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1 The Flaming Sword Contending for the faith jude 3 Volume 15 Issue 4 European-American Evangelistic Crusades All scripture references are taken from the King James Bible. CONTACT US We would like to hear from you. Please contact us by any of the following means: ADDRESS European-American Evangelistic Crusades (EAEC) P.O. Box 166 Sheridan, CA TELEPHONE (888) (916) WEB SITE info@eaec.org RESURRECTION LIFE OF JESUS CHURCH 8341 Fair Oaks Blvd, Suite B Carmichael, CA (916) Sunday Worship 10:30 AM Thursday Bible Study 7:00 PM John S. Torell, Sr. Pastor Charles Thorell, Pastor We are a Bible centered group of believers desiring to grow in the full knowledge of Jesus Christ without compromise to His Word. If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for. Dear Friends, THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS YOU TO BE ENCOURAGED It is wonderful when the Holy Spirit is present in the worship service of a church and it is nice to have the time to worship and focus on the Lord. The Holy Spirit wants the Church to be encouraged and that can take place through worship. There is warfare going on and all Christians are fighting in a war. The battle is in your mind, it s not something you can physically see but it is a strong spiritual battle and the enemy wants us to be on the sidelines as witnesses who are out of commission and silent. The Holy Spirit on the other hand has empowered us to be witnesses who glorify the Lord and overcome the besetting sins, which we can lay aside and claim victory by faith. It is completely awesome what the Lord has given us and yet most Christians don t receive it because we condemn ourselves and become angry because we didn t do this or didn t do that. We focus on the things that concern us and there are all kinds of things to worry about so that we could waste our whole life downtrodden. We can spend our life that way, but if we focus on the things of the Lord, we will overcome and rise above every circumstance. This is why it is written so much in the Bible for us to worship the Lord because it is for our growth, benefit and blessing. This is where we have all the promises when we worship and focus on the Lord, and that is how we can obtain victory, anything else puts us on the sideline. We have this physical body which Paul referred to when he said, O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? and there is a carnal part of us that wants to do what s wrong by worrying, being depressed, eating too much and be generally being undisciplined. Who can deliver me from the body of this death? Praise God we know the answer to that question! We are set free through Jesus Christ but it is something we have to do on a daily basis and this is where the battle lines are drawn. We have to recognize that we have been tempted and resist that enticement in the name of Jesus and overcome it. The first step is to recognize the problem and ask for help, then we can turn away and do something else. Then we can walk in victory. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Philippians 4:13) Praise the Lord! Blessings in Christ, Carole West ~ C.H. Spurgeon

2 As I pray for situations to be addressed by God in my life and in the lives of others, and as I pray for God s blessings in my life and in the lives of others, there are several things that I ve come to realize that I should never fail to consider carefully as I petition God. As most Christians, I m aware that my prayers must be in accordance with God s will. It s also exciting to find that in addition to the revelation of God s will as it is written in His law, we also have His promises. Unlike mankind, God always keeps His promises and therefore I know that when I find a promise from God in scripture, it is a statement of His will for me and that I should seek it. I ve also found that most of His promises are conditional. That is, they have an if this then this format. In John 14: Jesus said: And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it. Why is it then that I have at times discovered a promise of God, prayed for it to come into my life or the lives of others, and yet I ve either failed to see it come to pass or I ve seen it delayed in coming about? After all, He promises these things to His children, and we are His children, right? Doesn t God say in Psalm 37:4 that He will give you the desires of your heart? Most believers at this point raise their hand like they re in a 5 th grade classroom (Ooh, ooh, I know this one!) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. (James 4:2-3) So then what is asking amiss or what am I misunderstanding concerning the appropriation of the promises of God? If Jesus came that I might have life, 2 and life abundantly, how can I realize that abundance in my daily life? What causes delays in receiving of the promises of God? First of all, I ve come to realize that I don t get to make the choice of which of God s promises I can claim. That is a choice that can only be made by One who knows us at the heart level. That is the job of the Holy Spirit and not of the believer. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to identify which promise of God can be appropriated into my life and to supply the faith that I need to receive it. My spiritual growth is thwarted by my continual insistence on thinking that I know what is best for my life. The Holy Spirit is the One who actually knows whether the timing of the thing that I am requesting is right. He also knows whether or not my character is developed enough to accommodate my request. Asking amiss, on the other hand, is my specialty, even when I believe that I m more than ready to receive God s promises. As with many believers, my shortcomings are twofold: I have a lacking vision of God and His purposes accompanied by an internal war with my old sin nature. Paul speaks of the latter in the book of Romans as he describes his internal battle between his old nature and the new creature that he became at his conversion. Oswald Chambers addresses the former like this: My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be revealed to me. Before I can say, I saw the Lord, there must be something in my character that conforms to the likeness of God. Until I am born again and really begin to see the kingdom of God, I only see from the perspective of my own biases. What I need

3 is God s surgical procedure His use of external circumstances to bring about internal purification. 1 I would like to suggest that instead of continually having to go under God s surgical knife in finding God s provision for abundant life, it is better to take a proactive approach and simply ask the Holy Spirit to daily be my guide in finding out if there is a promise in God s Word that I can be prepared for adding to my life in Christ in my present circumstances. I don t believe that there can be even a hint of an attitude of entitlement in such a request. I must be willing to be truthful about my character both with God and with myself. If the Holy Spirit shows me to surrender certain habits, or certain rights, then I should not expect progress until I have done so. When God has told me that I must deliberately die to my old nature, just as I must one day die physically and thereby leave that old nature and its desires behind, then dying to self is no longer optional for me. I must take the lead in creating a void that the old sin nature and patterns once occupied. Only then can I expect Him to keep His promise to me. And yes, with rare exception, I must create the void. God s Word says for me to put to death the old sin nature. It says for me to refuse to yield my members (including my mind) to sin. It says for me to no longer allow sin to have dominion over me. In addition, it tells me to put on the mind of Christ. Those are all action verbs. I am required to be proactive in appropriating the promises of God, and even then only as the Holy Spirit shows me which of God s promises I m truly prepared to claim! That s because it isn t only not about me, it s actually not usually even about the issues that I think it s about. It s all about Jesus Christ and glorifying Him. If, as Paul says to the Galatians, I am crucified with Christ, then I can rightly deduce that what remains of me that has life, as God defines life, and that would be my spirit. With that in mind, the apostle John teaches in 1 John 3:9 that this quickened spirit, this new creation that God has created in me cannot practice sin because it is born of God. Sin, although it resides in me, no longer has dominion over me as it did before God quickened my spirit and gave me His Holy Spirit to live inside of me. I now have the power to choose between abundant life or sin! As I approach receiving God s promises, I must ask myself this question: Until I have come to the point of submission to God s will and a willingness to deny self, why should I think that I have the wisdom or even the position before God to choose which of God s promises I m ready for in any circumstance of life? If I m not experiencing Christian growth and finding abundant life, then that should be my cue to ask the Holy Spirit to show me what I need to do next and then obey Him. Knowing that God has great and precious promises for His children, and that He has already made those promises to me, I need to take those promises to the point of provision. In short, I need to make the Holy Spirit my best friend. 1 MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST, The Price of the Vision, Oswald Chambers 3

4 THE FATTED CALF Darl Dinger Many years have come, Many years have gone. Yet God is still searching, For that very last one. He will not stop, He will not rest. He knows there is one Doing his best. His only Son Came out of need, For His Father's voice He would heed. He came to this earth To look for the lost, Until the people nailed his son To the old rugged cross. God did not quit When they implied He was a liar, Instead He sent the Holy Ghost With tongues of fire. Yet God still looks, Even to this very day. He will not give up On one that went astray. Time is ending, It is coming fast. God said I will send more angels To search for the lost. My word I have spoken, It will stand. Until I have found That very last man. Thru sorrow and pain, And tribulation and more, He will bring the last one Thru salvation's door. I will do everything No matter what the cost. Even though they hung my son To an old wooden cross. My love is so great They don't understand. I will defend my children To the very last man. And when they come thru the gate I will command at last. Prepare the feast And kill the fatted calf. 4

5 Christian Dynamics Course 1 Salvation, Deliverance & Healing My husband has locked himself in the bathroom and is going to kill himself! These were the frantic words spoken by a friend named Glenda as I was ready to enter a Southern Baptist Church on a Sunday morning in 1970 in San Rafael, California. My heart almost stopped as I heard these words because Jim was the worship leader in the church and a staff member at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary where I was a first year student. They were really good friends to my wife and I and now he was going to kill himself? As a young Christian, I knew very little about spiritual warfare and wondered how I could save my friend. I rushed over to Jim and Glenda's apartment and found to my great joy that Jim was still alive but very distraught. I told him about a book I had just read about demons and asked him to come with me to my apartment to get the book so he could read it and get some help. Jim grabbed me in a bear hug when we arrived at my apartment and said he was not leaving until I had cast out the demons in him. I was shocked since all I had ever done was read a book about it. As we knelt in front of a couch and called upon the Lord, I was again stunned when Jim lifted the couch in the air and foam came out of his mouth. There was no time for fear so I began to command the demons to leave. Jim collapsed on the floor after a fierce battle and I thought he was dead. I laid my hands on him and as I prayed the Holy Spirit fell on him and he got up and screamed, Praise God, I am free! $25 This is how I was thrust into a deliverance ministry. I purchased every book I could find on demons and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. As my wife and I prayed for people, our skill level increased and so did the anointing from God. During our travels we ran into Satan See the back page for ordering details. worshippers, learned about the world government and for the next 40 years I have recorded what I learned. This practical handbook is the culmination of my life s work and will give you a solid understanding of salvation, how to pray for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and how to have a close relationship with God the Father and His Son, Jesus. You will also learn the blessings God has for those who obey His Word and the curses that come upon those who disobey it. You will learn the difference between demon possession and oppression and how to handle demonic problems. In short, this book is the manual that I never had. Thousands of people over the years have had their lives changed as they moved from defeat to victory and the same can happen for you! 5

6 PAUL S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS NEW SERMON SERIES FROM PASTOR JOHN S. TORELL FEATURING 10 MESSAGES ON PAUL S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS The people in Ephesus had converted to Christ from the worship of Diana and the apostle Paul was concerned with how the new Christians were going to live in a decadent pagan society. The temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and it was in this setting that the Paul spent three years organizing a church and carefully outlined the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. He explained how God is eternal, Jesus is the Son of God and how predestination fits into our lives. Paul also explained how we are born into the kingdom of Satan and why we are transferred by salvation into the kingdom of God. Salvation is the cornerstone of Christianity and Paul was emphatic in stating that it only comes by faith and cannot be earned. He called for the believers to live a life worthy of their calling and introduced many concepts that were foreign in idol worship. Paul explained what took place at the resurrection of Jesus and how new believers will be See the back page for ordering details. resurrected as well. He instructed them on how to set up church leadership in what has been termed the five-fold ministry and also shared God s desire for us when it comes to interaction between family members and co-workers. Finally, Paul taught on spiritual warfare and how it should be conducted. He was not interested in being seeker friendly but built the church in Ephesus upon the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every believer in Christ should intimately understand this letter in order to survive and be victorious in the world. 10 MESSAGES IN TWO VOLUMES Cassette Compact Disc DVD MP3 CD Volume 1 (5 Messages) $18 (5 Cassettes) Volume 2 (5 Messages) $18 (5 Cassettes) $18 (5 CD s) $18 (5 CD s) $30 (5 DVD s) $30 (5 DVD s) $22 Both volumes 6

7 The Kabbalah Booklets Exposing the hidden secrets of the future World Government! Have you ever wondered what motivates the people who make up the World Government? What religion do they embrace? This is important because religion is a foundational building block behind every political movement. It is true of Communism, Nazism and Fascism. Do you know that all three of these violent movements have the same religion? Furthermore, it is the same religion that inspired these Satanic movements which is also the religion of the people in the World Government. In this series of booklets you will learn how the diabolical Kaballah was started in the days of Moses, more than five thousand years ago by men who rebelled against God. This secret religion among the twelve tribes of Israel burned like a smoldering fire under the surface and it was King Solomon who fanned the fire some 900 years before Christ and made it into the refined system we see today. As we are approach the coming of the Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast, it should be of utmost importance to know about the religion of this coming world dictator. The knowledge you gain about this evil religion will help you resist the Mark of the Beast and the oppression that is going to come on this earth. THE KABBALAH - Book 1: Sabbatai Sevi Sabbatai Sevi proclaimed to be the messiah in the year 1666, but unlike Jesus, he lived an immoral life, and the Kabbalah teaches that through his sinful life and death through sickness, he opened the door for salvation for them that believe on him. Striving to live a sinful life is not the nature of God, but of the Devil, and the complete opposite of what the Bible teaches of Jesus, who was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and died on the cross for our sins. The messiah concept found in the Kabbalah is actually Satan s gospel and the core belief of the people in charge of the coming World Government. If you don t understand this concept, you will be deceived by the Antichrist system and might even be assured to take the Mark of the Beast by apostate church leaders and the media. THE KABBALAH - Book 2: Jacob Frank For thousands of years people believed the earth was flat and the center of the universe, and anyone who challenged these assumptions was arrested, tried and put to death by the Roman Catholic Church. So what happens today when someone makes an assertion that is considered anti- Semitic but can be proven otherwise? Few Gentiles know about a Jew named Jacob Frank in the 18th century who was deeply educated in the Kabbalah and believed he was the reincarnation of Sabbatai Sevi. He believed in nihilism and advocated overthrowing every national government, executing every king and eradicating every trace of Christianity. He strove to destroy God s laws and lived in total sin. 7

8 While Frank was never able to put his revolutionary ideas into practice, his writings did become the foundation for the scourges of Communism, Nazism and Fascism and someday they will also be used by the Antichrist. The millions that were killed during the Second World War and the communist takeovers of Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Cuba are a direct result of Frank's writings. Their blood cries out for truth concerning this demonized man so that so that future generations can be warned about this hellish future. THE KABBALAH - Book 3: The Rothschild Family A successful revolution requires a lot of money, but when the goal is to subdue the world and put it under a dictatorship, entire financial systems must be taken over. The Kabbalistic leadership wants to take dominion of the earth and rule it with their messiah and they need to control the banking system to achieve this objective. The Fugger family was promoted in the 14th century but they did not protect their wealth. Jewish traders became very wealthy during the next two centuries as they operated in all nations and supplied warring armies but there was no centralized control that could be projected over the banking systems of different nations. Meyer Amschel was selected to be the founding father of a global banking family. He was sly and deceitful and intensely loyal to the Jewish cause that is spelled out in the Talmud and the Kabbalah. The Kabbalistic leadership invested funds and coins which Amschel used to build a fairly strong banking house in Frankfurt and his five sons proved to be more shrewd than their father. In less than 50 years the Rothschild family had penetrated the financial markets in Austria, Germany, France, England, Italy and Spain. This is the story of the Rothschild s, who through the Kabbalistic leadership were able to set the policies in these nations and achieve a monopoly that is unrivaled today. THE KABBALAH - Book 4: The Stealth Takeover of the United States The Kabbalistic Jews learned through the Rothschild takeover of the European banking system to disguise themselves and find Gentiles who are willing to do their bidding. Another lesson they learned was that it is impossible for any nation or group of people to take control of the world through military power. The only way to succeed is to take control of the different nations monetary systems and forge them into a global banking and trade system. Once this has been achieved, food is the ultimate weapon since no one can live without it. The stealth takeover of the United States was done by Gentile businessmen, lawyers, elected political leaders, educators, Christian ministers and military commanders who were willing to carry out orders that included shooting on the American people to make them comply. This book takes you from 1828 until 1907 and shows the treason, sellouts and the rape of the American people that were carried out in such a remarkable way that no one could resist it and survive. God was also carrying out a parallel program through D.L. Moody and R.A. Torrey, who were used to bring millions of people in the United States and England to Christ and hindered the ultimate goal of the Jewish world leaders of ushering in their new world order. Ironically, the same tactics employed more than a hundred years ago are still being foisted upon us today and the old adage is still true that those who don t know their history are doomed to repeat it. 8

9 THE KABBALAH - Book 5: The Rise of the Illuminati NEW Most people interested in prophecy and the Mark of the Beast will invariably come across a mysterious organization called the Illuminati. A great deal has been written about this secretive group but how much of it is truth? Who was Adam Weishaupt and why did he create the Illuminati? To answer that question we must examine his political viewpoints that were formulated upon writings of Plato, Jacob Frank and the Kabbalah. Utilizing this information along with historical facts that have been preserved in various the libraries of France, England and the United States will present a picture of his mindset and intentions toward humanity. While the Illuminati fomented revolution in France that resulted in widespread death and destruction, God simultaneously worked upon John Wesley, George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, who became lightning rods for a revival that would touch the entire world. Weishaupt had similar plans for revolution in England and the American colonies, but these three men were instrumental in thwarting this effort and you will be inspired to learn about God s intervention in human affairs. A number of people have asked me why I have named this series of booklets after the Kabbalah. The answer is that the Kabbalah is the religion that Satan created for his final rule on this world, which the Bible calls the Great Tribulation. During this period, the Devil will rule the world through a man, which the Bible calls for the Antichrist. At his side he will have a religious leader that the Bible calls the False Prophet and he is going to be the high priest of the Kabbalistic religion that will be forced on all people living at that time. The religion of the Jewish leadership that makes up the World Government is the Kabbalah and this also holds true for the Gentiles who make up the leadership in the Illuminati, which in turn controls the Masonic Orders around the world. The extreme devotion to the Kabbalah by these men and women is the glue that Satan uses to hold his organization together down through the centuries as a generation passes away and a new one takes over. SINGLE BOOKLET $5 ALL FIVE BOOKLETS $25 See the back page for ordering details. 9

10 GOING BEYOND BELIEF ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE $13 Jim Miller Everything hung in the balance as he found himself flying a crippled aircraft over hazardous Arizona mountain terrain one morning in November, Minutes away from a potential deadly emergency landing, with smoke filling the cabin, suddenly everything made sense. David Edwin Harrell, Jr. David Edwin Harrell, Jr. is a professor of history at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He has tried to write this book in an objective way, although you may not agree with all that he says. Published in 1979, this is the first objective history of the great revivals that swept the United States after World War II. It tells the story of the victories and defeats of such giants of the revival as William Branham, Oral Roberts, Jack Coe, T.L. Osborn, A. A. Allen. It also tells of more modern day evangelists who are carrying on the revival, including Robert Schambach and Morris Cerullo. Going Beyond Belief is the author's own story of initial reluctance to enter the business world with no formal business training or start-up money, followed by adversities encountered after making the decision to follow his heart. Pursuing his dream of founding and building an aircraft painting company to support ministry outreaches throughout the world, he soon discovered that we have an enemy who fears what we might accomplish, and who does everything within his power to discourage and turn us back. This book is about the battle for your heart, with multiple stories of God's creative and miraculous last-minute interventions when all seemed lost. It tells how his fledgling company eventually scaled seemingly impossible heights, involved in missions all over the world, and then of the devastation which followed, threatening to rob him of his faith and financial resources. The book includes pictures of Schambach, Allen, Cerullo, Branham, Roberts, Osborn, Coe and many others. Those who lived through the great revival of the 1950's and 1960's will be thrilled to read about those exciting days. Those who do not remember those days need to read this book to see what has led us up to this present moment in time. Professor Harrell has done a staggering amount of research in hard to discover sources; his scholarship is impressive and he is eminently fair-minded. It is a missing link in the chain of American religious movements and is full of surprises, both seriousness and scandal strangely blended. $23 This is a story about discovering real friendship with God in the trenches. It may dramatically change your understanding about what abundant life means, and will open your eyes to what is available to a believer in the Kingdom of God. He shows how his encounters taught him the distinction between merely holding beliefs and experiencing real faith. He reveals a secret that Satan doesn't want us to know: The size of our spiritual impact is limited only by our lack of a vision and by the size of the enemy we are unwilling to fight. 10

11 THE BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY ARE YOU WATCHING THE WEBCAST? John S. Torell The average Christian is not familiar with their Bible and possesses almost no historical knowledge regarding the birth of Christianity because most churches in the United States emphasize contemporary worship, a short sermonette and lots of social activities. This series of messages will educate you about the struggle that the early church faced in breaking away from Judaism. The Talmud was so deeply ingrained in the apostles that they ignored the words of Jesus to evangelize the whole world because Gentiles were considered unclean and likened to animals. It would take some time before the church leaders finally lined up with their departed Master and understood that the Second Covenant is for the Jews and Gentiles alike. But this didn t put a stop to misunderstandings about circumcision and what parts of the God s law applied to the Gentiles who were ignorant of the Old Testament and didn t have access to the scrolls in the synagogues. Eventually it became necessary to hold a special conference in Jerusalem and straighten out what should be done with the Christian Gentiles. Their ruling was man s attempt to solve a spiritual problem in the flesh and it would be years later before the doctrine of the Christian church was finally written that corrected the errors from this conference and established the Christian faith. Part 1: The Jewish Mindset Part 2: Breaking Away From Judaism Part 3: What Do We Do With The Gentiles? Part 4: No More Compromise Part 5: The Old Testament Even though you might not live locally, you can still join us every Sunday morning and Thursday night at Resurrection Life of Jesus Church via the internet. Come and join us as we praise the Lord through music and testimonies, pray for one another and hear a message from God s throne room. WEBCAST ARCHIVES If you re not able to watch the webcast, you can catch the recorded music, testimonies, prayer and sermon from the webcast archives. If you don t have a computer, we can also offer it on DVD, which means you can receive the whole service on DVD and join us from your home. Please contact us for more details. Cassette $20.00 Compact Disc $20.00 MP3 CD $12.00 DVD $

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