March - April 2013

EXAMINE YOURSELVES, whether ye be in the faith; PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? (2 Cor. 13:5)

Greetings from the Breakers,

The above verse tells us to “examine ourselves.” So I’ve been taking a good long look at myself lately. I’ve also been thinking about what we as Christians should be busy doing for the Lord. I’ve also found there are many who focus on one thing in particular, rather than seeking a well-rounded Christian approach to the lost and dying world. That’s why this prayer letter is going to be a little bit different. I’m going to ask you, the reader, a question.

The question is: Which one are you? ...

… A PUTTER DOWNER?

There are a lot of Christians out there who think their “God called ministry” is to constantly attack others and put them down, or in their own mode of thinking: “put them in their place.” Their entire ministry consists of name-calling, ridiculing, and labeling others who don’t agree entirely with them, and by so doing they feel good about themselves. But where in the Bible do we find such a “calling?” It’s simply not there. And it often turns others off to the truth. The lost get turned off entirely to the Gospel when they see such an attitude. And those that are saved, often get discouraged by seeing such a great lack of Christian charity and brotherly love from such people. A long time ago I decided that this would not be a part of my ministry or something that I would be active in doing. I want to live right, preach right, and do right, but I want to be sure I’m doing it with the right attitude. How about you?

… A PRINTER OF LITERATURE?

I believe that printing good Gospel literature and sound doctrinal material is a very important part of Christianity. Since the very beginning of the Church, people have been WRITING epistles, letters, books, apologetics, etc. And there works have been helpful to other Christians. Now, mind you, the most important thing to read is the Bible itself! But it’s always been a blessing in my Christian life to stumble upon a good Christian book here and there, and I can name quite a few that have helped me tremendously, (like Clarence Larkin’s “Dispensational Truth.”)

That is why I’ve also written some booklets, tracts, pamphlets, etc., in a hopes to be a blessing to others. I would also encourage you to do the same.

(I’m enclosing with this letter my newest tract “Have you Taken the Free Gift?”)

… A PASSER OUTER OF TRACTS?

Christian Gospel pamphlets and tracts have been around for many years. And many Christians feel it’s important to distribute the Gospel message to the masses in this fashion. I desire to do so as well, and that’s why I print my own tracts and hand them out. Yet, I’ve found many of today’s Gospel tracts printed by others don’t always give the Gospel (of 1 Cor. 15:1-4) in it’s entirety or sometimes even omit it completely. Rather, they divert the reader’s attention from Jesus and what he DID for them, and instead instruct the reader to DO something in an attempt to come to God. This is atrocious! The Apostle Paul said that he wanted to know Christ, and him crucified! That’s what we should point Sinners to.

Some Christians, however, think that passing out tracts is all they need to do to make God happy. So, they do this and nothing else. I too have fallen into this thinking at times, thinking if I just give people a tract then I’ve done my duty and can be on my way. But sometimes we need to be active in doing more than just giving a piece of paper to others.

... A PRESENTATION TO OTHERS

Some people think, “Well, I’m a Christian, I’m just going to witness by my lifestyle.” They use this in place of passing out tracts, and speaking to others. This then becomes their only means of witness, and rather than take the effort to speak to others, they hope that by their own immaculate testimony, others will line up at their door wanting to talk to them.

Clearly, there is nothing wrong with being a Christian and living a Christian lifestyle. And we should hope that our testimony is so spotless that even lost people will see Christ in us. But if this is the only way someone witnesses, then they are missing out on being used of God. There is more to Christianity than just living it outwardly for others to see. If you’ll remember, that’s what the Pharisees did, and they weren’t even saved! They wanted people to see their outward mannerisms, but inwardly they were wicked and sinful exceedingly. So just trying to show others Jesus in you isn’t enough. There has to be more to it than that!

… A PREACHER TO PEOPLE?

The Bible says that God chose “the foolishness of preaching” to save the lost. We are told in Rom. 10:17 that “faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” That is, someone must open their mouth and SPEAK to others and show them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s a personal one-on-one thing, and it’s something that many Christians are afraid to do. Some would rather just put down others and name call. Others would rather just print gospel literature, and hope someone else will reach the lost with their material. Still others hope a piece of paper (a Gospel Tract) will do all their talking for them, as they pass out tracts in mass and go on their way. While others delight in holy silence and hope that the living Christ will shine forth from them so brightly that they won’t ever have to witness vocally, and people will just get saved by their example or living testimony.

But there is simply no substitute for an open mouth and a clear Gospel witness of Jesus Christ. I write this here in my prayer letter not to put anyone down or to guilt-trip others into witnessing more to others. If anything, it is a confession on my part, for I usually find I’m so busy in doing the other things, that I often justify myself and my not speaking to others as much as I should about Christ and his Gospel.

It’s easy to name-call. It’s fun to print literature. It’s a blast passing out tracts. It’s joyous to live a Christian life and be a good testimony. But often I find it’s not always that fun to open your mouth to talk to people. I understand Moses’ fear of speaking more and more, especially in these last days, for opening your mouth and talking to people, especially people like those today who HATE God, isn’t always a rewarding experience. Often they will curse at you, or make fun of you, or even threaten you. And you quite often feel stupid speaking to them, often thinking things like: “What is this person going to think about me if I witness to him?” or “What’s going to be this person’s excuse for not wanting to get saved?”

But, as fearful as it may be, that’s what we need to do. My Daddy used to say, “There is simply no substitute for clear and effective communication.” I’d like to change that up a little bit by saying: “There is simply no substitute for a clear and effective vocal witness of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ!”

I’m trying to learn to be more outgoing and more vocal for my Saviour. I ask you to pray for me. I do print Gospel literature, pass out tracts, live like I should, etc. But when it comes to opening my mouth, sometimes I find that’s hard to do. I want to speak to more people, and stop being so bashful. I’m tired of justifying the other things I do for Jesus as “enough.” I want to do more. How about you?

Because of Christ Jesus our Great and Awesome Lord and Saviour,

Robert Breaker

1 Sam. 12:24!

　

P.S. Please pray for all the tracts we have passed out these last two months, the people we have talked to about salvation, and the printed literature we have been blessed to distribute. Our prayer is that God will continue to use you, and we ask you to pray the same for us.

P.S.S. After having written this, my grandmother wanted me to add something else she found quite jovial. So I’ll add it in right here. We pray for our food at the table, and Emma is now four and old enough to pray for the meal. Often she prays for all her cousins by name while giving thanks for the food. But the other day she had breakfast alone at the table with my grandmother, and she forgot to pray beforehand. My grandmother said, “But Emma, you didn’t pray for your meal!” To which Emma quickly retorted: “Oh, well, that’s okay. It’s just cereal, and we don’t pray for cereal!”

COMING TO GOD FOR SALVATION APART FROM THE GOSPEL?

I’ve run into a lot of people lately who are all saying the same thing, and they all claim to be Christians. They say that a person doesn’t need to know anything at all about the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be saved. They claim that a Sinner can just come to Jesus and beg him for forgiveness, and he’ll save that Sinner apart from his hearing and understanding the Gospel. But is this the case? Or is this a very anti-biblical teaching?

According to the Bible, there is something a person must know before they can be converted (saved). Below I’ll give a short list of verses that show this, because according to the Scriptures, and they are very clear about this, a person must first HEAR and then UNDERSTAND before they can be saved. I encourage you to look up the verses for yourself.

Matthew 13:15 Jesus says a person must HEAR and UNDERSTAND before they can be converted!

Acts 28:24-28 vs 24 they believed the things spoken (they heard) and vs26-27 they must hear and understand

vs 28 gentiles will HEAR it.

Acts 10:43-44 vs 43 Peter said “believe” vs 44 The H.G. came on them after they heard, understood, and BELIEVED!

Acts 15:7 Peters says Gentiles must HEAR and then BELIEVE. (Hearing comes first!)

Ephesians 1:13 in whom ye TRUSTED AFTER that ye HEARD. Heard what? The GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION.

Eph. 4:17-21 Lost have their understanding darkened, they are blind (vs 18) They have not LEARNED (vs 20) Christ.

Rom. 10:13,14 vs 14 says you have to first HEAR before you can believe.

Rom. 10:17 says faith cometh by HEARING (How can you believe in something you have never heard)?

John 8:43 Jesus talks to the Pharisees and says “Why do ye not UNDERSTAND my speech?”

He then says it’s because they cannot “HEAR” his word.

Matt. 15:8 Jesus says people draw night to him with their LIPS, but their HEART is far from him.

This is why I NEVER tell a lost person, “Just ask Jesus into your heart” or “Beg God to forgive you.” Rather I take them to 1 Cor. 15:1-4 and other verses and instruct them to look at what Jesus DID for them, and TRUST HIS FINISHED WORK (i.e. his shed blood on Calvary) as sufficient to save them. It’s all what JESUS has DONE, and not what we DO that saves us! Today, we can’t come to Jesus any other way than by his blood sacrifice for us on our behalf. Why then, are there so many others, who claim to be Christians, who are instructing lost people to do just that? It’s like they are in the wrong dispensation, and they are trying to get people to come to Jesus the way people came to Jesus BEFORE the cross, and not the way the Bible tells us to be saved AFTER the cross.

Thinking on this, I reread the Gospels and Paul’s epistles, and I found some interesting things. Did you know that when Jesus came, he came only to the lost Sheep of Israel (Mt. 15:24)? And do you know what he preached to them? He preached that they had to believe he was their Messiah. That is, he told them they had to believe WHO he was.

Some say Jesus preached the same Gospel as we do today, but he did not. He could not. For the Gospel today is his death, burial, and resurrection. How could he preach that if he hadn’t died, been buried, or resurrected yet? (Granted he did allude to the fact in his earthly ministry that it would happen in the future, but he told no one to trust IT, rather to trust in HIM and who he was).

We find the Gospel for us today being preached by Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13). It is not WHO Jesus is, but WHAT Jesus did for us! That’s the difference! Both point to Jesus. But only one is what gives us salvation today! What are you trusting in to save you? Is it in Jesus and WHO he is, or is it in Jesus and WHAT he did for you?

This is an important distinction, for many today claim to “follow Jesus.” That is, they follow the man himself, but they don’t trust what he did for them. They love the beatitudes, and they love the message of “loving one another” but they don’t accept Jesus as their own personal Saviour by faith in his finished work at Calvary.

Years ago, we had the “Jesus freaks” wandering throughout our land, who were nothing but a bunch of long-haired hippies following Jesus. They tried to do what he said, but they were following the MAN, while they rejected what HE AS GOD DID for them on the cross. I mention this as today there are some that say all you need to do to be saved is just come to Jesus and if you seek him, he’ll save you if you just ask him, or beg him, or plead with him enough. But this leaves out entirely WHAT Jesus did for the Sinner. This is seeking JESUS for WHO he is, and not coming to him through WHAT he did for us.

Are such people, therefore, lost? You have to decide that for yourself. Certainly the “Jesus freaks” were, as they tried to make salvation through following the physical teachings of Jesus, rather than by obtaining the spiritual salvation of the soul by FAITH in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

When dealing with people, I try to help them see the difference, as I’m even more determined than ever to point people to Christ Crucified on the Cross of Calvary! It’s all about WHAT he did for us. We are saved by hearing, understanding, and then believing the Gospel. We are not saved apart from it, no matter how many people might say otherwise!

   

Notice the chart above. When Jesus preached, he stressed WHO he was, to those to whom he came: THE JEWS. He pointed to the fact that he was their promised MESSIAH, the CHRIST, or the ANOINTED ONE. But when the Jews rejected Jesus Christ, then salvation was taken to the Gentiles, and we see God using the Apostle Paul to preach the Gospel (found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4) to them. The emphasis of the Gospel today is not WHO Jesus is, rather HOW Jesus died, was buried, and rose again. It is all about WHAT Jesus did for us for our sins!

Why then would people want to tell lost souls that they can be saved apart from what Jesus did for them on the cross, and instruct them to go to Jesus another way? Why do they teach repeating a formal prayer, begging for forgiveness, asking for salvation, church attendance, baptism, good works, etc., as their plan of salvation? For clearly, all these try to come to Jesus APART from his finished work on the cross!

January - February 2013

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body...            (Phil 3:20-21)

Greetings once again from the Breakers,

I can’t believe it’s already a brand new year! And boy has it started off on an ominous note with headlines like: “Meteors whizzing closely by the earth,” “Record Snowstorms,” “Locusts in Egypt,” “Looming global economic collapse,” “New Pope to be elected and he could be the anti-christ” and more. Could it be the Lord is coming back this year? I sure hope so. But until then we are busy occupying until He comes.

PRESENTATION OF CREATION VS EVOLUTION

Most of you know I’ve been working with Creation Science Evangelism in Pensacola, Florida in trying to finish their Spanish teaching sessions which we recorded in Honduras way back in 2005. I’m happy to report that these last two months I’ve finally finished the last of it with DVDs # 6 and #7. I also finished translating the Spanish workbook that goes along with that presentation for people to fill out as they watch. It was a lot of work rechecking slides, writing questions in Spanish, and making a workbook on my computer. But now it’s finally done, and I’m looking forward to seeing it go out to the Spanish-Speaking world! Please pray it will be greatly used by the Lord! There are many people who want it, and have been waiting patiently for it. Evolution truly is a great enemy of the Gospel, and it’s wonderful to have something like this available to the Spanish-Speaking people so they might see through that satanic teaching, and come to Jesus for salvation.

PRINTING TRACTS

Of course our small printing press has been going well, and we’ve been busy printing tracts in both English and Spanish. We’ve had some people order some of our tracts and distribute them, but mostly we print them ourselves and pass them out wherever we go. My latest tract is entitled, “The Gospel in the Acronym of C.O.B.R.A.” I’m enclosing it with this prayer letter for you to read. I hope it might be a blessing. If you desire more, please let me know.

PERSONS FROM THE PAST

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve met these last two months from my past. Some called me on the phone, others just showed up at the house to visit with me, while others I just happened to see in town. It’s been a real blessing to see these folks. I also had an opportunity to witness to some people I’ve known over the years but haven’t talked to in a long while. Please pray for these folks and their salvation. Jesus said “A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country.”

SOME PEOPLE I’VE MET LATELY

As we witness, we meet some very strange people. What’s stranger is that many of them claim to be Christians, while the things they SAY or DO would make one think otherwise. For example, not too long ago we met a lady who used to be a Church Secretary for many years, but her Pastor recently died. Because of this, she got a tattoo on her wrist of a heart with the date of the death of her Pastor inscribed inside. My wife and I looked at each other in wonder. Later Laura reminded me of the verse in Leviticus 19:28, which states: “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh FOR THE DEAD, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” I know this is in the Old Testament, and we are under grace, but still. Should a Christian get a tattoo, especially when they do it FOR THE DEAD?

We are seeing more and more things like this. Recently, I received an introduction email from someone who claims to be a Christian who is in a rock ‘n roll band, claiming he was “playing rock music for Jesus.” (Oh, did I forget to mention he said he was an “Independent Baptist?” Yep. He sure did!) He had long hair and all, and really thought he was fulfilling his God-called ministry. (I guess he took that verse “I become all things for all men” a little too literally!)

Now, I don’t want to be Phariseeical or judgmental, but there are things we are seeing in Churches today that are simply atrocious. Shouldn’t Christians be a “peculiar” people, separate from the world, and trying to be a testimony of Christ, and a witness of Him? Why then does it seem so many who claim the name of Jesus seem so worldly today?

 

PROCLAIMING THE MESSAGE OF PAUL

When I was in Bible School, I was taught that the heart of New Testament doctrine was the Pauline Epistles. And, since he was the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Rom. 11:13), we were to follow him, his preaching, and his message. This was called “Rightly Dividing the word of Truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). Thinking on this, I’ve been studying Paul a lot more lately, and I found something a little surprising, as I now see Paul as he really was, called of God to show others the right way. You see, Jesus came first, and he came to the Jews (Matt. 15:24). When he died, he chose his disciples to preach his message, and they did. But the Jews rejected it too, and so God turned towards Paul, using him to take the Gospel message to the Gentiles.

(Note: Paul preached to Jews too! The book of Acts proves this. But God said that he was to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and eventually, he went only to the Gentiles with the message of the Gospel).

After God saved Paul, he revealed to him some things, and these things Paul had to go to the disciples of Christ and explain. Peter even said that some of the things Paul spoke about were “hard to be understood” (2 Peter 3:16). So, Paul was sent by God and used of God to straighten out the brethren, and get them preaching the RIGHT thing, to the RIGHT people, rather than something preached only to the Jews

. (Note: What Peter preached in Acts 2:38 is NOT the Gospel. We today are not saved by water baptism.)

With this stated, Paul’s preaching is something that we in the Church age today desperately need to follow. Especially since we are in a time of apostasy, in which many who claim to be Christians have “fallen away” from the great truths of Scripture. Thus, we are not only supposed to go to the lost and witness to them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (which we should always be busy doing), but we also are supposed to try to reach those who claim to be Christians who are mixed up in their doctrines and try to help them come to a better understanding of the Scriptures. In other words, we are supposed to point people to the right doctrine and reprove them when they preach things contrary to word of God. This is not an easy job, especially when many people don’t want to hear that they are wrong.

(Even harder still we don’t want to be viewed by others as “holier than thou” or an “I told you so” or “I’m right, you’re wrong” type of person).

To point out a person’s false beliefs and/or teachings and refer them to the scripture does not make many friends. And if you remember, Paul didn’t have too many friends himself! In fact, in one verse, he said that he once answered a question, and then his other brothers in Christ “ALL forsook him” (2 Tim. 4:16). Why? Because he spoke the truth no matter the cost, not trying to please men, but rather to please God. He cared about TRUTH above all else! And would not compromise no matter what for anyone! (Would to God we had more men like this today!!!)

Thinking on this, I want to be more like Paul. But I also want to have the right balance. I don’t want to ever get to the point where I come across as a “know it all.” However, there are important doctrines of the faith that should be defended, and if someone preaches something else, then like Paul, we should point that out, and then show why it’s wrong according to the scriptures.

There are things in our day that are absolute Gospel truth that are now being downplayed, omitted, or even preached against by many so-called Modern ministers. And if Paul were here, I know what he’d do! He would not stand for it! Rather, he would show them the scriptures and tell them they are wrong!

This isn’t always fun, but it needs to be done. Especially when you think about how many people today are deceived. If we really cared about them, then we should try to reach them with the truth! But we need to do it with the right attitude. It’s easy to tell people they are wrong. But it’s harder to tell them why and to teach them with a humble and meek spirit, showing that you truly care about them and want them to come to the truth. This compassion is the key to reaching others.

Sadly, there are many today who think they are right and everyone else is wrong, and this leads to them having a “haughty” attitude. And it shows forth. Paul knew how to tell such people the truth and was always ready to give SCRIPTURE and not his own opinion. For only the word of God is truth, and it is our final and absolute authority.

Paul wasn’t interested in following men, or compromising to get along with others. His basis of fellowship was the Gospel, and preaching the truth of the Scriptures, even if it cost him fellowship, financial offerings, and even his own life. What a man!

Are you a Paul? Are you preaching the truth no matter what the cost? Are you pointing lost people to Christ Crucified? Are you then trying to show others who claim to be Christians with false doctrines the error of their ways and pointing them to the truth of the scripture?

Because of Christ Jesus our Great Lord and Saviour,

Robert Breaker

 

 

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE APOSTLE PAUL

It’s amazing to me to see so many minsters today avoiding the Apostle Paul and his epistles, instead running to the Gospels, Acts, James, and many other books to try to find their gospel, and even at times trying to find their salvation message. Could it be they just don’t know how to “rightly divide” the word of Truth?

The Bible is very clear that we are in the dispensation of the Church Age (see figure below)

 

It’s further clear that Paul is our Apostle according to Romans 11:13, and he said three times that we are supposed to follow him. The references for this are found in:

 

1 Cor. 4:16

1 Cor. 11:1

Philippians 3:17

 

Paul further said in 2 Thes. 3:9, that he made himself our example to follow. So we are to follow Paul, and by so doing, we are following Jesus.

Paul speaks of the Gospel three times in saying “my gospel.” The references are found in:

Rom. 2:16

Rom. 16:25

2 Tim. 2:8

What is Paul’s Gospel? It is THE GOSPEL he mentions in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4! This is what we are supposed to preach today! Salvation by Christ Jesus’ DEATH, BURIAL, and RESURRECTION, according to the Scriptures.

 

Why then do many who call themselves Christians preach something else? Today it’s common to hear that salvation is by: water baptism, church attendance, repeating a vain prayer, doing good works, following the beatitudes, etc. But where is the Gospel in these? Someone is not “rightly dividing” the word of God, and understanding where our doctrine for today comes from. It’s from the Pauline Epistles, which teach us that salvation is by GRACE through FAITH in the finished work (i.e. Shed BLOOD) of Jesus Christ! It is NOT of works lest any man should boast. We are saved by what JESUS did, not what WE do to try to justify ourselves to God. Many claim to know this simple truth, but often they omit Paul and his epistles. Why?   

Paul himself warned us of such a time, and I believe we are now living in that day. In 2 Tim. 4:2 he writes: 

 

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

 

Let’s get back to living like, preaching like, and following the Apostle Paul. For his example to us is a great example of what a true Christian is, what he should believe, what he should preach and how he should act!

November - December 2012

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.  (2 Timothy 3:1-5) 

Greetings once again from the Breakers,

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe it’s already 2013. Of all the years for the Lord to come back, this would be a great one, especially since it has the number “13” in it! (That being, of course, the number of Nimrod, and the number of Rebellion). And, if the rapture were this year, then seven years of tribulation would put the Second Advent at the year 2020. How interesting, for we say a person with 20/20 vision has perfect eye sight. And, the Scriptures do say that “every eye shall see him” when Jesus returns at Armageddon! It just might be wishful thinking on my part, but I do hope this is the year of our Lord’s return!

WATCHING

One thing is for sure, we certainly are in the last days. And we are seeing the things mentioned in the above verses, and they grow worse at a much faster rate than ever before. Not only are there problems world-wide, but we are seeing things happen in our country as well that are most troubling. Many of my friends, family, cohorts, and fellow ministers, believe that we just might see martial law in the United States in the next few years, (if not sooner, like the next few months), and they are actively preparing for that. (Go to: www.infowars.com for more about what’s happening and why they think that way). I used to believe it was silly to prepare, thinking the rapture surely must come first, so why should I care? But a while back I thought, “Hmmm. Maybe stocking up on food, batteries, medicine, supplies, etc., isn’t a bad idea. For if the rapture does come, then those things will be left here for those in the tribulation, and they just might need them to live on, so they don’t take the mark of the beast!” 

So I highly recommend preparing for something, even if you don’t ever use it. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!  

WITNESSING

 

Some Christians frown upon talking about the evil in the world and the emerging New World Order, thinking that people who speak about it are preachers of doom and gloom and are interested only in the Physical, rather than focusing on the Spiritual. But we try to have a balance, warning others of the wrath to come, while trying to give them the good news of the Gospel. My wife and I have thought for some time, that the only way to truly win against Satan’s New World Order is to be saved yourself and to win people to Jesus, for that will be one less soul the antichrist will reign over in the tribulation! That’s why we don’t tell people, like some Preachers, “Fight the New World Order!” Rather, we encourage people to preach the Gospel and pray for Christ’s soon return.

These last two months God gave me some great opportunities to witness to friends and family over the holiday season. I also love this time of year for witnessing to those bell ringers from the Salvation Army. I ask them, “Oh, you’re with the Salvation Army! Great! Can you tell me how to get saved?” They usually are caught off guard, as most of them aren’t even saved themselves. This gives a great opportunity to give them the Gospel. 

Laura and I have also been printing more tracts and passing them out in public places. We are also much more vocal for Christ, feeling these are indeed the last days. I love it when people ask, “How are you?” I almost always respond, “Better than I deserve!” Most people don’t understand this, and some even ask me how I could say such a thing. This opens the conversation and allows me to respond: “I’m a Sinner saved by grace, and I’m on my way to heaven! So I’m better than I deserve because I truly deserve Hell. Yet, I’m not going there and it’s all because of what Jesus Christ did for me!” Some people want to hear more. Others walk away before I even finish my sentence. I’ve even had religious people tell me, “Don’t you dare say that! You’re a good person. You don’t deserve anything bad to happen to you!” It’s hard to argue with the self-righteous, but it does give you some insight into what they believe and why. They are trusting in their works just like the Pharisees of old. As the verse above states, they have a “form” of godliness, but deny the power thereof.

WORKING ON THE SPANISH BIBLE

 

Our home church in Monterrey is still working on the whole 1602 Purified Spanish Bible, reading and rereading it hoping to print it soon. I’ve helped a lot with this project. But while doing so, I started thinking, “I sure wish it read closer to the KJV.” So, I decided to translate directly from the King James word for word myself. And, I’ve been very busy with this, finishing the book of Genesis in December. I am now working on John, and plan to do Romans next. Then I’ll do the entire New Testament, and then the Old. I’m also checking and rechecking the old Spanish Bibles as well as the new ones, in an effort to keep as much as possible the old Spanish Reformation words. I plan to call it the Reina-Valera King James Bible. I don’t know if anyone will accept it or even want it, but it’s been a real blessing to me doing the work. Finally, the Spanish Bible reads with my King James and the Spanish says the same as the English! If I ever finish, I envision churches using both, and people that speak both English and Spanish could even meet in the same building. How great that they would be able to follow along in either language!

In the meantime I’m still behind the Valera 1602 Purified Spanish Bible, as it’s the best Spanish Bible out there as of yet. Please pray for our church as they are soon hoping to get it printed again.  

WONDERING

Probably the most horrible part of life is not knowing what tomorrow will bring. My Dad used to always say, “Plan your work and work your plan.” But with the uncertain economy, our current living conditions, the impending planned destruction of our nation, and many more variables, it’s hard to know exactly what to do and how. It’s hard to make any long term plans. Will there even be any money in the future for us to use to serve the Lord, especially with the national and global looming economic collapse? These things are troubling, but we’ve determined to remain joyful, and continue steadfast in the work in the situation and the area where we are serving the Lord. Please pray for us. I have some ideas and some things I’d like to do in the future, but really need the Lord’s guidance. Please pray for this. In the meantime we are enjoying passing out tracts, witnessing, translating, and preaching. God is good, and we are excited about living in the last days, as we keep looking up! 

 

Thanks again for all your continued prayers, your kind words and encouragement, and your sacrificial giving to us and our ministry. We love you and are praying for you as well. 

 

Robert, Laura, Emma and Elyse Breaker,

1 Sam. 12:24!

P.S. Please pray for the salvation of Mr. Steele, a man we’ve witnessed to several times at the local flea market. He’s open to the gospel and we plan on visiting him again soon.  

 

P.S.S. I recently saw a good documentary entitled: “Dreams from my real Father,” which gives important information about our current President and his plans for our nation. I debated on whether or not to send it with this prayer letter, but the cost of mailing DVDs deterred me from doing so. I highly recommend, however, that you seek it out and watch it, as it shows who his real Father is. And it’s not who we’ve been told it was! That video shows why there was such a debate about his birth certificate, and who his real father is. It will shock you! And, it will truly show you why the United States days are numbered. Be informed!

September - October 2012

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth… But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.  - Prov. 27:1 & 1 Peter 3:4

 

Dear fellow Christians,

Truly, we do not know what tomorrow may bring. Yet even though bad things happen, almost on a daily basis, we should be happy! We should not be afraid nor troubled of the unknown.

This is what I’ve been struggling with the last several months as I look at the world around me and see nefarious forces at work in this world striving against God and the Bible. (One example would be the word “God” being voted on to be removed from the Democratic National Convention! Who would want to get rid of God?)

Probably the hardest thing to deal with in these last days is the fear of tomorrow. I honestly don’t know what will happen in our country.  So I find my greatest struggle is learning to be happy amidst an evil and uncertain world. This is a hard task, especially when so many things happen which are beyond our control.

SICKNESS 

For over a month I’ve had a terrible ear infection and a cough. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t get over it. But I pressed on in spite of my affliction. It wasn’t till the end of October that we found out what was wrong with me and why.

 

SEPTIC TANK

Our septic tank filled so full that the gas was bubbling up into our house. I didn’t know this until I eventually smelled it getting worse in the bathroom. Turn’s out, that’s what made me sick. We eventually called a company to come and suck out the tank, and I received an amazing illustration from their work. 

The septic man showed me that the tank was supposed to process the sewage, and clean it. What cleaned it? Water and Sun. The water flushed into the tank and the refuse was pushed into drains where it was absorbed into the ground. The Sun dried up the land around it so that the drain would work properly, and the system was supposed to be self-enclosed and able to cleanse itself and keep from overflowing.

Thinking on this, I got a great illustration. Men are like septic tanks. They are full of corruptness in their hearts, and if they don’t flush themselves with the water of the word (the Bible), and don’t rely upon the Son (Jesus), then they can become so overflowed with corruptness, that they just plum STINK!!! And not only will they get sick themselves, but their stench will make others sick as well! So, how about you? How clean is your heart?

SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A WITNESS

Not only do we continually witness to others, which is so hard nowadays, as we find so many are hostile towards God, the Bible, and the Gospel, but we also pass out tracts on a regular basis in both English and Spanish.

Yet, probably the geatest lesson the Lord’s showed me over the last couple of years is the importance not only of witnessing, but of being a witness to others. Let me explain. There are many out there who claim to be Christians, and who claim to witness and win souls. But when you examine their lives, you find they are NOTHING like what they claim to be. They are often full of sinfulness, pride, envy, and covetousness. (They have a septic heart). They are Christians in name only, and if we can see this, then the lost world can certainly see it as well. That’s why not only is witnessing important, but so is being a witness yourself. You should show others Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Many Christians today put the emphasis only on the verbal witness, which is important, but they have no emphasis whatsoever on the daily witness of the Christian walk. This has led to a merciless, militant form of Christianity which shows forth NONE of the fruits of the Spirit. Rather it makes for believers who are critical, angry, condescending, and judgmental. But is this true Christianity? Certainly not! Jesus was our example, and so was the apostle Paul. Both of them had compassion, charity, and love. We should strive to practice the same. If only more Christians would get a hold of this! 

SPANISH SCRIPTURES

As most of you know, I’ve studied the Spanish Bible Issue for many a year and I’ve come to the conclusion that the Spanish Bible, and the many different revisions of it, all have problems. I use the Valera 1602 Purified Spanish Bible, as it’s better than any other out there to date. My church is now working on revising it yet again to make it even better, and I’ve been asked to go through and compare it with the KJV. I’ve spent many a 10 to 12 hour day reading and rereading it, while also going through many different references of words to make sure they match the KJV as much as possible. I’ve also looked at all the other versions as well, like the modern Gomez Bible, which still has many problems. (One of which is Gomez using the word “erizo” or hedge hog in Isa. 34:11. Can you imagine?)

After studying it all, I decided to start translating the King James Bible myself into Spanish. Which I’m doing, and I’ve finished about twelve chapters of Genesis so far. What a blessing to reread that and see the Spanish Bible say what it should say! This is a long and tedious project, and I wish I could find some other Christians who would desire to undertake such a task to help. It would be awesome to have a Spanish Bible that read exactly with the King James Bible, while still retaining the old Castellan Spanish as much as possible! Know anyone who might want to help who speaks Spanish?

In the mean time, I’ll continue to help working on the Valera 1602 Purified Spanish Bible, and I ask for your prayers as we revise it and put it forward for printing. It’s still the best Spanish Bible available to date.

STUDY BOOK IN SPANISH

In September, I delivered to Creation Science Evangelism a Work Book, that I worked on translating into Spanish. As most of you know, Dr. Kent Hovind came down to Honduras in 2005, and we taped his presentation in English and Spanish. However, his English Study Work Book was never translated into Spanish, that is, until recently when someone worked on it but never finished. I was asked to revise what they had done and complete the task, which I did, and in September presented to them parts 1 through 5. (The videos for parts 6 and 7 are not yet finished, but when they are, I’ll work on them too). They said that people all over the world have been asking for this Spanish Study book, and after they print it, it will be distributed WORLD-WIDE! How exciting to be able to work on a project that will reach so many people with the truth of God as the Creator!

 

BIBLE SCHOOL

 

In Pensacola, Florida one October afternoon, I took my car in for repairs, and I was told it would take a few hours to complete. With nothing else to do, I walked up the road to the Pensacola Christian College and took a tour of the campus. I was pleasantly surprised with the area and atmosphere. It was like going back in time, as people were actually dressed like Christians. But what made me the most excited was talking with the men who gave me the tour. They, like myself, are very much against the modern “ask Jesus into your heart” gospel. They said they were even taught against that in their Evangelism classes. Rather, they believed that salvation was by “FAITH IN THE BLOOD!” (What a blessing that there are still those out there who haven’t changed, and still preach the Blood-Stained Gospel of Christ’s blood atonement!) They also said they were King James Only, which was a great blessing. It was a great encouragement to see there are others out there who haven’t changed their doctrines to go along with the times.

SCUTTLEBUTT FROM THE PHILIPPINES

I received an email in October from a brother in the Philippines who confided in me what he was going through. He’s a native Bible Believing Pastor who said that there is a great battle his homeland over the issue of salvation. He writes: “Just read your testimony and personal battle regarding sinner's prayer and just like you we are in the midst of real battle over here in the Phils. and over facebook not only with the false professions but also with Bible believers, hope we could have a communication. Blessings!”

I also spoke to an old friend and fellow Bible School graduate who was once a Missionary in the Philippines who told me the same thing. He said there were many who claimed to be “Bible Believers” in the Philippines, and even King James only, who had absolutely NO IDEA what salvation was, nor how to be saved, as they have been following the modern “BLOODLESS GOSPEL.” He said he stood up and tried to say something, and it ended up getting him tossed out of not only the country, but also their “fellowship” as well, as he was essentially “excommunicated” by the Baptist Mafia. What a shame! He said the thing that hurt him the most wasn’t their uncaring, hateful spirit towards him, but their lack of concern about the true Gospel of Christ and their desire to see people truly saved. All they cared about were their numbers and making sure their club or group enlarged itself.

My friend now lives in the states, and has a secular job, continually wanting to serve the Lord, but knowing that to do so he can’t be a part of a religious system that preaches “another Gospel.” Thus, by himself he witnesses and passes out tracts.

I mention this, as this story is all too common of what we are hearing from other Bible Believers. It appears the main fold of Christianity is being corrupted. Just like that old septic tank, they are overflowing with corruptness and it’s making others sick! They aren’t clean and cleansing others, rather than are spewing forth much contention which in turn hurts the cause of Christ, dividing it, rather than unifying it. What sad times we live in! Sadder still when I think that the forces of darkness are gaining by leaps and bounds, while those who have the truth are either diminishing or devouring each other more each day.

But that’s the spiritual battle of our age. Yet, there is also a physical battle in our world today, which shortly may unfold on a world-wide scale. It is an international battle by evil forces with who are wholly sold out to Satan, and who are fast at work trying to take over the world and enslave its populace to their maniacal system.

With this stated, I want to close this prayer letter with something I studied in the last couple of months that truly scares me. 

THE TRUTH ABOUT ISLAM

I started this prayer letter with a verse about being happy, even though we live in times of “terror.” But, the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:18,“For in much wisdomis much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” And certainly this is true, for the more you learn, the more depressed you become, as knowledge often brings you to a point of grief. It’s so very grievous to see the world we live in as it really is. The old saying is: “The truth hurts!” That’s about it.

With the attacks on our Consulate in Benghazi, it made me think of how hateful, cruel, and militant Islam really is. So I studied it the more and found some interesting and enlightening details about that false religion, as well as some shocking things about the culture and history of those involved in it.

First, I read an article put out by World Net Daily, in which an ancient text was found that tells who the supposed deity named “Allah” really is. The title of the article was: “1700 B.C.: 'Alla' god of 'violence and revolution.' ”

I quote the article: “A research article posted on the website of terrorist-turned-Christian Walid Shoebat contends the oldest known references to the Islamic deity Allah are not in Arabian records but in Babylonian artifacts. Ancient tablets describe ‘Alla’ as a deity of ‘violence and revolution…’ Theodore Shoebat said one of the early such references in the Epic of Atrahasis states: ‘Then Alla made his voice heard and spoke to the gods his brothers, Come! Let us carry Elil, the counselor of gods, the warrior from his dwelling.’ ”

Who does this sound like to you? Why, it sounds exactly like LUCIFER or Satan, who according to the Scriptures tried to get the angels (other gods) to rebel with him against God in order to try to dethrone him. That means the Islamic god Allah is none other than SATAN himself! No wonder Muslims who worship Allah are so violent and we see them in the world in many different countries pushing for revolution.

With this stated, it’s easy to see the difference between the true God, a god of love, and the false god Allah, a god of hate. And, as we look at Islam, we find it’s a diabolical religion full of depravity, anger, violence, and rage.

The word Islam means “submission.” And its ultimate goal is to make all the world submit to its political ideals. Islam practices Sharia law and in that system, beheadings are a common form of punishment. (As I read the book of Revelation, I often think that the many “beheadings” spoken therein could be done by Muslims who have taken over the world. This is possible as they are working hard at completing their goal of doing just that!)

As far fetched as this might sound, the truth is there is a global Muslim conspiracy to take over the world, and we are seeing them do it one country at a time with their uprisings, revolutions, and violent demonstrations.

We also find a rise in so-called “honor killings” among Muslims, in which they murder family members they deem as apostate or deviating from Sharia law. I even had a friend tell me the following story about when he was out street preaching, “I preached the Gospel and then just mentioned about how Islam doesn’t preach salvation, rather enslavement. When I finished, a Muslim from the Middle East came up to me and said, ‘If we were back in my home country of Saudi Arabia, I would CUT YOUR HEAD OFF!’ ” Truly Islam is a religion of pure malice.

I also witnessed to some soldiers who came back from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and they told me how sickened they were to see such widespread child molestation by Muslims in foreign countries. They said that the common saying among the Muslim men was, “Women are for making babies, while little boys are for having fun.” How sick! How disgusting!

I even heard the most horrible story of all about an entire Muslim village in Saudi Arabia, where the men came to the United States Medical personnel there and complained that their wives couldn’t get pregnant and that for years none of them had given birth. When investigated, they found that the reason was because the village men were so perverted that for generations they’d been engaging only in homosexual acts on their wives and they didn’t even know the proper way to engage in sexual relations. When they were taught the biological way in which men and women make babies, the men became sick, most of them even saying things like, “What? That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!” Can you imagine a generation so perverse and wicked? Romans chapter one explains them so well. They are beyond nature and call evil good and good evil! They are as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah. (As in the days of Lot!!!)

Why focus on such awfulness? It’s because we can’t help but see their numbers growing world-wide.

Muslims not only practice filthy habits, but they also practice the most gruesome thing of all --dismemberment on women with female circumcision, a brutal act of undeniable cruelty! I won’t go into this in detail, but a woman named Ann Barnhardt has a good four part exposé on Muslim practices and Islamic perverse societal customs on Youtube. It’s entitled: “Islamic Sexuality: A Survey of Evil!” It’s worth a watch. And, it will really open your eyes to what those people are really like, and the barbaric atrocities they do on others, especially women. There is no other word for it except truly “Satanic.” We need to pray for such people! And we need to pray for protection for ourselves from them.

If this all be true, then what do we have? We have a growing religion in our world full of people who worship Satan seeking diligently to expand their perverse religious by political means. And if the world continues on its current path, they will continue to gain power and most likely bring the entire world under their control. This is what bothers me the most. Yet I find I can’t dwell on it. I must press on and forget about it. But I can’t deny the facts of what might happen in this world very shortly. No longer can I sit back and say, “Well, whatever happens in this world it won’t affect me.”

For, it’s quite possible that if the Lord tarries, there just might even been another world-war, this time on our own shores; a religious war of Christianity vs. Islam, of morality vs. perversion, of freedom and a Free Market System vs. enslavement and Communism.

As I look at the world as it truly is, I can’t believe the rapture hasn’t happened yet! It’s getting worse and worse, and what bothers me most is that most Christians don’t recognize it’s happening. They want to believe the lie that everything is fine, nothing bad is on the horizon, that all people are inherently good, and there’s nothing to worry about. Yet the facts prove otherwise. Christianity is losing ground, while Islam, Satanism, and Communism are gaining. The world is a cess pool of evil, a septic tank of wickedness, if you will. And oh, how it must stink in the nostrils of God!

So now, more than ever I put my faith in God, and do my best to be happy, even though I find this to be more difficult everyday! I just pray for my country and for you all. Please pray with me.

If the Lord tarries, then perilous times will indeed come, and things will get even worse, and we will go through some terrible times. I pray that you are ready, and you will be able to stand in the day of adversity.

Truly evil abounds, but thankfully grace much more abounds! And even though we see two very different and distinct sides: one, full of charity and moral integrity, and the other of pure evil, full of perversion, hate, death, destruction, and barbaric cruelty, we know who wins in the end. It’s our Lord Jesus Christ!

Saddened but occupying until He comes,

Robert Breaker

 

July - August 2012

5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying…. 6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues... (1 Corinthians 14:5,6, & 18a)

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

In July, I turned 38 years old physically and 20 years old spiritually! What a blessing to have two birthdays in the same month. And how great to be able to say I’ve been saved longer than I have been lost! It’s great to know the Lord and know for sure that you are on your way to heaven!

God’s kept me busy the last two months and by the above verses you can kind of get the idea that I’ve been busy using my Spanish for the Lord. So here’s what the Lord has done with us these last couple of months.

SPANISH CHILDREN’S VIDEO ABOUT CREATION

 

Creation Science Evangelism in Pensacola, Florida contacted me about finishing their bi-lingual Children’s video. You know, the one we recorded in Honduras way back in 2005. They needed me to finish translating the slides into the Spanish tongue, and I took a few weeks to do so, making sure I got it right as I put on the finishing touches. The video is now done, and we look forward to it going out far and wide and reaching many children with the truth of Creation and the lies about Evolution.

 

MORE TRANSLATION WORK

 

I’ve been asked to do some more work for Creation Science Evangelism as I go through their workbooks and make sure they are translated correctly in Spanish. I’m also working on several other of their Spanish language videos. My job is to make sure the slides are correct in Spanish, and boy is there a lot of work to do, as there are well over 700 slides! (And that’s just part A. I haven’t had a chance to look at part B yet!) Please pray for me as I go through this tedious process, that it might turn out well and be greatly used by God.

 

HELPING TRANSLATE PAPERS FOR A MISSIONARY TO SPAIN

God sent along my path a Missionary to Spain out of a good Bible Believing church in New York. He asked me to help him translate his paperwork into Spanish to help him obtain his Visa to enter into Spain. It took us many days working together, but we finally got it all finished before he took the papers to the Spanish Consulate in Miami. Sadly, they would not accept it, because it wasn’t “certified.” (They demand a special stamp from someone who’s been certified by the state to translate). So it appeared we did all that work for nothing! So now he’s looking for a person who’s certified by the state to stamp the translated work in order for them to accept it. Please pray for him that he could find someone so that he could quickly gain entrance into Spain and start his ministry there. Also pray we might have the opportunity to go and visit him there someday. Paul went to Spain in his ministry, and I’ve always wished I could do the same!

 

TEACHING SPANISH

 

A young man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin contacted me a while back asking me to teach him Spanish via Skype. So twice a week I do so. He just doesn’t want to learn slang Spanish, but he wants to learn the old Castilian tongue, especially as it was used and written in the old Spanish Bibles. So I am enjoying having a pupil who is interested in learning about that. We are also going through many of the old Spanish Bibles together as well.

 

GOD TAKES CARE OF US AS WE CONTINUALLY SERVE HIM

 

A few prayer letters back I told about our dwindling support and great need for something to happen, as we aren’t really receiving enough to live on, much less do the ministry as we’d like. But God is good, and has given me some odds and ends jobs to get by, as well as allowed us to sell some things on Craigslist and at a local flea market. (Where we’ve found a lot of Hispanic people to talk to! We’ve also been able to pass out a lot of tracts there as well!)

Most of the translation work I’ve mentioned we were blessed to receive an offering for, so that really helped. We’ve also received some special offerings, and we thank God for that. It’s great to know you are doing something for the Lord and he’s taking care of you for doing it. We also rejoice in being able to continue in the Lord’s service.

 

Thanks so much for all your prayers and support. We appreciate you so much! And we count it an honor to work with you as we serve the Lord together and try to get the Gospel out in both English and Spanish. 

Because Jesus shed His precious blood for a Sinner like me,

Robert Breaker

1 Sam. 12:24

 

 

The Following is something I wrote that accompanied this prayer letter...

 

 

HOW MUCH DOES A PERSON NEED TO KNOW TO GET SAVED? 

A few years before he died, my Dad told me that the above question was hotly debated back in the seventies and eighties among many Pastors, Evangelists, Missionaries, and Laymen. And often their discussions on this topic led to bitterness, anger, and even division as men continually claimed they were right and others were wrong on the subject. Some said a person didn’t need to know anything. Others said they have to know everything about Jesus and the Gospel, or they aren’t saved at all. And their constant debate and bickering went on for years. In fact, I’ve recently found it’s even going on today and it’s more heated than ever! And, it’s still a divisive issue.

 

My Dad said he used to go to these guys in his day and answer them according to their folly. He would say, “I can tell you in one word how much a person needs to know to be saved!” Intrigued, they would ask, “Really? Then what’s that one word?” My Dad would respond, “ENOUGH!” Usually that left them speechless. But the truth is a Sinner does need to know some things before he gets saved. How much? Just ENOUGH.

 

People erroneously go to completely opposite extremes on this issue. Some claim a Sinner needs know nothing, while others say they must know everything. But what if the answer is a happy medium between the two? What if all a Sinner really must know is enough in order to get saved?

Why do I bring this up? Well, as most of you know, I just can’t bring myself to remain silent when I see something that needs to be mentioned, especially when I see how such a thing can cause not only division but also great harm as well. That’s why I’ve written in my prayer letter about such topics as “Faith Promise,” “Shallow Soul Winning,” etc. And, in this prayer letter, I feel I’ve got to mention this topic also, as I’ve been seeing a lot of it lately, that is, the false teaching about what a Sinner must know (or more specifically what he doesn’t need to know) to be saved.

 

You see, there are many today among Christendom who claim to be “Christians” and even “Bible Believers” who are now saying that a person doesn’t have to know anything to be saved. They claim, “A person doesn’t have to know anything at all about God, the Bible, the Bloody Gospel, etc.” But is this so? Is this a Biblical teaching, or a man-made doctrine?

Some even go so far as to say, “A person doesn’t even have to hear the Gospel to get saved!”

(That’s silly! Why would the Bible instruct someone to preach the gospel if Sinners don’t need to hear it in order to get saved?). Further, I’ve even heard them say things like, “A Sinner can get saved by coming to God the best way he knows how!” This infers that he doesn’t know how biblically, yet God will accept him anyway. But is this scriptural?

Let’s look at the Scriptures. First we read in Mark 16:15, “

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” These are the words of Jesus. So if a man doesn’t need to know “anything” to be saved, then why did Jesus command his followers to preach to him the Gospel at all? Isn’t it because a person does need to hear that first before he can be saved?

The Gospel is found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4, and speaking of the Gospel in verse three, the apostle Paul says to those Christians in Corinth, “For I delivered unto you FIRST OF ALL that which I also received...” Notice he’s telling them the Gospel, and he says that it was the very first thing that he delivered unto them! This really goes against this anti-biblical modern teaching that a person doesn’t even have to hear the Gospel to be saved, doesn’t it? It should be the very first thing a Sinner hears!

And then in 1 Cor. 15:3, the very next word we find is the little word: “How.” Look at it in context…

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, HOW that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Here we see the Gospel of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. But notice that Paul didn’t just tell them that it happened. He told them of “HOW” it was done. (My wife pointed this simple truth out to me. She’s so cool!) So it’s not just that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again, it’s HOW he did it. And, a person needs to know HOW he did it to get saved. How did he do it? Through a bloody manner, as a substitutionary sacrifice!

This is the Gospel. This is what a Sinner should be delivered “first.” They should hear HOW Jesus died for them in their place as their bleeding substitute! That’s what the Bible says about salvation, as it clearly tells us how much a Sinner needs to know to be saved!

Now, for the gainsayers and the doubters, let’s look back again to the words of Jesus. In Mark 4:12, he tells us that two things must happen before a man can be “converted” (i.e. saved!) I quote the verse: “That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may HEAR, and not UNDERSTAND; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.”

Here Jesus says that a person must first “hear” and then “understand” before he can be converted (i.e. saved!). So there is something that must happen before a Sinner can get saved. He must hear the Gospel, and he must understand what Jesus did for him. In other words, without a Sinner hearing the Gospel, he can’t believe it for salvation. For how can a person believe in something they’ve never heard??? Clearly a Sinner needs to know something before he can be saved. And, he must understand what he hears. This is just logical, basic, sound Bible doctrine.

Why then are there so many today saying the exact opposite? Why are they so adamant in insisting something silly like, “A Sinner doesn’t have to know anything to get saved,” or “A Sinner doesn’t need to hear the Gospel before he gets saved!”

This teaching, that a Sinner doesn’t need to hear the Gospel to be saved, nor even understand it, is quite foreign to the Scriptures. Why then do many so called Christians today teach the opposite? Why are they so adamant in propagating this clearly anti-biblical principle? Jesus didn’t teach this. So why do they?

Then you have those who go to the opposite extreme, claiming a person has to know everything there is about the Gospel, as well as all the details about the virgin birth, the crucifixion, his bodily resurrection, etc. They take the opposite extreme claiming a person has to know it all, before they can believe. This is an extreme position and also very foreign to the Scriptures. The simple fact is, like my Daddy used to say, all a person needs to know is “enough” to get saved. So how much is enough?

I believe it’s so simple. And it’s sad that many people try to make it either too shallow or too complicated. The truth is a person really only needs to know three things before he can get saved. They are:

1. They are a Sinner. (Rom. 3:10:23)

2. Jesus Christ (God) died for them in their place. (1 Peter. 3:18)

3. To get to heaven, they must TRUST the finished work (the shed blood) of Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:8,9, Rom. 3:25)

That’s it! Now that’s not just my opinion. That’s sound Biblical doctrine! For how can a person need a Saviour unless they first see themselves as a Sinner? Jesus died for Sinners. If someone doesn’t view himself as a Sinner, then he wouldn’t view what Jesus did as something he needs. To see yourself as a Sinner is to understand you need to be saved!

How can a man be saved unless he comes to Jesus alone, through what Jesus DID for him, (i.e. He shed His precious blood on behalf of the Sinner for his sins). Jesus is our blood sacrifice who died in our place for our sins. A person who comes to Jesus any other way apart from the finished work at the cross cannot be saved! So if a person doesn’t know about this, how can he come to Christ the right way?

The question then becomes how does a Sinner receive what Jesus did for him? The answer is by FAITH! But faith in what? Many Sinners have faith, but their faith is in their church, their priest, their baptism, their works, etc. If their faith is in these things, then they are lost. Their faith can’t be in what they have DONE, rather what Jesus DID. A Sinner must, therefore, trust in Christ’s finished work, i.e. trust His blood (Rom. 3:25). It’s that simple! How can a man be saved if he hasn’t heard or doesn’t know or understand this?

So in closing, there are those who say you have to know nothing, while there are others who say you have to know everything. They are both wrong! You simply need to know enough to get saved! Watch out for those on both extremes for they are both wrong on this subject! If a person says that a Sinner doesn’t need to know anything, he’s denied the words of Christ and the apostle Paul. He’s teaching an anti-scriptural doctrine, one which might just end up in the damnation of souls by preaching another gospel, a Bloodless Gospel.

If a man goes to the opposite extreme, he might just be guilty of trying to start an argument, one in which he wants to be right and he demands others to follow what he says in teaching a Sinner must know everything he says they must know before they can be saved. And unless you agree with him, you won’t be accepted by him. This often leads to anger, debate, and ultimately division among those who claim to be Christians.

So why not just follow the Bible? The truth is a Sinner needs to know something to be saved. What’s he need to know? He needs to know enough.

A Sinner needs to know the blessed Gospel of Christ’s substitutionary blood atonement! He must know he’s a Sinner but Jesus died for him, in his place. HOW did Jesus die? That’s the most important part. He shed his precious blood, God’s blood! For it’s only through blood that man’s sins can be forgiven (Heb. 9:22). And if a man will accept that blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ by faith in it, then and only then can he be saved!

 

 

May - June 2012

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

(1 Cor. 16:9)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Years ago my Dad told me something that I didn’t necessarily agree with at the time. (Being a good Independent Baptist who was taught never to question anything, I just followed traditional teachings). But my Dad said something that really made me think, when he dogmatically told me, “God doesn’t do missions like the Catholics do, in which they send ONE man to ONE place for the rest of his life to reach only a select few and then he lords over them for the rest of their lives. Rather, God wants one man to reach as many people as possible as often as he can in any means he can, wherever he goes.” He then showed me the Apostle Paul as an example, questioning, “Where was he a Missionary too?” I could not answer, for Paul wasn’t a Missionary to only one place. He was a Missionary everywhere he went, and he went a lot of places! And, because of this, he turned the entire world upside down.

I now agree with my Dad. A missionary isn’t just to one place but rather to people. And, in our day and age of “globalism” and the passing of knowledge through many international boundaries and borders through the internet, it’s now possible to reach more people in a much quicker way than just traveling to them (something that’s usually very expensive). Now, you can reach others without ever leaving home. You can be a missionary in many countries and many cultures and languages without actually going there. Rather you can get the Gospel and the truth to them through more cost effective mediums, like the internet, the printed page, radio, audio tapes, Digital video, and more.

Most of you know the current situation we are in and how we are now stationary and unable to travel like before. But this hasn’t hindered our ministry as much as you’d think. Rather, it’s opened up many doors and ways to reach even more people than we did before, and we are seeing God work in not only one country, but many different ones. I constantly get letters, emails, and phone calls all the time from such exotic locations as Chile, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Guatemala, Germany, Spain, England, and more. People all over the world are looking for the truth, but they don’t seem to find it until they look online. And that’s where they often tell me they found my website.

But with the countless people who are looking for the truth, we also find our “adversaries” who are against it and us. And we find we have to battle them as well as we try to take the Gospel to the lost and dying world.

In this prayer letter, I’ll give just a brief sample of what God’s doing with us, as we continue to serve him.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE 2012

I’ve been so busy in June and July it’s hard to know where to begin. I’m continually getting inquires from people wanting more information about the Spanish Bible, the Blood-stained Gospel, and the importance of living a Spirit-filled life. I’m also busy working on translating articles, books, sound doctrinal material, and more from English to Spanish, in order to reach more in both English and Spanish. And, I’ve been busy updating my website. We are getting a lot more feedback from it and this is very encouraging!

In May I got a phone call from a Hispanic person who was a Seventh Day Adventist. We talked for several hours in Spanish, and it became immediately apparent that he wasn’t saved. He thought salvation was by faith and works, and he believed that unless someone continued to work for it, he could lose it. He, like so many people I’ve met over the years, had no idea how to “rightly divide” the word of truth. This made me think about the importance of making more videos in both English and Spanish to help people see the many different “dispensations” in the scriptures and how we are now in the age of the Church, an age of Grace, where salvation is by faith alone in the FINISHED WORK (i.e. the shed blood) of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Please pray that God would open the door to be able to make some videos which would help people like this man see the light. Also, please pray for this man’s salvation. It’s so sad to see people lost and confused with a false gospel.

In May, I also got a phone call from a man who wants me to teach him Spanish. And not just any Spanish, but old Biblical Spanish from the Protestant Reformation. He’ll pay me to teach him, as he really wants to learn about the old Spanish Bibles and be able to read them. So we will have classes once or twice a week via Skype. Thank God for Skype!

There’s a poor Pastor in a desert border town of Honduras named Florentino Aguilar, who calls me from time to time. Usually he calls asking for money. But lately he’s been calling asking Bible questions. I’ve preached for him on several occasions, (he’s the pastor I preached for when I was stung by a scorpion and my tongue later went numb for a whole day). The latest questions he’s had are quite interesting. I answered them all with scripture, and he was very thankful for the references. It’s great to be able to still teach the Bible, even though I’m not physically in the same location as the Pastor, nor even in the same country. Thank God for telephones!

Much of our support goes for postage, especially for sending out Spanish Bibles all over Latin America. We are also busy printing up tracts and doctrinal booklets and distributing them far and wide. Thank God for the printed page!

In June, I also was contacted and asked to finish the Kent Hovind slides for his Children’s video. You’ll remember in Honduras several years ago we invited him to come and preach while we taped him in both English and Spanish. And although we translated some of his slides into Spanish, we never finished. Well, now they want to get his Children’s video out in Spanish and I’ve been contacted to finish the translation work on the slides for that. It took me a while, but they are now done and in July, I go to their office in Pensacola, and turn them in. We hope to have this video done and available soon. There are many Spanish-speakers in countries world-wide already asking for it. Thank God for Digital Video!

I also got a phone call from a family in California in June who wanted me to help them find someone to go and visit their dying Hispanic family member in the hospital. I was able to eventually get them in touch with someone. They said, “We know you have the right Spanish Bible and the right Gospel, and we want both of those things when dealing with our loved one!” It was great they thought of me! Here I am in Florida, but I was able to get them in contact with someone in California. My how God works!

In closing, I still sometimes struggle with being discouraged. I’ll be honest, I greatly miss being able to travel so much. And, sometimes I feel so useless and that God is finished with me because I’m not always going somewhere new. But then comes time to write a prayer letter, and I look back on what God’s done with me in the situation I’m in here, and it’s hard not to get excited seeing that God is still using me! So I’ll continue on steadfast trusting him to open more doors.

Because Jesus shed His oh so precious blood for a sinner like me,

Robert Breaker

1 Sam. 12:24!

A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. (Hebrews 2:1)

The above verse is so powerful and pertinent for us today. We should indeed give even more earnest heed to the truth, and be careful not to let it slip!

Since I’ve been a Christian things have changed so much. (Maybe it’s the Obama doctrine of “hope and change”). But one thing is for sure, Christianity is so different from what it used to be. I’ve stated it before that when I left and went to Honduras I knew who I was working with and what they believed. But when I came back, I felt like I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone, for many of the same men I once knew and preached for had changed their beliefs and compromised. This bothered me so much. Why would they change what they used to preach, especially when what they used to preach was sound Bible doctrine?

Seeing so much change in Fundamentalist circles, I’ve found I had to make a choice, either: 1) change myself in order to get along with it, or 2) preach against the lies, deception, and abuse in it, and be persecuted by them for doing so. That’s been my struggle. Finally, I chose to do the latter, and I’ve paid for it ever since. Loss of support, loss of friends, loss of fellowship, etc. In other words: “MANY ADVERSARIES!” But my conscience tells me I did the right thing!

But still there are some who don’t understand what I’m talking about. There are Christians who don’t see what I do. I don’t know if it’s cause they are in their own little world with their own little group and that’s why they don’t see what’s happening. But the truth is, there is much blatant deception and false doctrine in today’s Churches, especially when it comes to the three most important Christian doctrines: Salvation, Sanctification, and the Scriptures.

I’ve reported on it time and again, and I hate to sound like a broken record, but I’m meeting people all the time who tell me they too have seen what we see, and were encouraged by our stand for the truth. They, like us, are looking for other like-minded believers, and it’s great to meet them and fellowship with them. We truly are a remnant.

SALVATION

Rather than preach the Biblical means of salvation by “faith in the blood” of Jesus Christ, many today are preaching things like, “make your commitment to Christ,” or “Ask Jesus into your heart,” or “Beg God to forgive you.” What’s wrong with these? They aren’t found in the Bible! They are all things you can do in and of yourself (i.e. works), and they all by-pass “the finished work” of Jesus and faith in his blood atonement. I get so tired of people preaching these “Bloodless Gospels.” Yet you hear them being preached everywhere from the pulpits to the street corner. Why are those who claim to be Christians leaving out the Blood??? It appears someone let it “slip” when it comes to preaching the correct Gospel of salvation. Who could it have been?

SANCTIFICATION

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked other Christians about Brother or Sister so and so and heard stories of them falling headlong into sin. As much as it pains me to say it, the truth is our Churches are full of fornicators, adulterers, thieves, and liars. I’ve seen it time and again and heard story after story and it makes me so sick to my stomach to hear some of the things that are done by people who claim the name of Christ. They claim to be “Christians” but the sure don’t live like such. The word “Christian” means “Christ-like” but they are anything but. If you look at their lives they are full of sin, and completely eaten up with worldliness, bitterness, anger, hate, etc. And I’m just talking about many Ministers, Evangelists, Missionaries, etc., that I’ve known! I haven’t even gotten to those who are sitting in the church pew!

My wife tells me all the time how little preaching we hear against sin. I remember when I was newly saved, that men would preach so hard against sin they would spit when they spoke. Some even walked the pews and pointed fingers and named names. But where are these men today? One old Preacher said, “The thing the Pastor doesn’t preach against is usually the thing that will get into the church and destroy it!” How true.

But one thing I’ve learned in the ministry is the harder you preach against sin today, the less invitations you’ll get to preach in pulpits, and the less friends you’ll have. Maybe this is why we are in the mess we are in. Someone let it “slip” when it comes to preaching on Sanctification. I wonder who it was?

THE SCRIPTURES

Finally, I find that I can’t get along with modern Christianity because they usually use another version of the Scriptures. I’m not talking about English, as those who I work with are King James only, just like me. However, in Spanish it’s a completely different story. There are those who use the 1960, the 1909, the 1865, and others, and they all are perverted Bibles with many doctrinal errors and problems. Yet, they don’t care. And what’s worse, they won’t work with you unless you use their perverted Bible version.

I’ve tried to explain this for years and point people to the best Spanish Bible—The Valera 1602 Purified. And, in my last prayer letter I sent a DVD about the whole Spanish Bible issue, telling as clearly as possible the problems with modern versions and where they come from. I hope it was a real eye opener, as most Fundamentalist Missionaries use a perverted Bible in Spanish. Why? Because someone let the truth “slip” about where those versions come from. I wonder who that could have been?

With all this stated, I must say that I often find that I feel like I’m just kicking against the pricks. That is, I’m trying to live right, do right, and preach right, but by doing so, I’m going against mainstream Christianity! And, by my not joining them in their folly, they think I must not be right with God, for I don’t do what they do. So, they turn against me the more. But I don’t want to change, nor do I want to live a perverse lifestyle, nor use a watered down Bible!

Thus, I find I’m at another cross-roads in my ministry: Do I even continue trying? Do I just quit and forget about the whole thing or do I continue with what I’m doing? It would be so easy to just give up. But to do so I find would be to go against the Bible, the truth, and my own conscience. Thus, I decided to just continue steadfast with the minimal support I receive. (I’m getting about 800 a month in support now, all of which goes to the ministry, and none of which goes to us). But something has eventually got to give. Either I have to get a part-time job to help pay bills, or I need more support and I’ll have to do deputation over again. (Something that will be hard, knowing what modern Christians preach about those three main things).

Please pray for me as I have to decide what to do. In the current situation we are in, we can’t travel much, so we are doing all we can where we are. And one thing I’ve found is that God’s given me almost more to do than I can handle Yet we get little support to do it. Please pray for this. I know God will supply our need. But I do ask for your prayers. I’ve seen too many preachers compromise the truth for fame and fortune. I would rather die than do so.

Time is short and I truly want to give “more earnest heed…” One thing I don’t want to do is let the important doctrines of the faith “slip.” Nor do I want to turn my back on God to get in good with the Pharisees and Laodiceans. I want to be a “true Christian” and not a “religious” groupie. For they willfully let things “slip” to augment their numbers. And this has made it so very hard for so many to find the truth.

That’s why we appreciate you all and your stand for the truth! God is good, and even though we live in the latter days where apostasy abounds, it’s still good to know there are others out there like you who also make it a point to “earnestly” stand for the truth.

For truth and right,

Robert Breaker
1 Sam. 12:24!