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y ------------------ --------------------------------«f 1 SENTENCE SERMONS | * --------------------------------------------------* To pray, with all your heart and strength, that is the last, the greatest achievement of the Christian warfare on this earth. Our sin is the mother of all our trouble: get rid of the mother, and you will soon get rid of her offspring. —o— Vision must ever end in service or fade and die. — o — The child who has parents that yield to its every whim is getting a sad start in the world. —o— Light is the great primary source of all the world’s growth and sustenance. Science and Scripture unite in giving to light a supreme place in the creation of the universe. — o — “The ear of mankind is more hungry for sympathy than the mouth for bread.” — o — The basis of our friendship with God is our obedience to Him. — o — Love does not choose which commands to do and which not to do. — o — Greater than any human achievement, more sacred than the working of miracles, is the soul’s daily practicing of the prin ciples of God. — o— j The Word of God is pitched to the key of an ordinary life. Faith is the sub stance by which we may tune in to re ceive its blessing. — o— “A child is the most rigid exacter of consistency.” — o — Every sacrifice is an investment. — o — “A religion without dogma is a creature of the imagination which under no cir cumstances is able to give to individual man, much less to the human family, the necessary anchorhold in this life and the hope for perfection in the beyond.” It is easy to believe what pleases us.
Union With Christ
READY BIBLE OUTLINES
I. In Death. Gal. 2:20. II. In Life. Eph. 2:5. III. In Suffering. Rom. 8 :17; cf. 2 Tim. 2 : 12 . IV. In Sanctification. Jn. 17:19. V. In Glorification. Rom. 8 :17; Jn. 17:22. —o— The Christian’s Warfare and Reward (1 Pet. 5:5-11) Introduction: A Spiritual Warfare. I. His Foes 1. Pride. V. 5. Satan’s Great Sin (as piring to be God). 2. Cares of the World. V. 7. (The world of which Satan is Made the God.) 3. The Devil. V. 8. II. His Implements of Warfare 1. Humility. V. 6. Cf. Phil. 2. (Hu mility of Christ.) 2. Trust in God. Vs. 7, 9. (Faith is the victory.) 3. Vigilance. V. 8. (Being on the alert.) 4. Thoughtful. V. 8. Even-tempered. III. His Rewards (These rewards are e x p e r i e n c e d through suffering.) 1. Perfection. V. 10. In Christ’s right eousness. 2. Stablished. V. 10. Our feet set upon the rock which is Jesus Christ. 3. Strengthened. V. 10. By Christ’s glorious power. 4. Settled. V. 10. By the peace of God that passeth all understanding. Conclusion Christ is the Captain of our salvation. He is all and in all. In Him victory is assured. —o— Our Pattern Prayer “When ye pray.”—Luke 11:2; Matt. 6:7. “After this manner pray.”—Matt. 6 :9 Pray to “our Father” (Luke 11:2). For the glory of His name, For the spread of His kingdom, For the doing of His will, For daily needs (Luke 11:3), For daily forgiveness, For daily deliverance, For ourselves and others. Lord, teach us how to pray aright ; O lead us in Thy way. Humbly we bow in Thy pure sight; “Lord, teach us how to pray.” —Life of Faith.
The Activities of Christ The Gospels are an unfolding of the minute and majestic activities of our Lord. We turn to Mark 3, and find this is but a sample of His recorded doings. 1. "He Entered Again’’ (1). His minis tries and movings are continually repeat ed. His help is always timely and on time. Like the sun in its shining, He continually comes. 2. "He Saith” (3, 4, 5). His sayings were saving and searching. His word was healing to the man with the withered hand, and silencing to the carping critics. Like the North wind, it cut the one, and like the South wind, it soothed the other. 3. "He Looked’’ (S). His eyes looked with loving sympathy on the needy, and with withering anger on the unbelieving. The sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay. 4. "Jesus Withdrew” (7). He withdrew Himself from the realm of hate and un belief. There is no response from Him, when He is not wanted. He withdraws at times to draw us after Him. 5. "He Did’’ (8). He was ever doing, and all He did was great. There was nothing small or mean, or selfish, in His doings. His life is summed up by the words of the Spirit, “who went about do ing good” (Acts 10:38). 6. "He Healed” (10). His miracles of healing are types of His spiritual minis tries. He gives sight to the eyes of igno rance, power to the withered hands of impotence, cleansing to the lepers of sin, and life to the dead in sin. 7. "He Charged” (12). Christ did not proclaim Himself for His own glory. He hid Himself from worldly applause. In this He is our Example. If glory comes to us, let us honor Him. 8. “He Goeth Up” (13). Again and again Christ retired to pray and teach. He ever leads on to higher heights and deeper experiences. His progressions lead on to promotions. 9. "He Ordained” (14). Christ’s ordina tions aré opportunities to serve and love Him, and bring forth fruit to His honor (John 15:16). His ordinating hands are omnipotent helps. 10. "He Answered” (33). He has an answer to every question, and is the an swer also. The way to find an answer to our enquiries is to answer to His Word by our obedience.-r— F. E. Marsh. — o — Bible Union I. Unity of Brethren. Ps. 133:1; cf. Jn. 1:12. II. Unity of Spirit. Eph. 4:3. III. Unity of the Faith. Eph. 4:13.
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