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CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUG. 18,
THE CLAUDE NEWS
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by ORAL ROBERTS
THERE IS A SCIENCE IN FAITH
There is a science in faith.
There is a definite way to ap-
proach it. Faith is not some-
thing you ask for, not something
you try to get; it is something
you already have.
In Romans 12:3 the Bible
says, "... God hath dealt to
every man the measure of
faith." God deals to every in-
dividual a measure—a measure
of faith. Everyone comes into
this world with it. You have it;
I have it. Some may not use
their measure of faith; some
may lose it; some may misuse
it; some may learn how to use
it well, but each of us starts
life with a measure of faith.
However, the faith that is
given us is deposited in seed
form. It is planted within us.
We have the innate capacity
for faith—the potential power
to believe. But, there is a dif-
ference in faith as such and
faith as an act of positive be-
lieving.
When someone approaches
me and says, "Brother Roberts,
I have all the faith in the
world," immediately a question
comes into my mind: If you
have, why has it taken so long
for you to put it into practice?
You can have all the faith in
the world but until it becomes
action, until it becomes a
strong, positive, motivating at-
titude, your faith is powerless.
Jesus said to Thomas, who
had doubted his Saviour's resur-
rection from the dead:
"Tbocoa* 190 the evidence.
Look upon me and see my nail-
pierced hands." And when
Thomas saw that it was the real
Christ, Jesus said, "Be not faith-
less, but believing."
Jesus Tfnade a difference be-
tween the word faith and the
act of believing. He meant
this: "You may have the capac-
ity for faith, the power to
believe, but I want you to start
believing."
You may be seeking divine
healing from God; you already
have the faith (God gave each
of • us a measure of faith), but
are you using the faith you
have? Has your faith become
a living, dynamic thing? Do you
feel your faith? Are you aroused
to action by it? Does it push
outward, striking a blow for
deliverance? Does your faith
bring you to a point of de-
cision? Do you act upon your
faith?
When faith is alive in you,
you feel it. It is something
which causes you to believe in
a stronger, more positive man-
ner.
There is a science in faith.
You must learn how to use it
to get what you want from
God.
Faith is the very heart of
the Bible's teaching. Your
faith can become a living force.
When it does it becomes a
weapon, an instrument of de-
liverance, a mighty power that
brings you to God and what
He h*| promised you.
moments in
meditation...
by Fredna W. Bennett
For what Is the hope of the
hypocrite, though he hath gained
when God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when
trouble cometh upon him? Job
27:8-9.
Webster says, "A hypocrite is
a person who puts on a false
appearance of religion. He pre-
tends to be what he is not."
Now Job's friends, you remem-
ber, accused him of being a
hypocrite. But Job wasn't a hypo-
crite because he was sincere and
upright in all his ways.
But what is the hope of the
hypocrite?" He has prospered; he
is a good man; he has helped
others; he is a pretty good
church member; and he is satis-
fied with himself. But he has de-
ceived himself.
"Will God hear his cry when
trouble comes upon him?" If he
truly repents, God will hear him
and accept him (Isa. 1:18); but
if he will not repent and change
his way, he need not expect to
find favor with God. When trou-
bles come his way, he may cry to
God, and pray, and pray earnest-
ly. But David says, "If I regard
iniquity in my heart, the Lord
will not hear me." And Solomon
says, "He that turneth away his
ear from hearing the law, even
his prayer shall be abomination."
What will. the hypocrite's hope
be when "God shall take away
his soul?" He hopes to go to
heaven; he was a member of
such and such a church; he
went when it suited him; and he
helped some with his talents and
his money. But God will'say, "De-
part from me, I never knew you!"
"So are the paths of all that
forget God; and the hypocrite's
hope shall perish: Whose hope
shall be cut off, and whose trust
shall be a spider's web," Job
8:13-14.
destiny...
Howard B. Band, Editor
Merrimac, Mass.
The way of deliverance
f
How much pressure in adver-
sity must be brought to bear
upon this great people, (United
States), and upon our brothers
across the sea (Great Britain),
before there will be a national
turning to God? Must we ex-
perience the destruction of our
cities and a fearful decimation of
population in a nuclear holocaust
before the remnant that escapes
will awaken to spiritual values?
The Almighty God is waiting
to come to our assistance, but He
has declared, "I will yet be in-
quired of by the House of Israel
to do it for them." There is no
mind at the moment to make any
such appeal to God. Instead, we
address ourselves to the United
Nations, calling upon that godless
organization to alleviate our gri-
evances. Meanwhile, we are stub-
bornly going about our own way,
ignoring what God requires of us.
At this time there is no evi-
dence whatever that a national
spiritual awakening is in the of-
fing. Even the evangelists who are
making themselves heard among
us see only that phase of the
Gospel that calls upon the indi-
vidual to accept Jesus Christ as
their personal Saviour. They are
completely blind to the fact that,
although every citizen in our na-
tion were to accept Jesus Christ
as their personl Saviour, if the
nation failed to restore the com-
mandments, statutes and judg-
ments of the Law of the Lord as
the law of the land, we would
still be a sinful nation in the
sight of the Lord. Wholly without
understanding in regard to the
stipulations of the national cov-
enant God made with our fore-
fathers at Mount Sinai, we are
failing to heed the call to awaken
nationally to the requirements of
righteousness. We remain silent
and impotent in the face of a
mounting national crisis.
Nevertheless, despite the pre-
sent silence on the part of our
national leaders, in which the
people acquiesce, the day is com-
ing soon when the prayer the
Prophet Joel predicted would be
offered by the ecclesiastical and
civil heads of our nations will
rise to the courts of heaven from
the lips and hearts of both lead-
ers and people. Requisite, how-
ever, to offering the kind of pray-
er that will prevail before the
Throne of Grace will be the full
awakening of the people to our
identity as the House of Israel
in the world today. Only in this
way will we be able to turn from
our national sins, for it will be
in the light of knowing who we
are that they will be fully expos-
ed to our view. Then we will
conform with Joel's admonition to
gather the people, sanctify the
congregation and assemble all
our leaders, turning to God in
humility as we petition Him to
forgive our trespasses. The re-
sult will bring about the fulfill-
ment of Ezekiel's prediction:
"And it shall come to pass at
the same time when God (Soviet
Russia and her allies) shall come
against the land of Israel, saith
the Lord God, that my fury shall
come up in my face. For in my
jealousy and in the fire of my
wrath have I spoken." Ez 38:18-19
Joel adds to this:
"Then will the Lord be jealous
for his land, and pity his people"
Joel. 2:18.
Thus God acts in behalf of His
people when He sees that they
will turn to seek His help by
moving in anger against the hea-
then, who will suddenly become
aware that the hand of God is
resting heavily upon them in
judgment because they have
marked His people for destruc-
tion. Even before the people of
the House of Israel awaken to
their identity, the heathen will
have recognized them to be God's
people. Nevertheless, driven on by
satanic frenzy, though "sore a-
fraid,' the Prophet Esdras states,
they "durst fight" II Esdras 13:8.
Not least of the spectacular
results of the pouring out of Divine
judgment upon the foes of God's
Kingdom will be the univesal
realization, first by the heathen,
then by God's people, that they
are indeed the Israel of God in
the world today:
"So the house of Israel shall
know that I am the Lord their
God from that day and forward"
Ez. 39:22.
The prophet explains that the
heathen will then know the rea-
son why the House of Israel was
important before their foes, for
the Lord declares; /
"Because they trespassed again-
st me, therefore hid I my face
from them, and gave them into
the hand of their enemies." El
39:23. j
Yet God will move in their
behalf, knowing what His people
will ultimately do, for it is pro-
phesied:
"It shall come to pass that be-
fore they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I
will hear." Isa. 65:24.
Nevertheless, beholding the
might and power of the Lord
when He brings forth the wea-
pons of His indignation (Jer. 50:
25), His truly repentant people
will then be moved to pray the
prayer the Prophet Joel foretold
must be offered at that time:
"Spare thy people, O Lord, and
give not thine heritage to re-
proach, that the heathen should
rule over them (or use a byword
against them): wherefore shoyjd
they say among the people, Where
is their God?" Joel 2:17.
SUISIrf
Bev. BOBERT H. HARPER
ELEMENTS AWRY
It is doubtless true that we
incline to forget what kind of
weather we had in years past
when we complain of bitter cold
or torrential rain or burning heat
as if we had not known such be-
fore. Yet it does seem that we
have had quite a trial of weather
this year in the United States.
But one thing we can learn from
the vicissitudes of the seasons
Remember the old saying thai
he who regardeth the elo.td,:
will not reap. What is ntvded is
the calm attention to custom airi
JUST A THOUGHT:
It is always easy to smile
and have a word for the world
when things are going our way.
It is when adversity strikes
that we must face a real test
of character—and when we can
gain so much more !>> tat k
ling life with an optimistic
attitude.
duty, as believing there is a rift
in the cloud through which the
sun is seen still shining.
And this is a good lesson to
learn in all adversity—that the
man who battles with a will, who
meets difficulty head on. will grow
strong and stronger as the day
advances.
Next year we may forget how
cold last winter was and how hot
last summer. And we may also
forget the driving rains and the
flash floods, if we remember that
the rainbow appears in the sky
even as it did over the garden of
Eden.
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. The Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1960, newspaper, August 18, 1960; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353753/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.