blank pages in the back and/or front are best.

3. REV!E)lING YOURNOTES: A A notebook full ot cla •• e. is no good unless i t' s • used ReviE!l!ing your notes i. just as vitally imporlant as reviewing your scriptures. Many times when reviewing notes you are actually reviewing your scriptures tepically, along with examples, illu.trations and steries which will not only bring to light the scriptures, but will also reveal new and different applications for each one, B. Try to review a set of notes from your notebook everv day. llave a time set aside each day for reviewing your notes. C. Almost a11 of the classes in your notebook can be summedup in a few main, hasic point.. These points should be gene over constantly and so 8Xtensively that they become as much a part of you as your scriptures. This can be done by using (l)On a 3>6 card, make a sum.the eard system. mary of the main points of each class in your notebook. (2)This should be carried with you and reviewed throughout the day. Summarize your notes in point fom; put them in tepical order and review them by section.

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WIrnESSING Sowing the Seed and bringing forth FRUIT¡ GOD'S commandmentto man and C<lil'.ANIl1ENT 1'0 USo God'o fir.t his wife "a. "be fruitful and multiply"(GEN 1.28). Salvation marries the believer to Jesus(2 COR11.2). Our first commandmentas the Bride of Christ is to Leva Ja.us(MT 22.37-38). This Spiritual intercourse between you and Jesus will bring forth fruit(RO 7 4) This fruit is other Christians(JN 15.5), just a~ the frui t of a physical marriage is other human beings (GEN5.3). !jCJII T? FULFILLTHIS COl1MANrl1ENT __In JN 15.1-8, Jesus explalJ1S tha t the way to glorif'y God is to bring forth frtUt. The only way to do thi. is to abide in Him and ,to let His WORDS abide in you(v7). In LK 8.11-15, the :Iord of God is like a seed (vll) which we sow in the Jesus describad four ground of the hearts of men, types of ground(hearts) but only one brought forth good fruit(v15). Our job is to SO" the seed(Word) to every creature(MK 16.15). Some is bound to fall on good ground, so remember-4 COR9.6). HK4.14 tells us, as sowers, to sow the Word. GAL6.7 tel1s us that

evenáng" (ECC11.6). \ffiERE1'0 So."-_"A11 the world"(~J{ 16.15), "Utmost part "A11 nations"(dT 28.19 J),l! of the earth"(AC 1.8), 1.10), "In temples"(AC 5.42 JER 7.1-2), "in houses" (AC 5.42 20.20), '''Publicly''(AC 20.20), "In cour-t," (MT10.17-20 AC 4.5-13), "on the housetops"(MT 10.27), ''l'.arket places"(AC 17.17), "St.r-ee t.s , lanes, and highw~ys"(LK 14.21,23), "School."(AC 19.9-10), "Mountains" (!1T5.1), "Hills"(AC 17.22). "In your car"(AC 8.29-35), "In a boat"(LK 5.3) "In jall"(PHIL 1.1-13 AC 16.23-25, Ccmmunst, prisoners), "In the wildernes."(I1T 3.1-2), "Everywhere"(AC 8.4). HO':lre so..• Witnessl--You a,.., a spiritual doctor(Jo!.T 9.12-13 ; a heart specialist. Don't blindly prescribe remedies without first finding out what's wrong with your pa tiento If you do, yo",' re apt to give him the wrong medicine ano hurt or kill him(PR 18.21). 7 Points of Witnessing

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WHAT 1'0 SCW--"TheWord"(2 TM4.2), "A11 the council of God"(AC20.27), "The Gospel(Good N""s)"(MK 16.15), :'Jesus Chri.t"(AC 5.42), "the Kingdom of God"(LK 9.2), 'A ll things th.t he has comma.ndedus"(MT 28.19_20), "the Warning Message"(AC 20.31 lSA 58.1 EZK 3.17-19), ::God's Words"(EZK2.7), "New TesUunent"(2 COR3.6), Christ'. death, burial, and resurrection"(I COR 15.3-4),"Prophecy"(2 PT 1.19), "Judgment"(JN 7.24 AC 24.25 lSA 58.1), "The Truth"(PR 11.30 JN 14.6 17.17). WHAT NOT1'0 SOW-_"discord among brethren"(MT 12.50, kind o't"brethren, PR 6.19), ''man's wisdom"(I COR24 3.19), "the dead letter"(2 COR3.6), ''perverse t~s" (AC20.30), "unwholesome "ord$' like: 'gain i. godliness" (1 '1M 6.3-5), "evil"(RO 16.19), "evil communication." (1 COR15.33; such as false doctrines_I COR15 12 32) COR4:5 ' "tares"(MT 13.24-30 & 36-43), ''your self"(2 LK 9.23), "al\Y other gospel"(GAL 1.8), "pre-tribulation rapture"(MT 24.29-31 2 TH 2.1_4), "Get a job"(MT 6.24 JN 6.27), "Get an education"(PR 19.27 1 COR3.19 with PR 24.9), "Go to church on Sunday"(JER 7.4 910 HO 8 14 AC 7.48J ' , iíIlEN 1'0 St:1i/ __ !n and out of season"(2 '1M 4.2), "Doy & njht"(AC 20.;1), "Alwayo"(I PT 3.15), "Daily"(lIEB 'All night"(AC 20.7_11), "Morning and 3. 3 !.C 5.42)

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going concem), yOU!'words are just sounding brass (1 COR13.1-3). 6. Study the witnessing techniques of Jesu. and the Apostles in the Bib1e(MT 7.20 1 PT 2.21 2 TM2.15 PlIIL 4.9). God wants everybody to be saved(2 PT 3.9 JN 3.17 1 TM2.4). 7. Oon't waste t:!me on unreceptive peop1e(COL 4.5 JN 8.47 10.27). If they don't receive you nor 11s_ ten to yOU!'words, don't try to cram it down their throats--LEAVEIII (MT7.6 10.14 PR 14.7 23.9 When persecution arisos TIT 3.1-ll 2 1M 2.16,23)' As FLEE(2 1M 3.12 liT 10.23 JN 7.1 10.39-40). much as possib1e, try to adopt the customs of the peoplo you are trying to reach(I COR9.19-22 RO 12.18). Don't try to feed MEAT(heavydoctrino) to babes, who need MILK(simpl0 salvation and basics __ Hm 5.12-14 1 COR3.1-2 1 PT 2.2). Scriptural Memorization is essential for successful soul winning(JN 15.7). Trust in God's word(PS ll9.42 PR 3.5-6 1 PT 3.15. Jesus did--"IT 15 WRITTEN" (MT 4.1-10).

THET.&~TIMONY OF JESUS 'lhe words you speak are only a sma11 part of yOU!' test:!mony. We are not to love in word., but in DEED (00)_1 JN 3.18. 'lhe real meat of the te.t:!mony is what you IlO--JN 4.34. Whonyou Do the will of God the TRUTH comos alive __JN 7.17 'lhe words of your oral te.t:!mony are nothing but wind(JOB 8.2) unless they are backed up by what you OO. What you Do speaks louder than what you sayo What Noah said did not condemn the world. What Noah DID(prepared an ark) condemned the world(llEB 11.7). When Paul was sailing to Rome(AC27) he didn 't ••.y much, or preach much, but the way he 1ived in the midst of danger wa. a gres ter test:!mon.v than hi. oral test~mo~(a1so in AC 28.4-5). In AC 14.~ they not only spolee in o cUongerous ••i t\U>tion, but they 01.80 LI'nD in it -•. long time"---thia "GAVBT:&'3TDIONl'" to the Wordl 'lhe word "test:!mony" in the Bibie is not ju.t to d ••.• .cribe what people said, it is used to describe what they DID and OO. Their "test:!mony" is their 1ivea. 'lhe way a Christian 1ive. is his test:!mony for Christ. were per-In REV1.9 & 6.9 i t sho••.• tha t the Christians secuted for the Word, ANOfor the test:!mony of Je.us. So the WORD i. what yoUSaY, but the test:!mony is how you ~; what you do. The test:!mony proves the Word 'lhis comand make. it come to life(JN 7.17 AC 14.3)1 bina tion of Word and Te.t:!mony 18 olso seen in REV 12.17 20.4. Noah'. words about coming destruction Were usole.s un1ess he testified to their truth by his way of life. OURLIVES TESTIFYTO THETRUTH OF GOD'S WORDI_2 COR3.2. When a Christian speaks of heaven and eternal reward., these words have little convicting force unl.eas hio life testifies to their truth, by preparing for what is coming(Rl!.V19.10). th~e by storing up treaoure in heaven, and ceasing to store up treasure on earth(MT 6.19-20). on This means d¡;opping put of the Sy.tem and e nd ~for our needs(MT 6.JJPHIL 4.19). This ia when our life becomes "the test:!mony of Jesus" (who was against the System-JN 7. 7), a lliht shining in the surrounding darkness(PHIL 2.15). A 1ight that is kept burning by the invisible hand of God, and not by the mechanisms of the System. Thi. i. the real testimony: depending on God--"The just .hall live by HIIl faith"(HAB 2.4). Thi. combination of Word ANOte.timony makes the Devil ''wroth''_REV 12.17, bscause ~i~t.P.J~:Ü..I.!~~Il.II;~~~

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wor-kíng a t present(HAB 2.4). and it al so testiCies to "ha t God is go.ing te do in the future(¡¡¡,;g 11 7) A C'nristian's life is gudded by what God has shcwn him is ~o~g te happen(AM3.7). His ¡Harts guided~b;¡; the of ro hec. 'lo" he Uves sfífies ~ wha! iscoming REV19.10. 30, our life(testimony of Jesus) is the 3pirit of l'>-o!'hecy(l¡:;;'¡19.10) • .2--l'he "testimony of Christ" is confirmed in those tha give up their earthly posses sácns and h'AIT for the CO!{[:-JG O, JB3J,(1 COR1.6-7). Their WAITWas not idle~ass, but lJOl¡¡:}---Uke a v« !T}::R I ~--Paul said that the "tAStimOny n f God" was declared in 1Ir¿.·"Ql~mjTI9;¡ ef tbe ~p' it l' not enticing words (l CCR2.1,4 • ln,2 T'f 1.10 Paul said,: "Our testimo.ny"(the apos-. tles) "'as beUeved"(fo11owed). This testimony is described in l 7d l. 'í: "no t, in ,",om only, but ALSO in power, and in the Holy Ghos t , and in l'WCHAS5URANCEas ye know what manner of men(testimony) we were among' you for your sake." The Thessalonians believed this testi_ mony by ;;'OUa.vrlG !T( 1 TH 1.6), being persecuted (vó}, "ave up their earthly treasures(idols_v9) and \{AlTED FORT!IECaffilG Oi' JE.'ilJ.'i(vl0). They therefore became !!EtiSA!1P1",s" (v7) te others. Therefore i test o liia..r ¡;'I1l n, ut sam¡¡J.e, l!i--The act.Lvj, les of the 2 prophets is ca11eci "their testimony"(REV' 11.5-7). fi--Enoch pleased God ~J his "testimony"(l!E2 11.5) because he WALKED (GD! 5.22,24) with God, and dldn't just TAL!{about God, "He that SAIrn he abioeth in Him ought himself AL$Oso to walk, even as He WALKED.:' (r JN 2.6 COL2.6). So the testimony of a Christian e Ilthe testim ony of Jesus" t and Jesus w as a DOER (JN 4.34). Ir we 00 we wUl be H s RIDlDS JN 1514) His BROTHERS(MT 12.50), and be HAPPY(JN13 17) IN' THE' KINGJlQ'i(¡iT 7.21). • ~-The ChUdren of God should be ¡wptlyetnd by the "Spirit of Pr-cphecy", and this wi11 make our lives "the testimony of Jesus"(REV' 19.10). !'Colonization" shows tha t God 15 here today and also what ls going te happen SOON. (Building our own colonie. in the wilderness te~tifies te the truth of REV'12.14 13.17). We are building an ark of truth for the coming "flood"_REV 12.15. The Spiri t of Prophecy should work in us as we labor for the eternal rewards(I COR3.8-9 15.58). and look for that heavenly city(HEB 11.10) for which Moses and Jesus also labored(HEB 11.26 12.2).

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INntODUCTIC!i TOTREGOSPELOF JOHN 1. WR1TER-----TIleApostls John ~. DA TE------80-90 A. TEvento recorded aover 7 years. 1. PURPOSE----Inspire faith in Jesus as the Son of God, ~.m VERSE--JOHN 20. )1, which oontaino the most prominent worda throughout the entire book: ''believed" and "life" se~ THEME--FAITH and ETERlIAL LIF"'E.'"jOhn, therefore, lecto from the lUe of Jesu. those facts, te&chinga, and works which inspire faith, reoul ting in eternal life. §, TITLE--N ~ Si[. CHRIST,for each chapter rneals cha •••.cter1stic or work of Olriat. Ch. 1: Christ, 'nle Son ot God 2: Christ, 'nle Son of Han ): Christ, '!he Divine Teacher 4: Christ, The Soul Winner 5: Christ, The Grea t Physician 6: Christ, The Bread of LUe 7: Christ, TIle Water of Life 8: Christ, Defender of the Weak 9: Christ, Light of the World 10: Christ, '!he Good Shepherd U, Christ, '!he Prince of Life 12: Christ, TIle King 1): Christ, The Servant 14: Chriat, The Consoler 15: Christ, '!he True Ville 16: Christ, Giver of the Holy Spirit 171 Christ, '!he Grea t Intercessor lB: Christ, The Model Suffe,...r 19, Christ, The UplUted Savior 20: Christ, '!he Conqueror of Death 21: Christ. Reotorer of the Penttent OUTSTANDD«l FEATURES FOUND PRIMAlULY IN THEIlOOKOF JOHN: A. In it Christ gives the most complete revelation of himself(l-2) and of God(). l. The "1 Am's" of Chriot are found 14 times in the N.T•• 12 of which are in John. a. 1 AMthe Mesoiah__JN 4.26 b, 1 AMthe Bread of Life--JN 6.)5 c. 1 AMfrom above--JN 8.2) d. 1 AM(the Eternal One)--JN 8.58-(REV 22.1) e. 1 AMthe Light of the World--JN 9.5 f. 1 AMthe Dool'--JN 10.9

g. 1 AMthe Good Shepherd--JN 10.U h. 1 AMthe Son of God--JN 10.:36 i. 1 AMthe Resurrection and the Life--U.25 j. 1 AMthe Lord and Haster--JN 1).1) k. 1 AMthe Way, the Truth, and the Life __14.6 1 1 AMthe True Vine--JN 15.1 2. declares himself to be sent from God su times consecutively in the sixth chapter of John, verses 29. J8, )9, 40, 44, 57. Also in Chp. 5: v2). 24, )0. :36, 37, J8. " ). Christ speaks of God as "The Father over one hundrad times in this gospel. B. The Book of John divided into seven natural divisions: 1 Introduction-'!he Incarnation(the Spirit taking • on bodily form-COL2.9) of Jesus(1.1-5. 9-14). 2 '!he Witness of Christ by John the Baptist • (1.6-8. 15-)4). 3. '!he Public l1inistz:y of Christ(l. 35--12. 50). 4. The Priya te Ministry of Christ in His Instruction to the Disciples(13.1--17.26). 5. The Sacrifice of Christ and His Humiliation (18.1--19. 42), 6. '!he TriiPh of Christ Over Sin and Death (20.1-31 • 7. Conclusion: Christ the ~ of Life and our Service(21.1-25). C. The~ recordad eight miracles of Christ to prove bis divinity. su of which are found only in the book of John. 1 Water made into wine--JN 2.1-U 2' Healing of the nobleman's son--JN 4.46-54 3: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda--

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Atter Satan'. ins1de attack ta1l.s. he tr1.s an out.ide attack through the "rel.1g10us" ".tabl.1sblent(v9). Tbey can't handl.. th. Word-(LI( 2l..l.5) •• 0 they br1be _. tal..e w1tne8s.s te accu ••• Stephen(vl.O-ll). '!'hey "st1r up" th" peopl.,,(l.3.50 l.7.5). organize a kangaroo th ••1r Syst... court. and accus. hila ol bl.asphtII\Y again.t & Telllpl. ••(Slc;yscrapers. W&r. lfducat1oe ••• te. )-v12-l.3. '!'hey al.so accuse h1m ot th •• d•••truct1en ••••• age. anel of .ett1ng up a nw vay ot l.1te(vl.4). But h•• h••l.d bis cool.(PS 119.23) a!ld bl.w th ••1r 1I1nd.(vl.5).

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lbs ''high (6.11.14) are trus(v1). Stephen doesn't both ••r to dete d hitaseU-th •• .9y.temite. are on tr1sl(HT 10.18). He vi8a],y takes th •• ott ••na•• snd g1v••s th ••• a biator,¡r v9(at1uson out ot th ••ir tr •••eh ••roU8 pa.t(v2-47h talpted l1urder. Ic1dnapping. slaver,¡r) v27(oppreas1on) vJ9(disobedienee) v40-43(idolatr,¡r). He than ten. th ••• that God do••sn't 11v•• in their st1nlc1ng temple (v48-50). that thay are unsaved and res18ting th •• Spirit ot God(v51). tha t th ••ir ta thers sl •••• th" prophets, and ~ l1urdered Jesus(v52). 'l'he real e11nch ••r is vhen he attacka th"ir seU-r1ghteousness by say1ng they don't keep the lav(v53): 'l'he Svord ot the Sp1rit CUTS their hesrts. and th" volves are HANIFESTED a. they sink their tangs into Stephan(v54). Stephen keeps bis ayas on th •• Lord(PS 16.8..9). Notice hov J ••sus ~ to receiv" a martyr(v55-56)-A11 oth ••r verse •• Stephen'. la.t vord. are "J ••sus and shov l!im sittingl God"(v59). I t you 11v" with grac ••• you'11 die with grac_"Full ot th" Hol,y Gbo••t". 'l'h•• real martyr ha•• been dying a11 ot bi •• Christian lU'e anyway(I COR15.31 2 cal 4.11). so th •• tina1 day i •• no ••urpri..... Thi •• la ••t te.t1mOI\Y reduc... the rellgious volve. to the d••pths ot insan1ty as thay rejeet 1t by COVERI~ 1lIElR EARSI What a s1ght¡ vhat a v1ctor,¡rI(RO 8.)6-37); band. over their 'l'h•• "elite" ot the System at "court". ear •• teath snapping 11k•• volves. scream1ng. ~ o ff th ••ir cloth ••s, aud .toning a man into a bloody pulpo just ov••r a f •••• WORDSl(v57-58). 'l'he spiritual thr •••• ott vorld va. truly man11'••ated as th" WOLVES th ••ir taney su1ts(SlIEEPSKINS) and actually used their teath as FA~S to devour a eh ••••p(HT 7.15). ilotice that th •• ~-to-be-AposU •• Paul vas on hand tor thi. "rellgiouseeremol\Y{vs8). Steph ••n die. with graee-He bad th" VISIONI(v59-60). Notic ••: "TlIIS" sin¡ vbat about th ••ir oth er sin.? Notie •• hov th •• demons don 't vant al\Y bloodshed ebarged te their territor,¡r. "out ot th •• eity"(v58)_l1k •• ov••ra •••s vartarel-14.19 LX 4.29.

sea in J"l'Ilsal.. Jud•••••• S!!arla. So tar. thOV'had and it look. 11k•• God had not •• d•• it out ot J••1"Usal•• to use great perseeutiOl1 to drive th_ to JuclM .• s..az-. lo!. in Act.a 8.1. 'l'h••re are a t_ hint. in th •• tir.t , 7 chapters that th" dieoipl ••a v••re not tult1ll1ng God • bsat wiah ••a by atay1ng bunehed up in J ••1"Usal•• 1 Be told th. to go to a11 th" vorld(1.8 MI:16.15). 2: 'l'hay bad conv••rt. ot all nationa •• languag ••a(2.5.8). aud no record i. given ot a team •••••t out to th ••••• plao ••••• even with an abundano•• ot 3.000(2.41)1 J. lW ••n a!ter an additional abundane•• ot 5.000 llore h••lpera(4.4). no record ot a mi•••ionar,¡r outreaehl 4. 'l'h••••••tate in Cypru•• vaa sold tor ••onay. instad ot being used tor a mi•••• ionar,¡r outreaeh(4.)6-37). 5. More be11ev••ra added in 5.14. sud atill no record ot an outre&eh. 6. 'l'h•• peopl •• trom th •• aurrounding e1tie •• bad to e•••• to th ••••(5.16)1I 7. 'l'h••ir great nmbere v"re C&using th •• probl •••• (6.1). and atill no record ot a teaa •••••t out. 8. Stephen' •• death(7.60) vas th •• end ot a progre •• iv •• with a "hold"(4.3). vav •• ot per ••eeution that .tarted then threats(4.21). priaon(5.18) •• urd ••r plot (5.33). beating(S.40). tal ••• witD•••• e.(6.13). aud tinall,y l1urd••r(7. 58). But even thi. last vas not enough to g.t th ••• to n•• to oth.r oiti ••• a. th. Lord OCllllllanded in HT 10.23. So!1na~ in Acta 8.1 v.. s.. "great per ••eeii~" g.ts th •• out prach1llg th •• Word "EyERYWHEI!B" v4 • 9. Notie •• hCIW th ••• poaU •••• till ~ined in J"1"UA1_ (vl). Ma;ybethat is wl\y th. Lord bad to g••t another AposU ••(Paul) in Aet. 9.6 that atarted g••tting th. vorld vis1on. 'l'h•••• or1g1na.l. ApoaU... s_ed to be a 11tU •• hung up on J"1"U8&l_. th. t.rpl. ••• and tradition(AC 11.2 15.2.23 21.20.24). It look. l1k. p••ter got • special 1nv1tation to leav. in ACTS 12.3.17. Not1e•• hCIW Saul(Paul) vas earr;¡r1ng on th •• trad. ot th •• Pbari_. in ite perfeetion(v3)-s.. PHII. 3.6. V.ra.4 18 cont1nued in 11.19.

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Altbough the peop1. a••• the Ilirac1ea. not1c. h••• the;y ~ te tbe WOrd\Y6). Simon. vho va. pl.qilIg as God betore(vlO). gi ••••a heed te tJ:.. III1rac1•• (vlJ) H. """;1"".a" l1b JJ.S 2.19. Peter 1uc1na(JlI 7.24) Sácll in tII. ~ht ot God"(v21)_Uae en srateUtea who 887: HJudg. noto. Simon vas in the "bond ot in1qu1t¡rN (v2J). vh1ch shova lIuch th. va ter bapt1am(vlJ) did tor him. Bept1_ 18 "1l0T rBE PUrroo AWAY OF rBE ¡rn.rH OF !!lB ¡rI.8SH"_(Gett1ng dunlced in vater )-1 PT J 21 in ). Bept1811rs "rBE J.1l1JiERat A GOODCQlSCI»iCE"(t Bept1_ 18 REPmlTJ.NCB(LK J.J>. John teld the Pbal'1_ ••• a not te CClllete his bapt1811 becau •• thelr hearta "era not REPmlrANT(HT J.7-8), inte CIIle fb1l1p -º!!m. th. Lord and TlIEREFOM talla ot God'a aet-upa(v26-28). Church hiater,y tella ua that th1a e\lnuch •••.angeUzed Eth10pial . PhUip RAIIin relpOnae te God'a e••••••nd('I29-JO)_h"" ahout :youl Seta. peop1e need God13' teechera te ~ th_ te under_ atand(vJl). 1'0 be a good vitness you lIust kn"" the Word(v)2-JS). Bere ve a••• that sa1vat1on happen8(vJ7)_ RO10.9 ••• BE7OREbapt1I1111(V)8) ••• In Chp, 9. Paul vas saved(v6). than t1lled vith the Bo13' Spll'1t(v17_lBa). alld AF'l'ER'I'l!AT.he vas baptlzed(vlBb)1 In 10,47 the;y "ere already tilled vi th the Bo13' Ghost "as vell as Peter" BE70REthe;y Vere bapt1zed, Bapt111111 does not saveU \oleare WASHED in BLOOD(RE.V 1.S) not vater (1 PT J.21)U Baptl ••• la an OUtorard s1gn ot an invard chang.. Like C1rcumc1s10n. lt 18 a SmN ot the r1ghteouaness ot the talth you can have vhile y~U are at1ll ret unbapt1l!!!(RO 4.ll)1 Ir you can't get a jet the 666 tabs OVer pray te be '1RANSLA rED(vJ9-40). •

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on l1b a "good" Pbal'1_. te murder t1"Olllthe high pl'1 •• t ('1 2 ) la the (1&2) Notlc. h"" per88Cut1on ot "TIIIS WAY" same ~s {>8r88Cut1ng JESUS(v4)_JlI 14.61 Paul •••• s ~ ~(vJ) ls Jesus(vS). "Kicldng againat the pl'1cks" (o i the SlrOrd' s point1). Be IlUSt have hilen und.r COIIrlction by things l1ke Stephen's gncioha d•••• th(AC 7,58) Paul YIELDSte the Lord(v6). 'lbe Lord onl;r 1ead~ ua ene step at a time(v6)-not a 40 YI". plan. Paul a cc:apaniona ''hear" p!1yalcall;v(v7). but not ap1l'1tuaUy 'lbe (22 9) 'lbe JI»o1 HANla LED te llIlIIaacua(v8-9), Lord s~nds simultaneou8 ViSlens te Anan:1&sand Paul (10-12). Paul's reputat10n causes Ananias te doubt (v1J-14). but the Lord '. Word stands(v1S), Cil"ClBatances don't change the \oIordl Paul vas the CIIOSEIi 12rH Apoatle(v1S). Sutfel'1ng-2 '1M J,12(v16), "8rotIIer Saul"--that took FAlrHl(v17), Bept1am AF'l'EILSalvatlon and Bo13' Splrlt(v1B). GALl,lS -lB ah""a that Paul vent into Arabia(DE.'lllRT1) tor a llttle vhil. betore conferl'ing vith the IlIlIIascua aainta. He apent J years vith them. and then went te Jerusa1 •• , 'lbe Bibl. Colleges tell us that he apent 3 yra, in a desert B1h1e echoo1 betore he stsrted preaching. te just11Y the1r abominat1on. But here lt saya "S'1RAmH'1WAY"(Imm~1ate13') he p1'Mched Chl'1st at IlIlIIascua(v19-20). Paul s conv.rnon vas a real blCl( te the System(v21), Be confound 8 them vi th the Scl'1ptures ('122)-l1b lB, 28. 'lb. establ1ahed rel1g1on1sta again plan aurder(v2)-24). but Paul practlces "interatate t11ght te avoid pro88Cut1on" (v2S)-AT NIGHT--HT10.16b, 'lbe dl ••clp1es ot God "aided and abetted an escape"l Elven atter J yeers. Paul's "rep" 18 so bad that llamabas has te p1eed hia case te the AP08tl.S(v26_28). Paul geta in t1'ouble again and has te go underground tor a vhile('I29-JO). "Imagine 1 ene ot Jesus' nice-llttle-sainta-with...a-ha10 act1ng like th1s1" It 100k•• like the churches took a lltt1e rest atter tireball Paul got ott the ecene(vJ1),

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An .ngel eOlles to CorneUu. in • 'V1s1on(vJ) .1Id tells ha to -.el 8en to Joppa to get in touoh vith Peter("5). ¡¡., ah""a bia grMt ta1th b.T .end1ng _e ot bi. best .en, vithout a que.t1.on, to ••• t a pereon thq nenr heard ot betore(v7-8). God's perteot timetable nav unt'old.. A. thq drav neal" to Petel" , • houae (Y9), Peter reee1.,es a 'V1s1on ot "unolean th1ngs" that God had CLlANSED(TlO-16). '!bis 18 God's vq ot aay1ng that the Gentile ha e a mu h ht to Salva o a. v28 4. Not1e ••• "doubted in h1m•••• lt" th •• J"" .,17 ; th •• Sp1rlt rebuk ••• h1m(.,20), and he exb1b1te taith b.T say1ng "I •• he vbOll ye ••• k"(v21). Not1ee h••• Peter lodg ••s th_ in "S1aon' •• house"(v2J)--.lC 4.32. Com••Uus d1splays grM t ta1 th b.T ga thel"ing man;r triend. tor a m•• ting vith a man he bad n""el" met(v24). Don't lforsbip men(v25-26)--RE'I 22.8-9. '~gathel"ed"(v27)p••ter and Co•••. tIle eOllllllon people are hungry--MT 9.1J. n••llus get rlght dawn to business b.T exebang1ng tele •• o! theh l"eoent experienee ••(v28-JJ). Petel" then unde•••. stands that he 1s to declare unto th ••• the graee ot God toward "WHOSOBVER BELI8VBTlI"(vJ4-4J). '!hose that IlEARget the Holy Ghost Bapt1111l(v44). Th•• Syatem1tes 'N aston1shed at th1a "n"" doetl"ine"(v45)-MK 2.22. Not1ee haw vater bept1_ Jl'Ou.aiS aalvat1on(v46-48).

the beg1nn1ng ot tum1ng the vOl"ld ups1de down(17.6). Not1ee haw these ehUl"Che. vOl"ked togeth"l--un11ke today'. f1ght1ng denOlllinat1on.(v27}. "lW.ry man aeeord1ng to bi. abUity"--MARX1(v29)-Tbi. vu •••• hov •• that .lC 2.44 & 4.32 va •• tul VOl"k1ng, and 1t vas .tul lfOl"k1ngin Col"inth .""eral yeal"a attel"-AC 18 (2 Cat 8 14) And it vOl"k. TODAr,contrary to Saten1e u•• ot ~e;"'" ehUl"Chianity. '!he aldan aN en;rusted vith tha mona:y(vJO)__"Time 1a tha be.t teatel".

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ACTS11-IlOCnUIUL DIVIS AllTIOCHES TAIILISIIKD Tbe n"" vin ••( ot ebaptel" 10) 1•• bard fOl" the old botU ••• at Jel"U8&l••• to d1ge.t(vl-J). He rehu.e. the lfhol •• mattel"(v4-17), end1ng 1t vith a d1plomat1e l"em1nder that res1.ting th1a "n"" doctrine" 1. vithatand1ng God(v17). Counael bl"inga un1ty(v18)-PR 11.14 15.22. AllTIOCH Verse 19 begina vhere 8.4 lett ort. The .eattered d1ec1pl ••• vere J'rMehing only to J •••••(v19). But the n••••eonverta, brho d1dn 't knaw any bettel"), began to prMeh to th •• GentUea(v20). '!he Sp1rlt vas aee •••• pllah1ng th •• same th1ng 1t d1d in CaesarM(ehp. 10), in a d1frerent vay(v21). Jerusal •• send. Bamabe. to help out in Ant1och, and "ON tru1t 1a bl"Ought tOl"th (v22-24). Bamabea then bl"ing. Paul in and tha:y .et up school in Antioch fol" whole yeool'(v25-26). Thia w.s

geta gri""ed b.T 01l1' SOOG and .ond. torth 1ta REDlIORSEto gat us(vL-2). In V~r.e J va ••• the he1ght ot ~rlay: Dur1ng 1ts tea.t daya, tha Nl1g10us e.tabl1alaent aanet1on. Peter 1a KIlRDm(pl"Obeblyb.T a tat g1ft to tha k1ng). 'rNBted and kept vith a 16.....an guar<¡(vJ,.4). '!he ChUl"Chpraya(v5), th. Sy.taa'a a1'S ot fiesh taU., and God brMk. Peter out ot jaU tha n1ght ~ his "trta1". God nuED hia to the la.t day I Peter vas quite sleew ••• Maybe bi. ta1th in God allClll'ed hia to sleep in th. tae. ot th •• ardel"OUB"upectet1ona" ot the J •••••(v8-11). P.ter knock. and the bNthren are &8ton1.hed that God an""ared theh prayel" (Tl2-16) I Not1ee. a ga te tor .ecuritv N&8O/1.(v1J-14). '!ha B1ble >""'8&1. h••••.n nature: Th. ab.ont a1ndednea. ot the voman(v14), and th. doubt ot the bNthren(v15). Peter tell. th_ to e001 1t, declares the Lord'. caper, and '!he Syst.. re1gna •••.•r 1ta spUta und.rgro~(V17). subject. b.T t••~ lIK B 2.15 DAN2.5), and doean't 10ve rOU(vl8-19), Herod spUt tovn ••• Maybe tbat jaUbreak h1m th. "eN8Pa"(vl9b). Jl'or _t they .eU theh eroul.a(v20)-I!I 8.J7. A a1oken1ng, Systadte, aanID tbat PCIIPbecaaea W<IUIS vorahip oereaon;r(v21-22). (v2J)-JtII 25.6. '!.'he obapter starta vith the Idng kUl1ng • Mint, and and. vith God k1ll1ng the Idng

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(1) 50) Furthel' doom th. road tbis drlnel' ente1'ed the' chui-ch building 1n Icon1ua(14.1). wh1ch Naulted 1n a vave or had ap1rlto(14.2). aOO _tua~ the c1ty vas DIVIDED(14.4). ThIl3'fied trca the c1tT vhen the1r undergl'Ound inrO!'lled, tha or a T1g1lante _aent a1llled 80 enraged .t destroy1ng th_(14.s-6). Hia aot1rlt1ea the Nl1g10us .abe" or Ant100h n and Ioon1ua. that tbll3' pII1'8ued h1:a ("1n the Sp1rlt"~C 2.U) all val to Iqatra. aOO stoned biII unt1l he ley •• dead(AC14.19) But Paul vas ao ranat1cal that he got up and ••ent r1ght hack 1nto the c1t¡r. the ••• 411 da:r. and Un1lhed p•.•••ohing(14.20). Then he had the ne". to Ntum th1'Ough the ••••411 c1t1es a tw da:rs latel'(14.20). Be """ vent as ral' as to 1nstaU rad1cals 1n th. ohurohes as eld ••.•• vho had neval' been to ..-1na17(14.2). At one cecas10n he even Nbukad th. esteaad den~t1onal secNta17. DR. S1IIIonPet8l'(GAL 2.U). At tbis po1nt he Nsted 1'O&III1ng the vOl'ld aOO engaged 1n deeper stud1"s ot HIS subotel'a1ve WAY(AC14.26-2S).Bnn the people h" travelled vith veN tanat1ca that "ha •• rded the1r l1vea" (15.26). and Njo1ced OV.l' 1t(5.41). Be vas g1Ten to tantas1es aOOd1'88llls. and on the ••ay to ~p1 he let and ''v1siona" himae1t be d1rected by "ghosta"(16.6) (16.10). Be vas so l1tted up 1n pr1d. that he boasted about harlng knoom a aan vho _de 1t to the "thi1'd h•• ven"(2 COR12.2). At Ph1l1pp1 h. deprlved a :roung lad;r (atid '_e rine merohanta) or hu l1Tellhood (Ac 16. 16-1S) 1111. or oour"" l'Hulted 1n doing a l1ttle t1IIIe(16.2). But tbia en~ ot soc1.t¡r _ehOll' III.n&gedto undeftlin" the rOundat1ona ot the prlaon(16.26). and caat a apell on the keepel' traR ••bich he has not 1'8Cov.1'ed to tbis da:r(16.Jl). Paul then had the gaul to tum al'Ound and aeeuee the c1 t¡r unage1'8 about the1r allegianoe to the rlag(16.J7). At Thesaalon1oa he usad a etrange book callad "The Scrlptqres" to divide on. or their best chUl'Ches(17.1A).Their ra1thtul vatohdogs that ~ (IllA 56.9-12) had to caU rOl' the help or the Maria (N117.5)Bventuall;r the vhole o1t¡r vaa •• t on an up1'081' (17.5) beoauae or the _nlmnt. '!he charces Nnged ~ "d1eturb1ng the ,,01'ld"(17.6) to "treaeon aga1nst the W01'ldI-.del'" (17. 7). But the el1ppe17 culpr1t ._ped outof their hands. and len h1a best mends holding th. hag rOl' BAn.(17.9-10).But their ta1thrul vatohd •• s got v1nd(IW 2.2) ot bis aubnl'a1ve act1rlt1es d_ 1n 881'01& and aent a delegat10n to that o1t¡r to help bring tbe --:r to "juet1o.". But he el1pped out or the d1'8lft8t

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(19.34) tbat the cepa cama dawn(19.J5). P.ul then split the 8O""e and w""t on a big tour tbroughout MacedODia &: Greece(20.l-2). He quickl;v beoame unpopular there(20.J) and headed ~or Jeruoal_(20.J). Where he and bis c~ ever got the lIloney ~or the •• big journeys ve do not uDderstandl(PR 28.5). '!here 1s det1nQ:\ the way to itely sCllleth1ng fishy herel (MT4.19). Jeruaal.. i t 1s rIlIIIOredtha t he stopped 1n Miletus and called a top MOret _ting o~ tha uDdelVorld leadera 1n ¡;p¡,eaus(20. 17), and tipped th •• 01't to """'" o~ the •••thoda tbat the d""Cllination ueea(20.29). He !ater vrote th_ • letter oontaining Class1tied 1nto ••••tion about the top leadera(EP 6.12), and ••••• _th1ng about the haad hiasall(BP 2.2). Q:\ the vay 1nto J.ru•• 1•• they heard that someof those ghosts were tl71ng to 1ntont Paul .hout thel.r attempts to bring him to "~ tice"(AC21.4,11)But he probably uDder-estimated the pover o~ their denomination(LK 4.6) aa oohorta 1n Jerousal •• tried to get h1m to bring their d.,ClIIination tegether with them(21.21-24) 3ut they had their traditions to ~hold(MT 15.6) and lIluet keep themselves pure(MT 27.6 ).Some of their uehera trC llll A.ia ~ound h1a trespassing intheir sanctuary(AC 21. 27) and took him aside for questioning( 21.31 )In the midst oftneir interrogation since thet the UII\1inte~ted them(21.32 & 24.7),and time theywere never able to question him as the¡ would like(25.2-J), Or bring h1m to "justioe"(25. 7). Uter the .1'W\Y grabbed hia they alloved hia to speak to t he congregation(21.40 22.1), vho vere a llttle upa.t (21. J5-J6). Hethen began to accuse their top ministers of lIlurder(22.5) .DeI •• 1d tbat they would not listen to God(22.18), and tbat God 1iked the rad1cals better than them(22. 21). After this their congregation madean appeal ~or juatioe(22.22-2J), but the a1'W\Y 1nterrupted th_ aga1n(22.24). At the next hearing be~ore an interd •• nClllinationa1 counoU(22.J0-2J.1), he 1nsulted Olla o~ the most distinguished ministers of their craft(23. 3)and thec he started • aerioue argaa.,t betw••• the Mod_ ista aDd the Penteooatala(2J.6-7) vbich got 80 bad(2J.9) thattheyfinallydac1ded to take hia to "juat1ce"(2J.IO) but the aftV interrupted sg&in(23.10). The denomin.tion thc bald a special oouncU _ting where they deo1ded cm • ditt_t t¡ypa o~ oourt prooedure vbioh vould not 1nte~8N vith UII\1 aanu-.(2J.12..l.5). But tbe • ....,. ••••orted h1a(2J.2J) to the oount,y jall(2J.J5). They sent their best Dr.of Law(24.1)and in pursuit of ju8tioe presented their case(24. 5-7). Paul, ot oourtltt,

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