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K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
April 1927
Bible Food for Preacher and Teacher
He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Psalm 147:14
F in e s t
the Wheat
“H e is A ble ”
Life Is a Mission. I will live it helpfully.
1. Able to Save He is able, to save to the ..uttermost. , (Heb. 7:25). 'No limit as to the need of sinner or saint! ■ 2. Able to Keep. He is able to keep you from falling. (Jude 24; John 10:9). No limit to His Watchful Care. 3. Able to Succor. He iS able to -succor them that are tempted. (Heb. 2:18). No' limit to His Sympathy. 4. Able to Strengthen. God is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:4; . see Acts 20:32; 2 Tim. 4;17) . No limit to His Power. 5. Able to fulfil His Promises. What He had promised He was able also to perform (Rom. 4:21; 2' Tim. 1:12). No limit to His Faithfulness. 6. Able to Compensate. The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. (2 Chron. 25:9). No limit to His Wealth. 7. Able to Deliver. Our God is able to deliver us -. . . . and He wilL JDan., 3 :17). The Lord knoweth how to deliver (2 Pet. 2:9). No limit to His Resources. ; 8. Able to Restore. God is able to graff them in again (Rom. 11:23). No limit to His Pa tience. 9. Able to Meet every Need.. God is able to make all grace abound unto you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, etc. (2 Cor. 9:8). No limit to His Fulness. 10. Able to Exceed our Expectations. He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think (Eph. 3:20). No limit to His Love. 11. Able to Vanquish every Foe. He is able to subdue all things unto Himself (Phil: 3:21). No.Himit to His Sovereignty, * 12. Able, to do the Apparently Impossible. Him . . . that is able to present you faultless before the presence, of His glory with exceeding jqy (Jude 24). No limit to Blessing Answered. “Believe ye that I am able?” (Matt. ' 9 :28). . —S. E. Burrow. —o— P ower of the R esurrection 1. It declared Jesus the Son of God with POWER. Declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holi ness, by the ■ resurrection from the . dead. (Rom. 1:4). ,2. POWER in it to save the believing heart. , . If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Rom. 10:9). 3. To know the POWER of it is the high est ambition of the believer.
Bum p tuou s Believers NEWSPAPER editor said recently that a certain reli gious conference he attended was marked by more bitterness than ,he had ever known in any political convention. No doubt there is as much bit terness and bad temper in or ganizations outside the church, but one has a right to -expect that Christian people will be, courteous, fair-minded and tol- erartf. Many people try .to excuse themselves by giving their bad temper euphemistic names. They fall it “frankness.” T h e y declare that they have no use for compromise but prefer 'td'.'“call i spade a spade.” Let there be no mistake about it, a bad-tempered Christian will do more harm than good even when he thinks he is defending the faith. People are not likely to esteem very highly any .man who cannot control his temper, no matter what he professes to be, and how many scriptural quotations he uses.— The Gospel Messenger.
“Be kind to one, another, tender hearted, forgiving one another.” , . (Eph. 4:32) “Watch ye, stand- fast in the faith, quit ye like men, be •strong,” (1 Cor. 16:13)1 “Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid; for the Lord thy God is with thee.” (Josh. 1:9) —Frank E. Bigelow. ; .—o ^ -■ ; Promotions 1. Aliens . , , and strangers- , . . far off . . : made nigh by the blood of Christ, Eph. 2:12, 13. 2. From' Strangers to Servants. Where T am there shall My servant be; if any man serve Me, him will My Father ho.n-- or, John 12:26. 3. From Servants to Friends. Hence forth I call you not servants, John 15:15. Ye are My friends If ye do, whatsoever I ■command you, John 15:14. 4. From * Friends to Brethren. Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I go to My Father and your Father, and to My God, and your God, John 20:17. Both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of,one ,-■ior which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren. Them that’: honor, Me will I ..honor, 1 Sam. 2 :30. —o— Types of Christ in Genesis Adam, the typical Man (Rom. 5:17). Christ, as seen in Luke. Isaac, the typical Son (Heb. 11 :21). Christ, as, seen in John. Jacobj .the typical Servant (Heb. 12: 12). Christ, as seen in Mark. Joseph, the typical Ruler (Psa. 105:22), Christ, as seen in Matthew. — o — Brief Words of Christ - 1. “Come unto Me,”—Matt. 11:28. Sav iour : rest for the burdened. 2. “L e a r n o f M e.”—M a 11. l'l :29, Teacher: knowledge for the learner. 3. “Follow Me.”—John 1H3. Master: work for the servant. 4. “Abide in Me.”—John 15:4. Vine: recipe for service. 5. “Lovest thou Me?”—-John 21:15-17. Friend: the test of love. 6. “Believe also in Me.”—John 14:1. Lord: the ground of faith and comfort. 7. “Depart from MeJ’—Matt. 25:41. Judge: an awful doom. 8. “Shall • sit with Me.”—Rev. 3:21 King: a glorious eternity. Life Is a Contest. I will live it earnestly. Life Is a. Battle. I will live it courageously.
That I may' know Him and the pow er pf His resurrection, and the fel lowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.- (Phil. 3:10). ' 4. By its POWER the believer is begot ten unto a living hope. He hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrectionJ of Jesus Christ from the dead. ..To an inheritance incorruptible," and ’unde filed, and that fadeth not away, re served in heaven for you ( 1 Pet, 1• ■ 3-4). .5. By the POWER of a risen Christ we are kept. Who is he that condemnfeth ? It is - ■ Christ that died, yea .rather, that is risen again, who is even ..at the right hand of God, who also maketh inter- ; ,cession for us. (Rom. 8:34). —o— What Life Is Life Is a Journey, I will live it trustingly. “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow . . . I will fear no evil, Thou art with me.” (Psa. 23:4)
Life Is a Task. I will live it obediently.
“We keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” (1 John 3:22)
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