My dear readers,

 

Below are two of CMI’s wealth of Testimonies on Evolution’s Achilles Heels DVD.

Jenny B. from New Zealand wrote: "Please pass on my praise and gratitude to all those involved in the production of this wonderful resource. ... We watched it together with my eighteen-year-old son. It is nothing short of outstanding, of the highest quality in special effects, information and presentation, they were both excited and empowered. My friend felt strongly to pray for protection over the speakers afterwards. My son now wants to read the book as many of his friends are from a science background and they often discuss matters in the DVD, this has empowered his faith to reason with them further. I too will be sharing it with my church family… Bless you all in this wonderful ministry."

 

Vontice H. from the USA wrote: "Just got through today watching the Evolution’s Achilles Heels. I’m so inspired to reach the lost through the creation story. I have used brokenness of man as a therapist but this seems to penetrate to a deeper level. I will support Creation Ministries as I can; and carrying our LORD’s message. I have been a Christian since my senior year in college and have been bold in my witness. BUT ... this message has seemed to have a big impact in a way that my methods have not had. I now have the answers to go back to my atheist friends. I feel confident I will see the HOLY SPIRIT move but if not I will be obedient in sowing the seed. Thank you for awesome resources!!!! IN HIM..."

 

Dear readers, if you are interested, borrow the book and DVD from our libraries.

 

This week we conclude Dr Peter Master’s article on How Do We Treat the Holy Spirit Within Us? "Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you" (1 Cor 6:19).

 

The gracious work of the Spirit in believing hearts is also described by Paul in Galatians 5:16-18. We are urged to walk in the Spirit, and by so doing to avoid fulfilling the lust of the flesh. There is, says the apostle, a battle in the heart, caused by our residual tendency to sin rising up in desire for gratification, resenting the new nature created by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit, however, opposes these sinful desires "so that ye cannot do the things that ye would" (Gal 5:17). He activates the conscience, so that we cannot lightly and easily commit the proposed sinful deed, or say those wrong words. We are pulled up short, and made aware that we are about to offend God. But what if we press past this protecting barrier? What if we sin in spite of the Spirit activating the conscience? It may be a major temptation or a persistent offence, and we resist(oppose) the Spirit. It may be, however, that we do not offer any opposition or resentment, but simply quench (or quietly override) His promptings. Either way we shall certainly grieve the Spirit.

 

"If ye be led of the Spirit,"says Paul in Galatians 5:18, "ye are not under the law," meaning that the person who is sensitive to the work of the Divine Resident, and conscientiously obeys, may be assured that he is truly saved, and no longer under the condemnation of the law. The law, of course, remains as the ruling moral standard of our lives, but we are no longer to be judged by it, for Christ has taken away its sting.

 

"If we live in the Spirit,"writes the apostle in Galatians 5:25, "let us also walk in the Spirit." Then, being constantly grateful for His kind presence, sensitive to His stirrings, and conscientious in response, we will taste and prove the Spirit’s power and blessing, and we shall experience advancing godliness, joy, peace, understanding and usefulness. Resist not His stirrings in the heart, which call to greater commitment and spiritual service. Quench not His urgings nor His movings of conscience. And do not grieve Him by neglect.

 

Finally, resist not, quench not, and grieve not the Holy Spirit by neglecting the facility of prayer and intercession. Do not resist any duty, or quench any urgings, for it is the Spirit who perfects and translates prayer into the language of Heaven, helping our infirmities, making intercession for us with an earnestness far beyond our reach, and conforming our prayers to the glorious will of God (Rom 8:26-27).A remarkable hymn of William Bunting, a nineteenth-century Wesleyan preacher, captures the thoughts of sincere believers in relation to the Spirit, and puts an appropriate response into the heart:

 

Holy Spirit! pity me,

Pierced with grief .for grieving thee;

Present, though from sense apart,

Listen to a grieving heart.

 

Sins unnumbered I confess,

Of exceeding sinfulness;

Sins against Thyself alone,

Only to Omniscience known:

 

Deafness to Thy whispered calls,

Rashness midst remembered falls,

Transient fears beneath the rod,

Treacherous trifling with my God.

 

Tasting that the Lord is good,

Pining then for poisoned food;

At the fountains of the skies

Craving creaturely supplies.

 

Worldly cares at worship time;

Faithless aims in works sublime;

Pride, when God is passing by;

Sloth, when souls in darkness die.

 

0how lightly have I slept

With my daily wrongs unwept,

Sought Thy chidings to defer,

Shunned the wounded Comforter.

 

Still Thy comforts do not fail,

Still Thy healing helps avail;

Patient Inmate of my breast,

Thou art grieved, yet I am blest.

 

O be merciful to me,

Now in longing, Lord, for Thee!

Father, pardon through Thy Son

Sins against Thy Spirit done!

 

William Bunting, 1805-66

 

Yours faithfully in the Saviour’s Service,

Dr SH Tow, Sr Pastor