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.When
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of orders
lower
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but these
tWO'blades of. grass grow where only. one grew before he should know the
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of being king.in
righteoussense.
When amany
man another
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than ahegood
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to do
if, even betterthan
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.]s_ it, he is a sovereign in his own right, and a true son of Adam, the first king
among men. In the office there is room for imperialism over the typewriter,
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,_... the'fillng case, and the ledger. In busine/s andfinance benign sovereignty.
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.of.his work as a "ca/lingi"
and what makes
hinl stick to his task even When there are
ntany high bkls for cbangiilg -to something
else.
This'does
not
mean
th_it"they
are
benL to otltdo their fellow workers, bnt tbat
they find joy in exceeding
themselves
and
in geeing somewbat
of their pnrpose real-
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to do good
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save
SomPone
IF
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and compelled
him' to bow to
righteousness,
we have (].one what Jesus
refused tn do when 'ft-'wlts suggested
that
He role o,)e_r the nations'of
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nut going, through
the .hmg .and painftll
process 9f.enlightening
and transforming
them.
We cannot save men by 3tisciplining
them
froln tl_e.t_;ranny of superstititm
or to hall)
encourage
rJghteoosnessin
the relationshq)
of men is to kno,w t'he joy of"
• being an
emperor,
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But" tile enlpire
seems to lee. tbe
of the preacher
is. it
broadest
of thenl
all.
hecutls_
it
has
to
do
with
the
fnddameolal
problenl-of
man's estate--the
problem
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are not
preachtdrs, bet ;ill good preachers
are i'eformers.
If tile object is to "anlke this a
better worht in which to live."
then lhe
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to do that.
And those .who Wntl]d chal-
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to become ;t social reformer, rather than a preacher
of Ihe gospel, are shallow'ill
their analysis
of what
Is wrong and he_'ds to be realedied.
'/'lie
Ilreacher is a teacher of tile most essefitial
trutl)--the
truth wb_ch ntakes men free.
and a worker in thd highesi. ;lrt-_the
art
of good living.. More" than all these;, tile
preacber,is
a "Vicar of Christ"
ill a sense
ulore fuli of nleaning than that With which
'tile term is applied to tile Ca:tholic pope;
for lee slSeaks directly, to the" consciences
of menwhen
he .preaches
the gospel '.'ill
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power Of thd Holy Ghost sent tlnwn
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We
louse
Olive
have
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patience
to transforltl
their, fl_0m , wlthhl
by. bringing
t|lem into touch
with'tlivine
urace. We cannot rule'our
subjects by,the
rise of authority_
we must win tbeir deep.
lion.
bv wise and gentle. by.leadership.
We
canilot compel allegiance
hidlng behind
the "clotb;' df Otlr ?ailing;
we must inspire
resp'egt and confidence•.fly cnudncl
tbat
Jf
be we..woultl
described
he
kings. of Our.
empire
cannot
in" terms
palaces
or thron/_s
on ChriStian
Ine_tns that he is ill heart and cmjduct fill,
ensaml)le nf the ulanhood
he extolg." If.he
preachcs high and lives low. lnen have allother name for him.
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el tile preac!ler
is a
glorious one because it'-compels-himlto,
be
_ king-=not
sinll)ly to pose as one. It is
tdorious -also becaose
no mutiny can de-
are not true because we say them; We
authoritative declaration in material _'orm
say. them because
ofa
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may
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reign
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is in m_ easy
way, baptism
is inn heavenly
way; God's
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to.be"
kin_.
It is glorJons bccause
its law is
love, i/s dignity
is righteoospess,
its subjccts are willing and its end' is altruistic
and not egoistic
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This peace I_equeathed ti)the
disciples was
not such'as the worht gives, When we search
to lind what may. be the peace that-the .world
uives, if intleed it can be considered peace, we
note in the first place, that it is very dependent
circumstances.
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IhaL. lieace that is dependent upon external cirnent or abiding,
qualities; itIt istansuhJect
ever
cumstances
is precarious.
have tothe
no permachanzinz anti turhulent sea of human emotion as
stirred hy reactigns anti adjustments" of person
'lad person.
Azain the peace that the w_3rhl =teeth is that " "
which comes with gratified •desire. I-Iere again
the vision is illusory. It is sometldne like hunt.in_tfllr the pot td"uohl :/t the foot of the rainbow..
So often desires cannot he gratified. Eliminatinu
an wronu desires there are many good desires
d_at cannot he gratified: some ambitious young
:
person :may desire an education but because
_ff circumstances not be able to ohtain _ii. so
it Lswith many bf the other legitimate desiri_s.
Ilul auain when desire isgratified it does not
seem to cease its surging; .its gratification would" .
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appear' only to enlarge its capacity and havinu
for a moment been filled to satiety it reaches out
for more. When it has cgJ_quered one sphere, it reaches out for more worlds to conquer Thus
".any peace that may arise [roXn gratified desire
is /or the moment only.
As we view the peace that the world giveth
nation to
we find that it cannot satisfy the heart of man:
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I'care I leave ".t,iih 3'o,, my peac__. I _ive r,,t,
have ceased from hostilities, and for an individual
you: not a_ the "world give h, give I unto you.
to have peace here must he harmony with the.st.
Let not your" heart be troidded, neittter let it hc " with
he lives and:with tlmse with whont
he is whom
associated•
a/rail fJohn 14 27).
With all of the maktdjusln_ents in this crooked
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world of oursa with the ever surging'emotions of
|given
hy man unto men in tl history of
j. ousv, envy and. h:/tred in Lhe hearts of un..It..
wills anti testaments: there hax_:heen many
ret_enerate men, andthe per_,'erted understanding
ttmt have had great _,,alue,but none in:the history
oftentime_ in• those who)lave
lzraee In their
• of the worM have been fraught.with creater value
hearts, there, are more occasions' where _ixaee
than the one we have presented to us in the
f,_ilg to.reign in personal relationships, it qzbuld
n,xl We set. a compaq.';' of e;mer, fearful dis- -seem. than wllereit does. Thus It comes t_ pass
£ip es I_athered ahout the Master. No donbt some
upon e_ternal
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M. Winchester
eL the lurking presentiment an l fear .that conic
up6n there,as .....they were following on the "A'av
" io Jerusalem was present now. There was deepeninl_ mystery hecloudln_ the whole sittiation;
tkey felt that" some dreatJ catastrophe, lay out
" ahead, hut they could not tell exactly What. it
m!ght be. The master i.vas telling them that He
v,'as going aw@, and tile)' were trouhled: tie was
• speakin_ words of comforl but.theirminds
were
dazed and groping for understanding,
I . this
slate of mental confusion, they were asking queslions as the:,' /lashed-across
their minds, and
.[esus was nswerin_, hut ,all seemed eniuniatical
t. them. • As words of co_tso!atlon Ihe message
of the text was given, a bequest .of peace. a
heYitaue _1[value, far surpassimt the computation
in measurement of an.',' human values,
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or uold add silver: for ours is an empire-in
which _,','illill[Lobeisance is hased npon quailties possessed, I_ather tllan open characters
assnnled:
"He
is a princely
preacller"
heritage,
"lVe nevel get aheiid L)y appealing
to hrute force or by attempting
to dictate
beydnd
our ability- to "enlighten.
Things
are
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flee. belongs
no mysti:rknlsenflflenls
anti
robes el" camouflage;
we most be kingly
of
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Oar object ill writing all this is to exattachment
to tile real empire toof stronger
mind anti
heart whicb
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It is not based upon a sure foundation. It must
needs arise from circumstances that cannot be
in this present evil world: therefore we listen with
comfort that the heritage of peace promised by
the Savior is "not ds the world giveth."
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queathed to His disciples of that age arid of
ages to come.
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When we seek to understand the nalure of ibis
peace from the positive aspect, we would sua_st
tirgt that it is the peac_.tbat resuBs from con-
further We
on rind
in this
fare_vell
discour._e,
"These
• quest.
Jesus
's'ayJng
His ndisciples
tfiing_ l_have
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you,tothat
r_ ve
While the peace of the woridJs
dependent
miaht have peace: In the worhl ye shall_ve
up6n externals.the peace of Christ stands'in ditrihulation: but be o[. good ¢beer: I have overrect opposite in th[g respect: In tbe life of
come the .world." The world is notessent a y
Cl/rist the wo[ld around about Him seemed ever -an _bject, that is. when it pertains to spiritual
to be one of turbulence. From the beginning o[
issues: it is a spirit, an attitude, a certain set of
His_ninistry thgre was the hostility of the-scribes
mind of thought, that centers upon satisfying
and phasisees_ find they ever pursued Him With the spirit natpre of mind with thlnns o[ time an I
relgntless hatred throughout the entire three
sense instead of with that wbich relates unto God,
years culminatin_ in their leading Him to death
time.Father of all mankind. Christhad. the peace
by crucifixion. Then within His own hom_ there which comes with the stil[in_ of all .these d_.was strife. HIS mother, iovi]ig and tender, failed sires. -They had surged around Him with all
to dnde'rstand Him, a'nd His brothers weie resift/e the might and power .that Satanic power couhI
that He skould make His claims open and robmuster; t ere are tbe three major temptations'
.lie; if }|'e were the Messiah they .did notbellev_
recorder! for us in.the Gospels, and no doubt
on-Him until after His'resurrectlon. Coming to- oth_:rs of which no account has been given but
the band of.disciples, with their loyalty, and sacas a mighty conqueror Jesus stands forth
rillee for the Master, there w_. on their [_art. triumphant, He was "tempted in all points like
blindness and misunderstanding as to the true
as we are, apart from sin."
nature of Christ's mis[ion._ In the inner circle
The peace then bequeathed unto u_ would
of three one only seemed to approach close to
be thai peace that comes through the conquest
the heart, of the M_ster/
of sin in the heart and life; there can be no true
Leaving these various groups and turning to
peace that is pe_:manent and'ablding within until
the.mullftudes arourtd about _'e find a seething
this great"crisis has taken place in the heart,
company of. people. The}' crowd about the
It is true that being lustilled by faith we have
door of.tile house where He has returned from a
peace wtih God," .but this refers 'to peace in
minion tour throuch Galilee, no doubt for .a
relationship rather" the fullness of peace in the
little rest. They gather around about as He
nature. Before _ve h:_d been enemies, but betravels.through
the _ountry until they run tile. coming reconciled we h_ve peace. It is true also
number into thousands, and He must feed them
that peace m relationsbip brings also a'sense of
or send them-away hungry: they would acclaim
peace within, but experience has found that this
Him king at 6_ie time and then turn from Hin_ peace has not .been complete and full, _nd thus
in scorn another time.
it is that the apostleprays, "And the very God
There was no peace for th_ Master in the
of peace sanctify you wholly." .We know tha"t
world around abbut,'and ]esu_ did not promise
be. prays thus that the work of entire sanctitiesto the disdples that .the_ would' have .peace
tion _may be wrought n _.be' heart, but he may
externally either, yea on the other hand He said
use this special designation for God the Fathei',
unto'them, "If they have persecuted me,-.they
God of peaee_ bees.use 'only in this wondrous
will also persecut_ you." Thus it could'not be
work in the soul does peace enter full and
that it' was peace, of this nature that He becomplete,
Nut'only.must there be the conquest of sin In
_ rite heart and life, but there mostbe the subordination of all the natural tendencies which in
themselves are right, but when they dominate
.become wrong, these, we say, must he.subordi-
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than this dominated them. Butwhatevef therantire that actuated them. now they were troubled.
for their Master spoke.of going away, and this
east a blight over all their expectations good
or eva: They had not 'firm. faith and trast, to
one
ambition
and that
is tcits.center
do the
heSS
of disappointment.
This then brought
.from "
satedconsuming
one great
goal_oal
which
has unification
for
throw
and bltterwill
ol toGod,
A great
brings
to
the lipsacross-this
of Christchasm
those of'perplexity
.comfOrting.words,
"Let.
_llfe
and'satisfaction which results in peacO, the
not yore: heart, be trouhted, neitherlet
it be
moreso is this true when this goal isto do the
afraid."
-will of God. Jesus said. "Lo I come, in the
_The herbage o[ peace I_anisbes fear from the
volume.of the book it is written of me, to do
beset;: tbe tw'o cannot exist together. Fear dist_y will O God.'-'. As fie gave Himself for us
turbs the flow of peace ahd ereate_ restlessness
and lear)_ed, obedience by the things that He
and distrust. Our spiritual staremay'be
tested
suffered, so,musl we give odrsetves in obedience
by:the presefice or nonpresenee o[ these contrastand in doing so _ t: will find silently, yet -with " ing emotions hi our heart. While there are other
comfort anti a_urance, peace stealtn_ into our
tests !o be applied also, this ,o_e is vital, espe, -_ouls. and we will find rids heritage an _vereially in the emotional realm. Some would hold
ahiding experience,
a state o[ ecstasy _ the supreme emotional test,
hm not so tile Scriptu,re; ff we follow through
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its _eacbJng we find that timeexperience of grace
- In speaking of_tbe peace that He was leaving
ever b_ as its outstanding emutional concomitant
unto His disciples; the last thougi_t that the
peace; this many passages attest,
M_ter presents inour text is that because of Jt
A-priceless heritage is oursI Peace thab comes
.. they shouhl not he troubled nor should they be
from the Master himself, the author of true peace
afraid. There are two emotions in life which
not dependent upon the,fleering changes of this "
exceed all others in their "dominance, one is'love
World with its tdeasUres tbat fast hut. for a day
and the other is fear. Fear eats as does a'canker,
and then pass away.. Peace that is abiding as
There are many pltases of feat. There is fear
Ionz ','/s we keep our be_rts' in tune with the
that exists in fl_e secrel chambersof
the soul
eternal and ulrimate values of life and being.
which has as its concomitant guilt. It acts as
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meats to disturb time serenity of life. It often
The ldon(L of Jesus whispeis, peace within
drives men to :seek propitiation by one means
or .anotber to assuage the wrath of an angry
"Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed? •
God. It brin_s restlessness and discontent, all
To do the will of j'esus_this is rest,
because a-man cannot, be pure wifl_ his Maker,
-.,
that is, without grace in the heart. This fear
"Peace, ' perfect peace, our future all'unknown?
the power" of Cbrist is sufficient t_, conquer, and . Jesus we know. and He is on the throne.!'
in its place to bring peace and rest, Wberc once
, therewas fear, I e. glad evange will ring, "There
Worldly and Exp_nsive Dress
is thcreforo now no condemnation "to them 'that
are in Christ Jesus."
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f..Engenders and increases pride.
Then there are fear and trouble of heart thaL
2. Breeds and encourages vanity,
.
arise from forebodings_in life. That fear "that
3. Begets envy and jealous},.
looks out into the future and wonders what
4. Inflames
Leads to the
extravagance.
5.
hearts of.men.
may come. that sees stalking'?cross, life's path= 6. Lead_ to debt.
way many dark shadows, that has lost the fullness of trust: or never has found it, This.may be
" 7" Crowds out better thoughts anti feelings.
a general _:haraeterlstic of a.lif¢, and then it
8. Wastes rime'and money.
q. Influences
Is often detrimental
to health_
..10.
others to dress
in a'worldly way.
ll Excites vain admiration.
may be strength..This
eHden/:ed on seemed
particular
occasions
in
areater
to be
tile state
and condition of the disciples, as Jesus talked
to
them
giving.perple:_ity.
them His farewell
words,
They
were
in deep
They h[id
left all
to
tZ
Robs God.
13. Robs
the cause of foreign missions.
. _.ollow't]le
Master because they thought,it would
: be ."He wh'o would redeemIsrael." While" there
We .want
was an Underlying motive,stirred by ambition
-which _prang fo_'th at tim_.% yet we believe that
othe'r moti'bes more righteous and more .loyal
(4)
more "sermons in shoes, men and
women going, up"and down the roads of life
preaching" Christianity by - their imitation of
Christ.--Cux,_r_.
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b. 3'he appeal nf Imma_
!_ -. Tilt: Po_yl:r ova DH'Im: IMPr:ra#_ig [Missionary(
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TEXT--/ utile! _eodh .the ",_orks o] Ill,it tinlt _cnf
" me, _ohile it is day_ the eight fo cth, when no
man can_vork
IJohn 0:4i.
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3
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INTROnUcTION (Luke.t0:30-37)
I. The hmse way in which we remlrd our .
Cbristian
obligations,
a. True of I_ersmud religious expt'tience
b. 'True of our sense of nhlit_atiotl It) the
church2
.
c True of our feeling at resl.msihility
rt'-
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the saP:arian
of othersl
'it he,me
for spirit_tal laxity anti lawlessness,
3.:Chrisl
is our example,
h.
[. Tile
"As-he passed by he saw" iv. It,
""
1. The indefinable
"ouuht.'"
a. One of the strong(>( words in ihe lar_guage.
.
• b.. Not laW, comnmnd or c6ercinn,
c. [fut an inner urge.
_
bait
a funeral
fllus(ration--Pidlip
anti
the
fActs 8:26-40).
"Give ye them to eaU" {Matt.
11. Tilt: "Nfvs¢"
I. "Opl)_rtumt
(John
c.
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14:16)
*-
21:15-17
pro-.
it."
"
q. Somethin_
lllaccd imnlediately"
at yotlI"
door.
,
h. Or. The' open dour leads direct to" _ervire..
.
c, (tpportunity
means
responsibility,
"Am ] .m_' brother's keeper?"
went by a small Imuse -tent 0itched
in a back yard. lie hgd oftenpassed.
Some(bin(
impelled bim to- stop
He
did. lie found ,'i man dying c,{ .T. "It.
When" he 'saw lira(her
Mc.Mt_inE he
sahl. "I am a sick man.
I want to
then
I must
obedience
ifllpossible
a. General
alone..
i
cnmm.ssion
"Go ye into
"It is-the
ehurcb to
the .who_e
.
NOI,DS.
h. The laily as
"
c.
"
not
"
to
full
a.. Obedii'nce
for
not my fault
This is nauseo
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that Gt_d called tbem."
to God_
"
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dependent
a man with
arms but'a
stooped
Master.
.
.
(7)
preach-
sent
from
God"
upon
ability
anti
wbite
man
of ,_ saint is not
robes and. ups(retched
with callot_sed'.hands.
shuuhler_/b_sy
_/
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etc.
at the task at the
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TuJc Kxsr,'_ RaNsoxt--I
"Sohl
Under
Sin"
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"I'ExT---The_ blood o] Jesus Christ, his Son,,cleans-.
eth us [ram all sin [l John 1:7).
]NTRODU{-'TION:
The
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modern mind and'the
fact _f atonement,
a Modern mind deniesthe
neel_i of a Savior.
it)
Sense at human self-sufficiency.
(2) Sin's maladjustments
can be ciared
day to the maid wh6 served his lunch,
"Let the mlssloilartes
sacrifice,
That [s what they are called to do, It .is •
been saved years before if someone
had oniy spnken to me about my soul,";
man
.
J.. The text.
2. 'lhe caution.
"While it is day!"
"The nigl)t cdmetb!"
"No nnm can work[".
Illustration--My
c6nception
propa-
gatidn of the,gospel
as the clergy:
_Od does not slngle out.a
man .or.a
group of men and excuse all others
Snuz "complacenc_:
of s_,me who .say,
"We-are _not called."
llhlstration--When
Dr. Myrl Smith was
taking
an offering
for missions
in
Pasadena First hi. E. Church one man
made the remark at the table that
_
everywhere
16:9.
fActs g;_¢).
lets, N.Y.P.S.,
S.S,. W,F,M.S..
CONCLUSION
ministers
(be
facts
• opportunity,
but nhedience
is required.
h. You do the cburch no favor by obeying•
Tile church does the individual
a favor
" by giving.a
place in whicb to invest
his abilities.
c. l,oca] chqrches are tvo often waterlogged
of
hy, men who have.refust_d
.a post
dut_s' fit home or ahrofid.
_l) These become a "drag o1: the.local
market."
(21 In this clrclechurchdifflcultles
are
generated.
d, Condemnation
follo_£_
procr_tination
anti disobedience,
This includes minis-
4:43L
/non.
all the worhl."
.
whole, task of'.ihe
whoh,
preach the whole .gospel to
wor]_ "--Dr
tI E
Rr:s'- •
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a
t0:P)-
'_And daily in tile. temple, and in every
house, riley ceased" not to teach anti
0reach JesusChrist"
fAds 5:421
3. 'it.is Obedlence'or
Cdndemnation,
obedience.
Men are in eternity without
God today
because some well-intendin_
Christians
failed in tbeJi-•tluty•
"This is [he only ueneration-we
call
reachY
I sent" (Luke
the Lord" upon
church ."wenl
""There
was
(Jo.hn'l:6).
God sent forth tile prophets
nf oh L
Isaial_, "Ilere am I; send me."
Jeremiah,
"Say not. I aln a child."
(2) So God sends forth men upon tits'
..
errands today,.
?." Every Christian.ca/led
and sent of God,'.
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McAIpine,
pastor
of
Phtenix. Ariz,. cburches,
to fdel-_
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IlL '['lid "Mu_,1" OF GOD'S COMMANI} "
"The works of him that sent me."
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1. Jesus'was
sent of God.
a. Christ sensed th,_ Father's
urge.
. '_I must,be.about
my Fatber's bu_siness"
(Luke 2:49)...
"1 must preach tile kinudoniof
Gud for
OF I'ERSON'ALOI2I'ORTUNITY
_ me ns " ef_re the uaze"
Opl_ortun_ty means ."at the gate."
_
lllustration-_-A,
lady testifying
in Detrait First'Church
said, "I would have
(6)
.-.
c
Christ.wag
committed
to humall need.
"For this cal[se ca(no f into tile world."
We may minister to thd need uf men.
rather
it ouehi
b. Delayed
IllustFalion-'-Shid
a business man. "No
one has spoken to me about my stud
. . or invited me to cburch since I have
.. heen in this city."
The appeal of little children, "Suffer them
to come."
The broken heart of the widow of Nain
Cbr|sl to
gui[t,
"find G0d,
I .have been pray'in( for
Gad't6
send me it preacher who can
pray for me." He was saved. Think
of jt[.
Praying
for a pre_.cher
in
America l
.
,
.
"He must needs go Ihrouizh Samaria?'
2. Chrigffs sense of world need.
a.. The appeal 6[ human
suffering.
The cry of a b]ind man .ll:_rllmeus
indt/¢ed
cession•
h
llhtstration--Rcv.
one of our
Christ's
attitude"
toward
the unsaved
slmuhl determine our nttitude
" - :
Cbrist was impelled
b_ a threefohl
iraperative
"_fUST" OP THI; _.VOULO'SNt:t:D
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Tile
do
'Nbither do .I condemn tilt, e• uo and sin
" no mo1_e."
.
The'ability
to see human lleed and the wig
tt_ relieve is God*uiven.
"
a Too man). pass JJy on the'other'gide:
"The story'of
tile gtmd Samaritan.
"Fet;d mY sheep".
anti abroad
:
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This is a day of Christian
liberty, "'g_me.
to seed."
a. t,Ve talk of a "whosoevbr"
gospeh
This is. too often an alibi for bur hick
• ol concern for others and we "wtluhl
shift responsibility,
b. Reffuious liberty may easily be prf_stituted to mere license and he an excust ....
a.
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Peter
.,. Longinu.for
opportunities
t that
,,'ill never
.
rt.ttlrn,
a." Ret_rets will never recall yesterday's oppar(unity.
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."If
A Preaching
not gifted
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b. "Some
"Su'ch work
tile be
Dastor,"
c.
other belongs
occaslbn to will
more etc.
ap:
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"I am
PREACHEW5
(3)
il.
by education,
Environment
cures for sin.
Blood .atonement
mind,
and
psyc otherapy
repulsive
to
modern
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Want to talk. of redemption
out sacrifice.
OF
I. Two _treams
: Abel.'
a,
_-
.
h
Abel insists
blood,
.upon
since
tile
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"_
Cain
_acrifice
'Cain offers the fruit of Life soil.
less; and.the
_york of his hand.
2. Salvation
witilofit atonement.
a That God as Sovereign
can
_-
with-
ATO,N'I_,IENT"
of lhcoIogy
and
with.
"
will.
h
.
he cannot deal with that same son a_
a determined_eriminal
in a great com-.
manwealth.
The economy of tile farofly
answer
[or in
the the
government
can will
deal notwith
ills son
home as
of the state:" God is the Moral Ruler
of the univer_
and gin is rebeC/ion
. against tile authority
and government
of this universe.
God is dealing with.
sin In His universe..
d. The atonement
is the manner in which"
God forgives repentant
sinners through..
Christ who' voluntarily
suffered for. us
and thus protects and preserv_
the _ntegrity ot God,as a Moi'al Ruler• Pardon
is thus offered_'*¢6 all wire believe on
Jesus Christ.
e. "To" atone" means to make reparation,
compensationt
or amendsfor
ar offense,
or enme.
FACT
OF _IN,
t_R
ATUNE_*IENT
NEEDE0
1. Sin deniers.
.
a. unreality
of sin.
"
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Sin is simply error due to the lack of
knowledge,
ability
and opportunity,
and cannot be chargeable•
b.. All men sin hut it is a part
•
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" "
of man's
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of
"
.the
last analysis,
is a universal
consciousness
. judgment
•
is
the
consequence
.
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with
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of Olives'" li'. 30]_
tile olive groves'which
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Mark
cow:
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Incarnation
22:441.
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united.
But as the soul of man is
of all consciousness,
so
rou_ lay upon tIie soul
it had
reached
the
Deity.
.
Lord hath
iniquit)
t'eo.n" IixsK.'c_:_;s
Illu_tri_tion--Little
fatber how _uch
[he ground'! fEuke
Menta
distress
Tbe
hathdesirable
soul anguish.
(,tl ."MYlncarnation.SOUl
is iseXCeedimtmt_rt'
thanSt_rr°wfnl'"God
ill
....
I_rivacy'are
the center
when sol
of Christ
citadel
of
laid upon
of us all"
him
the
(Isx. 53:6_.
of nece_sity accompany
soul distress.
Note--Christ
nn _louht would bare
died
here
If'an
nut,elsufferin_
from heaven
.Physical
aml mental
must
had not strenltthened
llim fluke
22:43l.
" . I.- The significance
to Christ of Getl_semane.
a Possihle for finite ;nind_,to
underst:ind
but little of.what
this meant
for Christ,.
b. It did mean the climax of inca[nation,
In it very true sense. "all i0carnation
" wa_ atonement,"
Cannot sep'arate thd life anti ministry of
.atoneme;_t
from .the cruc]fix'on .(Ph'l,
2:7;.8),
'
That He cried "It is finished", upon the
cram signifies it bad been a proMngell
task_
.
c. It didmean,
the acceptahce of the cross,
It wks acceptance
of the world's
sin.
Iffustrdztion--Fulfillment
of the tyl)e_"the scape.goat."
d. It wasa measure ofGod's
love for men,
"God SO loved the world."
_
for
I slnned"
"
Not all men are eqtlaliy cam I atihle,cdpacirated nr appreciative
in 'another's
suffertng_
.
"O1_ sacred
sorro_¢. scene suJ)lime, the Christ u_on fiis
.
knt,es."
[
_-:
ant
was
" M£ntal soffer_n_
more keen than
. phy_ical. Vet nether p ys_cal nor
merilai'sufferin_
can measure the
agony of-Christ
.
A _tony. plot of ground containin_
eight
olive.trees of great antiquity,
enclosed by
alow waiJ_still marks the spot,
A place well:known
anti oft rL_sorted to.
"And be took With him Peter and tile two
Sympathy
knows the offense to God of sin.
realizes tile consequences
of sin.
"And his sweat was as it 3vere great
drops o_ hh_od falling down to
tne one
[NTROD(/CTION:
I. '!The Mount
" sons of ge edee;' (v.',l_)
.
What f_ to be done about sin? ,
All men seek for deliverance
from guilt and
ponution,
From the heathen in his superstition
to the
most enlightened,
.
IlL. Trig Fac_ OF Arox_:M_:.'¢r--Tug
ATO_I_MZU_
PRovlnEn
1 tluman
efforts for atonement.
it. Human philosophies.
.
Butall
the theories of men WiU not remove. g0ilt or heal the soul•
b. Nonchristian
and heathen, religion_
These leave men with no power to re- lease themselves
from guilt and pracrice.
"Without
the shedding of blood.is
no
remission of sin" (Heb. 9:22).
2. All human efforts at sacrifise are unworthy,
a. For all flare sinned
No. sacrifice
of
is necessary,
wotclJ
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Physical suffering.
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Every nerve center throbbed,
blood
pounded through every artery.
14--Morning
or
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Conct,usz, oz¢
1. All sin is against God.
"Against.thee,
and thee on[y,.have
.and done this evil."---DAm.
b. This
". -.
Scrzett, rv, R_:Ams(;--Matt_
26:36-40.
14:,t2-42, or I,uke 22 39-46.
3.
"'This is the -teaching of _c(ipture,
the .
voice of reason, and the verdict of
conscience,': " "
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"The
soul
that
sinneth
it shall die"
of guilt.
(Ezek, 18:20l.
h. A sinless sacrifice
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Who
ered its slopes.
2. "A place called Gethsemane"
to. 36I.
A small t_rove of 61ive trees beyond Kedron,
LiabilitY: to lu/nishment
ha';'e sinned could atone
mudt less for others•
•March
So namedfro_
are
c.
" men who
themselves
bar.
TExTTWhaG
cotdd _,e not
hour? •(Matt• 26:40).
glory nI God.'"
There is a universal guilt for sin:
"Guilt is rite personal
blametvorlbiness'
that follows tile commission
of sin')'_
Guilt. is necessarily persm_al, tile sinner's
own.
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CItRIST'$ Dr.ATlt-_*fiTCtt: OR, Trite'ChRIST
UPon J|_s Ku_:_:s
_
•of,sin.
that they
come short of
PREACHER'S
tit
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willed
realize
and
"
is against
has
.
THE.
2. All sin brings confusion
of conscience.
3. Conscience
is the foreshadowin_
of God's
4.
"
experience and development
and in" fact
is not as serious as some would 1rove
us to believe_ "
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Sin is moral sickness, due to wrong environment
and can•be cured by change
and education•
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a. Men everywhere
si_ners.
"All have sinned
whOthousandbecaFaestudents.an
open.rebelA
king.oram°ng two'.
TIlE
All sin.,in
God,
3.. 'l_ere
governor
If.
transgression
God the Mo¢al. Ruler.who
men to be righteous.
at
" iL That repentance is a. surf(dent ground for
iorgzveness.
"
c. Must be remembered
that God is
a
, ,
: Moral Ruler as _ell
s a Father.
lffustralion--"The
head of _t university,"
says Dr, Hills. '*can'de_[ with an. erring son in the 0rivacy of the home as
he could not deal with the same'son
?
wil[tll
known law of Got[,
.
b. Sin is guilty sickness, a wilful missing of
the mark, harmatia
[Gr,).
"To him that klaoweth to do,good
and
doeth it not to him it is sin?'
c. Sin is a bent or proneness or taint in,_.
.
_ causes. a: men to_ des rt]l_
t ze. n lture _btch
and t6-commit'sin
and thus become sinners.
.
.
d.
.
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2. Wilat is sin?
a, Sin [s the
idood-
forgive
,
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Blasphemously
talk of _critices
of
tabernacle and temple and cross as
" the "gory rdigion,"
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"rILE, PREACHER'S
;rir] lries to tell her
she loved him: could
find no. unit by which to measure it,
and feelingly said, with Izer hand upon
her heart/ "Daddy,
I love you sol_"
2. Tbe agony of Gethsemane.
a. Agony of a purc soul;
-Who _n_s
the defilement • of _in,
(9)
i
The Cries of G_thsemane.
a. "Watch with me". tv: 38L
- The desire" f<_r cmnp'mionsldp
in sol
row.
"
.
.
.
The indieatioh that Ch'rist's di_cil_les have
. a measure of Christ's suffering to hear. "
"Ye.shall
indeed drink of the cup that
"I drink of"tMarh
10:391.
See 1
Peter 2:21.
h "O my Father'! iv. 39L
. The soul can pra2¢ only as he realizes
that God is Father.
Such realization
opens a .freedom
and
assurance
c.
in
praye_.
.
,
Freedom to express fears.
Assurancp. tbat help can be 2iven.
"If if-be possih[e let this cup,pa_
from
me" (vs.. 39, 421.
S_mle. hove thmml_t
tempted to shrink
that
from
Chris1 was
the cup, or
that "His hand tremhled as He readied
for it."
,Such cannot be the case for to this hour
He had looked
from the beginrdng,
"For this
cause, came
I Into the
world."
"
"
.
.
.,
f/
I
" "
74
If.
THE PREACHEI_'S
l(ather may it he tltofigbt thM He feared
Ills _illfcrings wouhl t_ake His life it_
the gar(en
and wouhl
preclude
Ili_
i_olng tfl the cross.
", .
d. "Th3: will be _lone" (vs. 39, 42L
. The acceptance
c3[ thv Father's -will
"
"
"['lit-; ClluIWII I'I'ON ITS I'_NEI:S
Tile Churcil sharing with "Christ
a. The Cburcli's willlngness to share Transfiguration,
A liarticipation
in Clirist's _lbry
h. The Cliureh tou ofterr shrinks .Irom that
wlfich means'tnil,
su[[erinlt m sacrifice
. c. It is hearing tile burden for othe_.
d. "Who .now rejoice in my s i[erings
2.- The
Church
in Gethsemane.
"
for
f41
"b
..
We shall need film in our Geth. semanc.
"Sidcliuhts
front a soul's Gethsemane.
a. _]elhsemane
may be lent: foreseen;
it
•
wa_ _u with Christ,
b. In a very true sense y6u" must ever eo
to Gethsemane
alone,
of) human
can
accmnpany.
c. fin not expect
too mtich ft'om votl'r
lrlends in ihese hours.
"
. d.
e.
but
the
" -
Ilesh
•
" "
,'
: ....
;
"
"
forth .much
fruit" :(John
"
"
tmon its knee_.
'....
March
i4--Eveni_tg
'I'll}; KING'S RANSO.M--ll
The
Ran_onl
.
" "
'
=
"
'
" _
.
"
•
"
"' ' " '
'
•
.
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""
of--s no..,rh . ( g'. ,15
.
.
CON('IUSIt_N
"
I Tin' most sublime an .,aercd contemp.lMiun:
The Son of Godupon
ltis knees,
"'rite Second A'dam Regained in a Garden,
what the.lirsl
Adam lost in n aartlen."
2.'. Tile creates[
te_ror to hell is the Church
.
. . ..
.
_
:
-
""
of the idea olatoi_cment.
Tht' :New 'I'eMament hohts
up
'
-
of
.
..
rhessaee will
of thougltt.
1.
2. The
The
1,
reality
failure
el
Ihe
c rrv
Sunday
Christ
Christ"
(I
Peter
'
4. A
a.
' h.
c.
as
llt, b.'.g:l-i
..
Ill.
thioti_h
tim
-
of
of sin
human
efforts
cln
"
!_o remedy
n
tv_
"
2.
Cain was, rejected while
- .cepted.
It was a voluntary
sacrifice.
demands el His own nature
flbtstration--AbsMom
has
sin_ "
:
_
/"
-'_
"
Dtvmr: _'ro_Er.tl_l_a"
The scarlet thread of atonement.
father's heart
David wouLl
foundation
[
"
,.
•
.
M)el
Iv fire,-as
to thoroughness
See Matt.
blood, 3:11,
as to 12...
authority,
d. Stlpreme
ll_,'
m
in worth.
meahintz
of
purgmg.
.
Because
supreme
-
L "l'hi: cross is God's authority
hlr forgiveness
and cleansinm •
"
the law
has been andsatislied
and"un-a
n til
Pardon
boards
iustifiahle
meansusurp
el pardonpresume
has" h6en
estahlished:
h. Christ is God's authority.
"'That he might' himself be just
" -
and ll!e
of
him
that
hath.hdth
in
Jegus" (II.onl. 3:24-26)
l[_)w does the bleed'of-atonement
cleanse?
_t. Ily a rethoval of the sense of euilt.
_1, There"is
a difference between
the
memory of _in,and the guilt of sin.
t2) ' Sin no longer belongs lo the sinner.
b.
liy iproducing.an
inn6r annuls
recoil 1he
fromhahits
sin,
_. By
mnral crisis 1hat
bnd ilesires to sin,
d. Ily a sense of acceptance
with
Gpd
was" ace.
love.
broken
hi_
ihe
l)_ awakenin_
a tit:sire.to' holy liwnm
By a _rt)wing love toward God,
COSCLt;SlbN
.
.
. ,
l. The'miraclet6uch
of transformln_
grace.
2. By hd h.in Jesus Christ as a personalSavior.
t.
his
atzd deserves death
But
die [or him as e wegp_
of tile world."
"
11_, word,through
as a tile
slandard
ot acceptance.
"'Cle_m
spoken .unto you
_lword
(John'which
15:3). _ have
justifier
- •
This cleansing
is. not only
an act
continued act of complete deliverance,
.Note--Tile
from..the,
text
.act.
aerial tense'in
word "cleanses"
hut
n
Greek in which
as" fo_dd in.our"
rod(cares a continued
and complete
N6I 0nly cleanses now hut keeps on •
cleat_sin_
{I [)
{I0)
.'b
23:
lot him. T i_ ,aaon_v
of God over hu:
man sn _s 1he ' Lat nb shdn [rum the
-
]'Ill: FM.-q" (ll" CLt_.NSINn. THE CI.}_.NSINn
I_aont.cLii
"'"
I: New "I'e_tament pie(urals ofcleansing.'"
d. liy'water,
as the means of cleansing.
"See Tit(Is 3:5
blatt.
3:11.
11 Is A St'I'FI{'ILNI" ATON}:MI:NI
I, .It attswers all the [_,'pe o _the Old Testament
't.
ordin,qnces.
'
:t Slmtli_ss _acrifice
" ""
."For he hath made him to he sin for us,
"
-who knew no sin; that we might be
""
made the rmhteousness
of God in h_n"
.
Eternal sacrifice.
-.
i
"Lamb slain from tile foufidation
of the
world."
The atonement
is not an afterthought
•
universal atonement,
No magnitude of sin:leo great.
No depth of sin ted appalling.
No nlultitude of sinners the. large.
'Anti heis tile propitialion
for. our sins:
and rot [or 'burs only_ but also for
tt_e wh(le worht
(I Jotm 2:2).
"
1'.18
_'God so loved the _'orlfl that he.gave
only begotten
Son" _John3:16L
h. God nave His Son to be true to
nieht's
a.
75
.
nor an emergency measure,
"b." llistoric
sin is ovennatched
by historic
redemption.
,
"Eternal
reality becomes femporal
fact."
Provided
prevkms
An
"
full"
a
'[N1ROI)U('TI[)N:
Brief review
3
"
have _verlastinu I fe_ ".(John 3:14, 15 .
"Knowinl_
that ye were redeemed,
not
. with' corruptible,
things, with silvi'r or
" ta)ld
tile blood
even .
. . of
buta lamh
with without
precious spot.
hlnmi.as
h. A f2
saerificc.of
Cot. 5:21"1
blood,
....
"
_ind sacrifice
'
" for" lib-
See alsb: Rein: 3:24-26;
" 1•.Peter 2:24.
.._'.
"
" .
.
empires
history.
tile blood
19).
"
H.
TLxt--The
blood o] Jesus Christ, hi._ Son; cleans.,
eth u_ /ro_ allsin (I John 1:7).
)s
All the soul can do in Gethseman'e
is.
pray.
Prayers i_ Gethsemane
are ;lwavs hrokon, hl/,edin_z prayers
' .'."
"
-
to live.
_'l'his
is m__hlood
of the
New hd
Testament
-wlfich
is shed "for
many
the rt':
ss n f s'ns
(blair
26:28).
"As Mo_s
lified up theserpent
in the..
wihlerne.ss, even so .must tile Son tff
man he inlifted
up;
(fiat
{vhosuever
ftcllevetb
Ifim shuu
I not perisli
bul
•
'
.
_*f the
.
.
nature
MAGAZINE
inimstered unto. but to minister and to
-'Ever( tile Soil of man came ant to.he
nmsom
f,t
nfal(y"
_ive his life ,,
.
(Matt.
20:28).
"
. .
Loss of ' tilt' rit_ht to".reign
wilh"
Chrisl.
: '"
See Ron_ 8:IT-and
"2-Tim. 2:12
t. Tlie'Church's
failure in !In' _arllen.
Is ;t ( isap )oinlmenl. to Chris[..
,
" ....
il. *'_.l_lltal? cot(hi ye nol.watth
Wl[]l
me
(lilt'
hmlr?" Iv. 40).
" ""
.
h. "Slccl) (m nov;'take
wmr rest
. .'{he
" Son.lit'man. .
s elraved into tilt' hands
"
-
'
12:24).
PREACHER'S
Lhi' fulfillment
of all. last:, the realizatlnn of all prophecy and tile explanation
."
_!f all s_crific_s.
""
,
e2. Scripture:
"_et .it pleased Jehovah
to
bruise Idml
, . yet lie bare tile sin el
mffny_ an_l made intcrcessi6n
for tile
transzressot:s" (lsa, 53:10-12),
:
el Chris1
l,nss in soul-winnimz.
"When Zion [ravail_."
Ilht_l,attnn--The
Imzelincs_
home that is childless..
d,
.
.t.t)
"With [ne." Watch and I rat with-ChHct,
.(1)
Sufft;ring
not for suflerlng :s sake,
lint suliering that comes its a res01 _'_
of sensing another's hntt until it becomes our own."
(2
That it is with and ]or Christ makes
it take on new meaning,
is willing,
"
_
THI_
erty.
The
wholt_prophecies
J'ewish Scriptures.
The.law,
and ceremonies
c.
lie is [(mnd in the garden.
[,osg in 1he achievejnent
of .the Church.
1
Loss in fruit-hearing.
,*E_cept-a
corn. of wheal bdl into
(2)
through
Dying
h_ Foundin_
Permeates
the _round
"die itit brint_eth,
abldeth
ahme.
hut if and
it _lie.
Fol'_othcrs7
As a ph_v_ieian.over
4ick
As a _;atchman-on"
city walk
.",s a "t_ltlther i_vt,r hel. c hi:
"The spirit
weak."
ration.
""
"
l.oss of 1he con)pimionshlp
"
b. "Pray."
11 ) With an carm'stne_Y thai lal;t;_ hohl
"
" of Ihe soul.
f2). With a [et'lin_ for mhers "akin !o :
what Christ had
c
a.
11.-Sl,rIr_K nn Tit:': G:,Rn_:._
_
"
Christ did,not
shrink from Gethsemane..
2.7 ' the CI urch s loss liy reftlsin_ Gethsemane:
a,. A b;ss "in the sprit bl the Church, .
f I ) .fDdividtlally
as well as tile gronp,
(2) l,os.s of . mellowing
richness
that
.only' sullerintz will bring,
t3) I.o._s of.st:¢ehgthening
to mr'el Letup-.
.
_l ".Watch."
..
(I) For ourselves.
That we do not fall prey" to dan_ers.'
.-of human weakness.
Tllat we fall not into (emptalion
-v. ,IlL
. (_)
Euns
MAG'AZINE
"
i. Those who pray' in Gethsemane
know
tile hlessc4lnes_ of prayer:
,.-. Gethsemane
I ra_ ."ers :(re ever submissive
.
In the Father's'will.
• li. The Gethsemane
prayer always' receives
strengtlt.:
yo4, and fill up ttmt width is hbhind
of tile afflictions
of Christ )n my" flesh
•
[t r h s I o 1_ _ sake. which-is the church"
(Col. 1:24
.
•
,
i
. .
"from
all sin."
"
76
THE
PREACHER'S
March'21--Mornin_
Tile
Kasc's
. TExT--BleJsed_bethe
b.
WELCOME
King
that
cometh
name oJ the Lord; peace in heoven
in the highesl (Luke '19:38_.
• ScmeruaE
LEssos--Matt.
rl. or Luke 19:28-40.
IXrROnL'CTIIIN:
21:1-9.
in the
and.glory
(2)
or _,_ank 11:1L
-.
(31
b. A steep footpath
over the summit
of
OliveL
c. The nat{Iral _oall by which
n/punted
travelers
mteretl
Jerusalem.
over the
southern shoulder of. Olivet.
"
Jerusa)dnl tvbo had been attractt;d
hy.th_sl{outing
of hc_sAnnas upon
the pa_t of those with Jesus and
"
were cohlingout
to inquire r_gard•
"
in_ the shciutin_,
"
h. 'File rebuke of the Pharisees.
" "Master,
rebuke
thy "disclples"
(Luke
19:39L
"Jesus' anS\VEP (I,nke 19:.101.
The l+hari_ees recogrlized, that the disciples-were
identifying
Jesus as "th+
fulfillment
o/ the promisvd
Messiah
" (Mark ll:10J.
.
.Jesus
accepts the plauditsand
titus recogl_izt..s Hit fulfillment
ol tile i)romise.
c. Cast this be the same group that a little
. latei" will cry "Crheify bim'?
_11
(2)
crowds
sho_'ed
Him:
kingly
rever-
b.Our
.
.
_a,
Life and shouting, must harmonize..
"
lib..The'
place of emotion
in worship and
religion,
br_inches (See 2 Kings 9:121•
The shout of thE. people indicated
theirhopes,
.
4. Chrisl'_ en]r)' will be marked..
a, -He _eeelved the wekome
of
he the King that cometh
name of the Lord" (l.uke
.
be ".the kingdom
of our
Davnd. that cometh in the
litton,
(1
No outward
The throngs in the city who heard '
the shouting inquire.
The answer comes from the disEiples
like lhe perils fromar,
echo organ
or. the response-from
an antiphonal
choir,
(12)"
"
2
"
Christ
.
Christ
tidns concerning Christ in the Oil
Testament. are conl_ected, not with
.. His Brst.coming
to dle as an atbning Savior,
but with His
coming to rule as King."
•
"
from Egypt.
Within the heart Christ would celebrute our deliverance.
ThE Pauline
insistence
is. _'Christ
"in you the hope of glory•"
Christ must be the central figure.
_
a. "Who is this?" the world.asks.
"(1) Our testimonies _houM declare Hint.
. (2) Our lives sltguld demonstrate
tlim
as the delivering Passover Christ.
Kin_ Lndcedt
tile
3.
-
courts of heaven ril_g.Y'
1[ will be a day of joy for tile Christian.
a. High
ricipate.or low; dch or poor[ all will par-
b. The Passoverdeliverance
from Egyptian .
. bonds of sir'will.becelebrated.
c. Significant
contrasts.
First Enti'y, there were Pharisaical crlticisms.
Then, joyous.itccord.
First
Eniry_ Jesus must weep over Jerusalem.
;
.
Then, all tears will he wiped from'tile
eyes•
First Entry, the temple mBstbe cleansed,
Then,. written over the gate, "No sin
may enter here.!'
First Entry, some of th6se_ Who -cried
"Hosanna"
woutd soon cry "Crudry.','
Then,
it is l'Iosanna+ Allelujah
un. broken eternally. "
_CONCLUSION "
Christ cro_;ned.within
the heart now will he
the ciedential
that will admit one to the
Coronation
at His final crowning.
second
•
-
- ingIn.the
Testament'
the tomggain New
of Jesus
In glorlous-triumpk "occupies
one of in'every
25 " verse., from Matthew
to the
Revel_Iffon."----D_.
R, .A, Tb_l_/:_,.(2) Every ",;:rlter In'Old hnd New Testa-;
meat makes'reference
to the rsecond
" "
" coming" of Jesus directly or indirect.
.
ly.
.
2, It will be a day ol glorious triumph for the
_ King•
"
Tr.xr--And
when they (yore come 1o the #lace
whioh is called Calvary,
_here they crucified
hin_, find the _ale]acfor_,
one on the right hand,
and-the
other on the le]t "fLuke 23:33),
INrRdnuCXtOU;
.
I. Mus]cian._ and artists a_ weB. as preachers
and tear.hers have made valuable conttibu:
finns to.the pl¢turthg of truth. GraphlcallS,
the serpent's
"The
seed ofhead,"
the woman
shall bruise
At the cross ihe" heel .o( the seed o[' tim
woman was bruised.
At the second coming the head of the
serpent shall be bruised.
have artists
painted
their conception
of
Bible incidents making mor_ real and' vital
the truths they present.
2, Herbert
Schmalz has a masted'piEce .which
he has callecJ., The Return from the'Cross.
In" the foreground
Is Mary the mother of
_a_
".
be. proclaimed
(2) Psalm 24, gives a prophetic r,ong.
c. Religious emotion will be at !ts highest.
"And I expect to help them make the
the foal of an tess" (Zech. 9:9).
Christ's second comin_ and entry into
the New Jerusatem
is foretold
repeat- . " edly hy both.New
anti Phi Testament
writers.
.
.(1) Notch--In the Old Testament.
'+If)'.
far the greater.por t of. the predic:
acts of service or rain-
will
Antiphonal
choirs of heaven
will
sing.
"
.
" "
"Who is the King of glory?"
"'Who is this King of glory?"
"The Lord of heats, he is the I_ing
of glory" (Psalm 24).
Lh8 corn-
b
_
77
"The Lord strong and mighty,
Lord mighty in battlE."
told by'Zechariah
'fMait.
21:4, .5).
"_Rejoice gr_'atiy, O daughter
of Zion:
shout, O daughter
of Jerusalem;
be-_
hold, (he King eometh unto thee; he
is just and ha,)ing'salvation.
Jowl)',
- - and riding upon an ass, upon a colt
.
(1)
will
. him."
c. Christ will "cleanse the temple..
IIl. TIlE PROPII_IC
ENTRY
OF CI[RIS_t INTO _IIE
NEW J_:ans.tLe_
.
I. It win be the lulfillment
of prophecy,
"a. Christ's entry into Jerusalem
was Core-
istries Sermon
of gracewill
The
on.the substitute•
Mount
places
emphasis upon heart religion,
h. Jesus directs Himself toward the heart•
(11 In the heart would Christ bE declared King•
_,(2) Passover commemorated
deliverance
.
of
mon peol_le.
However lowly, Ire _vill contc,
h_ Christ's coming wUl be marked by ohedience Him.
upon "The
the part'of
ceive
M_ster those
hath who
need reof ."
-
•(2)
13}
b.
ployed to welcome a king.
The colt of :an ass. the spreading _
"of garments, the waylng of palm
"BleJsed
in tile
19:381.
"Blessed
father
MAGAZINE
.
3. Our praise a_d recognition
confound the erittcs.
...
TIlE EXI'FRIENTIAL I_NI'RY INTII rile th:_,T
I. The journey of Jesus. into .the heart.
a..The
heart is the.citadel
Of all true re-
. .
voice and life
people was the spirit of expectancy.
The means used were after emo
criticize
religious
emotion.
0_ was it
that tbey saw the tendency' to recognize
Jesus as Messiah?
' .: "
c. The eommon,A_eople,
These ever thronged
tile minLstl-y of
Jesus.
- " "
.
4." The part Christ phtyed,
a. Gave simple.directions
.
b Modestly
and passively
accepted
the
homage of people.
- . ."
c. Rebuked the critics+
/d
Wept over Jerusalem.
c. ClEfinsed the [umple.
IL
PREACHER'S
11) Must
proclaim tlim King of "kings.
(2) Must exalt Him as Christ of God.
(A) PPraise is comely."
"
hame of the J.ord" (Mark 11:101
A. The cro_ds that thronued,
a. It is estimated
that thousands
attended
. "these.holy festive llccasions.
b.'_ Pharisees, who represented tile 'religion_ists, were tliere. "They found place to
"l'ln_ IIIslOI_ICAL ENTRY INTO JERUS?.LE_t
I. 'File journey was toward Jerusalenl
a. _Jestts
and and
tits teaching.
disciples had come.
Preaching
Blessing of little chihlren.
.
Healing of blind Bartim_us.
Conversion of Zacchmus.
.
" "
"
b. In Jerusalem
was celebrated
the•Pass.
over•
C. All true Jg_('s, who-were
able. journeyed
toward Jerusalem for this occasion
2. Jesus•was
the central figure,
a. "Who is this?" (Matt. 21:101.
/
"
"
.
2. The Prepassover
period of purification,
the
six days before tile Passover ee[ehration
., Two vast crowds of peoph
• (1) Those journeying with-Jesus
toward"
"
Jerusalem.
•
i 12) Those.[within
and coming
from.
I.
The
THE.
once.
It)
Long had Israel looked for a king,
and strong within the hearts_of tile
1. Thre_ waysfrom
BEthany to JerusalEm. :
a Long, circuitous way over the northern
slinulder of Olivet
_
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MAGAZINE
"
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Caossr.._ 2lREv,_ning
or* D_Y
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TIIE PREACIIER'$
MAGAZINE
Jesus helng led'.homeward
leaning heavily
upon the shoulder of Jobn, Mary Magda[erie assisting.
Across the valley lies a dark
cloud beneath which the city of Jerusalem
t_ faintly
outlined.
A riftin
tlie clouds
c.
.
t.H •God saves through
""
e.
cross
The dull thud
was
ll'.
So far
as Pilate
a
b.
c.
making.
!
of the hammer's
bh_w
=..%.,..
,,
c.
concerned
crosse.¢.
d
_
religious
leaders
were
ever
2.
This' is the kind of
man
unin his
God'man's
"Save the'self and us."
a The cry of the mtdtitude.
(I). flissed out in bitter hatred by. the
high priests..
"
{21 Launhed
out in severn, hy tl_e.soL
- "
"""
diets
(3) Mocked trot in derisinn by-the cab-
.
.
hie.
Wbispered
pointmenl
Christ.
-
Would you have Christ descend?
(1) Leaving
the thieves
npon
crosses?
(2)
"
.
(3/
3
disM_-
their
Or bring down the bitter impe_ent
one as v_'ell as the. broket_ pel_56t
one? •
The only salvation
po_ihle.for
any
one was for Christ to endtlre t_
the end_
.
, .
'l'L_,a- Mar_;
all
Several
or fie
am ,anti
ulorious
Cross ol the Iteconcile_l:
Thg penitent thief.
tl) "Rebukes the scoffer "Luke .23:401.
(2] Acknowledges Christ
_Lulce 23:41 _
{.ll Sues for-pardon
(Luke 23:41]
(41 Confesses his sin (Luke 23:411
"
"Nothing
in my hands 1 hrlnm Sirpply
tn thy dros_ I. r n_"
Evenr_he per_ence'ui
Christ slid not
reach, him
The rebuke oi his fello_ did nut -"
" (3) " deterhim.
"
h. Cross siznifies cross pun_oses with life, fl _-'So_nething
within
the .nature that
"
refused,to parallel itself with God.
(2_ This cross within the natures
of
"
.men.
" "
"
. Places men at right amdes with each
other,
CONCLUSION
J_Christ-is
the -bond
between
an offet_ded
God and an offendipg world•
2. Our message is, "Be ye reconciled to God."
t'God was in Christ, reconciling the. world
unto himself" f_ Cur. 5:18. [9f
" (15)
:ometh
rrlrt_'
year,¢ ,mo'wl_ile.pasto_'jn
.occasion
to visit an
tom us he inul just
.
_lorious
At tightangles
with" God.
The cross of Christ
failed because
of
His attitude.
"
Messace)
;llagd_!letw
.wa_ vr dark into 1he ._epld?her and
_rone taken
,a_ tJohn 20:1 ).
S¢-_wr¢,u_: l._:.sscm J,!m 2o:t_t,s:
[.xrluml'cXloN:
b. The
assurance
of [nrci£'eness
(Luke
23:4.1t.
"Thi_
day thml _halt he with Int, .in
paradise."
c. The middle tins, t_f reconciliation
had
.worked its miracle.
.
The Cross of the tmreconciled
a, The unrepentant
thief.
"it) The
him. 0resence of death dkl not soltell "
c.
79
(Easier
:
(2)
out in pity and
by" the disciples,
-
h. Nobody is concerned ahout the thieves,
(l) Whether they come down from the
cross or _ot,
.
(2) A I eyes were_n
Jesus.
(3) Tltese two crosses of the thieves
were *.wo. reasons why Ji_sus .couhl
not save Himself_
c.
The
a.
and
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March 2S----Morning
Rt:st:nat:crlo._
REefer.scioNs
it be rueeed!
Let it he hh_odstained!
Scorned?
Let it be scorned[
Spittle?
Let- there he spittle!
d: lie has mad_ all tile cross means
because of what lte is!
t.. l know. fle is the Son of God
could "not have heen man as 1
taken my cross aml me to nlake
in" llira'selL "
"
criti-
sorrows,
heart yearns for.
Jesti_, takes one of these crosses
h/akes il a thin_ of glor2,_ and love.
(4)
"
(14)
Jewish
h. The crosses of man's folly,
belief, sin.
C-od idenlifies
Himself.with
it was
Chldst" _hade the cross." Thousands
had met death on the cross before
this and thousands
after, but a are
forgotten but Christ,
" " "The o d rugged cross'.' eao be overdone unless tbls be remembered,
the will of God.
" e.
Pilate ga_;e Jesus t¢ the same death a_
'
"
hi'gave the two t}lwvesand
for the same
reason,
cruel.
It is the Christ of the cross•
(1) The cross did not make
fie sought
Rugged?
Lel
Bloodstained?
cizil_g litre. [or this, "l-le recefveth sin. .hers and eatetk with them" ILuke 15:21.
tbms nnil instituti6ns.
Thieves were blatant,
bold, rehellious,
eli. Jesus. Was. tame of: these .liul mort!
danzerous
to tbe state int: J'esus was
holy, true and good, and taught 'men so.
•
"
This disturbed
the-state
and church and
hrouzht
moral revointinn
!2)
TIlE
cross wa_ mannetic.
To attract the world.
To hoht. the worhl.
To'save
the 'world.
,.
And I. f I _k"lifted up, will draw
men unlb me,"
The cross ever file stumhlin_
block
_
IJ. No special, merit accrued lrom'the
metb. od hf His death.
.
e,' Death on a gallows
wouhl have bee_
meritorious,
for God transformed
.the
cros_,
' .
'
Jesus m t le midst of malefactors
a.
•.L The.efficacy
of Calvary.
. a. Is not in tbe cross.
(I) We bare gilded it- with too*much
gold,
.
(2) We Ilave enshrined it witli too much
ecclesiastical
millinery,
(3) The cross is ruft_ted, and stark and
b.
h. Thecentral
•
ior the same reasons, a._ condemned,
the.
thieves
• Ill
Cross purl)uses with the stale.
.
t2) Influence
was damaein_
In cu_.
.
PREACHER'S
Till: TIIRLE CROSSLS stVl:nE NOI Till: SAM:':
The cross of reconciliation.
H
"['he central cros_ .was made lumihous
with God.
I. Jesus :did not seek the cross, but He accepted it.
of Yaan's
was
IlL
t
suffering,
{JtH) is In|;NTIFIEII _VtTH _,lr:N" TII_OUGII
C_oss
.
was man's own durum
(2) It was man's sin that brought abom.
'
conditions
that crucified tbi' eood,
the pure. the ioly.
What sent Christ to. Ihe cros_?
a.
THE
t
it. If the cross was there ILv divine
appointment
Ill_'n why silouhl
men he
_uilty of the deatb of Jesus?
.
tl)
Did.ludas
just fulfill the decrees'of
the Almighty.?'.
t2). Did Pilate simply
carry
out t}_e
fate of Jehovah?
[I)
"
Bearing tile burdens of men_
. ..
' tieing in the hfflicti_ns of mena_,.;msell-afflicted.
'D
I. TIIF. M'_'STER'¢OV Tilt: Cnoss
t. Man ._t up the'cross,
The
"
God can save only by.sulferifig.
(1) Incredible to men that Son-of God
should so Suffer,
(2
God's great trutb for this agel
re-
veals on the hrow of a distant rugged hill,
"three crosses sil)wuetted
alzainst the darken,
ing sky. "F_ese te. the r wn story,
o
_. Tbest; Ihree
crosses
represent
a tvorJd'._
ti'at!edv and .a worhl's-redemption
"
-
b.
.
Whe_
seeth
tz
flu
BOston I had-
a_ed Baptist minister,
lie
returned
from the funeral
of his onlyqlrbther
whose sudden death was the
result of an accident
ff_ told us ht_wenwrapped
his life had been wit_ the life of his hrother
"This is Easter ti It," said he. _'hut holy" can l
_et go6d out ol Easter when such clouds of sorrow are upon me?"
The a_ed mtnistel- droppcd
his head for a nmn*ent as thoimh in prayerftll
nn,dlthti_n and._,s lie rala, d it f noHced a-chane.ed
look
in his fore'and
said,."Itrethren.
I rcmerUher
that Marythis dtime
o1£ he
came
o the tomb
'when il was vet (lark' and that comin_, she re"
ccivcd revel:itinn_ of the _Jsen Lord that lJroughl
ereat conifort
to " her -heart
1 too will trust
lhroueh
sl,_d
s.
1. The story thai surroumls the text.
I. "]'Ill; ATTr,_CTIVI:NLgS6F C|lnlST'$
Toxin
I. The: tomb was a repulsive phlce to, come.
a. It is not _ecurded that the'ld_h'prie._t
or hi_sui_ordinates.eame.
b. The _,ddier's remained
ou[ of" mill re.
.
duty.
.
The almstle_" wral)ped iv IliS:!llpointment
had sottt!hl tht'[r Iishint! nets. etc., thai
their.sotrow'miKht
be foreotten.
d. The.""tomb
of Jesu's
re .
,
• and a that
"_
resents _s the stumbhng block to modern-
.
c.
.
• title believers and. critics.
2. The lombhad
"an" attraction
. .
for some.
_..Mary
awakenetf
early and went
In the
ttimh with emhalmin_
sprees
.
•
Ill
Love's drawine
power.
{21 "When it was yet dat:k)!
Disappointment
and unhelief
had
.
cast its shadow.
h. Heaven wasinterestefl
in that tomb and
had first
sent Easter
an angelmessage.
representative
the
to hrin_
,(. "l'he empty.tomb
near Jerusalem today..
•
a. Tomhs uf the greM today
are visited
hecause of those whose dust the}' conlain.
Mbhammed's
tomb.
Westminster
Abbey.
Gt:ave'of
the Unknown
Soldier.
b. The tomb of the Cl!rist Ihs mt re. vlsd2
.rs than. others.
.- _,....z
.
"
I
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THE PREACHER'S
Its attraction lies in the miraculous fact
that it is empty.
IL TIlE RZVELATIONS_OF
TIFF:TO_,_Bor C1_RIST
,_ 1. Revelations of unhellcf.
• a. It is the testing hour which reveals faith
or the lack of it...
b. The
(M_k unb.eBef
16:9-141.of the
al/ostles revealed
.
•
.
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Receive ye the Holy Ghost" (John
20:21, 22),
".....
b "Go :,'e in_.o all the world and' preac_
the gospeL'-to every creature" (Mark ' "
16:15).
.
s
'.
c. "Go .ye therefore, and teach all nations"
"|
.'
(Matt.28:191,
.
.ll "
3_ The
accqmpanying
Christ.
a. "Lo"
I am with
you
alway"
(]_t t.
_
"
.
-
_
. ..
•
• .
-'"
Testament
coming in
rule than
3; Able.ssing pronounced upon those who look
for Him.
a. "Blessed are those servantsl whom the
Lord, when he cometh, shall .find watch-ing" (Luke 12:371.
h: "Unto them that• look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto
- " New
" about
HIS first comihg to suffer.
(Heh. 9:28).
(2}
Testardent.H. T1t_ salvation"
Czat^SSTV_O'eHxs
CoMma
In the New Testament the secofid com- " 1_ The Bible is explicit at this point.
inn is referred 1o 318 limes in 160
a. The word of the Christ himself on the
chapters.'
" "'night of His crudfixion wag, "1 came
"
- b; Source of comfort tO those who face
again and will receive you unto myself;
death,
that where I am,-there ye may be abe"
"Comfort one another with these words"
(John 14:31.
.
.
(t Thess,4:lJ-Ig).
b. Paul'adds his testimony.
.
.
"
(1) Paul addresses the church..
"The Lord himseI] shall- descend" fro_'p
"These words" have _entlrely to do
heaven, with the voice of an arch. with the Second C_ming.
angel, and with the trump of God;
"BUt we would not have you ignoand the dead in Christ shall rise firsh;
ran_, brethren, conceenmg them
theft we that are alive that are leftl
which _re asleep;.that ye sorrow
shaff together with them be caught up " .
n0t as'others" (1 Thees. 4:13-18);
in the clouds, to meetthe Lord in the
(2) Isaiah comforts Isr_,el.
. . air; sol shall- we ever be with the
"Comfort ye, comf6rt ye my pen. . Lord" (I Thess. 4:16, 17).
.
people, saith your God" II_-t.
" Again, "Our citizenship Is in heaven;
_
40:1, 9, 10).
whence also we _,ait tar a Saviour,
c_ It is the believer's "hlessed hope."
the Lord Jysus Christ" (Phih
3:20_
"Looking for the blessed hope and gin21).
. .
rious appearing of the great God aml
c. Peter states it clearly.
our Saviour, Jesus. Christ" (Titus
"Repent ye, fllerefore_ and turn "again,
2:13).
that your sins may be b_,otted out,
tl!at so- there may come refreshing
2. "A St/ann Incentive for Holy l_ivin_.from the presence-of, the Lord; that
a."Be ye also toady" (Matt. 24:44).
lie may sen_l the Christ who hath been
(11 Not re/death
us is often arghed,
appointed for you, even Jesus'_ (Acts
.
'(2) But_for HIS coming.
""
3:19221i R.V,).
"The Son 'of ma_ cometh" (Matt•
_4:441. •
.
.
2. Some say these passages do not refer to
b. Faithfulness m service.
."
• a distinct • second coming•
"Blessed is that servant whom • his Lord,
a. atBUtthethatdeaththeypfr_ferthe
believer.t°
Chrlst'sThisComing_can.
, •when he cometh, sh_ll find so doing"
not be•true, for.at the death of the be(Mat1..24:45, 46).
liever Christ does not come "with.
.•
c. Shun the sins of the generation,
shout," nor wlth "the voice of the arch"_l'ake heed to yburselves le_t at any time-•
angel," nor _'with the trump of God."
your hearts.be o_,ercharged with surb_ Some have said the coming of the Holy
felting lad drunkeni_ess, and cares of.
Spirit is the secbnd coming of Chrlst.
this life, and._.that day shall come
It) Christ does come In a very real
npon you suddenly asa snare" (Luke
sense in,the: coming, of thq ,Holy
"
21:34-361.
.
"
•
Spirit.
(1) That we he unashamed.
(2) But the coming, of :J.esus refi:rred
. I
fib)
upon It.
_
"And they, when they had heard that
" 28:20).
_
" bewas alive, and had been seen of her,
b "They preached .everywhere, the .Laid
. .
. believed not" Iv. 11).
5vorkinn with them" (Mark 16:20).
"
"And'they went and told it unto the
,I.TbeDeath
Conquering Christ.
-"
residue; neither believed they them"
Iv, 131..
,
a, . I huve power to lay"down my life and
"Afterward beappeared unto the-eleven
_
I have power to. take It again" (John
as they sat at meat and upbraided
t0:18L
.
them because of their • unbetief and
b. "Because l live. ye shall live also" (John
" :
'hardness of heart, because they be14:19L
c. '_f
have the keys of hell and of deMh"
lieved.not them which had.seen him
..
after.he was risen" iv. 14).
"
(Roy, 1:18).
"But Thomas said unto them, Except
COtCCLUSm,_"
"
•
I shall see the prints of the nails .
Christ is the divine Columbus who has explo[g'd.,
I will hot believe" IJohn 20:1-29).
the uncharted seas of death and has returned
"Al_d when they saw him they worshiped
to-tell us of a nose world
,_
him:
hut some doubted" (Matt.
It is the Christian's faith alone thai'can pierce
. Christ is to. of
IbeEaster.
shadows of the tomb and lind the Christ _
c The28_17).
resurrection of "Jesus
.
day and has been through the centuries
..
:
• the focal point of the attack of nnhelief.
2. Itevelations of Endurin_ Faith.
- March 28---Evening
a. Faith shines brightest when contrasled
TOE LASXWean
on a background of da_'k unbelief
"When it was yet dark]" .
. "
"l'_:XT--I ",till see yo _gain .(John 16:2z).
"
.. (1) John, "Which came -first to the
This same Jesus R,hieh is taken up ]ron_
_pulcbre, and he saw and helieved"
,y_,u into l_eat,en_. shall so come _n like man,
(John 20:8).
nor as y,e leave .Seen'him go into heawen (Acts
(2) :"Mfir_ believed" (John 20:1"81.
1:111.
_
.,
3. Revelations of Personal EnriChment.
[_'ra°vt'crt°h"_
•
..
a. The believer is ,_lways rewarded•
1. Jesus had often foretold His death to His
fl) Angels appeared iv, 121.
apostles but the; had failed to understand.,
(2) Comfort of assurance (Mark 16i5,
.
a...Their minds were so set on his setting 6; IVlatt, 28 5, h)
up a temporal kingdom immediately that •
_'3_ The-lay of victory,
"He Is Risen."
the_,_ad ears foi:'naught else,
. "
L Evenfs have.moved swiftly during the clos.IlL T_ru MESS_OZor Tn_ TO_,S_
inn days of His earthly ministry.
l. Th_ livin'g Christ. "He is risen."
.
a. His crucifixion had dashed their• hopes
•
" "a.."If Christ be not risen, then is our" - .
, to broken fragments. "
""
p_'eathing "vain, and your faith is also
b. Itis resurrection had revived these hopes
vain" (I Car. 15:14l. "And ye are: yet
and .made them to .glow with a new
m your sins" Iv. 17).
meamn_.
b. "I am he that liveth, and was dead:
e. He is leaving them again, His earthly
and behold I"_/m alive forever more"
completed /md their minds are
" mission
{-Rev. 1:18).
bewildered with c6nflicting emotions,
c. "Why seek ye the living among the.
3_ His-promise revived to come agaifi,
_. ".
dead? "He is not here," but is risen"
"
a. They see His former utterances i_[_'a
(Luke 24:5, 6),
new light.
2. The CommL_oai_g Chr_t,"_
. ". " _
b: .The last word given to themas
they
a. "As my 1_ather hatl_ sent me, even so " "
view His' ascension is the promise to
_pd I you ....
and saith unto them.
"
return,
I. Tim L'_I"OkrANCn'OF
HIs COM_O
1. The importance the Bible places
a. _Oft pi'ohlised,
(11 Old Testament.
More said in the Old
about Christ's second
glorious majesty to
81
"Now,
in.him;
that, Bttle
if hechildren,
shall beabide
manifested,
we may have boldness, and not
b_ ashamed at' his. coming" (1
• /ehn 2:28).
The grea_ reason for being true to
Christ. is that we may • be ready •
When He returns......
..
flT_
.
.
"
- .
to
In the.so
spokenhad
of
largely
after passages
the Holyis Ghost
been given. Then. again, _'_us at
• the coming of the Holy Splrlt, does
not !'receive us unto hlrusdf," nelth- er is there '*the trump of the archangel," no shout, no resurrection, no
rapture in the clouds, cte.
i
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THE
PREACHER'S
MAGAZINE
have said Lhe coming
of Christ
tb the destruction
of JeruSalem
age, until
m tav that Noah entered
the ark" II:uke 17:26-30.
R.V.).
(1)
The destruction
of _lerusalenl
was
a type. of the judgment
of thlsatte
and in Matt. 24 and Mark .13 the.
two events
are described
in tile
"['he day of"the Lord lvill m)t cpnw _imtil after the revelation
of the man of
,in aml Ihe.fcdline away..
(21
"
_
same p,'Lgsages,-"
""
llul at the destruction
o Jerusalem: those who?slept
in Jesus "werc
not raised, livine helievers were not
cauehtup
to meet the Lortl in lhe
air. anti hodies' of. helices, is wore
not transformed..,
. .'
.
Years after'the
destruetior
6f
¢'usah'm_ee
stillf]mI-John'lookin_
•
-
and it is definiteb
an eyent
yet ortaken
l{l." "l'llr; "l'L_t_:
Ova phlce,
l.oan'_; Rt;Tt•Rt¢
l. 7Fhe' exact
time
of
t{is-return
•
.
.
.
•
(.re.the
smrni
" "'gVhen these things
,
not
secret.
,
" .
.
a Jestls says; "l|ut •hi that. tilt)" and hour
knn'_veth _ no man. no not tile snivels
of heaven
neither' t[leSon,
hut the
•L The
,
:
"
2
;,
Jesus replied to the disciplds" when they
_tsked "Lord,
dust thou at this time
restore the kingdom.of,
Israel?".
Hints concernin_
the period of His comine.
a. When tits disciples think not.."Therefore
he ye also ready; (or in such an hot_r a_ _
"ye Ihink not tile Sire of man cometh.".
b." occupations.
When the world is absorbed in its ugu;d
"As it came to pass in the days.of.Noah,
even so sha.II it he aiso in the days of
the Son of man, They ate. they.drank,
they married, they were given in mar-
()a)
of our
l,qrd
IP_a. 66 18)..
Lack,_ff spiritual:fervor
6:1•1.
.
. I1: PEOPLn tit" Gill) WILL
I_.EVlVAI_CuMns
I. Flesh
2. Union
at any
The
"-
(2
" -
and Iookin'g
be ye
men
"lte may.return.as
a, thiefi9
night" (Matt• 24:42-44).
,
' ..
_;
Be such _a man, livd sudi u life, that if every
man were such a man as you, and every life a
life like yours, this earth would be God's.parsdise,--PIIILLIPS
Bt_OoKs.
" "
I_.EJOICI- WlIEN
"
"rile
Inhei'itance
• .
(C,fl
3.2).
---S FJ.E{'_'E[I
Wreltllng
lie prayed:
l Privately--,"Jacoh
2. Purposefully--"l
tlhoU bless meY
was leit alone. '1
will not let thee go except
3
Persistently--"And
there wrestled a man with
him tlntil the breaking of the day."
,I
_ass onwase v--"And
the ashollow
of Jacot_'s
thilzh
out of joint
.he wrestled
with
-
thou
"
The
_even
Things
"-.....
for' Which
I_
Christ
0.7 'l_u
'l'q_ replenish
_cek _antllife_aveIjohn
the
Itt:10)
to he
'didlleS
Iff:lOI.
.
lost mankimf
"
"
A SermomSerlv_'
ftd[o_int_ _ere used hy
"
'
(Luke
"
a p:_tor
lects for it seven-week
series o[ messages:
1. Letter
of Christ to an Average Church
2:1.7).
" 2. Letter of Christ
2:8.1 t):
.
(,Luke
--SELI;CT,_:[J."
-'-
The
Said"
C_tme
2. The
strengthening
of the, inner
man
a. Building
6f. Christia_
character:
- . -
power
"
•
I "1",_hring heavenly
light (John IZ:461
2. To _judge wiliul hlindness
(John 9:39)
'l't_ tmkindle'conflagralions
ulon earth
12:.P)_•
4 "re cause divisions. (Luke 12:51).5 To enlhrone
truth (John 18:37).
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IlL ALL OF ,Tills TO.IIRING A CERTAIN. b_NOWL--_oat: .
-.
1. The-hope
of our calling.
2. To. comprehend
ti_e breadth
anti length.
depth and'height
of tile love of Christ.
3: .To kr/nw the greatness of Ills power It) us-.
ward.
_1_
7. His character (Matt.-S:3-lll
n ltis influence_his.stamlards
>
Ifim."
5. Regally--"Fnr
a_ ;t prihce l_ast
with. Gt_d and ham prevailed."
"
"
l, By His Spirit,
.
2. Rooted and _oumted
in love.
•
3. Christ dwelline in th,2 he;itS Ire faith,
"
.t.. ,Ills growth
i2 Peter 3;181.
5. Ills dress (Rum
13:14i.
6. His _peech (Matt.
26:73).
I. "The eyes _ your imderstandine'heint,,
en..
iifd_tened."
" "
it. By the 'spirit of wisdom and revclatilm
in the hnowJedue
o( Him
h An increase in spirituid perception
e, Tite vision t_ he intensilied.
h. The squl life to be hui!t up.
c. Motives to be clearer, conscience
keene_: the outilowing
of spiritual
more promin_'nt
d. Manner of this development
tht:
CONCLUS!Oh"
- 1. "Hear
the .parable
of the fi_ tree -• (Matt
24.',32, 33L
"
" "
"When ye shall see all thege things, know
that it is near, even at the door."
"2. "And they that were ready went In witi_
Ifim to 1he marriage"
(Matt,'25:lO).
Hit
March
CAmos
I "Our"inh0ritance"
IV, 141.
2. "His inheritance"
Iv. 181;
"
11. "TILE TIIINGS _}IAT GOD EXPEC'IS To'SEE COM_';
.Ot,-t oe ths 1._'zl_.•rlr,,,_:c_;iN rJl£ SaiNts
for their Lord: when he shall return froth the marriage feast; that
when he eometh and knocketh they
shay
straightway
open unto him"
tLuke
12:35. 36"1
13/
Gad
(Ephesians
l:lT-1O;
3:16-19)
J. SI_r.AKS,OF.TWO [NII;:RITAN6KS
in _
t.¢otnlry(
having
left his ."
house, and niven authority
told his
_ervahts
In watch lest coming
he
find them sleeplng 't (Mark
13:3436L
"
"Let your Ioing be girded up, and
your
la,m_ like hdrning;,
yoursei_es
unto
of
for "
dadoh
limits
appreciation
[t_r. God
ot the sain'ts,
Rfehel
83
" Lewis T. Coder
111. lJR?,VER.WILL |IRINn TIlE DESIREI) RF,gtrl:r6
We ;Ire exh'._ded t. by watchinz
and
ready ever.
"
"
e.. llihle pictures n[ tht_ near approach.
Il_ "It iS ;iS when a .main .sojourning.
"-
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Revival
85:61 "
3
"
" "
to corn6 to
may. occur
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MAGAZINE
Suggestions
I!SALMISX, WAS A LITTt.r*: Usct:aravr_
AS _o
t.VIIFA'ItERGun WouLn.l)o
IT
Lack of knt_wle, lze hlnder_s God
(Hoses4.;6).
2 Covered sih and unconfessed sin hinder God
llm(..
""
;,. White . we are. "nut. a_rthorized
to set dates_ yet we dare nid say H'e will not
come todaY!
" "
13L
Jesus knt_w Daniel hut declared He did
not kflow the'limeof
the secomi corn"
tne.
• •
Calculations
from the Great Pyramid
of•
Egypt fall under the _ianle nqre]iability,
"It is not fm_'ybu 1o kno'w times or sea. sons. which the Father hath- set within
his own authori}y"
facts 1 6. 7, R.V.).
_1.
"
b:
•
" ,
h. Calculations
ft'om Daniel '.;'ere never Intended tn
li,x the exa.ct- date of our
Lord's return,
The prophecies
nl Danidl were,read
v
the.people
at the time Jesus .uttered
tile words found in Matt• 24 and Mark
d.
return
Prayermeeting
A Succeuful
tP_lm
" pass." we should "look ug and lift up
our
our,.redemption
draweth
rli_h'!I)eads
(I.uke(or 21:281.
Father t y" tMatt
24:56. also Marh
1,_:,121.
"Walch therefore;
for ye know'not
what
hour ('ollr I,ord dnth
_:ome" tMait,
24-:,12L"
c
b_in
"
"
_pi}itg and doctrines of devils" tl Tim.
t:l'l.
See alstl 2 Tim. 3:1-3,
"l'hc_e hldieations
:ire the mlllterili_s
he-
d
is a divine
"
"l,el no man heguik: you in anywise;
foe it wilil,nqt
be _'xcept tile falling ,_
'aWay
came frst,and
.the man oi_
sin Im revealed"
12 Thews• 2:2-4. It V,L
"Iio1 the Spirit saitlr expressly,
that m
Pater times some shall.fall
away from
he faith.
_ivin_
heed
to • seducing
Jr.-
for,.-Christ's
second
coming.tRey
222201.
Ji_sus ' "cerebra
is c_rtain,
"
THE'PREACHER'S
c. Some
refers
I
.
"
to a Struzelinz
-
Chfireh
as sub,
"
(R_v.
free.
,I.
L'etter of Christtt_
a Tcstifyint_ Cltoreh free.
2:12-17]..
4.
Lette_ of Christ to a Progressive
Church
trey.
2:18-29}.
-5. Letter
of Chrisl to an
Unspiritual
Church
(p,i:v.
Letter 3:1-61.
of Cl_rist in an..Evangelistic
Church
tRey. 3:7-1_).
7.. 12,tier of Christ toa _Aorhlly-mindcd
Church
(Rev.3:I4-2!L
--St:tr, CTtt_.
.
_.
..
The Mahmg
of a Chrtsttan
I. tits birth (John 3_7).
2, ttis name (#-cts II:2OL
3. ilis_food
(Matt; 4 4)
o.
09)
,
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MAGAZINE
"
-" _"/"
_--
[
t
L Spiritual Thrift. Parable _d.the Virtfins (Matt.
25:1;:I,t1.
3". Spiritual investments. Parable of the Talents
_'Matt. 25:14-30).
4. Spiritual l)ividemls. Parable o{ the Sheep
•
TheSoveretgn
.Lord
"Whoconvicl.eth me of sin?'! (John 8:45).
"I am the light bf the world" fJohn 8"121. :
!
"'I"lamain
thethe
door"
4JOhnway,
(John 14:6).10:9f'
.
and Goats .(Matt. 25:JI-461.
--S_:Lr:trrt:t_
"'I am the good shepherd".(Jobn,
ll:14).
"
"
"
-"
-"I i_m "the brea_l of life" (Jolm 5:351.
"The Thoughta that Moved Je_u_
"I Mn the vine"'(John 15:5}.
Are they the thoughts that move us?
"f am tile Son of God" (John 1o::3611L- I, He thought, n{ God as llis Fatlier fluke
"I am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25).
1"5:11-22I.
"I am alive forevermore" (Roy: 1:18).
2. He thought oi men ,'ts Ills brothers fMatt.
t
God'_ Presence
i
-;
I. l'aoeHzr's
ALl'f:
"tlsaiah 58!11, 12)
M_ssa(;_: re EucouRat_
.
"
"
c. Thy
d..
Divinerighteousness
go]dance, shall go before thee
3. Results of God's Presente.
•
a.
b.
c.
d."
_I
!
Build up the waste places
Repairing of. the breacl_,
Restorer of the paths to walk in.
Laying the-foundations
for.future Kenorations.
IV. EVERYCIIRISTIANSIIOULD'.YEARNTO LB'E
-Co_'rlSUaLLYt_ Gdo's .Pg_r_c_;
_
"
"
Winning
IlL
1.
2.
3.
4
5.
6.
Z
8,
How?
Acts 1:8. First be endued with power.
Matt.
ye, yoursel[ to the situa1 Car. 22:9.
9:22. Go
Adjust
lion.
1 Car. 1:21. ByDseaching the gospel.
_
1 Car. 2:4. The kind of preaching needed._
I Tim 2:1. First of all praying..
Ram.
10:l. A Moses'
henri desire.
Ex. 33:12-23.
derdre and prayer."
9.. God's w_.y, God's presence, God's glory,
(2o)
-
. 65..
wasY°Urimportant
fnrChildrento praYthe
Sonand
,Ioveaf
GodJesus?tn
pray,Ifitit
_is mtl_h more important for you to pray. We
. older ones are going to pass off of the staze
of action; unless.we train and teach our little
on_ to carry on the worK, we have hetrayed
the Master. "Is it I?"
IL Do You Go "re Sorcery Scttbot. aso'Cnv_cH
.
-; _
"God
Spoken"
"
An' Outline Study of "the Book of Hebrowl
I'AVI. $. ItlLL
Hath
"_
F'I")_[( this' rather lengthy inti'oduction
/_
o the stndv a[ ltis humanity, we can
.at. .Ik look at" verses 5. and 6, of" chapter 2.
We cite these t_'o verse_ because they are-an
abrupt statement introdueeil from the Old Testainonl to the effect _.hat J'lhe woHd to come" is
under the suhjection ofangels,
but under
Rrmvl.._uLv?
" Pt_YEaMr.ETtNC.S?
.Your
indif=
ference will cause
others to'he indifferent.
Your •nm
the subjectiou el man. Man
Not angels but
indifference may cause someone to lose his man. llaving tzotten to this point we can pass
---SELE(_rEI_"
Svtatfv.
"Souls '
•"
i Humanity tends to substitute hwm for godM_tz_ H. Baowr4.
"
" linens.
I. SOULWlNNINn IS OUR WORK
"2. People sometimes depend on pkst .blesglngs.
1. Matt: 4:19. Fishers of.men,
L 2g:|9, 20. Go ye--I am with you
II. Goo's Pa_SENCE
"
3. 22:37." First commandment,
] Conditions that bring theDivine
Presence.
4. 39. "Second commandment.
a. A self-saerificit]g interest in God's work
5. 20:6. Why stand yehere idle?
and inhumanity.
'If.
IMVORrANCg
.
h. I_elplulness to others.
•
I. Mark 8:36,'37. The,wdue af a soul.
2. Characteristics o! the Divine'Presence.
2. Jude 23 Save souls from fire.
a. Light sha/I break forth, "as tile m0rnine.
3. Jas. 5120. S_vg, a soul froM death.;
"h. Thine health shall spring fdrth _peedily.
4. Pray. 11:30. This is wisdom.
•
5. Dan, 12:3. Soul. winners sha'll shine.
[
saying the same thing. One of you who dips
"sop witil me shall betray me or has betrayed
me.. You say, "Is It I?" anti you answer the
question.
I. 13o You HAVEF^MIIA"Pt_AVER?DO you'teacb
(especially
10).a servict. (Mark 10:35-.
3. 28:1-10
lie thoueht
of life as
451
4. lie. thmmht of a life beyond (Luke 20:27-401.
_EI.t:CTED
_,.9-_¢--"'_"_
THE PREACHER'S . MAGA'ZINE
.
n,ell 03 tiie Bible? Do our children have con"is It |_>"
(I, _r-fidence in our religion? If nob "Is it I?" that
_fARVINP. I',fcCo_¢
has betrayed 4he Master. Are we ashamed- to
Text---Master, Is Jt I? (Matt, 26:251.
speak to our cilildren who are un_aved? SupIsT_ODUC_tort--Vhualize Jesus and Lhe twelve
pose riley are lost? "Is it I?"
disciples sitting down to the Last Supper_ VI Do WE ,Acci;PT CURIST"^,_lo NEVEa SEEK
Then look upon Jesus and visualize Ills fife
- ENTIRE SANCTI¥1CATIOH?
ft_lm Illsentry to HIS departure. Show what
"Is il I?"
,
hdl111d., (Then .say" fie. whom we-have bren
VII. Rl:v/v^t.s ARE ON--P^sTOa AND EV^NC,
ELISr
speaking of is playing the last act in the
PLI_^b FOe IfEI,P.
drama.of life,) Do you stand llke an iceberg_and never speak
Every step He took Ite intended .for you
to anyone? Suppose they are lost?, "hit I?"
me toHe lake
cognizance
el. remember.
Every word
.
" and
He spoke
intended
[or us to
He
VIII• Do You
VlSIT. THE SINK? Jesus diff. His
was up early to. pray. visited" the sick, disfame_pread. Y6_r failure may be the Cause
r,ensed charityj etc. _
era soul being lost? •.'Is it I?"
We are here on this occasion to eat supper_
Close h_ 'giving Lot's life In brief, and show
with lhe Master (toothing or evening worship)
"ho'_e he lost by betraying Gaol.
the _me thing is taking place, and Jesus is
The Christlan'l Daily-Dozen
.
Five Great Questions on Life
The motto is fallen fromt.Tim. 4:7--"Exercise
(From Romans 12)
tl_yself unto godliness." The outlin_,x[_llows:
3. How stroll I pay what I owe to God? {Ram.
t. A little patience-,--once a d_'_
12:l I,
L A bit of'self:control--somewh_re.
2. tlow shall I deal with the- world? 'fRom
3. A minute of unsblfishness.
12:2"). .
_. A flash of generosity.
3, flow shall I me,'Lsuremysell'? team. I2:3LB.,.
5. One kind word--i_ossibly Lwo.
4. flow shall I get along with ether IJeoptell '
6,.A word of appreciation to somebody
(Ram. 12:4-20).
7. An eager excusc-,-for someone else.
5, flow shall.l conquer evil? from, 12:211.
8: One goad deed--_ot left undone
--S_E_Trzn
•
9. A noble ihought.=_.perhaps a text .
"
10. A lidle prayer--for a friend in need."
Ot/r'SplrituM
Inventory
ft. A sudden smile_-wllere it cando some good.
(From Four Parables-in Matthew 24:45,-25:46_
12. A snatch of song--or hum a tune•
I. Spiritual Trustworthiness.
Parahle of the
SELECTED
S_wards (Matt. 24:45.51].
.,
'
yr., 6z Jr"
_
soul.
I?"-.lfhe? youThey
are not
why
,n
through
the rest. o{
of the
the humanity
_h,'_pter. of}]ere
should "Is
a it
sinner
see interested
you fit home
ce_taiuly
a discussion
Jesus.is
when yoo s ould he,at God's house. "Is it I?" - What a contrast to the Son at God revealed
IlL Do Yov Pay Tmt_ oa Glv_: Or'r_a_u_s
in _:hapier one. and yetit
Is the same Christ.
_/Zo TIIE S"toli_llOl3SgOF GOD?
llere it' is "humanity,'
"humility," "suffering,"
I.- Your ]aiIItre means---souls.heinz lost; sdmols
"death." There it is "eternity,'! "unchangeahlebeing cased; mi_sionarfi,s recalled from fields;
i_ess,""imp,.rlsbahility,""majestic
glory."
home missiohary work neglected; charity neglooted, pastors
prevented frt m t olng pastoral
In this .chitpter we are face to face with the
work as they should.
Imagine wh,.at this mystery of the Incarnation. We re_d here the
means by_ reasofi of your failure to pay tithes:
processes and accomplishments el the'incarnation
" "Is 'it" I?" Charity..shouid
he dispersed by
of the Son of-God. Here is God, joined to the
" Christiana and in the name of God, as it iS, t:ace of. men, withall
the characteristics o[ the
.
God never gets the glory. .Those who are
race. Imman nature, feeling, struggle, comp_nionhdped pro se the organization who gives, and
ship, temptation, understanding, death. But be
God is left nut. : '!Is it I?"
careful. Do-not read so much humanity into this
2. Four/allure deprives o/you a great victory.
'That vletdry wotlld have wonderful effeel upcliapter timt y.ou will fail to see the Son of God
" 'on others, "'!Is It I?" .
"
of chapter-one. Look i:atefully and you will see
|V.. Do You S^Y, "Exctrsg ME," W _:s.CALLZD
the I Migl_ty.
in a"human
body
a human SorFincarnated
nature, accomplishing
the redempUl'ot¢ _'o Pane, Tzsx_rx, _'rc.?
, You tocan't
I1 you
lion of
a racesalvation,
sunk in sin,
find bringing
to that
_oin_
die, pray?
you could
pray. thought
Your you
failurewere
to . .race
a great
an actual
deliverance
of
pra2¢ or testify, reflects against the cause. Many
*.hose who through fear of deatl_ were all their
l_le'
have
een con_,erted throogil prayers
lifetime suhjey:t to bondage.
at'_' testimonies. "Is It I?'
Before we g any farther let .us go back an_l
V. Do You Ltw ^ Cnmsr_art L_g ^:r 12Io_z .'rod look at verse 5. "For unto the angels hath he
" L_l"
YOUR.LIORT
Do We
lift Christ Sl_]r;x?
by our living; if we fail,
not put in subjection the world tocome, Whereof
we betray the _,Iaster People read oui" lives as "we speak."" Wllat is "the world to come" of
(2 l)
o
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:THE
PREACHr'R'S
M,_GAZINE
THE
which Ile speaks?" And what_is the"subjection"
of that world? And wllat are the characteristics
;dominior., and that such dominion a_ full conti=ol,
oFthJnzs earthly ;_rc a mockery to liim, if through
•
of its substance
and the scope of its boundary,
tile processes
of such dominion
he himself is
Wilat are the contents of "the world to come".nf
hrouuht intd a deep and lasting bondage to such
which titb writer to the Hebrews Was speaking?
_things as sin, "guilt, fe:ir and tleatli.
[_ the first
[Icfore we discuss this "wdrfd t_•come."
let u_i .. chapter of {:ienesls file dominion
given is that
to all etemiLb..
he conquerors!
clear the field hy eliminatine
those 'thin_s that
tile epigtle considers as transitbry,
attd therefore
not suitable _dJjects for ionquest.
If a rat_s pry
world is cotiquered
the . victory is small foe the
kintzdom soon shall pass away." Gn. this line of
of ,all earthly career, hut the facts of inteli_nce,
will power, affections, aU shaped after the I\aage
of God" give
the _tam ).'td 0 Ier-worldness
to
. .
. ;
.
humamtv
_quch ..no dommmn
of a passing
eartth
" ' "
"
"
glinr_ed
tlim fit' the splendor of
s t city, and
we _'e
seen Ilifi_ in t{is humanity.
We will
not discuss
the "unique"
personality
of Christ
reasonimz
ran
grasped
satisfy.Rsr NJan
.a rnlnnle
is bicker,
of quicker"
inthe "imaue
passine oflifetime.'
God,"
we can eliminate
the
elahorate
system
of
rellgion,,and huill
up
with
tgpes; inceremonies,
washinus
sacrifices
contained
ehe OM
Testament
"Chat is we can eliminate
them a>
heint_ the subject'of
suhjectiom
or charact_eristi."
of. th_ world- to. come.
The facl of the New
Testament
when
the voice o[ God has s_oken
again'by
.fJisSnn.
sto)s for all time a further
development
of tire Old Te_tamL, nt sy._tem of
• vpes, etc.
It also elinligates" tile strictly material
kingdom
of this world. There is a teaching
of Christ on'
fold
Ul) as "to
a izarment.
But remain
He shall and
remainthe
Anti them
thd world
come shall
thlntzs that remain lifter the material earth and
heaven are fohled'up,these
thinus are the thinus
that are putin
suhjection
to man.
This "world
to come" is more durable
thav
time. Its scope is broader than the [tarrier of the
Jnaterial__vorld.
1I overreaches
_he fu est Iistorv
rt_stituted
"this they
worhl."
and
even in totilea broken
tmbitio[Is program
[br this oiworht
are
de[ealed .and discouraged,
llumanit_"
has ti'aded
its Im_ition as conqueror
in the world to come
[or a disgusting
hit of w,_eckaue of. earthly
fame,
ami the trade has hrout:ht thk'm into hondarze tn
sin, guilt, fear. death and eh'rnal Io:_s of fellow,_hip with God.
'of the earth and its denizens. " It is not measured In chapter two x_e see Christ: the Son nf God.
lly t:arthly, achievements
The, rise imtl fall of
the Christ t_f chapter ore'. the Christ with limitall earth's empires are taouzht compared
with ii
te_,s ahilities and absnlutt, perfectinns;
we see |fin|
Such thintza as a material
world-alford..thim:s
joiued [o tllt_ defeated human, race, a race under,
which must pas_ with the-world
itself• these are
honda_eJtn
sin, fear_ and death, joined to this
tun fleeting, too cheap/for
such conquest as ts
race hy way ofthe
incilrnation,
and joined to
. -
'
depicted in thissccond
Son t_f GotP.' joining
that
fie might pht
come•.
• The whole suhject
back.to the creatioh_
_avc'him
dominion.
ts
clearly
stated
in
chapter, w ere we see the
t|imself
to'the
race of men,
in suhjeetiun
the worhi Io
.
of man's ch_mininn harksWhen (;od created man lk:
The realm (_f his dominion
God's
first
commission,
to
him.
and includes
all ".'egctable
animal was
life:
|t wouhl-not
appear
that man's anddominion
.broader
than "the things of the. matirrial world
_r lhal Jt was more enduring than the limit of
.man's lil_ctimt, unless we discover th_,t humanity
has a nature that is not satisfied with such limitec!
•
(22)
workt
to come
m;ty we
OUl _tut y of Lhe first twt_ chapters tit this
vpi,qle has led us into tll_ mystery of the incarnation, or rather into whal the theolouians
c_ll
"the tlnlque
pt_rsonality of Christ."
We have
_.,
here.
_
where
thin_s
We refer our readers, to any eood
we
the insist
mal er
ou is"
areal these:
y pr[,sented.
Christ
MAGAZINE"
"the race in artier t_mt lie mieiLt .become the
"Captain
of their salvation,
and deliver
thenl
.who throueh fear a[ death were all'their
lifetime _
suhject
to hondaee."
Th:/t tie may be their
S?tvior, and bring them .victoriously
into their
proper position in the wor]d to-come, where there
" is mYIoti_er anvthim_ to.make them afraid,
'this
is the teaching
ol this chapter,
and
the conquest
is
he measured
witl_ _l_matee far
a greater
yards ick.titanIt can
includes
a conquest
]_l_the
realm of sin, guilt, fear death, suffering, and. unto
a victorious
holiness;
and its time duration
is
more lasting than tile earth and heavens which
_hall perish, and be folded up, it eontintles even..
87
His couraue
beside our fear
His guiltlessness
• . a_ainst, our _uilt. fits infiniteness
beside our
finiteness,
Ills
ur v beside our impu(ity,
His
"
s
i_eaee hesnle our unres , tl. wisdom
beside our
foolishness,
ills tri_tmph beside our defeat. His
merit beside our demerit, fllmself,
all that l:le
is beside us.all'that
we are Here [s the worhl's
Redeemer. J_sus C _rist the Sere of God. tnkinu
on ltimself
humanity's
[It'sli anti Idond. "that
Ihl'ntmh ileath he might destroy him that hath
theolog'¢
was
The divin&
only
the Im_
liver
themt,r ofwhodeath,
throtmh
that fear
is, Ihe
of death
devil;
than
he. satisfied
_o[ . !_; Christ
wasunmixed
human." with
Christ.humanity%
was not n()t
two humanit'¢
lint one.
materialcan thlnns.
E_.i_ry with
fiber aof passing
humanityworldpoints
Nat God
"to :('",',_oHd tt)come."
And in this world lo come
unmixed
with God.
Not man
some time and
"man ts ,to he more than a slaVe. God did nut
God some other time.hut
one personalitv_
Goddesiell a lleint_ in 'this owe image" so thai ultiMan. No man," however endowed
with _ifts.imd
nmtely he would be in hontlage t*[ sin, fear lind
_races o'f'the
Spirit, can fill the gap of meditadeath hut.rather
that it vlctor_ I[avine subjected
lion. Nt_t.does it serm that there was ahv other
tho_e thin_s which make war. a_ainst his holy
"way lo save. the race without tile inearnatlon
of
_ t_ll:tracler and titus tlestrov
his happiness
and
Ihe Son
Welmve
Ihi., incarnalinn,
tie proces,_.,
heine, liim into ban(brae.
There'is
a place here
_[ which is the blendine of the human
nature
_',llere we conhl itijeet a stuffy of the" processes
and "divind personality
into one personal t.v, and
.t throne
in the presem Jerusalem;
in ;_ reign
and.objects
of "prohation? r bill
time an.d spa_e
of universal W_rM i_eace. We do-not wish to dis- "shonld not be yiehled
forthis
purlmse. " What
cuss
at _ere. o1115'to say that Illat idea ts not what
we are studying is tile second chapter of lfehrew_,
is included
intbe."_orld
to come ofwhich
we
and here we are face to face with a race of men
• speaks" [or in chapter one is the phdn declaration
le_ than conquerors, actually in bifndaui_, because
that the heavens and the earth arc things of time, ..t r g s
hey a:ve forfeitc
t _r right to ev.
as col are¢ _ltl
cerm y.
nd t lL
hey were
cry hint_ '.;'itch n fers t lem as ng mppmess_ T_e
hath made by,tl!e Son of God. and that lit'slaM
"other-wnrhf"
cap_tcities" and
characteristics,
are
i"
In that
I_REACHER'$
the purpose ¢_t which is deliv[,rance ut the race
"frnfft llonllage
that t ity m:y fill their prnpcr
"nlace as eonqu_:rqrs, anti not _ht'ees'in the world"
to come.
.
The teachine
¢_[ chapter
twn is to the effect
tbat th6 mcarnalinn
is coml)h, tv: It is complete
m the sense Ihal the cniiret3
ol God is in it.
11 is complete
in'.lhe
sense that all
n anite
wert.
afi(I deall
their
hnndat'e."
"Tile lifetime
Christ suhject
6f the toNe',(
Testament
is the one
who puts into subjection
"the world to come."
an_l the extent at ftis kinedom
is not only time
htll ds
e crnitv; and the realm of His conquest, is not only tile material universe, hut also
the realm Of faith fear, hope, si_ love, the soul:
that nns en, vet real, reahn of values important
with the importan&e of eternity,
anti man wiU
be successful in 'his conquest
for his awry'best
tntcrests, in this world, anti "the world to come,"
rely as he is aftached tfi Jesus Christ'bls
Savior
and Mediator,
the incarnate Sort .f God.
It is -_n_sihle front the second c m I e " to cam _ile.
a lisl of terms anti Idtrases that
refer
to the
humanity
of Christ.
Beginning
with
the 9th
verse we present such a list
ql_ower thari tl_e
anneh.." "ft_r the sufferinu t_f death," "taste death
' • " "he
for.every
man."
'perfect t !routd_ suffering,.
is
it,. (nd points.
dnl notHe merci)
• touch
it. inhighest
entered
into humanity
its I_rcstat
ces
fle t k on humanltys
every human
c taracter st c:. X_ _a an mcarnatton
ere s
tis, cha lter! .This is nol a daint._' Itandling ol
a putrid situatiott.
It "i_ the actual clothing
of
• tile Divine with ,'i hnmanity'lower
titan the
angelsi" and "sid_ject'.to
h6ndage,3'
and gripped
that
wh(_ art, sanctified
are
itll ofsanctiiieth,
one._ "he and_they
_s not ashamed
to tall then:
hr_tbt'e_
"nay brethren,
In the midst of the.
c rc ',_
s ng ra se nt thee,
I ',_ II pill.
my trusl m hitn," "'f and the cbib|ren which God
hath eiven me." "¢hihlrcn" are partakers
ol flesh and,blood.
"he also himself
tank part of the
same_" _'he took on him the seed of Ahraham,"
ant
htipeless in Ill/: hand of death and sin.
We wish we couhl net this ipicture..at
the
completeness
of the incarnation,
more clearly into
view \Vh_ can describe what happened whets.the
Christ at chapte_ one hrgught
all of God to
humanity'?
"Inhin_
dwelleth
all the fulness of
"made like unto his brethren,"
"he himself hath
suffered'." "being tempted."
The reader is asked
to look up these expresshms in the secdnd dmpter,
and note_ that
_ev all r_fer to the humanity
of
Jesus. There are other exliressons
w!_ich shtm'
the object ol HIS humanity,
such as "That he
the Godhead
bo(hly:'!
Who can describe
what
Ilappencd when the Christ of chapter two hrought
:111of humanity
to G_d? All of'God
mixed with"
all of humanity
in the incarnation,
anti. ihroiagh
.the Ifrocess of the death of Christ,for
every man.
redeemed
the whole
race from hondaue,
arid
Iack to God. Not only tram hdnda_e,
but back
might be a merciful and faithful
high pricstt" "to .
make recbnciliation
_.or tim sins of tlw people."
"ahle ,to sltc¢or them that
are"tempted."
and
others.
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Before we pass to a further study of-this epistle,
let us apply our three tests to the two. chapters
Ihal we have passed through.
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Does tile
to. God.
teaching
nf these, cbaI_tcrs
agreewilh
the
teach-
- er. T_
incarnation
iurnished
world's
ih_z
of the here
Phi a_ree
Testament?
121 historical
Does the Christ
,'_rough
that event
God the
placed
all H Redeems power
pictured,
with the
Chrlat
beside all.human
weakness,
arm offered to help. • of the New 'Testament-?
(3) Does faith in this
He placed. H s holiness
aga nst our sin, Hi., . Christ as the Savior bring a satisfactory
expert-.
etern ty "aga nst our tmte, |'hs abe ence agams
enee at_ religiop to the soul? The answer to all
oar "disnhediehce. ltis love atminsl m_r rchellion,
Lhree is affir na w'.
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believe it ts consistent with a normal
_IK expec(ation of what God ought to do
for us. I believe the present Christian life
_:animt conceive of this God whom we wor=
ship allowing us to perish in death.
I share the Cltristian" hope of immortal,
ity. oecause of the.t.eak:hing of Jesus. He
" ought to be one of service and progress,
and. a llfe of joy. One -could not be a
Christian wittiout living a life in'_Ervice of
plainly., taught that men 's'hould live after
death, lqe p_'edldted His own resurrection,
and if we believe ifi th,'at, and I de, then it
Again, this hope is not the hopeof only
'
a few scattered people, but wherever we
others,if
by Clirlstian we mean that we
pattern our.lives after Christ's life. No
.•
b . norm a ], to
one would be satlsffe.d,
who is
stand still in any line of endeavor, so we
gives us hope of being resurrected and of
having immortality,
The Bible says that
"He. became -the firstfruits of them that.
slept."
If we interpret this correctly it
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•naturally, expect the.Christian to have some
means He .heeaole the:first of His kind, but
progresslon in his life• Joyfulness shtmld "it eives us.hope of being next in order and
characterize the life of any real Christian
"of shar[n_r iounorlallty with Minx.
who is making .some progress toward .his
l)_,iug men by the thousands. ]lave tesobjective.
If these are values that may be • tiffed
)r g_ xter hope of
" to tly - g grace andt
realized bere, it seems only natural to eximmortality
as the hour of. death appect their they shall not discontinue with
pl:nached.: 'l'he.4e lestimon_es cannot be.dis-,
death: If there is no life after death. God
counted.
rr_ HE pulpit is"the preacher's throne. "llere
.i,
is where he reigns, tlere hL_ should.be at
his best. This is the place where'hc shouhl
shine. Here is where people judge him as a
preacher. He. should never enter the pt_lpit in •
careless manner. He should have something tb
say, say it, and tlien Quit. A preacher in taking
a text should seek never to wrest.the Scriptures.
llis text should he the foundation of his sermon,
What about a startling or unique text? Sortietimes it might he clone with good results, hut
as a rule he shonid stay by the fundamentals,
Them is•noexcuse for poor sernmns. Our doctrine
is
defined'anil
of well
the Holy
Ghost. God has promised the help
The sermon is _ Christian error(." It differs
frdm common oratbry from the fact that 'it is
'based uponthe Word of God. Its aim is ffalvation,
fifty. It wouM be well for young preachers not
to preacl_ more than twenty minutes the first
year or. two in the begifining of their ministry.
Should sermons be repeated? Some of them
neverl" I h_ve preached some sermv_ for tb,e
first and last time. But .why not repeat a good
sermon? It is said that George Whitefield could
preach an onpressive sermon better after he had
preached it forty times• Good sermons may be
r_'poated, but there, are several rules to follow.
New._ircumstances"should be 'n'ected. A sermon
may be rei_eatedto tbe samecongr_gat on .upon
request."For it .is line upon line and precept
upon
The they
thing ,already
that impresses
ple js precept.
sdmething
knew. the
A panwise
preacher may bring out hf the storehoUSeboth
ncw and old. If a pastor goes to a new charge
and preaches his old sermons tbe_ -should be
is onl); mocking the human".race, and espeI do not believe that my service shall
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cially is He mocking:those who call them- end with death. I.believe that in. file' fu:
selves Christians. as there, is a distinct
tllre life I'shall be better'equipped
to serve
craving in their hearts for immortality.
than r have ht_en here. I believe that after
When we attempt to tell ourselves .that
we-lay aside the hody of flesh:, that suretydeath ends all there is immediately,
an
intimes encumbers us so greatly, we will be
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Christian preachix_gis the .voiCeof a livinz
speaker. The history.ofsermon making will show
us that in lhe apostles' time preaching VCasEXplafning the Scriptures and teaching the peoplel
In Augustine's time we have 1he first real _rmon making. In Luther's time ive'have',the first
modern
sermon-making.
There
are three
zreat
laws fundamental
to_sermon
making.
First, there
must be.a basis a foundation a text..Second,
wi_rkedover,new
things injected and new outlines
wr.itten.
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Should"many sermons be. repeated from one
text? .This-would require research and strong
,gifts. Young preachers should not preach too
many sermons on the same text. In pastoral
works
preacher
shouldonbe
well prepared
.a well rounded
sermon
Sunday
morning. with
The
evenmtz service may he devoted to exhortation,
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I believe that just as we have made progress here we should expect to•make it in'the
future -life• I/believe.in
the future life because it suggests a larger nnivei'se in wh eli'
to make progress.
The un{verse l_rom
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believe Him to be a personal God..Our
'_
, .personality is of .necessity somewtiat like
.] • = HtS becavse He xs our Creator. If, then,:
He is t9 llve on, we have the hnpq of eternal llfe also,. We believe that life hereafterdepends entirely upon H s divine will. We
which man came was _f'small _ne. He
canle furth front tile wontb, from a lifi_of
necessarily small .proportions, .into a ]_Jiverse of larget_ possibilit es, and I believ_
tha[_ the step into' the next life will be a.
step into a still larger universe.
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faith I believe in it.
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Then, agam, the. very nature of the
Christian's God warrants his belief in.ira•m0rtalit3;. The God of the Christian has
ever been pictured as one who 'qs from
everlasting f:o everlastihg.", in additio_i We
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It seems
N_ one has ever
I ['_eve
here
in asmatl
that God
way, guarantees'
is a toki_n of
a future
the great-returned
life" find Christians.
to tell they
us about
are characterized
it, hut througl3
by
tO the Christian by the Very nature of His
this hope for blessil_gs on tills earth, and
own life; through the life of His Son, and for future blessings in._nity.
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bnly fitting chatthere
should fie a reward
J'or faithfulness.
It seems only natnral that
a transcendent joy should lie ahead of us.
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tensity•and evangelism.
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isa
good
sermou?,
it
must
be
well
ThEre
are
four
dtfferent
kinds
of
preaching,
studiedand well thought through..A good sermon " Textual, "topical, expository, and Contextual,
w have some o_ the following properties. First which grows outo[ expository..Textual pre_..chit should he evangelical. A message from God ing might be' described as taking _. t_t and
is."evangelical. S_cond, it shouhl develo[Jlnga. sermon Irom it.. This Is one o[ the
to human hearts
be
.instructive..
it Jesus
should
be inspiring,
Topicalpreselling
taking a
ant._ive
a lofty Third,
vision of
Christ.'
Fourth, best
topic metlmds.
and limiting
the thought to oneis subject.A
it. s'li[uld be .full of freshness, both of thought- topical index in .the Bible is helpful..Topical
and spirit. Eifth, it must be edifying. Sixth, preaching wouki seem the more difficult method,
it should be of'modErate length. An ordinal3' hut Is often needful and. helpful. Exl_osltory
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o_'_ hand unto tbe Lord";
]perils, fru|lftdnes_,,
"they sball spring up among tire grasses."
t_re:Jm, or ollt ml_llt _state ,"In my imagination
I saw "this man," or a=aih one conbI ,_ay, "Allow
lifo] rhetoric, or even loft)" expressions.
I|ut he
had. one c_f tbe mo_t remarkable
rhetorical
arts
it _:ould seem to require tile" confidence-el
years.
But exhortatfo_
should .be inierwoven
ibroug}_
all kinds
of preachintt.
Contextual
preaehin_
might be desct'Jbed as taktmz a text anti developmr2. it item
tile context.
It bas the .elemEnts
Conclusion--Wemay
receive this, blessing: "The
thirsly."'T/first
Is tile rcMiz_tion _f need, Thirst.
" whe0 protracted;
means pain. Thirst hnows no
cost to uaJn salisfaclhm,
God's prnmir, e is ",l
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me to picture."
anti thell describe, a pogsible
evem.
In telling stories one _hou|d be careful
not to overstate facts, or to relate, as true e_Ents
In the lives of people wbieb never did occur,
[n telling" experiences
n[ healJluz one
should
of usinz the very words o_' serii_tural expressions
to make dear his
tliotmbt.
One can find all
tbrdu_h
his sermons
statements,
expressions.
c]au_;es, taken
Item the Scripturez
to ,enforce
ttr Cm_Eiude his thout_ht:
It is evident that Wes-
nf
andof ext_ository.
It is method_.
thouuht
by botb
man)' tt_xtual
to be _ne
the most belpful
We might sulzRest a simple outline
fronl an
okl text. for example,
1 Peter 1:15..16.
(J'od's
wd[A open
'.vfn(lnf_'s•was
of heaven."
greal theIIre;tcher
asl_ed how h e_
uhl
ilreach such wonderful, sermtbns; IrE replied. "l
mix tbem well with brain anti sweat,"
It is ne_'cr
be r_,ftll
to relate Mass..
l'stal)lished
Alle_t"mWlSpringfi_.ld,
w_/s nne facts.
of "tboEthan
most
remarl_ahh; men ,[ iaith l ha_.'e knoWll and had
hundreds of Izennine.blcblents
of healine' recorded,
h.y
was became
• great st) I/ible
tmt/I he the
td God
familiarreader
to him
was Word
able
Ill express "his lboul_bt in tbtr ]anlzilat_e of [hd)
Writ
eomnland
advisable
but
to Imliness.
Tbe
inl.roductiou
ougbt
not
to
enter
the
pulpit t making
exCUSES,
to. _Et O lengthy and" possibly nd_bt cons;at ofhopin_ to _et syl I
lY •from t'he people,
Better
"a corre_tion
of. ideas as to ]bdincss. or what it
say nothin_
and do your best,
If" unprepared,
b nl_t. On the positive
side, it mizld
bE wall
then Eo before tile Lord anil rnilk¢ excuses to
l¢_ show that rilE'command
is based, first, on the
}lira. lie is tile one who called you to preach,
lndlness of God. Second,• upon ffis dealilr_s with
I{ .is-useles_
to. cxcuse )'bursblf' to the people, _
Ills, I_eople_ in the Phi Testament
time_ in tile
fi_r tbi_ t_iuht produce criticism and de_troy, all-requirement
of tile law Tbird
holiness is based
precialiorl (in tile part of some _._*'
O O erwise
on the original [dan of God--fie
ha5 eBosen us
mJL_bt r!e'rt'r kno'_!, tbe difference.
If tile preacher
to holiness before the foundation
of tile worbl
can have God's _rnile, lie needs on!T t¢_ d_ his
(Eph. "1:4). Fourtb. it is hosed upon tbe-prt_,'i. bt.;_t
•fences of Gbd and'His ciJrrecli,,'e discipline (ild,.
'/'}w.pa_lorate
affords ;t t.,reat opportunity
for
12:11 I. Filtb. it is based upon tile atonement
study and biblical researcb.
Tbe people have a "
of Jesus'Christ
(IfEb. 13!121.
In •conclusion
it
right,to
expe/:t good sermons.
¢ouhl be grounded
on tbe.'eternal ;tbotlc el God's .
Tbe natural
converzational
tone of voice is
people, heaven as a holy place. We shoulil never
restful to the hearers and much appreciated
by
your
propositions
could
be said in
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•illustrated
The method'of
by a text contextual
found ir_]_r_:aching
Isaiab 44:3.nlay"For
be
I _.ill flour water on hit_ th'al i,s tbirstv
and
lloods on thE.'dry gronn_l."
Introduction--To
whom the prom_c
_sgiven,
"O ]ac
chosen.'.
I my servant and
Twice repealed,
/srael
whims,
[ The ,_rounds for"the,
promise.
Tile
t_ruund" an indication'in:
lirst,'an
ahsencb
I. bate
•
"dry
of,a'
devotional
spirit;.third,
second,
an elfort
absence-el
a'bur- m
dell for souls;
human
to brine
substitutes,
false /_ods and idols.-n,_od
works,
11. The natnre
o{ tile promise,
tile gilt el
the Holy" Ghost, typifit._l by the symbol water,
_'_ "l will Uour water."
Wa_er is a synlbol of the
o v Ghost in that: l_rat, it i_'.t/nivers_dly needed; _t'_-ond,-it is a necessily to life; third_Jt has
clea1_sin_ power; fourth,
t]_ere is potentiM power
ocked upin
it: ]iJth, a natural
right attaches to
all water silpply.
.
IlL '/'be _zcner_:,ity of tile
pr:omise. "I will
pout
floods."•' is seen m that:
first, floods are
overflowing;
gceotid, they are all.satisD'in_:
third.
....
irresistihle;
fntlrth, enriching,
trying
skeleton
"of
life
lines,
in tile
to make a man' with only bones,' a'-mere
.without
the livingintospirit.
The brdatb.
must
b6 brt;athed
our sern_on
.out_r lev will bect_mE frightful
skeletons
puipit.
[ trust nut snowmen,
fo_ man)'
churcbEs
are cohl
enougb/already.
would
prefer a fireplace
_rnlo_
e_.en if much I of
tire heat
was /psi up tbe chimney,
fiat the breath of life
from above will make dry bones live, Let us"
then study to put "more lilb into otir efforts• it
n y Ire tie)" will r_ecome altraclive,
Good illustrations
will often make even a poor
sermon sp;_rkle, whicb .otberwise
might be very
commonp/aee
Stock illuslrations
are sometiines
gootl_ but those fresh from'experiencE
,'ire getlerally
more ctfEctiYe, Such gopd.illustrations
are often
hard to g_t.. Some preachers a_e. often tempted to
manufacture
by tbeir own imagination
stories
'th wh'ch, they take a part.
]t would
be far
betler
to follow the Example of the Lord in
IV, Tbe results'ofthe
promise: tjrst, blessed
illustrations
by .parables.
A [_arable is" a_l_ort,
assurance.
'If am the "Lord's";
second, firmness
fictitious
narrative
of a pos_ihle Event n_. life,
and fixedness el purpose, "willow_ by the wateror nature from which a moral is drawn.
It is
courses";
third,
perfect "submiss'i6n
"to all the - "not'always
nece_ar_
to state that the illustration
will of God. "another
shall.subscrihe
witlf his
is a parable.
It may be itit/'oduced
as a day:"
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mi" he .never
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Lights
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P._rT
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recorded
n case
el
" [ believe.troth
FIVI/_-TItF;
and .
General
. Shadows
Superintendent
of .
can be more forcetully
a
preacbed
Emeritus
H.F.
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[_R|:ACIIERANn lit'el.', _: llE,'d.lN(;
.
.-
As
Jesus
-_
Life
Preacher'S
'
Reynolds
•
.
.,_"f
lIE llible, which is God's Word as rEVealed
JL. • 'of'the
to man,body.
eontabts.much
aboutas.wlth,
tbE healing
witbout, as well
rclne,
dies.
.
entered'into
....
;_ eertaul
village
.
"
"
in Sa-
marb_ tbere met bim fell men that were lepers
. . andhak'e
liftednlercy
up-lbeir
Masler.
on us voices.anti
. . . and assaid.
t ey _esus,went
hey were cleansed
ILuke I$:il-lq).
A_ain _i'e
"ind re'corded anotber
remarkable
case wbere
tile Nazarene
/n its ._|anual
,f ]'he
It)32,Church
[r its ofArticles
of Faith.has 'Paragraph
15,
Pat_e 31 the.lollowihg
statement _m Divine Ih, alurn: .
"We ht;lievE in tt;e Itilde doctrine
of divinC
JeHIs healed a. man sick el the. palsy, and as his
doorFriendsof
couldthE
Imusen°twberettEI
tbeje_usSiCkwas.mantheyin
let:ithimtbe
do_vn
through'
tile roof
the sick
dwel|in_,
,,°n "_llia"
eel, anti
Jesussald
unto of tilt,
man..Art.e.
btalintz anti urine our I_etlple to seek tit oiler
take up lhy bed anti walk . ..And i_med[atel_'
I.be prayer of laitb for the healin_ el Ihe sick,
be arose and took ull the bed and went forth.'
Providential
ale;ins and at_trlcies wben ih;enled
(Mark 2:1_12)
In these accounts
no mention
necessary should nut be refnsell?'
_d rentedi_s is "made..But
if we will read John
It i_, recorded
in 1 Kings
I 7:11-23. _'"l'be , 9:1-38, the aee_mnt of the bealin_ of a man _'_'ho
Lord beard thd voice el Elijah,
aml the.soul
. was blind from his birtb. Ihat Jesus spat on the
of- the. cbihl came inlo
hitr_ attain, and he re= . _rmmd aft(] made (ointment)
clay of the.spittle
v,ved"---_vidEntly
witbmtt
remedies.
IIowevel"
and amdnted
tb_ eyes af the bl[ml man with
- when Kim,, Hezekiah was sick aml was tohl that
ells, and sabl unto him. "Go wash in the pool nf
he wonhl die. he" wept sure and I rav,ed "and tile
Silo: n. t . . . lie went his way. therefore', and
I,oi'_iitl
to him "Behold I wil/ bell.thee."
And
[saiall"sakl,
"Take
a lump of li_s.
And they
t6ok and laid iton
tbe boil. and he recovered."
TI/Is /nd/c_ates that God healed with a remedy
A2 Kin_ts 20:1-7).
" "
.(26,)
tobt
bealinlz " until one" year
had pas_ed.
and • the
by lilt' t.ts_, of liible quotalinn_'.
The .preacher
be:tlin_ coukl be _thtdished
b) fact.
_ito ¢;m t','el] quote the lli_l) _tl_ r_ _qll enrich
In relatln_ illuslratbms
it Js better to hrin_,
his r_tt'n soul. and at the same- time feed his
ill Ihe incident
or fact directly,
withmtt
any: _p¢911le on the ricbest kind of" food I_)r tbe ntelvlalulrat(:
ann*_uneemt.nt
An incident
orsome
lect ns _,,•eil as tile soul, Tb6se '.yho claim tbat
bist_'_ricjd ['acl ill be Bible t eau fu P." t" ' cat'Ihe Ilible teaches htdlness ,hould become _reat
ries ereal force ill illustratint_ trutb. "
Itil,k. :preachers_ and able to unfold its trutbs.
It J._'a osonrve of great stren!zth tobe
able. to
Sermons IJlled with Scripture Will lIE effective, for
correctly tlUt_le Scripture.
and nse the ]lible as
G(ld has .said. "So shall my word b'e t'hat "lzoeth
Lbe foundatinn
tit expressed
thnuldlt..I
bate
fttrlh (lut "el
v nroltlb, it sba]l m_t return
studk.d tile sermons'el
Johu ',,Veslev to discover,
unto nee.void bill it shall accomplish that which
if _ossihle, his strenglh.- Wesley did not seem It_
I please, and it _hall prosper in tbe thitm where,:_e what _crltlcs wunhl call ek_quence or beaut,_ l st'at it."
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articulation
dL,stroyed
many
aborn
.good
ser-"
ggod
A strained
of.voice
antiby poor
moz_. listeners.
Go_d have'
serqrons
are pitch
i_enerally
inspiral;on--the
sire to belp someone,
heart must
and bt_,
not moved
pumpc in
I up
tire from
deof.duty
to fill up the time•
a sense
Sermon making
is a _rEat art. but much like
be
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and recommended
by sonic to r)e reserved for
alature years. Taking a pal_sage and expounding
one
sermon.
When
you make
try
preach
everytbing
tbat
back to
them
tip.by
Scripture.,:
t
•
wasbed _md _tme se_in_.
. . tbi_ caused much
discussion,
but in the twenty-fifth
verse we
read of tile testimony
el the man. '!Wbereas I
w_ts blind, now 1 see." EvidEntly
Jesus h6aled
without
remedies,
and also witb remedies.
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THE
PREACHER'S
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MAGAZINE
....
THE
'
A fe_tlays
after
Pentecost•
Peter
and
John
ments
in Paul's
writings
we have
reason
to be-
u'i[e that
went up togetller into the temple at the hour.of
prayer . :. "A certain man fame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at
the _ate of the temple which is called Ileamififl.
to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
who seeinz P_terand
John go into the temple
asked an films. And peter sakl. Silver aml tmhl
have I none: hut such as I have rive l thee.
inthe
name _f.Jes
s Christ" of Nazareth
rise tip
and walk
Anti he took him by tht_ rbdtt hand
liev/: thai in som_' of his evangelistic
efforts he
'hail Luke, whom he calls the heloved
physician,
travel with him. He also states in 2 ;l'imdtfiy
4:tt,."Onl3"oLukc
is with me," aml further gives
t;videnee 'of his hlail value of the hody, not only
hy havimt Dr. Luke with him, but he asks Timethy that."Tlle
cloke, that 1 left at Tro,'wl_wiih,,
Carpus
when thoti earnest
hring'_ with_ilee,
".
gwing evidence
that he helieved that we mu_t,
as far as possihie, take .care" of the body, evet_
and
exhbrlinu
lifted
him
up:
anti
immetliately
his
feet
"l'imtJthy,
who
at
that
time
had
statement
that would indicate that the Christkm
Church mieht expect mdily hen ng, as well as the
salvatioh
of the soul; for, by the hands of the
_tantiate'the
pi)sition that v,'e asa denominatign
are in the middle o] the way; on the teaching ol
divine'lieal'fmt,
"
apostles.._ere
many signs anti wonders
amomz the peoide, anti bt,lievers, were
added to the I,ord
Multitudes
both o[
women,
and "they I_rou_ht .fi)rth the
the streets and.laid
them on beds aml
One tlf tile churches,where
we were stationed ""
was lot:tied in a" villat.,e which was reported to '
have been at one time tile pastorate of a. Oniver_alist preacher hy4he name of Rev. flosea Belo'o,
tel wlmm
it is stated that he advocated,
and
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school_soperln-
evangelist,
come and cat
oLtt the demon_"
And
were, after
a ,_ery few mmnents
I said.
Lord will
Jesus serve
Christ,
cast And
out immekliatethi_ denion
and
this"O
woman
Thee."
I asked lhe man i[ it would be altreeaide ,if I
ly the woman became quiet, perfectly calm, for
offered a brief prayer, to which both the man . Jesus had cast out 'the'demon..
I said to the
and the wife hawed their heads, beihg too full
woman, "You pray," and she proceeded [o pray,
(d _rief to speah_" The Holy Spirit surely helped
thanking Jesus for delivering her from the power
me to pray. sh!)rt and to .the point, during which,
of the devil. &Vhert the seekers "and finders at the
I,said, "0 Lord. our heavenly Father, we believe
altar were ,asked to testify as to what Jesus had
that if Thou wilt heal this. precious little girl
done for them
with the other _'ictarious
seekers,
her parents will give their hearts to. Thee,' Ple_e
the woman testified that Jesus had healed hhr_
ileal the precious girl, f0r Jesus'. sake, At:nee."
_'es, Jesus had cast out tile devil, and each sucWe drove I)ack to our parsonage, praising God for
ceeding night, as an opportunity
was given, she
sendine us to the hume of the sick girl, and for
wdubl trustily that Jesus had cast out the devil
. the" kind reception received, -and for answerin_
irayer. For. we h_lieved God had heard prayer
am sanct fed her wholly.- Thus we find
that
for tile sick girl. Tte
next day some. of th6
God does healtile
bodies and the souls 6f honest
neighbors
said they had heard that the little
seekers'who.
hy faith, trust Him with or with:
_iri had a turn for the better. In a short time
out remedies.
Praise His precious namer
Much .more. might be quoted
from hbth tile
aM and
Ne_y Testaments•
which
wouM sub-
wrought
the mort.
men and
sick into
.couches
MAGAZINE
tj
we call on the Sunday
very sick chiId
heavy work of looking after-the
ehurches,-not"
oaiy to keep himself pure, hut.do
what he could
to keep well. or" to _et'wetl,
"Drink no longer
sake.water'andhutthineUSe
oftena
littleinfirmities.,,wine'
for" thYusing.Stomach'S,,wine,,
as a remedy or medicine for'his bodily ailments•
.
temlent.
Ol_ •arriving at the home. Mr_ Re)'a responsive voice said, "Why don't you cast out
nolds went into the house, and as soon as .I
the demon yourself?"
I.at once said, "I do not
Idtehcd my horse I went over to where the man
claim to heal in the sense, some of the_
altar
, was standing
hy his mill• After a brief but : workers claim to 'heal the sick and afflicted/"
dorced conversation With the broken:hearted
man,
.But the voice said, )_Cast out the devil your"I.asked
him if it wm_ld he agreeabk
to hhh if
self." I at once-began
to inquii:e of the woman
_e
went Into
..... the house. 30 this he readdy, conwhat she really wanted .God to do for her And
_'_nted
by a bow of his head, indicating
someshe frankly said, "1 want the evil spirit cast out
thin_ of tile sorrow of his heart. Finding my wife
of me?' Then I said to the seeking wq_an,
"Let
beside the bed where she and the mother'.of
the
us pray,"
With my han.ds placed upon her head
the-
and.ankle
hones Teeelved strength.
And he leapmg up stood and walked, and enteretl with them
into the temple ',_aikm_ ,'in'd le,'iping, anti peats[ng .God."
In Acts 4:22 Peter declares that it was through
"faith in.Jesus' name!' that the man had received
•"perfect sotlndness," and it ls w()rtJly of note that
it was without remeuy.
Also in Acts five is a
PREACHER'S
•
that at the least the shadow of Peter passng
hy
might
overshadow
some _[ them.
Thee
came
strenumtsly
taught universal
salvation,
that'ail
men'at
deatl_ went.to
heaven, i_o matter as to
also a .rij2zltJtude out of the ritie_ roum
about
unto _erusa em,; hr nlz ng sick
o ks and ttem
which were vexed with unclean spirits, and they
were heated every one." llere we have the true
objective which causes us as a denuminatmn
to
the" kind td lives they had" lived or what they
hellevcd.
The Methodist
Church and th/: ;UniversalistChureh
were the only denuminations
repr_ented
in the village,
Mmul a, ndle and"a
half:from
the village on
afterward boil1 mother and father Were gloriotisly saved and united with our church; and later'
he became a member of the official hnard. The
remarkable
healin_ of.the
child became the talk
of the town and for'htiles around about.
stress medical missions
namely, thai v,,e may he
able to save.souls,
as well.asAo
heal'hodies
ThE
nearest we come to the' nse of remed.v in- this
case is the shadow of Peter.
Ihe road Ieadin_ norti_ to the railroad station
was a mill used fnr erindimz feed lor the farmors' stock doinz some _awing of. small _rders of
lumher, making, cider, etc The young man who
Many years later, when I was he d nga
District Assembly of the Church of tile Nazarene
during the day, and anevangelist
of wide repu-"
katlon, was holding rev va meei[ngs at.night,' one.
toned gosliel under the blessing of the Hofy'Splrtt
does produce old-fashioned
revival,.., old-fashioned
It wouM see/n quite ck'ar that
tile _'/ft of
healing was extemled
to the Christian
Church,.
as it continned
to increase.
In Acts 19_ II if'was
recorded that "God wrmlght
special miracles hy
.owned anti op,_rated the" mill had a wife',and
a
small lzirl. Tile yount_ man at the time of which
I am writin_ was superintendent
of the Univer_alist Sunday school. This young man, from the
hight in the early part of the _eries, a middleaged woman, whose bearings.strongly
imliea'ted
that she was well educated
and.moved
among
a good cla_s of tile citizens of the city 'Where the
learned tile secret,of
Holy Spirit."
"the hands of Paul: so that- from his holy
were
brought
unto tile sick .bandkerch i: s: or aprons,
and the diseases departed
from them. and the
evil *pirits went out of them?' • In this case the
nearest to any remedy
x_,as the garment,
or a"
handkerchief,
that P,aul had sent from his hands
acconm
he zave me (later),
had been taught
hy his (.uther to hate all persons that were not "
of -the Universalist
helief.'-And,
as-he stated
to
me, used tff be set o_ the too of a post and to
curse the Christian: heli_k'ers as they passed by
his father's mill,
assembly and reviyal _ere beinl_ held. came to the .
'!If Christ to'aid have His wuy'_,vith m_n, thhre
altar. A_ the workers at the altar sought to help
wouhl bh no industrial
oppress on;no
hopeless
her they learned from her. own lips that she was
seeking prayers that she might be delivered
[r.om
little i:hildren, .no cheerless old age, fie grinding
a demon which she said hadbeen
possessing'her
poverty, no fattening
of the-few
on the toll of
for some time. The helper told her to pray and , the many, no racial hatred,
no armaments,
no
However.
we shouhl not. anti cannot,
jump to
the conclusion
that
Paul
did. not helieve
in
physiciahs;
for it Is quite evident
that he es.
teemed the -body very highly,
[n 1 Corinthians
6:19; 20, he says, "Wha.t?
know ye not that
We had not
been at .our station very many
months/when
we learned
from our neighbors,
who were also members
of the Unlversallst
Church. that the little _irt of the home.of
the
man who owned the mill was very sick, As we-
she responded
by saying, !'Ever'/
time I try to
pray the demon
begins to pdt words into my
mouth that I do not urMerstand,
which is more
of a Jabber.'!
The. woman continued
to attentL
the revival services, and.a/so
continued
to come
your body Ls the temple of the Holy Ghost which
is m you, which ye have of God, and ye are
not your own? For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in. your.body,
and in your
spirit, which are God's."
.From various
state-
inquired
from flay to day of our ne!ghbor_,
ey
reported
that .the child was not showing signs
of being any better,
although
having
medical
attention.
After.se_'erai
days and learning
that
the girh was not any better, I su_geste_ t.o my
_
the aitar..for
prayers.
But node of the altar
"Workers went near her.l As I noticedthe
w0m_in
cent nued to be a seeker at the altar, and no
worker went near her,I
began to say to mysdf.,
"Why don't .some- of riiese altar worke_:s_ or the
•_2_)
the child fully recovered, and sure enouah
the
parents.began
to come to our church. Not long
"
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Read
James
5;14.1fi.
The
Pastor's_ Scrap
.I.L.
Bishop
Joyee
conversions,
Book
FLYuu
once said, "Thd blessed,
and
old-fasiiioned
absolute
victories.
I have
dependence
on the
.
false standards
muff."
of judgments
Begin at homel
old-fa.sh-
as between
. .
Let. self diel
.
m_in and
Get all ablaze
with 13er[ect level :The flame will leapl Sinners
will weepl " {When we go deepl)
A unlvct'sal
revival must first be a .personal revlvall
It will
pay to pay the price.--IL
1_. StigI.R.L_lm.
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THE
PREACHER'S
MAGAZINE
The Man Who Explored
.
E.
elner_:rd ]rom
l
I
tony, tlmt _ rsed sin, brought me here where thai
rain heats'upon
me avid so.rdy wearies rot. 1 an3
nol the only one heing punisl_ed for glutton)_ in "
_lf weallh,
Then the a_otiies of other.'sofil_
in torment
met
my sight; on every haml around
me no matter
in what directi6n
I looked,
thEre were scenes
uf Woe; I lind arrived in .the third•circle•
•
.
this place: All these
vice and suffer_ as.do
fa_ In his astonishment
Plutus called out m
a rough voice the name of- Satal_. and my allknowing teacher cheered me with these words_
mense,
show, till thesqnlher,
nocturnaldarkair.water
The gtlst_[
soil wldeh'i'eceived
the beat-
_'
• -
trig
o'[ this srorm'[_ave
f6rth an ndor'horribIe,
.
.
re) A most •cruet
creature.
Cerberus; a monstrous, three-l_eaded
doz. savaze
and _rodi_;ous
I
roars thrnuJzh his three throats at
the "crowd
in tile flnnd heh_w
His fierce eyes zlitter bloodfly; the greasy'
a r ahoul his mt_uth is soot)'.
|le has In en rm* us belly; h s hand_ are furnished
with claws frith whirh-he
rips the wicked dead.
tears away their skin and pulls off their arms
and lees. Scatt,bred
about
under
the pourinz
rain they make a shriekin¢
llke the hnwlinn of
"" dogs• - They-seek
to protect themselver
on one
side:'contimmlly
these depraved,
tormented
one_
_re turnine themselves almu(
(d) "When infurialed
Cerberus,
t_urrible.as
a
uieantic serpem
saw us, he distended
his "jaws,
his awful teelh were seen; all his body _hook
with rage• My leader stooped down and scooping
upsome
of the soil flunz it intn his aU-engbdfin¢
throats
As a dn_ who howls from hunger anti
is quieted it, when
he receives
his todd,mouths
anti'greedily
devours
so closed
[he.detestahh'
of that
infernal
monsler,
who roars so
rea u iv ,'it.
"the spirits that
dower I_* hear.
they
lonz.
m yam.
others
1.'"
were
guilty
of
factions
wdl t_me
t_
and driven out 0f the
"
[erna!
o • son.
(1_ |le replied, _"l'he) inhabit a darl_er re_lon,
A variety of trans_resshm
pnts them f._r down u)
tile hlack gulf
If to such'a depth you go, you
may discern them there: When you are on the
deliehtfnl earth once morb I I,'e¢ of yoll to speak
. o[ me to its people. My speech is (lone.'"
He.looked
at me obliquely
for a hmment.
"
....
"
-with
is starin_
bowed his
head, and tizen
fell down
q!_one eye_;
his unseein_
associates,
{nt My director said to me, "There will he.
lie unto the last hlast
Then
their adversary
o[ the angelic
shall appear
trumpeting.
in zlorious
array.
All of. these ,pirits will immediately
go to •
the graves
where their hodies are buried, and
be united to them again• "Then.their
sentence of
eternal -punishment
shall
with
thunder
divide.
horn hefore I died. .•
(g) My answer was, "'Your.suffeiing,it
seems,
has so changed your appearance
that I am unable to recogn!ze you. Bu.t make yourself known
t(_ it|e, you wild .dwell _ such a pl,q.ce of _orrow,
0o)
life beyond the present.
I questioued
my guid_
(p) "After
t!le mi[Thty judgment
_lay sha_ff'
the agonies which these suffer he greater than,
less than.or
of the same se,_erity as they are
now ?"
•
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matter clear, to nle, and. then he addressed-me
thu,_, "Now
wi: _o down
tt_ weizhlier
sorrow.
.
We inust not .tarry here."
ik) We journeyed
across
tile circle and found
.
ourselves at a huge spring, from which the water
. foriously
rises md flows away m a. ditch that
leads from the horrid well, Black _,_asthe stream;
a_d nl_ Ih_ hank. we accompanied
its somber
fert_ciaus demnn collapsed to the earth,
(d} We went down to the fourth.circle
and
advanced
On "the- sad shore which encloses the
woe-of
all the world.
Alas!
Divine yen_zeance
_vhich pih:s high the added punishments
and tar-
waters as they rolled ,along in their course•
(I) "That melancholy stream, when it had come
" to the fo6t of the hateful, cheerless _hore, form_
the Slylzi:n,
e
In t!=e inky lake I ._aw.as
I
stood attentively,
people covered
with ndre; no
h_ents wldch tilel_ met _uy sight
. • clothes.they. _ ,ore, Rage was in thelc looks. "/'he)'
tel
Does sin incur such destruction?
How.
assaulted
one am_ther aml not only with their
"grievous is this dancing o[ the damned!
They
hands: the)' liutted each other .theystruck
with
were more. in number here than any multitude " ,t|le chest, they kicked.
Tbey hit each other int_
I lind met hefdre.
With yells of pali_ they were
I)leces
.
. pushing enorhmus weights with their chest_. Then
(m .' My conductor
sahl. "lkre
are those who
they beat one another, and afterward
turned and
were" conquered
by anger. And under tht, water
"
"
ft_rced the.wei=hts
backover
the fond'over which
.hre the people whose siehs make it buhhle everythey had come, at tlze same time shotiting
rewhere on its surface,
lmhedded
in the mud Ihey
_: ff
where
Having
come to tbe.poin!
.farthest
they had started, they _etraced their
.
". confe__.s:
(it) "On.tht;
earth made cheerful - hy the splen-thor o[ the suh we were despo/ndent,
cherishing
Iro_
steps,
in:ou_ souls the thicl_ and filthy fume
And now
we are despohdenl
in this dirty swamp.'
Such a
and with mutual
contention
slashed cofttinually,
(g) Smarting
with grief'I 'said to my guide
"Who are tl_ese? Were those on'our
left han( ) .
dedicatedto
a religious service?"
(h) He answered
me,. "ln.thelr
life that was,
their intellects
were so askew that they
failed
o distrihute
_helr riches as they should
have
_ne.
liras
You can perfectly
sa. fron'_ the.sentences
understand
that
which' the_, roar
:
sucbalumult.
All the treasure of BII the world.
from lheJ)eginrdi_g df time, will not buy comfort
[or one ot these."
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about
t_is InF_rtunt
who confers
thinns
uf life."
well-chusec
words desirable,
he made-the
nland frnnl alJove, where Midmel was the rainister o[ pUnishment"on
i)roud, lewd Lucifer." .
(c) -As sails wind-filled and distended fall liml)
together,
at the .shattering
of" the mast. so. the
proaches
other. region,
So they
_m_rounl]
the
fearfulto each
circular
stillmovell
shriekin_
their
acctlsin_ chorus.
.
"
uorecoenizable
here, They
encounter
in fierce..c(mtendin_
forevermore.
Because of their wickudness the.':, shall never see a_ain the fair world
.
and burn .yon up. There .is .a reasou fur .this
man explorinz the'black depths. Such is th_ eum,
(m)
theyarrive
at"the
mostdhreistant
point
ofthe
Popes and
cardinals
here.
destroyed,
alcove, _md gee perpetually
in this conflict.
Yo_
can. see, _ w f eel are those possessions hestowed
by fortune,
fur whicll mankind
struggles
with
lleen
war:
colnllle ed he wo
one will be defeated
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yield to in)urines
l_'rror.
He
has
powerrocky
to prevent
with It)safety
down no this
steep." )'our
Theft going
turnifig
that
PUffY mouth he _dd_ "SilenCe. condemned
wol_
fish one. Let ",'our
wrath rage Withiv yourself,
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tires of.death."
Iki I/e'ceased
and I yp;_kc again, "There
art'
certain
nnes [ kne_:, in the "life -ahove whose
. pre_enl fate l eagerly scekto
learn, whet er they
taste, celestial sweetness,
or partake
of the in-
(e) We walked on them as they lay e'xtended,
ace down. upon the earth, tl_rown down hy the
violent
rain.
All remained q)rostrate
but one,
who.came
to a sittin_ position
as soon as he
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woe causes me weeping, • but mfor
n me what shall
.
happen in
e men of my
r'lor6nce,
thecity " of
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fa¢tio_ and discord, v
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(j) lie, answered
me. "lie[ore three year_ have
city with milch damage.
In Lhat city are only
two'ri_hteous
men. and they are ,not. esteemed
to' tl_e other cilize0_..In
their hearts covetousaess, jeah)u%' and" haul_htiness have li_hte(f tile
to lose their
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this "
saw us near. He said to me:
.
the skies "
.
(f) "You
who are contluct_.,d tlarou_h hell's (o1" Slt_',vly WE traver_d
the filt/w fen, comshadows,
can .yon
remember
me?
You were
posed o[ souls and rain. conversing t refly on the
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"My :teacher, surel)' ampng these [ ought
to know some. who were guilty of. thls sin." He
sitid. 'Your
thinking
is to no purpose.
Their
.'life
above which was su base has made them
qrehc_
of.the
circle, and came wherewe
deended to the hlwer circftit, there we encouz_tered the t_reat lister of mankind,
Plutus.
dei y
_a_ My consciousness,
_'ldch had ebhed hecause of. cnmpassiox) for the afflicted spirits whose
pitiful st6ry
I had heard,
llowed
back again,
I
, ,
may be greater
cannot be_,m'ore
fectness.it
tile power
rejoice m: suffer:-Though grows
Lhese indamned
ones tocan-never.know
real perfection in woe, yet they shall draw c[ost.r
In it than the_, are no_ ""
(r) Talking
together
_ve passed, the clrcum-
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time I live
in that oil)' which runs over with envy.
Glut-
regtonLo I the lost.
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raided +ome oJ thf poet'._ experience
after he
bl Here is daninat_ n's everlastin_
r.ain, with
no ceasm¢ o[ ils IP:aviness and chilh"Hail
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sad wailinz comes from their throats '_viih gurgling sound,
[or they cannot speak
with clearhess."
Sb we walked beside tlmt putrid marsh for a
considerable
distance,
between
the dry ledge
" and the foul waters.
We kept oqr gaze fastened
on those people who feed on slime, l_inally we
this
reached
out, .
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ntru_sionof
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whlchirreverenee
carl guard
easily-tulle
mot.
who.have
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be' useless to suggest that there is advantage in clerical
garb.
Not
many
of
our
ministers' But
would
knowhow
toghtallof
started.to
wearing
cleribadgarb on Sunday morhlng.
it does
seerrithat
us could
afford
to stick to dark colors for:the pulpft on Sunday morning. [ii m0st 0f our _
the 8eat_
churches we could make suggestioas about the arrangement'of lights,
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preach in plain church huildings where the lights at?eh{'ight_the_windows are
clear or white, the Instrument which leads in themusic is a-plano_ and tits
seats are "benches"
or opera chairs.
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Preacher
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In the days of the old Methodist :Circult Riders, the travehng
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prqachere al•
ways carried the Bible •and the Hymnal.
"The supply of other books must of a
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bracing
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tone and
the meeting
house seem
more
churchlike;
But I am thinking
now.make
especially
of the preacher's
own
example.
" The '*'_
service of the church is pre-eminently a servtceof worship Part of the service as'the prayers the hymns, the offering and.the testimonies 'is gomg out _'.
toward God" The other part as
the scripture
read "og. and the
sermon, _s' re-'
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sion for exhibiiions of various sorts in whlch erratic _'songleaders" carry on a' _
choir pros.dee
6r eff_t
demonstration
it is a time
when
snectal mus
clans aexhibit'their
art ofatentertainment.
least that' part Or
of iftl{e'service
is
.,_ma '
worse than lost. • If the minister moves about in a nervous and dramattc man_
_ ner indulgesin whLspered conversations with_a brother.minister inthe pillpit
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'_ - nr mal_es erratic remarks he Should not fall out wtth the young people for
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The
minister,
as
leader
of
tl]e
_rvlce
_)f
worship
should not be satisfied tvlth merely
getting through withu
nteeting.'He
should
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lmntediate
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l (ve regard
to the
_er nanent
i'esu ts that
w irds
t is an aftr ict on-
Yet
how nat c
who tke part "n "t Oi tl spo'nt ll'shop _ho may be ntore or lessunattractive but
"1hirkield says, lhit because We are Chris- who is able to add to.his or her attractivetll_,l_:"l'._
tians and the One whom we worship is the ness by neat_ nonextrawt_ant and.beconl-_"
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God anti Father of our Lord Jesus Chris(..ing attire,
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we know something of His character. He
Traveling ;is )re have _is snmmer,:singis like
cannot
Jesus,.
Oureohlmunion,
ll_erefo.re,
have been real and" vital if some
tog.and
speaking
in some fortyrfive
(liftereot churches
over Colorado
arid northern
.
marks of ihat character were'not stamped " California, a few things have ntude"them:
upon
us w]len
we
were
coliverslng
Him.
This makeg possible a human
successfnl
worship..
Has it hudany
with
testof
effect
in in_iking the "wnrsl]ipers inure like Jesus
Christ? " His .faithl His good cheer. His
compassion
for the.snfferblg
and oppressei:l.-His confidence
"in the power of love
His
willingness
to accept tile cross of sacrifice
sel_,es
known
i'll you
Nazarene
to nle.
Sinneone
has
said.
'])rncess has more or less to bt/gln over [tgaln .
with each generation
and each Jndividual:
BUt if the corporate
wnrship,
of tile,
churches
ig bringing Otis trend into. hunlan
life, we may thank Gilt] an[] rejnice, for we
.know our labor is not ill Va[I_ in the Lord.:
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t_onsideting various text.ol
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Chrisur file
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andof we
feel
sderations istbe orlginal
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Aml
f_,_ls;understand,
he trf.un_ erstan
"mz I cart'.
t) xt,ye
simlJlt'
prutlence;
The si_tiificance of the word in this(8:
.connectionS'
R.V.).
is of one wbo ha;,jlever developed'Iris faculty of
under_tamlin_, and acctmlingiy is casily led astray.
world I)ridged the hroad span of man'_ sin imd
fall across the tragedy a[ the blidaed Ii[e'ol the
wtl_ u_s his mintl atoll understandinz for evil anti
makes i_v a subject of premeditation. These are_
human race
.t_ the
new heavens anti
new t,arth
wherein
dwelleth
ri_zhteousncss,"In
betw¢:en
these
twfi stands man under grace rt:newed alter rheimare of Him w o creatt_t hin:, anti prepared for the
final redeml_tion.
• IN KNOWl_t3 SpIRlrtrAL x.rAt;U_ks
- l",l_tn hlinded bY sin. Witb bis understanding
darkened
tines nol know the got_ll. He may " _ve"
some dim a, nse of good.; he may ft'el st_me mncr
nol
Old Testanenttheby tlnly,
any sinners
i'deans described
hal they indotherepresent
the
class t_( .sinni:rs who. err in that they geek not to
know spiritual values.
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ill in
lhe part
operationof,
grace
we
As sin is urmmded
is_faulty faculties
ol
learn t_f tile nfind, h_,inz enliahtened and being re....
neXved in knuwle(hze
Frmn (he_ considerations
theft, tore
conclude
n an. in his
original
_titte
and we
condition
had that
a kno_vlrdge
of spiritual
it: . Let us put
rilechurch
in the
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a "person wish-he
oil the
some extra
buildiug is
:
•j'. 'LOwI:;LL GEORC,E
- Clean and attra_:tive inside atld out. Spend
When il should be my lot--or-privilege
a little
money,
if" necessary,
for paint,
(o choose a life compauion_
two features
shrubs or whatever is needed.
It is certain
immediati_ly
stand out ill nly'thlnking
aft that
if the church
bttilding
is .In,_de atfac'tors which would, "to a greater, or'less
trlictive
to the outsider
and.'he
begins- to
degree,
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and .untidy
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status of manas he camefromthe hands of God.
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were " elsewhere,
.causes
nle no wonder
wllen.'tlle peol_le say thai it'is hard'to-gel
anyone
to attired
the nleeti|lgs.
"1 think
that it is not a disgrace
to have a i3oo!"
chilrch
building
but when
the "physical
attracti_ms
.of l_tat building
are abhorrent
to an indivi(lual'the
resultqs tragic
If ""cleanliness
ts next
to g0dlines.%"
let us practice
time o_ seeing
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Tlds line of thuut_bt is carried on in the Old Tes- :
lament presentation of sin and in the next step we
understanding;
find a,man noint_
iheninto
x_e sin
havethe
because
manhe who
is.void
carries
of
his conduct beyond the bnunds of reason, and
finally as(be climax to tbis pha_ a sinful man
buihling.'d(]st_,
it basement
with dirty
an odor which makes
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ever was the goal in'the creation of man will
:'no thmht- set ff standard and ideal for man in his
rt,creathm
lion
we havert nttght tgrace,
ely theFor(houl!hl
e.'e feelfor
Stalin
inancrea.immediately hut "man" ultimately.
The plan ol re"
dempt_on wraud_t hef_rc the.foundation
of the
nttee g6odnessshouhl
worshipers.
Not all at once, af course, for
such transforntations
t_ike time. _ind the
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which
rtreat
tian I_urity
that basic to all sucb c_
no
or
hd,vn, broken' window panes, a church
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which looks tile nlnst'like a I;arti." A ha_rsh
statenlent, but how true fi is in sn uunly
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Upon seein_ a church buihiing -with
paint
to speak " of, no'shrnhs.
flowers
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• -our likenesr tGen. 1: 20).
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wish. to find .th_ •Church of the..
in town hunt out the buildiiig
for the redemption of the wnrld and His
and will show
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worship
effec,s
h, lives
ofthosea",'m.'t,,gdmi.e
tbl,,
indiv, ualIll
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"church
made
at-
The first would be "the spirit of the 'in- tractive," it will be a paying proposition.
dividual, and the second would be the. It is true that the church without the divine
natural physical attractiveness.of that in- . blessing of God upon },toffe'rs nothing to.
char,'icter of the person, is the aidS( ira- is the means of drawing the unsaved to
dividual"
The spirit"
h_ing
the
Inner
thesinner"
portant, naturally,
and
notch
has
been.• Christ,
so
areJ°strastheSpirit'filledchurch"
the
physical'attractions
.of,"
written concerning
the church
aid in: drawing
attractiveness
might• persouality.-Physical
be classed as a lux- people
to thebuilding
house of an
God.
.
(z)
strivint_for
snrae bigh idealsin his life, hut when
values: That thisknowledge
was full and comil
to knhw
real knowledze
of tbe ultimate good
plelc
need still
n_t hnhampered
assert, rather bywould-we
he comes
does not
it.
wblle we
it was
the'stain feel
of Slat
sin, ""
. thaw much tt_e.faculty of knowing functions in it had lmlentialities which the understanding of.
the sin and in righteousness in our I!ves is not al-. man today dncs not have, yet tho._pntc'ntialitles
ways full)" understot_d. The Scriptures give us were still undeveloped.
t_rada(ion_ _ff siu and evil according to tbi: measAnother [act remains to indicate that man'liad
" "tire
the operati6n
of-lbe
cognitive Let
faculty
ac- . idue
,r _ nolle
a knowledge•of
rese_mpof nvin_
the pt_v,'er
o[ .cboicel
us hear
of knowledge
whichspiritual
exists values,
in manthe.unresorer exhortat des from the Book of Provefl_s:
deemed, which is part nf (ha heritage of there"llo'_v_lon_ yg stmpieones,will ye love simpicitv?
straining.power of redeeminlz grace, or preveniettt"
end scoffersdelightthemselvesin scoffing,
_rare, indicatesa greaterrange;it isonlya beoken
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tlated to. a great degree_ but it indicates that its
the beasts that perish there is _omething In his insource bespeaks better things,
nor being that transcends and ahldesunto eter'_ "
passages of
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F_EE CaEATXW.WeLL
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We find that our text is prefacecl with thestateThe image Of God then stamped on man is not
the narrative in the first 'chapter of Genesis we
haVE either a direct fiat, "Let there be" or we have
the creatinz and the making of different forms in
nature and in'thE world of living creaiufes. God,
as a free creative will calls in being matter and
fife on the one hand and on the other tie shal:,e_
these original entities into variou_ forms in nature
and the animal world and in man.
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In man we see this power, not to be sure in ex-
in the very natxjre of his person. As endued w;tll_
-the faculty of knowing and With the possibility_of
free creative will, we have ccttsin functioning
powers_ but wbenwe came tothis inbi'eathing we
have to do with.the very bein_ of man, his spirit
nature[ m,_'_ is likeunto God in thathe ig a spirit
bein_
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tent, but similar• How often have .we stood in
wonder at' the creations nf man. We call them
crcatiqns because they are such wonders _f skill,
The_, are not in reality creations_ for creations_
. which had no :
imply the bringing nta be. ng that
existence preyiously, but because of their mar_/el,
pus fuhctionin_."they appear tp _be creations. "'In
Thus far in ourthought we have been discussing
[or the most part tbe natural image [n man. - It is
true that sometimes there seems to be a crossing
from" the natural.image to the spiritual'image.
"l'hi_ must needs be _o for man h one; he funcfinns in- wtriou._ ways, hut he is essentially one,
therefore one cannot departmentalize him. But"
the realm of science what' wonders are wrought I
In the- world of literature bow. doesthe mind of
man work pouring forth products, of active
thought.
"Wh/m we come to the choice of the good it is
true that the will of man here is not free unaided,
I)ut through prevenient grace and the assistance of
the Holy Spirit or rather would we say that .the
assfst_mce of /he Holy Spirltis the manifest._lion
of prev'enlent grace, man can m/ike the. choice of
man is not only p_ssessed of a natural likeness in
his heing aml its functioning that bears the image
of Him. who.created him, he also bears the _pirlt•
Ual image.
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In that man bears the spiritual image.it must "
needs be that man came forth from the hand oi
his Creator as a holy being." We read that God
looked upon all that lie had created•and behold it
was good. N6w while t_e'term good does:not :
.A'HoLY
(4)
lenges man down th_'ough the centuries to accept
the offers of glace .that he may he. rene_ed unto
the imago :of Hini who created him.
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b. Recognh:ed that possession was notownerGoo'a Gooo MAN
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3." Does God require that e'dery Christian give
lie was a good man and Jldl oJ the Holy Ghost
and o! ]aith; and much propl_ was added wain
a. all?
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the Lord" (Acts 11:24).
Yes,
he in
is God's
the sense
steward•
that he recognized that
Scare-tung Rv.7.mNo---Acts 11:19-26 See also
b_ Yes, in the sensq that he hol¢is himself
Acts 4:36, 37.._
. and his- God entrusted possessions sob"ject.to" the will of God,
INTRODUffrrur/
c. Yes, in that he handles those possessions
1. Thetitle.Bible considers "good" a superlative'
a_ a trust from God.
"Wen done, thou good and faithful ser_nt."
"A man can he liberal and not good,'but
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a man" cannot be good and not liberal."
2. a.In It'
modem
timesto tho
titlegood
tn disrepute.
has come
mean
an insipid,coloriess,
If. Baa_lm._ Was a MAN or F_TR
anaemic, pa_ve character.
1. He had.faith In God,
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h. Tile woi'd, has [aih_ am6ng thieves'and
a. A living, active, virlle.f_ith,
has been robbed of its vestments.
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b. A faith that made eternal values real.
(1) The gentleman about town who is a
c. A- faith that inspired constant active Inhale fellow well met but none too
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terest in kingdom uffairs.
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careful about his morals at times
2. He had faith in men.
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a. Some take pride In their cyaichm,
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"good" fellow• '
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(I) Cons_ntly critical,-skeptical
of the
(2) The "good" man in p[aysi on the stage,
worth of others.
and on the screen, in noveh and in
(2) Some men feel called .up6n to dig up
conversation has been the "holier
the past of others.
than thou'! sort of person too often
"It Is usnally unsafe to.trust a man who
using.hls staid form "of goodness to
constantly" distr/_sts other_."
hide mdanness,
b. He could help men because he believed _.
(3) The "good" man has been the'brunt
them.
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of jokes until theterm-good
has
(1) Itwas
Barmbes that found th,o new.
" not only been iobbed of its true
convert Sau_ when the Jerusalem
meaning but has too often become
church was "still afraid of him, and
undeslrahle.
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believed not that he- was a disdple"
•3. The title !'good" is a title of strength,
and no doubt saved him to the church
" a. It has red blood, brawn and heroism in it.
(Acts 9:16-29). See a/so Acts 11:25.
h. It means all that Christian means.
(2) It was Barnabas that etood.by young '..
" h. Thegood
_Bible
declares that. Barnabas was a
Joh_/Mark'
whoretorned
left the to
firstJerusalem
missionman,
ary
party, and
Why does the Bible call Barnabas"good"?
" (Acts 13:13; Acts 15:36-39).
And I. Bxat¢_
Was.A Ma_ "_qTUA Lano_ Hr_aT
...saw Mark becomo the anthor of one of
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1. Wo'fir_t hear of Barnabas giving his all to
'she Gaspel._ as a.re_ult.
the church (Acts 4:36, 37),
"_,. It is Christlike to belteve in moo.
. a. He evidently was a reasonably well to
do man (v.. 37),
Ill, BAa_._ngs W._s Tlto_o_mtt.'t Mlaslosas.Y
Was
in
._erusalem
dqring
Pentecost.
1. Somd
early dL_iples
were_ trying
b.c Caught the contaginn.o[ pentecosiai spirit,
the'gospel
and the church
Jewish. to keep
d. Gave himself and all he had,
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2. Barnabas believed this a_universal, gospel..
2.. Barnabas recognized. God as owner,
a. The Gentllea appealed to Paul and Barnaa. Recognlzed that the cause of God llod a
ben to have the gospel preached to them
claim off his pomona.
(Acta-13:42_ 43).
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seer_ to convey unto' us drdlnarily such a high
the good unto life eternal,
type of virtue as holiness, we must-remember that
Here
thei_ of
we his
have.
the present
man
as again
indicative
original
status, status.of
ff now the designation good is somewhat of a relativo aspeer. An),thinl_ .is good in its particular.fidd and
he is enabled through gra3:eto accept'theoffers of . relations, and man could not be ultimately good,
mercy and thereby' enter into communion with ,standing as he did /n_relatipn to God, unless that
God his Maker, would we not conclude that prig- attribute included holiness,
[naily he was created with this pm_verin greater
• bound
_ by sin. On the other
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We see then in fh¢ dawning ol cieation not"
measure. It" was not
hand there was need of the sustaining power of
some creature emerong from.the .daskncss half
the Holy Spirit, foi" man is a dependent creature man and half s0bmerged with the lcappings of an:
in his relation to the Godhead and ever has been,
imal heritage, hut a man glorious in his being with "
but his creative willing could operate more sensithe stamp of the divine upon him. If the p_lmtively and within it a greater impulse for the good. ist could speak, of man as he. sa'_ him fallen and
_itiated hy sin saying:
"A_tDx_oarS_
Seza_r
"'Thou
hast 'crowned him with' glory and honour":
As the uliimateact
in thd creation of man in how much more,could it.be said of man in the
our account given us in this early narrative we beginning? and shall not this beginning, of the life"
_ee the inbreathing of God in tbe lifeless body
of man on the "earth .set a norm and standard for
formed from the dust of the ground and man heman as be is to be when redeemed by grace?
comes a li'_ing_ .soul. If we follow- the major
Thus we behold man as he stands coming from
.stages in creation we find first the creation of the hands of God. What God would have man
some'entity
which ofis the
then the
we be,
makes him.
HIS:nature
sin _
find the creation
new basis
stageof ofmatter,
life when
and He
u0tainted
by evil,,
holy andundefiled
righteousby
chat-'
animals are'brought Into being and finally there is
the third major creative act when man is animated by this tnbreathlng. Accordingly We may rend-
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THE
Barnabas
turn
PREACHER'S
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(Acts IJ:d6-49L
Barnabas helped make up the first mi_ionary party,
• "Separate me.Barnaba_
and Stud for the
" work whereunto
" 1 have
called
them"
facts 13:1-4I.
t
Ti,o
,o,d'sfir,,,i,sionries..
monumem
to that
first
mis_ onarv•
.-'l "A can
man /'annot.
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BARNABASWAS A MAN FULl. OF Tile }IDLY"
GIIOST
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,1. Thlsr explains' his other characteristics,
a.- Be
ng fille
d with the
Holy today
Ghost ahe.sileht
wa_
Every
missionary
station
led by the He y Ghost fActs 13:2l
•b. ;A Spirit-filled
man is a belieVin_ man.
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c. A Spirit-filled'man
is a man of a .world
vision..
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d. A Spirit-filled.man
is a" man of a large
heart.
2. He waqgenuinely
spiritual.
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3, Not surprising to have th'e ihspired writer
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caficlude
the history of this man witb.
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IV.
people
was
added
unto
Excuses.for
failure.
a. "No need to hurry/, the season is long, seed
will _row any time."
. t l_ "J am too young,
Religion is for the
old." "
"I must sow-my wikl oats."
" (!/
part}',
"And mdeh
Lord."
THE
b.. Tile soil must be cultiv/tted- to
fruitage,
fit
Only "wild plant
life _rows
cultivation,
time."
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through
re_i_a_
cy and "a bad
b
_iehI.
d.
• reward.
by the field o/ the slothful, and by the
" Itbent
vineyard
a/ the man wold. o/ under_to_idlng;
and,
lo it t_as all grown over with thorns afld nettles
had covered the lace.thereof,
and the ston_ wall
thereo] was broken down IProverbs 24: 30-32I,
lN'raonuc-l'loN
b
c,
d.
He "had a protecting wall.
No beasts could overrun, isis garden,
robbers, unIess he permitted,
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types and fitmres that graphically
portray
New Testament doctrBteand
experience.
The writer of Proverbs in the passage of our
text pens the plet.ure of the morally slothful,
a. It is a r_alhtic picture,
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b. It s a modern plcture,
c. We should consider tile lessons it teaches
"The man in the garden with the broken wall."
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3.
nor
a: Work nlean_ perspiration and. callouv2s.
It means, diligence and intelligent action.
It means energy expending and back-bending.
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b. IL ia h false idea to expect "something
for
nothing."
c, The true reason .was moral lazinessl
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Define: "Moral Inertia."
be a man of prayer?
at the taskl
be
You
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Many
were the miracles done by him
(Acts 21:8l.
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He is referred to. as Philip the Evan-gellst (Acts 21:8):
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_. Thedivine
summons to Philip..
a: To was
leaveChrist
the revival
in Samaria.
(Acts 8:5).
b. To follow the dt_rt
road to Gaza.
c He meets.and
preaches
to "a man of
Ethiopia."
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Let us note three meaningful
suggestions:
1. I{RmWAVS lrb GAza
I, Ttlree roa_ls led to Gain.
a. Gazd. an 01d Philistine city•
(1). The largest town in the south
Tire REStiL'rS Or MORAL I_)tZINESS
Moral disintegration
set in.
a. The wall el the garden broken.
b. The breaking sown el moral fences,
This.is the tragedy of moddrn.Americal
tine. near Jaffa.
The road to Egypt
.it:
still
of Pales-
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runs thiuugh
b. Three roads led from Jeru_lem
to Gaza.
(ll One b_ Ramleh.
. (2) Another by Beth-Shemesh.
(3) The third hy Hebron anO Belt Gebrin.
Through rocks anti hills and desert.
A Way of loneliness and no population.
Tbe choice of road left with the traveler.
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2. The call to Gain.
Good sense might have made lt-plaufible
a.
to remain in tbe Samaritan
revival•
It is easy for one's logic to support one's
desire.
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c. No
statldard" of cbfiduct.
Little moral
conscience.
A"byword to all whe pa_.
a, The broken man' sittin_ in Ihe door of his
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consulting,God.
c. The
report is.thatfirst"HehroSe
and went."
Hesitation after, the voice Of' God Is clear
is disobedience,
hovel_
h. The mockery'of
moral failure,
e The tragedy of worm failure.
3.
Finding God's highway of life.
a. Many roads ha{'e tbe _me dt_tirmtion
(If One road to. Gaza was tile short.
strfilght
business.
CONCLUSION
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"He can who tldnks he can," by the grace of
God, Notevetse
32:
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"Look"
at the mart of the" garden with a broken
wall
.
"consider
it and receive ihstruction."
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d.
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Note what lazine,',s did for he.ma
of.lout text.
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I. Kept bim from raislng-a.£rop.
" -Nocorn,
_edtime,
No flowers, nn
no fruit.no Ilarvest."
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Filled his _arden with weeds.
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does a man have to do to raise
weeds?
'Nothing at al[[
" b. '_You can gravitate toward heltl"
time
I. The Bible a picture book
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"e." His varden was in a favorable community.
a. The oriental mind th0nght in pictures and ,
(l).'He
bad.t!_e
example nf othei: garden_
thus expressed
itself in allegories,
mdta-_
"- and gardeners all about him.,
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phors, similes and illustrations.
(2) The "evidences nnd _estimonies of sucb, The Greek and Hebrew
anguages in ':v_ ch
cess lit'every direction,
the Bible was originally, written are pictun.
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lI. "rile REAL REASON FOR MORALFAILIIR£.
e. The.Old
Testament ahoufids in incidents.
I. lte refnsed t6 work.
without
It must
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Philip was one of the foremost ol the early
Christians.
a. Chosen deacon (Acts 0:5.h
h A lay. preacher whose persistent me,sage
_i_ Soul we:ilthcannot
be inherited,
Soul wealth does not co_e through luck.
c. Some men are too lazy to bt_ Christians,
"Too many tl orns an 1 n ttles.
.
(If "I have too man), temptations."
t2) "Why
does God permit evil if |le
. . wants me,to be _ood?"
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at some
l.
Would you .have divine love? ' You
metal be.a great Iover i
(4l Wouhi
you be magnanimous?
_:ou
must ben great g'iverl
tSf So "with all religious development
and
fruitage,
Dig out the weeds, hreak Uli
the soil..
3. There is no substituthm
for energeticexercis_,
of the sIfiritual faculties
:hut
refused gone
.to
recenlly,
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lie
had'fertile
soil: receptive
Every
man's heart
Ite hacl sun and rain.
God semis ti_ese,
religioff,
have faith?
.
[NTaonvcrlos
produce
t3l
2. The fact remains he had everything
necessary to succe_,_ available,
a. He had a.garden
plot.
His own heart: the worhl of service.
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THE GARDEN _.VITII TIIE BROKEN I,VAI,L
Workin_ at our
(if Would you
cultivated!
(2) Would you
must work
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Scntr-ruaE REAotNn2-Acts
8:5-8;
Acts 6:1-7 and Acts 21:8.
So
eh,'olhongbt
the'. ha
end,
t radon labor.
c.
was a chiht, of a Christian borne.
had attended [he church since infan-
2.. Let us covet earnesuy the" hest'giits,
"Goodness"
is the fairert
flower
_hat
grows in tile _oul's _arden.
3. Goodness and faithhdness
the basi_ _f future
.
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motber as the casket.of her. son was
"l_eing-lop:ered.
He had b0en killed"
"in an accidi'nt.
But the fact was. he
CONCLtlSION
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I. Some" things we may never possess.,
Genius. t_reatne_; etc.
" Goodness may be ours.
Goodness
is illvineiy
imparted.
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2. Christian fruitage demands labor•
It is e'_ery man's duty to be a worker,
a. "Earn bread by sweat of brow.".
"He xvho will not work shall not cat.'!
be in btrsiness today
and b_ a Christian."
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(2l "A man x_,llo tlas to work among on,
godly companions
can't,be
religious."
{3) "No one is _aved in my.home,"
c. "Capital
controls the market so tlfat ihe
: h, .'"The soil I have is too bard to work."
little man 'does not have a chance."
(It "I am. just afraid that Iean'i
hold
out."
2_ _'I do ,no
want to be a hypocrite,
wl_en. I. start I wan( the real thing."
(3)."Why
could I riot bane had a better
chance? t'
lllustration_--"O
God. w Lv d dn'L you ,
give-my,
boy a chance?"
cried a
the
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TIrE DgSZ_R_ ROAD _O GAZA
And an ange_ of the Lord spoke unto Philip,
_aying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto I]_e
wa'ytlmtgoeth
down/tom
Jerusalem
unto'Gaza,
which 'is desert. And he arose and went (Acts
8:26-27).
¢oad
[or
those
bent
on
,t_)
Another
was the Igath for those of
leisure and sight-seeing
Intent.
Tbe third road by the desert was more
circuitous
where
heavy
caravans
wound their way.
, (4) .But all led to Gaza.
(3)
h. Life'., r0ath .to heaven lead through dlverging Experiences. ,
(If'Some
are called to travel through
pleasant experiences.:(2) Some have heavy burdens that
load
them down, "
(8) Some are cal/ed'to
the desert toad of
sorrow_ loneness, and struggle,
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(4) Thank God, all lead'to heavenl
c. "_['he way Is set before us."
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I. The man on the well curb,
Anold well. Jacob's."
A young man, tired and alone. Jestts.'
2. A woman with a past.
Attired In cheap and sailed finery.
Environed. with a crimson IX_t.
Impoverished by burnt-out affections,
II, Ttotvzr,t_o :rnz DESZRTROaD
1.. The desert rottd is a lone road.
a. It Is often the way of suffering,
h, It IS often the way of heartache. •
c. It is often the way of tears.
d. Suffei'ing, heartache and tears always era: pbaslze the aloneness of life•
2. The dezert road is a rough, laborious.road,
a.
Steep ascents and precipitous descents.
b _Heavy burdens to be borne. 3. The desert road Is:a hot, dt_sty rbad.
a. The ariel plains of temptation.
b. The waste places of disappointment.
4, The desert road is a long road.
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"There are'an many hills to cllmb.up;,vard.
I Often am longin_ for rest,
"]iut He.who appoints me my pathway, i.
'Knows just what is needful and best.,
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a.
It isdelight
God's toway.
reel O GOdY
b. "I
do for
Thy..will,
c. "He knoweth the way that I take" (Job).
2. Provides a plai:e of dhtlnct service.
a." Remember, others are traveling this dE_rt
i'oad.
h They'may not be able to inte_'pret life's "
disappointments, in terms of the Fathor's will.
" 'Twos so with the Ethlopian eunuch
(Ads 8:30, 3t).
c. You may be sent this desert road-to m,
terpret.?God to men (v. 35.).
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d. You are sent thig way to proclaim Jesus
Iv, .15).
3. Consciousness thai Christ al_ traveled,thE
desert road.
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a. HIS was the'lone way.
She longs to ha pure again,
h. He knows all men,
O7 The longing of thehiaman he_tt;t,
Greeks said, "Sii, we would see _esus'_
"
(John 12: 21);.
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(2) Thls dlgsatisfact]onof the soul 'f_.tbe
hopeful thing about a sinfier,
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(3) Christ would go out of His way to
contactsoula thlrsteth
thirsty' soul.
David said;
"My
for God,-for
the
b. The
c.
The way
way of the
suffering.
Father's will.
4. The desert way. often brings us to an oasis..
Springs. by the hlghway_ of fe
.
hving
- God" (Psn, 42: 2).
5. The appeal of the Christ.
a. "If
An appeal
to intelligence,
thou knewest."
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Yesus auswered and said unto ither;
I] saith
thou
is thai
hnewest thegi]t o/ God anf who
to thee, Give.me.to
drink, thou wouldast have
usked
and h_ •would
g4vett theelivtng
water. o].'him,
(John 4.10).
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R_.d catefu_llyt John 4: 1-45.
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THZ CLOUDBELOWTHE Hoalzml
1. A national crisL_had arisen in Israel.
a. Ahab wasking over Israel.
b. Ahab
had caused . Israel to .sift" (l "Kings
16:30).
c. Baal worship was prevalent,
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b, Comes through Jesus ,Christ.
' "That I sh_ll give him' Iv. 14).
c:-The
the well
curb, "Who it is" (v..
a. The man
g/It ofat God
Iv. 1.0).
10).
.
d "He
Ma_' would
behad'for
the
have givenasking,
thee" Iv. 10),
_suffering.
e. God was dealing with..Israel.
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2.d.A.most
crucial perio_l
Elljah's
life. much
'A three-year
drontb in had
brought
a. In answer to l,he prayer of lha prophet
heavens gave
no rainAhab .and Baai
tl) theElijah.had
denounced
IlL TJtz He.oar's Out'coY
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"Sir give me this water, that I thirst not, neithat come hither to -draw ¢,v 15) ."
t. The woinan discovers Jesus.
a "Thou, belng_/t Jew"'(v. 9):
b. "Thou art a prophet" Iv. 19L
e. "Thou art the Christ" iv. 29).
2. The woman faces her past.
a. Jesus _ tactfulapproach. "
"Go call thy husband" Iv. 16)•
"Tru_ worshippers" (v..23).
worship.
,
(2) Elijah Was fed h._ _:avcns by the brook
Cherith.
"'" at -the h'0me, of
(3) Elilah.
entEetained
th_ widow of Zarel_hath
_4) Nation was angry With the prophet,
b. The tezt by fire on M't. Carmel (t I_ings
1g:17-40).
Ill. The failure of the propllets of'Saul.
[2) The fire had fallen upon Jehovah's
altar,
(3) The people turn to God,
b. (I)
The Awoman's
evasion,have no husband" (v.
half-truth--"l
c. Thelg:41-4.6L
test by rain on Mt: Carmel (l Kings
(2} _7_1_eologlb.alargument.
"
"Whereshould
(1) Elijah had promised" rain.
{2) The king was notified the drouth was
"
""There
ended.Is the sound of an abundance
"
•_
,_,_
"Told me all things that everl
29_:
"
.
of rain" (v_ 41).
(31 Alone on Mt..Carrdel Elijah prays for
rain {v, 42}. looks for clouds:and
(4) Elijah's.servanI
_tid" Iv.
reports repeatedly.'"Thereis
lag" (v. 451.
noth-
3. a,The
past.
- 1, THLtt_.I$ Nr,_o con ^ Fxmt Corm'czar.To BrHerwomaninseshdr
testimony Iv. 39)..
.
b. Samaritans' believed because of her testiS,
Just" Farrff
mony Iv. 42),
1, This age is characterized by sell-conlldence.
c, She had fouhd the welll'
a. The world demands demonstration.
d. She
forsaken
b, Days
of _,dentifie
"The had
Woman
[hen her
leftold
herwaterpot.:
waterpot" Iv.
Prediction
of ;i'ain observation.
hasod only .on hard:
28). metric readings.
"
.
.
he in
c. Unfailing
"Springingsupply.
up into everlasting hf"e" Iv. 14I
3. Source Of this living water,
"From whence hast thou this living water?"
.
_
Apri[ lS--4Vlornlnl
men worship?"
20). her question(3) Jesus
patiently Iv,
answers
Int.
" c. The woman's, humbling acknowledgment•
"Sir,
thou, art, a prophet"
19). I perceive
"
" Iv.
_
.
"The.gilt Iv.ol10).
:God and who it £1 that
' salth to
thee"
I. The-failure of Jacob's well.
a. Jacob's
Wells.
The wells
of Abraham and Isaac (C-on.26:
- , 15-25).
.
(_)
-%
"
"G6 call thy husband and dome hither"
Iv. 167.
A WO_._._'wlr_;_Pasr
• .
.
b. 'An al_peal to emotions,
.
Awakening of.remorSe, "He whom thou
:.c. Anh_t
is not thy
(v. lg).
apI_',,aIto
the husband_'
will•
April ll--Evening
,
"I
105
CONCLUSION
"
" -"
1. In oriental cities where water ls scarce the
water peddler cries.'"The gift of. God; who
wi .buy?" We ¢ry.."The gift of God; who .
will take?'"
L It is said that on the rde_rt men in _arch of
water will separate just the distance a man's
voicd will carry.: When'. water IS found the
Cry is pas_d from" man to ma_, "Water."
: "Water."- "Water." We pass along the cry. "_
to. Ill.
-
_
And he said, to hit servant, Go up now, look
toward the sea. And he went up and Io_ked, and
zaid, There is nothing. And he said, Go again
_even times (1 Kifig_-18:43);
SCRIPTUI_E
REAmSO--lKings 17:1-7; 18:41-46.
Ir:TROnUCTmS
_
again, ma_ be Wilful.
c. lenorance
"No one so blind.as he whowill not see."
"
"
2. The
knows. HeChrist
knew wbb
this woman.
a. (]) "He must needs go through Samaria,"
Iv. 4) for this lonewoman,
I2) He knew her shattered romances.
_'Omnge blossoms dipped in.pitch '
(3) He khew her longing heart.
.She brings her empty water pitcher.
MAGAZINE
him" Iv. 14),
Note: See John 7: 37-39.
"
"
Illustration--Dr.
Jowett. tells of an old
English castle that Was built over a ]iving;spring. However besieged, the supply of water could never he cut off. ".
'
beennearer
before.thanHe
;
"would
" " ever be
_3) ever
Perhaps
"_
b, The wells within the heart--"Shall
"_
.(Ltlke 1O:42).
h. The hltnding
effect of' ignorance.
(U The woman'knew not the Christ.
{2) He was nearer to her thah He had
IlL. Col,tr_.'_sArlor;s O,_ _rltE ROAD
• 1, Renders .the satisfactions of ohadielfce.
.
_'_,
I. Yl'hebllndne_ of Ignorance,
a. The intervening "i]."
Ill The mockery of lt--"so near?"
.f2l The tragedy of it--"so far."
Jesus weeping over Jernsalemcnes,
" "If thou' had.st known in this thy day"
get to the
end of theD.way."
--CIt,_RLES
TtLLM_tN,
COUCLVSt0_
God's way is the best
For God's.way leads home.
• b. Earth derived wells will not satisfy.
','Whosoever drinketh of this water shal!
thirst again" Iv. 13).
"
Ill Wells of pl_a_urn'and pride,
(2) Wells of business and prestige,
"Vanity of vanltiez, all is vanity"
" (Eccl. f: 2).
c. The labor of earfh's wells,
"
"Come hither to draw '_ Iv. 15).
Journeying fo_ the water•
2_."Greater than our father..Jacob" Iv. t2)
a. Dvney-imparted--'That
I shall gave
him" Iv. 14).
:[
3, Two souls athirst.
.
" Jesus _aid, '!Give meto drink."
Woman mid, "Sir. gave me this water•"
I. ThE To^or.w., or IONORANCE
"If thou kneWest" {v. 10),
"I know in His Word He has promised
That my strength it shall b_ as my day.
And the toils of the road will seem zmthfng,
WhenI
THE PREACHER'S
,
(9)
•
t
-
"
106
"
c,
Men boast their ability
THE
PREACHERS" '
MAGAZINE
IN read tile sky.
(11 '!There
Some in re!iKious circl_ are _:onfident of
their abilty to read he l rophe e skvT
2. Faith makes its confident
stand upon the
promise.
Faith believes the prombe because il believes the God of the promise.
b. Faith cherishes the piomise and waits'cx_
pectantly.
Fai!_.i* the inner evidence oj tilt an•*v_er.
c, The world needs faith that is content
t_
be just faith•
Real faith has no qitestinn marks
a Some talk of the faitix that-inqntres.
it) Certainly
faith need have nc fear in
facing facts,
(21 There is somethin_
un,_atisfactory
"in
"
"
such an attittnk of faith
.
"
c.
It doe_ not take a large cloud to s,xtjsfv
faith
"
•
......
Withqut even'lookln_
at the cloud him_]f. the prophet cries. '*Go Jell Ahal;.' ....
We
:'L/_._'/,
i[[KO,
Fat_tt
"CoNFRON_fLD WITII CONT.qAnI('TOR'¢
Evmzh'ez
• Eli ah.was notprayin_
b_" the barometer,
" 'a. Prayed iookin_
ate a tout e_s sky
.
(to)
a.
cloud below
_he horizon
b. The
The message
u[ faith•
"The sound qf ahtmda_fe
of rain."
"Go tell Ahab."
¢2 Tie .word
has always stood in respect
_f the.character
of _enuine [aith;_
b., History
holds the record of man's attempts
and tragic failures
II.
."_l_
honor
_reat
scholais/
_reat
inventors,
It is time
we ho_ored
_trea! believers.
"Say
you there
is nothingS"
Go hack a_ain and aea!ta[ For there
etc.
i- God[ .
='_
"
"
-
"
.
"
_t
- (11
.
"
By.blnding
Legislation
cure sin,
(21 " Bytaming
Education
tame sin.
iv. 3).
""
andincarcerat
m.
I
sion of character. _
"My name is Jacob'_
2.
a
ill)
iGen.
,
32:271.
It Was _ cofife_lon of faith in.Christ_
"Jesus
iv. 7l. 1 thou Son of : the Most Hiuh
God"
b.
Peter's confession of"Christ.
"Thou art the Christi'the
Son of theliving
GOd" (Matt• 16: 161. _
c, Such confe_ian
is a revelation and _ the
basis not only. of the cl/urch but of all indii,'idtlal _alvation.
IX'. TIlE COHDEMNA'IION
I, "They that fed the swine" iv, 14)•
"They '_'.'ere afraid" iv. 15").
(I)
They had "reason lo be afraid belort,
but now the man was "sitting. and
dolhed . ..........
and in his right rhlnd" tv 151
I_} The vision of*this man cleansed made
"
not.
his
.
.
.
A confession of hisown
condition.
a. "'We are man3'" iv. 0i.
l|e acknowledged
his heart to be I*OMeSsed
of uncleanness•
|_. Jacob's confessfon'_flnan'_e
was a conies-
e not
do
.
"l'_tl_ Co.'ivZSSlOU
(3)
it', 41.
and reformation
.
sin,
TII£. COMSraUD
I. The man recognizes Jesus afar" iv. 61. a. This ability to recognize Jesus was
.lI].
|_ TI_ Co,_'tnzlo,_
I. Pus_s_ed "of an unclean spirit iv.,2).
', a. No expressinn better" describes the human
heart without Christ,
The human heart is
God's temple anti has been usurped.by
un_
cleanness.
"
b. "A _'unc_ean spit
"
(1
Unc can- m nds and deeds arL_- from•
. unclean he,arts (Pray.23:
7)
(2) "The heart is tile home of uneh,anneM
(Matt. 15: 19; Luke 6: 45).
c "Possessed."
(1) .Controlled by uncleanness,
(2) Y_d
to.un_leant_ess..
2. Dwelling among the tombs iv, 3). "
a. The place•of isolation.
.
b. The plgce of condemnation.
c The place of fear.
'd. The place of death,
3. Untamed
by men.
a. Man'sattempts
to control sin.
-
[
]
to control
"
107
el.sin
"All llower fautho;ity]
_is given to, me in
'. heaven an*] in earth" (Matt.'28:
18),
lie taught them as one having authority'!
.
.
(Matt.7:
_t_1,
h. Christ and Christ alone has power.
(l.) To forgive sin_ (Luke _: 24).
(2) To mak_ the unclean clean•
"I will:
. .
beAhou clean'.' (Luke S: 13).
(,t) 'Fu enable r_en to he sons of.God
(John 1: 12t_ "
t."The.word,of
power.
a'., To the demoniac,
"Come out of the man.
" .thou unclean sph,_t" iv. 8),
b To the Woman found in adultery."Neitber
tit) I coitdemn thee; go anti sin no more a
(John g: lit'.
c.'T_) tile repentant,, thief, "Today shalt thou
he with me in Paradise"
(Luke 23: 43).
d. To Lazaru_ in the tomb. "Lazart_.
come
[orth" (John 11:,431.
"
_lnd he _ked him, )Vhat i_ thy name?
And lie
an.ttt, ered,_aying.
My'name
is,_Legion: for "we are
"
"
ma_y (Mark 5: 0).
....
"' " "'_
. .
1
" - •. ,','_'_oouc_xos
I. The.lesson story (Mark S: 1-20_.
.
Gadara controlle o th6 mountain "_n .which
a. it was built and the countr') and seaport
.I i "
down t_ the sea.
"
.b? Gadara w,_s inhabitiM by a half ]_eatben
folk who raised swine for Roman soldiers.
_" " "- "
e, Christ. crn_ing, the Sea of Galilee for i'est,
found a demoniac
whom tie healed and
Imade a missionary.
2. Chri._t's miracles were very _fften twofold,
a. Miracles of b'o_lily.healing,
b, Miracles'of
,*,oul-bealing.
Note Mark 2:1-12.
3 Christ's miracles of bedily healingareaiways
"
illustrative of soul-healing.
4. The miracle of the ti)mb_dx_eller of Gadara
was twofold anti is illustrative of soul-healinto
"
b. The fact of his ability to recognize Jesus
wouhl I_e the basis of his condemnation
if
be failed to go to Jesus (,._. 7).
2, Christ"
' speaks" wtth'authortty._ '
a• Only Christ hhs auth6rity in the presence
5
Bt:I•O'ft._"
XilE _'l()R[-
,_ Delay is not denial
.
Do _ot confuse del;D ant[ deniah
b. Remember°
God has spoken.
] am nnt called tlpnn'to
explain the atfinns "of God.
[ am called upon to believe liim.
WhenI
believe Him, any need to.explain
Hm_ vanishes•
c. "Not faith in God because "of the cloud,
" h_t [aith in the cloud because of God."
"Yo'tt ma_' think God does not hear yo_
- And withhohls the rift you seek.
Then just learn to.trust
tfi_ _ilence
When'the
Master does.not
speak_
-Let your faith new courage borrow.
For" His promises are true,
Just remember on the morkow,
,-He'll take you,through.
He'll take Fou
through."--JAsll_s,V.
R_m.
Faith atone could hear the rain.
lUt*ffratlon--No
doubt.
0 white square
flag.was
floating upon the staff of the
" "
"Do
weather bureau
on Mt. Carme.
not pray until the flailchanges,"
some
•
" say.
h.. The ,servant scans the sl[y.
Note--TradiHon
declares tgat Elijah's _ervant was the ._n
of the widow 'of
Zarei_hath whom he had raised [ram the
dead,
,
(11 "There is nothimt."
"
Conclusive and brief,
(2) "There is nothing,"
He was sure before he looked.
fa] "There is nothinm"
Mere confirmation,
14) "There isnothing."
Carefully
formed convjctinn.
(51 "There is nothing•"
.
"
hl)_ e"
April lBJ--Evenlng.
THe MAS N/_a_o Lrmzo,_ "
be
Failure is an unknown
tliin_ for faith,
a. Say you. "There is nothing"?
"Look aeain,"
There is C_d
h Tile confident
church latmhs ,at the report. "There is nothinm"
The
church
has somelbin_
We h:Jve
" "
(;dd's Word!
_" "
r We arc" expected
to 0resnme npon the
._
promises,
.
.
"7_TIn _ world awaits a confident church,
2. Faith must stand without the cloud,
with-. _gpittle-.
MAGAZINE
• CO,4CLU_IION
tit prom ,es Go_ mt.v
siena.
.
FA_TII SEES TIlt: CLf)IJ)
zoN
man
PREACHER'S
moistened
clay upon.hls
eyes: stumblin_ toward the pool.
Paul at midnight
in shipwreck,
cries
"Sirs. I bi._lleve God."
-
I.
II.
I :
In the face of exI
for a.time._'ifh_ok|
Ill..
inquba'.
Uncompromising,
confidence
characterizesfalth
at its best.
• e Faith often needs the challenge
of rantradictory reports,
ill Send the servant.out
to _an
he _kv.
"
(21 Dnn't hold your hdth so lit_htb ;is to
_ndan_er
it hy , negative report
I
'b.
Then listen for the rain which can
he:ird in the _:ery promL_e itself.
b.
Hoped is to
encourage - his
(6) _'There
nothing,"
" master,
Utter weariness.
(7) "No larger than a man's h_:od."
.
C. The
faith_ of the prophet
cried.
"Go
again."
Ilfnstration_Blind
3.. God's promi_es are better than signs,
a. What "_ant we more than God's Word?
b. The ,church must take a hohler staml
upon" the promises.
_
c. Dost .thou believe?
llh_tration--Modern
editions of Doubtmg Thomas
that must thrust hovers
into nail prints.
Only an indulgent
Lord would accept such•
(3)" There is ,_ finer conduct of faith [hao
"
THE
will chill the'blood
the horizon."
• _)
2,2 Real faith not dependent
upon signs,
_. Si_ns are not, _iven as the c_u,_e of faith.
Faith- is rather the cause of signs,
"Faith .is the ._uh._tance of. things hoped
for,
of thines not ,_een'_
(Heh. thell:l),evidence
3.
is nothing"
"
•.........
" of anything
less than _enuine faith,
(21 "Go a_ain, there is a cloud forming
out there."
(a_ "Go a_ain, some c]onds han_ low ov
a.
t
_".....
them conscious of their own unclean.
0ess:
The presence of the Christmade
neee_,_ary a choke relative to their'attirude toward him.
Was this not-true With Pila{e?
"
10fl
""
THE
PREACHER'S
b. "An_' also concerningthe swine" (v.
if), Their .commercial
interests were.
- fect_d.
(2 L' That revival cost too much,
2. "They began to.peay him to depart'! (v.
a. The prayer for Jesusto
leave.
b_ Thls Ixrayer. was anSwered.
c. History does not _ecord that He ever
turned.
-
MAGAZINE
16).
af-
b. Old Testament-writerslooked upon this
inner glft o.s fire,
(ll'G_d
appeared to Moscsin bgrning bush,
(2) God dwelt_ amidst Hi_ people in the
,
taberfiacle
above it in.a
p/ila_ o/
17).
•re-
(v. 19)_
b, This is the method of the gospel.
3: The obedience.
"He began to publish.in
Decapolis lmwgreat
things God had done for him" iv,.20),
of
demons
became
the
home
,
rightly unde_tnod
,:,'hen the)', speak of
God /rod God's _tace -withi_..the
heart in
terms of holy fire.
a. Quakers taked of the inner light.
"
h. Seth C. Rees and John T. Hatfield in"
slsted "we'must
have the fire."
" c.. Dr. P. F. Brcsee was ever insisting that
the churcb indivkluMly
and coltectfvely
must "get the glo_y down.",
of
:
Christ.
Aprli
2_--Mornlng
"
WhereJore:l
put thee In'remembrance
that thou
stir up the gift of God, which is in thee (2 Tim.
4:14).
- .
SCmFtURE REAmNo---2 Tim. I:t-lg.
II.
L
f_Taovbc-rm_
_
l.- A call to memory.
•
.
Thedanger.of
forgetting former experiences;,
former r_ponsibilfiies,
and former achievemeats,
2..The
heritage of
Tha faith ol his
The'faith
of his
3." "The in th that
.
_
•
(1) An open draft.
"
I. TtI_ Iu_zn Fnm
(2) C inkers, asl and dead mate/'ifiis.re"The gift that Is In thee."
moved.
"
I. The "gift" within.
(3) And plenty of ftfel, added.
a_ Some have intet_preted this to mean the
3.. Too many
modern
holiness
people
have
gift o[ prophecy---of
preaching.
"banked tbeii fires.",
b. Others, th_ gift of the Holy Gbost:
a. A "banked fire" is a fire held in reserve
"It was customary
for the apostle'4 tO lay
with a minimum of activity preserved
their hands on-those
wha recei':ed th_
_for the night,
Covered 3vith ash a
. Holy Ghost."
-'closed
draft_ to" keep it inactive.
A
c, Others, declare it refers to the "uhfe|_ned
confessinn thai the.day is over.
faithY
Which his mother and. arand• b. Too many
ChrlstLang are living w th
mother before him p0ssessed,
."banked
fires."
d/This
verse a cfimaaing
verse and brin_s
•
to' bear on •Timothy
the heart of the
llI. Tnz RzzmnLzu
FLA_a_
"entire exhortation,
_,
l The holy flame needs to be burning bright y
e. It is no less then the sum total of God's .
a. No power generated to operate the ma:
- grace .shed abroad
in the heart and
_chinery of life and of tbe church when
represents
the believer's,
conscmusness
the fire is fhdLag and 'low,
of divine favor,
b. No warvaing lnfltlence that: will melt its
_. Paul refers to this inner testimony as though
way in a cold world.
. :
it were latent fire,
c. No _:onsuming flume't0 burn the dross and
a. "Stir up"--renew,
kindle,
debris that file's ¢xperlcnces ticcumuLate,
(127
.
IQ9
2. All men know themselvesto be sinners,
a. Men know that as sOch'they
are.in peril.
b. Men recognize that ,they are unable to
" deliver themselves
from sin and its con-sequences.
expenence,
.
.
f3) Thirty
years of history
since the
founding of the Church of the Nazarene and rttany fed there is now an
"ease iv Zion"
stealing
over the
c
John was ,nsen
9:6°9).
Men
often do
thin_ "becau_
science.
from
the
dead"
[Luke
unexpected
and
tragic
of an offended
con-
people.•
Illustralion.--Judns,
troubled
because
he
"b. A dying world without Christ demands it.
'
had betrayed Christ, dies*at the .end of
(ll Christ has commanded
and yommis- - a hemp rope, a suicide, Saul fell upUn his
,_
sinned us to go save men,
own sword.
(2) Met1 are dying faster than they are
2. A refuge from the slumbering power of sin
.being saved.
.
in the heart.
" ••
c. "_'hehope of the so6n coming of the Lord
a. Sin dwells within the heart,
urges it.
"
'
."Sin that dwelletb in me" (Rom_ ?:17).
(l) "At sudi time as ye think not:"
"Another law bringimt me into captlvi' t_;!'
(_) "Will he find faith onthe
earth wben
(Ram. 7:23).
he comes?"
b.tSm cannot be trusted
(3) What is done must be doric;quickly.
The nature of sin is deception
and you
d. The ogi# generation
this _eneratinn of
must change the nature of sin to ehan_ge
"
.
MAGAZINE
for a lost world. •
"
d. A flame of zeal that burns its way tq on- " L Evzav M^_ Nzzvs ^ Rzroot:
,.
largement . of the heart until nil the
l." A refuge f_m
the accusing finger of his
world is encompassed
within a benevo-,
own conscience..
lent heart of concern,
a. "Conscience has as its aid the undying
3, Brethren. it is•time to rekin_tle the fire,
_records of memory.
a. History demands it.
.
.
_'Son, remember
(Luke t6:25).
ill We are 2,000 years this side of Calvary
b. A man may cailous his s_ul to theacand Pentecost and still the. world is
cusatinn of conscience, but the volesof
Largely heathen,
con.q:ishce is never stilled.
(2l Hollne_os has been recoanized
as an
. _llinstration--Herod
who had beheaded ha•
.
active movement
since tbe days of
headed John. the ltaptist_ to satisfy the
-the Wesleys, yel_ [oday the church
whim of a dancing woman, was troubled"
largely repXidiates the
doctrine end
at hearing of Jcsns for some said."that
"
.
"" •
ThE SMOLI)ERINO FM
Paul did not accuse Timoihy
of:.
a'; Putting
o_t
the fire. "Quenching
the
_pirit:' . "
b.-Or of miShsing the Holy Gift.
.
c. "Nor did he admonlsh him•to seek new gifts.
2. Paul admonisfied
Timothy
to rekindle the
fire already within.
a. A smoldering
fire is an inactive fire.
b, _Asmoldering
fire may extinguish itself.
c. A smoldering fire should have:
Timothy.
nrandmotber.
Lois.
mother, Eunice.
is. n thee."
'
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PREACHER'S
L Let /be holy flame burn.
_.' An impassioned love for God and men,
b. A living faith
that lays hold
of God
and His promises in a gap of steel.
e. An undying
service that expends
itself
. .[
-
,_re.:
(3) To Elijah
on hit: Carmel God _nswered by fire.
_
t4) Jeremiah'
said
the .word
of
God
_'ll_'
__:q_
burned
as fire
in his bones (Jet.
- • xa.
20:9).
e. New Testament
refers to God and inner "
l
grace in similar terms.
ill John Baptist preached that belie'.;ers
skouM be"bapti,,ed
with fire."
(2) At Pentecost
"ridden tongues like as
oJ fire" _t upon the believers.
" _
(3) The writer of Hebrews declared that
"
God "maketh .his ministers flames o/
_re" (Hob. 1:9) and that :'God is,a
.
consuming
fire" (Hob, 12:29).
J. Men of the impassioned
heart are to "be
V. T[_ Coieszc_Arlou
- " .
"
1. The prayer of the cleansed man.
a. "That he might be with him".(v.
18).
b. Characteristic of all who are cleansed,
2, The command of Jesus.
•
a. "Go home to thy friends and tell them"
CO._CLUalO_
The home
THE
"
Christians
CONCLUSXO_
1" It is evident
monition.
can
reach is this generation..
"
"
"£1mothy heeded
•
Paul's
.
ad-
a. He flung himsclfag;iinst
the need of a
" "- •world,
•
b. He became
a migsionary
who followed
Paul to the'last.
:
•:
2. Shall we heed the call for renewed flame..
a. Remember it must be first renewed within.
- b. That it may radiate without,
•
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April 25---Evenln_
"
_
,_
. ALL Mz_ Slink ^ HIvmq PL.tcz
]udgmenl
also _2iil,l lay to the line, and righteoufne_s to the plummet;
and the hall shall sweep
away the reIuge ol lies, and the waters shall over2
flow the hiding place
" (Isa.28:17). "
- :
"
Itvrabouc'rlo_'
.
1. Some facts are universally
true.
a. Amid learned and unlearned of whatever
race or dime.
b. Certain basle phygical, mental.and
moral
i_et_ts, are universal.
..
"
c
sin.
, Sin cannot be tamed, trained
beyond the .pos._ib htles of
fllustration-,-.Like
the training
tiger or hoa constrictor, they
.
or educated
outbreak
ova
jungle
may revert
- and spring ppon their.trainer
at[y time.
. 3. A refuge from the feat:s of death and |udg-,"
mont.
- a. Death and jfidgment hre inescapable (Hob.
" 9:27).
"h. Death and judgment hold terrors for all
tinder sin.
"The'wag_
of sin is death" (Ram. 6:23).
"And said to the.mound, alas and rocks.
.
Fall on us, and hide a_ from the face of him that sitteth.on
the throne, and
from th'e wrath of the Lamb"
(Roy.
6:16).
c. Any experience that calls man into account
brings terror" to the unfaithful.
""
Iffustrdtion--Our
neighbor,
an old n_an.
when asked about death, replied. "It Is
- an awful leap in the dark."
•
If.. F.*J-gn Rzrucra
^l_n How.To
DnTr.cr Tngat
L The nature of sin is to deceive.
.
a. The devil the arch-deceiver.
" Deceived Eve in the garden
(Gen. 3).
(tD
"
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10
THE
PREACHER'S
rp nt.(aen.
3:t;Rev.12:9;,20:2).
God.
A "thus saith the Lorth"
b. These tests should he met before a proml_d holm of beaven is to berelied upnn.
"The heart is deceitful above nil things,
a'nd desperately
wicked, who ran know.
[
2. False refuges enumerated,
n. Arfalse hope of heaven.
,_ ..
.(_)
!!
1=
tin-
• we have (lone, but accordin_
mercy"
(Titus 5:3).
Living qn memory,.
from the. consequeuees
of.sin without deliverance
[rbm sin.
Numerous
isms'and
cults.of the day,
(3) Religions
that ofignore
necessity
•the blood
Jesu._ the
ChriSt
in atone-of
•
t
,!
l
.
merit for sin.
True refuge_
refuge detected,
must do the -following:
& a.FalSe
(1) Satisfy the conscience.
(2) Deriver from the present thrahloin
Si_.
of
04)
:
the
_
.
.
•
)
life?
_,Vh_it
doe_ tbe word
: "fh)ok"t
" -
" -
_. What
rtfatner_
!'llibl_"'mean?
"
(James
Iffgo)
tdnnimzl
rL"Who was the Iirsl mariYr?
35)
Who
II.
Jail)
Whal Phi "lestament
character
tzreates! path,n('_?
(Job)
i_ e:dled ":l'he G_slml
"
Sev©rt Words
.
1:8;
L Come
-7 37
2. Learn
Hsaiah
for the
Child
tMatthew
ll:
i5: 4) •.
3. Follow
(John.2l:
fP.
22:
. lisa-
12; I0:
4. John
Read 8:
(Deut.
17:27;
IlL 1l;'26),
lq; Neh.
.
16 i f.Timotby
4! 13; Rev. I:
s'. Pray tLuke; 2f: 36: A_ts 6:
Phil. 4: 6; (_ol. 4: 2; 1 Thess.
6. Work (Neh.'4_6
Mark 13:
58; 2 Cor. 9:8;
Col. l:10;
'
_
7. Look fPhfl
28).
""I|uI Christ
3: 20; 'Titus
is all
and
Romans
5:27.
8: lg:
in all"
"
"
. .
shall renew
tbeir
It _amhel
sins,
(he crlllrse
of
tb[s
"In Lp:'t:
"1. I R:.:au
II--FOi_M
TIlE "HABIT
Re/zularly:
,
2. This eunuch bad the babit.
if
f)_ve.t.ov a I}EEP Am'aEcta_o,_
q:
(Col. 3: Ill
"---S_r, Ec-_o.
voa lr
1. As G_)_l's inspired Wor¢l.
_" Asalivin_
Book today..
28
fsal 34:
Hebrews
trt_pa_es.nnd
according
to
I I1_ ntt:ans of grace:
2. Tile a_ent--the
Spirit anti Christians
workinz tolzether .....
" "_ The position--raises
up to Him.: -,
Ill..[)URt'OSE OV QUICKENIN(_
t. I'drtakers of Ills, life and ricbes,
2. Partakers 6f the l)romise.
3.. Made citizens ot the commonwealth.
4. Reconciled
111. ENDEAVOR_'o
HaVE So_tri U,'/D_STANOINU
OV
fr
" "
3);"
. I.
4; Eph. 6: 18;
2.
5: 17).
.
J4;" I Cor. i5: "- 3,
2 Tim.,2:lS;
IV.
2:13
Lord
-The'Chrittian
and His I]ible
_Aets 8:30-301
Titus 3: 8l.
'{]_
• If.
fEstherl
o: 45
Luke
the
Fla)_t
I. Death.m
2. Walking
w_rhl ....
23:
I1: 28; John
20; Jobn
upoh
Spiritual
Quichenink
(Eth,sans
2) "
of God
I: 18; Matthew
wait
"'_I:I,E.C_'ED.
•
.
I)_)s_ses,sedtile
I perish"?
4.7
.
Prophet"?
perish,
that
in t/ie
Wlmt nmn tnnk 3(30 men alid Whil)ped analion?
(Gideonl
• .
,
" -13, Wbo said. "Let ns go tip.at once and i)t)_se_
it. for we are welt aide to overcome
it"?
(Caleb)
said. "if.I
s
Renew Ihe km_Ztll)m (Jesus, shall return
It: 14) ....
I2.
I-t.'Who
t.
Hnly. Gh _ (T
streng h lisa ah 40: 31).
•
'
Youth is renewed like,the eagle's (Psalm 103:5
"//eueti' a'ri_ht
spirit withi_me
(P_alm 51: 10),
Renewed the altar of the Lord'(2
Chron. 15: 8).
_
.
t: 27)
,
label--Matt.
to.
""
MELZA H Buowr/
Warfare bur charge (! Tim. I:18).
Kind of warfare (1 Tim, 6:12).
Our enemy of w2_r (Eph. 6:12).
Kinds of weapons (2 Cor. 10:4
Our armor (Eph, 6:13-17).
Our captain (Heb. 2:10).
c. Eat of hidden manna and given a new name.
e.
in white
d, Clothed
Have power
o_,et raiment.the natlons.
"
- f. Made a pilla/ in tern fie of GOd,
•
g. Granted privilege of sitting with Christ.
It. Tile soldiers home (Rev.Chapters
21, 22)..
They
7. What Scripture passage,impJies
that t/_ere was
no rain before the flood?
(Gen. 2: 5.6)
_, What _loes the wnr_l ".G_'nesis" mean?
(Be.
the- life."
L)f the
l/.enewcd
10). (Eph , 2,))•
Reuewed in knowledge
the spirit of(C_il
your 3;miml
Transform&l
I)y renewing of your' mind fRom.
12:2
The reward man is rt:newed day"l)y ¢ty t2 Cor.
4: ca).
fans
in the Bible?
is imre'reli_ion?
Rencwine
the
" "
"
"
,t., (live "tbe meaning" of tbe word "Israel.:'
fPtince of God)
4. Where is the Bil'fle definition ill'faith?
(He" hrews It:J)
"
many
Renewed
Tile
6. Wbo offt._d the first Im ycr-record,
Bible?
[Allraham.-Gen.
20:17)
7, Some requirements.
_l,uke 24:49; Acts
7Tim.
2:,l;.Rom,
I2:l; Lukeq:241.
.8. Soldier life.
a.
{Luke (20:23):
I). Seif_defilal
Lift. of hardne&s
Tim. 2:3).
III
for April
that were used in
_ood advantage.
....
2. th)w
",
"Wherefore
he is abie also to save them
to the uttermost
that come unto God
b}' .Idm" (F/eb. 7:25).
"
" ' "
Illustration--Israel
h:id seven
cities o[
refuge provided;
CI)rJst Lg o tr City.of
Refuge.
"
- --=7
-ChrlstJali
Wa_are
c, ;'in example "f2 Cot. 11:23-28),
9 The victory amured (1- Cor. 1_;:24-26}.
10... Overcomers rewarded.
- a.
of the of
tree:of
b Shall
Given eat
a crown
llfe. life.
very
_
'1 am the door, by me if any man enter
ill, lie shall be saved."
"Come unto me allye thfit labour anti are
heavy ladt_n."
No one is able to Perform like •Jesus•
L
are um.stlons
ng t
]
last strong, swimmer
and
•
a llrayerneet
.questi!lns
ahead ofanswers
time aml
i)t_)pie werewere'_ix'en
I)rnn_pte(I mtt
to filid.'the
, .
- Know Your Bible
.Tl_e delulze is God's picjudgment.
God will brinz
Christ.is the true refuge;
t. No one premiSslike
Christ.
. "l am the way; the truth
I.
L
3.
4:
5.
6.
tThi, h)lh,wimz
lies ::_'_'_l', ),
2. The hail of coming judgment,
"a. Are you willing to presen
your refiJge
to God? ."
.
.
b. Will it stand the scrutiny of judgment?
lllustration--zTbe
text sounds like a picture
down
COb/CLffSION
Memoryof.a
past exf;erience--pa:_t
grace,
Illustratien-=-A
man was asked what
his holm of heaven was. fte Iook&l
for his baptismal, certificate
Iddden
away in his trunk ,and found it
motli-eaten,
¢3) Trusting in any man-made
inst_tutihn
or ordinance,
" Baptism, tile church, etc,
h: I)resumi_vg upon the Almighty,
(t) Pre_mlng
upon ilte goodness i)f God.
"Godis
too good to senti me to bell,"
(2), Based upon the rigbleousne_
of others.
Many a man has rested, his hope ot
heaven upot_ tile prayer of a gm h'
wife or mother.
""
"
• lllustration--A
sidewalk
cba_actet
in
Phmnix, ,Ariz., was wont
to racy,
"Uncle Jim call never go to hell,
Uncle Jim had a.praying
mother,
and God willnever
let .Uncle Jinx
Life's.flo0d waters:
a. Adversities and perplexities,
.b. Reveeses and.disappointments.
."
c. Crushed holSes anti bereavements.
Does. your refu_e stand the'test.of
-
of the'deluee,
lure of'world
to his
go to hell/'
"
(3) AU wilt come out righttn
the endJ-,
c. Bargain counter religion:
(l) Religious notions that promise •escafx
i
,_,
..
.-
(I). Self-rizhteousness.
"I church.))
am as good
as folks inside the
"I keep the golden rule. •
.
"Not.by
works of rlghteodsness
which
z
,[
ate
of
ting.Suggestions
_
_.
:: ,a_
"Tile
shall sween overflgw
away the them."
refuee
anti hall
the'w'atersshafl
I
Pra ye' rmee
"
MAGAZINE
Lewis T. "Corlett
[11. F^LSZ R_.FUI3ES SWI:I'I" AwaY
it?" (Jet. lq:9).
e. It is char_cleristie
of tile sinful h('hrt
to
- seek' false refuge.
.
,
When they, _hall sa3, Peace and safety; .
then sudden
destruction
comefh upon
them" (1 _l'he._. 5:3).
"There is a way which, seemeth'_?ight unto
" " "
"
PREACHER'S
THE
(31 Must fortify
in deatll.
f4)Must
hoderived.from
thet/ord-of
"Is pictured throughout the Bible as shbtle
Appears to men 3is an angel of 'l ght (2
- Cor. 11:14);
Is the father of lies (John 8:44)
" b. The sinful heart is dec:eitfuL
-
a man, but the" end. thereof,
ways of death". (Prey
14:12).
.
MAGAZINE
In the spirit of wt_r_hii).
In meditation,tHe
that.willeth
the" doctrine shall knowl.
Throuzh
obedience
Con WILL SEND Hl:Lt,
to know
of
-
I. Philip was Sent to the eunuch•
2. Sometimes
through the minister•
J. The Spirit. is the,Great Teacher and Revealer.
.V. BIBLE DEVOTIONALRr2aDINO LF.AUSTO BE_IXR
ar¢o Ha_P_¢ L_v_o
"
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112
.
THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE
.
"THE PREACHER'S
Increasing tho Ligl_t
".
The Purpose of Missions
(Proverbs 4: 18)
I. To share '_(he Good Ne_vs" .(Mark 10: 14.20).
I. Ily Increasing the Source of Light. This is not
2. To save men from sir (Hob. 2: 1-4).
necessary for the Christian .as God .is the ..L To transform, life (2 Cor. 3_ 17, lg).
.. .
L_ht.
"
4 To lift life's level (Titus "2:9-15).
IL Drawing Nearer the Light. The Christian can .5 T,{ spread enlightenmen_. (Acts Z6: 16-18). "
tin this.
6. To creme "New.Men" (Eph. 4: 20-32).
IlL Removing Obstacles that would hinder the
----S_L_'rr.D. _'_[('f_l
light rcachinu.the person in its ,entirety.
•
The Christian must do this,
Missionary HerOes
" of Faith it Cot. 3: 1-9).
_
IV. By Walking In the Liaht. The truc child ot
] Men
4. Take an occasional' inventory_
a. It sheriff
Is too notifies
late Inof clleck
up when
fordclo_ure.
5
to Chrlst
(I, Cot. 3: 23)
• •
I. HIs workmanship (Eph. 2:10; Isaiah,43: 21)
If._TempJes'of God (f'Cor. 3: 16).
3.
2,
" 4.
5.
o.
Men
2: 10-21).
Men of'Vision
of Courage(Acts
(2 Cor.
22: 21-33).
Men of Compassion facts 16: 9, 10).
Men of Unselfish Z_al [2 Cur. 12: 14-21I. " :
Broti_eriy Men (Acts 20: 17-35).
---Sr.Lr.C'rr_.:
"
Teach Us to Pray
(Luke ll: 1)
"
I. Asked by praying peop/e.
2. Expresses a desire
.
a. To.know flow to appi'oach Deity.
b. To ha_e _ deeper splrltofprayi:r.
e. For help from God.
_:_._:_=_:_:_=_:_. _:_7,_:_:_:_._c.._2_._.9_
;_,
_ .
•
.
•
M
•
_
.
• .
.:_=_:_
.
.
_'_--'_-'_"_-"_:_'_
t. Be sum of your relationships. "Our Father._'
2, Have a heart Interest_ "Thy kindom come•
Thy ',viii be done•"
Tr.xl:--Josh_a
1:8. desire failure.
1. No one should
" 2.: God never intended we should.fail.
3. Failure means eternal loss.
t A
]L
-
._I][RIST_S
v
Sermon Outhnes.
I
"
3.: Have
proper
us,.]ead
us.'_ dependehce: "Give us, forgive
". 4: Donor give up easily, importune,
5. Believe when you pray•
Sti¢¢ess_u]
Chr_s[a_Li[e
M_XA H. B_owt¢
:.
.
_
". ""
,_.
_
If.
_
"'
"
d. Crinsecratlon eterhaL
"
:
"L 1.Success
essentials,
Foundation
secure.
a. Fisst prikclples correct
b. Regeneratedahd sanctified,
""
"
Someone haslfl_ened
" "
""
_
"
!.
2.
3.
4.
S.
"
(16)
of
a Christian
ERDXtAh'N"
farmer
rir husinEf:,s
man is great_ a.s
"Fo'rd,
ROckefeller,
Morgan,
etc. successful
"
3. " Now
stress
has changed.
Most
4. In ecelesiasticlsm it -is the preacher who
,can entertain best; or draw the b3ggese
crowd.
life to z journey.or
I. Jesus did not use Hin/_l/, but a "child.
2. He who would be great must be much like
a child
If. WSZATAgE: "rlt_: CIZZ_nLZKn
Czl^,_,c';r_azs'rtcs
.or A CnRts_AS?
I.: Helpful/_ess. servant.
a. Greatest who servesbest,
. b. "Whether-old _r ybung, man. or woman,
?ich or poor. let us all be like child
and serve.
• '
. .e. A"real
is one who" As
stands
by you
when trientl
you nccd'_him.
Jes_s
anti
woman in adultery; gave her a new lease
on llfe.
L.',:
Bit/h.
Age of accanntability.
Choosing a career•
Marriage,
'Death_
.
.
L Healthfuin_s.
,_.-Bubbling with health, energy and zeal..
b. This is.the "characteristic of God's people,
.
they
marchAon
the hattiemont."_in
of hell.
sickagainst
man cannot.
3. There must be a ring of surenet,s in our
preliehing •arid testifying.
a. We must know. '!Once blind but now I
.
_e."
.
b. Paul's testimony, "I know whom I have
believed. _/nd am persufded that he•is
able."
etc.
c. •Voice
of certainty
convinces.
III. Li'/q_--W_tATIr MAY B_ MAnn
I." A failure._
L. A success,
Enumerate some who have ,made faiinres
" " " of themselves and also those who have
madea success of their lives, both from
the Sei'ipturesand from persona[ oh_rva3. A stepping.stone.
"
"
4, d.Every
sorrowing
child
wantsandto bleeding,
be
humanity?
Haw
I something
to like
offerparent•
a downcast.
a. Though hurqhle'and of common people
my father Was my hei'o,
b. Child loves to tell what.his father can do:
¢. May our hearts be so full that we tan'
buI tell.
"
$. Who is greatest?
He th_.t does the :,viii of the Lord as Jesus
said at close of Sermon qn Mount,
".May !rot'ride in fine ears or •live in fine
houses.
Must behealthy, helpful, must know_ must
tell, must do.
..
(17)
" ,
, .
.
I. WZZATI$ G_r.,,r._l_ss?
"
Christ as a Savior .
e.
f A.
Should
fixed heart.
neversettled
need
A' ira's
another,
purpose 4. A tion.
gtumbl!ng-bl0¢k .to other.s.. -"
.
.
c.
Sin.question
forever,
l '
1. Tzt_ Nzxt_-Tttr Pr.tom" oi" Ms_'
"
"
" g, Serving God the bastneas of• life..
All have influence.
1. Blinded by Satan f_.Cor. 4:'41.
2. Work at our.calling.
IV." Lzr_ Mus_ Coxtn _o A C_os_
_2. Ensnared by S_itan (2.Tim. 2: 26).
a, CaUed •to-be saints,
II Tnz Pangw_l_s_ dr Czzarsr
b. A calling ddesn't assure success.
:
.
We should so live that when our sommons
I. In due time---God's time fRom. 5: 6).
comes, we'may be able to look back over a life
2. In the fullness of time (Gal, 4: 4, 5).
diligence,
app//cation,
- _t"Needed
, Neglect and
carelessness
ruin anyconstancy,
gusiness.
:
" well-spent.
3. In fulfillment of prophecy (Matt• 1:23 and
- 3 Inereaso our Investments.
Some people:live so that they are not raised
many others),
a. Put more into the buS/heSS than we take _.
_l_ .when they• die. We should live a life • so ._.hat
"
out.
when we take our departure, the world _hall be
IIL Tlln.Powr.a ov Cnats'r
bl Question is not what we can get out but
I. Highly exalted by G_d (Phil,, 2_'9), .
.
Inve_t.
a little darker because our light has gone out,
2. Given authority (Matt• 28: 18).
and just a little colde_ because our wsrm,.ioving
3. Able to save to.the uttermost (tleb. 7: •2S)
e. Invest
time, talent,
devotlon_
life. money, efforL
" - thought,
heart has ceased td beat.
•
Characteristics
Scripture--Matthew
18:1-3
"
'
INTRODvc'rIoN
"Wlto Is Gnr.AT_'r?"
I. This seezns to be a besetting sin of human:
fly. "Who is [greatest'among us?" "
2. In school we used to study about great
war generals until we all wanted to
be a Napoleon or an Alexahder.
pilgrimage.
2. Life is a voyage•
We •must "_ail our vessel,
lqot always smooth railing.
We need.a Pflot_
.
3, Life is a battle.
•..
Constant warfare against eleinents that
would • destroy, us---from the cradle to
the graye.
"
"
4 Shakespeare _[d that "Life is a drama."
.5 Life is a race,
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ANSWER
c. Samsonsooner.Should.
hay6 .taken inventory
What"Is your stock in grace if,ted at today ?
a, Is it going up or down?
""
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" What Is YoBr Life
._
INxannuc'noN--This
a great4:14).
question, an
For robot is'your Ilia?is (James
important question/" and" a qu_tion that con, fronts us afl.
"I. Wu^'r" Is Lira?
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H.A.
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I|I. PrlesLsof God it Peter 2: 9).
Bell. of Blessinp
IV. Servants of God'IRom. 6: 22; I Car, 3: 9),,
"
V, Friends of God (John 15: 14}.
(Psain_ 33)
"
V_L Snnsof God (I John 3:'2).
.l. The Goodness of thd Lord--Ever New (v. 5).
VII. Tbe' Sheei_ of HIS Fold (John 10).
2. The Word of the Lord--Ever True (v• 4)..
VIII. The Branches in the Vine (John 15).
"3. The Work of the Lord--Eeoc _ood (v. 6).
IX. The Light of the Vv'orld fMatt• 5: 14t.
4. The Counsel of the Loed--Ever S.tands (v. lll.
X_ Ambassadors (2 Cor. S: 20)..
5. The Eye of the Lord--Ever Seeing (v,- lfl).
----Sr._r.c'rtn.
Some
the
AnT1zus ELL,WORTh B^S_:LZV
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God is doing this.
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lntl, ll,rrlh_.X"
P,Iul likens, tilt.
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Christian
fifi, In a htliMint_:
i_i('_llt't
;#r
Eacll imllvidual i_a hllifiicr and the fuumlation
i_
('hri_l.
lie ,intimates
it i_ imnortant
how, we
btlild hecaU,r- the buihfinu will be tried as b);'fire,
.Ill. _t)_ ex't.ry man willqr, rewarded accor(l:ng .1
hi_ eglorl in .huihlin_.-
The
we
become
huilders
which'is
given'to
each through
of us.
indeed--to
l)ortunity
buihlin_.
fe'_t :aba
shows
tliat
i_l.
_race pri¢i/e_e
of'Gml
Atl)e_lorious
IMuch
..,
, ,
vilgrml_
d
"[blttb's of tleaven."
A.nlan
bt,camv cattle
,_'zlng
• Oplmrtunfiy
"_
_
,
in {he path.
chained.
If
will, He will
our dark'nes:,
pr_yer
--_-_
_'_
will
"
been
.
.
"
_
chief
"my
}
2 Tim
l: 12).
A l)wtst: CaLl facts 26:16-191
I. I}bliverance
from the people
2 Salvation of sinners.
Chris|
Gt._._
"
:
here, rmw. as we '.viii in [aeaven.
hess
todaylgel
down "elpeople
Phil. 3.
them to temperance
that they might xyin the race.
'l'hjs is'the greatest race man can run
Paul says.
"1 therefore so run. not as nncertaialy;'so
l)ght ].
nt!t as one that beateth the air; hut!
keep under
my hot!y, anti bring It into suhject[o_."
lie does
this that he m!ght ".viii with Christ.,_
nwn
--love.
(Phil.
-.
•
3: gl.
1 We
•
(vs. 3-5).
a'fity not
they
-
must
ihle2. (2Attain
Cor. 4:'16-18).
unto lhe
have
Rein. 7: 25: Rein. 8: 81.
2. We must not have
,
lit)';, p 3,._iqle.
law
4. W_' must
Iv. 5),
not
have
[Prey.
the' right16: 2; Prpv.
Iike_ to
I,egidfstic
confidence
exalt sell.
rlghleous-
, t ,_, _ _,,_,_,_
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: _,_s...........
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]
tlearLs already
Christ
.is tiffs "llud will cause
td us over therel
trey.
.
.
(v. 21)• Perfect
in
perfect
in
(Het_. 2: 11-13).
tflm
It
not _o he ashamed
.
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and
lllustratlont
]_
_
FTEIt
A.L.P._dogo_
more than twenty
ti,
in good works
"
in.ceremonies
.
cat_ have.
about-it
1. We must count all thin_s but loss (v.s. 7.8),.
ltere Is 1mrfect surrender ' . Our plans, ambitions,
"
w, o ecc es
Paul . a member .
. ast ca stand ng ete
ot _anneurinl
no douo[ studying
to oe ar_hbt,
lilt. glorious
F, would
"theft'
dull
these
rule,
years
m the ac-
tire ram/airy I am still convinced
that
it is the greatest
call'int_ any individual
There
Ihal
is a'iascination
thrills
one
beyond
poor heart has ever experienced.
" . (a) Baptism--n
seal of the covenant,
same
as circumcision
of tile Old TeStament
(Gal. 6:
.161.
Sacrame_ts.
foot-washing,
etc,
.
POSITIVELY
.
(v, Ill.
and •holy
joy"
anything
my
:I love to l)reaeb
gospel, of the Son of God.
Pc umrue ft_r me to say: that
dtlring
•
years-we
Imve ndt exper[encct_ har_l, dry.
and seemingly
Gud-forsaktm
._i'vices btit
have
been' the
Just: laM Sunday.
exee _tion. am]. not
the'
night m _ur regular eve-
. nine service God was present to hell) the.preacher
pour out his soul i_ sermon
and exhbrtattoa
and. at tile close oLthe ser,.;ice seven fine young:
al
m " d c'- a g'ed p'co p e k ne t at t he, a t ar and
,'.'•
' '
])rayed
through to definite
victory.
.,
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/t
All _"'e _
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tl5 'we
ustcneo
to tne
SllOU s of v ctory
around
,_
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7. Our t pportunlty
L now.
_
.
•
.the allar ant he r_ tie r ng ng test men es of
(a) The
. O era ave a_ed •
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" I To W_t_t C
s'r Mr_,Ns
" "
" thuse who 'hid
"p ra•et
_
)
] th rout| 1
_! m"t- nlgllt " _e
.
(h)
Thecelestlalety
(Phd.
3,20
21),
h, Ours may bc ahnost gone..
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l
Ta
{tnA_.v
hm
tV
tO_
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_a_l
f unl
urse[ves ask ng t e q_te_tmn m our own
1.t t_I£ tlAD A GOD G_rVzu ' Co_stt_t_n.n
Passm_
.8, qne .last opportumty
tor. ule an_ _wattgn
._' _
To abso u e y kno v; to be aware of; to fee to
,
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nll[Kl_
+YI/llv
al:P not
all
tne
services
IrUltlUl
like
. /'or am_ Los'r (Rein. 9: 1-3),
" Yo "1 "'
' ,. •
r "
,
_"
pe ecive; to uade,'ztand.
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a.
u lave .leart, ula_ ,,e,orc.
" [_
• ta_ Kno.., H m n t c o,,,cr of re-ener,,t on
tlu_ une t What was tl ere about t s sere _e t at
• _'"
Wh
.was
' ""
"
=or
'one
mare
dutn'•
t
" mark?
....
,
.
whole wnl• of God' (I, Ii11. 3: 12-14),
hewished
I.m elf
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in the'flesh
confidence.,iff,
(v. 9).
3. We must not have.eonfitle'_ce
Iv, 6), iTitus 3:5-8).
"
"this -glorifies_
.
confidence
+21: 2: Pro..,. 20! 6)
Man
- (Ill s. _Rich young ruler.)
nessl "
nt.vt,r
resurrection
.
Suggeat/ons
nat
little "None_of
gust of persecution,
said
these things
,
,
Give_ _lorified. hody
(b)
Blood or station will nol avail.
"Mot"enough (Rt_m. 7:q8;
John
1: 11o13:.
of'the
'Any
Pau
.
Oh the shallow-
move me," etc. (Acts 20: 22-24).
Rooted_
Reason people fail, the)' are not'looking
at' the invis-
I.i I/_ OrnER To ',Vi_ Czlrtsr
curse is upon the man who does nol
use hisopportunity,
a. The 'one.talent
man h_ried
hi, opportunity.
.
b. Jerusalem
would ntn have its upportunity.
.......
IlL "l'Jln PurPOSE tit W]r_slst;
CI/RIS_
,.
.
. •
,
I. Atta n unto perf6cti0n
(v. 15L. "Gaze hearenward.
Livin_
(or God ,'_lone {v. 20),
Ltv¢
_'
5. The
t.O.,_.!
"
.
20: 6,.,
(a_
" ""
hv
, •
_*;l.,t_- than ,to
6. T/rod is opportunity.
"a " Every
our 'is valuable
. '
.
'
b. T , me , sett,, ,],_
es etern
_-. Ity",,!It•
t4/:
tl!ing tt_ he wnn.
In tim .ninth chapler.of
First
Corinthlalis
he so likens it unto a race and exhorts
have.
Once wasted can never be _egained,
.1. The. greatest.opportunity.
a. A chance tn become a chihl of God.
" " b. Of. eternal value.
.ur use of'that ."race
IV. Frt:ssr;l_ TOW^tin.TIlt: M_.R'K Phil. 3: 14).
• of
, hl_
. hie..
.
,
- I Stlpreme tin1
This. nne Ihlng-I
do" p]
_'
_
, .
W.W.
eousness
:
,
" .
,,G,l. with
gl dn,
Pet•.,:
t2s
"A _o,_le
The Christian
Paul• In life
the islikened
t_t i_e _tsuntoit fo/th
a race.as by
some:.
the..
. .
3. Sanctifidation
of heliever_.
.
_"
.I Obeyed the call (Act_ 26: tr_L
•
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I[l. I,a_*orl:n blu_tt. A]tu_oar_tLv _ I Car. IS: 10)
I We mn_t labur
ICcr,
3:9:2
Cot. It:23}
_._.e are " _,t what we are b)' the _race of God pills
"
LESSON
"
s last and I am unsave_
y s gone forever.
"
'i
slothfulness,
Wa_ted opportunities
a Means tragic Iogq
h. IVnrse to h,_'-'e "and
l_arve_t
opportun
This is the i'lghteous-
"
(b)-In
entire sanctification
"and the fdllowship of his sufferings"
(v. tO), Dr.,_rrt re SzLrl"
NrX;^TlVr:LV
'
a# opportunily.
is often not appreciated,
., Mtiln3 make'nil
use n[ n)porlu!_ities.
i_ S me king for the othdr fellows while
.I
Tie
Mv
I I5
Eph. 2: 1:2 Cot. 5: 17).
ne_sby hiith (v. 9).
"
1"hat I may win Christ
. ]s_'Jlo_trc'r'l s
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never u_t_
se_their
_r recognize
Iltem. until past
own
d.'.S.me
ruin Ihefr opportunities
by delay ar
__ K l]''_ r hint ill I_et'lfing ptlx_er. !'I an_ pt,r_
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PREACHER'S
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ffo*b .d
_'_am.
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tile)'
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',_'ns Imilt I_v the
n ly
I I 4}, in
ki_z
. T e saddest •regrets
_'
heal
.
d.
Will you sit ia'ly hy and permit
pass?
T hink of,..shat
" at stake.
Is
•Winning
"
I'. TIh v:due of _q_purtunity.
a. My
opp_rtunitieg
llave
a_t, ts,have." hmm'd.
"
I) Ms.):"
f.r
passed.
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,
/ Ih,ddhl_" f/real b>llnln,
. bt,/zing cf an nppartl
mimic!
•
m
M_:t.za H. llrowr¢
will! 'l'hi_
A tan)
in f;oll'_ hands.
_rvire'
•201.
is essential,
l)ead In Fitg.
_ell! for No
selft2 Tim. 2:21 )
11 is Ihe re.tire
[rower. tht, d;'-
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;,
.;,_
.
Oppoi'tun/ty
Iw'praveth."
Persecutor ehanued, t_ a saint !
2) Knt.w him in _anetifying po_'rf _Gal. 2:
II
_
r.tJan
Provers _[ darkness.
,'_ rrnJsm anti llnbrliet.
. _ .....
"
ill
Mt't It.Jesu_
frondhis Icwhole
1)amasoig_.
Thi_
e_,enlisl_
chantwd
life. "llehnld
larled"
In tight!
IllllS.--I.,I
d:l_ (P_'L 30: S).
_r_
.Dr)
of hell!
"
.
c.
"
seeing, the wihl Ileasts.
z_t'to Ih'em found theni
iil Ih_, center o[ God's
wt,elfimz inlo laughter:
Sonic a tbinzs
entered
into "
him
fvise nla_ter-huihler.."
....
'
Ih_ I//_!',
F.rmali_v.
Ihinlz._
I. A R_,#;(a:n _'AITll' 15; (;i)n (2 Tim. I_ 121.
l. Km.w whmn lu. had belit.ved.
.
Cnnvictioh
nt.c.ssarv
peUlfle do .lesn_,
ntfl
slantk
Ihev no_.Tr
were " Reason
reall) convicted.
-aid. "It is hard
ior thee to kick a_aingt thl..
imcks, '
". _ man't.xperiencml_
real conviction
does not rare tu _'o _wt,r the route ;-,sin.
[;t'e'
,pangs
devi
, +
:
| rllere_s,
hut when
wv kvt,p
InrtL tll!l'
he fu!nished with the material, the q_td hal d• and then he _e_'tr(k,d t_r-/hv
Althoue, h a _reat ,privilege,
it. entails
_reat
responsibility.
•
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Patll'_ •life
that
made
_
THE
: Put him_'li
ta _re;u sacrifice: for souls (1:
Ct_r. 9: 19-22; I Cot
t0:33_
Went out. of his "
• wavl_wngo
"
sl
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,:
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4: 7).
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was stirred'and greatly moved upon by the Holy
Ghost• It seemed ihat my-very bones were _on
fire and I poured, literally poured, out my soul
before the people and God honors that something
we call passion and soul burden. Brethren, my
if peolde put their money _into a Cause they feel .
.the_' bave an interest In that cause and willwant
to know ahout t from time to time. The offering.
should .L_t_an enthusiastic, whole-hearted affair
,n ti:e part'of our.people. Tha't will impress the
...._i
harc_est job is to keelr I'rom preaching witi_ a
cold heart. "Nothing hut prayer and waiting he2
fore God will bring about titt_ passion for souls,
but without it preaching ceases.to he preaddng
and, is merely lectutinz: I'.fy obsirrvatlon is that "
God _suaUy moves_ upon my audience in abou'_
the same measure that lie. has moved upon my
own souh As we approach the place Paul
"ou'tsbler" until he will naturally lall into line _1_,_,' _' '_l_tit..qh_nnwaS_wrefusedthat
hisbYdogthecouldlnterne'go
withWhenhimthenoY°Ung.far=
notlhey
oniyh°th
goWentd°Wnng
downt_yoursedeath'ves,S°mehut°f'yo_iY°U
areare of nlarcb and :he on6 of as In the great Easter
" '
ther, though In the midst of great pare, he pat= dragging others down with you. The poor lady
offering. For one, I am ,going In to make this
ted his faithful dog on the head, and told him
could not help it, but we can l for Jesus stands
and otber special days a time for rallying our
"
friends and getting ifi a arger crowd and thereby
to lie down. and. wait for him for he wouid be
ready to throw Himself into the turbulent water:
brin_ more penple witidn reach of my church•
,_
back in a little while. The faithful dog seemof: death • and save everyone who will let him
1 shall plan my service leaving room always for
..._
ingly.grasped titi_ situation and lay down'by'the
([sa..25:11}.
the llolv Ghost to have full 'right•of way, but
]
-side of the elevator shaft while ]fi.s master was
"bfany times men andwomen
are in. the very
"
" " Special
. •
Dayl
" Will
not and
know
the difference
betweenanda a well
planned
properly
balanced'service
hit
and miss sort ol program ,s'here ioudne_ isde-
In the matter of su_ee_tions,.I
shall follow
the
same method
I sometimes
in mY"
preacbing,
preach that
to myself
and let billow
the audience
listen in on the me.age,
pendcdOupon to _'put it over•" Sure'l want to
be
free in tke
Lord,
but me
I have
experienee't_lal
God
blesses
morelearned
when by1 know
what I am about than when I depend upon the
I feel "1 can make more o[ special days if I
insldralion of the moment to enable me to get the
will advertise tlfem befter and try to use them
as
a meansinofour
reaching
somewhat,
interested
work• tbu_e
They who
have.areread
in /he-
general church advertising ai_out the various denominations and are interested and perhaps will
come to our church on a special occasion when it
would be hard to reach them m anordinary
"way. Now we doti_is in our. revivais,.but usually then an evangelist is there and the visitor .
gets an entirely different opinion from what
he would In useof our regular seryice_.. There ',
are thousands of hungry people who want what
we preach and if we can but get them under .
the influence of the gospel itwill
l/rove to be
tbday as in Paul's day, "The power of God
unto salvation."/'.lost
of these special days such
as Mother's•Day, Boy's Day, Thanksgiving and
numerous others will lend themselves to an
evangelistic message .like ours .and it.will be so
different {0r _should be at least) that"the visitors,
.many n[ them, will want to come b..ick again.
Soon "nut great 'Easter service will be here.
True we are going to have a General I/udget
. offering, but that need not embarrass nur friends
that might be visiting 'our churche_ nn that
"o_:caslon. In fact It might be a means of tying
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them" to our work as notching else apart [tom
genuine salvatibn Couhl.- It is u known fact that
for the. sheep."
r
THE PREACHER'S
contributing factors "came to my mind but 1
am going to mentio[z-one t _ ng, My own heart
reached
w'hen
said "I could
ac- " on
" going
I shallto know
I am go
ng.to
do,.
cursed for
my hebrethren,"
God "wish
beginsmygelf
to work'
howtheI antis
am
do it what
and wben
I am
going
"in our midst. •. I" want to more and more feel
to.qui.t., [ tlcJ not want to make the mistake of
,
" or tke friends of my
some, of the. eompassmn
that Jesus felt: That is tidnkin_ tirolmy .friends
what the good shepherd does. "fie gives his life
members who have been invited out tn hear me,
•
. .
_
.
message. [ know it is a L_ad impression if my
visiting,
friends
am making
my
sermon
as lget
go the
o_ idea
gettingtbatit Ifrom
the inspiration of the folks in the pew.
. Then, tun, I am gom_ td continue my |ireIomz practice of quitting when I get through and
al(out t}_e same time ever)' Lord's day,_ Many
of my people come 'on street cars or buses and •
if they miss "their ear" they have to walt perhaps half "fin hour to get another and I have
It/und if thqy do not know when or about when.,
they" can get out of the service they do not
come. Then,.too, some of them work in homes
or have a member of the family who has to have "
[_is meals 9rt time, and if I preach toe long and
tbat person has. togo to work without the meal
--well. bretbren, tb_ ought •not to be.
.
. .
Illustrations
l)evotion is a great thing- devotinnto
a cause
or to an individual• To be wbole-heartedly de- :.
voted tc God is what all of as want.
A little more than thirteen years ago a young _]
man near Erie, Illinois, fell down a stairway
and broke his back. • In a little while th_ amliu.:
lance canoe from the Saint Anthony Hospital in
(20) .."
"
_i
f'!
-'i
:
Rock Island tn rush this young man o_ for an
immediate operation in tire hope of saving his
A few weeks ago as I was. passing thrnfigh
St. /9ouis,. they were dragging the Mississippi
life. Somehow this young man's collie dog got
Into the ambulance and rode..along witll hls master to the hospital, and would have gone rigfit
River for two bodies, ot people who had recently, drowned• A •lady had fallen into the. river
and was drowning. Her husband, eager to save
_, ._nto.the
•l
_:
elevator pnd ub to the operating room,
her, threw hlmsell intothe
muddy waters
and
/lie
hu,rried
young
off man
to room
diedfor
andthehisoperation.
_ody was,That
taken
night
by
-arms
in ulmn,
of deatil'and
A few )'ears
do ace
not aknow
welI-knowh
it until' theater
closed
the•undert/tker down anotker eliwator. And al"'though • tidrteen lomt years have - come and
gone, that faithful dog is still lying beside tire
elevator shaft at Saint Ant one/ tlbsplial n Rn¢_
Island, llllnols, waiting, waiting, waiting the re-
buihling in Nek' York City collapsed-under the
weight of four feet tff, snow. In that audience
that night was-an old miner whos_ ear had been
[rained for )'ears in listening for sot/ntis denoting
dange;-. When ]its:_"
ear caught the notes n[ death
turn o[ his master• ItWas ted me by afriend
"who had seen the dog tiigt for a longtime after
the young man died every car that came down
that ele'g'ator shaft this dug'would
jump upand
-
(ethers paid no.attention to them) instinctively
he sprang to Ids feet and ran for the closest exit,
"As ke went out the dot_r he looked back nver
his shoulderand saw the orchestra d rector
swlng•
Junk for the return of his master and friend,
The dog is old and'decrepit now, hut th/: buspital authorities mean to allow him to stay right
ing his baton, not conscious of the fact that above
" lds head were dust and fog from the falling build".
ing. He witli hundreds of others_vas
buried
by the' shaft in obedience to tbe command din nnder, the lebns and wreckage of the Kmckerhis master and Ids faithful vigil until be dies:
b_cker Building. Likewise many are singing and
Sometimes the colored folks get their words .daficing.to the tune of death hut are unaware
mixed, but usually their meaning is not "so bad. " _ f h s near approach.
, A few years ago there lived in Springfidd,.Illi"Seek• ye tlie Lord while he may be found,
nois, an old c61ored w.man who knew the Lord.
call upon him while he is near. 'i The recent
Rev. William A$.hbrook, one of our cJmrter, memheavy rains in find around Waeol Texas, remind•
bets who has since gone to I_¢aven used to get
us of astnry'that
is told- nf a disastrous similar
' Aunt-Ma_y to wash for him. Brother Ashbrnok,
flood a few years ago. Heavy rains'had.swollen
when takltig and bringing the glothes_ ,often
the little, river that separated east Waco from
talked to her about Jesus and religion. One day
west Waso. Inthese
same.streets a few days
Aunt Mary became ill and was. dying. She sent
ago the :,eater was'fifteen feet deep. In these lowfor Brbther Ashbrook to come In her bedside,
lands in tim former flood a young Je_ was asked
After Aunt Mary told him her- experience and
to get _nto the rescue heat and he taken 'in
had[ a. time oI rejoicing, site requested a song.
safety. "No I stay witiz my business:' he "said,
" - "What do you want me to sing?".inquired
and refused to go. In a little while his pitiful
Ilrother Ashbrook. The' old lady quickly re- " cries were heard as he begged In;" atlother rescue
. sponded, "Brudder Ashbropk, I- wants you to
boat to come after him.."No_" rep ed the head
" sing dot ole song 'Blessed Insurance Jesus Is
of therescue party, "he had his chance, and nokv
- Mine•'" Brother Ashbrook sang. as she had sog-" v.;e dare n6t risk our lives- to ,save him. He
gested, "lilessed Insurance =lesus Is Mine," and
should have let us save him when we werethei:e.
_Aunt
Mary shofited the victor_: and soon went
.and wanted in take him to safety, Nobody is to
nn to heaven. -Yes, Jesus Is'insurance, not against
blame now but. l_imsel[i¢' The little Jew died
lires that consume the material, but the fires di
screaming for somebody to come. He _tayed ",vith
hall that burn httt never cngsume the soul.
his'business loo long. -
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THEPREACHER'S
MACAZlN_
•
T
.
p
,
"-
time
is the;rIt mission
talk to.seekers,
_asiel it task.
_c_:nls tohardnr
sometimes
"
I_ear
.
"
Dealing
wlth Seekers
"
"
E.T.
at the Altar
.
.
112
the
in Wliat
/T_
.JL
Rekpeet
|s the
Minlster.a
Priest?
ftlS subject
is of. great iniportance
.. n
ires to. do with tJie desthlles of men. A
snccESS I_r fallurt; involves eternity,
I neVer',
French
Ibe
ha_.'e ta_nsidEred m\'seli cohllictenl
unucll less ablt_ ht instruct
nthers,
fill ll'ti_ wi_rk,
!o1 aa_"
flint itttlywillst_|lt_l
of litcz'at_rc
ozl .thisfor ._=_bthink
not • }1_
uut t_l illacl
lilt'
Je_t Is very limited.
I have read "some go¢_tl orticles hut faile_l I. preserve them
1 have hul
"little a_.,ailable material otltside'tli+llle
ilJhh!." Th_
question
:IrisES. !'Lh)t's it-_ive
us'iu_tructions
a_
t_ how.to
t'onduct" _ur alhtr _crvices"?'" The fa_•t
n[ the.case
about altar
is. there is nothinn
services as such.
_:ft!l i_ !he' llJhle
We. mi_hl
at this point
ask
"What is tilt, purl)use of the altar
answer" w_)ukl
soul._ throu_:h
makes
nil
some
he.. "It i_ inlr' ntethu_l
to Gild:"
Now "_hil0
rnEiltilm
instances
tile questtun.
• .i_Jy
service'?"
ill
.of
[i]tzlr
services
different
ones
iJi IIt*ltJitl_
the llib]e
we
110
-dealing
tl;l_.'e
with
whu rtls|l
in where
first
tldn_
for.
thus "two
:tn_el_ I!,ar: t. tread." arid .this to Ins" mind :is
t'ne plaee where this happens.
I still believe
if;it I(io nluch talking i_ ct_nthsblz to the seeker
t.nd earl, _lilluhl'hc
lagcn to avoicl it. 'I presume
tt w.idd be wi_e for atz evaneeIis( or II,_-stor to
a_ p_ssihle,
is to f/nd
We stand
objectives,,
6ut
_'bat
with seekers:
tbey. are at
for t_voworks
the" one
i"t'w
ft)r salvation.
'tile
t_lhet fo_ entire snncttfnea ion. To he consistent
we shoidd find out what tile seeker is alter.
Tbis
wguld" save some confusion
in .tize tirol?trig bf-
blmor
he_?
to eet in
We want. a seeker
tbe"ltihle
i!lustrations
td
dealing
with
s_,ekers, there _eems to be an abst_nce of :iny pro"'Ion_ed Iltilling or. coa._illg to _et folks to pray or
believe. Take the case of-the youm_ man coming
In Jesus.
fie was ;_ wry 'hollo'Eel seeker•
He
.If+ I b;ni _all altar Ildl .ill :'-_ekl.'l's. and coukJ I
have tbin_.s eo according.re
m) judgment,
there
._ouhl be no talkin_ w}
seekers at first. 1 would
It wbuhl be x_•ell at thL_ time fnr _t_mcnne. pus_ihl_" Ihe past_r, t_' pray drfin!lely
tor the seeksnu soul :follbwing
an.v infi)rmation
that
may
webzhed tile matter and decided the price was
h_o _reat anti refused to follow the instructions
;ind _•ent hi_ w_y. So far as we know, there
h'l (;od have
gll;ll th:_' v
have'keen
ohta[ned_L.lhb
asked to pray fnr himsEll,
was ml itCh/he or coaxing, tt_ pra;,' through
or
submit f_ H_e will of God
S_me folks would
th_ first opp!_rtunity.
It"might
bE
d get thrnu_l_ witlnout
any per-
._nal
hulnan.for %','trick
_mlhl hell_
lie trl_nn
n_ucb thebetter
tht'ht. t,_'ithout
1 think do_Jbt
tile
_llt;ll"
services
art'
overworked
anyveay
I_ be easlt, r fi_r m_;st llellple .to
and c_lun,,el than to _a't down
pr_t_' .aeainst
I{
seems
_fft'r _u_t'stitlns
to hu_,iI_ESS and
the • terrible • opposition
of Satan.'•ll
elf/ore the seeker is
ft is well tn remember
t_mvitlion
fi_r.sin
fi_r the
Thert_
salvation.
made an
-prol)abl_
Ibat a nnder
lhe .
idtnr
w_rkers;iv was
failure such
and circumstances
evidently
did not
"kllllW
his
business•
Jesus, according to that reck,,nine. 'lo_fthP c;tse_ "F_lke nny of the Bible ilium-.
trali6ns
and that same absence of _:¢_nversion is
the _.eeker:is
nt_ticeabh_•
a str nner to an)' such
exerelse..
, Ihere. is t'ver ,a placo'we
need _piritual
it is'ri=hl
here at the altar <_f prayer.
.
If
It'
may
brinz
stone
surprise
warriors.
Yet it is
.when
a seeker
_g,ncv
God
Tht,. Rible
_t man
ret_ognlzes
anrt insists
upon
th_
free
moral
bis yielding
to
One•_ihject that shouk/be
kept inv'lew zs lead- ine the seeker to accept tke.demands
of God.
tie absolutely
.must yield
If lot salvation
he
ln'ust, surrender
and repent. forsaking
his sins.
If he is seeklnt_ sanctification
he must consecrate
his entire heinz to God and dic out to the world.
if [here is no yielding there is no salvation.
No
matter what the,claim
is'unless
there 'is yielding,
Ihe sinner repenting,
and the believer consecratint_, there is no victor_ _. The demand upon the
seeker
should
be- immediate
yle]dlng
unto
God.
would be to urge
not so much" for
bcgin_ (o pray from
s he rt "Perhaps w ten you
asked him if be w:ls sav!,d, he said: "Yes." 13ut
Ills ways should,
shlluhl insigt that
fusint_, The tendency i_ to get tbe htlman touch
instead of tbe divine. Thi_ can.he
nothmz else
tht _eekers at first, a. tu pray for tbe ltt_b Gbtlst
t_._break up the. lesisting J'oree nr Satan.
f may
.when he begin_ to .llray,he
asks. the Ltlrd td
urgive him and save bim from iris sifts. This of
Ther': is but little hope ft_ra seeker if he re,
fuses to" pray as a seeker and pray aloud at that.
than'canfusinz.
n_l
Give the seeker
plenty, of ronm.
'Fht• first'thin_
I v.'ouhl do
the "('bristl;zn L_,_t_le tl_ pray.
of
lie
that. :ire
therechallent_ed
i_ a terrific
tin. not
Theexpect
forces vicof
hell
and L_at(le.
we need
I_)ry
*.i.'ilhout
a-battle.
Tilt
lie lever
or wo_lwr
_honld_accellt
Ihe.fact
that ninth of the fiehtble
must be done I1:,"himself,
lit' might tb•do it. as
tried to get .me to pta_v, but for some reason, I
know not what. it seemed almost impossible
for
me to open n|y mouth in prayt/r.
It may require
some time to get a soul to break away in.prayer,
lieht c_n.
for ."
lie
was-ohllged
hhn thatJesusbe ltteked
one
iI_ll_ression
up_m Iothe tellSavit_r,
_oved him.
tbint_ and lie _llso t<dd him _fhat it was: "_ell all
thou hast and uive to the poor?' -The-young
man
!t
would
zn_*:m a slron_ faith on the part.of
the
thlttch
_t'ith tl._ preaching
of the r_g_ed lruth,
%'t.'e need more o[ _vbat _truek Saul o_ Tarsu_
on his way to Damascus:
l_oo(I, old-fashioned
us _nle
eive
demand
meazer, but-I l know
think, that
the laird
w_uld be
._anctifi_
our w,isdom
is pleased
rather
to have• us u_e what •we have..cst_cially
,_ro_)d..
.tile altar,
e_.li.ls
if= workers.
not agrt'_'.
Inll all ClmlrovErsy
o d
;'r,_in his
Sometimes
pastors and s evan*
lit. d'¢oi(h, tl. eH_t;ci;dly while ann altar sere ce ts
I_r_tt'ellimL
tiofiinm
li fs just this "Give tbe socket. !_lecihliy the. seeker Ior holin_s.,
plenly ot rodin.",
• What ¢oul(l. be more dislraclln_t
than to have
one person on each sble of a s_ekEr wilh arms
may
be
a _real
butIrrm.e ff gr a er
pt'odtltt'd, much of the trouble
came earnestly
nqui_" ng the way
evidently
intending
It) get saved,
]
Ihe _ubjcct and answer qUestion_ a_ tm_y arise.
M3 lirst suggestion is perhal)s not worth nlen-
cases
the l'thiol)ian
and Christ.
flerezs
I_egplE" if they woulcl lislen and beed
l haVE
heard fnlks pray for sinners that they might bt;
.
hhrd to _'et believers
t_ <k_ nll_ch t,ven in 'th_
face of ._o,_reat a need.
After a'prayer
or two for Ihe seeker urge hlm
to pray [of himself. Tiffs may t_ot he easy, espe-- ebdly a seeker for holiness. 1 wt.II r_:member my
own" e'xperience at this point,
l_low the brethren
worker,
Nieodem_s
balancE,
This is a place.
carefully.
A soul
_i.'_Juldv:mi_h.
.From
l_ohahl_'
_re sonle, excelltiohs'whlch
win hE rl.c._,nized ira littlE" sanctified
jtldgment
i_ used.,
I ;tzw con'.'inced •01at if '.'._e could ha_'e more
_n the Ilnlv Gh st.t
wet n _ fes _ I we would
_aw, less Irtmhle at'_ur allots
Seekers wuuhl be
mort. Jnlt, re_tet] and anki_us
to find ri:lief.- It
the
i_" in the
" rouyiction
,,at'ie "and
;'ecuuhl
of tzrac_.
Cost With Peter a_
eUllUch :tml:Phibp,'and
around
.hE tm_ler_to0d,,
hut "oIttimE'_
at
my
own_l
One "outst.anding
problem
at ,this poibt .is :t_ . altar and canq)mectin_,
I bavc
serve I an almost
kdt'l_'thu protn'r-i_'raon
:_! Ild._ work o{" In kcu|_
ml/_,gtlahle
_-ock of_._pirJtu:d.re_istance.
Pr_z)'ing
lmilrnl_er
I_C_sons fron_. _ivJta_ cnun_t.I :it thLs
is not t';isy Nil one seems.to
think he has tbe
I
•
'
art _rnt,.
as nnlch
for lh_ cbt/r£h and ChristianJly.
Imwew.r where
we must tread
_,l_ht n_l zo "iake a let of in_truction_
;,verat.,t _reken ill Ilul dmn'ch services•
: , lunch 'with Gi_(l, and if lw<_ or thrt;E l_er_ons
re
crowding i_. it t.fra_.vs lhe attenth)n
and is cola-
t
t_rne. ,'_wtv
tinderstandin_
if hE
will nol
cannot
be ,saved:..Th_s thatmight
result
in a y/eld
_rcaterhe respect
seekim_ souls
VVe ha%'e the CaSE _f ti_e riclt rot ng
man with Jesus Clur/st the aliar, worker.- Pente-
The_e.l_ihle
-
. _ritical
atmosl_brre
eem,oca..f,,rthetask
Cttmin_ In tile irlatter td dealim:
Ihe altar
.
aInmuch
get
belicver_ t<_pr:+_: than it k+ to _el _eekers to pray,
yet it is to .nv naind t_l great imp0rtancc,
to
,
,
.
•
'
"
"-
(22)
zives
.
more
information
as
need and how to] work.|
r him.
" It is ditch diffic'u]t to _,et _i seeker
" sometimes
think- that this is because
to
his
real
My
.
1o pr;iy. 1
o[ lack of
observation
be pointed
out and then we
the seeker walk in these ways.
is.that
scarcely
ever
a person
uets through wbo refuses to pray for himself.
I do ntlt consider it wise to give him encouragement to believe that he has recei_,'ed a thin_. The
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THE PREACHER'S
•
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MAGAZINE
THE PREACHER'S
,
real difficulty, is refusing to yield .to the will of
God..
One of the Bible conditions for salvation is
the confession of sins. If we confess our sins
was sufficient cotfvietion on that meeting so they
did all we asked then/ to do, The next meeting
in another p!uee with the •same brothez we at-tempted some of these things but they would not
•he is faRhful and just to forgive us ou_" sins.
work:
Thisbutthe
should quc!stion
be recognlzed'in
"fleeting
with "Some
seekera
is,.to what
extent?
have said every sin must. be acknowledged |n
publ/c'; it must•he dragged out and owned up..
I am satisfied that this can be overdone, I believc that unless God lays .the sin upon the
heart of the s_ekcr that.'it is not necessary to.
.in I at_y
am seuseth,'it
satisfied that
minister
not. a priest
" " _he : There
is a"of
serious
danger and.leaving
at this point,thenamely,
the the
seeker
needs isto.confe_
htslm[2t.
leading
the intellect
heart.
s'ns to h'm, on y as he m'ght want his help o_
• 3'=qtl'here is the bossihillty of a seeker's accepting
guidance-to make somethi:eg right,
the iloctrine and teaching but failing to grasp
I do think iris wellto ask a seeker If'he will
the real experience. This might bring some measnow give up his sins, if he will turn from' them;
ure of joy and satisfaction as it is impossible
in fact, if he 'kill repent, for•unless he does there
to make.any move toward God or in obedience
to God without resulting in some emotional re-.
is no salvation for him.
do more in pOIJlic than a general acknowledg-
even though the worker looks around with that
confident, satisfied expression which seems.to say,
"I got him through," I do,not know which is
the gceatest object of pity, the seeker or the
"
• With the seeker.for holiness
is the question
ment
of beingit ashould
sinner•beIfacknowledged'to"
there is a sin against
, there
a fellownf'An
him; 'of consecration• How far can
we press- the seek-.
[ against t e church, confess it as publicly as er along
, • tills
..........lner
J; am
not
SUFCj
DU_ • LI| nK
the sin is. I believe, there is a limiL to puhlic
. .
. •
. .
,
....
confessionl Take the ca_e of the Samaritan wom- pernaps tne.c_tse oezore you mignt nave sometomg
an at the iseff. All she did was to own up that
to
.in settling
this-hrot]ght
question.
wasdomore
pressure
to Years
bear ago
uponthere
the
4
MAGAZ.INE
12 I
\
" worker.
. "
and
said guil/y
"Comeof and
a man
which
told her
me •_.eker than now.
.
- ks, "Will you
she was
whatsee the
Savior
ad:usad
Such questions
i,
.
:
put your bus n_s on the altar_ your home, your
a the th
ngs
that
ever
I
d
d
T
e
Eto
optan'
.
'
"......
.
,.
.
•
.
..
_" lamny_
your
nusnanu_
3_oor
Wile
anca moneyt ,,
eunuch old note ng m toe nne ot pun c conor "Will you go to Africa ?" were asked the seekfession or. to the orange ist Philip. Take the
ing soul. We d_ not hear that now_ at least to
"
case of Pentecost, no :public _onfeesio/t was'redie extent "of ether years• Personally, I believe
eor_ed.
thai a worker shbuld pray for wisdom Mong
Tbe confession .should he done but unto God
these lines, rlf this isthe work of the Haly_Spirit,
and not unto man unless itis- in order to obwe will apt help matters :much by trespassing
tMn" help to straighten out some wrong deal or
on HIS f/eki of activity. It-does seem that the
sinful act 0f the past.. The publican prayed,
harder a seeker deals with himself the better he
• "Have mercy upon m¢_ a sifiner." He .was atwilt get along with God. "
cepted and went down to his hou_ [ustiffed..The
}fog' much'can we do by Way of urging a
jailer said nothing about his sins in public, I_fit soul to believe.the'Word?
I do "not think that
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and was
there is zs much difficulty._ith a seeking sinner "
saved. The .prodigal son h_.d his confession all . at this point. We would all agree that It is proper
learned bY heart, but his father gave hint scarcely
m show him from the Scriptures that he is int!me. and Opportunity to get it out, Thus it ap_]udi:d.in the plan of salvation, and show him
pears clear from Scripture that sins were to he
some promises in the Word of God h>r hldi,.and
confessed unto God..
hold qn for him to see his. l_rivjieges and lead
In regard to enhre
' sanct]hcahon,
"
"' '
_ere should
him to accept them.
be the confession of carhalit2) or a s;dcked heart
: There appears to be moret_difficulty with'the
But the works of 'tile flesh manifested in his life. seeker for holiness. Why it should he.is a quesshould be.left 'for the Spir/t to lead. There 'is a
tion. Positively It may be because of a failure
place for confession and it should not be negto appreciate the importance of titework of sanclected." I see no grounds from'the Bible that. it
tification, a'failure, to see that It Is holiness or
should be carsied farther•
.hell. How much can we urge u seeker to be- .
I was m one meeting which was disturbed
litre? How about tho_ usual questions that are
more or less by young people .throwing,things
sooftec thrown at a seeker? Do you believe'that
about
the ¢ompony
church,especially
the
entire
came to during
the altarprayer.
before But
the
meetings closed. We refined to pray f0r them
• untU they confessed'openly that they had disturhed' the meeting and were sorry for it. Tbere
(24).
Jesus can
sanctify?
Do you
He'wiII?_
Well,
thcn_
When will
He believe
szaictify?that ;the
poor
soul cannot say anything else but '.'Now." Yet
the I]eart has not grasped the truth 'and the :
experience has not become 'a fact In the life,
.
When the altar service is over, ask all to testify
to pi'esent attainments If you have reason to
believe that they really.got something, urge them
zo testify, using Bible terminology.
.
A MetJage to Doubterl
- J. L. R0nv"
"
.
ft d_esn't pay to take.the devil's arsenic.
"Nor Ice it sit around;
The best thing to do with such poison is--To pear it on the grouhd.
Too many innocent ones, can't guess just why we
peace.
:
"
.
.doubt,
action bringing
a. measure
of contedtment
and
Not. do they think it peolg'r when .we :pout inThis would resulein a forthal lifeless experience
stead of shout.
---one of the_.grave dangers to holiness and the .,. God is nit dead, nor does He lie, like human
Church of the Nazarene. Therels a heart experiL
beings do
once, aso_d experienci%an experience that affects
the entire being and firings contentmentwith holy
fire _nd spill.victory.
There is.a way through
.
.to victory and happy
is'the seeker who presses through until he reallzes it, Iiappy is [he worl_er who can lead a
.soul along until.'he strikes through. This is a
delicate place. There is• a work right in heft that
the Holy Spirit must do or it will-never be_done.
. We _nay talk the seeker into skying that he helitres.: we may sing until he says he beileves_ hut
.-that is not sufficient; his faith must lay bold of
the promises of God until the Holy Ghost touches
'him. and he knows it is done. "Emotion'and,
feeling will be a.secondary matter. He knows it
"is done hccanse it is done. That settled conscious-
Ills promises yield a million fald;,His
Word i_
ever true.
"
"
So let tbe devil have his say--just outside your
head
Just take a mental attitude tizat to bim you are
dead " "
Reckon that ull the cares of life are hanging on
cross;
LettheGod
be true : and all else false--cotmt it refuse "•
andway
Iossl
. sin, in thought or word
The
[o win is not to
or deed;
If you really believe that Godis true diis 'little
message heed.
&'Note
from a Preacher
nbs6 of a completed work is worth more than
In Mitchell, S. "D., four large churches united
all the and we should not he _tisfied,_,ith anyfor Sunday night services during the-summer-thing short of that.
Methodist Episcopal, Baptist;. Congregational,
Suppose we have a seeker that'does not seem
Presbyterian2 Altogether they have'2,300 mereable to graspthe pr6roise ffor victory: .what can
bcrs. A recent Sufiday they had eighty-'six in
be•done? This is an important place it seems to. attendance• Rev. Wise preached to eighty-eight
me. Too rough urging may lead.into the "take
and has a mem|_ershlp of sixty. I believe Jrpays
it by faith" error. I'believe:it
is better to. give
to preach holiness hot and •take offerings. God
. • them tlme to settle up with the Lord. I haw
help us.to keep it up:--B. V, S_Az_..
heard anumber of good sanctified folks soy that "
•
they were-several day_ geff.mg .through to God.
•
• .
I am of-the:mind that if a soul is in earnest he "
Robert Bruce had made several unsuccessful
will come back and If he is not, nothing is
attempts to possess his'kingdom_ and was con• gained by prolonging "the' altar service. Stay
coaling himself in a cave from the presence of his
with him' as long as hc ,want_ to stay• and _rlll " foes. He watched a spider try six times to cast
',J_do anything. I am satisfied that .the danger of
its silken thread from one beninto another be-"
losing him is less lh letting l_lm go than in firgtng - fore it finally s0eceeded at file seventh attempt.
him to ¢,laim beyond his consecration and sub"I'fiis sight fired his soul and revived his hope
missiott,
and•he sat u_on. the throne of Scotland,
(ZS) .
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THE,
The
1/ thou
trill
Minister
be a aervant
PREACHER'S
As
¢mto
a
MAGAZINE
N. Harrington
lhb
this
preasher,
flay, and "wilt _erve them, and. answer them, attd
speakgood
words to thenJ, then the)' will be thy
servants
for eber (I Kings 12:7).
"I_[RST,
tel .us consider
tim
JL
man; _colidly,
as a man in
lyi :ls.a man of efficiency Jn
Word; fourthly, as a man removine
winnintr
_'l,
I
tho/Jght that
" terp(isesuited
•
_[
utter_
._
[t .
sliriveled
creature,
that tile preacher
a kick and whose
I
.
complete
forsaken,
lack.of
.woe-bet;.one,
shrunken
whe_
abject attitude
sliould
be caricatured
mmirnful
countenance,
inlelllgence,
,
from
the
fl:{mlng
herald
suggests
anti
neither
_
123
-i
by
Generally,
in that'his
certain
subject
however , he is regarded as
range 6f thought is limited
matter
denominated
religious
wr_m= in
as contradistinguished
from all the r_al and vital
_atters
of human pursuit anti endeavor, anti consequee.y
tl)e wt_rJd at" argo conceives of him as
neees,_arily
narrowin
his' tastes_'a_d
the
pullflts.'
s#_npathies
'Render
therefore
unto
'{
;
averaee man.
Tile religion of Jesus Christ has
to do leith ali men anti all tldm:s, and with
praying for tile salvation
cation of bEIieCers
the average
_
:ill of 'a
he came
to belong
to another
a mode/ after his liking,
not onLY pleased,
but he aeeis himsdf
• .
1
/
_
1
!
{
anti
I].
walks
like Tile
a man.
deliversin the
his apostolic
nte_sagE in
the
ignoraflce.
preacher
chursh
language of men and moves a.cro_ the stage as a
sugar,
with tile
o[tbumb.
a rule
carlxnler
to
"shop'_ with tile.rest.
strong, vigorous, cotitmanding
personality.
Peter, Patti,
James. John--cash
is a
"What
h.the
be made that
talk
put"TilehL_ preacher
universe can
together
Ai2d this leads me to ask,
lie
Ihdy
in a very different
sen_
the
There
that phrast_
religion,is used
must bt;
"a
is foreign to his.endeavors,
what
or given
to nn:
places,
if they;be
Master,
furnish
entered
him
wiih
.in
the
spiri(
"nf his
Writ
leveals
we deem
also care
_','esar th6 tlfln_s_which
of sinners or the sanctifi-
.(]{it[
shureh
ftHI.v ;is tnucJt .tit" the
history,
lle
is immanent
for the
political
affa:irs of his country.
He cannot he" otherwise lhim intensely interested
the church, as a true sen'ant of ibe people, must
for the ,:h;iracter ot its rulers and its laws. lf
providence
be to him a reality, he will be a
servant
" " derstand
that his I,usine_s bclongsr to Sunday anti
the church.
Every day is his day of opport{mity;
ever)' realm is his field of serViCE ant] duty;all
"]
, i
servant of the
-the duties of
-
in reslity..
All bistoiT is church_ history for it
lind in Ihe midst of worldly antarzonism*.
is Ihc record of the progress ctf the kingdom of
"]['he external
conditions
of the dmrch
are
largely shaped by .the course hi. political events,
,and he who cares intelligently
for thEdortunes
of
and with the alhdrs of t:overn-
the week
the
lielm of secular.history
as'Ht_ is at the helm 61
in bath. aml inchurch
fact the
distlnclion
_t,cular
history
is more made.between
in name than
" meat even as in I:_r6achlng honesty, purity, love,
righteousness
he must necessarily
have
to do
he is declarinz
principles, that tnush every busi-ness and' voeatiolt
of life. The preacher i:atmot
tiurini_
of
unl, o Ihe people
tbis day,
and
will serve
them" anti _inswer them. and speak good words
to them.
Then they wil]'become
'his servants
forever.
In other :words he will be a man of
earnest words.and
it pulpit.
brave
[irinm tile national'life
deeds in every
"
into harmonious
EffOrt tO
"
relatlon-
rightly
the political
duties of
There
of theof cloth
notitm
When views
the minister
,'Is a scream
of atheChrislian_
penlite ,
ship
witt_aretilebrethren
government
the" with
Divine theRuler.
citizen they immediateb'
become
a_ truly re- " thai they are to preach against sin just so long
ligious as.at W'whish-he
is called upon to perform,
In fact in their influenceand
hearing upon the
as it is kept separate
and apa'rt from politics,
5ut are to cease the r reproois_ denunciat des, and .
marked individual
and stands erect with "bare,
to employ tlie very expresslve figure, of Ralph
bold brow" and feet firmly-planted
on the solid . Connor, he is the "sky. p_Iot."
But when you
wellare of his fellowziten tiiey ,-are reckoned With
his most weigbty respt, usibilities and, if I may be
3earnings
whenever it crn._._s, the invisible
line
and'bec_m_.'s a poll.tirol questiofi..
This notion is
earth..When
_ermitted
a_ fal_
these
men
[_reache.d, their
audience
begin
to think
world?"
messenger
And
minister
Answer might
of religion, or
clearb;
preacher's
tie is the
and +spirit.
the
C;esar's" (Mfftthe_; 22:21
Nnr i_ he in any just _nsa,. le>s relJkdous when
fit tile dischar_eol
these duties than wheli_he
is
The more he knows of litg_ t!_e more effectively
he can bring his mes_.age to meet the- reqture•
.
" "
ments of human need_:
11. Til_-; _I|NISTER As _. /',l^r_ ls'Po,.Hn'.s
Shuuhl the preach_'r enter politics?
Certainly
"not as a profes.sion
but in the proelat_lati_m of
be sbletracked
of the situation
lie knows his work.
He thinks
in terms of his work• If lie be a true workman
his work in a very true sense is file.revelation
of
soul
man of the world"
from
that inproclaim
which
who would
must be nu realm that
with the polit!cian
to be master
" the man.
Allowing for the exaggeration,'a
shoemaker is likely to theasure.the
world by shoestrings, a grocer to think in terms of tell aml
man_-I_ody,
.lf
gospel he a eitizefi 'and. a irue
people_ he owe_ to his country
citizenship.
lie, fit this way, the preacher was farther and
farther removed frnm tile worhl of man until in
t]lought
considered
deception•
No grade of •honesty, no controlling
motives are
right in a political
campaign
which
would be
are
right Well has tho model been used.
ridicule and caricature.
Anti so the cartoonist
?If one is asked to.talk.about
his work, hE is
reI_ose of' the. soul-le_ _phinx ilor the pathos ,_t"
blank idiocy, but" rather the sickly, constraiixed
and embarrassed
features ofthe
gawk attd I_ro-
MAGAZ_INE,
andcrevice.
Tile explanation'of
thi._ view of the
preacher is founded in the entirely-false
and contracted conceptionofreligion
entert,'iinedby
tile
finds in the preashEr
the
PREACFtER'S
..
t_ not.at
homeon
Ihe earth:
It does not take
Ionz to have this strange figure---at first revered,'
•
it. may he, as heing pbs_ed
ol peculiar
and
marital virtue.s=--it does not take long, When' tile
thought of the preacher as. a ndnlsler has supi!]afited the tliought of him as a priest, to have
this strange and uneasy
figure converted
into
invites
as an
m its
vlncial?
It is so t at t e comic.papers
represent
hinl.
I am'inclined
tobelieve
that this notion.of
.the preacher has its rise in superstition
and
i
wit, ehan_ed
witll Ihe affairs Of this terrestrial
exLstence. And.
"s,
.she aml
preacher
presently
becomes
heavenly
world
to have
only the
remotestas a'connection
visitant,- who • does not dwell in the skies and who
the pursuit
of goodfless is; ati onto pate lind colorles_ indlvMuals or
-'!
'_
n inan;s work
a mim's heart
sermonic
habit
t_should'all
be
that the proclamation
'of righteousuess
reqmre_
,'t thin and tenuous
voice, an apologetic
air and
an assumt;d anti 'strahied
mien that is neither
natural
nor beconting?
.How
does it happen
'
retrained.
provincial
endowed
with peculiar and magical powers and
minister
as a :
polities; thirdhaving
a sort of monopoly"of
heavenly
and
preaching
tilt!
spiritual
thiil_s .wllJch couh_ he bbst0wed
on
prejudice anti
t_thcrs unlx_ through his priestly nffiees.
Gradu-
'rltl_ _IINISTI-;R AS A _VlAN
_
THE
must he' cosmopolitan.
It i.- ztrange
that a ". of the world Is to be winked at and
different conception
of the preacher should }_e onpermfssible_ is a wretched
hell born
and pa_.qonale evam:elist
into the religious ofI"w[al. btqon_in_
to'an
establishment,
ha_dni_ _
c_oteric individuality,
suppogEil by .in,any to he
of" p6ople,
--the
preacher is a man_ He has
to Indo the
in first-place--to,
tile world, and follow
he needs
the
of. courage to g_t it done. - Why
-i
S
{.
the loyalty
" "
.
Of the People
Servant
William
people
i
,
of what.religion
means-.-.tlmt
it
J
_id, "They are turning the world upside down."
Their presence was "electric with power, and the
has to do with life and the use of all tl_ings,that
.it claims all provinces
of thought
and acti_,ity.
'_l
energy
of theandelemental
their words
work.
its I e_,_itory--you
see be
tbata the
preacller ir_
_ _
aformessengk.r
of religionwill
must
many-sided
no
atmosphere
" of
forces
in
They of
"badnature
about was
ther_
.weakness,
. They
were
as
commanding
generals 6n the field of conflict.'
It.
was not until ecclesiasticism
was born that the.
dividual
and must
tough
other at almost every
the very requirements
(26)
lile In one way
or an-
point.
The preacher
by
of his office and
work
• .
.
to _tX so.it
is unly-by.a
na_'row, pro-
vincial, false idea of religion thai h(: cau lower
his plane
of life in politics and still thiuk him-:
{_The
belief
st'If innocenl.
separate
that
there
..
dep:irtments
which God is.to
while in
Ih'e, other
.
to
are
two
Christian
be recognized
all
th_ vileness
-
distinct
and
life,
one
m
and confessed,
and wickedness
and a'lf_hhs
its author,
tile devil.
BrethrEn.
wheff
vice. orcanize_
polltlesl
imrties to its support, the
deal
with should
sin aS sin.
minister
be raised
"We
are
not
our
tile
own;we
with .a' prlce?'
We represent
God's side of the" controversy
(27)
and
voice
louder.
rallieg .
of the
IVe must
I_ave been bought
not our.own,
with wrofig.
but
We
124
t
are holy men. We stand firmly and uncom-prot_isingly for the laws, warnings and prodama•finns of heaven. We speak good _voeds, for the
glory of our God and_the deepest Interests of the
_,eople.
l-
THE. PREACHER'S
Our ministry; is not confined alone to
,as
is prophetical.
M follmvers
the it_nctuary,
ft is Rightly
not quiteviewed
so muq_
priestly
of Christ Jesus. our "ministries constitute the
MAGAZINE
THE PREACHER'S
cerning the rdatfons of God and His guveenment
to social and national life. " "
.
,
Christ Is not only the Savior of the world, He
is the "King of kings, and Lord of. lords."
burning" hell and an awful eternity."
(To be continued) ,,
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"
.
,
.
The
Pastor's
prophetic order and off!re under forms adequate
The prophets oI the Old- Tesiament in action
and suited to the present day and age.
illustrate the part that the modern 'ministry
should, play in public affairs. They taught .that
God had to do with politics:" They warned the
Scrap
"
"
Book
LEt Ix P_.sa
lie nut swift to take offense;
" Let it pLssl
Anger
• . . .Letis ita foe
passtol sense;
Brood not darkly o'er a,wrong
Which will disappear.ere long;
P,ather sing this cheery song:
"Let it passl Let it passl"
i.
"Righienusn_-_s
nation, btit
sin h a
reprofich
to any exalteth
people" a(Proverbs
14:34).
.They altmonished ufiini[hful magistrates, and
dLssolute kings, Drunkenn_:a, bribery, oppresstun of the widow and the fatherless, turning
•
aside the needy in.judgment, favoring therich
from fear of power or from-hope of reward were-
' .
Strife corrodeg the pu/est mind;
Let it pass!
•
.
As the uhiegarded wind; .
Let It pass l
And heartless souls that live
May condemn without repneve
rebuked with no uncertainty. They flayed dishonesty in busine_, selling _vor,thle_ or injurious
articles In trade, and they warned the professing
church of God to keep clear of tile sin of helping
the ungodly.
. "
"
"gis the noble who forgive.
Let it pabst Lee'it passf
"
If for good you're•taken ill;
Let it passl
the discomfort or incon_,enience involved.
They
denounced as false prophets teachei_ who spoke
alone for that which brought.personal placeand
favor.. They carried a "burden of the Word of
the .Lord" to the nation, and such In principle
are ever the true messengers of. God to man..
The hackneyed saying that "ministers should
peeach the gospel and keep out 'of politics" in
far as It is not mere "cisp.tral_" and make
shift,
reveals
lamentably
narrow conception of
what It
Ls to apreach
f_hegospel.
,
'I "
That b an -emasculated gospel which restricts
itself to. doctrinal dissertations and the logical
homilies and gives no place for Instruction con(20)
"
. '-..
•
run SouLs
.
_
'Tis.tl_e brook's motion
Clear without strife
Fleeing to ocean
. "
_
After .its'life.
q'is.loving and serving .
Tbe highest and best;
'Tis onward unswerwn_
--
_
:
And this is true rest.--GozrHr.. •
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i
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i
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.
• TO make the hole bigger=He's sore if .
His cutter Won't cut:
- [
"
[-
_! _
_
It is said of a great soul-winner that, "He saw
so_lhi standing on the verge oflmin; he heard in
antldpatinn the wild shrieks of d_palr that will.
.
'
the church. Tile janitor.was
in a l/urry; he.
_'_'hL_:_7._:_:_."_=$.'hq:;*7._._.':b='_:_.'hq:47_.:,:_.._._t_._
dusted al! but a few bat.k, [_ews. A well dressed
" .," " Uie. Your Held
that night
made
.- stinnger
bis way entered
straightthetocburcb
the _.dusty
pews.and Before
A _ootlpeckdr pecks
sitting down he tqok _r white handkercliicf from "
- Out a great many specks
his pocket and wiped the-dug( from the seat.
Of sawdust
Tim stranger never c_ime back•
" "
Wl[en building a lint .
Rain'-had been coming down in torrents all
Sunday afternoon The l_astor had made a drive
" He works like a nlgger
to a nehthy city_.antl because of a muddy detnilr
""i
- "
lelt the
rod. AI feeling
stared ofhelplessly
intb qver
the now
_uiet
water.
remorse crept
me
The fish tot which I bad wailed for four long
•
"
hours had come when I was off my.guard and
had gone taking my rod_ with it. The fish was
gone and would never come back.
The blowing
day was all
dry day
and hot.
Kansas wind.had
been
and Aeveryth'ing
lo',the
chumh was covered With" n'film of dust. There
were seats for two hundred and fifty people;
hut it was to be a week-night service and the
. attendance would scarcel_ reach fifty. No one
would sit onthe back seats on. the right wing of
--
•
for catching
more
remote. fishAtthat
last,morning
l'e,_tvingbecame
my linemore
cast and
far
out across, the river. [ lald my rod upon the
.
bank and walked downstream
to chat _:vl[h a
companion.
:.We
had
exchanged
hut
a few words
.
when I chanced to look back.in the direction of
my. line jnat in time to see my'rod and reel
leap into tbe Mr and th_n plunge into[he water.
Breathlessly I ran to th¢ "spot where I had
Rr_r
ltest is not quitting
Tbe In sy career,
A prominent writer on the Subject'of modern.
A" Buao_
SAIn
Rcst.is
Of selfthe
to fitting
one's spbere. .
.....
ism said, "It has put out the _irsa. of revival,
silenced the voice of prayer and made the shouting.
of Zion td-ce,ase, It h_ turned many.n watered.
garden into a desert place and filled up the W¢lls
_l salvation. It has slain souls by- the thoitsands
and turned whole sections of Zioh Irito valleys
of dry bones."
.They Neve:r Came Bnck
" "
C. H^aOLD RXI'rZR
T T WAS"a beautiful morning in midsummer.
before
floursthewe Neosho
had watched
]1. We sunrise.
had.cast-For
our four
lines'.hl
River
araving
no
one tothem
placeInhisthechild
hearts
where
of the
youth.
Scripturesdo
I advise
not reign paramount. Every institution in which
" occupied with
" the Word
men are not unceasingly
of God must hecome corr_,pt." •
' ."
0 be kind aild gentlestill;
Let it passl"
Time at last makes _1 things sti;alght_
Let us not resent; but wnih
.
And our.triumph'shalkhegreati
Let it pasM Let It pnasl-.-Sgt..
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teristic
of wRh
the spot't
angling. diligence
We had charonhalted
our lines
that olexpectant
,,t am afraid that, the universities will prove to. with worm,., liver, doughbalis, and rabbit efthe the _reat gates to hell. unles.s they labor dill- _ trails; but the fish would hot bite. Ti_e sun rose
.gently in explainin_ the- lIoly Scriptures and etJhigher and higher In the._easf, and the chances
I, L. Fr_YNN
masees, rich and poor, learned and illiterate,
governing and governed .that sin made national
by government sanction would wreck and ruin
the nation.
.
Whefi carnal politicians, regardle_g of the genesal good of the people sought to control pofiti- "
cal affairs for personal.benefits they raised, their
voices against their diabolic schemes, oft at the
• cost of disgrace and bodily injury. They never
embraced the notion that _tbey might exempt
themselves from this implcasant task because of.
.I,Vlt^r MP.RTINl,tIril_
_,_,,
.
tt
]_'
go up f/'om Ibe In,st when it Is too late when the
door shall l,e strut, when the harvest shall Indeed
have passed, when the sumnier shall have ended,.
and .n_auglri .remains hut a [_owninz lodge, a
MAGAZINE
bad been delayed: He arrived at home jUSt a
little. _ddle heinre time lor theevening
service..
Only.the faithful few could he e_tpccted to attend ? dmrch _. night like that.
With ilttie
preparation .of either mind or heart he slip_ed
an old'outline Into his Bible and went to the
church, Ten strangers were at the Service that
night.
The preacher was unprel_ared,. The
He cheap
won't artisans
bother with
Of
But [here'a one thing
Can rightly be said
,
""
plans
The
wholeexplanation-exca'_atlon
Has this
.He builds It by
- '
. Usinghis ]lead:---Sl_L.
._..-_v.:.-_'_
_.
strangers
camehadhack.
. to
Personalnever
worker*
been trying for Weeks
l_,et John. a young man of elghtcen _,enes, to nt. tdtd the Sunday school. He came one morning.
"The regular _eacher_was absent. - A substitute
teacher 'took the cla_ who was iRterly:.unpre-
: ._a. - --_-"g2_:_
(2'0
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126
'_.
THE
pared• " There
was" nothing
PREACHER'S
vital .brought
Lhe class. John never came hack• It is easy to resort to sonm_defense
MAGAZINE
THE
Out in
"
Pulpit and Pew
CoMr; r_J "F_tt,_: lr OV_:R
[I was said of Presidl, nt Theodore
Roosevelt
that s.meone h:[I)p_:ned into his M[ice and therd
that the fish would
not have been eatuzht anyway, that the dusty
p_w" did not cause the.
strongernot
tn return, that the I oar sermon did'
was-all _¢[ hi._ mail llih!d up, and other intportarft
matters
which
demanded
I_is attention.
]lu_'
: Roosevelt.sak[.
"f like my .ioh?' Oh. that we
[ask of witinintr'souls
tttlr work cos3".
tu Christ,
----_
The
Builder
take _q t_ood text
An phi man. going a lone hildtway,
C_lme hi the evening, cold anti gray,
To a chasm •vast anti'deep
and wide.
The phi turin crc_sed in the hvilighl dim..
The sullen stream h,ail no fear for him':
lint he turned When ._afe on the other _ide
Anti huilt a hrid_e to.span
[he tide.
, .
"Phi man,"
._aid a fellow pihtrim near,
"'_t'ou are wastin_ your strength with yot!r bttild-.,
ing
here;
The huihler lilted his nhl gray hi'all _=
"Gelid friend, t(_ the '_alh'| havr corer."
"There followeth
after me today.
".No enmnt'er
wnuM" !JnCtr upnu
tile
he _ahl.
gndgeons
Yet he will
pour
wme
"For
one
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so that
if I preach
devil
there nrt_ a hundred
tempts
the
circumvenlinlt
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busy
for
ChriSt
and
llis'
Church
stunts
or
looking
at
•
the faitlfful
husband
that
did she xiie of." asked thLtrue
our
our
dlurch
We
buildintks,
ot_r !nu_ic. our
singing.
And the preucher swaps his sermon
For a twenty dollar bill.
:l'hat's the time old _,ir. Devil.
Gets' the ciiurches in a stew.
I.tJhell the Dollar rules tile Pulpit
Thi:re the l)evil
throu,zlmut,
hut God
die of "ira )rnvemen s."
"
I heard a SnndaY scln_ol leacher say 9ne nitdu
pravermeeting,
"I_aw
men in ho_.•s and ] S_L_
hays in men." ."Wheu
1 hecame a m,'iu, I put
away childish thin_s.'--'l'he
Apostle Patll.
-'|'lie DOLI,AI_ant) Tat; ])LVIL
:.
."in
lids
world
oi frill and
dolla'r sil_n.
" .
'.'There's a rule that never faileth
Anti you'll alw_.,s
f n it true,
When tile DoIlar rules the l'ulpil,
There
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tile Devil
Then the [aitifful ohlbblievers
'i'hey are_get ng m g . y Jew
When the I)ollar'rules the Pulpit.
There tile Devil rules tile pew."--ANo_"
fa_hbm
. t,Vhen tile churches are so fine.
Anti the trademark
of felieiml
Is the classic
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rules tile Pew;
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"When religii_n goe_ to tleggitlg,
Anti the liibb_ is forgot;
_tnd tile pt_eaeher preaches nothing,
Ifhi a scientific rt)t,•
.:ill
as .the
for, rildmns
"When tile Money gets to talking,
Al_d the 1V£a_ter's voice is slilI
.
,avillinz and worktne horse is for Ids master?
This
will describe oar case; ,"No',v a plug is not.a race
.hor_e. a
gl -stelJl ing carriage h_tse, a hunter or
,1 p n' pony, hut a" st_:a(ly_ e_,eryday work horse,
IIIpg_zitig alung from dawn to dark.
Ills job i._
rizht ll{ere-with,[our
fe_t on the earth, not doing
circus
.
faithfld
husband,
"improvement_?"
'It is
tha! we preachers
need to improve
upon
p;eacldng..
We must improve
our English.
mnst improve in t_u
forhbl that we sboubl
And Rbe Shylock was a Jew
When the Dollar rules the Pulpit
There the Devil rules the Pew.
.
They used tt] slt) •, "'I'l_e need of the church is
• _ Grace. Grit _mtl Greellbae.ks."
The!k oihePs have
said. "Men and montw".a're
the needs. But God
"
says. '"ll.
[ can find a man ihat _vill execute my
jtd_ments
.
." If God gets tile man. He _etg
his r_ockt'lhook.dlls
will. his nlind, his all.
"
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rules tile Pew
"There may be it lot of staging,
And an awful lut ofpr
yer,,
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"Take,my
.
Consecrated Lord to Thee.
Here's my silver' and n_ty gold.
.. 'Not a mite _'}duld I withhold."
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one,"
anti nurses informed
she was dead. "What
all• tile world
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. T_l_:'Lr:anE_t
Theodore
l_.nosevdt, fiaid, "The leader for the
lin{es, heltm whatever
he may I;e. is but an instrument to be used until broken, /lien cast asidemL
anti if he is "worth his salt fie will care no rnort_r
whell he "is broken than a.soldler cares when he
th,,jtlle
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a preacher
and
EnwAen JARVl5.
that
a I_lor .
h(_rsi' show."
1 wnnder
if we qua fy? Let,us
die.'if we must. in our harness and ;it our post
61 duty,
"
rant v. nt tohacco julcd into hi_ stomach
and
tohaeco
.m_ke
into his lumzs which, are intiniteb
mt_re delicah,'organs
than ; n', hint _ of
wood or ihm,"--D_.
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_ermoE ply audience
will not *to(get. what my
texl Ifad It) say.
"
Xfter ;dh the text is Just a peg upon which we
halm our me_sa_e. It may he hard to confess it.
lint many of ns lithe it text and I)reaclt" from
"
tl and never t_et"hack to it. It might be said-of
s. """ ev went everywhere
preaehinl.L"
This is an taw" for sl_'clacular
preac)dn_
or
c
v themes. The people are waitintt for shnpIe
,any
and pist_ms (_f his ent:ine acids instead _f nil. jusl
for a chan_e, hecallse lids tvotdd be in oppdsitioh
to his knowlefl_e
nl the laws of mechanics anti
hi_ machine
"
i_ fldl of commoti
folks. Jmd in- the,(fays
of /]is
[[esh. hey e rd J •sus ghl( ly. ;the days have nul
('h;l_lzed
Inuch,
al
least
hBm;tnil%:_
is
tile same'
Ind;ty..
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"rn_: PLtlt;(;INt; l_Rr;At2Ht:t'Preadter. are y,u willimz to be "the" kind of
A youih wlaose feet must pas_' this way.
This chasm, that }l_L_.heen as nauzht
to me,
To that fair-haired
youth may a pitfall he;
lie. thu, must cross in the twillzht dim_
Good friend, l am buihline dds hrklue [or him."'
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si_t;il
This
te_,ts and 'ldail) messalzes• for. after
Y _ r journey will end with (he endin_ day.
You. never auain ',viii ba_ this Way,
You've
crnsged
Ihe chrism deep and wide.
4_
,
t,Vhy hndd 3on (lli_ hridee•at eveninz tkh':*'
_ll_ketting
along. The usu'M reply was, "Silo's imw"mph_vi"g."
|le kept this up for some time, and
finally, upon making further inqu ry, the doctors
our w.rkAhat
to the great
may be answered,
By an "Amen" here and there.
But as sure as Joe's a Dutchman,
nf tl e story I r_:a a numher of.years ago about .
a German whose wife was in the hospital
lie
visited the hosl$ital to inquire how hi.s wife was .
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And the sermon
[.n my tiny ] [lave seen a:]ot of preael{ers aim
dmrches die with improvements.
It reminds me
mechan-,
ism.
Fisherman,
janitor,
pastor
and $_lnday
school teacher can each marshal good excuses in
his behalf• .It i_ easy to rationalize and argue
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preachers will he s_ in love with
xw, will tdve ourseive:_ untiringly
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