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TH E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
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NOTES on Christian Endeavor FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ing? Do we really live out the motto: “God first, others second, ourselves last” ? For Those Who Have Topics I. T H E SEVEN-DAY CHARACTERIZED. CHRISTIAN 1. The true Christian is an individual who has, so to speak, exchanged his original personality for a new one. Paul puts it-this way: “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Gal .2:20). Charles Haddon Spurgeon says, “He [Christ] is now the substance of our spiritual life. It is by His life that we live; He is in us, the hope of glory, the spring of our actions, the central thought which moves every other thought.” 2. This life of Christ in the Christian began at the moment of the new birth. (John 3:3-7; 1 Pet. 1:23) when the in dividual received the Lord Jesus as his Saviour from sin (John 1:12). But the extent to which this one is a “Seven- Day Christian” depends upon his yield- edness to the Lord and to His will as revealed in the Word of God (Rom. 6:11-14; Psa. 119:9, 11). 3. The term “Christian” or “Chris tians" occurs in the Bible only three times (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 P e t.‘4:16). What significance have these passages in relation to the lesson topic? |11| iMt )i,l h|M i > > CHRISTIAN EXEMPLIFIED ^ ^ The believers in the early Christian chttreif maintained their testimony throughout the week, as is indicated by the following evidence: 1. They were filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4; 4:31; 6:5; 7:55; 11:24). 2. They were witnesses unto the Lord (Acts 1:8; 5:32, 42; 8:4). 8. They were joyful of heart (Acts 2:46). ™4. They were soul-winners (Acts 2:47; 11:21, 24). 5. They spread the Word (Acts 12:24). 6. They were united in heart and pur pose (Acts 4:32). 7. They gave of their substance (Acts 4:32-35). III. THE SEVEN-DAY CHRISTIAN MAINTAINED IN HIS TESTI MONY (Tit. 3:8)i “A Christian experience that is con tinuous and progressive” is the need! Here are some of the requirements: 1. Worship, praise, and prayer, par ticularly the morning watch (Psa. 5:3; 63:1-3, 7, 8). (The leaflet, "The Morn ing Wateh, Suggestions As to Its Ob servance,” by Andrew Murray, can be secured from the Bible Institute Col- portage Association, 843 N. Wells St., Chicago, 111.) 2. Daily study—not. mere reading—of God’s Word (1 Tim. 4:15, 16; 2 Tim. 2:15; 3:14-17). . 3. Testimony—by lip and life (Matt 5:13-16; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; 10:31; Col. 3:23)u 4. Attendance upon divine worship (Heb. 10:24, 25), prayer meeting (Matt,
The Writers
October 5—ANNABEL LEE CRUMLY
Miss Crumly, who was graduated from the Christian Education course at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in 1938, has been engaged in young people’s work in Northern California. At present she is- serving in the office of the Biblical Research Society, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Wendt (Biola ’34) is pastor of Calvary Church, Santa Ana, Calif. The interdenominational character of his ministry to young people’s groups outside his own church has particularly fitted him for the subject he treats this month. Following his studies at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles where he was graduated in 1933, Mr. Keyes served in various movements among'evangelical Christian students in thejJfociiic Northwest while completing his work at the University of Washington. He is now Principal of Westmont Academy, Los Angeles. Calif. - --------- ■ — retary of the Bible Fellowship and has been assisting in the University Bible Church near the campfs' ofTTO^YJniversity of California at Los Angeles. During his attendance at the Insti-; tute he had many months of evangelistic experience with the, Biola Trumpeters in deputation work. Mr. Padgett (B. Th. Biola ’40) has been serving as Field Sec-
October 12—LYMAN A. WENDT
October 19—STERLING F. KEYES
October 26—CHESTER J. PADGETT
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OCTOBER 5, 1941 A SEVEN-DAY CHRISTIAN P r o v er b s 21:3; H o sea 6 :6 , M a r k 12:28-34 By Annabel Lee Crumly Introduction The young man or young woman who elects to follow Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord today is not by any means taking the line of least resistance.' The calls of the world are loud and com pelling. Satan, in what are undoubtedly the closing days of this present age, is making desperate efforts to destroy ev erything holy and good, and he is using every possible means to achieve his evil purpose. But underneath and over and above the cacophonous calls of the world, there still rises, clear and sweet, the clarion call of Christ, saying, “Christian, follow Me.” Some young people, though disturbed by the tenseness -of these war-darkened days, may be inclined to think that the peace and quiet of Christian living are only for those who have grown old in the Christian life. They may think it would dull the edge of their joy in life,
if they were to surrender their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. But the Chris tian life is for the young! Our Lord JesusChrist, wnenH^lsud^dowr^Nis life at Calvary, was in the glory of young manhood—yet He willingly laid down that young life that those who believed in Him might have everlasting life. To live the Christian life requires courage, and it means testing, of course. This is the day of the test. There are tests for college entrance, for employ ment, for admission to the Army. And the Christian might as well face the fact that he, too, will be tested as to his Christian living. It has been well said, “The average person possesses an almost infinite capacity for self-decep tion.” Many of us who belong to Christ deceive ourselves by thinking, compla cently, that we are better than those around us because we refrain from cer tain habits that would harm our bodies and .because we do not engage in the great mass of worldly amusements. No, but how does our private life measure up ? What about our honesty, our faith fulness in little things? What about our personal relationships? Are we consid erate? Are we kind? Are we forbear
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