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Scott, Roosovolt Scott, Jr., MHinto Scott and Roouvttt
Scott, Sr. accoptlng tho piaguo on bohnlf of tho family from
tho Pastor, Rov. Boorgo C. Hawkins, Jr. Tho first runnor-up
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Come
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BY EVA L. PERRY
j Faith in God is just wonderful! God
la the direct source of all good. He has
prepared the way of grace through
faith for His people and thereby we
are able to do exploits. God has given
unto every nun the “measure” of
faith. Now “As your faith is so it is
with you.” Those who love Him will
^obey Him.
I God said, “My presence shall go
with thee and I will give thee rest.”
Ha also said, “Be strong and of a good
courage, fear not, nor be afraid of
'them: for the Lord thy God, He it is
that doth go before thee; He will not
fail thee nor forsake thee: for the
Lord thy God is with thee whither
soever thou goest. In all thy ways
acknowledge Him and He shall
dirocct thy paths.” We must
remember that our sufficiency is of
God. We can boldly say, “The Lord is
my helper.” This is just wonderful! I
Um to think about it all.
Our God will never lead us into
temptation. This always comes from
tho enemy. God never tempts us to do
wrong. It is His delight to deliver us
.flom all evil. We are not able to direct
our own paths in this life, but we can
eorfatniy acknowledge God in all of
' our ways and He will direct our steps.
I am so glad that my times are in His
hands. He controls the when, the
where, and the way of my life. Even
the secrets of sthe Lord and with
them that fear Him. He will tell them
some things that other people don’t
know. God ever loves and cares for
Hie own. If your ways please God He
will make your enemies be at peace
withyou. In some cases He will make
your enemies be your footstool. Then
at other times He will cause your
enemies to flee from you “seven dif
ferent ways.” Oh, what a mighty God
•we serve!
The Word of God is already settled,
for God is the same now and for ever.
IBs promises are eternal. He will
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LOOK & LIVE
BY REV. JA8 A. HEMBY
The acceptance of Jesus Christ has been made difficult
by our own failure to believe in the willingness of God. We
are making things harder on ourselves by complicating the
Word of God. We need not explain ourselvs to the One who
created us, and yet so many of us do. We are not the deter
mining factor in our relationship with God, God is. We
spend our time and energy begging God for help or mercy
in 1,000 ways. Yet, this energy can
bring about our own healing. The
reading of the scriptures tells us
what to do: ‘‘Come boldly unto the
throne of God, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.”
God stands before us in Jesus
Christ just to search and enter our
hearts. God stands before us in
Jesus Christ just to enter our
minds. God stands before us in REV. HEMBY
Jesus Christ offering every grace, every healing, every joy
and every need. All you have to do is to accept Him, right
now. Come to Jesus just as you are, sins and all. Asking the ’
Lrod to “Search me, 0 God and know my heart; try me and
know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in
me, and lead me in the way of everlasting” (Psalms
139:23-24).
Jesus is continually in touch with your feelings and your
sufferings. Jesus is never unmindful of what you are going
through. He is available and waiting to receive you, now.
Waiting to hear from you, now. Accept Him today. “Now is
the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.” Look to
Him who is able to keep you from falling. Look to Jesus now
and live.
never forsake His own sons and
daughters in Christ Jesus. There is
nothing too good for Him to do for us.
We should serve Him with reverence
and godly fear, and always expect a
miracle. His love provides millions of
miracles for us. Believe the truth,
and receive the many, many rich
blessings coming from the throne of
God in due season.
Read your Bible prayerfully and
think!
An American child born in this
decade has a 50 percent chance of
spending part of his or her
childhood in a single-parent home.
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TWO MINUTES
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UNTIL WHEN?
One of the greatest
prophecies of Scripture is
found in Psalm 110, where
David wrote: "The Lord
said unto my Lord, Sit Thou
at My right hand until I
made Thine enemies Thy
footstool.”
In Matthew 22:41-46 our
Lord explained that this
was a prophecy about Him
self, David’s Son and Lord.
Men might hate Him and
cry, "Away with HimJ”
They might nail Him to a
tree and laugh and sneer at
Him, but God the Father
would respond by saying:
"Here, come sit at My right
hand until I make Your en
emies Your footstool.”
We should never forget
that, according to Bible
prophecy, God’s response to
man’s rejection of Christ
was to be judgment and
wrath. In Psalm 2 the ques
tion is asked, why the na
tions rage and the people
imagine a vain thing—that
they can get along without
the One whom God has
anointed to be Kina. The
Psalm depicts God laugh
ing at their attempts to
thwart His purposes and
predicts that "the Lord
shall have them in deri
sion" and "weak unto them
in His wrath."
At Pentecost all was
ready for the judgment to
fall. Christ had been cru
cified and "file last days"
had begun as Peter declared
in Acts 7:16,17, quoting
from the prophet Joel. But
strangely, while some of
Joel’s prophecy was fill
filled, or began to be ful
filled at that time, the rest
of it was not, for God did
not—and has not yet—sent
the prophesied judgment.
Thank God, in infinite
grace He interrupted the
prophetic program, delayed
the remainder of its fulfill
ment and revealed to the
Apostle Paul His secret pur
pose to offer to His enemies
everywhere salvation
and reconciliation by flee
grace, through faith in the
crucified, risen Savior.
In his Ephesian letter
the Apostle asks whether
they have heard of"the dis
pensation of the grace of
God, which is given me to
you-ward; how fiiat by reve
lation Ht made known unto
me ifre Mystery" (Eph. 8:1
3). Now, thank God, His
eternal purpose in Christ is
no longer a secret While
the day of graoe huts, we
may be "justified freely by
His grace, through the re
demption that is in Christ
Jesus” (Rom. 3:24).
The Kaaba Stands As Oldest House
Of Worship In Region Of Al-lslam
BY KAMAL ABDAL-RAFI
“And when Allah made the House
(the Kaaba) a resort for men and a
refuge. And: Take ye the place of
Abraham for a place of prayer. And
we enjoined Abraham and Ishmael,
saying: Purify my House for those
who visit it and those who abide in it
for devotion and those who bow down
and those who prostrate themselves”
(to Allah only). Holy Quran 2:125.
These most true words from the Ho
ly Quran stated to Prophet Muham
mad (Peace upon him) through
revelation still stand as evident to
day. The millions of Muslims from
many, many different countries and
backgrounds have just recently com
pleted Hajj, the most sacred journey
in their lifetime, to this same House
(Kaaba). Seeking first and foremost
to please our Lord and Sustainer
“Allah” without likeness, partner or
progeny, secondly, to demonstrate
obedience to the commnands from
Allah, and thirdly, to receive the
countless blessings in the form of
purifications, rejuvenation, and
peace (insha’llah) if it pleases Allah.
The Kaaba stands as the oldest
House of worship for the glorification
and praise of the single “Deity”
without equals, bar none. The Kaaba
was rebuilt by Abraham and his son
Ishmael for the worship of Allah
alone. Muhammad (peace of Allah
forever rest on him) had to remove
all the idols, toys, and images from
the Kaaba which had found their way
into Allah's House of worship for all
mankind... some 1,409 years ago. And
praise be to Allah the Kaaba has not
since been contaminated or blemish
ed with the idols, dolls and images.
Many people of scriptures know the
story of how gallantly and
courageously Prophet Abraham
fought against the opposition to
establish that there is nothing worthy
of worship except Allah. Prophet
Abraham had to even come against
his very beloved father who was an
opposer to the monotheistic concept
of the Supreme Power. Praise be to
Allah—who granted Abraham victory
over the polytheist—and established
Prophet Abraham and all of his
righteous progeny and followers in
lofty positions and peace and pro
sperity inwardly and outwardly.
Today in America we see many
masajid (Muslim places of worship)
being established on the very same
pattern of Abraham, the upright one,
who rebuilt the Kaaba for the wor
shipf of the One Lord. The masajid
are established for purity of worship,
and security of saneness. The masa
jid are designated as resorts to the
moral and decent sense of human
progression without extremes and
perversions. The concept of
monotheism is made crystal clear
from the mimbars (podiums) in the
masajid bywhoever the speaker may
be, should he or she profess the belief
in the religion of Al-Islam.
The manufacturers of idols, prayer
gadgets, icons, pictures of so-called
divine imagery have made and are
making millions and millions of
dollars annually on the selling of
these items to people. However, the
three major religions, Christianity,
Judaism and Al-Islam, all trace their
history back to the identity of Prophet
Abraham as being one upright and
believing in one God. Let us reflect on
the fact that his being put into the
burning incinerator by the
polytheistic people was due to his
destroying the manmade idols
representing God. One must only
reflect on the waywardness of the ra
tionale expressed by the populace to
see how far off-center many people
were.
Prophet Abraham made a very
conscious effort to reduce the realiza
tion of who the True God is.
Abraham, according iu me
Quran (the book of profound truth),
was in serious pursuit of the true
identity of God. He looked away from
the idols, icons and images made by
mankind to the heavenly bodies.
These included the stars, moon and
sun. He witnessed these tangible ob
jects disappearing at certain junc
ture. Abraham’s nature refused to
acknowledge worship fo anything of
such mercurial nature nor could his
rationale accept them. So, the One
Lord and Creator of all made clear to
Abraham that he should not pray or
worship anything in the creation but
in fact, worship the Source which
created them all—Allah.
Imam W.D. Muhammad stated in a
most timely lecture that Adam
represents the natural Muslim. And
all mankind are the progeny of
Adam. Abraham represents the cons
cience (rational) Muslim. The
mature human beings must come to
the rational reality that there is.
nothing worthy of worship save the
One Lord and there is nothing like un
to Him in the heavens or the earth
Church Plans
Anniversary
For Aug. 13th
St. Paul AME Church will be
celebrating its I41st anniversary
on Sunday, Aug. 13. Rev. F.L.
Davis and the Macedonia AME
Church choir from Charleston,
S.C. will be the featured speaker
for the 11 a.m. service. The public
is invited to attend the celebra
tion.
Be Honest
IF GOD WANTS YOU TO FIND IT,
IT WON’T BE LOST
A woman accidentally threw away a rather
large check. It had gotten mixed up with
some mail order forms which she discarded
in a plastic trash bag that she and her hus
band deposited at the county dump later
that day. After discovering that the check
was missing and spending a sleepless night,
they returned to the dump early the next
morning. They got permission to look
around from the caretaker^ who helped
them by bulldozing the mountain of debris
one layer at a time. They finally located
their trash bag among the dozens exacdy
like it and then found the check—not even
wrinkled. As we learn at our House of Wor
ship, our destiny is in the hands of the
Lord, and we can never lose anything as
long as He wants us to find it.
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