Tabernacle Messenger - September 2013

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VOLUME 2 ~ ISSUE 1 ~ September 2013

~CALENDAR OF EVENTS ~September 2 Labor Day Holiday

September 9 School Pictures

September 25-29 Missions Conference

September 30 Classes Resume

In This Issue:Faithful............................................................. 1Suffering With Joy............................................ 1Emotions and Encouragement......................... 2Great Preaching of the Faith ........................... 3Missionary Prayer Corner................................ 8Dish of the Month............................................. 4...and so much more!

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~ Faithful ~And the things that thou hast heard of me amongmany witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful

men, who shall be able to teach others also.-II Timothy 2:2

Pauls admonition to Timothy gives us a pattern forteaching and training ministry workers including

pastors, evangelists, missionaries, Sunday Schoolteachers, Bible teachers, soul winners, and churchleaders as well as laymen. This pattern is important formaintaining the truth for the present and future gener-ations. It is a perpetual process of one who is taught

teaching others who teach others. Like a chain, it takesonly one link to break the pattern. The truth and theteachers are the two essential links.

The truth is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is thetruth of Scripture, . . . the faith which was once deliv-ered unto the saints. (Jude 1:3) It is the glorious Gos-pel openly preached and taught by the Apostle Paul.Timothy is admonished not to deviate from what hehas heard and learned. He is exhorted to preach the

word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, re-buke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine (IITimothy 4:2). The same admonition extends to us to-

day. The truth is the truth and anything more or less isnot the truth. The truth is entrusted to faithful teach-ers, who will not veer nor turn aside.

The one requirement of a teacher, who is asteward of the truth (I Corinthians 4:1), is faithfulness.Paul writes that . . . it is required in stewards, that aman be found faithful (I Corinthians 4:2). The teach-

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~ Suffering With Joy ~And the disciples were filled with joy, and with

the Holy Ghost. Acts 13:52

In the Word of God there are numerous accountsof suffering. I do not, however, have the space to

go over every occasion of suffering that is recorded

in the Word of God. My primary goal is to providea general overview of how the suffering of man,because of sin, progressed to the suffering of manfor Christs sake and to also focus on the joy that isexperienced during such suffering.

The first account of suffering in the Bible isfound in Genesis 3. This is where the account ofthe serpent tempting Eve to partake of the fruit ofthe tree of the knowledge of good and evil is found.Eve gave way to the serpents influence and par-took of this forbidden fruit and later shared withher husband, Adam. Immediately the eyes of

them both were opened, and they knew that theywere naked; and they sewed fig leaves together,and made themselves aprons (Genesis 3:7). It

was because of that action of not obeying God thatAdam and Eve suffered the consequences of sin.By this one man, sin entered into the world(Romans 5:12) and the suffering that it brings.

All through the Old Testament, suffering



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~ Emotions and Encouragement ~Our society today is full of many people who

are dealing with loneliness, anxiety, depression, and

other emotional distresses. It is very rare to find

someone, much less, a group of people who are filled

with peace and happiness that is not a result of a pre-

scription drug! Sadly, in recent times it has become

more apparent that these characteristics are not just a

description of the world, but are also a description

of Christians within our churches and our Christian

schools. Unfortunately, I can say that at times it is

even a description of my own self! Why is it that we

are experiencing such an emotional struggle? It leads

back to our thinking.

Emotions are not a bad thing. In Genesis 1:27

we find that we are created in the image of God. God

created our emotions, and we find throughout Gene-

sis 1 that God summarized each creation as good.

The key to controlling our emotions, in a way that glo-

rifies God, is right thinking.

II Timothy 1:7 has become one of my favorite

tools for reminding myself and encouraging myself in

the area of my thinking and my emotions: For God

hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and

of love, and of a sound mind. The anxiety, shyness,

discouragement, worry, and other fearful emotionsthat we experience are not from God. It is not okay

that we, as Christians, experience these emotions. I

Peter 5:8 says, Be sober, be vigilant; because your

adversary the devil as a roaring lion, walketh about,

seeking whom he may devour: The priority of Satan

is to destroy us as Christians. When we do not have

right thinking, we have left the door wide open for

Satan to move in and create havoc with us emotional-

ly

Now comes the exciting part of II Timothy 1:7.God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but what has

he given to us instead? Power! God has given us the

spirit of courage and resolution to meet difficulties

and dangers. Phil. 4:13 declares, I can do all things

through Christ, which strengtheneth me. It is very

encouraging and inspiring to read about Christians

who have gone before us who have been faced with

circumstances which seemed could only cause emo-

tional stress, yet God gave them the power to accom-

plish His will and purpose to overcome the emotional

distress: Moses, David, Daniel, Missionary Adoniram

Judson, and songwriter Fanny Crosby are only a few.

God has also given to us Love. When I was in

elementary school I learned the following definition

for love: Love is giving to others without expecting

anything in return. Love is selflessness. Love is not all

about you. We are instructed in John 15:12, This is

my commandment, that ye love one another, as I

have loved you. It has been my personal experience

that anxiety, discouragement, and emotional distress

are fostered by self-centered thinking. It has also

been my experience that when my thoughts are

turned away from myself, and I focus on praying for

others, serving others, giving of my time to others

that it brings peace and contentment to my own soul.

This last gift that God has given to us in-

stead of fear is my absolute favorite.a sound mind!

This means a - disciplined mind. Do you experience

those days when you think you are going to lose your

mind? You are happy, then sad, then mad, then con-

fused, etc. It is then that those self-centered thoughts

have crept in once again. My math students at

school will sometimes grab their heads and say this

Algebra is too much for me to handle! I am able to

remind myself, as well as my students, that our emo-tional state at these times is not of God, for God hath

given to us a sound mind. Philippians 2:5 says, Let

this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

How are we supposed to know what was in the mind

of Christ Jesus? Immerse yourself in Gods Word.

Philippians 2 is a great starting point. Be faithful to

the House of God your Pastor will give you insight,

as well. Guard your thinking. Isaiah 26:3: Thou wilt

keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on

thee:

As we look forward to beginning a new school

year, let us take advantage of the opportunities that

God has given to us to develop a sound mind through

the disciplines of our course studies. There is no

need to stress, remember God has given you the pow-

er to accomplish each assignment in that syllabus!

When you feel discouraged socially, exercise your

spirit of love. Take the first step, and give of your-



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Saved From What?By Dr. Harold Sightler

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call

his name JESUS: for he shall save his people fromtheir sins.Matt. 1:21.

In the first chapter of Matthew, we have theclearest declaration concerning the manner of the

birth of Jesus found in the Bible. The inspired rec-ord sets forth in no uncertain terms the virgin birth,and this truth is repeated several times. Joseph hadto be convinced, for his first impression was thatMary had committed fornication. He was mindedto put her away privately, not being willing to makea public example of her. This is what Joseph wasproceeding to do when he was arrested by the angel

of the Lord with this statement concerning the truefacts of what had happened.

After the angel had instructed Joseph as tothe manner of Marys conception, he then an-nounced the great purpose of this miracle. In ourtext, the angel sums up the entire purpose of thecoming of Jesus into the world: Thou shalt call hisname JESUS: for he shall save his people from theirsins. This is one of the great statements of the Bi-

ble. It is a truth that has been proven over and overagain. Its wonderful message is the sweetest everheard by mortal ear. The power of this truth has

transformed the lives of multitudes.

The great motivating power that sends us outto preach is the message that Jesus saves. This is thesame motivating power which fills the ranks of mis-sionaries. No sacrifice is too great and no price is toohigh for this message. It drives us on with new hopeupon each opportunity to witness or preach. Wehave experienced its life-transforming power, and

we have seen it work in the lives of others.

I. Things From Which None Are SavedThough Jesus savesblessed truthnotice

three things from which none of us are saved today.

1. None Saved From Suffering

First, I am saved, but I am not saved fromsuffering. Go to the hospitals today, and you willfind as many Christians there as lost people. Go tothe rest homes, and you will find as many feeble and

weak Christians as non-Christians. Yes, sometime orother every last one of us will suffer. We may be welltoday, but some tomorrow will bring us to the hospi-

tal in pain and agony. This life is marked by suffer-ing. Sin is producing its fruit. Ours is a fallen race,and a mark of this Fall is suffering.

Well do I know that Jesus has power to healour bodies. He is the Great Physician. No disease istoo great for this Healer. Every time we recover froman illness, it is because He is the Healer. We ought topray for the healing of our bodies and for the healingof our loved ones. Yet, there will come a time when itis not Gods will to heal. When the day comes weshall die. All suffer in this life. We enter the world

with a cry, and we leave the world with the same. Thejourney is marked by times of suffering and sickness.

May I rejoice with you over the day whenthere will be no more pain. The time will come when

all will receive a new body. This body is to be fash-ioned like unto the glorious body of our Lord. Thenthere will be no more suffering and sickness. In IJohn 3:2, we read, Belovedit doth not yet appear

what we shall be: but we know that, when he shallappear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him ashe is. When that day comes, there will be no morepain, suffering or sickness.

2. None Saved From Sorrow

Second, I am not saved from sorrow. Tearsare the portion and lot of us all here upon this earth.

For many years, I could say that I had never had abroken heart. I had never sorrowed. All in my familywere well and strong. I had never lost a loved one bydeath. I had never trod the valley of sorrow. I hadnever shed bitter tears. However, never again can Isay this. In 1951, I was plunged into a valley of tearsand sorrow unparalleled in all my past. My familycircle was forever broken in the tragic passing of mychild. She was killed in an automobile accident. My

wife was very seriously injured. For five months shelingered near death. She will carry the marks of thisaccident to her grave. My heart was broken. Tearscame freely then, and often since. I was saved then as

much as ever, but I was not saved from sorrow.

Sometime in the lives of us all sorrow willcome. This sorrow will make us long for the day

when Jesus will wipe away all tears from our eyes. Hehas given to us this promise: Weeping may endurefor a night, but joy cometh in the morning (Ps.30:5). The time will come when no saved person willever weep, when our hearts will never bleed again.

3. None Saved From Shame



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Recipe of the MonthApple Roll

Apple Roll Ingredients: 4 medium apples

1 1/2 c. brown sugar 1 3/4 c. water 1 tbsp. Butter, sugar, and cinnamon mixed

Biscuit Dough Ingredients: 2 c. of flour 1 tsp. salt 6 tbsp. shortening 4 tsp. baking powder 3/4 c. milk

Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Select apples that will cook quickly; peel, core,

and chop fine. Put sugar and water in baking dish2 deep. Cook for 5 minutes over low heat.

Make biscuit dough while syrup is cooking. Rolldough about 1/4 inch thick and rectangular inshape. Spread dough with softened butter andsprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture.

Add chopped apple and roll as for jelly roll. Cutroll in 1 pieces and place cut side down in panwith syrup.

Dot top with additional butter and sprinkle with

cinnamon and sugar.

Bake at 450 degrees until crust is golden brown.

Contributed by Mrs. Carolyn Carrigan


due to sin is found. Abel suffered death because of

the sin of murder that Cain committed. The Israelitessuffered oppression because of the anger that dwelledin the Egyptians hearts. King David suffered perse-cution because of the sin of rebellion against God thatDavids enemies had nesting in their hearts.

In the New Testament, a new cause of suffer-ing is found. This is a suffering that a man experienc-es when he follows Christ. Christ told his disciples,ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake...Christ is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence tothem which stumble at the Word (1 Peter 2:8). Aman that will accept Christ as his Savior and will

serve Him day to day will suffer persecution for Hisnames sake (2 Timothy 3:12). Yet, in the midst of thissuffering, there is a joy that can be experienced.

Acts 13 gives an account of Paul and Barna-bas, two disciples of the Lord, going out and witness-ing by sharing the Gospel with others. They had a joythat came from serving the Lord. Since I have beensaved, I have noticed that it is a joyous experience to

be able to serve the Lord. Notice also, they were filledwith the Holy Ghost. This filling was another reasonfor joy. We can experience that same joy by being

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er-steward is expected to diligently teach the truth toothers by his words and by his life. The Lord JesusChrist said that the pupil would become like histeacher (Matthew 10:25, Luke 6:40).

Faithful teachers not only teach the truth inwords but they live it. It is not enough to just speakthe truth because our actions often drown out thecredibility of our words. As a faithful teacher, Paulexhorts: Those things, which ye have both learned,and received, and heard, and seen in me, do . . . .(Philippians 4:9) Teaching is more than talking; it ismodeling and applying. The truth is taught through

both word and deed.

Teachers must be faithful in word and deed.The truth is committed to faithful men, who will inturn become teachers. Faithful men are those who

have shown themselves worthy of trust and they canbe relied upon. They have dependably carried outtheir duties. They have devoted themselves to thetask without being sidetracked by the cares and af-fairs of this world. Through years of service, they

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Third, I am not saved from shame. All willagree that there is a shame in the old rugged cross.The world has never been friendly to grace. They thatlive godly will suffer persecution. This world does notunderstand the saved. The saved can never become

adjusted to this age. The Bible warns that this worldwill be despisers of those that are good (II Tim. 3:3).

One needs only to take his Bible in hand andwalk down a busy street to see the eyes of others liftedin scorn. There is shame in the Book. There is shamein a testimony. There is shame in a witness. They thatstand for God understand this shame and gladly bearit.

Some golden daybreak those who now suffershame will be placed on exhibition in Glory. The an-gels and all the heavenly creatures will be permittedto look upon the token of Gods grace. The redeemed

of all ages will be gathered together onto this place ofexhibition. No shame then; only glory by and by.

II. Things From Which We Are SavedI have noticed three things from which we are

not saved; now I want us to notice three things fromwhich Jesus does save us.

1. I Am Saved From Sin

The text says, He shall save his people fromtheir sins. Someone has accused us of believing in a

sinning religion. Though we do not claim sinlessperfection, we do rejoice that, by His grace, we havebeen saved from sinsaved from the power of sin.Grace has broken the power of sin. Where sinabounded, grace did much more abound (Rom.5:20). Jesus gives His people power to say no to theDevil and sin. He liberates from the bondage and pitsof sin. He lifts us out.

We are also saved from the penalty of sin. TheBible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die, and,the wages of sin is death. It is true that the penaltyof sin is death, but to us who are saved, this penalty is

paid by our Lord Jesus Christ. In Romans 8:1 weread, There is therefore now no condemnation tothem which are in Christ Jesus. We are passed fromcondemnation to eternal life.

Then one day we will be saved from the pres-ence of sin. The redeemed are to be lifted from theearth and from its sin. The day will come when we

will be taken to a place where there is no sin. Jesuspromises that there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever workethabomination (Rev. 21:27). Neither the Devil nor hisdemons will be able to enter into that City. It is pre-

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.2. I Am Saved From Self

I am not my own; I am bought with a price.After Jesus saved me, He demanded my body, souland spirit. All I am and all I have are His; I must be

about His business. I must go where He wills that Igo and say that which He wills me to say. To use the

words of Paul, I am a bond servant of Jesuswe areHis slaves. All saved people are able to give thissame testimony.

Sometimes unsaved people are heard to saythat they will do as they please. Gods people mustnot say this. We gladly pledge our allegiance to Je-sus. We gladly do as He pleases. Herein lies the rea-son men and women will give their lives on the mis-sion field. Here is the answer to the great sacrificesome people make in order to serve Jesus: we are

saved from self.

3. I Am Saved From Satan

This makes the Devil mad. He does not wantme to proclaim deliverance from his power. Blessed

be the day when Jesus saved me from Satan. I amfree indeed. The Devil cannot do more than nag me.He cannot put his dirty hands upon me except inGods will. He cannot get to me except God permithim to do so. The Bible describes Satan as a roaringlion going up and down in the earth seeking whomhe may devour. I rejoice that there are some whom

he cannot devourthe redeemed. To the saved he ismore a roar than anything else.

Claim the deliverance and rejoice in it. TheDevil can do no more than try to hinder you from sodoing. Claim freedom by faith. When Jesus saved

you, He saved you from Satan. Many times the Devilhas threatened my life. In nearly audible impres-sions he tells us that he will take our lives. But he is aliar; my life is in Jesus, and the Devil can do nothingabout it.


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filled with the Holy Ghost ourselves. The first sectionof Scripture that comes to mind is Ephesians 5:18-21.This passage gives us very plain instructions concern-ing being filled with the Holy Ghost. Giving the Fa-

ther thanks, speaking to ourselves in psalms, hymns,and spiritual songs, and being submissive one to an-other and to God, are all included as evidences of be-ing filled with the Holy Ghost. Once we are servingthe Lord and being filled with the Holy Ghost daily,

we also may experience the same joy they experi-enced.

I would like to give one more instance in theScriptures where joy was in the heart during a time ofsuffering. If you look at Acts 27:25, you will find anaccount of a ship being tossed in the middle of thesea. It was a terrible storm. Acts 27:20 says, and

when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that weshould be saved was then taken away. After a longseason of abstinence, Paul stood before the people ofthe ship and he made an encouraging statement. Hesaid to them, wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I

believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.There was a joy in believing God. That word cheerin the Greek simply means to be of good courage.

With courage, joy most certainly can be experienced.This joy was obtained by believing God in the storm.

With promises from the Bible, and taking God at HisWord, you too, can take part in this same joy in the

storm. By Zack Fordree

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have demonstrated faithfulness.

The faculty of Tabernacle Baptist College has

proven itself faithful. Thus, Tabernacle Baptist Col-lege follows the Biblical pattern. Teachers at otherschools may be hired for their academic credentials

but teachers at Tabernacle Baptist College are faithfulmen and women with proven ministry experience as

well as academic qualifications. TBC expects both itsteachers and students to be faithful. Tabernaclemaintains expectations of its students for faithfulnessin church attendance, witnessing, Christian living,and spiritual life as well. It is also faithful in teachingthe truth of Gods Word. Other schools may empha-size methods and theories but Tabernacle BaptistCollege classes are centered around the Word of God.

Thereby the Scriptural pattern for the perpetuation oftruth is fulfilled.

By Roland Pittman

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self to others. Guard your thinking this school year.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing

that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, andbringing into captivity every thought to the obedience

of Christ (II Corinthians 10:5).

By Sarah Steinhaus

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Tabernacle Baptist Bible College 2013-2014

Fifty years ago Tabernacle Baptist Bible Col-

lege opened up its doors to begin a ministry

that has continued for until this present day. Dr.

Harold B. Sightler, along with the faithful mem-bers of Tabernacle Baptist Church, founded Tab-

ernacle Baptist Bible College for the sole purpose

of training and preparing men and women to

serve the Lord. Through the years, TBC has faced

various obstacles and trials, but through it all the

Lord has blessed and sustained this ministry.

The Lord has given TBC the opportunity to

train and prepare men and women for many dif-

ferent avenues of service. TBC has helped to pre-

pare missionaries, pastors, Christian school teach-ers, evangelists, and faithful laymen. Tabernacle

Baptist College continues to stay true to this call-

ing under the leadership of our pastor, Dr. Melvin

Aiken.

Over the past fifty years the Lord has

blessed TBC with faculty members who not only

have much wisdom, but who also have many years

of experience in the Lords service. This year is no

exception! The students of TBC look forward to

learning from these wise and experienced teach-

ers.

The staff and students of TBC look forward to a

wonderful Golden Anniversary. To God be the

glory! Great things He hath done!

Happy 50th Anniversary!!

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