made sin for us that we through His righteousness might have eternal life. Love and justice have been joined in union. A 8 a result, we have been given an inheritance incorruptible and un defiled.
the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, this old globe itself is just one vast moral graveyard. The very word cemetery is derived from a Greek term found in the Bible. We read, “the whole world lieth (there’s the word for ceme tery) in the lap of the evil one.” In the long ago, when Martha heard the Lord Jesus ordering the stone to be taken away from her brother’s grave, she pointed out, “Lord, by this time he has started to decay. The putrifying odors have set in. He’s been dead for four days.” But this is true of all man kind who, for these untold centuries, has thus been dead and putrifying. Only God can bring true spiritual life to those dead in iniquity and sin. Listen to this mighty challenge of Scripture, “And you hath he quickened [or made alive] who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. . . . But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us [made us alive] together with Christ [by grace are ye saved].” C L E A N F R O M W IT H IN Sometimes it’s important to define terms. Consider the word “reforma tion.” That could be likened to putting a new shirt on a man. Something more important is “regeneration” which is like putting a new man into a shirt. Do you see the difference? Missionaries working among the Bukidnon people of the Philippine Islands tell of the ex treme backwardness of these natives. To those coming from more advanced civilization their bodies appear inde scribably filthy and repulsive. Still, faithful' ambassadors of the cross who labor among them testify, “We never tell them to clean up. Rather, it’s our purpose to have them see how they can be made clean inwardly from sin by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Mis sionaries further observe, “I t’s amaz- A careless reader of the Scriptures will never make a close walker with the Lord.
It's unfortunate that some children grow up like weeds and are about as well cared for.
10 C O M M A N D M E N T S FO R F A T H E R S
1. Thou shalt hold no other group more important than your family. In all thy ways thou shalt be faithful unto them. 2. Thou shalt teach thy children to love, respect, and obey their parents. 3. Thou shalt be a loving and con siderate husband to thy wife. U. Thou shalt not speak in a manner unbecoming a Christian gentleman. 5. Thou shalt by example make Sun day a family day for God, being sure that church attendance is a purposeful habit. 6. Thou shalt provide adequately for thy family to the best of thine ability. 7. Thou shalt promote family wor ship in the study of God’s Word in thy home day by day. 8. Thou shalt be honest in all of thy dealings, both in business as well as with thy neighbors. 9. Thou shalt not fail to spend time with thy family, showing by a real con cern and love that their interests are above thine own. 10. Thou shalt be the head of thine household, yet ruling over it with the same type of love with which Christ gave His life for all mankind.
Loose conduct can always get a per son Into a tight spot.
V IC T O R Y O V E R D E A T H Have you ever thought about where the idea of cemeteries started? No doubt there was a desire for people to be buried close to loved ones and rela tives. Spiritually speaking, apart from 18
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