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vices in the Word of God, sins >of the tongue are included- Of the seven things God hates, as listed in Proverbs 6:16-19, three are definitely sins of the tongue: lying, gossiping, and stirring discord. The entire third chapter of James deals with the same difficulty, So if we would play a straight game, a victorious game, we need to pray the prayer of Psalm 141:3, and watch bur tongues! III. - THE EYES: “Let thine eyes look right on*-and let thine eyelids look straight before thee” (Prov. 4:25). It is so easy to get our eyes on cir- - cumstances or on people, and off the Lord. When Peter looked at the waves, he‘ began to sink (Matt. 14:30). If the runner looks around, he may lose his pace, and the race. Circumstances and people may change for the worse, blit Christ never changes and never fails. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, --2 “Look full in. His wonderful face, ' And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace.” IV. THE FEET:- “Weigh carefully the path of thy - feet, . ' | . -i And let all thy ways be ordered < aright. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil” . : (Prov. 4:26, 27, R. V. margin). We need to guard not only our heart and our eyes, and to be careful how we .¡talk, but also how we walk. There are various old sayings that are highly applicable here: “Practice what ’v: you preach.” “The whole world is a dictaphone into which our lives talk.” Some of the most effective sermons are “sermons in shoes.” Note the four commands in these verses: , 1. Walk circumspectly (cf. Eph. 5:15), like a barefooted boy picking his way across a stubble field. 2. Walk in the established way (Psa. 40:1-3). The rock is Christ Jesus (Col. 2:6). 3. Don’t swerve; to swerve is to miss the mask, the goal (Phil. 3:13, 14). 4. Forsake evil (Prov. 28:13). God. never condones evil, and we must not. • If we obey these and other com mands of the Word of God, then we are walking worthily (Eph. 4:1). For the Leader These are the rules of the game, the warnings of life. If we heed them, by Christ’s help we can win. And if we play a straight game for God and against the devil, we will find it hard to cheat in any other relationship of life, whelher at work or play.
The Writers
July 5— ralph j. C olburn
Mr. Colburn, who received the degree of Bachelor of Theology at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles iñ 1940, wás gradùated from Westmont College in 1941. Before completing his work at Bipja, he organized the Naples Community Church, where he Served as pastor and supervised the young people’s society... He is Conven tion Chairman for the Brethren Young People’s Convention for Southern,California Brethren churches. Miss Hiñóte (Biola ’32) for several- years has taught a young people’s Sunday-school class and a Bible club in the high school at Portsmouth, Ky., where' she -is a worker of the Rehoboth * Mountain Mission. She was graduated from Columbia Bible College, Columbia, S. C., in 1941. During his student life'at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, where he was graduated in 1941, Mr. Robbins served on various deputation teams in Southern California and in other Western areas. In recent months ire has been active in Christian Endeavor work in Ellensburg, Wash. As staff member of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship ,on the campuses of Michigan, Mr. Nellis (Biola ’41) counsels with young people in various Michigán colleges, encburaging Chris tian students in .their witness for Christ and dealing -with in quirers. - " ' .
July 12—GERALDINE HIÑOTE
July 19—NORMAN G. ROBBINS
July 26—NEIL B. NELLIS
For Those Who Have Topics
JULY 5, 1942 ( PLAYING A STRAIGHT GAME P roverbs 4 :20-27 By Ralph J. Colburn Introduction Life has been described as a great afena into which we are thrust, each to strive in his own. particular field for the mastery and leadership every one desires. Life is very much like a game, and the Bible is our rule book. It is a game in which we cannot cheat and win, in which the all-holy God is the referee, and in which we can emerge victorious only as we take Christ on our. side. We are pitted against a cruel and crafty foe, Satan, and the object of the game is to out play him and above all to live a life of victory through Christ. The goal is not the mere temporal blessings of God, but a crown in eternity. In Hebrews 12:1, 2, the Christian life is compared to a race, and in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, it is likened to both a race and.,a fight. The training must be strenuous, and the rules must be followed if victory is expected. These rules are summarized in Prov erbs 4:20-27. Four things are called to special attention.
I. THE HEART: > “Keep thy heart above all that thou guardest; For out of it are the issues of life” (Prov. 4:23, R, V. margin). The i s s u e s of life are gathered around our emotions, intellect, and will. If we can keep the devil out of these, we have gone a long way to ward victory. The safest way to do this is to make the Lord’s will our will,-recognize that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. 9:10), and obey the command to “love the Lord thy God with all thy hearf, and with all thy soul, and with all thy. strength, and with all thy mind” ,(Lk. 10:87). Then our volitional, , mental, and emotional life will re^ volve around Him who is “the head over all-things” '(Eph. 1:22; cf. Col. 1:18; Prov. 23:7; Jer. 17:9; Psa. 139:23, 24). , . ,, ' II. THE TONGUE: “Put away from thee a waywarb mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee” . (Prov. 4:24, R. V.). Sins of the tongue are all too Com mon among us today. In every list of
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