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modernism, while the neo-evangelicals see a policy of cooperation withliberals and its alleged resultant increased spread of the Gospel as theanswer. The future of Christianity humanly speaking depends upon theChurch’s making the correct decision on this matter and, since thealternatives are in opposite directions, the wrong choice, if adopted bythe majority of the orthodox Church, could bring ruin upon it withfrightening rapidity.The correct view in the opinion of the writer, which is set forth atthe end of this study, is seen in the words of an Old Testament passagewhich is centered about the verse, 2 Chronicles 19:2. The situation seesJehu, God’s righteous prophet, rebuking Jehoshaphat, a man of God whoerred by forming an alliance with wicked Ahab, God’s enemy.Jehoshaphat aided the enemy of God and, despite his other righteousacts, this was a grave sin which harmed the Lord’s cause. This so wellfits the New Evangelicals of today who are wrongly cooperating withthe modernists while thinking to themselves that they are advancing thecause of Judah. May the words of God, spoken through the mouth ofJehu the separatist prophet, thunder in their ears and reach their hearts.8And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him,and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly,and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon theefrom before the LORD. Nevertheless there are good things foundin thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land,and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. (2 Chron. 19:2,3). 2The aim of this work is to advance the truth of the message of Jehuto all of those in God’s family.Dr. Ferm’s BookDr. Ferm, in his book Cooperative Evangelism: Is Billy GrahamRight or Wrong?, defends the inclusivist methods of cooperativeevangelism by observations and conclusions from five primary areas.These are: (1) the ministry of the Lord, (2) the ministries of the non-Pauline apostles as noted in the book of Acts, (3) the ministry of theApostle Paul, (4) the proof texts, chiefly Pauline, most often cited byseparatists, and (5) the practice of the most famous modern dayevangelists, Whitefield, Wesley, Finney, Moody, and Sunday. 3 The first
four of these areas are biblically orientated, while the fifth, to which themost pages are devoted, is historically orientated.Although the <strong>Bible</strong> is referred to throughout Dr. Ferm’s short bookof five chapters, the third chapter, “Cooperative Evangelism and theNew Testament,” is the chapter in which Dr. Ferm analyzes theministries of the Lord, Paul, and the other apostles, as well as the prooftexts. Omitting the one page treatment of the other apostles which isnegligible, the examination of the New Testament covers the threeprimary areas of the ministries of Paul, the Lord, plus the section onproof texts. 4 In each of these sections Dr. Ferm enumerates diversincidents and texts, and alleges that they show the Lord or Paul to havefavored the policy of Cooperative Evangelism rather than the policy ofseparatism. As mentioned above, and for the reasons indicated, we willcontent ourselves with an analysis of the section dealing with theministry of our Lord.Although Cooperative Evangelism received its first printing inApril, 1958, of 15,000 copies, it was received with such enthusiasm inevangelical circles as a defense of the neo-evangelical type of inclusivistevangelism, such as practiced by Billy Graham, that more printings wereshortly demanded. 5 This concise study based on the New Testament andthe practices of the great evangelists of the past two centuries, madeavailable for the low price of seventy-five cents per copy, and a dozencopies for only seven dollars and twenty cents, by the end of June, 1958,had seen its fourth printing which brought the total number of volumesin print to the huge number of 75,000. 6 It was sent to religious collegesand seminaries and to many clergymen free of charge by partiesinterested in spreading its message—that Cooperative Evangelism isjustified biblically and historically, as well as pragmatically. Dr. DonaldA. Waite, Professor of Speech at Shelton <strong>College</strong>, then in Ringwood,New Jersey, told the writer of this thesis that while he was a NavyChaplain on far away Okinawa in the Pacific, he received by mail acomplimentary copy of Cooperative Evangelism. 7 This is one exampleof the widespread circulation of Dr. Ferm’s work throughout theProtestant clerical community.It is unfortunate that conservative laymen and pastors are told inthis work that cooperative evangelism, not separated evangelism, is the9
Page 3 and 4: BIBLICAL SEPARATIONDEFENDEDA Biblic
Page 5 and 6: A Word from the FEBC PressThe doctr
Page 7 and 8: GROUP THREEARGUMENTS ADVOCATING THA
Page 9: makes in his widely circulated book
Page 13 and 14: then both good and evil are produce
Page 15 and 16: ARGUMENT I“Christ Instructed the
Page 17 and 18: that there was a profiteer in the t
Page 19 and 20: Matthew 10:11, the verse just quote
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Page 23 and 24: ARGUMENT II“The Lord Accepted the
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Page 29 and 30: particular sin! There are too many
Page 31 and 32: ARGUMENT III“The Lord Attended th
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Page 37 and 38: Dr. Ferm’s satirical remark, “H
Page 39 and 40: ARGUMENT IV“The Lord Attended the
Page 41 and 42: TABLE 2OUR LORD’S SYNAGOGUE VISIT
Page 43 and 44: Thus it is observed that Christ hab
Page 45 and 46: in turn rejected by the Church. Thu
Page 47 and 48: errorists was one of righteous indi
Page 49 and 50: An Examination of Dr. Ferm’s Conc
Page 51 and 52: there are grave differences in the
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Page 55 and 56: state positively upon what verse or
Page 57 and 58: himself a prophet, or a brother. Ti
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impossible to set up a local commit
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The impossibility and the unnecessa
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Ferm seems to have applied his alle
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that the Lord in His humanity, that
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from the Holy Spirit working in the
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to despise others, and to hate Chri
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ConclusionsThus it has been seen in
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advocates are not delineated by a c
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of aid towards those who are hereti
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criterion of action, and in this ca
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ARGUMENT IX“The Lord’s Method W
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case readily be substantiated by a
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Another point which needs to be not
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ARGUMENT X“The Lord Was Never Con
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was impossible for anyone to think
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fundamentalists’ adherents; and (
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONDr. Ferm’s
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and its alleged or implied applicat
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denunciation by Christ, and that th
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