News and Views

• Dr. Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University, in the Spring 2002 edition of the BJU Review, suggested the abandoning of the term fundamentalist.  He is fearful of being identified with the Muslim fundamentalists and other groups who are given the fundamentalist moniker.  I have somewhat avoided calling myself a fundamentalist for several years—although I admit it applies in certain applications.  My reason?  I fear it will identify me with men like Bob Jones III and Jerry Falwell who do not make the stands their forefathers made. –D.Reagan
• One generation ago: 1972
• Bangladesh (E. Pakistan) established as a sovereign nation
• President Nixon visits China and Russia
• Arrests of five men at the Democratic National Headquarters begins the Watergate coverup
• J. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I. Director since 1924, died (b.1895)
• Arab terrorists kill two Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich and take nine hostage who are also killed when the terrorists shoot it out with West German police and soldiers
• Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., publicly notes that President Nixon has been more supportive of Israel than any former president
• Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expels all Soviet military advisors
• Troop withdrawals in Vietnam leave only 50,000 allied troops by the end of the year
• Academy Award for best actress goes to Jane Fonda
• Strict anti-hijack measures are instituted in U.S. airports
• The U.S. military draft is phased out
• Dow Jones Index closes over 1000 for the first time
• Leading TV show: “All in the Family”
• Antioch Baptist Church of Knoxville, Tennessee is founded as Trinity Baptist Temple

Announcements

• We will have a special meal at the church on Saturday, April 13th at 6PM.  The men will bring the food, serve the meal and clean up afterwards.  There is a sign-up sheet at the back table in the auditorium.  Men, let’s do a good job for these ladies.
• Wednesday, April 24th, Jason Hines, missionary to Canada is scheduled to be with us.
• Sunday evening, April 28th, Jack Patterson with the Reclamation Ranch will be here with a group of his boys and girls.  They will sing and he will preach.
• College Graduation at 7PM on May 20th.  Lord-willing, John Paul Nichols and Jeremiah Dixon will receive their B.A. in Biblical Education.
• King James Bible Believers’ Conference will be held at Antioch Baptist Church in Knoxville on June 10th and 11th.  Jeff Faggart will be here with his books.
• June 22nd, Everlasting Nation Fellowship.
• August 11th to 16th, Summer Revival with Ken McDonald

Publications

• We have a new cover designed for the booklet What the New Testament Says About the Jew.  We will be printing a thousand of these up for distribution.
• The orders for our tract “The Disappearing Bible” are increasing.

Missions

March Bible Offering (Penny March in March)

• Total offering came to $2106.00.  This is over the $2000 we were praying for!  Praise the LORD! 
• This will purchase about 500 Bibles in Zambia and the Philippines
• We received a note from the Morals in the Philippines which said in part:
• “Thank God for His goodness and speedy answer to our prayers. We need Tagalog New Testament Bibles which will be given out to new believers. Thank you very much for each one who had a part in this."
• “Last Friday we had a service for almost four hours, attended by over 300 people wherein many got saved. It took almost half an hour welcoming our first time visitors. Four of us preached the last seven sayings of Jesus at the cross.”

The Christian Law Association reports:

• A worker in California who was not allowed to read his Bible in the company cafeteria is now allowed to do that and pass out tracts
• Government groups are required by law to permit religious groups to use government buildings for meeting on the same basis as secular groups are allowed to use them.
• Employees who refuse to work on Sundays for religious purposes have been protected from losing their jobs or being downgraded to parttime

John Monk and family (Kickapoo Indians of Mexico and North America)

• They keep witnessing but are seeing few results.  They are praying if God wants them in another field.

Missionaries to Mongolia (name withheld from missionaries in closed countries)

• They are praising God for the birth of a baby boy
• They plan to depart for Mongolia in May
• Pray that God will give them their long-term student visas

Mark Stephens and family (United Kingdom)

• Just arrived on the field.  They are settled in Norwich for now.
• They have rented a Community Education Center in which to hold meetings and begin on April 7th.  They are passing out 7,000 flyers and tracts.

Preaching/Teaching

• This coming week’s lesson will be on “The Rebellion of Korah” from Numbers 16:1-50 [1] Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: [2] And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: [3] And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? [4] And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: [5] And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. [6] This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; [7] And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. [8] And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: [9] Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? [10] And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? [11] For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? [12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: [13] Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? [14] Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. [15] And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. [16] And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: [17] And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. [18] And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. [19] And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. [20] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, [21] Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. [22] And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? [23] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [24] Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. [25] And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. [26] And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. [27] So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. [28] And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. [29] If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. [30] But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. [31] And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: [32] And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. [33] They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. [34] And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. [35] And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. [36] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [37] Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. [38] The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. [39] And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: [40] To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. [41] But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. [42] And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. [43] And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. [44] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [45] Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. [46] And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. [47] And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. [48] And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. [49] Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. [50] And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
  See All....  The chapter is outlined as:
1.  The Challenge of the Rebels (v.1-11)
2. The Battle with the Rebels (v.12-22)
3. Separation from the Rebels (v.23-30)
4. God’s Judgment on the Rebels (v.31-40)
5. The Congregation Follows the Rebels (v.41-50)
• Pastor Reagan preached Sunday morning from Romans 1:1-7 [1] Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, [2] (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) [3] Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; [4] And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: [5] By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: [6] Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: [7] To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  See All... on “The Gospel of Jesus Christ”.  His points were:
1. The Preacher of the Gospel (v.1) – Paul
2. The Promise of the Gospel (v.2) – in the scriptures
3. The Person of the Gospel (v.3) – “his Son Jesus Christ our Lord”
4. The Power of the Gospel (v.4) – seen in the resurrection of Christ
5. The Propagation of the Gospel (v.5) – By grace, apostleship and obedience
6. The Product of the Gospel (v.6) – “the called of Jesus Christ”
7. The Peace of the Gospel (v.7) – grace and peace
• Pastor Reagan taught Sunday evening from Revelation 5:5-7 [5] And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. [6] And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. [7] And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
  See All... on “The Lamb That Was Slain.”  The Lion of verse five is the Lamb of verse six.  The two come together in Jesus Christ.
• John Paul Nichols preached at Monday night chapel from John 6:29-37 [29] Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. [30] They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? [31] Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. [32] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. [33] For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. [34] Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. [35] And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. [36] But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. [37] All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
  See All... and gave a very powerful testimony of his salvation.
• Jonathan Judy preached at Tuesday night chapel from Luke 5:1-11 [1] And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, [2] And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. [3] And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. [4] Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. [5] And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. [6] And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. [7] And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. [8] When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. [9] For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: [10] And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. [11] And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
  See All... on “The Draught of Fishes” about the importance of soul-winning.
• Wednesday evening Pastor Reagan preached from John 4:19-24 [19] The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. [20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. [21] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. [22] Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. [23] But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. [24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
  See All... on “The Character of True Worship.”  His points were:
1. Our Worship Should be Sane (v.22) – we know what we worship
2. Our Worship Should be Spiritual (v.24)
3. Our Worship Should be Sincere (v.24) – “in truth”

Web Site

• Our web presence has generated four (4) e-mail letters this week: two with Bible questions; two with compliments concerning the site, one of these requesting to be added to the Antioch Mail List and the other saying that he plans to pick up some of our tracts on The Disappearing Bible.
• We now have a link to our site from www.biblebelievers.com.  This has already significantly increased our traffic.  Our thanks to Chris Olson who runs the Bible believers site.
• We are already listed in the Fundamentalist Top 500 Sites.

Special Prayer Requests

• Pray that the Lord will provide us with a mission’s house for use with missionaries, evangelists, etc.
• Pray for the Lord to open the door for a juvenile ministry at Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center.