Letters    

 TO ONE DENYING THE REALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Dear D. C.                                                                                                     February 7, 1990

      The Bible is the only book that everyone seems to be an authority on although they have never read it through. Your statement dealing with "Paul's continuous omission of the 3rd person" is a case in point. Paul mentions the Holy Spirit 44 times in his writings, not to mention the other writers in both the Old and New Testament. It seems clear that you have imbibed the writings of heretics who deny the teachings of the Word of God, while you have not studied the Bible for yourself.

     Note one example. Paul declares the Father elects us to salvation (Ephesians 1:3,4); the Son redeems us (1:7); and the Holy Spirit seals us (l:13).

    Jesus said, "Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Me." It is troubling to my soul that you deny the personality of Satan, the reality of the Holy Spirit, and with it the doctrine of the Trinity. Let's face it, either you believe, or you don't believe. And, if you don't believe, you are an unbeliever, and not a Christian at all. You are yet in your sins.

    I am hesitant to write much here because I do not think God has given you "an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day" (Deuteronomy 29:4). And, if God does not give a man understanding, there is no hope for him because there is no help for him (Ephesians 2:12).

    You write, "you can't learn anything from someone who totally agrees with you." Perhaps you want to hear some new thing as Paul spoke of the ancient Greeks, but God does not work like that. All this would do is swell the pride already existing in men's hearts. God deals with men on the basis of childlike faith.

    I spent an hour and a half on the telephone the other night with an atheist who has telephoned me from the Medical College on 4 other occasions. He, too, tried to cast aspersion upon the integrity of God's Word, but, like yourself, he has never studied it. This is plain dishonesty.

     James wrote, "Be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation" (James 3:1). It is one thing if we are willing to believe falsehoods that concern salvation, eternal life, the grace of God, etc., but it is a far more serious thing if we purport ourselves to be teachers, and lead others astray. Shall not both fall into the ditch?

ON THE NATURE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Dear F. F.                                                                                                    October 30, 1987

      ...God is a God of righteousness. Now, righteousness can be internal, or external. It is external righteousness, or the righteousness of doing, that men acknowledge as righteousness. It is internal righteousness, however, the righteousness of believing, that God acknowledges as righteousness. "Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness" (Romans 3:3). Whether men consider one to be righteous is of little importance, but it is of paramount importance whether God considers him to be righteous.

      There is no way into fellowship with the Lord without producing a blood sacrifice. If you reject the sacrifice Christ Jesus made on the cross for sin, "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses; of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace" (Hebrews 10:26-29)? Must go. May God be pleased to give you the spirit of repentance for Jesus' sake.

Dear F. F.                                                                                                 November 18, 1992

      ...Righteousness is not based upon doing, but is based rather upon believing. As Solomon noted, "There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not" (Ecclesiastes 7:20). Righteousness is therefore not outward, but inward; it is not of works, but of faith. "Man looks upon the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart" (I Samuel 16:7).

          The Law was not given to take men to heaven, but to take men by the hand and lead them to the Saviour. "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ" (Galatians 2:16). "By the deeds of the Law shall no flesh be justified in his sight" (Romans 3:20). "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:5).

         Abraham was justified, and declared righteous because he believed God. If you reject this, you cannot be saved. Only the Devil would try to convince you that death in such a spiritual state will be a blessing.

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