The Burning Bush - Far Eastern Bible College

The Burning Bush 16/2 (July 2010)
ministry is likened to warfare. In 1 Timothy 6:12, Paul urged him, “Fight
the good fight of faith”.
Today, we are in a Bible-Presbyterian Church movement, and our
Church is in a 20 th Century Reformation, known as the International
Council of Christian Churches (ICCC). We are a fellowship of separatist
churches come out of the Ecumenical movement, organised as the World
Council of Churches (WCC). The WCC is uniting Protestants and
Catholics, liberals and evangelicals, charismatics and non-charismatics
into a super-world church. Its final outcome will be union with human
religions to form a United Nations of religions. Our taking a separatist
stand, whereby God has bountifully prospered us, stems indeed from
another call I had received from the Lord through Dr Carl McIntire,
president of the ICCC and president of Faith Seminary where I studied. It
was a wintry morning in January 1948 that I heard the message of
separation, and of the need of a return to the 16 th Century Reformation
that I gave my life to the Cause of Jesus Christ. For the last 32 years, I
have done my bit for the Lord in this respect, not without setbacks and
heartaches. Nevertheless, “the foundation of God standeth sure” (2 Tim
2:19). The good work that He had begun in us He will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:6). Today, God is raising up younger leaders in
our midst to stand in the gap of the 20 th Century Reformation movement.
This separatist movement is by no means negative, for by it we have seen
how missionary outreaches have been multiplied through the years, and
the increasing number of churches built.
Yes, when we answer God’s call, we must be prepared to take up the
cross. We must be prepared to lose our lives for His sake and the
gospel’s. But it is also true that those who have forsaken all to follow
Him will have brothers and sisters, houses and lands a hundredfold, and
shall inherit everlasting life (Matt 19:29). These are my personal
discoveries in having answered His call which first began in my
grandfather, and the more intensely in my beloved mother, and I am more
than ever persuaded in me, by the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.
May God help us to renew our faith in Him tonight, and to transmit
it faithfully to our children through much prayer and teaching of the
Word and by holy example that we might have more Timothys called in
these last days to serve Him till He comes. Amen.
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