HISTORICAL MESSAGES
FROM THE ETERNAL WORD OF GOD
BY
JAMES FARRELL FISHER
INTRODUCTION
HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED TO CHRIST, HIS CHURCH AND THE BIBLE, WHICH IS HIS HOLY WORD, AS A CHILD OF DIVORCED PARENTS, LIVING WITH GRANDPARENTS OF MY MOTHER FROM THE AGE OF THREE YEARS UNTIL I WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND STRONGLY WITNESSED TO BY HER TWO SISTERS – AT LEAST SEEDS WERE PLANTED, CHURCH ATTENDED, SCHOOL ADVANCEMENTS ENJOYED, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATE, SOUTHWESTERN SEMINARY IN FT.WORTH, TEXAS. AT THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHEN MY MOTHER REMARRIED, I WAS THEN TAKEN TO LIVE WITH HER AND HER NEW HUSBAND. HE WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN, BUT FOR FIFTY YEARS I WITNESSED TO HIM OFTEN ABOUT OUR LORD’S SAVING GRACE, AND WHEN HE WAS IN HIS MID 80’S, HE SAID TO ME, “FARRELL, I KNOW YOU’VE TOLD ME THE GOSPEL WITNESS OVER AND OVER – I DIDN’T LISTEN, BUT NOW? WOULD YOU TELL ME ONE MORE TIME, HOW CAN I, AN AGED MAN IN HIS MID 80’S BE “SAVED”. I DID-HE PRAYED TO RECEIVE CHRIST. THREE WEEKS LATER HIS NURSING HOME TOLD ME, “WHAT’S HAPPENED TO FRANK CALLAWAY?AFTER YOUR VISIT THREE WEEKS AGO, EVERY DAY HE TELLS EVERYONE AND ANYONE AROUND HIM HOW TO BE GLORIOUSLY “BORN AGAIN”!” THREE WEEKS LATER, HE DIED!
AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN YEARS OF PASTORING, I WAS CONVICTED POWERFULLY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF MY WIFE, AND THE PRAYERS, I’M SURE OF MANY TRUE DISCIPLES, AND THEN,TRULY, HAVING REPENTED, I EXPERIENCED THE “NEW BIRTH”, NOT JUST ‘church membership’, BUT ENTERING THE HOLY, ETERNAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE “BODY OF CHRIST”, WHICH IS THE TRUE CHURCH!
IT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THAT I WAS INVITED BY A FRIEND TO PARTICIPATE IN MISSIONS, FIRST TO BRAZIL, THEN TO INDIA. FOR OVER 25 YEARS I TRAVELED ON TRIPS, AT LEAST THREE WEEKS TO THREE MONTHS, IN LEADING PASTORS’ CONFERENCES AND PREACHING IN CITY-WIDE,OUTDOOR EVENGELISTIC MEETINGS. AFTER HEART-FAILURE BUT A SURE RECOVERY, THE FAMILY, FRIENDS,AND OTHER WITNESSES ENCOURAGED ME TO LEAVE OVERSEAS MISSIONS TO OTHERS.
SO, IN THE RECOVERY MODE, IMMERSION IN GOD’S WORD, I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS AND MANY DAYS WRITING MESSAGES AND BOOKS. I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 18 TO 20 BOOKS ALREADY PUBLISHED, BUT AT LEAST 8-10 YEARS AGO, I ONLY WROTE WITHOUT PUBLISHING. BUT NOW, I SENSE THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF A FEW FRIENDS, THAT IT’S TIME TO PUT NEW MESSAGES IN A NEW PUBLICATION! RECENTLY I READ A STATEMENT OF A.W.TOZER IN HIS WRITING YEARS AGO ENTITLED, “A MAN OF GOD.” IN THAT BOOK HE SAID: “WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET DOWN OUR CHRISTIAN STANDARDS JUST TO HOLD THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO HELL AND STILL BELONG TO A CHURCH.” “GOD, HELP US!” AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE “PROFESSED CHRIST” BUT NEVER BEEN “BORN AGAIN.” MAY ANOTHER “GREAT AWAKENING” HAPPEN IN OUR DAY, AS WE NOT ONLY PROFESS CHRIST BUT ARE FULLY POSSESSED BY HIS INDWELLING PRESENCE THROUGH TRUE REPENTANCE AND BIBLICAL FAITH, NOT JUST THE ‘TOKEN’ OF A LOCAL CHURCH’S MEMBERSHIP, BUT,YES, A “SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF CHRIST IN AND OUT OF LOCAL CHURCH GATHERINGS, WITNESSING TO A NEEDY WORLD”!
I WANT TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE WORD, AND THROUGH THAT BLESSED ENCOURAGEMENT OF FRIENDS TO “PUBLISH” A NEW BOOK; I’M “AT IT” & WILL SOON CONCLUDE IT! I PRAY YOU, AND YOUR FAMILY, YOU AND YOUR CHURCH, YOU AND YOUR STATE AND NATION WILL BE BLESSED, EVEN AS YOU SHARE BOOKS OF MINE WITH DISCIPLE-FRIENDS AROUND YOU, EVEN IN OTHER NATIONS! EXTEND YOURSELF IN SHARING! THERE ARE MANY,MANY PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO,YES,DO HAVE ‘SPIRITUAL APPETITES’ BUT DON’T KNOW THE ETERNAL “SPIRITUAL CHEF WITH HIS AMAZING MENU!”AMEN? JAMES FARRELL FISHER
OUTLINE
CHAPTER ONE:
CHAPTER TWO:
CHAPTER THREE:
CHAPTER FOUR:
CHAPTER FIVE:
CHAPTER SIX:
CHAPTER SEVEN:
CHAPTER EIGHT:
CHAPTER NINE:
CHAPTER TEN:
CHAPTER ELEVEN:
CHAPTER TWELVE:
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
CHAPTER FIFTEEN:
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
CHAPTER NINETEEN:
CHAPTER TWENTY:
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: