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(Comments for April 5 are printed in March issue) APR IL 12, 1925 W h at Does th e R esurrection of Jesus Mean to Me? (E a ste r Meeting) 1 Cor. 15:1-20, 49 W hat the resurrection of th e Lord Jesus means to me and what it should mean to me may be very different. His resurrection means— 1. I have a Divine Lord. Rom. 1: 4; 14:9. 2. I have a living Saviour. Luke 24: 34; 1 Cor. 1 5 :3 ,4 ; Heb. 7:25. 3. T h at since I have a h ea rt faith in His resurrection and have confessed Him as Lord, I am saved. Rom. 10: 9, 10. 4. I am being saved, moment by moment, by His life, afte r I have been justified by His blood, Rom. 5:9, 10. 5. I am justified. Rom. 4:24, 25. 6. I have peace. Rom. 5:1. 7. T hat I am free from condemna tion. Rom. 8:34. 8. I too shall be raised from the dead and have a resu rrection body in glory. 1 Cor. 6 :14 ; 15:12-23; 2 Cor. 4 :14 ; 5 :1 ; 6 :5 ; 1 Thess. 4:14-18. 9. I have been delivered from the w rath to come. 1 Thess. 1:10. 10. I have an ever-living High P riest, who lives to make interces sion for me and can th erefo re save to the. u tterm ost. Heb. 7:25. 11. I have a living hope. 1 Pet. 1:3. 12., I have faith and hope in God. 1 Pet. 1:21. 13. T hat I have a g reat incentive to holy living. Rom. 6:8-12. 14. I may walk in newness of life. Rom. 6:4. 15. I may bring fo rth fru it unto God. Rom. 7:24. 16. 1 am not to live unto myself but unto the risen Lord. 2 Cor. 5:15; Gal. 2:20. 17. T hat I should live th e risen life. Col. 3:1-17. (Note w hat th is means—-Seek, vs. 1; Set, vs. 2; Mor tify, vs. 5; P u t Off, vs. 8; P u t On, vs. 10, 12, 14; Let, vs. 15, 16; Be T hank ful, vs. 15, 17; Do, vs. 17.) 18. I may experience th e power of His resurrection in my daily life and actions. Phil. 3:10. 19. T hat the same Power th a t raised Him from the dead is a t my command for a life of victory. Eph. 1:18-21. APR IL 19, 1925 My D enom ination: Its H istory and Principles Acts 1:1-8; 2 Tim. 3:14-17. This inform ation may be obtained from your pastor, your church paper or church library. The h istory of some of th e denom inations th e last few years is a sad record of worldli ness, apostasy and unfruitfulness, because we have failed to follow the
mind and an unpurified h ea rt is the g reatest enemy of God and of man. If the education is Christian educa tion in the t r u e . and lim ited sense, then genuine friendliness is indeed expressed. We are commanded to teach (educate) men “ to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matt. 2 8 :20 ). The acme of knowledge is to know Him (John 17 :3 ; Phil. 3 :10 ; 1 Cor. 1:24, 30). We are told in Psalm 111:10 th a t “ the fear of the Lord is th e beginning of wisdom.” The teaching should include m eth ods of Bible study and train ing in the use of th e Bible in w inning others to Christ (2 Tim. 2 :1 5 ). MAY S, 1925 How Can We Help to Make Home Happy. (Consecration Meeting) Eph. 4:29-32; 5:1-2. There is a g rea t need today for joy ful homes. Every home, th a t shel ters a child of God, ough t to be and may be a very happy home. You may make your home happy by— 1. Inviting the Lord Jesus, not only to be a guest in your home b u t th e head of your home. This invariably means a happy home (Col. 1 :18 ; Rev. 3 :2 0 ). 2. Living th e life of a born-again one in the home. Be loving, 1 John 4: 11; 1 John 3 :16 ; 1 Pet. 4 :8 ; 1 Thess. 3 :12 ; Rom. 13:8-10. Be thoughtful, Phil. 2:3-8; Gal. 6:2-5. Be patient, 1 Thess. 5:14, 15; Rom. 12:12. Be forbearing, Rom. 14:21; Col. 3 :13 ; 1 Cor. 8:13. Be hospitable, Rom. 12: 13; Heb. 13 :2 ; T itus 1 :8 ; 1 Pet. 4:9. Be sympathetic, Rom. 12:15. Be kind, Eph. 4 :32 ; Rom. 12:10. Be unselfish, Eph. 4 :28 ; 1 John 3 :16 ; 1 P et. 4 :10 ; 2 Cor. 9:6, 7. Be humble, Eph. 5:21; Phil. 2 :5 ; Rom. 12:16. Be forgiving, Col. 3 :13 ; Eph. 4:32. Does th is stan dard of living seem impossible? See Gal. 5:22, 23. The fru it is produced in us, not by us, by the indwelling Spirit as we yield to Him (Rom. 8:3, 4 ). F o r encouragem ent see 2 Cor. 9: 8; 12 :9 ; Phil 4:13. 3. P rayer. P rayer will change our homes. Learn to ta k e th e wrongs, the irritation s, the problems, th e burdens and perplexities of the home to the Lord in prayer. Phil. 4:6, 7; 1 Thess. 5 :17 ; Jas. 4 :2 ,3 ; 5 :16 ; Luke 11:9; Rom. 12:12. 4. Tireless, tactful, loving effort to win every unsaved member of your home to the Lord. John 1:40-42; 1 Cor. 9:16, 19-24; Jas. 5:19, 20. The more work and prayer you put into your home to make it a happy home the more joy you and others will get ou t of it. Gal. 6:1-5, 10; 5:13-16; Col. 3 :13 -1 7 ,2 3 ; 2 Pet. 1:4-10; Eph. 4:1-3.
p attern set before us in th e early church, and have failed to obey the precepts set before th e church in the church epistles—-F irst and Second Timothy, T itus, and also F irs t Cor in th ian s, ! In th e opening chapters of Acts we note first, th e strict Adherence of the church to the doctrinal foundation— Acts 2:42.; 2 Tim. 3:14-17; T itus 1 :9 ; 2 Tim. 1:13. The apostles’ doctrine included every g reat fundam ental of the Christian faith. Second, Adora tion of th e Lord. Acts 2:46, 47. Third, Anointing of th e Holy Spirit. Acts 2; 4 :31 ; Eph. 5:17. All our organiza tion, education, wealth and work are of no avail w ithout the anointing of th e Spirit. F ou rth , Activity and aggressiveness in preaching th e Word of God. Acts 1 :8 ; Acts 4 :31 ; 5:42; 8 :4 ; 1 Cor. 9:16-24. F ifth , Accord w ith one ano ther. Acts 2:42; Phil. 2: 4, 5; Eph. 4:1-6; 1 Cor. 12:12-31. Sixth, th e abandonm ent by the mem bers of th e ir possessions and th e ir w ills to Christ. Acts 2 :42 ; 4:34, 35; 2 Cor. 8 :,5; Phil. 3:7, 8. Only by full abandonm ent do we find fulness of power. Seventh, all this n atu rally resu lted in Additions daily to the church. Acts 2 :47 ; 5 :14 ; 6:7. The church of God is founded upon the Word of God, and the second pas sage given for the Scripture lesson tells us seven resu lts of Bible study: Makes men wise unto salvation ; is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in rig h t eousness, and thoroughly furnishes or equips th e man of God for every good work. A P R I L 2 6 , 1925 F riendliness as Expressed Through The m issionary who brings knowl edge to the ignorant, learning to the unlearned, food to th e hungry mind, ligh t to th e darkened intellect, is doing an act of friendliness. The one great aim and purpose of all m issionary endeavor is the making of disciples for the Lord Jesus Christ. Education may enhance or may hinder th is purpose. Some education is very necessary, where the people to whom the m issionary has gone do no t have a w ritten language. Their speech must be reduced to w riting and the Bible tran slated into th a t language and then th e people ta u g h t to read. A great m istake is being made by some mis sionaries in educating the people w ith out th e definite Gospel message, expecting la ter to press th e claims of Christ. The Gospel must be presented first and then the necessary teaching may follow. A cleansed, regenerated h e a rt must precede an educated brain, or irrep arab le harm is done to men. The man w ith a keen, well-trained Educational Missions Acts 18:1-11; 19:8-10
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