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REAdINg ANd SEARChINg thE SCRIptURES 8by Thomas Boston
tRIUMphANt dEAth oF IgNAtIUS 10
FRoM thE EdItoR 3by Revd. Fletcher Matandika
FRoM thE FoRMER EdItoR 4Revd. Donald Macaskill
FRoM thE FoRMER tREASURER 5Mr. Donald Fraser
goSpEl UNdER ASSAUlt 6by William Webster
by Samuel John StonethE ChURCh’S oNE FoUNdAtIoN 11
by Robert Murray M’CheyneCAllEd wIth AN holY CAllINg 12
BIogRAphY: SUSANNAh SpURgEoN 14
gREAt BIBlE StoRIES: thE StoRY oF AdAM ANd EVE 16
by Revd. Fletcher Matandika“Not AShAMEd oF thE goSpEl” 18
MEEt thE NEw ApC NEwS tEAM! 21
CoNgREgAtIoNAl dEtAIlS 22
by Juliet KaneA Book thAt ChANgEd MY lIFE 20
I praise the Lord for the appointment to serve Him as the new editor for this wonderful magazine. Big shoes to fill and much to be learned! But I consider this a great honor and a wonderful opportunity to serve my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and His Church. My prayer is that He will be pleased to bless every issue that is produced during my tenure to the glory of His Holy Name. Please join me in praying to that end.
Christ-centered Christianity will be our particular focus this year, Lord willing. We will consider various sub-themes under this great overarching theme. These will include, Christ-Centered Marriages (March/April); Christ-Centered Missions & Evangelism (May/June); Christ-Centered Worship (July/August); Christ-Centered Preaching (September/October); and Christ-Centered Lives (November/December).
The choice of this theme was motivated by a real concern that we need to put Christ back into Christianity and thereby tighten our grip on the gospel. This is especially crucial in our day when the gospel is so fiercely under attack. We have no option! We need to lean heavily on Christ and Him crucified more than ever before (1 Cor. 1:23).
By definition, Christ-centered Christianity is cross-centered Christianity which is of course “a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:23-24). It’s not dependent on one’s subjective feelings but rather on the objective truth, revelation and promises of God freely offered to us in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is true Christianity! To put it in other words, Christ-centered Christianity is Christianity applied. It takes the objective claims of Scripture and seeks to apply them to the believer’s life day by day. The truly Christian life is that life which is lived in light of the centrality of Christ’s cross and the primacy of His saving gospel.
Because the cross was so central to the life and ministry of Christ, it must of necessity be central to all who resolve to follow Him. This, in the final analysis, is a matter of integrity as John Stott reminds us in his magnum opus, The Cross of Christ (IVP: Downers Grove, IL, 2006, p. 43). Christ Himself said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). May that become increasingly true of us all who profess faith in Him in the year ahead!
Wishing you a wonderful New Year saturated with every blessing in Christ!
Revd. Fletcher MatandikaEditor
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As the former editor, Fletcher has asked me to give a little history of the APC News and my involvement with it. Here goes!
Once the APC was formed it was natural that we would have to have our own magazine. The first issue was produced 3 months after we were formed in August 1989, and was edited by Revd John Tallach the minister in Aberdeen. It clearly stated that “We cannot afford to be taken up with the past”, but this first issue would make our position clear why we left the Free Presbyterian Church. This meant that we were not going to focus on the events that caused the division and our setting up the APC. So our first policy was not to continue referring to the break in the APC News or to the differences with our brethren there, but to concentrate on spreading the gospel and teaching the word of God. On the front page of that first issue, it stated “We cannot know what the future holds. However, we believe that we have reached where we are by the guidance of God, and we are content to wait on him for the way ahead.” So we pressed on with the work of the gospel and produced a tabloid, A3 size 8 pages in newspaper type format for several months.
Initially, all the ministers in the APC were to take their turn of being editor for one complete issue. It appeared quarterly with a small 4pp supplement coming out in between issues. This change of editorship gave a variety of style and thought to the publication but as the denomination grew and congregations became settled it was decided to appoint an editor whose responsibility was to edit each issue. By this time it was also more economical to produce a 12 page A4 size publication.
I took over the editorship in January 2000. At that time we published 9 issues per year in a 12pp A4 format, still all in black and white. As time went on we changed the size to A5 with 24 pages so that it could slip
easier into bibles and pockets. Then we started having the front cover in full colour with pictures, and then with the digital revolution, we eventually produced the magazine in full colour throughout. Finally to reduce costs, we settled for a bi-monthly publication, appearing six times per year.
It has been a great privilege to edit the magazine and I was honoured in being asked to do it. My policy was always to have some fresh insights, within the Reformed tradition, which would challenge our thinking for the times and culture in which we lived. I wanted to show that the gospel had application to our daily lives and was not simply something intellectually understood without reference to practical living. I felt that our faith needed to be expressed much more than it was. So I tried to publish articles which helped stimulate us to apply the principles of Christianity to life in our homes, our neighbourhoods, and our workplaces. Whether I succeeded is for others to decide but that was the intention.
I want to thank all those who helped make the magazine what it was, especially those who sent in articles. Also I want to thank those who wrote in, either to say something positive or negative. It was all very helpful. Without honest dialogue and discussion there cannot be helpful development. I appreciate the patience and understanding of the readership. I have no doubt that Fletcher and his assistant Gordon will produce an excellent magazine and I look forward with great anticipation to seeing the result of their hard work.
Born and brought up in the country, on a farm above Loch Ness, I was very much involved on farm-work there, until I joined the Timber & Building Trade. Worked for many years on sales, covering most of the Highlands. As
Sales Executive, I had the opportunity to meet a great variety of people of different faiths and no faith at all.
After 50 years in employment I retired, and around that time was asked by the APC Presbytery to take on the role of Publications Treasurer for the APC News. Although there was substantial work involved, it was interesting and rewarding work when one had contact with many people in this country and abroad. It was encouraging to receive letters of appreciation from those who really
loved the contents of the magazine. I pray that the Lord’s blessing would accompany the Biblical articles written over the last 23 years and also in the years to come. May God direct and guide all those involved with the production and distribution of the APC News in the future.
Thankfully I was brought up in a Christian home where family worship and prayer was observed daily. I was acquainted with the Word of God from my earliest years and came to love the worship of God, the house of God and the people of God. I received encouragement and comfort from the scripture “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren”, 1 John 3:14. I would hope and trust, that gradually over a period of time I came to know the Lord Jesus as Lord and Saviour. My desire is to do what I can for His Cause and Kingdom in this world, and God sparing me, to do so as long as I am given health and strength. How very much He has done for us, when He gave His all that we might live for Him.
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In his opening chapter to the Romans, the apostle Paul states that ‘the gospel is the power of God for salvation’
(Rom. 1:16). Few statements can equal this one in importance. Paul is underscoring both the priority and
importance of the gospel message.
“We need to return to a fearless and uncompromising proclamation of the fulness of the truth of the gospel as revealed in scripture. This is what characterized the preaching and teaching of the Reformers. Their gospel message was grounded on the ultimate authority of God’s word and God blessed their efforts with an outpouring of his Spirit in great power and conversion.”by William Webster
It is by the preaching of the gospel that God has ordained that men and women should hear truth and be brought (through the min-istry of the Holy Spirit) into the experience of salvation. The critical importance of the gospel message in the salvation of sinners is further stressed by Paul in the following scriptures:
In Him you also, after listening to the mes-sage of truth, the gospel of your salvation, having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise (Eph. 1:13).
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. (1 Cor. 15:1-2).
But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, be-cause God has chosen you from the begin-ning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. And it was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thes. 2:13-14).
The Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Eph. 3:6).
Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how sshall they hear without a preacher?...So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ (Rom. 10:13-14, 17).
When the biblical gospel is preached it be-comes ‘the power of God for salvation.’ The importance, then, of a correct gospel mes-sage can hardly be overstated. As B.B. Warf-ield put it: We must not fail to mark the honour
which is thus put by the Ascended Jesus on what we have learned to call by way of eminence, the Truth, or, the Gospel mes-sage. Everything is made to turn on that. It lies at the root of all. The Apostle’s duty is to open men’s eyes. Whatever of salva-tion may come to men comes subsequently to that and as an outgrowth of that root...Men are in darkness, they need light...The appointed means of breaking this dark-
ness is the proclamation of the Gospel by which alone men’s eyes can be opened (B.B. Warfield, Faith & Life (Edinburgh: Banner, 1974), pp. 174-176).
We live in a day when the gospel message is being relentlessly assaulted by two great en-emies: legalism and antinomianism. These two errors have confused and deceived many, wreaking spiritual havoc throughout both Roman Catholicism and Evangelical Protestantism.
The sixteenth century witnessed one of the greatest revivals in church history: the Ref-ormation. The Protestant Church was born out of a protest against the entrenched legal-ism of Roman Catholicism. The Reformers fearlessly preached the gospel bearing wit-ness to the biblical message of the sufficiency of the work of Christ, the grace of God and the full and final authority of scripture. They brought the Church back to the essential and liberating message of justification by faith as defined by the word of God. Since the sixteenth century the Reformation gospel has been the standard of orthodoxy for Prot-estants. Today however, we find a new inter-est in Roman Catholicism from of all places, conservative Protestantism, and a willing-ness to uncritically embrace the teachings of the Church of Rome. This is due in part to the fractured nature of evangelicalism and to an antinomian emphasis which is becom-ing more and more prevalent in evangelical circles. This has sparked an ongoing debate within evangelicalism as to the nature of saving faith and the meaning of salvation. But renewed interest in Roman Catholicism is motivated by more than a reaction against a liberal and antinomian form of evangelical-
ism. Given the state of today’s culture there are those who desire that all conservative forces within professing Christendom unite in a common battle in the culture war for moral values. Unity is the clarion call of this movement but a unity gained at the expense of truth—in particular the great gospel truths which were articulated by the Prot-estant Reformers. Those evangelicals who promote such an agenda are short sighted. They have forgotten that scripture declares that the God ordained means of changing a culture is through the clear preaching of the gospel of Christ. But it is at this point where there is so much confusion.
There is a desperate need today for a clari-fication of the biblical gospel. We need to re-turn to a fearless and uncompromising proc-lamation of the fulness of the truth of the gospel as revealed in scripture. This is what characterized the preaching and teaching of the Reformers. Their gospel message was grounded on the ultimate authority of God’s word and God blessed their efforts with an outpouring of his Spirit in great power and conversion. The answer for evangelicals who are concerned about the superficiality of evangelicalism and the state of the culture is not union with or tolerance of the legalis-tic gospel of Rome but a return to the bibli-cal and Reformation gospel. It is this gospel that much of evangelicalism has abandoned. Given the widespread confusion that exists on the nature of the gospel of the Reforma-tion, it is essential that we adequately docu-ment its true teaching.
William Webster is the pastor of Grace Bible Church in Battle Ground, Washington, USA.
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Let your main purpose in reading the Scrip-tures be for application to your life, and not just to gain knowledge, James said, “Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22) Read the Bible that you may learn and do, without any limitation. Whatever you see that God requires, you must study to put into practice.
Beg God and ask Him for the help of His Holy Spirit. For it is the Holy Spirit that inspired the Word, and it is the Holy Spirit who will give us the understanding of it. Paul said, “Who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit with in him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:11) Therefore before you read the Bible, it is very important that you ask for a blessing on what you are about to read.
Beware of a worldly, fleshly mind: for fleshly sins blind the mind from the things of God. In an eclipse of the moon, the earth comes between the sun and the moon, and so keeps the light of the sun from it. In the same way, the world in the heart, comes between you and the light of the Word, keeping its divine light from you.
Labor to be disciplined toward godliness, and to perceive your spiritual circumstanc-es. For a disciplined attitude greatly helps us to understand the Bible. Such a Chris-tian will find his circumstances in the Word, and the Word will give light to his circum-stances, and his circumstances will give light into the Word.
Whatever you learn from the Word, labor to put it into practice. For to him that has, more will be given. Those people who make no effort to put into practice, what they al-ready know about God’s Word, will get very little insight into the Bible. But while the stream runs through a holy life, the foun-tain will always be more refreshing.
Follow a regular plan in reading the Scrip-tures, so that you may become acquainted with the entire Bible; and make this read-ing a part of your private devotions. Do not always confine yourselves only to read ac-cording to your set plan, so as never to read by choice, however, having a plan leads to the most edification. Some parts of the Bible are more difficult, some may seem very dry for an ordinary reader; but if you would look on all of it as being the very Words of God, never to be disregarded, but read with faith and reverence, then without a doubt you will find great gain.
Be sure to mark those passages you read, the ones which you find most fitting to your situation, condition, or temptations; or those that you have found which touches your heart more than other passages. It will be most profitable for you to often review these marked passages.
Compare one Scripture with another, the more obscure verses with those which are more clear. This is an excellent means to find out the sense of the Scriptures; and this is the best use of the notes found in the mar-gins of most Bibles. And always keep Christ in view, for He is revealed in the Scriptures of the Old Testament (in its genealogies, types, and sacrifices), as well as in the pas-sages of the New Testament.
Read the Bible with a holy attention, al-ways remembering the majesty of God, and the reverence that is due Him. This must be done with attention, first, to the words; second, to the sense; and, third, to the di-vine authority of the Scripture, and the ob-ligation it lays on the conscience for obedi-ence. The Apostle Paul said, “We thank God continually because, when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the Word of God, which is at work in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13)
by Thomas Boston
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Thomas Boston was born in Duns, Berwick-shire, he read arts and divinity at Edin-burgh and was a recognized Hebraist. After ordination he held pastorates in his native county and (most notably) at Ettrick, Sel-kirkshire, where he was installed on the day of the union with England in 1707.
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Ignatius, one of the ancient fathers of the church, was born in Syria, and brought up under the care of the Apostle John. About the year 67, he became bishop of Antioch. In this important station he continued above 40 years, both an honor and a safeguard to the Christian religion; undaunted in the midst of very tempestuous times, and unmoved with the prospect of suffering a cruel death. He taught men to think little of the present life; to value and love the good things to come; and never to be deterred from a course of piety and virtue, by the fear of any temporal evils whatever; to oppose only meekness to anger, humility to boasting, and prayers to curses and reproaches.
This excellent man was selected by the emperor Trajan, as a subject whose sufferings might be proper to inspire terror and discouragement in the hearts of the Christians at Rome. He was condemned to die for his faith in Christ, and ordered to be thrown among wild beasts to be devoured by them. This cruel sentence, far from
weakening his attachment to the great cause he had espoused, excited thankfulness of heart, that he had been counted worthy to suffer for the sake of religion. “I thank thee, O Lord,” said he, “that thou hast condescended thus to honor me with thy love; and hast thought me worthy, with thy
apostle Paul, to be bound in chains.”
On his passage to Rome he wrote a letter to his fellow Christians there, to prepare them to acquiesce in his sufferings, and to assist him with their prayers. “Pray for me,” said he, “that God would give me both inward and outward strength, that I may not only say, but do well; that I may not only be called a Christian, but be found one.” Animated by the cheering prospect of the reward of his sufferings, he said: “Now, indeed, I begin to be a disciple; I weigh neither visible nor invisible things, in comparison with an interest in Jesus Christ.” With the utmost Christian fortitude he met the wild beasts assigned for his destruction and triumphed in death.
The Church’s one foundationis Jesus Christ her Lord;she is his new creation,by water and the word:from heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride;with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
Elect from every nation,yet one o’er all the earth,her charter of salvation:one Lord, one faith, one birth;one holy name she blesses,partakes one holy food,and to one hope she presseswith every grace endued.
Though with a scornful wonderwe see her sore oppressed,by schisms rent asunder,by heresies distressed:
Stone, Samuel John, a clergyman of the Church of England, the son of Rev. William Stone, was born at Whitmore, Staffordshire, April 25, 1839. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was graduated B.A. in 1862. Later he took orders and served various Churches. He succeeded his father at St. Paul’s, Haggerstown, in 1874. He was the author of many original hymns and translations, which were collected and published in 1886. His hymns are hopeful in spirit and skillfully constructed. He published several poetic volumes. He died November 19, 1900.
Source: www.hymnary.org/person/Stone_SJ
yet saints their watch are keeping,their cry goes up, “How long?”and soon the night of weepingshall be the morn of song.
’Mid toil and tribulation,and tumult of her war,she waits the consummationof peace forevermore,till with the vision gloriousher longing eyes are blest,and the great Church victoriousshall be the Church at rest.
Yet she on earth hath unionwith God, the Three in One,and mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won:O happy ones and holy!Lord, give us grace that we,like them, the meek and lowly,on high may dwell with thee.
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triuMphant death oF ignatius The church’s one foundaTionby Samuel John Stone (1839-1900)
“Pray for me,” said he, “that God would give me both inward and outward strength, that I may not only say, but do well; that I may not only be called a Christian, but be found one.”
“...Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from
their labors, for their deeds follow them!”Revelation 14:13
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THERE ARE TWO WAYS in which men are called to believe the gospel. There is an outward and an inward calling, an earthly and a heavenly calling. All believers are “partakers of the heavenly calling” (Hebrews 3:1).
The outward call comes to all who hear the gospel sound: “Many are called, but few chosen.” Every time the church bell rings it is a call. It says, “Come away sinner, thy sabbaths are numbered. Eternity is at hand. God’s people are hastening to the house of God, God’s stewards are dealing out the bread of life. Sinner do not stay behind; Jesus is ringing for thee, inviting thee, wooing thee.
If thou wouldst but listen, it would sound as joyfully as a marriage bell.” Ah! there are multitudes in Scotland who hear no more of the gospel than the bell, and that will be enough to condemn them in the great day. The open church door is a call. It seems to say, “Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many shall seek to enter in and shall not be able”. “Go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves,” lest the bridegroom come and the door be shut.
scriptures. I am able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
I am given by inspiration of God, and am profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and instruction in righteousness.” The death of every unconverted friend is a loud call. It says, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”. “It is appointed unto all men once to die, and after death the judgment.” “Prepare to meet thy God.” It may truly be said of every sinner that shall read these words, that you are now called, warned, invited to flee from the wrath to come, and to lay hold on Christ set before you. If you have not got enough to save you, you have enough to condemn you.
But all who are in Christ have received the inward call. All, who like Timothy, have “unfeigned faith”, and have received “the Spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind”, have been “saved and called with a holy calling”. This is the work of the Holy Spirit; and therefore it is called a holy calling. It is the call of the unseen Almighty Spirit who sweetly inclines the will, and melts the heart of the sinner. It is there a saving call. When Jesus said to Matthew, “follow me”, the Spirit breathed upon his heart, and made him willing: “He arose and followed Jesus.”
When Paul preached to the Thessalonians, he gave the outward call. Had Paul stood alone, they would have remained as hard as the rocks that dash back the waves of the Aegean Sea. But the Spirit breathed upon their hearts, and so the “gospel came not unto them in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance” (1 Thessalonians 1:5). When Paul preached at Philippi by the river’s side, many a Grecian matron had the outward call. His words fell pleasantly upon their ears. Still all remained unmoved but one; one heart was opened, a foreigner whose dark eye told that she came from the sunny plains of Asia. “The Lord opened the heart of Lydia” (Acts 16:14).
O sinner! do not think that your reading or hearing the gospel will of itself save your soul. Do not think that because you have a
“Come in, come in,Eternal glory thou wilt win.”
The lighted windows of the church at evening are a solemn call. They cry in your ears, “Jesus is the light of the world”. “Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.” Jesus hath lighted a candle, and is sweeping the house, and seeking diligently to find lost pieces of silver. “The village spire that points the way to heaven,” is a silent call. It says, Look up stedfastly into heaven, and see the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. “Seek those things which are above. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.”
The voice of the preacher is a call. It says, “Repent and believe the gospel, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. “We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech by us, we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled unto God.” Every tract given in at your door is a divine call. It says, “I have a message from God unto thee”. “Behold I stand at the door and knock.” Every leaf of your Bible is a call. It says, “Search the
Bible, a minister, and a place in the house of God, that you are therefore on the way to heaven. Remember God must save you, and call you with an holy calling. If you are not quickened from above, your outward calls will only be the savour of death unto death to your soul. It will be one of the chief miseries of hell to remember the texts and sermons that you heard on earth, when you would not come to Christ and have life.
Bless God, you who have been “saved and called with an holy calling”, for it is “not according to your works, but according to His purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began”. Every saved soul can say, “He hath not dealt with me after my sins, nor rewarded me according to mine iniquities”. He has called me out of darkness into marvellous light, from under wrath and curse to pardon and peace with God, from death unto life.
How many He has passed by that were no worse than me. But He has been willing to make known the riches of His glory on me, a vessel of mercy which He had afore prepared unto glory. How sure my sinful soul is of glory. He calls from heaven, and calls to heaven. “Whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he called, them he also justified, and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” “Bless the Lord, O my soul.”
Robert Murray McCheyne — (1813-1843) was born on May 21, 1813, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was licensed to preach at the age of 22, ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter’s Church, Dundee, Scotland, at 23, and died six years later.
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” II Timothy 1:9
by Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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While Susannah Spurgeon (1832-1892) will always be remembered as the faithful wife and encourager of the great preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, she deserves rec-ognition in her own right by the Christian Church in connection with her fund for sup-plying theological books to clergymen and ministers too poor to buy them. The impor-tance of this Christian work should not be overlooked or underestimated.
At the time in which Mrs. Spurgeon lived, many ministers living in England were given such a poor wage that they could barely feed their families, let alone buy books to help them grow spiritually and improve their ministries. In fact, when the Book Fund was started it was discovered that many minis-ters had not been able to buy a new book for ten years!
Mrs. Spurgeon was born Susannah Thomp-son on January 15, 1832 to Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Thompson in the Southern suburbs of the City of London. She was raised in a god-ly home and had earnest Christian friends as she grew up and she herself became a Christian as a young girl. But since, in those days, there were not many organizations or churches that encouraged young believers to pursue Christian service and or further their knowledge of God, there was a coldness and indifference common to the youth of that day, Susannah included.
In 1852, Susannah saw for the first time the man that was to become her beloved hus-band. He was a mere youth of 19 and had been asked to preach in the famous Park
Street Chapel in London and at the insis-tence of her friends she attended the ser-vice. At this point in her life, Susannah had grown so spiritually cold that she didn’t un-derstand the clear Gospel preaching of this young man and she was not impressed with his preaching.
When C.H. Spurgeon finally accepted the pastorate of New Park Street Chapel, Miss Thompson often saw him at the home of her dear friends Mr. and Mrs. Olney who were members of the church. Though they saw each other often, neither Mr. or Mrs. Spur-geon remembers their first introduction. It appears that it didn’t take long for Susannah to get over her prejudices regarding Charles as a preacher and she soon realized her Christian life was far from what it should be.
Mr. Spurgeon soon heard of Susannah’s de-sire to improve her Christian walk and gave her and illustrated copy of “The Pilgrim’s Progress” to help her along that path. She was very impressed by his concern for her and from that time on their friendship grew and it wasn’t long that it blossomed into love. Charles and Susannah were married on January 8, 1856.
On September 20, 1856, Susannah gave birth to a set of twin boys in her New Kent Road home. She remained weak for some time after the birth of her sons and, though she eventually recovered, she never again gained full and robust health. Much of Su-sannah’s life was spent suffering from physi-cally ailments that kept her bedridden for long periods of time.
Although weak and ailing much of her adult life, Susannah was a faithful trainer of her two sons in Christian doctrine and she had the joy of seeing them both become Chris-tians at an early age. When they became grown men, both of her boys publicly recog-nized how much the influence of their moth-er’s example and teaching played a part in their conversion.
Charles Spurgeon was a prolific writer and had most of his sermons published. In the summer of 1875 he completed the first vol-ume of “Lectures to my Students” and he gave his wife a proof copy of the book, asking for her opinion. She told her husband that she wished she could place that volume in the hands of every minister in England. To that her husband replied, “Then why not do so: how much will you give?”
Susannah was not prepared for his ques-tion, but it challenged her to see if she could spare the money from her housekeeping or personal account to fulfill her wish. At that time she remembered some money that she had put away whenever she had some extra. She went to her room and got the money and when it was counted she realized that she had enough money to pay for one hundred copies of the work. It was in that instant that the Book Fund was born.
The next issue of “The Sword and the Trow-el”, a magazine which was a magazine put out by her husband, contained an announce-ment of Mrs. Spurgeon’s intention of giving out the books and inviting poor Baptist min-isters to apply for the book. The applications proved more numerous than she anticipated and in that first distribution she gave out two hundred copies instead of the one hun-dred she originally proposed.
In the following issue of his publication, Charles told of the many ministers desiring new books to increase their knowledge and improve their ministries and of the Book Fund that Susannah created to fulfill these needs. Money began to come in to finance the Book Fund so that books could be provided to needy ministers.
Susannah continued the work of the Book Fund for the rest of her life. Her last thoughts before her death were for the Book Fund, and for the poor ministers who were benefited by its aid. In her will she left a sum of money for the assistance of the work.
Besides the support she gave her husband in his ministry, the time she spent raising and training her boys, and the work she did with the Book Fund, Susannah Spurgeon gave a good deal of time to literary work. Her most treasured work was “C.H. Spurgeon’s Auto-biography, compiled from his Diary, Letters, and Records”. As a writer, Susannah had a rare literary gift. She wrote several books in her lifetime including “Ten Years of My Life in the Service of the Book Fund”, “Ten Years After”, and several devotional books.
BIogRAphY
susannah: the FaithFul wiFe oF the great preacher charles h. spurgeon
If greatness is determined by the amount of good a person does in the world, if it is only another name for unselfish devotion in the service of others, then Susannah Spurgeon go down in history as one of the greatest women of her time.
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And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”
And Cain answered, “I do not know; why should I take care of my brother?”
Then the Lord said to Cain, “What is this that you have done? Your brother’s blood is like a voice crying to me from the ground. Do you see how the ground has opened, like a mouth, to drink your brother’s blood? As long as you live, you shall be under God’s curse for the murder of your brother. You shall wander over the earth, and shall never find a home, because you have done this wicked deed.”
And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Thou hast driven me out from among men; and thou hast hid thy face from me. If any man finds me he will kill me, because I shall be alone, and no one will be my friend.”
And God said to Cain, “If any one harms Cain, he shall be punished for it.” And the Lord God placed a mark on Cain, so that whoever met him should know him and should know also that God had forbidden any man to harm him. Then Cain and his wife went away from Adam’s home to live in
a place by themselves, and there they had children. And Cain’s family built a city in that land; and Cain named the city after his first child, whom he had called Enoch.
AdAM ANd EVE, ANd thE FAllIn the beginning, God made the heaven and the earth. He also made the sun, moon and stars; trees, flowers and all vegetable life; and all animals, birds, fishes and insects. Then God made man. God made everything that was made.
The name of the first man was Adam, and the first woman was Eve. Both were placed in a beautiful garden called the Garden of Eden, where they might have been happy continually had they not sinned.
But God forbade them to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan tempted Eve to take the fruit of this tree. She ate, and gave to Adam, and be ate also. Thus they sinned, and sin came into the world.
Then God called to Adam and said, “Where art thou?” Before this, Adam and Eve had been happy when God was near, now they were afraid. Why? Because they knew they had done wrong. So sin makes us afraid of God.God rebuked them for the evil they had done. God then killed an animal to make a covering for them from the skins. The shedding of blood of the animal was a picture of the coming of Christ in future to die and shed His blood to cover our sins. He gave His life to ransom us, and bring us back to God.
After their sin, Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden, and God placed an angel to keep watch over the gate so that they could not return.
You can read more about this story of the time when God created all things. You will find it in your Bible at the first part of the Book of Genesis. Genesis, which means “beginnings” is the very first book in your Bible.
Source: www.theoldtimegospel.org
The first man’s name was Adam and his wife he called Eve. They lived in a beautiful Garden away in the East Country which was called Eden, filled with beautiful trees and flowers of all kinds. But they did not live in Eden long for they did not obey God’s command, but ate the fruit of a tree which had been forbidden them. They were driven forth by an angel and had to give up their beautiful home. So Adam and his wife went out into the world to live and to work. For a time they were all alone, but after a while God gave them a little child of their own, the first baby that ever came into the world. Eve named him Cain; and after a time another baby came, whom she named Abel.
When the two boys grew up, they worked, as their father worked before them. Cain, the older brother, chose to work in the fields, and to raise grain and fruits. Abel, the younger brother, had a flock of sheep and became a shepherd.
While Adam and Eve were living in the Garden of Eden, they could talk with God and hear God’s voice speaking to them. But now that they were out in the world, they could no longer talk with God freely, as before. So when they came to God, they built an altar of stones heaped up, and upon it, they laid something as a gift to God, and burned it, to show that it was not their own, but was given to God, whom they could not see. Then before the altar they made their prayer to God, and asked God to forgive their sins, all that they had done was wrong; and prayed God to bless them and do good to them.
Each of these brothers, Cain and Abel, offered upon the altar to God his own gift. Cain brought the fruits and the grain which he had grown; and Abel brought a sheep from his flock, and killed it and burned it upon the altar. For some reason God was pleased with Abel and his offering, but was not pleased with Cain and his offering. Perhaps God wished Cain to offer something that had life, as Abel offered; perhaps Cain’s heart was not right when he came before God.
And God showed that He was not pleased with Cain; and Cain, instead of being sorry for his sin, and asking God to forgive him, was very angry with God, and angry also toward his brother Abel. When they were out in the field together Cain struck his brother Abel and killed him. So the first baby in the world grew up to be the murderer of his own brother.
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the story oF adaM and eVe
Cain and Abel
They were driven forth by an angel
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It is a terrible blight in our day that there are not enough men whose backbones are strong enough to stand up for anything. Paul begins verse 16 by making this bold statement that he is “not ashamed of the gospel.” There are not enough men who are bold enough to stand up for their convictions regardless of the cost! O, how we need such courage and bravery today especially when it comes to the proclamation and defense of gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Perhaps this could be an indication that we are dealing with a greater problem, the lack of conviction concerning the power of the gospel. That’s tragic! Paul was a different kind of man. It is worth noting that he was writing these words (quoted above) from Rome where he had been imprisoned for the sake of the gospel before his death! Even though he knew that this bold statement would be considered outrageous by many in his day and that it would get him into further trouble, nothing could stop him from declaring his position on the gospel. He was unstoppable! He was the kind of person who would just make his opponents mad! They couldn’t silence him! For as long as he could breathe, he was determined to make this gospel known among the nations!
weak but also a great enemy of the entire Jewish establishment. But when Paul met Christ on the road to Damascus, he was radically changed and by the grace of God, he wholeheartedly embraced the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ for himself!
The focus of his life changed drastically. From that point on, he learned to “glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3). From a purely legalistic, moral and physical perspective, Paul had more than enough reasons to boast (glory) in the flesh. Yet, he considered all that “loss for the sake of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:7). In verse 8 of Philippians 3, Paul refers to this as “refuse” or “dung!” That’s how disgusted he was with his own righteousness according to the law! Why? Was it because the law is bad? Of course not! In Romans 7, Paul himself makes a very strong defense of the law. No! It was not because Paul thought that the law was bad. Rather, it was because Paul had discovered that his “righteousness according to the law” was like “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6) before God. He realized that all those “good things” (i.e. his Jewish descent and his adherence to the law), were not good enough to commend him before God for salvation (Philippians 3:1-14).
The passion of his life also changed drastically. He was willing even to suffer for the sake of this gospel. He was changed from a persecutor to a preacher of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ had now become the singular and the all-consuming passion of his life. He writes in Philippians 3:8-9, “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a
The Crux of the Matter: The gospel “is the power of God for salvation!” The reason Paul was so bold and unstoppable with respect to the gospel was because he so believed that the gospel “is the power of God for salvation” for all men (Jews and Gentiles alike). Paul had been given this conviction by the Holy Spirit. He once was lost but now was found. Once, he was blind to the glories of the gospel and its liberating power through Jesus Christ. But now he could see because the Lord had removed the scales from his eyes (Acts 9:1-19). He personally experienced this very truth – that the gospel is indeed the “power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…” (emphasis added).
As a Jew, he had been taught that his salvation rested in his personal obedience to the Torah and all its stipulations as set forth at Mount Sinai (see Exodus 19). He once considered himself “blameless” with respect to “righteousness under the law” (Philippians 3:6). Paul, with permission from the Jewish high priest, was determined to persecute Christians. For any “good” Jew, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ crucified for sinners, was a “stumbling block” (1 Corinthians 1:22). Anyone who endeavored to preach this gospel was considered not only
righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith” (emphasis added). That was Paul’s confession as a transformed Jew! Praise be to the Lord for that!
So when Paul writes in Romans 1:16-17, he knows exactly what he is talking about because he was personally a beneficiary of this wonderful gospel of God’s grace. He wants to tell us that God has put His saving power in His gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and not anywhere else! Thus, we may safely conclude that salvation does not, cannot and will not come to us (as sinful creatures) through any other means but only through the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ which tells us that nothing in us or about us can commend us before God for salvation. Even our very best deeds, are “like filthy rags” before God, yes “dung” – so ugly, worthless and disgusting! But thanks be to God that that’s not the end of the story!
“The Just Shall Live By Faith” – By trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are given a new (yes, a REAL) righteousness, a “righteousness from God!” Paul writes, “For in it (in the gospel), the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith” (parenthesis added) – Romans 1:17. In other words, this gospel announces to us that a new kind of righteousness which does not depend on us but on God Himself is being offered to sinners like you and me! This gospel announces to us release from bondage to the law. This gospel calls us to trust God for our salvation. This gospel offers us salvation by faith alone in Christ alone! This gospel is the world’s best news! “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17).Praise the Lord through Jesus Christ!
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of
God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17
by Revd. Fletcher Matandika
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“not ashaMed oF the gospel”
“ There are not enough men who are bold enough to stand up for their convictions regardless of the cost! O, how we need such courage and bravery today especially when it comes to the proclamation and defense of gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
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As I reflect on books that have been important to me, I pick up my old school hymnbook. It’s falling apart now, and several pages are missing, but you can still discern the school crest embossed in gilt on its faded crimson back cover, with its motto, “Domine dirige nos” (“Lord, guide us”). In the front is my maiden name; missing is the page on which, as a girl of twelve, I noted my favorite hymns.
This book represents to me a time of blessing my beloved homeland of England enjoyed, when it was ‘normal’, at least in private schools, to worship the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ each day. These were the days before ‘multiculturalism’ and the decline of Christianity in my land. I thank God for the wisdom of my elders in that day, women who decreed not only that each girl would keep her hymnbook upon her graduation, but that we would sing from the book each day at assembly. As a result of this, a wealth of great and beautiful hymns was added to the store already accruing in my memory from worship at my local church. The hymns spanned every age and culture – and many of the tunes are of surpassing beauty and fitness, written by the very best composers of the ages.
When our children were small, I was able to locate enough copies for us to use in family worship. And so, as a family, and later in the school we helped start, we continue to sing, aspiring to “Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness/Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim,/With gold of obedience and incense
of lowliness,/Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His name!”
Juliet is the wife of Michael Kane, mother of Isabel, Imogen, Clementine and Catherine, and a teacher. She and her family live in Portland, OR, USA and are members of Evergreen PCA in Beaverton.
INSpIRAtIoN
a Book that changed My liFe
by Juliet Kane
“Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness/Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim,/With gold of obedience and incense of lowliness,/Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His name!”
Mr. Daniel ChoiDesigner
Mr. Donald FraserFormer Treasurer
Revd. Fletcher MatandikaNew APC News Editor
Mr. Jorge R. Canedo EstradaDesigner
Revd. Donald C. MacaskillFormer Editor
Revd. Gordon MurrayAssistant Editor
Revd. Dr. John FergusonCommittee Member
Mr. William Mackenzie Committee Member
Mr. Clark WallsNew APC News Treasurer
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dUNdEERevd. Donald C Macaskill, BA238 Arbroath RoadDundee, DD4 7SBTel Home: 01382 451798Mobile: 07792 545 243Email: [email protected]
Dens Road Church11 Dens Road - 11am & 6.30pm, Wed 7pm (confirm by telephone).
Treasurer: Mrs IsabellaScrimgeour, 15 Barry Downs Park, Barry Road,Carnoustie, DD7 7SATel: 07966 594 711Communions: Last week in March, June, September, December
EdINBURghRevd. John Ross, 6 Frogston GroveEdinburgh, EH10 7AG Tel: 0131 466 6247Email: [email protected]
Sundays: 11.30am and 5pm Wed: 7.30pm at 47 Southhouse Broadway, EH17 8AS
FoRt wIllIAMServices held jointly with the Free Church, High Street, 11am & 6.30pm, Wednesday 7.30pm.
Contact: Donald MacNicol, 14 Altour Road, SpeanBridge, Inverness-shire, PH34 4EZTel: 01397 7124
INVERNESSRevd. Dr. John C A FergusonManse: 16 Drummond Road, Inverness, IV2 4NBTel: 01463 223983
Kingsview Christian CentreBalnafettack Road,11.30am & 6pm, Wed 7.30pm.Tel: 01463 716843
Treasurer: Mr Kenneth Macdonald, ‘Arnish’, 16 Drumdevan Place, Inverness, IV2 4DQ
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Monthly Bible Study in Black Isle.
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Treasurer: W D MacLeod, 114 Inshegra,Rhiconich, by Lairg, IV27 4RH Tel 01971 521388.Communion: Third in August
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Lairg Church - 6pmRogart Church - 11.30am
Treasurer: Mrs Alison Mackenzie, Birchgrove, Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, IV24 3ARTel. 01863 766251
Communions: Lairg: First in June. Rogart: Third in Sept.
loChCARRoN(Lochcarron-Lochalsh) Services held jointly with Free Church – 11am & 6pmWednesday 7.30pm
2nd & 3rd Lord’s Day Kishorn 3pm
Treasurer: Mrs Alison Stewart, 13 Kirkton Gardens, Lochcarron, IV54 8UQTel: 01520 722239Email: [email protected]
loChINVER & StoER & dRUMBEgServices held jointly with Free Church of ScotlandMorning services alternating between Stoer FreeChurch & Drumbeg APC - 11am.
Evening serviceLochinver Free Church at 6pm.
Contacts: Mrs E. MacKenzie, Church Road, Stoer, Sutherland, IV27 4SETel 01571 855279
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Plockton: No services at present
poolEwEJoint Worship with Free Church, Inverasdale10.30am (with Sunday School); Aultbea 12 pm (withSunday School); Poolewe 6pm
Treasurer:Kenny MacLeanDunedin, 42 Strath, Gairloch, IV21 2DBTel: 01445 [email protected]: As arranged locally
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Christ-centered Christianity will be our particular focus this year, Lord willing. We will consider various sub-themes under this great overarching theme. These will include, Christ-Centered Marriages (March/April); Christ-Centered Missions & Evangelism (May/June); Christ-Centered Worship (July/August); Christ-Centered Preaching (September/October); and Christ-Centered Lives (November/December).
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You will also notice we have introduced a few new sections like, A Book That Changed My Life. In this section, we want to give you reader(s) the opportunity to share with us a book that has been greatly used of the Lord to bless you in your Christian pilgrimage. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions in this category.
ANYoNE CAN wRItEWe invite laypeople, pastors, and scholars to send us articles for publication. We are specifically looking for articles which
carefully mingle sound biblical teaching in the Reformed tradition with careful theological reflection and insight. Articles which speak to current issues and problems affecting the Church with the purpose of encouraging and challenging Christians to serve God’s purposes in our generation will be given first priority.
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Portree APC Church, Staffin Road - 11am & 4:45pm,C of S, Dunvegan - 12:45 & 6:30pm.
Mid-week service Wed 7.30pm, 1st, 3rd, 5th
Portree;2nd, 4th DunveganThurs - Bible Study Portree 2nd & 4th at 7.30pm
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Communions: Portree: third in March and September,Dunvegan: first in JuneHarris: Seilabost Primary School - 12 noon and 6pm(2nd Sabbath each month 6pm service is a joint servicewith and at Scarista Church of Scotland)
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