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p a tie n t as m en do, b u t k eep s on calling w ith first o n e voice a n d th e n a n o th e r, fo r th e sin n e r to rep en t. God’s w ay of m ak in g a m an rich is to first m ake him righteous. A b ad m an can n e v er ow n a n y th in g th a t is fire proof. T h e rig h t kin d of a good m an will keep rig h t on grow ing in g ra ce w h e th e r he c an have his ow n w ay o r not. A C h ristia n ’s soul will grow a n d fa t te n w h e re th a t of a w o rld lin g w ould sta rv e to death. It tak e s c o u rag e to p re a c h th e Gospel a n y w h ere as God w an ts it p reach ed . It is b e tte r to fail in try in g to do som e th in g fo r God th a n to succeed in try in g to do som ething fo r ourselves. W e a re so little a n d n a rro w ourselves it is h a rd fo r us to u n d e rsta n d how God’s m ercy can be so great. Nobody can have so good a tim e in this w orld as th e p eople w ho a re rig h t w ith God. E very C h ristian is a b u rn in g a n d a shining light fo r th e L ord. W e do n o t have to be g re a t in a n y th in g ex cept faith to o b tain g re a t favor w ith God.— E lijah P. B rown. aeo n s in endless procession. It is the stro n g e st possible p h ra se fo r ab so lu te en d lessness. It is used tw elve tim es in th e last b o o k of th e Bible. E ight tim es it is used to describe th e d u ra tio n of th e exist ence, reig n a n d g lory of God (w h ich is, of course, ab so lu tely endless) ; once it is used of th e blessedness of th e righteous (w h ich is, of course, e n d le ss), a n d in th e rem aining in stan ces it is used of th e to r m ent of th e b east a n d false p ro p h e t a n d th e p ersisten tly w icked. F u rth e rm o re , th ere is absolutely no w a rra n t in th e S crip tu re s fo r su pposing th a t th e w icked will ev er be consum ed in th e sense of a n n ih i lated. ' T h e w ords “ destruction** a n d “ death** so freq u e n tly used of th e w icked n ev er m ean ann ih ilated . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Continued from page 142)
IV. T h e S p irit of God. 1. T o p o u r th is love in to o u r h e arts, to n o u rish th e life ete rn al, th e S pirit w as given; a n d H e is given to them w ho a re in C h rist Jesus, Rom . viii. 1, 2, Rom . v. 5 ; w ho b elong to C hrist, Rom . viii. 9, w ho a re in C h rist one body, “ all o n e in C h rist Jesus,** Gal. iii. 27, 28. 2. W ith th e S p irit believers a re to be filled a n d to b rin g fo rth th e fru it of th e S pirit. E ph. v. 18; E ph. iv. 3 0 ; Gal. v. 22, 23. T hese four, th e R ighteousness, th e Life, th e Love, th e S p irit of God, believers now have in C hrist. V . T h e In h e ritan c e of God. 1. R om . viii. 16, 17, “ h eirs of God a n d jo in t h e irs w ith Christ.** E ph. i. 13, 14, “ th e H oly S pirit— th e e arn e st of o u r inheritance.** Gal. iii. 29, “A braham *s seed . . . heirs.** 2. B elievers rejo ice a n d p ra y fo r each V I. T h e K ingdom of God. 1. L u k e xii. 32, “ give you th e K ing dom.** 2 T im . ii. 12, “ reig n w ith him.*’ Jas. ii. 5, H eb. xii. 28, “ receive a kingdom .*' 2. B elievers should th e re fo re w alk w o rth y of God, H eb. xii. 28, 1 Thess. ii. 12. W O R TH REMEMBERING W h en ev er th e C h ristian h a s a need he should also rem em b er th a t h e h as a God. W ho know s b u t th a t m any of th e sw eet est su rp rises of e te rn ity w ill consist of b ein g show n b y loved ones w ho passed o v e r b efo re us, how n e a r th e y w ere to us in d a rk places w h ere o u r h e a rts alm ost failed us. G od does n o t becom e w e ary a n d im o th e r o n th is a c c o u n t; E ph. i. 15-18, a n d 1 C or. iii. 21-23, a re n o t envious o r jealous, fo r “all things** a re th eirs. T h ey ow n all w ith C hrist.
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