The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1966

Wonderful Summer! 13\)th ( ,tr11r, Patn1 a nd , cioto HilL evidenced th e 1~ ,111g l°'t the l urd during the e pa t . un1mer month rhere ,, .1 ,l g tl attenda nce at every -week. The food .. he lt1n ... th fello,, . hip ... the . piritt1al in1pact ... 11 1..1 ,, a tren1end tt. . ) (\ttr di tor pent a da} 1 at cioto Hi IL a nd wa gre.1tl, 1n1pre~ ed \v ith the fi ne progran1 , et up there. \\ e had the prt\ ilege of n1ini tering for two week at Jn1p Patn10 . The Lord ha. pern1itted ll to mini ler n n1an) can1p down through the year . but no bet ter C\\ o \\ eek \\ ere had an)rwhere than the two pent at ~ n1p Patn10 . fh e joy of eeing young live . tep out for the Lord i a preciou. thing. Pictured eL e\v here on t hi page is een Mis ionary Da, e Gardner of the Philippines ( A.B .W.E.) mini tering to e, eral ) ot1ng peo ple. A . cene like thi was mo t com– n1on almo t every day at Camp P atmos . Al o, we ve run a picture of Pa. tor Wm. Ru ell of Blanchester teaching ~t Bible cla al cioto Hill.. H ow glad we are t hat God ha, prov ided u \.vith the e camps whereby we are able 10 n1ini ter to the youth of our fe ll ow hip ! Ever)' once in awhile we run into omeone who tlot1ht if camp v.. ork i . reall y worth while. I don' t care ,, hat kind o( \ ork \\ e do for the Lo rd. there wi ll alway he th se who wi ll wonder if it Hpays.' ' ake it from me. ( I 've n1i ni stered in dozen<; of ca1np<;) l 1 ve <;ee n young J e pie ... n1a ny of the n1 come to C hris t for <;alvation ... a! <'a111ps. I 've , een eve n n1ore dedicate their Jive~ to hri . t for , ervice ... at ca111ps. I 've een young people wit h . eriou problem which somehow at home could not be solved ... but away at ca111p . . . urrou nded by ot her hri tian young people of their own age and under the dail y preaching of the Word of God ... go home with their problems oJ,,ed by the Lord Him elf. Ye. . . . CAMP PAY ! If you've a ny doubt , a<;k tho e pa to r in our own fellow hip who were reached by the Lord . . . at carr1p. Talk with the mi ionaries se rv– ing at home and in the region beyo nd who heard the ca ll of the Lord . . . at ca111p . Let us never think that it doesn t pay! To be sure, all who make deci sio n at camp do not hold to them when they get back h ome bL1t then . . . all who make deci s ions in our churches don't hoJd to them either. Does it mean that we must give up our preaching because so many who make vow fail to keep them? Of course not !! Neither should it make u want to give up on camps. When I served as a pa tor in this state, I had young people come h ome who had made deci ion while at camp. but omehow when they returned , there was no real change in their Jives. On the other hand I had some who made deci ions at ca,np and when they got h ome they held to tho e deci ions and went on for God! Let tl pray for our Camp leader ! Let u s pray for ou r Camps!! Pray for both of them . . . Camp P at mo d S . H ' ll 111 a n c1oto 1 s ... t C n11clL1tled f ro111 pa[.;e 4) 3. RECKONED DWELLING OF of the Hol y pirit. When a piritu al Chri tian preaches, he reckon the moving convicting pre ence of the Holy Spirit. In hi work or in hi. leisure in hi meditation or in hi s recreation, in hi s sorrow or in h i. joy. in hi burdens or in hi plea ure: the piritua] Chri tian reckons him– self to the fact, because it i a fact. that the H o ly Spirit is constantly dwelling in his hod y. in Chri t YIELD HIMSELF to God and he reckon hi . members to th i. fact of being yielded to God. ··- BL1t ,·ield ,·oi1rselves i,nto . God. A.5 T l-lOSE THAT ARE A LIVE f ro11i tl1e dead. anc/ yoitr 111e111hers as i,1rtri11nents of ri!!l11eo1,s,1ess 11nto God." - R o111ans 6: 13 In th1 \\'Orld. c;inful things wil l come befo re the eyes. wil l enter the n1ind and v..•ill tempt the flesh. The piritua1 hr1 t1an 1c; not exempt from the e thing . The everity of tempta- io n of \inful thing will even increase for the pi ritual Chri tian because he i - pirirua1. Ho\.\·ever ~ the piritual Chri tian daily reckons h1<; hands. e)'e . mind. feet . yea ALL his hody in rruments \ 1 ielded for God'c; uc;e only. OClOBER 1966 PAGE 12 THE HOLY SPIRIT: ''What? know ye not that yoitr bod.Y is the temple of the H oly Ghost ivl1ich IS IN YOU, whic/1 ) 'e have of Goel. and ye are not ·vo11r own?" - I Cor. 6: 19 Notice t he word in thi ver e. ' ·know ye not.,, The e words are equ ivale nt to 'reckon ." The spiritual Chri tian reckons his body a the dwelling place (Temple) of the Ho]y Spirit. ome people are careful what they say or do in the presence of their pastor, or give reverence to God within the wa ll of a church building: but the spiritual Chri tian reckon the abidi ng pre ence of God the H oly Spirit in his body. When a spiritual Christian wit– nec;se<;. he reckon the abiding p ower In conclu ion, may it be aid that the reckoning of the Christ ian's re– lation hip with Chri t i tremendous– ly needed in Bible-believing circles to– d ay. We are ound in doctrine and h ave more knowledge of the Bib]e tha n most Chri tian group but how much of our sound doctrine and Biblical knowledge have we reckoned applicable to every 'moment of our life? THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST