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would discover that our relationship to God is of utmost and primary importance. That which we must do first, before we can do aught else, is to yield ourselves, to present our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto Him. But how are we to present ourselves? What must we do? The apostle gives us very practical instruc tions. First we find the negative aspect: “Be not conformed to this world.” Too often the church as a whole and church members as individuals have lost their power because, rather than making an im press on the world, they have allowed the world to make an impress on them. They are of the same temperature and mold as the crowd. Can this be said of us? Now we turn to the positive side of the question. "Be ye transformed,” says the Word—not “conformed” to this world, but "transformed” into His likeness! Nor does the Word leave us in doubt as to the man ner in which this transformation takes place, lest we become discouraged at the seeming impossibility of this change. “By the renewing of your mind”—ah, here is the secret! When our thinking is brought into captivity to Christ, when our minds are renewed day by day as we meditate upon His Word, when we learn the bless edness of that quiet time alone with Him, then and only then are we doing our “rea sonable service" as members of His body and His church. Yes, then and only then are we able to know “what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Then and only then can our external rela tionships with other people be right, for then are we able to "wait on our minister ing,” to "abhor that which is evil,” to be loving, fervent, honest, humble, patient, and rejoicing in all our human contacts, even as we are enjoined to be, as members of Christ’s church. Helps for the Leader 1. T he C all to S ervice 1. I used to ask God whether He would come and help me; then I asked God whether I might come and help Him; then I ended by asking God to do His own work through me.—J. H udson T aylor . 2 . What has been my attitude toward my fellow men? Have I loved them with God’s love and served them sacrificially, or have I been just indifferent and selfish? What have I ever done to bring a soul to Christ? . . . Do I know anything about the “con straining love of Christ,” or is such an ex pression just a pious idea? Have I ever labored in prayer for the salvation of souls and given of my knowledge, time, and money that the gospel might be preached throughout the world, or have I been con tent with the ordinary church routine, sat isfied with convention and ineffective activity?—W . G raham S croggie . II. T he M odern C hurch ’ s M istake My quarrel with the modem church is that it is devoting all its energies to an at tempt to get the prodigal a better job in the far country: but it leaves him in the far country !—The Christian Herald. [Continued on page 125]
8. "They which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake." The highest step in the walk of faith is to know something of “the fellowship of his sufferings,” to know the consolation and comfort of the Spirit, to have a song in the midst of tears. It is just here, at the place of suffering, that we are made "more than conquerors through him that loved us,” joyfully realizing that “our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceed ing and eternal weight of glory."—H.M.C. APRIL 23, 1939 W H A T SHOULD A CHURCH M EM BER DO? R omans 12:1-21 Meditation on the Lesson If we would place the emphasis where the Scriptures do, we as church members
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