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THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S
Matt. 5:10. “Rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy; for behold your reward is great in heaven.”—Luke 6:23. (2) His Heirship with Christ. “If children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.” —-Rom. 8:17. “If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him.”— 2 Tim. 2:12. IS IT BEAL WITH YOU? No man need feel ashamed of the Gospel unless the Gospel he has is one to be ashamed of. Men will bear a man who has been gripped by a vital truth, who has gripped the Gospel, and one whom the Gospel grips. They want to know if there is a power beyond their own power to save from sin^^from mor al rotting; that can keep a man clean who is living in evil surroundings and control the animal in him"; that can put a love in his heart that expels hate and produces a Willingness of soul to go to any lengths to help men, and honor his Lord. Men of any religion and of no religion, will hear a man who has some thing to say on these lines in a way that is not mere book theory but is a personal testimony.—Frank W. Ober. HOUNDED FOB MONEY There are many people who Contribute to the Lord’s work in about the way a certain business man handed out money to his wife. He complained that his wife was continually hounding him for money. Morning, noon and night she wanted money. “What does she do with all this money?” a friend asked. “I don’t know,” he replied. “I haven’t gotten around to give her any yet.” The people who -do the most complaining about the financial calls of Christian work are generally those who have given little or nothing to it.
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THE PERSECUTED BELIEVER
1. His Present Happiness.
(1) Expecting Persecution. “Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?”—Acts 7: 52. “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecu tion.”— 2 Tim. 3:12. “If they have persecuted Me, the} will also persecute you.”—John 15: 2 0 - (2) Rejoicing amid Persecution. “Rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer .shame for His name.”—Acts 5:41. “Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are , partakers of Christ’s sufferings.”— 1 Peter 4:13. “Count it all joy when ye fall in to divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith work- eth patience.”—-James 1:2, 3. (3) Loving the Persecutors. “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”—Matt. 5:44. “Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it.”— 1 Cor 4:12. (4) Receiving Comfort from God. “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for- ever.”-—John 14:16. “God . . . Who comforteth us in all our tribulation.”— 2 Co*r. 1:3, 4. (1) His Reward in Heaven. “Blessed are they which are per secuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”—
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