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The Defeated Persecutor “By the grace of God I am what I am.” 1 Cor. 15:10 Contrast Saul thè Persecutor with Paul the Apostle. Whence the change? See Acts 26:12-20. I. The Persecutor’s Errand 1. Its nature. Persecution. 2. Its motives. Paul was sincere but deluded. 3. Its results. The mission that was to have carried death to others brought life to his own soul. II. The Persecutor’s Arrest 1. It was sudden. God’s Spirit works in various ways, often gradually, but always wisely adapted to cir cumstances and the individual. 2. It was public. His companions heard the voice, but could not un derstand. 3. It was irresistible. It was God’s hand and God’s voice that stopped P a u 1—a n d G o d ’ s controlling power that seized him. 1. It was prompt. He was within sight of Damascus, to enter it as a persecutor. Instead he entered the city a “prisoner of the Lord.” 2. It was complete. He started from Jerusalem mad with rage against the followers of Jesus. He reached the gates of Damascus an anxious inquirer. 1. Efe, became an inquirer, “What wilt. Thou?” ti 2JlsH è became a learner. ’Hè had al ready learned of Gamaliel. Now he would learn of Jesus. 3. He became a preacher—zealous for a cause once hated. 4. He became an apostle. Called from great sin, he became a great apostle. 5. He became a martyr. His life was hard, uncomfortable, labor ious, but always “ready to be of fered.” Application : Paul, who felt the guilt of sin so much that he styled himself “the chief of sinners,” attributed his conver sion to the grace of God. It is by such work that God glorified Himself. What are you? Where are you? Are you will ing to be saved? —J. H. H. III. The Persecutor’s Surrender IV. The Persecutor's Destiny
Some Reasons Why Christ Died
What th e Spirit Does
Proceedeth from the Father. John 15: 26. Testifieth of the Son. John 15:26. Reproves the world of sin. John 16:8. Quickeneth the dead in sin. John 6:63. Beareth witness with our spirit. Rom. 8:16. j £ ^ . . Helpeth pur infirmities. Rom. 8 :26. Maketh intercession within us. Rom. 8:26. . _ . Searcheth the deep things of God! 1 Cor. 2:10. Teacheth the words of God. 1 Cor. 2:13. Sendeth forth to special work. Acts 13 :4. —William Luff. I. His Portrait. V. 15. 1. Image of invisible God. V. 15. 2. Fairer than children of men. Psa. 45 :2. 3. Altogether lovely. Song of Sol. 5:16. II. His Preeminence. V. 18. 1. In Creation—Firstborn of creature. V. 15. every 2. In Church—Head of body. V. 18. 3. In Glory—Firstborn from V. 18. dead. His Power. V. 16. 1. Creative—By' Him were all created. V. 16. things 2. Preservative—By Him all consist. V. 17. things 3. Redemptive—By Him all reconciled. V. 20. things IV. His Possessions. V. 16. 1. Material—All things for Him. V. 16: 2. Spiritual—In Him should all fulness dwell. 2 :9. — H. K. Downie. —o— The Ladder Genesis 28:10-22; John 1:51 The Ladder Suggests : 1. The need of communication. 2. The means of communication. 3. A safe way of communication. 4. Freedom of communication. 5. To use the ladder, there must be the grasp of faith and the tread of obedience. “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” ~— II. C. Fulton. — o — The Son of His Love Col. 1:13.
1. To glorify God. John 17:4. 2. To bring in everlasting righteous ness. Dan. 9 :24. '3. To destroy Satan. Heb. 2:14; John 12:31. 4. To draw all to Christ (either-in sal vation or judgment). John 12:32. 5. To take away the sin of. the world. John 1 :29. ,6. To be a propitiation. Rom. 3 :25. . 7. For His people’s sins. Matt. 1:21; 1 Cor. 15:3. ,8. To gather together in one all the children of God scattered abroad. John 11:52 ; Isaiah 49:6. 9. To purify unto Himself a peculiar people zealous of good works. Titus 2 :14.. 10. To spoil principalities and powers. Col. 2:15. 11. He gave Himself for the Church. Eph. .5 :25. 12. That we might have identity of life with Himself. 1- Thess. 5 :10. 13. That He might be Lord both of the dead and the living. Rom. 14:9. 14. That believers might live unto Him. 2 Cor. 5:15. 15. That He might deliver the cap tives of fear. Heb. 2:15. 16. To loose us from our sins and make us kings and priests unto God. Rev. 1:5, 6. 17. That believers might be “sancti fied” (i.e., set apart). Heb. 10:10. 18. That believers might be “perfected for ever.” Heb. 10:14. 19. That believers might be redeemed from the curse of the law. Gal. 3:13. , 20. That believers might receive “the acjpp.tiqn ofvspns.” Gal. 4:5. •21. That believers might have ever lasting life. John 3 :16. 22. That believers “might live unto righteousness.” 1 Pet. 2 :24. 23. To bring us to God. 1 Pet. 3 :18. 24. That we might be made.the right eousness of God in Him. 2 Cor. 5 :21. 25. That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations. Luke 24:46, 47. 26'. That all believers might be made nigh to God. Eph. 2:13; contrast Exod. 24:1. “Afar off.” —Samuel Levermore In “The Churchman’s Magazine."
Spiritual Blessings ; Ephesians 1
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Easter Blessings God shield you by His love, God keep you in His care; Bestow rich favors from above, And bless you everywhere. —Fred S. Shepard.
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