The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1970

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' differ d all the \\ay fron1 th at given by one lad~ \\ ho aid. "B 1 f edi ng the bird and being good to an1n1al ' ·.. to that g1, en by one n1an who aid, "To get t hea\ en \ u ha,·e to die." Their an wer "" . aImo t without ., e\. pt1on. aid the \.\ ay to heaven i by n1an· good deed . n1e of the an \:\ er heard mo -- t often were - 'B} doing the be t you can·· ··B} k.eeping the ten commandment " "B) pra) ing" '"B) being good'' "B)' repentance and bapti m' ' ..B) changing your way ' ' " IJ ( l1cying tl1c gt ll (l en rule' ' " ll) tl(ling 11~ na11Cl' .. " ll ) l1cing sinccr1; in }' l1t1r l1c li crH llll, scc n, ccl ltl kn<)\\ hc)\.\ g (lei < nc l1a<I l<l be how 111t1 h ()Ill' nccclc I le) JJray. what 111 l)tlc )f 11, r>lt 'i 111 W(.'>ttlcl \Jc acc:crJlctl. <)r hc1\ si 11ccrc one wattle.I h, vc to l1e t gGt tl1c1 ~. J\ft cr thl! at,ovc suggc i., tc(I ways lo get to ... hG~\\L'll, \\C a·,kc I. ·· re y<>ll sure t>f getting thrc?" In- , ,,1 1,111 1 the an\\.VCJ \\ ns .. o, l1ut I hope so.' ' \ L)ll \CC, C, c) c.l ~a)\ that ·• 1 hc1c t \ a way whi ch sec n1c th right t1nto a 111an. l1t1l the end thereof are the way < t c.lc i1t h" Prove rb-, 14: I(). In view o l thi 5, why won't folk , hand n their way and try oc.1 ·~ way? God ha·:; given u a road n1t1p lo hct1vcn. He ays, "l hi i the way, walk ye in it." l-li . way i. a tried and proven way. And what j d , ? way. . .. 1. God's Way to Heaven is Found in The Name of a Person - "Thou halt cal l Hi ame J E U for He h al l ave H i" people from their in .' Matthew 1 :21 In Peter' add r e to the religiou leader in Act 4: 12 he aid: "Neither i· · there alvation in any other: for there i none other name under heaven given among men whereby we mu t be aved. '' 2. God's Way To Heaven Is Found In The Death of a Person - I Peter 3: 18 "For Christ a] o hath once suffered for in , the ju t for the unju t, that He might bring us to God...' 3. God' s Way To Heaven Is Found In The Life of a Person - J e u·-- an we red Thoma , and said: " I am the way the truth and the life : no man cometh into the Father, but by me. The ame writer aid in I John 5: 12. "He that hath the Son hath life· and he that h ath not the Son of God h ath not life. Ho·w can you g.et to heaven from Akron Ohio? ' 'Be– lieve on the Lord Jesits Christ, and thoi, shalt be saved. . ." A cts l 6: 31. Ch ristian Service Center The al\ ary Chri tian Service Huntington Church Duly Recognized Moves To Indiana Rev. Dale Fi her concluded hi mini try at the Highview Avenue Baptist Church, Akron on February 11 1970. He ha accepted a call to the Central . Bapti t Church Gary. Indiana. ~!en· Center ~ hich i located in Columbu . Ohio i a cooperative ven– ture of our Regular Bapti t Churche and other Bible Believing, Funda- mental. eparati t churche . I t i located near the main gate of the Lockbourne Air Force Ba e. The purpo e of the "Center' ' is to reach our er\ icemen with the Go pel of Chri t and to provide coun elling. Bible training and recre- · ational facil1t1e . Re\'. Ra)' Kanoun 1 Director of the ..Center·· He is eeking support trom churche o that he can grve full time to thi \.Vork. Interested part1e can obtain further informa- ion b) \.\ riting - Re\ 1 • Ray Kanoun. 3..,. - Fun ton Place. Columbus, Ohio -t3227. 4 FEBRUARY, 1970 On December 1, 1969 the Central Bapti t Church 444 Sixth Ave. , Hunt– ington W. Va. called a Bapti t Recog– nition Council . The Council of Regular Bapti t men pa ed the following motion ·we the Council expre ourselve ati fied with the Con titution as be– ing in accord with duly accepted Bapti t belief and practice.' ' Do you have fr iends in KETCHIKAN, ALASKA? We are interested in starting an Independen t Baptis t Church there. Write to: REV. VERNE KIRBY Bapt ist Mid-Missions Box No. 1032 Ketch ikan, Alaska 99901 During hi time a pa tor of the High view Avenue Church, the I .ord ble ed in many way . There ha been a good increase both in mi ionar) giving and in the general fund. Ap– proximately 60 were baptized and 90 were added to the church. We regret lo ing our brother from our Ohio fellow hip but are confi– dent the Lord will ble him richly in hi new endeavor. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPl fST -