July 2008 Newsletter - Questions & Answers
Featured Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Must true believers regularly attend Church and hear preachers?
ANSWER:
“Let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works: not forsaking the assemblying of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.” [Hebrews 10:24-25]
“My advice would be for you to stand at your post of duty, just as loyal as you can , to the cause of Christ, and BACK UP YOUR MINISTER and everything that-that-that is going on, and for the Cause of Christ. And do that, and God will bless you. The only way that you can respect God is to RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.” [Experiences, Phoenix AZ, 12-21-47]
“If you'd send to your pastor, and he didn't come and pray for you when you were sick, well, you'd say, "The old hypocrite, I will go over and join Jones' church, or somebody." That's the reason your pastor can't do nothing for you. You've got to have faith in him, and confidence in him, as a man of God, and know that, “All things work together for good to them that love God.” That's right. Now, pastor didn't tell me to say that, either, but I know this. You've got to have confidence in the man you're dealing with, or it won't do you any good to do any dealing. That's true. You've got to believe your pastor. He's a good God-saved man, preaching the gospel. Stand behind him with everything you got. If He isn't, go somewhere were they do do that, then. That's right. Now, that clears up for both sides. Now, remember this.If he preaches the gospel, stay with him, help him, 'cause he's a man sent from God, ordinated of God to feed your soul.” [Believest Thou This? Minneapolis MN, 7-16-50]
“I was very happy to get personally acquainted with many of your fine ministers from different churches. Some of them from the Pentecostal Church, some from the, I believe, Foursquare, from the Church of God, and the Missionary Fellowship Church. All those DEAR BROTHERS all together as one. That's the way we, where God can work with us, when we get like that. When ministers get their hearts together, then they'll bring the church together.” [Who Is God? Cleveland OH, 50-0815]
“We thank you for all the ministers, for what they have done, the cooperating of pastors. You attend church. Work hard. Men like that, who believes in these great principles of God, what they've taught you to be true, God has come around and confirmed that it is the Truth, so you must believe that they are men of God. So I trust that every one of you brethren that's helped in these meetings, that you're-that you're services will get greater and greater all the time.” [Works I Do Bear Witness, Tallahassee, Florida, 53-0216]
“If you've been converted during the time of this revival, and you don't have any church that you've taken up with yet, I'd ask you to come join this little church. It's a wonderful little place here to come, serve the Lord. If I lived here in this neighborhood, I'd be a member of this church. I am a member of it, anyhow; I'm an associate pastor. And so, I have to come back once in a while to see about my church. And I look around, you know, so I will be back to see you, the Lord willing, pretty soon.
And so...And all you people that's around in these other cities, that belongs to these bodies, go to church every day, every day that you can, every day that they have service, go. Attend your church; be real loyal. Just stand by your church. Stand by your pastor; help him out with everything you got. Give him spiritual support.
Fast and pray for him.
And have faith in him, and God will lead the CHURCH on to that glorious day that we're looking forward to come.” [God's Provided Way, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 53-0513]
“To these new converts that's just being converted in the meeting, don't just lay dormant. You get some good church to go to. Look around here. If you're from this valley, and the vicinities around here somewhere, look at these pastors, that comes here on the platform, and helping us in the meeting. They believe in this kind of ministry, so you go to their church and tell them that you want to become a member there. And if I was in this neighborhood somewhere, or around close to them, I'd be a member of their church, 'cause I appreciate them. And they're set theirself right up here on the platform, of night, let everybody know that what they believe in. And if you're out of town, from some other place, find you a good church somewhere, a good church that preaches the Gospel and believes in Divine healing.” [Blind Bartimaeus, San Fernando, California 55-1115]
“If you're here today and you made a decision for Jesus Christ, if you claimed you want to be filled with the Holy Ghost, look at these pastors. They're here today because they believe in this Gospel that we're preaching. They're here because that they love the Lord Jesus. They're here because they believe in this Gospel. And if you want to get close to God, if you want the baptism of the Holy Ghost, somebody who'll stay with you and pray with you until you come through, go to their church. You know who they are. These pastors here that's standing, they're God-fearing men. They're from here, somewhere around here in the neighborhood. And you know them, and they're all God's children. Now, you go to the closest or your choice of these churches and get right with God. Do that.” [Five Junctions Of Time, Sturgis, Michigan 56-0122]
“You visitors here now, that's out-of-town, that's been here, why, there's some mighty fine chruchrs around town here. And the-the brother here, he's-he's got a mighty nice church up here. And these other ministers here, I suppose, cooperating, I've never met yet, back here. And there's some mighty fine chruches, and we want you to attend some of those chruches in the morning, and the chruch of your choice. And if you're a member of some church, why, you stand at your post of duty tomorrow.” [What Visions Are, Spindale, North Carolina, 56-0421]
“May each minister in here, may his-may his pulpit, may his sermons, may his ministry, be inspired greater. Grant it, Lord, if I have found grace in your sight. And as my brethren stand here this morning, oh, I pray that, each of these ministers in here, these ministering spirits, that, God, hear my prayer. And I pray that You'll purge that GIFT that's in them. If they're preachers, make them better preachers. If they're evangelists, make them better evangelists. If they're teachers, make them better teachers. If they're pastors, make them better pastors. God, grant that they will be filled with the Spirit of God, and will be energized by the great super Vine that'll give them Life Eternal and power to minister with, and to touch the needy world, as it so needs today.” [India Trip Report, Lima, Ohio, 57-0126b]
“All these fine pastors that's been on this platform here during the week, some of them out into the meeting here, has dismiss their churches and things. God, be with those men. Oh, strengthen their experience, and may they go forth like burning torches through this city and around about. Give great revivals, Lord. Grant it. You'll send Your preachers until the last soul is in the Kingdom. I know You will. And I pray my blessings be upon them. Lord, grant it.” [Door To The Heart, Chattanooga, Tennessee 58-0302]
[Answers provided by Bro. Ken Andes, Minister, Lynden, Washington]