T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S In the enemy’s camp Peter sits by the door. Open denial— now step number five,— Ashamed of his Master! a lie did con trive! Bolder denial,— ’tis step number six, An oath to his lie Peter now did affix. Denial and cursing,— seven steps all, Though small the beginning, complete was the fall. —Norman F. Barrington. LOT’S DOWNWARD CAREER; The Downward Career of a Justified Man 2 Peter 2:6 to 10 (1) Lot Looked toward Sodom, Gen. 13:10. (2) Lot Lusted after the “ well- watered” plains toward Sodom, Gen. 13:10. ' (3) Lot Lowered his tent for the plains toward Sodom, Gen. 13:12, 13. (4) Lot Lived in Sodom, Gen. 19:1- 12 . (5) Lot Lost his testimony in So dom, Gen. 19:13, 14. (6) Lot Lingered in Sodom, Gen. 19:15r 16. (7) Lot Left a flaming Sodom, Gen. 19:17-24. “ Saved so as by fire” 1 Cor. 3:15. — J. Wilson Brown. MUST BE BORN AGAIN WHY? Natural man cannot understand things of God. John 3:3. Cannot receive spiritual truths. 1 Cor. 2:14. Cannot enter Kingdom of God. John 3:5. HOW? By renewing of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5; John 3:6. By energizing power of the living Word. Jas. 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23. WHAT DO? Have faith. 1 John 5:1; Gal. 3:26; John 1:12, 13.
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RESULTS Victory over world. 1 Jno. 5:14. Victory over flesh. Gal. 5:16. Victory over devil. 1 Jno. 5:18; Rev elation 3:21. Fred S. Shepard. SPIRITUAL SERVICE The Call to Service Universal— “ To every man his work," Mark 13:34. Personal— “ Follow thou Me," Jno. 21 : 22 . The Need for Service “ Look on the Field.” The harvest nigh, the harvest rich, the laborers few, Lk. 10:2; Jno. 4:35. . The Gifts for Service Their Abundance, “ All your need,” Phil. 4:19. Their Universality, “ To every man,” I. Cor. 12:7. Their Particularity, “ To every man severally,” I. Cor. 12:11. Their Availability, “ Covet earnestly the best,” I. Cor. 12:31. The Phases of Service Universal— “ Ye are my witnesses," Isa. 43:10. “ Every good word and work,” Col. 1:10. Particular— “What wilt Thou have ME to do?” Acts 9:6. How shall one learn his own work? By willingness, “Here am I, send me,” Isa. 6:8. By prayerfulness, “ Let him ask God,” Jas. 1:5. By responsiveness, “ By reason of use— senses exercised,” Heb. 5:14. By Providence, “When the cloud was taken up,” Ex. 40:36, 37. By opportunity, “ What thy hand finds to do, do it,” Ecc. 9:10. By adaptation, “ Apt to teach,” I. Tim. 3:2. By appeals, “ Come over . . . and help us,” Acts 16:9. By counsel, of friends, “ Departed Barnabas to seek Paul," Acts 11: 25; of the Church, Acts 13:3; of the Presbytery, I. Tim. 4:14.
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