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to serve JHim with clean hands and a pure heart (Psa. 24:4), i. e., by search ing our own hearts for sin and world liness (1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Jas. 4:4) and by serving Him with a victorious, Spirit-filled life (Eph. 5:18; Gal. 5:22, 23). S. D. Gordon gives a helpful literal- reading of Hebrews 13:20, 21: “Now the God of-peace . . . put you in joint (with HimSelf) to do His will in every good work. . .” Obedience corrects any possible dislocation. It keeps us in joint; the power flows from Him, through that joint. Serve the Lord Jesus Christ at school with a life consistent with our lips; at. home with an understanding smile and a willing hand at homely tasks (Col. 3:17); and everywhere with a testimony and a ready answer “to every man that ask&th you a reason of the hope that is in you” (1 Pet. 3:15; cf. John 15:12, 14; Matt 6:19; Gal. 6:9; 1 Cor. 15:58). IV. QUESTIONS BY WHICH TO TEST OUR SERVICE. ... Do I rejoice when an opportunity presents itself for service, or do I have to be cajoled and begged to help? Am I glad when another has a more' important part and is praised while my service is overlooked?
love to Christ by bearing the world’s disfavor will be over. The present is the only time we have to “take some thing”—bear reproach and even pos sible physical suffering—for Christ. This is the only time we have to make any sacrifices for Him (Rom. 8:18; John 15:13, 18-20; 2 Tim. 3:12). For Those Who Hav.e Topics I. SERVICE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Service that is not motivated by love for Christ- is not service at all. It is either for self-glory or because we cannot gracefully refuse. It amounts to wood, hay, and stubble (1 Cor. 3:12, 13) and is entirely useless be cause it is energized by self instead of by the Holy Spirit whose fruit is first of all love (Gal. 5:22). Fruit is promised only to those who abide iri Christ (John 15:5). ' . We would not think o f being em ployed in a firm which asked much work and paid nothing, and yet we do this very thing when we serve apart from the love of Christ, for we are serving self, and self is a poor pay master. It is when we serve self that we get hurt and disappointed and ir ritated and vexed. God hates service without love (Isa. 1:11-14). He craves our real affection and genuine devotion. It is utterly impossible to serve one whom you have ignored and spurned. Until you have accepted the Son of God as your only hope for redemption, your best in service is filthy rags in His sight (Isa. 64:6; Matt. 10:39; Rev. 2:4). II. LOVE WITHOUT SERVICE. Can there be such a thing? -Love,' i. e., real love, as distinguished from the wishy-washy selfish sentimental ism that is presented as love in the modern magazine^ and on the screen, delights to serve. Have you ever told your . Lord'that you love Him? Then ask yourself, “Have I ever shown Him that I love Him?” Unless we, show Him, what evidence has He that we iove Him for the price He paid that we might be saved from hell? Illus.: In the time of Oliver Crom well the people ran out of money. Cromwell sent to a church to see whether there was any silver there. It was reported that the only silver was on the statues of the s a i n t s . “ Good,’’ said Cromwell. “We will melt down the saints and put them in cir culation.” As Christian young people, we need to be melted down by love and put in circulation. The world needs us (Matt. 10:32; 2 Cor. 5:10, 14, 20; John 14:15; 15:8, 12). III. IF YOU LOVE HIM, HOW CAN YOU SERVE HIM? “The love of Christ constraineth us,” writes Paul to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 5:14). We, too, must be constrained by the love of Christ, constrained
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