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Vol 2 2012 Issue 29

From the Editor ...
Neil Armstrong,
who died on the
25th August 2012
will always be remembered
as the
first man to walk
on the moon. Another
story reported
of him concerns a visit to Jerusalem.
The American astronaut was taken on a
tour of the old city of Jerusalem by
Israeli archaeologist Meir Ben-Dov.
When they got to the Hulda Gate, which
is at the top of the stairs leading to the
Temple Mount, Armstrong asked Ben-
Dov whether Jesus had stepped anywhere
around there.
Ben-Dov told him, “those are the original
stairs so Jesus stepped right here,”
To which Armstrong, replied, “I have to
tell you, I am more excited stepping on
BANGOR Gransha Road
Rev. E Moore Tel. 028 91461085
BELFAST Ballysillan
In Charge Rev. R Moore
Tel. 028 92602393
BELFAST Bloomfield Road
Pastor Bobby MacKay Tel.028 90748395
COOKSTOWN Morgan's Hill Road
Rev. M Patterson Tel. 028 86766768
COLERAINE Burn Road, Ballysally
Pastor Kenneth Johnston
Tel. 028 70835384
DUNGANNON Syerla Road, Moygashel.
Rev. R Maxwell Tel. 028 87724586
ENNISKILLEN Tempo Road.
Rev. W Park Tel. 028 66323404
FIVEMILETOWN Edfield Way
Rev. I Humphrey Tel. 028 89521211
IRVINESTOWN Kesh Road
In charge Rev. W Park Tel. 028 66323404
LIMAVADY Edenmore Road
Rev. H Caskey Tel. 028 77722707
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these stones than I was when I stepped
on the moon.”
We may never have the excitement of
walking on the moon, or even to step on
the stones where Jesus allegedly walked,
but I trust we are excited about walking
on the streets of the New Jerusalem.
John instructs us to “walk even as He
walked” (1 John 2:6) Here on this earth.
He is the one who said “I do always
those things that please Him” (the Father).
He prayed “not my will be done
but thine.” As a boy he said, “I must be
about my father’s business,” and at the
end of his life he prayed “I have glorified
thy name on the earth, I have finished
the work thou gavest me to do.”
Can we say that we are excited to have
the privilege to live like Christ in a
sinful and hostile world.
LISBURN 68 Causeway End Road
Rev. R Moore Tel. 028 92602393
MAGHERAFELT Tobermore Road
Rev. N Maxwell Tel. 028 79633096
NEWBUILDINGS Duncastle Rd.
Rev. Jonathan Campbell Tel. 02871329220
OMAGH Queen's Parade
Rev. P. Johnston Tel. 028 82244663
PORTADOWN Old Rectory Road
Rev. B Mander Tel. 028 38332183
Independent Methodist Outreach
AGHADOWEY (Co Donegal) Each Sunday at
7.00.p,m, in Mission Hall.
In Charge Rev. William Park
Tel. 028 66323404
FINTONA Kiln Street Each Sunday at 7.30
p.m. Minister in Charge Rev. P Johnston Tel.
028 82244663

In This Issue ...
Living In The Light Of Christ’s Return..……………......Pg. 4
Ten Ways To Show Love…………………….…...............Pg. 7
Dead or Alive?......... ………………………………............Pg. 8
From Communism To Christ ……….….... ..…….......Pg. 10
Holiness…………………….. ……….……. ....................Pg. 14
Mission Awareness …………………………………….......Pg. 16
Debt And The Judgement Of God………………………..Pg. 18
From Around The Fellowship.........…................... .....Pg. 20
Warmed…............................................. ................. ...Pg. 22
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grace by practical godliness and by earnestly seeking to conform to the whole will of God as revealed in the
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They do not believe that God or the Bible has changed to accommodate the fashionable tendencies of the age
and solemnly protest against any introduction of worldliness into the Church.
The cost of discipleship is the same now as it was in the days of the Apostles, therefore if any will be His
disciple, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow Christ. It is necessary to come out from the
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of the New Birth for all men, the witness of the Spirit, the ministry of divine healing, future rewards and
punishments, the Second Coming of Christ and that it is the privilege of every believer to be sanctified wholly
and to be preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. All our members are expected to
enjoy this experience or to seek diligently until they obtain it.
We are also opposed to the present false Ecumenical Movement and to the World Council of Churches and we
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It may be later than you think
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’
Dr. Paul Wilkinson
The “principle of loving His appearing”
has motivated some of
the most influential pastors and
preachers this country has ever
known. They lived and ministered
in anticipation of Christ’s
return. Their eschatology may
have differed from each other
and ours in certain aspects, but
they all spoke passionately of
the need to be ready for Christ’s
return and kept their “first love”
burning bright, serving the Lord
wholeheartedly at great personal
cost.
William Tyndale (c.1494-1536)
was the first to translate the New
Testament into English from the
original Greek. He was finally
arrested, imprisoned and burned
at the stake for his translation
work.
He said, “all the Scripture
maketh mention of the resurrection
and coming again of Christ
... and we are commanded to
look every hour for that day."

Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) was
a Puritan theologian whose works
were popular not only in this country,
but also among the Pilgrim
Fathers who settled in New England.
They were later admired by
men such as John Wesley and
Charles Spurgeon. In a sermon
entitled, ‘The Brides Longing for
her Bride-groom’s Second Coming,'
Sibbes highlighted the centrality
of Christ's return in the
Apostle Paul's letters to Timothy:
"The holy apostle had no greater a
conjuration [solemn appeal] to
move Timothy to be diligent, and
to quicken him in his ministry,
than by the coming of our Lord
Jesus. So let us stir up ourselves,
and comfort ourselves hereby."
Bishop Hugh Latimer (c. 1487-
1555) was Bishop of Worcester
and later chaplain to King Edward
VI. Under the reign of Queen Mary
he was martyred in Oxford, In his
1552 sermon, ' On the Gospel for
the Second Sunday in Advent
(Luke 21:25-28),' Latimer made
reference to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-
18:
"I would have you to note well the
manner of speaking which St. Paul
useth; he speaketh like as if the
last day should have been come in
his time. Now, when St. Paul
thought that this day should have
been come in his time, how much
more shall we think that it shall be
in our time! For no doubt he will
come, and it is not long thereunto."
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) has
been described as "the chief of
English Protestant Schoolmen."
He was a much-loved pastor, poet,
hymn-writer and theologian. In his
much-loved devotional classic,
‘The Saints Everlasting Rest
(1650)’, which was written during
a period of debilitating illness,
Baxter wrote:
"And whenever the Apostles would
quicken to duty, or comfort and
encourage to patient waiting, they
usually do it by mentioning
Christ's Coming. Why then do we
not use more this cordial consideration,
whenever we want support
and comfort?"
DRIVEN OUT WITH A PAS-
SION
During the eighteenth century, emphasis
began to be placed on the
need to actively and openly preach
the Gospel to unbelievers, and on
the necessity for people to experience
a genuine heart-conversion
through a personal encounter with
the Lord Jesus Christ. Along with
an adherence to the authority of
God's Word, these became defining
characteristics of 'Evangelicalism.'
Two men synonymous with
the eighteenth-century Evangelical
revival in this country were
John Wesley and George Whitefield,
whose open-air preaching
was the catalyst for what became
known as The Great Awakening.
Although Wesley and Whitefield
did not see eye-to-eye on the doctrine
of election, the coming of the
Lord appears to have been a fea-
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ture of their preaching which they
did hold in common.
In his sermon, ' The Wise and
Foolish Virgins,' preached in
1739, George Whitefield exclaimed:
"Let that cry, ' Behold, the Bridegroom
cometh!,' be continually
sounding in your ears; and begin
now to live, as though you were
assured this night you were to ' go
forth to meet Him.'"
In his 1742 sermon, ' The Righteousness
of Faith, ' John Wesley
declared:
"Perhaps he will appear as the
day-spring from on high, before
the morning light. Oh do not set
him a time. Expect him every hour.
Now, he is nigh, even at the door!"
As one of the pioneers of PWMI,
George Campbell Morgan, succinctly
wrote in his book, ‘Sunrise:
Behold, He Cometh’ (1912),
"To wait for the Son from heaven
is ... to be driven out with a passion
to serve and save them that
are without."
Wesley and Whitefield were driven
out with such a passion to reach
the lost for Christ, as were so
many of their eighteenth-century
contemporaries.
AN OBLIGATION TO WIT-
NESS
Immediately prior to His ascension,
the Lord Jesus told His disciples
that they would receive
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"power" when the Holy Spirit
came upon them so that they could
be His "witnesses in Jerusalem and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth" (Acts 1 :8).
The Greek word for "witnesses" in
this verse is martures, from where
we get our English word 'martyr'.
A martus or martur is a person who
declares the truthfulness of what
he "has seen or heard or knows".
In the Old Testament the main
word used for "witness" is 'ed,
which, according to one Hebrew
dictionary, is someone who "emphatically
affirms his testimony,"
or better still, "who has first-hand
knowledge of an event" and is
therefore "under obligation to testify".
As Christians we are not all called
to be evangelists, which is a special
ministry gift from the Lord,
but we are all called to be witnesses,
since we are under the same
obligation to testify of what we
know to be true. For those who
know that the Lord Jesus could
come and catch us away at any
moment, there is the additional
realisation of how little time and
how few opportunities may be left
to share the Good News. As American
evangelist, pastor and author,
Reuben A. Torrey, wrote in his
book, The Return of the Lord Jesus
(1913),
"OUR LORD JESUS IS COMING!
How these words should make us
eager to bring our friends to
Christ at once lest they be 'left' at
His coming." ‘Prophetic Witness’ March 2012

Listen without interrupting (Proverbs 18:13)
Speak without accusing (James 1:19)
Give without sparing (Proverbs 21:24)
Pray without ceasing (Colossians 1:9)
Answer without arguing (Proverbs 17:1)
Share without pretending (Ephesians 4:15)
Enjoy without complaint (Philippians 2:14)
Trust without wavering (1Corinthians 13:7)
Forgive without punishing (Colossians 3:13)
Promise without forgetting (Proverbs 13:12)
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one
another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another,
God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:11-12.
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Dead or Alive?
Every graveyard we pass has a
message for us. Every tombstone
proclaims a warning. A headstone
in London, visible to all
who pass that way, has engraved
upon it the arresting words:
“Passer-by, stop and think,
I'm in eternity, you're on
the brink.”
Rev. Tom Cross
One day, be it sooner or later, the
Angel of death mounted upon his
white horse will overtake you.
Bourne away by this fleet horseman
you will sweep over the
brink of eternity and out into the
unseen world. You will be dead
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and your friends will mourn and
erect a headstone over your
earthly remains.
Resurrection.
Death is not the end. Scripture
states that all who are lowered
into the grave will one day rise
from the dead. (John 5:28-29).
Some will be raised to eternal
life. Theirs it will be to walk the
golden streets of heaven and to
sing the praises of their Redeemer
through all eternity around the
rainbow circled throne. The rest
will be raised to eternal damnation.
These will be cast out of
God's presence for ever. Joy,
peace, happiness will flee from
them for ever. Theirs it will be to
sink into that place the Bible
calls Hell, that place were God
has ceased to be merciful and
where the fire is not quenched.
Safety
We may thank God that all who
are saved and who continue to
walk in the light of heaven need
have no fear. The life of God is
in their souls. They know that on
that terrible day of the resurrection,
their soul will find a hiding
place in Christ their Saviour.
Spiritual life is the greatest of all
possessions. To pass from spiritual
death to spiritual life is the

greatest of all changes. Nothing
short of this will fit a man’s soul,
for heaven. When our Lord spoke
to Nicodemus of the need of the
New Birth (John 3:1-8) He referred
to something beyond the
realm of human invention or ingenuity.
Here is a work that only
God can do. Jesus was speaking
of a change as great as a resurrection
from the dead. The true
convert rises to walk in, newness
of life Romans 6:4.
Scriptural Salvation.
Those mentioned in the Bible as
having become true believers all
evidence a remarkable transformation,
think for a moment of
Manasseh, King of Judah. At one
time he filled Jerusalem with
idols, sacrificed his children to
false gods, and mocked the God
of his fathers. Then came the
marvellous change. He was
found purifying the temple, destroying
idolatry, and living a
godly life. Consider also Zacchaeus,
the publican of Jericho.
His covetous, cheating life revealed
the deadness of his soul.
Yet one day he met Jesus, and all
was changed. Life from an high
entered his soul.
Proof was found as he restored
fourfold to those who he had
cheated, and a half of what was
left he gave to feed the poor.
What a great host we could call
to the witness box! Multitudes
can testify that they have found
new life in Christ. Men like Billy
Bray, Cornish miner who was
once a blaspheming drunkard,
but was changed by the power of
God into a follower of Christ, a
builder of churches and the much
used preacher of the gospel.
Only God can so change men's
lives. No man can change his
heart. No man can quicken his
dead spirit. Beware of the delusion
which tells people that they
can merit a place in heaven by
doing the best they can and by
supporting their church. Men
who are spiritually dead can do
all these things and much more,
and still be spiritually dead. May
I ask you the question, "are you
dead or alive?" You have been
born dead in trespasses and sin"
Ephesians 2:1. God in mercy
wants to breathe life into your
soul. He has given his Son, the
Lord Jesus to die Calvary that
your soul might be saved. Will
you repent of your sin, call on
God for mercy and receive the
life he offers you?
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From Communism To Christ
An Unhappy Childhood
I was born on the 27 th of July
1969 in Almaty in an unbelieving
family. When I was three years
old my mother got married the
second time. My stepfather was a
very angry man. He did not love
me because I was an unrelated
son, and he frequently hit me.
We (there were six people) lived
in a very small apartment. My
childhood was a difficult time for
me because besides hatred I often
saw how my drunken stepfather
hit my mother and we (my mother
and I) ran away and spent the
night at her work or with her
relatives. At that time I was
constantly having fear, anxiety
and disturbance. Just at that time
I began to pray for the first time
in my
life
to
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Alexander Kiriakov
God, whom I did not
know, and who, as we
were taught at school,
did not exist. Just at that
time I asked my mother
for the first time in my
life: “Does God exist?”
and she answered: “Maybe
something exists”. Almost
every Sunday
morning during school holidays
my stepfather sent me to the
beerhouse for a beer and I went
to that disgusting place. There
were alcoholic smells and many
dirty drunken men and women.
Three key words from my childhood:
fear, anxiety, first prayers.
A Troubled Teenager
When I was a young man I faced
new problems. There were
lots of youth gangs in
Almaty and Almaty
was divided into
many areas. There
were skirmishes
and scuffles almost
every
evening. Every
young boy had only
two ways for his
life: he had to be a
part of a gang to be
aggressive and impertinent
or he was hum-

led and became a disrespectable
man living in fear and contempt.
The contempt was lasting every
day and they either moved to
another place or stayed at their
homes all the time. One boy who
could not handle disdain shot his
insulter in our school with a
homemade gun in 1986. He hit
the target, right in his heart, and
the boy died on-site immediately.
Preserved From Prison and
Death
Fightings were not innocuous;
there were metal and wooden
sticks, knives, homemade guns.
In one of those fights I was
stabbed by a knife top-down; the
knife did not touch my body and
only made a hole in my winter
jacket near my heart. God protected
me from death. Another
time, during a fight with another
boy, my friend stabbed the attacker
under his heart with an
Uzbek knife. This boy fell to the
ground and we ran away. After
that my friend Takhir asked me:
“Alexander, have you ever seen
human blood on the blade? You
may see it now!” There were
spots of blood on the blade of the
knife. I think if we were caught
at that time I would be put into
prison for a very long time. God
protected me from prison.
When I was 15 years old, I started
to go skydiving. I was involved
in this sport for three
years and I jumped 530 times
before I went to the Army and we
used to jump 6 times per day
during season which lasted from
April to September. It was a very
dangerous sport and on the 2 nd of
August 1986 I was a witness of
the death of a very professional
parachutist. He had more than
3,000 jumps but his parachute
did not release that time. My
friend Andrei and I were first
who ran up to him and I saw the
terrible sight. His wife and
daughter bent their heads on the
wing of the training plane and
cried loudly. God saved me from
death and accidents.
The Soviet Army
Like all young people in the Soviet
Union, when I was 19 years
old, I signed up for the Soviet
army in Landing Troops. There
is a proverb in our country: “The
person, who was in the Soviet
Army, cannot laugh in a circus”.
It was a circus during those two
years. Our company commander
liked to say: “You are serving in
a landing force and you are paratroopers.
Remember, you must
shoot like cowboys and run like
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his horses”. We ran and shot all
the time. During my service I
saw how soldiers perished in
many unforeseen accidents. Also
many soldiers were imprisoned
for various crimes. I began to
pray for my return home.
Converted to Christ
It was very difficult to become a
believer in the Soviet Union at
that time for three reasons:
1.Starting from kindergarten and
through college you were told
that God does not exist.
2. There were few believers in
the Soviet Union. I met the first
true Christian when I was 24
years old.
3. You could not find or buy the
Bible anywhere. There was a
lack of Bibles even among believers.
Three main reasons caused me
to convert to Jesus Christ:
1. Everything was very good in
my life. I was a successful boxer,
I had many friends, I had a very
good job, I was loved by a very
beautiful girl, but I was unhappy.
I did not understand why I was
always feeling emptiness in my
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heart when I was alone. There
was inner emptiness and aimlessness
in my heart. Those feelings
impelled me to begin searching
for the purpose of life.
2. The second reason was a purchase
of my first Bible in a market
in 1994. I had never met
believers before and started reading
the Bible by myself. After the
first reading of the Bible I understood
two truths: The Bible is the
word of God and I am a sinner.
My first feeling after reading the
Bible was FEAR. I understood
that God was not pleased with me
and now I had to be reconciled
with God. So, I began reading the
Bible from the Old Testament. I
made a decision to sacrifice a
lamb to God in the mountains
near Almaty.
3. The third reason, at last I met
true believers in Jesus Christ!
They were sitting on a bench and
reading the Bible. They kindly
invited me to their small group
but I refused as at that time I
used to be in my boxing training.
The next time they invited me to
the small group once more, and
they said that they fixed a different
date for the meeting of the
small group for my sake! I was
touched and agreed to go. When

we were reading the Bible in one
of the meetings of the small
group a joy filled my heart. Indeed,
I repented on the 11th of
September 1994 at an evening
church service in Almaty. I
thought that I found God, but
later I understood that He had
found me and called me to be the
servant of the Mighty God.
Now, I have been a believer for
17 years. God gave me an excellent
family, good friends, ministry,
a possibility to get
theological education and also a
big privilege to be His servant. I
am very, very happy! Thank
God! God be glorified!!!
I have been married since 1996
and have three children: Daniel
is 12 years old, Sofia is 10 years
old and Mari is 2 years old. My
wife’s name is Tatiana. The happiest
day in my life was the day
of my repentance. As I mentioned
it happened on the 11 th of
September of 1994 when I was
25 years old.
My life was changed because
Jesus Christ became my Lord and
Savior! On the 17 th of December
1994 I was baptized and at the
beginning of January 1995 I gave
my first sermon in a small village
church. From 1998 to 2000 I was
a student of the pastoral faculty
of Almaty Bible Institute. After
successfully graduating from the
Almaty Bible Institute, my family
and I moved to the Ukraine for
studying in the bachelor program
of Odessa Theological Seminary
from 2001 to 2005.
After graduation, we returned to
Kazakhstan for ministry service
to God in our home Golgotha
Church of Almaty. Since 2009 I
have been serving as the Director
of the Almaty Bible Institute. I
teach five different subjects in
our seminary as well as teaching
in other venues. I hope that our
Lord will go on using my family
and me for His glory!
Alexander and his wife
will be visiting N Ireland
in November. They will
be the special guests of
Slavic Gospel
Association to speak at
their Autumn Conference
in Garvagh and other
meetings.
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Holiness
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The New Testament plainly teaches that
sanctification or holiness is a second
critical work of grace wrought in the
heart of the believer by the blood of
Christ and the Holy Spirit. Any Christian
desiring a Deeper Life in Christ will certainly
have to face the issue of sanctification.
We cannot know a deepening
experience with God unless we allow
Him to deal with inward sin. The Deeper
Life means a life of victory over sin
and this is what sanctification does
for those who by complete consecration
and appropriating faith receive from
the Lord (See Rom. 12:1 and Acts
26:18).
Entire sanctification, perfect love, the
blessing of a clean heart, all mean one
and the same thing, namely that sin is
purged from the heart and the Holy Spirit
enthrones Jesus as Lord and Master.
The Bible states that "without holiness
no man shall see the Lord" (Heb.
12:14). It does not say without water
baptism, although this is a scriptural
and blessed experience and ordinance.
Also it does not say that without the
speaking in tongues or manifesting
some other of the gifts of the Spirit we
shall not see the Lord, although the
gifts are very important to the functioning
of the Body of Christ, but it does say
without holiness, and this surely reveals
the essentiality of holiness in
the experience of all believers. In-
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deed we are called unto holiness (1
Thess. 4:7), it is also the perfect will of
God for all the redeemed (1 Thess. 4:3).
Entire sanctification is a second work
of grace received after our initial acceptance
of Christ as Saviour, we then
receive the Lord as our Sanctifier
dealing with inbred sin in the heart. In
every department of Christian living
there is a demand for holiness of heart
and life.
God Himself Demands Holiness
"Be ye holy for I am holy" (1 Peter
1:16). A holy God demands holy people.
It is not incidental, it is essential.
In the Old Testament the Lord expected
His people to be holy, for His
name carried the fact that He was to be
the Lord their sanctifier. God would
not mock us by demanding holiness if
he knew we could not be holy
Calvary Demands Holiness
No believer can honestly come to the
Cross of Christ and fail to see that
Christ died not only to bring pardon
and forgiveness, but also purity and power
to live holy. Ephesians 5:25-27
says— “Christ loved the church and
gave himself for it that he might sanctify
and cleanse it". Titus says, "He
gave himself for us that he might redeem
us from all iniquity"; notice that

word “all”. (See also Heb. 13:12 and 1
John 17).
Our Worship Demands Holiness
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness." When we enter the Lord's
house to offer our praise and worship
can we do so without personal purity?
God will not accept it. We worship Him
not only with our lips but also with our
lives as well. What our lips say in His
house should be verified in our daily
lives
Our Praying Demands Holiness
The Psalmist says, "If I regard iniquity
in my heart the Lord will not hear
me". How true this is. The reason why
many prayers are hindered or unanswered
is because we have unconfessed
sin in our hearts. The
bitterness, the hatred, the jealousy, the
pride, the backbitings: all these are sin in
the heart, they must be confessed and
cleansed in the Blood of Christ before
God will be ready to grant us our petitions.
Psalm 24 tells us that those with
clean hands and pure hearts receive
the blessing and stand in His holy hill.
Our Service Demands Holiness
Luke 1: 74-75—"that we might serve
Him .. in holiness and righteousness ..
all the days of our lives." He will not
accept service that has ulterior motives.
Pure hearts alone will find service
acceptable to God. The blessing of
holiness prompts and propels us to
serve the Lord from hearts filled with
perfect love. The unsanctified believer
finds all excuses possible not to serve
the Lord. Inbred sin will fight against
activity in the work of the Lord. Titus
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speaks of being redeemed from all
iniquity and then being zealous of good
works.
Our Local Church Demands Holiness
1 Peter 1:22—"Seeing ye have purified
your hearts in obeying the truth . . .
see that ye love one another with a pure
heart fervently . . ." This fervent whitehot
love to the believers will melt many
of the problems in the church. The
differences disappear before it. Jesus
said "by this love shall the world know
that ye are my disciples." Holiness is
the answer in the local church and its
effective testimony in the locality.
Christ's Second Coming Demands Holiness
Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:23—"ye
may be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ". We
are living in days when the Lord could
return again to earth. Holiness is the preserving
blessing and is designed to keep
us clean and in a state of readiness for
this great event. Peter adds testimony
to this when he says—"seeing all
these things shall be dissolved what
manner of persons ought we to be in
all holy conversation and godliness."
Christ will come to find us holy, He died
to make us holy; neither His coming or
death makes us holy. We are sanctified
by the blood here and now.
From the foregoing facts we see how
important holiness is to the Christian,
we cannot afford to be without it.
Therefore claim the blessing and live
the deeper, sanctified, Spirit-filled life.
—Published by the Deeper Life Crusade
(Leader: Rev. F. J. Turley)

The Tinker Transitions
George & Norma Tinker departed PNG 16 th
July for the final time as missionaries serving
within that country. They have spent 2 weeks
with their sons Matthew & David in Australia
before travelling to the US to visit their daughters
and George’s family. After their time in the
US, they travel to UK for two months to visit
family and friends in N. Ireland. They say,
Even though our time at home will be shorter
than usual, we hope to be able to see as many of
you as possible during this time and are very
much looking forward to this
Compiled by the Editor
After their furlough they will be commencing a
new chapter in their lives and a new ministry.
They will be moving to Lakewood NSW Australia
and ministering with Crossview Australia.
They explain that, “NTM in Australia is now a
part of Crossview Australia, which has a broader
focus than strictly tribal church planting.
There are two programs running. The first is
called Talai, which is a PNG tribal word for
learning. This program consists of short intensive
weekend sessions which basically expose
groups to the tremendous need for missions, and
in particular to the least reached people groups
of the world. The other program is called Equip,
and the purpose is to prepare candidates for
missionary life. This will qualify candidates for
various types of mission work.
As they move to this new ministry and serve at
Crossview HQ they are deeply appreciative of
all who have supported and prayed for them in
PGN. They ask for continued prayer for them as
they;
- travel to and in various countries;
- work on a visa for Norma to reside and serve
in Australia
- move to Australia to live and minister
Feed My Lambs Ministry
The work among the children continues to progress. She writes, “ We have been greatly encouraged
by the interest in the lessons in Uganda since we began there at the beginning of the year.
Around 1000 children are now enrolled on our course and learning God’s Word. The hunger is so
great, that there have been requests to allow those as old as 18 to study the lessons as many have
not had such an opportunity before. The work continues to be equally as encouraging and
challenging in Kenya. New centres have opened in Eastern province and in Mombasa and 12 new
centres were enrolled in Nakuru. God is blessing so much.
We have been a little disappointed with the Child Protection Email course as some students have
fallen behind or dropped out. Computer problems held us back as well. However, we are delighted
that there are still those who are keeping going and we pray that the course will continue to be a
benefit to them.
As always we continue to value your prayers for us as we seek to serve the Lord. Thank you to
those who have given financial gifts, and for those who have had us share God’s work in your
meetings. We look forward to sharing with many more The of you first in the Sunday future.
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William & Rosalind Brown - UFM
William writes, “Thank you for praying for the Burkina Faso Summer
Team! I know that many of you followed our updates on Facebook, thank you
so much for praying! We arrived home exhausted but with a great sense of
fulfilment!
We had an amazing two weeks holding two Holiday Bible Clubs in two
different villages, Sakoula and Yagma. The number of children attending
exceeded all our expectations with 350 there on the final day! We used the
CEF series 'Beginnings' and the children listened attentively. For many of
them this was the first time to hear of our Creator God and His great plan of
salvation! Please pray that God's word will bear fruit. Please remember too
the Griffin family as they continue to serve the Lord in the church at Yagma.”
William takes up his new role as “Assistant Director Personnel” with the
mission at the beginning of September. This will involve him travelling to
share with and minister to missionaries in many different countries. They will
continue to live in N Ireland until August 2013 before moving to live closer
to UFM head office at Swindon. We wish him and Rosalind well in their new
role and ask that you pray for them as they face many challenges during
this time of transition.
Danny & Philipa Brooks – Philippines
Congratulations to Danny & Philippa Brooks on
the birth of Judah William Brooks. He was born on
the 13 th June in Manilla. Praise God for his safe arrival
and the joy he has already brought to them as a family. They
are still in Manilla but hope to return to the tribe next month.
Their colleagues continue the work in Palawan and praise God for
his continued help and blessing on the work. There has been heavy
flooding in Manila and they have posted this message on their facebook
page. “Please pray for the many people here in Manila affected by the
flooding. Danny was driving here today and met boats instead of the
usual traffic. People were being evacuated and rescued from their
homes. Later in the day the water was over the front of the car and
people were in chest high water. We are glad to be safe and dry at the
NTM guesthouse but heavy hearted for those who are suffering .”

Israel at 60. - A
Debt and the Judgement of God
“Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people”
(Proverbs 14:34).
America is a blessed nation. God has
honoured America because our nation
has honoured God. Though far
from perfect, America has an undeniable
Christian heritage, and has consequently
been exalted as a nation.
We often hear talk about “favoured
nation status” as it relates to the
political environment. I believe God
grants “favoured nation status” to
countries that honor Him. But “favoured
nation status” is not indefinite.
That status, along with all its
resulting benefits, is conditional.
This thought
provoking article was
written in 2006 before
the global financial crisis
of 2008. It was written
with the US in mind but
is equally applicable to
the situation in the UK
and Ireland.
Rev. Harold Vaughan
Signs of God’s judgment are legion.
Not the least of which is our spiraling
debt. In speaking to His covenant
people God said, For the LORD thy
God blesseth thee, as he promised
thee: and thou shalt lend unto many
nations, but thou shalt not borrow;
and thou shalt reign over many nations,
but they shall not reign over
thee. (Deut. 15:6). It was the intention
of God that His people be the
head and not the tail (Deut. 28:13).
One of the marks of God’s blessing
is abundant provision which gives
the ability to lend to other nations.
God forbade Israel from borrowing.
He wanted to elevate them and make
them a lender nation, not a debtor
nation. Proverbs tells us that the borrower
is servant to
the lender (22:7).
Debtor nations become
servants to
others. Unmanageable
debt is a
form of bondage.
Remember the
McDonald’s signs
which used to say
“Billions and Billions
served”?
America’s motto
could read “Trillions
and Trillions
Borrowed”.
As of April 7 2006
America’s debt
was
$8,392,894,446,8
80. Our national
debt has continued
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to increase by $2.42 billion per day
since Sept. 30, 2005.
(America’s debt in 2012 is
$11,917,003,287,761. This represents
$37,952 per person & 76.3% of
GDP (Gross Domestic Product). The
UK figures are worse!See table below
Editor)
To make matters more perplexing,
the acceleration of debt has skyrocketed
under the leadership of all governing
parties. Talking about smaller
government while swelling the bureaucracy
is not only disingenuous,
it is wrong. Failing to adjust spending
in proportion to income only
increases the debt.
Common sense tells you that you
cannot spend what you do not have
indefinitely. Living above one’s
means is irresponsible. Spending
someone else’s money is immoral.
Saddling future generations with
debt is not right.
They say people get the kind of government
they deserve. In a democra-
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National
Debt
Debt /Person
cy, people get the kind of
government they are! Our leaders
reflect the character and values of
the folks they represent.
Righteousness exalts a nation. Obeying
God’s principles and honouring
Him is the path to blessedness.
% of
GDP
USA $11,917,003,287,671 $37,952.73 76.3
UK $2,026,489,589,041 $32,207.96 84.6
Ireland $178,213,698,630 $43,222.96 96.7
Source www.theeconomist
“Lord, send revival
to your
church, and send
us leaders who
will do the right
thing! In Jesus’
name. Amen.”
www.christlifministrie
s.org

From Around The Fellowship
A Dream Fulfilled
On the afternoon of Sunday 17 th
June a drive-in gospel meeting was
conducted by Mr John Henry, an
elder in the Newbuildings congregation.
John recounts in his own words how
it all came about – “About 6 months
ago, while walking on a private road
near my home, a thought entered my
mind. I was looking at an area of
ground that had recently been
cleared and the thought came to me
that it would be an ideal site to have
a drive-in gospel service. At that
time I was unwell and not really able
to do anything.
Then one morning, at 3am, I had a
dream. In my dream I was preaching
on that same spot of earth. My text
was John 3:7 “Marvel not that I said
unto thee, Ye must be born again.”
When I awoke I began to think of
many good neighbours who may
never have heard a message
preached on this verse of Holy
Scripture. Burdened for them, as
well as friends and loved ones, I
brought my situation to the church
Board who gave me their unanimous
support. My wife and I were given a
wonderful reception as we visited
our neighbours’ homes with invitations
to the meeting. A few times I
talked to the Lord on the site about
my need of His help and the need of
my neighbours to be born again.
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Mr. John Henry
preaching at Drive In Service
Then came the day of the meeting!
Over 60 cars packed onto the site. I
think there were over 50 unsaved
souls at the service. One dear Roman
Catholic family came. The service
was led by Pastor Jonathan Campbell.
Mr Gordon Quinn was the special
singer. Feeling very weak in
myself but leaning on God, I
preached on the text that came to me
in the dream: “Marvel not that I said
unto thee, Ye must be born again.”
Thanks be to God for a wonderful
sense of His presence and to Him be
all the glory.”
Jonathan Campbell
Creationism acknowledged at New
Causeway Centre
The following statement was issued
by our denomination in response to
the controversey surrounding the
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acknowledging of the “Creationist
viewpoint in the new Giant’s Causeway
Centre.
“We welcome the decision of the
National Trust to include an acknowledgement
of the creationist
viewpoint of the origin of the earth
at the new Giants Causeway Visitor
Centre. It will mean that thousands
of Christians from Northern Ireland
and around the world will be able to
visit the centre and enjoy its beauty
knowing that their right to worship
the Creator has been respected. Creationists
hold to the view of a young
earth primarily because of their interpretation
of the Bible but also
because of the scientific research
conducted by many scientists that
interpret the rock formations to be
consistent with a young earth position.
The intolerance and hostility
shown by those who would
deny the right of Christian
viewpoint to be included as
an alternative view to that
held by the majority of
scientists is in marked
contrast to the fair and
respectful attitude of the
National Trust on this
issue. This present debate
is about equality and freedom
of expression not
about the creation/evolution
debate. Evangelical Christians
and Churches have long felt discriminated
against and excluded by
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public bodies and some sections of
the media. We appreciate the efforts
of The Caleb Foundation and others
in presenting the case for equality
and respect to the National Trust and
that they could discuss these issues
together in a calm and considered
manner.”
Since the opening of the Causeway
Visitor Centre the National trust has
come under intense pressure from
the humanist /evolutionist lobbyists.
They have said they will review the
wording of the presentation. We ask
Christians to pray that there will not
be any change to the presentation.
You can also write to the National
Trust stating your views that it
should not be altered. We would ask
you to especially do this if you are a
member of the National Trust.

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ORDERED!
And God made two great lights; the greater
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to
rule the night.... Genesis 1:16
On Day Four God made the
moon so that there would be
a little light at night. The moon travels
right round the earth every 29.5 days. The
earth, in turn, takes a year to go round the sun.
When the moon shines it is simply reflecting the
light of the sun. When God set the sun, earth
and moon in motion, it was like starting up a
massive universal clock!
Unscramble, to find words from the passage...
nomo.................... terha.....................
trboi ..................... eray.......................
gilth...................... lccko...................

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