Timely Topics for Young People BY T. G HORTON EXCUSES.
I cannot hold out. Isa. 26:34: I will keep. Heb. 2:11: Able to succor; also 2 Pet. 2:9; Isa. 40:31. Afraid of my companions. Prov. 1:10-15: " I f sinners entice." Prov. 29:25: " The fear of man bringeth a grace." (Jas. 4:4.) Not now. This is the most general excuse. Most people will admit that they are sinners and need a Saviour but will evade a decision. Press the claims of an immediate decision, using these texts: Isa. 55:6; Prov. 29:1; Matt. 24: 44; Matt. 25:10-13; Luke 12:19, 20; Psa. 95: 7, 8. To know what is right and. not to do it is a sin (Jas. 4:17). The greatest of all sins is to reject the Lord Jesus Christ. PERSONAL WORE. Soul sftving is the business of the be- lievers. Your whole Christian life will take its mould with reference to your relation to this fact. If you recognize God's call and adjust your life to the teaching of God's Word, your life will become fruitful and blessed. You are called to be a worker (2 Cor. 6:1). " We then as workers together with Him." You should be an approved worker. Study to show yourself such (2 Tim. 2:15). You are a witness to tell what you know about the Lord Jesus Christ and your life should always be giving forth a good testimony (Acts 1:8). You should know much about Him so that you can be a good witness (Matt. 11:29; Acts 4:13). You are a steward of the mysteries of God (1 Cor. 4:1), and will be re- quired to render a strict account of your stewardship. You are an ambassador for Christ to represent the court of heaven on earth (2 Cor. 5:20). You are a missionary in a foreign field. Heaven is your home and you are sent to seek and save the lost (Jno. 17:18; Luke 19:10). Your field is the world (Matt. 13:38). You are a fisherman to fish for men (Matt. 4:19). Your special field is among the young. Rejoice in this for it is the most fruitful of all fields. Sev-
. The personal worker will find almost . every unsaved person pleading some ex- cuse' for not being a Christian. They ; will not give you any reason, for there can be no reason for refusing to do [ what God commands men to do. These excuses are rather apologies; begging oif. For the most part they are not to be believed. The text which best fits the subject is Luke 9:18: "Th ey all with one consent began to make excuse." We name a few of the excuses generally given. I am too young. Some parents have foolishly taught their children that they must not give thought to eternal things —while young; that they must not think of uniting with the church. See what the Word says (Luke 18:16): "Suffer little children to come." Matt. 18:3: "Except ye be convert- ed and become as little children." Eccl. 12:1: "Remember now thy creator.'' 1 am too old. Some are constrained to think that because they have put it off until old age, therefore it is too late. Jno. 6:37: "H im that cometh." Bom. 10:13: "Whosoever shall call upon the Lo r d ." 2 Pet. 3:9: " No t willing that any should perish." I am good enough. Some people flat- ter themselves that they are as good as church members and there do not need salvation. Admit that they are, and perhaps outwardly better, but that will not save them. Many church mem- bers may not be saved. Gal. 2:16: "Men are not justified by works. Rom. 3:20: No man is justified by keeping the law. Matt. 22:37, 38: The first and great commandment is to love God with all the heart. No one has done that. So that all must be great sinners. I am too bad. This is a healthy con- dition and most hopeful. 1 Tim. 1:15: Christ came to save sinners. Isa. 1:18: "Though your sins be as scarlet." Luke 19:10: Came to save the lost. I can't give up. Mark 8:36, 37: "Wh at shall it profit." Luke 18:29, 30: Receive more in time and eternity.
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