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IN THIS ISSUE The Prophetic Significance of Pope John's appeal for Christian Unity
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by Lehman Strauss
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WINTER IS COMING IN KOREA THOUSANDS OF ORPHANS ARE ABSOLUTELY HOMELESS CONSIDER " L IT T L E KIM"
•4 JUST BROUGHT IN "Little Kim" is one of ten beg ging orphan boys recently taken off the streets and placed in one of our Christian Orphanages. He is nearly starved to death. Other boys sit but Little Kim is too weak.
Ye Must Be Born Again Words by W. T. Sleeper Music by George C. Stebbins
The composer was assisting Dr. Pentecost (about 1880) in an evange listic campaign in Worcester, Massa chusetts. While the evangelist was preaching one night on the story of Nicodemus, using for a text “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7), Stebbins was inspired with the idea that the text would make the basis of a good song. He asked one of the local pas tors, Rev. Sleeper, to write the poem, and he himself provided the musical setting. This was the beginning of a long friendship between Sleeper and Stebbins. Several years later the same pair produced the hymn beginning “ Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come. Fleming H. Revell (founder of the publishing firm of the same name) was launching a new religious pub lication in Chicago, to be called “Words Of Life.” He asked Bliss to compose an appropriate song for the introductory issue, ,j— “Wonderful Words Of Life” was the result. How ever, the song was soon forgotten, — even the composer thought it of no merit. Many years later, under the impetus of George C. Stebbins’ fre quent use, it began to gain rightful recognition. (Stebbins was also re sponsible for popularizing “ Though Yours Sins Be As Scarlet” after it had become dormant following its orig inal publication many years before.) How Can I Be Lonely Words and music by Haldor Lillenas “The song was written in Pitts burgh,” relates the author. “ I had been away from home for some time, and had come to Pittsburgh to con duct the music in a convention. I found my way into a small basement room and found a little Bilhom organ. I sat down and began to play. From somewhere came the words and music . . . ‘How can I be lonely, When I’ve Jesus only . . . ’ ” EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Lillenas passed away in August of this year. Wonderful Words of Life Words and Music by Philip Bliss
DOES ANYONE CARE ► "Little Kim" cannot remember when he ate a meal,
The pain of hungar is always there. He wonders where he will get cloth ing when winter comes. Perhaps he will be dead!
HE SITS UP^ After he eats good food and drinks milk, he sits up ond tries to play with another boy. Someone has shown Christian Love to him for the first time. Perhaps there IS hope. told about Christ and of God.
LITTLE KIM SMILES ►
The Love of Christ HAS reached his heart. The hunger pains are gone. An entirely new life has come to him. He has been This boy W ILL live and for the glory
His Salvation.
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A HEART-WARMING THANKSG IVING STORY FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAM ILY by Helen Frazee-Bower
T h e late November sun shone warm and golden on the “ Five Little Salts” stretched out upon the lawn. That was a nickname of course. Their real names were David, Danny, Linda, Donnie and Duane — stair-steps from eleven years to two. There had been a time when Mother spoke of them as the “ Five Little Peppers,” recalling a childhood book by that name. But that was before Daddy taught them the Bible verse: “Ye are the salt of the earth.” When Linda heard it she announced immediately, “ I’d rather be a Salt than a Pepper.” So “ Salts” they became. Just now the children were gazing wistfully across the street at the gate to Audrey’s swimming pool, now closed for the winter. “ Didn’t we have fun all summer?” Danny said. “ I wish I could have just one more swim, but I suppose it is too cold.” David smiled. “Well, I’m thankful for all the swims we did have. We are lucky to have such nice neighbors.” “ It is about that time, isn’t it?” said Linda. “About what time?” Danny wanted to know. “About ‘thankful time.’ Pretty soon our teachers will be asking, ‘And what are you thankful for?’ What are you going to say this time?” Danny watched a few scattered leaves from the maple tree blowing across the lawn. “Well, for one thing, I am going to be thankful when that old tree is bare and I don’t have to rake up any more leaves.” Four-year-old Donnie lay looking up at the sky, his thoughtful blue eyes wide with wonder. “ Do you know what’s above the clouds?” he said. “ Heaven! I’m thankful for God.” David leaned over and cupped the little boy’s chin in his hands. “ And I’m thankful for you, Little Preacher,” he said. David was old enough to remember the time when Donnie had undergone serious heart surgery, and he had a special fondness for the little brother for whom he had prayed so earnestly. “ It isn’t hard to guess what Daddy is thankful for this year,” said Danny. “ The car’s almost paid for.” Baby Duane stood up, put his hands on his hips and announced, “Me thankful.” “ You’re thankful for what?” David asked. “Me thankful.” The children laughed. “Maybe that’s the best way after all,” said David. “ Just to be thankful without any reasons.” Linda spoke up, “Well, I have a reason. I’m thankful that Mother makes dresses just like mine for my dollies. But I wonder what she’s thankful for.” “Who — Mother? I wonder myself,” Danny said. “All she does is work. Twenty-seven shirts she had in the iron ing last week!” “ And all my dresses too,” Linda added. David looked thoughtful a moment. “Maybe there is something we could do about all this,” he suggested. “ Something to make her thankful.” It was then that the Thanksgiving Secret was bom. In the days that followed, the children whispered about it much. “ Don’t forget the password,” Danny said every time he came near one of the others. And Linda did so much giggling it was plain to see she was up to something. But Mother didn’t notice a thing. It was her turn to have the family reunion, and she was far too busy with her dinner plans. Evervone was up bright and early Thanksgiving mom- 1.0
ing. The fun began at the breakfast table. Duane spilled his milk. “ Pass the salt, Linda,” David shouted. Linda jumped out of her seat, shoved the salt toward her brother, grabbed a paper towel, and quickly wiped up the spilled milk. The toast started to bum. “ Pass the salt, David,” Danny said; and with one hand David reached for the salt shaker while rescuing the toast with the other. The telephone rang. “ Pass the salt, Danny,” said Donnie. Danny pushed it toward him and then rushed to answer the phone. They kept it up through the meal and, when breakfast was over, they were busy with the dishes before Mother had a chance to remind them. She was so busy herself that she scarcely noticed. But when dinner was served, and they began to call for the salt every few minutes, she became curious. “What’s wrong with my cooking?” she wanted to know. “ Did I forget to season something? You all keep asking for the salt.” “Tastes wonderful to me,” Daddy said. The children giggled and went on with their game. The salt went back and forth and one or the other hopped up to do whatever needed to be done. Danny refilled the glasses, Linda served the pie, they all cleared the table. The guests were amazed. “ Do they always help like this?” one of the aunts wanted to know. “ I wish mine did.” “Well, maybe not quite like this,” Mother confessed. “ But they are usually pretty good.” Later, when the guests had all gone home, she inquired into the matter herself. “My, but I had some fine little helpers today,” she said. “This is about the best Thanks giving Day I ever had.” “ Really?” David asked. “We wanted it to be.” “ But what was that silly game about passing the salt?” “ That wasn’t silly,” Danny said. “ That was the most important part. You know, Daddy taught us that verse, ‘Ye are the salt of the earth.’ He said that salt is for seasoning, to make things taste better, and to keep things from spoiling. He told us a real Christian lends a better taste to living for everyone around.” “ And we are the ‘Five Little Salts’ you know,” said Linda. “ So we wanted to season your Thanksgiving din ner.” “We wanted to make you thankful,” Donnie added. “But I’m always thankful.” “We wanted to make you thankful for us,” said David. “ For you? Why, bless your hearts, you are one of the reasons I’m always so thankful.” “ But we make so much work for you — all that wash ing and ironing!” Danny had tears in his eyes. “We thought if we helped you more you would know we loved you, and then you wouldn’t get so tired.” “That was a dear thought,” Mother said. “But I think I’d better explain something to you.” She sat down and took the youngest on her lap. “ A mother loves her chil dren for what they are, not for what they do. Now look at Duane. He is too little to help. Do you think I am thankful for him?” “ Of course!” the children chorused. “We are all thankful for Duane.” The baby gave them his charming dimpled grin. “Me thankful Duane,” he announced. Everybody laughed. “ That makes it practically unanimous,” said Daddy. THE KING'S BUSINESS
When the last “ Little Salt” was tucked in bed, the parents sat down together. ‘What a lovely Thanksgiving,” Mother sighed. “Aren’t they just about the dearest children in the world?” “ Don’t ask me,” Daddy grinned. “ I’m partial.” Then he reached for the Book. His fingers leafed the pages and came to rest upon a special verse. “Here is something 1 am thankful for,” he said. Mother’s hand closed over his. “ Don’t read it,” she said. “ Let me guess. ‘God setteth the solitary in families.’ ” “How did you know?” “ I found it long ago,” she answered, “ and have loved it ever since. It seems so tender, so thoughtful — so exactly like God.”
Mother went on: “ I guess a mother feels about her chil dren a little like a Christian does about the Lord Jesus. We love Him for the many wonderful things He does for us, but we love Him most just for Himself. He is better than any of His gifts — and so are you. I am thankful just to have you.” “ But it was a fine idea you children had, just the same,” Daddy said. “Mother could use a little more help. Let’s ‘pass the salt’ all year. What do you say?” “We will, we will,” the children shouted. “ Helping’s fun.” “Me pass salt too,” Duane announced. “ You may start right now, fellow,” laughed Daddy. “ Go get your pajamas.”
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Co-Directors of the BIBLE ON FILM plan an important scene. Left, Dr. Alexander Arkat, President of ALEXARK & NORSIM, INC.; and Robert H. Bemiller, President of CHRISTIAN MISSION FILMS.
Dramatic scene from the motion picture THE EXODUS, where Moses lifts the rod and the Red Sea waters are parted. Film is from the BIBLE ON FILM series by Christian Mission Films.
Two brothers started in a garage to produce The Celluloid Bible T 'HE idea of placing the entire Bible on motion picture film through a process of art animation-illustration ori ginated back in 1945 with Robert H. Bemiller, a suc cessful animator with 23 years experience in major ani mation studios. It occurred to Bob that animation could be reverent, “A sacred thing used for the Glory of God.” A Family Affair. Bob presented the idea to his family and, joined by his brothers, Ted and Richard, along with other members of the family, they formed Christian Films with the objective of placing the complete Bible in the motion picture medium.
and sound. A technique of limited animation is used in telling the stories; i. e. the animation camera pans and trucks on art work to give a feeling, of motion. Special effects animation is used in areas of the pictures for fire, lightning, reflections, etc. Narration, with music back ground, is direct from the Bible, making the film ac ceptable to all religious groups who use the Bible. The Bemillers state that the films have effectively been used in Sunday School, Christian Day School, Youth Groups, and Adult Meetings, because the art presentation of the scriptures gives them a wide age appeal. Another technique the group is giving is to provide churches with a full evening program consisting of an explanation of the animation techniques used in pro ducing their films, a showing of a specific film, and finally a sermon related to the film shown. The program has been successfully used in churches of several dif ferent denominations. A lot of work and a lot of time are ahead before the Bemillers achieve their goal of placing the entire Bible on film. It is a big project but one which the Bemillers feel is well worth the effort for the glory of the Lord. Richard T. Bemiller handles the sound track reading and editing for Christian Mission Films in Southern California.
The first studio, a back yard garage, was fitted with second-hand equipment they bought and borrowed, and work on their first animation-illustration motion picture, The Creation, was begun. Under limited conditions, The Creation was four years in production, but the Bemillers thought it was worthwhile time “ dedicated to the Lord.” The Bemiller’s faith was rewarded when The Creation was enthusiastically received by pastors and church groups wherever it was shown. Recognition for Christian Mission Films was established. In 1953, the next animated Christian film was started in production. Rev. Paul Edwards, with the audio-visual department of the Southern California Baptist Convention, had designed the characters for a true life experience, in animation, about a boy called “ Cotton,” and Christian Mission Films now cooperated with the convention to animate this new approach to a Christian film. Entitled The High Room, the film was completed in 1954 and released by Cathedral Films of Burbank, California. Now, with additional technical equipment, Christian Mission Films again moved into larger quarters and planned to move ahead full speed on their original project of placing the entire Bible on film. In cooperation with Dr. Alexander Arkat, President of Alexark & Norsim, Inc., arrangements were made to utilize Dr. Arkat’s large library of original Bible art work to complete the Bible On Film. Dr. Arkat and Bob Bemiller became co-directors of the project. To date, nine films have been completed in the series. Titles are: The Creation, Abraham Man of Faith, Abra ham and Isaac, Isaac and Jacob, Jacob, Jacob and Joseph, Joseph the Servant, Joseph the Ruler, and The Exodus. In production now are Moses and the Commandments and Moses and the Tabernacle. Running 12l/f> minutes each, the films are 16MM, color 12
THE KING'S BUSINESS
Consider this true cause for rejoicing and thanksgiving, for the Christian has
A Marvelous Inheritance/^
G. Coleman Luck
B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resur rection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Pet. 1:3-5). When Christians are suffering, they should turn for comfort to the First Epistle of Peter. This lovely little epistle was especially written to encourage afflicted be lievers. The particular trial being endured by those who first received this letter was persecution from enemies of the gospel. However its solace can be applied to trials of any nature which are being endured by those who know the Lord. After the opening salutation, the Apostle begins the main body of his epistle with praise of the Father and the Son. The First Person of the holy Trinity is spoken of as “ the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It must be ever remembered that the Lord Jesus is both divine and human, both God and man. In reference to His humanity, the First Person is Christ’s God; in reference to His deity, the First Person is Christ’s Father. This great Person who is the “ God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” has in His wondrous mercy “ begotten us again.” The allusion is to regeneration — to the new spiritual birth which comes to the one who truly receives Jesus Christ as his Saviour. Those of us who have done this now possess as a result of the new birth a living hope. This living hope of course has to do with the bright future which lies ahead for us, a future in which dwelling in glorious resurrection bodies we will forever be with the Lord and serve Him. How glad we should be that this “ living hope” is not founded on the shifting sands of human guesswork but on the solid rock of “ the resurrec tion of Jesus Christ from the dead.” He said to His own: “ Because I live, ye shall live also” (Jn. 14:19). There now lies ahead for us, says the Apostle, a mar velous “ inheritance.” Like other words “ inheritance” is used in the Bible in a slightly different sense from that of our common speech. Ordinarily we think of an inher itance as something we will receive someday but possess none of as yet. In the New Testament inheritance refers to something we have in part even now but will possess fu lly some day. Dr. F. B. Meyer has beautifully and truly written: “ Our inheritance is God Himself. Not the golden harps. Not the sea of glass mingled with fire. Not rest from pain and immunity from sorrow. Not the blessed society of heaven. From all these, apart from God, we should at last turn away dissatisfied. They are but the accessories and embodiments of something deeper, more inward and rapturous — the possession of God.” Unlike earthly inheritances, ours is one which cannot be corrupted or defiled and which cannot fade away. Several years ago my family moved into a new home. Dr. Luck is a member of the faculty of Moody Bible Institute NOVEMBER, 1959
There were some pear trees in the yard, which soon bore an abundant amount of fruit. My wife read that if pears were wrapped in tinfoil and stored in the cool of the basement they would keep almost indefinitely. After spending a good bit of time thus preparing them she was sure that later we would be enjoying the luscious fruit. But alas — the “ tip” proved to be incorrect. Several weeks later when we unwrapped some of the -pears for use, they proved to be rotten and withered away. Our “ inheritance” had become corrupt. Sometimes an earthly inheritance may consist of a fine house, but when the heir goes to look'over the place, he finds that it has been seriously damaged by vandals who have defiled it. Five or six years ago I began the practice of giving my wife, on our wedding anniversary, a red rosebud for each year we had been married. I try to encourage her by telling her that if she will endure me for another year she will get an additional rose! Recently she received seventeen of these roses. They were lovely when first placed in a vase but after a day or two they began to lose their beauty and eventually had to be thrown into the garbage pail: they faded away. Some times bequests of money disapear in like manner. A cer tain sum is left the heir but after the estate is settled it is found that there are no funds left to pay the bequest. At first there seemed to be an inheritance but it faded away. The inheritance Peter speaks of — the best inheritance of all — is perfecty safe. Of that we can be sure because it is “ reserved in heaven.” Dr. Kenneth Wuest calls heav en the Christian’s “ safe deposit box.” And, just as won derfully, while our inheritance is reserved in heaven for us, we can be sure we will some day receive it for we are preserved here on earth for it. We are “ kept (literally, guarded) by the power of God.” This is truly “ blessed assurance.” Like all God’s blessings this protecting power is claimed “ through faith.” The Apostle speaks of “ salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” Sometimes salvation is viewed as already past for the believer. We have been saved from the penalty of sin. Sometimes it is viewed as present — we are being saved from the power of sin. And occasionally, as here, it is viewed as a thing still future, in regard to the blessings yet ahead for the Christian at the time of the Lord’s coming. Peter assures us that these joys are ready even now but they will be revealed “in the last time.” This expression refers to the close of the present age — to the time of the “ Rapture.” This event is most fully described in 1 Thessalonians 4 — “ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (verses 16,17). Reader, is this inheritance yours? If not, “ believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31). 13
T h a t “ tired feeling” is the earmark of this stomach- ulcer, aspirin age. Everybody needs a rest. Some try to take a vacation, and when they return home they need a month to get over the vacation. There is quite a fad for reading best-sellers on peace of mind, peace of heart, peace of soul. Books on how to relax, how to “ let go,” or how to go to sleep take first place in libraries and display windows. One wonders whether we have not overdone the matter until we are a little lopsided — though still not rested. God has made us for alternate periods of effort and repose. Some saints major on effort and some on repose, and in either case the result is an imbalanced testimony. Doubtless in this feverish age we need to make much of peace with God and peace of God, the peace which the world cannot give. We thank God for the rest He provides here and hereafter for His people. We must come apart and rest awhile and be still and know that He is God. Our Saviour invites the weary and heavy-laden to His rest, and never were men more in need of it. But rest and repose are only one half of Christian experience. We need a sanctified tension. Nobody ever amounted to much who was not keyed-up about some thing. The relaxed fiddle-string makes poor music. Our Lord was said to be beside Himself, and the believers on Pentecost were thought to be drunk with new wine. Paul impresses nobody as a glorified vacationist. We have need of a sanctified tension; we need to be lceyed-up by the Spirit to do the works of God. Most of us are wound up in the flesh, fit to explode with repressed worries and doubts and fears. Or again, we strain and strive with human might and main and mistake nervous energy for the fullness of the Spirit. When the Word exhorts us not to be drunk with wine but to be filled with the Spirit we are presented with God’s stimulant for His people. We need to be excited and stirred and zealous and intense to get anything done for God. No one thinks of Wesley or Whitefield or Finney
or Moody always worrying about not getting enough rest. They were keyed-up for the Lord but they were also keyed-up by the Lord, which accounts for both the quality and quantity of work they accomplished. Some of the saints today seriously need a holy tension. They get tense, all right, arguing their pet doctrines and grumbling over their pet peeves. But they need to exchange their worries for God’s burden and get wrought up over something worth the excitement. Too many believers, sound enough doctrinally, haunt Bible conferences, read books galore and listen to their favorite preachers; but they have moved in a spiritual stupor for years. They need to be shocked into realizing that they are saving their lives only to lose them, living in sheltered comfort, feathering their own nests instead of spending and being spent for others. We could declare a moratorium on the relaxation angle and profitably major on getting keyed-up for God. A Christian leader has said, “ I’d rather try to tone down a fanatic than to wake up a corpse,” and we can bear better with a brother too excited than with a flock of drones. Of course we need not go to either extreme. But one has only to move among thousands of church members piddling around with a lot of little meetings and suppers and dry study courses to realize how pitifully much they need to get really on fire for the genuine issues of the gospel. They wear themselves out with a round of worth less little religious chores and are too exhausted to rise to do real business for God. I have just read that Dr. F.B. Meyer at eighty made his final preaching tour of America preaching thousands of sermons on a fifteen thousand mile trip. He had peace within, a mind at leisure from itself and was owned and operated by the Holy Spirit to pour himself out to ripe old age in loving service. Of course we have different capacities and must work within certain limitations, but we need to learn that the rest our Saviour gives is not the rest of slothfulness but inner rest that makes us fit for outward service. END
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( S u d d e n l y I knew the end was near. I had come to the ^ end of the road. I faced insanity or death. Weak and exhausted, my body reeking with alcohol, I climbed the stairs to my big, corner bed-room. Staggering to the side of the bed, I stood for a moment weaving, then crumpled to my knees with a dispairing outburst of tears. I cried out to God, “ Oh God, Oh God, please do something.” Something had to be done. I was a confirmed alcoholic, a slave to a bottle. I wanted to quit drinking but I couldn t quit. I couldn’t let go. I had made many promises and meant them, but I couldn’t keep them. DECEIVED AND I was sick physically, mentally, and spiritually. Physi- cally, my body craved alcohol for its continued existence; mentally my mind was confused and muddled; I was unable to think clearly; spiritually my soul was separated from God the only One Who could help me. It is im possible to describe all the horror and fear that I went through. Only one who has had this problem can under stand. If you are an alcoholic, you know exactly what I’m talk ing about. If you’re the heart-sick mother or wife of such a person, you, too, know. No doubt you want to know what you can do to help him. Keep praying for him. If you are a young person and you’ve been playing around with this stuff, let me warn you that you, too, can become an alcoholic in the same manner that I did. No alcoholic ever started out with the slightest intention of becoming an alcoholic. How then do they get that way? W AY OF DECEPTION Proverbs 20:1, says that wine and strong drink are deceivers and mockers. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Alcoholics are people who have been deceived by alcohol, and the deception comes in three easy steps. Here they are. The first step is the “ try-it” step. Someone, perhaps your friends, the gang, a buddy, or your host will say, “ try it” . “ Come on, it won’t hurt you.” “ Everyone does it.” “What’s the matter, are you chicken?” My host said, “ try it” when I was 14 years old. I did, and I was drunk for the first time in my life. Social drinking is where most alcoholics begin. 7 he second step is the “use it for everything” step. I began to use it for parties, social events, athletic events, holidays, birthdays, the blues, and a variety of other things. Everything I did soon became associated with drinking, and although I little realized it at the time, a habit pattern was being established that made alcohol the center of my life. The third step is the “ crave-it” step. I don’t know when this step begins; no one does. Up to this time alcohol had been deceiving me into a life of complete dependence upon it, but now nearly twenty-five years after that first drink, it began to mock me. A ll along the way I had deceived myself by saying, “ I can quit it any time I want to.” Now I wanted to quit, but I couldn’t. My body craved alcohol; I lived to drink and I drank to live; my mind was so obsessed that I would go to any length to get alcohol. I would drink anything that had alcohol in it. I was at the end of the road. I faced life or death. I realized that. I was helpless and that only God could help me. As a social outcast I felt lonely, hated, and mis understood. Now at last down on my knees, I cried out to God, “ Oh, God please do something, please take away this craving.” , : NOVEMBER, 1959
DELIVERED A few days later, with shaking hands and bleary eyes, I started reading a Bible that my wife had placed in the room. I turned to the Gospels and read about the Lord Jesus; how He went about healing all sorts of sick people; how He had compassion on the mistreated multi tudes, and how He loved them; how, as He hung on the Cross, He cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” Then suddenly I knew why! God had forsaken Him. This was what I had been looking for, and I called out to Him, “My Lord and My God.” As my understanding grew clearer, the tears began to flow freely, for I realized as never before that Jesus knew all about me and cared for me. He knew what it was to be lonely, for in that moment that He was cut off from God, as He was bearing my sins, He was lonely, and so He understood my loneliness. He knew what it was to be a social outcast like me for He was made a social out cast by the society of His day, and so He understood my problem. He knew what it was to be hated and mis understood even as I felt that I was, but the best part was that this same Jesus wanted to be my Friend. He loved me. He understood me, and now He beckoned me to come to Him. “ Come unto me,” He said, “ and I will give you rest.” Oh, friends, I came to Him. I couldn’t help but come to Him for I had fallen in love with this wonderful, lovely Lord Jesus. Do you blame me? He kept His promise, too, for He gave me rest when He im mediately took away that horrible insidious desire and craving for alcohol. I now have had 7 years of living with a Saviour whose love becomes more precious every day. Is alcohol a problem with you? Why don’t you let the Lord Jesus take care of it for you. He wants too. He loves you and He cares for you. Right now He beckons, “ Come unto me, and I will give you rest.” 15
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