The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1966

Vi You,~ Cou r1ci I of ! en By John G. Balyo }lcrh~1p \ l)ll ha, ne, r heard f Zi 111ri l1 :)cat1,~ he ha been dead for ~1lr11~ l three thou and year . and i ·11cnt1oned onl) briefl) 1 1n I King Io. ~" -~O. He ,, a a n1ilitary officer an the arn1, of I rael. half of King . Elah· \\ ar chariot being under his d. re t c n1n1and. Zin1ri had achieved a ertain n1ea ure of ucce in the ,,,orld and the recognition that goes \\ ith 1t. b11t he v. a far from being ati fied. He reli bed , ery little the role f a er, ant: he \\ a ambitiou and ,, anted to be king. What a de– light it \\ ot1ld be to have Elah~s place and ha, e people bo,\ down to him'. The n1ore he thought about it the 111ore the idea appealed to him ( in Is t h, l ( \ \ , l \ • \ l ll k ll Ll \ \ ) • , 1ll ll f 1 ~ f i ll .111 liC ~tlh.tl ll cl\) s ,n1 tl11n 1 "'''.ll&I 11. l~r cr,ltl \l l1 king l'>\ th' si1111>I ~ c - I) llicn l l)l 1\ 111 i11g t1rr,,111cl l1i111 l1 is • • n1,,11, l1.1 r1l,lt: ·rs ,lllll nssass111nt111g th"· 1eignin 1 ki11g. ,, Zi 111ri t, )k o,cr ti,~ ki11gcl(lt)1! 1I t \\ nntc{I the thr ,11 :ir1cl he g<lt it. 11 • thirs lcll 1()1' th, sl1111n1it a11cl he rcn · l1l<.I it. I I \\ as a , si 111plc as 1hat . lll tt , , 1tl1 ,, l1 at carcft1 l ir'll ll V the 13t11lc h1,l(.'r1an tCC(lf'llcci King / 1,1111 ·~ reign He \\1otc " In the t, cntv ancl ,c, cnt 11 , c, r ()[ 1\ sa. k111g of J11ciah . lltc.i /111111 1c1gr, \C\Cn cla\~ 1n T1rzah. " r\ k.1 ng for c, n cl,1 ~ \' He owned a thr()JlC ft1r a 'Acck . and that wa all! 1 hen "ill tC 1dc I H C C0111J111 tted ll1LJ ruer for ,l throne ,1 nci comm1ttcd st1icidc \\ hen he co11ldn'l keep 1l . But of coL1r c he hottld ha\ e known that he cot1ldn't keep it . He c;hould have knov. n that e, erything a man obtain ot1t ide the will of God he i de tined to lo, e. He hould have known that he never had the lighte t pro pect of winning becau e God wa again t ... him. He hould have known but he didn't, because hi pride had blinded him. ince the fooli hness of pride i a peril to e, 1 ery man. perhaps it would not be unwi e to remind ourselves that God is against those who lust for a place in the un where they can ba k in the worth]es approval of their worldl} contemporaries. Perhaps it wou]d be well for us to be warned not to eek "honor from men, " but to eek ~' the honor that cometh from God only:' for 'God res isteth the proud a nd giveth grace to the hum– ble.' ' Beware the Zimri con1plex ! Dr. John G. Balyo Dr. John G. Bal\ o i ' a native of ., G:-een\ 1 tlle. . C. ha, ing tudied at \ dlpara1 o L n1, er ity. He i a gradu– ate of Go hen College. Go hen, In– diana. La'A' chool in Atlanta. Geor– gia and Grace Theological eminary. \\' inona Lake. Indiana. He i an hon– orary alumnu of Grand Rapid Bap– t i t Bible College and eminary. He i a n1ember of Genera] Council of Bapti t ~lid-:i\f1 100 • the Board of Director of Grand Rapid Bapti t Bible College and eminary and the G.A.R.B.C. Council or Fot1rteen. The Lord ha given him ucce - ful pastorate in Indi ana Michi- gan and Ohio. Pre ently he i pa tor of the Cedar Hill Bapti t Church, Cleveland. He a nd hi wife have one on who e name i Michael. Brother Balyo i well known throughout our Bapti t fello\\:ship on both the state and national level. I t i good having 5uch a man on our Council of Ten! T/1e 0/1io /11<lepen<le11t Bc1ptiYt is p11blisl1ecl <J11 tl1e I irst of eac/1 1110111/1 i11 X e11ia, 0/1io b) Tlze Ol1i<J Associc1tion of R eg11/c1r Baptist C/1z1rcl1es. It is a 111a 0 a-i11e clevoted to Christia,z fellc>ivsl1ip a11<l faithf1,Z- 11ess 10 1 l1e trutlz. S11.bscriptio11 rate: 2.00 per J 1 ear. 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Dunham 1326 Euclid A\·e., Lorain, 0. 44052 S ecretary . Darrell Bice 511 H errick Ave. E., \ i\!ellington, Ohio 44090 Treasurer H. R. Davison 23 Ivester Lane, Arcanum, 0. 45304 J\,1issionary Chr. B. C. Jennings 4295 Ells,vorth Rd. , tO\,\\ 0. 44224 Y 011-th Director . Lynn Rogers 7854 N. Bovden Rd., 1 or thfield, ., Ohio 44067 Editcation Chr. First Baptist \Voodroiv l\lcCaleb Church, Elyria, Ohio 44035 Council of Ten Chair·n-ian .. .. S ecretary John Balyo Vernon Billington Robert Barrett B. C. J ennings Woodrow McCaleb Lynn Rogers Donald ewelJ Earl Willetts Verne Dunham, Darrell Bice