The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1966

et's e e rut out ristmas! By Rev. B. F. Cate Eclitf>rs. ote: Tl1is is a t/101,.r;:/11 pro– V<>kinQ article. J11rt lt>/1.1· tin ,ve cele– brate Cl1ri t111as nnd ,1·l1nt 111i.£;l1t 01,r r11e ,,,ntivf's he? [Jet"c; tell ot1r children the truth 1hout the date of hriL t' b irth. The ruth i . God ha h idden the date of Chri t' birth from us. In hi . book. :>r. Ralph Yarne ll sh ow that Chri t A a born in the latter p art of Oc tober. e have room to give onl y a part )f hie; deduction . H e points ot1t th at 1ccording to Luke 1 : 8 Zachari a was !Xecuting the prie t office in the 'order' ' of hi course. Thi n1eans hat he ~ a occupyi ng th i office du r– ng the time as igned to Abi a or .t\ bijah. which was 15 day in the middle of our month of Ji,!)'. It was juring that time that Zachari as wa. old that Elizabeth would bear h in1 a ,on and hi" name wa to be ca ll ed John. In ver es 23. 24 we read. "As )oon as the dayc; of hie; mini tration ~ ere accon1pl1shed, he departed to his own l1ouse. And after tho e day. r1is wife l1zabeth conceived." This ..hows that lizabeth conceived soon after the 15 days of Zacharia' mini - r)' in the ten1ple - the latter part of /1.1!) 1 • 5'ix 111<Jntl1s later Mary wa in– f orn1cd that she wa to ''hr1 ng forth a '>011. ar1d thot1 shalt call H ie; nan,e Jesus.,. 1 ow cor11puting the n1onth of the birth of Je Lis i a si111plc r11,1ttcr. ~/l1en tary cor1ceived of the Ho))' r,irit , t~lizabeth had conccive(I si · nn ntl1 earli er and Je. tt s was bor11 nune 111011111 later. It is a sir11p]e n1atl r o ( addition. Six 1110111}1 J)lt1s nine 11 11tl1 equal 15 111011thl1 fr(>n1 II e t111 t: I lizalJ th co11ct:ivcd t111til J sus l>or111 . L1nti11g 15 r11011tl1 fr 111 J u I y one , a r , ""' ti Id hr in g u 1 ct l>er tl1e Jlt; t ~' ar tl1e 1111t: J u l>irth. i111,l y late I. I Ii z l> t Iii c nce i, d j 11 J u I} . 1, , } d i11 Januar f JI "is g. Jolin I rl I r1 p I I I. J l I \:\ as ll I ll i n ar n a ,1 d J>arl11, t1I ~1 n I f ii I U ll J.. C1• Ji I , J t)ili11l Dr l? Hlpi1 1 n II I t 1 I t • 11 - TH O ilO I D P NOE T BAPTIST cau e. a. far a I know. he i the on ly o ne to co n1e up ~ ith the n1onth in wh ich Ch rist wa. horn. Ever) born-aga in per 011 <; hould read hi<; hook . ~'ShoLt Id Ch ristians Ob<ierve Chri . tma ?q a nd get the ft1ll truth on thi . t1 bject. The price i onlv 50 J ce nts. Order f ron1 Dr. Ralph J. Yarnell. 327 . eventh , treet, Marietta. Ohio. Let·. tell ot1r ch ildren the trt1th abou t the wore/ Chri tn,a. . T he lrt1th i , thi . word cannot be fot1nd in the Bible. ft originated with the atho– lic , and means 'C hrit'" ~ a." or '"Ma . of Chri t." Peace on Earth? Let'. te ll our chil dren the trL1th about /Jeace o,z eartl1. For so n1e st ra nge rea on, at Chri tn1a t in1e, million of a int. and si nner take up the phra e ' ' Peace on Earth' ' - indi cating that becau e of J e..<;t1 fir. t coming there shotil d be peace on ea rth . othi ng cou Jd be ft1rther f ro111 the truth . Je us H im~elf aid, 'Think n t that f an, co n1e to send peace on earth : I conic not lo end peace, but a word' ' (Matt. 10:34). The re– v 1 ed ver ion of Lt1ke 2: 14 read a<; fo ll ow : G lory to od in the h ighe t• and on earth peace an1ong men in whon1 He i well plea ed." Yes, C'hri tian have peace. bt1t thi war– torn earth will not have peace t1n1il J e<ius con1ec; again ( I a. 2: 1-4 ) . I Jet·~ t e 11 our ch i Id re 11 t he t r Lt th aboL1t the tern1 "/vf err)' C/1ris1111a\." In h1~ hook Dr. Yarnell \\'rote: " 111 I86(). les\ t h ~l n a cc n t ur 1 tl go, the flt>pe \ent a 111c') age at <-io-cttlle(i hr1stn1a, ti111e tc) ,di of the ( 'ar(l1naJ, 13 isho ps. I' r i c\ t <i. e l c th a t , aIc () f · 1n- cl ulgence t<) c·arhc)l1cs that ,e .. 1r \\'as to l1c 111ade ~1l a rcclt1cecl i111ce, i11 or lJ c r t ha t a 11 111 i g }1 t )1 a, e a \ 1 ~ r r \ }1ri t n1as.'' I ct 's tell ot1r chilclre11 1}1e trttth ttl1 ut th· ' \ l1it e t1ri tn1as .. t r'tdi– tit 11 . 111 trt1t}1 is. it ,, ns 11c) t tl,11 and tl1crc wa 11t sn ,,, C) ll tl1 grt,ttn I \\ h 11 C }1 r i st , , " I) l r n ( l t I k '-= _ : 8 . 11 ri t t,c r11 \\ h 11 • \\" l l \\ ll ,, • r111 lll t1g)1 f I' t l1 e 1 1 • l }1 t 111 r,~1(1 . I t' t II 11 r cll1 lcfr ~n l1 trt1tl1 d i) ll t th 1:i/t \ t )1 , l • I l • ~ r g1 , 11. I 11 t 1 Ill \\ 1 ' I ~ 1 h Ill t l1e gi I t • • B. F. Cate et' tell them that we give gift. be– catt e nearly everybody doe it. Let'. tell then1 that \Ne have no command or exan1p le in the Bible for giving gift to one another to ce lebrate the birth of Chri t. Ren1ember, the wi. e n1en gave the gift to C'hri . t and not to one another. Let'. tell our children the truth about the Cl1rist111as tree and other decoration. . T he trt1th i. . they are all tradition .. of men and are. therefore. not of God. Wh ich Spirit? l .. et ' t e 11 o LI r ch i Id re n t he t rt 1 t h ab Ltl the C' /1rist111as spirit. The hri t n1a pi ri t i. receivetl by In- nerL a wel] a a1 nt . The Chri .. tn1a. . ptrit \'er -- u the Holy pirit. The Ho ly ptrit want revival ~, the .. pir1t of C'hrt tn1a doe n t want re ival, In 1 he \.\Ord 0( The L rd. Dec. 21. 1951, vangeJ1 t John R. Rice .. ai(i. .. t the "hri':)Lt11a . ea. on . . . ( ' hurche, and grot1p f cht1rche (io n t want re\ ival .'' Thi , i the rettl lrt1th abot1t ("hr1 t111a~. Ina n1t1ch a, the H () I\ .. pi r 1 t \\ an t ~ r c\ 1\ a l Ii. an Li th'-= ,pir1l of hri\tn1a. doc~ Ill t \\ ,1nt re\ J\' ttl,. the \f)tr1r of ( ' hr t,tn1a'i i... agt1111\t thL SJ)tr it ol (~t.)(i. anLi ,,. thcref<.)te .. tga1n-.;t <..1t1ti . ~ ll,>11< ' \ll v, it n,J C)ne el,e i11 the \\ hL)le \\ t)r lti celcbratetl ( ' hr1,t111~l,. \\()ttltf \l)Ll cclel11Jtt~ it ? L.LJ 1· lEl .., J.. r J; I:; I R l 1 l 1 . ENCLOSE A CHRISTMAS TRACT! ' The Gift , a tract e plain ing the \.\ a of s lvation i~ an ideal enclo::,ure 1th Paul Levin your Chr1 tn1a card and gifts Appropriate also for di tribut,on t this season Get your fre e san1ple of thts and other gospel tracts b rlt1ng. BIBL TRACTS, Inc. Bo 508, Dept. 18126, W t ,loo, low 50704 DECEMBER 19 66 PAGE 7