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ANNOUNCING The Gospel in the Pentateuch By DR. HERBERT LOCKYER
NOTES on Christian Endeavor AMonth’sSpecialTopicson“Vocations” By M A R Y G . G O O D N E R
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two-edged sword . . . " (Heb. 4:12). By it Satan can be put to flight and captives set free. The ultimate victory is assured for all those in Christ’s army, but the day-by-day victory is promised only for those who let Him control. Even as Joshua met the Cap tain of the Lord’s host (Josh. 5:13-15), we too may have a new vision of our Lord and Saviour, to the end that we may say with Paul: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” There was an English commander . . . who was summoned to the Horse Guards one day and was asked, “How long will it take for you to be ready to go to Scinde?” “Half an hour," said he; and in three- quarters of an hour he was not only ready but also actually in the train, on his road to reconquer a kingdom. That is the way we ought to be; but we never shall be, unless we live habitually in tranquil communion with God, and in the full faith that we are at peace with Him through the blood of His Son. A quiet heart makes us ready for duty. —A lexander M aclaren . II. R eady . 1. At Christmas time soldiers are in the habit of decorating their barrack rooms, and are fond of putting mottoes cut out of gilt paper among the holly on their white washed walls. I noticed in one room the motto: “At peace, but still on guard," and in another place, "At rest, but ready.” Are not these equally applicable to spiritual life? —Sunday Circle. 2 . In the army, the soldier is allowed one- sixth of a second from the issuing of the command, to prove his obedience to his su perior officer. Is our obedience to our Lord equally prompt and unquestioning? —J. O swald S anders . Helps for the Leader 1. P repared for the M arch
JULY 2, 1939 THE WALK OF FAITH LIKENED TO THAT OF THE SOLDIER 2 T imothy 2:3, 4; 4:7, 8: E phesians 6:10-18 Meditation on the Lesson For this month we are taking up the sub ject of the Christian life In its parallelism of many vocations, namely those of the sol dier, the athlete, the husbandman, the build er, and the ambassador. As we look for ward to our nation’s celebration of its inde pendence, we are thinking of the first of these vocations, for we realize that as Chris tian soldiers we can celebrate a far greater occasion. That event is the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Captain of our sal vation, over sin and death (Heb. 2:9, 10). “Fight the good fight of faith,” says Paul in his injunctions to Timothy. "Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." The Bible is full of analogy of this kind, for God wants us to know that the Christian life is a warfare. True, victory is sure in this warfare if we are trusting in Him who is our Captain, but there will still be fighting as long as we are in the body of this sinful flesh. Every thoughtful Christian knows what this con flict is. Paul has described it for us in Romans 7. In our own strength we can never know real victory. W e must take the position of reliance upon God, “for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds)” (2 Cor. 10:3, 4). Let us, therefore, consider some of these weapons, for we are enjoined to put on the whole armor of God, that we may be able to withstand the enemy—the devil—who may come as a roaring lion or as an angel of light (1 Pet. 5:8; 2 Cor. 11:14). In order to be prepared, then, for this conflict, which is not against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness, we must stand hav ing our “loins girt about with truth” as op posed to sham and insincerity. W e must, wear also the “breastplate of righteousness,” for Christ is our righteousness, and we are told: "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh” (Rom. 13:14). The feet are to be protected and equipped with the “preparation of the gos pel of peace,” the head with the “helmet of salvation," and the heart with the “shield of faith.” Satan knows our vulnerable points, whether of the intellect, the heart, or the will, but God also knows and has made complete provision—that is, if we stand fast, God having made no provision for retreat. • The great offensive weapon is the “sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” "For the word of God is quick [R.V., ‘liv ing’], and powerful, and sharper than any
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JULY 9, 1939 THE ATHLETE 1 C orinthians 9:24-27; H ebrews 12:1, 2 Meditation on the Lesson
An athlete usually knows best the sig nificance of the term “training.” He knows that there must be a denial of self in certain things; he knows that he must control his appetites. Would that we as Christians might learn this very thing! It is that to which Paul is referring when he says: "Ev ery man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an in corruptible.”
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