Editor’s Note
by Zerubbabel Press

Editor’s Note

In this issue of The Intercessor we continue our exploration of the foundations of our total salvation— not only forgiveness through Christ’s Blood of our sins, but freedom from the sin producer through Christ’s body death on Calvary. The Christian is a new creature because his former operator—Satan—has been replaced by the Holy Spirit, who now lives His own life in the believer. We turn to Norman Grubb for his unparalleled insights. In “The Second Crisis,” Norman emphasizes the necessity of an inner knowing of this extraordinary fact: it must be a fact to us, as real as our born-again experience, and is usually a second crisis of faith. Norman examines this crisis moment in the lives of the great men of faith in the Bible, then adds his own personal testimony. In “Men Who Learned Faith,” Norman takes a more in-depth look at God’s dealings with Abraham—our father in the faith. And in “Understanding Prayer” he delves into the real meaning of prayer and explains how asking God dissolves into taking and receiving God’s pre-existing supply when we understand the word of faith. Finally, we see the result of the exchanged life in “Can We Take It?” Absorption with ourselves is replaced by “disinterestedness” in our own lives and total absorption in others—not by selfeffort, but by faith in the fact that He who is love for others now expresses that love through us.

We are introducing a new column is this issue—“Letters from Norman.” Throughout his life Norman Grubb corresponded with countless people, and his letters are lessons in themselves. We have included an early one he wrote to Page Prewitt after his first visit to her home in 1972.

Sherryl Laffin reviews Page’s excellent pamphlet “Alphabet Soup,” in which Page distills Norman’s teaching and shows how the truth of Galatians 2:20 completely revolutionized her own life. And in turn, Sherryl adds her own word of testimony about her struggle to make life work, and how Page’s booklet impacted her. Richard Gilsenan experienced such a struggle, and his testimony demonstrates the transformation of a life taken over and lived by Another. Norman learned much from Rees Howells, not only about intercession, but from Rees’ enormous insights into the lives of Biblical characters. We include the first part of Rees’ discussion of Moses— God’s preparation of this mighty man of faith. Doris Ruscoe, author of The Intercession of Rees Howells, shares her extraordinary memories of the years leading up to World War II when Rees led the staff of the Bible College   of Wales through an intercession to turn back Hitler’s evil tide. And Our Bit is the rallying cry of the other faithful warrior who so   influenced Norman Grubb—his father-in-law, C.T. Studd. These two men were giants, and we are inspired by their tenacity and commitment to the truth.

We are truly blessed by the riches of the inheritance we have received and are grateful for those who have paid the tremendous price for us to know the truth.