May 27, 2022

The Holy Spirit Warns Lost Sinners of an Impending Crash
MAY 27 , 2022
Editor | Dr . Shelton Smith Vol . LXXXVIII , No . 10

Missionaries Needed

3

Training Your Leaders

6

Guarding “ the Stuff ”

15

Creation Is a Fact Not a Theory !

DR . DAVID SUMNER Pastor , Bellwood Baptist Church , Murfreesboro , Tennessee
Creation is the event where everything begins . God ’ s Word makes much reference to the fact that “ God created ” the world : He is the Creator .
“ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth .
“ And the earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters .
“ And God said , Let there be light : and there was light .
“ And God saw the light , that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness .
“ And God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . And the evening and the morning were the first day .”— Gen . 1:1 – 5 .
I could preach the shortest sermon I ’ ve ever preached just by reading verse 1 : “ In the beginning
It certainly looks as though some relief is coming . After the heartless butchering of more than 63 million innocent babies , it is encouraging to think that a Supreme Court decision soon to be an - nounced could overturn Roe v . Wade and give each individual state the freedom to decide whether or not it would have abortion in its state .
Although that would not be a fifty-state ban , it would undoubtedly reduce the number of abortions significantly .
Here is a brief report from Blaze .
A draft decision indicates that the U . S . Supreme Court is poised
God created the heaven and the earth .” That really is all we need to know . It tells us everything we need to know about how this world began and who put it here .
Sometimes people ask me , “ Where do you come from ?” I could say that I come from West Virginia , but that ’ s not what they are asking . They want to know from whence the plants and the stars and the animals came ; how life was formed , etc .
Those are good questions and it is essential that we know the answers . We need to know from whence we came in order to know where we are going .
Today there is a major , ongoing battle over the origin of life . Evolutionists believe that every - thing just happened . They cannot explain the origin of life , nor do they attempt to explain it . They
to overturn the controversial Roe v . Wade decision that es - tablished abortion rights in 1973 .…
The draft is written by Justice Samuel Alito and was report - edly circulated inside the Court .
“ We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled ,” he writes , referring to a separate decision that defended abortion rights .
The leak of a draft opinion is unprecedented in the modern history of the Supreme Court .
“ Roe was egregiously wrong from the start . Its reasoning was exceptionally weak and the decision has had damaging consequences . And far from bringing about a national just say that some things existed millions of years ago and every - thing evolved from there .
The God Who Is Truly God Is the Creator
The Bible tells us that every - thing was created by God . The plan of God and the purpose of God resulted in Creation . Truly , God created it all .
This world , our universe , the planet on which we live , the moon
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Will Supreme Court Overturn Roe v . Wade ?

DR . SHELTON SMITH
settlement of the abortion issue , Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division ,” Alito continued .
“ It is time to heed the Con - stitution and return the issue of abortion to the people ’ s elected representatives ,” he adds .
The draft decision is related to a challenge against the abor - tion decision by a Mississippi pro-life law .
“ The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation ’ s history and traditions ,” Alito concludes . “ On the contrary , an unbroken tradition of pro - hibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment persisted
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If the Lord Be God

DR . SHELTON SMITH
“ And Elijah came unto all the people , and said , How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the LORD be God , follow him : but if Baal , then follow him . And the people answered him not a word .”— I Kings 18:21 .
Elijah was a good , godly man who was a sincere prophet of the Old Testament era . He was called of God and anointed with the power of God .
He lived and served the Lord when wicked rulers were running the country . Ahab , the king , was among the worst of Israel ’ s leaders . His wickedness was great ; but his wife , Jezebel , was even worse .
In defiance of the law of God , Ahab and Jezebel had hired 850 false prophets .
The rank and file of the nation ’ s population were intimidated by the wicked rulers and their hireling prophets . Consequently , they were stumbling into some of the heathen practices . They were stymied in
“ Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away , the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart , I will send him unto you .
“ And when he is come , he will reprove the world of sin , and of righteousness , and of judgment .”— John 16:7 , 8 .
After reading the above words of Jesus , promising that He would send the Comforter , or Holy Spirit , into the world to convict of sin , righteousness and judgment , I was reminded of this story .
A young farmer was walking along the right-of-way of a railroad . It was beginning to get dark . He was carrying in his hand a lantern . Suddenly he stumbled and almost fell . Looking down , he discovered that a great section of the rail had been bowed out .
The man realized that if the train hit the bent rail , there would be a terrible accident . He also knew that at that time of night the express trains came thundering down the track .
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The Divine Flagman

The Holy Spirit Warns Lost Sinners of an Impending Crash

DR . E . D . HETTINGER
At that moment he could hear in the distance the blowing of the train ’ s whistle . He knew that he had but a few minutes to do something to prevent the tragedy of a terrible train wreck involving precious lives .
He lighted the lantern and started to run down the track . The train kept coming toward him as he continued running toward it . He
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