If Christ be not God, then salvation through his blood is only a longed for fantasy; hope for this life is a mockery, and Heaven is only a beautiful dream. However, Jesus is God. The seventeen messages in this volume dethrone and denounce those who blatantly deny the basic teachings of Jesus Christ. They prove from Scripture Christ's saving, supernatural nature. They clearly show how Jesus fulfilled literally hundreds of items of prophecy in His miraculous virgin birth, His life and His atoning death. Most of all, they demonstrate that Christ was raised bodily and has ascended to a place of intercession and equality with God Himself! This evidence every preacher needs to strengthen sermons. Every witness can use this book to help him win souls. Every Christian can use this volume to refute unbelievers.
Curtis Hutson was an Independent Baptist pastor and editor of The Sword of the Lord (1980-1995). While working as a mail carrier, Hutson preached at church services and revivals in the Atlanta area. In 1956 he conducted a revival at the tiny Forrest Hills Baptist Church of Scottdale. By the end of the week, Hutson had filled the fifty seats in the church, the pastor had resigned, and Hutson was called to replace him. Although he had no formal training, Hutson served as pastor while continuing to work for the post office.
He began to preach about soul winning, and his congregation began to follow his example. In 1967 Hutson quit the post office to become a full-time pastor--at first for a salary of $75 a month. Between 1969 and 1972, the church grew from 350 to 2,300 members. In 1976, when Hutson resigned after 20 years of pastoring, church membership was 7,900. Entering full-time evangelism, Hutson held area-wide evangelistic meetings from 1977 to 1980. From 1974 to 1980, he also served as president of the now defunct Baptist University of America near Atlanta.
As a fundamentalist he held to the great cardinal doctrines of the Faith: the verbal inspiration of the Bible in its original autographs; the virgin birth and deity of Christ; His vicarious death for sin; His physical resurrection; salvation by grace through faith; and the visible second coming of Christ. He was a believer in ecclesiastical and personal separation.
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