THANKFULNESS MUST BE TAUGHT

Washington recommended it, Lincoln proclaimed it,

Paul commanded it!

                It’s that time of year again when we think of turkey and family, of traveling and gasoline prices, of suitcases and pumpkin pies, “HOME” and childhood games, family stress and misunderstandings.  It’s that season of the year, here in America, that we call for a “THANKSGIVING Day”!  The pilgrims started it all in 1623.  George Washington recommended it in 1789,  President Lincoln proclaimed it in 1863, and the APOSTLE PAUL COMMANDED IT IN A.D. 64 (Usher) when he enjoined the Colossians Christians:

                                “Put on . . . kindness, meekness, longsuffering, forbearing . . . forgiving . . . AND BE YE THANKFUL.”

(COLOSSIANS 3:12-15)

                                                                                             Some folk forget to say “Thank-you.”

                They are  too busy, too tired, too indifferent, or just plain UNTHANKFUL!   How about you?  Sometimes I think that “gratitude” has gone out of style.  We have so much.  We do so much.  We see so much.  We just plain get used to “things” and “life ” and “people.”   Our lives are busy with sorrows and despairs or full of happiness and triumphs.  No matter, we have become like the ungrateful “Nine” Lepers in Jesus’ day (Luke 17:22).  

                The other day a visitor at our church treated us to a Wendy’s lunch.  We were with several of our church people visiting and enjoying one another’s company.  We go there every Sunday afternoon between our morning worship service and afternoon Bible study.  I am used to my husband paying for us.  So I forgot to thank the lady. I remembered this “unthankfulness” last night.  (I’m sure Pastor Waite thanked her, since he was standing there when she wanted to pay.)  But I did not!  How bad of me!  How ungrateful!  I will write her today or call.  I just mention this now because “thankfulness,” in this busy world, has become passe.  We rush here and we rush there and we take for granted the lovely kindnesses that have come our way.  I guess we are no better than the early Christians in Paul’s day!  They had to be reminded, too. Thanksgiving has to be taught.  Yes, God would have us walk around this world with a thankful heart--even for yogurt at Wendy’s!

A DIFFERENT SLANT ON THANKFULNESS

                This morning in our DAILY BIBLE READING, I came across a very different slant on “thanksgiving.”  Jesus said in Luke 6:27-36--in that area of Scripture--some unusual words.  He said to His disciples-- right after giving, what we call, the BEATITUDES and His four “woes”-- that they should love their enemies, that they should do good to them that hate them, and that they should give their other cheek to be smitten when the first one had been hit, that they should give their coat to those  who stole from them, and that they should give to any one who asks them for something.  These are very difficult words to understand for us here in the USA and our in culture. 

                I remember when we were in Liberia and in the refugee camp there in Sierra Leone that the African people gave of what they did not have to those who had less.  I remember how our driver, whom we liked very much, asked us to take him to the United States.  He said he would drive for us there.  We said we could not do that as we could not afford to hire him.  He didn’t understand,  for if, in their culture,  someone wanted to live with them, they took them in as “family” and called them “brother” or “mother.”   It was, and is, different from us.  But I ask you, “Is that what Jesus meant?”   I don’t know.  But I do know it is what He said.

                Then Jesus went on, in the passage that interested me today, that we should treat people like we would like to be treated.  He asked, “What THANKS is it to you if you be KIND to those whom you love and who love you?”  Everyone does that!  Then it  goes on and asks “What THANKS  (or reward or benefit) is it for you to DO GOOD to those whom you love--FOR EVERYONE DOES THAT.”  He then tells His disciples that they are to love their enemies!  Do good to them!  Lend to them!        One of our sons has a paper delivery business.  He works for a big newspaper in the Washington D.C. area.  Often when his delivery people have a car breakdown, he lets them use one of his cars.   Many times he gives the person a car or “lends” a car, never to see it again.  Our son is not a rich man.  It upsets those who love him that he is so generous--to his own financial peril.  Anyhow that is the way it seems to us.  Perhaps, he’s the only one in the family that is actually practicing Jesus’ words here in Luke, chapter 6.   Perhaps he is the only one who is actually manifesting “thanksgiving” the Bible-way.

                Jesus declared that His disciples were to do all this and not expect any reward or appreciation in return.  I understand that.  You and I  do this all the time--especially those who are parents and those who are pastors and pastors’ wives.  Jesus said to His followers  that this would  prove that his men  were children of the HIGHEST!  (I suppose this means that the GIVERS  have God as their Heavenly Father.)  

                Why will that behavior show others that they were God’s children?  Jesus said that people will see them act in that most unusual way, and those observing would know, by the disciples’ actions, that they were  just like their “FATHER.”  So it is only natural to ask, “In what way would  they be like their ‘FATHER’?”  Jesus reminded them that The HIGHEST is KIND to the unthankful and to the evil.  DARE WE APPLY THIS SCRIPTURE TO OUR LIVES as Jesus did to His disciples years ago?

My Morning Prayer

by Gertrude Sanborn

Dear Lord,

I raise my heart in praise

As morning gives its early rays

And THANK THEE for a fresh new day

To live for Thee and walk Thy way.

Dear Lord,

I magnify Thy name,

For Thou art ever more the same;

and THANK THEE for Thy Word so true

With every promise proven thru.

Dear Lord,

I THANK THEE for my morning meal

And for the strength and health I feel;

I THANK THEE, too, for home and mate,

Protective care and my estate.

Dear Lord,

What grace that such as I

May speak my heart to One so High,

And tell in word of human phrase

MY HEART’S OWN THANKS AND DEEPEST PRAISE.

                                       (from WITH TEARS IN MY HEART, p. 173)

 

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WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING?

                Now to the “BIBLE FOR TODAY” NEWS.  Let’s see--what have we been dong since last I wrote.  I suppose the question should be, “What have we NOT been doing?”  I better get my calendar out because for the life of me, I can’t seem to remember.    Besides doctor’s and dental appointments, September & October were filled with my husband’s preaching here at THE BIBLE FOR TODAY BAPTIST CHURCH.  He just finished PHILEMON and is now in I THESSALONIANS.  You can order these sermons on DVD or audio cassette.  Call the office--856-854-4452 for information or order on the order line: 1-800-JOHN 10:9.  Do not use that number for visiting & chatting. 

                DO YOU EVER CLICK ON OUR WEB SITE AND HEAR OR SEE DR. WAITE THERE?   (www.BibleForToday.org).   My husband receives hundreds of E-mails, and  answers them all the time, plus the phone calls.   He is making progress on the Sproul book.  He’s so busy.  He’s been working on his NOVEMBER 28-29 MESSAGES to a SPANISH BAPTIST PASTORS’ FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE in MATAMOROS, MEXICO, where Dr. Humberto Gomez is in charge.  It’s going to be about Gnoticism’s influence on Bible translations.  All languages have this problem, you know.  Dr. Gomez is the man who has produced the new Spanish translation of the Bible which is faithful to the KJB and its underlying Words.  (BFT #3257 @ $20+ S&H--hardback; or $40+S&H--genuine leather).  Call Dr. Gomez for conference information at 956-867-1281.                      

                Dr. Waite plans to be preaching all day, Lord willing, at CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH in GORDO, ALABAMA, on November 11th.  Call PASTOR MIKE TRULL at 205-799-2291 for directions.   I plan, Lord willing, to be with him in both places.  How I’ll need the grace and strength of God!    

                We had overnight visitors three weekends in a row.  One was a woman from Erie, Pa.   We enjoy Julie.  She’s volunteered to help us with updating our Bible For Today catalog.  Other visitors-- Missionaries David and Pam Bennett from Australia, were here.  Maybe you saw his sermon on the Internet preaching at our church service. You can order it from us, too.   And last but not least--our daughter and granddaughter from Florida visited us.  It was good!  Went to the Jersey Shore heading for Cape May, took a wrong turn and ended up in Atlantic City.  Walked the board walk and ate at an outside cafe.  Fun!   

                I spoke at a WOMEN’S SEMINAR in Dover, Delaware on THE SECRET TO A HAPPY HOME  (BFT #3342TP @ $4.00 or #3342CD $5.00 + $1.00 S&H).  It was well-received.  I summed up the “secret” in two dogmas: (1) Don’t argue every point and (2) Don’t sexually defraud your mate.  That was at CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH where Terri Moore is the pastor.  He was in my husband’s first KING JAMES BIBLE SEMINAR in 1997!   That speech is also in a 22-page-format.  Had a book table.   It’s the first time I ever had my own book table.  After reading GERTRUDE SANBORN’S poems from WITH TEARS IN MY HEART to the women, (BFT #3196 at a special gift offer of $15.00 + $5.00 S&H), her book sold well.  Once you read mother’s poems, you want the book!  Also a few days later we gave a  PORTRAYAL OF FRANCES HAVERGAL in South Jersey.  Saw some old friends there. Also, I recorded radio programs on the WICCAN, HARRY POTTER, & HALLOWEEN for broadcasting in October and November (JFW #/101 on CD @ $5.00 + $1.00 S&H or Audio Cassette @ $4.00 +$1.00 S&H.) 

AN UNTRUE RUMOR

                A terrible, untrue rumor has been going around for a few years.  It is NOT TRUE that Dr. Waite wants to change the KING JAMES BIBLE!  It is absolutely untrue.   My husband does not see any reason  to “update” the King James Bible.   Where did this rumor start?  Well, I don’t know for sure, but I think I have a sneaking suspicion.  If you recall, our oldest son, D. A. Waite, Jr., was working for the Bible For Today for a brief period until our funds ran out.  While he worked for us , he did a magnificent job defining the difficult words in the KJB.  His work make it possible for the BFT to publish  THE DEFINED KING JAMES BIBLE (BFT #3000 hardback and genuine leather at various prices).  YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE.   We are in the ninth printing of that Bible.  There are over 57,000 in print today and distributed around the world.   It is a wonderful Bible!  It is an excellent Bible to explain many old English words that some people could have trouble with today.   (If children began reading the KJB as they learned to read in their early years, there would be no trouble understanding its words.  If anyone has trouble understanding the KJB, it is because that person is not as well educated as my Grandmother who, with a sixth grade education, could read it fluently.)

                Well, after that, a man who has, what is called, THE EASY READING BIBLE, hired our skilled son to help him with a word-revision of this Bible.  So D. A. Waite , JR. did this work.  That is what it was--“work”-- a job!  At the time, he was teaching school and needed a summer employment.  Doing this work was his summer job.  Another summer, our oldest son worked on the book, WITH TEARS IN MY HEART, doing a superb job of formatting and proofing.   Now he is not teaching anymore.  He has a day job where he does similar work but it is not in the “Bible translation” or “Bible printing” field.  

Dr. Waite does not want to change the KJB!

                Then someone, whose name you would know, heard about this and made a meal of it in a speech before a large group of fundamental King James Bible pastors & people.   From that contact, the rumor that Dr. D. A. Waite, SR. wanted to change the King James Bible found  root and did much damage.  HOW UNTRUE.  Never fear!  My husband stands strong for the King James Bible and its underlying Words.  It is the only Bible that he uses and the only Bible that he recommends or will ever recommend.

DR. WAITE’S RADIO MINISTRY

A LITERAL, VERBAL TRANSLATION OF ORIGINAL WORDS

                Let me review with you my husband’s radio ministry.  He has three radio programs--two of them are in defense of TRADITIONAL TEXTS.   As you know, the King James Bible is a  translation that comes from the traditional texts which are  the MASORETIC HEBREW TEXT  for the Old Testament and the TEXTUS RECEPTUS GREEK TEXT for the New Testament.  Many people do not realize that one of the major flaws in the many new Bible translations is the TEXT which underlie the translation.  Another reason is the METHOD of translations.  The King James Bible is a plenary, verbal, translation, while translations like the New International Version employ the method of dynamic equivalence. 

EDUCATE YOURSELF

            If you do not have my husband’s basic book, DEFENDING THE KING JAMES BIBLE, you should get it today.   Ask for BFT#1594-P @$12.00 + $4.00 S&H.  Get it and educate yourself so you can be “up” on this Bible translation issue.   DEFENDING has been in print for about fourteen years and has helped hundreds of people.  In fact, many of the men who are writing books on the subject today have learned much of the translation controversy answers from Dr. Waite and his book.  Of course, they might not admit it publicly--but it is true.   In fact, some of them quote him without mentioning his name.

BIBLE TRANSLATIONS ARE NOT INSPIRED

--Only Original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Words--      

                I could name several leaders in the field who have said that DEFENDING THE KING JAMES BIBLE is the best book on the subject and that they would always carry it in their ministry and offer it to their people.  Then all of a sudden they realize that my husband does not think that the KJB is inspired of God or God-breathed (which is what this means); and they drop the book like a hot potato.  LET ME EXPLAIN

                BIBLE TRANSLATIONS ARE NOT INSPIRED--not even the King James Bible.  It is the best!  It is the most accurate! THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE KING JAMES BIBLE IS NOT THE BEST BIBLE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.  IT IS!   But Holy men of old did not receive the Words of the King James Bible from God the Holy Spirit.  The original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Words were from the breath of God.  Those were the Words that God gave to Moses, Jeremiah, Daniel, Peter, Paul, Mark, Luke, John the beloved, and the other Bible writers.

            You and I do not have the original Manuscripts today--or at least they have not been found.  But we do have plenary, verbal, preserved copies of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Words.  We have the preserved Greek New Testament Words, for example, in BFT #471 @ $14.00 + $5.00 S&H.  We have copies of the original “inspired” Words.  Those copies are not in English or Spanish or any exotic language.  If those original language copies are accurately translated, as they were in our King James Bible, you and I have the Words of God in English, our mother tongue.  That’s what we have in the King James Bible for the English-speaking world.   It is a wonderful treasure! IT IS WITHOUT TRANSLATIONAL ERROR.  I hope this is plain to you.

                I remember as a young child singing a song--I believe my mother taught it to me.  It goes like this: 

“I have a wonderful treasure.  The gift of God without measure. 

And we travel together.  My Bible and I.”

(Harry Dixon Loes wrote those words.  I think he was one of my teachers when I was at Moody Bible Institute back in the stone age.)

 

DEFENDING THE KJB ON RADIO

For ONE THOUSAND, FORTY-EIGHT Weeks

                Right now, Dr. Waite has been reading and explaining DEFENDING THE KING JAMES BIBLE on his thirty-minute radio programs.  It has been some time since he has done that and thought it would be beneficial to his hearers.  If it hasn’t helped his listeners, it has helped him to re-read his work.  How much more he has learned on the subject since he first wrote it years ago!  That is the way with life--we keep learning and growing and, hopefully, improving.

"WALK IN WISDOM TOWARD THEM THAT ARE

WITHOUT, REDEEMING THE TIME."

                As I close this letter to you, I am weary.  My mind is jumping to California and those awful fires. Thousands of acres burned.  Homes are ravished!  People are emptied of all possessions!  I can’t help but remember that it was only a few days ago that GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER SIGNED A BILL THAT FORBIDS SCHOOLS FROM TEACHING ANYTHING CONTRARY TO HOMOSEXUALS, BISEXUALS, OR TRANSVESTITES, AND OTHER PERVERSIONS.  Is God firing judgment on California’s shores?  He did so with Sodom and Gomorrah!  Remember?  I hope that the California governor listens to God’s  still small voice.  He will speak after the fire, the wind, and the ravages cease!            

 

Under God’s wise care & strengthening grace (I Corinthians 15:10)

 

 

Yvonne S. Waite ( for Dr. Waite, too.)

 

 

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