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will he w ithhold from them th a t walk uprightly.”— Psa. 84:11. P ray for Theological Seminaries. TUESDAY, 31 A C hristian’s W alk. “He th a t saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”— 1 John 2:6. P ray for Mr. Hsiao, Asst. Supt., H unan Bible In stitu te, China.
how g reat things the Lord h ath done for thee, and h ath had compassion on thee.”-—Mark 5:19. P r a y fo r th e Twelve Evangelistic Bands of Hunan Bible In stitu te in China. MONDAY, 30 His Provision. “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: th e LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing
which the LORD your God spake con cerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing h ath failed thereof.”—Jo sh . 23:14. P ray fo r Your Pastor. SUNDAY, 29 Confession. “Howbeit Jesus suffer ed him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them
P rac tic a l M e th o d s o f Persona 1 W ork
F o r “Defenders of th e F a ith ” T. C. H orton
our h earts be touched w ith compas sion as was th e h ea rt of the Son of God? (Matt. 20:34) “ So J e su s b a d c o m p a ssio n on th em , a n d to u ch ed th e ir e y e s ; a n d im m e d ia te ly th e y r e c e iv e d s ig h t, a n d th e y fo llo w e d h im .” (Matt. 14:14; Luke 10:37) Third. You m ust be definitely con scious th a t th e Word of God is designed to meet the need of men, and fam iliarize yourself with, some of the Scriptures applicable to this class of the unsaved. (Heb. 4 :12) “F o r th e w o r d o f G od is tin ie k and p o w e r fu l, a n d sh a r p e r th a n a n y tw o - e d g e d sw o r d , p ie r c in g e v e n to th e d iv id in g a su n d e r o f s o u l a n d sp ir it, a n d o f th e jo in ts a n d m a r r o w , a n d is a d isc er n e r o f th e th o u g h ts a n d in te n ts o f th e h e a r t.” The Holy Spirit is th e Author of the Bible, and they were intended for this very purpose— th e saving and sancti fying of th e soul (John 16:8-11) “A n d w h e n h e Is com e» h e w ill r ep ro v e th e w o r ld o f sin , o f r ig h te o u s n e s s and o f ju d g m e n t. O f s in , b e c a u s e th e y b e lie v e n o t on m e ; o f r ig h te o u s n e s s, b e c a u se I g o to m v F a th e r , a n d y e s e e m e n o m o re; o f ju d g m e n t b e c a u se th e p r in c e o f th is w o r ld is ju d g e d .” F o u rth ,— seek to secure from the one w ith whom you are dealing a con fession of the fact th a t they are sin ners— violators of God’s laws. Do th is in a kindly way. Say, for instance: “You know th a t we are all sinners. We all have a sinful n atu re .” If th ere is any hesitation in th eir reply, ask, “Have you ever told one lie?” They will, of course, adm it th a t they have done so, and then you can say, “A lie is a violation of God’s law” (1 John 3 :4 ) “W h o so e v e r c o m m itte th sin , tr a n s - g r e s s e t h th e la w ; fo r s in is th e tr a n s g r e s s io n o f th e la w .” (Jam es 2:10) “F o r w h o s o e v e r s h a ll k e e p th e w h o le la w , a n d y e t o ife n d in o n e p o in t, h e is g u ilt y o f a ll.” Violation of God’s law demands punishm ent. You can ask th e ques tion: “You believe law-breakers , (Continued on page 131)
winner. No exception to th is is sug gested in the Bible. The methods used may be different, and opportunities vary, butTrJremember— if you have accepted Christ as your own personal Saviour, you are thereby obligated to seek to save th e lost. Accept the fact so clearly made manifest in the Bible and yield your h ea rt to Him, for the Holy Spirit will unfailingly guide you when the will is yielded. The larg est class among unsaved people are the indifferent. This is by reason of the condition of th e tim es in which we- live,— such a busy, pushing life, and so many demands upon one’s tim e; school, play, work, the auto, the radio, th e movies, the sports, the dance, the card table,® -that not much tim e is le ft for people to th ink ser iously of eternal things. Then, too, th e increasing num ber of “ cults,” the continuous propaganda of vagaries of all kinds, the change of a ttitu d e upon the p art of th e pulpit concerning vital tru th s, has greatly increased' th e num ber of the “ indifferent,” and th e need for definite, personal work w ith this class is, therefore, th e g reater. In order to do effective work w ith them it is necessary, : F irst,— you must be deeply con victed yourself th a t men are by natu re the children of w rath (Eph. 2:3) “A n d w e r e b y n a tu r e th e c h ild re n o f w r a th , e v e n a s o th e r s.” No m a tte r what th e ir culture, th eir standing in business or in society may be, th ere is no exception (Rom. 3:23) “F o r a ll h a v e sin n e d a n d c o m e sh o r t o f th e g lo r y o f G od.” (Rom. 3:10) “T h e re is n o n e rig h teo u s» no» n o t o n e.” Second,— to have a deep concern for th e ir’ souls. . Every boy and girl, every man and woman, should have an appeal- to th e Christian. How sad for saved people, on the way to glory, to be careless about th e ir fellows who are on their way to hell! Should not
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pledged to fight against th e destruc tive deniers of the fundam ental doc trin es of our faith, and in defense of our homes, our children and th e prin ciples upon which th is nation was founded,-—-is most encouraging, bu t “ YET THERE IS ROOM!” Turn to page 130, fill out the coupon which you will find there, send it in and receive your “Ammunition.” W hat One Canadian “Defender” Has Done Since E n listing “ I have been successful in securing ano th er ^subscriber for you. . Please find enclosed the price of same. I am pleased to tell you th a t th is new sub scriber will be a valuable ‘Defender of th e F a ith ,’ and Xam sure our other subscriber Miss;---------- (C an ada), will be too. A lthough it is only a little over a year since she herself received the light, she is firm ly pressing for ward in the faith. “ I still hope to be able to send you one or two more subscribers in the near fu tu re. The Chinese trac ts which I ordered of you have been very k i n d l y received by one of our Orientals. I hope to use th e re st of them to good advantage. Would like a few more Gospels of John. “ I feel I need to be b etter grounded in the faith, so would like to have you recommend such literatu re as you th ink suitable. I dearly love The K ing’s Business, as it has been a g reat help to me in th e sho rt tim e we have been tak ing it, and I pray God th a t through it, I may be able to serve Him better. Yours in fellowship, -—Mrs. W. C. G. (C an ad a).” LESSON NINE There are many different kinds of people in the w o rld ,. and th e ir a tti tude towards th e Bible and th eir own salvation is varied. The personal worker should always bear in mind the tru th set fo rth in previous lessons (which we expect to constantly reiter ate and em phasize), th a t it is the busi ness of every C hristian to be a soul-
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