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THE KING’S BUSINESS
I ntroduction . I. What is Meant by Spiritual Power? ' (What?) 1. Not personal magnetism, eloquence, learning; not a human attainment. 2. A divine gift—the possession o f the Spirit o f power. (The Greek word for “power” is ;“ dynamite” ). ' II. The Evidences, of the Need o f Spirit- ual Power. (Why?) 1. The sad condition o f the Church. 2. The defeated Christian shown in lives, as (a.) Lack o f victory over sin. (b.) Lack o f testimony for Christ. (c.). Lack o f influencé for Christ. III. How to Get Spiritual Power. (How?) 1. Earnestly desire it. 2. Put away sin. 3. Enthrone Christ. 4: Obey the Spirit. ' 3 5, Accept' it by faith. IV. The Results of Having Power. (What Then?) .1. Victory over sinful self. I 2. Boldness in testimony. 3. Transfigured and influential life: 4. A quickened Church, ' Conclusion. Theme: Christ’s Fourfold Work. T e x t : “Who o f God is made Unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctifica tion, and redemption.” 1 Corinthians 1 :30. I ntroduction . This is the only text that in four con secutive leading words presents the com plete view o f Christ’s redemptive work. It reminds us o f the first time in which the four cardinal points o f the compass are emphasized in Scripture, when Abraham, for God’s sake, separated from Lot, letting him have the best of the land. Here God seems to say to the disciple, who for holi ness’ sake separates himself from sin unto God, Lift up thine eyes and look north ward and southward and eastward and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. Here are the cardinal points in the spirit Spiritual
ual landscape, and' they take in the whole horizon o f Christ’s work for our salvation; and the order again is inviolable. I. Wisdom. Here Christ’s work begins; otherwise we should neither know ourselves nor God. In three ways He becomes to Us “wisdom from God,” as the passage should read. 1. By correcting our errors o f opinion and practice. 2. By confirming what is right and good. 3. By revéaling what has hitherto been unknown. II. Righteousness. 1. By His own perfect obedience to the law. 2. By His vicarious and justifying death for sin. 3. By His intercession at God’s right hand. III. Sarictification. 1. By perfect example o f holiness. 2. By regeneration, imparting the new nature. 3. By the gift o f the indwelling Spirit o f holiness. IV. Redemption. 1. By resurrection o f the body; redemp tion o f the body. 2. By final and full deliverance from sin; redemption o f Spirit. 3. By ushering us, body and spirit, into the heavenly home. 1 —-A T. Pierson.- Theme: The Gain of the World and the Loss of the Soul. T e x t : “ For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?” Marie 8 :36, 37. I ntroduction . W e should be careful to note the two things here contrasted. Not the gaining o f the present and the loss o f the future — for those who lose the future do not necessarily get the most out o f the present. Nor does it mean that in order to gain the future we must lose the present— for
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