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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Rescue the Perishing - -Author: Fred R. Seibert - -Release Date: December 26, 2016 [eBook #53811] -[Most recently updated: November 18, 2022] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Peter G. Nystrom. This ebook was produced from scanned -images of a personal copy of the book. - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING *** - - - - - _*RESCUE*_ - - _*THE*_ - - _*PERISHING*_ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _That ye may KNOW how ye ought to_ - - _ANSWER every man —— Colossians 4:6._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS_ - - _FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,_ - - _which is the word of God. —— Ephesians 6:17._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _ARRANGED BY_ - - _“FRED” R. SEIBERT_ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _PUBLISHED BY_ - - _*THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY*_ - - _*WINONA LAKE, INDIANA*_ - - _Price, 40c_ - - - - - _Copyright 1921, by “Fred” R. Seibert, U. S. A._ - - _Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, Eng._ - - - - - _PREFACE_ - - - _This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical - effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience._ - - - - - SUNSHINE AND SMILES - - “FRED” R. SEIBERT - - A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS - - - - - _May my Motto be yours:_ - - *Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him - All Things.* - - - - - Contents - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - Assurance. *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - Backslider. *God’s WARNING to the backslider* - Backslider. *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - Baptism. *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - Baptism. *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - Business. *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - Christian Living. *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - Christian Living. *STRENGTH for holding out.* - Christian Living. *How to GROW In grace.* - Christian Living. *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - Christian Living. *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - Church, The- *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - Confession. *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - Consecration. - Christ. *His Deity.* - Christian Science. *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - Christian Science. *God warns AGAINST It.* - Conversions. *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - Doubter. *One who is HONEST.* - Excuses. *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - Excuses. *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - Excuses. *I am NOT very bad.* - Excuses. *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - Excuses. *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - Excuses. *Not now.* - Excuses. *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - Excuses. *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - Excuses. *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - Excuses. *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - Excuses. *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - Excuses. *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I have tried and FAILED.* - Excuses. *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - Excuses. *Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.* - Excuses. *I have no FEELING.* - Excuses. *I am not CONCERNED.* - Excuses. *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - Excuses. *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - Excuses. *I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - Excuses. *I can’t understand the Bible.* - Excuses. *I can’t see my way CLEAR.* - Excuses. *My heart is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I am TOO YOUNG.* - Excuses. *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - Excuses. *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - Excuses. *DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - Formalists. *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - Giving. *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - Hell. *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - Hell. *A real PLACE.* - Hell. *CONDITION of the lost.* - Holiness. *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - Holy Spirit. *His WORK among men.* - Hypocrites. *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - Love. *For your NEIGHBOR.* - Moralist. *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - Moralist. *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - Personal Work. *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - Personal Work. *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - Personal Work. *The “soul-winner’s" prayer.* - Personal work. *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - Personal Work. *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - Personal Work. - Personal Work. *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - Personal Work. *Suggestive Scriptures.* - Personal Work. *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - Personal Work. *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - Personal Work. *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - Personal Work. *A word to the unwilling.* - Pleasures. *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - Prayer. *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - Prayer. *VICTORY through prayer.* - Prayer. *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - Prayer. *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - Regeneration, or the New Birth. *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - Repentance. *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - Revival, The. *How to make it a success.* - Revival, The. *What to bring to It.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *Encouragement given us.* - Sabbath and Sunday. *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - Salvation. *To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”* - Salvation. *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - Salvation. *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - Salvation. *What must I do to be saved?* - Salvation. *Proofs that we are saved.* - Scriptures, The. *Given by inspiration.* - Scriptures, The. *They supply every need.* - Scriptures, The. *God’s promises FOR YOU.* - Scriptures, The. *For the Jews.* - Scriptures, The. *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - Scriptures, The. *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - Scriptures, The. *Importance of Bible study.* - Scriptures, The. *How to study them.* - Scriptures, The. *How to memorize?* - Scriptures, The. *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - Skeptic. *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. *God WARNS against It.* - Temperance. *God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - Temptation. *How to gain the VICTORY.* - Unpardonable Sin. - Unforgiveness. *For those who will not forgive.* - Worldly Amusements. *"I see no HARM in them"* - Young Converts. *What they should do.* - GENERAL INDEX - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - Songs: - The Bible Railway. - Consecration. - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - - - - Assurance. - *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - - -You may *know* you are saved, because God *says so* in His Word. - -*THESE things have I written* unto you that believe on the name of the -Son of God, *that ye may know* (not hope, or guess) that ye *have* (not -are going to have) eternal life.” - - _I John 5:13._ - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ) to *them gave* he *power* to -*become the sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that *he is able to keep* -that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment) but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they *know* -they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to -wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the -jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and *perhaps* you will be -saved, or you will have a *good chance* of being saved, or you may -*hope* to be saved.” No, but “thou *shalt* be saved.” - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that *believeth on me* HATH -everlasting life. - - _John 6:47._ - -He that believeth on the Son *hath* (not perhaps will have) everlasting -life. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that hath the Son *hath* life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you *rest -fully upon God’s Word.* - -If you have *received God’s gift* (Jesus), you have God’s *word* for it -that you *have life*. *The life is in His Son*. Believe this and you -will *know it*. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the -witness of the Spirit. - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness* with our spirit that we *are* the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the *witness (record)* in -*himself*: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he -believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the -record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his -Son. He that hath the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of -God hath not life. - - _I John 5:10,11,12._ - -“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is -made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“*These things are -written*.” Read: I John 5:13. - -Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for -you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word -never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words -*shall not* pass away.” - - _Matthew 24:35._ - -Which would you rather trust, God’s *unchanging* Word, or your -*everchanging* feelings? When God says a thing, it is so. - -If you want this evidence *you must believe God’s word*. If you do not, -you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working -in you. - -He that believeth not God hath *made Him a liar*; because he *believeth -not the record* that God gave of His Son. And this *is the record*, that -God *hath given* to us eternal life. - - _I John 5:10-11._ - -Illustration: Luke 1:10 - - - - Backslider. - *God’s WARNING to the backslider* - - -NOW the just shall live by faith: but *if any man draw back*, my soul -shall have *no pleasure in him*. - - _Hebrews 10:38._ - -FOR it had *been better* for them *not to have known* the way of -righteousness, than, after they have known it, *to turn from the holy -commandment* delivered unto them. - - _II Peter 2:21._ - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do good, and *doeth it not*, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of -unbelief, in *departing from the living God*. - - _Hebrews 3:12._ - -I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and -ye were *as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:* yet *have ye not -returned* unto me, saith the Lord. - -Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this -unto thee, *prepare to meet thy God*, O Israel. - - _Amos 4:11-12._ - -SO then because thou art *lukewarm*, and neither cold nor hot, I will -*spew thee out of my mouth*. - - _Revelation 3:16._ - -If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be -truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you *confess your sins* -and return to the Lord, because God says, - -THE backslider in heart shall be *filled with his own ways*. - - _Proverbs 14:14._ - -God says though man’s ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is -*hope* for the backslider—Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and how -the Father *welcomed his boy home!* - -BUT *when he was yet a great way off*, his father *saw him*, and had -*compassion*, and ran, and fell on his neck, and *kissed him*. - - _Luke 15:20._ - -Read the next page - - - - Backslider. - *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - - -*1st. Submit to God*. *He will forgive*. - -GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, *Return, thou -backsliding Israel, saith the* Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to -fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep -anger for ever. *Only acknowledge thine iniquity*, that thou hast -transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to -the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, -saith the Lord, *Turn, O backsliding children, saith the* Lord; *for I -am married unto you*. - - _Jeremiah 3:12-14._ - -*I WILL heal their backsliding*, I will love them freely: for mine anger -is turned away from him. - - _Hosea 14:4._ - -*2nd. Confess to God.* - -I ACKNOWLEDGED *my sin unto* thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I -said, *I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord*; and thou -forgavest the iniquity of my sin. - - _Psalms 32:5._ - -IF we *confess* our *sins*, He is *faithful* and *just* to forgive us -our *sins*, and to *cleanse* us from all *unrighteousness*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*3rd. Turn to God.* - -THEREFORE *turn thou to thy God*: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on -*thy* God continually. - - _Hosea 12:6._ - -IF *thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up*, thou shalt put -away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - - _Job 22:23._ - -AND He is the *propitiation* for our sins; and not for ours only, but -also for the sins of the *whole world*. - - _I John 2:2_ - -Some say they are backsliders, but are *not*, for they have never *slid -forward*. - - - - Baptism. - *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - - -The Bible plainly teaches that every believer *should confess Christ in -baptism*. - -GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them* -into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. - - _Matthew 28:19, R.V._ - -HE that believeth and is *baptized* shall be saved; but he that -disbelieveth shall be condemned. - - _Mark 16:16, R.V._ - -AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be *baptized* every one of you -in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins. - - _Acts 2:38, R.V._ - -AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of -Jerusalem and were *baptized of him*, in the river of Jordan confessing -their sins. - - _Mark 1:5._ - -*JESUS was baptized*. - -THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, *to be baptized* of -him. . . . And Jesus, *when he was baptized*, went up straightway out of -the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the -Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. - - _Matthew 3:13, 16._ - -*PAUL was baptized.* - -AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he -received sight forthwith, and arose, and was *baptized*. - - _Acts 9:18._ - -*The EUNUCH was baptized*. - -THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be -*baptized*? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and -they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he -*baptized him*. - - _Acts 8:36, 38._ - -*The JAILOR was baptized*. - -AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; -and *was baptized*, he and all his, straightway. - - _Acts 16:33._ - - - - Baptism. - *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - - -There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is -to *reject* it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it’s -proper significance, and make it *necessary to salvation*. - -We are to be baptized, not to *help save ourselves*, but, because -*Christ has already saved us* through our acceptance of His sacrifice on -the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God’s command, thus -openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will -avail us nothing, unless *our heart is right toward God*. - -Philip told the Eunuch that *he could be baptized* if he *believed with -all his heart*. - -AND Philip said, If thou *believest with all thine heart* thou mayest. - - _Acts 8:37._ - -A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true -*repentance for sin*. - -YOUR *new moons* and your *appointed feasts my soul hateth*: they are a -trouble unto me; *I* am weary to bear them. - - _Isaiah 1:14._ - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,* -God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house *justified* rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -The Pharisee was thinking to *justify himself* before God by his -*prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days* but the the publican with -repentance, and the *believing cry of the sinner*, was saved. - -Let us *not neglect* baptism; neither think because we *have been -baptized* that we are *safe*. Trust Christ *alone* for salvation; *then* -be baptized. - - - - Business. - *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - - -What *profit* is there to *YOU*, even if you get money—pleasure—position -or power— and in a few short years (at longest) you lose your soul? - -If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you -had better *give it up*. - -FOR what shall it *profit a man*, if he shall *gain the whole world*, -and lose his own soul? Or *what shall a man give in exchange for his -soul*? - - _Mark 8:36-37._ - -BUT seek ye *first the kingdom of God*, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -*LAY not up* for yourselves treasures *upon earth*, where moth and rust -doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for -yourselves *treasures in heaven*. - - _Matthew 6:19-20._ - -HE that loveth silver *shall not be satisfied with silver*. - - _Ecclesiastes 5:10._ - -HE that *trusteth in his riches shall fall*: but the righteous shall -flourish as a branch. - - _Proverbs 11:28._ - -THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, *If any man* will *come* after *me*, -let him *deny himself*, and take up *his cross* and *follow me*. - -FOR *whosoever* will save his life shall lose it: and *whosoever* will -*lose his life for my sake shall find it*. - - _Matthew 16:24-25._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But *he shall -receive a hundredfold now* in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and -*in the* world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - - -We are not saved by *trying*, but by *trusting* in what *Christ has done -for us*. - -This means: - -*Repentance*. - -LET *the wicked forsake his way* (that’s your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that’s your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that’s your part), and *He will have mercy upon him*; -and to our God, for He will *abundantly pardon* (God’s part.). - - _Isaiah 55:7_ - -*Faith*. - -FOR *by grace are ye saved through faith*; and that not of yourselves; -it is the *gift of God*: not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8—9._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *He that heareth My word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath* everlasting life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24. A.V. & R.V._ - -*Receiving*. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power to become -the sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*Committing*. - -*COMMIT* thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it -to pass. - - _Psalms 37:5._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made unto salvation*. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - - - - Christian Living. - *STRENGTH for holding out.* - - -BUT ye *shall* receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost* is come upon -you. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -BE *strong* in the Lord and in the *power* of His *might*. - - _Ephesians 6:10._ - -PUT on the *whole armor of God*, that ye may be *able to stand* against -the *wiles* of the *devil*. - - _Ephesians 6:11._ - -WHEREFORE take unto you the *whole armour* of God, that ye may be *able* -to *withstand* in the *evil day*, and *having done all, to stand*. - - _Ephesians 6:13._ - -STAND therefore, *having your loins girt about with truth*, and having -on the breastplate of righteousness. - - _Ephesians 6:14._ - -ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to -quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the *helmet of -salvation*, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the *word* of God. - - _Ephesians 6:16—17._ - -WATCH ye, *stand fast* in the *faith*, quit you like men, *be strong*. - - _I Corinthians 16:13._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage;* be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -THE Lord is my *light and* my *salvation*; whom *shall I fear*? the Lord -is the *strength* of my *life*; of whom *shall I be afraid*? - - _Psalms 27:1._ - -AND He said unto me, My *grace is sufficient* for thee: for my -*strength* is made perfect in *weakness*. Most gladly therefore will I -rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon -me. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -I CAN *do* ALL THINGS *through Christ* which strenghteneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - - - - Christian Living. - *How to GROW In grace.* - - -If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God’s commands, -covenant to do the following things *daily; pray, study* your Bible, -*confess Christ*, try to *lead souls* to Christ, and *seek the society* -of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says -concerning these things, and their importance. - -*1st. Daily prayer.* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -WATCH ye therefore and pray *always*. - - _Luke 21:36._ - -MEN ought *always* to pray. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -I WILL therefore that men *pray every where*. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -*CALL unto me and I will answer thee*; and shew thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -*2nd. Daily STUDY of God’s Word.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all *readiness of mind*, and *searched the Scriptures -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -*STUDY* to show thyself *approved* unto God, a workman that needeth not -to be ashamed, *rightly dividing* the word of truth. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16_ - -*Make this last verse your prayer.* - -OPEN thou mine eyes, *that I may behold* wondrous things out of thy law. - - _Psalms 119:18_ - -*3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.* - -LET your *light so shine before men*, that they may see your good works, -and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32—33._ - -*4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.* - -I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and *bring forth -fruit*. - - _John 15:16._ - -HE that believeth on me, *the works that I do shall he do also*; and -greater works than these shall he do. - - _John 14:12._ - -AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to *teach -and preach Jesus Christ*. - - _Acts 5:42._ - -WE then, as *workers together with him*, beseech you also that ye -receive not the grace of God in vain. - - _II Corinthians 6:1._ - -*5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but *a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - - - - Your *own soul* will be enriched. - - Persons will be *saved*. - - Christians will be *built up*. - - Your church will become *aggressive*. - - The word of God will be *honored*. - - Jesus Christ will be *glorified*. - - The Holy Ghost *will not be grieved*. - - You will be *ready* for any work. - - You will be *devoted* to Jesus Christ. - - You will be *successful* because faithful. - - New *methods* will be used. - - Your *influence* will be more telling. - - Your life will be *less selfish*. - - Your *expectations* will be more heavenly. - - Your *joy* will be more abiding. - - Your *hope* will be brighter. - - Your *courage* more undaunted. - - Your *service* more acceptable to God. - - In life you will be *active*; in death you will be *ready*; in - heaven you will *shine*. - -*Some PROMISES to encourage us.* - -TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in -heart: and ye shall *find rest unto your souls*. - -FOR my *yoke is easy*, and my burden is *light*. - - _Matthew 11:29—30._ - -BUT if we *walk in the light*, as he is in the light, *we have -fellowship* one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son -cleanseth us from all sin. - - _I John 1:7._ - -DRAW nigh *to God*, and he *will draw* nigh to you. - - _James 4:8._ - -CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall -*never suffer the righteous to be moved*. - - _Psalms 55:22._ - -THOU wilt *keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: -because he trusteth in thee*. - - _Isaiah 26:3._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - - -Through coming to Christ a man, - -*1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE*. - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, he that *heareth my word, and -believeth on Him* that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not -come into condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT*. - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins*, and ye shall -receive the *gift* of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -*4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others*. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were *baptized*: and the same -day there *were added* unto them about *three thousand souls*. - -AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, -and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. - - _Acts 2:41—42._ - -*5th. Has God’s PROMISES*. - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*6th. Is called to SERVICE*. - -FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, -and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work. - - _Mark 13:34._ - -*7th. Possesses HEAVEN*. - -IN my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have -told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:2_ - - - - Church, The- - *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - - -Do not join the Church unless you are saved—If you are saved, you will -*want to join the church*, and you can not live as useful a life out of -the church as in it, and the church needs your help. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day -there were *added unto them* about three thousand souls. - - _Acts 2:41._ - -AND they *continued steadfastly* in the apostles’ *doctrine* and -*fellowship*, and in the *breaking of bread*, and in *prayers*. - - _Acts 2:42._ - -AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and *breaking -bread from house to house*, did eat their meat with gladness and -singleness of heart. - - _Acts 2:46._ - -PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. *And the Lord added -unto the church daily such as should be saved*. - - _Acts 2:47._ - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - -NOT *forsaking the assembling of ourselves together*, as the manner of -some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the -day approaching. - - _Hebrews 10:25._ - -The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by -Christ— When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as -the church is His bride. - -THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, -Come, and let us *join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant* -that shall *not be forgotten*. - - _Jeremiah 50:5._ - - - - Confession. - *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - - -*Confess* Christ, or He will *deny* us. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33_ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and of my words* in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall *the Son of man be -ashamed*. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -THAT if thou *shalt confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -*Lord Jesus*, and *shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him -from the dead, thou shalt be saved*. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -ALSO I say unto you, *whosoever shall confess me before men*, him shall -the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that *denieth me -before men* shall be denied before the angels of God. - - _Luke 12:8-9._ - -We should confess Christ, not only to *honor Him*, but because of the -*influence we may have on others*. - -ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew -Simon Peter’s brother. - -He first findeth his own brother Simon and *saith unto him, we have -found the Messias*, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he -*brought him to Jesus*. - - _John 1:40—42._ - -NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but -*because of the Pharisees they did not confess him*, lest they should be -put out of the synagogue: for they *loved the praise of men* more than -the praise of God. - - _John 12:42—43._ - -Illustration: Mark 5:15-20 - - - - Consecration. - - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God*, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -“Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go -anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God.” - -LET us *lay aside every weight*, and the sin which doth so easily beset -us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - - _Hebrews 12:1-2._ - -WHETHER therefore ye *eat*, or *drink*, or *whatsoever ye do, do all to -the glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -AND whatsoever *ye do in word or deed, do all in the name* of the *Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - - Dear Savior, help me every day - To live more nearly as I pray; - I would walk daily by thy side, - And trust in thee whate’er betide. - - Help me to live so near to thee - Thy likeness may be seen in me; - Make me so gentle, kind and true - That I will do as thou wouldst do. - - To win some precious souls for thee. - My errand here on earth would be; - And every day till thou shalt come - To do some good, to help some one. - -Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God. - -Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His -disciple. - -See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love. - -Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the *means of -some good*. - - - - Christ. - *His Deity.* - - -One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we -have several titles *applied to Christ in the New Testament* that are -*applied to Jehovah* in the *Old Testament*. - -THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, *preaching peace by -Jesus Christ*: (He is Lord of all). - - _Acts 10:36._ - -BUT we speak the wisdom of God *in a mystery*, even the hidden wisdom, -which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the -princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they *would not have -crucified the Lord of glory*. - - _I Corinthians 2:7—8._ - -AND Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. Jesus saith -unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed -are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are -written, that ye *might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of -God*; and that believing ye might have life through his name. - - _John 20:28-29, 31._ - -WHOSOEVER believeth *that Jesus is the Christ is born of God*: and every -one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -. . . Who is he that *overcometh* the world, but he *that believeth that -Jesus is the Son of God*? - - _I John 5:1, 5._ - -WHO *is a liar* but *he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ*? He is -anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever *denieth the -Son*, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son -hath the Father *also*. - - _I John 2:22-23._ - - - - Christian Science. - *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - - -“Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories -and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor -“Science” for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and -there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. -This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many -truths of the Bible. - -*1st. A personal God.* - -The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, “God is -mind. He is divine principle, *not person*,” “He and the universe are -the same," or “He is the ‘substance’ and the universe and man are -‘manifestations.’ ” - -The Christian says: - -OUR *Father* which art in heaven. - - _Matthew 6:9._ - -*2nd. Christ and His Atonement.* - -Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they -maintain that there is *no real body*, and if no body, then no -suffering—therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross. - -*3rd. Sin.* - -The belief that you have *no real body* enables you to dispose of the -question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be -the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of -personal responsibility to God. - -*4th. A personal devil.* - -Mrs. Eddy says, “A lie is all the devil there is.” Vol. 2, Page 85. See -scripture pages 104 - -and 118. - -*5th. The reality of prayer.* - -They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book -says, “Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance." - -The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to -the folly of such heresies: - -HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that *confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God*. - - _I John 4:2._ - - - - Christian Science. - *God warns AGAINST It.* - - -AND every spirit that *confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the -flesh is not of God*: and this is that *spirit* of antichrist, whereof -ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:3._ - -FOR he hath *made him to be sin for us*, who knew no sin; that we might -be made the righteousness of God in him. - - _II Corinthians 5:21._ - -FOR many *deceivers are entered into the world*, who confess not that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. - - _II John 1:7._ - -WHO his *own self bare our sins in his own body* on the tree, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye -were healed. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and *without -shedding of blood is no remission*. - - _Hebrews 9:22._ - -MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in -thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done -many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -FOR the *mystery of iniquity* doth already work; only he who now letteth -will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that *Wicked -be revealed*, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, -and *shall destroy with the brightness of his coming*. - - _II Thessalonians 2:7-8._ - -AND no marvel; for *Satan himself is transformed into an angel of -light*. - - _II Corinthians 11:14._ - - - - Conversions. - *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - - -*God says you can be saved AT ONCE.* - -*LOOK unto me*, and *be ye saved*, all the ends of the earth: for I am -God, and there is none else. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT*. - -AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and -to all that were in his house. - - _Acts 16:31-32._ - -The thief believed and was saved the *same day*. - -AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy -kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, *To day shalt -thou be with me in paradise*. - - _Luke 23:42-43._ - -The woman believed and was saved the *same hour*. - -AND he said unto her, *Thy sins are forgiven*. And they that sat at meat -with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins -also? And he said to the woman, *Thy faith hath saved thee;* go in -peace. - - _Luke 7:48-50._ - -*God wants you to turn from your sins*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man *his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he *will* have mercy -upon him: *and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will *ask and obey*. - -HE . . . that believeth, *hath* (not will have) everlasting life. - - _John 5:24._ - -HIM that cometh to *me, I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Doubter. - *One who is HONEST.* - - -*“HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"* - -AND the *word was made flesh*, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His -glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace -and truth. - - _John 1:14._ - -NO man hath seen God at any time, the *only begotten Son* which is in -the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him. - - _John 1:18._ - -JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast -believed, blessed are they that *have not seen and yet have believed*. - - _John 20:29._ - -BUT these are *written*, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son of God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life -through His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, -whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -HE that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, -*because ye are not of God*. - - _John 8:47._ - -THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a -Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have -no dealing with the Samaritans. - - _John 4:9._ - -BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the -words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the *Father that -dwelleth in me*, He doeth the works. - - _John 14:10._ - -BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else -believe me for the very works’ sake. - - _John 14:11._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in *my name, that will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. - - _John 14:13._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - - -Church membership *alone does not save any one*. Jesus made this act -very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion. - -*NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord*, Lord, shall enter into the -kingdom of heaven; *but he that doeth the will of my Father* which is in -heaven. - - _Matthew 7:21._ - -*MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord*, have we not *prophesied -in thy name*? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done -many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I -will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and -beat upon that house, *and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock*. - -And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, -shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the -sand: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat -upon that house; and *it fell*: and *great was the fall of it*. - - _Matthew 7:24-27._ - -The great question is, *Have I been born of God*, and am I *showing by -my life* that I am a child of God? - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, -*except a man be BORN AGAIN, he* cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - - -You may *think* you are, but *God does not*. - - He says you are a sinner! - -*FOR all have sinned*, and come short of the glory of God. - - _Romans 3:23._ - -AS it is written, *There is none* righteous, no, *not one*. - - _Romans 3:10._ - -FOR there is *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth -not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned *every one* to his -own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - - _Isaiah 53:6._ - -AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that -they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the -temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The -Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am -not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this -publican. *I fast twice in the week*, I *give tithes* of all that I -possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much -as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be -merciful to me a sinner*. I tell you, *this man* went down to his house -*justified rather than the other*: for every one that exalteth himself -shall be abased; and he that *humbleth himself shall be exalted*. - - _Luke 18:9-14._ - -Not only would God show you that *you are a sinner*, but He would warn -you of the *consequences* of sin, and the *judgement that follows.* - -THE wages of sin is *death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE soul that sinneth *it shall die*. - - _Ezekiel 18:4_ - -BE sure your sin *will find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT very bad.* - - -THERE is *no difference*: For *all have sinned*. - - _Romans 3:22-23._ - -THEY are *all gone aside*, they are *all together become filthy*: there -is *none that doeth good*, no, not one. - - _Psalms 14:3._ - -THERE IS *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is -written, *Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things* which -are written in the book of the law *to do them*. - - _Galatians 3:10._ - -Let me ask you, have you kept all of God’s law? You say, “no, of course -not; no one has.” Very good; your admitting that you have failed -convicts you, for we read. - -*WHOSOEVER* shall keep the *whole law*, and yet offend in *one point*, -he is *guilty of all*. - - _James 2:10._ - -Break *one* link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as -quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break *one* of God’s -Commandments, and you are *under the curse* of a broken law as truly as -you would be if you broke all of them. While there are *degrees* of sin, -there is *no difference* as to the fact of guilt before God. - -AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -*but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Do you keep God’s greatest Commandment? - -THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with *all* thy heart, and with *all* -thy soul, and with all thy mind. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -BUT the Scripture hath concluded *all under sin*. - - _Galatians 3:22._ - -Illustration: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - - -Jesus came to *save sinners*, and not the righteous! - -BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, *They that be whole need -not a physician, but they that are sick*. But go ye and learn what that -meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to -*call the righteous, but sinners* to repentance. - - _Matthew 9:12-13._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*LET the wicked forsake his way* (that’s your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that’s your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that’s your part), and He will have *mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. (God’s part.) - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -FOR the Son of Man is come *to seek* and *to save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -COME now and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord; though your -*sins* be *as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they -be red like *crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world to *save sinners*; of whom *I am the chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*ALL* that the Father giveth me shall *come* to me; and him that *cometh -to me I will in no wise cast out.* - - _John 6:37._ - -Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9. - -Illustration, Mark 5:25-34. - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - - -It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as -most people have a *very good opinion of themselves*. When one sees his -or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there -is forgiveness. - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you *may be saved*, -because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin -you have God’s Word for it that *you are forgiven*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -and *let him return unto the Lord*, and *He will have mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but *whoso confesseth and -forsaketh them shall have mercy*. - - _Proverbs 28:13._ - -FOR *whosoever* shall *call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*WHOSOEVER will*, let him *take* the *water* of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -“*Whosoever* means any one, and *you too*." - -HIM that cometh to *me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Here is the plain promise that “*if you come*”, you *will not* be “cast -out.” Will you come? - -WHEREFORE He is able also to *save them to the uttermost* that come unto -God by him. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -If you are among the “uttermost” ones, *come now* and rejoice in a full -salvation. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *Not now.* - - -COME; for all things are *now ready*. - - _Luke 14:17._ - -*TODAY* if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. - - _Hebrews 3:15._ - -SEEK ye the Lord *while He may be found*, call ye upon Him *while He is -near*. - - _Isaiah 55:6._ - -BEHOLD, *now is the accepted time*; behold, now is *the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -*BOAST not* thyself of *tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -GO to now, ye that say, *today or tomorrow we will go* into such a city, -and continue there a year, and buy and sell. - - _James 4:13._ - -This may be your *last opportunity*. - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of -time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will -not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, ‘there is time -enough?’ How do you know it? God says: - -*MY* spirit *shall not always* strive *with* man. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -PREPARE to meet thy God. - - _Amos 4:12._ - -THEREFORE *be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -*Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 24:44._ - -WATCH therefore, *for ye know neither the day* nor *the hour* wherein -*the Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 25:13._ - -Illustration: Acts 24:24-27. - - - - Excuses. - *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - - -That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church -member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you -look at them, the more you are apt to *be like them*, and if they are -lost, and you are not saved, you *both will perish together*. - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable,* O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; -*for thou that judgest doest the same things*. But we are sure that the -judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such -things. *And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest* them which do such -things, and *doest the same, that thou* shalt escape the judgments of -God? - - _Romans 2:1-3._ - -*JUDGE not*, that ye not judged. For *with what judgment ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to -you again. *And why beholdest thou the mote* that is in thy brother’s -eye, but *considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let *me pull* out the mote out of thine -eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? *Thou hypocrite*, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt *thou see -clearly* to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -Account of “*himself*”, not his neighbor. - -FOR we must *all appear before the judgment seat of Christ*; that every -one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath -done, whether it be good or bad. - - _II Corinthians 5:10._ - -You had better *save your own soul*, and try to help others than -criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and -show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the -counterfeit dollar proves the genuine. - -You may as well argue “Don’t deposit money in a bank, there are men in -the banking business that have embezzled. Don’t join the lodge or trades -unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There -are hypocrites everywhere. - -*Remember*—When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those -hyporites will be left on the *outside of the gate*, on *your* side, -unless you repent, and you will have to spend *all eternity with them*. -Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the -Church, than to spend *all eternity* with them elsewhere? You must spend -some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be? - -SO then every one of us shall give *account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, *every knee shall bow to -me*, and *every tongue shall confess to God.* - - _Romans 14:11._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your -soul through looking at inconsistent christians. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall be saved; but* he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves*; -it is the *gift of God*; not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8, 9._ - -Illustration: John 21:19-22. - - - - Excuses. - *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - - -Great blessing awaits those who will *turn from bad associates*, but the -curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and -see— - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth *in* the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: *but a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - -ENTER not into the *path of the wicked*, and go not in the *way of evil -men*. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and *pass away*. - - _Proverbs 4:14—15._ - -*MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not*. If they say, Come -with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent -without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as -those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us -all have one purse: *My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain -thy foot from their path*. - - _Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the *friendship of the* -world *is enmity with God*? - - _James 4:4._ - -BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship -hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light -with darkness! - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a -clean life—Begin now. - -WHEREFORE *come out from among them*, and be ye *separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17._ - -Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12. - - - - Excuses. - *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - - -If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He *will* give you power -to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, *why not for -you*?” - -I CAN do all things through *Christ* which *strengtheneth me*. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, *All power is given unto me -in heaven* and in *earth*. - - _Matthew 28:18._ - -Christ came with power from heaven *for you*, if you will appropriate -it— - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is common to man: but -*God is faithful*, who will not *suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will with the temptation also *make a way to escape*, -that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -This verse shows that your temptations are “*common*” to men, and not -peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others. - -WHEREFORE *he is able also to save* to the uttermost *them that come -unto God by Him*, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -As you *think on your evil ways*, think of what God says concerning the -life of sin, and be warned by it. - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -FOR he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -*FOR the wages of sin is death*; but the gift of God is eternal life -through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4. - - - - Excuses. - *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - - -Is it because of your *business*, and *a desire to make money*, that you -are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the *question* God puts -to you! - -FOR what *shall it profit a man,* if *he shall gain the whole world*, -and *lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -God only asks you to give up that which *is not for your own good*? - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory; no good thing will he withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly.* - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -God gave up his son *to die for your sins*, and will *now supply all -your needs*. - -HE that spared not His *own Son*, but *delivered him up* for *us all*, -how shall he not with him also *freely give us all things*? - - _Romans 8:32._ - -Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less -important will be provided later. - -BUT *seek* ye first the *kingdom of God*, and *His righteousness*; and -*all these things shall* be *added unto you*. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -By giving up *worldly things, you will receive manifold more* in return -in spiritual blessing. - -AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath -*left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children*, for the -kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive *manifold more in this -present time*, and in the *world to come* life everlasting. - - _Luke 18:29-30._ - -FOR he that *soweth to his flesh* shall of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that *soweth to the Spirit* shall of the *Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -Jesus said, “Ye can not serve *two* masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you -will serve *one*,—Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil -pays, “*the wages of death*,” (Romans 6:23) but Christ *gives eternal -life*. - -Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22. - - - - Excuses. - *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - - -Some think it means too much sacrifice. - -FOR whosoever will save his life *shall lose it*; but whosoever shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same *shall save it*. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath *left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or lands* for my sake, and the gospel’s; but he shall -receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in -the world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - -Can you not *give up some thing* for Christ, who has done so much for -you? - -FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was -rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that *ye through his* poverty -might be *rich*. - - _II Corinthians 8:9._ - -*Paul* gave up *all* for Christ. - -BUT what things were *gain to me*, those *I counted loss* for Christ. - - _Philippians 3:7._ - -If we follow Christ, *as we should*, we will be called to make *some -sacrifice*. - -SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that *forsaketh not all that he -hath*, he cannot be my disciple. - - _Luke 14:33._ - -We are *strengthened* however in our suffering when we recall the -promise. - -*IF we suffer, we shall also reign* with him: if we deny him, he also -will deny *us*. - - _II Timothy 2:12._ - - - - Excuses. - *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - - -Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about -this; they may have tried to *reform in their own strength*, but they -know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls *to save, -keep* and *deliver* them— - -FOR this is the love of God, that we *keep His commandments: and His -commandments are not grievous*. - - _I John 5:3._ - -HER ways are *ways of pleasantness*, and all her *paths are peace*. - - _Proverbs 3:17._ - -THOU wilt show me the *path* of *life*: in thy presence is *fullness of -joy*; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - - _Psalms 16:11._ - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory: no good thing will be withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly*. - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -It is the *sinful*, and *rebellious* life that is hard. - -There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a -few moments, but these are like the foam on the “soda water” that passes -quickly, they do not give true satisfaction. - -GOOD understanding *giveth* favor: but the *way of transgressors is -hard*. - - _Proverbs 13:15._ - -BUT the wicked are *like the troubled sea*, when it cannot rest, whose -waters cast up mire and dirt. - - _Isaiah 57:20._ - -THERE is *no peace*, saith my God, unto the wicked. - - _Isaiah 57:21._ - -REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the -days of thy youth, and *walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the -sight of thine eyes*: but know thou, that *for all these things God will -bring thee into judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *I have tried and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -Was it God’s fault, or your own? - -Let us call your attention to a *few things it done by you*, will assure -you success in the Christian life— - -*1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART*. - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me *with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*2nd. You must OBEY GOD.* - -IF ye be willing and *obedient*, ye shall eat the good of the land. - - _Isaiah 1:19._ - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.* - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*4th. You must PRAY.* - -YE have not, *because ye ask not*. - - _James 4:2._ - -FOR whosoever shall *call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his *ears are open -unto their prayers*. - - _I Peter 3:12._ - -*5th. JOIN the church!* - -If you have not joined the church, *you ought to do so*. - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -May I ask you a few questions? - -When you began the Christian life, did you: - -*1st. Trust Christ’s FINISHED WORK alone?* - -WHO his own self *bare our sins in his own body on the tree*, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes *ye -were healed*. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -*2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.* - -MY son give me thine *heart*. - - _Proverbs 23:26._ - -*3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -*4th. Did you PRAY constantly?* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -*5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?* - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -*standeth* in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalm 1:1._ - -*7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?* - -AND to *every man his work*. - - _Mark 13:34._ - - - - Excuses. - *Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.* - - -Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put -your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come -into your life. - -WHO are *kept by the power of God through faith* unto salvation ready to -be revealed in the last time. - - _I Peter 1:5._ - -BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall *stablish you, and keep you from -evil*. - - _II Thessalonians 3:3._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to keep you from falling* (R.V. from -stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his -glory with exceeding joy. - - _Jude 1:24._ - -BEING confident of this very thing, that *he which hath begun a good -work in you will perform it* until the day of Jesus Christ. - - _Philippians 1:6._ - -FEAR thou not; for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strenghten* thee; yea I will help thee; yea *I will uphold thee* -with the *right hand* of my *righteousness*. - -For I the Lord thy *God* will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, -*Fear not; I will help thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10,13._ - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is *common to man*: but -God is *faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that -ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE *Lord knoweth how to deliver* the godly out of *temptations*, and to -reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -AND I give unto them eternal life; and they *shall never perish*, -neither *shall* any man *pluck them out of my hand*. - - _John 10:28_ - -MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and *no man* is -*able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand*. - - _John 10:29._ - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS -ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*HE giveth power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: But they that *wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and *not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to do exceeding abundantly above all* that we -ask or think, according to *the power that worketh in us*. - - _Ephesians 3:20._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able* also to save them to the uttermost that *come -unto God* by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise “as thy day thy -strength shall be.” - -WHEN thou passest through the waters, *I will be with thee*; and through -the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: *when thou walkest through the -fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon -thee*. - - _Isaiah 43:2._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have no FEELING.* - - -The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with -salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man “Who is past -feeling," but *faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times*. -Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not -necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the *weather, they -may change daily*; but God’s word, in which we trust, will never change. - -Which would you rather trust? God’s *unchanging* word, or your -*ever-changing* feelings? - -You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look -to Him; accept Him; *trust Him; confess Him*; and He will do the rest. -Take the blesser and you will have the blessing. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -See! you are to *receive a personal Saviour*, not work up some special -*feeling*. - -If you are waiting for the *feeling* that an earnest working Christian -has, we would have you note, that feeling is the “*fruit*,” not the -“*root*” of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because -we “*trust*” in Christ, “*confess*” Him as our Savior, “*defend*” His -cause, and try to “*obey*” Him. - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath glven to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -It is to those that “*obey Him*” that the blessing is given—Repentance -is *doing what God commands you to do*, whether you feel like doing it -or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God’s will -— - -BUT the *fruit of the Spirit* is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, -gentleness, goodness, faith. - - _Galatians 5:22._ - -Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but *by God’s -Word*. - -The Devil’s order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God’s -order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling. - - “The *Fact* you’re a sinner, you cannot but see, - That *Faith* in Christ saves you, is ever our plea; - The *feeling* will follow in service and love; - Then *take* from Christ *Jesus His gift* from above.” - -AND they said, *Believe* on the *Lord Jesus Christ*, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life.* - - _John 5:24._ - -BUT these are written, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life* -through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -Some are *making more* of their *feelings* than they are of the Word of -the Lord. - -Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning -when you don’t feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; -and the highway leading to the life “hid with Christ in God” is known as -obedience, not feeling. - -If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to -feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would -be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of -your soul’s salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the -peril of your position. - -Your very *indifference* ought to *arouse* you to thoughtfulness and -action-— - -Illustration: Matthew 9:9. - - - - Excuses. - *I am not CONCERNED.* - - -If a man were *asleep* in a burning building, he would be *more in -danger* of losing his life, than he would be if he were *awake*. - -So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, -than there would be if he had some *interest*. God calls you to wake up -and think about these things— - -WHEREFORE he saith, *Awake thou that sleepest, and arise* from the dead, -and *Christ shall give thee light*. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -I TELL you, Nay; but, *except ye repent, ye* shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but *after this the -judgment*. - - _Hebrews 9:27._ - -*AND ye will not come to me*, that ye might have life. - - _John 5:40._ - -It you are lost, it will be *your fault*. - -These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you -prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to -God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall* be *saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -AND these shall *go away into everlasting punishment*. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -You *go away*, God does not send you— - -THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that *forget -God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -You in your indifference are “*forgetting*” God, not necessarily living -a wicked life— - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect so great salvation*? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9. - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - - -Listen to what God says to the indifferent. - -His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His -ways. - -AWAKE thou that *sleepest*, and arise from the dead. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -Your *indifference* has put you to *sleep* and God calls you to *awake*. - -TURN ye, . . . turn ye for *why will ye die*? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE soul that sinneth, *it shall die.* - - _Ezekiel 18:4._ - -*THE wages of sin is death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -EXCEPT ye *repent*, ye shall all likewise *perish*. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect* so great salvation? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the *wrath* of God -abideth on him. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE *that believeth and is baptized shall be saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, but climbeth up *some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -BE sure *your sin* will *find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - -AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not *always strive with man*. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8. - - - - Excuses. - *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - - -God has made very clear in His word, the fact that *He loves us* and -gave Jesus to *be the way*. - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -God wants us to forsake *our* way, which is the *wrong* way. - -*LET the wicked forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -*and let him return unto the* Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and -to our God, *for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -God has promised *to hear us* when we call. - -THEN shall ye *call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me*, and I -will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall -search for me with all your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:12-13._ - -More, He has promised *to accept us* if we turn to him with true -repentance. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Believe. His promise and *know the way*. - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, *He that believeth on me hath -everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive remission of sins*. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -IF any man *will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine*, whether it -be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - - - - Excuses. - *I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - - -Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in *service*. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You are to SEEK!* - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall search for me with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*To LOOK.* - -LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: *for I am God -and there is none else*. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*To CALL.* - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon *the name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*To BELIEVE.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*To Receive.* - -BUT as many as *received Him*, to them gave He *power* to become the -*sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*To Taste.* - -O taste and see that the Lord is good: *blessed is the man that trusteth -in Him*. - - _Psalms 34:8._ - -*To Submit.* - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do *good*, and doeth it not, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -*You are to COME.* - -COME unto me *all* ye that *labor* and are *heavy laden*, and *I will -give you rest*. - - _Matthew 11:28._ - -*To COMMIT.* - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I *know whom* I have *believed*, and I am *persuaded* that -he is *able to keep that which I have committed* unto him against that -day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*To TAKE.* - -AND the *Spirit* and the *bride say, Come*. And let him that *heareth -say, Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*....And *whosoever* will -*let* him *take* of the *water of life freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -*To CONFESS.* - -THAT 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*. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; -and with the *mouth confession* is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*To Be ACQUAINTED.* - -ACQUAINT *now thyself with Him*, and be at peace; thereby good shall -come unto thee. - - _Job 22:21._ - -*To FOLLOW.* - -THEN shall we *know*, if we *follow* on to *know* the Lord: His going -forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain -. . . unto the earth. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - -HE that followeth me *shall* not *walk* in *darkness*, but *shall* have -the *light of life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -MY sheep hear my voice, and *I know them*, and they *follow me.* - - _John 10:27._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can’t understand the Bible.* - - -WHY can’t you? Because the *carnal mind* can not understand divine truth -without the Spirit’s teaching. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of the *Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness* unto him: neither can *he know them* because -they are *spiritually* discerned. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall -do wickedly; and *none of the wicked shall understand*; but the wise -shall understand. - - _Daniel 12:10._ - -*Do God’s will*, and you *can understand*. - -IF any man *will do His will* he *shall know* of *the doctrine*, whether -it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You ask, How may I KNOW?* - -*1st. Pray.* - -IF any of you lack wisdom, *let him ask* of God, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -OPEN thou *mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -THAT which *I see not teach thou me*. - - _Job 34:32._ - -*2nd. Study your Bible.* - -SEARCH *the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -FOR *my thoughts are not your* thoughts, *neither are your your ways* my -ways, saith the Lord. - -FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, *so are my ways higher -than your ways*, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - - _Isaiah 55:8-9._ - -THEN shall we know, *if we follow on* to know the Lord. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can’t see my way CLEAR.* - - -Listen to what *God says in His Word* and seek to follow *divine -instruction*, and you *will* see. - -THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: -he that *followeth me shall not walk in darkness*, but *shall have* the -*light* of *life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -TRUST in the Lord *with all thine heart*; and lean not unto thine own -understanding. - -*In all thy ways acknowledge him, and* he shall *direct thy paths*. Be -not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the Lord, and depart from evil*. - - _Proverbs 3:5-7._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, *ye shall be free indeed*. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND I will bring the *blind by a way that they knew not*; I will *lead* -them in *paths* that they have not *known*: *I* will make *darkness -light* before them, and *crooked things straight*. These things will I -do unto them, and not forsake them. - - _Isaiah 42:16._ - -AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and -*men loved darkness* rather than light, *because their deeds were evil*. - - _John 3:19._ - -BUT the *natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for -they are* foolishness unto him: *neither can he know them*, because they -are *spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have -entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for -them that love him. But God *hath revealed them* unto us *by his -Spirit*: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of -God. - - _I Corinthians 2:9-10._ - -Illustration: Mark 9:20-29. - - - - Excuses. - *My heart is TOO HARD.* - - -If you have a *hard heart*, that is just why you ought to come to Christ -because the Lord wants to give you a *new heart*. - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a *new* spirit will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -*will give you a heart of flesh*. - -AND I will put *my spirit within you* and cause you to walk in my -statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - - _Ezekiel 36:26-27._ - -AND I will give them *one heart*, and will put a *new spirit within -you*; and *I will take* the stony heart out of their flesh, and will -give them an *heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 11:19._ - -IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that -*breaketh the rock in pieces*? - - _Jeremiah 23:29._ - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the *unrighteous man his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he will have mercy -upon him; and to our God, for he will *abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -In this verse we find *three things* we must do. - -1st. “Let the wicked forsake *his way*” - -——(your part.) - -2nd. “The unrighteous man *his thought.*” - --—(your part.) - -3rd. “*Let him return* unto the Lord” - -—-your part.) - -Then God will do *two things, His part* - -1st “He will have *mercy* upon him"—you! - -2nd "He will *abundantly pardon*”—you! - -COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins -be *as scarlet*, they *shall be as white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -HIM that cometh to me, *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO YOUNG.* - - -IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to -trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage -the children to come. - -BUT Jesus said, *Suffer little children*, and forbid them not, to come -unto me: for *of such* is the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 19:14._ - -REMEMBER *now* thy Creator *in the days of thy youth*. - - _Ecclesiastes 12:1._ - -I LOVE them that love me; and those that *seek me early shall find me*. - - _Proverbs 8:17._ - -VERILY I say unto you, *Except* ye be *converted*, and become as *little -children*, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 18:3._ - -AND when he was *twelve years old*, they went up to Jerusalem after the -custom of the feast. - - _Luke 2:42._ - -Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly -Father when *only twelve*. - -AND that *from a child thou hast known* the holy Scriptures, which are -able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ -Jesus. - - _II Timothy 3:15_ - -Here Paul says that Timothy *when only a child* knew the way of life -from the Scriptures. - -BUT seek ye *first the* kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -Seek the Kingdom “*first*,” not after a part of your life has been -spent. - -BEHOLD *now* is the *accepted time*; behold, *now is the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will -not understand it? - - - - Excuses. - *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - - -If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are *some who will -not be saved*! Many of the parables teach this. - -THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him -away, and *cast him into outer darkness*; there shall be weeping and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 22:13._ - -ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the -way, that leadeth to destruction, and *many there be which go in -thereat*: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which -leadeth unto life, and *few there be that find it*. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -Here is a list of some who *will not he saved*. - -Are *you* included in this list? - -KNOW ye not that the *unrighteous* shall not inherit the kingdom of God? -Be not deceived; neither *fornicators*, nor *idolaters*, nor -*adulterers*, nor *effeminate*, nor *abusers* of themselves with -mankind, nor *thieves*, nor *covetous*, nor *drunkards*, nor *revilers*, -nor *extortioners*, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - - _I Corinthians 6:9-10._ - -BUT the *fearful*, and *unbelieving* and the abominable, and murderers, -and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in -the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second -death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, -and idolaters, and *whosoever loveth and maketh a lie*. - - _Revelation 22:15._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and all the nations that forget -God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - - -There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus *will forgive our sins*, -save and *keep* you, it you will *turn to him sincerely*. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -*Under no circumstances* will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking -soul. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, not *willing* that *any -should* perish, but that *all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -*COME now*, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins -*be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -Here the Lord is *reasoning with us* about the *worst* of our sins. - -AND even to your old *age* I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry -you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver -you. - - _Isaiah 46:4._ - -Here the promise reaches on to *old age*. - -AND about the *eleventh hour* he went out, and found others standing -idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? - - _Matthew 20:6._ - -Here the promise avails at the *eleventh hour of life*. - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst Come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -Heed this invitation and *come now*. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - - -If any one speaks to you, it is because they are *interested in you* and -want to help you. - -They are trying to obey Gods command. - -AND thou *shalt speak my words unto them*, whether they will hear or -whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. - - _Ezekiel 2:7._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise* and *speak* unto *them -all that I command thee*: be not *dismayed* at *their faces,* lest I -confound thee before them. - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -See the punishment that awaits the *unfaithful Christian*. - -WHEN I say unto the *wicked, Thou shalt surely* die; and thou *givest -him not warning*, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, -to save his life; the same *wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but -his blood will I require at thine hand.* Yet if thou warn the wicked, -and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, *he shall -die in his iniquity*; but *thou hast delivered thy soul*. - - _Ezekiel 3:18-19._ - -If a Christian has enough *interest in your soul* to *speak to you*, you -surely ought to have *some interest* in the *salvation* of your own -soul. - -Listen to God’s *warning*! - -FOR the *wages* of sin is *death*; but the *gift* of God is *eternal -life* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and *all* the *nations* that -*forget* God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou *knowest not what a day may -bring forth*. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -HE, that being often reproved *hardeneth* his *neck, shall suddenly* be -*destroyed*, and that *without remedy*. - - _Proverbs 29:1._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8. - - - - Formalists. - *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - - -All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by -“*forms*” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a -*personal Saviour*”. Notice how each verse plainly states this. - -Forms come after true faith. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God, even to them that *believe* on *his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, *that -whosoever believeth in Him* should not perish, but have *everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed* from death unto *life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -HE that *hath the Son HATH* LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -FOR with the *heart man believeth* unto *righteousness*; and *with* the -*mouth confession* is made unto *salvation*. - - _Romans 10:10._ - -Belief must be of the *heart* as well as head. - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life *is* in *His Son*. - - _I John 5:11._ - -EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be *in the faith*. - - _II Corinthians 13:5._ - -AND this is life eternal, that they might *know thee* the only true God, -and *Jesus Christ*, whom thou hast sent. - - _John 17:3._ - - - - Giving. - *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - - -*God commands one tenth*. - -WILL a man *rob God*? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we -robbed thee? *In tithes and offerings*. - -YE are cursed with a curse: for *ye have robbed me*, even this whole -nation. - -BRING ye *all* the *tithes* in the *storehouse*, that there may be meat -in mine *house*, and *prove me* now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, -if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out *a -blessing*, that there *shall not be room enough to receive it*. - - _Malachi 3:8-10._ - -*Who shall give*? - -EVERY man shall give *as he is able, according to the blessing* of the -Lord thy God which he hath given thee. - - _Deuteronomy 16:17._ - -*How much to give*? - -AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give *the tenth unto -thee*. - - _Genesis 28:22._ - -*The spirit with which to give*. - -EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not -grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a *cheerful giver*. - - _II Corinthians 9:7._ - -*The time to give*. - -UPON the *first day of the week* let everyone of you *lay by him in -store*, as God hath prospered him. - - _I Corinthians 16:2._ - -*Does it pay to give one tenth*? - -HONOUR the Lord with thy *substance*, and with the first-fruits of all -thine increase: So shall thy barns be *filled with plenty*, and thy -presses shall burst out with new wine. - - _Proverbs 3:9-10._ - -*God returns 100 per cent*. - -GIVE and *it shall be given unto you*; good measure, pressed down, and -shaken together, and running over, shall *men give into your bosom*. - - _Luke 6:38._ - - - - Hell. - *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - - -Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator? - -SHALL he that *contendeth* with the Almighty *instruct him*? he that -reproveth God, let him answer it. - - _Job 40:2._ - -NAY but, O man, *who art thou that repliest against God*? Shall the -thing *formed* say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou* made me thus? - - _Romans 9:20._ - -God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation. - -AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the -wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye -from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count -slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, *not willing that any -should perish*, but that all should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9_ - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He *gave His only begotten Son*, -that *whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -O THE *depth of the riches* both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! -how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! - - _Romans 11:33._ - -If you are lost at last, it will be because you *would not turn* from -your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning! - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the -flesh *reap corruption*; but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the -Spirit reap life everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:7-8._ - -*God damns* no one, man *damns himself*. - - - - Hell. - *A real PLACE.* - - -The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. -In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of -the 53. - -If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for -the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other. - -The Scriptures show hell a *real place*. - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell* and *all* the *nations* that -*forget God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) -*torments*. . . - -And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of -his finger in water and cool my tongue, *for I am tormented in this -flame*. - -But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great -gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; -neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. - - _Luke 16:23-26._ - -THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of -his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And -shall cast them into a *furnace of fire*: there shall be wailing and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 13:41-42._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the -*bottomless pit* and a great chain in his hand. - - _Revelation 20:1._ - -BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the *pit of destruction*. - - _Psalms 55:23._ - -All the expressions, “hell”, "furnace of fire,” “lake of fire,” -“bottomless pit” and “pit of destruction" suggest a “*place*.” - - - - Hell. - *CONDITION of the lost.* - - -BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into *outer darkness*: -there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 8:12._ - -AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the -hypocrites: there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 24:51._ - -WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and -will gather the wheat into his garner; but the *chaff he will burn with -fire unquenchable*. - - _Luke 3:17._ - -AND the devil that deceived them was cast into *the lake of fire*, and -brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be -*tormented* day and night for ever and ever. - - _Revelation 20:10._ - -And whosoever was not found written in the book of life *was cast into -the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that *believeth not is -condemned already*, because he hath not believed in the name of the only -begotten Son of God. - - _John 3:18._ - -Men are *condemned* because of *unbelief* in Christ, and yet they say -“*no matter what you believe*,” if you are only *sincere*. - -BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and -whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have -their part in the lake which *burneth with fire and brimstone*: which is -the second death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all -eternity! - -There is *no ending* to eternity. - -HE that believeth not shall be *damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*HOW shall we escape* if we neglect? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -WHO among us shall dwell with *everlasting burnings*? - - _Isaiah 33:14._ - -AND these shall go away into *everlasting punishment*: but the righteous -into life eternal. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that *leadeth to destruction*, -and *many* there be which go in thereat. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -WHERE their *worm dieth not*, and the *fire is not quenched*. - - _Mark 9:48._ - -WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and -land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold -more *the child of hell* than yourselves. - - _Matthew 23:15._ - -I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -When your fear cometh as *desolation*, and your *destruction cometh as a -whirlwind*; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. - - _Proverbs 1:26-27._ - -THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, -into *everlasting fire*, prepared for the devil and his angels. - - _Matthew 25:41._ - -AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some -to everlasting life, and some to *shame* and *everlasting contempt*. - - _Daniel 12:2._ - -HE that despised Moses’ law *died without mercy* under two or three -witnesses: Of how much *sorer punishment*, suppose ye, shall he be -thought worthy, who hath *trodden under foot the Son of God*, and hath -counted the *blood of the covenant*, wherewith he was sanctified, an -unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? - - _Hebrews 10:28-29._ - - - - Holiness. - *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - - -LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your *good works*, -and *glorify* your *Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be *dead indeed unto sin*, but -*alive unto God* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:11._ - -LET not sin therefore *reign in your mortal body*, that ye should obey -it in the lusts thereof. - - _Romans 6:12._ - -NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: -but *yield yourselves unto God* as those that *are alive from the dead*, -and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. - - _Romans 6:13._ - -FOR sin *shall not have dominion* over you: for ye are not under the law -but under grace. - - _Romans 6:14._ - -AND this I *pray*, that your *love* may abound yet more and more in -knowledge and in all judgment. - - _Philippians 1:9._ - -*BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness*, which are by Jesus -Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - - _Philippians 1:11._ - -WHATSOEVER things are *true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever -things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are -lovely, whatsoever things are of good report*; if there be any *virtue*, -and *if there* be any *praise*, think on these things. - - _Philippians 4:8._ - -ABSTAIN from all *appearance* of *evil*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:22._ - -THAT ye may *walk honestly* toward them that are without. - - _I Thessalonians 4:12._ - - - - Holy Spirit. - *His WORK among men.* - - -*He draws*. - -NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me *draw him*: -and I will raise him up at the last day. - - _John 6:44._ - -*He convicts*. - -AND when he is come, he will *reprove the world* of sin, and of -righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me. - - _John 16:8-9._ - -*He Regenerates*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of *regeneration*, and *renewing of -the Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of -water *and of the Spirit*, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:5._ - -*He teaches*. - -HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will *guide you into -all truth*: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall -hear, that shall he speak: and he will *shew* you things to come. - - _John 16:13._ - -*He baptizes*. - -NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had -received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: - -Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they *might receive -the Holy Ghost*: - -(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in -the name of the Lord Jesus.) - -Then laid they their hands on them, *and they received the Holy Ghost*. - - _Acts 8:14-17._ - -*He gives power for service*. - -BUT ye shall *receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon -you*: and *ye* shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all -Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*He guides us*. - -AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go -toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, -which is desert. . . . Then the *Spirit said* unto Philip, *Go near*, -and join thyself to this chariot. - - _Acts 8:26, 29._ - -THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the -people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of -Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, -they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with -Jesus. - - _Acts 4:8, 13._ - -*Conditions of receiving the Spirit.* - -*Obeying.* - -AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*Asking*. - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them -that *ask him*. - - _Luke 11:13_ - -*Receiving*. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, -believe that ye *receive* them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - - - - Hypocrites. - *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - - -One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, -before he sees his own, is the *real hypocrite*. - -The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to *this -class* and they will do well to read it. - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself* to God. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable*, O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, *thou condemnest thyself*; -for thou that judgest *doest the same things*. . . . And *thinkest thou* -this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, -that thou *shalt escape the judgment of God*? - - _Romans 2:1, 3._ - -BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy -brother? for we shall *all stand before the judgment seat of Christ*. -For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every *knee shall bow to -me, and every tongue shall confess to God*. So then everyone of us -*shall give account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:10-12._ - -JUDGE *not, that ye be not judged*. For with what judgment *ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be *measured -to you again*. And why beholdest thou the mote that is *in thy brother’s -eye*, but considerest not the beam that is in *thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote *out of thine -eye*; and behold, a beam is in *thine own eye*? *Thou hypocrite, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye*; and then shalt thou see clearly -to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person -behind whom you hide. - -Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse -you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no -argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, -because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to -answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment *but for your own*. - -BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the -kingdom of heaven against men: for ye *neither go in yourselves, neither -suffer ye them that are entering to go in*. - - _Matthew 23:13._ - -YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, *how can ye escape* the damnation -of hell? - - _Matthew 23:33._ - -Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the -self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ. - -He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it -is, read it! - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself*, -God, I *thank thee*, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house justified rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -Note— One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here -on earth, *they will not enter heaven*. If you do not want to spend -eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now. - -Illustration: John 21:19-23 - - - - Love. - *For your NEIGHBOR.* - - -A NEW commandment I give unto you, *that ye love one another; as I have -loved you*, that ye also love one another. - - _John 13:34._ - -BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one -to another. - - _John 13:35._ - -BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye -yourselves are taught of God to *love one another*. - - _I Thessalonians 4:9._ - -BE kindly *affectioned one to another with brotherly* love; in honor -preferring one another. - - _Romans 12:10._ - -SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the -Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye *love one -another with a pure heart fervently*. - - _I Peter 1:22._ - -HE that *loveth his brother* abideth in the light, and there is no -occasion of stumbling in him. - - _I John 2:10._ - -BELOVED, let us *love one another: for love is of God*; and every one -that *loveth is born of God*, and knoweth God. - - _I John 4:7._ - -HE that *loveth not knoweth not God*; for God is love. - - _I John 4:8._ - -BELOVED, if God so loved us, we *ought* also to *love one another*. - - _I John 4:11._ - -OWE no man any thing, but to *love one another*: for he that loveth -another hath fulfilled the law. - - _Romans 13:8._ - -FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt *love thy -neighbor as thyself*. - - _Galatians 5:14._ - -LET *brotherly love continue*. - - _Hebrews 13:1._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - - -He who trusts in *his own* righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God -compares it to “filthy rags.” - -BUT we are all an *unclean thing*, and all our *righteousnesses are as -filthy rags*; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the -wind, have taken us away. - - _Isaiah 64:6._ - -Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given -us a righteousness *in Christ*; but we, like the Jews, are trying to -establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus. - -FOR they being ignorant of God’s rightness, *and going about to -establish their own righteousness*, have not submitted themselves unto -the righteousness of God. - -FOR Christ is the end of the law *for righteousness* to every one that -*believeth*. - - _Romans 10:3-4._ - -Many say, “*I am doing the best I can,*” and yet they are not, for if -they were, *they would accept Christ*, for this righteousness is -obtained by faith in Him. - -EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all -and *upon all them that believe*. - - _Romans 3:22._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -We can approach God only in Christ. - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -Again, because our righteousness is of such a *poor brand*, Jesus -declared we must be “*born again*” so that we can have a nature that -will produce something better. - -EXCEPT a man be *born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - - -If the Scriptures make any thing *plain*, it is that man *can not save -himself* but must accept his salvation as a *gift*. - -FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and *that not of yourselves*; -it is the gift of God: *Not of works*, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8-9._ - -WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, *not according to -our works*, but according to His own purpose and grace. - - _II Timothy 1:9._ - -*NOT by works of righteousness* which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth *not by the door into -the sheepfold*, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a *thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -Jesus Christ is *the door* as the next verse shows and he who tries to -save himself in any other way is called a “*thief*” and a “*robber*.” - -*I AM the door*: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall -go in and out, and find pasture. - - _John 10:9._ - -JESUS said unto him, *Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy -heart*, and *with all thy soul*, and *with all thy mind*. This is the -first and great commandment. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -Are you loving God with *all your heart*! If you were, you would *trust -Him*. - -AND he said unto them, *Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do *in -your effort to save yourself*! - -See: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Personal Work. - *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - - -THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the -method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), -The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th -Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early -church. It is the work needed *now* if many souls are to be reached. - -THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, -reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used -by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency -system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example -of success coming from *personal work* and *personal contact*. - -THE *Holy Spirit* will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human -help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to *act* after they are -convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and -convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get -them to *do it now* and this is *your part*. - -IN this day of such great activity and “strenuous” living there are so -many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent -people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it -more true that we must *go out* into the *highways and compel them* to -come in. In revivals too much is left to “general results,” until the -"old general” is sadly overworked. *The motto of* that wonderful and -effective organization of Christian business men, *the Gideons, is good -for all Christians*: “And they stood *every man* in *his place* round -about the camp." - -IN a “general” way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help -the Lord answer your prayers by *aiding Him* in winning them one by one? - -TRY to have some one *ready* to make *a public profession* when the -*evangelist gives the opportunity*. - - - - Personal Work. - *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - - -If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification -that we need. - -*1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with -Paul.* - -*I KNOW whom I have believed*, and am persuaded that *he is able to -keep* that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -Or to exclaim with the blind man. - -WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: *one thing I know*, that, -whereas I was blind, *now I see*. - - _John 9:25_ - -One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly -converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be -insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian -must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the -gospel message to lost souls. - -*2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.* - -Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren. - -I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could -wish that myself *were accursed from Christ* for my brethren. - - _Romans 9:2-3._ - -*3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE -FOR THEM*. - -FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and -*lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; *if -thou dost not speak to warn the wicked* from his way, that wicked man -shall die in his iniquity; but *his blood will I require at thine hand*. - -Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he -do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast -delivered thy soul. - - _Ezekiel 33:8-9._ - -*4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.* - -It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and -*not man’s word*. - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword of the Spirit*, which -is the word of God. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -STUDY to *show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -SO shall *my word* be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not -return unto me void, but *it shall accomplish* that which I please, and -it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. - - _Isaiah 55:11._ - -Through the use of the *word of God*, you are to seek to accomplish the -following things. - -1st. To show men their *need* of a Savior. - -2nd. To show them *Jesus* as the Savior they need. - -3rd. To show them *how to make* this Savior their own. - -4th. To meet the *difficulties* in the way of their accepting Christ. - -5th. The one who would have *real success* must live a *life of prayer*, -and be *baptized* with the Holy Ghost. - -Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to *encourage us* in our efforts -to save souls. - -HE that *winneth souls is wise*. - - _Proverbs 11:30._ - -AND they that be *wise shall shine* as the *brightness* of the -*firmament*; and they that turn *many* to *righteousness* as the *stars* -for *ever* and *ever*. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his way shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - -God help us to be faithful to our trust! - - - - Personal Work. - *The “soul-winner’s" prayer.* - - -After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal -work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that *faith in God* -and a constant waiting, *in prayer* on the Lord, are preeminently -necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things -*for which we need to pray*. - -*1st. Pray*. “Lord give me "*getting up*” grace,” that is, courage to -confess Christ. - -*AND your feet shod* with the preparation of the gospel of peace. - - _Ephesians 6:15._ - -*2nd. Pray*. “Lord give me *walking grace*.” - -IN *all* they ways *acknowledge Him*, and He shall *direct thy paths*. - - _Proverbs 3:6._ - -*3rd. Pray*. “Lord *direct me* to the right person.” - -WHEN thou goest, *it* (God’s word) *shall lead* thee. (First Clause.) - - _Proverbs 6:22._ - -THEN the *Spirit* said unto Philip, *Go near and join* thyself to the -chariot. - - _Acts 8:29._ - -*4th. Pray.* “Lord, show me *what to say*.” - -IF any of you *lack wisdom*, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men -liberally. - - _James 1:5._ - -THE Lord God hath given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season* to him that is weary: He wakeneth -morning by morning, He wakeneth mine *ear* to *hear* as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise*, and *speak* unto *them* -all *that I command thee*: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I -confound thee before them.” - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -*5th. Pray* that God will *give power to what is said*. - -*Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.* - - - - Personal work. - *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - - -HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings” and endeavor to get some on -your list to attend with you. - -When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try -to get them to attend *every night*, always calling for and taking one -or more with you. - -Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved -to the meetings. - - 1. Give them a timely *tract*. - 2. *Quote* to them a *beautiful promise*. - 3. Write them a *letter* about salvation. - 4. Introduce them to *someone* who will speak about Jesus. - 5. When opportunity is given, *speak to them* about becoming a - Christian. - 6. *Go with them* to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat. - 7. Ask them to your home and *pray with them there*. - 8. Help make every meeting you attend a good one by *some part you - can take*. - 9. In public always be *brief* both in prayer and remarks. - 10. Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you - richly, and ever be *ready to answer the Spirit’s call*. - 11. *Be true* to your own conscience. - -Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan’s forces to defeat you at -this point; *Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving -Offense*. - -Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace -and *let God sink* all these with your other *sins* into the *depth at -the sea*. - - - - Personal Work. - *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - - -*Pray for your friends*! - -THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one -other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances—very carefully -and prayerfully. - -BE careful for nothing; but in *every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved. - -DON’T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on -the “tidal wave,” or that the evangelist will “shake the tree" so hard -they can’t hold on longer. But *pitch in* and do your *best*. -(*Hand-picked fruit always keeps better*.) Get them started early so -*they* can *work* for *others* during the revival meetings, and also -have the help of the meeting to establish their faith. - -SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, *say* nothing but -tactfully co-operate and work with them. - -As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with -*your own name* and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love -best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the -meetings *follow them up afterwards until they are*. Add new names to -replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, “in -season and out of season.” - -PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice -a day. *Study* how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. -Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world. - -Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself -know the names you have. Don’t be satisfied unless you see them -converted and in the church of *their* choice. Ever afterwards look upon -them as your *spiritual children*, assuming *responsibility* for -*keeping them from falling*. - - - - Personal Work. - - -*1st. WHERE to Find Them.* - -EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the *home*, in the *school, shop* and -*mill*; behind the *counter*, where we stand; on the *street*, where we -walk; in the *pew* where we worship; in the *service*, where we sing in -the *prayer meeting* and *inquiry room*, at the *altar*, kneeling with -us at *family* devotion; yes, *everywhere*. Oh, reader, whatever way -your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. -Find them *quick, quick*! for eternity is drawing nigh. - -*2nd. HOW to Reach Them*. - -*YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE*. - -SAY “God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors -in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window -to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have -no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love -as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and -delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part. - -*3rd. WHAT to Tell Them*. - -Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news. - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, -that whosoever *believeth in Him* should not perish, but have -*everlasting life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away -from glad tidings or messages of great joy? - -Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling -the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and -hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God -did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to -God.” - - _II Corinthians 5:19-20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - - -WORKER’S life text: II Timothy 2:15. - -Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be -deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be *natural* and *courteous* -in asking the simple question as to personal salvation. - -As far as possible converse only with *persons of your own age* or -younger, of *your own sex* and walk in life. - -Always deal with the inquirer *alone* if you can and in quiet; if some -one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder *to be -silent or withdraw*. - -After a few words *to ascertain the state* of mind of the inquirer, -present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book. - -Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the *Word; “It is the -Spirit* that quickeneth.” - -Do not be in a hurry, *take time to be thorough*; some times in our -eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain. - -*Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him* that when he has *believed on the -Lord Jesus Christ* he is at once saved. - -If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, *do not be dismayed* or -think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to -convict of sin and lead to repentance. - -If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over *to a -more experienced worker*. - -Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try -to do better; this is *losing the present opportunity* with no promise -of a future or better one. - -Affectionately urge *immediate* decision. *Pray with the inquirer*. - -Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, -therefore “*rightly divide the Word of Truth*” And hold them *to what -God says* and the acceptance of Christ. - - - - Personal Work. - *Suggestive Scriptures.* - - -When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you? - -AND him that cometh to me; *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them? - -IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just *to forgive us our -sins,* and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive* remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -Who is it that has everlasting life? - -*HE that believeth* on the Son hath everlasting llfe. - - _John 3:36._ - -Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, “I don’t feel any -“different.” It is not a matter of *feeling*, but of *believing*, see -how God puts the order of things. - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: *in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - -After you *believe*, God *seals* you. After you *commit yourself for -Christ* confessing Him as your Saviour, the *feeling comes*. Don’t “get -the cart before the horse.” - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, if we ask any -thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions that we -desired of him*. - - _I John 5:14, 15._ - -GOD is not a man, *that he should lie*; neither the son of man, *that he -should repent*: hath he said, and *shall he not do it*? Or hath he -spoken, and *shall he not make it good*. - - _Numbers 23:19._ - - - - Personal Work. - *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - - -God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as -the result of our work. Christ came to save souls. - -FOR the Son of Man is come to *seek* and to *save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -YE have not chosen me, but I *have chosen you*, and ordained you, that -*ye* should GO *and bring forth fruit*, and *that your fruit should -remain*. - - _John 15:16._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature*. - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AND the lord said unto the *servant*, GO *out into the highways and -hedges, and compel them to come in*, that my house may be filled. - - _Luke 14:23._ - -AND he saith unto them, *Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men*. - - _Matthew 4:19._ - -AND he that reapeth *receiveth wages*, and gathereth fruit unto life -eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice -together. - - _John 4:36._ - -There are wages that come *now as we work*, and there is a *reward* that -will *come bye and bye*. - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it *after many -days*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:1._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -BEHOLD, I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for -they are *white already to harvest.* - - _John 4:35._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his *way* shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - - -The fifteenth chapter of John, is the “fruit Chapter," likening Christ -to the *vine*, and us to the *branches*; teaching us our need to abide -in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power. - - 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. - 2. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every - branch that *beareth fruit*, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth - *more fruit*. - -Are you bearing fruit, and purged? - - 3. Now ye are *clean through the word* which *I* have spoken unto you. - -The word cleanses the life, as the *knife* prunes the vine. - - 4. Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of - itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide - in me. - -Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit. - - 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in - him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: *for without me ye can do - nothing*. - -We can not do, *even a little* without Christ. - - 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is - withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and - they are burned. - 7. If ye abide in me, and my words *abide in you*, ye shall ask what - ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - -Note the condition in asking, “if ye abide.” - - 8. Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear *much fruit*; so shall - ye *be my disciples*. - - _John 15:1-8._ - -In order to *bear fruit*, there must be in the Christian’s life: - 1st “*cleansing*” (vs. 2-3.); - 2nd “*abiding*.” (v. 4.); - 3rd "*obedience*" (v. 10.) - - 1. “fruit” (v. 2.); - 2. “more fruit" (v. 2-10.); - 3. “much fruit" (v. 5; 8) - - - - Personal Work. - *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - - -In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises. - -AND God is able to make *all grace abound toward you*; that ye, always -having *all sufficiency in all things*, may abound to every good work. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -AND he said unto me, My grace is *sufficient for thee*: for my strength -is made perfect in weakness. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -*STRENGTH for service.* - -*FEAR thou not*: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea, I will help thee; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God *will hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not*; I will -help thee. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13._ - -BE strong and of *a good courage*, fear not, nor *be afraid of them*: -for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: *he will not fail -thee, nor forsake thee*. - - _Deuteronomy 31:6._ - -Let us *wait on Him and prove* all of these promises! - -HE giveth *power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: *But they that wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and *not be weary*; and they shall *walk, and not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -BUT my God shall *supply all your need* according to his riches in glory -by Christ Jesus. - - _Philippians 4:19._ - -I CAN do *all things through Christ* which strengtheneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -THOU therefore *endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ*. - - _II Timothy 2:3._ - - - - Personal Work. - *A word to the unwilling.* - - -*God holds you RESPONSIBLE*. - -*SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman* unto the house of -Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, *and warn them -from me*. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely -die; If thou dost *not speak to warn* the wicked from his way, that -wicked man shall die in his iniquity; *but his blood will I require at -thine hand*. - - _Ezekiel 33:7-8._ - -*The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.* - -*SAY not ye*, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, -*I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields*; for they -are white already to harvest. - - _John 4:35-36._ - -*Are you proving FAITHFUL*? - -*THEREFORE be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -Son of man cometh. Who then is a *faithful and wise servant*, whom his -Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due -season? *Blessed is that servant*, whom his Lord when he cometh shall -find so doing. - - _Matthew 24:44-46._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -*CONSECRATE yourself to the work*? - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice*, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -*God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!* - -AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; -*and they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars forever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - - - - Pleasures. - *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - - -Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live -*just for worldly pleasures*. Will it pay? - -*1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY*! - -BOAST *not thyself of tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -*2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.* - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the -world *is enmity with God*? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the -world is the enemy of God. - - _James 4:4._ - -*3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.* - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, *that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh -reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit -reap life everlasting. - - _Galatians 6:7, 8._ - -*4th. God calls you A FOOL.* - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -*5th. God PLEADS with us.* - -*TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house -of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -*6th. God warns us!* - -This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he -that doeth the will of God “*abideth for ever.*” - -KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - - - - Prayer. - *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - - -Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and -everybody around. - -What a glorious promise! - -*CALL unto me*, and *I will answer thee*, and show thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND all things *whatsoever* ye shall *ask in prayer believing, ye shall -receive*. - - _Matthew 21:22._ - -Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can -believe Him. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye *pray, -believe* that ye receive them, and ye *shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24_ - -*IF ye abide in me*, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye -will, and it shall be done unto you. - - _John 15:7_ - -With all of God’s promises there are conditions, Here we have one. “If -ye abide in me.” Are you abiding in Him? - -AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if *we ask any -thing according to his will*, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions* that we -desired of him. - - _I John 5:14-15._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that *will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, -*I will do it*. - - _John 14:13,14._ - -If you want God’s answer to prayer, remember the conditions. - -*AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him*, because we *keep his -commandments*, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. - - _I John 3:22_ - - - - Prayer. - *VICTORY through prayer.* - - -CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty -things. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND it shall come to pass, that *before they call, I will answer*; and -while they are *yet speaking, I will hear.* - - _Isaiah 65:24._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and *pray one for another*, that ye -may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to *like passions as we -are*, and *he prayed* earnestly that it might not rain: *and it rained -not* on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And *he -prayed again*, and the *heaven gave rain*, and the earth brought forth -her fruit. - - _James 5:16-18._ - -Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out -the whole soul to God. *Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all* the -*storehouse: of God’s grace; they are opened by men and women on their -knees*. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. -Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are -rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of -prayer brings noonday and victory. “True prayer is the reflection of -God’s thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God’s thoughts and -pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of -prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David -the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, -temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night. - -IF my people, which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves* and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin, and will heal their -land*. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - - - - Prayer. - *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -*EVENING*, and *morning*, and at *noon, will I pray, and cry aloud*: and -*He shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -PRAY without *ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -Practice the following verses: - -MY voice shalt thou hear *in the morning*, O Lord; in the *morning will -I direct my prayer* unto thee, and will look up. - - _Psalms 5:3._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed -is willing, but the flesh is weak. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -Be continually in the Spirit of prayer. - -*PRAYING always with all Prayer* and supplication in the Spirit, and -watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all -saints. - - _Ephesians 6:18._ - -BUT they that *wait upon the Lord* shall renew their strength; they -shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; -and they shall walk, and not faint. - - _Isaiah 40:31._ - -Where do you Pray? - -I WILL therefore *that men pray every where*, lifting up holy hands. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that *men ought always to -pray*, and not to faint. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -BE careful for nothing; but *in every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - - - - Prayer. - *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - - -*You must ASK!* - -ASK, and it *shall* be given you; *seek*, and ye shall find. *Knock*, -and it shall be *opened unto you*. - - _Matthew 7:7._ - -*You must BELIEVE!* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever* ye *desire*, when ye -*pray, believe* that ye *shall* receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.* - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven *may forgive you* your trespasses. -*But if ye do not forgive*, neither will your Father which is in heaven -forgive your trespasses. - - _Mark 11:25,26._ - -*You must have a CLEAN HEART.* - -IF I *regard iniquity* in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: - - _Psalms 66:18._ - -*Must be UNSELFISH.* - -YE ask, and receive not, because *ye ask amiss*, that ye may *consume it -upon your lusts*. - - _James 4:3._ - -*Must DO HIS WILL.* - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, *if we ask -anything according* to *his will*, he *heareth us*. - - _I John 5:14._ - -*You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.* - -IF ye *abide* in *me*, and my *words abide in you*, ye *shall ask what -ye will*, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -*You must ASK IN HIS NAME.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father *in -my name*, he will give it you. - - _John 16:23._ - -WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father *in my name*, he may give it you. - - _John 15:16._ - - - - Regeneration, or the New Birth. - *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - - -*The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a -new love for God and His people.* - -*1st. A NEW heart.* - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within -you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will -give you a heart of flesh. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.* - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth -on him that sent me, *hath everlasting life*, and shall not come into -condemnation; *but is passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.* - -AND that ye put on *the new man*, which after God is created in -righteousness and true holiness. - - _Ephesians 4:24._ - -*4th. Created ANEW, not made over.* - -THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, *he is a new creature*: old things -are passed away; Behold, all things are become new. - - _II Corinthians 5:17._ - -*5th. Washed white, not white-washed*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and *renewing* of -the Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*6th. VICTORY over sin.* - -*WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin*. - - _I John 3:9._ - -*7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.* - -WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath *translated -us into the kingdom* of his dear Son. - - _Colossians 1:13._ - -*8th. Created to be useful (workers).* - -FOR we are his workmanship, *created in Christ Jesus unto good works*. - - _Ephesians 2:10._ - -Because we are born with an *earthly* nature and are sinners against -God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God. - -It is the *carnal nature* that sins. it is the *God nature* that does -not sin. - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -*except a man be born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - -THAT which is born of the *flesh* is *flesh*; and that which is *BORN of -the Spirit* is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN -AGAIN. - - _John 3:6-7._ - -*Have YOU been born of the Spirit?* - -It you are not *sure, read* the following Scriptures as they may assure -you, or show you how you *may be regenerated*. - -WHOSOEVER *believeth that Jesus is the Christ* is born of God. - - _I John 5:1._ - -BUT as many as *received him*, to them gave he power to become the *sons -of God*, even to them that *believe* on his name: which were born, not -of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, *but of -God*. - - _John 1:12-13_ - -*BEING born again*, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *by -the word of God*, which liveth and abideth for ever. - - _I Peter 1:23_ - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and *precious promises*: that -*by these* ye might be partakers of the *divine nature*, having escaped -the corruption that is in the world through *lust*. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for *thy word hath quickened me*. - - _Psalms 119:50_ - -FOR in Christ Jesus I have *begotten you through the gospel*. - - _I Corinthians 4:15._ - -If you would know more regarding this subject see next page. - - - - Repentance. - *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - - -What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change -of mind, such as leads one to *confess all his sins, forsake* them and -*turn* to God. - -THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: *repent ye*, -and believe the gospel. - - _Mark 1:15._ - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized* every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive -the gift of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you? - -*REPENT ye therefore*, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted -out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the -Lord. - - _Acts 3:19._ - -God is commanding us to repent. - -AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now *commandeth all -men every where to repent*. - - _Acts 17:30._ - -AND they went out, and preached that *men should repent*. - - _Mark 6:12._ - -AND that *repentance* and remission of sins should be preached in his -name among all nations. - - _Luke 24:47._ - -*EXCEPT ye repent* ye shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - -I CAME not to call the righteous, *but sinners to repentance*. - - _Luke 5:32._ - -Does this verse mean *you*? - -BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout -all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, *that they should -repent and turn to God*, and do works meet for repentance. - - _Acts 26:20._ - -If you have not repented, do so at once. - -Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32. - - - - Revival, The. - *How to make it a success.* - - - - Be a prayerful christian. - - Always be on time. - - Ask God to help you sing. - - Make it a point to attend every meeting. - - Do not quench the Spirit. - - Be ready to obey at God’s calling. - - When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess. - - Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were - a pleasure. - - Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying. - - Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them - up and lead them to Christ. - - Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and - accept Christ. - - When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist - or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the - church members were like me, would this revival be a success?” - - Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one - about seeking Christ. - - Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be - able some way to lead them to Christ. - - ―――― - - _*How to Hinder a Revival.*_ - - - Never pray. If you did, it might help some one. - - Always make a long prayer. - - Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there. - - If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for - them. - - Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they - would think you might be interested. - - If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you. - - Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip - him up the back. - -I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these -things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of -these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your -influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question—if all the -church members were like me what kind of a church would my church be? - - - - Revival, The. - *What to bring to It.* - - - 1. Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools. - 2. Bring the topic—in your memory, not on the card. - 3. Bring some matured thought on the theme—from your Bible study. - 4. Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have - found in your reading or other research. - 5. Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need—sated appetites are the - hardest to cater to. - 6. Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God. - 7. Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you - will get more than you expect. - 8. Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the *beauty* of - holiness. - 9. Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the - attendance by a few personal invitations! - 10. Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it. - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - - -The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your -friend. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *be ashamed of me* and of my words in this -adulterous and sinful generation; *of him also* shall the *Son of man be -ashamed*, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy -angels. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever *shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s*, the same shall save it. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -BLESSED are they which are *persecuted for righteousness’ sake*: for -theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall *revile -you, and persecute you*, and shall say all manner of evil against you -falsely, for my sake. *Rejoice, and be exceeding glad*: for great is -your *reward in heaven*: for so persecuted they the prophets which were -before you. - - _Matthew 5:10-12._ - -IF ye *be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye*; for the -spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil -spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. - - _I Peter 4:14._ - -FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on -him, but also *to suffer for his sake*. - - _Philippians 1:29._ - -Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for -Him. - -AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; -*if so be that we suffer with him*, that we may be also glorified -together. - - _Romans 8:17._ - -FOR I reckon that *the sufferings* of this present time are not worthy -to be *compared* with the glory *which shall be revealed in us*. - - _Romans 8:18._ - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *Encouragement given us.* - - -*Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!* - -FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall -take it patiently? but if *when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it -patiently*, this is acceptable with God. - -For even hereunto were *ye* called, because *Christ also suffered for -us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps*. - - _I Peter 2:20, 21._ - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy -that was set before him *endured the cross, despising the shame*, and is -set down at the right hand of the throne of God. - - _Hebrews 12:2._ - -It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some -persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver -us? Yes surely He will. - -THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, *in reproaches, in -necessities, in persecutions*, in distress for Christ’s sake: for when I -am weak, *then am I strong*. - - _II Corinthians 12:10._ - -*ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.* - -AND they departed from the presence of the council, *rejoicing chat they -were counted worthy* to suffer shame for his name. - - _Acts 5:41._ - -BUT and if *ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye*: and be not -afraid of their terror, neither be troubled. - - _I Peter 3:14._ - -YET *if any man suffer* as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let -him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, *let them that suffer* -according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in -well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. - - _I Peter 4:16, 19._ - - - - Sabbath and Sunday. - *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - - -God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven. - -*REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy*. Six days shalt thou labour, -and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy -God: *in it thou shalt not do any work*, thou, nor thy son, nor thy -daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy -stranger that is within thy gates. - - _Exodus 20:8-10._ - -AND if the people of the land bring *ware or any victuals on the sabbath -day to sell*, that we would not buy it of them on *the sabbath day*. - - _Nehemiah 10:31._ - -THIS is *the day* which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad -in it. - - _Psalms 118:24._ - -How do you treat the Lords day? - -THOU hast despised mine holy things, and *hast profaned my sabbaths*. - - _Ezekiel 22:8._ - -Have you profaned God’s holy day by going to excursions, and using it to -meet your selfish ends? - -*Note the example of Christ and His Church*. - -They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church. - -AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his -custom was, *he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day*, and stood -up for to read. - - _Luke 4:16._ - -AND he reasoned in the synagogue *every sabbath*. - - _Acts 18:4._ - -I WAS *in the Spirit on the Lord’s day*. - - _Revelation 1:10._ - -LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an -holy day, or of the new moon, or of the *Sabbath day* which are a -*shadow* of things to come; but the *body is Christ’s*. - - _Colossians 2:16-17, R.V._ - -*God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.* - -IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on -my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, -honourable; and shalt honour him, *not doing thine own ways*, nor -finding *thine own pleasure*, nor speaking thine own words: - -Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to -ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage -of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. - - _Isaiah 58:13-14._ - -*Commands divine worship.* - -LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate -be for the Lord *in the sabbaths and in the new moons*. - - _Ezekiel 46:3_ - -*Required His word to be read.* - -FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew -him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are *read every -sabbath day*, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. - - _Acts 13:27._ - -*The Lords Supper to be observed.* - -AND upon the *first day of the week*, when the disciples came together -to *break bread, Paul preached unto them*, ready to depart on the -morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - - _Acts 20:7._ - --—Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation “not speaking -thine own words.” - -Strive to be “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day," "not doing thine own -ways." - -Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary. - -"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in -every week.” - - - - Salvation. - *To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”* - - -Notice the different classes to whom *salvation is offered*. - -*1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.* - -COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, *and I will give -you rest*. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and -lowly in heart: *and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is -easy*, and *my burden is light*. - - _Matthew 11:28-30._ - -*2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.* - -*HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters*, and he that hath -no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, *buy wine and milk without -money* and without price. - - _Isaiah 55:1._ - -*3rd. To sinners.* - -BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, *while we were yet -sinners, Christ died for us*. - - _Romans 5:8._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*4th. To the LOST.* - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -*5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.* - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do -your part? and come honestly and confess your sins? - -IF we confess our sins, *he is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*, and to *cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - - - - Salvation. - *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - - -COME now, and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord: *though your -sins be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they be -*red like crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -AND the spirit and the *bride* say Come. . . . And let him that is -*athirst come*. And *whosoever* will, let him take of the water of life -*freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -WHEREFORE He is *able* also *to save them to the uttermost*. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -IF *we confess our sins*, He is faithful and *just to forgive us our -sins*, and *to cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -FOR the Son of man is come to *seek* and to *save* that which was lost. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -No one can say, “I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me.” - -*God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.* - -*I HAVE blotted out*, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a -cloud, *thy sins*: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - - _Isaiah 44:22._ - -I EVEN I, am he that *blotteth out thy transgressions* for mine own -sake, and will not remember thy sins. - - _Isaiah 43:25._ - -MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. *And -if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father*, Jesus Christ the -righteous: And he is the *propitiation for our sins*: and not for ours -only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - - _I John 2:1-2._ - -*FOR whosoever shall call* upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -If any one “*wills*” to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and -the Lord will save. - - - - Salvation. - *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - - -*1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that *believeth* on me hath -*everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him* shall receive remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -AND by him all that *believe are* justified from all things, from which -ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. - - _Acts 13:39._ - -*2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.* - -HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that *believeth -not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that -*believeth not the Son* shall not see life; but the *wrath of God -abideth on him*. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that -*believeth not is CONDEMNED already*. - - _John 3:18._ - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby *we* must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, *but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -*3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.* - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - - - - Salvation. - *What must I do to be saved?* - - -MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great -question, *so plain* that you will be able to say, "*I see it,*” and I -will *now believe*! - -You ask, “What must I do to be saved?" - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy -house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *he* that *heareth My Word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath everlasting* life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24, A.V. & R.V._ - -*HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life*: and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth -on Him. - - _John 3:36._ - -Your salvation depends upon what *you do with Jesus Christ. Accept* Him -and you are saved—*reject* Him and you are lost. Thus saith the -Scriptures! - -BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child -begins with the alphabet at school. Don’t look for marvels. Don’t expect -to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your -heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because -you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do -what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He -will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the -Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help -you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give -you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist -temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and -you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey. - -*1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Confess Christ before men.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -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*. - -For with the *heart* man believeth unto righteousness; and with the -*mouth* confession is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -The “*If*” at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests *two* -conditions. - -1st. To "*confess*,” that is, *make known* with your mouth the Lord -Jesus. - -2nd. To “*believe*,” that is, *really mean it* in your heart. - -If you meet these conditions God’s word says, “*thou shalt be saved*”. -Our feelings are *not to be depended upon*. - -*3rd. OBEY Christ in the life*. - -HE *that hath my commandments, and keepeth them*, he it is that loveth -me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love -him, and *will manifest myself to him*. - - _John 14:21._ - -The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will -require all your life to live it. - -All who will decide to trust in Christ *now*, pray with me this prayer: -“Lord Jesus I come to thee *just as I am*, and take thee at thy word; -wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust -thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!” - - - - Salvation. - *Proofs that we are saved.* - - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness with our spirit*, that we are the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life is in his Son. - - _I John 5:11._ - -HE that *hath* the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also -hath given unto us *the earnest of the Spirit*. - - _II Corinthians 5:5._ - -WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the *Spirit in our -hearts*. - - _II Corinthians 1:22._ - -AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby *ye are sealed* unto the -day of redemption. - - _Ephesians 4:30._ - -AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the *Spirit of his Son into -your hearts*, crying, Abba, Father. - - _Galatians 4:6._ - -AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And -hereby we know that he abideth in us, *by the Spirit which he hath given -us*. - - _I John 3:24._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, *and renewing of the -Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, *because he hath -given us of his Spirit*. - - _I John 4:13._ - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed *with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given by inspiration.* - - -Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God. - -Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them. - -AND the *word of the Lord came unto me*, saying. - - _Ezekiel 12:21, 26._ - -David, the Psalmist, believed them. - -NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The *Spirit of the Lord -spake by me*, and his word was in my tongue. - - _II Samuel 23:1, 2._ - -Paul, the Apostle, believed them. - -*ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; - - _II Timothy 3:16, 17._ - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -*received the word of God* which ye heard of us, ye received it *not as -the word of men*, but as it is in the truth, *the word of God*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -Peter, the disciple, believed them. - -KNOWING this first, that *no prophecy* of the Scripture is of any -*private interpretation*. For the *prophecy came not* in old time *by -the will of man*: but holy men of God *spake as they were* moved by the -Holy Ghost. - - _II Peter 1:20-21._ - -John, the Beloved, believed them. - -HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is -true. For *he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God*: for God -giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. - - _John 3:33-34._ - -Jesus Christ, believed them. - -AND beginning at *Moses* and *all the prophets*, he expounded unto them -in *all the scriptures* the things concerning himself. - - _Luke 24:27._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *They supply every need.* - - -*1st. They produce FAITH.* - -SO then *faith cometh* by hearing, *and hearing by the word of God*. - - _Romans 10:17._ - -*2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.* - -AS new born babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -*grow thereby*. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*3rd. They BUILD us up.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, *and to the word of his grace*, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -*4th. They DISCERN our hearts.* - -THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged -sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of -the joints and marrow, and is *a discerner of the thoughts and intents -of the heart*. - - _Hebrews 4:12._ - -*5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.* - -THY *word* have I *hid in mine heart, that I might not sin* against -thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -*6th. They become one’s WEAPON.* - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword* of the Spirit, *which -is the word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -*7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.* - -*THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth*; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they *received -the word* with all readiness of mind, *and searched the scripture -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *God’s promises FOR YOU.* - - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by -these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the -corruption that is in the world through lust. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*1st. His presence.* - -TEACHING them to *observe all things* whatsoever I have commanded you: -and, *lo, I am with you always*, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - - _Matthew 28:20._ - -*2nd. Guidance.* - -I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I -will *guide thee with mine eye*. - - _Psalms 32:8._ - -*3rd. Divine Intercession.* - -WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is -risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also *maketh -intercession for us*. - - _Romans 8:34._ - -*4th. Grace to live.* - -AND God is *able to make all grace* abound toward you; that ye, always -having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to *every good work*. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -*5th. Victory over temptation.* - -THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as *is common to man*: but -God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are -able; but will *with the temptation also make a way to escape*, that ye -may be able to bear it. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -*6th. Forgiveness of sin.* - -*I WILL forgive their iniquity*, and I will *remember their sin no -more*. - - _Jeremiah 31:34._ - -*7th. Answer to prayer.* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when *ye* pray, -*believe that ye receive them*, and ye shall have them. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*8th. The Holy Spirit.* - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your *heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit* to them -that ask him? - - _Luke 11:13._ - -*9th. Power for Service.* - -BUT ye shall receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost is come* upon -you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in *Jerusalem*, and in all -*Judaea* and in *Samaria*, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*10th. Divine wisdom.* - -IF any of you lack *wisdom, let him ask of God*, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -*11th. Divine strength.* - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*; be not dismayed, for I am *thy God, -I will strengthen* thee; *yea*, I will *help* thee; yea, I will uphold -thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God will *hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not, I will help -thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13_ - -*12th. Divine Comfort.* - -*I WILL not leave you comfortless*: I will come to you. - - _John 14:18._ - -WHEN thou *passest through the waters*, I will be *with thee*; and -through the rivers, *they shall not overflow thee*: when thou walkest -through the fire, thou *shalt not be burned*. - - _Isaiah 43:2_ - -*13th. Divine teaching.* - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in -my name, he shall *teach* you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -*14th. Our Labor not Vain.* - -THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, *be ye steadfast, unmovable*, always -abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -*15th. Our work rewarded.* - -BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: *for your work -shall be rewarded*. - - _II Chronicles 15:7._ - -*16th. A Heavenly mansion.* - -LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -In my Father’s house *are many mansions*; if it were not so, I would -have told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:1-2._ - -*17th. A glorified body.* - -FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical -bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not -made with hands (*the resurrection body*), eternal in the heavens. - - _II Corinthians 5:1._ - -*18th. A Coming Lord.* - -SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that -look for him shall he *appear the second time* without sin unto -salvation. - - _Hebrews 9:28._ - -*THIS same Jesus*, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall *so -come in like manner* as ye have seen him go into heaven. - - _Acts 1:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *For the Jews.* - - -God is not done with the Jews: - -SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? *God forbid*. - - _Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37._ - -*Their land shall be restored:* - -AND they shall say, This land that was desolate *is become like the -garden of Eden*. - - _Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc._ - -*The people shall be restored:* - -AND I will *bring again the captivity of my people of Israel*, and they -shall *build* the waste cities, and *inhabit* them; and they shall -*plant* vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also *make -gardens* and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their -land, and they shall *no more be pulled up out of their land* which I -have given them, saith Jehovah. - - _Amos 9:14, 15._ - -*They shall be more blest than ever.* - -AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will *do better unto -you than at your beginnings*; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. - - _Ezekiel 36:11._ - -*They shall be regenerated:* - -A *NEW heart* also will I give you, and a *new spirit* will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -will *give you a heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*These promises are unconditional:* - -THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do -not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but *for mine holy name’s -sake*, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. - - _Ezekiel 36:22,31,32._ - -Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew -and Hebrews. - -Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26. - - ―――― - - _*Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.*_ - -Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord -revealed? - -For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of -a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, -there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his -sacrifice.) - -*He is despised and rejected of men*; a man of sorrows, and acquainted -with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; *he was despised, -and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs*, and carried -our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and -afflicted. - -*But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our -iniquities*: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; *and with his -stripes we are healed*. - -All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own -way; *and the* Lord hath laid on him the *iniquity of us all*. - -*He was oppressed, and he was afflicted* yet no opened not his mouth: he -is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her -shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (*Jesus Christ was surely -a man of, affliction.*) - -He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his -generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: *for the -transgression of my people was he stricken*. (Christ bore our sins in -His body.) - -And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; -because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -(This is a beautiful picture of Christ.) - -*Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him*; he hath put him to grief; when -thou shalt make *his soul an offering for sin*, he shall see his seed, -he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in -his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.) - -He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his -knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; *for he shall bear -their iniquities*. (That’s what Christ did.) - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - - -THESE things have I written unto you that *believe upon* the *name* of -the *Son* of *God*; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have *eternal life*. - - _I John 5:13._ - -Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may *know we are -saved* because God says so. - -SEARCH the *scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour. - -FOR *whatsover* is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the -victory that *overcometh* the *world*, even our faith. - - _I John 5:4._ - -He who has *God’s life* in him, is the one who *has victory.* - -IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth -righteousness is BORN OF HIM. - - _I John 2:29._ - -WHOSOEVER is *born* of God *doth not commit sin*; for his seed remaineth -in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God. - - _I John 3:9._ - -This means that the *new nature* “His seed” *cannot sin*, though the old -nature does. - -WE know that we have passed from death unto life, *because we love the -brethren*. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever -hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath -eternal life abiding in him. - - _I John 3:14-15._ - -The fact that we find ourselves *loving God’s people* and having -fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born -of God. - -See pages 34 and 35 on *new birth*. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - - -*1st.* Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read -it without hurry. - -*2nd.* Read it prayerfully. God’s book cannot rightly be apprehended -without the aid of God’s Spirit. “Open thou mine. eyes, that I may -behold wondrous things out of thy law." - -*3rd.* Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully -understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, -Bible dictionary, etc. - -*4th.* Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis -to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in -order to get through it in that time. - -*5th.* Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what -purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the -standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him. - -*6th.* Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by -the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their -proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he -appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ. - -*7th.* Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text -Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc. - -*8th.* Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make -its precepts the rule of your life. - -*9th.* Read it in faith. Take it as God’s word to yourself. Look upon -its promises as your own - -THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of -salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. - -Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are -immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be -holy, and live it to be happy. - -It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to -cheer you. - -It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the -soldier’s sword and the christian’s charter. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Importance of Bible study.* - - -Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend -most of your time and then search it. - -*SEARCH the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which *testify of me*. - - _John 5:39._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11_ - -Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an -hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first -thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the -Bible be your motto, “In the beginning God.” - -THE Lord God has given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary*: he wakeneth -morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of -heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and -prudent, and *hast revealed them unto babes*. - - _Matthew 11:25._ - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to *God*, and to the *word* of His -*grace*, which is *able* to *build* you *up*, and to give you an -inheritance among all them which are sanctified. - - _Acts 20:32_ - -STUDY to *shew thyself approved unto God*, a workman that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15_ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to study them.* - - -*1st*. When you open your Bible never forget that *it is God’s word*, -not man’s word. - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it *not as the -word of men*, but as it is in truth, *the word of God*, which -effectually worketh also in you that *believe*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but *holy men -of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost*. - - _II Peter 1:21._ - -*2nd.* Read your Bible as if it were written for *you only*. - -FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written *for our -learning*, that *we through patience* and *comfort of the scriptures -might have hope*. - - _Romans 15:4._ - -ALL *scripture* is given *by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -*doctrine*, for *reproof*, for *correction*, for *instruction* in -righteousness. - - _II Timothy 3:16._ - -*3rd*. Study with *prayer*, making the *psalmist’s prayer* yours. - -OPEN thou *mine eyes*, that I may behold *wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -*4th*. Study with *meditation* expecting help, comfort, blessing and -success in living for God. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day* and *night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou *shalt* make thy -way *prosperous*, and then thou *shalt* have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8_ - -One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don’t let any one -chew your spiritual food for you. - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and *thy word was unto me -the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -*5th.* Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You -will fail to learn if you do not. - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in -my name, *He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance*, whatsoever, I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the -Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he -shall testify of me. - - _John 15:26._ - -NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go -away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if -I depart, I will send him unto you. - - _John 11:7_ - -*6th.* And as you read *pray*: “Thou light of life shine into my heart, -and reveal thyself to me now from thy word.” - -Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in service. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, (R.V. -Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17_ - -Cleanse your life by the application of the word. - -WHEREWITHAL shall a young man *cleanse his way*? by taking heed thereto -according to *thy word*. - - _Psalms 119:9._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to memorize?* - - -In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward -supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul -winners. - -Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it -would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the -memorizing of *all* these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task -if undertaken in the right manner. - -In memorizing: - -*1st.* Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that -difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example -say John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the -world” instead of merely saying “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc., omitting -to say John 1:29. - -*2nd.* Learn it. Don’t get a faint, indefinite idea of it. *Take no -“snap shot” but give it a “time exposure.”* If you want to remember any -text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, -clear, vivid impression on your mind. - -*3rd.* There are a great many “methods” or “schemes” of memorizing -advanced in this day of ours, but the writer’s opinion is that the best -way of memorizing is to *get to work and do it*. If it is easily -acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that *it will be as -easily lost*. - -*4th.* Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you -can repeat it correctly, *then to be sure, read* it again. *I have made -a practice of writing out on paper* the passages to be memorized. *Once -writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth*. In -Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and -said “How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the -difficulties?” I said to her, “Did you ever ride on the train?” “Oh yes, -hundreds of times." “Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out -the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that -road every day, and that is what you and I have to do. - -*5th. Review, Review, Review.* That’s the secret of memorizing. *Review* -every *day*. *Review* every *week*. *Review* every *year*. *Review, -Review, Review*. - -How many people you hear saying: “I know the verse one day but forget it -the next.” *Well you need to review, that’s all*. - -*6th.* Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to -persons who have difficulties. *Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!* That’s -what the *lawyer*, *preacher*, and *doctor* have to do, and that is what -I had to do. Be “seasonable” or “unseasonable,” in season or out of -season, only *seek* your *opportunity* to *practice*. - -*7th.* Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of -St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly -until a chapter is repeated at one time? - -Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - - -*THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.* - -BE *ready* ALWAYS to *give* an *answer* to *every man* that *asketh* you -a *reason of the hope* that is in you with *meekness* and *fear*. - - _I Peter 3:15._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore *shall confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -BUT *whosoever* shall *deny me before men* him will *I also deny before -my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:33._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made* unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -DAVID prayed, "*O Lord, open thou my lips*, and my *mouth* shall show -forth thy praise." - - _Psalms 51:15._ - -Live so that you can say with the Psalmist. - -I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy -faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness -and thy truth from the great congregation. - - _Psalms 40:10._ - -FOR I am *not* ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the *power* of -*God* unto *salvation* to *every one that believeth*. - - _Romans 1:16._ - -THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his -lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from -iniquity. - - _Malachi 2:6._ - -Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12. - - - - Skeptic. - *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - - -IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, “O God, if there -be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John -and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not -understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other -things you use and believe; - -BUT these (the writings of John’s gospel) are written that ye might -*believe* that *Jesus* is the *Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that -*believing* ye might have *life* through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man *will do his will*, he shall *know* of *the doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual -things. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of *the Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness unto him*: neither can he know them, because -they *are spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw “*men as trees.” walking* when Christ -first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave -him more. - -If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have -had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read -it. - -*EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my -finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I -will not believe*. And after eight days again his disciples were within, -and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in -the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach -hither *thy finger*, and behold *my hands*; and reach hither thy hand, -and thrust it *into my side*: and be not faithless, *but believing*. And -Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. - - _John 20:25-28._ - - - - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. - *God WARNS against It.* - - -*REGARD not* them that have *familiar spirits*, neither seek after -wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God. - - _Leviticus 19:31_ - -THE soul that turneth after such as have *familiar spirits, and after -wizards*, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against -that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. - - _Leviticus 20:6._ - -*Beware of Spiritualism.* - -BELOVED, *believe not every spirit*, but try the spirits whether they -are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that -confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and -this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should -come: and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:1-3._ - -EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and -*signs and lying wonders*, And with all *deceivableness of -unrighteousness* in them that perish; because they received not the love -of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall -send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all -might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in -unrighteousness. - - _II Thessalonians 2:9-12._ - -THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his -daughter to pass through the fire, or that *useth divination or an -observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a -consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer*. - - _Deuteronomy 18:10-11._ - - - - Temperance. - *God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - - -*WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning*, that they may follow -strong drink, that continue until night, till *wine* inflame them. - - _Isaiah 5:11._ - -*WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine*, and men of strength to -mingle strong drink. - - _Isaiah 5:22._ - -WOE unto him that *giveth his neighbor drink*, that putteth the bottle -to him, and maketh him drunken also. - - _Habakkuk 2:15._ - -HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. *Be -not among winebibbers*; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard -and the glutton shall *come to poverty*: and drowsiness shall clothe a -man with rags. . . . Who hath *woe*? who hath *sorrow*? who hath -*contentions*? who hath *babbling*? who hath *wounds* without cause? who -hath *redness of eyes*? They that *tarry long at the wine*; they that go -to seek mixed wine. *Look not thou upon the wine* when it is red, when -it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the -last it *biteth like a serpent*, and *stingeth like an adder*. - - _Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32._ - -WINE is a *mocker*, strong drink is *raging*: and whosoever is deceived -thereby *is not wise*. - - _Proverbs 20:1._ - -HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that *loveth wine* and -oil *shall not be rich*. - - _Proverbs 21:17._ - -AND *be not drunk with wine*, wherein is excess; but be filled with the -Spirit. - - _Ephesians 5:18._ - -BUT Daniel *purposed in his heart* that he *would not defile himself* -with the portion of the king’s meat, *nor with the wine which he drank*. - - _Daniel 1:8._ - - - - Temptation. - *How to gain the VICTORY.* - - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath no *temptation taken you but such as is common to man*: but -God is *faithful*, who will *not suffer (you)* to be *tempted above* -that *ye are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF -ESCAPE, that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE Lord *knoweth* how to *deliver the Godly out of temptation*. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -*BLESSED* is the man that *endureth temptation*: for when he is tried, . -. . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is -tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, -neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is *drawn -away of his own lust*, and enticed. - - _James 1:12-14._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage*; be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea *I will help thee*; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. - - _Isaiah 41:10._ - -FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling -of our infirmities; but was *in all points tempted like as we are*, yet -without sin. Let us *therefore* come boldly unto the throne of grace, -that we may obtain mercy, and *find grace to help in time of need*. - - _Hebrews 4:15-16._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -*RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you*. - - _James 4:7._ - -Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39. - - - - Unpardonable Sin. - - -REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you -have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result -of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, *not willing that any -should perish, but that all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able to save them to the uttermost* that come unto God -by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings -or conditions are. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the *name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -Show just what the unpardonable sin is? - -WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be -forgiven unto men: *but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost* shall not -be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of -man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy -Ghost, *it shall not be forgiven him*, neither in this world, neither in -the world to come. - - _Matthew 12:31-32._ - -VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, -and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall -blaspheme against the *Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness*, but is in -danger of *eternal damnation*. - - _Mark 3:28-29._ - - - - Unforgiveness. - *For those who will not forgive.* - - -Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive -you. - -THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy -brother *hath aught against thee*; Leave there thy gift before the -altar, *and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother*, and then -come and offer thy gift. - - _Matthew 5:23, 24._ - -Have you forgiven *all*? - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven may *forgive you your trespasses*. - -*BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father* which is in heaven -*forgive your trespasses*. - - _Mark 11:25, 26._ - -AND be ye *kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another*, -even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. - - _Ephesians 4:32._ - -FOR if ye *forgive men their trespasses*, your heavenly Father will also -forgive you: - -*But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father -forgive your trespasses*. - - _Matthew 6:14, 15._ - -PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of -mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; -Forbearing one another, *and forgiving one another*, if any man have a -quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. - - _Colossians 3:12, 13._ - -If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God -to forgive you. - -LET all *bitterness*, and *wrath*, and *anger*, and *clamour* and *evil -speaking, be put away* from you *with all malice*. - - _Ephesians 4:31._ - - - - Worldly Amusements. - *"I see no HARM in them"* - - -*LOVE not the world*, neither the things that are in the world. *If any -man love the world*, the love of the Father is not in him. - - _I John 2:15._ - -WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will *eat no flesh* -while the world standeth, *lest I make my brother to offend*. - - _I Corinthians 8:13_ - -Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not -give up something? - -AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all *in the name of the Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, *do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31_ - -*BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*. - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -*NO man can serve two masters*: for either he will hate the one, and -love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, -*Ye cannot serve God and mammon*. - - _Matthew 6:24._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that *the friendship of the -world is enmity with God*. - - _James 4:4_ - -WHEREFORE *come out* from among them, and *be ye separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17_ - -NO man that warreth *entangleth himself with the affairs of this life*; -that he may *please him* who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - - _II Timothy 2:4_ - -FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore *glorify God in your body*, -and in your spirit, which are God’s. - - _I Corinthians 6:20_ - -*WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes*: but -know thou, that *for all these things* God will *bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - -KNOW ye not that ye are *the temple of God*, and that the *Spirit of God -dwelleth in you*? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God -destroy; for the *temple of God is holy, which temple ye are*. - - _I Corinthians 3:16, 17._ - -DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room -floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your -body is that temple. - -THEY profess that they know God; *but in works they deny him*, being -abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. - - _Titus 1:16._ - -When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you -confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can -you ask a blessing on it. - -BE careful for nothing; *but in every thing by prayer and supplication* -with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, *or whatsoever ye do, do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God? - -*BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*: for what -fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion -hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or -what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? *And what agreement -hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living -God*: - - _II Corinthians 6:14-16._ - -Some say: “All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our -dances.” - -I must say with Paul: - -IF any man preach *any other gospel unto you* than that *ye* have -received, *let him be accursed*. - - _Galatians 1:9._ - - - - Young Converts. - *What they should do.* - - -By doing these *four* things nobody can write backslider after your -name. - -*1st. Every day say something To GOD.* - -*PRAY* without ceasing. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -BE careful for nothing; but in *everything by prayer and supplication -with thanksgiving* let your *requests be made known unto God*. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -IF *ye abide in me*, and *my words abide* in *you*, ye *shall ask* what -ye will, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye pray, -believe that ye receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -CALL *unto me, and I will answer thee*, and show ye great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that *ye* -may be healed. The *effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man -availeth much*. - - _James 5:16._ - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -EVENING, and *morning*, and at *noon*, will I *pray*, and cry *aloud*: -and He *shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -IF my people which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves*, and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin*, and will heal their -land. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - -Neglect praying, and you will backslide. - -*2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.* - -SEARCH *the scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -THY *words were* found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of my heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -STUDY *to show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY *word have I hid in mine heart*, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is -the *word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -THY word is a *lamp* unto my *feet*, and a *light* unto my *path*. - - _Psalm 119:105._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to -you. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt -*meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -way prosperous, and then thou *shalt have good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -*3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men him will *I also deny before my Father* which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -LET your *light so shine before men* that they may *see your good -works*, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and my words*, in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the *Son of man* be -ashamed. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -WHOSOEVER shall *confess that Jesus is the Son of God*, God dwelleth in -him, and he in God. - - _I John 4:15._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -RETURN *to thine house, and shew* how great things God hath done unto -thee. - - _Luke 8:39._ - -AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny -himself, and *take up his cross daily*, and follow me. - - _Luke 9:23._ - -*4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.* - -THEREFORE my beloved brethren, *be steadfast, unmovable, always -abounding in the work* of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature.* - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AS we *have therefore opportunity, let us do good* unto all men. - - _Galatians 6:10._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -LET him know that he which converteth *the sinner* from the error of his -way *shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins*. - - _James 5:20._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -AND whosoever shall *give to drink* unto one of these little ones *a cup -of cold water* only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, -*he shall in no wise lose his reward*. - - _Matthew 10:42._ - -IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my -brethren, *ye have done it unto me*. - - _Last clause. Matthew 25:40._ - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, -I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for they -are *white already to harvest*. - - _John 4:35._ - -HEREIN is my Father glorified that *ye bear much fruit*. - - _John 15:8._ - - - - - GENERAL INDEX - - -Age— (see “I am too young") - -Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”) - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance— How you may know you are saved - -Backslider— God’s warning to - -Backslider— How he may return - -Baptism— It follows Salvation - -Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible— (see “Scriptures”) - -Business— I will be hindered in making money - -Careless—(see “I am not concerned”) - -Ceremonies—(Do not save) see “Baptism” - -Christ—His Deity - -Christian living— Those trying to be Christians - -Christian living— Strength to hold out - -Christian living— How to grow in grace - -Christian living— Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian living— Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Church— Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship— (see “My companions keep me from Christ”) - -Confession— Confessing Christ publicly - -Consecration - -Conversion— (instantaneous) - -Converts— (see Young Converts) - -Daily Living - -Daily Prayer - -Decision—(see “Not now”) - -Deity of Christ - -Delay—(see “Not now”) - -Doubter—The honest - -Doubter—The honest (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses— I am a member of the church - -Excuses— I am good enough - -Excuses— I am not very bad - -Excuses— I am not good enough - -Excuses— I am too great a sinner - -Excuses— Not now - -Excuses— There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses— There is too much to give up - -Excuses— I can not surrender all - -Excuses— The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses— I have tried and failed - -Excuses— I can’t hold out - -Excuses— I have no feeling - -Excuses— I am not concerned - -Excuses— The Indifferent - -Excuses— Those who know not the way - -Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe - -Excuses— I can’t understand - -Excuses— I can’t see - -Excuses— My heart is too hard - -Excuses— I am too young - -Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses— It is too late - -Excuses— Don’t talk to me - -Faith—Necessary to salvation - -Feeling—(see “I have no feeling”) - -Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”) - -Formalist - -Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”) - -Friendship - -Giving (systematically) - -God—(see “Doubter”) - -Growth - -Habits - -Hell— A real place - -Hell— “God is unjust to damn” - -Hell— Condition of the lost - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see “Hypocrites”) - -Indifferent—The - -Intemperance - -Jews—Scriptures for them - -Joining the church - -Love—For your neighbor - -Moralist— Trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist— Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting— (see I am not concerned) - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule”) - -Personal Work— Its great importance - -Personal Work— Qualifications needed - -Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer - -Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer list” card - -Personal Work— Three helpful hints - -Personal Work— Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work— Fruit promised - -Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter - -Personal Work— For those Who are weak - -Personal Work— A word to the careless - -Power— God’s Keeping - -Power— God’s Keeping (also) - -Prayer— Heard and answered - -Prayer— Victory through’ prayer - -Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer - -Prayer— Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings—(Preparation for) - -Promises - -Regeneration— The new birth - -Regeneration— (Results of) - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival— How to make it a success - -Revival— What to bring to it - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The— They supply every need - -Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you - -Scriptures, The— For the Jews - -Scriptures, The— For Church members - -Scriptures, The— How to read them - -Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The— How to study them - -Scriptures, The— How to memorize - -Scriptures, The— Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Service - -Soul-Winning - -Spiritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Suggestions—(see "Converts") - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness—For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work—(see “Personal Work") - -Workers—Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Coverts - - - - - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - - -Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”) - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance—How you may know you are saved - -Christian Living— Those who are trying to be Christians - -Christian Living— Strength to hold out - -Christian Living— How to grow in grace - -Christian Living— Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian Living— Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Confession— Confessing Christ publically. - -Consecration - -Converts - -Daily Living - -Daily Living (also) - -Daily Prayer - -Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”) - -Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”) - -Giving—(systematically) - -God—(see “Doubter”) - -Growth - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites”) - -Indifferent - -Intemperance - -Jews— Scriptures for them - -Joining the Church - -Love—For your neighbor - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule") - -Personal Work— Its great importance - -Personal Work— Qualifications needed - -Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer - -Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer-list” card - -Personal Work— Three helpful hints - -Personal Work— Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work— Fruit promised - -Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter - -Personal Work— For those who are weak - -Personal Work— A word to the careless - -Pleasures—For those hindered by them - -Power—God’s Keeping - -Power—God’s Keeping (also) - -Prayer— Heard and answered - -Prayer— Victory through.’ prayer - -Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer - -Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings—preparation for - -Promises - -Regeneration— The new birth - -Regeneration— Results of - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival— How to make it a success - -Revival— What to bring to it - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Salvation— To whom offered - -Salvation— Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation— Saved alone by faith - -Salvation— What must I do to be saved - -Salvation— Proof we are saved - -Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The— They supply every need - -Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you. - -Scriptures, The— For the Jews - -Scriptures, The— For Church members - -Scriptures, The— How to read them - -Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The— How to study them - -Scriptures, The— How to memorize - -Scriptures, The— Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Self-righteousness - -Service - -Sin— (“I am not very bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also) - -Sin— Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Soul-winning - -Spritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Strength to hold out (as well) - -Suggestions—(see “Converts") - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness—For those Who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work—(see “Personal Work”) - -Workers—Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Converts - - - - - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - - -Age— (see “I am too young") - -Backslider— God’s warning to - -Backslider— How he may return to God - -Baptism— Follows Salvation - -Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible— (see Scriptures) - -Business—I will be hindered in making money - -Careless—(see, I am not concerned) - -Ceremonies—(Do not save)—see Baptism - -Christ—His Deity - -Church—Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship—(see “My companions keep me from Christ”) - -Conversion (instantaneous) - -Decision—(see “Not now”) - -Deity of Christ - -Delay—(see “Not now”) - -Doubter - -Doubter (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses— I am a member of the church - -Excuses— I am good enough - -Excuses— I am not very bad - -Excuses— I am not good enough - -Excuses— I am too great a sinner - -Excuses— Not now - -Excuses— There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses— There is too much to give up - -Excuses— I cannot surrender all - -Excuses— The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses— I have tried and failed - -Excuses— I can’t hold out - -Excuses— I have no feeling - -Excuses— I am not concerned - -Excuses— The Indifferent - -Excuses— Those Who know not the way - -Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe - -Excuses— I can’t understand - -Excuses— I can’t see - -Excuses— My heart is too hard - -Excuses— I am too young - -Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses— It is too late - -Excuses— Don’t talk to me - -Faith— Necessary to salvation - -Feeling— (see “I have no feeling”) - -Forgiveness - -Formalist - -Friendship - -God— (see "Doubter") - -Habits - -Hell— A real place - -Hell— “God is unjust to damn” - -Hell— Condition of the lost - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites) - -Indifferent, The - -Moralist—Who trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist—Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting—(see “I am not concerned”) - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule”) - -Pleasures—For those hindered by them - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Salvation— To Whom offered - -Salvation— Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation— Saved alone by faith - -Salvation— What must I do to be saved - -Salvation— Proof We are saved - -Self-righteousness - -Sin— (“I am not very bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also) - -Sin— Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness— For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Worldly Amusements - - - - - Songs: - - - - - The Bible Railway. - - - - - Consecration. - - - - - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - Transcriber’s Note - - - - Bible verse abbreviations have been changed to full book names for - consistancy. - - Corrected bible verse reference errors which did not match quoted - verse. - - Minor typographical errors have been silently corrected. - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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Seibert</p> -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: Rescue the Perishing</div> -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Fred R. Seibert</div> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: December 26, 2016 [eBook #53811]<br /> -[Most recently updated: November 18, 2022]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Peter G. Nystrom. This ebook was produced from scanned -images of a personal copy of the book.</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING ***</div> - -<h1 class="center document-title level-1 pfirst title"><span class="x-large">Rescue the Perishing</span></h1> -<div class="frontmatter"> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container titlepage"> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="bold italics x-large">RESCUE</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics small">THE</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics x-large">PERISHING</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">That ye may KNOW how ye ought to</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">ANSWER every man —— Colossians 4:6.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">which is the word of God. —— Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">ARRANGED BY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics medium">“FRED” R. SEIBERT</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">PUBLISHED BY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics x-small">THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics xx-small">WINONA LAKE, INDIANA</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">Price, 40c</cite></p> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="italics xx-small">Copyright 1921, by “Fred” R. Seibert, U. S. A.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, Eng.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container plainpage"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="italics x-large">PREFACE</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="italics x-large">This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience.</span></p> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 40%"> -<img class="align-center block center italics x-large" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt="Signature of William A. "Billy" Sunday" src="images/RTP-Sunday.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container dedication"> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 40%"> -<img class="align-center block center large" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt="Photo of "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/Fred-Seibert.jpg" /> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="large">SUNSHINE AND SMILES</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="large">“FRED” R. SEIBERT</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="large">A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS</span></p> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><em class="italics large">May my Motto be yours:</em></p> -<p class="center pnext"><strong class="bold large">Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him All Things.</strong></p> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="contents"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><span>Contents</span></h2> -<div class="container contents"> -<ul class="compact simple toc-list"> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-made-easy" id="id443">PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</a></p> -<ul class="compact toc-list"> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#assurance-nl-how-you-may-know-you-are-saved" id="id339">Assurance. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW you may KNOW you are saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#backslider-nl-gods-warning-to-the-backslider" id="id340">Backslider. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING to the backslider</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#backslider-nl-how-he-may-return-to-the-lord" id="id341">Backslider. -<span class="bold small sub">How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#baptism-nl-commanded-by-god-practiced-by-christ-and-others" id="id342">Baptism. -<span class="bold small sub">COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#baptism-nl-it-follows-salvation-baptized-because-saved" id="id343">Baptism. -<span class="bold small sub">It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#business-nl-i-will-be-hindered-in-making-money" id="id344">Business. -<span class="bold small sub">I will be HINDERED in making money.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-those-trying-to-be-christians" id="id345">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Those TRYING to be Christians.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-strength-for-holding-out" id="id346">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">STRENGTH for holding out.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-how-to-grow-in-grace" id="id347">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">How to GROW In grace.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-results-of-keeping-close-to-christ" id="id348">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-results-following-repentance-and-faith" id="id349">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#church-the-nl-must-i-join-to-be-a-christian" id="id350">Church, The- -<span class="bold small sub">Must I JOIN to be a Christian?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#confession-nl-confusing-christ-publicly" id="id351">Confession. -<span class="bold small sub">Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#consecration" id="id352">Consecration.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christ-nl-his-deity" id="id353">Christ. -<span class="bold small sub">His Deity.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-science-nl-its-non-christian-character" id="id354">Christian Science. -<span class="bold small sub">Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-science-nl-god-warns-against-it" id="id355">Christian Science. -<span class="bold small sub">God warns AGAINST It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#conversions-nl-instantaneous-bible-examples" id="id356">Conversions. -<span class="bold small sub">Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#doubter-nl-one-who-is-honest" id="id357">Doubter. -<span class="bold small sub">One who is HONEST.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-a-member-of-the-church" id="id358">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am a MEMBER of the church.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-good-enough" id="id359">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am GOOD ENOUGH.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-very-bad" id="id360">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am NOT very bad.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-good-enough-to-be-a-christian" id="id361">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-too-great-a-sinner" id="id362">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am TOO GREAT a sinner.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-not-now" id="id363">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Not now.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-there-are-church-members-no-better-than-i" id="id364">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-my-companions-keep-me-from-christ" id="id365">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">My companions, Keep me from Christ.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-not-give-up-my-evil-ways" id="id366">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-there-is-too-much-to-give-up" id="id367">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">There is TOO MUCH to give up.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-not-surrender-all" id="id368">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I CAN NOT surrender all.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-the-christian-life-is-too-hard" id="id369">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">The christian life Is TOO HARD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-have-tried-and-failed" id="id370">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have tried and FAILED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#id3" id="id371">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have TRIED and FAILED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-cant-hold-out-gods-keeping-power" id="id372">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-have-no-feeling" id="id373">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have no FEELING.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-concerned" id="id374">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am not CONCERNED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-the-indifferent-neglecting-his-soul" id="id375">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-those-who-know-not-the-way" id="id376">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Those who KNOW NOT the way.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-dont-know-what-or-how-to-believe" id="id377">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-cant-understand-the-bible" id="id378">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can’t understand the Bible.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-t-see-my-way-clear" id="id379">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can't see my way CLEAR.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-my-heart-is-too-hard" id="id380">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">My heart is TOO HARD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-too-young" id="id381">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am TOO YOUNG.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-believe-every-one-will-be-saved" id="id382">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-it-is-too-late-for-me-to-be-saved" id="id383">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-dont-talk-to-me-or-i-will-leave" id="id384">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#formalists-nl-one-who-trusts-in-forms-and-ceremonies" id="id385">Formalists. -<span class="bold small sub">One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#giving-nl-systematically-one-tenth-of-your-income" id="id386">Giving. -<span class="bold small sub">(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-god-in-unjust-and-cruel-to-damn-any-one" id="id387">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-a-real-place" id="id388">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">A real PLACE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-condition-of-the-lost" id="id389">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">CONDITION of the lost.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#holiness-nl-christ-with-in-you-sanctifying-the-life" id="id390">Holiness. -<span class="bold small sub">Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#holy-spirit-nl-his-work-among-men" id="id391">Holy Spirit. -<span class="bold small sub">His WORK among men.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hypocrites-nl-too-many-in-the-church" id="id392">Hypocrites. -<span class="bold small sub">Too many IN THE CHURCH.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#love-nl-for-your-neighbor" id="id393">Love. -<span class="bold small sub">For your NEIGHBOR.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-self-righteousness" id="id394">Moralist. -<span class="bold small sub">Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-good-works-to-save" id="id395">Moralist. -<span class="bold small sub">Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-its-great-importance" id="id396">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Its Great IMPORTANCE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-qualifications-needed" id="id397">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">QUALIFICATIONS needed.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-the-soul-winners-prayer" id="id398">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">The “soul-winner’s" prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-help-in-cottage-meetings" id="id399">Personal work. -<span class="bold small sub">Help in COTTAGE meetings.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-use-of-the-prayer-list-card" id="id400">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work" id="id401">Personal Work.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-hints-and-suggestions" id="id402">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-suggestive-scriptures" id="id403">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Suggestive Scriptures.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-fruit-promised-to-faithful-effort" id="id404">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Fruit promised to faithful effort.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-fruit-bearers-chapter" id="id405">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-for-those-who-feel-too-weak-and-are-fearful" id="id406">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-a-word-to-the-unwilling" id="id407">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">A word to the unwilling.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#pleasures-nl-those-who-want-to-live-for-the-world" id="id408">Pleasures. -<span class="bold small sub">Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-heard-and-answered-by-god" id="id409">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">HEARD and ANSWERED by God.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-victory-through-prayer" id="id410">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">VICTORY through prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-regular-seasons-for-prayer" id="id411">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">REGULAR seasons for prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-conditions-in-answer-to-prayer" id="id412">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#regeneration-or-the-new-birth-nl-results-of-regeneration" id="id413">Regeneration, or the New Birth. -<span class="bold small sub">RESULTS of Regeneration.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#repentance-nl-a-requisite-for-salvation-what-does-it-mean" id="id414">Repentance. -<span class="bold small sub">A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#revival-the-nl-how-to-make-it-a-success" id="id415">Revival, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to make it a success.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#revival-the-nl-what-to-bring-to-it" id="id416">Revival, The. -<span class="bold small sub">What to bring to It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#ridicule-and-persecution-nl-my-friends-will-laugh-at-me" id="id417">Ridicule and Persecution. -<span class="bold small sub">My friends will LAUGH at me.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#ridicule-and-persecution-nl-encouragement-given-us" id="id418">Ridicule and Persecution. -<span class="bold small sub">Encouragement given us.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#sabbath-and-sunday-nl-how-a-christian-should-hallow-it" id="id419">Sabbath and Sunday. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-to-whom-offered-whosoever-will" id="id420">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-offered-to-the-most-sinful" id="id421">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Offered to the MOST sinful.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-saved-alone-by-faith-lost-through-unbelief" id="id422">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-what-must-i-do-to-be-saved" id="id423">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">What must I do to be saved?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-proofs-that-we-are-saved" id="id424">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Proofs that we are saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-given-by-inspiration" id="id425">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Given by inspiration.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-they-supply-every-need" id="id426">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">They supply every need.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-gods-promises-for-you" id="id427">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s promises FOR YOU.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-for-the-jews" id="id428">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">For the Jews.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-given-to-instruct-the-church-member" id="id429">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-read-them-helpful-thoughts" id="id430">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-importance-of-bible-study" id="id431">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Importance of Bible study.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-study-them" id="id432">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to study them.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-memorize" id="id433">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to memorize?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-the-word-of-god-our-testimony" id="id434">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">The word of God our TESTIMONY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#skeptic-nl-the-honest-enquirer-though-skeptical" id="id435">Skeptic. -<span class="bold small sub">The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#spiritualism-fortune-telling-nl-god-warns-against-it" id="id436">Spiritualism Fortune Telling. -<span class="bold small sub">God WARNS against It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#temperance-nl-gods-warning-against-intemperance" id="id437">Temperance. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#temptation-nl-how-to-gain-the-victory" id="id438">Temptation. -<span class="bold small sub">How to gain the VICTORY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#unpardonable-sin" id="id439">Unpardonable Sin.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#unforgiveness-nl-for-those-who-will-not-forgive" id="id440">Unforgiveness. -<span class="bold small sub">For those who will not forgive.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#worldly-amusements-nl-i-see-no-harm-in-them" id="id441">Worldly Amusements. -<span class="bold small sub">"I see no HARM in them"</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#young-converts-nl-what-they-should-do" id="id442">Young Converts. -<span class="bold small sub">What they should do.</span></a></p> -</li> -</ul> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#general-index" id="id444">GENERAL INDEX</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#index-for-christians" id="id445">INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#index-for-the-unsaved" id="id446">INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#songs" id="id450">Songs:</a></p> -<ul class="compact toc-list"> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-bible-railway" id="id447">The Bible Railway.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#id338" id="id448">Consecration.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#a-man-may-be-down-but-he-never-is-out" id="id449">A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out.</a></p> -</li> -</ul> -</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="mainmatter"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="personal-work-made-easy"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id443"><span>PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</span></a></h2> -<div class="level-3 section" id="assurance-nl-how-you-may-know-you-are-saved"> -<span id="org-page-5"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id339"><span>Assurance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW you may KNOW you are saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> you are saved, because God </span><strong class="bold">says so</strong><span> in His Word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THESE things have I written</strong><span> unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, </span><strong class="bold">that ye may know</strong><span> (not hope, or guess) that ye </span><strong class="bold">have</strong><span> (not are going to have) eternal life.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ) to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become the sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that </span><strong class="bold">he is able to keep</strong><span> that which I have committed unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and </span><strong class="bold">perhaps</strong><span> you will be saved, or you will have a </span><strong class="bold">good chance</strong><span> of being saved, or you may </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> to be saved.” No, but “thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> be saved.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth on me</strong><span> HATH everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He that believeth on the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> (not perhaps will have) everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that hath the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you </span><strong class="bold">rest fully upon God’s Word.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-6"><span>If you have </span><strong class="bold">received God’s gift</strong><span> (Jesus), you have God’s </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> for it that you </span><strong class="bold">have life</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">The life is in His Son</strong><span>. Believe this and you will </span><strong class="bold">know it</strong><span>. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the witness of the Spirit.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Spirit itself </span><strong class="bold">beareth witness</strong><span> with our spirit that we </span><strong class="bold">are</strong><span> the children of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the </span><strong class="bold">witness (record)</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span>: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath life</strong><span>; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:10,11,12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“</span><strong class="bold">These things are written</strong><span>.” Read: I John 5:13.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words </span><strong class="bold">shall not</strong><span> pass away.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Which would you rather trust, God’s </span><strong class="bold">unchanging</strong><span> Word, or your </span><strong class="bold">everchanging</strong><span> feelings? When God says a thing, it is so.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you want this evidence </span><strong class="bold">you must believe God’s word</strong><span>. If you do not, you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working in you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He that believeth not God hath </span><strong class="bold">made Him a liar</strong><span>; because he </span><strong class="bold">believeth not the record</strong><span> that God gave of His Son. And this </span><strong class="bold">is the record</strong><span>, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:10-11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 1:10</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="backslider-nl-gods-warning-to-the-backslider"> -<span id="org-page-7"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id340"><span>Backslider.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING to the backslider</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW the just shall live by faith: but </span><strong class="bold">if any man draw back</strong><span>, my soul shall have </span><strong class="bold">no pleasure in him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR it had </span><strong class="bold">been better</strong><span> for them </span><strong class="bold">not to have known</strong><span> the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, </span><strong class="bold">to turn from the holy commandment</strong><span> delivered unto them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE to him that </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> to do good, and </span><strong class="bold">doeth it not</strong><span>, to him </span><strong class="bold">it is sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in </span><strong class="bold">departing from the living God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 3:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were </span><strong class="bold">as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:</strong><span> yet </span><strong class="bold">have ye not returned</strong><span> unto me, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">prepare to meet thy God</strong><span>, O Israel.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 4:11-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then because thou art </span><strong class="bold">lukewarm</strong><span>, and neither cold nor hot, I will </span><strong class="bold">spew thee out of my mouth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you </span><strong class="bold">confess your sins</strong><span> and return to the Lord, because God says,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE backslider in heart shall be </span><strong class="bold">filled with his own ways</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 14:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God says though man’s ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> for the backslider—Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and how the Father </span><strong class="bold">welcomed his boy home!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">when he was yet a great way off</strong><span>, his father </span><strong class="bold">saw him</strong><span>, and had </span><strong class="bold">compassion</strong><span>, and ran, and fell on his neck, and </span><strong class="bold">kissed him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 15:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read the next page</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="backslider-nl-how-he-may-return-to-the-lord"> -<span id="org-page-8"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id341"><span>Backslider.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Submit to God</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">He will forgive</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, </span><strong class="bold">Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the</strong><span> Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. </span><strong class="bold">Only acknowledge thine iniquity</strong><span>, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, </span><strong class="bold">Turn, O backsliding children, saith the</strong><span> Lord; </span><strong class="bold">for I am married unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 3:12-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL heal their backsliding</strong><span>, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 14:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Confess to God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I ACKNOWLEDGED </span><strong class="bold">my sin unto</strong><span> thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, </span><strong class="bold">I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord</strong><span>; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 32:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we </span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span> our </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span>, He is </span><strong class="bold">faithful</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">just</strong><span> to forgive us our </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span>, and to </span><strong class="bold">cleanse</strong><span> us from all </span><strong class="bold">unrighteousness</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Turn to God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">turn thou to thy God</strong><span>: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on </span><strong class="bold">thy</strong><span> God continually.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 12:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up</strong><span>, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 22:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND He is the </span><strong class="bold">propitiation</strong><span> for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the </span><strong class="bold">whole world</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:2</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say they are backsliders, but are </span><strong class="bold">not</strong><span>, for they have never </span><strong class="bold">slid forward</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="baptism-nl-commanded-by-god-practiced-by-christ-and-others"> -<span id="org-page-9"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id342"><span>Baptism.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Bible plainly teaches that every believer </span><strong class="bold">should confess Christ in baptism</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, </span><strong class="bold">baptizing them</strong><span> into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:19, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem and were </span><strong class="bold">baptized of him</strong><span>, in the river of Jordan confessing their sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">JESUS was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, </span><strong class="bold">to be baptized</strong><span> of him. . . . And Jesus, </span><strong class="bold">when he was baptized</strong><span>, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:13, 16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PAUL was baptized.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 9:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The EUNUCH was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he </span><strong class="bold">baptized him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:36, 38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The JAILOR was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and </span><strong class="bold">was baptized</strong><span>, he and all his, straightway.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:33.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="baptism-nl-it-follows-salvation-baptized-because-saved"> -<span id="org-page-10"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id343"><span>Baptism.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is to </span><strong class="bold">reject</strong><span> it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it’s proper significance, and make it </span><strong class="bold">necessary to salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are to be baptized, not to </span><strong class="bold">help save ourselves</strong><span>, but, because </span><strong class="bold">Christ has already saved us</strong><span> through our acceptance of His sacrifice on the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God’s command, thus openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will avail us nothing, unless </span><strong class="bold">our heart is right toward God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Philip told the Eunuch that </span><strong class="bold">he could be baptized</strong><span> if he </span><strong class="bold">believed with all his heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Philip said, If thou </span><strong class="bold">believest with all thine heart</strong><span> thou mayest.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true </span><strong class="bold">repentance for sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YOUR </span><strong class="bold">new moons</strong><span> and your </span><strong class="bold">appointed feasts my soul hateth</strong><span>: they are a trouble unto me; </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> am weary to bear them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The </span><strong class="bold">Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,</strong><span> God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week, I give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the </span><strong class="bold">publican, standing afar off</strong><span>, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house </span><strong class="bold">justified</strong><span> rather than the other.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:10-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Pharisee was thinking to </span><strong class="bold">justify himself</strong><span> before God by his </span><strong class="bold">prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days</strong><span> but the the publican with repentance, and the </span><strong class="bold">believing cry of the sinner</strong><span>, was saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us </span><strong class="bold">not neglect</strong><span> baptism; neither think because we </span><strong class="bold">have been baptized</strong><span> that we are </span><strong class="bold">safe</strong><span>. Trust Christ </span><strong class="bold">alone</strong><span> for salvation; </span><strong class="bold">then</strong><span> be baptized.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="business-nl-i-will-be-hindered-in-making-money"> -<span id="org-page-11"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id344"><span>Business.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I will be HINDERED in making money.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What </span><strong class="bold">profit</strong><span> is there to </span><strong class="bold">YOU</strong><span>, even if you get money—pleasure—position or power— and in a few short years (at longest) you lose your soul?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you had better </span><strong class="bold">give it up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what shall it </span><strong class="bold">profit a man</strong><span>, if he shall </span><strong class="bold">gain the whole world</strong><span>, and lose his own soul? Or </span><strong class="bold">what shall a man give in exchange for his soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36-37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT seek ye </span><strong class="bold">first the kingdom of God</strong><span>, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LAY not up</strong><span> for yourselves treasures </span><strong class="bold">upon earth</strong><span>, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves </span><strong class="bold">treasures in heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that loveth silver </span><strong class="bold">shall not be satisfied with silver</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 5:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">trusteth in his riches shall fall</strong><span>: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 11:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, </span><strong class="bold">If any man</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">come</strong><span> after </span><strong class="bold">me</strong><span>, let him </span><strong class="bold">deny himself</strong><span>, and take up </span><strong class="bold">his cross</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">follow me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will save his life shall lose it: and </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">lose his life for my sake shall find it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 16:24-25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But </span><strong class="bold">he shall receive a hundredfold now</strong><span> in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and </span><strong class="bold">in the</strong><span> world to come eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 10:29-30.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-those-trying-to-be-christians"> -<span id="org-page-12"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id345"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those TRYING to be Christians.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are not saved by </span><strong class="bold">trying</strong><span>, but by </span><strong class="bold">trusting</strong><span> in what </span><strong class="bold">Christ has done for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This means:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Repentance</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET </span><strong class="bold">the wicked forsake his way</strong><span> (that’s your part), </span><strong class="bold">and the unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span> (that’s your part): </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the Lord</strong><span> (that’s your part), and </span><strong class="bold">He will have mercy upon him</strong><span>; and to our God, for He will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span> (God’s part.).</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Faith</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">by grace are ye saved through faith</strong><span>; and that not of yourselves; it is the </span><strong class="bold">gift of God</strong><span>: not of works, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8—9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">He that heareth My word</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but </span><strong class="bold">hath passed out of death into life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24. A.V. & R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Receiving</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power to become the sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Committing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">COMMIT</strong><span> thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 37:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; </span><strong class="bold">and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-strength-for-holding-out"> -<span id="org-page-13"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id346"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">STRENGTH for holding out.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> receive </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span>, after that the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost</strong><span> is come upon you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> in the Lord and in the </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> of His </span><strong class="bold">might</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PUT on the </span><strong class="bold">whole armor of God</strong><span>, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to stand</strong><span> against the </span><strong class="bold">wiles</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">devil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE take unto you the </span><strong class="bold">whole armour</strong><span> of God, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">withstand</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">evil day</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">having done all, to stand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STAND therefore, </span><strong class="bold">having your loins girt about with truth</strong><span>, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the </span><strong class="bold">helmet of salvation</strong><span>, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:16—17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH ye, </span><strong class="bold">stand fast</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">faith</strong><span>, quit you like men, </span><strong class="bold">be strong</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 16:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> and of </span><strong class="bold">good courage;</strong><span> be not </span><strong class="bold">afraid</strong><span>, neither be thou </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span>: for the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> is with thee </span><strong class="bold">whithersoever thou goest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is my </span><strong class="bold">light and</strong><span> my </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span>; whom </span><strong class="bold">shall I fear</strong><span>? the Lord is the </span><strong class="bold">strength</strong><span> of my </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>; of whom </span><strong class="bold">shall I be afraid</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND He said unto me, My </span><strong class="bold">grace is sufficient</strong><span> for thee: for my </span><strong class="bold">strength</strong><span> is made perfect in </span><strong class="bold">weakness</strong><span>. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN </span><strong class="bold">do</strong><span> ALL THINGS </span><strong class="bold">through Christ</strong><span> which strenghteneth me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-how-to-grow-in-grace"> -<span id="org-page-14"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id347"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to GROW In grace.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God's commands, covenant to do the following things </span><strong class="bold">daily; pray, study</strong><span> your Bible, </span><strong class="bold">confess Christ</strong><span>, try to </span><strong class="bold">lead souls</strong><span> to Christ, and </span><strong class="bold">seek the society</strong><span> of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says concerning these things, and their importance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Daily prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY </span><strong class="bold">without ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH ye therefore and pray </span><strong class="bold">always</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 21:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MEN ought </span><strong class="bold">always</strong><span> to pray.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL therefore that men </span><strong class="bold">pray every where</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 2:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CALL unto me and I will answer thee</strong><span>; and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Daily STUDY of God’s Word.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is </span><strong class="bold">able to build you up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all </span><strong class="bold">readiness of mind</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the Scriptures daily</strong><span>, whether those things were so.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">STUDY</strong><span> to show thyself </span><strong class="bold">approved</strong><span> unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing</strong><span> the word of truth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span> the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY words were found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and thy word was unto me </span><strong class="bold">the joy and rejoicing of mine heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Make this last verse your prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou mine eyes, </span><strong class="bold">that I may behold</strong><span> wondrous things out of thy law.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-15"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your </span><strong class="bold">light so shine before men</strong><span>, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are my </span><strong class="bold">witnesses</strong><span>, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SING unto the Lord, bless his name; </span><strong class="bold">shew forth</strong><span> his salvation </span><strong class="bold">from day to day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 96:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32—33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and </span><strong class="bold">bring forth fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on me, </span><strong class="bold">the works that I do shall he do also</strong><span>; and greater works than these shall he do.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to </span><strong class="bold">teach and preach Jesus Christ</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WE then, as </span><strong class="bold">workers together with him</strong><span>, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the council of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but </span><strong class="bold">a companion of fools shall be destroyed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-results-of-keeping-close-to-christ"> -<span id="org-page-16"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id348"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.</span></a></h3> -<div class="container"> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">own soul</strong><span> will be enriched.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Persons will be </span><strong class="bold">saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Christians will be </span><strong class="bold">built up</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your church will become </span><strong class="bold">aggressive</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>The word of God will be </span><strong class="bold">honored</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ will be </span><strong class="bold">glorified</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>The Holy Ghost </span><strong class="bold">will not be grieved</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> for any work.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">devoted</strong><span> to Jesus Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">successful</strong><span> because faithful.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>New </span><strong class="bold">methods</strong><span> will be used.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">influence</strong><span> will be more telling.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your life will be </span><strong class="bold">less selfish</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">expectations</strong><span> will be more heavenly.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">joy</strong><span> will be more abiding.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> will be brighter.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">courage</strong><span> more undaunted.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span> more acceptable to God.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>In life you will be </span><strong class="bold">active</strong><span>; in death you will be </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span>; in heaven you will </span><strong class="bold">shine</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Some PROMISES to encourage us.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall </span><strong class="bold">find rest unto your souls</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR my </span><strong class="bold">yoke is easy</strong><span>, and my burden is </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:29—30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT if we </span><strong class="bold">walk in the light</strong><span>, as he is in the light, </span><strong class="bold">we have fellowship</strong><span> one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DRAW nigh </span><strong class="bold">to God</strong><span>, and he </span><strong class="bold">will draw</strong><span> nigh to you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall </span><strong class="bold">never suffer the righteous to be moved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU wilt </span><strong class="bold">keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 26:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-results-following-repentance-and-faith"> -<span id="org-page-17"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id349"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Through coming to Christ a man,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, he that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word, and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins</strong><span>, and ye shall receive the </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span> of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN they that gladly received his word were </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>: and the same day there </span><strong class="bold">were added</strong><span> unto them about </span><strong class="bold">three thousand souls</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:41—42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Has God’s PROMISES</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Is called to SERVICE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 13:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Possesses HEAVEN</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to </span><strong class="bold">prepare a place for you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:2</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="church-the-nl-must-i-join-to-be-a-christian"> -<span id="org-page-18"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id350"><span>Church, The-</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Must I JOIN to be a Christian?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not join the Church unless you are saved—If you are saved, you will </span><strong class="bold">want to join the church</strong><span>, and you can not live as useful a life out of the church as in it, and the church needs your help.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were </span><strong class="bold">added unto them</strong><span> about three thousand souls.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they </span><strong class="bold">continued steadfastly</strong><span> in the apostles’ </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">fellowship</strong><span>, and in the </span><strong class="bold">breaking of bread</strong><span>, and in </span><strong class="bold">prayers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and </span><strong class="bold">breaking bread from house to house</strong><span>, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. </span><strong class="bold">And the Lord added unto the church daily such as should be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall </span><strong class="bold">subscribe with his hand unto the Lord</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT </span><strong class="bold">forsaking the assembling of ourselves together</strong><span>, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by Christ— When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as the church is His bride.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us </span><strong class="bold">join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant</strong><span> that shall </span><strong class="bold">not be forgotten</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 50:5.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="confession-nl-confusing-christ-publicly"> -<span id="org-page-19"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id351"><span>Confession.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Confess</strong><span> Christ, or He will </span><strong class="bold">deny</strong><span> us.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall be </span><strong class="bold">ashamed of me and of my words</strong><span> in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall </span><strong class="bold">the Son of man be ashamed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALSO I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall confess me before men</strong><span>, him shall the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that </span><strong class="bold">denieth me before men</strong><span> shall be denied before the angels of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We should confess Christ, not only to </span><strong class="bold">honor Him</strong><span>, but because of the </span><strong class="bold">influence we may have on others</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew Simon Peter’s brother.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He first findeth his own brother Simon and </span><strong class="bold">saith unto him, we have found the Messias</strong><span>, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he </span><strong class="bold">brought him to Jesus</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:40—42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but </span><strong class="bold">because of the Pharisees they did not confess him</strong><span>, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they </span><strong class="bold">loved the praise of men</strong><span> more than the praise of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 12:42—43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Mark 5:15-20</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="consecration"> -<span id="org-page-20"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id352"><span>Consecration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye </span><strong class="bold">present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God</strong><span>, which is your reasonable service.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET us </span><strong class="bold">lay aside every weight</strong><span>, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 12:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye </span><strong class="bold">eat</strong><span>, or </span><strong class="bold">drink</strong><span>, or </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever </span><strong class="bold">ye do in word or deed, do all in the name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus</strong><span>, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:17.</cite></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>Dear Savior, help me every day</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>To live more nearly as I pray;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>I would walk daily by thy side,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And trust in thee whate’er betide.</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>Help me to live so near to thee</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Thy likeness may be seen in me;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Make me so gentle, kind and true</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That I will do as thou wouldst do.</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>To win some precious souls for thee.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>My errand here on earth would be;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And every day till thou shalt come</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>To do some good, to help some one.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His disciple.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the </span><strong class="bold">means of some good</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christ-nl-his-deity"> -<span id="org-page-21"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id353"><span>Christ.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">His Deity.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we have several titles </span><strong class="bold">applied to Christ in the New Testament</strong><span> that are </span><strong class="bold">applied to Jehovah</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">Old Testament</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, </span><strong class="bold">preaching peace by Jesus Christ</strong><span>: (He is Lord of all).</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT we speak the wisdom of God </span><strong class="bold">in a mystery</strong><span>, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they </span><strong class="bold">would not have crucified the Lord of glory</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:7—8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Thomas answered and said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">My Lord and my God</strong><span>. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are written, that ye </span><strong class="bold">might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God</strong><span>; and that believing ye might have life through his name.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:28-29, 31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER believeth </span><strong class="bold">that Jesus is the Christ is born of God</strong><span>: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. . . . Who is he that </span><strong class="bold">overcometh</strong><span> the world, but he </span><strong class="bold">that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:1, 5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO </span><strong class="bold">is a liar</strong><span> but </span><strong class="bold">he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ</strong><span>? He is anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever </span><strong class="bold">denieth the Son</strong><span>, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father </span><strong class="bold">also</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:22-23.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-science-nl-its-non-christian-character"> -<span id="org-page-22"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id354"><span>Christian Science.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor “Science” for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many truths of the Bible.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A personal God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, “God is mind. He is divine principle, </span><strong class="bold">not person</strong><span>,” “He and the universe are the same," or “He is the ‘substance’ and the universe and man are ‘manifestations.’ ”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Christian says:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OUR </span><strong class="bold">Father</strong><span> which art in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Christ and His Atonement.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they maintain that there is </span><strong class="bold">no real body</strong><span>, and if no body, then no suffering—therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The belief that you have </span><strong class="bold">no real body</strong><span> enables you to dispose of the question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of personal responsibility to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. A personal devil.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Mrs. Eddy says, “A lie is all the devil there is.” Vol. 2, Page 85. See scripture pages </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">104</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>and </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">118.</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. The reality of prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book says, “Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to the folly of such heresies:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that </span><strong class="bold">confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-science-nl-god-warns-against-it"> -<span id="org-page-23"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id355"><span>Christian Science.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God warns AGAINST It.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND every spirit that </span><strong class="bold">confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God</strong><span>: and this is that </span><strong class="bold">spirit</strong><span> of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he hath </span><strong class="bold">made him to be sin for us</strong><span>, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR many </span><strong class="bold">deceivers are entered into the world</strong><span>, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II John 1:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO his </span><strong class="bold">own self bare our sins in his own body</strong><span> on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and </span><strong class="bold">without shedding of blood is no remission</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, </span><strong class="bold">I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the </span><strong class="bold">mystery of iniquity</strong><span> doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that </span><strong class="bold">Wicked be revealed</strong><span>, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and </span><strong class="bold">shall destroy with the brightness of his coming</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 2:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND no marvel; for </span><strong class="bold">Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 11:14.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="conversions-nl-instantaneous-bible-examples"> -<span id="org-page-24"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id356"><span>Conversions.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God says you can be saved AT ONCE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LOOK unto me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">be ye saved</strong><span>, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 45:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The thief believed and was saved the </span><strong class="bold">same day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">To day shalt thou be with me in paradise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 23:42-43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The woman believed and was saved the </span><strong class="bold">same hour</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto her, </span><strong class="bold">Thy sins are forgiven</strong><span>. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman, </span><strong class="bold">Thy faith hath saved thee;</strong><span> go in peace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 7:48-50.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God wants you to turn from your sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man </span><strong class="bold">his thoughts</strong><span>: and let him </span><strong class="bold">return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and he </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> have mercy upon him: </span><strong class="bold">and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will </span><strong class="bold">ask and obey</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE . . . that believeth, </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> (not will have) everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to </span><strong class="bold">me, I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="doubter-nl-one-who-is-honest"> -<span id="org-page-25"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id357"><span>Doubter.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">One who is HONEST.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">“HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">word was made flesh</strong><span>, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man hath seen God at any time, the </span><strong class="bold">only begotten Son</strong><span> which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed, blessed are they that </span><strong class="bold">have not seen and yet have believed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these are </span><strong class="bold">written</strong><span>, that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son of God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life through His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, </span><strong class="bold">because ye are not of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealing with the Samaritans.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the </span><strong class="bold">Father that dwelleth in me</strong><span>, He doeth the works.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye shall ask in </span><strong class="bold">my name, that will I do</strong><span>, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-a-member-of-the-church"> -<span id="org-page-26"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id358"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am a MEMBER of the church.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Church membership </span><strong class="bold">alone does not save any one</strong><span>. Jesus made this act very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord</strong><span>, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; </span><strong class="bold">but he that doeth the will of my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord</strong><span>, have we not </span><strong class="bold">prophesied in thy name</strong><span>? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, </span><strong class="bold">I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, </span><strong class="bold">and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and </span><strong class="bold">it fell</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">great was the fall of it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:24-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The great question is, </span><strong class="bold">Have I been born of God</strong><span>, and am I </span><strong class="bold">showing by my life</strong><span> that I am a child of God?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">except a man be BORN AGAIN, he</strong><span> cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-good-enough"> -<span id="org-page-27"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id359"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am GOOD ENOUGH.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may </span><strong class="bold">think</strong><span> you are, but </span><strong class="bold">God does not</strong><span>.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He says you are a sinner!</span></p> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR all have sinned</strong><span>, and come short of the glory of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS it is written, </span><strong class="bold">There is none</strong><span> righteous, no, </span><strong class="bold">not one</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR there is </span><strong class="bold">not a just man upon earth</strong><span>, that doeth good, and sinneth not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 7:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned </span><strong class="bold">every one</strong><span> to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 53:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week</strong><span>, I </span><strong class="bold">give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house </span><strong class="bold">justified rather than the other</strong><span>: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that </span><strong class="bold">humbleth himself shall be exalted</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:9-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Not only would God show you that </span><strong class="bold">you are a sinner</strong><span>, but He would warn you of the </span><strong class="bold">consequences</strong><span> of sin, and the </span><strong class="bold">judgement that follows.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE wages of sin is </span><strong class="bold">death</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that sinneth </span><strong class="bold">it shall die</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 18:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE sure your sin </span><strong class="bold">will find you out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 32:23.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-very-bad"> -<span id="org-page-28"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id360"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am NOT very bad.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE is </span><strong class="bold">no difference</strong><span>: For </span><strong class="bold">all have sinned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY are </span><strong class="bold">all gone aside</strong><span>, they are </span><strong class="bold">all together become filthy</strong><span>: there is </span><strong class="bold">none that doeth good</strong><span>, no, not one.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 14:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE IS </span><strong class="bold">not a just man upon earth</strong><span>, that doeth good, and sinneth not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 7:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is written, </span><strong class="bold">Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things</strong><span> which are written in the book of the law </span><strong class="bold">to do them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 3:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let me ask you, have you kept all of God’s law? You say, “no, of course not; no one has.” Very good; your admitting that you have failed convicts you, for we read.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER</strong><span> shall keep the </span><strong class="bold">whole law</strong><span>, and yet offend in </span><strong class="bold">one point</strong><span>, he is </span><strong class="bold">guilty of all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Break </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span> link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span> of God’s Commandments, and you are </span><strong class="bold">under the curse</strong><span> of a broken law as truly as you would be if you broke all of them. While there are </span><strong class="bold">degrees</strong><span> of sin, there is </span><strong class="bold">no difference</strong><span> as to the fact of guilt before God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; </span><strong class="bold">but God knoweth your hearts</strong><span>: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you keep God's greatest Commandment?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> thy heart, and with </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> thy soul, and with all thy mind.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:37-38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Scripture hath concluded </span><strong class="bold">all under sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 3:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 18:10-14.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-good-enough-to-be-a-christian"> -<span id="org-page-29"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id361"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus came to </span><strong class="bold">save sinners</strong><span>, and not the righteous!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick</strong><span>. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to </span><strong class="bold">call the righteous, but sinners</strong><span> to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 9:12-13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LET the wicked forsake his way</strong><span> (that’s your part), </span><strong class="bold">and the unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span> (that’s your part): </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the Lord</strong><span> (that’s your part), and He will have </span><strong class="bold">mercy</strong><span> upon him; and to our God, for </span><strong class="bold">He will abundantly pardon</strong><span>. (God’s part.)</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of Man is come </span><strong class="bold">to seek</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">to save</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now and let us </span><strong class="bold">reason together</strong><span>, saith the Lord; though your </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white</strong><span> as </span><strong class="bold">snow</strong><span>; though they be red like </span><strong class="bold">crimson</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to </span><strong class="bold">save sinners</strong><span>; of whom </span><strong class="bold">I am the chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ALL</strong><span> that the Father giveth me shall </span><strong class="bold">come</strong><span> to me; and him that </span><strong class="bold">cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration, Mark 5:25-34.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-too-great-a-sinner"> -<span id="org-page-30"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id362"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am TOO GREAT a sinner.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as most people have a </span><strong class="bold">very good opinion of themselves</strong><span>. When one sees his or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there is forgiveness.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world </span><strong class="bold">to save sinners; of whom I am chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is </span><strong class="bold">come to seek and save that which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you </span><strong class="bold">may be saved</strong><span>, because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin you have God’s Word for it that </span><strong class="bold">you are forgiven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and </span><strong class="bold">let him return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">He will have mercy</strong><span> upon him; and to our God, for </span><strong class="bold">He will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but </span><strong class="bold">whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 28:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">call</strong><span> upon the name of the Lord </span><strong class="bold">shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER will</strong><span>, let him </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">water</strong><span> of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“</span><strong class="bold">Whosoever</strong><span> means any one, and </span><strong class="bold">you too</strong><span>."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to </span><strong class="bold">me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here is the plain promise that “</span><strong class="bold">if you come</strong><span>”, you </span><strong class="bold">will not</strong><span> be “cast out.” Will you come?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE He is able also to </span><strong class="bold">save them to the uttermost</strong><span> that come unto God by him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are among the “uttermost” ones, </span><strong class="bold">come now</strong><span> and rejoice in a full salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 4:7-30.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-not-now"> -<span id="org-page-31"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id363"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Not now.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME; for all things are </span><strong class="bold">now ready</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">TODAY</strong><span> if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 3:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEEK ye the Lord </span><strong class="bold">while He may be found</strong><span>, call ye upon Him </span><strong class="bold">while He is near</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD, </span><strong class="bold">now is the accepted time</strong><span>; behold, now is </span><strong class="bold">the day of salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BOAST not</strong><span> thyself of </span><strong class="bold">tomorrow</strong><span>; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO to now, ye that say, </span><strong class="bold">today or tomorrow we will go</strong><span> into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This may be your </span><strong class="bold">last opportunity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL say to </span><strong class="bold">my soul</strong><span>, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up </span><strong class="bold">for many years</strong><span>; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, ‘there is time enough?’ How do you know it? God says:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MY</strong><span> spirit </span><strong class="bold">shall not always</strong><span> strive </span><strong class="bold">with</strong><span> man.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PREPARE to meet thy God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">be ye also ready</strong><span>: for in such an hour as ye think not the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man cometh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:44.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH therefore, </span><strong class="bold">for ye know neither the day</strong><span> nor </span><strong class="bold">the hour</strong><span> wherein </span><strong class="bold">the Son of man cometh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Acts 24:24-27.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-there-are-church-members-no-better-than-i"> -<span id="org-page-32"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id364"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you look at them, the more you are apt to </span><strong class="bold">be like them</strong><span>, and if they are lost, and you are not saved, you </span><strong class="bold">both will perish together</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">thou art inexcusable,</strong><span> O man, whosoever thou art that </span><strong class="bold">judgest</strong><span>: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; </span><strong class="bold">for thou that judgest doest the same things</strong><span>. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. </span><strong class="bold">And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest</strong><span> them which do such things, and </span><strong class="bold">doest the same, that thou</strong><span> shalt escape the judgments of God?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 2:1-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">JUDGE not</strong><span>, that ye not judged. For </span><strong class="bold">with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged</strong><span>: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. </span><strong class="bold">And why beholdest thou the mote</strong><span> that is in thy brother’s eye, but </span><strong class="bold">considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye</strong><span>? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let </span><strong class="bold">me pull</strong><span> out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? </span><strong class="bold">Thou hypocrite</strong><span>, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt </span><strong class="bold">thou see clearly</strong><span> to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:1-5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give an account of </span><strong class="bold">himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Account of “</span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span>”, not his neighbor.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we must </span><strong class="bold">all appear before the judgment seat of Christ</strong><span>; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-33"><span>You had better </span><strong class="bold">save your own soul</strong><span>, and try to help others than criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the counterfeit dollar proves the genuine.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may as well argue “Don’t deposit money in a bank, there are men in the banking business that have embezzled. Don’t join the lodge or trades unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There are hypocrites everywhere.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Remember</strong><span>—When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those hyporites will be left on the </span><strong class="bold">outside of the gate</strong><span>, on </span><strong class="bold">your</strong><span> side, unless you repent, and you will have to spend </span><strong class="bold">all eternity with them</strong><span>. Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the Church, than to spend </span><strong class="bold">all eternity</strong><span> with them elsewhere? You must spend some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give </span><strong class="bold">account of himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, </span><strong class="bold">every knee shall bow to me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">every tongue shall confess to God.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your soul through looking at inconsistent christians.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized shall be saved; but</strong><span> he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves</strong><span>; it is the </span><strong class="bold">gift of God</strong><span>; not of works, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8, 9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 21:19-22.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-my-companions-keep-me-from-christ"> -<span id="org-page-34"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id365"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My companions, Keep me from Christ.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Great blessing awaits those who will </span><strong class="bold">turn from bad associates</strong><span>, but the curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and see—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth </span><strong class="bold">in</strong><span> the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: </span><strong class="bold">but a companion of fools shall be destroyed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ENTER not into the </span><strong class="bold">path of the wicked</strong><span>, and go not in the </span><strong class="bold">way of evil men</strong><span>. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and </span><strong class="bold">pass away</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 4:14—15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not</strong><span>. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse: </span><strong class="bold">My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the </span><strong class="bold">friendship of the</strong><span> world </span><strong class="bold">is enmity with God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness!</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a clean life—Begin now.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">come out from among them</strong><span>, and be ye </span><strong class="bold">separate</strong><span>, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-not-give-up-my-evil-ways"> -<span id="org-page-35"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id366"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> give you power to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, </span><strong class="bold">why not for you</strong><span>?”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN do all things through </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span> which </span><strong class="bold">strengtheneth me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, </span><strong class="bold">All power is given unto me in heaven</strong><span> and in </span><strong class="bold">earth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Christ came with power from heaven </span><strong class="bold">for you</strong><span>, if you will appropriate it—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath </span><strong class="bold">no temptation</strong><span> taken you but such as is common to man: but </span><strong class="bold">God is faithful</strong><span>, who will not </span><strong class="bold">suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able</strong><span>; but will with the temptation also </span><strong class="bold">make a way to escape</strong><span>, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This verse shows that your temptations are “</span><strong class="bold">common</strong><span>” to men, and not peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">he is able also to save</strong><span> to the uttermost </span><strong class="bold">them that come unto God by Him</strong><span>, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As you </span><strong class="bold">think on your evil ways</strong><span>, think of what God says concerning the life of sin, and be warned by it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he that soweth to his </span><strong class="bold">flesh shall</strong><span> of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that soweth to the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR the wages of sin is death</strong><span>; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-there-is-too-much-to-give-up"> -<span id="org-page-36"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id367"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">There is TOO MUCH to give up.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Is it because of your </span><strong class="bold">business</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">a desire to make money</strong><span>, that you are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the </span><strong class="bold">question</strong><span> God puts to you!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what </span><strong class="bold">shall it profit a man,</strong><span> if </span><strong class="bold">he shall gain the whole world</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">lose his own soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God only asks you to give up that which </span><strong class="bold">is not for your own good</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Lord God is a </span><strong class="bold">sun</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">shield</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">give grace</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">glory; no good thing will he withhold</strong><span> from them that </span><strong class="bold">walk uprightly.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 84:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God gave up his son </span><strong class="bold">to die for your sins</strong><span>, and will </span><strong class="bold">now supply all your needs</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that spared not His </span><strong class="bold">own Son</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">delivered him up</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">us all</strong><span>, how shall he not with him also </span><strong class="bold">freely give us all things</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less important will be provided later.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> ye first the </span><strong class="bold">kingdom of God</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">His righteousness</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">all these things shall</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">added unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By giving up </span><strong class="bold">worldly things, you will receive manifold more</strong><span> in return in spiritual blessing.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath </span><strong class="bold">left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children</strong><span>, for the kingdom of God’s sake, -Who shall not receive </span><strong class="bold">manifold more in this present time</strong><span>, and in the </span><strong class="bold">world to come</strong><span> life everlasting.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:29-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he that </span><strong class="bold">soweth to his flesh</strong><span> shall of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">soweth to the Spirit</strong><span> shall of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus said, “Ye can not serve </span><strong class="bold">two</strong><span> masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you will serve </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span>,—Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil pays, “</span><strong class="bold">the wages of death</strong><span>,” (Romans 6:23) but Christ </span><strong class="bold">gives eternal life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-not-surrender-all"> -<span id="org-page-37"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id368"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I CAN NOT surrender all.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some think it means too much sacrifice.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever will save his life </span><strong class="bold">shall lose it</strong><span>; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same </span><strong class="bold">shall save it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath </span><strong class="bold">left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands</strong><span> for my sake, and the gospel’s; but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 10:29-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Can you not </span><strong class="bold">give up some thing</strong><span> for Christ, who has done so much for you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that </span><strong class="bold">ye through his</strong><span> poverty might be </span><strong class="bold">rich</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 8:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Paul</strong><span> gave up </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> for Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT what things were </span><strong class="bold">gain to me</strong><span>, those </span><strong class="bold">I counted loss</strong><span> for Christ.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 3:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If we follow Christ, </span><strong class="bold">as we should</strong><span>, we will be called to make </span><strong class="bold">some sacrifice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that </span><strong class="bold">forsaketh not all that he hath</strong><span>, he cannot be my disciple.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are </span><strong class="bold">strengthened</strong><span> however in our suffering when we recall the promise.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF we suffer, we shall also reign</strong><span> with him: if we deny him, he also will deny </span><strong class="bold">us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:12.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-the-christian-life-is-too-hard"> -<span id="org-page-38"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id369"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The christian life Is TOO HARD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about this; they may have tried to </span><strong class="bold">reform in their own strength</strong><span>, but they know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls </span><strong class="bold">to save, keep</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">deliver</strong><span> them—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this is the love of God, that we </span><strong class="bold">keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HER ways are </span><strong class="bold">ways of pleasantness</strong><span>, and all her </span><strong class="bold">paths are peace</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU wilt show me the </span><strong class="bold">path</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>: in thy presence is </span><strong class="bold">fullness of joy</strong><span>; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 16:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Lord God is a </span><strong class="bold">sun</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">shield</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">give grace</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">glory: no good thing will be withhold</strong><span> from them that </span><strong class="bold">walk uprightly</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 84:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the </span><strong class="bold">sinful</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">rebellious</strong><span> life that is hard.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a few moments, but these are like the foam on the “soda water” that passes quickly, they do not give true satisfaction.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GOOD understanding </span><strong class="bold">giveth</strong><span> favor: but the </span><strong class="bold">way of transgressors is hard</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the wicked are </span><strong class="bold">like the troubled sea</strong><span>, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 57:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE is </span><strong class="bold">no peace</strong><span>, saith my God, unto the wicked.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 57:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and </span><strong class="bold">walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes</strong><span>: but know thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things God will bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-have-tried-and-failed"> -<span id="org-page-39"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id370"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have tried and FAILED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You say you have tried and failed!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Was it God’s fault, or your own?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us call your attention to a </span><strong class="bold">few things it done by you</strong><span>, will assure you success in the Christian life—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me </span><strong class="bold">with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. You must OBEY GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye be willing and </span><strong class="bold">obedient</strong><span>, ye shall eat the good of the land.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. You must PRAY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE have not, </span><strong class="bold">because ye ask not</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his </span><strong class="bold">ears are open unto their prayers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. JOIN the church!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have not joined the church, </span><strong class="bold">you ought to do so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall </span><strong class="bold">subscribe with his hand unto the Lord</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:5.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="id3"> -<span id="org-page-40"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id371"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have TRIED and FAILED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You say you have tried and failed!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>May I ask you a few questions?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you began the Christian life, did you:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Trust Christ’s FINISHED WORK alone?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO his own self </span><strong class="bold">bare our sins in his own body on the tree</strong><span>, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes </span><strong class="bold">ye were healed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY son give me thine </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 23:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Did you PRAY constantly?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY </span><strong class="bold">without ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span> the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the council of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">standeth</strong><span> in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalm 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND to </span><strong class="bold">every man his work</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 13:34.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-cant-hold-out-gods-keeping-power"> -<span id="org-page-41"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id372"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come into your life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO are </span><strong class="bold">kept by the power of God through faith</strong><span> unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall </span><strong class="bold">stablish you, and keep you from evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 3:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW unto him that is </span><strong class="bold">able to keep you from falling</strong><span> (R.V. from stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jude 1:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEING confident of this very thing, that </span><strong class="bold">he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it</strong><span> until the day of Jesus Christ.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not; for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strenghten</strong><span> thee; yea I will help thee; yea </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the </span><strong class="bold">right hand</strong><span> of my </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For I the Lord thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not; I will help thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10,13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath </span><strong class="bold">no temptation</strong><span> taken you but such as is </span><strong class="bold">common to man</strong><span>: but God is </span><strong class="bold">faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able</strong><span>; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">Lord knoweth how to deliver</strong><span> the godly out of </span><strong class="bold">temptations</strong><span>, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-42"><span>AND I give unto them eternal life; and they </span><strong class="bold">shall never perish</strong><span>, neither </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> any man </span><strong class="bold">pluck them out of my hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:28</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and </span><strong class="bold">no man</strong><span> is </span><strong class="bold">able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE giveth power to the faint</strong><span>; and to them that have no might </span><strong class="bold">he increaseth strength</strong><span>. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that </span><strong class="bold">wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength</strong><span>; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and </span><strong class="bold">not faint</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:29-31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW unto him that is </span><strong class="bold">able to do exceeding abundantly above all</strong><span> that we ask or think, according to </span><strong class="bold">the power that worketh in us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 3:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> also to save them to the uttermost that </span><strong class="bold">come unto God</strong><span> by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise “as thy day thy strength shall be.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou passest through the waters, </span><strong class="bold">I will be with thee</strong><span>; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: </span><strong class="bold">when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-have-no-feeling"> -<span id="org-page-43"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id373"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have no FEELING.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man “Who is past feeling," but </span><strong class="bold">faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times</strong><span>. Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the </span><strong class="bold">weather, they may change daily</strong><span>; but God’s word, in which we trust, will never change.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Which would you rather trust? God’s </span><strong class="bold">unchanging</strong><span> word, or your </span><strong class="bold">ever-changing</strong><span> feelings?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look to Him; accept Him; </span><strong class="bold">trust Him; confess Him</strong><span>; and He will do the rest. Take the blesser and you will have the blessing.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See! you are to </span><strong class="bold">receive a personal Saviour</strong><span>, not work up some special </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are waiting for the </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span> that an earnest working Christian has, we would have you note, that feeling is the “</span><strong class="bold">fruit</strong><span>,” not the “</span><strong class="bold">root</strong><span>” of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because we “</span><strong class="bold">trust</strong><span>” in Christ, “</span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span>” Him as our Savior, “</span><strong class="bold">defend</strong><span>” His cause, and try to “</span><strong class="bold">obey</strong><span>” Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath glven to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is to those that “</span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>” that the blessing is given—Repentance is </span><strong class="bold">doing what God commands you to do</strong><span>, whether you feel like doing it or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God’s will -—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">fruit of the Spirit</strong><span> is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-44"><span>Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but </span><strong class="bold">by God’s Word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Devil’s order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God’s order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>“The </span><strong class="bold">Fact</strong><span> you’re a sinner, you cannot but see,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That </span><strong class="bold">Faith</strong><span> in Christ saves you, is ever our plea;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span> will follow in service and love;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Then </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> from Christ </span><strong class="bold">Jesus His gift</strong><span> from above.”</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they said, </span><strong class="bold">Believe</strong><span> on the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus Christ</strong><span>, and thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>, and thy house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these are written, that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span> through </span><strong class="bold">His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some are </span><strong class="bold">making more</strong><span> of their </span><strong class="bold">feelings</strong><span> than they are of the Word of the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning when you don’t feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; and the highway leading to the life “hid with Christ in God” is known as obedience, not feeling.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of your soul’s salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the peril of your position.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your very </span><strong class="bold">indifference</strong><span> ought to </span><strong class="bold">arouse</strong><span> you to thoughtfulness and action-—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Matthew 9:9.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-concerned"> -<span id="org-page-45"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id374"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am not CONCERNED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a man were </span><strong class="bold">asleep</strong><span> in a burning building, he would be </span><strong class="bold">more in danger</strong><span> of losing his life, than he would be if he were </span><strong class="bold">awake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, than there would be if he had some </span><strong class="bold">interest</strong><span>. God calls you to wake up and think about these things—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he saith, </span><strong class="bold">Awake thou that sleepest, and arise</strong><span> from the dead, and </span><strong class="bold">Christ shall give thee light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I TELL you, Nay; but, </span><strong class="bold">except ye repent, ye</strong><span> shall all likewise perish.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but </span><strong class="bold">after this the judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND ye will not come to me</strong><span>, that ye might have life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:40.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you are lost, it will be </span><strong class="bold">your fault</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized shall</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">saved</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND these shall </span><strong class="bold">go away into everlasting punishment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You </span><strong class="bold">go away</strong><span>, God does not send you—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that </span><strong class="bold">forget God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You in your indifference are “</span><strong class="bold">forgetting</strong><span>” God, not necessarily living a wicked life—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOW shall we escape, if we </span><strong class="bold">neglect so great salvation</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-the-indifferent-neglecting-his-soul"> -<span id="org-page-46"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id375"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to what God says to the indifferent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His ways.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AWAKE thou that </span><strong class="bold">sleepest</strong><span>, and arise from the dead.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">indifference</strong><span> has put you to </span><strong class="bold">sleep</strong><span> and God calls you to </span><strong class="bold">awake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TURN ye, . . . turn ye for </span><strong class="bold">why will ye die</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that sinneth, </span><strong class="bold">it shall die.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 18:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THE wages of sin is death</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXCEPT ye </span><strong class="bold">repent</strong><span>, ye shall all likewise </span><strong class="bold">perish</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOW shall we escape, if we </span><strong class="bold">neglect</strong><span> so great salvation?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the </span><strong class="bold">wrath</strong><span> of God abideth on him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE </span><strong class="bold">that believeth and is baptized shall be saved</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up </span><strong class="bold">some other way, the same is a thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE sure </span><strong class="bold">your sin</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">find you out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 32:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not </span><strong class="bold">always strive with man</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-those-who-know-not-the-way"> -<span id="org-page-47"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id376"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those who KNOW NOT the way.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has made very clear in His word, the fact that </span><strong class="bold">He loves us</strong><span> and gave Jesus to </span><strong class="bold">be the way</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God wants us to forsake </span><strong class="bold">our</strong><span> way, which is the </span><strong class="bold">wrong</strong><span> way.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LET the wicked forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the</strong><span> Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, </span><strong class="bold">for he will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has promised </span><strong class="bold">to hear us</strong><span> when we call.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall ye </span><strong class="bold">call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me</strong><span>, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, </span><strong class="bold">when ye shall search for me with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:12-13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>More, He has promised </span><strong class="bold">to accept us</strong><span> if we turn to him with true repentance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Believe. His promise and </span><strong class="bold">know the way</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">He that believeth on me hath everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-dont-know-what-or-how-to-believe"> -<span id="org-page-48"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id377"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and humble in </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You are to SEEK!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND ye shall seek me, and find me, </span><strong class="bold">when ye shall search for me with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To LOOK.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: </span><strong class="bold">for I am God and there is none else</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 45:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To CALL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon </span><strong class="bold">the name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To BELIEVE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth on him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Receive.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span>, to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to become the </span><strong class="bold">sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Taste.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>O taste and see that the Lord is good: </span><strong class="bold">blessed is the man that trusteth in Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 34:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Submit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE to him that </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> to do </span><strong class="bold">good</strong><span>, and doeth it not, to him </span><strong class="bold">it is sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-49"><strong class="bold">You are to COME.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME unto me </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> ye that </span><strong class="bold">labor</strong><span> and are </span><strong class="bold">heavy laden</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">I will give you rest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To COMMIT.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I </span><strong class="bold">know whom</strong><span> I have </span><strong class="bold">believed</strong><span>, and I am </span><strong class="bold">persuaded</strong><span> that he is </span><strong class="bold">able to keep that which I have committed</strong><span> unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To TAKE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit</strong><span> and the </span><strong class="bold">bride say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>....And </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">let</strong><span> him </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">water of life freely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To CONFESS.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, </span><strong class="bold">and shalt believe</strong><span> in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, </span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Be ACQUAINTED.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ACQUAINT </span><strong class="bold">now thyself with Him</strong><span>, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 22:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To FOLLOW.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall we </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span>, if we </span><strong class="bold">follow</strong><span> on to </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain . . . unto the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that followeth me </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> not </span><strong class="bold">walk</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">darkness</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> have the </span><strong class="bold">light of life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY sheep hear my voice, and </span><strong class="bold">I know them</strong><span>, and they </span><strong class="bold">follow me.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:27.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-cant-understand-the-bible"> -<span id="org-page-50"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id378"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can’t understand the Bible.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHY can’t you? Because the </span><strong class="bold">carnal mind</strong><span> can not understand divine truth without the Spirit’s teaching.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man</strong><span> receiveth not the things of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of God</strong><span>: for they are </span><strong class="bold">foolishness</strong><span> unto him: neither can </span><strong class="bold">he know them</strong><span> because they are </span><strong class="bold">spiritually</strong><span> discerned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and </span><strong class="bold">none of the wicked shall understand</strong><span>; but the wise shall understand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Do God’s will</strong><span>, and you </span><strong class="bold">can understand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do His will</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">the doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You ask, How may I KNOW?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Pray.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you lack wisdom, </span><strong class="bold">let him ask</strong><span> of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou </span><strong class="bold">mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things</strong><span> out of </span><strong class="bold">thy law</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT which </span><strong class="bold">I see not teach thou me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 34:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Study your Bible.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH </span><strong class="bold">the Scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">my thoughts are not your</strong><span> thoughts, </span><strong class="bold">neither are your your ways</strong><span> my ways, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, </span><strong class="bold">so are my ways higher than your ways</strong><span>, and my thoughts than your thoughts.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall we know, </span><strong class="bold">if we follow on</strong><span> to know the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 6:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-t-see-my-way-clear"> -<span id="org-page-51"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id379"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can't see my way CLEAR.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to what </span><strong class="bold">God says in His Word</strong><span> and seek to follow </span><strong class="bold">divine instruction</strong><span>, and you </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> see.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that </span><strong class="bold">followeth me shall not walk in darkness</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">shall have</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TRUST in the Lord </span><strong class="bold">with all thine heart</strong><span>; and lean not unto thine own understanding.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">In all thy ways acknowledge him, and</strong><span> he shall </span><strong class="bold">direct thy paths</strong><span>. Be not wise in thine own eyes: </span><strong class="bold">fear the Lord, and depart from evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:5-7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF the Son therefore shall make you free, </span><strong class="bold">ye shall be free indeed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will bring the </span><strong class="bold">blind by a way that they knew not</strong><span>; I will </span><strong class="bold">lead</strong><span> them in </span><strong class="bold">paths</strong><span> that they have not </span><strong class="bold">known</strong><span>: </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> will make </span><strong class="bold">darkness light</strong><span> before them, and </span><strong class="bold">crooked things straight</strong><span>. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 42:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and </span><strong class="bold">men loved darkness</strong><span> rather than light, </span><strong class="bold">because their deeds were evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are</strong><span> foolishness unto him: </span><strong class="bold">neither can he know them</strong><span>, because they are </span><strong class="bold">spiritually discerned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God </span><strong class="bold">hath revealed them</strong><span> unto us </span><strong class="bold">by his Spirit</strong><span>: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Mark 9:20-29.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-my-heart-is-too-hard"> -<span id="org-page-52"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id380"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My heart is TOO HARD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have a </span><strong class="bold">hard heart</strong><span>, that is just why you ought to come to Christ because the Lord wants to give you a </span><strong class="bold">new heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW heart also will I give you, and a </span><strong class="bold">new</strong><span> spirit will I put within you: and I will </span><strong class="bold">take away the stony heart</strong><span> out of your flesh, and I </span><strong class="bold">will give you a heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will put </span><strong class="bold">my spirit within you</strong><span> and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will give them </span><strong class="bold">one heart</strong><span>, and will put a </span><strong class="bold">new spirit within you</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">I will take</strong><span> the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an </span><strong class="bold">heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 11:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that </span><strong class="bold">breaketh the rock in pieces</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 23:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span>: and let him </span><strong class="bold">return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In this verse we find </span><strong class="bold">three things</strong><span> we must do.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. “Let the wicked forsake </span><strong class="bold">his way</strong><span>”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>——(your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. “The unrighteous man </span><strong class="bold">his thought.</strong><span>”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>-—(your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>3rd. “</span><strong class="bold">Let him return</strong><span> unto the Lord”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>—-your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Then God will do </span><strong class="bold">two things, His part</strong></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st “He will have </span><strong class="bold">mercy</strong><span> upon him"—you!</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd "He will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span>”—you!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be </span><strong class="bold">as scarlet</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as white as snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson, they shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to me, </span><strong class="bold">I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-too-young"> -<span id="org-page-53"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id381"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am TOO YOUNG.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage the children to come.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT Jesus said, </span><strong class="bold">Suffer little children</strong><span>, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for </span><strong class="bold">of such</strong><span> is the kingdom of heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 19:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REMEMBER </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> thy Creator </span><strong class="bold">in the days of thy youth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I LOVE them that love me; and those that </span><strong class="bold">seek me early shall find me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 8:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Except</strong><span> ye be </span><strong class="bold">converted</strong><span>, and become as </span><strong class="bold">little children</strong><span>, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 18:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when he was </span><strong class="bold">twelve years old</strong><span>, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 2:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly Father when </span><strong class="bold">only twelve</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that </span><strong class="bold">from a child thou hast known</strong><span> the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:15</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here Paul says that Timothy </span><strong class="bold">when only a child</strong><span> knew the way of life from the Scriptures.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT seek ye </span><strong class="bold">first the</strong><span> kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Seek the Kingdom “</span><strong class="bold">first</strong><span>,” not after a part of your life has been spent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">accepted time</strong><span>; behold, </span><strong class="bold">now is the day of salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will not understand it?</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-believe-every-one-will-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-54"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id382"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are </span><strong class="bold">some who will not be saved</strong><span>! Many of the parables teach this.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and </span><strong class="bold">cast him into outer darkness</strong><span>; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and </span><strong class="bold">many there be which go in thereat</strong><span>: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and </span><strong class="bold">few there be that find it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here is a list of some who </span><strong class="bold">will not he saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Are </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span> included in this list?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW ye not that the </span><strong class="bold">unrighteous</strong><span> shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither </span><strong class="bold">fornicators</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">idolaters</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">adulterers</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">effeminate</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">abusers</strong><span> of themselves with mankind, nor </span><strong class="bold">thieves</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">covetous</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">drunkards</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">revilers</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">extortioners</strong><span>, shall inherit the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 6:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">fearful</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">unbelieving</strong><span> and the abominable, and murderers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 21:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and </span><strong class="bold">whosoever loveth and maketh a lie</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span>, and all the nations that forget God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-it-is-too-late-for-me-to-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-55"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id383"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus </span><strong class="bold">will forgive our sins</strong><span>, save and </span><strong class="bold">keep</strong><span> you, it you will </span><strong class="bold">turn to him sincerely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Under no circumstances</strong><span> will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking soul.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall call upon the name of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is </span><strong class="bold">longsuffering</strong><span> to usward, not </span><strong class="bold">willing</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">any should</strong><span> perish, but that </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">COME now</strong><span>, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins </span><strong class="bold">be as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white as snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson, they shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the Lord is </span><strong class="bold">reasoning with us</strong><span> about the </span><strong class="bold">worst</strong><span> of our sins.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND even to your old </span><strong class="bold">age</strong><span> I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 46:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the promise reaches on to </span><strong class="bold">old age</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND about the </span><strong class="bold">eleventh hour</strong><span> he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 20:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the promise avails at the </span><strong class="bold">eleventh hour of life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Spirit and the bride </span><strong class="bold">say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst Come</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">And whosoever will</strong><span>, let him take the water of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Heed this invitation and </span><strong class="bold">come now</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 4:7-30.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-dont-talk-to-me-or-i-will-leave"> -<span id="org-page-56"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id384"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If any one speaks to you, it is because they are </span><strong class="bold">interested in you</strong><span> and want to help you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They are trying to obey Gods command.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt speak my words unto them</strong><span>, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 2:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">gird up thy loins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">arise</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">speak</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">them all that I command thee</strong><span>: be not </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span> at </span><strong class="bold">their faces,</strong><span> lest I confound thee before them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 1:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See the punishment that awaits the </span><strong class="bold">unfaithful Christian</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN I say unto the </span><strong class="bold">wicked, Thou shalt surely</strong><span> die; and thou </span><strong class="bold">givest him not warning</strong><span>, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same </span><strong class="bold">wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.</strong><span> Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, </span><strong class="bold">he shall die in his iniquity</strong><span>; but </span><strong class="bold">thou hast delivered thy soul</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 3:18-19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a Christian has enough </span><strong class="bold">interest in your soul</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">speak to you</strong><span>, you surely ought to have </span><strong class="bold">some interest</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span> of your own soul.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to God’s </span><strong class="bold">warning</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the </span><strong class="bold">wages</strong><span> of sin is </span><strong class="bold">death</strong><span>; but the </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span> of God is </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span> through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">nations</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">forget</strong><span> God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou </span><strong class="bold">knowest not what a day may bring forth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE, that being often reproved </span><strong class="bold">hardeneth</strong><span> his </span><strong class="bold">neck, shall suddenly</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">destroyed</strong><span>, and that </span><strong class="bold">without remedy</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 29:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="formalists-nl-one-who-trusts-in-forms-and-ceremonies"> -<span id="org-page-57"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id385"><span>Formalists.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by “</span><strong class="bold">forms</strong><span>” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a </span><strong class="bold">personal Saviour</strong><span>”. Notice how each verse plainly states this.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Forms come after true faith.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of God, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> on </span><strong class="bold">his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, </span><strong class="bold">that whosoever believeth in Him</strong><span> should not perish, but have </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth on him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is </span><strong class="bold">passed</strong><span> from death unto </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">hath the Son HATH</strong><span> LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, and </span><strong class="bold">shalt believe</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, thou SHALT BE SAVED.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">with</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Belief must be of the </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span> as well as head.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the record, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>, and this life </span><strong class="bold">is</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">His Son</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be </span><strong class="bold">in the faith</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 13:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is life eternal, that they might </span><strong class="bold">know thee</strong><span> the only true God, and </span><strong class="bold">Jesus Christ</strong><span>, whom thou hast sent.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 17:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="giving-nl-systematically-one-tenth-of-your-income"> -<span id="org-page-58"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id386"><span>Giving.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God commands one tenth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WILL a man </span><strong class="bold">rob God</strong><span>? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? </span><strong class="bold">In tithes and offerings</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are cursed with a curse: for </span><strong class="bold">ye have robbed me</strong><span>, even this whole nation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BRING ye </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">tithes</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">storehouse</strong><span>, that there may be meat in mine </span><strong class="bold">house</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">prove me</strong><span> now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out </span><strong class="bold">a blessing</strong><span>, that there </span><strong class="bold">shall not be room enough to receive it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Malachi 3:8-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Who shall give</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERY man shall give </span><strong class="bold">as he is able, according to the blessing</strong><span> of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 16:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">How much to give</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give </span><strong class="bold">the tenth unto thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 28:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The spirit with which to give</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a </span><strong class="bold">cheerful giver</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The time to give</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>UPON the </span><strong class="bold">first day of the week</strong><span> let everyone of you </span><strong class="bold">lay by him in store</strong><span>, as God hath prospered him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 16:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Does it pay to give one tenth</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HONOUR the Lord with thy </span><strong class="bold">substance</strong><span>, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be </span><strong class="bold">filled with plenty</strong><span>, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God returns 100 per cent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GIVE and </span><strong class="bold">it shall be given unto you</strong><span>; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall </span><strong class="bold">men give into your bosom</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 6:38.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-god-in-unjust-and-cruel-to-damn-any-one"> -<span id="org-page-59"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id387"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SHALL he that </span><strong class="bold">contendeth</strong><span> with the Almighty </span><strong class="bold">instruct him</strong><span>? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 40:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NAY but, O man, </span><strong class="bold">who art thou that repliest against God</strong><span>? Shall the thing </span><strong class="bold">formed</strong><span> say to him that formed it, </span><strong class="bold">Why hast thou</strong><span> made me thus?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 9:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, </span><strong class="bold">not willing that any should perish</strong><span>, but that all should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He </span><strong class="bold">gave His only begotten Son</strong><span>, that </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>O THE </span><strong class="bold">depth of the riches</strong><span> both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 11:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are lost at last, it will be because you </span><strong class="bold">would not turn</strong><span> from your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>. For he that soweth to his </span><strong class="bold">flesh shall</strong><span> of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that soweth to the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God damns</strong><span> no one, man </span><strong class="bold">damns himself</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-a-real-place"> -<span id="org-page-60"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id388"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A real PLACE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of the 53.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Scriptures show hell a </span><strong class="bold">real place</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">nations</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">forget God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) </span><strong class="bold">torments</strong><span>. . .</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, </span><strong class="bold">for I am tormented in this flame</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:23-26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a </span><strong class="bold">furnace of fire</strong><span>: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 13:41-42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the </span><strong class="bold">bottomless pit</strong><span> and a great chain in his hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the </span><strong class="bold">pit of destruction</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All the expressions, “hell”, "furnace of fire,” “lake of fire,” “bottomless pit” and “pit of destruction" suggest a “</span><strong class="bold">place</strong><span>.”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-condition-of-the-lost"> -<span id="org-page-61"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id389"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">CONDITION of the lost.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into </span><strong class="bold">outer darkness</strong><span>: there shall be </span><strong class="bold">weeping and gnashing of teeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be </span><strong class="bold">weeping and gnashing of teeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:51.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the </span><strong class="bold">chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the devil that deceived them was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>, and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be </span><strong class="bold">tormented</strong><span> day and night for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And whosoever was not found written in the book of life </span><strong class="bold">was cast into the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not is condemned already</strong><span>, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Men are </span><strong class="bold">condemned</strong><span> because of </span><strong class="bold">unbelief</strong><span> in Christ, and yet they say “</span><strong class="bold">no matter what you believe</strong><span>,” if you are only </span><strong class="bold">sincere</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which </span><strong class="bold">burneth with fire and brimstone</strong><span>: which is the second death.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 21:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all eternity!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There is </span><strong class="bold">no ending</strong><span> to eternity.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth not shall be </span><strong class="bold">damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-62"><strong class="bold">HOW shall we escape</strong><span> if we neglect?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO among us shall dwell with </span><strong class="bold">everlasting burnings</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 33:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND these shall go away into </span><strong class="bold">everlasting punishment</strong><span>: but the righteous into life eternal.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that </span><strong class="bold">leadeth to destruction</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">many</strong><span> there be which go in thereat.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHERE their </span><strong class="bold">worm dieth not</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">fire is not quenched</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 9:48.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more </span><strong class="bold">the child of hell</strong><span> than yourselves.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as </span><strong class="bold">desolation</strong><span>, and your </span><strong class="bold">destruction cometh as a whirlwind</strong><span>; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 1:26-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into </span><strong class="bold">everlasting fire</strong><span>, prepared for the devil and his angels.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to </span><strong class="bold">shame</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">everlasting contempt</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that despised Moses’ law </span><strong class="bold">died without mercy</strong><span> under two or three witnesses: Of how much </span><strong class="bold">sorer punishment</strong><span>, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath </span><strong class="bold">trodden under foot the Son of God</strong><span>, and hath counted the </span><strong class="bold">blood of the covenant</strong><span>, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:28-29.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="holiness-nl-christ-with-in-you-sanctifying-the-life"> -<span id="org-page-63"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id390"><span>Holiness.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your </span><strong class="bold">good works</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">glorify</strong><span> your </span><strong class="bold">Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be </span><strong class="bold">dead indeed unto sin</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">alive unto God</strong><span> through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET not sin therefore </span><strong class="bold">reign in your mortal body</strong><span>, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but </span><strong class="bold">yield yourselves unto God</strong><span> as those that </span><strong class="bold">are alive from the dead</strong><span>, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR sin </span><strong class="bold">shall not have dominion</strong><span> over you: for ye are not under the law but under grace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this I </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>, that your </span><strong class="bold">love</strong><span> may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness</strong><span>, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHATSOEVER things are </span><strong class="bold">true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report</strong><span>; if there be any </span><strong class="bold">virtue</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">if there</strong><span> be any </span><strong class="bold">praise</strong><span>, think on these things.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ABSTAIN from all </span><strong class="bold">appearance</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT ye may </span><strong class="bold">walk honestly</strong><span> toward them that are without.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 4:12.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="holy-spirit-nl-his-work-among-men"> -<span id="org-page-64"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id391"><span>Holy Spirit.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">His WORK among men.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He draws</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me </span><strong class="bold">draw him</strong><span>: and I will raise him up at the last day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:44.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He convicts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when he is come, he will </span><strong class="bold">reprove the world</strong><span> of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He Regenerates</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of </span><strong class="bold">regeneration</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">renewing of the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water </span><strong class="bold">and of the Spirit</strong><span>, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He teaches</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will </span><strong class="bold">guide you into all truth</strong><span>: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will </span><strong class="bold">shew</strong><span> you things to come.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He baptizes</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they </span><strong class="bold">might receive the Holy Ghost</strong><span>:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Then laid they their hands on them, </span><strong class="bold">and they received the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:14-17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-65"><strong class="bold">He gives power for service</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye shall </span><strong class="bold">receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He guides us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. . . . Then the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit said</strong><span> unto Philip, </span><strong class="bold">Go near</strong><span>, and join thyself to this chariot.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:26, 29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:8, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Conditions of receiving the Spirit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Obeying.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Asking</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that </span><strong class="bold">ask him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 11:13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Receiving</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye </span><strong class="bold">receive</strong><span> them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hypocrites-nl-too-many-in-the-church"> -<span id="org-page-66"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id392"><span>Hypocrites.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Too many IN THE CHURCH.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, before he sees his own, is the </span><strong class="bold">real hypocrite</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to </span><strong class="bold">this class</strong><span> and they will do well to read it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give an account of </span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span> to God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">thou art inexcusable</strong><span>, O man, whosoever thou art that </span><strong class="bold">judgest</strong><span>: for wherein thou judgest another, </span><strong class="bold">thou condemnest thyself</strong><span>; for thou that judgest </span><strong class="bold">doest the same things</strong><span>. . . . And </span><strong class="bold">thinkest thou</strong><span> this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt escape the judgment of God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 2:1, 3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall </span><strong class="bold">all stand before the judgment seat of Christ</strong><span>. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every </span><strong class="bold">knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God</strong><span>. So then everyone of us </span><strong class="bold">shall give account of himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:10-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JUDGE </span><strong class="bold">not, that ye be not judged</strong><span>. For with what judgment </span><strong class="bold">ye judge, ye shall be judged</strong><span>: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be </span><strong class="bold">measured to you again</strong><span>. And why beholdest thou the mote that is </span><strong class="bold">in thy brother’s eye</strong><span>, but considerest not the beam that is in </span><strong class="bold">thine own eye</strong><span>? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote </span><strong class="bold">out of thine eye</strong><span>; and behold, a beam is in </span><strong class="bold">thine own eye</strong><span>? </span><strong class="bold">Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye</strong><span>; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:1-5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person behind whom you hide.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-67"><span>Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment </span><strong class="bold">but for your own</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye </span><strong class="bold">neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, </span><strong class="bold">how can ye escape</strong><span> the damnation of hell?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it is, read it!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The </span><strong class="bold">Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself</strong><span>, God, I </span><strong class="bold">thank thee</strong><span>, that I am not as other men are. . . . </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week, I give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the </span><strong class="bold">publican, standing afar off</strong><span>, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house justified rather than the other.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:10-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Note— One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here on earth, </span><strong class="bold">they will not enter heaven</strong><span>. If you do not want to spend eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 21:19-23</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="love-nl-for-your-neighbor"> -<span id="org-page-68"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id393"><span>Love.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For your NEIGHBOR.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW commandment I give unto you, </span><strong class="bold">that ye love one another; as I have loved you</strong><span>, that ye also love one another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 13:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 13:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 4:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE kindly </span><strong class="bold">affectioned one to another with brotherly</strong><span> love; in honor preferring one another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye </span><strong class="bold">love one another with a pure heart fervently</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">loveth his brother</strong><span> abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, let us </span><strong class="bold">love one another: for love is of God</strong><span>; and every one that </span><strong class="bold">loveth is born of God</strong><span>, and knoweth God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">loveth not knoweth not God</strong><span>; for God is love.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, if God so loved us, we </span><strong class="bold">ought</strong><span> also to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OWE no man any thing, but to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 13:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">love thy neighbor as thyself</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET </span><strong class="bold">brotherly love continue</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 13:1.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-self-righteousness"> -<span id="org-page-69"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id394"><span>Moralist.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He who trusts in </span><strong class="bold">his own</strong><span> righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God compares it to “filthy rags.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT we are all an </span><strong class="bold">unclean thing</strong><span>, and all our </span><strong class="bold">righteousnesses are as filthy rags</strong><span>; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 64:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given us a righteousness </span><strong class="bold">in Christ</strong><span>; but we, like the Jews, are trying to establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR they being ignorant of God’s rightness, </span><strong class="bold">and going about to establish their own righteousness</strong><span>, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR Christ is the end of the law </span><strong class="bold">for righteousness</strong><span> to every one that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:3-4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Many say, “</span><strong class="bold">I am doing the best I can,</strong><span>” and yet they are not, for if they were, </span><strong class="bold">they would accept Christ</strong><span>, for this righteousness is obtained by faith in Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and </span><strong class="bold">upon all them that believe</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We can approach God only in Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER is there salvation </span><strong class="bold">in any other</strong><span>: for there is </span><strong class="bold">none other name</strong><span> under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Again, because our righteousness is of such a </span><strong class="bold">poor brand</strong><span>, Jesus declared we must be “</span><strong class="bold">born again</strong><span>” so that we can have a nature that will produce something better.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXCEPT a man be </span><strong class="bold">born again</strong><span>, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-good-works-to-save"> -<span id="org-page-70"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id395"><span>Moralist.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If the Scriptures make any thing </span><strong class="bold">plain</strong><span>, it is that man </span><strong class="bold">can not save himself</strong><span> but must accept his salvation as a </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and </span><strong class="bold">that not of yourselves</strong><span>; it is the gift of God: </span><strong class="bold">Not of works</strong><span>, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, </span><strong class="bold">not according to our works</strong><span>, but according to His own purpose and grace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NOT by works of righteousness</strong><span> which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the </span><strong class="bold">washing of regeneration</strong><span>, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth </span><strong class="bold">not by the door into the sheepfold</strong><span>, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a </span><strong class="bold">thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ is </span><strong class="bold">the door</strong><span> as the next verse shows and he who tries to save himself in any other way is called a “</span><strong class="bold">thief</strong><span>” and a “</span><strong class="bold">robber</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I AM the door</strong><span>: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">with all thy soul</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">with all thy mind</strong><span>. This is the first and great commandment.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:37-38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you loving God with </span><strong class="bold">all your heart</strong><span>! If you were, you would </span><strong class="bold">trust Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts</strong><span>: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do </span><strong class="bold">in your effort to save yourself</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See: Luke 18:10-14.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-its-great-importance"> -<span id="org-page-71"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id396"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Its Great IMPORTANCE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early church. It is the work needed </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> if many souls are to be reached.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example of success coming from </span><strong class="bold">personal work</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">personal contact</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">Holy Spirit</strong><span> will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to </span><strong class="bold">act</strong><span> after they are convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get them to </span><strong class="bold">do it now</strong><span> and this is </span><strong class="bold">your part</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN this day of such great activity and “strenuous” living there are so many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it more true that we must </span><strong class="bold">go out</strong><span> into the </span><strong class="bold">highways and compel them</strong><span> to come in. In revivals too much is left to “general results,” until the "old general” is sadly overworked. </span><strong class="bold">The motto of</strong><span> that wonderful and effective organization of Christian business men, </span><strong class="bold">the Gideons, is good for all Christians</strong><span>: “And they stood </span><strong class="bold">every man</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">his place</strong><span> round about the camp."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN a “general” way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help the Lord answer your prayers by </span><strong class="bold">aiding Him</strong><span> in winning them one by one?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TRY to have some one </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> to make </span><strong class="bold">a public profession</strong><span> when the </span><strong class="bold">evangelist gives the opportunity</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-qualifications-needed"> -<span id="org-page-72"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id397"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">QUALIFICATIONS needed.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification that we need.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with Paul.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I KNOW whom I have believed</strong><span>, and am persuaded that </span><strong class="bold">he is able to keep</strong><span> that which I have committed unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Or to exclaim with the blind man.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: </span><strong class="bold">one thing I know</strong><span>, that, whereas I was blind, </span><strong class="bold">now I see</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:25</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the gospel message to lost souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself </span><strong class="bold">were accursed from Christ</strong><span> for my brethren.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 9:2-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and </span><strong class="bold">lose his own soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; </span><strong class="bold">if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked</strong><span> from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but </span><strong class="bold">his blood will I require at thine hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-73"><strong class="bold">4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and </span><strong class="bold">not man’s word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the </span><strong class="bold">sword of the Spirit</strong><span>, which is the word of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY to </span><strong class="bold">show thyself approved unto God, a workman</strong><span> that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing the word of truth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO shall </span><strong class="bold">my word</strong><span> be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but </span><strong class="bold">it shall accomplish</strong><span> that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Through the use of the </span><strong class="bold">word of God</strong><span>, you are to seek to accomplish the following things.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. To show men their </span><strong class="bold">need</strong><span> of a Savior.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. To show them </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> as the Savior they need.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>3rd. To show them </span><strong class="bold">how to make</strong><span> this Savior their own.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>4th. To meet the </span><strong class="bold">difficulties</strong><span> in the way of their accepting Christ.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>5th. The one who would have </span><strong class="bold">real success</strong><span> must live a </span><strong class="bold">life of prayer</strong><span>, and be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> with the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to </span><strong class="bold">encourage us</strong><span> in our efforts to save souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">winneth souls is wise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 11:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be </span><strong class="bold">wise shall shine</strong><span> as the </span><strong class="bold">brightness</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">firmament</strong><span>; and they that turn </span><strong class="bold">many</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span> as the </span><strong class="bold">stars</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">ever</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">ever</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know, that he which </span><strong class="bold">converteth the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his way shall </span><strong class="bold">save a soul from death</strong><span>, and shall hide a multitude of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God help us to be faithful to our trust!</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-the-soul-winners-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-74"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id398"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The “soul-winner’s" prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that </span><strong class="bold">faith in God</strong><span> and a constant waiting, </span><strong class="bold">in prayer</strong><span> on the Lord, are preeminently necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things </span><strong class="bold">for which we need to pray</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord give me "</span><strong class="bold">getting up</strong><span>” grace,” that is, courage to confess Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND your feet shod</strong><span> with the preparation of the gospel of peace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord give me </span><strong class="bold">walking grace</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> they ways </span><strong class="bold">acknowledge Him</strong><span>, and He shall </span><strong class="bold">direct thy paths</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord </span><strong class="bold">direct me</strong><span> to the right person.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou goest, </span><strong class="bold">it</strong><span> (God’s word) </span><strong class="bold">shall lead</strong><span> thee. (First Clause.)</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 6:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit</strong><span> said unto Philip, </span><strong class="bold">Go near and join</strong><span> thyself to the chariot.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Pray.</strong><span> “Lord, show me </span><strong class="bold">what to say</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you </span><strong class="bold">lack wisdom</strong><span>, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord God hath given me the </span><strong class="bold">tongue</strong><span> of the learned, </span><strong class="bold">that I should know how to speak a word in season</strong><span> to him that is weary: He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine </span><strong class="bold">ear</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">hear</strong><span> as the learned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 50:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">gird up thy loins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">arise</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">speak</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">them</strong><span> all </span><strong class="bold">that I command thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 1:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Pray</strong><span> that God will </span><strong class="bold">give power to what is said</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.</strong></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-help-in-cottage-meetings"> -<span id="org-page-75"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id399"><span>Personal work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Help in COTTAGE meetings.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings” and endeavor to get some on your list to attend with you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try to get them to attend </span><strong class="bold">every night</strong><span>, always calling for and taking one or more with you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved to the meetings.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Give them a timely </span><strong class="bold">tract</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Quote</strong><span> to them a </span><strong class="bold">beautiful promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Write them a </span><strong class="bold">letter</strong><span> about salvation.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Introduce them to </span><strong class="bold">someone</strong><span> who will speak about Jesus.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When opportunity is given, </span><strong class="bold">speak to them</strong><span> about becoming a Christian.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Go with them</strong><span> to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Ask them to your home and </span><strong class="bold">pray with them there</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Help make every meeting you attend a good one by </span><strong class="bold">some part you can take</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>In public always be </span><strong class="bold">brief</strong><span> both in prayer and remarks.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you richly, and ever be </span><strong class="bold">ready to answer the Spirit’s call</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Be true</strong><span> to your own conscience.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan's forces to defeat you at this point; </span><strong class="bold">Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving Offense</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace and </span><strong class="bold">let God sink</strong><span> all these with your other </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span> into the </span><strong class="bold">depth at the sea</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-use-of-the-prayer-list-card"> -<span id="org-page-76"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id400"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Pray for your friends</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances—very carefully and prayerfully.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but in </span><strong class="bold">every thing by prayer</strong><span> and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DON’T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on the “tidal wave,” or that the evangelist will “shake the tree" so hard they can’t hold on longer. But </span><strong class="bold">pitch in</strong><span> and do your </span><strong class="bold">best</strong><span>. (</span><strong class="bold">Hand-picked fruit always keeps better</strong><span>.) Get them started early so </span><strong class="bold">they</strong><span> can </span><strong class="bold">work</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">others</strong><span> during the revival meetings, and also have the help of the meeting to establish their faith.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, </span><strong class="bold">say</strong><span> nothing but tactfully co-operate and work with them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with </span><strong class="bold">your own name</strong><span> and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the meetings </span><strong class="bold">follow them up afterwards until they are</strong><span>. Add new names to replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, “in season and out of season.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice a day. </span><strong class="bold">Study</strong><span> how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself know the names you have. Don't be satisfied unless you see them converted and in the church of </span><strong class="bold">their</strong><span> choice. Ever afterwards look upon them as your </span><strong class="bold">spiritual children</strong><span>, assuming </span><strong class="bold">responsibility</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">keeping them from falling</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work"> -<span id="org-page-77"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id401"><span>Personal Work.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. WHERE to Find Them.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the </span><strong class="bold">home</strong><span>, in the </span><strong class="bold">school, shop</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">mill</strong><span>; behind the </span><strong class="bold">counter</strong><span>, where we stand; on the </span><strong class="bold">street</strong><span>, where we walk; in the </span><strong class="bold">pew</strong><span> where we worship; in the </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span>, where we sing in the </span><strong class="bold">prayer meeting</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">inquiry room</strong><span>, at the </span><strong class="bold">altar</strong><span>, kneeling with us at </span><strong class="bold">family</strong><span> devotion; yes, </span><strong class="bold">everywhere</strong><span>. Oh, reader, whatever way your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. Find them </span><strong class="bold">quick, quick</strong><span>! for eternity is drawing nigh.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. HOW to Reach Them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY “God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. WHAT to Tell Them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever </span><strong class="bold">believeth in Him</strong><span> should not perish, but have </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away from glad tidings or messages of great joy?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:19-20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-hints-and-suggestions"> -<span id="org-page-78"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id402"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WORKER’S life text: II Timothy 2:15.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be </span><strong class="bold">natural</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">courteous</strong><span> in asking the simple question as to personal salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As far as possible converse only with </span><strong class="bold">persons of your own age</strong><span> or younger, of </span><strong class="bold">your own sex</strong><span> and walk in life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Always deal with the inquirer </span><strong class="bold">alone</strong><span> if you can and in quiet; if some one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder </span><strong class="bold">to be silent or withdraw</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After a few words </span><strong class="bold">to ascertain the state</strong><span> of mind of the inquirer, present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the </span><strong class="bold">Word; “It is the Spirit</strong><span> that quickeneth.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not be in a hurry, </span><strong class="bold">take time to be thorough</strong><span>; some times in our eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him</strong><span> that when he has </span><strong class="bold">believed on the Lord Jesus Christ</strong><span> he is at once saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, </span><strong class="bold">do not be dismayed</strong><span> or think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to convict of sin and lead to repentance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over </span><strong class="bold">to a more experienced worker</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try to do better; this is </span><strong class="bold">losing the present opportunity</strong><span> with no promise of a future or better one.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Affectionately urge </span><strong class="bold">immediate</strong><span> decision. </span><strong class="bold">Pray with the inquirer</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, therefore “</span><strong class="bold">rightly divide the Word of Truth</strong><span>” And hold them </span><strong class="bold">to what God says</strong><span> and the acceptance of Christ.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-suggestive-scriptures"> -<span id="org-page-79"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id403"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Suggestive Scriptures.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND him that cometh to me; </span><strong class="bold">I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just </span><strong class="bold">to forgive us our sins,</strong><span> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him shall receive</strong><span> remission of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who is it that has everlasting life?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE that believeth</strong><span> on the Son hath everlasting llfe.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, “I don’t feel any “different.” It is not a matter of </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span>, but of </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span>, see how God puts the order of things.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: </span><strong class="bold">in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 1:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After you </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>, God </span><strong class="bold">seals</strong><span> you. After you </span><strong class="bold">commit yourself for Christ</strong><span> confessing Him as your Saviour, the </span><strong class="bold">feeling comes</strong><span>. Don't “get the cart before the horse.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the </span><strong class="bold">confidence that we have in him</strong><span>, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, </span><strong class="bold">we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GOD is not a man, </span><strong class="bold">that he should lie</strong><span>; neither the son of man, </span><strong class="bold">that he should repent</strong><span>: hath he said, and </span><strong class="bold">shall he not do it</strong><span>? Or hath he spoken, and </span><strong class="bold">shall he not make it good</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 23:19.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-fruit-promised-to-faithful-effort"> -<span id="org-page-80"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id404"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Fruit promised to faithful effort.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as the result of our work. Christ came to save souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of Man is come to </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> and to </span><strong class="bold">save</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE have not chosen me, but I </span><strong class="bold">have chosen you</strong><span>, and ordained you, that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> should GO </span><strong class="bold">and bring forth fruit</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">that your fruit should remain</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye into </span><strong class="bold">all the world</strong><span> and preach the gospel to </span><strong class="bold">every creature</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the lord said unto the </span><strong class="bold">servant</strong><span>, GO </span><strong class="bold">out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in</strong><span>, that my house may be filled.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he saith unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 4:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he that reapeth </span><strong class="bold">receiveth wages</strong><span>, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are wages that come </span><strong class="bold">now as we work</strong><span>, and there is a </span><strong class="bold">reward</strong><span> that will </span><strong class="bold">come bye and bye</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">let us not be weary</strong><span> in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it </span><strong class="bold">after many days</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall </span><strong class="bold">shine as the brightness of the firmament</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Lift up your eyes</strong><span>, and look on the fields; for they are </span><strong class="bold">white already to harvest.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know, that he which </span><strong class="bold">converteth the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his </span><strong class="bold">way</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">save a soul from death</strong><span>, and shall hide a multitude of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-fruit-bearers-chapter"> -<span id="org-page-81"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id405"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fifteenth chapter of John, is the “fruit Chapter," likening Christ to the </span><strong class="bold">vine</strong><span>, and us to the </span><strong class="bold">branches</strong><span>; teaching us our need to abide in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that </span><strong class="bold">beareth fruit</strong><span>, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth </span><strong class="bold">more fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you bearing fruit, and purged?</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Now ye are </span><strong class="bold">clean through the word</strong><span> which </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> have spoken unto you.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word cleanses the life, as the </span><strong class="bold">knife</strong><span> prunes the vine.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: </span><strong class="bold">for without me ye can do nothing</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We can not do, </span><strong class="bold">even a little</strong><span> without Christ.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If ye abide in me, and my words </span><strong class="bold">abide in you</strong><span>, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Note the condition in asking, “if ye abide.”</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear </span><strong class="bold">much fruit</strong><span>; so shall ye </span><strong class="bold">be my disciples</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="antigua pfirst right"><cite class="italics">John 15:1-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<dl class="docutils"> -<dt><span>In order to </span><strong class="bold">bear fruit</strong><span>, there must be in the Christian’s life:</span></dt> -<dd><div class="first last line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>1st “</span><strong class="bold">cleansing</strong><span>” (vs. 2-3.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>2nd “</span><strong class="bold">abiding</strong><span>.” (v. 4.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>3rd "</span><strong class="bold">obedience</strong><span>" (v. 10.)</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>1. “fruit” (v. 2.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>2. “more fruit" (v. 2-10.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>3. “much fruit" (v. 5; 8)</span></div> -</div> -</dd> -</dl> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-for-those-who-feel-too-weak-and-are-fearful"> -<span id="org-page-82"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id406"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND God is able to make </span><strong class="bold">all grace abound toward you</strong><span>; that ye, always having </span><strong class="bold">all sufficiency in all things</strong><span>, may abound to every good work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto me, My grace is </span><strong class="bold">sufficient for thee</strong><span>: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">STRENGTH for service.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FEAR thou not</strong><span>: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strengthen thee</strong><span>; yea, I will help thee; yea, </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy God </span><strong class="bold">will hold thy right hand</strong><span>, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not</strong><span>; I will help thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE strong and of </span><strong class="bold">a good courage</strong><span>, fear not, nor </span><strong class="bold">be afraid of them</strong><span>: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: </span><strong class="bold">he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 31:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us </span><strong class="bold">wait on Him and prove</strong><span> all of these promises!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE giveth </span><strong class="bold">power to the faint</strong><span>; and to them that have no might </span><strong class="bold">he increaseth strength</strong><span>. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: </span><strong class="bold">But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength</strong><span>; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and </span><strong class="bold">not be weary</strong><span>; and they shall </span><strong class="bold">walk, and not faint</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:29-31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT my God shall </span><strong class="bold">supply all your need</strong><span> according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN do </span><strong class="bold">all things through Christ</strong><span> which strengtheneth me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-a-word-to-the-unwilling"> -<span id="org-page-83"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id407"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A word to the unwilling.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God holds you RESPONSIBLE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman</strong><span> unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, </span><strong class="bold">and warn them from me</strong><span>. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; If thou dost </span><strong class="bold">not speak to warn</strong><span> the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; </span><strong class="bold">but his blood will I require at thine hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SAY not ye</strong><span>, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, </span><strong class="bold">I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields</strong><span>; for they are white already to harvest.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35-36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Are you proving FAITHFUL</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THEREFORE be ye also ready</strong><span>: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a </span><strong class="bold">faithful and wise servant</strong><span>, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? </span><strong class="bold">Blessed is that servant</strong><span>, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:44-46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I MUST work the works of him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">while it is day</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">night cometh</strong><span>, when no man can work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CONSECRATE yourself to the work</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye </span><strong class="bold">present your bodies a living sacrifice</strong><span>, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; </span><strong class="bold">and they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars forever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="pleasures-nl-those-who-want-to-live-for-the-world"> -<span id="org-page-84"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id408"><span>Pleasures.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live </span><strong class="bold">just for worldly pleasures</strong><span>. Will it pay?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BOAST </span><strong class="bold">not thyself of tomorrow</strong><span>; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world </span><strong class="bold">is enmity with God</strong><span>? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, </span><strong class="bold">that shall he also reap</strong><span>. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7, 8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. God calls you A FOOL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL say to </span><strong class="bold">my soul</strong><span>, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up </span><strong class="bold">for many years</strong><span>; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. God PLEADS with us.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">TURN ye</strong><span>, turn ye from your evil ways; for </span><strong class="bold">why will ye die</strong><span>, O house of Israel?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. God warns us!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This world with all that it has to offer, will soon </span><strong class="bold">pass away</strong><span> but he that doeth the will of God “</span><strong class="bold">abideth for ever.</strong><span>”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things God will bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-heard-and-answered-by-god"> -<span id="org-page-85"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id409"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HEARD and ANSWERED by God.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and everybody around.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What a glorious promise!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CALL unto me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">I will answer thee</strong><span>, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND all things </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> ye shall </span><strong class="bold">ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 21:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can believe Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever ye desire</strong><span>, when ye </span><strong class="bold">pray, believe</strong><span> that ye receive them, and ye </span><strong class="bold">shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="antigua pfirst right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF ye abide in me</strong><span>, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>With all of God’s promises there are conditions, Here we have one. “If ye abide in me.” Are you abiding in Him?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if </span><strong class="bold">we ask any thing according to his will</strong><span>, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, </span><strong class="bold">we know that we have the petitions</strong><span> that we desired of him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14-15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that </span><strong class="bold">will I do</strong><span>, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, </span><strong class="bold">I will do it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:13,14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you want God’s answer to prayer, remember the conditions.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him</strong><span>, because we </span><strong class="bold">keep his commandments</strong><span>, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:22</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-victory-through-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-86"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id410"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">VICTORY through prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND it shall come to pass, that </span><strong class="bold">before they call, I will answer</strong><span>; and while they are </span><strong class="bold">yet speaking, I will hear.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 65:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CONFESS your faults one to another, and </span><strong class="bold">pray one for another</strong><span>, that ye may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to </span><strong class="bold">like passions as we are</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">he prayed</strong><span> earnestly that it might not rain: </span><strong class="bold">and it rained not</strong><span> on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And </span><strong class="bold">he prayed again</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">heaven gave rain</strong><span>, and the earth brought forth her fruit.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:16-18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out the whole soul to God. </span><strong class="bold">Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">storehouse: of God’s grace; they are opened by men and women on their knees</strong><span>. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of prayer brings noonday and victory. “True prayer is the reflection of God’s thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God’s thoughts and pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF my people, which are called by my name, </span><strong class="bold">shall humble themselves</strong><span> and pray, and </span><strong class="bold">seek my face</strong><span>, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and </span><strong class="bold">will forgive their sin, and will heal their land</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 7:14.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-regular-seasons-for-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-87"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id411"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">REGULAR seasons for prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, </span><strong class="bold">he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks</strong><span> before his God, as he did aforetime.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EVENING</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">morning</strong><span>, and at </span><strong class="bold">noon, will I pray, and cry aloud</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">He shall hear my voice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY without </span><strong class="bold">ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Practice the following verses:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY voice shalt thou hear </span><strong class="bold">in the morning</strong><span>, O Lord; in the </span><strong class="bold">morning will I direct my prayer</strong><span> unto thee, and will look up.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 5:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WATCH and pray</strong><span>, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 26:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be continually in the Spirit of prayer.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PRAYING always with all Prayer</strong><span> and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT they that </span><strong class="bold">wait upon the Lord</strong><span> shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Where do you Pray?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL therefore </span><strong class="bold">that men pray every where</strong><span>, lifting up holy hands.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 2:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that </span><strong class="bold">men ought always to pray</strong><span>, and not to faint.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but </span><strong class="bold">in every thing by prayer</strong><span> and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-conditions-in-answer-to-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-88"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id412"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must ASK!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ASK, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be given you; </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span>, and ye shall find. </span><strong class="bold">Knock</strong><span>, and it shall be </span><strong class="bold">opened unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must BELIEVE!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever</strong><span> ye </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span>, when ye </span><strong class="bold">pray, believe</strong><span> that ye </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> receive them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when ye stand praying, </span><strong class="bold">forgive, if ye have ought against any</strong><span>: that your Father also which is in heaven </span><strong class="bold">may forgive you</strong><span> your trespasses. </span><strong class="bold">But if ye do not forgive</strong><span>, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:25,26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must have a CLEAN HEART.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF I </span><strong class="bold">regard iniquity</strong><span> in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 66:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Must be UNSELFISH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE ask, and receive not, because </span><strong class="bold">ye ask amiss</strong><span>, that ye may </span><strong class="bold">consume it upon your lusts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Must DO HIS WILL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the </span><strong class="bold">confidence that we have in him</strong><span>, that, </span><strong class="bold">if we ask anything according</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">his will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">heareth us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye </span><strong class="bold">abide</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">me</strong><span>, and my </span><strong class="bold">words abide in you</strong><span>, ye </span><strong class="bold">shall ask what ye will</strong><span>, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must ASK IN HIS NAME.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father </span><strong class="bold">in my name</strong><span>, he will give it you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father </span><strong class="bold">in my name</strong><span>, he may give it you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="regeneration-or-the-new-birth-nl-results-of-regeneration"> -<span id="org-page-89"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id413"><span>Regeneration, or the New Birth.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">RESULTS of Regeneration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a new love for God and His people.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A NEW heart.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">hath everlasting life</strong><span>, and shall not come into condemnation; </span><strong class="bold">but is passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that ye put on </span><strong class="bold">the new man</strong><span>, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Created ANEW, not made over.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, </span><strong class="bold">he is a new creature</strong><span>: old things are passed away; Behold, all things are become new.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Washed white, not white-washed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the </span><strong class="bold">washing of regeneration</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">renewing</strong><span> of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. VICTORY over sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath </span><strong class="bold">translated us into the kingdom</strong><span> of his dear Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 1:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th. Created to be useful (workers).</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we are his workmanship, </span><strong class="bold">created in Christ Jesus unto good works</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-90"><span>Because we are born with an </span><strong class="bold">earthly</strong><span> nature and are sinners against God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the </span><strong class="bold">carnal nature</strong><span> that sins. it is the </span><strong class="bold">God nature</strong><span> that does not sin.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">except a man be born again</strong><span>, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT which is born of the </span><strong class="bold">flesh</strong><span> is </span><strong class="bold">flesh</strong><span>; and that which is </span><strong class="bold">BORN of the Spirit</strong><span> is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:6-7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Have YOU been born of the Spirit?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you are not </span><strong class="bold">sure, read</strong><span> the following Scriptures as they may assure you, or show you how you </span><strong class="bold">may be regenerated</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER </span><strong class="bold">believeth that Jesus is the Christ</strong><span> is born of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received him</strong><span>, to them gave he power to become the </span><strong class="bold">sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, </span><strong class="bold">but of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12-13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BEING born again</strong><span>, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, </span><strong class="bold">by the word of God</strong><span>, which liveth and abideth for ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:23</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and </span><strong class="bold">precious promises</strong><span>: that </span><strong class="bold">by these</strong><span> ye might be partakers of the </span><strong class="bold">divine nature</strong><span>, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through </span><strong class="bold">lust</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for </span><strong class="bold">thy word hath quickened me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:50</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR in Christ Jesus I have </span><strong class="bold">begotten you through the gospel</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 4:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you would know more regarding this subject see next page.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="repentance-nl-a-requisite-for-salvation-what-does-it-mean"> -<span id="org-page-91"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id414"><span>Repentance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change of mind, such as leads one to </span><strong class="bold">confess all his sins, forsake</strong><span> them and </span><strong class="bold">turn</strong><span> to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: </span><strong class="bold">repent ye</strong><span>, and believe the gospel.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Repent, and be baptized</strong><span> every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye therefore</strong><span>, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 3:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is commanding us to repent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now </span><strong class="bold">commandeth all men every where to repent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they went out, and preached that </span><strong class="bold">men should repent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 6:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that </span><strong class="bold">repentance</strong><span> and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 24:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EXCEPT ye repent</strong><span> ye shall all likewise perish.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye</strong><span>: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAME not to call the righteous, </span><strong class="bold">but sinners to repentance</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Does this verse mean </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, </span><strong class="bold">that they should repent and turn to God</strong><span>, and do works meet for repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 26:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have not repented, do so at once.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="revival-the-nl-how-to-make-it-a-success"> -<span id="org-page-92"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id415"><span>Revival, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to make it a success.</span></a></h3> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be a prayerful christian.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always be on time.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Ask God to help you sing.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a point to attend every meeting.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Do not quench the Spirit.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be ready to obey at God’s calling.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were a pleasure.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them up and lead them to Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and accept Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the church members were like me, would this revival be a success?”</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one about seeking Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be able some way to lead them to Christ.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -<div class="container margin transition"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>――――</span></p> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="bold italics">How to Hinder a Revival.</cite></p> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Never pray. If you did, it might help some one.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always make a long prayer.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for them.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they would think you might be interested.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip him up the back.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question—if all the church members were like me what kind of a church would my church be?</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="revival-the-nl-what-to-bring-to-it"> -<span id="org-page-93"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id416"><span>Revival, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What to bring to It.</span></a></h3> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring the topic—in your memory, not on the card.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring some matured thought on the theme—from your Bible study.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have found in your reading or other research.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need—sated appetites are the hardest to cater to.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you will get more than you expect.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the </span><strong class="bold">beauty</strong><span> of holiness.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the attendance by a few personal invitations!</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="ridicule-and-persecution-nl-my-friends-will-laugh-at-me"> -<span id="org-page-94"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id417"><span>Ridicule and Persecution.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My friends will LAUGH at me.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your friend.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">be ashamed of me</strong><span> and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; </span><strong class="bold">of him also</strong><span> shall the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man be ashamed</strong><span>, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever </span><strong class="bold">shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s</strong><span>, the same shall save it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED are they which are </span><strong class="bold">persecuted for righteousness' sake</strong><span>: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall </span><strong class="bold">revile you, and persecute you</strong><span>, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. </span><strong class="bold">Rejoice, and be exceeding glad</strong><span>: for great is your </span><strong class="bold">reward in heaven</strong><span>: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:10-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye </span><strong class="bold">be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye</strong><span>; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 4:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also </span><strong class="bold">to suffer for his sake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; </span><strong class="bold">if so be that we suffer with him</strong><span>, that we may be also glorified together.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR I reckon that </span><strong class="bold">the sufferings</strong><span> of this present time are not worthy to be </span><strong class="bold">compared</strong><span> with the glory </span><strong class="bold">which shall be revealed in us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:18.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="ridicule-and-persecution-nl-encouragement-given-us"> -<span id="org-page-95"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id418"><span>Ridicule and Persecution.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Encouragement given us.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if </span><strong class="bold">when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently</strong><span>, this is acceptable with God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For even hereunto were </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> called, because </span><strong class="bold">Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:20, 21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him </span><strong class="bold">endured the cross, despising the shame</strong><span>, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 12:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver us? Yes surely He will.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, </span><strong class="bold">in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions</strong><span>, in distress for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, </span><strong class="bold">then am I strong</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they departed from the presence of the council, </span><strong class="bold">rejoicing chat they were counted worthy</strong><span> to suffer shame for his name.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT and if </span><strong class="bold">ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye</strong><span>: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YET </span><strong class="bold">if any man suffer</strong><span> as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, </span><strong class="bold">let them that suffer</strong><span> according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 4:16, 19.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="sabbath-and-sunday-nl-how-a-christian-should-hallow-it"> -<span id="org-page-96"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id419"><span>Sabbath and Sunday.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy</strong><span>. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: </span><strong class="bold">in it thou shalt not do any work</strong><span>, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Exodus 20:8-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND if the people of the land bring </span><strong class="bold">ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell</strong><span>, that we would not buy it of them on </span><strong class="bold">the sabbath day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Nehemiah 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is </span><strong class="bold">the day</strong><span> which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 118:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>How do you treat the Lords day?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU hast despised mine holy things, and </span><strong class="bold">hast profaned my sabbaths</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 22:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you profaned God’s holy day by going to excursions, and using it to meet your selfish ends?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Note the example of Christ and His Church</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, </span><strong class="bold">he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day</strong><span>, and stood up for to read.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 4:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he reasoned in the synagogue </span><strong class="bold">every sabbath</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 18:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WAS </span><strong class="bold">in the Spirit on the Lord’s day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 1:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the </span><strong class="bold">Sabbath day</strong><span> which are a </span><strong class="bold">shadow</strong><span> of things to come; but the </span><strong class="bold">body is Christ’s</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 2:16-17, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-97"><strong class="bold">God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, </span><strong class="bold">not doing thine own ways</strong><span>, nor finding </span><strong class="bold">thine own pleasure</strong><span>, nor speaking thine own words:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 58:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Commands divine worship.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate be for the Lord </span><strong class="bold">in the sabbaths and in the new moons</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 46:3</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Required His word to be read.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are </span><strong class="bold">read every sabbath day</strong><span>, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 13:27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The Lords Supper to be observed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND upon the </span><strong class="bold">first day of the week</strong><span>, when the disciples came together to </span><strong class="bold">break bread, Paul preached unto them</strong><span>, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>-—Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation “not speaking thine own words.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Strive to be “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day," "not doing thine own ways."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in every week.”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-to-whom-offered-whosoever-will"> -<span id="org-page-98"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id420"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Notice the different classes to whom </span><strong class="bold">salvation is offered</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, </span><strong class="bold">and I will give you rest</strong><span>. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: </span><strong class="bold">and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is easy</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">my burden is light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:28-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters</strong><span>, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, </span><strong class="bold">buy wine and milk without money</strong><span> and without price.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. To sinners.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, </span><strong class="bold">while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 5:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world </span><strong class="bold">to save sinners; of whom I am chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. To the LOST.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is </span><strong class="bold">come to seek and save that which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Spirit and the bride </span><strong class="bold">say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">And whosoever will</strong><span>, let him take the water of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do your part? and come honestly and confess your sins?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we confess our sins, </span><strong class="bold">he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>, and to </span><strong class="bold">cleanse us</strong><span> from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-offered-to-the-most-sinful"> -<span id="org-page-99"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id421"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Offered to the MOST sinful.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now, and let us </span><strong class="bold">reason together</strong><span>, saith the Lord: </span><strong class="bold">though your sins be as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white</strong><span> as </span><strong class="bold">snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the spirit and the </span><strong class="bold">bride</strong><span> say Come. . . . And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>. And </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will, let him take of the water of life </span><strong class="bold">freely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE He is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> also </span><strong class="bold">to save them to the uttermost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">we confess our sins</strong><span>, He is faithful and </span><strong class="bold">just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">to cleanse us</strong><span> from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is come to </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> and to </span><strong class="bold">save</strong><span> that which was lost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>No one can say, “I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I HAVE blotted out</strong><span>, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, </span><strong class="bold">thy sins</strong><span>: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I EVEN I, am he that </span><strong class="bold">blotteth out thy transgressions</strong><span> for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. </span><strong class="bold">And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father</strong><span>, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the </span><strong class="bold">propitiation for our sins</strong><span>: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon the name of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If any one “</span><strong class="bold">wills</strong><span>” to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and the Lord will save.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-saved-alone-by-faith-lost-through-unbelief"> -<span id="org-page-100"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id422"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on me hath </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BELIEVE</strong><span> on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him</strong><span> shall receive remission of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND by him all that </span><strong class="bold">believe are</strong><span> justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 13:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not the Son</strong><span> shall not see life; but the </span><strong class="bold">wrath of God abideth on him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not is CONDEMNED already</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER is there salvation </span><strong class="bold">in any other</strong><span>: for there is </span><strong class="bold">none other name</strong><span> under heaven given among men, whereby </span><strong class="bold">we</strong><span> must be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, </span><strong class="bold">but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye</strong><span>: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-what-must-i-do-to-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-101"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id423"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What must I do to be saved?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great question, </span><strong class="bold">so plain</strong><span> that you will be able to say, "</span><strong class="bold">I see it,</strong><span>” and I will </span><strong class="bold">now believe</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You ask, “What must I do to be saved?"</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BELIEVE</strong><span> on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon the name of the Lord </span><strong class="bold">shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">he</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">heareth My Word</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), </span><strong class="bold">hath everlasting</strong><span> life, and shall not come into judgment, but </span><strong class="bold">hath passed out of death into life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24, A.V. & R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life</strong><span>: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on Him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your salvation depends upon what </span><strong class="bold">you do with Jesus Christ. Accept</strong><span> Him and you are saved—</span><strong class="bold">reject</strong><span> Him and you are lost. Thus saith the Scriptures!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child begins with the alphabet at school. Don’t look for marvels. Don’t expect to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-102"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Confess Christ before men.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, and shalt </span><strong class="bold">believe in thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, </span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span> man believeth unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth</strong><span> confession is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The “</span><strong class="bold">If</strong><span>” at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests </span><strong class="bold">two</strong><span> conditions.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. To "</span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span>,” that is, </span><strong class="bold">make known</strong><span> with your mouth the Lord Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. To “</span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>,” that is, </span><strong class="bold">really mean it</strong><span> in your heart.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you meet these conditions God’s word says, “</span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>”. Our feelings are </span><strong class="bold">not to be depended upon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. OBEY Christ in the life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE </span><strong class="bold">that hath my commandments, and keepeth them</strong><span>, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and </span><strong class="bold">will manifest myself to him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will require all your life to live it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All who will decide to trust in Christ </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span>, pray with me this prayer: “Lord Jesus I come to thee </span><strong class="bold">just as I am</strong><span>, and take thee at thy word; wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-proofs-that-we-are-saved"> -<span id="org-page-103"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id424"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Proofs that we are saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Spirit itself </span><strong class="bold">beareth witness with our spirit</strong><span>, that we are the children of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the record, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>, and this life is in his Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath life</strong><span>; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us </span><strong class="bold">the earnest of the Spirit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit in our hearts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 1:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby </span><strong class="bold">ye are sealed</strong><span> unto the day of redemption.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of his Son into your hearts</strong><span>, crying, Abba, Father.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, </span><strong class="bold">by the Spirit which he hath given us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, </span><strong class="bold">and renewing of the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, </span><strong class="bold">because he hath given us of his Spirit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed </span><strong class="bold">with that Holy Spirit of promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 1:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-given-by-inspiration"> -<span id="org-page-104"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id425"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Given by inspiration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">word of the Lord came unto me</strong><span>, saying.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 12:21, 26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>David, the Psalmist, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of the Lord spake by me</strong><span>, and his word was in my tongue.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Samuel 23:1, 2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul, the Apostle, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God</strong><span>, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:16, 17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye </span><strong class="bold">received the word of God</strong><span> which ye heard of us, ye received it </span><strong class="bold">not as the word of men</strong><span>, but as it is in the truth, </span><strong class="bold">the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 2:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Peter, the disciple, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOWING this first, that </span><strong class="bold">no prophecy</strong><span> of the Scripture is of any </span><strong class="bold">private interpretation</strong><span>. For the </span><strong class="bold">prophecy came not</strong><span> in old time </span><strong class="bold">by the will of man</strong><span>: but holy men of God </span><strong class="bold">spake as they were</strong><span> moved by the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:20-21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>John, the Beloved, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For </span><strong class="bold">he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God</strong><span>: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:33-34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND beginning at </span><strong class="bold">Moses</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">all the prophets</strong><span>, he expounded unto them in </span><strong class="bold">all the scriptures</strong><span> the things concerning himself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 24:27.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-they-supply-every-need"> -<span id="org-page-105"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id426"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">They supply every need.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. They produce FAITH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then </span><strong class="bold">faith cometh</strong><span> by hearing, </span><strong class="bold">and hearing by the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS new born babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire the sincere milk of the word</strong><span>, that ye may </span><strong class="bold">grow thereby</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. They BUILD us up.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, </span><strong class="bold">and to the word of his grace</strong><span>, which is </span><strong class="bold">able to build you up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. They DISCERN our hearts.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is </span><strong class="bold">a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> have I </span><strong class="bold">hid in mine heart, that I might not sin</strong><span> against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. They become one’s WEAPON.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the </span><strong class="bold">sword</strong><span> of the Spirit, </span><strong class="bold">which is the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth</strong><span>; but thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt meditate therein day and night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have </span><strong class="bold">good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they </span><strong class="bold">received the word</strong><span> with all readiness of mind, </span><strong class="bold">and searched the scripture daily</strong><span>, whether those things were so.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-gods-promises-for-you"> -<span id="org-page-106"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id427"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s promises FOR YOU.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. His presence.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TEACHING them to </span><strong class="bold">observe all things</strong><span> whatsoever I have commanded you: and, </span><strong class="bold">lo, I am with you always</strong><span>, even unto the end of the world. Amen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Guidance.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will </span><strong class="bold">guide thee with mine eye</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 32:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Divine Intercession.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also </span><strong class="bold">maketh intercession for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Grace to live.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND God is </span><strong class="bold">able to make all grace</strong><span> abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to </span><strong class="bold">every good work</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Victory over temptation.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as </span><strong class="bold">is common to man</strong><span>: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will </span><strong class="bold">with the temptation also make a way to escape</strong><span>, that ye may be able to bear it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Forgiveness of sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL forgive their iniquity</strong><span>, and I will </span><strong class="bold">remember their sin no more</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 31:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-107"><strong class="bold">7th. Answer to prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> pray, </span><strong class="bold">believe that ye receive them</strong><span>, and ye shall have them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th. The Holy Spirit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your </span><strong class="bold">heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit</strong><span> to them that ask him?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 11:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">9th. Power for Service.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye shall receive </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span>, after that the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost is come</strong><span> upon you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in </span><strong class="bold">Jerusalem</strong><span>, and in all </span><strong class="bold">Judaea</strong><span> and in </span><strong class="bold">Samaria</strong><span>, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">10th. Divine wisdom.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you lack </span><strong class="bold">wisdom, let him ask of God</strong><span>, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">11th. Divine strength.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not, for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>; be not dismayed, for I am </span><strong class="bold">thy God, I will strengthen</strong><span> thee; </span><strong class="bold">yea</strong><span>, I will </span><strong class="bold">help</strong><span> thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy God will </span><strong class="bold">hold thy right hand</strong><span>, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not, I will help thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10, 13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">12th. Divine Comfort.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL not leave you comfortless</strong><span>: I will come to you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou </span><strong class="bold">passest through the waters</strong><span>, I will be </span><strong class="bold">with thee</strong><span>; and through the rivers, </span><strong class="bold">they shall not overflow thee</strong><span>: when thou walkest through the fire, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt not be burned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:2</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-108"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">13th. Divine teaching.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name, he shall </span><strong class="bold">teach</strong><span> you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">14th. Our Labor not Vain.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, </span><strong class="bold">be ye steadfast, unmovable</strong><span>, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 15:58.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">15th. Our work rewarded.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: </span><strong class="bold">for your work shall be rewarded</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">16th. A Heavenly mansion.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house </span><strong class="bold">are many mansions</strong><span>; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to </span><strong class="bold">prepare a place for you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">17th. A glorified body.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not made with hands (</span><strong class="bold">the resurrection body</strong><span>), eternal in the heavens.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">18th. A Coming Lord.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he </span><strong class="bold">appear the second time</strong><span> without sin unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THIS same Jesus</strong><span>, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall </span><strong class="bold">so come in like manner</strong><span> as ye have seen him go into heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-for-the-jews"> -<span id="org-page-109"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id428"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For the Jews.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is not done with the Jews:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? </span><strong class="bold">God forbid</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Their land shall be restored:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they shall say, This land that was desolate </span><strong class="bold">is become like the garden of Eden</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The people shall be restored:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will </span><strong class="bold">bring again the captivity of my people of Israel</strong><span>, and they shall </span><strong class="bold">build</strong><span> the waste cities, and </span><strong class="bold">inhabit</strong><span> them; and they shall </span><strong class="bold">plant</strong><span> vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also </span><strong class="bold">make gardens</strong><span> and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall </span><strong class="bold">no more be pulled up out of their land</strong><span> which I have given them, saith Jehovah.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 9:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">They shall be more blest than ever.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will </span><strong class="bold">do better unto you than at your beginnings</strong><span>; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">They shall be regenerated:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A </span><strong class="bold">NEW heart</strong><span> also will I give you, and a </span><strong class="bold">new spirit</strong><span> will I put within you: and I will </span><strong class="bold">take away the stony heart</strong><span> out of your flesh, and I will </span><strong class="bold">give you a heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">These promises are unconditional:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but </span><strong class="bold">for mine holy name’s sake</strong><span>, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:22,31,32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew and Hebrews.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26.</span></p> -<div class="container margin transition"> -<p class="center pnext"><span>――――</span></p> -</div> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics">Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his sacrifice.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He is despised and rejected of men</strong><span>; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; </span><strong class="bold">he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs</strong><span>, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities</strong><span>: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; </span><strong class="bold">and with his stripes we are healed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; </span><strong class="bold">and the</strong><span> Lord hath laid on him the </span><strong class="bold">iniquity of us all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He was oppressed, and he was afflicted</strong><span> yet no opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (</span><strong class="bold">Jesus Christ was surely a man of, affliction.</strong><span>)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: </span><strong class="bold">for the transgression of my people was he stricken</strong><span>. (Christ bore our sins in His body.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (This is a beautiful picture of Christ.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him</strong><span>; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make </span><strong class="bold">his soul an offering for sin</strong><span>, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; </span><strong class="bold">for he shall bear their iniquities</strong><span>. (That’s what Christ did.)</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-given-to-instruct-the-church-member"> -<span id="org-page-111"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id429"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE things have I written unto you that </span><strong class="bold">believe upon</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may </span><strong class="bold">know we are saved</strong><span> because God says so.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH the </span><strong class="bold">scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whatsover</strong><span> is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the victory that </span><strong class="bold">overcometh</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">world</strong><span>, even our faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He who has </span><strong class="bold">God’s life</strong><span> in him, is the one who </span><strong class="bold">has victory.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is BORN OF HIM.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER is </span><strong class="bold">born</strong><span> of God </span><strong class="bold">doth not commit sin</strong><span>; for his seed remaineth in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This means that the </span><strong class="bold">new nature</strong><span> “His seed” </span><strong class="bold">cannot sin</strong><span>, though the old nature does.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WE know that we have passed from death unto life, </span><strong class="bold">because we love the brethren</strong><span>. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:14-15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fact that we find ourselves </span><strong class="bold">loving God’s people</strong><span> and having fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">pages 34</a><span> and 35 on </span><strong class="bold">new birth</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-read-them-helpful-thoughts"> -<span id="org-page-112"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id430"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st.</strong><span> Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read it without hurry.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Read it prayerfully. God’s book cannot rightly be apprehended without the aid of God’s Spirit. “Open thou mine. eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd.</strong><span> Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, Bible dictionary, etc.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th.</strong><span> Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in order to get through it in that time.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th.</strong><span> Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th.</strong><span> Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th.</strong><span> Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make its precepts the rule of your life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">9th.</strong><span> Read it in faith. Take it as God’s word to yourself. Look upon its promises as your own</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be holy, and live it to be happy.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldier’s sword and the christian’s charter.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-importance-of-bible-study"> -<span id="org-page-113"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id431"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Importance of Bible study.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend most of your time and then search it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SEARCH the Scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which </span><strong class="bold">testify of me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the Bible be your motto, “In the beginning God.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord God has given me the </span><strong class="bold">tongue</strong><span> of the learned, </span><strong class="bold">that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary</strong><span>: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 50:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and </span><strong class="bold">hast revealed them unto babes</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, and to the </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> of His </span><strong class="bold">grace</strong><span>, which is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">build</strong><span> you </span><strong class="bold">up</strong><span>, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY to </span><strong class="bold">shew thyself approved unto God</strong><span>, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing the word of truth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-study-them"> -<span id="org-page-114"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id432"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to study them.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st</strong><span>. When you open your Bible never forget that </span><strong class="bold">it is God’s word</strong><span>, not man’s word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it </span><strong class="bold">not as the word of men</strong><span>, but as it is in truth, </span><strong class="bold">the word of God</strong><span>, which effectually worketh also in you that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 2:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but </span><strong class="bold">holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Read your Bible as if it were written for </span><strong class="bold">you only</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written </span><strong class="bold">for our learning</strong><span>, that </span><strong class="bold">we through patience</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">comfort of the scriptures might have hope</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 15:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL </span><strong class="bold">scripture</strong><span> is given </span><strong class="bold">by inspiration of God</strong><span>, and is profitable for </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">reproof</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">correction</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">instruction</strong><span> in righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd</strong><span>. Study with </span><strong class="bold">prayer</strong><span>, making the </span><strong class="bold">psalmist’s prayer</strong><span> yours.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou </span><strong class="bold">mine eyes</strong><span>, that I may behold </span><strong class="bold">wondrous things</strong><span> out of </span><strong class="bold">thy law</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th</strong><span>. Study with </span><strong class="bold">meditation</strong><span> expecting help, comfort, blessing and success in living for God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt meditate therein day</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> make thy way </span><strong class="bold">prosperous</strong><span>, and then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> have </span><strong class="bold">good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-115"><span>One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don't let any one chew your spiritual food for you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY words were found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th.</strong><span> Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You will fail to learn if you do not.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, </span><strong class="bold">He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance</strong><span>, whatsoever, I have said unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 11:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> And as you read </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>: “Thou light of life shine into my heart, and reveal thyself to me now from thy word.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and humble in service.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, (R.V. Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Cleanse your life by the application of the word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREWITHAL shall a young man </span><strong class="bold">cleanse his way</strong><span>? by taking heed thereto according to </span><strong class="bold">thy word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-memorize"> -<span id="org-page-116"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id433"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to memorize?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul winners.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the memorizing of </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task if undertaken in the right manner.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In memorizing:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st.</strong><span> Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example say John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world” instead of merely saying “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc., omitting to say John 1:29.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Learn it. Don’t get a faint, indefinite idea of it. </span><strong class="bold">Take no “snap shot” but give it a “time exposure.”</strong><span> If you want to remember any text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, clear, vivid impression on your mind.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd.</strong><span> There are a great many “methods” or “schemes” of memorizing advanced in this day of ours, but the writer’s opinion is that the best way of memorizing is to </span><strong class="bold">get to work and do it</strong><span>. If it is easily acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that </span><strong class="bold">it will be as easily lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-117"><strong class="bold">4th.</strong><span> Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you can repeat it correctly, </span><strong class="bold">then to be sure, read</strong><span> it again. </span><strong class="bold">I have made a practice of writing out on paper</strong><span> the passages to be memorized. </span><strong class="bold">Once writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth</strong><span>. In Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and said “How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the difficulties?” I said to her, “Did you ever ride on the train?” “Oh yes, hundreds of times." “Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that road every day, and that is what you and I have to do.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Review, Review, Review.</strong><span> That’s the secret of memorizing. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">day</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">week</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">year</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review, Review, Review</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>How many people you hear saying: “I know the verse one day but forget it the next.” </span><strong class="bold">Well you need to review, that’s all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to persons who have difficulties. </span><strong class="bold">Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!</strong><span> That’s what the </span><strong class="bold">lawyer</strong><span>, </span><strong class="bold">preacher</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">doctor</strong><span> have to do, and that is what I had to do. Be “seasonable” or “unseasonable,” in season or out of season, only </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> your </span><strong class="bold">opportunity</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">practice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th.</strong><span> Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly until a chapter is repeated at one time?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-the-word-of-god-our-testimony"> -<span id="org-page-118"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id434"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The word of God our TESTIMONY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> ALWAYS to </span><strong class="bold">give</strong><span> an </span><strong class="bold">answer</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">every man</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">asketh</strong><span> you a </span><strong class="bold">reason of the hope</strong><span> that is in you with </span><strong class="bold">meekness</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">fear</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore </span><strong class="bold">shall confess me before men</strong><span>, him will </span><strong class="bold">I confess also before my Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me before men</strong><span> him will </span><strong class="bold">I also deny before my Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; </span><strong class="bold">and with the mouth confession is made</strong><span> unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DAVID prayed, "</span><strong class="bold">O Lord, open thou my lips</strong><span>, and my </span><strong class="bold">mouth</strong><span> shall show forth thy praise."</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 51:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Live so that you can say with the Psalmist.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 40:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR I am </span><strong class="bold">not</strong><span> ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">every one that believeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 1:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Malachi 2:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="skeptic-nl-the-honest-enquirer-though-skeptical"> -<span id="org-page-119"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id435"><span>Skeptic.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, “O God, if there be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other things you use and believe;</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these (the writings of John’s gospel) are written that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span> through </span><strong class="bold">His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do his will</strong><span>, he shall </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">the doctrine</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual things.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man</strong><span> receiveth not the things of </span><strong class="bold">the Spirit of God</strong><span>: for they are </span><strong class="bold">foolishness unto him</strong><span>: neither can he know them, because they </span><strong class="bold">are spiritually discerned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw “</span><strong class="bold">men as trees.” walking</strong><span> when Christ first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave him more.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe</strong><span>. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither </span><strong class="bold">thy finger</strong><span>, and behold </span><strong class="bold">my hands</strong><span>; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it </span><strong class="bold">into my side</strong><span>: and be not faithless, </span><strong class="bold">but believing</strong><span>. And Thomas answered and said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">My Lord and my God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:25-28.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="spiritualism-fortune-telling-nl-god-warns-against-it"> -<span id="org-page-120"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id436"><span>Spiritualism Fortune Telling.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God WARNS against It.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REGARD not</strong><span> them that have </span><strong class="bold">familiar spirits</strong><span>, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Leviticus 19:31</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that turneth after such as have </span><strong class="bold">familiar spirits, and after wizards</strong><span>, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Leviticus 20:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Beware of Spiritualism.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, </span><strong class="bold">believe not every spirit</strong><span>, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come: and even now already is in the world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:1-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and </span><strong class="bold">signs and lying wonders</strong><span>, And with all </span><strong class="bold">deceivableness of unrighteousness</strong><span> in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 2:9-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that </span><strong class="bold">useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 18:10-11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="temperance-nl-gods-warning-against-intemperance"> -<span id="org-page-121"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id437"><span>Temperance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning</strong><span>, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, till </span><strong class="bold">wine</strong><span> inflame them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine</strong><span>, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WOE unto him that </span><strong class="bold">giveth his neighbor drink</strong><span>, that putteth the bottle to him, and maketh him drunken also.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Habakkuk 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. </span><strong class="bold">Be not among winebibbers</strong><span>; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall </span><strong class="bold">come to poverty</strong><span>: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. . . . Who hath </span><strong class="bold">woe</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">sorrow</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">contentions</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">babbling</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">wounds</strong><span> without cause? who hath </span><strong class="bold">redness of eyes</strong><span>? They that </span><strong class="bold">tarry long at the wine</strong><span>; they that go to seek mixed wine. </span><strong class="bold">Look not thou upon the wine</strong><span> when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it </span><strong class="bold">biteth like a serpent</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">stingeth like an adder</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WINE is a </span><strong class="bold">mocker</strong><span>, strong drink is </span><strong class="bold">raging</strong><span>: and whosoever is deceived thereby </span><strong class="bold">is not wise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 20:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that </span><strong class="bold">loveth wine</strong><span> and oil </span><strong class="bold">shall not be rich</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 21:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">be not drunk with wine</strong><span>, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT Daniel </span><strong class="bold">purposed in his heart</strong><span> that he </span><strong class="bold">would not defile himself</strong><span> with the portion of the king’s meat, </span><strong class="bold">nor with the wine which he drank</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 1:8.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="temptation-nl-how-to-gain-the-victory"> -<span id="org-page-122"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id438"><span>Temptation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to gain the VICTORY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath no </span><strong class="bold">temptation taken you but such as is common to man</strong><span>: but God is </span><strong class="bold">faithful</strong><span>, who will </span><strong class="bold">not suffer (you)</strong><span> to be </span><strong class="bold">tempted above</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">ye are able</strong><span>; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> how to </span><strong class="bold">deliver the Godly out of temptation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BLESSED</strong><span> is the man that </span><strong class="bold">endureth temptation</strong><span>: for when he is tried, . . . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is </span><strong class="bold">drawn away of his own lust</strong><span>, and enticed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:12-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> and of </span><strong class="bold">good courage</strong><span>; be not </span><strong class="bold">afraid</strong><span>, neither be thou </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span>: for the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> is with thee </span><strong class="bold">whithersoever thou goest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not, for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strengthen thee</strong><span>; yea </span><strong class="bold">I will help thee</strong><span>; yea, </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the right hand of my righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was </span><strong class="bold">in all points tempted like as we are</strong><span>, yet without sin. Let us </span><strong class="bold">therefore</strong><span> come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and </span><strong class="bold">find grace to help in time of need</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 4:15-16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WATCH and pray</strong><span>, that ye enter not into temptation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 26:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="unpardonable-sin"> -<span id="org-page-123"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id439"><span>Unpardonable Sin.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is </span><strong class="bold">longsuffering</strong><span> to usward, </span><strong class="bold">not willing that any should perish, but that all</strong><span> should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he is </span><strong class="bold">able to save them to the uttermost</strong><span> that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings or conditions are.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall call upon the </span><strong class="bold">name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Show just what the unpardonable sin is?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: </span><strong class="bold">but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost</strong><span> shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, </span><strong class="bold">it shall not be forgiven him</strong><span>, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 12:31-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness</strong><span>, but is in danger of </span><strong class="bold">eternal damnation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 3:28-29.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="unforgiveness-nl-for-those-who-will-not-forgive"> -<span id="org-page-124"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id440"><span>Unforgiveness.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For those who will not forgive.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy brother </span><strong class="bold">hath aught against thee</strong><span>; Leave there thy gift before the altar, </span><strong class="bold">and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother</strong><span>, and then come and offer thy gift.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:23, 24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you forgiven </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when ye stand praying, </span><strong class="bold">forgive, if ye have ought against any</strong><span>: that your Father also which is in heaven may </span><strong class="bold">forgive you your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father</strong><span> which is in heaven </span><strong class="bold">forgive your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:25, 26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND be ye </span><strong class="bold">kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another</strong><span>, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR if ye </span><strong class="bold">forgive men their trespasses</strong><span>, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><strong class="bold">But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; Forbearing one another, </span><strong class="bold">and forgiving one another</strong><span>, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:12, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God to forgive you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET all </span><strong class="bold">bitterness</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">wrath</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">anger</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">clamour</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">evil speaking, be put away</strong><span> from you </span><strong class="bold">with all malice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:31.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="worldly-amusements-nl-i-see-no-harm-in-them"> -<span id="org-page-125"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id441"><span>Worldly Amusements.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">"I see no HARM in them"</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LOVE not the world</strong><span>, neither the things that are in the world. </span><strong class="bold">If any man love the world</strong><span>, the love of the Father is not in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will </span><strong class="bold">eat no flesh</strong><span> while the world standeth, </span><strong class="bold">lest I make my brother to offend</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 8:13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not give up something?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all </span><strong class="bold">in the name of the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, </span><strong class="bold">do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NO man can serve two masters</strong><span>: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, </span><strong class="bold">Ye cannot serve God and mammon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that </span><strong class="bold">the friendship of the world is enmity with God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">come out</strong><span> from among them, and </span><strong class="bold">be ye separate</strong><span>, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:17</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man that warreth </span><strong class="bold">entangleth himself with the affairs of this life</strong><span>; that he may </span><strong class="bold">please him</strong><span> who hath chosen him to be a soldier.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore </span><strong class="bold">glorify God in your body</strong><span>, and in your spirit, which are God's.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 6:20</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes</strong><span>: but know thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things</strong><span> God will </span><strong class="bold">bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-126"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW ye not that ye are </span><strong class="bold">the temple of God</strong><span>, and that the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of God dwelleth in you</strong><span>? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the </span><strong class="bold">temple of God is holy, which temple ye are</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 3:16, 17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your body is that temple.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY profess that they know God; </span><strong class="bold">but in works they deny him</strong><span>, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 1:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can you ask a blessing on it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; </span><strong class="bold">but in every thing by prayer and supplication</strong><span> with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, </span><strong class="bold">or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers</strong><span>: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? </span><strong class="bold">And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God</strong><span>:</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14-16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say: “All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our dances.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I must say with Paul:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man preach </span><strong class="bold">any other gospel unto you</strong><span> than that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> have received, </span><strong class="bold">let him be accursed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 1:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="young-converts-nl-what-they-should-do"> -<span id="org-page-127"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id442"><span>Young Converts.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What they should do.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By doing these </span><strong class="bold">four</strong><span> things nobody can write backslider after your name.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Every day say something To GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PRAY</strong><span> without ceasing.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but in </span><strong class="bold">everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving</strong><span> let your </span><strong class="bold">requests be made known unto God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">ye abide in me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">my words abide</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span>, ye </span><strong class="bold">shall ask</strong><span> what ye will, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever ye desire</strong><span>, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CALL </span><strong class="bold">unto me, and I will answer thee</strong><span>, and show ye great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> may be healed. The </span><strong class="bold">effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, </span><strong class="bold">he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks</strong><span> before his God, as he did aforetime.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVENING, and </span><strong class="bold">morning</strong><span>, and at </span><strong class="bold">noon</strong><span>, will I </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>, and cry </span><strong class="bold">aloud</strong><span>: and He </span><strong class="bold">shall hear my voice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF my people which are called by my name, </span><strong class="bold">shall humble themselves</strong><span>, and pray, and </span><strong class="bold">seek my face</strong><span>, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and </span><strong class="bold">will forgive their sin</strong><span>, and will heal their land.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 7:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Neglect praying, and you will backslide.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-128"><strong class="bold">2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH </span><strong class="bold">the scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">words were</strong><span> found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and thy word was unto me </span><strong class="bold">the joy and rejoicing of my heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY </span><strong class="bold">to show thyself approved unto God, a workman</strong><span> that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire the sincere milk of the word</strong><span>, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">word have I hid in mine heart</strong><span>, that I might not sin against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the </span><strong class="bold">word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY word is a </span><strong class="bold">lamp</strong><span> unto my </span><strong class="bold">feet</strong><span>, and a </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span> unto my </span><strong class="bold">path</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalm 119:105.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">meditate therein day and night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt have good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-129"><strong class="bold">3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will </span><strong class="bold">I confess also before my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men him will </span><strong class="bold">I also deny before my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your </span><strong class="bold">light so shine before men</strong><span> that they may </span><strong class="bold">see your good works</strong><span>, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are my </span><strong class="bold">witnesses</strong><span>, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall be </span><strong class="bold">ashamed of me and my words</strong><span>, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man</strong><span> be ashamed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER shall </span><strong class="bold">confess that Jesus is the Son of God</strong><span>, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SING unto the Lord, bless his name; </span><strong class="bold">shew forth</strong><span> his salvation </span><strong class="bold">from day to day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 96:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>RETURN </span><strong class="bold">to thine house, and shew</strong><span> how great things God hath done unto thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 8:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and </span><strong class="bold">take up his cross daily</strong><span>, and follow me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 9:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-130"><strong class="bold">4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE my beloved brethren, </span><strong class="bold">be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work</strong><span> of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 15:58.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye into </span><strong class="bold">all the world</strong><span> and preach the gospel to </span><strong class="bold">every creature.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS we </span><strong class="bold">have therefore opportunity, let us do good</strong><span> unto all men.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I MUST work the works of him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">while it is day</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">night cometh</strong><span>, when no man can work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know that he which converteth </span><strong class="bold">the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his way </span><strong class="bold">shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall </span><strong class="bold">shine as the brightness of the firmament</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">give to drink</strong><span> unto one of these little ones </span><strong class="bold">a cup of cold water</strong><span> only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">he shall in no wise lose his reward</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, </span><strong class="bold">ye have done it unto me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Last clause. Matthew 25:40.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">let us not be weary</strong><span> in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Lift up your eyes</strong><span>, and look on the fields; for they are </span><strong class="bold">white already to harvest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREIN is my Father glorified that </span><strong class="bold">ye bear much fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:8.</cite></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="backmatter"> -</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="general-index"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id444"><span>GENERAL INDEX</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Age— (see “I am too young")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Answers to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-5">Assurance— How you may know you are saved</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Backslider— God’s warning to</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-8">Backslider— How he may return</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Baptism— It follows Salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-10">Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Bible— (see “Scriptures”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-11">Business— I will be hindered in making money</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Careless—(see “I am not concerned”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Ceremonies—(Do not save) see “Baptism”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Christ—His Deity</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Christian living— Those trying to be Christians</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Christian living— Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Christian living— How to grow in grace</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-16">Christian living— Results of keeping close to Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Christian living— Results following repentance and faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-22">Christian Science</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Church— Must I join to be a Christian?</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Companionship— (see “My companions keep me from Christ”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Confession— Confessing Christ publicly</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-20">Consecration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-24">Conversion— (instantaneous)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Converts— (see Young Converts)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Daily Living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Daily Prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Decision—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Deity of Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Delay—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">Doubter—The honest</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Doubter—The honest (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Everlasting Life</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Excuses— I am a member of the church</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-27">Excuses— I am good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Excuses— I am not very bad</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-29">Excuses— I am not good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Excuses— I am too great a sinner</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Excuses— Not now</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-32">Excuses— There are Church members no better than I</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-36">Excuses— There is too much to give up</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-37">Excuses— I can not surrender all</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-38">Excuses— The Christian life is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Excuses— I have tried and failed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-41">Excuses— I can’t hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Excuses— I have no feeling</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Excuses— I am not concerned</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-46">Excuses— The Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-47">Excuses— Those who know not the way</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-48">Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Excuses— I can’t understand</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-51">Excuses— I can’t see</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Excuses— My heart is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Excuses— I am too young</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-55">Excuses— It is too late</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-56">Excuses— Don't talk to me</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Faith—Necessary to salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Feeling—(see “I have no feeling”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-57">Formalist</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Friendship</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-58">Giving (systematically)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God—(see “Doubter”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Growth</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Habits</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-59">Hell— A real place</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-60">Hell— “God is unjust to damn”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-61">Hell— Condition of the lost</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-63">Holiness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-64">Holy Spirit</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see “Hypocrites”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent—The</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Intemperance</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Jews—Scriptures for them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Joining the church</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-68">Love—For your neighbor</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Moralist— Trusts in self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-70">Moralist— Who trusts in good works</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Neglecting— (see I am not concerned)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Personal Work— Its great importance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-72">Personal Work— Qualifications needed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-74">Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-76">Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer list” card</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-77">Personal Work— Three helpful hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-78">Personal Work— Hints and suggestions</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-80">Personal Work— Fruit promised</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-81">Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-82">Personal Work— For those Who are weak</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-83">Personal Work— A word to the careless</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference external" href="#org-page-13">Power— God’s Keeping</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference external" href="#org-page-39">Power— God’s Keeping (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-85">Prayer— Heard and answered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-86">Prayer— Victory through’ prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Prayer— Conditions in answer to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Prayer-meetings—(Preparation for)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Promises</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-89">Regeneration— The new birth</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-90">Regeneration— (Results of)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-92">Revival— How to make it a success</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-93">Revival— What to bring to it</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Rules for daily prayer (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-96">Sabbath and Sunday</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-105">Scriptures, The— They supply every need</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Scriptures, The— For the Jews</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-111">Scriptures, The— For Church members</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-112">Scriptures, The— How to read them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-113">Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-114">Scriptures, The— How to study them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-116">Scriptures, The— How to memorize</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Scriptures, The— Our Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Self-denial</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Service</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Soul-Winning</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Spiritualism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Suggestions—(see "Converts")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Temperance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-122">Temptation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Testimony (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness—For those who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Work—(see “Personal Work")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Workers—Hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Young Coverts</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="index-for-christians"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id445"><span>INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Answers to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-5">Assurance—How you may know you are saved</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Christian Living— Those who are trying to be Christians</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Christian Living— Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Christian Living— How to grow in grace</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-16">Christian Living— Results of keeping close to Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Christian Living— Results following repentance and faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-22">Christian Science</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Confession— Confessing Christ publically.</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Consecration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Converts</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Daily Living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Daily Living (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Daily Prayer</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-58">Giving—(systematically)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God—(see “Doubter”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Growth</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-63">Holiness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-64">Holy Spirit</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Intemperance</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Jews— Scriptures for them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Joining the Church</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-68">Love—For your neighbor</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Personal Work— Its great importance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-72">Personal Work— Qualifications needed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-74">Personal Work— The soul-winner's prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-76">Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer-list” card</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-77">Personal Work— Three helpful hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-78">Personal Work— Hints and suggestions</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-79">Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-80">Personal Work— Fruit promised</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-81">Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-82">Personal Work— For those who are weak</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-83">Personal Work— A word to the careless</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-84">Pleasures—For those hindered by them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Power—God’s Keeping</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Power—God’s Keeping (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-85">Prayer— Heard and answered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-86">Prayer— Victory through.’ prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Conditions in answer to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Prayer-meetings—preparation for</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Promises</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-89">Regeneration— The new birth</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-90">Regeneration— Results of</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-92">Revival— How to make it a success</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-93">Revival— What to bring to it</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Ridicule and Persecution</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Rules for daily prayer (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-96">Sabbath and Sunday</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-98">Salvation— To whom offered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-99">Salvation— Offered to the most sinful</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Salvation— Saved alone by faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-101">Salvation— What must I do to be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-103">Salvation— Proof we are saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-105">Scriptures, The— They supply every need</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you.</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Scriptures, The— For the Jews</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-111">Scriptures, The— For Church members</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-112">Scriptures, The— How to read them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-113">Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-114">Scriptures, The— How to study them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-116">Scriptures, The— How to memorize</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Scriptures, The— Our Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Self-denial</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Service</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Sin— (“I am not very bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Sin— (“I am too bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Sin— Unpardonable</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-119">Skeptic</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Soul-winning</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Spritualism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-42">Strength to hold out (as well)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Suggestions—(see “Converts")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Surrender</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Temperance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-122">Temptation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Testimony (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness—For those Who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Work—(see “Personal Work”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Workers—Hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Young Converts</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="index-for-the-unsaved"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id446"><span>INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Age— (see “I am too young")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Backslider— God’s warning to</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-8">Backslider— How he may return to God</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Baptism— Follows Salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-10">Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Bible— (see Scriptures)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-11">Business—I will be hindered in making money</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Careless—(see, I am not concerned)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Ceremonies—(Do not save)—see Baptism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Christ—His Deity</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Church—Must I join to be a Christian?</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Companionship—(see “My companions keep me from Christ”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-24">Conversion (instantaneous)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Decision—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Deity of Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Delay—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">Doubter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Doubter (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Everlasting Life</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Excuses— I am a member of the church</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-27">Excuses— I am good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Excuses— I am not very bad</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-29">Excuses— I am not good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Excuses— I am too great a sinner</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Excuses— Not now</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-32">Excuses— There are Church members no better than I</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-36">Excuses— There is too much to give up</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-37">Excuses— I cannot surrender all</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-38">Excuses— The Christian life is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Excuses— I have tried and failed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-41">Excuses— I can’t hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Excuses— I have no feeling</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Excuses— I am not concerned</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-46">Excuses— The Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-47">Excuses— Those Who know not the way</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-48">Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Excuses— I can’t understand</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-51">Excuses— I can't see</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Excuses— My heart is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Excuses— I am too young</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-55">Excuses— It is too late</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-56">Excuses— Don’t talk to me</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Faith— Necessary to salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Feeling— (see “I have no feeling”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Formalist</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Friendship</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God— (see "Doubter")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Habits</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-59">Hell— A real place</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-60">Hell— “God is unjust to damn”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-61">Hell— Condition of the lost</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent, The</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Moralist—Who trusts in self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-70">Moralist—Who trusts in good works</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Neglecting—(see “I am not concerned”)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-84">Pleasures—For those hindered by them</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Ridicule and Persecution</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-98">Salvation— To Whom offered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-99">Salvation— Offered to the most sinful</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Salvation— Saved alone by faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-101">Salvation— What must I do to be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-103">Salvation— Proof We are saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Sin— (“I am not very bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Sin— (“I am too bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Sin— Unpardonable</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-119">Skeptic</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Surrender</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness— For those who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="songs"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id450"><span>Songs:</span></a></h2> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="the-bible-railway"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id447"><span>The Bible Railway.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 612.75px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/RTP-Song1.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="id338"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id448"><span>Consecration.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 564.0px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/RTP-Song2.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="a-man-may-be-down-but-he-never-is-out"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id449"><span>A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 612.75px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. 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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at -http://www.gutenberg.org/license. If you are not located in the United -States, you’ll have to check the laws of the country where you are -located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Rescue the Perishing -Author: Fred R. Seibert -Release Date: December 26, 2016 [EBook #53811] -Language: English -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING *** - - - - -Produced by Peter G. Nystrom. - -This ebook was produced from scanned images of a personal copy of the -book. - - - - - _*RESCUE*_ - - _*THE*_ - - _*PERISHING*_ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _That ye may KNOW how ye ought to_ - - _ANSWER every man —— Colossians 4:6._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS_ - - _FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,_ - - _which is the word of God. —— Ephesians 6:17._ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _ARRANGED BY_ - - _“FRED” R. SEIBERT_ - - _——————————————————————————————_ - - _PUBLISHED BY_ - - _*THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY*_ - - _*WINONA LAKE, INDIANA*_ - - _Price, 40c_ - - - - - _Copyright 1921, by “Fred” R. Seibert, U. S. A._ - - _Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, Eng._ - - - - - _PREFACE_ - - - _This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical - effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience._ - - - - - SUNSHINE AND SMILES - - “FRED” R. SEIBERT - - A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS - - - - - _May my Motto be yours:_ - - *Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him - All Things.* - - - - - Contents - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - Assurance. *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - Backslider. *God’s WARNING to the backslider* - Backslider. *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - Baptism. *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - Baptism. *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - Business. *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - Christian Living. *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - Christian Living. *STRENGTH for holding out.* - Christian Living. *How to GROW In grace.* - Christian Living. *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - Christian Living. *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - Church, The- *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - Confession. *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - Consecration. - Christ. *His Deity.* - Christian Science. *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - Christian Science. *God warns AGAINST It.* - Conversions. *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - Doubter. *One who is HONEST.* - Excuses. *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - Excuses. *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - Excuses. *I am NOT very bad.* - Excuses. *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - Excuses. *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - Excuses. *Not now.* - Excuses. *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - Excuses. *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - Excuses. *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - Excuses. *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - Excuses. *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - Excuses. *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I have tried and FAILED.* - Excuses. *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - Excuses. *Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.* - Excuses. *I have no FEELING.* - Excuses. *I am not CONCERNED.* - Excuses. *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - Excuses. *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - Excuses. *I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - Excuses. *I can’t understand the Bible.* - Excuses. *I can’t see my way CLEAR.* - Excuses. *My heart is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I am TOO YOUNG.* - Excuses. *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - Excuses. *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - Excuses. *DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - Formalists. *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - Giving. *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - Hell. *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - Hell. *A real PLACE.* - Hell. *CONDITION of the lost.* - Holiness. *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - Holy Spirit. *His WORK among men.* - Hypocrites. *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - Love. *For your NEIGHBOR.* - Moralist. *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - Moralist. *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - Personal Work. *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - Personal Work. *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - Personal Work. *The “soul-winner’s" prayer.* - Personal work. *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - Personal Work. *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - Personal Work. - Personal Work. *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - Personal Work. *Suggestive Scriptures.* - Personal Work. *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - Personal Work. *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - Personal Work. *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - Personal Work. *A word to the unwilling.* - Pleasures. *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - Prayer. *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - Prayer. *VICTORY through prayer.* - Prayer. *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - Prayer. *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - Regeneration, or the New Birth. *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - Repentance. *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - Revival, The. *How to make it a success.* - Revival, The. *What to bring to It.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *Encouragement given us.* - Sabbath and Sunday. *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - Salvation. *To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”* - Salvation. *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - Salvation. *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - Salvation. *What must I do to be saved?* - Salvation. *Proofs that we are saved.* - Scriptures, The. *Given by inspiration.* - Scriptures, The. *They supply every need.* - Scriptures, The. *God’s promises FOR YOU.* - Scriptures, The. *For the Jews.* - Scriptures, The. *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - Scriptures, The. *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - Scriptures, The. *Importance of Bible study.* - Scriptures, The. *How to study them.* - Scriptures, The. *How to memorize?* - Scriptures, The. *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - Skeptic. *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. *God WARNS against It.* - Temperance. *God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - Temptation. *How to gain the VICTORY.* - Unpardonable Sin. - Unforgiveness. *For those who will not forgive.* - Worldly Amusements. *"I see no HARM in them"* - Young Converts. *What they should do.* - GENERAL INDEX - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - Songs: - The Bible Railway. - Consecration. - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - - - - Assurance. - *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - - -You may *know* you are saved, because God *says so* in His Word. - -*THESE things have I written* unto you that believe on the name of the -Son of God, *that ye may know* (not hope, or guess) that ye *have* (not -are going to have) eternal life.” - - _I John 5:13._ - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ) to *them gave* he *power* to -*become the sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that *he is able to keep* -that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment) but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they *know* -they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to -wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the -jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and *perhaps* you will be -saved, or you will have a *good chance* of being saved, or you may -*hope* to be saved.” No, but “thou *shalt* be saved.” - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that *believeth on me* HATH -everlasting life. - - _John 6:47._ - -He that believeth on the Son *hath* (not perhaps will have) everlasting -life. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that hath the Son *hath* life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you *rest -fully upon God’s Word.* - -If you have *received God’s gift* (Jesus), you have God’s *word* for it -that you *have life*. *The life is in His Son*. Believe this and you -will *know it*. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the -witness of the Spirit. - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness* with our spirit that we *are* the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the *witness (record)* in -*himself*: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he -believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the -record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his -Son. He that hath the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of -God hath not life. - - _I John 5:10,11,12._ - -“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is -made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“*These things are -written*.” Read: I John 5:13. - -Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for -you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word -never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words -*shall not* pass away.” - - _Matthew 24:35._ - -Which would you rather trust, God’s *unchanging* Word, or your -*everchanging* feelings? When God says a thing, it is so. - -If you want this evidence *you must believe God’s word*. If you do not, -you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working -in you. - -He that believeth not God hath *made Him a liar*; because he *believeth -not the record* that God gave of His Son. And this *is the record*, that -God *hath given* to us eternal life. - - _I John 5:10-11._ - -Illustration: Luke 1:10 - - - - Backslider. - *God’s WARNING to the backslider* - - -NOW the just shall live by faith: but *if any man draw back*, my soul -shall have *no pleasure in him*. - - _Hebrews 10:38._ - -FOR it had *been better* for them *not to have known* the way of -righteousness, than, after they have known it, *to turn from the holy -commandment* delivered unto them. - - _II Peter 2:21._ - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do good, and *doeth it not*, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of -unbelief, in *departing from the living God*. - - _Hebrews 3:12._ - -I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and -ye were *as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:* yet *have ye not -returned* unto me, saith the Lord. - -Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this -unto thee, *prepare to meet thy God*, O Israel. - - _Amos 4:11-12._ - -SO then because thou art *lukewarm*, and neither cold nor hot, I will -*spew thee out of my mouth*. - - _Revelation 3:16._ - -If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be -truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you *confess your sins* -and return to the Lord, because God says, - -THE backslider in heart shall be *filled with his own ways*. - - _Proverbs 14:14._ - -God says though man’s ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is -*hope* for the backslider—Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and how -the Father *welcomed his boy home!* - -BUT *when he was yet a great way off*, his father *saw him*, and had -*compassion*, and ran, and fell on his neck, and *kissed him*. - - _Luke 15:20._ - -Read the next page - - - - Backslider. - *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - - -*1st. Submit to God*. *He will forgive*. - -GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, *Return, thou -backsliding Israel, saith the* Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to -fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep -anger for ever. *Only acknowledge thine iniquity*, that thou hast -transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to -the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, -saith the Lord, *Turn, O backsliding children, saith the* Lord; *for I -am married unto you*. - - _Jeremiah 3:12-14._ - -*I WILL heal their backsliding*, I will love them freely: for mine anger -is turned away from him. - - _Hosea 14:4._ - -*2nd. Confess to God.* - -I ACKNOWLEDGED *my sin unto* thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I -said, *I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord*; and thou -forgavest the iniquity of my sin. - - _Psalms 32:5._ - -IF we *confess* our *sins*, He is *faithful* and *just* to forgive us -our *sins*, and to *cleanse* us from all *unrighteousness*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*3rd. Turn to God.* - -THEREFORE *turn thou to thy God*: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on -*thy* God continually. - - _Hosea 12:6._ - -IF *thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up*, thou shalt put -away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - - _Job 22:23._ - -AND He is the *propitiation* for our sins; and not for ours only, but -also for the sins of the *whole world*. - - _I John 2:2_ - -Some say they are backsliders, but are *not*, for they have never *slid -forward*. - - - - Baptism. - *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - - -The Bible plainly teaches that every believer *should confess Christ in -baptism*. - -GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them* -into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. - - _Matthew 28:19, R.V._ - -HE that believeth and is *baptized* shall be saved; but he that -disbelieveth shall be condemned. - - _Mark 16:16, R.V._ - -AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be *baptized* every one of you -in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins. - - _Acts 2:38, R.V._ - -AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of -Jerusalem and were *baptized of him*, in the river of Jordan confessing -their sins. - - _Mark 1:5._ - -*JESUS was baptized*. - -THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, *to be baptized* of -him. . . . And Jesus, *when he was baptized*, went up straightway out of -the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the -Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. - - _Matthew 3:13, 16._ - -*PAUL was baptized.* - -AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he -received sight forthwith, and arose, and was *baptized*. - - _Acts 9:18._ - -*The EUNUCH was baptized*. - -THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be -*baptized*? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and -they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he -*baptized him*. - - _Acts 8:36, 38._ - -*The JAILOR was baptized*. - -AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; -and *was baptized*, he and all his, straightway. - - _Acts 16:33._ - - - - Baptism. - *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - - -There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is -to *reject* it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it’s -proper significance, and make it *necessary to salvation*. - -We are to be baptized, not to *help save ourselves*, but, because -*Christ has already saved us* through our acceptance of His sacrifice on -the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God’s command, thus -openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will -avail us nothing, unless *our heart is right toward God*. - -Philip told the Eunuch that *he could be baptized* if he *believed with -all his heart*. - -AND Philip said, If thou *believest with all thine heart* thou mayest. - - _Acts 8:37._ - -A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true -*repentance for sin*. - -YOUR *new moons* and your *appointed feasts my soul hateth*: they are a -trouble unto me; *I* am weary to bear them. - - _Isaiah 1:14._ - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,* -God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house *justified* rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -The Pharisee was thinking to *justify himself* before God by his -*prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days* but the the publican with -repentance, and the *believing cry of the sinner*, was saved. - -Let us *not neglect* baptism; neither think because we *have been -baptized* that we are *safe*. Trust Christ *alone* for salvation; *then* -be baptized. - - - - Business. - *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - - -What *profit* is there to *YOU*, even if you get money—pleasure—position -or power— and in a few short years (at longest) you lose your soul? - -If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you -had better *give it up*. - -FOR what shall it *profit a man*, if he shall *gain the whole world*, -and lose his own soul? Or *what shall a man give in exchange for his -soul*? - - _Mark 8:36-37._ - -BUT seek ye *first the kingdom of God*, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -*LAY not up* for yourselves treasures *upon earth*, where moth and rust -doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for -yourselves *treasures in heaven*. - - _Matthew 6:19-20._ - -HE that loveth silver *shall not be satisfied with silver*. - - _Ecclesiastes 5:10._ - -HE that *trusteth in his riches shall fall*: but the righteous shall -flourish as a branch. - - _Proverbs 11:28._ - -THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, *If any man* will *come* after *me*, -let him *deny himself*, and take up *his cross* and *follow me*. - -FOR *whosoever* will save his life shall lose it: and *whosoever* will -*lose his life for my sake shall find it*. - - _Matthew 16:24-25._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But *he shall -receive a hundredfold now* in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and -*in the* world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - - -We are not saved by *trying*, but by *trusting* in what *Christ has done -for us*. - -This means: - -*Repentance*. - -LET *the wicked forsake his way* (that’s your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that’s your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that’s your part), and *He will have mercy upon him*; -and to our God, for He will *abundantly pardon* (God’s part.). - - _Isaiah 55:7_ - -*Faith*. - -FOR *by grace are ye saved through faith*; and that not of yourselves; -it is the *gift of God*: not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8—9._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *He that heareth My word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath* everlasting life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24. A.V. & R.V._ - -*Receiving*. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power to become -the sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*Committing*. - -*COMMIT* thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it -to pass. - - _Psalms 37:5._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made unto salvation*. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - - - - Christian Living. - *STRENGTH for holding out.* - - -BUT ye *shall* receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost* is come upon -you. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -BE *strong* in the Lord and in the *power* of His *might*. - - _Ephesians 6:10._ - -PUT on the *whole armor of God*, that ye may be *able to stand* against -the *wiles* of the *devil*. - - _Ephesians 6:11._ - -WHEREFORE take unto you the *whole armour* of God, that ye may be *able* -to *withstand* in the *evil day*, and *having done all, to stand*. - - _Ephesians 6:13._ - -STAND therefore, *having your loins girt about with truth*, and having -on the breastplate of righteousness. - - _Ephesians 6:14._ - -ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to -quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the *helmet of -salvation*, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the *word* of God. - - _Ephesians 6:16—17._ - -WATCH ye, *stand fast* in the *faith*, quit you like men, *be strong*. - - _I Corinthians 16:13._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage;* be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -THE Lord is my *light and* my *salvation*; whom *shall I fear*? the Lord -is the *strength* of my *life*; of whom *shall I be afraid*? - - _Psalms 27:1._ - -AND He said unto me, My *grace is sufficient* for thee: for my -*strength* is made perfect in *weakness*. Most gladly therefore will I -rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon -me. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -I CAN *do* ALL THINGS *through Christ* which strenghteneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - - - - Christian Living. - *How to GROW In grace.* - - -If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God’s commands, -covenant to do the following things *daily; pray, study* your Bible, -*confess Christ*, try to *lead souls* to Christ, and *seek the society* -of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says -concerning these things, and their importance. - -*1st. Daily prayer.* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -WATCH ye therefore and pray *always*. - - _Luke 21:36._ - -MEN ought *always* to pray. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -I WILL therefore that men *pray every where*. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -*CALL unto me and I will answer thee*; and shew thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -*2nd. Daily STUDY of God’s Word.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all *readiness of mind*, and *searched the Scriptures -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -*STUDY* to show thyself *approved* unto God, a workman that needeth not -to be ashamed, *rightly dividing* the word of truth. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16_ - -*Make this last verse your prayer.* - -OPEN thou mine eyes, *that I may behold* wondrous things out of thy law. - - _Psalms 119:18_ - -*3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.* - -LET your *light so shine before men*, that they may see your good works, -and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32—33._ - -*4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.* - -I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and *bring forth -fruit*. - - _John 15:16._ - -HE that believeth on me, *the works that I do shall he do also*; and -greater works than these shall he do. - - _John 14:12._ - -AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to *teach -and preach Jesus Christ*. - - _Acts 5:42._ - -WE then, as *workers together with him*, beseech you also that ye -receive not the grace of God in vain. - - _II Corinthians 6:1._ - -*5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but *a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - - - - Your *own soul* will be enriched. - - Persons will be *saved*. - - Christians will be *built up*. - - Your church will become *aggressive*. - - The word of God will be *honored*. - - Jesus Christ will be *glorified*. - - The Holy Ghost *will not be grieved*. - - You will be *ready* for any work. - - You will be *devoted* to Jesus Christ. - - You will be *successful* because faithful. - - New *methods* will be used. - - Your *influence* will be more telling. - - Your life will be *less selfish*. - - Your *expectations* will be more heavenly. - - Your *joy* will be more abiding. - - Your *hope* will be brighter. - - Your *courage* more undaunted. - - Your *service* more acceptable to God. - - In life you will be *active*; in death you will be *ready*; in - heaven you will *shine*. - -*Some PROMISES to encourage us.* - -TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in -heart: and ye shall *find rest unto your souls*. - -FOR my *yoke is easy*, and my burden is *light*. - - _Matthew 11:29—30._ - -BUT if we *walk in the light*, as he is in the light, *we have -fellowship* one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son -cleanseth us from all sin. - - _I John 1:7._ - -DRAW nigh *to God*, and he *will draw* nigh to you. - - _James 4:8._ - -CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall -*never suffer the righteous to be moved*. - - _Psalms 55:22._ - -THOU wilt *keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: -because he trusteth in thee*. - - _Isaiah 26:3._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - - -Through coming to Christ a man, - -*1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE*. - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, he that *heareth my word, and -believeth on Him* that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not -come into condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT*. - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins*, and ye shall -receive the *gift* of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -*4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others*. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were *baptized*: and the same -day there *were added* unto them about *three thousand souls*. - -AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, -and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. - - _Acts 2:41—42._ - -*5th. Has God’s PROMISES*. - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*6th. Is called to SERVICE*. - -FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, -and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work. - - _Mark 13:34._ - -*7th. Possesses HEAVEN*. - -IN my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have -told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:2_ - - - - Church, The- - *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - - -Do not join the Church unless you are saved—If you are saved, you will -*want to join the church*, and you can not live as useful a life out of -the church as in it, and the church needs your help. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day -there were *added unto them* about three thousand souls. - - _Acts 2:41._ - -AND they *continued steadfastly* in the apostles’ *doctrine* and -*fellowship*, and in the *breaking of bread*, and in *prayers*. - - _Acts 2:42._ - -AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and *breaking -bread from house to house*, did eat their meat with gladness and -singleness of heart. - - _Acts 2:46._ - -PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. *And the Lord added -unto the church daily such as should be saved*. - - _Acts 2:47._ - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - -NOT *forsaking the assembling of ourselves together*, as the manner of -some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the -day approaching. - - _Hebrews 10:25._ - -The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by -Christ— When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as -the church is His bride. - -THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, -Come, and let us *join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant* -that shall *not be forgotten*. - - _Jeremiah 50:5._ - - - - Confession. - *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - - -*Confess* Christ, or He will *deny* us. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33_ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and of my words* in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall *the Son of man be -ashamed*. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -THAT if thou *shalt confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -*Lord Jesus*, and *shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him -from the dead, thou shalt be saved*. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -ALSO I say unto you, *whosoever shall confess me before men*, him shall -the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that *denieth me -before men* shall be denied before the angels of God. - - _Luke 12:8-9._ - -We should confess Christ, not only to *honor Him*, but because of the -*influence we may have on others*. - -ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew -Simon Peter’s brother. - -He first findeth his own brother Simon and *saith unto him, we have -found the Messias*, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he -*brought him to Jesus*. - - _John 1:40—42._ - -NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but -*because of the Pharisees they did not confess him*, lest they should be -put out of the synagogue: for they *loved the praise of men* more than -the praise of God. - - _John 12:42—43._ - -Illustration: Mark 5:15-20 - - - - Consecration. - - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God*, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -“Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go -anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God.” - -LET us *lay aside every weight*, and the sin which doth so easily beset -us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - - _Hebrews 12:1-2._ - -WHETHER therefore ye *eat*, or *drink*, or *whatsoever ye do, do all to -the glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -AND whatsoever *ye do in word or deed, do all in the name* of the *Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - - Dear Savior, help me every day - To live more nearly as I pray; - I would walk daily by thy side, - And trust in thee whate’er betide. - - Help me to live so near to thee - Thy likeness may be seen in me; - Make me so gentle, kind and true - That I will do as thou wouldst do. - - To win some precious souls for thee. - My errand here on earth would be; - And every day till thou shalt come - To do some good, to help some one. - -Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God. - -Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His -disciple. - -See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love. - -Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the *means of -some good*. - - - - Christ. - *His Deity.* - - -One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we -have several titles *applied to Christ in the New Testament* that are -*applied to Jehovah* in the *Old Testament*. - -THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, *preaching peace by -Jesus Christ*: (He is Lord of all). - - _Acts 10:36._ - -BUT we speak the wisdom of God *in a mystery*, even the hidden wisdom, -which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the -princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they *would not have -crucified the Lord of glory*. - - _I Corinthians 2:7—8._ - -AND Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. Jesus saith -unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed -are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are -written, that ye *might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of -God*; and that believing ye might have life through his name. - - _John 20:28-29, 31._ - -WHOSOEVER believeth *that Jesus is the Christ is born of God*: and every -one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -. . . Who is he that *overcometh* the world, but he *that believeth that -Jesus is the Son of God*? - - _I John 5:1, 5._ - -WHO *is a liar* but *he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ*? He is -anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever *denieth the -Son*, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son -hath the Father *also*. - - _I John 2:22-23._ - - - - Christian Science. - *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - - -“Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories -and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor -“Science” for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and -there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. -This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many -truths of the Bible. - -*1st. A personal God.* - -The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, “God is -mind. He is divine principle, *not person*,” “He and the universe are -the same," or “He is the ‘substance’ and the universe and man are -‘manifestations.’ ” - -The Christian says: - -OUR *Father* which art in heaven. - - _Matthew 6:9._ - -*2nd. Christ and His Atonement.* - -Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they -maintain that there is *no real body*, and if no body, then no -suffering—therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross. - -*3rd. Sin.* - -The belief that you have *no real body* enables you to dispose of the -question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be -the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of -personal responsibility to God. - -*4th. A personal devil.* - -Mrs. Eddy says, “A lie is all the devil there is.” Vol. 2, Page 85. See -scripture pages 104 - -and 118. - -*5th. The reality of prayer.* - -They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book -says, “Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance." - -The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to -the folly of such heresies: - -HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that *confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God*. - - _I John 4:2._ - - - - Christian Science. - *God warns AGAINST It.* - - -AND every spirit that *confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the -flesh is not of God*: and this is that *spirit* of antichrist, whereof -ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:3._ - -FOR he hath *made him to be sin for us*, who knew no sin; that we might -be made the righteousness of God in him. - - _II Corinthians 5:21._ - -FOR many *deceivers are entered into the world*, who confess not that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. - - _II John 1:7._ - -WHO his *own self bare our sins in his own body* on the tree, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye -were healed. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and *without -shedding of blood is no remission*. - - _Hebrews 9:22._ - -MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in -thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done -many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -FOR the *mystery of iniquity* doth already work; only he who now letteth -will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that *Wicked -be revealed*, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, -and *shall destroy with the brightness of his coming*. - - _II Thessalonians 2:7-8._ - -AND no marvel; for *Satan himself is transformed into an angel of -light*. - - _II Corinthians 11:14._ - - - - Conversions. - *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - - -*God says you can be saved AT ONCE.* - -*LOOK unto me*, and *be ye saved*, all the ends of the earth: for I am -God, and there is none else. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT*. - -AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and -to all that were in his house. - - _Acts 16:31-32._ - -The thief believed and was saved the *same day*. - -AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy -kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, *To day shalt -thou be with me in paradise*. - - _Luke 23:42-43._ - -The woman believed and was saved the *same hour*. - -AND he said unto her, *Thy sins are forgiven*. And they that sat at meat -with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins -also? And he said to the woman, *Thy faith hath saved thee;* go in -peace. - - _Luke 7:48-50._ - -*God wants you to turn from your sins*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man *his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he *will* have mercy -upon him: *and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will *ask and obey*. - -HE . . . that believeth, *hath* (not will have) everlasting life. - - _John 5:24._ - -HIM that cometh to *me, I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Doubter. - *One who is HONEST.* - - -*“HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"* - -AND the *word was made flesh*, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His -glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace -and truth. - - _John 1:14._ - -NO man hath seen God at any time, the *only begotten Son* which is in -the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him. - - _John 1:18._ - -JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast -believed, blessed are they that *have not seen and yet have believed*. - - _John 20:29._ - -BUT these are *written*, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son of God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life -through His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, -whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -HE that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, -*because ye are not of God*. - - _John 8:47._ - -THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a -Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have -no dealing with the Samaritans. - - _John 4:9._ - -BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the -words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the *Father that -dwelleth in me*, He doeth the works. - - _John 14:10._ - -BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else -believe me for the very works’ sake. - - _John 14:11._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in *my name, that will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. - - _John 14:13._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - - -Church membership *alone does not save any one*. Jesus made this act -very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion. - -*NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord*, Lord, shall enter into the -kingdom of heaven; *but he that doeth the will of my Father* which is in -heaven. - - _Matthew 7:21._ - -*MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord*, have we not *prophesied -in thy name*? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done -many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I -will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and -beat upon that house, *and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock*. - -And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, -shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the -sand: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat -upon that house; and *it fell*: and *great was the fall of it*. - - _Matthew 7:24-27._ - -The great question is, *Have I been born of God*, and am I *showing by -my life* that I am a child of God? - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, -*except a man be BORN AGAIN, he* cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - - -You may *think* you are, but *God does not*. - - He says you are a sinner! - -*FOR all have sinned*, and come short of the glory of God. - - _Romans 3:23._ - -AS it is written, *There is none* righteous, no, *not one*. - - _Romans 3:10._ - -FOR there is *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth -not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned *every one* to his -own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - - _Isaiah 53:6._ - -AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that -they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the -temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The -Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am -not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this -publican. *I fast twice in the week*, I *give tithes* of all that I -possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much -as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be -merciful to me a sinner*. I tell you, *this man* went down to his house -*justified rather than the other*: for every one that exalteth himself -shall be abased; and he that *humbleth himself shall be exalted*. - - _Luke 18:9-14._ - -Not only would God show you that *you are a sinner*, but He would warn -you of the *consequences* of sin, and the *judgement that follows.* - -THE wages of sin is *death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE soul that sinneth *it shall die*. - - _Ezekiel 18:4_ - -BE sure your sin *will find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT very bad.* - - -THERE is *no difference*: For *all have sinned*. - - _Romans 3:22-23._ - -THEY are *all gone aside*, they are *all together become filthy*: there -is *none that doeth good*, no, not one. - - _Psalms 14:3._ - -THERE IS *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is -written, *Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things* which -are written in the book of the law *to do them*. - - _Galatians 3:10._ - -Let me ask you, have you kept all of God’s law? You say, “no, of course -not; no one has.” Very good; your admitting that you have failed -convicts you, for we read. - -*WHOSOEVER* shall keep the *whole law*, and yet offend in *one point*, -he is *guilty of all*. - - _James 2:10._ - -Break *one* link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as -quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break *one* of God’s -Commandments, and you are *under the curse* of a broken law as truly as -you would be if you broke all of them. While there are *degrees* of sin, -there is *no difference* as to the fact of guilt before God. - -AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -*but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Do you keep God’s greatest Commandment? - -THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with *all* thy heart, and with *all* -thy soul, and with all thy mind. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -BUT the Scripture hath concluded *all under sin*. - - _Galatians 3:22._ - -Illustration: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - - -Jesus came to *save sinners*, and not the righteous! - -BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, *They that be whole need -not a physician, but they that are sick*. But go ye and learn what that -meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to -*call the righteous, but sinners* to repentance. - - _Matthew 9:12-13._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*LET the wicked forsake his way* (that’s your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that’s your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that’s your part), and He will have *mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. (God’s part.) - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -FOR the Son of Man is come *to seek* and *to save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -COME now and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord; though your -*sins* be *as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they -be red like *crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world to *save sinners*; of whom *I am the chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*ALL* that the Father giveth me shall *come* to me; and him that *cometh -to me I will in no wise cast out.* - - _John 6:37._ - -Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9. - -Illustration, Mark 5:25-34. - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - - -It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as -most people have a *very good opinion of themselves*. When one sees his -or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there -is forgiveness. - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you *may be saved*, -because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin -you have God’s Word for it that *you are forgiven*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -and *let him return unto the Lord*, and *He will have mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but *whoso confesseth and -forsaketh them shall have mercy*. - - _Proverbs 28:13._ - -FOR *whosoever* shall *call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*WHOSOEVER will*, let him *take* the *water* of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -“*Whosoever* means any one, and *you too*." - -HIM that cometh to *me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Here is the plain promise that “*if you come*”, you *will not* be “cast -out.” Will you come? - -WHEREFORE He is able also to *save them to the uttermost* that come unto -God by him. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -If you are among the “uttermost” ones, *come now* and rejoice in a full -salvation. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *Not now.* - - -COME; for all things are *now ready*. - - _Luke 14:17._ - -*TODAY* if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. - - _Hebrews 3:15._ - -SEEK ye the Lord *while He may be found*, call ye upon Him *while He is -near*. - - _Isaiah 55:6._ - -BEHOLD, *now is the accepted time*; behold, now is *the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -*BOAST not* thyself of *tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -GO to now, ye that say, *today or tomorrow we will go* into such a city, -and continue there a year, and buy and sell. - - _James 4:13._ - -This may be your *last opportunity*. - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of -time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will -not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, ‘there is time -enough?’ How do you know it? God says: - -*MY* spirit *shall not always* strive *with* man. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -PREPARE to meet thy God. - - _Amos 4:12._ - -THEREFORE *be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -*Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 24:44._ - -WATCH therefore, *for ye know neither the day* nor *the hour* wherein -*the Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 25:13._ - -Illustration: Acts 24:24-27. - - - - Excuses. - *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - - -That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church -member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you -look at them, the more you are apt to *be like them*, and if they are -lost, and you are not saved, you *both will perish together*. - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable,* O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; -*for thou that judgest doest the same things*. But we are sure that the -judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such -things. *And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest* them which do such -things, and *doest the same, that thou* shalt escape the judgments of -God? - - _Romans 2:1-3._ - -*JUDGE not*, that ye not judged. For *with what judgment ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to -you again. *And why beholdest thou the mote* that is in thy brother’s -eye, but *considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let *me pull* out the mote out of thine -eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? *Thou hypocrite*, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt *thou see -clearly* to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -Account of “*himself*”, not his neighbor. - -FOR we must *all appear before the judgment seat of Christ*; that every -one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath -done, whether it be good or bad. - - _II Corinthians 5:10._ - -You had better *save your own soul*, and try to help others than -criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and -show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the -counterfeit dollar proves the genuine. - -You may as well argue “Don’t deposit money in a bank, there are men in -the banking business that have embezzled. Don’t join the lodge or trades -unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There -are hypocrites everywhere. - -*Remember*—When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those -hyporites will be left on the *outside of the gate*, on *your* side, -unless you repent, and you will have to spend *all eternity with them*. -Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the -Church, than to spend *all eternity* with them elsewhere? You must spend -some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be? - -SO then every one of us shall give *account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, *every knee shall bow to -me*, and *every tongue shall confess to God.* - - _Romans 14:11._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your -soul through looking at inconsistent christians. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall be saved; but* he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves*; -it is the *gift of God*; not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8, 9._ - -Illustration: John 21:19-22. - - - - Excuses. - *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - - -Great blessing awaits those who will *turn from bad associates*, but the -curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and -see— - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth *in* the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: *but a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - -ENTER not into the *path of the wicked*, and go not in the *way of evil -men*. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and *pass away*. - - _Proverbs 4:14—15._ - -*MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not*. If they say, Come -with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent -without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as -those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us -all have one purse: *My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain -thy foot from their path*. - - _Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the *friendship of the* -world *is enmity with God*? - - _James 4:4._ - -BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship -hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light -with darkness! - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a -clean life—Begin now. - -WHEREFORE *come out from among them*, and be ye *separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17._ - -Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12. - - - - Excuses. - *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - - -If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He *will* give you power -to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, *why not for -you*?” - -I CAN do all things through *Christ* which *strengtheneth me*. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, *All power is given unto me -in heaven* and in *earth*. - - _Matthew 28:18._ - -Christ came with power from heaven *for you*, if you will appropriate -it— - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is common to man: but -*God is faithful*, who will not *suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will with the temptation also *make a way to escape*, -that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -This verse shows that your temptations are “*common*” to men, and not -peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others. - -WHEREFORE *he is able also to save* to the uttermost *them that come -unto God by Him*, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -As you *think on your evil ways*, think of what God says concerning the -life of sin, and be warned by it. - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -FOR he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -*FOR the wages of sin is death*; but the gift of God is eternal life -through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4. - - - - Excuses. - *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - - -Is it because of your *business*, and *a desire to make money*, that you -are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the *question* God puts -to you! - -FOR what *shall it profit a man,* if *he shall gain the whole world*, -and *lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -God only asks you to give up that which *is not for your own good*? - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory; no good thing will he withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly.* - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -God gave up his son *to die for your sins*, and will *now supply all -your needs*. - -HE that spared not His *own Son*, but *delivered him up* for *us all*, -how shall he not with him also *freely give us all things*? - - _Romans 8:32._ - -Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less -important will be provided later. - -BUT *seek* ye first the *kingdom of God*, and *His righteousness*; and -*all these things shall* be *added unto you*. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -By giving up *worldly things, you will receive manifold more* in return -in spiritual blessing. - -AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath -*left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children*, for the -kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive *manifold more in this -present time*, and in the *world to come* life everlasting. - - _Luke 18:29-30._ - -FOR he that *soweth to his flesh* shall of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that *soweth to the Spirit* shall of the *Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -Jesus said, “Ye can not serve *two* masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you -will serve *one*,—Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil -pays, “*the wages of death*,” (Romans 6:23) but Christ *gives eternal -life*. - -Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22. - - - - Excuses. - *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - - -Some think it means too much sacrifice. - -FOR whosoever will save his life *shall lose it*; but whosoever shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same *shall save it*. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath *left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or lands* for my sake, and the gospel’s; but he shall -receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in -the world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - -Can you not *give up some thing* for Christ, who has done so much for -you? - -FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was -rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that *ye through his* poverty -might be *rich*. - - _II Corinthians 8:9._ - -*Paul* gave up *all* for Christ. - -BUT what things were *gain to me*, those *I counted loss* for Christ. - - _Philippians 3:7._ - -If we follow Christ, *as we should*, we will be called to make *some -sacrifice*. - -SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that *forsaketh not all that he -hath*, he cannot be my disciple. - - _Luke 14:33._ - -We are *strengthened* however in our suffering when we recall the -promise. - -*IF we suffer, we shall also reign* with him: if we deny him, he also -will deny *us*. - - _II Timothy 2:12._ - - - - Excuses. - *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - - -Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about -this; they may have tried to *reform in their own strength*, but they -know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls *to save, -keep* and *deliver* them— - -FOR this is the love of God, that we *keep His commandments: and His -commandments are not grievous*. - - _I John 5:3._ - -HER ways are *ways of pleasantness*, and all her *paths are peace*. - - _Proverbs 3:17._ - -THOU wilt show me the *path* of *life*: in thy presence is *fullness of -joy*; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - - _Psalms 16:11._ - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory: no good thing will be withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly*. - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -It is the *sinful*, and *rebellious* life that is hard. - -There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a -few moments, but these are like the foam on the “soda water” that passes -quickly, they do not give true satisfaction. - -GOOD understanding *giveth* favor: but the *way of transgressors is -hard*. - - _Proverbs 13:15._ - -BUT the wicked are *like the troubled sea*, when it cannot rest, whose -waters cast up mire and dirt. - - _Isaiah 57:20._ - -THERE is *no peace*, saith my God, unto the wicked. - - _Isaiah 57:21._ - -REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the -days of thy youth, and *walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the -sight of thine eyes*: but know thou, that *for all these things God will -bring thee into judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *I have tried and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -Was it God’s fault, or your own? - -Let us call your attention to a *few things it done by you*, will assure -you success in the Christian life— - -*1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART*. - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me *with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*2nd. You must OBEY GOD.* - -IF ye be willing and *obedient*, ye shall eat the good of the land. - - _Isaiah 1:19._ - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.* - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*4th. You must PRAY.* - -YE have not, *because ye ask not*. - - _James 4:2._ - -FOR whosoever shall *call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his *ears are open -unto their prayers*. - - _I Peter 3:12._ - -*5th. JOIN the church!* - -If you have not joined the church, *you ought to do so*. - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -May I ask you a few questions? - -When you began the Christian life, did you: - -*1st. Trust Christ’s FINISHED WORK alone?* - -WHO his own self *bare our sins in his own body on the tree*, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes *ye -were healed*. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -*2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.* - -MY son give me thine *heart*. - - _Proverbs 23:26._ - -*3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -*4th. Did you PRAY constantly?* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -*5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?* - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -*standeth* in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalm 1:1._ - -*7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?* - -AND to *every man his work*. - - _Mark 13:34._ - - - - Excuses. - *Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.* - - -Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put -your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come -into your life. - -WHO are *kept by the power of God through faith* unto salvation ready to -be revealed in the last time. - - _I Peter 1:5._ - -BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall *stablish you, and keep you from -evil*. - - _II Thessalonians 3:3._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to keep you from falling* (R.V. from -stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his -glory with exceeding joy. - - _Jude 1:24._ - -BEING confident of this very thing, that *he which hath begun a good -work in you will perform it* until the day of Jesus Christ. - - _Philippians 1:6._ - -FEAR thou not; for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strenghten* thee; yea I will help thee; yea *I will uphold thee* -with the *right hand* of my *righteousness*. - -For I the Lord thy *God* will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, -*Fear not; I will help thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10,13._ - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is *common to man*: but -God is *faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that -ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE *Lord knoweth how to deliver* the godly out of *temptations*, and to -reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -AND I give unto them eternal life; and they *shall never perish*, -neither *shall* any man *pluck them out of my hand*. - - _John 10:28_ - -MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and *no man* is -*able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand*. - - _John 10:29._ - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS -ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*HE giveth power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: But they that *wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and *not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to do exceeding abundantly above all* that we -ask or think, according to *the power that worketh in us*. - - _Ephesians 3:20._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able* also to save them to the uttermost that *come -unto God* by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise “as thy day thy -strength shall be.” - -WHEN thou passest through the waters, *I will be with thee*; and through -the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: *when thou walkest through the -fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon -thee*. - - _Isaiah 43:2._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have no FEELING.* - - -The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with -salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man “Who is past -feeling," but *faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times*. -Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not -necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the *weather, they -may change daily*; but God’s word, in which we trust, will never change. - -Which would you rather trust? God’s *unchanging* word, or your -*ever-changing* feelings? - -You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look -to Him; accept Him; *trust Him; confess Him*; and He will do the rest. -Take the blesser and you will have the blessing. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -See! you are to *receive a personal Saviour*, not work up some special -*feeling*. - -If you are waiting for the *feeling* that an earnest working Christian -has, we would have you note, that feeling is the “*fruit*,” not the -“*root*” of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because -we “*trust*” in Christ, “*confess*” Him as our Savior, “*defend*” His -cause, and try to “*obey*” Him. - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath glven to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -It is to those that “*obey Him*” that the blessing is given—Repentance -is *doing what God commands you to do*, whether you feel like doing it -or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God’s will -— - -BUT the *fruit of the Spirit* is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, -gentleness, goodness, faith. - - _Galatians 5:22._ - -Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but *by God’s -Word*. - -The Devil’s order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God’s -order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling. - - “The *Fact* you’re a sinner, you cannot but see, - That *Faith* in Christ saves you, is ever our plea; - The *feeling* will follow in service and love; - Then *take* from Christ *Jesus His gift* from above.” - -AND they said, *Believe* on the *Lord Jesus Christ*, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life.* - - _John 5:24._ - -BUT these are written, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life* -through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -Some are *making more* of their *feelings* than they are of the Word of -the Lord. - -Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning -when you don’t feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; -and the highway leading to the life “hid with Christ in God” is known as -obedience, not feeling. - -If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to -feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would -be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of -your soul’s salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the -peril of your position. - -Your very *indifference* ought to *arouse* you to thoughtfulness and -action-— - -Illustration: Matthew 9:9. - - - - Excuses. - *I am not CONCERNED.* - - -If a man were *asleep* in a burning building, he would be *more in -danger* of losing his life, than he would be if he were *awake*. - -So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, -than there would be if he had some *interest*. God calls you to wake up -and think about these things— - -WHEREFORE he saith, *Awake thou that sleepest, and arise* from the dead, -and *Christ shall give thee light*. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -I TELL you, Nay; but, *except ye repent, ye* shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but *after this the -judgment*. - - _Hebrews 9:27._ - -*AND ye will not come to me*, that ye might have life. - - _John 5:40._ - -It you are lost, it will be *your fault*. - -These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you -prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to -God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall* be *saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -AND these shall *go away into everlasting punishment*. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -You *go away*, God does not send you— - -THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that *forget -God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -You in your indifference are “*forgetting*” God, not necessarily living -a wicked life— - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect so great salvation*? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9. - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - - -Listen to what God says to the indifferent. - -His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His -ways. - -AWAKE thou that *sleepest*, and arise from the dead. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -Your *indifference* has put you to *sleep* and God calls you to *awake*. - -TURN ye, . . . turn ye for *why will ye die*? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE soul that sinneth, *it shall die.* - - _Ezekiel 18:4._ - -*THE wages of sin is death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -EXCEPT ye *repent*, ye shall all likewise *perish*. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect* so great salvation? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the *wrath* of God -abideth on him. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE *that believeth and is baptized shall be saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, but climbeth up *some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -BE sure *your sin* will *find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - -AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not *always strive with man*. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8. - - - - Excuses. - *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - - -God has made very clear in His word, the fact that *He loves us* and -gave Jesus to *be the way*. - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -God wants us to forsake *our* way, which is the *wrong* way. - -*LET the wicked forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -*and let him return unto the* Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and -to our God, *for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -God has promised *to hear us* when we call. - -THEN shall ye *call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me*, and I -will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall -search for me with all your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:12-13._ - -More, He has promised *to accept us* if we turn to him with true -repentance. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Believe. His promise and *know the way*. - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, *He that believeth on me hath -everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive remission of sins*. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -IF any man *will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine*, whether it -be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - - - - Excuses. - *I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - - -Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in *service*. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You are to SEEK!* - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall search for me with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*To LOOK.* - -LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: *for I am God -and there is none else*. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*To CALL.* - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon *the name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*To BELIEVE.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*To Receive.* - -BUT as many as *received Him*, to them gave He *power* to become the -*sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*To Taste.* - -O taste and see that the Lord is good: *blessed is the man that trusteth -in Him*. - - _Psalms 34:8._ - -*To Submit.* - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do *good*, and doeth it not, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -*You are to COME.* - -COME unto me *all* ye that *labor* and are *heavy laden*, and *I will -give you rest*. - - _Matthew 11:28._ - -*To COMMIT.* - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I *know whom* I have *believed*, and I am *persuaded* that -he is *able to keep that which I have committed* unto him against that -day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*To TAKE.* - -AND the *Spirit* and the *bride say, Come*. And let him that *heareth -say, Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*....And *whosoever* will -*let* him *take* of the *water of life freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -*To CONFESS.* - -THAT 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*. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; -and with the *mouth confession* is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*To Be ACQUAINTED.* - -ACQUAINT *now thyself with Him*, and be at peace; thereby good shall -come unto thee. - - _Job 22:21._ - -*To FOLLOW.* - -THEN shall we *know*, if we *follow* on to *know* the Lord: His going -forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain -. . . unto the earth. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - -HE that followeth me *shall* not *walk* in *darkness*, but *shall* have -the *light of life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -MY sheep hear my voice, and *I know them*, and they *follow me.* - - _John 10:27._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can’t understand the Bible.* - - -WHY can’t you? Because the *carnal mind* can not understand divine truth -without the Spirit’s teaching. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of the *Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness* unto him: neither can *he know them* because -they are *spiritually* discerned. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall -do wickedly; and *none of the wicked shall understand*; but the wise -shall understand. - - _Daniel 12:10._ - -*Do God’s will*, and you *can understand*. - -IF any man *will do His will* he *shall know* of *the doctrine*, whether -it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You ask, How may I KNOW?* - -*1st. Pray.* - -IF any of you lack wisdom, *let him ask* of God, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -OPEN thou *mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -THAT which *I see not teach thou me*. - - _Job 34:32._ - -*2nd. Study your Bible.* - -SEARCH *the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -FOR *my thoughts are not your* thoughts, *neither are your your ways* my -ways, saith the Lord. - -FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, *so are my ways higher -than your ways*, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - - _Isaiah 55:8-9._ - -THEN shall we know, *if we follow on* to know the Lord. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can’t see my way CLEAR.* - - -Listen to what *God says in His Word* and seek to follow *divine -instruction*, and you *will* see. - -THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: -he that *followeth me shall not walk in darkness*, but *shall have* the -*light* of *life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -TRUST in the Lord *with all thine heart*; and lean not unto thine own -understanding. - -*In all thy ways acknowledge him, and* he shall *direct thy paths*. Be -not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the Lord, and depart from evil*. - - _Proverbs 3:5-7._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, *ye shall be free indeed*. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND I will bring the *blind by a way that they knew not*; I will *lead* -them in *paths* that they have not *known*: *I* will make *darkness -light* before them, and *crooked things straight*. These things will I -do unto them, and not forsake them. - - _Isaiah 42:16._ - -AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and -*men loved darkness* rather than light, *because their deeds were evil*. - - _John 3:19._ - -BUT the *natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for -they are* foolishness unto him: *neither can he know them*, because they -are *spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have -entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for -them that love him. But God *hath revealed them* unto us *by his -Spirit*: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of -God. - - _I Corinthians 2:9-10._ - -Illustration: Mark 9:20-29. - - - - Excuses. - *My heart is TOO HARD.* - - -If you have a *hard heart*, that is just why you ought to come to Christ -because the Lord wants to give you a *new heart*. - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a *new* spirit will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -*will give you a heart of flesh*. - -AND I will put *my spirit within you* and cause you to walk in my -statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - - _Ezekiel 36:26-27._ - -AND I will give them *one heart*, and will put a *new spirit within -you*; and *I will take* the stony heart out of their flesh, and will -give them an *heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 11:19._ - -IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that -*breaketh the rock in pieces*? - - _Jeremiah 23:29._ - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the *unrighteous man his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he will have mercy -upon him; and to our God, for he will *abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -In this verse we find *three things* we must do. - -1st. “Let the wicked forsake *his way*” - -——(your part.) - -2nd. “The unrighteous man *his thought.*” - --—(your part.) - -3rd. “*Let him return* unto the Lord” - -—-your part.) - -Then God will do *two things, His part* - -1st “He will have *mercy* upon him"—you! - -2nd "He will *abundantly pardon*”—you! - -COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins -be *as scarlet*, they *shall be as white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -HIM that cometh to me, *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO YOUNG.* - - -IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to -trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage -the children to come. - -BUT Jesus said, *Suffer little children*, and forbid them not, to come -unto me: for *of such* is the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 19:14._ - -REMEMBER *now* thy Creator *in the days of thy youth*. - - _Ecclesiastes 12:1._ - -I LOVE them that love me; and those that *seek me early shall find me*. - - _Proverbs 8:17._ - -VERILY I say unto you, *Except* ye be *converted*, and become as *little -children*, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 18:3._ - -AND when he was *twelve years old*, they went up to Jerusalem after the -custom of the feast. - - _Luke 2:42._ - -Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly -Father when *only twelve*. - -AND that *from a child thou hast known* the holy Scriptures, which are -able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ -Jesus. - - _II Timothy 3:15_ - -Here Paul says that Timothy *when only a child* knew the way of life -from the Scriptures. - -BUT seek ye *first the* kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -Seek the Kingdom “*first*,” not after a part of your life has been -spent. - -BEHOLD *now* is the *accepted time*; behold, *now is the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will -not understand it? - - - - Excuses. - *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - - -If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are *some who will -not be saved*! Many of the parables teach this. - -THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him -away, and *cast him into outer darkness*; there shall be weeping and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 22:13._ - -ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the -way, that leadeth to destruction, and *many there be which go in -thereat*: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which -leadeth unto life, and *few there be that find it*. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -Here is a list of some who *will not he saved*. - -Are *you* included in this list? - -KNOW ye not that the *unrighteous* shall not inherit the kingdom of God? -Be not deceived; neither *fornicators*, nor *idolaters*, nor -*adulterers*, nor *effeminate*, nor *abusers* of themselves with -mankind, nor *thieves*, nor *covetous*, nor *drunkards*, nor *revilers*, -nor *extortioners*, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - - _I Corinthians 6:9-10._ - -BUT the *fearful*, and *unbelieving* and the abominable, and murderers, -and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in -the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second -death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, -and idolaters, and *whosoever loveth and maketh a lie*. - - _Revelation 22:15._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and all the nations that forget -God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - - -There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus *will forgive our sins*, -save and *keep* you, it you will *turn to him sincerely*. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -*Under no circumstances* will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking -soul. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, not *willing* that *any -should* perish, but that *all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -*COME now*, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins -*be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -Here the Lord is *reasoning with us* about the *worst* of our sins. - -AND even to your old *age* I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry -you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver -you. - - _Isaiah 46:4._ - -Here the promise reaches on to *old age*. - -AND about the *eleventh hour* he went out, and found others standing -idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? - - _Matthew 20:6._ - -Here the promise avails at the *eleventh hour of life*. - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst Come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -Heed this invitation and *come now*. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - - -If any one speaks to you, it is because they are *interested in you* and -want to help you. - -They are trying to obey Gods command. - -AND thou *shalt speak my words unto them*, whether they will hear or -whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. - - _Ezekiel 2:7._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise* and *speak* unto *them -all that I command thee*: be not *dismayed* at *their faces,* lest I -confound thee before them. - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -See the punishment that awaits the *unfaithful Christian*. - -WHEN I say unto the *wicked, Thou shalt surely* die; and thou *givest -him not warning*, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, -to save his life; the same *wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but -his blood will I require at thine hand.* Yet if thou warn the wicked, -and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, *he shall -die in his iniquity*; but *thou hast delivered thy soul*. - - _Ezekiel 3:18-19._ - -If a Christian has enough *interest in your soul* to *speak to you*, you -surely ought to have *some interest* in the *salvation* of your own -soul. - -Listen to God’s *warning*! - -FOR the *wages* of sin is *death*; but the *gift* of God is *eternal -life* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and *all* the *nations* that -*forget* God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou *knowest not what a day may -bring forth*. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -HE, that being often reproved *hardeneth* his *neck, shall suddenly* be -*destroyed*, and that *without remedy*. - - _Proverbs 29:1._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8. - - - - Formalists. - *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - - -All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by -“*forms*” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a -*personal Saviour*”. Notice how each verse plainly states this. - -Forms come after true faith. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God, even to them that *believe* on *his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, *that -whosoever believeth in Him* should not perish, but have *everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed* from death unto *life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -HE that *hath the Son HATH* LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -FOR with the *heart man believeth* unto *righteousness*; and *with* the -*mouth confession* is made unto *salvation*. - - _Romans 10:10._ - -Belief must be of the *heart* as well as head. - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life *is* in *His Son*. - - _I John 5:11._ - -EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be *in the faith*. - - _II Corinthians 13:5._ - -AND this is life eternal, that they might *know thee* the only true God, -and *Jesus Christ*, whom thou hast sent. - - _John 17:3._ - - - - Giving. - *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - - -*God commands one tenth*. - -WILL a man *rob God*? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we -robbed thee? *In tithes and offerings*. - -YE are cursed with a curse: for *ye have robbed me*, even this whole -nation. - -BRING ye *all* the *tithes* in the *storehouse*, that there may be meat -in mine *house*, and *prove me* now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, -if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out *a -blessing*, that there *shall not be room enough to receive it*. - - _Malachi 3:8-10._ - -*Who shall give*? - -EVERY man shall give *as he is able, according to the blessing* of the -Lord thy God which he hath given thee. - - _Deuteronomy 16:17._ - -*How much to give*? - -AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give *the tenth unto -thee*. - - _Genesis 28:22._ - -*The spirit with which to give*. - -EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not -grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a *cheerful giver*. - - _II Corinthians 9:7._ - -*The time to give*. - -UPON the *first day of the week* let everyone of you *lay by him in -store*, as God hath prospered him. - - _I Corinthians 16:2._ - -*Does it pay to give one tenth*? - -HONOUR the Lord with thy *substance*, and with the first-fruits of all -thine increase: So shall thy barns be *filled with plenty*, and thy -presses shall burst out with new wine. - - _Proverbs 3:9-10._ - -*God returns 100 per cent*. - -GIVE and *it shall be given unto you*; good measure, pressed down, and -shaken together, and running over, shall *men give into your bosom*. - - _Luke 6:38._ - - - - Hell. - *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - - -Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator? - -SHALL he that *contendeth* with the Almighty *instruct him*? he that -reproveth God, let him answer it. - - _Job 40:2._ - -NAY but, O man, *who art thou that repliest against God*? Shall the -thing *formed* say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou* made me thus? - - _Romans 9:20._ - -God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation. - -AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the -wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye -from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count -slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, *not willing that any -should perish*, but that all should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9_ - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He *gave His only begotten Son*, -that *whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -O THE *depth of the riches* both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! -how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! - - _Romans 11:33._ - -If you are lost at last, it will be because you *would not turn* from -your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning! - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the -flesh *reap corruption*; but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the -Spirit reap life everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:7-8._ - -*God damns* no one, man *damns himself*. - - - - Hell. - *A real PLACE.* - - -The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. -In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of -the 53. - -If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for -the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other. - -The Scriptures show hell a *real place*. - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell* and *all* the *nations* that -*forget God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) -*torments*. . . - -And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of -his finger in water and cool my tongue, *for I am tormented in this -flame*. - -But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great -gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; -neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. - - _Luke 16:23-26._ - -THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of -his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And -shall cast them into a *furnace of fire*: there shall be wailing and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 13:41-42._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the -*bottomless pit* and a great chain in his hand. - - _Revelation 20:1._ - -BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the *pit of destruction*. - - _Psalms 55:23._ - -All the expressions, “hell”, "furnace of fire,” “lake of fire,” -“bottomless pit” and “pit of destruction" suggest a “*place*.” - - - - Hell. - *CONDITION of the lost.* - - -BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into *outer darkness*: -there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 8:12._ - -AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the -hypocrites: there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 24:51._ - -WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and -will gather the wheat into his garner; but the *chaff he will burn with -fire unquenchable*. - - _Luke 3:17._ - -AND the devil that deceived them was cast into *the lake of fire*, and -brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be -*tormented* day and night for ever and ever. - - _Revelation 20:10._ - -And whosoever was not found written in the book of life *was cast into -the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that *believeth not is -condemned already*, because he hath not believed in the name of the only -begotten Son of God. - - _John 3:18._ - -Men are *condemned* because of *unbelief* in Christ, and yet they say -“*no matter what you believe*,” if you are only *sincere*. - -BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and -whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have -their part in the lake which *burneth with fire and brimstone*: which is -the second death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all -eternity! - -There is *no ending* to eternity. - -HE that believeth not shall be *damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*HOW shall we escape* if we neglect? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -WHO among us shall dwell with *everlasting burnings*? - - _Isaiah 33:14._ - -AND these shall go away into *everlasting punishment*: but the righteous -into life eternal. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that *leadeth to destruction*, -and *many* there be which go in thereat. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -WHERE their *worm dieth not*, and the *fire is not quenched*. - - _Mark 9:48._ - -WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and -land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold -more *the child of hell* than yourselves. - - _Matthew 23:15._ - -I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -When your fear cometh as *desolation*, and your *destruction cometh as a -whirlwind*; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. - - _Proverbs 1:26-27._ - -THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, -into *everlasting fire*, prepared for the devil and his angels. - - _Matthew 25:41._ - -AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some -to everlasting life, and some to *shame* and *everlasting contempt*. - - _Daniel 12:2._ - -HE that despised Moses’ law *died without mercy* under two or three -witnesses: Of how much *sorer punishment*, suppose ye, shall he be -thought worthy, who hath *trodden under foot the Son of God*, and hath -counted the *blood of the covenant*, wherewith he was sanctified, an -unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? - - _Hebrews 10:28-29._ - - - - Holiness. - *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - - -LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your *good works*, -and *glorify* your *Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be *dead indeed unto sin*, but -*alive unto God* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:11._ - -LET not sin therefore *reign in your mortal body*, that ye should obey -it in the lusts thereof. - - _Romans 6:12._ - -NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: -but *yield yourselves unto God* as those that *are alive from the dead*, -and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. - - _Romans 6:13._ - -FOR sin *shall not have dominion* over you: for ye are not under the law -but under grace. - - _Romans 6:14._ - -AND this I *pray*, that your *love* may abound yet more and more in -knowledge and in all judgment. - - _Philippians 1:9._ - -*BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness*, which are by Jesus -Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - - _Philippians 1:11._ - -WHATSOEVER things are *true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever -things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are -lovely, whatsoever things are of good report*; if there be any *virtue*, -and *if there* be any *praise*, think on these things. - - _Philippians 4:8._ - -ABSTAIN from all *appearance* of *evil*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:22._ - -THAT ye may *walk honestly* toward them that are without. - - _I Thessalonians 4:12._ - - - - Holy Spirit. - *His WORK among men.* - - -*He draws*. - -NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me *draw him*: -and I will raise him up at the last day. - - _John 6:44._ - -*He convicts*. - -AND when he is come, he will *reprove the world* of sin, and of -righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me. - - _John 16:8-9._ - -*He Regenerates*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of *regeneration*, and *renewing of -the Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of -water *and of the Spirit*, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:5._ - -*He teaches*. - -HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will *guide you into -all truth*: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall -hear, that shall he speak: and he will *shew* you things to come. - - _John 16:13._ - -*He baptizes*. - -NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had -received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: - -Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they *might receive -the Holy Ghost*: - -(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in -the name of the Lord Jesus.) - -Then laid they their hands on them, *and they received the Holy Ghost*. - - _Acts 8:14-17._ - -*He gives power for service*. - -BUT ye shall *receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon -you*: and *ye* shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all -Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*He guides us*. - -AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go -toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, -which is desert. . . . Then the *Spirit said* unto Philip, *Go near*, -and join thyself to this chariot. - - _Acts 8:26, 29._ - -THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the -people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of -Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, -they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with -Jesus. - - _Acts 4:8, 13._ - -*Conditions of receiving the Spirit.* - -*Obeying.* - -AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*Asking*. - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them -that *ask him*. - - _Luke 11:13_ - -*Receiving*. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, -believe that ye *receive* them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - - - - Hypocrites. - *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - - -One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, -before he sees his own, is the *real hypocrite*. - -The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to *this -class* and they will do well to read it. - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself* to God. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable*, O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, *thou condemnest thyself*; -for thou that judgest *doest the same things*. . . . And *thinkest thou* -this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, -that thou *shalt escape the judgment of God*? - - _Romans 2:1, 3._ - -BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy -brother? for we shall *all stand before the judgment seat of Christ*. -For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every *knee shall bow to -me, and every tongue shall confess to God*. So then everyone of us -*shall give account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:10-12._ - -JUDGE *not, that ye be not judged*. For with what judgment *ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be *measured -to you again*. And why beholdest thou the mote that is *in thy brother’s -eye*, but considerest not the beam that is in *thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote *out of thine -eye*; and behold, a beam is in *thine own eye*? *Thou hypocrite, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye*; and then shalt thou see clearly -to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person -behind whom you hide. - -Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse -you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no -argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, -because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to -answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment *but for your own*. - -BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the -kingdom of heaven against men: for ye *neither go in yourselves, neither -suffer ye them that are entering to go in*. - - _Matthew 23:13._ - -YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, *how can ye escape* the damnation -of hell? - - _Matthew 23:33._ - -Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the -self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ. - -He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it -is, read it! - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself*, -God, I *thank thee*, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house justified rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -Note— One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here -on earth, *they will not enter heaven*. If you do not want to spend -eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now. - -Illustration: John 21:19-23 - - - - Love. - *For your NEIGHBOR.* - - -A NEW commandment I give unto you, *that ye love one another; as I have -loved you*, that ye also love one another. - - _John 13:34._ - -BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one -to another. - - _John 13:35._ - -BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye -yourselves are taught of God to *love one another*. - - _I Thessalonians 4:9._ - -BE kindly *affectioned one to another with brotherly* love; in honor -preferring one another. - - _Romans 12:10._ - -SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the -Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye *love one -another with a pure heart fervently*. - - _I Peter 1:22._ - -HE that *loveth his brother* abideth in the light, and there is no -occasion of stumbling in him. - - _I John 2:10._ - -BELOVED, let us *love one another: for love is of God*; and every one -that *loveth is born of God*, and knoweth God. - - _I John 4:7._ - -HE that *loveth not knoweth not God*; for God is love. - - _I John 4:8._ - -BELOVED, if God so loved us, we *ought* also to *love one another*. - - _I John 4:11._ - -OWE no man any thing, but to *love one another*: for he that loveth -another hath fulfilled the law. - - _Romans 13:8._ - -FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt *love thy -neighbor as thyself*. - - _Galatians 5:14._ - -LET *brotherly love continue*. - - _Hebrews 13:1._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - - -He who trusts in *his own* righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God -compares it to “filthy rags.” - -BUT we are all an *unclean thing*, and all our *righteousnesses are as -filthy rags*; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the -wind, have taken us away. - - _Isaiah 64:6._ - -Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given -us a righteousness *in Christ*; but we, like the Jews, are trying to -establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus. - -FOR they being ignorant of God’s rightness, *and going about to -establish their own righteousness*, have not submitted themselves unto -the righteousness of God. - -FOR Christ is the end of the law *for righteousness* to every one that -*believeth*. - - _Romans 10:3-4._ - -Many say, “*I am doing the best I can,*” and yet they are not, for if -they were, *they would accept Christ*, for this righteousness is -obtained by faith in Him. - -EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all -and *upon all them that believe*. - - _Romans 3:22._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -We can approach God only in Christ. - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -Again, because our righteousness is of such a *poor brand*, Jesus -declared we must be “*born again*” so that we can have a nature that -will produce something better. - -EXCEPT a man be *born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - - -If the Scriptures make any thing *plain*, it is that man *can not save -himself* but must accept his salvation as a *gift*. - -FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and *that not of yourselves*; -it is the gift of God: *Not of works*, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8-9._ - -WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, *not according to -our works*, but according to His own purpose and grace. - - _II Timothy 1:9._ - -*NOT by works of righteousness* which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth *not by the door into -the sheepfold*, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a *thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -Jesus Christ is *the door* as the next verse shows and he who tries to -save himself in any other way is called a “*thief*” and a “*robber*.” - -*I AM the door*: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall -go in and out, and find pasture. - - _John 10:9._ - -JESUS said unto him, *Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy -heart*, and *with all thy soul*, and *with all thy mind*. This is the -first and great commandment. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -Are you loving God with *all your heart*! If you were, you would *trust -Him*. - -AND he said unto them, *Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do *in -your effort to save yourself*! - -See: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Personal Work. - *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - - -THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the -method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), -The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th -Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early -church. It is the work needed *now* if many souls are to be reached. - -THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, -reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used -by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency -system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example -of success coming from *personal work* and *personal contact*. - -THE *Holy Spirit* will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human -help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to *act* after they are -convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and -convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get -them to *do it now* and this is *your part*. - -IN this day of such great activity and “strenuous” living there are so -many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent -people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it -more true that we must *go out* into the *highways and compel them* to -come in. In revivals too much is left to “general results,” until the -"old general” is sadly overworked. *The motto of* that wonderful and -effective organization of Christian business men, *the Gideons, is good -for all Christians*: “And they stood *every man* in *his place* round -about the camp." - -IN a “general” way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help -the Lord answer your prayers by *aiding Him* in winning them one by one? - -TRY to have some one *ready* to make *a public profession* when the -*evangelist gives the opportunity*. - - - - Personal Work. - *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - - -If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification -that we need. - -*1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with -Paul.* - -*I KNOW whom I have believed*, and am persuaded that *he is able to -keep* that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -Or to exclaim with the blind man. - -WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: *one thing I know*, that, -whereas I was blind, *now I see*. - - _John 9:25_ - -One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly -converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be -insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian -must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the -gospel message to lost souls. - -*2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.* - -Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren. - -I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could -wish that myself *were accursed from Christ* for my brethren. - - _Romans 9:2-3._ - -*3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE -FOR THEM*. - -FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and -*lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; *if -thou dost not speak to warn the wicked* from his way, that wicked man -shall die in his iniquity; but *his blood will I require at thine hand*. - -Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he -do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast -delivered thy soul. - - _Ezekiel 33:8-9._ - -*4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.* - -It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and -*not man’s word*. - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword of the Spirit*, which -is the word of God. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -STUDY to *show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -SO shall *my word* be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not -return unto me void, but *it shall accomplish* that which I please, and -it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. - - _Isaiah 55:11._ - -Through the use of the *word of God*, you are to seek to accomplish the -following things. - -1st. To show men their *need* of a Savior. - -2nd. To show them *Jesus* as the Savior they need. - -3rd. To show them *how to make* this Savior their own. - -4th. To meet the *difficulties* in the way of their accepting Christ. - -5th. The one who would have *real success* must live a *life of prayer*, -and be *baptized* with the Holy Ghost. - -Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to *encourage us* in our efforts -to save souls. - -HE that *winneth souls is wise*. - - _Proverbs 11:30._ - -AND they that be *wise shall shine* as the *brightness* of the -*firmament*; and they that turn *many* to *righteousness* as the *stars* -for *ever* and *ever*. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his way shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - -God help us to be faithful to our trust! - - - - Personal Work. - *The “soul-winner’s" prayer.* - - -After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal -work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that *faith in God* -and a constant waiting, *in prayer* on the Lord, are preeminently -necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things -*for which we need to pray*. - -*1st. Pray*. “Lord give me "*getting up*” grace,” that is, courage to -confess Christ. - -*AND your feet shod* with the preparation of the gospel of peace. - - _Ephesians 6:15._ - -*2nd. Pray*. “Lord give me *walking grace*.” - -IN *all* they ways *acknowledge Him*, and He shall *direct thy paths*. - - _Proverbs 3:6._ - -*3rd. Pray*. “Lord *direct me* to the right person.” - -WHEN thou goest, *it* (God’s word) *shall lead* thee. (First Clause.) - - _Proverbs 6:22._ - -THEN the *Spirit* said unto Philip, *Go near and join* thyself to the -chariot. - - _Acts 8:29._ - -*4th. Pray.* “Lord, show me *what to say*.” - -IF any of you *lack wisdom*, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men -liberally. - - _James 1:5._ - -THE Lord God hath given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season* to him that is weary: He wakeneth -morning by morning, He wakeneth mine *ear* to *hear* as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise*, and *speak* unto *them* -all *that I command thee*: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I -confound thee before them.” - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -*5th. Pray* that God will *give power to what is said*. - -*Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.* - - - - Personal work. - *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - - -HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings” and endeavor to get some on -your list to attend with you. - -When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try -to get them to attend *every night*, always calling for and taking one -or more with you. - -Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved -to the meetings. - - 1. Give them a timely *tract*. - 2. *Quote* to them a *beautiful promise*. - 3. Write them a *letter* about salvation. - 4. Introduce them to *someone* who will speak about Jesus. - 5. When opportunity is given, *speak to them* about becoming a - Christian. - 6. *Go with them* to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat. - 7. Ask them to your home and *pray with them there*. - 8. Help make every meeting you attend a good one by *some part you - can take*. - 9. In public always be *brief* both in prayer and remarks. - 10. Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you - richly, and ever be *ready to answer the Spirit’s call*. - 11. *Be true* to your own conscience. - -Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan’s forces to defeat you at -this point; *Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving -Offense*. - -Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace -and *let God sink* all these with your other *sins* into the *depth at -the sea*. - - - - Personal Work. - *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - - -*Pray for your friends*! - -THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one -other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances—very carefully -and prayerfully. - -BE careful for nothing; but in *every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved. - -DON’T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on -the “tidal wave,” or that the evangelist will “shake the tree" so hard -they can’t hold on longer. But *pitch in* and do your *best*. -(*Hand-picked fruit always keeps better*.) Get them started early so -*they* can *work* for *others* during the revival meetings, and also -have the help of the meeting to establish their faith. - -SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, *say* nothing but -tactfully co-operate and work with them. - -As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with -*your own name* and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love -best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the -meetings *follow them up afterwards until they are*. Add new names to -replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, “in -season and out of season.” - -PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice -a day. *Study* how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. -Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world. - -Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself -know the names you have. Don’t be satisfied unless you see them -converted and in the church of *their* choice. Ever afterwards look upon -them as your *spiritual children*, assuming *responsibility* for -*keeping them from falling*. - - - - Personal Work. - - -*1st. WHERE to Find Them.* - -EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the *home*, in the *school, shop* and -*mill*; behind the *counter*, where we stand; on the *street*, where we -walk; in the *pew* where we worship; in the *service*, where we sing in -the *prayer meeting* and *inquiry room*, at the *altar*, kneeling with -us at *family* devotion; yes, *everywhere*. Oh, reader, whatever way -your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. -Find them *quick, quick*! for eternity is drawing nigh. - -*2nd. HOW to Reach Them*. - -*YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE*. - -SAY “God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors -in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window -to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have -no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love -as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and -delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part. - -*3rd. WHAT to Tell Them*. - -Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news. - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, -that whosoever *believeth in Him* should not perish, but have -*everlasting life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away -from glad tidings or messages of great joy? - -Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling -the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and -hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God -did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to -God.” - - _II Corinthians 5:19-20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - - -WORKER’S life text: II Timothy 2:15. - -Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be -deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be *natural* and *courteous* -in asking the simple question as to personal salvation. - -As far as possible converse only with *persons of your own age* or -younger, of *your own sex* and walk in life. - -Always deal with the inquirer *alone* if you can and in quiet; if some -one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder *to be -silent or withdraw*. - -After a few words *to ascertain the state* of mind of the inquirer, -present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book. - -Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the *Word; “It is the -Spirit* that quickeneth.” - -Do not be in a hurry, *take time to be thorough*; some times in our -eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain. - -*Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him* that when he has *believed on the -Lord Jesus Christ* he is at once saved. - -If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, *do not be dismayed* or -think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to -convict of sin and lead to repentance. - -If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over *to a -more experienced worker*. - -Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try -to do better; this is *losing the present opportunity* with no promise -of a future or better one. - -Affectionately urge *immediate* decision. *Pray with the inquirer*. - -Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, -therefore “*rightly divide the Word of Truth*” And hold them *to what -God says* and the acceptance of Christ. - - - - Personal Work. - *Suggestive Scriptures.* - - -When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you? - -AND him that cometh to me; *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them? - -IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just *to forgive us our -sins,* and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive* remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -Who is it that has everlasting life? - -*HE that believeth* on the Son hath everlasting llfe. - - _John 3:36._ - -Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, “I don’t feel any -“different.” It is not a matter of *feeling*, but of *believing*, see -how God puts the order of things. - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: *in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - -After you *believe*, God *seals* you. After you *commit yourself for -Christ* confessing Him as your Saviour, the *feeling comes*. Don’t “get -the cart before the horse.” - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, if we ask any -thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions that we -desired of him*. - - _I John 5:14, 15._ - -GOD is not a man, *that he should lie*; neither the son of man, *that he -should repent*: hath he said, and *shall he not do it*? Or hath he -spoken, and *shall he not make it good*. - - _Numbers 23:19._ - - - - Personal Work. - *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - - -God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as -the result of our work. Christ came to save souls. - -FOR the Son of Man is come to *seek* and to *save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -YE have not chosen me, but I *have chosen you*, and ordained you, that -*ye* should GO *and bring forth fruit*, and *that your fruit should -remain*. - - _John 15:16._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature*. - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AND the lord said unto the *servant*, GO *out into the highways and -hedges, and compel them to come in*, that my house may be filled. - - _Luke 14:23._ - -AND he saith unto them, *Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men*. - - _Matthew 4:19._ - -AND he that reapeth *receiveth wages*, and gathereth fruit unto life -eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice -together. - - _John 4:36._ - -There are wages that come *now as we work*, and there is a *reward* that -will *come bye and bye*. - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it *after many -days*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:1._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -BEHOLD, I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for -they are *white already to harvest.* - - _John 4:35._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his *way* shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - - -The fifteenth chapter of John, is the “fruit Chapter," likening Christ -to the *vine*, and us to the *branches*; teaching us our need to abide -in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power. - - 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. - 2. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every - branch that *beareth fruit*, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth - *more fruit*. - -Are you bearing fruit, and purged? - - 3. Now ye are *clean through the word* which *I* have spoken unto you. - -The word cleanses the life, as the *knife* prunes the vine. - - 4. Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of - itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide - in me. - -Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit. - - 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in - him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: *for without me ye can do - nothing*. - -We can not do, *even a little* without Christ. - - 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is - withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and - they are burned. - 7. If ye abide in me, and my words *abide in you*, ye shall ask what - ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - -Note the condition in asking, “if ye abide.” - - 8. Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear *much fruit*; so shall - ye *be my disciples*. - - _John 15:1-8._ - -In order to *bear fruit*, there must be in the Christian’s life: - 1st “*cleansing*” (vs. 2-3.); - 2nd “*abiding*.” (v. 4.); - 3rd "*obedience*" (v. 10.) - - 1. “fruit” (v. 2.); - 2. “more fruit" (v. 2-10.); - 3. “much fruit" (v. 5; 8) - - - - Personal Work. - *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - - -In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises. - -AND God is able to make *all grace abound toward you*; that ye, always -having *all sufficiency in all things*, may abound to every good work. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -AND he said unto me, My grace is *sufficient for thee*: for my strength -is made perfect in weakness. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -*STRENGTH for service.* - -*FEAR thou not*: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea, I will help thee; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God *will hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not*; I will -help thee. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13._ - -BE strong and of *a good courage*, fear not, nor *be afraid of them*: -for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: *he will not fail -thee, nor forsake thee*. - - _Deuteronomy 31:6._ - -Let us *wait on Him and prove* all of these promises! - -HE giveth *power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: *But they that wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and *not be weary*; and they shall *walk, and not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -BUT my God shall *supply all your need* according to his riches in glory -by Christ Jesus. - - _Philippians 4:19._ - -I CAN do *all things through Christ* which strengtheneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -THOU therefore *endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ*. - - _II Timothy 2:3._ - - - - Personal Work. - *A word to the unwilling.* - - -*God holds you RESPONSIBLE*. - -*SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman* unto the house of -Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, *and warn them -from me*. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely -die; If thou dost *not speak to warn* the wicked from his way, that -wicked man shall die in his iniquity; *but his blood will I require at -thine hand*. - - _Ezekiel 33:7-8._ - -*The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.* - -*SAY not ye*, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, -*I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields*; for they -are white already to harvest. - - _John 4:35-36._ - -*Are you proving FAITHFUL*? - -*THEREFORE be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -Son of man cometh. Who then is a *faithful and wise servant*, whom his -Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due -season? *Blessed is that servant*, whom his Lord when he cometh shall -find so doing. - - _Matthew 24:44-46._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -*CONSECRATE yourself to the work*? - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice*, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -*God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!* - -AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; -*and they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars forever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - - - - Pleasures. - *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - - -Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live -*just for worldly pleasures*. Will it pay? - -*1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY*! - -BOAST *not thyself of tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -*2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.* - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the -world *is enmity with God*? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the -world is the enemy of God. - - _James 4:4._ - -*3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.* - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, *that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh -reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit -reap life everlasting. - - _Galatians 6:7, 8._ - -*4th. God calls you A FOOL.* - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -*5th. God PLEADS with us.* - -*TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house -of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -*6th. God warns us!* - -This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he -that doeth the will of God “*abideth for ever.*” - -KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - - - - Prayer. - *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - - -Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and -everybody around. - -What a glorious promise! - -*CALL unto me*, and *I will answer thee*, and show thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND all things *whatsoever* ye shall *ask in prayer believing, ye shall -receive*. - - _Matthew 21:22._ - -Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can -believe Him. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye *pray, -believe* that ye receive them, and ye *shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24_ - -*IF ye abide in me*, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye -will, and it shall be done unto you. - - _John 15:7_ - -With all of God’s promises there are conditions, Here we have one. “If -ye abide in me.” Are you abiding in Him? - -AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if *we ask any -thing according to his will*, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions* that we -desired of him. - - _I John 5:14-15._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that *will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, -*I will do it*. - - _John 14:13,14._ - -If you want God’s answer to prayer, remember the conditions. - -*AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him*, because we *keep his -commandments*, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. - - _I John 3:22_ - - - - Prayer. - *VICTORY through prayer.* - - -CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty -things. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND it shall come to pass, that *before they call, I will answer*; and -while they are *yet speaking, I will hear.* - - _Isaiah 65:24._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and *pray one for another*, that ye -may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to *like passions as we -are*, and *he prayed* earnestly that it might not rain: *and it rained -not* on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And *he -prayed again*, and the *heaven gave rain*, and the earth brought forth -her fruit. - - _James 5:16-18._ - -Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out -the whole soul to God. *Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all* the -*storehouse: of God’s grace; they are opened by men and women on their -knees*. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. -Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are -rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of -prayer brings noonday and victory. “True prayer is the reflection of -God’s thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God’s thoughts and -pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of -prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David -the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, -temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night. - -IF my people, which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves* and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin, and will heal their -land*. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - - - - Prayer. - *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -*EVENING*, and *morning*, and at *noon, will I pray, and cry aloud*: and -*He shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -PRAY without *ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -Practice the following verses: - -MY voice shalt thou hear *in the morning*, O Lord; in the *morning will -I direct my prayer* unto thee, and will look up. - - _Psalms 5:3._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed -is willing, but the flesh is weak. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -Be continually in the Spirit of prayer. - -*PRAYING always with all Prayer* and supplication in the Spirit, and -watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all -saints. - - _Ephesians 6:18._ - -BUT they that *wait upon the Lord* shall renew their strength; they -shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; -and they shall walk, and not faint. - - _Isaiah 40:31._ - -Where do you Pray? - -I WILL therefore *that men pray every where*, lifting up holy hands. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that *men ought always to -pray*, and not to faint. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -BE careful for nothing; but *in every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - - - - Prayer. - *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - - -*You must ASK!* - -ASK, and it *shall* be given you; *seek*, and ye shall find. *Knock*, -and it shall be *opened unto you*. - - _Matthew 7:7._ - -*You must BELIEVE!* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever* ye *desire*, when ye -*pray, believe* that ye *shall* receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.* - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven *may forgive you* your trespasses. -*But if ye do not forgive*, neither will your Father which is in heaven -forgive your trespasses. - - _Mark 11:25,26._ - -*You must have a CLEAN HEART.* - -IF I *regard iniquity* in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: - - _Psalms 66:18._ - -*Must be UNSELFISH.* - -YE ask, and receive not, because *ye ask amiss*, that ye may *consume it -upon your lusts*. - - _James 4:3._ - -*Must DO HIS WILL.* - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, *if we ask -anything according* to *his will*, he *heareth us*. - - _I John 5:14._ - -*You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.* - -IF ye *abide* in *me*, and my *words abide in you*, ye *shall ask what -ye will*, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -*You must ASK IN HIS NAME.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father *in -my name*, he will give it you. - - _John 16:23._ - -WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father *in my name*, he may give it you. - - _John 15:16._ - - - - Regeneration, or the New Birth. - *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - - -*The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a -new love for God and His people.* - -*1st. A NEW heart.* - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within -you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will -give you a heart of flesh. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.* - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth -on him that sent me, *hath everlasting life*, and shall not come into -condemnation; *but is passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.* - -AND that ye put on *the new man*, which after God is created in -righteousness and true holiness. - - _Ephesians 4:24._ - -*4th. Created ANEW, not made over.* - -THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, *he is a new creature*: old things -are passed away; Behold, all things are become new. - - _II Corinthians 5:17._ - -*5th. Washed white, not white-washed*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and *renewing* of -the Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*6th. VICTORY over sin.* - -*WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin*. - - _I John 3:9._ - -*7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.* - -WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath *translated -us into the kingdom* of his dear Son. - - _Colossians 1:13._ - -*8th. Created to be useful (workers).* - -FOR we are his workmanship, *created in Christ Jesus unto good works*. - - _Ephesians 2:10._ - -Because we are born with an *earthly* nature and are sinners against -God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God. - -It is the *carnal nature* that sins. it is the *God nature* that does -not sin. - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -*except a man be born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - -THAT which is born of the *flesh* is *flesh*; and that which is *BORN of -the Spirit* is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN -AGAIN. - - _John 3:6-7._ - -*Have YOU been born of the Spirit?* - -It you are not *sure, read* the following Scriptures as they may assure -you, or show you how you *may be regenerated*. - -WHOSOEVER *believeth that Jesus is the Christ* is born of God. - - _I John 5:1._ - -BUT as many as *received him*, to them gave he power to become the *sons -of God*, even to them that *believe* on his name: which were born, not -of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, *but of -God*. - - _John 1:12-13_ - -*BEING born again*, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *by -the word of God*, which liveth and abideth for ever. - - _I Peter 1:23_ - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and *precious promises*: that -*by these* ye might be partakers of the *divine nature*, having escaped -the corruption that is in the world through *lust*. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for *thy word hath quickened me*. - - _Psalms 119:50_ - -FOR in Christ Jesus I have *begotten you through the gospel*. - - _I Corinthians 4:15._ - -If you would know more regarding this subject see next page. - - - - Repentance. - *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - - -What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change -of mind, such as leads one to *confess all his sins, forsake* them and -*turn* to God. - -THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: *repent ye*, -and believe the gospel. - - _Mark 1:15._ - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized* every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive -the gift of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you? - -*REPENT ye therefore*, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted -out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the -Lord. - - _Acts 3:19._ - -God is commanding us to repent. - -AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now *commandeth all -men every where to repent*. - - _Acts 17:30._ - -AND they went out, and preached that *men should repent*. - - _Mark 6:12._ - -AND that *repentance* and remission of sins should be preached in his -name among all nations. - - _Luke 24:47._ - -*EXCEPT ye repent* ye shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - -I CAME not to call the righteous, *but sinners to repentance*. - - _Luke 5:32._ - -Does this verse mean *you*? - -BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout -all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, *that they should -repent and turn to God*, and do works meet for repentance. - - _Acts 26:20._ - -If you have not repented, do so at once. - -Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32. - - - - Revival, The. - *How to make it a success.* - - - - Be a prayerful christian. - - Always be on time. - - Ask God to help you sing. - - Make it a point to attend every meeting. - - Do not quench the Spirit. - - Be ready to obey at God’s calling. - - When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess. - - Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were - a pleasure. - - Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying. - - Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them - up and lead them to Christ. - - Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and - accept Christ. - - When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist - or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the - church members were like me, would this revival be a success?” - - Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one - about seeking Christ. - - Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be - able some way to lead them to Christ. - - ―――― - - _*How to Hinder a Revival.*_ - - - Never pray. If you did, it might help some one. - - Always make a long prayer. - - Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there. - - If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for - them. - - Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they - would think you might be interested. - - If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you. - - Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip - him up the back. - -I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these -things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of -these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your -influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question—if all the -church members were like me what kind of a church would my church be? - - - - Revival, The. - *What to bring to It.* - - - 1. Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools. - 2. Bring the topic—in your memory, not on the card. - 3. Bring some matured thought on the theme—from your Bible study. - 4. Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have - found in your reading or other research. - 5. Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need—sated appetites are the - hardest to cater to. - 6. Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God. - 7. Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you - will get more than you expect. - 8. Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the *beauty* of - holiness. - 9. Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the - attendance by a few personal invitations! - 10. Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it. - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - - -The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your -friend. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *be ashamed of me* and of my words in this -adulterous and sinful generation; *of him also* shall the *Son of man be -ashamed*, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy -angels. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever *shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s*, the same shall save it. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -BLESSED are they which are *persecuted for righteousness’ sake*: for -theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall *revile -you, and persecute you*, and shall say all manner of evil against you -falsely, for my sake. *Rejoice, and be exceeding glad*: for great is -your *reward in heaven*: for so persecuted they the prophets which were -before you. - - _Matthew 5:10-12._ - -IF ye *be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye*; for the -spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil -spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. - - _I Peter 4:14._ - -FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on -him, but also *to suffer for his sake*. - - _Philippians 1:29._ - -Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for -Him. - -AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; -*if so be that we suffer with him*, that we may be also glorified -together. - - _Romans 8:17._ - -FOR I reckon that *the sufferings* of this present time are not worthy -to be *compared* with the glory *which shall be revealed in us*. - - _Romans 8:18._ - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *Encouragement given us.* - - -*Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!* - -FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall -take it patiently? but if *when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it -patiently*, this is acceptable with God. - -For even hereunto were *ye* called, because *Christ also suffered for -us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps*. - - _I Peter 2:20, 21._ - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy -that was set before him *endured the cross, despising the shame*, and is -set down at the right hand of the throne of God. - - _Hebrews 12:2._ - -It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some -persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver -us? Yes surely He will. - -THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, *in reproaches, in -necessities, in persecutions*, in distress for Christ’s sake: for when I -am weak, *then am I strong*. - - _II Corinthians 12:10._ - -*ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.* - -AND they departed from the presence of the council, *rejoicing chat they -were counted worthy* to suffer shame for his name. - - _Acts 5:41._ - -BUT and if *ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye*: and be not -afraid of their terror, neither be troubled. - - _I Peter 3:14._ - -YET *if any man suffer* as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let -him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, *let them that suffer* -according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in -well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. - - _I Peter 4:16, 19._ - - - - Sabbath and Sunday. - *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - - -God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven. - -*REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy*. Six days shalt thou labour, -and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy -God: *in it thou shalt not do any work*, thou, nor thy son, nor thy -daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy -stranger that is within thy gates. - - _Exodus 20:8-10._ - -AND if the people of the land bring *ware or any victuals on the sabbath -day to sell*, that we would not buy it of them on *the sabbath day*. - - _Nehemiah 10:31._ - -THIS is *the day* which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad -in it. - - _Psalms 118:24._ - -How do you treat the Lords day? - -THOU hast despised mine holy things, and *hast profaned my sabbaths*. - - _Ezekiel 22:8._ - -Have you profaned God’s holy day by going to excursions, and using it to -meet your selfish ends? - -*Note the example of Christ and His Church*. - -They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church. - -AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his -custom was, *he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day*, and stood -up for to read. - - _Luke 4:16._ - -AND he reasoned in the synagogue *every sabbath*. - - _Acts 18:4._ - -I WAS *in the Spirit on the Lord’s day*. - - _Revelation 1:10._ - -LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an -holy day, or of the new moon, or of the *Sabbath day* which are a -*shadow* of things to come; but the *body is Christ’s*. - - _Colossians 2:16-17, R.V._ - -*God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.* - -IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on -my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, -honourable; and shalt honour him, *not doing thine own ways*, nor -finding *thine own pleasure*, nor speaking thine own words: - -Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to -ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage -of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. - - _Isaiah 58:13-14._ - -*Commands divine worship.* - -LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate -be for the Lord *in the sabbaths and in the new moons*. - - _Ezekiel 46:3_ - -*Required His word to be read.* - -FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew -him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are *read every -sabbath day*, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. - - _Acts 13:27._ - -*The Lords Supper to be observed.* - -AND upon the *first day of the week*, when the disciples came together -to *break bread, Paul preached unto them*, ready to depart on the -morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - - _Acts 20:7._ - --—Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation “not speaking -thine own words.” - -Strive to be “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day," "not doing thine own -ways." - -Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary. - -"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in -every week.” - - - - Salvation. - *To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”* - - -Notice the different classes to whom *salvation is offered*. - -*1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.* - -COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, *and I will give -you rest*. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and -lowly in heart: *and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is -easy*, and *my burden is light*. - - _Matthew 11:28-30._ - -*2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.* - -*HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters*, and he that hath -no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, *buy wine and milk without -money* and without price. - - _Isaiah 55:1._ - -*3rd. To sinners.* - -BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, *while we were yet -sinners, Christ died for us*. - - _Romans 5:8._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*4th. To the LOST.* - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -*5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.* - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do -your part? and come honestly and confess your sins? - -IF we confess our sins, *he is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*, and to *cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - - - - Salvation. - *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - - -COME now, and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord: *though your -sins be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they be -*red like crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -AND the spirit and the *bride* say Come. . . . And let him that is -*athirst come*. And *whosoever* will, let him take of the water of life -*freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -WHEREFORE He is *able* also *to save them to the uttermost*. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -IF *we confess our sins*, He is faithful and *just to forgive us our -sins*, and *to cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -FOR the Son of man is come to *seek* and to *save* that which was lost. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -No one can say, “I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me.” - -*God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.* - -*I HAVE blotted out*, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a -cloud, *thy sins*: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - - _Isaiah 44:22._ - -I EVEN I, am he that *blotteth out thy transgressions* for mine own -sake, and will not remember thy sins. - - _Isaiah 43:25._ - -MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. *And -if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father*, Jesus Christ the -righteous: And he is the *propitiation for our sins*: and not for ours -only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - - _I John 2:1-2._ - -*FOR whosoever shall call* upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -If any one “*wills*” to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and -the Lord will save. - - - - Salvation. - *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - - -*1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that *believeth* on me hath -*everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him* shall receive remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -AND by him all that *believe are* justified from all things, from which -ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. - - _Acts 13:39._ - -*2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.* - -HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that *believeth -not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that -*believeth not the Son* shall not see life; but the *wrath of God -abideth on him*. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that -*believeth not is CONDEMNED already*. - - _John 3:18._ - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby *we* must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, *but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -*3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.* - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - - - - Salvation. - *What must I do to be saved?* - - -MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great -question, *so plain* that you will be able to say, "*I see it,*” and I -will *now believe*! - -You ask, “What must I do to be saved?" - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy -house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *he* that *heareth My Word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath everlasting* life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24, A.V. & R.V._ - -*HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life*: and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth -on Him. - - _John 3:36._ - -Your salvation depends upon what *you do with Jesus Christ. Accept* Him -and you are saved—*reject* Him and you are lost. Thus saith the -Scriptures! - -BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child -begins with the alphabet at school. Don’t look for marvels. Don’t expect -to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your -heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because -you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do -what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He -will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the -Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help -you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give -you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist -temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and -you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey. - -*1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Confess Christ before men.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -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*. - -For with the *heart* man believeth unto righteousness; and with the -*mouth* confession is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -The “*If*” at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests *two* -conditions. - -1st. To "*confess*,” that is, *make known* with your mouth the Lord -Jesus. - -2nd. To “*believe*,” that is, *really mean it* in your heart. - -If you meet these conditions God’s word says, “*thou shalt be saved*”. -Our feelings are *not to be depended upon*. - -*3rd. OBEY Christ in the life*. - -HE *that hath my commandments, and keepeth them*, he it is that loveth -me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love -him, and *will manifest myself to him*. - - _John 14:21._ - -The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will -require all your life to live it. - -All who will decide to trust in Christ *now*, pray with me this prayer: -“Lord Jesus I come to thee *just as I am*, and take thee at thy word; -wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust -thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!” - - - - Salvation. - *Proofs that we are saved.* - - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness with our spirit*, that we are the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life is in his Son. - - _I John 5:11._ - -HE that *hath* the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also -hath given unto us *the earnest of the Spirit*. - - _II Corinthians 5:5._ - -WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the *Spirit in our -hearts*. - - _II Corinthians 1:22._ - -AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby *ye are sealed* unto the -day of redemption. - - _Ephesians 4:30._ - -AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the *Spirit of his Son into -your hearts*, crying, Abba, Father. - - _Galatians 4:6._ - -AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And -hereby we know that he abideth in us, *by the Spirit which he hath given -us*. - - _I John 3:24._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, *and renewing of the -Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, *because he hath -given us of his Spirit*. - - _I John 4:13._ - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed *with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given by inspiration.* - - -Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God. - -Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them. - -AND the *word of the Lord came unto me*, saying. - - _Ezekiel 12:21, 26._ - -David, the Psalmist, believed them. - -NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The *Spirit of the Lord -spake by me*, and his word was in my tongue. - - _II Samuel 23:1, 2._ - -Paul, the Apostle, believed them. - -*ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; - - _II Timothy 3:16, 17._ - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -*received the word of God* which ye heard of us, ye received it *not as -the word of men*, but as it is in the truth, *the word of God*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -Peter, the disciple, believed them. - -KNOWING this first, that *no prophecy* of the Scripture is of any -*private interpretation*. For the *prophecy came not* in old time *by -the will of man*: but holy men of God *spake as they were* moved by the -Holy Ghost. - - _II Peter 1:20-21._ - -John, the Beloved, believed them. - -HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is -true. For *he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God*: for God -giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. - - _John 3:33-34._ - -Jesus Christ, believed them. - -AND beginning at *Moses* and *all the prophets*, he expounded unto them -in *all the scriptures* the things concerning himself. - - _Luke 24:27._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *They supply every need.* - - -*1st. They produce FAITH.* - -SO then *faith cometh* by hearing, *and hearing by the word of God*. - - _Romans 10:17._ - -*2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.* - -AS new born babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -*grow thereby*. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*3rd. They BUILD us up.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, *and to the word of his grace*, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -*4th. They DISCERN our hearts.* - -THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged -sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of -the joints and marrow, and is *a discerner of the thoughts and intents -of the heart*. - - _Hebrews 4:12._ - -*5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.* - -THY *word* have I *hid in mine heart, that I might not sin* against -thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -*6th. They become one’s WEAPON.* - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword* of the Spirit, *which -is the word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -*7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.* - -*THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth*; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they *received -the word* with all readiness of mind, *and searched the scripture -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *God’s promises FOR YOU.* - - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by -these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the -corruption that is in the world through lust. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*1st. His presence.* - -TEACHING them to *observe all things* whatsoever I have commanded you: -and, *lo, I am with you always*, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - - _Matthew 28:20._ - -*2nd. Guidance.* - -I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I -will *guide thee with mine eye*. - - _Psalms 32:8._ - -*3rd. Divine Intercession.* - -WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is -risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also *maketh -intercession for us*. - - _Romans 8:34._ - -*4th. Grace to live.* - -AND God is *able to make all grace* abound toward you; that ye, always -having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to *every good work*. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -*5th. Victory over temptation.* - -THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as *is common to man*: but -God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are -able; but will *with the temptation also make a way to escape*, that ye -may be able to bear it. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -*6th. Forgiveness of sin.* - -*I WILL forgive their iniquity*, and I will *remember their sin no -more*. - - _Jeremiah 31:34._ - -*7th. Answer to prayer.* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when *ye* pray, -*believe that ye receive them*, and ye shall have them. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*8th. The Holy Spirit.* - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your *heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit* to them -that ask him? - - _Luke 11:13._ - -*9th. Power for Service.* - -BUT ye shall receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost is come* upon -you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in *Jerusalem*, and in all -*Judaea* and in *Samaria*, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*10th. Divine wisdom.* - -IF any of you lack *wisdom, let him ask of God*, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -*11th. Divine strength.* - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*; be not dismayed, for I am *thy God, -I will strengthen* thee; *yea*, I will *help* thee; yea, I will uphold -thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God will *hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not, I will help -thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13_ - -*12th. Divine Comfort.* - -*I WILL not leave you comfortless*: I will come to you. - - _John 14:18._ - -WHEN thou *passest through the waters*, I will be *with thee*; and -through the rivers, *they shall not overflow thee*: when thou walkest -through the fire, thou *shalt not be burned*. - - _Isaiah 43:2_ - -*13th. Divine teaching.* - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in -my name, he shall *teach* you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -*14th. Our Labor not Vain.* - -THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, *be ye steadfast, unmovable*, always -abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -*15th. Our work rewarded.* - -BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: *for your work -shall be rewarded*. - - _II Chronicles 15:7._ - -*16th. A Heavenly mansion.* - -LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -In my Father’s house *are many mansions*; if it were not so, I would -have told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:1-2._ - -*17th. A glorified body.* - -FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical -bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not -made with hands (*the resurrection body*), eternal in the heavens. - - _II Corinthians 5:1._ - -*18th. A Coming Lord.* - -SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that -look for him shall he *appear the second time* without sin unto -salvation. - - _Hebrews 9:28._ - -*THIS same Jesus*, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall *so -come in like manner* as ye have seen him go into heaven. - - _Acts 1:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *For the Jews.* - - -God is not done with the Jews: - -SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? *God forbid*. - - _Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37._ - -*Their land shall be restored:* - -AND they shall say, This land that was desolate *is become like the -garden of Eden*. - - _Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc._ - -*The people shall be restored:* - -AND I will *bring again the captivity of my people of Israel*, and they -shall *build* the waste cities, and *inhabit* them; and they shall -*plant* vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also *make -gardens* and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their -land, and they shall *no more be pulled up out of their land* which I -have given them, saith Jehovah. - - _Amos 9:14, 15._ - -*They shall be more blest than ever.* - -AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will *do better unto -you than at your beginnings*; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. - - _Ezekiel 36:11._ - -*They shall be regenerated:* - -A *NEW heart* also will I give you, and a *new spirit* will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -will *give you a heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*These promises are unconditional:* - -THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do -not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but *for mine holy name’s -sake*, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. - - _Ezekiel 36:22,31,32._ - -Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew -and Hebrews. - -Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26. - - ―――― - - _*Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.*_ - -Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord -revealed? - -For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of -a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, -there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his -sacrifice.) - -*He is despised and rejected of men*; a man of sorrows, and acquainted -with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; *he was despised, -and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs*, and carried -our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and -afflicted. - -*But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our -iniquities*: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; *and with his -stripes we are healed*. - -All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own -way; *and the* Lord hath laid on him the *iniquity of us all*. - -*He was oppressed, and he was afflicted* yet no opened not his mouth: he -is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her -shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (*Jesus Christ was surely -a man of, affliction.*) - -He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his -generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: *for the -transgression of my people was he stricken*. (Christ bore our sins in -His body.) - -And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; -because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -(This is a beautiful picture of Christ.) - -*Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him*; he hath put him to grief; when -thou shalt make *his soul an offering for sin*, he shall see his seed, -he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in -his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.) - -He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his -knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; *for he shall bear -their iniquities*. (That’s what Christ did.) - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - - -THESE things have I written unto you that *believe upon* the *name* of -the *Son* of *God*; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have *eternal life*. - - _I John 5:13._ - -Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may *know we are -saved* because God says so. - -SEARCH the *scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour. - -FOR *whatsover* is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the -victory that *overcometh* the *world*, even our faith. - - _I John 5:4._ - -He who has *God’s life* in him, is the one who *has victory.* - -IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth -righteousness is BORN OF HIM. - - _I John 2:29._ - -WHOSOEVER is *born* of God *doth not commit sin*; for his seed remaineth -in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God. - - _I John 3:9._ - -This means that the *new nature* “His seed” *cannot sin*, though the old -nature does. - -WE know that we have passed from death unto life, *because we love the -brethren*. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever -hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath -eternal life abiding in him. - - _I John 3:14-15._ - -The fact that we find ourselves *loving God’s people* and having -fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born -of God. - -See pages 34 and 35 on *new birth*. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - - -*1st.* Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read -it without hurry. - -*2nd.* Read it prayerfully. God’s book cannot rightly be apprehended -without the aid of God’s Spirit. “Open thou mine. eyes, that I may -behold wondrous things out of thy law." - -*3rd.* Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully -understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, -Bible dictionary, etc. - -*4th.* Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis -to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in -order to get through it in that time. - -*5th.* Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what -purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the -standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him. - -*6th.* Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by -the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their -proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he -appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ. - -*7th.* Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text -Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc. - -*8th.* Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make -its precepts the rule of your life. - -*9th.* Read it in faith. Take it as God’s word to yourself. Look upon -its promises as your own - -THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of -salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. - -Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are -immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be -holy, and live it to be happy. - -It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to -cheer you. - -It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the -soldier’s sword and the christian’s charter. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Importance of Bible study.* - - -Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend -most of your time and then search it. - -*SEARCH the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which *testify of me*. - - _John 5:39._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11_ - -Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an -hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first -thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the -Bible be your motto, “In the beginning God.” - -THE Lord God has given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary*: he wakeneth -morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of -heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and -prudent, and *hast revealed them unto babes*. - - _Matthew 11:25._ - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to *God*, and to the *word* of His -*grace*, which is *able* to *build* you *up*, and to give you an -inheritance among all them which are sanctified. - - _Acts 20:32_ - -STUDY to *shew thyself approved unto God*, a workman that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15_ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to study them.* - - -*1st*. When you open your Bible never forget that *it is God’s word*, -not man’s word. - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it *not as the -word of men*, but as it is in truth, *the word of God*, which -effectually worketh also in you that *believe*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but *holy men -of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost*. - - _II Peter 1:21._ - -*2nd.* Read your Bible as if it were written for *you only*. - -FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written *for our -learning*, that *we through patience* and *comfort of the scriptures -might have hope*. - - _Romans 15:4._ - -ALL *scripture* is given *by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -*doctrine*, for *reproof*, for *correction*, for *instruction* in -righteousness. - - _II Timothy 3:16._ - -*3rd*. Study with *prayer*, making the *psalmist’s prayer* yours. - -OPEN thou *mine eyes*, that I may behold *wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -*4th*. Study with *meditation* expecting help, comfort, blessing and -success in living for God. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day* and *night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou *shalt* make thy -way *prosperous*, and then thou *shalt* have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8_ - -One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don’t let any one -chew your spiritual food for you. - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and *thy word was unto me -the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -*5th.* Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You -will fail to learn if you do not. - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in -my name, *He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance*, whatsoever, I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the -Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he -shall testify of me. - - _John 15:26._ - -NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go -away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if -I depart, I will send him unto you. - - _John 11:7_ - -*6th.* And as you read *pray*: “Thou light of life shine into my heart, -and reveal thyself to me now from thy word.” - -Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in service. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, (R.V. -Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17_ - -Cleanse your life by the application of the word. - -WHEREWITHAL shall a young man *cleanse his way*? by taking heed thereto -according to *thy word*. - - _Psalms 119:9._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to memorize?* - - -In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward -supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul -winners. - -Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it -would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the -memorizing of *all* these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task -if undertaken in the right manner. - -In memorizing: - -*1st.* Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that -difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example -say John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the -world” instead of merely saying “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc., omitting -to say John 1:29. - -*2nd.* Learn it. Don’t get a faint, indefinite idea of it. *Take no -“snap shot” but give it a “time exposure.”* If you want to remember any -text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, -clear, vivid impression on your mind. - -*3rd.* There are a great many “methods” or “schemes” of memorizing -advanced in this day of ours, but the writer’s opinion is that the best -way of memorizing is to *get to work and do it*. If it is easily -acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that *it will be as -easily lost*. - -*4th.* Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you -can repeat it correctly, *then to be sure, read* it again. *I have made -a practice of writing out on paper* the passages to be memorized. *Once -writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth*. In -Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and -said “How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the -difficulties?” I said to her, “Did you ever ride on the train?” “Oh yes, -hundreds of times." “Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out -the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that -road every day, and that is what you and I have to do. - -*5th. Review, Review, Review.* That’s the secret of memorizing. *Review* -every *day*. *Review* every *week*. *Review* every *year*. *Review, -Review, Review*. - -How many people you hear saying: “I know the verse one day but forget it -the next.” *Well you need to review, that’s all*. - -*6th.* Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to -persons who have difficulties. *Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!* That’s -what the *lawyer*, *preacher*, and *doctor* have to do, and that is what -I had to do. Be “seasonable” or “unseasonable,” in season or out of -season, only *seek* your *opportunity* to *practice*. - -*7th.* Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of -St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly -until a chapter is repeated at one time? - -Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - - -*THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.* - -BE *ready* ALWAYS to *give* an *answer* to *every man* that *asketh* you -a *reason of the hope* that is in you with *meekness* and *fear*. - - _I Peter 3:15._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore *shall confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -BUT *whosoever* shall *deny me before men* him will *I also deny before -my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:33._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made* unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -DAVID prayed, "*O Lord, open thou my lips*, and my *mouth* shall show -forth thy praise." - - _Psalms 51:15._ - -Live so that you can say with the Psalmist. - -I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy -faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness -and thy truth from the great congregation. - - _Psalms 40:10._ - -FOR I am *not* ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the *power* of -*God* unto *salvation* to *every one that believeth*. - - _Romans 1:16._ - -THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his -lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from -iniquity. - - _Malachi 2:6._ - -Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12. - - - - Skeptic. - *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - - -IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, “O God, if there -be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John -and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not -understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other -things you use and believe; - -BUT these (the writings of John’s gospel) are written that ye might -*believe* that *Jesus* is the *Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that -*believing* ye might have *life* through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man *will do his will*, he shall *know* of *the doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual -things. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of *the Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness unto him*: neither can he know them, because -they *are spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw “*men as trees.” walking* when Christ -first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave -him more. - -If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have -had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read -it. - -*EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my -finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I -will not believe*. And after eight days again his disciples were within, -and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in -the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach -hither *thy finger*, and behold *my hands*; and reach hither thy hand, -and thrust it *into my side*: and be not faithless, *but believing*. And -Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. - - _John 20:25-28._ - - - - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. - *God WARNS against It.* - - -*REGARD not* them that have *familiar spirits*, neither seek after -wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God. - - _Leviticus 19:31_ - -THE soul that turneth after such as have *familiar spirits, and after -wizards*, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against -that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. - - _Leviticus 20:6._ - -*Beware of Spiritualism.* - -BELOVED, *believe not every spirit*, but try the spirits whether they -are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that -confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and -this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should -come: and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:1-3._ - -EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and -*signs and lying wonders*, And with all *deceivableness of -unrighteousness* in them that perish; because they received not the love -of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall -send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all -might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in -unrighteousness. - - _II Thessalonians 2:9-12._ - -THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his -daughter to pass through the fire, or that *useth divination or an -observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a -consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer*. - - _Deuteronomy 18:10-11._ - - - - Temperance. - *God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - - -*WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning*, that they may follow -strong drink, that continue until night, till *wine* inflame them. - - _Isaiah 5:11._ - -*WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine*, and men of strength to -mingle strong drink. - - _Isaiah 5:22._ - -WOE unto him that *giveth his neighbor drink*, that putteth the bottle -to him, and maketh him drunken also. - - _Habakkuk 2:15._ - -HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. *Be -not among winebibbers*; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard -and the glutton shall *come to poverty*: and drowsiness shall clothe a -man with rags. . . . Who hath *woe*? who hath *sorrow*? who hath -*contentions*? who hath *babbling*? who hath *wounds* without cause? who -hath *redness of eyes*? They that *tarry long at the wine*; they that go -to seek mixed wine. *Look not thou upon the wine* when it is red, when -it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the -last it *biteth like a serpent*, and *stingeth like an adder*. - - _Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32._ - -WINE is a *mocker*, strong drink is *raging*: and whosoever is deceived -thereby *is not wise*. - - _Proverbs 20:1._ - -HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that *loveth wine* and -oil *shall not be rich*. - - _Proverbs 21:17._ - -AND *be not drunk with wine*, wherein is excess; but be filled with the -Spirit. - - _Ephesians 5:18._ - -BUT Daniel *purposed in his heart* that he *would not defile himself* -with the portion of the king’s meat, *nor with the wine which he drank*. - - _Daniel 1:8._ - - - - Temptation. - *How to gain the VICTORY.* - - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath no *temptation taken you but such as is common to man*: but -God is *faithful*, who will *not suffer (you)* to be *tempted above* -that *ye are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF -ESCAPE, that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE Lord *knoweth* how to *deliver the Godly out of temptation*. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -*BLESSED* is the man that *endureth temptation*: for when he is tried, . -. . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is -tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, -neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is *drawn -away of his own lust*, and enticed. - - _James 1:12-14._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage*; be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea *I will help thee*; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. - - _Isaiah 41:10._ - -FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling -of our infirmities; but was *in all points tempted like as we are*, yet -without sin. Let us *therefore* come boldly unto the throne of grace, -that we may obtain mercy, and *find grace to help in time of need*. - - _Hebrews 4:15-16._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -*RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you*. - - _James 4:7._ - -Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39. - - - - Unpardonable Sin. - - -REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you -have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result -of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, *not willing that any -should perish, but that all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able to save them to the uttermost* that come unto God -by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings -or conditions are. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the *name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -Show just what the unpardonable sin is? - -WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be -forgiven unto men: *but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost* shall not -be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of -man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy -Ghost, *it shall not be forgiven him*, neither in this world, neither in -the world to come. - - _Matthew 12:31-32._ - -VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, -and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall -blaspheme against the *Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness*, but is in -danger of *eternal damnation*. - - _Mark 3:28-29._ - - - - Unforgiveness. - *For those who will not forgive.* - - -Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive -you. - -THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy -brother *hath aught against thee*; Leave there thy gift before the -altar, *and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother*, and then -come and offer thy gift. - - _Matthew 5:23, 24._ - -Have you forgiven *all*? - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven may *forgive you your trespasses*. - -*BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father* which is in heaven -*forgive your trespasses*. - - _Mark 11:25, 26._ - -AND be ye *kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another*, -even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. - - _Ephesians 4:32._ - -FOR if ye *forgive men their trespasses*, your heavenly Father will also -forgive you: - -*But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father -forgive your trespasses*. - - _Matthew 6:14, 15._ - -PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of -mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; -Forbearing one another, *and forgiving one another*, if any man have a -quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. - - _Colossians 3:12, 13._ - -If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God -to forgive you. - -LET all *bitterness*, and *wrath*, and *anger*, and *clamour* and *evil -speaking, be put away* from you *with all malice*. - - _Ephesians 4:31._ - - - - Worldly Amusements. - *"I see no HARM in them"* - - -*LOVE not the world*, neither the things that are in the world. *If any -man love the world*, the love of the Father is not in him. - - _I John 2:15._ - -WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will *eat no flesh* -while the world standeth, *lest I make my brother to offend*. - - _I Corinthians 8:13_ - -Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not -give up something? - -AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all *in the name of the Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, *do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31_ - -*BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*. - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -*NO man can serve two masters*: for either he will hate the one, and -love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, -*Ye cannot serve God and mammon*. - - _Matthew 6:24._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that *the friendship of the -world is enmity with God*. - - _James 4:4_ - -WHEREFORE *come out* from among them, and *be ye separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17_ - -NO man that warreth *entangleth himself with the affairs of this life*; -that he may *please him* who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - - _II Timothy 2:4_ - -FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore *glorify God in your body*, -and in your spirit, which are God’s. - - _I Corinthians 6:20_ - -*WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes*: but -know thou, that *for all these things* God will *bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - -KNOW ye not that ye are *the temple of God*, and that the *Spirit of God -dwelleth in you*? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God -destroy; for the *temple of God is holy, which temple ye are*. - - _I Corinthians 3:16, 17._ - -DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room -floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your -body is that temple. - -THEY profess that they know God; *but in works they deny him*, being -abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. - - _Titus 1:16._ - -When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you -confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can -you ask a blessing on it. - -BE careful for nothing; *but in every thing by prayer and supplication* -with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, *or whatsoever ye do, do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God? - -*BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*: for what -fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion -hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or -what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? *And what agreement -hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living -God*: - - _II Corinthians 6:14-16._ - -Some say: “All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our -dances.” - -I must say with Paul: - -IF any man preach *any other gospel unto you* than that *ye* have -received, *let him be accursed*. - - _Galatians 1:9._ - - - - Young Converts. - *What they should do.* - - -By doing these *four* things nobody can write backslider after your -name. - -*1st. Every day say something To GOD.* - -*PRAY* without ceasing. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -BE careful for nothing; but in *everything by prayer and supplication -with thanksgiving* let your *requests be made known unto God*. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -IF *ye abide in me*, and *my words abide* in *you*, ye *shall ask* what -ye will, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye pray, -believe that ye receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -CALL *unto me, and I will answer thee*, and show ye great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that *ye* -may be healed. The *effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man -availeth much*. - - _James 5:16._ - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -EVENING, and *morning*, and at *noon*, will I *pray*, and cry *aloud*: -and He *shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -IF my people which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves*, and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin*, and will heal their -land. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - -Neglect praying, and you will backslide. - -*2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.* - -SEARCH *the scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -THY *words were* found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of my heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -STUDY *to show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY *word have I hid in mine heart*, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is -the *word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -THY word is a *lamp* unto my *feet*, and a *light* unto my *path*. - - _Psalm 119:105._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to -you. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt -*meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -way prosperous, and then thou *shalt have good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -*3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men him will *I also deny before my Father* which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -LET your *light so shine before men* that they may *see your good -works*, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and my words*, in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the *Son of man* be -ashamed. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -WHOSOEVER shall *confess that Jesus is the Son of God*, God dwelleth in -him, and he in God. - - _I John 4:15._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -RETURN *to thine house, and shew* how great things God hath done unto -thee. - - _Luke 8:39._ - -AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny -himself, and *take up his cross daily*, and follow me. - - _Luke 9:23._ - -*4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.* - -THEREFORE my beloved brethren, *be steadfast, unmovable, always -abounding in the work* of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature.* - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AS we *have therefore opportunity, let us do good* unto all men. - - _Galatians 6:10._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -LET him know that he which converteth *the sinner* from the error of his -way *shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins*. - - _James 5:20._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -AND whosoever shall *give to drink* unto one of these little ones *a cup -of cold water* only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, -*he shall in no wise lose his reward*. - - _Matthew 10:42._ - -IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my -brethren, *ye have done it unto me*. - - _Last clause. Matthew 25:40._ - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, -I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for they -are *white already to harvest*. - - _John 4:35._ - -HEREIN is my Father glorified that *ye bear much fruit*. - - _John 15:8._ - - - - - GENERAL INDEX - - -Age— (see “I am too young") - -Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”) - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance— How you may know you are saved - -Backslider— God’s warning to - -Backslider— How he may return - -Baptism— It follows Salvation - -Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible— (see “Scriptures”) - -Business— I will be hindered in making money - -Careless—(see “I am not concerned”) - -Ceremonies—(Do not save) see “Baptism” - -Christ—His Deity - -Christian living— Those trying to be Christians - -Christian living— Strength to hold out - -Christian living— How to grow in grace - -Christian living— Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian living— Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Church— Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship— (see “My companions keep me from Christ”) - -Confession— Confessing Christ publicly - -Consecration - -Conversion— (instantaneous) - -Converts— (see Young Converts) - -Daily Living - -Daily Prayer - -Decision—(see “Not now”) - -Deity of Christ - -Delay—(see “Not now”) - -Doubter—The honest - -Doubter—The honest (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses— I am a member of the church - -Excuses— I am good enough - -Excuses— I am not very bad - -Excuses— I am not good enough - -Excuses— I am too great a sinner - -Excuses— Not now - -Excuses— There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses— There is too much to give up - -Excuses— I can not surrender all - -Excuses— The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses— I have tried and failed - -Excuses— I can’t hold out - -Excuses— I have no feeling - -Excuses— I am not concerned - -Excuses— The Indifferent - -Excuses— Those who know not the way - -Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe - -Excuses— I can’t understand - -Excuses— I can’t see - -Excuses— My heart is too hard - -Excuses— I am too young - -Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses— It is too late - -Excuses— Don’t talk to me - -Faith—Necessary to salvation - -Feeling—(see “I have no feeling”) - -Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”) - -Formalist - -Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”) - -Friendship - -Giving (systematically) - -God—(see “Doubter”) - -Growth - -Habits - -Hell— A real place - -Hell— “God is unjust to damn” - -Hell— Condition of the lost - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see “Hypocrites”) - -Indifferent—The - -Intemperance - -Jews—Scriptures for them - -Joining the church - -Love—For your neighbor - -Moralist— Trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist— Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting— (see I am not concerned) - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule”) - -Personal Work— Its great importance - -Personal Work— Qualifications needed - -Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer - -Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer list” card - -Personal Work— Three helpful hints - -Personal Work— Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work— Fruit promised - -Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter - -Personal Work— For those Who are weak - -Personal Work— A word to the careless - -Power— God’s Keeping - -Power— God’s Keeping (also) - -Prayer— Heard and answered - -Prayer— Victory through’ prayer - -Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer - -Prayer— Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings—(Preparation for) - -Promises - -Regeneration— The new birth - -Regeneration— (Results of) - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival— How to make it a success - -Revival— What to bring to it - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The— They supply every need - -Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you - -Scriptures, The— For the Jews - -Scriptures, The— For Church members - -Scriptures, The— How to read them - -Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The— How to study them - -Scriptures, The— How to memorize - -Scriptures, The— Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Service - -Soul-Winning - -Spiritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Suggestions—(see "Converts") - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness—For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work—(see “Personal Work") - -Workers—Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Coverts - - - - - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - - -Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”) - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance—How you may know you are saved - -Christian Living— Those who are trying to be Christians - -Christian Living— Strength to hold out - -Christian Living— How to grow in grace - -Christian Living— Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian Living— Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Confession— Confessing Christ publically. - -Consecration - -Converts - -Daily Living - -Daily Living (also) - -Daily Prayer - -Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”) - -Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”) - -Giving—(systematically) - -God—(see “Doubter”) - -Growth - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites”) - -Indifferent - -Intemperance - -Jews— Scriptures for them - -Joining the Church - -Love—For your neighbor - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule") - -Personal Work— Its great importance - -Personal Work— Qualifications needed - -Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer - -Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer-list” card - -Personal Work— Three helpful hints - -Personal Work— Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work— Fruit promised - -Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter - -Personal Work— For those who are weak - -Personal Work— A word to the careless - -Pleasures—For those hindered by them - -Power—God’s Keeping - -Power—God’s Keeping (also) - -Prayer— Heard and answered - -Prayer— Victory through.’ prayer - -Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer - -Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings—preparation for - -Promises - -Regeneration— The new birth - -Regeneration— Results of - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival— How to make it a success - -Revival— What to bring to it - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Salvation— To whom offered - -Salvation— Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation— Saved alone by faith - -Salvation— What must I do to be saved - -Salvation— Proof we are saved - -Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The— They supply every need - -Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you. - -Scriptures, The— For the Jews - -Scriptures, The— For Church members - -Scriptures, The— How to read them - -Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The— How to study them - -Scriptures, The— How to memorize - -Scriptures, The— Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Self-righteousness - -Service - -Sin— (“I am not very bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also) - -Sin— Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Soul-winning - -Spritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Strength to hold out (as well) - -Suggestions—(see “Converts") - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness—For those Who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work—(see “Personal Work”) - -Workers—Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Converts - - - - - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - - -Age— (see “I am too young") - -Backslider— God’s warning to - -Backslider— How he may return to God - -Baptism— Follows Salvation - -Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible— (see Scriptures) - -Business—I will be hindered in making money - -Careless—(see, I am not concerned) - -Ceremonies—(Do not save)—see Baptism - -Christ—His Deity - -Church—Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship—(see “My companions keep me from Christ”) - -Conversion (instantaneous) - -Decision—(see “Not now”) - -Deity of Christ - -Delay—(see “Not now”) - -Doubter - -Doubter (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses— I am a member of the church - -Excuses— I am good enough - -Excuses— I am not very bad - -Excuses— I am not good enough - -Excuses— I am too great a sinner - -Excuses— Not now - -Excuses— There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses— There is too much to give up - -Excuses— I cannot surrender all - -Excuses— The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses— I have tried and failed - -Excuses— I can’t hold out - -Excuses— I have no feeling - -Excuses— I am not concerned - -Excuses— The Indifferent - -Excuses— Those Who know not the way - -Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe - -Excuses— I can’t understand - -Excuses— I can’t see - -Excuses— My heart is too hard - -Excuses— I am too young - -Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses— It is too late - -Excuses— Don’t talk to me - -Faith— Necessary to salvation - -Feeling— (see “I have no feeling”) - -Forgiveness - -Formalist - -Friendship - -God— (see "Doubter") - -Habits - -Hell— A real place - -Hell— “God is unjust to damn” - -Hell— Condition of the lost - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites) - -Indifferent, The - -Moralist—Who trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist—Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting—(see “I am not concerned”) - -Persecution—(see “Ridicule”) - -Pleasures—For those hindered by them - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Salvation— To Whom offered - -Salvation— Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation— Saved alone by faith - -Salvation— What must I do to be saved - -Salvation— Proof We are saved - -Self-righteousness - -Sin— (“I am not very bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) - -Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also) - -Sin— Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness— For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Worldly Amusements - - - - - Songs: - - - - - The Bible Railway. - - - - - Consecration. - - - - - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - Transcriber’s Note - - - - Bible verse abbreviations have been changed to full book names for - consistancy. - - Corrected bible verse reference errors which did not match quoted - verse. - - Minor typographical errors have been silently corrected. - - - - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING *** - - - - - A Word from Project Gutenberg - - -We will update this book if we find any errors. - 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Nystrom. - -This ebook was produced from scanned images of a personal copy of the -book. - - - - - _*RESCUE*_ - - _*THE*_ - - _*PERISHING*_ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _That ye may KNOW how ye ought to_ - - _ANSWER every man ---- Colossians 4:6._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS_ - - _FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,_ - - _which is the word of God. ---- Ephesians 6:17._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _ARRANGED BY_ - - _"FRED" R. SEIBERT_ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _PUBLISHED BY_ - - _*THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY*_ - - _*WINONA LAKE, INDIANA*_ - - _Price, 40c_ - - - - - _Copyright 1921, by "Fred" R. Seibert, U. S. A._ - - _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, Eng._ - - - - - _PREFACE_ - - - _This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical - effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience._ - - - - - SUNSHINE AND SMILES - - "FRED" R. SEIBERT - - A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS - - - - - _May my Motto be yours:_ - - *Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him - All Things.* - - - - - Contents - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - Assurance. *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - Backslider. *God's WARNING to the backslider* - Backslider. *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - Baptism. *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - Baptism. *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - Business. *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - Christian Living. *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - Christian Living. *STRENGTH for holding out.* - Christian Living. *How to GROW In grace.* - Christian Living. *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - Christian Living. *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - Church, The- *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - Confession. *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - Consecration. - Christ. *His Deity.* - Christian Science. *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - Christian Science. *God warns AGAINST It.* - Conversions. *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - Doubter. *One who is HONEST.* - Excuses. *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - Excuses. *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - Excuses. *I am NOT very bad.* - Excuses. *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - Excuses. *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - Excuses. *Not now.* - Excuses. *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - Excuses. *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - Excuses. *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - Excuses. *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - Excuses. *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - Excuses. *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I have tried and FAILED.* - Excuses. *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - Excuses. *Can't HOLD OUT! God's KEEPING power.* - Excuses. *I have no FEELING.* - Excuses. *I am not CONCERNED.* - Excuses. *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - Excuses. *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - Excuses. *I don't know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - Excuses. *I can't understand the Bible.* - Excuses. *I can't see my way CLEAR.* - Excuses. *My heart is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I am TOO YOUNG.* - Excuses. *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - Excuses. *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - Excuses. *DON'T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - Formalists. *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - Giving. *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - Hell. *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - Hell. *A real PLACE.* - Hell. *CONDITION of the lost.* - Holiness. *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - Holy Spirit. *His WORK among men.* - Hypocrites. *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - Love. *For your NEIGHBOR.* - Moralist. *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - Moralist. *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - Personal Work. *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - Personal Work. *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - Personal Work. *The "soul-winner's" prayer.* - Personal work. *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - Personal Work. *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - Personal Work. - Personal Work. *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - Personal Work. *Suggestive Scriptures.* - Personal Work. *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - Personal Work. *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - Personal Work. *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - Personal Work. *A word to the unwilling.* - Pleasures. *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - Prayer. *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - Prayer. *VICTORY through prayer.* - Prayer. *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - Prayer. *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - Regeneration, or the New Birth. *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - Repentance. *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - Revival, The. *How to make it a success.* - Revival, The. *What to bring to It.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *Encouragement given us.* - Sabbath and Sunday. *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - Salvation. *To WHOM offered? "Whosoever will!"* - Salvation. *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - Salvation. *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - Salvation. *What must I do to be saved?* - Salvation. *Proofs that we are saved.* - Scriptures, The. *Given by inspiration.* - Scriptures, The. *They supply every need.* - Scriptures, The. *God's promises FOR YOU.* - Scriptures, The. *For the Jews.* - Scriptures, The. *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - Scriptures, The. *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - Scriptures, The. *Importance of Bible study.* - Scriptures, The. *How to study them.* - Scriptures, The. *How to memorize?* - Scriptures, The. *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - Skeptic. *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. *God WARNS against It.* - Temperance. *God's WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - Temptation. *How to gain the VICTORY.* - Unpardonable Sin. - Unforgiveness. *For those who will not forgive.* - Worldly Amusements. *"I see no HARM in them"* - Young Converts. *What they should do.* - GENERAL INDEX - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - Songs: - The Bible Railway. - Consecration. - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - - - - Assurance. - *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - - -You may *know* you are saved, because God *says so* in His Word. - -*THESE things have I written* unto you that believe on the name of the -Son of God, *that ye may know* (not hope, or guess) that ye *have* (not -are going to have) eternal life." - - _I John 5:13._ - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ) to *them gave* he *power* to -*become the sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that *he is able to keep* -that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment) but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they *know* -they are saved--that they can only "hope for the best, and will have to -wait until the judgment before they know." Paul did not say to the -jailer: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and *perhaps* you will be -saved, or you will have a *good chance* of being saved, or you may -*hope* to be saved." No, but "thou *shalt* be saved." - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that *believeth on me* HATH -everlasting life. - - _John 6:47._ - -He that believeth on the Son *hath* (not perhaps will have) everlasting -life. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that hath the Son *hath* life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you *rest -fully upon God's Word.* - -If you have *received God's gift* (Jesus), you have God's *word* for it -that you *have life*. *The life is in His Son*. Believe this and you -will *know it*. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the -witness of the Spirit. - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness* with our spirit that we *are* the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the *witness (record)* in -*himself*: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he -believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the -record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his -Son. He that hath the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of -God hath not life. - - _I John 5:10,11,12._ - -"Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is -made to him. God has put his offer in black and white--"*These things -are written*." Read: I John 5:13. - -Do you say, I don't feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for -you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God's word -never changes. He says: "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words -*shall not* pass away." - - _Matthew 24:35._ - -Which would you rather trust, God's *unchanging* Word, or your -*everchanging* feelings? When God says a thing, it is so. - -If you want this evidence *you must believe God's word*. If you do not, -you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working -in you. - -He that believeth not God hath *made Him a liar*; because he *believeth -not the record* that God gave of His Son. And this *is the record*, that -God *hath given* to us eternal life. - - _I John 5:10-11._ - -Illustration: Luke 1:10 - - - - Backslider. - *God's WARNING to the backslider* - - -NOW the just shall live by faith: but *if any man draw back*, my soul -shall have *no pleasure in him*. - - _Hebrews 10:38._ - -FOR it had *been better* for them *not to have known* the way of -righteousness, than, after they have known it, *to turn from the holy -commandment* delivered unto them. - - _II Peter 2:21._ - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do good, and *doeth it not*, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of -unbelief, in *departing from the living God*. - - _Hebrews 3:12._ - -I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and -ye were *as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:* yet *have ye not -returned* unto me, saith the Lord. - -Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this -unto thee, *prepare to meet thy God*, O Israel. - - _Amos 4:11-12._ - -SO then because thou art *lukewarm*, and neither cold nor hot, I will -*spew thee out of my mouth*. - - _Revelation 3:16._ - -If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be -truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you *confess your sins* -and return to the Lord, because God says, - -THE backslider in heart shall be *filled with his own ways*. - - _Proverbs 14:14._ - -God says though man's ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is -*hope* for the backslider--Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and -how the Father *welcomed his boy home!* - -BUT *when he was yet a great way off*, his father *saw him*, and had -*compassion*, and ran, and fell on his neck, and *kissed him*. - - _Luke 15:20._ - -Read the next page - - - - Backslider. - *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - - -*1st. Submit to God*. *He will forgive*. - -GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, *Return, thou -backsliding Israel, saith the* Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to -fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep -anger for ever. *Only acknowledge thine iniquity*, that thou hast -transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to -the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, -saith the Lord, *Turn, O backsliding children, saith the* Lord; *for I -am married unto you*. - - _Jeremiah 3:12-14._ - -*I WILL heal their backsliding*, I will love them freely: for mine anger -is turned away from him. - - _Hosea 14:4._ - -*2nd. Confess to God.* - -I ACKNOWLEDGED *my sin unto* thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I -said, *I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord*; and thou -forgavest the iniquity of my sin. - - _Psalms 32:5._ - -IF we *confess* our *sins*, He is *faithful* and *just* to forgive us -our *sins*, and to *cleanse* us from all *unrighteousness*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*3rd. Turn to God.* - -THEREFORE *turn thou to thy God*: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on -*thy* God continually. - - _Hosea 12:6._ - -IF *thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up*, thou shalt put -away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - - _Job 22:23._ - -AND He is the *propitiation* for our sins; and not for ours only, but -also for the sins of the *whole world*. - - _I John 2:2_ - -Some say they are backsliders, but are *not*, for they have never *slid -forward*. - - - - Baptism. - *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - - -The Bible plainly teaches that every believer *should confess Christ in -baptism*. - -GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them* -into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. - - _Matthew 28:19, R.V._ - -HE that believeth and is *baptized* shall be saved; but he that -disbelieveth shall be condemned. - - _Mark 16:16, R.V._ - -AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be *baptized* every one of you -in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins. - - _Acts 2:38, R.V._ - -AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of -Jerusalem and were *baptized of him*, in the river of Jordan confessing -their sins. - - _Mark 1:5._ - -*JESUS was baptized*. - -THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, *to be baptized* of -him. . . . And Jesus, *when he was baptized*, went up straightway out of -the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the -Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. - - _Matthew 3:13, 16._ - -*PAUL was baptized.* - -AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he -received sight forthwith, and arose, and was *baptized*. - - _Acts 9:18._ - -*The EUNUCH was baptized*. - -THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be -*baptized*? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and -they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he -*baptized him*. - - _Acts 8:36, 38._ - -*The JAILOR was baptized*. - -AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; -and *was baptized*, he and all his, straightway. - - _Acts 16:33._ - - - - Baptism. - *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - - -There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is -to *reject* it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it's -proper significance, and make it *necessary to salvation*. - -We are to be baptized, not to *help save ourselves*, but, because -*Christ has already saved us* through our acceptance of His sacrifice on -the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God's command, thus -openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will -avail us nothing, unless *our heart is right toward God*. - -Philip told the Eunuch that *he could be baptized* if he *believed with -all his heart*. - -AND Philip said, If thou *believest with all thine heart* thou mayest. - - _Acts 8:37._ - -A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true -*repentance for sin*. - -YOUR *new moons* and your *appointed feasts my soul hateth*: they are a -trouble unto me; *I* am weary to bear them. - - _Isaiah 1:14._ - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,* -God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house *justified* rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -The Pharisee was thinking to *justify himself* before God by his -*prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days* but the the publican with -repentance, and the *believing cry of the sinner*, was saved. - -Let us *not neglect* baptism; neither think because we *have been -baptized* that we are *safe*. Trust Christ *alone* for salvation; *then* -be baptized. - - - - Business. - *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - - -What *profit* is there to *YOU*, even if you get -money--pleasure--position or power-- and in a few short years (at -longest) you lose your soul? - -If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you -had better *give it up*. - -FOR what shall it *profit a man*, if he shall *gain the whole world*, -and lose his own soul? Or *what shall a man give in exchange for his -soul*? - - _Mark 8:36-37._ - -BUT seek ye *first the kingdom of God*, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -*LAY not up* for yourselves treasures *upon earth*, where moth and rust -doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for -yourselves *treasures in heaven*. - - _Matthew 6:19-20._ - -HE that loveth silver *shall not be satisfied with silver*. - - _Ecclesiastes 5:10._ - -HE that *trusteth in his riches shall fall*: but the righteous shall -flourish as a branch. - - _Proverbs 11:28._ - -THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, *If any man* will *come* after *me*, -let him *deny himself*, and take up *his cross* and *follow me*. - -FOR *whosoever* will save his life shall lose it: and *whosoever* will -*lose his life for my sake shall find it*. - - _Matthew 16:24-25._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel's, But *he shall -receive a hundredfold now* in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and -*in the* world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - - -We are not saved by *trying*, but by *trusting* in what *Christ has done -for us*. - -This means: - -*Repentance*. - -LET *the wicked forsake his way* (that's your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that's your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that's your part), and *He will have mercy upon him*; -and to our God, for He will *abundantly pardon* (God's part.). - - _Isaiah 55:7_ - -*Faith*. - -FOR *by grace are ye saved through faith*; and that not of yourselves; -it is the *gift of God*: not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8--9._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *He that heareth My word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath* everlasting life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24. A.V. & R.V._ - -*Receiving*. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power to become -the sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*Committing*. - -*COMMIT* thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it -to pass. - - _Psalms 37:5._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made unto salvation*. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - - - - Christian Living. - *STRENGTH for holding out.* - - -BUT ye *shall* receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost* is come upon -you. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -BE *strong* in the Lord and in the *power* of His *might*. - - _Ephesians 6:10._ - -PUT on the *whole armor of God*, that ye may be *able to stand* against -the *wiles* of the *devil*. - - _Ephesians 6:11._ - -WHEREFORE take unto you the *whole armour* of God, that ye may be *able* -to *withstand* in the *evil day*, and *having done all, to stand*. - - _Ephesians 6:13._ - -STAND therefore, *having your loins girt about with truth*, and having -on the breastplate of righteousness. - - _Ephesians 6:14._ - -ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to -quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the *helmet of -salvation*, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the *word* of God. - - _Ephesians 6:16--17._ - -WATCH ye, *stand fast* in the *faith*, quit you like men, *be strong*. - - _I Corinthians 16:13._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage;* be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -THE Lord is my *light and* my *salvation*; whom *shall I fear*? the Lord -is the *strength* of my *life*; of whom *shall I be afraid*? - - _Psalms 27:1._ - -AND He said unto me, My *grace is sufficient* for thee: for my -*strength* is made perfect in *weakness*. Most gladly therefore will I -rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon -me. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -I CAN *do* ALL THINGS *through Christ* which strenghteneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - - - - Christian Living. - *How to GROW In grace.* - - -If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God's commands, -covenant to do the following things *daily; pray, study* your Bible, -*confess Christ*, try to *lead souls* to Christ, and *seek the society* -of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says -concerning these things, and their importance. - -*1st. Daily prayer.* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -WATCH ye therefore and pray *always*. - - _Luke 21:36._ - -MEN ought *always* to pray. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -I WILL therefore that men *pray every where*. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -*CALL unto me and I will answer thee*; and shew thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -*2nd. Daily STUDY of God's Word.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all *readiness of mind*, and *searched the Scriptures -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -*STUDY* to show thyself *approved* unto God, a workman that needeth not -to be ashamed, *rightly dividing* the word of truth. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16_ - -*Make this last verse your prayer.* - -OPEN thou mine eyes, *that I may behold* wondrous things out of thy law. - - _Psalms 119:18_ - -*3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.* - -LET your *light so shine before men*, that they may see your good works, -and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32--33._ - -*4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.* - -I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and *bring forth -fruit*. - - _John 15:16._ - -HE that believeth on me, *the works that I do shall he do also*; and -greater works than these shall he do. - - _John 14:12._ - -AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to *teach -and preach Jesus Christ*. - - _Acts 5:42._ - -WE then, as *workers together with him*, beseech you also that ye -receive not the grace of God in vain. - - _II Corinthians 6:1._ - -*5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but *a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - - - - Your *own soul* will be enriched. - - Persons will be *saved*. - - Christians will be *built up*. - - Your church will become *aggressive*. - - The word of God will be *honored*. - - Jesus Christ will be *glorified*. - - The Holy Ghost *will not be grieved*. - - You will be *ready* for any work. - - You will be *devoted* to Jesus Christ. - - You will be *successful* because faithful. - - New *methods* will be used. - - Your *influence* will be more telling. - - Your life will be *less selfish*. - - Your *expectations* will be more heavenly. - - Your *joy* will be more abiding. - - Your *hope* will be brighter. - - Your *courage* more undaunted. - - Your *service* more acceptable to God. - - In life you will be *active*; in death you will be *ready*; in - heaven you will *shine*. - -*Some PROMISES to encourage us.* - -TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in -heart: and ye shall *find rest unto your souls*. - -FOR my *yoke is easy*, and my burden is *light*. - - _Matthew 11:29--30._ - -BUT if we *walk in the light*, as he is in the light, *we have -fellowship* one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son -cleanseth us from all sin. - - _I John 1:7._ - -DRAW nigh *to God*, and he *will draw* nigh to you. - - _James 4:8._ - -CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall -*never suffer the righteous to be moved*. - - _Psalms 55:22._ - -THOU wilt *keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: -because he trusteth in thee*. - - _Isaiah 26:3._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - - -Through coming to Christ a man, - -*1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE*. - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, he that *heareth my word, and -believeth on Him* that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not -come into condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT*. - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins*, and ye shall -receive the *gift* of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -*4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others*. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were *baptized*: and the same -day there *were added* unto them about *three thousand souls*. - -AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, -and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. - - _Acts 2:41--42._ - -*5th. Has God's PROMISES*. - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*6th. Is called to SERVICE*. - -FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, -and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work. - - _Mark 13:34._ - -*7th. Possesses HEAVEN*. - -IN my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have -told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:2_ - - - - Church, The- - *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - - -Do not join the Church unless you are saved--If you are saved, you will -*want to join the church*, and you can not live as useful a life out of -the church as in it, and the church needs your help. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day -there were *added unto them* about three thousand souls. - - _Acts 2:41._ - -AND they *continued steadfastly* in the apostles' *doctrine* and -*fellowship*, and in the *breaking of bread*, and in *prayers*. - - _Acts 2:42._ - -AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and *breaking -bread from house to house*, did eat their meat with gladness and -singleness of heart. - - _Acts 2:46._ - -PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. *And the Lord added -unto the church daily such as should be saved*. - - _Acts 2:47._ - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord's; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - -NOT *forsaking the assembling of ourselves together*, as the manner of -some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the -day approaching. - - _Hebrews 10:25._ - -The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by -Christ-- When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as -the church is His bride. - -THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, -Come, and let us *join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant* -that shall *not be forgotten*. - - _Jeremiah 50:5._ - - - - Confession. - *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - - -*Confess* Christ, or He will *deny* us. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33_ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and of my words* in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall *the Son of man be -ashamed*. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -THAT if thou *shalt confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -*Lord Jesus*, and *shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him -from the dead, thou shalt be saved*. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -ALSO I say unto you, *whosoever shall confess me before men*, him shall -the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that *denieth me -before men* shall be denied before the angels of God. - - _Luke 12:8-9._ - -We should confess Christ, not only to *honor Him*, but because of the -*influence we may have on others*. - -ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew -Simon Peter's brother. - -He first findeth his own brother Simon and *saith unto him, we have -found the Messias*, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he -*brought him to Jesus*. - - _John 1:40--42._ - -NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but -*because of the Pharisees they did not confess him*, lest they should be -put out of the synagogue: for they *loved the praise of men* more than -the praise of God. - - _John 12:42--43._ - -Illustration: Mark 5:15-20 - - - - Consecration. - - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God*, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -"Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go -anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God." - -LET us *lay aside every weight*, and the sin which doth so easily beset -us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - - _Hebrews 12:1-2._ - -WHETHER therefore ye *eat*, or *drink*, or *whatsoever ye do, do all to -the glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -AND whatsoever *ye do in word or deed, do all in the name* of the *Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - - Dear Savior, help me every day - To live more nearly as I pray; - I would walk daily by thy side, - And trust in thee whate'er betide. - - Help me to live so near to thee - Thy likeness may be seen in me; - Make me so gentle, kind and true - That I will do as thou wouldst do. - - To win some precious souls for thee. - My errand here on earth would be; - And every day till thou shalt come - To do some good, to help some one. - -Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God. - -Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His -disciple. - -See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love. - -Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the *means of -some good*. - - - - Christ. - *His Deity.* - - -One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we -have several titles *applied to Christ in the New Testament* that are -*applied to Jehovah* in the *Old Testament*. - -THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, *preaching peace by -Jesus Christ*: (He is Lord of all). - - _Acts 10:36._ - -BUT we speak the wisdom of God *in a mystery*, even the hidden wisdom, -which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the -princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they *would not have -crucified the Lord of glory*. - - _I Corinthians 2:7--8._ - -AND Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. Jesus saith -unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed -are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are -written, that ye *might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of -God*; and that believing ye might have life through his name. - - _John 20:28-29, 31._ - -WHOSOEVER believeth *that Jesus is the Christ is born of God*: and every -one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -. . . Who is he that *overcometh* the world, but he *that believeth that -Jesus is the Son of God*? - - _I John 5:1, 5._ - -WHO *is a liar* but *he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ*? He is -anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever *denieth the -Son*, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son -hath the Father *also*. - - _I John 2:22-23._ - - - - Christian Science. - *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - - -"Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories -and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor -"Science" for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and -there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. -This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many -truths of the Bible. - -*1st. A personal God.* - -The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, "God is -mind. He is divine principle, *not person*," "He and the universe are -the same," or "He is the 'substance' and the universe and man are -'manifestations.' " - -The Christian says: - -OUR *Father* which art in heaven. - - _Matthew 6:9._ - -*2nd. Christ and His Atonement.* - -Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they -maintain that there is *no real body*, and if no body, then no -suffering--therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross. - -*3rd. Sin.* - -The belief that you have *no real body* enables you to dispose of the -question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be -the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of -personal responsibility to God. - -*4th. A personal devil.* - -Mrs. Eddy says, "A lie is all the devil there is." Vol. 2, Page 85. See -scripture pages 104 - -and 118. - -*5th. The reality of prayer.* - -They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book -says, "Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance." - -The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to -the folly of such heresies: - -HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that *confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God*. - - _I John 4:2._ - - - - Christian Science. - *God warns AGAINST It.* - - -AND every spirit that *confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the -flesh is not of God*: and this is that *spirit* of antichrist, whereof -ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:3._ - -FOR he hath *made him to be sin for us*, who knew no sin; that we might -be made the righteousness of God in him. - - _II Corinthians 5:21._ - -FOR many *deceivers are entered into the world*, who confess not that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. - - _II John 1:7._ - -WHO his *own self bare our sins in his own body* on the tree, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye -were healed. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and *without -shedding of blood is no remission*. - - _Hebrews 9:22._ - -MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in -thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done -many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -FOR the *mystery of iniquity* doth already work; only he who now letteth -will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that *Wicked -be revealed*, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, -and *shall destroy with the brightness of his coming*. - - _II Thessalonians 2:7-8._ - -AND no marvel; for *Satan himself is transformed into an angel of -light*. - - _II Corinthians 11:14._ - - - - Conversions. - *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - - -*God says you can be saved AT ONCE.* - -*LOOK unto me*, and *be ye saved*, all the ends of the earth: for I am -God, and there is none else. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT*. - -AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and -to all that were in his house. - - _Acts 16:31-32._ - -The thief believed and was saved the *same day*. - -AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy -kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, *To day shalt -thou be with me in paradise*. - - _Luke 23:42-43._ - -The woman believed and was saved the *same hour*. - -AND he said unto her, *Thy sins are forgiven*. And they that sat at meat -with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins -also? And he said to the woman, *Thy faith hath saved thee;* go in -peace. - - _Luke 7:48-50._ - -*God wants you to turn from your sins*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man *his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he *will* have mercy -upon him: *and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will *ask and obey*. - -HE . . . that believeth, *hath* (not will have) everlasting life. - - _John 5:24._ - -HIM that cometh to *me, I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Doubter. - *One who is HONEST.* - - -*"HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"* - -AND the *word was made flesh*, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His -glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace -and truth. - - _John 1:14._ - -NO man hath seen God at any time, the *only begotten Son* which is in -the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him. - - _John 1:18._ - -JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast -believed, blessed are they that *have not seen and yet have believed*. - - _John 20:29._ - -BUT these are *written*, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son of God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life -through His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, -whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -HE that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, -*because ye are not of God*. - - _John 8:47._ - -THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a -Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have -no dealing with the Samaritans. - - _John 4:9._ - -BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the -words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the *Father that -dwelleth in me*, He doeth the works. - - _John 14:10._ - -BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else -believe me for the very works' sake. - - _John 14:11._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in *my name, that will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. - - _John 14:13._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - - -Church membership *alone does not save any one*. Jesus made this act -very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion. - -*NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord*, Lord, shall enter into the -kingdom of heaven; *but he that doeth the will of my Father* which is in -heaven. - - _Matthew 7:21._ - -*MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord*, have we not *prophesied -in thy name*? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done -many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I -will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and -beat upon that house, *and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock*. - -And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, -shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the -sand: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat -upon that house; and *it fell*: and *great was the fall of it*. - - _Matthew 7:24-27._ - -The great question is, *Have I been born of God*, and am I *showing by -my life* that I am a child of God? - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, -*except a man be BORN AGAIN, he* cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - - -You may *think* you are, but *God does not*. - - He says you are a sinner! - -*FOR all have sinned*, and come short of the glory of God. - - _Romans 3:23._ - -AS it is written, *There is none* righteous, no, *not one*. - - _Romans 3:10._ - -FOR there is *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth -not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned *every one* to his -own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - - _Isaiah 53:6._ - -AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that -they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the -temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The -Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am -not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this -publican. *I fast twice in the week*, I *give tithes* of all that I -possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much -as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be -merciful to me a sinner*. I tell you, *this man* went down to his house -*justified rather than the other*: for every one that exalteth himself -shall be abased; and he that *humbleth himself shall be exalted*. - - _Luke 18:9-14._ - -Not only would God show you that *you are a sinner*, but He would warn -you of the *consequences* of sin, and the *judgement that follows.* - -THE wages of sin is *death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE soul that sinneth *it shall die*. - - _Ezekiel 18:4_ - -BE sure your sin *will find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT very bad.* - - -THERE is *no difference*: For *all have sinned*. - - _Romans 3:22-23._ - -THEY are *all gone aside*, they are *all together become filthy*: there -is *none that doeth good*, no, not one. - - _Psalms 14:3._ - -THERE IS *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is -written, *Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things* which -are written in the book of the law *to do them*. - - _Galatians 3:10._ - -Let me ask you, have you kept all of God's law? You say, "no, of course -not; no one has." Very good; your admitting that you have failed -convicts you, for we read. - -*WHOSOEVER* shall keep the *whole law*, and yet offend in *one point*, -he is *guilty of all*. - - _James 2:10._ - -Break *one* link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as -quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break *one* of God's -Commandments, and you are *under the curse* of a broken law as truly as -you would be if you broke all of them. While there are *degrees* of sin, -there is *no difference* as to the fact of guilt before God. - -AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -*but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Do you keep God's greatest Commandment? - -THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with *all* thy heart, and with *all* -thy soul, and with all thy mind. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -BUT the Scripture hath concluded *all under sin*. - - _Galatians 3:22._ - -Illustration: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - - -Jesus came to *save sinners*, and not the righteous! - -BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, *They that be whole need -not a physician, but they that are sick*. But go ye and learn what that -meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to -*call the righteous, but sinners* to repentance. - - _Matthew 9:12-13._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*LET the wicked forsake his way* (that's your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that's your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that's your part), and He will have *mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. (God's part.) - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -FOR the Son of Man is come *to seek* and *to save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -COME now and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord; though your -*sins* be *as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they -be red like *crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world to *save sinners*; of whom *I am the chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*ALL* that the Father giveth me shall *come* to me; and him that *cometh -to me I will in no wise cast out.* - - _John 6:37._ - -Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9. - -Illustration, Mark 5:25-34. - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - - -It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as -most people have a *very good opinion of themselves*. When one sees his -or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there -is forgiveness. - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you *may be saved*, -because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin -you have God's Word for it that *you are forgiven*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -and *let him return unto the Lord*, and *He will have mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but *whoso confesseth and -forsaketh them shall have mercy*. - - _Proverbs 28:13._ - -FOR *whosoever* shall *call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*WHOSOEVER will*, let him *take* the *water* of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -"*Whosoever* means any one, and *you too*." - -HIM that cometh to *me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Here is the plain promise that "*if you come*", you *will not* be "cast -out." Will you come? - -WHEREFORE He is able also to *save them to the uttermost* that come unto -God by him. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -If you are among the "uttermost" ones, *come now* and rejoice in a full -salvation. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *Not now.* - - -COME; for all things are *now ready*. - - _Luke 14:17._ - -*TODAY* if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. - - _Hebrews 3:15._ - -SEEK ye the Lord *while He may be found*, call ye upon Him *while He is -near*. - - _Isaiah 55:6._ - -BEHOLD, *now is the accepted time*; behold, now is *the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -*BOAST not* thyself of *tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -GO to now, ye that say, *today or tomorrow we will go* into such a city, -and continue there a year, and buy and sell. - - _James 4:13._ - -This may be your *last opportunity*. - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of -time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will -not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, 'there is time -enough?' How do you know it? God says: - -*MY* spirit *shall not always* strive *with* man. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -PREPARE to meet thy God. - - _Amos 4:12._ - -THEREFORE *be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -*Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 24:44._ - -WATCH therefore, *for ye know neither the day* nor *the hour* wherein -*the Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 25:13._ - -Illustration: Acts 24:24-27. - - - - Excuses. - *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - - -That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church -member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you -look at them, the more you are apt to *be like them*, and if they are -lost, and you are not saved, you *both will perish together*. - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable,* O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; -*for thou that judgest doest the same things*. But we are sure that the -judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such -things. *And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest* them which do such -things, and *doest the same, that thou* shalt escape the judgments of -God? - - _Romans 2:1-3._ - -*JUDGE not*, that ye not judged. For *with what judgment ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to -you again. *And why beholdest thou the mote* that is in thy brother's -eye, but *considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let *me pull* out the mote out of thine -eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? *Thou hypocrite*, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt *thou see -clearly* to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -Account of "*himself*", not his neighbor. - -FOR we must *all appear before the judgment seat of Christ*; that every -one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath -done, whether it be good or bad. - - _II Corinthians 5:10._ - -You had better *save your own soul*, and try to help others than -criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and -show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the -counterfeit dollar proves the genuine. - -You may as well argue "Don't deposit money in a bank, there are men in -the banking business that have embezzled. Don't join the lodge or trades -unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There -are hypocrites everywhere. - -*Remember*--When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those -hyporites will be left on the *outside of the gate*, on *your* side, -unless you repent, and you will have to spend *all eternity with them*. -Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the -Church, than to spend *all eternity* with them elsewhere? You must spend -some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be? - -SO then every one of us shall give *account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, *every knee shall bow to -me*, and *every tongue shall confess to God.* - - _Romans 14:11._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your -soul through looking at inconsistent christians. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall be saved; but* he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves*; -it is the *gift of God*; not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8, 9._ - -Illustration: John 21:19-22. - - - - Excuses. - *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - - -Great blessing awaits those who will *turn from bad associates*, but the -curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so--Read for yourself and -see-- - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth *in* the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: *but a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - -ENTER not into the *path of the wicked*, and go not in the *way of evil -men*. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and *pass away*. - - _Proverbs 4:14--15._ - -*MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not*. If they say, Come -with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent -without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as -those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us -all have one purse: *My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain -thy foot from their path*. - - _Proverbs 1:10--12, 14--15._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the *friendship of the* -world *is enmity with God*? - - _James 4:4._ - -BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship -hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light -with darkness! - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a -clean life--Begin now. - -WHEREFORE *come out from among them*, and be ye *separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17._ - -Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12. - - - - Excuses. - *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - - -If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He *will* give you power -to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, *why not for -you*?" - -I CAN do all things through *Christ* which *strengtheneth me*. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, *All power is given unto me -in heaven* and in *earth*. - - _Matthew 28:18._ - -Christ came with power from heaven *for you*, if you will appropriate -it-- - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is common to man: but -*God is faithful*, who will not *suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will with the temptation also *make a way to escape*, -that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -This verse shows that your temptations are "*common*" to men, and not -peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others. - -WHEREFORE *he is able also to save* to the uttermost *them that come -unto God by Him*, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -As you *think on your evil ways*, think of what God says concerning the -life of sin, and be warned by it. - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -FOR he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -*FOR the wages of sin is death*; but the gift of God is eternal life -through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4. - - - - Excuses. - *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - - -Is it because of your *business*, and *a desire to make money*, that you -are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the *question* God puts -to you! - -FOR what *shall it profit a man,* if *he shall gain the whole world*, -and *lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -God only asks you to give up that which *is not for your own good*? - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory; no good thing will he withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly.* - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -God gave up his son *to die for your sins*, and will *now supply all -your needs*. - -HE that spared not His *own Son*, but *delivered him up* for *us all*, -how shall he not with him also *freely give us all things*? - - _Romans 8:32._ - -Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less -important will be provided later. - -BUT *seek* ye first the *kingdom of God*, and *His righteousness*; and -*all these things shall* be *added unto you*. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -By giving up *worldly things, you will receive manifold more* in return -in spiritual blessing. - -AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath -*left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children*, for the -kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive *manifold more in this -present time*, and in the *world to come* life everlasting. - - _Luke 18:29-30._ - -FOR he that *soweth to his flesh* shall of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that *soweth to the Spirit* shall of the *Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -Jesus said, "Ye can not serve *two* masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you -will serve *one*,--Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil -pays, "*the wages of death*," (Romans 6:23) but Christ *gives eternal -life*. - -Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22. - - - - Excuses. - *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - - -Some think it means too much sacrifice. - -FOR whosoever will save his life *shall lose it*; but whosoever shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same *shall save it*. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath *left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or lands* for my sake, and the gospel's; but he shall -receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in -the world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - -Can you not *give up some thing* for Christ, who has done so much for -you? - -FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was -rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that *ye through his* poverty -might be *rich*. - - _II Corinthians 8:9._ - -*Paul* gave up *all* for Christ. - -BUT what things were *gain to me*, those *I counted loss* for Christ. - - _Philippians 3:7._ - -If we follow Christ, *as we should*, we will be called to make *some -sacrifice*. - -SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that *forsaketh not all that he -hath*, he cannot be my disciple. - - _Luke 14:33._ - -We are *strengthened* however in our suffering when we recall the -promise. - -*IF we suffer, we shall also reign* with him: if we deny him, he also -will deny *us*. - - _II Timothy 2:12._ - - - - Excuses. - *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - - -Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about -this; they may have tried to *reform in their own strength*, but they -know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls *to save, -keep* and *deliver* them-- - -FOR this is the love of God, that we *keep His commandments: and His -commandments are not grievous*. - - _I John 5:3._ - -HER ways are *ways of pleasantness*, and all her *paths are peace*. - - _Proverbs 3:17._ - -THOU wilt show me the *path* of *life*: in thy presence is *fullness of -joy*; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - - _Psalms 16:11._ - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory: no good thing will be withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly*. - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -It is the *sinful*, and *rebellious* life that is hard. - -There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a -few moments, but these are like the foam on the "soda water" that passes -quickly, they do not give true satisfaction. - -GOOD understanding *giveth* favor: but the *way of transgressors is -hard*. - - _Proverbs 13:15._ - -BUT the wicked are *like the troubled sea*, when it cannot rest, whose -waters cast up mire and dirt. - - _Isaiah 57:20._ - -THERE is *no peace*, saith my God, unto the wicked. - - _Isaiah 57:21._ - -REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the -days of thy youth, and *walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the -sight of thine eyes*: but know thou, that *for all these things God will -bring thee into judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *I have tried and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -Was it God's fault, or your own? - -Let us call your attention to a *few things it done by you*, will assure -you success in the Christian life-- - -*1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART*. - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me *with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*2nd. You must OBEY GOD.* - -IF ye be willing and *obedient*, ye shall eat the good of the land. - - _Isaiah 1:19._ - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.* - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*4th. You must PRAY.* - -YE have not, *because ye ask not*. - - _James 4:2._ - -FOR whosoever shall *call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his *ears are open -unto their prayers*. - - _I Peter 3:12._ - -*5th. JOIN the church!* - -If you have not joined the church, *you ought to do so*. - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord's; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -May I ask you a few questions? - -When you began the Christian life, did you: - -*1st. Trust Christ's FINISHED WORK alone?* - -WHO his own self *bare our sins in his own body on the tree*, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes *ye -were healed*. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -*2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.* - -MY son give me thine *heart*. - - _Proverbs 23:26._ - -*3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -*4th. Did you PRAY constantly?* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -*5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?* - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -*standeth* in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalm 1:1._ - -*7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?* - -AND to *every man his work*. - - _Mark 13:34._ - - - - Excuses. - *Can't HOLD OUT! God's KEEPING power.* - - -Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put -your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come -into your life. - -WHO are *kept by the power of God through faith* unto salvation ready to -be revealed in the last time. - - _I Peter 1:5._ - -BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall *stablish you, and keep you from -evil*. - - _II Thessalonians 3:3._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to keep you from falling* (R.V. from -stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his -glory with exceeding joy. - - _Jude 1:24._ - -BEING confident of this very thing, that *he which hath begun a good -work in you will perform it* until the day of Jesus Christ. - - _Philippians 1:6._ - -FEAR thou not; for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strenghten* thee; yea I will help thee; yea *I will uphold thee* -with the *right hand* of my *righteousness*. - -For I the Lord thy *God* will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, -*Fear not; I will help thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10,13._ - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is *common to man*: but -God is *faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that -ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE *Lord knoweth how to deliver* the godly out of *temptations*, and to -reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -AND I give unto them eternal life; and they *shall never perish*, -neither *shall* any man *pluck them out of my hand*. - - _John 10:28_ - -MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and *no man* is -*able to pluck them out of my Father's hand*. - - _John 10:29._ - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS -ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*HE giveth power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: But they that *wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and *not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to do exceeding abundantly above all* that we -ask or think, according to *the power that worketh in us*. - - _Ephesians 3:20._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able* also to save them to the uttermost that *come -unto God* by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise "as thy day thy -strength shall be." - -WHEN thou passest through the waters, *I will be with thee*; and through -the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: *when thou walkest through the -fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon -thee*. - - _Isaiah 43:2._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have no FEELING.* - - -The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with -salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man "Who is past -feeling," but *faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times*. -Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not -necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the *weather, they -may change daily*; but God's word, in which we trust, will never change. - -Which would you rather trust? God's *unchanging* word, or your -*ever-changing* feelings? - -You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look -to Him; accept Him; *trust Him; confess Him*; and He will do the rest. -Take the blesser and you will have the blessing. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -See! you are to *receive a personal Saviour*, not work up some special -*feeling*. - -If you are waiting for the *feeling* that an earnest working Christian -has, we would have you note, that feeling is the "*fruit*," not the -"*root*" of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because -we "*trust*" in Christ, "*confess*" Him as our Savior, "*defend*" His -cause, and try to "*obey*" Him. - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath glven to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -It is to those that "*obey Him*" that the blessing is given--Repentance -is *doing what God commands you to do*, whether you feel like doing it -or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God's will --- - -BUT the *fruit of the Spirit* is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, -gentleness, goodness, faith. - - _Galatians 5:22._ - -Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but *by God's -Word*. - -The Devil's order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God's -order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling. - - "The *Fact* you're a sinner, you cannot but see, - That *Faith* in Christ saves you, is ever our plea; - The *feeling* will follow in service and love; - Then *take* from Christ *Jesus His gift* from above." - -AND they said, *Believe* on the *Lord Jesus Christ*, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life.* - - _John 5:24._ - -BUT these are written, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life* -through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -Some are *making more* of their *feelings* than they are of the Word of -the Lord. - -Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning -when you don't feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; -and the highway leading to the life "hid with Christ in God" is known as -obedience, not feeling. - -If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to -feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would -be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of -your soul's salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the -peril of your position. - -Your very *indifference* ought to *arouse* you to thoughtfulness and -action--- - -Illustration: Matthew 9:9. - - - - Excuses. - *I am not CONCERNED.* - - -If a man were *asleep* in a burning building, he would be *more in -danger* of losing his life, than he would be if he were *awake*. - -So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, -than there would be if he had some *interest*. God calls you to wake up -and think about these things-- - -WHEREFORE he saith, *Awake thou that sleepest, and arise* from the dead, -and *Christ shall give thee light*. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -I TELL you, Nay; but, *except ye repent, ye* shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but *after this the -judgment*. - - _Hebrews 9:27._ - -*AND ye will not come to me*, that ye might have life. - - _John 5:40._ - -It you are lost, it will be *your fault*. - -These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you -prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to -God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall* be *saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -AND these shall *go away into everlasting punishment*. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -You *go away*, God does not send you-- - -THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that *forget -God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -You in your indifference are "*forgetting*" God, not necessarily living -a wicked life-- - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect so great salvation*? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9. - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - - -Listen to what God says to the indifferent. - -His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His -ways. - -AWAKE thou that *sleepest*, and arise from the dead. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -Your *indifference* has put you to *sleep* and God calls you to *awake*. - -TURN ye, . . . turn ye for *why will ye die*? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE soul that sinneth, *it shall die.* - - _Ezekiel 18:4._ - -*THE wages of sin is death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -EXCEPT ye *repent*, ye shall all likewise *perish*. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect* so great salvation? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the *wrath* of God -abideth on him. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE *that believeth and is baptized shall be saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, but climbeth up *some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -BE sure *your sin* will *find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - -AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not *always strive with man*. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8. - - - - Excuses. - *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - - -God has made very clear in His word, the fact that *He loves us* and -gave Jesus to *be the way*. - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -God wants us to forsake *our* way, which is the *wrong* way. - -*LET the wicked forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -*and let him return unto the* Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and -to our God, *for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -God has promised *to hear us* when we call. - -THEN shall ye *call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me*, and I -will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall -search for me with all your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:12-13._ - -More, He has promised *to accept us* if we turn to him with true -repentance. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Believe. His promise and *know the way*. - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, *He that believeth on me hath -everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive remission of sins*. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -IF any man *will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine*, whether it -be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - - - - Excuses. - *I don't know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - - -Study to know God's will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in *service*. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You are to SEEK!* - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall search for me with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*To LOOK.* - -LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: *for I am God -and there is none else*. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*To CALL.* - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon *the name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*To BELIEVE.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*To Receive.* - -BUT as many as *received Him*, to them gave He *power* to become the -*sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*To Taste.* - -O taste and see that the Lord is good: *blessed is the man that trusteth -in Him*. - - _Psalms 34:8._ - -*To Submit.* - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do *good*, and doeth it not, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -*You are to COME.* - -COME unto me *all* ye that *labor* and are *heavy laden*, and *I will -give you rest*. - - _Matthew 11:28._ - -*To COMMIT.* - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I *know whom* I have *believed*, and I am *persuaded* that -he is *able to keep that which I have committed* unto him against that -day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*To TAKE.* - -AND the *Spirit* and the *bride say, Come*. And let him that *heareth -say, Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*....And *whosoever* will -*let* him *take* of the *water of life freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -*To CONFESS.* - -THAT 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*. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; -and with the *mouth confession* is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*To Be ACQUAINTED.* - -ACQUAINT *now thyself with Him*, and be at peace; thereby good shall -come unto thee. - - _Job 22:21._ - -*To FOLLOW.* - -THEN shall we *know*, if we *follow* on to *know* the Lord: His going -forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain -. . . unto the earth. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - -HE that followeth me *shall* not *walk* in *darkness*, but *shall* have -the *light of life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -MY sheep hear my voice, and *I know them*, and they *follow me.* - - _John 10:27._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can't understand the Bible.* - - -WHY can't you? Because the *carnal mind* can not understand divine truth -without the Spirit's teaching. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of the *Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness* unto him: neither can *he know them* because -they are *spiritually* discerned. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall -do wickedly; and *none of the wicked shall understand*; but the wise -shall understand. - - _Daniel 12:10._ - -*Do God's will*, and you *can understand*. - -IF any man *will do His will* he *shall know* of *the doctrine*, whether -it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You ask, How may I KNOW?* - -*1st. Pray.* - -IF any of you lack wisdom, *let him ask* of God, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -OPEN thou *mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -THAT which *I see not teach thou me*. - - _Job 34:32._ - -*2nd. Study your Bible.* - -SEARCH *the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -FOR *my thoughts are not your* thoughts, *neither are your your ways* my -ways, saith the Lord. - -FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, *so are my ways higher -than your ways*, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - - _Isaiah 55:8-9._ - -THEN shall we know, *if we follow on* to know the Lord. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can't see my way CLEAR.* - - -Listen to what *God says in His Word* and seek to follow *divine -instruction*, and you *will* see. - -THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: -he that *followeth me shall not walk in darkness*, but *shall have* the -*light* of *life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -TRUST in the Lord *with all thine heart*; and lean not unto thine own -understanding. - -*In all thy ways acknowledge him, and* he shall *direct thy paths*. Be -not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the Lord, and depart from evil*. - - _Proverbs 3:5-7._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, *ye shall be free indeed*. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND I will bring the *blind by a way that they knew not*; I will *lead* -them in *paths* that they have not *known*: *I* will make *darkness -light* before them, and *crooked things straight*. These things will I -do unto them, and not forsake them. - - _Isaiah 42:16._ - -AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and -*men loved darkness* rather than light, *because their deeds were evil*. - - _John 3:19._ - -BUT the *natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for -they are* foolishness unto him: *neither can he know them*, because they -are *spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have -entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for -them that love him. But God *hath revealed them* unto us *by his -Spirit*: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of -God. - - _I Corinthians 2:9-10._ - -Illustration: Mark 9:20-29. - - - - Excuses. - *My heart is TOO HARD.* - - -If you have a *hard heart*, that is just why you ought to come to Christ -because the Lord wants to give you a *new heart*. - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a *new* spirit will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -*will give you a heart of flesh*. - -AND I will put *my spirit within you* and cause you to walk in my -statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - - _Ezekiel 36:26-27._ - -AND I will give them *one heart*, and will put a *new spirit within -you*; and *I will take* the stony heart out of their flesh, and will -give them an *heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 11:19._ - -IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that -*breaketh the rock in pieces*? - - _Jeremiah 23:29._ - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the *unrighteous man his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he will have mercy -upon him; and to our God, for he will *abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -In this verse we find *three things* we must do. - -1st. "Let the wicked forsake *his way*" - -----(your part.) - -2nd. "The unrighteous man *his thought.*" - ----(your part.) - -3rd. "*Let him return* unto the Lord" - ----your part.) - -Then God will do *two things, His part* - -1st "He will have *mercy* upon him"--you! - -2nd "He will *abundantly pardon*"--you! - -COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins -be *as scarlet*, they *shall be as white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -HIM that cometh to me, *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO YOUNG.* - - -IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to -trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage -the children to come. - -BUT Jesus said, *Suffer little children*, and forbid them not, to come -unto me: for *of such* is the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 19:14._ - -REMEMBER *now* thy Creator *in the days of thy youth*. - - _Ecclesiastes 12:1._ - -I LOVE them that love me; and those that *seek me early shall find me*. - - _Proverbs 8:17._ - -VERILY I say unto you, *Except* ye be *converted*, and become as *little -children*, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 18:3._ - -AND when he was *twelve years old*, they went up to Jerusalem after the -custom of the feast. - - _Luke 2:42._ - -Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly -Father when *only twelve*. - -AND that *from a child thou hast known* the holy Scriptures, which are -able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ -Jesus. - - _II Timothy 3:15_ - -Here Paul says that Timothy *when only a child* knew the way of life -from the Scriptures. - -BUT seek ye *first the* kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -Seek the Kingdom "*first*," not after a part of your life has been -spent. - -BEHOLD *now* is the *accepted time*; behold, *now is the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will -not understand it? - - - - Excuses. - *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - - -If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are *some who will -not be saved*! Many of the parables teach this. - -THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him -away, and *cast him into outer darkness*; there shall be weeping and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 22:13._ - -ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the -way, that leadeth to destruction, and *many there be which go in -thereat*: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which -leadeth unto life, and *few there be that find it*. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -Here is a list of some who *will not he saved*. - -Are *you* included in this list? - -KNOW ye not that the *unrighteous* shall not inherit the kingdom of God? -Be not deceived; neither *fornicators*, nor *idolaters*, nor -*adulterers*, nor *effeminate*, nor *abusers* of themselves with -mankind, nor *thieves*, nor *covetous*, nor *drunkards*, nor *revilers*, -nor *extortioners*, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - - _I Corinthians 6:9-10._ - -BUT the *fearful*, and *unbelieving* and the abominable, and murderers, -and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in -the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second -death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, -and idolaters, and *whosoever loveth and maketh a lie*. - - _Revelation 22:15._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and all the nations that forget -God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - - -There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus *will forgive our sins*, -save and *keep* you, it you will *turn to him sincerely*. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -*Under no circumstances* will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking -soul. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, not *willing* that *any -should* perish, but that *all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -*COME now*, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins -*be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -Here the Lord is *reasoning with us* about the *worst* of our sins. - -AND even to your old *age* I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry -you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver -you. - - _Isaiah 46:4._ - -Here the promise reaches on to *old age*. - -AND about the *eleventh hour* he went out, and found others standing -idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? - - _Matthew 20:6._ - -Here the promise avails at the *eleventh hour of life*. - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst Come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -Heed this invitation and *come now*. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *DON'T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - - -If any one speaks to you, it is because they are *interested in you* and -want to help you. - -They are trying to obey Gods command. - -AND thou *shalt speak my words unto them*, whether they will hear or -whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. - - _Ezekiel 2:7._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise* and *speak* unto *them -all that I command thee*: be not *dismayed* at *their faces,* lest I -confound thee before them. - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -See the punishment that awaits the *unfaithful Christian*. - -WHEN I say unto the *wicked, Thou shalt surely* die; and thou *givest -him not warning*, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, -to save his life; the same *wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but -his blood will I require at thine hand.* Yet if thou warn the wicked, -and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, *he shall -die in his iniquity*; but *thou hast delivered thy soul*. - - _Ezekiel 3:18-19._ - -If a Christian has enough *interest in your soul* to *speak to you*, you -surely ought to have *some interest* in the *salvation* of your own -soul. - -Listen to God's *warning*! - -FOR the *wages* of sin is *death*; but the *gift* of God is *eternal -life* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and *all* the *nations* that -*forget* God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou *knowest not what a day may -bring forth*. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -HE, that being often reproved *hardeneth* his *neck, shall suddenly* be -*destroyed*, and that *without remedy*. - - _Proverbs 29:1._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8. - - - - Formalists. - *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - - -All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by -"*forms*" or "ceremonies" but by "receiving and believing Christ as a -*personal Saviour*". Notice how each verse plainly states this. - -Forms come after true faith. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God, even to them that *believe* on *his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, *that -whosoever believeth in Him* should not perish, but have *everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed* from death unto *life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -HE that *hath the Son HATH* LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -FOR with the *heart man believeth* unto *righteousness*; and *with* the -*mouth confession* is made unto *salvation*. - - _Romans 10:10._ - -Belief must be of the *heart* as well as head. - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life *is* in *His Son*. - - _I John 5:11._ - -EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be *in the faith*. - - _II Corinthians 13:5._ - -AND this is life eternal, that they might *know thee* the only true God, -and *Jesus Christ*, whom thou hast sent. - - _John 17:3._ - - - - Giving. - *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - - -*God commands one tenth*. - -WILL a man *rob God*? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we -robbed thee? *In tithes and offerings*. - -YE are cursed with a curse: for *ye have robbed me*, even this whole -nation. - -BRING ye *all* the *tithes* in the *storehouse*, that there may be meat -in mine *house*, and *prove me* now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, -if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out *a -blessing*, that there *shall not be room enough to receive it*. - - _Malachi 3:8-10._ - -*Who shall give*? - -EVERY man shall give *as he is able, according to the blessing* of the -Lord thy God which he hath given thee. - - _Deuteronomy 16:17._ - -*How much to give*? - -AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give *the tenth unto -thee*. - - _Genesis 28:22._ - -*The spirit with which to give*. - -EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not -grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a *cheerful giver*. - - _II Corinthians 9:7._ - -*The time to give*. - -UPON the *first day of the week* let everyone of you *lay by him in -store*, as God hath prospered him. - - _I Corinthians 16:2._ - -*Does it pay to give one tenth*? - -HONOUR the Lord with thy *substance*, and with the first-fruits of all -thine increase: So shall thy barns be *filled with plenty*, and thy -presses shall burst out with new wine. - - _Proverbs 3:9-10._ - -*God returns 100 per cent*. - -GIVE and *it shall be given unto you*; good measure, pressed down, and -shaken together, and running over, shall *men give into your bosom*. - - _Luke 6:38._ - - - - Hell. - *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - - -Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator? - -SHALL he that *contendeth* with the Almighty *instruct him*? he that -reproveth God, let him answer it. - - _Job 40:2._ - -NAY but, O man, *who art thou that repliest against God*? Shall the -thing *formed* say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou* made me thus? - - _Romans 9:20._ - -God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation. - -AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the -wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye -from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count -slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, *not willing that any -should perish*, but that all should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9_ - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He *gave His only begotten Son*, -that *whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -O THE *depth of the riches* both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! -how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! - - _Romans 11:33._ - -If you are lost at last, it will be because you *would not turn* from -your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning! - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the -flesh *reap corruption*; but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the -Spirit reap life everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:7-8._ - -*God damns* no one, man *damns himself*. - - - - Hell. - *A real PLACE.* - - -The word "hell" appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. -In the "revised version" the word is translated "hades" 11 times out of -the 53. - -If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a "hell" for -the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other. - -The Scriptures show hell a *real place*. - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell* and *all* the *nations* that -*forget God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) -*torments*. . . - -And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of -his finger in water and cool my tongue, *for I am tormented in this -flame*. - -But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great -gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; -neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. - - _Luke 16:23-26._ - -THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of -his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And -shall cast them into a *furnace of fire*: there shall be wailing and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 13:41-42._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the -*bottomless pit* and a great chain in his hand. - - _Revelation 20:1._ - -BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the *pit of destruction*. - - _Psalms 55:23._ - -All the expressions, "hell", "furnace of fire," "lake of fire," -"bottomless pit" and "pit of destruction" suggest a "*place*." - - - - Hell. - *CONDITION of the lost.* - - -BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into *outer darkness*: -there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 8:12._ - -AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the -hypocrites: there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 24:51._ - -WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and -will gather the wheat into his garner; but the *chaff he will burn with -fire unquenchable*. - - _Luke 3:17._ - -AND the devil that deceived them was cast into *the lake of fire*, and -brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be -*tormented* day and night for ever and ever. - - _Revelation 20:10._ - -And whosoever was not found written in the book of life *was cast into -the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that *believeth not is -condemned already*, because he hath not believed in the name of the only -begotten Son of God. - - _John 3:18._ - -Men are *condemned* because of *unbelief* in Christ, and yet they say -"*no matter what you believe*," if you are only *sincere*. - -BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and -whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have -their part in the lake which *burneth with fire and brimstone*: which is -the second death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all -eternity! - -There is *no ending* to eternity. - -HE that believeth not shall be *damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*HOW shall we escape* if we neglect? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -WHO among us shall dwell with *everlasting burnings*? - - _Isaiah 33:14._ - -AND these shall go away into *everlasting punishment*: but the righteous -into life eternal. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that *leadeth to destruction*, -and *many* there be which go in thereat. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -WHERE their *worm dieth not*, and the *fire is not quenched*. - - _Mark 9:48._ - -WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and -land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold -more *the child of hell* than yourselves. - - _Matthew 23:15._ - -I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -When your fear cometh as *desolation*, and your *destruction cometh as a -whirlwind*; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. - - _Proverbs 1:26-27._ - -THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, -into *everlasting fire*, prepared for the devil and his angels. - - _Matthew 25:41._ - -AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some -to everlasting life, and some to *shame* and *everlasting contempt*. - - _Daniel 12:2._ - -HE that despised Moses' law *died without mercy* under two or three -witnesses: Of how much *sorer punishment*, suppose ye, shall he be -thought worthy, who hath *trodden under foot the Son of God*, and hath -counted the *blood of the covenant*, wherewith he was sanctified, an -unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? - - _Hebrews 10:28-29._ - - - - Holiness. - *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - - -LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your *good works*, -and *glorify* your *Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be *dead indeed unto sin*, but -*alive unto God* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:11._ - -LET not sin therefore *reign in your mortal body*, that ye should obey -it in the lusts thereof. - - _Romans 6:12._ - -NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: -but *yield yourselves unto God* as those that *are alive from the dead*, -and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. - - _Romans 6:13._ - -FOR sin *shall not have dominion* over you: for ye are not under the law -but under grace. - - _Romans 6:14._ - -AND this I *pray*, that your *love* may abound yet more and more in -knowledge and in all judgment. - - _Philippians 1:9._ - -*BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness*, which are by Jesus -Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - - _Philippians 1:11._ - -WHATSOEVER things are *true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever -things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are -lovely, whatsoever things are of good report*; if there be any *virtue*, -and *if there* be any *praise*, think on these things. - - _Philippians 4:8._ - -ABSTAIN from all *appearance* of *evil*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:22._ - -THAT ye may *walk honestly* toward them that are without. - - _I Thessalonians 4:12._ - - - - Holy Spirit. - *His WORK among men.* - - -*He draws*. - -NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me *draw him*: -and I will raise him up at the last day. - - _John 6:44._ - -*He convicts*. - -AND when he is come, he will *reprove the world* of sin, and of -righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me. - - _John 16:8-9._ - -*He Regenerates*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of *regeneration*, and *renewing of -the Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of -water *and of the Spirit*, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:5._ - -*He teaches*. - -HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will *guide you into -all truth*: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall -hear, that shall he speak: and he will *shew* you things to come. - - _John 16:13._ - -*He baptizes*. - -NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had -received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: - -Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they *might receive -the Holy Ghost*: - -(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in -the name of the Lord Jesus.) - -Then laid they their hands on them, *and they received the Holy Ghost*. - - _Acts 8:14-17._ - -*He gives power for service*. - -BUT ye shall *receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon -you*: and *ye* shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all -Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*He guides us*. - -AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go -toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, -which is desert. . . . Then the *Spirit said* unto Philip, *Go near*, -and join thyself to this chariot. - - _Acts 8:26, 29._ - -THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the -people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of -Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, -they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with -Jesus. - - _Acts 4:8, 13._ - -*Conditions of receiving the Spirit.* - -*Obeying.* - -AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*Asking*. - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them -that *ask him*. - - _Luke 11:13_ - -*Receiving*. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, -believe that ye *receive* them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - - - - Hypocrites. - *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - - -One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, -before he sees his own, is the *real hypocrite*. - -The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to *this -class* and they will do well to read it. - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself* to God. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable*, O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, *thou condemnest thyself*; -for thou that judgest *doest the same things*. . . . And *thinkest thou* -this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, -that thou *shalt escape the judgment of God*? - - _Romans 2:1, 3._ - -BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy -brother? for we shall *all stand before the judgment seat of Christ*. -For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every *knee shall bow to -me, and every tongue shall confess to God*. So then everyone of us -*shall give account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:10-12._ - -JUDGE *not, that ye be not judged*. For with what judgment *ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be *measured -to you again*. And why beholdest thou the mote that is *in thy brother's -eye*, but considerest not the beam that is in *thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote *out of thine -eye*; and behold, a beam is in *thine own eye*? *Thou hypocrite, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye*; and then shalt thou see clearly -to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person -behind whom you hide. - -Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse -you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no -argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, -because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to -answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment *but for your own*. - -BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the -kingdom of heaven against men: for ye *neither go in yourselves, neither -suffer ye them that are entering to go in*. - - _Matthew 23:13._ - -YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, *how can ye escape* the damnation -of hell? - - _Matthew 23:33._ - -Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the -self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ. - -He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it -is, read it! - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself*, -God, I *thank thee*, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house justified rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -Note-- One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here -on earth, *they will not enter heaven*. If you do not want to spend -eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now. - -Illustration: John 21:19-23 - - - - Love. - *For your NEIGHBOR.* - - -A NEW commandment I give unto you, *that ye love one another; as I have -loved you*, that ye also love one another. - - _John 13:34._ - -BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one -to another. - - _John 13:35._ - -BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye -yourselves are taught of God to *love one another*. - - _I Thessalonians 4:9._ - -BE kindly *affectioned one to another with brotherly* love; in honor -preferring one another. - - _Romans 12:10._ - -SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the -Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye *love one -another with a pure heart fervently*. - - _I Peter 1:22._ - -HE that *loveth his brother* abideth in the light, and there is no -occasion of stumbling in him. - - _I John 2:10._ - -BELOVED, let us *love one another: for love is of God*; and every one -that *loveth is born of God*, and knoweth God. - - _I John 4:7._ - -HE that *loveth not knoweth not God*; for God is love. - - _I John 4:8._ - -BELOVED, if God so loved us, we *ought* also to *love one another*. - - _I John 4:11._ - -OWE no man any thing, but to *love one another*: for he that loveth -another hath fulfilled the law. - - _Romans 13:8._ - -FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt *love thy -neighbor as thyself*. - - _Galatians 5:14._ - -LET *brotherly love continue*. - - _Hebrews 13:1._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - - -He who trusts in *his own* righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God -compares it to "filthy rags." - -BUT we are all an *unclean thing*, and all our *righteousnesses are as -filthy rags*; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the -wind, have taken us away. - - _Isaiah 64:6._ - -Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given -us a righteousness *in Christ*; but we, like the Jews, are trying to -establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus. - -FOR they being ignorant of God's rightness, *and going about to -establish their own righteousness*, have not submitted themselves unto -the righteousness of God. - -FOR Christ is the end of the law *for righteousness* to every one that -*believeth*. - - _Romans 10:3-4._ - -Many say, "*I am doing the best I can,*" and yet they are not, for if -they were, *they would accept Christ*, for this righteousness is -obtained by faith in Him. - -EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all -and *upon all them that believe*. - - _Romans 3:22._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -We can approach God only in Christ. - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -Again, because our righteousness is of such a *poor brand*, Jesus -declared we must be "*born again*" so that we can have a nature that -will produce something better. - -EXCEPT a man be *born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - - -If the Scriptures make any thing *plain*, it is that man *can not save -himself* but must accept his salvation as a *gift*. - -FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and *that not of yourselves*; -it is the gift of God: *Not of works*, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8-9._ - -WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, *not according to -our works*, but according to His own purpose and grace. - - _II Timothy 1:9._ - -*NOT by works of righteousness* which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth *not by the door into -the sheepfold*, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a *thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -Jesus Christ is *the door* as the next verse shows and he who tries to -save himself in any other way is called a "*thief*" and a "*robber*." - -*I AM the door*: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall -go in and out, and find pasture. - - _John 10:9._ - -JESUS said unto him, *Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy -heart*, and *with all thy soul*, and *with all thy mind*. This is the -first and great commandment. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -Are you loving God with *all your heart*! If you were, you would *trust -Him*. - -AND he said unto them, *Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do *in -your effort to save yourself*! - -See: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Personal Work. - *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - - -THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the -method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), -The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th -Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early -church. It is the work needed *now* if many souls are to be reached. - -THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, -reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used -by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency -system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example -of success coming from *personal work* and *personal contact*. - -THE *Holy Spirit* will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human -help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to *act* after they are -convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and -convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get -them to *do it now* and this is *your part*. - -IN this day of such great activity and "strenuous" living there are so -many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent -people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it -more true that we must *go out* into the *highways and compel them* to -come in. In revivals too much is left to "general results," until the -"old general" is sadly overworked. *The motto of* that wonderful and -effective organization of Christian business men, *the Gideons, is good -for all Christians*: "And they stood *every man* in *his place* round -about the camp." - -IN a "general" way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help -the Lord answer your prayers by *aiding Him* in winning them one by one? - -TRY to have some one *ready* to make *a public profession* when the -*evangelist gives the opportunity*. - - - - Personal Work. - *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - - -If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification -that we need. - -*1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with -Paul.* - -*I KNOW whom I have believed*, and am persuaded that *he is able to -keep* that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -Or to exclaim with the blind man. - -WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: *one thing I know*, that, -whereas I was blind, *now I see*. - - _John 9:25_ - -One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly -converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be -insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian -must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the -gospel message to lost souls. - -*2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.* - -Paul's heart yearned for his brethren. - -I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could -wish that myself *were accursed from Christ* for my brethren. - - _Romans 9:2-3._ - -*3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE -FOR THEM*. - -FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and -*lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; *if -thou dost not speak to warn the wicked* from his way, that wicked man -shall die in his iniquity; but *his blood will I require at thine hand*. - -Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he -do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast -delivered thy soul. - - _Ezekiel 33:8-9._ - -*4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.* - -It is God's word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and -*not man's word*. - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword of the Spirit*, which -is the word of God. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -STUDY to *show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -SO shall *my word* be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not -return unto me void, but *it shall accomplish* that which I please, and -it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. - - _Isaiah 55:11._ - -Through the use of the *word of God*, you are to seek to accomplish the -following things. - -1st. To show men their *need* of a Savior. - -2nd. To show them *Jesus* as the Savior they need. - -3rd. To show them *how to make* this Savior their own. - -4th. To meet the *difficulties* in the way of their accepting Christ. - -5th. The one who would have *real success* must live a *life of prayer*, -and be *baptized* with the Holy Ghost. - -Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to *encourage us* in our efforts -to save souls. - -HE that *winneth souls is wise*. - - _Proverbs 11:30._ - -AND they that be *wise shall shine* as the *brightness* of the -*firmament*; and they that turn *many* to *righteousness* as the *stars* -for *ever* and *ever*. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his way shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - -God help us to be faithful to our trust! - - - - Personal Work. - *The "soul-winner's" prayer.* - - -After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal -work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that *faith in God* -and a constant waiting, *in prayer* on the Lord, are preeminently -necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things -*for which we need to pray*. - -*1st. Pray*. "Lord give me "*getting up*" grace," that is, courage to -confess Christ. - -*AND your feet shod* with the preparation of the gospel of peace. - - _Ephesians 6:15._ - -*2nd. Pray*. "Lord give me *walking grace*." - -IN *all* they ways *acknowledge Him*, and He shall *direct thy paths*. - - _Proverbs 3:6._ - -*3rd. Pray*. "Lord *direct me* to the right person." - -WHEN thou goest, *it* (God's word) *shall lead* thee. (First Clause.) - - _Proverbs 6:22._ - -THEN the *Spirit* said unto Philip, *Go near and join* thyself to the -chariot. - - _Acts 8:29._ - -*4th. Pray.* "Lord, show me *what to say*." - -IF any of you *lack wisdom*, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men -liberally. - - _James 1:5._ - -THE Lord God hath given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season* to him that is weary: He wakeneth -morning by morning, He wakeneth mine *ear* to *hear* as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise*, and *speak* unto *them* -all *that I command thee*: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I -confound thee before them." - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -*5th. Pray* that God will *give power to what is said*. - -*Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.* - - - - Personal work. - *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - - -HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings" and endeavor to get some on -your list to attend with you. - -When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try -to get them to attend *every night*, always calling for and taking one -or more with you. - -Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved -to the meetings. - - 1. Give them a timely *tract*. - 2. *Quote* to them a *beautiful promise*. - 3. Write them a *letter* about salvation. - 4. Introduce them to *someone* who will speak about Jesus. - 5. When opportunity is given, *speak to them* about becoming a - Christian. - 6. *Go with them* to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat. - 7. Ask them to your home and *pray with them there*. - 8. Help make every meeting you attend a good one by *some part you - can take*. - 9. In public always be *brief* both in prayer and remarks. - 10. Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you - richly, and ever be *ready to answer the Spirit's call*. - 11. *Be true* to your own conscience. - -Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan's forces to defeat you at -this point; *Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving -Offense*. - -Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace -and *let God sink* all these with your other *sins* into the *depth at -the sea*. - - - - Personal Work. - *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - - -*Pray for your friends*! - -THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one -other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances--very -carefully and prayerfully. - -BE careful for nothing; but in *every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved. - -DON'T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on -the "tidal wave," or that the evangelist will "shake the tree" so hard -they can't hold on longer. But *pitch in* and do your *best*. -(*Hand-picked fruit always keeps better*.) Get them started early so -*they* can *work* for *others* during the revival meetings, and also -have the help of the meeting to establish their faith. - -SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, *say* nothing but -tactfully co-operate and work with them. - -As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with -*your own name* and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love -best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the -meetings *follow them up afterwards until they are*. Add new names to -replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, "in -season and out of season." - -PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice -a day. *Study* how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. -Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world. - -Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself -know the names you have. Don't be satisfied unless you see them -converted and in the church of *their* choice. Ever afterwards look upon -them as your *spiritual children*, assuming *responsibility* for -*keeping them from falling*. - - - - Personal Work. - - -*1st. WHERE to Find Them.* - -EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the *home*, in the *school, shop* and -*mill*; behind the *counter*, where we stand; on the *street*, where we -walk; in the *pew* where we worship; in the *service*, where we sing in -the *prayer meeting* and *inquiry room*, at the *altar*, kneeling with -us at *family* devotion; yes, *everywhere*. Oh, reader, whatever way -your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. -Find them *quick, quick*! for eternity is drawing nigh. - -*2nd. HOW to Reach Them*. - -*YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE*. - -SAY "God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors -in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window -to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have -no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love -as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and -delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part. - -*3rd. WHAT to Tell Them*. - -Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news. - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, -that whosoever *believeth in Him* should not perish, but have -*everlasting life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away -from glad tidings or messages of great joy? - -Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling -the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and -hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God -did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to -God." - - _II Corinthians 5:19-20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - - -WORKER'S life text: II Timothy 2:15. - -Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be -deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be *natural* and *courteous* -in asking the simple question as to personal salvation. - -As far as possible converse only with *persons of your own age* or -younger, of *your own sex* and walk in life. - -Always deal with the inquirer *alone* if you can and in quiet; if some -one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder *to be -silent or withdraw*. - -After a few words *to ascertain the state* of mind of the inquirer, -present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book. - -Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the *Word; "It is the -Spirit* that quickeneth." - -Do not be in a hurry, *take time to be thorough*; some times in our -eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain. - -*Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him* that when he has *believed on the -Lord Jesus Christ* he is at once saved. - -If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, *do not be dismayed* or -think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to -convict of sin and lead to repentance. - -If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over *to a -more experienced worker*. - -Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try -to do better; this is *losing the present opportunity* with no promise -of a future or better one. - -Affectionately urge *immediate* decision. *Pray with the inquirer*. - -Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, -therefore "*rightly divide the Word of Truth*" And hold them *to what -God says* and the acceptance of Christ. - - - - Personal Work. - *Suggestive Scriptures.* - - -When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you? - -AND him that cometh to me; *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them? - -IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just *to forgive us our -sins,* and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive* remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -Who is it that has everlasting life? - -*HE that believeth* on the Son hath everlasting llfe. - - _John 3:36._ - -Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, "I don't feel any -"different." It is not a matter of *feeling*, but of *believing*, see -how God puts the order of things. - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: *in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - -After you *believe*, God *seals* you. After you *commit yourself for -Christ* confessing Him as your Saviour, the *feeling comes*. Don't "get -the cart before the horse." - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, if we ask any -thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions that we -desired of him*. - - _I John 5:14, 15._ - -GOD is not a man, *that he should lie*; neither the son of man, *that he -should repent*: hath he said, and *shall he not do it*? Or hath he -spoken, and *shall he not make it good*. - - _Numbers 23:19._ - - - - Personal Work. - *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - - -God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as -the result of our work. Christ came to save souls. - -FOR the Son of Man is come to *seek* and to *save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -YE have not chosen me, but I *have chosen you*, and ordained you, that -*ye* should GO *and bring forth fruit*, and *that your fruit should -remain*. - - _John 15:16._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature*. - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AND the lord said unto the *servant*, GO *out into the highways and -hedges, and compel them to come in*, that my house may be filled. - - _Luke 14:23._ - -AND he saith unto them, *Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men*. - - _Matthew 4:19._ - -AND he that reapeth *receiveth wages*, and gathereth fruit unto life -eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice -together. - - _John 4:36._ - -There are wages that come *now as we work*, and there is a *reward* that -will *come bye and bye*. - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it *after many -days*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:1._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -BEHOLD, I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for -they are *white already to harvest.* - - _John 4:35._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his *way* shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - - -The fifteenth chapter of John, is the "fruit Chapter," likening Christ -to the *vine*, and us to the *branches*; teaching us our need to abide -in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power. - - 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. - 2. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every - branch that *beareth fruit*, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth - *more fruit*. - -Are you bearing fruit, and purged? - - 3. Now ye are *clean through the word* which *I* have spoken unto you. - -The word cleanses the life, as the *knife* prunes the vine. - - 4. Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of - itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide - in me. - -Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit. - - 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in - him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: *for without me ye can do - nothing*. - -We can not do, *even a little* without Christ. - - 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is - withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and - they are burned. - 7. If ye abide in me, and my words *abide in you*, ye shall ask what - ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - -Note the condition in asking, "if ye abide." - - 8. Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear *much fruit*; so shall - ye *be my disciples*. - - _John 15:1-8._ - -In order to *bear fruit*, there must be in the Christian's life: - 1st "*cleansing*" (vs. 2-3.); - 2nd "*abiding*." (v. 4.); - 3rd "*obedience*" (v. 10.) - - 1. "fruit" (v. 2.); - 2. "more fruit" (v. 2-10.); - 3. "much fruit" (v. 5; 8) - - - - Personal Work. - *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - - -In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises. - -AND God is able to make *all grace abound toward you*; that ye, always -having *all sufficiency in all things*, may abound to every good work. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -AND he said unto me, My grace is *sufficient for thee*: for my strength -is made perfect in weakness. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -*STRENGTH for service.* - -*FEAR thou not*: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea, I will help thee; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God *will hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not*; I will -help thee. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13._ - -BE strong and of *a good courage*, fear not, nor *be afraid of them*: -for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: *he will not fail -thee, nor forsake thee*. - - _Deuteronomy 31:6._ - -Let us *wait on Him and prove* all of these promises! - -HE giveth *power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: *But they that wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and *not be weary*; and they shall *walk, and not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -BUT my God shall *supply all your need* according to his riches in glory -by Christ Jesus. - - _Philippians 4:19._ - -I CAN do *all things through Christ* which strengtheneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -THOU therefore *endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ*. - - _II Timothy 2:3._ - - - - Personal Work. - *A word to the unwilling.* - - -*God holds you RESPONSIBLE*. - -*SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman* unto the house of -Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, *and warn them -from me*. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely -die; If thou dost *not speak to warn* the wicked from his way, that -wicked man shall die in his iniquity; *but his blood will I require at -thine hand*. - - _Ezekiel 33:7-8._ - -*The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.* - -*SAY not ye*, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, -*I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields*; for they -are white already to harvest. - - _John 4:35-36._ - -*Are you proving FAITHFUL*? - -*THEREFORE be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -Son of man cometh. Who then is a *faithful and wise servant*, whom his -Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due -season? *Blessed is that servant*, whom his Lord when he cometh shall -find so doing. - - _Matthew 24:44-46._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -*CONSECRATE yourself to the work*? - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice*, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -*God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!* - -AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; -*and they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars forever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - - - - Pleasures. - *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - - -Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live -*just for worldly pleasures*. Will it pay? - -*1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY*! - -BOAST *not thyself of tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -*2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.* - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the -world *is enmity with God*? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the -world is the enemy of God. - - _James 4:4._ - -*3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.* - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, *that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh -reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit -reap life everlasting. - - _Galatians 6:7, 8._ - -*4th. God calls you A FOOL.* - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -*5th. God PLEADS with us.* - -*TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house -of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -*6th. God warns us!* - -This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he -that doeth the will of God "*abideth for ever.*" - -KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - - - - Prayer. - *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - - -Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and -everybody around. - -What a glorious promise! - -*CALL unto me*, and *I will answer thee*, and show thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND all things *whatsoever* ye shall *ask in prayer believing, ye shall -receive*. - - _Matthew 21:22._ - -Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can -believe Him. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye *pray, -believe* that ye receive them, and ye *shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24_ - -*IF ye abide in me*, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye -will, and it shall be done unto you. - - _John 15:7_ - -With all of God's promises there are conditions, Here we have one. "If -ye abide in me." Are you abiding in Him? - -AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if *we ask any -thing according to his will*, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions* that we -desired of him. - - _I John 5:14-15._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that *will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, -*I will do it*. - - _John 14:13,14._ - -If you want God's answer to prayer, remember the conditions. - -*AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him*, because we *keep his -commandments*, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. - - _I John 3:22_ - - - - Prayer. - *VICTORY through prayer.* - - -CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty -things. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND it shall come to pass, that *before they call, I will answer*; and -while they are *yet speaking, I will hear.* - - _Isaiah 65:24._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and *pray one for another*, that ye -may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to *like passions as we -are*, and *he prayed* earnestly that it might not rain: *and it rained -not* on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And *he -prayed again*, and the *heaven gave rain*, and the earth brought forth -her fruit. - - _James 5:16-18._ - -Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out -the whole soul to God. *Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all* the -*storehouse: of God's grace; they are opened by men and women on their -knees*. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. -Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are -rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of -prayer brings noonday and victory. "True prayer is the reflection of -God's thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God's thoughts and -pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of -prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David -the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, -temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night. - -IF my people, which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves* and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin, and will heal their -land*. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - - - - Prayer. - *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -*EVENING*, and *morning*, and at *noon, will I pray, and cry aloud*: and -*He shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -PRAY without *ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -Practice the following verses: - -MY voice shalt thou hear *in the morning*, O Lord; in the *morning will -I direct my prayer* unto thee, and will look up. - - _Psalms 5:3._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed -is willing, but the flesh is weak. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -Be continually in the Spirit of prayer. - -*PRAYING always with all Prayer* and supplication in the Spirit, and -watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all -saints. - - _Ephesians 6:18._ - -BUT they that *wait upon the Lord* shall renew their strength; they -shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; -and they shall walk, and not faint. - - _Isaiah 40:31._ - -Where do you Pray? - -I WILL therefore *that men pray every where*, lifting up holy hands. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that *men ought always to -pray*, and not to faint. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -BE careful for nothing; but *in every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - - - - Prayer. - *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - - -*You must ASK!* - -ASK, and it *shall* be given you; *seek*, and ye shall find. *Knock*, -and it shall be *opened unto you*. - - _Matthew 7:7._ - -*You must BELIEVE!* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever* ye *desire*, when ye -*pray, believe* that ye *shall* receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.* - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven *may forgive you* your trespasses. -*But if ye do not forgive*, neither will your Father which is in heaven -forgive your trespasses. - - _Mark 11:25,26._ - -*You must have a CLEAN HEART.* - -IF I *regard iniquity* in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: - - _Psalms 66:18._ - -*Must be UNSELFISH.* - -YE ask, and receive not, because *ye ask amiss*, that ye may *consume it -upon your lusts*. - - _James 4:3._ - -*Must DO HIS WILL.* - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, *if we ask -anything according* to *his will*, he *heareth us*. - - _I John 5:14._ - -*You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.* - -IF ye *abide* in *me*, and my *words abide in you*, ye *shall ask what -ye will*, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -*You must ASK IN HIS NAME.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father *in -my name*, he will give it you. - - _John 16:23._ - -WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father *in my name*, he may give it you. - - _John 15:16._ - - - - Regeneration, or the New Birth. - *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - - -*The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a -new love for God and His people.* - -*1st. A NEW heart.* - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within -you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will -give you a heart of flesh. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.* - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth -on him that sent me, *hath everlasting life*, and shall not come into -condemnation; *but is passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.* - -AND that ye put on *the new man*, which after God is created in -righteousness and true holiness. - - _Ephesians 4:24._ - -*4th. Created ANEW, not made over.* - -THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, *he is a new creature*: old things -are passed away; Behold, all things are become new. - - _II Corinthians 5:17._ - -*5th. Washed white, not white-washed*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and *renewing* of -the Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*6th. VICTORY over sin.* - -*WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin*. - - _I John 3:9._ - -*7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.* - -WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath *translated -us into the kingdom* of his dear Son. - - _Colossians 1:13._ - -*8th. Created to be useful (workers).* - -FOR we are his workmanship, *created in Christ Jesus unto good works*. - - _Ephesians 2:10._ - -Because we are born with an *earthly* nature and are sinners against -God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God. - -It is the *carnal nature* that sins. it is the *God nature* that does -not sin. - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -*except a man be born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - -THAT which is born of the *flesh* is *flesh*; and that which is *BORN of -the Spirit* is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN -AGAIN. - - _John 3:6-7._ - -*Have YOU been born of the Spirit?* - -It you are not *sure, read* the following Scriptures as they may assure -you, or show you how you *may be regenerated*. - -WHOSOEVER *believeth that Jesus is the Christ* is born of God. - - _I John 5:1._ - -BUT as many as *received him*, to them gave he power to become the *sons -of God*, even to them that *believe* on his name: which were born, not -of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, *but of -God*. - - _John 1:12-13_ - -*BEING born again*, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *by -the word of God*, which liveth and abideth for ever. - - _I Peter 1:23_ - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and *precious promises*: that -*by these* ye might be partakers of the *divine nature*, having escaped -the corruption that is in the world through *lust*. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for *thy word hath quickened me*. - - _Psalms 119:50_ - -FOR in Christ Jesus I have *begotten you through the gospel*. - - _I Corinthians 4:15._ - -If you would know more regarding this subject see next page. - - - - Repentance. - *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - - -What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change -of mind, such as leads one to *confess all his sins, forsake* them and -*turn* to God. - -THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: *repent ye*, -and believe the gospel. - - _Mark 1:15._ - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized* every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive -the gift of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you? - -*REPENT ye therefore*, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted -out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the -Lord. - - _Acts 3:19._ - -God is commanding us to repent. - -AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now *commandeth all -men every where to repent*. - - _Acts 17:30._ - -AND they went out, and preached that *men should repent*. - - _Mark 6:12._ - -AND that *repentance* and remission of sins should be preached in his -name among all nations. - - _Luke 24:47._ - -*EXCEPT ye repent* ye shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - -I CAME not to call the righteous, *but sinners to repentance*. - - _Luke 5:32._ - -Does this verse mean *you*? - -BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout -all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, *that they should -repent and turn to God*, and do works meet for repentance. - - _Acts 26:20._ - -If you have not repented, do so at once. - -Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32. - - - - Revival, The. - *How to make it a success.* - - - - Be a prayerful christian. - - Always be on time. - - Ask God to help you sing. - - Make it a point to attend every meeting. - - Do not quench the Spirit. - - Be ready to obey at God's calling. - - When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess. - - Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were - a pleasure. - - Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying. - - Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them - up and lead them to Christ. - - Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and - accept Christ. - - When you come to the meeting, don't find fault with the evangelist - or the preacher's methods. Ask yourself the question "if all the - church members were like me, would this revival be a success?" - - Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one - about seeking Christ. - - Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be - able some way to lead them to Christ. - - ---- - - _*How to Hinder a Revival.*_ - - - Never pray. If you did, it might help some one. - - Always make a long prayer. - - Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there. - - If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for - them. - - Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they - would think you might be interested. - - If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you. - - Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip - him up the back. - -I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these -things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of -these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your -influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question--if all -the church members were like me what kind of a church would my church -be? - - - - Revival, The. - *What to bring to It.* - - - 1. Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools. - 2. Bring the topic--in your memory, not on the card. - 3. Bring some matured thought on the theme--from your Bible study. - 4. Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have - found in your reading or other research. - 5. Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need--sated appetites are - the hardest to cater to. - 6. Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God. - 7. Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you - will get more than you expect. - 8. Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the *beauty* of - holiness. - 9. Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the - attendance by a few personal invitations! - 10. Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it. - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - - -The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your -friend. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *be ashamed of me* and of my words in this -adulterous and sinful generation; *of him also* shall the *Son of man be -ashamed*, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy -angels. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever *shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel's*, the same shall save it. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -BLESSED are they which are *persecuted for righteousness' sake*: for -theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall *revile -you, and persecute you*, and shall say all manner of evil against you -falsely, for my sake. *Rejoice, and be exceeding glad*: for great is -your *reward in heaven*: for so persecuted they the prophets which were -before you. - - _Matthew 5:10-12._ - -IF ye *be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye*; for the -spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil -spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. - - _I Peter 4:14._ - -FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on -him, but also *to suffer for his sake*. - - _Philippians 1:29._ - -Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for -Him. - -AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; -*if so be that we suffer with him*, that we may be also glorified -together. - - _Romans 8:17._ - -FOR I reckon that *the sufferings* of this present time are not worthy -to be *compared* with the glory *which shall be revealed in us*. - - _Romans 8:18._ - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *Encouragement given us.* - - -*Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!* - -FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall -take it patiently? but if *when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it -patiently*, this is acceptable with God. - -For even hereunto were *ye* called, because *Christ also suffered for -us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps*. - - _I Peter 2:20, 21._ - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy -that was set before him *endured the cross, despising the shame*, and is -set down at the right hand of the throne of God. - - _Hebrews 12:2._ - -It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some -persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver -us? Yes surely He will. - -THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, *in reproaches, in -necessities, in persecutions*, in distress for Christ's sake: for when I -am weak, *then am I strong*. - - _II Corinthians 12:10._ - -*ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.* - -AND they departed from the presence of the council, *rejoicing chat they -were counted worthy* to suffer shame for his name. - - _Acts 5:41._ - -BUT and if *ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye*: and be not -afraid of their terror, neither be troubled. - - _I Peter 3:14._ - -YET *if any man suffer* as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let -him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, *let them that suffer* -according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in -well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. - - _I Peter 4:16, 19._ - - - - Sabbath and Sunday. - *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - - -God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven. - -*REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy*. Six days shalt thou labour, -and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy -God: *in it thou shalt not do any work*, thou, nor thy son, nor thy -daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy -stranger that is within thy gates. - - _Exodus 20:8-10._ - -AND if the people of the land bring *ware or any victuals on the sabbath -day to sell*, that we would not buy it of them on *the sabbath day*. - - _Nehemiah 10:31._ - -THIS is *the day* which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad -in it. - - _Psalms 118:24._ - -How do you treat the Lords day? - -THOU hast despised mine holy things, and *hast profaned my sabbaths*. - - _Ezekiel 22:8._ - -Have you profaned God's holy day by going to excursions, and using it to -meet your selfish ends? - -*Note the example of Christ and His Church*. - -They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church. - -AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his -custom was, *he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day*, and stood -up for to read. - - _Luke 4:16._ - -AND he reasoned in the synagogue *every sabbath*. - - _Acts 18:4._ - -I WAS *in the Spirit on the Lord's day*. - - _Revelation 1:10._ - -LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an -holy day, or of the new moon, or of the *Sabbath day* which are a -*shadow* of things to come; but the *body is Christ's*. - - _Colossians 2:16-17, R.V._ - -*God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.* - -IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on -my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, -honourable; and shalt honour him, *not doing thine own ways*, nor -finding *thine own pleasure*, nor speaking thine own words: - -Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to -ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage -of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. - - _Isaiah 58:13-14._ - -*Commands divine worship.* - -LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate -be for the Lord *in the sabbaths and in the new moons*. - - _Ezekiel 46:3_ - -*Required His word to be read.* - -FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew -him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are *read every -sabbath day*, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. - - _Acts 13:27._ - -*The Lords Supper to be observed.* - -AND upon the *first day of the week*, when the disciples came together -to *break bread, Paul preached unto them*, ready to depart on the -morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - - _Acts 20:7._ - ----Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation "not speaking -thine own words." - -Strive to be "in the Spirit on the Lord's Day," "not doing thine own -ways." - -Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary. - -"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in -every week." - - - - Salvation. - *To WHOM offered? "Whosoever will!"* - - -Notice the different classes to whom *salvation is offered*. - -*1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.* - -COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, *and I will give -you rest*. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and -lowly in heart: *and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is -easy*, and *my burden is light*. - - _Matthew 11:28-30._ - -*2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.* - -*HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters*, and he that hath -no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, *buy wine and milk without -money* and without price. - - _Isaiah 55:1._ - -*3rd. To sinners.* - -BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, *while we were yet -sinners, Christ died for us*. - - _Romans 5:8._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*4th. To the LOST.* - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -*5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.* - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do -your part? and come honestly and confess your sins? - -IF we confess our sins, *he is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*, and to *cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - - - - Salvation. - *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - - -COME now, and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord: *though your -sins be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they be -*red like crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -AND the spirit and the *bride* say Come. . . . And let him that is -*athirst come*. And *whosoever* will, let him take of the water of life -*freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -WHEREFORE He is *able* also *to save them to the uttermost*. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -IF *we confess our sins*, He is faithful and *just to forgive us our -sins*, and *to cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -FOR the Son of man is come to *seek* and to *save* that which was lost. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -No one can say, "I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me." - -*God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.* - -*I HAVE blotted out*, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a -cloud, *thy sins*: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - - _Isaiah 44:22._ - -I EVEN I, am he that *blotteth out thy transgressions* for mine own -sake, and will not remember thy sins. - - _Isaiah 43:25._ - -MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. *And -if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father*, Jesus Christ the -righteous: And he is the *propitiation for our sins*: and not for ours -only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - - _I John 2:1-2._ - -*FOR whosoever shall call* upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -If any one "*wills*" to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and -the Lord will save. - - - - Salvation. - *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - - -*1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that *believeth* on me hath -*everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him* shall receive remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -AND by him all that *believe are* justified from all things, from which -ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. - - _Acts 13:39._ - -*2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.* - -HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that *believeth -not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that -*believeth not the Son* shall not see life; but the *wrath of God -abideth on him*. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that -*believeth not is CONDEMNED already*. - - _John 3:18._ - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby *we* must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, *but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -*3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.* - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - - - - Salvation. - *What must I do to be saved?* - - -MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great -question, *so plain* that you will be able to say, "*I see it,*" and I -will *now believe*! - -You ask, "What must I do to be saved?" - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy -house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *he* that *heareth My Word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath everlasting* life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24, A.V. & R.V._ - -*HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life*: and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth -on Him. - - _John 3:36._ - -Your salvation depends upon what *you do with Jesus Christ. Accept* Him -and you are saved--*reject* Him and you are lost. Thus saith the -Scriptures! - -BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child -begins with the alphabet at school. Don't look for marvels. Don't expect -to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your -heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because -you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do -what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He -will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the -Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help -you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give -you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist -temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and -you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey. - -*1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Confess Christ before men.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -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*. - -For with the *heart* man believeth unto righteousness; and with the -*mouth* confession is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -The "*If*" at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests *two* -conditions. - -1st. To "*confess*," that is, *make known* with your mouth the Lord -Jesus. - -2nd. To "*believe*," that is, *really mean it* in your heart. - -If you meet these conditions God's word says, "*thou shalt be saved*". -Our feelings are *not to be depended upon*. - -*3rd. OBEY Christ in the life*. - -HE *that hath my commandments, and keepeth them*, he it is that loveth -me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love -him, and *will manifest myself to him*. - - _John 14:21._ - -The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will -require all your life to live it. - -All who will decide to trust in Christ *now*, pray with me this prayer: -"Lord Jesus I come to thee *just as I am*, and take thee at thy word; -wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust -thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!" - - - - Salvation. - *Proofs that we are saved.* - - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness with our spirit*, that we are the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life is in his Son. - - _I John 5:11._ - -HE that *hath* the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also -hath given unto us *the earnest of the Spirit*. - - _II Corinthians 5:5._ - -WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the *Spirit in our -hearts*. - - _II Corinthians 1:22._ - -AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby *ye are sealed* unto the -day of redemption. - - _Ephesians 4:30._ - -AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the *Spirit of his Son into -your hearts*, crying, Abba, Father. - - _Galatians 4:6._ - -AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And -hereby we know that he abideth in us, *by the Spirit which he hath given -us*. - - _I John 3:24._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, *and renewing of the -Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, *because he hath -given us of his Spirit*. - - _I John 4:13._ - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed *with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given by inspiration.* - - -Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God. - -Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them. - -AND the *word of the Lord came unto me*, saying. - - _Ezekiel 12:21, 26._ - -David, the Psalmist, believed them. - -NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The *Spirit of the Lord -spake by me*, and his word was in my tongue. - - _II Samuel 23:1, 2._ - -Paul, the Apostle, believed them. - -*ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; - - _II Timothy 3:16, 17._ - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -*received the word of God* which ye heard of us, ye received it *not as -the word of men*, but as it is in the truth, *the word of God*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -Peter, the disciple, believed them. - -KNOWING this first, that *no prophecy* of the Scripture is of any -*private interpretation*. For the *prophecy came not* in old time *by -the will of man*: but holy men of God *spake as they were* moved by the -Holy Ghost. - - _II Peter 1:20-21._ - -John, the Beloved, believed them. - -HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is -true. For *he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God*: for God -giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. - - _John 3:33-34._ - -Jesus Christ, believed them. - -AND beginning at *Moses* and *all the prophets*, he expounded unto them -in *all the scriptures* the things concerning himself. - - _Luke 24:27._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *They supply every need.* - - -*1st. They produce FAITH.* - -SO then *faith cometh* by hearing, *and hearing by the word of God*. - - _Romans 10:17._ - -*2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.* - -AS new born babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -*grow thereby*. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*3rd. They BUILD us up.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, *and to the word of his grace*, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -*4th. They DISCERN our hearts.* - -THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged -sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of -the joints and marrow, and is *a discerner of the thoughts and intents -of the heart*. - - _Hebrews 4:12._ - -*5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.* - -THY *word* have I *hid in mine heart, that I might not sin* against -thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -*6th. They become one's WEAPON.* - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword* of the Spirit, *which -is the word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -*7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.* - -*THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth*; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they *received -the word* with all readiness of mind, *and searched the scripture -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *God's promises FOR YOU.* - - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by -these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the -corruption that is in the world through lust. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*1st. His presence.* - -TEACHING them to *observe all things* whatsoever I have commanded you: -and, *lo, I am with you always*, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - - _Matthew 28:20._ - -*2nd. Guidance.* - -I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I -will *guide thee with mine eye*. - - _Psalms 32:8._ - -*3rd. Divine Intercession.* - -WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is -risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also *maketh -intercession for us*. - - _Romans 8:34._ - -*4th. Grace to live.* - -AND God is *able to make all grace* abound toward you; that ye, always -having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to *every good work*. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -*5th. Victory over temptation.* - -THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as *is common to man*: but -God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are -able; but will *with the temptation also make a way to escape*, that ye -may be able to bear it. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -*6th. Forgiveness of sin.* - -*I WILL forgive their iniquity*, and I will *remember their sin no -more*. - - _Jeremiah 31:34._ - -*7th. Answer to prayer.* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when *ye* pray, -*believe that ye receive them*, and ye shall have them. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*8th. The Holy Spirit.* - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your *heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit* to them -that ask him? - - _Luke 11:13._ - -*9th. Power for Service.* - -BUT ye shall receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost is come* upon -you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in *Jerusalem*, and in all -*Judaea* and in *Samaria*, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*10th. Divine wisdom.* - -IF any of you lack *wisdom, let him ask of God*, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -*11th. Divine strength.* - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*; be not dismayed, for I am *thy God, -I will strengthen* thee; *yea*, I will *help* thee; yea, I will uphold -thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God will *hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not, I will help -thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13_ - -*12th. Divine Comfort.* - -*I WILL not leave you comfortless*: I will come to you. - - _John 14:18._ - -WHEN thou *passest through the waters*, I will be *with thee*; and -through the rivers, *they shall not overflow thee*: when thou walkest -through the fire, thou *shalt not be burned*. - - _Isaiah 43:2_ - -*13th. Divine teaching.* - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in -my name, he shall *teach* you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -*14th. Our Labor not Vain.* - -THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, *be ye steadfast, unmovable*, always -abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -*15th. Our work rewarded.* - -BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: *for your work -shall be rewarded*. - - _II Chronicles 15:7._ - -*16th. A Heavenly mansion.* - -LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -In my Father's house *are many mansions*; if it were not so, I would -have told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:1-2._ - -*17th. A glorified body.* - -FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical -bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not -made with hands (*the resurrection body*), eternal in the heavens. - - _II Corinthians 5:1._ - -*18th. A Coming Lord.* - -SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that -look for him shall he *appear the second time* without sin unto -salvation. - - _Hebrews 9:28._ - -*THIS same Jesus*, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall *so -come in like manner* as ye have seen him go into heaven. - - _Acts 1:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *For the Jews.* - - -God is not done with the Jews: - -SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? *God forbid*. - - _Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37._ - -*Their land shall be restored:* - -AND they shall say, This land that was desolate *is become like the -garden of Eden*. - - _Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc._ - -*The people shall be restored:* - -AND I will *bring again the captivity of my people of Israel*, and they -shall *build* the waste cities, and *inhabit* them; and they shall -*plant* vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also *make -gardens* and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their -land, and they shall *no more be pulled up out of their land* which I -have given them, saith Jehovah. - - _Amos 9:14, 15._ - -*They shall be more blest than ever.* - -AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will *do better unto -you than at your beginnings*; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. - - _Ezekiel 36:11._ - -*They shall be regenerated:* - -A *NEW heart* also will I give you, and a *new spirit* will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -will *give you a heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*These promises are unconditional:* - -THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do -not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but *for mine holy name's -sake*, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. - - _Ezekiel 36:22,31,32._ - -Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew -and Hebrews. - -Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26. - - ---- - - _*Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.*_ - -Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord -revealed? - -For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of -a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, -there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his -sacrifice.) - -*He is despised and rejected of men*; a man of sorrows, and acquainted -with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; *he was despised, -and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs*, and carried -our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and -afflicted. - -*But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our -iniquities*: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; *and with his -stripes we are healed*. - -All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own -way; *and the* Lord hath laid on him the *iniquity of us all*. - -*He was oppressed, and he was afflicted* yet no opened not his mouth: he -is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her -shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (*Jesus Christ was surely -a man of, affliction.*) - -He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his -generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: *for the -transgression of my people was he stricken*. (Christ bore our sins in -His body.) - -And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; -because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -(This is a beautiful picture of Christ.) - -*Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him*; he hath put him to grief; when -thou shalt make *his soul an offering for sin*, he shall see his seed, -he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in -his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.) - -He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his -knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; *for he shall bear -their iniquities*. (That's what Christ did.) - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - - -THESE things have I written unto you that *believe upon* the *name* of -the *Son* of *God*; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have *eternal life*. - - _I John 5:13._ - -Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may *know we are -saved* because God says so. - -SEARCH the *scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour. - -FOR *whatsover* is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the -victory that *overcometh* the *world*, even our faith. - - _I John 5:4._ - -He who has *God's life* in him, is the one who *has victory.* - -IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth -righteousness is BORN OF HIM. - - _I John 2:29._ - -WHOSOEVER is *born* of God *doth not commit sin*; for his seed remaineth -in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God. - - _I John 3:9._ - -This means that the *new nature* "His seed" *cannot sin*, though the old -nature does. - -WE know that we have passed from death unto life, *because we love the -brethren*. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever -hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath -eternal life abiding in him. - - _I John 3:14-15._ - -The fact that we find ourselves *loving God's people* and having -fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born -of God. - -See pages 34 and 35 on *new birth*. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - - -*1st.* Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read -it without hurry. - -*2nd.* Read it prayerfully. God's book cannot rightly be apprehended -without the aid of God's Spirit. "Open thou mine. eyes, that I may -behold wondrous things out of thy law." - -*3rd.* Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully -understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, -Bible dictionary, etc. - -*4th.* Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis -to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in -order to get through it in that time. - -*5th.* Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what -purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the -standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him. - -*6th.* Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by -the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their -proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he -appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ. - -*7th.* Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text -Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc. - -*8th.* Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make -its precepts the rule of your life. - -*9th.* Read it in faith. Take it as God's word to yourself. Look upon -its promises as your own - -THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of -salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. - -Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are -immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be -holy, and live it to be happy. - -It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to -cheer you. - -It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the -soldier's sword and the christian's charter. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Importance of Bible study.* - - -Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend -most of your time and then search it. - -*SEARCH the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which *testify of me*. - - _John 5:39._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11_ - -Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an -hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first -thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the -Bible be your motto, "In the beginning God." - -THE Lord God has given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary*: he wakeneth -morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of -heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and -prudent, and *hast revealed them unto babes*. - - _Matthew 11:25._ - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to *God*, and to the *word* of His -*grace*, which is *able* to *build* you *up*, and to give you an -inheritance among all them which are sanctified. - - _Acts 20:32_ - -STUDY to *shew thyself approved unto God*, a workman that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15_ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to study them.* - - -*1st*. When you open your Bible never forget that *it is God's word*, -not man's word. - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it *not as the -word of men*, but as it is in truth, *the word of God*, which -effectually worketh also in you that *believe*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but *holy men -of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost*. - - _II Peter 1:21._ - -*2nd.* Read your Bible as if it were written for *you only*. - -FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written *for our -learning*, that *we through patience* and *comfort of the scriptures -might have hope*. - - _Romans 15:4._ - -ALL *scripture* is given *by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -*doctrine*, for *reproof*, for *correction*, for *instruction* in -righteousness. - - _II Timothy 3:16._ - -*3rd*. Study with *prayer*, making the *psalmist's prayer* yours. - -OPEN thou *mine eyes*, that I may behold *wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -*4th*. Study with *meditation* expecting help, comfort, blessing and -success in living for God. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day* and *night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou *shalt* make thy -way *prosperous*, and then thou *shalt* have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8_ - -One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don't let any one -chew your spiritual food for you. - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and *thy word was unto me -the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -*5th.* Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You -will fail to learn if you do not. - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in -my name, *He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance*, whatsoever, I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the -Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he -shall testify of me. - - _John 15:26._ - -NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go -away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if -I depart, I will send him unto you. - - _John 11:7_ - -*6th.* And as you read *pray*: "Thou light of life shine into my heart, -and reveal thyself to me now from thy word." - -Study to know God's will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in service. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, (R.V. -Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17_ - -Cleanse your life by the application of the word. - -WHEREWITHAL shall a young man *cleanse his way*? by taking heed thereto -according to *thy word*. - - _Psalms 119:9._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to memorize?* - - -In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward -supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul -winners. - -Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it -would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the -memorizing of *all* these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task -if undertaken in the right manner. - -In memorizing: - -*1st.* Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that -difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example -say John 1:29 "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the -world" instead of merely saying "Behold the Lamb of God," etc., omitting -to say John 1:29. - -*2nd.* Learn it. Don't get a faint, indefinite idea of it. *Take no -"snap shot" but give it a "time exposure."* If you want to remember any -text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, -clear, vivid impression on your mind. - -*3rd.* There are a great many "methods" or "schemes" of memorizing -advanced in this day of ours, but the writer's opinion is that the best -way of memorizing is to *get to work and do it*. If it is easily -acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that *it will be as -easily lost*. - -*4th.* Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you -can repeat it correctly, *then to be sure, read* it again. *I have made -a practice of writing out on paper* the passages to be memorized. *Once -writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth*. In -Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and -said "How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the -difficulties?" I said to her, "Did you ever ride on the train?" "Oh yes, -hundreds of times." "Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out -the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that -road every day, and that is what you and I have to do. - -*5th. Review, Review, Review.* That's the secret of memorizing. *Review* -every *day*. *Review* every *week*. *Review* every *year*. *Review, -Review, Review*. - -How many people you hear saying: "I know the verse one day but forget it -the next." *Well you need to review, that's all*. - -*6th.* Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to -persons who have difficulties. *Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!* That's -what the *lawyer*, *preacher*, and *doctor* have to do, and that is what -I had to do. Be "seasonable" or "unseasonable," in season or out of -season, only *seek* your *opportunity* to *practice*. - -*7th.* Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of -St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly -until a chapter is repeated at one time? - -Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - - -*THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.* - -BE *ready* ALWAYS to *give* an *answer* to *every man* that *asketh* you -a *reason of the hope* that is in you with *meekness* and *fear*. - - _I Peter 3:15._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore *shall confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -BUT *whosoever* shall *deny me before men* him will *I also deny before -my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:33._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made* unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -DAVID prayed, "*O Lord, open thou my lips*, and my *mouth* shall show -forth thy praise." - - _Psalms 51:15._ - -Live so that you can say with the Psalmist. - -I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy -faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness -and thy truth from the great congregation. - - _Psalms 40:10._ - -FOR I am *not* ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the *power* of -*God* unto *salvation* to *every one that believeth*. - - _Romans 1:16._ - -THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his -lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from -iniquity. - - _Malachi 2:6._ - -Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12. - - - - Skeptic. - *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - - -IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, "O God, if there -be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John -and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not -understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other -things you use and believe; - -BUT these (the writings of John's gospel) are written that ye might -*believe* that *Jesus* is the *Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that -*believing* ye might have *life* through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man *will do his will*, he shall *know* of *the doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual -things. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of *the Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness unto him*: neither can he know them, because -they *are spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw "*men as trees." walking* when Christ -first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave -him more. - -If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have -had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read -it. - -*EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my -finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I -will not believe*. And after eight days again his disciples were within, -and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in -the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach -hither *thy finger*, and behold *my hands*; and reach hither thy hand, -and thrust it *into my side*: and be not faithless, *but believing*. And -Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. - - _John 20:25-28._ - - - - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. - *God WARNS against It.* - - -*REGARD not* them that have *familiar spirits*, neither seek after -wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God. - - _Leviticus 19:31_ - -THE soul that turneth after such as have *familiar spirits, and after -wizards*, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against -that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. - - _Leviticus 20:6._ - -*Beware of Spiritualism.* - -BELOVED, *believe not every spirit*, but try the spirits whether they -are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that -confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and -this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should -come: and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:1-3._ - -EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and -*signs and lying wonders*, And with all *deceivableness of -unrighteousness* in them that perish; because they received not the love -of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall -send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all -might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in -unrighteousness. - - _II Thessalonians 2:9-12._ - -THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his -daughter to pass through the fire, or that *useth divination or an -observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a -consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer*. - - _Deuteronomy 18:10-11._ - - - - Temperance. - *God's WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - - -*WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning*, that they may follow -strong drink, that continue until night, till *wine* inflame them. - - _Isaiah 5:11._ - -*WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine*, and men of strength to -mingle strong drink. - - _Isaiah 5:22._ - -WOE unto him that *giveth his neighbor drink*, that putteth the bottle -to him, and maketh him drunken also. - - _Habakkuk 2:15._ - -HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. *Be -not among winebibbers*; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard -and the glutton shall *come to poverty*: and drowsiness shall clothe a -man with rags. . . . Who hath *woe*? who hath *sorrow*? who hath -*contentions*? who hath *babbling*? who hath *wounds* without cause? who -hath *redness of eyes*? They that *tarry long at the wine*; they that go -to seek mixed wine. *Look not thou upon the wine* when it is red, when -it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the -last it *biteth like a serpent*, and *stingeth like an adder*. - - _Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32._ - -WINE is a *mocker*, strong drink is *raging*: and whosoever is deceived -thereby *is not wise*. - - _Proverbs 20:1._ - -HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that *loveth wine* and -oil *shall not be rich*. - - _Proverbs 21:17._ - -AND *be not drunk with wine*, wherein is excess; but be filled with the -Spirit. - - _Ephesians 5:18._ - -BUT Daniel *purposed in his heart* that he *would not defile himself* -with the portion of the king's meat, *nor with the wine which he drank*. - - _Daniel 1:8._ - - - - Temptation. - *How to gain the VICTORY.* - - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath no *temptation taken you but such as is common to man*: but -God is *faithful*, who will *not suffer (you)* to be *tempted above* -that *ye are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF -ESCAPE, that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE Lord *knoweth* how to *deliver the Godly out of temptation*. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -*BLESSED* is the man that *endureth temptation*: for when he is tried, . -. . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is -tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, -neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is *drawn -away of his own lust*, and enticed. - - _James 1:12-14._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage*; be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea *I will help thee*; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. - - _Isaiah 41:10._ - -FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling -of our infirmities; but was *in all points tempted like as we are*, yet -without sin. Let us *therefore* come boldly unto the throne of grace, -that we may obtain mercy, and *find grace to help in time of need*. - - _Hebrews 4:15-16._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -*RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you*. - - _James 4:7._ - -Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39. - - - - Unpardonable Sin. - - -REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you -have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result -of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, *not willing that any -should perish, but that all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able to save them to the uttermost* that come unto God -by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings -or conditions are. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the *name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -Show just what the unpardonable sin is? - -WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be -forgiven unto men: *but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost* shall not -be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of -man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy -Ghost, *it shall not be forgiven him*, neither in this world, neither in -the world to come. - - _Matthew 12:31-32._ - -VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, -and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall -blaspheme against the *Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness*, but is in -danger of *eternal damnation*. - - _Mark 3:28-29._ - - - - Unforgiveness. - *For those who will not forgive.* - - -Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive -you. - -THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy -brother *hath aught against thee*; Leave there thy gift before the -altar, *and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother*, and then -come and offer thy gift. - - _Matthew 5:23, 24._ - -Have you forgiven *all*? - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven may *forgive you your trespasses*. - -*BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father* which is in heaven -*forgive your trespasses*. - - _Mark 11:25, 26._ - -AND be ye *kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another*, -even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - - _Ephesians 4:32._ - -FOR if ye *forgive men their trespasses*, your heavenly Father will also -forgive you: - -*But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father -forgive your trespasses*. - - _Matthew 6:14, 15._ - -PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of -mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; -Forbearing one another, *and forgiving one another*, if any man have a -quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. - - _Colossians 3:12, 13._ - -If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God -to forgive you. - -LET all *bitterness*, and *wrath*, and *anger*, and *clamour* and *evil -speaking, be put away* from you *with all malice*. - - _Ephesians 4:31._ - - - - Worldly Amusements. - *"I see no HARM in them"* - - -*LOVE not the world*, neither the things that are in the world. *If any -man love the world*, the love of the Father is not in him. - - _I John 2:15._ - -WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will *eat no flesh* -while the world standeth, *lest I make my brother to offend*. - - _I Corinthians 8:13_ - -Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not -give up something? - -AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all *in the name of the Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, *do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31_ - -*BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*. - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -*NO man can serve two masters*: for either he will hate the one, and -love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, -*Ye cannot serve God and mammon*. - - _Matthew 6:24._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that *the friendship of the -world is enmity with God*. - - _James 4:4_ - -WHEREFORE *come out* from among them, and *be ye separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17_ - -NO man that warreth *entangleth himself with the affairs of this life*; -that he may *please him* who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - - _II Timothy 2:4_ - -FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore *glorify God in your body*, -and in your spirit, which are God's. - - _I Corinthians 6:20_ - -*WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes*: but -know thou, that *for all these things* God will *bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - -KNOW ye not that ye are *the temple of God*, and that the *Spirit of God -dwelleth in you*? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God -destroy; for the *temple of God is holy, which temple ye are*. - - _I Corinthians 3:16, 17._ - -DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room -floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your -body is that temple. - -THEY profess that they know God; *but in works they deny him*, being -abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. - - _Titus 1:16._ - -When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you -confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can -you ask a blessing on it. - -BE careful for nothing; *but in every thing by prayer and supplication* -with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, *or whatsoever ye do, do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God? - -*BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*: for what -fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion -hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or -what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? *And what agreement -hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living -God*: - - _II Corinthians 6:14-16._ - -Some say: "All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our -dances." - -I must say with Paul: - -IF any man preach *any other gospel unto you* than that *ye* have -received, *let him be accursed*. - - _Galatians 1:9._ - - - - Young Converts. - *What they should do.* - - -By doing these *four* things nobody can write backslider after your -name. - -*1st. Every day say something To GOD.* - -*PRAY* without ceasing. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -BE careful for nothing; but in *everything by prayer and supplication -with thanksgiving* let your *requests be made known unto God*. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -IF *ye abide in me*, and *my words abide* in *you*, ye *shall ask* what -ye will, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye pray, -believe that ye receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -CALL *unto me, and I will answer thee*, and show ye great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that *ye* -may be healed. The *effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man -availeth much*. - - _James 5:16._ - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -EVENING, and *morning*, and at *noon*, will I *pray*, and cry *aloud*: -and He *shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -IF my people which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves*, and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin*, and will heal their -land. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - -Neglect praying, and you will backslide. - -*2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.* - -SEARCH *the scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -THY *words were* found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of my heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -STUDY *to show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY *word have I hid in mine heart*, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is -the *word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -THY word is a *lamp* unto my *feet*, and a *light* unto my *path*. - - _Psalm 119:105._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to -you. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt -*meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -way prosperous, and then thou *shalt have good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -*3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men him will *I also deny before my Father* which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -LET your *light so shine before men* that they may *see your good -works*, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and my words*, in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the *Son of man* be -ashamed. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -WHOSOEVER shall *confess that Jesus is the Son of God*, God dwelleth in -him, and he in God. - - _I John 4:15._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -RETURN *to thine house, and shew* how great things God hath done unto -thee. - - _Luke 8:39._ - -AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny -himself, and *take up his cross daily*, and follow me. - - _Luke 9:23._ - -*4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.* - -THEREFORE my beloved brethren, *be steadfast, unmovable, always -abounding in the work* of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature.* - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AS we *have therefore opportunity, let us do good* unto all men. - - _Galatians 6:10._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -LET him know that he which converteth *the sinner* from the error of his -way *shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins*. - - _James 5:20._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -AND whosoever shall *give to drink* unto one of these little ones *a cup -of cold water* only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, -*he shall in no wise lose his reward*. - - _Matthew 10:42._ - -IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my -brethren, *ye have done it unto me*. - - _Last clause. Matthew 25:40._ - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, -I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for they -are *white already to harvest*. - - _John 4:35._ - -HEREIN is my Father glorified that *ye bear much fruit*. - - _John 15:8._ - - - - - GENERAL INDEX - - -Age-- (see "I am too young") - -Amusements--(see "Worldly Amusements") - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance-- How you may know you are saved - -Backslider-- God's warning to - -Backslider-- How he may return - -Baptism-- It follows Salvation - -Baptism-- Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible-- (see "Scriptures") - -Business-- I will be hindered in making money - -Careless--(see "I am not concerned") - -Ceremonies--(Do not save) see "Baptism" - -Christ--His Deity - -Christian living-- Those trying to be Christians - -Christian living-- Strength to hold out - -Christian living-- How to grow in grace - -Christian living-- Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian living-- Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Church-- Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship-- (see "My companions keep me from Christ") - -Confession-- Confessing Christ publicly - -Consecration - -Conversion-- (instantaneous) - -Converts-- (see Young Converts) - -Daily Living - -Daily Prayer - -Decision--(see "Not now") - -Deity of Christ - -Delay--(see "Not now") - -Doubter--The honest - -Doubter--The honest (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses-- I am a member of the church - -Excuses-- I am good enough - -Excuses-- I am not very bad - -Excuses-- I am not good enough - -Excuses-- I am too great a sinner - -Excuses-- Not now - -Excuses-- There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses-- My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses-- I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses-- There is too much to give up - -Excuses-- I can not surrender all - -Excuses-- The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses-- I have tried and failed - -Excuses-- I can't hold out - -Excuses-- I have no feeling - -Excuses-- I am not concerned - -Excuses-- The Indifferent - -Excuses-- Those who know not the way - -Excuses-- I don't know what or how to believe - -Excuses-- I can't understand - -Excuses-- I can't see - -Excuses-- My heart is too hard - -Excuses-- I am too young - -Excuses-- I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses-- It is too late - -Excuses-- Don't talk to me - -Faith--Necessary to salvation - -Feeling--(see "I have no feeling") - -Forgiveness--(see "Unforgiveness") - -Formalist - -Fortune-Telling--(see "Spiritualism") - -Friendship - -Giving (systematically) - -God--(see "Doubter") - -Growth - -Habits - -Hell-- A real place - -Hell-- "God is unjust to damn" - -Hell-- Condition of the lost - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see "Hypocrites") - -Indifferent--The - -Intemperance - -Jews--Scriptures for them - -Joining the church - -Love--For your neighbor - -Moralist-- Trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist-- Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting-- (see I am not concerned) - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Personal Work-- Its great importance - -Personal Work-- Qualifications needed - -Personal Work-- The soul-winner's prayer - -Personal Work-- Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work-- Use of the "Prayer list" card - -Personal Work-- Three helpful hints - -Personal Work-- Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work-- Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work-- Fruit promised - -Personal Work-- Fruit-bearer's chapter - -Personal Work-- For those Who are weak - -Personal Work-- A word to the careless - -Power-- God's Keeping - -Power-- God's Keeping (also) - -Prayer-- Heard and answered - -Prayer-- Victory through' prayer - -Prayer-- Regular seasons for prayer - -Prayer-- Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings--(Preparation for) - -Promises - -Regeneration-- The new birth - -Regeneration-- (Results of) - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival-- How to make it a success - -Revival-- What to bring to it - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Scriptures, The-- Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The-- They supply every need - -Scriptures, The-- God's promises for you - -Scriptures, The-- For the Jews - -Scriptures, The-- For Church members - -Scriptures, The-- How to read them - -Scriptures, The-- Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The-- How to study them - -Scriptures, The-- How to memorize - -Scriptures, The-- Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Service - -Soul-Winning - -Spiritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Suggestions--(see "Converts") - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness--For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work--(see "Personal Work") - -Workers--Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Coverts - - - - - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - - -Amusements--(see "Worldly Amusements") - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance--How you may know you are saved - -Christian Living-- Those who are trying to be Christians - -Christian Living-- Strength to hold out - -Christian Living-- How to grow in grace - -Christian Living-- Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian Living-- Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Confession-- Confessing Christ publically. - -Consecration - -Converts - -Daily Living - -Daily Living (also) - -Daily Prayer - -Forgiveness--(see "Unforgiveness") - -Fortune-Telling--(see "Spiritualism") - -Giving--(systematically) - -God--(see "Doubter") - -Growth - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see Hypocrites") - -Indifferent - -Intemperance - -Jews-- Scriptures for them - -Joining the Church - -Love--For your neighbor - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Personal Work-- Its great importance - -Personal Work-- Qualifications needed - -Personal Work-- The soul-winner's prayer - -Personal Work-- Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work-- Use of the "Prayer-list" card - -Personal Work-- Three helpful hints - -Personal Work-- Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work-- Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work-- Fruit promised - -Personal Work-- Fruit-bearer's chapter - -Personal Work-- For those who are weak - -Personal Work-- A word to the careless - -Pleasures--For those hindered by them - -Power--God's Keeping - -Power--God's Keeping (also) - -Prayer-- Heard and answered - -Prayer-- Victory through.' prayer - -Prayer-- Regular seasons for prayer - -Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings--preparation for - -Promises - -Regeneration-- The new birth - -Regeneration-- Results of - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival-- How to make it a success - -Revival-- What to bring to it - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Salvation-- To whom offered - -Salvation-- Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation-- Saved alone by faith - -Salvation-- What must I do to be saved - -Salvation-- Proof we are saved - -Scriptures, The-- Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The-- They supply every need - -Scriptures, The-- God's promises for you. - -Scriptures, The-- For the Jews - -Scriptures, The-- For Church members - -Scriptures, The-- How to read them - -Scriptures, The-- Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The-- How to study them - -Scriptures, The-- How to memorize - -Scriptures, The-- Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Self-righteousness - -Service - -Sin-- ("I am not very bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") (also) - -Sin-- Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Soul-winning - -Spritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Strength to hold out (as well) - -Suggestions--(see "Converts") - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness--For those Who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work--(see "Personal Work") - -Workers--Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Converts - - - - - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - - -Age-- (see "I am too young") - -Backslider-- God's warning to - -Backslider-- How he may return to God - -Baptism-- Follows Salvation - -Baptism-- Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible-- (see Scriptures) - -Business--I will be hindered in making money - -Careless--(see, I am not concerned) - -Ceremonies--(Do not save)--see Baptism - -Christ--His Deity - -Church--Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship--(see "My companions keep me from Christ") - -Conversion (instantaneous) - -Decision--(see "Not now") - -Deity of Christ - -Delay--(see "Not now") - -Doubter - -Doubter (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses-- I am a member of the church - -Excuses-- I am good enough - -Excuses-- I am not very bad - -Excuses-- I am not good enough - -Excuses-- I am too great a sinner - -Excuses-- Not now - -Excuses-- There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses-- My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses-- I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses-- There is too much to give up - -Excuses-- I cannot surrender all - -Excuses-- The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses-- I have tried and failed - -Excuses-- I can't hold out - -Excuses-- I have no feeling - -Excuses-- I am not concerned - -Excuses-- The Indifferent - -Excuses-- Those Who know not the way - -Excuses-- I don't know what or how to believe - -Excuses-- I can't understand - -Excuses-- I can't see - -Excuses-- My heart is too hard - -Excuses-- I am too young - -Excuses-- I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses-- It is too late - -Excuses-- Don't talk to me - -Faith-- Necessary to salvation - -Feeling-- (see "I have no feeling") - -Forgiveness - -Formalist - -Friendship - -God-- (see "Doubter") - -Habits - -Hell-- A real place - -Hell-- "God is unjust to damn" - -Hell-- Condition of the lost - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see Hypocrites) - -Indifferent, The - -Moralist--Who trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist--Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting--(see "I am not concerned") - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Pleasures--For those hindered by them - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Salvation-- To Whom offered - -Salvation-- Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation-- Saved alone by faith - -Salvation-- What must I do to be saved - -Salvation-- Proof We are saved - -Self-righteousness - -Sin-- ("I am not very bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") (also) - -Sin-- Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness-- For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Worldly Amusements - - - - - Songs: - - - - - The Bible Railway. - - - - - Consecration. - - - - - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - Transcriber's Note - - - - Bible verse abbreviations have been changed to full book names for - consistancy. - - Corrected bible verse reference errors which did not match quoted - 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Seibert -<br /> -<br />Release Date: December 26, 2016 [EBook #53811] -<br /> -<br />Language: English -<br /> -<br />Character set encoding: UTF-8</span></p> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-start-line"><span>*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK </span><span>RESCUE THE PERISHING</span><span> ***</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-produced-by"><span>Produced by Peter G. Nystrom.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>This ebook was produced from scanned images of a personal copy of the book.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="frontmatter"> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container titlepage"> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="bold italics x-large">RESCUE</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics small">THE</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics x-large">PERISHING</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">That ye may KNOW how ye ought to</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">ANSWER every man —— Colossians 4:6.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics large">FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">which is the word of God. —— Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">ARRANGED BY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics medium">“FRED” R. SEIBERT</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics x-small">——————————————————————————————</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">PUBLISHED BY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics x-small">THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics xx-small">WINONA LAKE, INDIANA</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">Price, 40c</cite></p> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="italics xx-small">Copyright 1921, by “Fred” R. Seibert, U. S. A.</cite></p> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="italics xx-small">Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, Eng.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container plainpage"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="italics x-large">PREFACE</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="italics x-large">This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience.</span></p> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 40%"> -<img class="align-center block center italics x-large" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt="Signature of William A. "Billy" Sunday" src="images/RTP-Sunday.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="container dedication"> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 40%"> -<img class="align-center block center large" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt="Photo of "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/Fred-Seibert.jpg" /> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="large">SUNSHINE AND SMILES</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="large">“FRED” R. SEIBERT</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="large">A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS</span></p> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><em class="italics large">May my Motto be yours:</em></p> -<p class="center pnext"><strong class="bold large">Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him All Things.</strong></p> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="contents"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><span>Contents</span></h2> -<div class="container contents"> -<ul class="compact simple toc-list"> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-made-easy" id="id443">PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</a></p> -<ul class="compact toc-list"> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#assurance-nl-how-you-may-know-you-are-saved" id="id339">Assurance. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW you may KNOW you are saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#backslider-nl-gods-warning-to-the-backslider" id="id340">Backslider. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING to the backslider</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#backslider-nl-how-he-may-return-to-the-lord" id="id341">Backslider. -<span class="bold small sub">How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#baptism-nl-commanded-by-god-practiced-by-christ-and-others" id="id342">Baptism. -<span class="bold small sub">COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#baptism-nl-it-follows-salvation-baptized-because-saved" id="id343">Baptism. -<span class="bold small sub">It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#business-nl-i-will-be-hindered-in-making-money" id="id344">Business. -<span class="bold small sub">I will be HINDERED in making money.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-those-trying-to-be-christians" id="id345">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Those TRYING to be Christians.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-strength-for-holding-out" id="id346">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">STRENGTH for holding out.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-how-to-grow-in-grace" id="id347">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">How to GROW In grace.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-results-of-keeping-close-to-christ" id="id348">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-living-nl-results-following-repentance-and-faith" id="id349">Christian Living. -<span class="bold small sub">Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#church-the-nl-must-i-join-to-be-a-christian" id="id350">Church, The- -<span class="bold small sub">Must I JOIN to be a Christian?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#confession-nl-confusing-christ-publicly" id="id351">Confession. -<span class="bold small sub">Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#consecration" id="id352">Consecration.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christ-nl-his-deity" id="id353">Christ. -<span class="bold small sub">His Deity.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-science-nl-its-non-christian-character" id="id354">Christian Science. -<span class="bold small sub">Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#christian-science-nl-god-warns-against-it" id="id355">Christian Science. -<span class="bold small sub">God warns AGAINST It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#conversions-nl-instantaneous-bible-examples" id="id356">Conversions. -<span class="bold small sub">Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#doubter-nl-one-who-is-honest" id="id357">Doubter. -<span class="bold small sub">One who is HONEST.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-a-member-of-the-church" id="id358">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am a MEMBER of the church.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-good-enough" id="id359">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am GOOD ENOUGH.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-very-bad" id="id360">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am NOT very bad.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-good-enough-to-be-a-christian" id="id361">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-too-great-a-sinner" id="id362">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am TOO GREAT a sinner.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-not-now" id="id363">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Not now.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-there-are-church-members-no-better-than-i" id="id364">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-my-companions-keep-me-from-christ" id="id365">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">My companions, Keep me from Christ.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-not-give-up-my-evil-ways" id="id366">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-there-is-too-much-to-give-up" id="id367">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">There is TOO MUCH to give up.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-not-surrender-all" id="id368">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I CAN NOT surrender all.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-the-christian-life-is-too-hard" id="id369">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">The christian life Is TOO HARD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-have-tried-and-failed" id="id370">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have tried and FAILED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#id3" id="id371">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have TRIED and FAILED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-cant-hold-out-gods-keeping-power" id="id372">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-have-no-feeling" id="id373">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I have no FEELING.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-not-concerned" id="id374">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am not CONCERNED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-the-indifferent-neglecting-his-soul" id="id375">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-those-who-know-not-the-way" id="id376">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">Those who KNOW NOT the way.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-dont-know-what-or-how-to-believe" id="id377">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-cant-understand-the-bible" id="id378">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can’t understand the Bible.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-can-t-see-my-way-clear" id="id379">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I can't see my way CLEAR.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-my-heart-is-too-hard" id="id380">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">My heart is TOO HARD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-am-too-young" id="id381">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I am TOO YOUNG.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-i-believe-every-one-will-be-saved" id="id382">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-it-is-too-late-for-me-to-be-saved" id="id383">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#excuses-nl-dont-talk-to-me-or-i-will-leave" id="id384">Excuses. -<span class="bold small sub">DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#formalists-nl-one-who-trusts-in-forms-and-ceremonies" id="id385">Formalists. -<span class="bold small sub">One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#giving-nl-systematically-one-tenth-of-your-income" id="id386">Giving. -<span class="bold small sub">(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-god-in-unjust-and-cruel-to-damn-any-one" id="id387">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-a-real-place" id="id388">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">A real PLACE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hell-nl-condition-of-the-lost" id="id389">Hell. -<span class="bold small sub">CONDITION of the lost.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#holiness-nl-christ-with-in-you-sanctifying-the-life" id="id390">Holiness. -<span class="bold small sub">Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#holy-spirit-nl-his-work-among-men" id="id391">Holy Spirit. -<span class="bold small sub">His WORK among men.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#hypocrites-nl-too-many-in-the-church" id="id392">Hypocrites. -<span class="bold small sub">Too many IN THE CHURCH.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#love-nl-for-your-neighbor" id="id393">Love. -<span class="bold small sub">For your NEIGHBOR.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-self-righteousness" id="id394">Moralist. -<span class="bold small sub">Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-good-works-to-save" id="id395">Moralist. -<span class="bold small sub">Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-its-great-importance" id="id396">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Its Great IMPORTANCE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-qualifications-needed" id="id397">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">QUALIFICATIONS needed.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-the-soul-winners-prayer" id="id398">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">The “soul-winner’s" prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-help-in-cottage-meetings" id="id399">Personal work. -<span class="bold small sub">Help in COTTAGE meetings.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-use-of-the-prayer-list-card" id="id400">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work" id="id401">Personal Work.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-hints-and-suggestions" id="id402">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-suggestive-scriptures" id="id403">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Suggestive Scriptures.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-fruit-promised-to-faithful-effort" id="id404">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">Fruit promised to faithful effort.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-fruit-bearers-chapter" id="id405">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-for-those-who-feel-too-weak-and-are-fearful" id="id406">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#personal-work-nl-a-word-to-the-unwilling" id="id407">Personal Work. -<span class="bold small sub">A word to the unwilling.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#pleasures-nl-those-who-want-to-live-for-the-world" id="id408">Pleasures. -<span class="bold small sub">Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-heard-and-answered-by-god" id="id409">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">HEARD and ANSWERED by God.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-victory-through-prayer" id="id410">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">VICTORY through prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-regular-seasons-for-prayer" id="id411">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">REGULAR seasons for prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#prayer-nl-conditions-in-answer-to-prayer" id="id412">Prayer. -<span class="bold small sub">CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#regeneration-or-the-new-birth-nl-results-of-regeneration" id="id413">Regeneration, or the New Birth. -<span class="bold small sub">RESULTS of Regeneration.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#repentance-nl-a-requisite-for-salvation-what-does-it-mean" id="id414">Repentance. -<span class="bold small sub">A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#revival-the-nl-how-to-make-it-a-success" id="id415">Revival, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to make it a success.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#revival-the-nl-what-to-bring-to-it" id="id416">Revival, The. -<span class="bold small sub">What to bring to It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#ridicule-and-persecution-nl-my-friends-will-laugh-at-me" id="id417">Ridicule and Persecution. -<span class="bold small sub">My friends will LAUGH at me.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#ridicule-and-persecution-nl-encouragement-given-us" id="id418">Ridicule and Persecution. -<span class="bold small sub">Encouragement given us.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#sabbath-and-sunday-nl-how-a-christian-should-hallow-it" id="id419">Sabbath and Sunday. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-to-whom-offered-whosoever-will" id="id420">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-offered-to-the-most-sinful" id="id421">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Offered to the MOST sinful.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-saved-alone-by-faith-lost-through-unbelief" id="id422">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-what-must-i-do-to-be-saved" id="id423">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">What must I do to be saved?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#salvation-nl-proofs-that-we-are-saved" id="id424">Salvation. -<span class="bold small sub">Proofs that we are saved.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-given-by-inspiration" id="id425">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Given by inspiration.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-they-supply-every-need" id="id426">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">They supply every need.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-gods-promises-for-you" id="id427">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s promises FOR YOU.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-for-the-jews" id="id428">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">For the Jews.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-given-to-instruct-the-church-member" id="id429">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-read-them-helpful-thoughts" id="id430">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-importance-of-bible-study" id="id431">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">Importance of Bible study.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-study-them" id="id432">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to study them.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-how-to-memorize" id="id433">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">How to memorize?</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#scriptures-the-nl-the-word-of-god-our-testimony" id="id434">Scriptures, The. -<span class="bold small sub">The word of God our TESTIMONY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#skeptic-nl-the-honest-enquirer-though-skeptical" id="id435">Skeptic. -<span class="bold small sub">The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#spiritualism-fortune-telling-nl-god-warns-against-it" id="id436">Spiritualism Fortune Telling. -<span class="bold small sub">God WARNS against It.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#temperance-nl-gods-warning-against-intemperance" id="id437">Temperance. -<span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#temptation-nl-how-to-gain-the-victory" id="id438">Temptation. -<span class="bold small sub">How to gain the VICTORY.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#unpardonable-sin" id="id439">Unpardonable Sin.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#unforgiveness-nl-for-those-who-will-not-forgive" id="id440">Unforgiveness. -<span class="bold small sub">For those who will not forgive.</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#worldly-amusements-nl-i-see-no-harm-in-them" id="id441">Worldly Amusements. -<span class="bold small sub">"I see no HARM in them"</span></a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#young-converts-nl-what-they-should-do" id="id442">Young Converts. -<span class="bold small sub">What they should do.</span></a></p> -</li> -</ul> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#general-index" id="id444">GENERAL INDEX</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#index-for-christians" id="id445">INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#index-for-the-unsaved" id="id446">INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-2 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#songs" id="id450">Songs:</a></p> -<ul class="compact toc-list"> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-bible-railway" id="id447">The Bible Railway.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#id338" id="id448">Consecration.</a></p> -</li> -<li class="level-3 toc-entry"><p class="first pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#a-man-may-be-down-but-he-never-is-out" id="id449">A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out.</a></p> -</li> -</ul> -</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="mainmatter"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="personal-work-made-easy"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id443"><span>PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.</span></a></h2> -<div class="level-3 section" id="assurance-nl-how-you-may-know-you-are-saved"> -<span id="org-page-5"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id339"><span>Assurance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW you may KNOW you are saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> you are saved, because God </span><strong class="bold">says so</strong><span> in His Word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THESE things have I written</strong><span> unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, </span><strong class="bold">that ye may know</strong><span> (not hope, or guess) that ye </span><strong class="bold">have</strong><span> (not are going to have) eternal life.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ) to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become the sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that </span><strong class="bold">he is able to keep</strong><span> that which I have committed unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and </span><strong class="bold">perhaps</strong><span> you will be saved, or you will have a </span><strong class="bold">good chance</strong><span> of being saved, or you may </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> to be saved.” No, but “thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> be saved.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth on me</strong><span> HATH everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He that believeth on the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> (not perhaps will have) everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that hath the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you </span><strong class="bold">rest fully upon God’s Word.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-6"><span>If you have </span><strong class="bold">received God’s gift</strong><span> (Jesus), you have God’s </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> for it that you </span><strong class="bold">have life</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">The life is in His Son</strong><span>. Believe this and you will </span><strong class="bold">know it</strong><span>. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the witness of the Spirit.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Spirit itself </span><strong class="bold">beareth witness</strong><span> with our spirit that we </span><strong class="bold">are</strong><span> the children of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the </span><strong class="bold">witness (record)</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span>: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath life</strong><span>; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:10,11,12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“</span><strong class="bold">These things are written</strong><span>.” Read: I John 5:13.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words </span><strong class="bold">shall not</strong><span> pass away.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Which would you rather trust, God’s </span><strong class="bold">unchanging</strong><span> Word, or your </span><strong class="bold">everchanging</strong><span> feelings? When God says a thing, it is so.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you want this evidence </span><strong class="bold">you must believe God’s word</strong><span>. If you do not, you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working in you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He that believeth not God hath </span><strong class="bold">made Him a liar</strong><span>; because he </span><strong class="bold">believeth not the record</strong><span> that God gave of His Son. And this </span><strong class="bold">is the record</strong><span>, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:10-11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 1:10</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="backslider-nl-gods-warning-to-the-backslider"> -<span id="org-page-7"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id340"><span>Backslider.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING to the backslider</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW the just shall live by faith: but </span><strong class="bold">if any man draw back</strong><span>, my soul shall have </span><strong class="bold">no pleasure in him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR it had </span><strong class="bold">been better</strong><span> for them </span><strong class="bold">not to have known</strong><span> the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, </span><strong class="bold">to turn from the holy commandment</strong><span> delivered unto them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE to him that </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> to do good, and </span><strong class="bold">doeth it not</strong><span>, to him </span><strong class="bold">it is sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in </span><strong class="bold">departing from the living God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 3:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were </span><strong class="bold">as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:</strong><span> yet </span><strong class="bold">have ye not returned</strong><span> unto me, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">prepare to meet thy God</strong><span>, O Israel.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 4:11-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then because thou art </span><strong class="bold">lukewarm</strong><span>, and neither cold nor hot, I will </span><strong class="bold">spew thee out of my mouth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you </span><strong class="bold">confess your sins</strong><span> and return to the Lord, because God says,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE backslider in heart shall be </span><strong class="bold">filled with his own ways</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 14:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God says though man’s ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> for the backslider—Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and how the Father </span><strong class="bold">welcomed his boy home!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">when he was yet a great way off</strong><span>, his father </span><strong class="bold">saw him</strong><span>, and had </span><strong class="bold">compassion</strong><span>, and ran, and fell on his neck, and </span><strong class="bold">kissed him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 15:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read the next page</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="backslider-nl-how-he-may-return-to-the-lord"> -<span id="org-page-8"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id341"><span>Backslider.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Submit to God</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">He will forgive</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, </span><strong class="bold">Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the</strong><span> Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. </span><strong class="bold">Only acknowledge thine iniquity</strong><span>, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, </span><strong class="bold">Turn, O backsliding children, saith the</strong><span> Lord; </span><strong class="bold">for I am married unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 3:12-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL heal their backsliding</strong><span>, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 14:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Confess to God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I ACKNOWLEDGED </span><strong class="bold">my sin unto</strong><span> thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, </span><strong class="bold">I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord</strong><span>; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 32:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we </span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span> our </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span>, He is </span><strong class="bold">faithful</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">just</strong><span> to forgive us our </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span>, and to </span><strong class="bold">cleanse</strong><span> us from all </span><strong class="bold">unrighteousness</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Turn to God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">turn thou to thy God</strong><span>: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on </span><strong class="bold">thy</strong><span> God continually.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 12:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up</strong><span>, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 22:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND He is the </span><strong class="bold">propitiation</strong><span> for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the </span><strong class="bold">whole world</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:2</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say they are backsliders, but are </span><strong class="bold">not</strong><span>, for they have never </span><strong class="bold">slid forward</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="baptism-nl-commanded-by-god-practiced-by-christ-and-others"> -<span id="org-page-9"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id342"><span>Baptism.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Bible plainly teaches that every believer </span><strong class="bold">should confess Christ in baptism</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, </span><strong class="bold">baptizing them</strong><span> into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:19, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem and were </span><strong class="bold">baptized of him</strong><span>, in the river of Jordan confessing their sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">JESUS was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, </span><strong class="bold">to be baptized</strong><span> of him. . . . And Jesus, </span><strong class="bold">when he was baptized</strong><span>, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:13, 16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PAUL was baptized.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 9:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The EUNUCH was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he </span><strong class="bold">baptized him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:36, 38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The JAILOR was baptized</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and </span><strong class="bold">was baptized</strong><span>, he and all his, straightway.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:33.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="baptism-nl-it-follows-salvation-baptized-because-saved"> -<span id="org-page-10"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id343"><span>Baptism.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is to </span><strong class="bold">reject</strong><span> it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it’s proper significance, and make it </span><strong class="bold">necessary to salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are to be baptized, not to </span><strong class="bold">help save ourselves</strong><span>, but, because </span><strong class="bold">Christ has already saved us</strong><span> through our acceptance of His sacrifice on the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God’s command, thus openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will avail us nothing, unless </span><strong class="bold">our heart is right toward God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Philip told the Eunuch that </span><strong class="bold">he could be baptized</strong><span> if he </span><strong class="bold">believed with all his heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Philip said, If thou </span><strong class="bold">believest with all thine heart</strong><span> thou mayest.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true </span><strong class="bold">repentance for sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YOUR </span><strong class="bold">new moons</strong><span> and your </span><strong class="bold">appointed feasts my soul hateth</strong><span>: they are a trouble unto me; </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> am weary to bear them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The </span><strong class="bold">Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,</strong><span> God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week, I give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the </span><strong class="bold">publican, standing afar off</strong><span>, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house </span><strong class="bold">justified</strong><span> rather than the other.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:10-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Pharisee was thinking to </span><strong class="bold">justify himself</strong><span> before God by his </span><strong class="bold">prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days</strong><span> but the the publican with repentance, and the </span><strong class="bold">believing cry of the sinner</strong><span>, was saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us </span><strong class="bold">not neglect</strong><span> baptism; neither think because we </span><strong class="bold">have been baptized</strong><span> that we are </span><strong class="bold">safe</strong><span>. Trust Christ </span><strong class="bold">alone</strong><span> for salvation; </span><strong class="bold">then</strong><span> be baptized.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="business-nl-i-will-be-hindered-in-making-money"> -<span id="org-page-11"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id344"><span>Business.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I will be HINDERED in making money.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What </span><strong class="bold">profit</strong><span> is there to </span><strong class="bold">YOU</strong><span>, even if you get money—pleasure—position or power— and in a few short years (at longest) you lose your soul?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you had better </span><strong class="bold">give it up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what shall it </span><strong class="bold">profit a man</strong><span>, if he shall </span><strong class="bold">gain the whole world</strong><span>, and lose his own soul? Or </span><strong class="bold">what shall a man give in exchange for his soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36-37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT seek ye </span><strong class="bold">first the kingdom of God</strong><span>, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LAY not up</strong><span> for yourselves treasures </span><strong class="bold">upon earth</strong><span>, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves </span><strong class="bold">treasures in heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that loveth silver </span><strong class="bold">shall not be satisfied with silver</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 5:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">trusteth in his riches shall fall</strong><span>: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 11:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, </span><strong class="bold">If any man</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">come</strong><span> after </span><strong class="bold">me</strong><span>, let him </span><strong class="bold">deny himself</strong><span>, and take up </span><strong class="bold">his cross</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">follow me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will save his life shall lose it: and </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">lose his life for my sake shall find it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 16:24-25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But </span><strong class="bold">he shall receive a hundredfold now</strong><span> in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and </span><strong class="bold">in the</strong><span> world to come eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 10:29-30.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-those-trying-to-be-christians"> -<span id="org-page-12"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id345"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those TRYING to be Christians.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are not saved by </span><strong class="bold">trying</strong><span>, but by </span><strong class="bold">trusting</strong><span> in what </span><strong class="bold">Christ has done for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This means:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Repentance</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET </span><strong class="bold">the wicked forsake his way</strong><span> (that’s your part), </span><strong class="bold">and the unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span> (that’s your part): </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the Lord</strong><span> (that’s your part), and </span><strong class="bold">He will have mercy upon him</strong><span>; and to our God, for He will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span> (God’s part.).</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Faith</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">by grace are ye saved through faith</strong><span>; and that not of yourselves; it is the </span><strong class="bold">gift of God</strong><span>: not of works, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8—9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">He that heareth My word</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but </span><strong class="bold">hath passed out of death into life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24. A.V. & R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Receiving</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power to become the sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Committing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">COMMIT</strong><span> thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 37:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; </span><strong class="bold">and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-strength-for-holding-out"> -<span id="org-page-13"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id346"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">STRENGTH for holding out.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> receive </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span>, after that the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost</strong><span> is come upon you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> in the Lord and in the </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> of His </span><strong class="bold">might</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PUT on the </span><strong class="bold">whole armor of God</strong><span>, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to stand</strong><span> against the </span><strong class="bold">wiles</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">devil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE take unto you the </span><strong class="bold">whole armour</strong><span> of God, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">withstand</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">evil day</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">having done all, to stand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STAND therefore, </span><strong class="bold">having your loins girt about with truth</strong><span>, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the </span><strong class="bold">helmet of salvation</strong><span>, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:16—17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH ye, </span><strong class="bold">stand fast</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">faith</strong><span>, quit you like men, </span><strong class="bold">be strong</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 16:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> and of </span><strong class="bold">good courage;</strong><span> be not </span><strong class="bold">afraid</strong><span>, neither be thou </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span>: for the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> is with thee </span><strong class="bold">whithersoever thou goest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is my </span><strong class="bold">light and</strong><span> my </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span>; whom </span><strong class="bold">shall I fear</strong><span>? the Lord is the </span><strong class="bold">strength</strong><span> of my </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>; of whom </span><strong class="bold">shall I be afraid</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND He said unto me, My </span><strong class="bold">grace is sufficient</strong><span> for thee: for my </span><strong class="bold">strength</strong><span> is made perfect in </span><strong class="bold">weakness</strong><span>. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN </span><strong class="bold">do</strong><span> ALL THINGS </span><strong class="bold">through Christ</strong><span> which strenghteneth me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-how-to-grow-in-grace"> -<span id="org-page-14"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id347"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to GROW In grace.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God's commands, covenant to do the following things </span><strong class="bold">daily; pray, study</strong><span> your Bible, </span><strong class="bold">confess Christ</strong><span>, try to </span><strong class="bold">lead souls</strong><span> to Christ, and </span><strong class="bold">seek the society</strong><span> of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says concerning these things, and their importance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Daily prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY </span><strong class="bold">without ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH ye therefore and pray </span><strong class="bold">always</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 21:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MEN ought </span><strong class="bold">always</strong><span> to pray.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL therefore that men </span><strong class="bold">pray every where</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 2:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CALL unto me and I will answer thee</strong><span>; and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Daily STUDY of God’s Word.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is </span><strong class="bold">able to build you up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all </span><strong class="bold">readiness of mind</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the Scriptures daily</strong><span>, whether those things were so.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">STUDY</strong><span> to show thyself </span><strong class="bold">approved</strong><span> unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing</strong><span> the word of truth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span> the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY words were found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and thy word was unto me </span><strong class="bold">the joy and rejoicing of mine heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Make this last verse your prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou mine eyes, </span><strong class="bold">that I may behold</strong><span> wondrous things out of thy law.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-15"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your </span><strong class="bold">light so shine before men</strong><span>, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are my </span><strong class="bold">witnesses</strong><span>, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SING unto the Lord, bless his name; </span><strong class="bold">shew forth</strong><span> his salvation </span><strong class="bold">from day to day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 96:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32—33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and </span><strong class="bold">bring forth fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on me, </span><strong class="bold">the works that I do shall he do also</strong><span>; and greater works than these shall he do.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to </span><strong class="bold">teach and preach Jesus Christ</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WE then, as </span><strong class="bold">workers together with him</strong><span>, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the council of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but </span><strong class="bold">a companion of fools shall be destroyed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-results-of-keeping-close-to-christ"> -<span id="org-page-16"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id348"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.</span></a></h3> -<div class="container"> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">own soul</strong><span> will be enriched.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Persons will be </span><strong class="bold">saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Christians will be </span><strong class="bold">built up</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your church will become </span><strong class="bold">aggressive</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>The word of God will be </span><strong class="bold">honored</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ will be </span><strong class="bold">glorified</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>The Holy Ghost </span><strong class="bold">will not be grieved</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> for any work.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">devoted</strong><span> to Jesus Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>You will be </span><strong class="bold">successful</strong><span> because faithful.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>New </span><strong class="bold">methods</strong><span> will be used.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">influence</strong><span> will be more telling.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your life will be </span><strong class="bold">less selfish</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">expectations</strong><span> will be more heavenly.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">joy</strong><span> will be more abiding.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">hope</strong><span> will be brighter.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">courage</strong><span> more undaunted.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span> more acceptable to God.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>In life you will be </span><strong class="bold">active</strong><span>; in death you will be </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span>; in heaven you will </span><strong class="bold">shine</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Some PROMISES to encourage us.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall </span><strong class="bold">find rest unto your souls</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR my </span><strong class="bold">yoke is easy</strong><span>, and my burden is </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:29—30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT if we </span><strong class="bold">walk in the light</strong><span>, as he is in the light, </span><strong class="bold">we have fellowship</strong><span> one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DRAW nigh </span><strong class="bold">to God</strong><span>, and he </span><strong class="bold">will draw</strong><span> nigh to you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall </span><strong class="bold">never suffer the righteous to be moved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU wilt </span><strong class="bold">keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 26:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-living-nl-results-following-repentance-and-faith"> -<span id="org-page-17"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id349"><span>Christian Living.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Through coming to Christ a man,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, he that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word, and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins</strong><span>, and ye shall receive the </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span> of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN they that gladly received his word were </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span>: and the same day there </span><strong class="bold">were added</strong><span> unto them about </span><strong class="bold">three thousand souls</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:41—42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Has God’s PROMISES</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Is called to SERVICE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 13:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Possesses HEAVEN</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to </span><strong class="bold">prepare a place for you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:2</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="church-the-nl-must-i-join-to-be-a-christian"> -<span id="org-page-18"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id350"><span>Church, The-</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Must I JOIN to be a Christian?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not join the Church unless you are saved—If you are saved, you will </span><strong class="bold">want to join the church</strong><span>, and you can not live as useful a life out of the church as in it, and the church needs your help.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were </span><strong class="bold">added unto them</strong><span> about three thousand souls.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they </span><strong class="bold">continued steadfastly</strong><span> in the apostles’ </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">fellowship</strong><span>, and in the </span><strong class="bold">breaking of bread</strong><span>, and in </span><strong class="bold">prayers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and </span><strong class="bold">breaking bread from house to house</strong><span>, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. </span><strong class="bold">And the Lord added unto the church daily such as should be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall </span><strong class="bold">subscribe with his hand unto the Lord</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT </span><strong class="bold">forsaking the assembling of ourselves together</strong><span>, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by Christ— When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as the church is His bride.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us </span><strong class="bold">join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant</strong><span> that shall </span><strong class="bold">not be forgotten</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 50:5.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="confession-nl-confusing-christ-publicly"> -<span id="org-page-19"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id351"><span>Confession.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Confess</strong><span> Christ, or He will </span><strong class="bold">deny</strong><span> us.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall be </span><strong class="bold">ashamed of me and of my words</strong><span> in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall </span><strong class="bold">the Son of man be ashamed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALSO I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall confess me before men</strong><span>, him shall the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that </span><strong class="bold">denieth me before men</strong><span> shall be denied before the angels of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We should confess Christ, not only to </span><strong class="bold">honor Him</strong><span>, but because of the </span><strong class="bold">influence we may have on others</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew Simon Peter’s brother.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He first findeth his own brother Simon and </span><strong class="bold">saith unto him, we have found the Messias</strong><span>, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he </span><strong class="bold">brought him to Jesus</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:40—42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but </span><strong class="bold">because of the Pharisees they did not confess him</strong><span>, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they </span><strong class="bold">loved the praise of men</strong><span> more than the praise of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 12:42—43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Mark 5:15-20</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="consecration"> -<span id="org-page-20"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id352"><span>Consecration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye </span><strong class="bold">present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God</strong><span>, which is your reasonable service.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET us </span><strong class="bold">lay aside every weight</strong><span>, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 12:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye </span><strong class="bold">eat</strong><span>, or </span><strong class="bold">drink</strong><span>, or </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever </span><strong class="bold">ye do in word or deed, do all in the name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus</strong><span>, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:17.</cite></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>Dear Savior, help me every day</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>To live more nearly as I pray;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>I would walk daily by thy side,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And trust in thee whate’er betide.</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>Help me to live so near to thee</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Thy likeness may be seen in me;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Make me so gentle, kind and true</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That I will do as thou wouldst do.</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>To win some precious souls for thee.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>My errand here on earth would be;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And every day till thou shalt come</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>To do some good, to help some one.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His disciple.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the </span><strong class="bold">means of some good</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christ-nl-his-deity"> -<span id="org-page-21"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id353"><span>Christ.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">His Deity.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we have several titles </span><strong class="bold">applied to Christ in the New Testament</strong><span> that are </span><strong class="bold">applied to Jehovah</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">Old Testament</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, </span><strong class="bold">preaching peace by Jesus Christ</strong><span>: (He is Lord of all).</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT we speak the wisdom of God </span><strong class="bold">in a mystery</strong><span>, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they </span><strong class="bold">would not have crucified the Lord of glory</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:7—8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Thomas answered and said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">My Lord and my God</strong><span>. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are written, that ye </span><strong class="bold">might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God</strong><span>; and that believing ye might have life through his name.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:28-29, 31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER believeth </span><strong class="bold">that Jesus is the Christ is born of God</strong><span>: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. . . . Who is he that </span><strong class="bold">overcometh</strong><span> the world, but he </span><strong class="bold">that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:1, 5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO </span><strong class="bold">is a liar</strong><span> but </span><strong class="bold">he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ</strong><span>? He is anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever </span><strong class="bold">denieth the Son</strong><span>, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father </span><strong class="bold">also</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:22-23.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-science-nl-its-non-christian-character"> -<span id="org-page-22"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id354"><span>Christian Science.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor “Science” for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many truths of the Bible.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A personal God.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, “God is mind. He is divine principle, </span><strong class="bold">not person</strong><span>,” “He and the universe are the same," or “He is the ‘substance’ and the universe and man are ‘manifestations.’ ”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Christian says:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OUR </span><strong class="bold">Father</strong><span> which art in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Christ and His Atonement.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they maintain that there is </span><strong class="bold">no real body</strong><span>, and if no body, then no suffering—therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The belief that you have </span><strong class="bold">no real body</strong><span> enables you to dispose of the question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of personal responsibility to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. A personal devil.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Mrs. Eddy says, “A lie is all the devil there is.” Vol. 2, Page 85. See scripture pages </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">104</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>and </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">118.</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. The reality of prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book says, “Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to the folly of such heresies:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that </span><strong class="bold">confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="christian-science-nl-god-warns-against-it"> -<span id="org-page-23"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id355"><span>Christian Science.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God warns AGAINST It.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND every spirit that </span><strong class="bold">confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God</strong><span>: and this is that </span><strong class="bold">spirit</strong><span> of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he hath </span><strong class="bold">made him to be sin for us</strong><span>, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR many </span><strong class="bold">deceivers are entered into the world</strong><span>, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II John 1:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO his </span><strong class="bold">own self bare our sins in his own body</strong><span> on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and </span><strong class="bold">without shedding of blood is no remission</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, </span><strong class="bold">I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the </span><strong class="bold">mystery of iniquity</strong><span> doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that </span><strong class="bold">Wicked be revealed</strong><span>, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and </span><strong class="bold">shall destroy with the brightness of his coming</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 2:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND no marvel; for </span><strong class="bold">Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 11:14.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="conversions-nl-instantaneous-bible-examples"> -<span id="org-page-24"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id356"><span>Conversions.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God says you can be saved AT ONCE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LOOK unto me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">be ye saved</strong><span>, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 45:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The thief believed and was saved the </span><strong class="bold">same day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">To day shalt thou be with me in paradise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 23:42-43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The woman believed and was saved the </span><strong class="bold">same hour</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto her, </span><strong class="bold">Thy sins are forgiven</strong><span>. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman, </span><strong class="bold">Thy faith hath saved thee;</strong><span> go in peace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 7:48-50.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God wants you to turn from your sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man </span><strong class="bold">his thoughts</strong><span>: and let him </span><strong class="bold">return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and he </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> have mercy upon him: </span><strong class="bold">and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will </span><strong class="bold">ask and obey</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE . . . that believeth, </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> (not will have) everlasting life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to </span><strong class="bold">me, I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="doubter-nl-one-who-is-honest"> -<span id="org-page-25"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id357"><span>Doubter.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">One who is HONEST.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">“HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">word was made flesh</strong><span>, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man hath seen God at any time, the </span><strong class="bold">only begotten Son</strong><span> which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed, blessed are they that </span><strong class="bold">have not seen and yet have believed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these are </span><strong class="bold">written</strong><span>, that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son of God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life through His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, </span><strong class="bold">because ye are not of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealing with the Samaritans.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the </span><strong class="bold">Father that dwelleth in me</strong><span>, He doeth the works.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye shall ask in </span><strong class="bold">my name, that will I do</strong><span>, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-a-member-of-the-church"> -<span id="org-page-26"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id358"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am a MEMBER of the church.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Church membership </span><strong class="bold">alone does not save any one</strong><span>. Jesus made this act very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord</strong><span>, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; </span><strong class="bold">but he that doeth the will of my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord</strong><span>, have we not </span><strong class="bold">prophesied in thy name</strong><span>? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, </span><strong class="bold">I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, </span><strong class="bold">and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and </span><strong class="bold">it fell</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">great was the fall of it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:24-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The great question is, </span><strong class="bold">Have I been born of God</strong><span>, and am I </span><strong class="bold">showing by my life</strong><span> that I am a child of God?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">except a man be BORN AGAIN, he</strong><span> cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-good-enough"> -<span id="org-page-27"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id359"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am GOOD ENOUGH.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may </span><strong class="bold">think</strong><span> you are, but </span><strong class="bold">God does not</strong><span>.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He says you are a sinner!</span></p> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR all have sinned</strong><span>, and come short of the glory of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS it is written, </span><strong class="bold">There is none</strong><span> righteous, no, </span><strong class="bold">not one</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR there is </span><strong class="bold">not a just man upon earth</strong><span>, that doeth good, and sinneth not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 7:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned </span><strong class="bold">every one</strong><span> to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 53:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week</strong><span>, I </span><strong class="bold">give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house </span><strong class="bold">justified rather than the other</strong><span>: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that </span><strong class="bold">humbleth himself shall be exalted</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:9-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Not only would God show you that </span><strong class="bold">you are a sinner</strong><span>, but He would warn you of the </span><strong class="bold">consequences</strong><span> of sin, and the </span><strong class="bold">judgement that follows.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE wages of sin is </span><strong class="bold">death</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that sinneth </span><strong class="bold">it shall die</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 18:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE sure your sin </span><strong class="bold">will find you out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 32:23.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-very-bad"> -<span id="org-page-28"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id360"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am NOT very bad.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE is </span><strong class="bold">no difference</strong><span>: For </span><strong class="bold">all have sinned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:22-23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY are </span><strong class="bold">all gone aside</strong><span>, they are </span><strong class="bold">all together become filthy</strong><span>: there is </span><strong class="bold">none that doeth good</strong><span>, no, not one.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 14:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE IS </span><strong class="bold">not a just man upon earth</strong><span>, that doeth good, and sinneth not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 7:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is written, </span><strong class="bold">Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things</strong><span> which are written in the book of the law </span><strong class="bold">to do them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 3:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let me ask you, have you kept all of God’s law? You say, “no, of course not; no one has.” Very good; your admitting that you have failed convicts you, for we read.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER</strong><span> shall keep the </span><strong class="bold">whole law</strong><span>, and yet offend in </span><strong class="bold">one point</strong><span>, he is </span><strong class="bold">guilty of all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Break </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span> link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span> of God’s Commandments, and you are </span><strong class="bold">under the curse</strong><span> of a broken law as truly as you would be if you broke all of them. While there are </span><strong class="bold">degrees</strong><span> of sin, there is </span><strong class="bold">no difference</strong><span> as to the fact of guilt before God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; </span><strong class="bold">but God knoweth your hearts</strong><span>: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you keep God's greatest Commandment?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> thy heart, and with </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> thy soul, and with all thy mind.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:37-38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Scripture hath concluded </span><strong class="bold">all under sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 3:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 18:10-14.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-good-enough-to-be-a-christian"> -<span id="org-page-29"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id361"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus came to </span><strong class="bold">save sinners</strong><span>, and not the righteous!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick</strong><span>. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to </span><strong class="bold">call the righteous, but sinners</strong><span> to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 9:12-13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LET the wicked forsake his way</strong><span> (that’s your part), </span><strong class="bold">and the unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span> (that’s your part): </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the Lord</strong><span> (that’s your part), and He will have </span><strong class="bold">mercy</strong><span> upon him; and to our God, for </span><strong class="bold">He will abundantly pardon</strong><span>. (God’s part.)</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of Man is come </span><strong class="bold">to seek</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">to save</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now and let us </span><strong class="bold">reason together</strong><span>, saith the Lord; though your </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white</strong><span> as </span><strong class="bold">snow</strong><span>; though they be red like </span><strong class="bold">crimson</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to </span><strong class="bold">save sinners</strong><span>; of whom </span><strong class="bold">I am the chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ALL</strong><span> that the Father giveth me shall </span><strong class="bold">come</strong><span> to me; and him that </span><strong class="bold">cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration, Mark 5:25-34.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-too-great-a-sinner"> -<span id="org-page-30"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id362"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am TOO GREAT a sinner.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as most people have a </span><strong class="bold">very good opinion of themselves</strong><span>. When one sees his or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there is forgiveness.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world </span><strong class="bold">to save sinners; of whom I am chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is </span><strong class="bold">come to seek and save that which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you </span><strong class="bold">may be saved</strong><span>, because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin you have God’s Word for it that </span><strong class="bold">you are forgiven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and </span><strong class="bold">let him return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">He will have mercy</strong><span> upon him; and to our God, for </span><strong class="bold">He will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but </span><strong class="bold">whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 28:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">call</strong><span> upon the name of the Lord </span><strong class="bold">shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER will</strong><span>, let him </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">water</strong><span> of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>“</span><strong class="bold">Whosoever</strong><span> means any one, and </span><strong class="bold">you too</strong><span>."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to </span><strong class="bold">me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here is the plain promise that “</span><strong class="bold">if you come</strong><span>”, you </span><strong class="bold">will not</strong><span> be “cast out.” Will you come?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE He is able also to </span><strong class="bold">save them to the uttermost</strong><span> that come unto God by him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are among the “uttermost” ones, </span><strong class="bold">come now</strong><span> and rejoice in a full salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 4:7-30.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-not-now"> -<span id="org-page-31"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id363"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Not now.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME; for all things are </span><strong class="bold">now ready</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">TODAY</strong><span> if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 3:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEEK ye the Lord </span><strong class="bold">while He may be found</strong><span>, call ye upon Him </span><strong class="bold">while He is near</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD, </span><strong class="bold">now is the accepted time</strong><span>; behold, now is </span><strong class="bold">the day of salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BOAST not</strong><span> thyself of </span><strong class="bold">tomorrow</strong><span>; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO to now, ye that say, </span><strong class="bold">today or tomorrow we will go</strong><span> into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This may be your </span><strong class="bold">last opportunity</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL say to </span><strong class="bold">my soul</strong><span>, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up </span><strong class="bold">for many years</strong><span>; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, ‘there is time enough?’ How do you know it? God says:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MY</strong><span> spirit </span><strong class="bold">shall not always</strong><span> strive </span><strong class="bold">with</strong><span> man.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PREPARE to meet thy God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">be ye also ready</strong><span>: for in such an hour as ye think not the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man cometh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:44.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WATCH therefore, </span><strong class="bold">for ye know neither the day</strong><span> nor </span><strong class="bold">the hour</strong><span> wherein </span><strong class="bold">the Son of man cometh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Acts 24:24-27.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-there-are-church-members-no-better-than-i"> -<span id="org-page-32"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id364"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you look at them, the more you are apt to </span><strong class="bold">be like them</strong><span>, and if they are lost, and you are not saved, you </span><strong class="bold">both will perish together</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">thou art inexcusable,</strong><span> O man, whosoever thou art that </span><strong class="bold">judgest</strong><span>: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; </span><strong class="bold">for thou that judgest doest the same things</strong><span>. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. </span><strong class="bold">And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest</strong><span> them which do such things, and </span><strong class="bold">doest the same, that thou</strong><span> shalt escape the judgments of God?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 2:1-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">JUDGE not</strong><span>, that ye not judged. For </span><strong class="bold">with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged</strong><span>: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. </span><strong class="bold">And why beholdest thou the mote</strong><span> that is in thy brother’s eye, but </span><strong class="bold">considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye</strong><span>? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let </span><strong class="bold">me pull</strong><span> out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? </span><strong class="bold">Thou hypocrite</strong><span>, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt </span><strong class="bold">thou see clearly</strong><span> to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:1-5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give an account of </span><strong class="bold">himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Account of “</span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span>”, not his neighbor.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we must </span><strong class="bold">all appear before the judgment seat of Christ</strong><span>; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-33"><span>You had better </span><strong class="bold">save your own soul</strong><span>, and try to help others than criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the counterfeit dollar proves the genuine.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You may as well argue “Don’t deposit money in a bank, there are men in the banking business that have embezzled. Don’t join the lodge or trades unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There are hypocrites everywhere.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Remember</strong><span>—When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those hyporites will be left on the </span><strong class="bold">outside of the gate</strong><span>, on </span><strong class="bold">your</strong><span> side, unless you repent, and you will have to spend </span><strong class="bold">all eternity with them</strong><span>. Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the Church, than to spend </span><strong class="bold">all eternity</strong><span> with them elsewhere? You must spend some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give </span><strong class="bold">account of himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, </span><strong class="bold">every knee shall bow to me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">every tongue shall confess to God.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your soul through looking at inconsistent christians.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized shall be saved; but</strong><span> he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves</strong><span>; it is the </span><strong class="bold">gift of God</strong><span>; not of works, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8, 9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 21:19-22.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-my-companions-keep-me-from-christ"> -<span id="org-page-34"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id365"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My companions, Keep me from Christ.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Great blessing awaits those who will </span><strong class="bold">turn from bad associates</strong><span>, but the curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and see—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth </span><strong class="bold">in</strong><span> the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: </span><strong class="bold">but a companion of fools shall be destroyed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ENTER not into the </span><strong class="bold">path of the wicked</strong><span>, and go not in the </span><strong class="bold">way of evil men</strong><span>. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and </span><strong class="bold">pass away</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 4:14—15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not</strong><span>. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse: </span><strong class="bold">My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the </span><strong class="bold">friendship of the</strong><span> world </span><strong class="bold">is enmity with God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness!</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a clean life—Begin now.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">come out from among them</strong><span>, and be ye </span><strong class="bold">separate</strong><span>, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-not-give-up-my-evil-ways"> -<span id="org-page-35"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id366"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> give you power to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, </span><strong class="bold">why not for you</strong><span>?”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN do all things through </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span> which </span><strong class="bold">strengtheneth me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, </span><strong class="bold">All power is given unto me in heaven</strong><span> and in </span><strong class="bold">earth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Christ came with power from heaven </span><strong class="bold">for you</strong><span>, if you will appropriate it—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath </span><strong class="bold">no temptation</strong><span> taken you but such as is common to man: but </span><strong class="bold">God is faithful</strong><span>, who will not </span><strong class="bold">suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able</strong><span>; but will with the temptation also </span><strong class="bold">make a way to escape</strong><span>, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This verse shows that your temptations are “</span><strong class="bold">common</strong><span>” to men, and not peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">he is able also to save</strong><span> to the uttermost </span><strong class="bold">them that come unto God by Him</strong><span>, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As you </span><strong class="bold">think on your evil ways</strong><span>, think of what God says concerning the life of sin, and be warned by it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he that soweth to his </span><strong class="bold">flesh shall</strong><span> of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that soweth to the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR the wages of sin is death</strong><span>; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-there-is-too-much-to-give-up"> -<span id="org-page-36"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id367"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">There is TOO MUCH to give up.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Is it because of your </span><strong class="bold">business</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">a desire to make money</strong><span>, that you are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the </span><strong class="bold">question</strong><span> God puts to you!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what </span><strong class="bold">shall it profit a man,</strong><span> if </span><strong class="bold">he shall gain the whole world</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">lose his own soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God only asks you to give up that which </span><strong class="bold">is not for your own good</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Lord God is a </span><strong class="bold">sun</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">shield</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">give grace</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">glory; no good thing will he withhold</strong><span> from them that </span><strong class="bold">walk uprightly.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 84:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God gave up his son </span><strong class="bold">to die for your sins</strong><span>, and will </span><strong class="bold">now supply all your needs</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that spared not His </span><strong class="bold">own Son</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">delivered him up</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">us all</strong><span>, how shall he not with him also </span><strong class="bold">freely give us all things</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less important will be provided later.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> ye first the </span><strong class="bold">kingdom of God</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">His righteousness</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">all these things shall</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">added unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By giving up </span><strong class="bold">worldly things, you will receive manifold more</strong><span> in return in spiritual blessing.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath </span><strong class="bold">left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children</strong><span>, for the kingdom of God’s sake, -Who shall not receive </span><strong class="bold">manifold more in this present time</strong><span>, and in the </span><strong class="bold">world to come</strong><span> life everlasting.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:29-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR he that </span><strong class="bold">soweth to his flesh</strong><span> shall of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">soweth to the Spirit</strong><span> shall of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus said, “Ye can not serve </span><strong class="bold">two</strong><span> masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you will serve </span><strong class="bold">one</strong><span>,—Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil pays, “</span><strong class="bold">the wages of death</strong><span>,” (Romans 6:23) but Christ </span><strong class="bold">gives eternal life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-not-surrender-all"> -<span id="org-page-37"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id368"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I CAN NOT surrender all.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some think it means too much sacrifice.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever will save his life </span><strong class="bold">shall lose it</strong><span>; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same </span><strong class="bold">shall save it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath </span><strong class="bold">left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands</strong><span> for my sake, and the gospel’s; but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 10:29-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Can you not </span><strong class="bold">give up some thing</strong><span> for Christ, who has done so much for you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that </span><strong class="bold">ye through his</strong><span> poverty might be </span><strong class="bold">rich</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 8:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Paul</strong><span> gave up </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> for Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT what things were </span><strong class="bold">gain to me</strong><span>, those </span><strong class="bold">I counted loss</strong><span> for Christ.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 3:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If we follow Christ, </span><strong class="bold">as we should</strong><span>, we will be called to make </span><strong class="bold">some sacrifice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that </span><strong class="bold">forsaketh not all that he hath</strong><span>, he cannot be my disciple.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We are </span><strong class="bold">strengthened</strong><span> however in our suffering when we recall the promise.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF we suffer, we shall also reign</strong><span> with him: if we deny him, he also will deny </span><strong class="bold">us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:12.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-the-christian-life-is-too-hard"> -<span id="org-page-38"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id369"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The christian life Is TOO HARD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about this; they may have tried to </span><strong class="bold">reform in their own strength</strong><span>, but they know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls </span><strong class="bold">to save, keep</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">deliver</strong><span> them—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this is the love of God, that we </span><strong class="bold">keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HER ways are </span><strong class="bold">ways of pleasantness</strong><span>, and all her </span><strong class="bold">paths are peace</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU wilt show me the </span><strong class="bold">path</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>: in thy presence is </span><strong class="bold">fullness of joy</strong><span>; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 16:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Lord God is a </span><strong class="bold">sun</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">shield</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">give grace</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">glory: no good thing will be withhold</strong><span> from them that </span><strong class="bold">walk uprightly</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 84:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the </span><strong class="bold">sinful</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">rebellious</strong><span> life that is hard.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a few moments, but these are like the foam on the “soda water” that passes quickly, they do not give true satisfaction.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GOOD understanding </span><strong class="bold">giveth</strong><span> favor: but the </span><strong class="bold">way of transgressors is hard</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 13:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the wicked are </span><strong class="bold">like the troubled sea</strong><span>, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 57:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE is </span><strong class="bold">no peace</strong><span>, saith my God, unto the wicked.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 57:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and </span><strong class="bold">walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes</strong><span>: but know thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things God will bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-have-tried-and-failed"> -<span id="org-page-39"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id370"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have tried and FAILED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You say you have tried and failed!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Was it God’s fault, or your own?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us call your attention to a </span><strong class="bold">few things it done by you</strong><span>, will assure you success in the Christian life—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me </span><strong class="bold">with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. You must OBEY GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye be willing and </span><strong class="bold">obedient</strong><span>, ye shall eat the good of the land.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. You must PRAY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE have not, </span><strong class="bold">because ye ask not</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his </span><strong class="bold">ears are open unto their prayers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. JOIN the church!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have not joined the church, </span><strong class="bold">you ought to do so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall </span><strong class="bold">subscribe with his hand unto the Lord</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:5.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="id3"> -<span id="org-page-40"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id371"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have TRIED and FAILED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You say you have tried and failed!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>May I ask you a few questions?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you began the Christian life, did you:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Trust Christ’s FINISHED WORK alone?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO his own self </span><strong class="bold">bare our sins in his own body on the tree</strong><span>, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes </span><strong class="bold">ye were healed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY son give me thine </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 23:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Did you PRAY constantly?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY </span><strong class="bold">without ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span> the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED is the man that </span><strong class="bold">walketh not in the council of the ungodly</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">standeth</strong><span> in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalm 1:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND to </span><strong class="bold">every man his work</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 13:34.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-cant-hold-out-gods-keeping-power"> -<span id="org-page-41"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id372"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Can’t HOLD OUT! God’s KEEPING power.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come into your life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO are </span><strong class="bold">kept by the power of God through faith</strong><span> unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall </span><strong class="bold">stablish you, and keep you from evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 3:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW unto him that is </span><strong class="bold">able to keep you from falling</strong><span> (R.V. from stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jude 1:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEING confident of this very thing, that </span><strong class="bold">he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it</strong><span> until the day of Jesus Christ.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not; for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strenghten</strong><span> thee; yea I will help thee; yea </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the </span><strong class="bold">right hand</strong><span> of my </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For I the Lord thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not; I will help thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10,13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath </span><strong class="bold">no temptation</strong><span> taken you but such as is </span><strong class="bold">common to man</strong><span>: but God is </span><strong class="bold">faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able</strong><span>; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">Lord knoweth how to deliver</strong><span> the godly out of </span><strong class="bold">temptations</strong><span>, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-42"><span>AND I give unto them eternal life; and they </span><strong class="bold">shall never perish</strong><span>, neither </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> any man </span><strong class="bold">pluck them out of my hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:28</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and </span><strong class="bold">no man</strong><span> is </span><strong class="bold">able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE giveth power to the faint</strong><span>; and to them that have no might </span><strong class="bold">he increaseth strength</strong><span>. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that </span><strong class="bold">wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength</strong><span>; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and </span><strong class="bold">not faint</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:29-31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW unto him that is </span><strong class="bold">able to do exceeding abundantly above all</strong><span> that we ask or think, according to </span><strong class="bold">the power that worketh in us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 3:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> also to save them to the uttermost that </span><strong class="bold">come unto God</strong><span> by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise “as thy day thy strength shall be.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou passest through the waters, </span><strong class="bold">I will be with thee</strong><span>; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: </span><strong class="bold">when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-have-no-feeling"> -<span id="org-page-43"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id373"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I have no FEELING.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man “Who is past feeling," but </span><strong class="bold">faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times</strong><span>. Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the </span><strong class="bold">weather, they may change daily</strong><span>; but God’s word, in which we trust, will never change.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Which would you rather trust? God’s </span><strong class="bold">unchanging</strong><span> word, or your </span><strong class="bold">ever-changing</strong><span> feelings?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look to Him; accept Him; </span><strong class="bold">trust Him; confess Him</strong><span>; and He will do the rest. Take the blesser and you will have the blessing.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See! you are to </span><strong class="bold">receive a personal Saviour</strong><span>, not work up some special </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are waiting for the </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span> that an earnest working Christian has, we would have you note, that feeling is the “</span><strong class="bold">fruit</strong><span>,” not the “</span><strong class="bold">root</strong><span>” of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because we “</span><strong class="bold">trust</strong><span>” in Christ, “</span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span>” Him as our Savior, “</span><strong class="bold">defend</strong><span>” His cause, and try to “</span><strong class="bold">obey</strong><span>” Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath glven to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is to those that “</span><strong class="bold">obey Him</strong><span>” that the blessing is given—Repentance is </span><strong class="bold">doing what God commands you to do</strong><span>, whether you feel like doing it or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God’s will -—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">fruit of the Spirit</strong><span> is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-44"><span>Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but </span><strong class="bold">by God’s Word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Devil’s order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God’s order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>“The </span><strong class="bold">Fact</strong><span> you’re a sinner, you cannot but see,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That </span><strong class="bold">Faith</strong><span> in Christ saves you, is ever our plea;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span> will follow in service and love;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Then </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> from Christ </span><strong class="bold">Jesus His gift</strong><span> from above.”</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they said, </span><strong class="bold">Believe</strong><span> on the </span><strong class="bold">Lord Jesus Christ</strong><span>, and thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>, and thy house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, </span><strong class="bold">verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">heareth my word and believeth on Him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these are written, that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span> through </span><strong class="bold">His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some are </span><strong class="bold">making more</strong><span> of their </span><strong class="bold">feelings</strong><span> than they are of the Word of the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning when you don’t feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; and the highway leading to the life “hid with Christ in God” is known as obedience, not feeling.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of your soul’s salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the peril of your position.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your very </span><strong class="bold">indifference</strong><span> ought to </span><strong class="bold">arouse</strong><span> you to thoughtfulness and action-—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Matthew 9:9.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-not-concerned"> -<span id="org-page-45"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id374"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am not CONCERNED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a man were </span><strong class="bold">asleep</strong><span> in a burning building, he would be </span><strong class="bold">more in danger</strong><span> of losing his life, than he would be if he were </span><strong class="bold">awake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, than there would be if he had some </span><strong class="bold">interest</strong><span>. God calls you to wake up and think about these things—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he saith, </span><strong class="bold">Awake thou that sleepest, and arise</strong><span> from the dead, and </span><strong class="bold">Christ shall give thee light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I TELL you, Nay; but, </span><strong class="bold">except ye repent, ye</strong><span> shall all likewise perish.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but </span><strong class="bold">after this the judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND ye will not come to me</strong><span>, that ye might have life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:40.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you are lost, it will be </span><strong class="bold">your fault</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> and is </span><strong class="bold">baptized shall</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">saved</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND these shall </span><strong class="bold">go away into everlasting punishment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You </span><strong class="bold">go away</strong><span>, God does not send you—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that </span><strong class="bold">forget God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You in your indifference are “</span><strong class="bold">forgetting</strong><span>” God, not necessarily living a wicked life—</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOW shall we escape, if we </span><strong class="bold">neglect so great salvation</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-the-indifferent-neglecting-his-soul"> -<span id="org-page-46"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id375"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to what God says to the indifferent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His ways.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AWAKE thou that </span><strong class="bold">sleepest</strong><span>, and arise from the dead.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your </span><strong class="bold">indifference</strong><span> has put you to </span><strong class="bold">sleep</strong><span> and God calls you to </span><strong class="bold">awake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TURN ye, . . . turn ye for </span><strong class="bold">why will ye die</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that sinneth, </span><strong class="bold">it shall die.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 18:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THE wages of sin is death</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXCEPT ye </span><strong class="bold">repent</strong><span>, ye shall all likewise </span><strong class="bold">perish</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOW shall we escape, if we </span><strong class="bold">neglect</strong><span> so great salvation?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the </span><strong class="bold">wrath</strong><span> of God abideth on him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE </span><strong class="bold">that believeth and is baptized shall be saved</strong><span>; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up </span><strong class="bold">some other way, the same is a thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE sure </span><strong class="bold">your sin</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">find you out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 32:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not </span><strong class="bold">always strive with man</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-those-who-know-not-the-way"> -<span id="org-page-47"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id376"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those who KNOW NOT the way.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has made very clear in His word, the fact that </span><strong class="bold">He loves us</strong><span> and gave Jesus to </span><strong class="bold">be the way</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God wants us to forsake </span><strong class="bold">our</strong><span> way, which is the </span><strong class="bold">wrong</strong><span> way.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LET the wicked forsake his way</strong><span>, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: </span><strong class="bold">and let him return unto the</strong><span> Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, </span><strong class="bold">for he will abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has promised </span><strong class="bold">to hear us</strong><span> when we call.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall ye </span><strong class="bold">call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me</strong><span>, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, </span><strong class="bold">when ye shall search for me with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:12-13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>More, He has promised </span><strong class="bold">to accept us</strong><span> if we turn to him with true repentance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Believe. His promise and </span><strong class="bold">know the way</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">He that believeth on me hath everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-dont-know-what-or-how-to-believe"> -<span id="org-page-48"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id377"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I don’t know WHAT or HOW to believe.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and humble in </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You are to SEEK!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND ye shall seek me, and find me, </span><strong class="bold">when ye shall search for me with all your heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 29:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To LOOK.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: </span><strong class="bold">for I am God and there is none else</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 45:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To CALL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon </span><strong class="bold">the name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To BELIEVE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth on him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is </span><strong class="bold">passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Receive.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span>, to them gave He </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to become the </span><strong class="bold">sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Taste.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>O taste and see that the Lord is good: </span><strong class="bold">blessed is the man that trusteth in Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 34:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Submit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE to him that </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> to do </span><strong class="bold">good</strong><span>, and doeth it not, to him </span><strong class="bold">it is sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-49"><strong class="bold">You are to COME.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME unto me </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> ye that </span><strong class="bold">labor</strong><span> and are </span><strong class="bold">heavy laden</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">I will give you rest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To COMMIT.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I </span><strong class="bold">know whom</strong><span> I have </span><strong class="bold">believed</strong><span>, and I am </span><strong class="bold">persuaded</strong><span> that he is </span><strong class="bold">able to keep that which I have committed</strong><span> unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To TAKE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit</strong><span> and the </span><strong class="bold">bride say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>....And </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will </span><strong class="bold">let</strong><span> him </span><strong class="bold">take</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">water of life freely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To CONFESS.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, </span><strong class="bold">and shalt believe</strong><span> in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, </span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To Be ACQUAINTED.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ACQUAINT </span><strong class="bold">now thyself with Him</strong><span>, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 22:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">To FOLLOW.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall we </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span>, if we </span><strong class="bold">follow</strong><span> on to </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain . . . unto the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 6:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that followeth me </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> not </span><strong class="bold">walk</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">darkness</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> have the </span><strong class="bold">light of life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY sheep hear my voice, and </span><strong class="bold">I know them</strong><span>, and they </span><strong class="bold">follow me.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:27.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-cant-understand-the-bible"> -<span id="org-page-50"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id378"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can’t understand the Bible.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHY can’t you? Because the </span><strong class="bold">carnal mind</strong><span> can not understand divine truth without the Spirit’s teaching.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man</strong><span> receiveth not the things of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of God</strong><span>: for they are </span><strong class="bold">foolishness</strong><span> unto him: neither can </span><strong class="bold">he know them</strong><span> because they are </span><strong class="bold">spiritually</strong><span> discerned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and </span><strong class="bold">none of the wicked shall understand</strong><span>; but the wise shall understand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Do God’s will</strong><span>, and you </span><strong class="bold">can understand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do His will</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">the doctrine</strong><span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You ask, How may I KNOW?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Pray.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you lack wisdom, </span><strong class="bold">let him ask</strong><span> of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou </span><strong class="bold">mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things</strong><span> out of </span><strong class="bold">thy law</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT which </span><strong class="bold">I see not teach thou me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 34:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Study your Bible.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH </span><strong class="bold">the Scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">my thoughts are not your</strong><span> thoughts, </span><strong class="bold">neither are your your ways</strong><span> my ways, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, </span><strong class="bold">so are my ways higher than your ways</strong><span>, and my thoughts than your thoughts.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall we know, </span><strong class="bold">if we follow on</strong><span> to know the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hosea 6:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-can-t-see-my-way-clear"> -<span id="org-page-51"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id379"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I can't see my way CLEAR.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to what </span><strong class="bold">God says in His Word</strong><span> and seek to follow </span><strong class="bold">divine instruction</strong><span>, and you </span><strong class="bold">will</strong><span> see.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that </span><strong class="bold">followeth me shall not walk in darkness</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">shall have</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TRUST in the Lord </span><strong class="bold">with all thine heart</strong><span>; and lean not unto thine own understanding.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">In all thy ways acknowledge him, and</strong><span> he shall </span><strong class="bold">direct thy paths</strong><span>. Be not wise in thine own eyes: </span><strong class="bold">fear the Lord, and depart from evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:5-7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF the Son therefore shall make you free, </span><strong class="bold">ye shall be free indeed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will bring the </span><strong class="bold">blind by a way that they knew not</strong><span>; I will </span><strong class="bold">lead</strong><span> them in </span><strong class="bold">paths</strong><span> that they have not </span><strong class="bold">known</strong><span>: </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> will make </span><strong class="bold">darkness light</strong><span> before them, and </span><strong class="bold">crooked things straight</strong><span>. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 42:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and </span><strong class="bold">men loved darkness</strong><span> rather than light, </span><strong class="bold">because their deeds were evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are</strong><span> foolishness unto him: </span><strong class="bold">neither can he know them</strong><span>, because they are </span><strong class="bold">spiritually discerned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God </span><strong class="bold">hath revealed them</strong><span> unto us </span><strong class="bold">by his Spirit</strong><span>: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Mark 9:20-29.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-my-heart-is-too-hard"> -<span id="org-page-52"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id380"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My heart is TOO HARD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have a </span><strong class="bold">hard heart</strong><span>, that is just why you ought to come to Christ because the Lord wants to give you a </span><strong class="bold">new heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW heart also will I give you, and a </span><strong class="bold">new</strong><span> spirit will I put within you: and I will </span><strong class="bold">take away the stony heart</strong><span> out of your flesh, and I </span><strong class="bold">will give you a heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will put </span><strong class="bold">my spirit within you</strong><span> and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will give them </span><strong class="bold">one heart</strong><span>, and will put a </span><strong class="bold">new spirit within you</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">I will take</strong><span> the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an </span><strong class="bold">heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 11:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that </span><strong class="bold">breaketh the rock in pieces</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 23:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET the wicked </span><strong class="bold">forsake his way</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">unrighteous man his thoughts</strong><span>: and let him </span><strong class="bold">return unto the Lord</strong><span>, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In this verse we find </span><strong class="bold">three things</strong><span> we must do.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. “Let the wicked forsake </span><strong class="bold">his way</strong><span>”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>——(your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. “The unrighteous man </span><strong class="bold">his thought.</strong><span>”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>-—(your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>3rd. “</span><strong class="bold">Let him return</strong><span> unto the Lord”</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>—-your part.)</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Then God will do </span><strong class="bold">two things, His part</strong></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st “He will have </span><strong class="bold">mercy</strong><span> upon him"—you!</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd "He will </span><strong class="bold">abundantly pardon</strong><span>”—you!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be </span><strong class="bold">as scarlet</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as white as snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson, they shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HIM that cometh to me, </span><strong class="bold">I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-am-too-young"> -<span id="org-page-53"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id381"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I am TOO YOUNG.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage the children to come.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT Jesus said, </span><strong class="bold">Suffer little children</strong><span>, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for </span><strong class="bold">of such</strong><span> is the kingdom of heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 19:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REMEMBER </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> thy Creator </span><strong class="bold">in the days of thy youth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I LOVE them that love me; and those that </span><strong class="bold">seek me early shall find me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 8:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Except</strong><span> ye be </span><strong class="bold">converted</strong><span>, and become as </span><strong class="bold">little children</strong><span>, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 18:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when he was </span><strong class="bold">twelve years old</strong><span>, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 2:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly Father when </span><strong class="bold">only twelve</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that </span><strong class="bold">from a child thou hast known</strong><span> the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:15</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here Paul says that Timothy </span><strong class="bold">when only a child</strong><span> knew the way of life from the Scriptures.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT seek ye </span><strong class="bold">first the</strong><span> kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Seek the Kingdom “</span><strong class="bold">first</strong><span>,” not after a part of your life has been spent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">accepted time</strong><span>; behold, </span><strong class="bold">now is the day of salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will not understand it?</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-i-believe-every-one-will-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-54"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id382"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are </span><strong class="bold">some who will not be saved</strong><span>! Many of the parables teach this.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and </span><strong class="bold">cast him into outer darkness</strong><span>; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and </span><strong class="bold">many there be which go in thereat</strong><span>: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and </span><strong class="bold">few there be that find it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here is a list of some who </span><strong class="bold">will not he saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Are </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span> included in this list?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW ye not that the </span><strong class="bold">unrighteous</strong><span> shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither </span><strong class="bold">fornicators</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">idolaters</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">adulterers</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">effeminate</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">abusers</strong><span> of themselves with mankind, nor </span><strong class="bold">thieves</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">covetous</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">drunkards</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">revilers</strong><span>, nor </span><strong class="bold">extortioners</strong><span>, shall inherit the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 6:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">fearful</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">unbelieving</strong><span> and the abominable, and murderers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 21:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and </span><strong class="bold">whosoever loveth and maketh a lie</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span>, and all the nations that forget God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: Luke 16:19-31.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-it-is-too-late-for-me-to-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-55"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id383"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus </span><strong class="bold">will forgive our sins</strong><span>, save and </span><strong class="bold">keep</strong><span> you, it you will </span><strong class="bold">turn to him sincerely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Under no circumstances</strong><span> will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking soul.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall call upon the name of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is </span><strong class="bold">longsuffering</strong><span> to usward, not </span><strong class="bold">willing</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">any should</strong><span> perish, but that </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">COME now</strong><span>, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins </span><strong class="bold">be as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white as snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson, they shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the Lord is </span><strong class="bold">reasoning with us</strong><span> about the </span><strong class="bold">worst</strong><span> of our sins.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND even to your old </span><strong class="bold">age</strong><span> I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 46:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the promise reaches on to </span><strong class="bold">old age</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND about the </span><strong class="bold">eleventh hour</strong><span> he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 20:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Here the promise avails at the </span><strong class="bold">eleventh hour of life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Spirit and the bride </span><strong class="bold">say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst Come</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">And whosoever will</strong><span>, let him take the water of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Heed this invitation and </span><strong class="bold">come now</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 4:7-30.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="excuses-nl-dont-talk-to-me-or-i-will-leave"> -<span id="org-page-56"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id384"><span>Excuses.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If any one speaks to you, it is because they are </span><strong class="bold">interested in you</strong><span> and want to help you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They are trying to obey Gods command.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt speak my words unto them</strong><span>, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 2:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">gird up thy loins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">arise</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">speak</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">them all that I command thee</strong><span>: be not </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span> at </span><strong class="bold">their faces,</strong><span> lest I confound thee before them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 1:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See the punishment that awaits the </span><strong class="bold">unfaithful Christian</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN I say unto the </span><strong class="bold">wicked, Thou shalt surely</strong><span> die; and thou </span><strong class="bold">givest him not warning</strong><span>, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same </span><strong class="bold">wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.</strong><span> Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, </span><strong class="bold">he shall die in his iniquity</strong><span>; but </span><strong class="bold">thou hast delivered thy soul</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 3:18-19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a Christian has enough </span><strong class="bold">interest in your soul</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">speak to you</strong><span>, you surely ought to have </span><strong class="bold">some interest</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span> of your own soul.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Listen to God’s </span><strong class="bold">warning</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the </span><strong class="bold">wages</strong><span> of sin is </span><strong class="bold">death</strong><span>; but the </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span> of God is </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span> through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">nations</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">forget</strong><span> God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou </span><strong class="bold">knowest not what a day may bring forth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE, that being often reproved </span><strong class="bold">hardeneth</strong><span> his </span><strong class="bold">neck, shall suddenly</strong><span> be </span><strong class="bold">destroyed</strong><span>, and that </span><strong class="bold">without remedy</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 29:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="formalists-nl-one-who-trusts-in-forms-and-ceremonies"> -<span id="org-page-57"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id385"><span>Formalists.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by “</span><strong class="bold">forms</strong><span>” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a </span><strong class="bold">personal Saviour</strong><span>”. Notice how each verse plainly states this.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Forms come after true faith.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to them gave he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of God, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> on </span><strong class="bold">his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, </span><strong class="bold">that whosoever believeth in Him</strong><span> should not perish, but have </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth on him</strong><span> that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is </span><strong class="bold">passed</strong><span> from death unto </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">hath the Son HATH</strong><span> LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, and </span><strong class="bold">shalt believe</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, thou SHALT BE SAVED.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">with</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Belief must be of the </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span> as well as head.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the record, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>, and this life </span><strong class="bold">is</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">His Son</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be </span><strong class="bold">in the faith</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 13:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is life eternal, that they might </span><strong class="bold">know thee</strong><span> the only true God, and </span><strong class="bold">Jesus Christ</strong><span>, whom thou hast sent.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 17:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="giving-nl-systematically-one-tenth-of-your-income"> -<span id="org-page-58"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id386"><span>Giving.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God commands one tenth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WILL a man </span><strong class="bold">rob God</strong><span>? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? </span><strong class="bold">In tithes and offerings</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are cursed with a curse: for </span><strong class="bold">ye have robbed me</strong><span>, even this whole nation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BRING ye </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">tithes</strong><span> in the </span><strong class="bold">storehouse</strong><span>, that there may be meat in mine </span><strong class="bold">house</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">prove me</strong><span> now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out </span><strong class="bold">a blessing</strong><span>, that there </span><strong class="bold">shall not be room enough to receive it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Malachi 3:8-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Who shall give</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERY man shall give </span><strong class="bold">as he is able, according to the blessing</strong><span> of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 16:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">How much to give</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give </span><strong class="bold">the tenth unto thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Genesis 28:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The spirit with which to give</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a </span><strong class="bold">cheerful giver</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The time to give</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>UPON the </span><strong class="bold">first day of the week</strong><span> let everyone of you </span><strong class="bold">lay by him in store</strong><span>, as God hath prospered him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 16:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Does it pay to give one tenth</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HONOUR the Lord with thy </span><strong class="bold">substance</strong><span>, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be </span><strong class="bold">filled with plenty</strong><span>, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God returns 100 per cent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GIVE and </span><strong class="bold">it shall be given unto you</strong><span>; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall </span><strong class="bold">men give into your bosom</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 6:38.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-god-in-unjust-and-cruel-to-damn-any-one"> -<span id="org-page-59"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id387"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SHALL he that </span><strong class="bold">contendeth</strong><span> with the Almighty </span><strong class="bold">instruct him</strong><span>? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Job 40:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NAY but, O man, </span><strong class="bold">who art thou that repliest against God</strong><span>? Shall the thing </span><strong class="bold">formed</strong><span> say to him that formed it, </span><strong class="bold">Why hast thou</strong><span> made me thus?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 9:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, </span><strong class="bold">not willing that any should perish</strong><span>, but that all should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He </span><strong class="bold">gave His only begotten Son</strong><span>, that </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>O THE </span><strong class="bold">depth of the riches</strong><span> both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 11:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are lost at last, it will be because you </span><strong class="bold">would not turn</strong><span> from your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> a man </span><strong class="bold">soweth, that shall he also reap</strong><span>. For he that soweth to his </span><strong class="bold">flesh shall</strong><span> of the flesh </span><strong class="bold">reap corruption</strong><span>; but he that soweth to the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God damns</strong><span> no one, man </span><strong class="bold">damns himself</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-a-real-place"> -<span id="org-page-60"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id388"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A real PLACE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of the 53.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The Scriptures show hell a </span><strong class="bold">real place</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">wicked shall be turned into hell</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">nations</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">forget God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 9:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) </span><strong class="bold">torments</strong><span>. . .</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, </span><strong class="bold">for I am tormented in this flame</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:23-26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a </span><strong class="bold">furnace of fire</strong><span>: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 13:41-42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the </span><strong class="bold">bottomless pit</strong><span> and a great chain in his hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the </span><strong class="bold">pit of destruction</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All the expressions, “hell”, "furnace of fire,” “lake of fire,” “bottomless pit” and “pit of destruction" suggest a “</span><strong class="bold">place</strong><span>.”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hell-nl-condition-of-the-lost"> -<span id="org-page-61"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id389"><span>Hell.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">CONDITION of the lost.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into </span><strong class="bold">outer darkness</strong><span>: there shall be </span><strong class="bold">weeping and gnashing of teeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 8:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be </span><strong class="bold">weeping and gnashing of teeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:51.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the </span><strong class="bold">chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the devil that deceived them was cast into </span><strong class="bold">the lake of fire</strong><span>, and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be </span><strong class="bold">tormented</strong><span> day and night for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And whosoever was not found written in the book of life </span><strong class="bold">was cast into the lake of fire</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 20:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not is condemned already</strong><span>, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Men are </span><strong class="bold">condemned</strong><span> because of </span><strong class="bold">unbelief</strong><span> in Christ, and yet they say “</span><strong class="bold">no matter what you believe</strong><span>,” if you are only </span><strong class="bold">sincere</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which </span><strong class="bold">burneth with fire and brimstone</strong><span>: which is the second death.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 21:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all eternity!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There is </span><strong class="bold">no ending</strong><span> to eternity.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth not shall be </span><strong class="bold">damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-62"><strong class="bold">HOW shall we escape</strong><span> if we neglect?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 2:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO among us shall dwell with </span><strong class="bold">everlasting burnings</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 33:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND these shall go away into </span><strong class="bold">everlasting punishment</strong><span>: but the righteous into life eternal.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that </span><strong class="bold">leadeth to destruction</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">many</strong><span> there be which go in thereat.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHERE their </span><strong class="bold">worm dieth not</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">fire is not quenched</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 9:48.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more </span><strong class="bold">the child of hell</strong><span> than yourselves.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as </span><strong class="bold">desolation</strong><span>, and your </span><strong class="bold">destruction cometh as a whirlwind</strong><span>; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 1:26-27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into </span><strong class="bold">everlasting fire</strong><span>, prepared for the devil and his angels.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 25:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to </span><strong class="bold">shame</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">everlasting contempt</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that despised Moses’ law </span><strong class="bold">died without mercy</strong><span> under two or three witnesses: Of how much </span><strong class="bold">sorer punishment</strong><span>, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath </span><strong class="bold">trodden under foot the Son of God</strong><span>, and hath counted the </span><strong class="bold">blood of the covenant</strong><span>, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 10:28-29.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="holiness-nl-christ-with-in-you-sanctifying-the-life"> -<span id="org-page-63"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id390"><span>Holiness.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your </span><strong class="bold">good works</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">glorify</strong><span> your </span><strong class="bold">Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be </span><strong class="bold">dead indeed unto sin</strong><span>, but </span><strong class="bold">alive unto God</strong><span> through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET not sin therefore </span><strong class="bold">reign in your mortal body</strong><span>, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but </span><strong class="bold">yield yourselves unto God</strong><span> as those that </span><strong class="bold">are alive from the dead</strong><span>, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR sin </span><strong class="bold">shall not have dominion</strong><span> over you: for ye are not under the law but under grace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this I </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>, that your </span><strong class="bold">love</strong><span> may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness</strong><span>, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHATSOEVER things are </span><strong class="bold">true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report</strong><span>; if there be any </span><strong class="bold">virtue</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">if there</strong><span> be any </span><strong class="bold">praise</strong><span>, think on these things.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ABSTAIN from all </span><strong class="bold">appearance</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">evil</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT ye may </span><strong class="bold">walk honestly</strong><span> toward them that are without.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 4:12.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="holy-spirit-nl-his-work-among-men"> -<span id="org-page-64"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id391"><span>Holy Spirit.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">His WORK among men.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He draws</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me </span><strong class="bold">draw him</strong><span>: and I will raise him up at the last day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:44.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He convicts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when he is come, he will </span><strong class="bold">reprove the world</strong><span> of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He Regenerates</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of </span><strong class="bold">regeneration</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">renewing of the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water </span><strong class="bold">and of the Spirit</strong><span>, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He teaches</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will </span><strong class="bold">guide you into all truth</strong><span>: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will </span><strong class="bold">shew</strong><span> you things to come.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He baptizes</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they </span><strong class="bold">might receive the Holy Ghost</strong><span>:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Then laid they their hands on them, </span><strong class="bold">and they received the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:14-17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-65"><strong class="bold">He gives power for service</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye shall </span><strong class="bold">receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He guides us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. . . . Then the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit said</strong><span> unto Philip, </span><strong class="bold">Go near</strong><span>, and join thyself to this chariot.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:26, 29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:8, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Conditions of receiving the Spirit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Obeying.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that </span><strong class="bold">obey him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Asking</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that </span><strong class="bold">ask him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 11:13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Receiving</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye </span><strong class="bold">receive</strong><span> them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="hypocrites-nl-too-many-in-the-church"> -<span id="org-page-66"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id392"><span>Hypocrites.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Too many IN THE CHURCH.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, before he sees his own, is the </span><strong class="bold">real hypocrite</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to </span><strong class="bold">this class</strong><span> and they will do well to read it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then every one of us shall give an account of </span><strong class="bold">himself</strong><span> to God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">thou art inexcusable</strong><span>, O man, whosoever thou art that </span><strong class="bold">judgest</strong><span>: for wherein thou judgest another, </span><strong class="bold">thou condemnest thyself</strong><span>; for thou that judgest </span><strong class="bold">doest the same things</strong><span>. . . . And </span><strong class="bold">thinkest thou</strong><span> this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt escape the judgment of God</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 2:1, 3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall </span><strong class="bold">all stand before the judgment seat of Christ</strong><span>. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every </span><strong class="bold">knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God</strong><span>. So then everyone of us </span><strong class="bold">shall give account of himself to God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 14:10-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JUDGE </span><strong class="bold">not, that ye be not judged</strong><span>. For with what judgment </span><strong class="bold">ye judge, ye shall be judged</strong><span>: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be </span><strong class="bold">measured to you again</strong><span>. And why beholdest thou the mote that is </span><strong class="bold">in thy brother’s eye</strong><span>, but considerest not the beam that is in </span><strong class="bold">thine own eye</strong><span>? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote </span><strong class="bold">out of thine eye</strong><span>; and behold, a beam is in </span><strong class="bold">thine own eye</strong><span>? </span><strong class="bold">Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye</strong><span>; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:1-5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person behind whom you hide.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-67"><span>Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment </span><strong class="bold">but for your own</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye </span><strong class="bold">neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, </span><strong class="bold">how can ye escape</strong><span> the damnation of hell?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 23:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it is, read it!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The </span><strong class="bold">Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself</strong><span>, God, I </span><strong class="bold">thank thee</strong><span>, that I am not as other men are. . . . </span><strong class="bold">I fast twice in the week, I give tithes</strong><span> of all that I possess. And the </span><strong class="bold">publican, standing afar off</strong><span>, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, </span><strong class="bold">God be merciful to me a sinner</strong><span>. I tell you, </span><strong class="bold">this man</strong><span> went down to his house justified rather than the other.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:10-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Note— One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here on earth, </span><strong class="bold">they will not enter heaven</strong><span>. If you do not want to spend eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Illustration: John 21:19-23</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="love-nl-for-your-neighbor"> -<span id="org-page-68"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id393"><span>Love.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For your NEIGHBOR.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW commandment I give unto you, </span><strong class="bold">that ye love one another; as I have loved you</strong><span>, that ye also love one another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 13:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 13:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 4:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE kindly </span><strong class="bold">affectioned one to another with brotherly</strong><span> love; in honor preferring one another.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye </span><strong class="bold">love one another with a pure heart fervently</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">loveth his brother</strong><span> abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, let us </span><strong class="bold">love one another: for love is of God</strong><span>; and every one that </span><strong class="bold">loveth is born of God</strong><span>, and knoweth God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">loveth not knoweth not God</strong><span>; for God is love.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, if God so loved us, we </span><strong class="bold">ought</strong><span> also to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OWE no man any thing, but to </span><strong class="bold">love one another</strong><span>: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 13:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">love thy neighbor as thyself</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET </span><strong class="bold">brotherly love continue</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 13:1.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-self-righteousness"> -<span id="org-page-69"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id394"><span>Moralist.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He who trusts in </span><strong class="bold">his own</strong><span> righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God compares it to “filthy rags.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT we are all an </span><strong class="bold">unclean thing</strong><span>, and all our </span><strong class="bold">righteousnesses are as filthy rags</strong><span>; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 64:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given us a righteousness </span><strong class="bold">in Christ</strong><span>; but we, like the Jews, are trying to establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR they being ignorant of God’s rightness, </span><strong class="bold">and going about to establish their own righteousness</strong><span>, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR Christ is the end of the law </span><strong class="bold">for righteousness</strong><span> to every one that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:3-4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Many say, “</span><strong class="bold">I am doing the best I can,</strong><span>” and yet they are not, for if they were, </span><strong class="bold">they would accept Christ</strong><span>, for this righteousness is obtained by faith in Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and </span><strong class="bold">upon all them that believe</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 3:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We can approach God only in Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER is there salvation </span><strong class="bold">in any other</strong><span>: for there is </span><strong class="bold">none other name</strong><span> under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Again, because our righteousness is of such a </span><strong class="bold">poor brand</strong><span>, Jesus declared we must be “</span><strong class="bold">born again</strong><span>” so that we can have a nature that will produce something better.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EXCEPT a man be </span><strong class="bold">born again</strong><span>, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="moralist-nl-who-trusts-in-his-good-works-to-save"> -<span id="org-page-70"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id395"><span>Moralist.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If the Scriptures make any thing </span><strong class="bold">plain</strong><span>, it is that man </span><strong class="bold">can not save himself</strong><span> but must accept his salvation as a </span><strong class="bold">gift</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and </span><strong class="bold">that not of yourselves</strong><span>; it is the gift of God: </span><strong class="bold">Not of works</strong><span>, lest any man should boast.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, </span><strong class="bold">not according to our works</strong><span>, but according to His own purpose and grace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NOT by works of righteousness</strong><span> which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the </span><strong class="bold">washing of regeneration</strong><span>, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth </span><strong class="bold">not by the door into the sheepfold</strong><span>, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a </span><strong class="bold">thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ is </span><strong class="bold">the door</strong><span> as the next verse shows and he who tries to save himself in any other way is called a “</span><strong class="bold">thief</strong><span>” and a “</span><strong class="bold">robber</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I AM the door</strong><span>: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">with all thy soul</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">with all thy mind</strong><span>. This is the first and great commandment.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 22:37-38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you loving God with </span><strong class="bold">all your heart</strong><span>! If you were, you would </span><strong class="bold">trust Him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts</strong><span>: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do </span><strong class="bold">in your effort to save yourself</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See: Luke 18:10-14.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-its-great-importance"> -<span id="org-page-71"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id396"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Its Great IMPORTANCE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early church. It is the work needed </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span> if many souls are to be reached.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example of success coming from </span><strong class="bold">personal work</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">personal contact</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE </span><strong class="bold">Holy Spirit</strong><span> will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to </span><strong class="bold">act</strong><span> after they are convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get them to </span><strong class="bold">do it now</strong><span> and this is </span><strong class="bold">your part</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN this day of such great activity and “strenuous” living there are so many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it more true that we must </span><strong class="bold">go out</strong><span> into the </span><strong class="bold">highways and compel them</strong><span> to come in. In revivals too much is left to “general results,” until the "old general” is sadly overworked. </span><strong class="bold">The motto of</strong><span> that wonderful and effective organization of Christian business men, </span><strong class="bold">the Gideons, is good for all Christians</strong><span>: “And they stood </span><strong class="bold">every man</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">his place</strong><span> round about the camp."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN a “general” way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help the Lord answer your prayers by </span><strong class="bold">aiding Him</strong><span> in winning them one by one?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TRY to have some one </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> to make </span><strong class="bold">a public profession</strong><span> when the </span><strong class="bold">evangelist gives the opportunity</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-qualifications-needed"> -<span id="org-page-72"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id397"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">QUALIFICATIONS needed.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification that we need.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with Paul.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I KNOW whom I have believed</strong><span>, and am persuaded that </span><strong class="bold">he is able to keep</strong><span> that which I have committed unto him against that day.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Or to exclaim with the blind man.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: </span><strong class="bold">one thing I know</strong><span>, that, whereas I was blind, </span><strong class="bold">now I see</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:25</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the gospel message to lost souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul’s heart yearned for his brethren.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself </span><strong class="bold">were accursed from Christ</strong><span> for my brethren.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 9:2-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and </span><strong class="bold">lose his own soul</strong><span>?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; </span><strong class="bold">if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked</strong><span> from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but </span><strong class="bold">his blood will I require at thine hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:8-9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-73"><strong class="bold">4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is God’s word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and </span><strong class="bold">not man’s word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the </span><strong class="bold">sword of the Spirit</strong><span>, which is the word of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY to </span><strong class="bold">show thyself approved unto God, a workman</strong><span> that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing the word of truth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO shall </span><strong class="bold">my word</strong><span> be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but </span><strong class="bold">it shall accomplish</strong><span> that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Through the use of the </span><strong class="bold">word of God</strong><span>, you are to seek to accomplish the following things.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. To show men their </span><strong class="bold">need</strong><span> of a Savior.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. To show them </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> as the Savior they need.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>3rd. To show them </span><strong class="bold">how to make</strong><span> this Savior their own.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>4th. To meet the </span><strong class="bold">difficulties</strong><span> in the way of their accepting Christ.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>5th. The one who would have </span><strong class="bold">real success</strong><span> must live a </span><strong class="bold">life of prayer</strong><span>, and be </span><strong class="bold">baptized</strong><span> with the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to </span><strong class="bold">encourage us</strong><span> in our efforts to save souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">winneth souls is wise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 11:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be </span><strong class="bold">wise shall shine</strong><span> as the </span><strong class="bold">brightness</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">firmament</strong><span>; and they that turn </span><strong class="bold">many</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">righteousness</strong><span> as the </span><strong class="bold">stars</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">ever</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">ever</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know, that he which </span><strong class="bold">converteth the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his way shall </span><strong class="bold">save a soul from death</strong><span>, and shall hide a multitude of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God help us to be faithful to our trust!</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-the-soul-winners-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-74"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id398"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The “soul-winner’s" prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that </span><strong class="bold">faith in God</strong><span> and a constant waiting, </span><strong class="bold">in prayer</strong><span> on the Lord, are preeminently necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things </span><strong class="bold">for which we need to pray</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord give me "</span><strong class="bold">getting up</strong><span>” grace,” that is, courage to confess Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND your feet shod</strong><span> with the preparation of the gospel of peace.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord give me </span><strong class="bold">walking grace</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> they ways </span><strong class="bold">acknowledge Him</strong><span>, and He shall </span><strong class="bold">direct thy paths</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 3:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Pray</strong><span>. “Lord </span><strong class="bold">direct me</strong><span> to the right person.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou goest, </span><strong class="bold">it</strong><span> (God’s word) </span><strong class="bold">shall lead</strong><span> thee. (First Clause.)</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 6:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit</strong><span> said unto Philip, </span><strong class="bold">Go near and join</strong><span> thyself to the chariot.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 8:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Pray.</strong><span> “Lord, show me </span><strong class="bold">what to say</strong><span>.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you </span><strong class="bold">lack wisdom</strong><span>, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord God hath given me the </span><strong class="bold">tongue</strong><span> of the learned, </span><strong class="bold">that I should know how to speak a word in season</strong><span> to him that is weary: He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine </span><strong class="bold">ear</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">hear</strong><span> as the learned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 50:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">gird up thy loins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">arise</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">speak</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">them</strong><span> all </span><strong class="bold">that I command thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 1:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Pray</strong><span> that God will </span><strong class="bold">give power to what is said</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.</strong></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-help-in-cottage-meetings"> -<span id="org-page-75"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id399"><span>Personal work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Help in COTTAGE meetings.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings” and endeavor to get some on your list to attend with you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try to get them to attend </span><strong class="bold">every night</strong><span>, always calling for and taking one or more with you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved to the meetings.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Give them a timely </span><strong class="bold">tract</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Quote</strong><span> to them a </span><strong class="bold">beautiful promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Write them a </span><strong class="bold">letter</strong><span> about salvation.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Introduce them to </span><strong class="bold">someone</strong><span> who will speak about Jesus.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When opportunity is given, </span><strong class="bold">speak to them</strong><span> about becoming a Christian.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Go with them</strong><span> to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Ask them to your home and </span><strong class="bold">pray with them there</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Help make every meeting you attend a good one by </span><strong class="bold">some part you can take</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>In public always be </span><strong class="bold">brief</strong><span> both in prayer and remarks.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you richly, and ever be </span><strong class="bold">ready to answer the Spirit’s call</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><strong class="bold">Be true</strong><span> to your own conscience.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan's forces to defeat you at this point; </span><strong class="bold">Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving Offense</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace and </span><strong class="bold">let God sink</strong><span> all these with your other </span><strong class="bold">sins</strong><span> into the </span><strong class="bold">depth at the sea</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-use-of-the-prayer-list-card"> -<span id="org-page-76"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id400"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Pray for your friends</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances—very carefully and prayerfully.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but in </span><strong class="bold">every thing by prayer</strong><span> and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DON’T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on the “tidal wave,” or that the evangelist will “shake the tree" so hard they can’t hold on longer. But </span><strong class="bold">pitch in</strong><span> and do your </span><strong class="bold">best</strong><span>. (</span><strong class="bold">Hand-picked fruit always keeps better</strong><span>.) Get them started early so </span><strong class="bold">they</strong><span> can </span><strong class="bold">work</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">others</strong><span> during the revival meetings, and also have the help of the meeting to establish their faith.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, </span><strong class="bold">say</strong><span> nothing but tactfully co-operate and work with them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with </span><strong class="bold">your own name</strong><span> and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the meetings </span><strong class="bold">follow them up afterwards until they are</strong><span>. Add new names to replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, “in season and out of season.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice a day. </span><strong class="bold">Study</strong><span> how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself know the names you have. Don't be satisfied unless you see them converted and in the church of </span><strong class="bold">their</strong><span> choice. Ever afterwards look upon them as your </span><strong class="bold">spiritual children</strong><span>, assuming </span><strong class="bold">responsibility</strong><span> for </span><strong class="bold">keeping them from falling</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work"> -<span id="org-page-77"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id401"><span>Personal Work.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. WHERE to Find Them.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the </span><strong class="bold">home</strong><span>, in the </span><strong class="bold">school, shop</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">mill</strong><span>; behind the </span><strong class="bold">counter</strong><span>, where we stand; on the </span><strong class="bold">street</strong><span>, where we walk; in the </span><strong class="bold">pew</strong><span> where we worship; in the </span><strong class="bold">service</strong><span>, where we sing in the </span><strong class="bold">prayer meeting</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">inquiry room</strong><span>, at the </span><strong class="bold">altar</strong><span>, kneeling with us at </span><strong class="bold">family</strong><span> devotion; yes, </span><strong class="bold">everywhere</strong><span>. Oh, reader, whatever way your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. Find them </span><strong class="bold">quick, quick</strong><span>! for eternity is drawing nigh.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. HOW to Reach Them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY “God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. WHAT to Tell Them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever </span><strong class="bold">believeth in Him</strong><span> should not perish, but have </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away from glad tidings or messages of great joy?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:19-20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-hints-and-suggestions"> -<span id="org-page-78"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id402"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WORKER’S life text: II Timothy 2:15.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be </span><strong class="bold">natural</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">courteous</strong><span> in asking the simple question as to personal salvation.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>As far as possible converse only with </span><strong class="bold">persons of your own age</strong><span> or younger, of </span><strong class="bold">your own sex</strong><span> and walk in life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Always deal with the inquirer </span><strong class="bold">alone</strong><span> if you can and in quiet; if some one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder </span><strong class="bold">to be silent or withdraw</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After a few words </span><strong class="bold">to ascertain the state</strong><span> of mind of the inquirer, present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the </span><strong class="bold">Word; “It is the Spirit</strong><span> that quickeneth.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not be in a hurry, </span><strong class="bold">take time to be thorough</strong><span>; some times in our eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him</strong><span> that when he has </span><strong class="bold">believed on the Lord Jesus Christ</strong><span> he is at once saved.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, </span><strong class="bold">do not be dismayed</strong><span> or think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to convict of sin and lead to repentance.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over </span><strong class="bold">to a more experienced worker</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try to do better; this is </span><strong class="bold">losing the present opportunity</strong><span> with no promise of a future or better one.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Affectionately urge </span><strong class="bold">immediate</strong><span> decision. </span><strong class="bold">Pray with the inquirer</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, therefore “</span><strong class="bold">rightly divide the Word of Truth</strong><span>” And hold them </span><strong class="bold">to what God says</strong><span> and the acceptance of Christ.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-suggestive-scriptures"> -<span id="org-page-79"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id403"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Suggestive Scriptures.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND him that cometh to me; </span><strong class="bold">I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just </span><strong class="bold">to forgive us our sins,</strong><span> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him shall receive</strong><span> remission of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who is it that has everlasting life?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE that believeth</strong><span> on the Son hath everlasting llfe.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, “I don’t feel any “different.” It is not a matter of </span><strong class="bold">feeling</strong><span>, but of </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span>, see how God puts the order of things.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: </span><strong class="bold">in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 1:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>After you </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>, God </span><strong class="bold">seals</strong><span> you. After you </span><strong class="bold">commit yourself for Christ</strong><span> confessing Him as your Saviour, the </span><strong class="bold">feeling comes</strong><span>. Don't “get the cart before the horse.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the </span><strong class="bold">confidence that we have in him</strong><span>, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, </span><strong class="bold">we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GOD is not a man, </span><strong class="bold">that he should lie</strong><span>; neither the son of man, </span><strong class="bold">that he should repent</strong><span>: hath he said, and </span><strong class="bold">shall he not do it</strong><span>? Or hath he spoken, and </span><strong class="bold">shall he not make it good</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Numbers 23:19.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-fruit-promised-to-faithful-effort"> -<span id="org-page-80"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id404"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Fruit promised to faithful effort.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as the result of our work. Christ came to save souls.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of Man is come to </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> and to </span><strong class="bold">save</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE have not chosen me, but I </span><strong class="bold">have chosen you</strong><span>, and ordained you, that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> should GO </span><strong class="bold">and bring forth fruit</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">that your fruit should remain</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye into </span><strong class="bold">all the world</strong><span> and preach the gospel to </span><strong class="bold">every creature</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the lord said unto the </span><strong class="bold">servant</strong><span>, GO </span><strong class="bold">out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in</strong><span>, that my house may be filled.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 14:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he saith unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 4:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he that reapeth </span><strong class="bold">receiveth wages</strong><span>, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>There are wages that come </span><strong class="bold">now as we work</strong><span>, and there is a </span><strong class="bold">reward</strong><span> that will </span><strong class="bold">come bye and bye</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">let us not be weary</strong><span> in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it </span><strong class="bold">after many days</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall </span><strong class="bold">shine as the brightness of the firmament</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEHOLD, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Lift up your eyes</strong><span>, and look on the fields; for they are </span><strong class="bold">white already to harvest.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know, that he which </span><strong class="bold">converteth the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his </span><strong class="bold">way</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">save a soul from death</strong><span>, and shall hide a multitude of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-fruit-bearers-chapter"> -<span id="org-page-81"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id405"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fifteenth chapter of John, is the “fruit Chapter," likening Christ to the </span><strong class="bold">vine</strong><span>, and us to the </span><strong class="bold">branches</strong><span>; teaching us our need to abide in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that </span><strong class="bold">beareth fruit</strong><span>, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth </span><strong class="bold">more fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Are you bearing fruit, and purged?</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple" start="3"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Now ye are </span><strong class="bold">clean through the word</strong><span> which </span><strong class="bold">I</strong><span> have spoken unto you.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The word cleanses the life, as the </span><strong class="bold">knife</strong><span> prunes the vine.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple" start="4"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple" start="5"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: </span><strong class="bold">for without me ye can do nothing</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>We can not do, </span><strong class="bold">even a little</strong><span> without Christ.</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple" start="6"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If ye abide in me, and my words </span><strong class="bold">abide in you</strong><span>, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Note the condition in asking, “if ye abide.”</span></p> -<ol class="arabic simple" start="8"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear </span><strong class="bold">much fruit</strong><span>; so shall ye </span><strong class="bold">be my disciples</strong><span>.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -<p class="antigua pfirst right"><cite class="italics">John 15:1-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<dl class="docutils"> -<dt><span>In order to </span><strong class="bold">bear fruit</strong><span>, there must be in the Christian’s life:</span></dt> -<dd><div class="first last line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>1st “</span><strong class="bold">cleansing</strong><span>” (vs. 2-3.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>2nd “</span><strong class="bold">abiding</strong><span>.” (v. 4.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>3rd "</span><strong class="bold">obedience</strong><span>" (v. 10.)</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -<div class="line"><span>1. “fruit” (v. 2.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>2. “more fruit" (v. 2-10.);</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>3. “much fruit" (v. 5; 8)</span></div> -</div> -</dd> -</dl> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-for-those-who-feel-too-weak-and-are-fearful"> -<span id="org-page-82"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id406"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND God is able to make </span><strong class="bold">all grace abound toward you</strong><span>; that ye, always having </span><strong class="bold">all sufficiency in all things</strong><span>, may abound to every good work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said unto me, My grace is </span><strong class="bold">sufficient for thee</strong><span>: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">STRENGTH for service.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FEAR thou not</strong><span>: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strengthen thee</strong><span>; yea, I will help thee; yea, </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy God </span><strong class="bold">will hold thy right hand</strong><span>, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not</strong><span>; I will help thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE strong and of </span><strong class="bold">a good courage</strong><span>, fear not, nor </span><strong class="bold">be afraid of them</strong><span>: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: </span><strong class="bold">he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 31:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Let us </span><strong class="bold">wait on Him and prove</strong><span> all of these promises!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE giveth </span><strong class="bold">power to the faint</strong><span>; and to them that have no might </span><strong class="bold">he increaseth strength</strong><span>. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: </span><strong class="bold">But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength</strong><span>; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and </span><strong class="bold">not be weary</strong><span>; and they shall </span><strong class="bold">walk, and not faint</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:29-31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT my God shall </span><strong class="bold">supply all your need</strong><span> according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAN do </span><strong class="bold">all things through Christ</strong><span> which strengtheneth me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU therefore </span><strong class="bold">endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="personal-work-nl-a-word-to-the-unwilling"> -<span id="org-page-83"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id407"><span>Personal Work.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A word to the unwilling.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God holds you RESPONSIBLE</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman</strong><span> unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, </span><strong class="bold">and warn them from me</strong><span>. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; If thou dost </span><strong class="bold">not speak to warn</strong><span> the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; </span><strong class="bold">but his blood will I require at thine hand</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:7-8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SAY not ye</strong><span>, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, </span><strong class="bold">I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields</strong><span>; for they are white already to harvest.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35-36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Are you proving FAITHFUL</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THEREFORE be ye also ready</strong><span>: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a </span><strong class="bold">faithful and wise servant</strong><span>, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? </span><strong class="bold">Blessed is that servant</strong><span>, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 24:44-46.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I MUST work the works of him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">while it is day</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">night cometh</strong><span>, when no man can work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CONSECRATE yourself to the work</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye </span><strong class="bold">present your bodies a living sacrifice</strong><span>, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 12:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; </span><strong class="bold">and they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars forever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="pleasures-nl-those-who-want-to-live-for-the-world"> -<span id="org-page-84"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id408"><span>Pleasures.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live </span><strong class="bold">just for worldly pleasures</strong><span>. Will it pay?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BOAST </span><strong class="bold">not thyself of tomorrow</strong><span>; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 27:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world </span><strong class="bold">is enmity with God</strong><span>? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, </span><strong class="bold">that shall he also reap</strong><span>. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:7, 8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. God calls you A FOOL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL say to </span><strong class="bold">my soul</strong><span>, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up </span><strong class="bold">for many years</strong><span>; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 12:19-20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. God PLEADS with us.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">TURN ye</strong><span>, turn ye from your evil ways; for </span><strong class="bold">why will ye die</strong><span>, O house of Israel?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 33:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. God warns us!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This world with all that it has to offer, will soon </span><strong class="bold">pass away</strong><span> but he that doeth the will of God “</span><strong class="bold">abideth for ever.</strong><span>”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things God will bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-heard-and-answered-by-god"> -<span id="org-page-85"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id409"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HEARD and ANSWERED by God.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and everybody around.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What a glorious promise!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">CALL unto me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">I will answer thee</strong><span>, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND all things </span><strong class="bold">whatsoever</strong><span> ye shall </span><strong class="bold">ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 21:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can believe Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever ye desire</strong><span>, when ye </span><strong class="bold">pray, believe</strong><span> that ye receive them, and ye </span><strong class="bold">shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<blockquote> -<div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="antigua pfirst right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF ye abide in me</strong><span>, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>With all of God’s promises there are conditions, Here we have one. “If ye abide in me.” Are you abiding in Him?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if </span><strong class="bold">we ask any thing according to his will</strong><span>, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, </span><strong class="bold">we know that we have the petitions</strong><span> that we desired of him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14-15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that </span><strong class="bold">will I do</strong><span>, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, </span><strong class="bold">I will do it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:13,14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you want God’s answer to prayer, remember the conditions.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him</strong><span>, because we </span><strong class="bold">keep his commandments</strong><span>, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:22</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-victory-through-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-86"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id410"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">VICTORY through prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND it shall come to pass, that </span><strong class="bold">before they call, I will answer</strong><span>; and while they are </span><strong class="bold">yet speaking, I will hear.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 65:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CONFESS your faults one to another, and </span><strong class="bold">pray one for another</strong><span>, that ye may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to </span><strong class="bold">like passions as we are</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">he prayed</strong><span> earnestly that it might not rain: </span><strong class="bold">and it rained not</strong><span> on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And </span><strong class="bold">he prayed again</strong><span>, and the </span><strong class="bold">heaven gave rain</strong><span>, and the earth brought forth her fruit.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:16-18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out the whole soul to God. </span><strong class="bold">Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">storehouse: of God’s grace; they are opened by men and women on their knees</strong><span>. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of prayer brings noonday and victory. “True prayer is the reflection of God’s thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God’s thoughts and pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF my people, which are called by my name, </span><strong class="bold">shall humble themselves</strong><span> and pray, and </span><strong class="bold">seek my face</strong><span>, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and </span><strong class="bold">will forgive their sin, and will heal their land</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 7:14.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-regular-seasons-for-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-87"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id411"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">REGULAR seasons for prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, </span><strong class="bold">he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks</strong><span> before his God, as he did aforetime.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EVENING</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">morning</strong><span>, and at </span><strong class="bold">noon, will I pray, and cry aloud</strong><span>: and </span><strong class="bold">He shall hear my voice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PRAY without </span><strong class="bold">ceasing</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Practice the following verses:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY voice shalt thou hear </span><strong class="bold">in the morning</strong><span>, O Lord; in the </span><strong class="bold">morning will I direct my prayer</strong><span> unto thee, and will look up.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 5:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WATCH and pray</strong><span>, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 26:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Be continually in the Spirit of prayer.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PRAYING always with all Prayer</strong><span> and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT they that </span><strong class="bold">wait upon the Lord</strong><span> shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 40:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Where do you Pray?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL therefore </span><strong class="bold">that men pray every where</strong><span>, lifting up holy hands.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 2:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that </span><strong class="bold">men ought always to pray</strong><span>, and not to faint.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 18:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but </span><strong class="bold">in every thing by prayer</strong><span> and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="prayer-nl-conditions-in-answer-to-prayer"> -<span id="org-page-88"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id412"><span>Prayer.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must ASK!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ASK, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be given you; </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span>, and ye shall find. </span><strong class="bold">Knock</strong><span>, and it shall be </span><strong class="bold">opened unto you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 7:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must BELIEVE!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever</strong><span> ye </span><strong class="bold">desire</strong><span>, when ye </span><strong class="bold">pray, believe</strong><span> that ye </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> receive them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when ye stand praying, </span><strong class="bold">forgive, if ye have ought against any</strong><span>: that your Father also which is in heaven </span><strong class="bold">may forgive you</strong><span> your trespasses. </span><strong class="bold">But if ye do not forgive</strong><span>, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:25,26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must have a CLEAN HEART.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF I </span><strong class="bold">regard iniquity</strong><span> in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 66:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Must be UNSELFISH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE ask, and receive not, because </span><strong class="bold">ye ask amiss</strong><span>, that ye may </span><strong class="bold">consume it upon your lusts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Must DO HIS WILL.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the </span><strong class="bold">confidence that we have in him</strong><span>, that, </span><strong class="bold">if we ask anything according</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">his will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">heareth us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye </span><strong class="bold">abide</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">me</strong><span>, and my </span><strong class="bold">words abide in you</strong><span>, ye </span><strong class="bold">shall ask what ye will</strong><span>, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">You must ASK IN HIS NAME.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father </span><strong class="bold">in my name</strong><span>, he will give it you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 16:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father </span><strong class="bold">in my name</strong><span>, he may give it you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:16.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="regeneration-or-the-new-birth-nl-results-of-regeneration"> -<span id="org-page-89"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id413"><span>Regeneration, or the New Birth.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">RESULTS of Regeneration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a new love for God and His people.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. A NEW heart.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">hath everlasting life</strong><span>, and shall not come into condemnation; </span><strong class="bold">but is passed from death unto life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that ye put on </span><strong class="bold">the new man</strong><span>, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Created ANEW, not made over.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, </span><strong class="bold">he is a new creature</strong><span>: old things are passed away; Behold, all things are become new.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Washed white, not white-washed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the </span><strong class="bold">washing of regeneration</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">renewing</strong><span> of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. VICTORY over sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath </span><strong class="bold">translated us into the kingdom</strong><span> of his dear Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 1:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th. Created to be useful (workers).</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we are his workmanship, </span><strong class="bold">created in Christ Jesus unto good works</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 2:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-90"><span>Because we are born with an </span><strong class="bold">earthly</strong><span> nature and are sinners against God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the </span><strong class="bold">carnal nature</strong><span> that sins. it is the </span><strong class="bold">God nature</strong><span> that does not sin.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">except a man be born again</strong><span>, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT which is born of the </span><strong class="bold">flesh</strong><span> is </span><strong class="bold">flesh</strong><span>; and that which is </span><strong class="bold">BORN of the Spirit</strong><span> is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:6-7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Have YOU been born of the Spirit?</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you are not </span><strong class="bold">sure, read</strong><span> the following Scriptures as they may assure you, or show you how you </span><strong class="bold">may be regenerated</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER </span><strong class="bold">believeth that Jesus is the Christ</strong><span> is born of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received him</strong><span>, to them gave he power to become the </span><strong class="bold">sons of God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, </span><strong class="bold">but of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12-13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BEING born again</strong><span>, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, </span><strong class="bold">by the word of God</strong><span>, which liveth and abideth for ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 1:23</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and </span><strong class="bold">precious promises</strong><span>: that </span><strong class="bold">by these</strong><span> ye might be partakers of the </span><strong class="bold">divine nature</strong><span>, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through </span><strong class="bold">lust</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for </span><strong class="bold">thy word hath quickened me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:50</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR in Christ Jesus I have </span><strong class="bold">begotten you through the gospel</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 4:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you would know more regarding this subject see next page.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="repentance-nl-a-requisite-for-salvation-what-does-it-mean"> -<span id="org-page-91"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id414"><span>Repentance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change of mind, such as leads one to </span><strong class="bold">confess all his sins, forsake</strong><span> them and </span><strong class="bold">turn</strong><span> to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: </span><strong class="bold">repent ye</strong><span>, and believe the gospel.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEN Peter said unto them, </span><strong class="bold">Repent, and be baptized</strong><span> every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 2:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye therefore</strong><span>, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 3:19.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is commanding us to repent.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now </span><strong class="bold">commandeth all men every where to repent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they went out, and preached that </span><strong class="bold">men should repent</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 6:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND that </span><strong class="bold">repentance</strong><span> and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 24:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EXCEPT ye repent</strong><span> ye shall all likewise perish.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 13:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye</strong><span>: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I CAME not to call the righteous, </span><strong class="bold">but sinners to repentance</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 5:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Does this verse mean </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, </span><strong class="bold">that they should repent and turn to God</strong><span>, and do works meet for repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 26:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you have not repented, do so at once.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="revival-the-nl-how-to-make-it-a-success"> -<span id="org-page-92"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id415"><span>Revival, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to make it a success.</span></a></h3> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be a prayerful christian.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always be on time.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Ask God to help you sing.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a point to attend every meeting.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Do not quench the Spirit.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be ready to obey at God’s calling.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were a pleasure.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them up and lead them to Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and accept Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the church members were like me, would this revival be a success?”</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one about seeking Christ.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be able some way to lead them to Christ.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -<div class="container margin transition"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>――――</span></p> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><cite class="bold italics">How to Hinder a Revival.</cite></p> -<ul class="simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Never pray. If you did, it might help some one.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Always make a long prayer.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for them.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they would think you might be interested.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip him up the back.</span></p> -</li> -</ul> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question—if all the church members were like me what kind of a church would my church be?</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="revival-the-nl-what-to-bring-to-it"> -<span id="org-page-93"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id416"><span>Revival, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What to bring to It.</span></a></h3> -<ol class="arabic simple"> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring the topic—in your memory, not on the card.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring some matured thought on the theme—from your Bible study.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have found in your reading or other research.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need—sated appetites are the hardest to cater to.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you will get more than you expect.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the </span><strong class="bold">beauty</strong><span> of holiness.</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the attendance by a few personal invitations!</span></p> -</li> -<li><p class="first pfirst"><span>Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it.</span></p> -</li> -</ol> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="ridicule-and-persecution-nl-my-friends-will-laugh-at-me"> -<span id="org-page-94"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id417"><span>Ridicule and Persecution.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">My friends will LAUGH at me.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your friend.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">be ashamed of me</strong><span> and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; </span><strong class="bold">of him also</strong><span> shall the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man be ashamed</strong><span>, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever </span><strong class="bold">shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s</strong><span>, the same shall save it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BLESSED are they which are </span><strong class="bold">persecuted for righteousness' sake</strong><span>: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall </span><strong class="bold">revile you, and persecute you</strong><span>, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. </span><strong class="bold">Rejoice, and be exceeding glad</strong><span>: for great is your </span><strong class="bold">reward in heaven</strong><span>: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:10-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye </span><strong class="bold">be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye</strong><span>; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 4:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also </span><strong class="bold">to suffer for his sake</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 1:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for Him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; </span><strong class="bold">if so be that we suffer with him</strong><span>, that we may be also glorified together.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR I reckon that </span><strong class="bold">the sufferings</strong><span> of this present time are not worthy to be </span><strong class="bold">compared</strong><span> with the glory </span><strong class="bold">which shall be revealed in us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:18.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="ridicule-and-persecution-nl-encouragement-given-us"> -<span id="org-page-95"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id418"><span>Ridicule and Persecution.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Encouragement given us.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if </span><strong class="bold">when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently</strong><span>, this is acceptable with God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For even hereunto were </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> called, because </span><strong class="bold">Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:20, 21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him </span><strong class="bold">endured the cross, despising the shame</strong><span>, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 12:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver us? Yes surely He will.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, </span><strong class="bold">in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions</strong><span>, in distress for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, </span><strong class="bold">then am I strong</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 12:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they departed from the presence of the council, </span><strong class="bold">rejoicing chat they were counted worthy</strong><span> to suffer shame for his name.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 5:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT and if </span><strong class="bold">ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye</strong><span>: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YET </span><strong class="bold">if any man suffer</strong><span> as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, </span><strong class="bold">let them that suffer</strong><span> according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 4:16, 19.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="sabbath-and-sunday-nl-how-a-christian-should-hallow-it"> -<span id="org-page-96"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id419"><span>Sabbath and Sunday.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy</strong><span>. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: </span><strong class="bold">in it thou shalt not do any work</strong><span>, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Exodus 20:8-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND if the people of the land bring </span><strong class="bold">ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell</strong><span>, that we would not buy it of them on </span><strong class="bold">the sabbath day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Nehemiah 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is </span><strong class="bold">the day</strong><span> which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 118:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>How do you treat the Lords day?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THOU hast despised mine holy things, and </span><strong class="bold">hast profaned my sabbaths</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 22:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you profaned God’s holy day by going to excursions, and using it to meet your selfish ends?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Note the example of Christ and His Church</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, </span><strong class="bold">he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day</strong><span>, and stood up for to read.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 4:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he reasoned in the synagogue </span><strong class="bold">every sabbath</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 18:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WAS </span><strong class="bold">in the Spirit on the Lord’s day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 1:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the </span><strong class="bold">Sabbath day</strong><span> which are a </span><strong class="bold">shadow</strong><span> of things to come; but the </span><strong class="bold">body is Christ’s</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 2:16-17, R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-97"><strong class="bold">God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, </span><strong class="bold">not doing thine own ways</strong><span>, nor finding </span><strong class="bold">thine own pleasure</strong><span>, nor speaking thine own words:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 58:13-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Commands divine worship.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate be for the Lord </span><strong class="bold">in the sabbaths and in the new moons</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 46:3</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Required His word to be read.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are </span><strong class="bold">read every sabbath day</strong><span>, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 13:27.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The Lords Supper to be observed.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND upon the </span><strong class="bold">first day of the week</strong><span>, when the disciples came together to </span><strong class="bold">break bread, Paul preached unto them</strong><span>, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>-—Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation “not speaking thine own words.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Strive to be “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day," "not doing thine own ways."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in every week.”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-to-whom-offered-whosoever-will"> -<span id="org-page-98"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id420"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">To WHOM offered? “Whosoever will!”</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Notice the different classes to whom </span><strong class="bold">salvation is offered</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, </span><strong class="bold">and I will give you rest</strong><span>. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: </span><strong class="bold">and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is easy</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">my burden is light</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:28-30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters</strong><span>, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, </span><strong class="bold">buy wine and milk without money</strong><span> and without price.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 55:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. To sinners.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, </span><strong class="bold">while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 5:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world </span><strong class="bold">to save sinners; of whom I am chief</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Timothy 1:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. To the LOST.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is </span><strong class="bold">come to seek and save that which was lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the Spirit and the bride </span><strong class="bold">say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that </span><strong class="bold">heareth say, Come</strong><span>. And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">And whosoever will</strong><span>, let him take the water of life freely.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do your part? and come honestly and confess your sins?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF we confess our sins, </span><strong class="bold">he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>, and to </span><strong class="bold">cleanse us</strong><span> from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-offered-to-the-most-sinful"> -<span id="org-page-99"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id421"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Offered to the MOST sinful.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>COME now, and let us </span><strong class="bold">reason together</strong><span>, saith the Lord: </span><strong class="bold">though your sins be as scarlet</strong><span>, they shall be as </span><strong class="bold">white</strong><span> as </span><strong class="bold">snow</strong><span>; though they be </span><strong class="bold">red like crimson</strong><span>, they </span><strong class="bold">shall be as wool</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 1:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the spirit and the </span><strong class="bold">bride</strong><span> say Come. . . . And let him that is </span><strong class="bold">athirst come</strong><span>. And </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> will, let him take of the water of life </span><strong class="bold">freely</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Revelation 22:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE He is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> also </span><strong class="bold">to save them to the uttermost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">we confess our sins</strong><span>, He is faithful and </span><strong class="bold">just to forgive us our sins</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">to cleanse us</strong><span> from all unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the Son of man is come to </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> and to </span><strong class="bold">save</strong><span> that which was lost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 19:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>No one can say, “I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I HAVE blotted out</strong><span>, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, </span><strong class="bold">thy sins</strong><span>: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 44:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I EVEN I, am he that </span><strong class="bold">blotteth out thy transgressions</strong><span> for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. </span><strong class="bold">And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father</strong><span>, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the </span><strong class="bold">propitiation for our sins</strong><span>: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">FOR whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon the name of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If any one “</span><strong class="bold">wills</strong><span>” to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and the Lord will save.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-saved-alone-by-faith-lost-through-unbelief"> -<span id="org-page-100"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id422"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on me hath </span><strong class="bold">everlasting life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:47.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BELIEVE</strong><span> on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name </span><strong class="bold">whosoever believeth in him</strong><span> shall receive remission of sins.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 10:43.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND by him all that </span><strong class="bold">believe are</strong><span> justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 13:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not shall be damned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not the Son</strong><span> shall not see life; but the </span><strong class="bold">wrath of God abideth on him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that </span><strong class="bold">believeth not is CONDEMNED already</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEITHER is there salvation </span><strong class="bold">in any other</strong><span>: for there is </span><strong class="bold">none other name</strong><span> under heaven given among men, whereby </span><strong class="bold">we</strong><span> must be saved.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: </span><strong class="bold">no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, </span><strong class="bold">but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 10:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REPENT ye</strong><span>: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 3:2.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-what-must-i-do-to-be-saved"> -<span id="org-page-101"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id423"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What must I do to be saved?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great question, </span><strong class="bold">so plain</strong><span> that you will be able to say, "</span><strong class="bold">I see it,</strong><span>” and I will </span><strong class="bold">now believe</strong><span>!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>You ask, “What must I do to be saved?"</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BELIEVE</strong><span> on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 16:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever shall call</strong><span> upon the name of the Lord </span><strong class="bold">shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">VERILY, verily</strong><span>, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">he</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">heareth My Word</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">believeth</strong><span> on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), </span><strong class="bold">hath everlasting</strong><span> life, and shall not come into judgment, but </span><strong class="bold">hath passed out of death into life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:24, A.V. & R.V.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life</strong><span>: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on Him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:36.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Your salvation depends upon what </span><strong class="bold">you do with Jesus Christ. Accept</strong><span> Him and you are saved—</span><strong class="bold">reject</strong><span> Him and you are lost. Thus saith the Scriptures!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child begins with the alphabet at school. Don’t look for marvels. Don’t expect to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-102"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT as many as </span><strong class="bold">received Him</strong><span> (Christ), to </span><strong class="bold">them gave</strong><span> he </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">become</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">sons</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, even to them that </span><strong class="bold">believe on his name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 1:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Confess Christ before men.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> the Lord Jesus, and shalt </span><strong class="bold">believe in thine heart</strong><span> that God hath raised him from the dead, </span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart</strong><span> man believeth unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth</strong><span> confession is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The “</span><strong class="bold">If</strong><span>” at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests </span><strong class="bold">two</strong><span> conditions.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>1st. To "</span><strong class="bold">confess</strong><span>,” that is, </span><strong class="bold">make known</strong><span> with your mouth the Lord Jesus.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>2nd. To “</span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>,” that is, </span><strong class="bold">really mean it</strong><span> in your heart.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you meet these conditions God’s word says, “</span><strong class="bold">thou shalt be saved</strong><span>”. Our feelings are </span><strong class="bold">not to be depended upon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. OBEY Christ in the life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE </span><strong class="bold">that hath my commandments, and keepeth them</strong><span>, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and </span><strong class="bold">will manifest myself to him</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will require all your life to live it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All who will decide to trust in Christ </span><strong class="bold">now</strong><span>, pray with me this prayer: “Lord Jesus I come to thee </span><strong class="bold">just as I am</strong><span>, and take thee at thy word; wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!”</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="salvation-nl-proofs-that-we-are-saved"> -<span id="org-page-103"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id424"><span>Salvation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Proofs that we are saved.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Spirit itself </span><strong class="bold">beareth witness with our spirit</strong><span>, that we are the children of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND this is the record, that God </span><strong class="bold">hath given</strong><span> to us </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>, and this life is in his Son.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that </span><strong class="bold">hath</strong><span> the Son </span><strong class="bold">hath life</strong><span>; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us </span><strong class="bold">the earnest of the Spirit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit in our hearts</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 1:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby </span><strong class="bold">ye are sealed</strong><span> unto the day of redemption.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:30.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of his Son into your hearts</strong><span>, crying, Abba, Father.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, </span><strong class="bold">by the Spirit which he hath given us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, </span><strong class="bold">and renewing of the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 3:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, </span><strong class="bold">because he hath given us of his Spirit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed </span><strong class="bold">with that Holy Spirit of promise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 1:13.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-given-by-inspiration"> -<span id="org-page-104"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id425"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Given by inspiration.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND the </span><strong class="bold">word of the Lord came unto me</strong><span>, saying.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 12:21, 26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>David, the Psalmist, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of the Lord spake by me</strong><span>, and his word was in my tongue.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Samuel 23:1, 2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul, the Apostle, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God</strong><span>, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:16, 17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye </span><strong class="bold">received the word of God</strong><span> which ye heard of us, ye received it </span><strong class="bold">not as the word of men</strong><span>, but as it is in the truth, </span><strong class="bold">the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 2:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Peter, the disciple, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOWING this first, that </span><strong class="bold">no prophecy</strong><span> of the Scripture is of any </span><strong class="bold">private interpretation</strong><span>. For the </span><strong class="bold">prophecy came not</strong><span> in old time </span><strong class="bold">by the will of man</strong><span>: but holy men of God </span><strong class="bold">spake as they were</strong><span> moved by the Holy Ghost.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:20-21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>John, the Beloved, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For </span><strong class="bold">he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God</strong><span>: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 3:33-34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jesus Christ, believed them.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND beginning at </span><strong class="bold">Moses</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">all the prophets</strong><span>, he expounded unto them in </span><strong class="bold">all the scriptures</strong><span> the things concerning himself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 24:27.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-they-supply-every-need"> -<span id="org-page-105"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id426"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">They supply every need.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. They produce FAITH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO then </span><strong class="bold">faith cometh</strong><span> by hearing, </span><strong class="bold">and hearing by the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS new born babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire the sincere milk of the word</strong><span>, that ye may </span><strong class="bold">grow thereby</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. They BUILD us up.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, </span><strong class="bold">and to the word of his grace</strong><span>, which is </span><strong class="bold">able to build you up</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. They DISCERN our hearts.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is </span><strong class="bold">a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 4:12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> have I </span><strong class="bold">hid in mine heart, that I might not sin</strong><span> against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. They become one’s WEAPON.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the </span><strong class="bold">sword</strong><span> of the Spirit, </span><strong class="bold">which is the word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth</strong><span>; but thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt meditate therein day and night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have </span><strong class="bold">good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they </span><strong class="bold">received the word</strong><span> with all readiness of mind, </span><strong class="bold">and searched the scripture daily</strong><span>, whether those things were so.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-gods-promises-for-you"> -<span id="org-page-106"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id427"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s promises FOR YOU.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. His presence.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>TEACHING them to </span><strong class="bold">observe all things</strong><span> whatsoever I have commanded you: and, </span><strong class="bold">lo, I am with you always</strong><span>, even unto the end of the world. Amen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 28:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd. Guidance.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will </span><strong class="bold">guide thee with mine eye</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 32:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd. Divine Intercession.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also </span><strong class="bold">maketh intercession for us</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 8:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th. Grace to live.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND God is </span><strong class="bold">able to make all grace</strong><span> abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to </span><strong class="bold">every good work</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 9:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Victory over temptation.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as </span><strong class="bold">is common to man</strong><span>: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will </span><strong class="bold">with the temptation also make a way to escape</strong><span>, that ye may be able to bear it.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th. Forgiveness of sin.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL forgive their iniquity</strong><span>, and I will </span><strong class="bold">remember their sin no more</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 31:34.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-107"><strong class="bold">7th. Answer to prayer.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> pray, </span><strong class="bold">believe that ye receive them</strong><span>, and ye shall have them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th. The Holy Spirit.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your </span><strong class="bold">heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit</strong><span> to them that ask him?</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 11:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">9th. Power for Service.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT ye shall receive </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span>, after that the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost is come</strong><span> upon you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in </span><strong class="bold">Jerusalem</strong><span>, and in all </span><strong class="bold">Judaea</strong><span> and in </span><strong class="bold">Samaria</strong><span>, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">10th. Divine wisdom.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any of you lack </span><strong class="bold">wisdom, let him ask of God</strong><span>, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:5.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">11th. Divine strength.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not, for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>; be not dismayed, for I am </span><strong class="bold">thy God, I will strengthen</strong><span> thee; </span><strong class="bold">yea</strong><span>, I will </span><strong class="bold">help</strong><span> thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy God will </span><strong class="bold">hold thy right hand</strong><span>, saying unto thee, </span><strong class="bold">Fear not, I will help thee</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10, 13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">12th. Divine Comfort.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">I WILL not leave you comfortless</strong><span>: I will come to you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEN thou </span><strong class="bold">passest through the waters</strong><span>, I will be </span><strong class="bold">with thee</strong><span>; and through the rivers, </span><strong class="bold">they shall not overflow thee</strong><span>: when thou walkest through the fire, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt not be burned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:2</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-108"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">13th. Divine teaching.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name, he shall </span><strong class="bold">teach</strong><span> you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">14th. Our Labor not Vain.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, </span><strong class="bold">be ye steadfast, unmovable</strong><span>, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 15:58.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">15th. Our work rewarded.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: </span><strong class="bold">for your work shall be rewarded</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">16th. A Heavenly mansion.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house </span><strong class="bold">are many mansions</strong><span>; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to </span><strong class="bold">prepare a place for you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:1-2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">17th. A glorified body.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not made with hands (</span><strong class="bold">the resurrection body</strong><span>), eternal in the heavens.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 5:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">18th. A Coming Lord.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he </span><strong class="bold">appear the second time</strong><span> without sin unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 9:28.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THIS same Jesus</strong><span>, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall </span><strong class="bold">so come in like manner</strong><span> as ye have seen him go into heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 1:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-for-the-jews"> -<span id="org-page-109"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id428"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For the Jews.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is not done with the Jews:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? </span><strong class="bold">God forbid</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Their land shall be restored:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they shall say, This land that was desolate </span><strong class="bold">is become like the garden of Eden</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">The people shall be restored:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will </span><strong class="bold">bring again the captivity of my people of Israel</strong><span>, and they shall </span><strong class="bold">build</strong><span> the waste cities, and </span><strong class="bold">inhabit</strong><span> them; and they shall </span><strong class="bold">plant</strong><span> vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also </span><strong class="bold">make gardens</strong><span> and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall </span><strong class="bold">no more be pulled up out of their land</strong><span> which I have given them, saith Jehovah.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Amos 9:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">They shall be more blest than ever.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will </span><strong class="bold">do better unto you than at your beginnings</strong><span>; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">They shall be regenerated:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>A </span><strong class="bold">NEW heart</strong><span> also will I give you, and a </span><strong class="bold">new spirit</strong><span> will I put within you: and I will </span><strong class="bold">take away the stony heart</strong><span> out of your flesh, and I will </span><strong class="bold">give you a heart of flesh</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">These promises are unconditional:</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but </span><strong class="bold">for mine holy name’s sake</strong><span>, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ezekiel 36:22,31,32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew and Hebrews.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26.</span></p> -<div class="container margin transition"> -<p class="center pnext"><span>――――</span></p> -</div> -<p class="center pnext"><cite class="bold italics">Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his sacrifice.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He is despised and rejected of men</strong><span>; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; </span><strong class="bold">he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs</strong><span>, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities</strong><span>: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; </span><strong class="bold">and with his stripes we are healed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; </span><strong class="bold">and the</strong><span> Lord hath laid on him the </span><strong class="bold">iniquity of us all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">He was oppressed, and he was afflicted</strong><span> yet no opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (</span><strong class="bold">Jesus Christ was surely a man of, affliction.</strong><span>)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: </span><strong class="bold">for the transgression of my people was he stricken</strong><span>. (Christ bore our sins in His body.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (This is a beautiful picture of Christ.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him</strong><span>; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make </span><strong class="bold">his soul an offering for sin</strong><span>, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.)</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; </span><strong class="bold">for he shall bear their iniquities</strong><span>. (That’s what Christ did.)</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-given-to-instruct-the-church-member"> -<span id="org-page-111"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id429"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE things have I written unto you that </span><strong class="bold">believe upon</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have </span><strong class="bold">eternal life</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may </span><strong class="bold">know we are saved</strong><span> because God says so.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH the </span><strong class="bold">scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whatsover</strong><span> is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the victory that </span><strong class="bold">overcometh</strong><span> the </span><strong class="bold">world</strong><span>, even our faith.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 5:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>He who has </span><strong class="bold">God’s life</strong><span> in him, is the one who </span><strong class="bold">has victory.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is BORN OF HIM.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:29.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER is </span><strong class="bold">born</strong><span> of God </span><strong class="bold">doth not commit sin</strong><span>; for his seed remaineth in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>This means that the </span><strong class="bold">new nature</strong><span> “His seed” </span><strong class="bold">cannot sin</strong><span>, though the old nature does.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WE know that we have passed from death unto life, </span><strong class="bold">because we love the brethren</strong><span>. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 3:14-15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The fact that we find ourselves </span><strong class="bold">loving God’s people</strong><span> and having fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born of God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>See </span><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">pages 34</a><span> and 35 on </span><strong class="bold">new birth</strong><span>.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-read-them-helpful-thoughts"> -<span id="org-page-112"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id430"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st.</strong><span> Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read it without hurry.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Read it prayerfully. God’s book cannot rightly be apprehended without the aid of God’s Spirit. “Open thou mine. eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd.</strong><span> Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, Bible dictionary, etc.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th.</strong><span> Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in order to get through it in that time.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th.</strong><span> Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th.</strong><span> Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">8th.</strong><span> Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make its precepts the rule of your life.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">9th.</strong><span> Read it in faith. Take it as God’s word to yourself. Look upon its promises as your own</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be holy, and live it to be happy.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldier’s sword and the christian’s charter.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-importance-of-bible-study"> -<span id="org-page-113"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id431"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">Importance of Bible study.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend most of your time and then search it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">SEARCH the Scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which </span><strong class="bold">testify of me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the Bible be your motto, “In the beginning God.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord God has given me the </span><strong class="bold">tongue</strong><span> of the learned, </span><strong class="bold">that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary</strong><span>: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 50:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and </span><strong class="bold">hast revealed them unto babes</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 11:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND now, brethren, I commend you to </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>, and to the </span><strong class="bold">word</strong><span> of His </span><strong class="bold">grace</strong><span>, which is </span><strong class="bold">able</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">build</strong><span> you </span><strong class="bold">up</strong><span>, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 20:32</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY to </span><strong class="bold">shew thyself approved unto God</strong><span>, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, </span><strong class="bold">rightly dividing the word of truth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-study-them"> -<span id="org-page-114"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id432"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to study them.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st</strong><span>. When you open your Bible never forget that </span><strong class="bold">it is God’s word</strong><span>, not man’s word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it </span><strong class="bold">not as the word of men</strong><span>, but as it is in truth, </span><strong class="bold">the word of God</strong><span>, which effectually worketh also in you that </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 2:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but </span><strong class="bold">holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 1:21.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Read your Bible as if it were written for </span><strong class="bold">you only</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written </span><strong class="bold">for our learning</strong><span>, that </span><strong class="bold">we through patience</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">comfort of the scriptures might have hope</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 15:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL </span><strong class="bold">scripture</strong><span> is given </span><strong class="bold">by inspiration of God</strong><span>, and is profitable for </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">reproof</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">correction</strong><span>, for </span><strong class="bold">instruction</strong><span> in righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 3:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd</strong><span>. Study with </span><strong class="bold">prayer</strong><span>, making the </span><strong class="bold">psalmist’s prayer</strong><span> yours.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>OPEN thou </span><strong class="bold">mine eyes</strong><span>, that I may behold </span><strong class="bold">wondrous things</strong><span> out of </span><strong class="bold">thy law</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">4th</strong><span>. Study with </span><strong class="bold">meditation</strong><span> expecting help, comfort, blessing and success in living for God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt meditate therein day</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> make thy way </span><strong class="bold">prosperous</strong><span>, and then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt</strong><span> have </span><strong class="bold">good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-115"><span>One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don't let any one chew your spiritual food for you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY words were found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th.</strong><span> Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You will fail to learn if you do not.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, </span><strong class="bold">He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance</strong><span>, whatsoever, I have said unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 14:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 11:7</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> And as you read </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>: “Thou light of life shine into my heart, and reveal thyself to me now from thy word.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and humble in service.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man will do </span><strong class="bold">His will</strong><span>, he </span><strong class="bold">shall know</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">doctrine</strong><span>, (R.V. Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Cleanse your life by the application of the word.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREWITHAL shall a young man </span><strong class="bold">cleanse his way</strong><span>? by taking heed thereto according to </span><strong class="bold">thy word</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-how-to-memorize"> -<span id="org-page-116"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id433"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to memorize?</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul winners.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the memorizing of </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span> these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task if undertaken in the right manner.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>In memorizing:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st.</strong><span> Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example say John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world” instead of merely saying “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc., omitting to say John 1:29.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">2nd.</strong><span> Learn it. Don’t get a faint, indefinite idea of it. </span><strong class="bold">Take no “snap shot” but give it a “time exposure.”</strong><span> If you want to remember any text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, clear, vivid impression on your mind.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">3rd.</strong><span> There are a great many “methods” or “schemes” of memorizing advanced in this day of ours, but the writer’s opinion is that the best way of memorizing is to </span><strong class="bold">get to work and do it</strong><span>. If it is easily acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that </span><strong class="bold">it will be as easily lost</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-117"><strong class="bold">4th.</strong><span> Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you can repeat it correctly, </span><strong class="bold">then to be sure, read</strong><span> it again. </span><strong class="bold">I have made a practice of writing out on paper</strong><span> the passages to be memorized. </span><strong class="bold">Once writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth</strong><span>. In Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and said “How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the difficulties?” I said to her, “Did you ever ride on the train?” “Oh yes, hundreds of times." “Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that road every day, and that is what you and I have to do.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">5th. Review, Review, Review.</strong><span> That’s the secret of memorizing. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">day</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">week</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review</strong><span> every </span><strong class="bold">year</strong><span>. </span><strong class="bold">Review, Review, Review</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>How many people you hear saying: “I know the verse one day but forget it the next.” </span><strong class="bold">Well you need to review, that’s all</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">6th.</strong><span> Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to persons who have difficulties. </span><strong class="bold">Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!</strong><span> That’s what the </span><strong class="bold">lawyer</strong><span>, </span><strong class="bold">preacher</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">doctor</strong><span> have to do, and that is what I had to do. Be “seasonable” or “unseasonable,” in season or out of season, only </span><strong class="bold">seek</strong><span> your </span><strong class="bold">opportunity</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">practice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">7th.</strong><span> Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly until a chapter is repeated at one time?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="scriptures-the-nl-the-word-of-god-our-testimony"> -<span id="org-page-118"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id434"><span>Scriptures, The.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The word of God our TESTIMONY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">ready</strong><span> ALWAYS to </span><strong class="bold">give</strong><span> an </span><strong class="bold">answer</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">every man</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">asketh</strong><span> you a </span><strong class="bold">reason of the hope</strong><span> that is in you with </span><strong class="bold">meekness</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">fear</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 3:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore </span><strong class="bold">shall confess me before men</strong><span>, him will </span><strong class="bold">I confess also before my Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me before men</strong><span> him will </span><strong class="bold">I also deny before my Father</strong><span> which is in </span><strong class="bold">heaven</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; </span><strong class="bold">and with the mouth confession is made</strong><span> unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DAVID prayed, "</span><strong class="bold">O Lord, open thou my lips</strong><span>, and my </span><strong class="bold">mouth</strong><span> shall show forth thy praise."</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 51:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Live so that you can say with the Psalmist.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 40:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR I am </span><strong class="bold">not</strong><span> ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the </span><strong class="bold">power</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> unto </span><strong class="bold">salvation</strong><span> to </span><strong class="bold">every one that believeth</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 1:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Malachi 2:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="skeptic-nl-the-honest-enquirer-though-skeptical"> -<span id="org-page-119"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id435"><span>Skeptic.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, “O God, if there be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other things you use and believe;</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT these (the writings of John’s gospel) are written that ye might </span><strong class="bold">believe</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">Jesus</strong><span> is the </span><strong class="bold">Christ</strong><span>, the </span><strong class="bold">Son</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span>; and that </span><strong class="bold">believing</strong><span> ye might have </span><strong class="bold">life</strong><span> through </span><strong class="bold">His name</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man </span><strong class="bold">will do his will</strong><span>, he shall </span><strong class="bold">know</strong><span> of </span><strong class="bold">the doctrine</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 7:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual things.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT the </span><strong class="bold">natural man</strong><span> receiveth not the things of </span><strong class="bold">the Spirit of God</strong><span>: for they are </span><strong class="bold">foolishness unto him</strong><span>: neither can he know them, because they </span><strong class="bold">are spiritually discerned</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 2:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw “</span><strong class="bold">men as trees.” walking</strong><span> when Christ first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave him more.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe</strong><span>. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither </span><strong class="bold">thy finger</strong><span>, and behold </span><strong class="bold">my hands</strong><span>; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it </span><strong class="bold">into my side</strong><span>: and be not faithless, </span><strong class="bold">but believing</strong><span>. And Thomas answered and said unto him, </span><strong class="bold">My Lord and my God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 20:25-28.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="spiritualism-fortune-telling-nl-god-warns-against-it"> -<span id="org-page-120"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id436"><span>Spiritualism Fortune Telling.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God WARNS against It.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">REGARD not</strong><span> them that have </span><strong class="bold">familiar spirits</strong><span>, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Leviticus 19:31</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE soul that turneth after such as have </span><strong class="bold">familiar spirits, and after wizards</strong><span>, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Leviticus 20:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">Beware of Spiritualism.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BELOVED, </span><strong class="bold">believe not every spirit</strong><span>, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come: and even now already is in the world.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:1-3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and </span><strong class="bold">signs and lying wonders</strong><span>, And with all </span><strong class="bold">deceivableness of unrighteousness</strong><span> in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Thessalonians 2:9-12.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that </span><strong class="bold">useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Deuteronomy 18:10-11.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="temperance-nl-gods-warning-against-intemperance"> -<span id="org-page-121"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id437"><span>Temperance.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">God’s WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning</strong><span>, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, till </span><strong class="bold">wine</strong><span> inflame them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 5:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine</strong><span>, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 5:22.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WOE unto him that </span><strong class="bold">giveth his neighbor drink</strong><span>, that putteth the bottle to him, and maketh him drunken also.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Habakkuk 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. </span><strong class="bold">Be not among winebibbers</strong><span>; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall </span><strong class="bold">come to poverty</strong><span>: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. . . . Who hath </span><strong class="bold">woe</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">sorrow</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">contentions</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">babbling</strong><span>? who hath </span><strong class="bold">wounds</strong><span> without cause? who hath </span><strong class="bold">redness of eyes</strong><span>? They that </span><strong class="bold">tarry long at the wine</strong><span>; they that go to seek mixed wine. </span><strong class="bold">Look not thou upon the wine</strong><span> when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it </span><strong class="bold">biteth like a serpent</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">stingeth like an adder</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WINE is a </span><strong class="bold">mocker</strong><span>, strong drink is </span><strong class="bold">raging</strong><span>: and whosoever is deceived thereby </span><strong class="bold">is not wise</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 20:1.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that </span><strong class="bold">loveth wine</strong><span> and oil </span><strong class="bold">shall not be rich</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Proverbs 21:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">be not drunk with wine</strong><span>, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 5:18.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BUT Daniel </span><strong class="bold">purposed in his heart</strong><span> that he </span><strong class="bold">would not defile himself</strong><span> with the portion of the king’s meat, </span><strong class="bold">nor with the wine which he drank</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 1:8.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="temptation-nl-how-to-gain-the-victory"> -<span id="org-page-122"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id438"><span>Temptation.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">How to gain the VICTORY.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THERE hath no </span><strong class="bold">temptation taken you but such as is common to man</strong><span>: but God is </span><strong class="bold">faithful</strong><span>, who will </span><strong class="bold">not suffer (you)</strong><span> to be </span><strong class="bold">tempted above</strong><span> that </span><strong class="bold">ye are able</strong><span>; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that ye may be </span><strong class="bold">able to bear it</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord </span><strong class="bold">knoweth</strong><span> how to </span><strong class="bold">deliver the Godly out of temptation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 2:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BLESSED</strong><span> is the man that </span><strong class="bold">endureth temptation</strong><span>: for when he is tried, . . . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is </span><strong class="bold">drawn away of his own lust</strong><span>, and enticed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 1:12-14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE </span><strong class="bold">strong</strong><span> and of </span><strong class="bold">good courage</strong><span>; be not </span><strong class="bold">afraid</strong><span>, neither be thou </span><strong class="bold">dismayed</strong><span>: for the </span><strong class="bold">Lord</strong><span> thy </span><strong class="bold">God</strong><span> is with thee </span><strong class="bold">whithersoever thou goest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FEAR thou not, for </span><strong class="bold">I am with thee</strong><span>: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: </span><strong class="bold">I will strengthen thee</strong><span>; yea </span><strong class="bold">I will help thee</strong><span>; yea, </span><strong class="bold">I will uphold thee</strong><span> with the right hand of my righteousness.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 41:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was </span><strong class="bold">in all points tempted like as we are</strong><span>, yet without sin. Let us </span><strong class="bold">therefore</strong><span> come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and </span><strong class="bold">find grace to help in time of need</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 4:15-16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WATCH and pray</strong><span>, that ye enter not into temptation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 26:41.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39.</span></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="unpardonable-sin"> -<span id="org-page-123"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id439"><span>Unpardonable Sin.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; </span><strong class="bold">and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 6:37.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is </span><strong class="bold">longsuffering</strong><span> to usward, </span><strong class="bold">not willing that any should perish, but that all</strong><span> should come to repentance.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Peter 3:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE he is </span><strong class="bold">able to save them to the uttermost</strong><span> that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Hebrews 7:25.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings or conditions are.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR </span><strong class="bold">whosoever</strong><span> shall call upon the </span><strong class="bold">name</strong><span> of the </span><strong class="bold">Lord shall be saved</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Show just what the unpardonable sin is?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: </span><strong class="bold">but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost</strong><span> shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, </span><strong class="bold">it shall not be forgiven him</strong><span>, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 12:31-32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the </span><strong class="bold">Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness</strong><span>, but is in danger of </span><strong class="bold">eternal damnation</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 3:28-29.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="unforgiveness-nl-for-those-who-will-not-forgive"> -<span id="org-page-124"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id440"><span>Unforgiveness.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">For those who will not forgive.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy brother </span><strong class="bold">hath aught against thee</strong><span>; Leave there thy gift before the altar, </span><strong class="bold">and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother</strong><span>, and then come and offer thy gift.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:23, 24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Have you forgiven </span><strong class="bold">all</strong><span>?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND when ye stand praying, </span><strong class="bold">forgive, if ye have ought against any</strong><span>: that your Father also which is in heaven may </span><strong class="bold">forgive you your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father</strong><span> which is in heaven </span><strong class="bold">forgive your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:25, 26.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND be ye </span><strong class="bold">kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another</strong><span>, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:32.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR if ye </span><strong class="bold">forgive men their trespasses</strong><span>, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><strong class="bold">But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:14, 15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; Forbearing one another, </span><strong class="bold">and forgiving one another</strong><span>, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:12, 13.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God to forgive you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET all </span><strong class="bold">bitterness</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">wrath</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">anger</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">clamour</strong><span> and </span><strong class="bold">evil speaking, be put away</strong><span> from you </span><strong class="bold">with all malice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 4:31.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="worldly-amusements-nl-i-see-no-harm-in-them"> -<span id="org-page-125"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id441"><span>Worldly Amusements.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">"I see no HARM in them"</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">LOVE not the world</strong><span>, neither the things that are in the world. </span><strong class="bold">If any man love the world</strong><span>, the love of the Father is not in him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will </span><strong class="bold">eat no flesh</strong><span> while the world standeth, </span><strong class="bold">lest I make my brother to offend</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 8:13</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not give up something?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all </span><strong class="bold">in the name of the Lord Jesus</strong><span>, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Colossians 3:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, </span><strong class="bold">do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">NO man can serve two masters</strong><span>: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, </span><strong class="bold">Ye cannot serve God and mammon</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 6:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that </span><strong class="bold">the friendship of the world is enmity with God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 4:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHEREFORE </span><strong class="bold">come out</strong><span> from among them, and </span><strong class="bold">be ye separate</strong><span>, saith the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:17</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NO man that warreth </span><strong class="bold">entangleth himself with the affairs of this life</strong><span>; that he may </span><strong class="bold">please him</strong><span> who hath chosen him to be a soldier.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:4</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore </span><strong class="bold">glorify God in your body</strong><span>, and in your spirit, which are God's.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 6:20</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes</strong><span>: but know thou, that </span><strong class="bold">for all these things</strong><span> God will </span><strong class="bold">bring thee into judgment</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ecclesiastes 11:9</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em" id="org-page-126"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>KNOW ye not that ye are </span><strong class="bold">the temple of God</strong><span>, and that the </span><strong class="bold">Spirit of God dwelleth in you</strong><span>? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the </span><strong class="bold">temple of God is holy, which temple ye are</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 3:16, 17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your body is that temple.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEY profess that they know God; </span><strong class="bold">but in works they deny him</strong><span>, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Titus 1:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can you ask a blessing on it.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; </span><strong class="bold">but in every thing by prayer and supplication</strong><span> with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, </span><strong class="bold">or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 10:31.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God?</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers</strong><span>: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? </span><strong class="bold">And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God</strong><span>:</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Corinthians 6:14-16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Some say: “All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our dances.”</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I must say with Paul:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF any man preach </span><strong class="bold">any other gospel unto you</strong><span> than that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> have received, </span><strong class="bold">let him be accursed</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 1:9.</cite></p> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="young-converts-nl-what-they-should-do"> -<span id="org-page-127"></span><h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id442"><span>Young Converts.</span><span> -<br /></span><span></span><span class="bold small sub">What they should do.</span></a></h3> -<p class="pfirst"><span>By doing these </span><strong class="bold">four</strong><span> things nobody can write backslider after your name.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">1st. Every day say something To GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><strong class="bold">PRAY</strong><span> without ceasing.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Thessalonians 5:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>BE careful for nothing; but in </span><strong class="bold">everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving</strong><span> let your </span><strong class="bold">requests be made known unto God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Philippians 4:6.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF </span><strong class="bold">ye abide in me</strong><span>, and </span><strong class="bold">my words abide</strong><span> in </span><strong class="bold">you</strong><span>, ye </span><strong class="bold">shall ask</strong><span> what ye will, and it </span><strong class="bold">shall</strong><span> be done unto you.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:7.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">What things soever ye desire</strong><span>, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and </span><strong class="bold">ye shall have them</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 11:24.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CALL </span><strong class="bold">unto me, and I will answer thee</strong><span>, and show ye great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 33:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that </span><strong class="bold">ye</strong><span> may be healed. The </span><strong class="bold">effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, </span><strong class="bold">he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks</strong><span> before his God, as he did aforetime.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>EVENING, and </span><strong class="bold">morning</strong><span>, and at </span><strong class="bold">noon</strong><span>, will I </span><strong class="bold">pray</strong><span>, and cry </span><strong class="bold">aloud</strong><span>: and He </span><strong class="bold">shall hear my voice</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 55:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IF my people which are called by my name, </span><strong class="bold">shall humble themselves</strong><span>, and pray, and </span><strong class="bold">seek my face</strong><span>, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and </span><strong class="bold">will forgive their sin</strong><span>, and will heal their land.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Chronicles 7:14.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Neglect praying, and you will backslide.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-128"><strong class="bold">2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SEARCH </span><strong class="bold">the scriptures</strong><span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 5:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">words were</strong><span> found, and </span><strong class="bold">I did eat them</strong><span>; and thy word was unto me </span><strong class="bold">the joy and rejoicing of my heart</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Jeremiah 15:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>STUDY </span><strong class="bold">to show thyself approved unto God, a workman</strong><span> that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">II Timothy 2:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS newborn babes, </span><strong class="bold">desire the sincere milk of the word</strong><span>, that ye may grow thereby.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Peter 2:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY </span><strong class="bold">word have I hid in mine heart</strong><span>, that I might not sin against thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 119:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the </span><strong class="bold">word of God</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Ephesians 6:17.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THY word is a </span><strong class="bold">lamp</strong><span> unto my </span><strong class="bold">feet</strong><span>, and a </span><strong class="bold">light</strong><span> unto my </span><strong class="bold">path</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalm 119:105.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and </span><strong class="bold">searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Acts 17:11.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to you.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">meditate therein day and night</strong><span>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt have good success</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Joshua 1:8.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-129"><strong class="bold">3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall </span><strong class="bold">confess me before men</strong><span>, him will </span><strong class="bold">I confess also before my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven. But whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">deny me</strong><span> before men him will </span><strong class="bold">I also deny before my Father</strong><span> which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:32-33.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THAT if thou shalt </span><strong class="bold">confess with thy mouth</strong><span> (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou </span><strong class="bold">shalt be saved</strong><span>. For with the </span><strong class="bold">heart man believeth</strong><span> unto righteousness; and with the </span><strong class="bold">mouth confession</strong><span> is made unto salvation.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Romans 10:9-10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET your </span><strong class="bold">light so shine before men</strong><span> that they may </span><strong class="bold">see your good works</strong><span>, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 5:16.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>YE are my </span><strong class="bold">witnesses</strong><span>, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Isaiah 43:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER therefore shall be </span><strong class="bold">ashamed of me and my words</strong><span>, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the </span><strong class="bold">Son of man</strong><span> be ashamed.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 8:38.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>WHOSOEVER shall </span><strong class="bold">confess that Jesus is the Son of God</strong><span>, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I John 4:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SING unto the Lord, bless his name; </span><strong class="bold">shew forth</strong><span> his salvation </span><strong class="bold">from day to day</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Psalms 96:2.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>RETURN </span><strong class="bold">to thine house, and shew</strong><span> how great things God hath done unto thee.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 8:39.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and </span><strong class="bold">take up his cross daily</strong><span>, and follow me.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Luke 9:23.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst" id="org-page-130"><strong class="bold">4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.</strong></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>THEREFORE my beloved brethren, </span><strong class="bold">be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work</strong><span> of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">I Corinthians 15:58.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>GO ye into </span><strong class="bold">all the world</strong><span> and preach the gospel to </span><strong class="bold">every creature.</strong></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Mark 16:15.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AS we </span><strong class="bold">have therefore opportunity, let us do good</strong><span> unto all men.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:10.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>I MUST work the works of him that sent me, </span><strong class="bold">while it is day</strong><span>: the </span><strong class="bold">night cometh</strong><span>, when no man can work.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 9:4.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>LET him know that he which converteth </span><strong class="bold">the sinner</strong><span> from the error of his way </span><strong class="bold">shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">James 5:20.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND they that be wise shall </span><strong class="bold">shine as the brightness of the firmament</strong><span>; and </span><strong class="bold">they that turn many to righteousness</strong><span> as the stars for ever and ever.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Daniel 12:3.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND whosoever shall </span><strong class="bold">give to drink</strong><span> unto one of these little ones </span><strong class="bold">a cup of cold water</strong><span> only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">he shall in no wise lose his reward</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Matthew 10:42.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, </span><strong class="bold">ye have done it unto me</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Last clause. Matthew 25:40.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>AND </span><strong class="bold">let us not be weary</strong><span> in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">Galatians 6:9.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, </span><strong class="bold">Lift up your eyes</strong><span>, and look on the fields; for they are </span><strong class="bold">white already to harvest</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 4:35.</cite></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>HEREIN is my Father glorified that </span><strong class="bold">ye bear much fruit</strong><span>.</span></p> -<p class="antigua pnext right"><cite class="italics">John 15:8.</cite></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="backmatter"> -</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="general-index"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id444"><span>GENERAL INDEX</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Age— (see “I am too young")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Answers to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-5">Assurance— How you may know you are saved</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Backslider— God’s warning to</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-8">Backslider— How he may return</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Baptism— It follows Salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-10">Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Bible— (see “Scriptures”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-11">Business— I will be hindered in making money</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Careless—(see “I am not concerned”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Ceremonies—(Do not save) see “Baptism”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Christ—His Deity</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Christian living— Those trying to be Christians</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Christian living— Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Christian living— How to grow in grace</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-16">Christian living— Results of keeping close to Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Christian living— Results following repentance and faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-22">Christian Science</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Church— Must I join to be a Christian?</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Companionship— (see “My companions keep me from Christ”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Confession— Confessing Christ publicly</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-20">Consecration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-24">Conversion— (instantaneous)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Converts— (see Young Converts)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Daily Living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Daily Prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Decision—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Deity of Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Delay—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">Doubter—The honest</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Doubter—The honest (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Everlasting Life</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Excuses— I am a member of the church</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-27">Excuses— I am good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Excuses— I am not very bad</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-29">Excuses— I am not good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Excuses— I am too great a sinner</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Excuses— Not now</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-32">Excuses— There are Church members no better than I</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-36">Excuses— There is too much to give up</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-37">Excuses— I can not surrender all</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-38">Excuses— The Christian life is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Excuses— I have tried and failed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-41">Excuses— I can’t hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Excuses— I have no feeling</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Excuses— I am not concerned</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-46">Excuses— The Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-47">Excuses— Those who know not the way</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-48">Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Excuses— I can’t understand</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-51">Excuses— I can’t see</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Excuses— My heart is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Excuses— I am too young</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-55">Excuses— It is too late</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-56">Excuses— Don't talk to me</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Faith—Necessary to salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Feeling—(see “I have no feeling”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-57">Formalist</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Friendship</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-58">Giving (systematically)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God—(see “Doubter”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Growth</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Habits</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-59">Hell— A real place</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-60">Hell— “God is unjust to damn”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-61">Hell— Condition of the lost</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-63">Holiness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-64">Holy Spirit</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see “Hypocrites”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent—The</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Intemperance</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Jews—Scriptures for them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Joining the church</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-68">Love—For your neighbor</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Moralist— Trusts in self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-70">Moralist— Who trusts in good works</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Neglecting— (see I am not concerned)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Personal Work— Its great importance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-72">Personal Work— Qualifications needed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-74">Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-76">Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer list” card</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-77">Personal Work— Three helpful hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-78">Personal Work— Hints and suggestions</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-80">Personal Work— Fruit promised</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-81">Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-82">Personal Work— For those Who are weak</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-83">Personal Work— A word to the careless</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference external" href="#org-page-13">Power— God’s Keeping</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference external" href="#org-page-39">Power— God’s Keeping (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-85">Prayer— Heard and answered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-86">Prayer— Victory through’ prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Prayer— Conditions in answer to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Prayer-meetings—(Preparation for)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Promises</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-89">Regeneration— The new birth</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-90">Regeneration— (Results of)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-92">Revival— How to make it a success</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-93">Revival— What to bring to it</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Rules for daily prayer (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-96">Sabbath and Sunday</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-105">Scriptures, The— They supply every need</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Scriptures, The— For the Jews</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-111">Scriptures, The— For Church members</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-112">Scriptures, The— How to read them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-113">Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-114">Scriptures, The— How to study them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-116">Scriptures, The— How to memorize</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Scriptures, The— Our Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Self-denial</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Service</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Soul-Winning</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Spiritualism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Suggestions—(see "Converts")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Temperance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-122">Temptation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Testimony (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness—For those who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Work—(see “Personal Work")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Workers—Hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Young Coverts</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="index-for-christians"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id445"><span>INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Answers to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-5">Assurance—How you may know you are saved</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Christian Living— Those who are trying to be Christians</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Christian Living— Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Christian Living— How to grow in grace</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-16">Christian Living— Results of keeping close to Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Christian Living— Results following repentance and faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-22">Christian Science</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Confession— Confessing Christ publically.</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Consecration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Converts</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Daily Living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-17">Daily Living (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Daily Prayer</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-58">Giving—(systematically)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God—(see “Doubter”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Growth</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-63">Holiness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-64">Holy Spirit</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Intemperance</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Jews— Scriptures for them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Joining the Church</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-68">Love—For your neighbor</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Personal Work— Its great importance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-72">Personal Work— Qualifications needed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-74">Personal Work— The soul-winner's prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-76">Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer-list” card</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-77">Personal Work— Three helpful hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-78">Personal Work— Hints and suggestions</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-79">Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-80">Personal Work— Fruit promised</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-81">Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-82">Personal Work— For those who are weak</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-83">Personal Work— A word to the careless</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-84">Pleasures—For those hindered by them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Power—God’s Keeping</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Power—God’s Keeping (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-85">Prayer— Heard and answered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-86">Prayer— Victory through.’ prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-87">Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-88">Conditions in answer to prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Prayer-meetings—preparation for</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Promises</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-89">Regeneration— The new birth</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-90">Regeneration— Results of</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-92">Revival— How to make it a success</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-93">Revival— What to bring to it</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Ridicule and Persecution</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily living</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-14">Rules for daily prayer</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Rules for daily prayer (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-96">Sabbath and Sunday</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-98">Salvation— To whom offered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-99">Salvation— Offered to the most sinful</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Salvation— Saved alone by faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-101">Salvation— What must I do to be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-103">Salvation— Proof we are saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-105">Scriptures, The— They supply every need</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-106">Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you.</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-109">Scriptures, The— For the Jews</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-111">Scriptures, The— For Church members</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-112">Scriptures, The— How to read them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-113">Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-114">Scriptures, The— How to study them</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-116">Scriptures, The— How to memorize</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Scriptures, The— Our Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Self-denial</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Service</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Sin— (“I am not very bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Sin— (“I am too bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Sin— Unpardonable</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-119">Skeptic</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Soul-winning</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Spritualism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-42">Strength to hold out (as well)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Suggestions—(see “Converts")</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Surrender</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-121">Temperance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-122">Temptation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-19">Testimony</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-118">Testimony (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness—For those Who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-71">Work—(see “Personal Work”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-75">Workers—Hints</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-127">Young Converts</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="index-for-the-unsaved"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id446"><span>INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED</span></a></h2> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Age— (see “I am too young")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-7">Backslider— God’s warning to</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-8">Backslider— How he may return to God</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Baptism— Follows Salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-10">Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-104">Bible— (see Scriptures)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-11">Business—I will be hindered in making money</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Careless—(see, I am not concerned)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-9">Ceremonies—(Do not save)—see Baptism</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Christ—His Deity</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-18">Church—Must I join to be a Christian?</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Companionship—(see “My companions keep me from Christ”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-24">Conversion (instantaneous)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Decision—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-21">Deity of Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Delay—(see “Not now”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">Doubter</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Doubter (also)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Everlasting Life</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-26">Excuses— I am a member of the church</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-27">Excuses— I am good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Excuses— I am not very bad</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-29">Excuses— I am not good enough</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Excuses— I am too great a sinner</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Excuses— Not now</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-32">Excuses— There are Church members no better than I</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-36">Excuses— There is too much to give up</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-37">Excuses— I cannot surrender all</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-38">Excuses— The Christian life is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Excuses— I have tried and failed</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-41">Excuses— I can’t hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Excuses— I have no feeling</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Excuses— I am not concerned</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-46">Excuses— The Indifferent</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-47">Excuses— Those Who know not the way</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-48">Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-50">Excuses— I can’t understand</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-51">Excuses— I can't see</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Excuses— My heart is too hard</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-53">Excuses— I am too young</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-55">Excuses— It is too late</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-56">Excuses— Don’t talk to me</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Faith— Necessary to salvation</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-43">Feeling— (see “I have no feeling”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Forgiveness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-120">Formalist</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-34">Friendship</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-25">God— (see "Doubter")</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-35">Habits</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-59">Hell— A real place</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-60">Hell— “God is unjust to damn”</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-61">Hell— Condition of the lost</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Hypocrites</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-66">Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Indifferent, The</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Moralist—Who trusts in self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-70">Moralist—Who trusts in good works</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-45">Neglecting—(see “I am not concerned”)</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-84">Pleasures—For those hindered by them</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-54">Rejection</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-91">Repentance</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-94">Ridicule and Persecution</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-98">Salvation— To Whom offered</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-99">Salvation— Offered to the most sinful</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Salvation— Saved alone by faith</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-101">Salvation— What must I do to be saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-103">Salvation— Proof We are saved</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-69">Self-righteousness</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-28">Sin— (“I am not very bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-30">Sin— (“I am too bad”)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-52">Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Sin— Unpardonable</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-119">Skeptic</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-13">Strength to hold out</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-39">Strength to hold out (also)</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-31">Surrender</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-12">Trying to be a Christian</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-100">Unbelief, Lost through</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-123">Unforgiveness— For those who will not forgive</a></p> -<p class="pnext"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-124">Unpardonable Sin</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#org-page-125">Worldly Amusements</a></p> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-2 section" id="songs"> -<h2 class="center level-2 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id450"><span>Songs:</span></a></h2> -<div class="vfill"> -</div> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="the-bible-railway"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id447"><span>The Bible Railway.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 612.75px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/RTP-Song1.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="id338"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id448"><span>Consecration.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 564.0px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert" src="images/RTP-Song2.jpg" /> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="clearpage"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="level-3 section" id="a-man-may-be-down-but-he-never-is-out"> -<h3 class="center level-3 pfirst section-title title"><a class="toc-backref" href="#id449"><span>A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out.</span></a></h3> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="align-center block figure" style="width: 90%"> -<img class="align-center block" style="display: block; width: 100%; width: 75.0%; height: 612.75px" alt="Song Written by "Fred" R. 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- :DC.Title: Rescue the Perishing
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- `RESCUE`
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- `PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.`
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- `That ye may KNOW how ye ought to`
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- `ANSWER every man —— Colossians 4:6.`
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- `SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS`
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- `FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.`
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- `ARRANGED BY`
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- PREFACE
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- This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience.
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- SUNSHINE AND SMILES
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- “FRED” R. SEIBERT
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- A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS
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- *May my Motto be yours:*
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- **Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him All Things.**
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-PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY.
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-Assurance. |nl| :sub:`HOW you may KNOW you are saved.`
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-You may **know** you are saved, because God **says so** in His Word.
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-**THESE things have I written** unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, **that ye may know** (not hope, or guess) that ye **have** (not are going to have) eternal life.”
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-`I John 5:13.`
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-BUT as many as **received Him** (Christ) to **them gave** he **power** to **become the sons** of **God**, even to them that **believe on his name**.
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-`John 1:12.`
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-I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that **he is able to keep** that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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-`II Timothy 1:12.`
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-VERILY, **verily**, I say unto you, He that **heareth my word and believeth on Him** that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is **passed from death unto life**.
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-`John 5:24.`
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-A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they **know** they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and **perhaps** you will be saved, or you will have a **good chance** of being saved, or you may **hope** to be saved.” No, but “thou **shalt** be saved.”
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-`Acts 16:31.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that **believeth on me** HATH everlasting life.
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-`John 6:47.`
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-He that believeth on the Son **hath** (not perhaps will have) everlasting life.
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-`I John 5:12.`
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-If you have **received God’s gift** (Jesus), you have God’s **word** for it that you **have life**. **The life is in His Son**. Believe this and you will **know it**. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the witness of the Spirit.
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-`Romans 8:16.`
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-HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the **witness (record)** in **himself**: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son **hath life**; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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-`I John 5:10,11,12.`
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-“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“**These things are written**.” Read: I John 5:13.
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-Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words **shall not** pass away.”
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-`Matthew 24:35.`
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-Which would you rather trust, God’s **unchanging** Word, or your **everchanging** feelings? When God says a thing, it is so.
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-If you want this evidence **you must believe God’s word**. If you do not, you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working in you.
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-He that believeth not God hath **made Him a liar**; because he **believeth not the record** that God gave of His Son. And this **is the record**, that God **hath given** to us eternal life.
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-NOW the just shall live by faith: but **if any man draw back**, my soul shall have **no pleasure in him**.
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-`Hebrews 10:38.`
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-FOR it had **been better** for them **not to have known** the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, **to turn from the holy commandment** delivered unto them.
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-`II Peter 2:21.`
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-`James 4:17.`
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-TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in **departing from the living God**.
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-`Hebrews 3:12.`
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-I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were **as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:** yet **have ye not returned** unto me, saith the Lord.
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-Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, **prepare to meet thy God**, O Israel.
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-`Amos 4:11-12.`
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-`Revelation 3:16.`
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-If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you **confess your sins** and return to the Lord, because God says,
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-THE backslider in heart shall be **filled with his own ways**.
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-`Proverbs 14:14.`
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-God says though man’s ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is **hope** for the backslider—Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and how the Father **welcomed his boy home!**
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-BUT **when he was yet a great way off**, his father **saw him**, and had **compassion**, and ran, and fell on his neck, and **kissed him**.
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-`Luke 15:20.`
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-**1st. Submit to God**. **He will forgive**.
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-GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, **Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the** Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. **Only acknowledge thine iniquity**, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, **Turn, O backsliding children, saith the** Lord; **for I am married unto you**.
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-`Jeremiah 3:12-14.`
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-**I WILL heal their backsliding**, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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-`Hosea 14:4.`
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-**2nd. Confess to God.**
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-I ACKNOWLEDGED **my sin unto** thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, **I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord**; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
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-`Psalms 32:5.`
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-IF we **confess** our **sins**, He is **faithful** and **just** to forgive us our **sins**, and to **cleanse** us from all **unrighteousness**.
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-`I John 1:9.`
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-**3rd. Turn to God.**
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-`Hosea 12:6.`
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-IF **thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up**, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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-`Job 22:23.`
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-**VERILY, verily**, I say unto you, **He that heareth My word**, and **believeth** on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), **hath** everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but **hath passed out of death into life**.
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-If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God's commands, covenant to do the following things **daily; pray, study** your Bible, **confess Christ**, try to **lead souls** to Christ, and **seek the society** of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says concerning these things, and their importance.
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- - Your **own soul** will be enriched.
- - Persons will be **saved**.
- - Christians will be **built up**.
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- - The word of God will be **honored**.
- - Jesus Christ will be **glorified**.
- - The Holy Ghost **will not be grieved**.
- - You will be **ready** for any work.
- - You will be **devoted** to Jesus Christ.
- - You will be **successful** because faithful.
- - New **methods** will be used.
- - Your **influence** will be more telling.
- - Your life will be **less selfish**.
- - Your **expectations** will be more heavenly.
- - Your **joy** will be more abiding.
- - Your **hope** will be brighter.
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-**Confess** Christ, or He will **deny** us.
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-WHOSOEVER therefore shall **confess me before men**, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall **deny me** before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
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-`Matthew 10:32-33`
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-WHOSOEVER therefore shall be **ashamed of me and of my words** in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall **the Son of man be ashamed**.
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-`Mark 8:38.`
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-THAT if thou **shalt confess with thy mouth** (not your influence) the **Lord Jesus**, and **shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved**.
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-`Romans 10:9.`
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-`Luke 12:8-9.`
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-We should confess Christ, not only to **honor Him**, but because of the **influence we may have on others**.
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-He first findeth his own brother Simon and **saith unto him, we have found the Messias**, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he **brought him to Jesus**.
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-`John 1:40—42.`
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-NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but **because of the Pharisees they did not confess him**, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they **loved the praise of men** more than the praise of God.
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-`John 12:42—43.`
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-I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye **present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God**, which is your reasonable service.
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-`Romans 12:1.`
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-`Hebrews 12:1-2.`
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-WHETHER therefore ye **eat**, or **drink**, or **whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God**.
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-`I Corinthians 10:31.`
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-`Colossians 3:17.`
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- | I would walk daily by thy side,
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- | Help me to live so near to thee
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- | Make me so gentle, kind and true
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- | My errand here on earth would be;
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-THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, **preaching peace by Jesus Christ**: (He is Lord of all).
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-`Acts 10:36.`
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-`I Corinthians 2:7—8.`
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-AND Thomas answered and said unto him, **My Lord and my God**. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are written, that ye **might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God**; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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-`John 20:28-29, 31.`
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-WHOSOEVER believeth **that Jesus is the Christ is born of God**: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. . . . Who is he that **overcometh** the world, but he **that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God**?
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-`I John 5:1, 5.`
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-WHO **is a liar** but **he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ**? He is anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever **denieth the Son**, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father **also**.
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-`I John 2:22-23.`
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-“Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor “Science” for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many truths of the Bible.
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-OUR **Father** which art in heaven.
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-`Matthew 6:9.`
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-`I John 4:2.`
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-`I John 4:3.`
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-`II Corinthians 5:21.`
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-FOR many **deceivers are entered into the world**, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
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-`II John 1:7.`
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-WHO his **own self bare our sins in his own body** on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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-`I Peter 2:24.`
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-`Hebrews 9:22.`
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-MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, **I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity**.
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-`Matthew 7:22-23.`
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-FOR the **mystery of iniquity** doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that **Wicked be revealed**, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and **shall destroy with the brightness of his coming**.
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-`II Thessalonians 2:7-8.`
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-`II Corinthians 11:14.`
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-**God says you can be saved AT ONCE.**
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-**LOOK unto me**, and **be ye saved**, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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-`Isaiah 45:22.`
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-`Acts 16:31-32.`
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-`Luke 23:42-43.`
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-The woman believed and was saved the **same hour**.
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-`Luke 7:48-50.`
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-`Isaiah 55:7.`
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-HE . . . that believeth, **hath** (not will have) everlasting life.
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-`John 5:24.`
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-HIM that cometh to **me, I will in no wise cast out**.
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-`John 6:37.`
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-**“HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"**
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-`John 1:14.`
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-NO man hath seen God at any time, the **only begotten Son** which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.
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-`John 1:18.`
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-`John 20:29.`
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-BUT these are **written**, that ye might **believe** that **Jesus** is the **Christ**, the **Son of God**; and that **believing** ye might have **life through His name**.
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-`John 20:31.`
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-IF any man will do **His will**, he **shall know** of the **doctrine**, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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-`John 7:17.`
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-HE that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, **because ye are not of God**.
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-`John 8:47.`
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-`John 4:9.`
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-`John 14:10.`
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-BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
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-`John 14:11.`
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-AND whatsoever ye shall ask in **my name, that will I do**, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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-`John 14:13.`
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-Church membership **alone does not save any one**. Jesus made this act very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion.
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-**NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord**, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; **but he that doeth the will of my Father** which is in heaven.
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-`Matthew 7:21.`
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-**MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord**, have we not **prophesied in thy name**? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, **I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity**.
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-`Matthew 7:22-23.`
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-THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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-And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and **it fell**: and **great was the fall of it**.
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-`Matthew 7:24-27.`
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-The great question is, **Have I been born of God**, and am I **showing by my life** that I am a child of God?
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-You may **think** you are, but **God does not**.
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- He says you are a sinner!
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-**FOR all have sinned**, and come short of the glory of God.
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-`Romans 3:23.`
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-`Romans 3:10.`
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-`Ecclesiastes 7:20.`
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-ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned **every one** to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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-`Isaiah 53:6.`
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-AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. **I fast twice in the week**, I **give tithes** of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, **God be merciful to me a sinner**. I tell you, **this man** went down to his house **justified rather than the other**: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that **humbleth himself shall be exalted**.
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-`Luke 18:9-14.`
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-`Romans 6:23.`
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-THE soul that sinneth **it shall die**.
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-`Ezekiel 18:4`
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-THERE is **no difference**: For **all have sinned**.
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-`Romans 3:22-23.`
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-THEY are **all gone aside**, they are **all together become filthy**: there is **none that doeth good**, no, not one.
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-`Psalms 14:3.`
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-`Ecclesiastes 7:20.`
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-FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is written, **Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things** which are written in the book of the law **to do them**.
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-`Galatians 3:10.`
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-**WHOSOEVER** shall keep the **whole law**, and yet offend in **one point**, he is **guilty of all**.
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-`James 2:10.`
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-AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; **but God knoweth your hearts**: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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-`Luke 16:15.`
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-Do you keep God's greatest Commandment?
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-THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with **all** thy heart, and with **all** thy soul, and with all thy mind.
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-`Matthew 22:37-38.`
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-`Galatians 3:22.`
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-Jesus came to **save sinners**, and not the righteous!
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-BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, **They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick**. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to **call the righteous, but sinners** to repentance.
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-`Matthew 9:12-13.`
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-NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
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-`Titus 3:5.`
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-**LET the wicked forsake his way** (that’s your part), **and the unrighteous man his thoughts** (that’s your part): **and let him return unto the Lord** (that’s your part), and He will have **mercy** upon him; and to our God, for **He will abundantly pardon**. (God’s part.)
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-`Isaiah 55:7.`
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-FOR the Son of Man is come **to seek** and **to save** that **which was lost**.
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-`Luke 19:10.`
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-COME now and let us **reason together**, saith the Lord; though your **sins** be **as scarlet**, they shall be as **white** as **snow**; though they be red like **crimson**, they **shall be as wool**.
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-`Isaiah 1:18.`
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-THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to **save sinners**; of whom **I am the chief**.
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-`I Timothy 1:15.`
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-**IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins**.
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-`I John 1:9.`
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-**ALL** that the Father giveth me shall **come** to me; and him that **cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.**
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-`John 6:37.`
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-It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as most people have a **very good opinion of themselves**. When one sees his or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there is forgiveness.
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-`I Timothy 1:15.`
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-`Luke 19:10.`
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-The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you **may be saved**, because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin you have God’s Word for it that **you are forgiven**.
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-`Isaiah 55:7.`
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-HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but **whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy**.
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-`Proverbs 28:13.`
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-FOR **whosoever** shall **call** upon the name of the Lord **shall be saved**.
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-**WHOSOEVER will**, let him **take** the **water** of life freely.
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-`Revelation 22:17.`
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-“**Whosoever** means any one, and **you too**."
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-HIM that cometh to **me I will in no wise cast out**.
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-`John 6:37.`
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-`Hebrews 7:25.`
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-COME; for all things are **now ready**.
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-`Luke 14:17.`
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-**TODAY** if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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-`Hebrews 3:15.`
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-SEEK ye the Lord **while He may be found**, call ye upon Him **while He is near**.
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-`Isaiah 55:6.`
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-BEHOLD, **now is the accepted time**; behold, now is **the day of salvation**.
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-`II Corinthians 6:2.`
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-**BOAST not** thyself of **tomorrow**; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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-`Proverbs 27:1.`
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-GO to now, ye that say, **today or tomorrow we will go** into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell.
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-`James 4:13.`
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-This may be your **last opportunity**.
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-I WILL say to **my soul**, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up **for many years**; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, **Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee**.
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-`Luke 12:19-20.`
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-WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, ‘there is time enough?’ How do you know it? God says:
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-**MY** spirit **shall not always** strive **with** man.
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-`Genesis 6:3.`
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-PREPARE to meet thy God.
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-`Amos 4:12.`
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-THEREFORE **be ye also ready**: for in such an hour as ye think not the **Son of man cometh**.
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-`Matthew 24:44.`
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-WATCH therefore, **for ye know neither the day** nor **the hour** wherein **the Son of man cometh**.
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-`Matthew 25:13.`
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-That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you look at them, the more you are apt to **be like them**, and if they are lost, and you are not saved, you **both will perish together**.
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-THEREFORE **thou art inexcusable,** O man, whosoever thou art that **judgest**: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; **for thou that judgest doest the same things**. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. **And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest** them which do such things, and **doest the same, that thou** shalt escape the judgments of God?
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-`Romans 2:1-3.`
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-**JUDGE not**, that ye not judged. For **with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged**: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. **And why beholdest thou the mote** that is in thy brother’s eye, but **considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye**? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let **me pull** out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? **Thou hypocrite**, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt **thou see clearly** to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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-`Matthew 7:1-5.`
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-SO then every one of us shall give an account of **himself to God**.
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-`Romans 14:12.`
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-Account of “**himself**”, not his neighbor.
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-FOR we must **all appear before the judgment seat of Christ**; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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-`II Corinthians 5:10.`
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-You had better **save your own soul**, and try to help others than criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the counterfeit dollar proves the genuine.
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-You may as well argue “Don’t deposit money in a bank, there are men in the banking business that have embezzled. Don’t join the lodge or trades unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There are hypocrites everywhere.
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-**Remember**—When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those hyporites will be left on the **outside of the gate**, on **your** side, unless you repent, and you will have to spend **all eternity with them**. Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the Church, than to spend **all eternity** with them elsewhere? You must spend some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be?
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-SO then every one of us shall give **account of himself to God**.
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-`Romans 14:12.`
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-FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, **every knee shall bow to me**, and **every tongue shall confess to God.**
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-`Romans 14:11.`
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-AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into **the lake of fire**.
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-`Revelation 20:15.`
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-Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your soul through looking at inconsistent christians.
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-HE that **believeth** and is **baptized shall be saved; but** he that **believeth not shall be damned**.
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-`Mark 16:16.`
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-**FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves**; it is the **gift of God**; not of works, lest any man should boast.
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-`Ephesians 2:8, 9.`
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-Great blessing awaits those who will **turn from bad associates**, but the curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and see—
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-BLESSED is the man that **walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly**, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth **in** the seat of the scornful.
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-`Psalms 1:1.`
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-HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: **but a companion of fools shall be destroyed**.
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-`Proverbs 13:20.`
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-ENTER not into the **path of the wicked**, and go not in the **way of evil men**. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and **pass away**.
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-`Proverbs 4:14—15.`
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-**MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not**. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse: **My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path**.
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-`Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15.`
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-YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the **friendship of the** world **is enmity with God**?
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-`James 4:4.`
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-BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness!
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-`II Corinthians 6:14.`
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-By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a clean life—Begin now.
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-WHEREFORE **come out from among them**, and be ye **separate**, saith the Lord.
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-`II Corinthians 6:17.`
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!`
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-If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He **will** give you power to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, **why not for you**?”
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-I CAN do all things through **Christ** which **strengtheneth me**.
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-`Philippians 4:13.`
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-IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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-`John 8:36.`
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-AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, **All power is given unto me in heaven** and in **earth**.
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-`Matthew 28:18.`
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-Christ came with power from heaven **for you**, if you will appropriate it—
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-THERE hath **no temptation** taken you but such as is common to man: but **God is faithful**, who will not **suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able**; but will with the temptation also **make a way to escape**, that ye may be **able to bear it**.
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-`I Corinthians 10:13.`
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-This verse shows that your temptations are “**common**” to men, and not peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others.
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-WHEREFORE **he is able also to save** to the uttermost **them that come unto God by Him**, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
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-`Hebrews 7:25.`
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-As you **think on your evil ways**, think of what God says concerning the life of sin, and be warned by it.
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-BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for **whatsoever** a man **soweth, that shall he also reap**.
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-`Galatians 6:7.`
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-FOR he that soweth to his **flesh shall** of the flesh **reap corruption**; but he that soweth to the **Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting**.
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-`Galatians 6:8.`
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-**FOR the wages of sin is death**; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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-`Romans 6:23.`
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-Is it because of your **business**, and **a desire to make money**, that you are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the **question** God puts to you!
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-FOR what **shall it profit a man,** if **he shall gain the whole world**, and **lose his own soul**?
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-`Mark 8:36.`
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-God only asks you to give up that which **is not for your own good**?
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-FOR the Lord God is a **sun** and **shield**: the **Lord** will **give grace** and **glory; no good thing will he withhold** from them that **walk uprightly.**
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-`Psalms 84:11.`
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-God gave up his son **to die for your sins**, and will **now supply all your needs**.
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-HE that spared not His **own Son**, but **delivered him up** for **us all**, how shall he not with him also **freely give us all things**?
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-`Romans 8:32.`
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-Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less important will be provided later.
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-BUT **seek** ye first the **kingdom of God**, and **His righteousness**; and **all these things shall** be **added unto you**.
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-`Matthew 6:33.`
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-By giving up **worldly things, you will receive manifold more** in return in spiritual blessing.
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-AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath **left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children**, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
-Who shall not receive **manifold more in this present time**, and in the **world to come** life everlasting.
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-`Luke 18:29-30.`
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-FOR he that **soweth to his flesh** shall of the flesh **reap corruption**; but he that **soweth to the Spirit** shall of the **Spirit reap life everlasting**.
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-`Galatians 6:8.`
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-Jesus said, “Ye can not serve **two** masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you will serve **one**,—Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil pays, “**the wages of death**,” (Romans 6:23) but Christ **gives eternal life**.
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`I CAN NOT surrender all.`
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-Some think it means too much sacrifice.
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-FOR whosoever will save his life **shall lose it**; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same **shall save it**.
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-`Mark 8:35.`
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-AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath **left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands** for my sake, and the gospel’s; but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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-`Mark 10:29-30.`
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-Can you not **give up some thing** for Christ, who has done so much for you?
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-FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that **ye through his** poverty might be **rich**.
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-`II Corinthians 8:9.`
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-**Paul** gave up **all** for Christ.
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-BUT what things were **gain to me**, those **I counted loss** for Christ.
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-`Philippians 3:7.`
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-If we follow Christ, **as we should**, we will be called to make **some sacrifice**.
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-SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that **forsaketh not all that he hath**, he cannot be my disciple.
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-`Luke 14:33.`
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-We are **strengthened** however in our suffering when we recall the promise.
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-**IF we suffer, we shall also reign** with him: if we deny him, he also will deny **us**.
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-`II Timothy 2:12.`
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-Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about this; they may have tried to **reform in their own strength**, but they know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls **to save, keep** and **deliver** them—
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-FOR this is the love of God, that we **keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous**.
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-`I John 5:3.`
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-HER ways are **ways of pleasantness**, and all her **paths are peace**.
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-`Proverbs 3:17.`
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-THOU wilt show me the **path** of **life**: in thy presence is **fullness of joy**; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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-`Psalms 16:11.`
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-FOR the Lord God is a **sun** and **shield**: the **Lord** will **give grace** and **glory: no good thing will be withhold** from them that **walk uprightly**.
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-`Psalms 84:11.`
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-It is the **sinful**, and **rebellious** life that is hard.
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-There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a few moments, but these are like the foam on the “soda water” that passes quickly, they do not give true satisfaction.
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-GOOD understanding **giveth** favor: but the **way of transgressors is hard**.
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-`Proverbs 13:15.`
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-BUT the wicked are **like the troubled sea**, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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-`Isaiah 57:20.`
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-THERE is **no peace**, saith my God, unto the wicked.
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-`Isaiah 57:21.`
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-REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and **walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes**: but know thou, that **for all these things God will bring thee into judgment**.
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-`Ecclesiastes 11:9.`
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`I have tried and FAILED.`
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-You say you have tried and failed!
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-Was it God’s fault, or your own?
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-Let us call your attention to a **few things it done by you**, will assure you success in the Christian life—
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-**1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART**.
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-AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me **with all your heart**.
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-`Jeremiah 29:13.`
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-**2nd. You must OBEY GOD.**
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-IF ye be willing and **obedient**, ye shall eat the good of the land.
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-`Isaiah 1:19.`
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-AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that **obey Him**.
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-`Acts 5:32.`
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-**3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.**
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-THAT if thou shalt **confess with thy mouth** (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou **shalt be saved**. For with the **heart man believeth** unto righteousness; and with the **mouth confession** is made unto salvation.
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-`Romans 10:9-10.`
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-**4th. You must PRAY.**
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-YE have not, **because ye ask not**.
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-`James 4:2.`
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-FOR whosoever shall **call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved**.
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his **ears are open unto their prayers**.
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-`I Peter 3:12.`
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-**5th. JOIN the church!**
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-If you have not joined the church, **you ought to do so**.
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-ONE shall say, I am the Lord’s; . . . and another shall **subscribe with his hand unto the Lord**.
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-`Isaiah 44:5.`
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`I have TRIED and FAILED.`
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-You say you have tried and failed!
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-May I ask you a few questions?
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-WHO his own self **bare our sins in his own body on the tree**, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes **ye were healed**.
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-`I Peter 2:24.`
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-**2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.**
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-`Proverbs 23:26.`
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-`Matthew 10:32-33.`
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-`I Thessalonians 5:17.`
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-**5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?**
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-`I Peter 2:2.`
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-**6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?**
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-BLESSED is the man that **walketh not in the council of the ungodly**, nor **standeth** in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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-`Psalm 1:1.`
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-AND to **every man his work**.
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-`Mark 13:34.`
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-Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come into your life.
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-WHO are **kept by the power of God through faith** unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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-`I Peter 1:5.`
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-BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall **stablish you, and keep you from evil**.
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-`II Thessalonians 3:3.`
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-NOW unto him that is **able to keep you from falling** (R.V. from stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.
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-`Jude 1:24.`
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-BEING confident of this very thing, that **he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it** until the day of Jesus Christ.
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-`Philippians 1:6.`
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-FEAR thou not; for **I am with thee**: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: **I will strenghten** thee; yea I will help thee; yea **I will uphold thee** with the **right hand** of my **righteousness**.
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-For I the Lord thy **God** will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, **Fear not; I will help thee**.
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-`Isaiah 41:10,13.`
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-THERE hath **no temptation** taken you but such as is **common to man**: but God is **faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able**; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that ye may be **able to bear it**.
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-`I Corinthians 10:13.`
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-THE **Lord knoweth how to deliver** the godly out of **temptations**, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.
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-`II Peter 2:9.`
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-AND I give unto them eternal life; and they **shall never perish**, neither **shall** any man **pluck them out of my hand**.
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-`John 10:28`
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-MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and **no man** is **able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand**.
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-`John 10:29.`
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-FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day.
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-`II Timothy 1:12.`
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-**HE giveth power to the faint**; and to them that have no might **he increaseth strength**. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that **wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength**; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and **not faint**.
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-`Isaiah 40:29-31.`
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-NOW unto him that is **able to do exceeding abundantly above all** that we ask or think, according to **the power that worketh in us**.
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-`Ephesians 3:20.`
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-WHEREFORE he is **able** also to save them to the uttermost that **come unto God** by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
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-`Hebrews 7:25.`
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-God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise “as thy day thy strength shall be.”
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-WHEN thou passest through the waters, **I will be with thee**; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: **when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee**.
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-`Isaiah 43:2.`
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-The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man “Who is past feeling," but **faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times**. Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the **weather, they may change daily**; but God’s word, in which we trust, will never change.
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-Which would you rather trust? God’s **unchanging** word, or your **ever-changing** feelings?
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-You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look to Him; accept Him; **trust Him; confess Him**; and He will do the rest. Take the blesser and you will have the blessing.
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-BUT as many as **received Him** (Christ), to them gave He **power** to **become** the **sons** of **God**, even to them that **believe on His name**.
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-`John 1:12.`
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-See! you are to **receive a personal Saviour**, not work up some special **feeling**.
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-If you are waiting for the **feeling** that an earnest working Christian has, we would have you note, that feeling is the “**fruit**,” not the “**root**” of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because we “**trust**” in Christ, “**confess**” Him as our Savior, “**defend**” His cause, and try to “**obey**” Him.
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-AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath glven to them that **obey Him**.
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-`Acts 5:32.`
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-It is to those that “**obey Him**” that the blessing is given—Repentance is **doing what God commands you to do**, whether you feel like doing it or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God’s will -—
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-BUT the **fruit of the Spirit** is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
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-`Galatians 5:22.`
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-Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but **by God’s Word**.
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-The Devil’s order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God’s order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling.
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-AND they said, **Believe** on the **Lord Jesus Christ**, and thou **shalt be saved**, and thy house.
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-`Acts 16:31.`
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-VERILY, **verily**, I say unto you, He that **heareth my word and believeth on Him** that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is **passed from death unto life.**
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-`John 5:24.`
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-BUT these are written, that ye might **believe** that **Jesus** is the **Christ**, the **Son** of **God**; and that **believing** ye might have **life** through **His name**.
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-`John 20:31.`
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-Some are **making more** of their **feelings** than they are of the Word of the Lord.
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-If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of your soul’s salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the peril of your position.
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-Your very **indifference** ought to **arouse** you to thoughtfulness and action-—
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-WHEREFORE he saith, **Awake thou that sleepest, and arise** from the dead, and **Christ shall give thee light**.
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-`Ephesians 5:14.`
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-I TELL you, Nay; but, **except ye repent, ye** shall all likewise perish.
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-`Luke 13:3.`
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-AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but **after this the judgment**.
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-`Hebrews 9:27.`
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-**AND ye will not come to me**, that ye might have life.
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-`John 5:40.`
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-It you are lost, it will be **your fault**.
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-These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ.
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-HE that **believeth** and is **baptized shall** be **saved**; but he that **believeth not shall be damned**.
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-`Mark 16:16.`
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-AND these shall **go away into everlasting punishment**.
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-`Matthew 25:46.`
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-You **go away**, God does not send you—
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-THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that **forget God**.
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-`Psalms 9:17.`
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-HOW shall we escape, if we **neglect so great salvation**?
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-`Hebrews 2:3.`
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-AWAKE thou that **sleepest**, and arise from the dead.
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-`Ephesians 5:14.`
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-Your **indifference** has put you to **sleep** and God calls you to **awake**.
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-TURN ye, . . . turn ye for **why will ye die**?
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-`Ezekiel 33:11.`
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-THE soul that sinneth, **it shall die.**
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-`Ezekiel 18:4.`
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-**THE wages of sin is death**.
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-`Romans 6:23.`
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-EXCEPT ye **repent**, ye shall all likewise **perish**.
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-`Luke 13:3.`
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-HOW shall we escape, if we **neglect** so great salvation?
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-`Hebrews 2:3.`
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-BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for **whatsoever** a man **soweth, that shall he also reap**.
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-`Galatians 6:7.`
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-HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the **wrath** of God abideth on him.
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-`John 3:36.`
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-HE **that believeth and is baptized shall be saved**; but he that **believeth not shall be damned**.
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-`Mark 16:16.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up **some other way, the same is a thief and a robber**.
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-`John 10:1.`
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-`Numbers 32:23.`
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-`Genesis 6:3.`
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-God has made very clear in His word, the fact that **He loves us** and gave Jesus to **be the way**.
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-`John 14:6.`
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-**LET the wicked forsake his way**, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: **and let him return unto the** Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, **for he will abundantly pardon**.
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-`Isaiah 55:7.`
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-`Jeremiah 29:12-13.`
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-More, He has promised **to accept us** if we turn to him with true repentance.
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-ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: **and him that cometh to I will in no wise cast out**.
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-`John 6:37.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, **He that believeth on me hath everlasting life**.
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-`John 6:47.`
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-TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name **whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins**.
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-`Acts 10:43.`
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-IF any man **will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine**, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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-`John 7:17.`
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-THAT 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.
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-`Romans 10:9.`
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-Study to know God’s will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and humble in **service**.
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-IF any man will do **His will**, he **shall know** of the **doctrine**.
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-`John 7:17.`
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-`Jeremiah 29:13.`
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-**To LOOK.**
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-`Isaiah 45:22.`
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-`John 5:24.`
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-BUT as many as **received Him**, to them gave He **power** to become the **sons of God**, even to them that **believe on His name**.
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-`John 1:12.`
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-`Psalms 34:8.`
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-`James 4:17.`
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-`Matthew 11:28.`
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-`II Timothy 1:12.`
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-`Revelation 22:17.`
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-**To CONFESS.**
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-THAT 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**. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the **mouth confession** is made unto salvation.
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-`Romans 10:9-10.`
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-`Job 22:21.`
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-`Hosea 6:3.`
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-HE that followeth me **shall** not **walk** in **darkness**, but **shall** have the **light of life**.
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-`John 8:12.`
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-`John 10:27.`
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-`I Corinthians 2:14.`
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-MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and **none of the wicked shall understand**; but the wise shall understand.
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-`Daniel 12:10.`
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-**Do God’s will**, and you **can understand**.
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-IF any man **will do His will** he **shall know** of **the doctrine**, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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-`John 7:17.`
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-`James 1:5.`
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-OPEN thou **mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things** out of **thy law**.
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-`Psalms 119:18.`
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-THAT which **I see not teach thou me**.
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-`Job 34:32.`
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-**2nd. Study your Bible.**
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-`John 5:39.`
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-FOR **my thoughts are not your** thoughts, **neither are your your ways** my ways, saith the Lord.
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-FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, **so are my ways higher than your ways**, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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-`Isaiah 55:8-9.`
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-`Hosea 6:3.`
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-THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that **followeth me shall not walk in darkness**, but **shall have** the **light** of **life**.
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-`John 8:12.`
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-**In all thy ways acknowledge him, and** he shall **direct thy paths**. Be not wise in thine own eyes: **fear the Lord, and depart from evil**.
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-`Proverbs 3:5-7.`
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-IF the Son therefore shall make you free, **ye shall be free indeed**.
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-`John 8:36.`
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-AND I will bring the **blind by a way that they knew not**; I will **lead** them in **paths** that they have not **known**: **I** will make **darkness light** before them, and **crooked things straight**. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
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-`Isaiah 42:16.`
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-AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and **men loved darkness** rather than light, **because their deeds were evil**.
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-`John 3:19.`
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-BUT the **natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are** foolishness unto him: **neither can he know them**, because they are **spiritually discerned**.
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-`I Corinthians 2:14.`
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-BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God **hath revealed them** unto us **by his Spirit**: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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-`I Corinthians 2:9-10.`
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-If you have a **hard heart**, that is just why you ought to come to Christ because the Lord wants to give you a **new heart**.
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-A NEW heart also will I give you, and a **new** spirit will I put within you: and I will **take away the stony heart** out of your flesh, and I **will give you a heart of flesh**.
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-AND I will put **my spirit within you** and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
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-`Ezekiel 36:26-27.`
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-AND I will give them **one heart**, and will put a **new spirit within you**; and **I will take** the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an **heart of flesh**.
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-`Ezekiel 11:19.`
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-`Jeremiah 23:29.`
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-LET the wicked **forsake his way**, and the **unrighteous man his thoughts**: and let him **return unto the Lord**, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will **abundantly pardon**.
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-`Isaiah 55:7.`
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-COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be **as scarlet**, they **shall be as white as snow**; though they be **red like crimson, they shall be as wool**.
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-`Isaiah 1:18.`
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-HIM that cometh to me, **I will in no wise cast out**.
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-`John 6:37.`
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-BUT Jesus said, **Suffer little children**, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for **of such** is the kingdom of heaven.
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-`Matthew 19:14.`
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-REMEMBER **now** thy Creator **in the days of thy youth**.
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-`Ecclesiastes 12:1.`
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-I LOVE them that love me; and those that **seek me early shall find me**.
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-`Proverbs 8:17.`
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-VERILY I say unto you, **Except** ye be **converted**, and become as **little children**, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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-`Matthew 18:3.`
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-AND when he was **twelve years old**, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
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-`Luke 2:42.`
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-Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly Father when **only twelve**.
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-AND that **from a child thou hast known** the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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-`II Timothy 3:15`
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-Here Paul says that Timothy **when only a child** knew the way of life from the Scriptures.
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-BUT seek ye **first the** kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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-`Matthew 6:33.`
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-Seek the Kingdom “**first**,” not after a part of your life has been spent.
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-BEHOLD **now** is the **accepted time**; behold, **now is the day of salvation**.
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-`II Corinthians 6:2.`
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-Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will not understand it?
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.`
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-If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are **some who will not be saved**! Many of the parables teach this.
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-THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and **cast him into outer darkness**; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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-`Matthew 22:13.`
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-`Matthew 7:13-14.`
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-Here is a list of some who **will not he saved**.
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-Are **you** included in this list?
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-KNOW ye not that the **unrighteous** shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither **fornicators**, nor **idolaters**, nor **adulterers**, nor **effeminate**, nor **abusers** of themselves with mankind, nor **thieves**, nor **covetous**, nor **drunkards**, nor **revilers**, nor **extortioners**, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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-`I Corinthians 6:9-10.`
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-BUT the **fearful**, and **unbelieving** and the abominable, and murderers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
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-`Revelation 21:8.`
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-FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and **whosoever loveth and maketh a lie**.
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-`Revelation 22:15.`
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-THE **wicked shall be turned into hell**, and all the nations that forget God.
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-`Psalms 9:17.`
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.`
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-There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus **will forgive our sins**, save and **keep** you, it you will **turn to him sincerely**.
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-ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: **and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out**.
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-`John 6:37.`
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-**Under no circumstances** will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking soul.
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-FOR **whosoever** shall call upon the name of the **Lord shall be saved**.
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is **longsuffering** to usward, not **willing** that **any should** perish, but that **all** should come to repentance.
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-`II Peter 3:9.`
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-**COME now**, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins **be as scarlet**, they shall be as **white as snow**; though they be **red like crimson, they shall be as wool**.
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-`Isaiah 1:18.`
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-Here the Lord is **reasoning with us** about the **worst** of our sins.
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-AND even to your old **age** I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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-`Isaiah 46:4.`
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-Here the promise reaches on to **old age**.
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-AND about the **eleventh hour** he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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-`Matthew 20:6.`
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-Here the promise avails at the **eleventh hour of life**.
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-AND the Spirit and the bride **say, Come**. And let him that **heareth say, Come**. And let him that is **athirst Come**. **And whosoever will**, let him take the water of life freely.
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-`Revelation 22:17.`
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-Heed this invitation and **come now**.
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-Excuses. |nl| :sub:`DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.`
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-If any one speaks to you, it is because they are **interested in you** and want to help you.
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-They are trying to obey Gods command.
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-AND thou **shalt speak my words unto them**, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
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-`Ezekiel 2:7.`
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-THOU therefore **gird up thy loins**, and **arise** and **speak** unto **them all that I command thee**: be not **dismayed** at **their faces,** lest I confound thee before them.
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-`Jeremiah 1:17.`
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-See the punishment that awaits the **unfaithful Christian**.
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-WHEN I say unto the **wicked, Thou shalt surely** die; and thou **givest him not warning**, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same **wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.** Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, **he shall die in his iniquity**; but **thou hast delivered thy soul**.
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-`Ezekiel 3:18-19.`
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-If a Christian has enough **interest in your soul** to **speak to you**, you surely ought to have **some interest** in the **salvation** of your own soul.
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-Listen to God’s **warning**!
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-FOR the **wages** of sin is **death**; but the **gift** of God is **eternal life** through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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-`Romans 6:23.`
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-THE **wicked shall be turned into hell**, and **all** the **nations** that **forget** God.
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-`Psalms 9:17.`
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-BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou **knowest not what a day may bring forth**.
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-`Proverbs 27:1.`
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-HE, that being often reproved **hardeneth** his **neck, shall suddenly** be **destroyed**, and that **without remedy**.
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-`Proverbs 29:1.`
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-Formalists. |nl| :sub:`One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.`
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-All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by “**forms**” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a **personal Saviour**”. Notice how each verse plainly states this.
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-Forms come after true faith.
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-BUT as many as **received Him** (Christ), to them gave he **power** to **become** the **sons** of God, even to them that **believe** on **his name**.
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-`John 1:12.`
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-FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, **that whosoever believeth in Him** should not perish, but have **everlasting life**.
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-`John 3:16.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and **believeth on him** that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is **passed** from death unto **life**.
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-`John 5:24.`
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-HE that **hath the Son HATH** LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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-`I John 5:12.`
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-THAT 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.
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-`Romans 10:9.`
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-FOR with the **heart man believeth** unto **righteousness**; and **with** the **mouth confession** is made unto **salvation**.
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-`Romans 10:10.`
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-Belief must be of the **heart** as well as head.
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-AND this is the record, that God **hath given** to us **eternal life**, and this life **is** in **His Son**.
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-`I John 5:11.`
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-EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be **in the faith**.
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-`II Corinthians 13:5.`
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-AND this is life eternal, that they might **know thee** the only true God, and **Jesus Christ**, whom thou hast sent.
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-`John 17:3.`
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-Giving. |nl| :sub:`(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.`
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-**God commands one tenth**.
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-WILL a man **rob God**? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? **In tithes and offerings**.
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-YE are cursed with a curse: for **ye have robbed me**, even this whole nation.
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-BRING ye **all** the **tithes** in the **storehouse**, that there may be meat in mine **house**, and **prove me** now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out **a blessing**, that there **shall not be room enough to receive it**.
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-`Malachi 3:8-10.`
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-**Who shall give**?
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-EVERY man shall give **as he is able, according to the blessing** of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
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-`Deuteronomy 16:17.`
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-**How much to give**?
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-AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give **the tenth unto thee**.
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-`Genesis 28:22.`
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-**The spirit with which to give**.
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-EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a **cheerful giver**.
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-`II Corinthians 9:7.`
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-**The time to give**.
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-UPON the **first day of the week** let everyone of you **lay by him in store**, as God hath prospered him.
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-`I Corinthians 16:2.`
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-**Does it pay to give one tenth**?
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-HONOUR the Lord with thy **substance**, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be **filled with plenty**, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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-`Proverbs 3:9-10.`
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-**God returns 100 per cent**.
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-GIVE and **it shall be given unto you**; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall **men give into your bosom**.
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-`Luke 6:38.`
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-Hell. |nl| :sub:`God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.`
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-Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator?
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-SHALL he that **contendeth** with the Almighty **instruct him**? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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-`Job 40:2.`
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-NAY but, O man, **who art thou that repliest against God**? Shall the thing **formed** say to him that formed it, **Why hast thou** made me thus?
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-`Romans 9:20.`
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-God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation.
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-AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
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-`Ezekiel 33:11.`
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-THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, **not willing that any should perish**, but that all should come to repentance.
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-`II Peter 3:9`
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-FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He **gave His only begotten Son**, that **whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life**.
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-`John 3:16.`
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-O THE **depth of the riches** both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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-`Romans 11:33.`
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-If you are lost at last, it will be because you **would not turn** from your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning!
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-BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for **whatsoever** a man **soweth, that shall he also reap**. For he that soweth to his **flesh shall** of the flesh **reap corruption**; but he that soweth to the **Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting**.
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-`Galatians 6:7-8.`
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-**God damns** no one, man **damns himself**.
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-Hell. |nl| :sub:`A real PLACE.`
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-The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of the 53.
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-If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other.
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-The Scriptures show hell a **real place**.
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-THE **wicked shall be turned into hell** and **all** the **nations** that **forget God**.
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-`Psalms 9:17.`
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-AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) **torments**. . .
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-And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, **for I am tormented in this flame**.
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-`Luke 16:23-26.`
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-`Matthew 13:41-42.`
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-`Revelation 20:15.`
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-`Revelation 20:1.`
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-`Psalms 55:23.`
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-BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into **outer darkness**: there shall be **weeping and gnashing of teeth**.
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-`Matthew 8:12.`
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-`Matthew 24:51.`
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-WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the **chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable**.
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-`Luke 3:17.`
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-AND the devil that deceived them was cast into **the lake of fire**, and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be **tormented** day and night for ever and ever.
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-`Revelation 20:10.`
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-And whosoever was not found written in the book of life **was cast into the lake of fire**.
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-`Revelation 20:15.`
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-HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that **believeth not is condemned already**, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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-`John 3:18.`
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-BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which **burneth with fire and brimstone**: which is the second death.
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-`Revelation 21:8.`
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-There is **no ending** to eternity.
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-HE that believeth not shall be **damned**.
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-`Mark 16:16.`
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-**HOW shall we escape** if we neglect?
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-`Hebrews 2:3.`
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-WHO among us shall dwell with **everlasting burnings**?
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-`Isaiah 33:14.`
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-`Matthew 25:46.`
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-WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that **leadeth to destruction**, and **many** there be which go in thereat.
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-`Matthew 7:13-14.`
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-WHERE their **worm dieth not**, and the **fire is not quenched**.
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-`Mark 9:48.`
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-WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more **the child of hell** than yourselves.
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-`Matthew 23:15.`
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-`Proverbs 1:26-27.`
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-THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into **everlasting fire**, prepared for the devil and his angels.
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-`Matthew 25:41.`
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-AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to **shame** and **everlasting contempt**.
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-`Daniel 12:2.`
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-HE that despised Moses’ law **died without mercy** under two or three witnesses: Of how much **sorer punishment**, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath **trodden under foot the Son of God**, and hath counted the **blood of the covenant**, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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-`Hebrews 10:28-29.`
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-LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your **good works**, and **glorify** your **Father** which is in **heaven**.
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-`Matthew 5:16.`
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-LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be **dead indeed unto sin**, but **alive unto God** through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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-`Romans 6:11.`
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-LET not sin therefore **reign in your mortal body**, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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-`Romans 6:12.`
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-NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but **yield yourselves unto God** as those that **are alive from the dead**, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
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-`Romans 6:13.`
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-FOR sin **shall not have dominion** over you: for ye are not under the law but under grace.
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-`Romans 6:14.`
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-AND this I **pray**, that your **love** may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.
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-`Philippians 1:9.`
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-**BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness**, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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-`Philippians 1:11.`
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-WHATSOEVER things are **true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report**; if there be any **virtue**, and **if there** be any **praise**, think on these things.
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-`Philippians 4:8.`
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-ABSTAIN from all **appearance** of **evil**.
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-`I Thessalonians 5:22.`
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-THAT ye may **walk honestly** toward them that are without.
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-`I Thessalonians 4:12.`
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-**He draws**.
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-NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me **draw him**: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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-`John 6:44.`
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-AND when he is come, he will **reprove the world** of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.
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-`John 16:8-9.`
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-**He Regenerates**.
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-NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of **regeneration**, and **renewing of the Holy Ghost**.
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-`Titus 3:5.`
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-JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water **and of the Spirit**, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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-`John 3:5.`
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-**He teaches**.
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-HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will **guide you into all truth**: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will **shew** you things to come.
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-`John 16:13.`
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-**He baptizes**.
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-NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
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-Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they **might receive the Holy Ghost**:
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-(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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-Then laid they their hands on them, **and they received the Holy Ghost**.
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-`Acts 8:14-17.`
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-**He gives power for service**.
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-BUT ye shall **receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you**: and **ye** shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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-`Acts 1:8.`
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-**He guides us**.
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-AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. . . . Then the **Spirit said** unto Philip, **Go near**, and join thyself to this chariot.
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-`Acts 8:26, 29.`
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-THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
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-`Acts 4:8, 13.`
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-**Conditions of receiving the Spirit.**
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-**Obeying.**
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-AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that **obey him**.
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-`Acts 5:32.`
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-**Asking**.
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-IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that **ask him**.
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-`Luke 11:13`
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-**Receiving**.
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-THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye **receive** them, and **ye shall have them**.
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-`Mark 11:24.`
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-Hypocrites. |nl| :sub:`Too many IN THE CHURCH.`
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-One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, before he sees his own, is the **real hypocrite**.
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-The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to **this class** and they will do well to read it.
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-SO then every one of us shall give an account of **himself** to God.
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-`Romans 14:12.`
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-THEREFORE **thou art inexcusable**, O man, whosoever thou art that **judgest**: for wherein thou judgest another, **thou condemnest thyself**; for thou that judgest **doest the same things**. . . . And **thinkest thou** this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou **shalt escape the judgment of God**?
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-`Romans 2:1, 3.`
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-BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall **all stand before the judgment seat of Christ**. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every **knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God**. So then everyone of us **shall give account of himself to God**.
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-`Romans 14:10-12.`
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-JUDGE **not, that ye be not judged**. For with what judgment **ye judge, ye shall be judged**: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be **measured to you again**. And why beholdest thou the mote that is **in thy brother’s eye**, but considerest not the beam that is in **thine own eye**? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote **out of thine eye**; and behold, a beam is in **thine own eye**? **Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye**; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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-`Matthew 7:1-5.`
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-If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person behind whom you hide.
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-Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment **but for your own**.
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-BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye **neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in**.
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-`Matthew 23:13.`
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-YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, **how can ye escape** the damnation of hell?
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-`Matthew 23:33.`
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-Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ.
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-He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it is, read it!
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-TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The **Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself**, God, I **thank thee**, that I am not as other men are. . . . **I fast twice in the week, I give tithes** of all that I possess. And the **publican, standing afar off**, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, **God be merciful to me a sinner**. I tell you, **this man** went down to his house justified rather than the other.
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-`Luke 18:10-14.`
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-A NEW commandment I give unto you, **that ye love one another; as I have loved you**, that ye also love one another.
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-`John 13:34.`
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-BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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-`John 13:35.`
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-BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to **love one another**.
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-`I Thessalonians 4:9.`
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-BE kindly **affectioned one to another with brotherly** love; in honor preferring one another.
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-`Romans 12:10.`
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-SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye **love one another with a pure heart fervently**.
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-`I Peter 1:22.`
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-HE that **loveth his brother** abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
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-`I John 2:10.`
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-BELOVED, let us **love one another: for love is of God**; and every one that **loveth is born of God**, and knoweth God.
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-`I John 4:7.`
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-HE that **loveth not knoweth not God**; for God is love.
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-`I John 4:8.`
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-BELOVED, if God so loved us, we **ought** also to **love one another**.
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-`I John 4:11.`
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-OWE no man any thing, but to **love one another**: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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-`Romans 13:8.`
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-FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt **love thy neighbor as thyself**.
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-`Galatians 5:14.`
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-LET **brotherly love continue**.
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-`Hebrews 13:1.`
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-Moralist. |nl| :sub:`Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.`
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-He who trusts in **his own** righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God compares it to “filthy rags.”
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-BUT we are all an **unclean thing**, and all our **righteousnesses are as filthy rags**; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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-`Isaiah 64:6.`
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-Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given us a righteousness **in Christ**; but we, like the Jews, are trying to establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus.
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-FOR they being ignorant of God’s rightness, **and going about to establish their own righteousness**, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
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-FOR Christ is the end of the law **for righteousness** to every one that **believeth**.
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-`Romans 10:3-4.`
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-Many say, “**I am doing the best I can,**” and yet they are not, for if they were, **they would accept Christ**, for this righteousness is obtained by faith in Him.
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-EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and **upon all them that believe**.
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-`Romans 3:22.`
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-JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: **no man cometh unto the Father, but by me**.
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-`John 14:6.`
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-We can approach God only in Christ.
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-NEITHER is there salvation **in any other**: for there is **none other name** under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
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-`Acts 4:12.`
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-Again, because our righteousness is of such a **poor brand**, Jesus declared we must be “**born again**” so that we can have a nature that will produce something better.
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-EXCEPT a man be **born again**, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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-`John 3:3.`
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-If the Scriptures make any thing **plain**, it is that man **can not save himself** but must accept his salvation as a **gift**.
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-FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and **that not of yourselves**; it is the gift of God: **Not of works**, lest any man should boast.
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-`Ephesians 2:8-9.`
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-WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, **not according to our works**, but according to His own purpose and grace.
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-`II Timothy 1:9.`
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-**NOT by works of righteousness** which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the **washing of regeneration**, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
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-`Titus 3:5.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth **not by the door into the sheepfold**, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a **thief and a robber**.
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-`John 10:1.`
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-Jesus Christ is **the door** as the next verse shows and he who tries to save himself in any other way is called a “**thief**” and a “**robber**.”
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-**I AM the door**: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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-`John 10:9.`
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-JESUS said unto him, **Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart**, and **with all thy soul**, and **with all thy mind**. This is the first and great commandment.
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-`Matthew 22:37-38.`
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-Are you loving God with **all your heart**! If you were, you would **trust Him**.
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-AND he said unto them, **Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts**: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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-`Luke 16:15.`
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-Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do **in your effort to save yourself**!
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-THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early church. It is the work needed **now** if many souls are to be reached.
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-THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example of success coming from **personal work** and **personal contact**.
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-4. Introduce them to **someone** who will speak about Jesus.
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-6. **Go with them** to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat.
-7. Ask them to your home and **pray with them there**.
-8. Help make every meeting you attend a good one by **some part you can take**.
-9. In public always be **brief** both in prayer and remarks.
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-`I John 1:9.`
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-IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: **in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise**.
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- | 2nd “**abiding**.” (v. 4.);
- | 3rd "**obedience**" (v. 10.)
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-`Deuteronomy 31:6.`
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-`Proverbs 27:1.`
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-`James 4:4.`
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-`Luke 12:19-20.`
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-`Ezekiel 33:11.`
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-`Ecclesiastes 11:9`
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-`Jeremiah 33:3.`
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-`Matthew 21:22.`
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-**IF ye abide in me**, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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-`John 15:7`
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-`I John 5:14-15.`
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-`John 14:13,14.`
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-`I John 3:22`
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-`Jeremiah 33:3.`
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-`Isaiah 65:24.`
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-`James 5:16-18.`
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-`II Chronicles 7:14.`
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-NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, **he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks** before his God, as he did aforetime.
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-`Daniel 6:10.`
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-**EVENING**, and **morning**, and at **noon, will I pray, and cry aloud**: and **He shall hear my voice**.
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-`Psalms 55:17.`
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-`I Thessalonians 5:17.`
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-`Psalms 5:3.`
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-`Matthew 26:41.`
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-**PRAYING always with all Prayer** and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
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-`Ephesians 6:18.`
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-`Isaiah 40:31.`
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-`I Timothy 2:8.`
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-`Luke 18:1.`
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-`Philippians 4:6.`
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-`Matthew 7:7.`
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-`Mark 11:24.`
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-`Psalms 66:18.`
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-**Must be UNSELFISH.**
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-YE ask, and receive not, because **ye ask amiss**, that ye may **consume it upon your lusts**.
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-`James 4:3.`
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-`I John 5:14.`
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-IF ye **abide** in **me**, and my **words abide in you**, ye **shall ask what ye will**, and it **shall** be done unto you.
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-`John 15:7.`
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-`John 16:23.`
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-`Ezekiel 36:26.`
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-**VERILY, verily**, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, **hath everlasting life**, and shall not come into condemnation; **but is passed from death unto life**.
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-`John 5:24.`
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-`Ephesians 4:24.`
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-`II Corinthians 5:17.`
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-`Titus 3:5.`
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-**WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin**.
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-`I John 3:9.`
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-`Colossians 1:13.`
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-`John 3:6-7.`
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-`I John 5:1.`
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-`John 1:12-13`
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-**BEING born again**, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, **by the word of God**, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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-`I Peter 1:23`
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-`II Peter 1:4.`
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-`Psalms 119:50`
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-`I Corinthians 4:15.`
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-What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change of mind, such as leads one to **confess all his sins, forsake** them and **turn** to God.
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-`Mark 1:15.`
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-`Acts 2:38.`
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-`Acts 3:19.`
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-`Acts 17:30.`
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-`Luke 24:47.`
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-`Matthew 3:2.`
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-- Be a prayerful christian.
-- Always be on time.
-- Ask God to help you sing.
-- Make it a point to attend every meeting.
-- Do not quench the Spirit.
-- Be ready to obey at God’s calling.
-- When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess.
-- Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were a pleasure.
-- Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying.
-- Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them up and lead them to Christ.
-- Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and accept Christ.
-- When you come to the meeting, don’t find fault with the evangelist or the preacher’s methods. Ask yourself the question “if all the church members were like me, would this revival be a success?”
-- Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one about seeking Christ.
-- Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be able some way to lead them to Christ.
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-- Never pray. If you did, it might help some one.
-- Always make a long prayer.
-- Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there.
-- If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for them.
-- Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they would think you might be interested.
-- If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you.
-- Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip him up the back.
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-1. Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools.
-2. Bring the topic—in your memory, not on the card.
-3. Bring some matured thought on the theme—from your Bible study.
-4. Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have found in your reading or other research.
-5. Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need—sated appetites are the hardest to cater to.
-6. Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God.
-7. Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you will get more than you expect.
-8. Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the **beauty** of holiness.
-9. Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the attendance by a few personal invitations!
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-`Hebrews 12:2.`
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-`Acts 5:41.`
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-`I Peter 3:14.`
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-`Ezekiel 22:8.`
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-`Luke 4:16.`
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-`Isaiah 58:13-14.`
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-`Ezekiel 46:3`
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-`Acts 13:27.`
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-`Matthew 11:28-30.`
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-**HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters**, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, **buy wine and milk without money** and without price.
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-`Isaiah 55:1.`
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-`Romans 5:8.`
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-`I Timothy 1:15.`
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-`Luke 19:10.`
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-`Revelation 22:17.`
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-`I John 1:9.`
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-COME now, and let us **reason together**, saith the Lord: **though your sins be as scarlet**, they shall be as **white** as **snow**; though they be **red like crimson**, they **shall be as wool**.
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-`Isaiah 1:18.`
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-`Revelation 22:17.`
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-`Hebrews 7:25.`
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-IF **we confess our sins**, He is faithful and **just to forgive us our sins**, and **to cleanse us** from all unrighteousness.
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-`I John 1:9.`
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-`Luke 19:10.`
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-`Isaiah 44:22.`
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-`Isaiah 43:25.`
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-MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. **And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father**, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the **propitiation for our sins**: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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-`I John 2:1-2.`
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-`John 6:47.`
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-`Acts 16:31.`
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-TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name **whosoever believeth in him** shall receive remission of sins.
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-`Acts 10:43.`
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-`Acts 13:39.`
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-`Mark 16:16.`
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-`John 3:36.`
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-HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that **believeth not is CONDEMNED already**.
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-`John 3:18.`
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-`Acts 4:12.`
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-`John 14:6.`
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-VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, **but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber**.
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-`John 10:1.`
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-`Acts 16:31.`
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-`Romans 10:13.`
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-**VERILY, verily**, I say unto you, **he** that **heareth My Word**, and **believeth** on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), **hath everlasting** life, and shall not come into judgment, but **hath passed out of death into life**.
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-`John 5:24, A.V. & R.V.`
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-**HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life**: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on Him.
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-`John 3:36.`
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-BUT as many as **received Him** (Christ), to **them gave** he **power** to **become** the **sons** of **God**, even to them that **believe on his name**.
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-`John 1:12.`
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-`Matthew 10:32.`
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-`John 14:21.`
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-THE Spirit itself **beareth witness with our spirit**, that we are the children of God.
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-`Romans 8:16.`
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-`I John 5:11.`
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-HE that **hath** the Son **hath life**; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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-`I John 5:12.`
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-`II Corinthians 5:5.`
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-`II Corinthians 1:22.`
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-`Ephesians 4:30.`
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-`Galatians 4:6.`
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-AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, **by the Spirit which he hath given us**.
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-`I John 3:24.`
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-NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, **and renewing of the Holy Ghost**.
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-`Titus 3:5.`
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-HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, **because he hath given us of his Spirit**.
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-`I John 4:13.`
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-IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed **with that Holy Spirit of promise**.
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-`Ephesians 1:13.`
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-Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God.
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-`Ezekiel 12:21, 26.`
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-`John 14:26.`
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-In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul winners.
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-**3rd.** There are a great many “methods” or “schemes” of memorizing advanced in this day of ours, but the writer’s opinion is that the best way of memorizing is to **get to work and do it**. If it is easily acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that **it will be as easily lost**.
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-**4th.** Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you can repeat it correctly, **then to be sure, read** it again. **I have made a practice of writing out on paper** the passages to be memorized. **Once writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth**. In Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and said “How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the difficulties?” I said to her, “Did you ever ride on the train?” “Oh yes, hundreds of times." “Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that road every day, and that is what you and I have to do.
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-**5th. Review, Review, Review.** That’s the secret of memorizing. **Review** every **day**. **Review** every **week**. **Review** every **year**. **Review, Review, Review**.
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-**6th.** Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to persons who have difficulties. **Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!** That’s what the **lawyer**, **preacher**, and **doctor** have to do, and that is what I had to do. Be “seasonable” or “unseasonable,” in season or out of season, only **seek** your **opportunity** to **practice**.
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-`Psalms 119:11.`
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-`I Peter 3:15.`
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-WHOSOEVER therefore **shall confess me before men**, him will **I confess also before my Father** which is in **heaven**.
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-`Matthew 10:33.`
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-`Romans 10:9-10.`
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-DAVID prayed, "**O Lord, open thou my lips**, and my **mouth** shall show forth thy praise."
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-`Psalms 51:15.`
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-I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
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-`Psalms 40:10.`
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-FOR I am **not** ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the **power** of **God** unto **salvation** to **every one that believeth**.
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-`Romans 1:16.`
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-THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
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-`Malachi 2:6.`
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-`John 20:31.`
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-`John 7:17.`
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-`I Corinthians 2:14.`
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-The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw “**men as trees.” walking** when Christ first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave him more.
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-**REGARD not** them that have **familiar spirits**, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God.
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-BELOVED, **believe not every spirit**, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come: and even now already is in the world.
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-`II Thessalonians 2:9-12.`
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-THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that **useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer**.
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-**WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning**, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, till **wine** inflame them.
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-WOE unto him that **giveth his neighbor drink**, that putteth the bottle to him, and maketh him drunken also.
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-`Habakkuk 2:15.`
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-`Proverbs 21:17.`
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-`Ephesians 5:18.`
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-`I Corinthians 10:13.`
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-`II Peter 2:9.`
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-**BLESSED** is the man that **endureth temptation**: for when he is tried, . . . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is **drawn away of his own lust**, and enticed.
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-`I John 2:15.`
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-`Colossians 3:17.`
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-WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, **do all to the glory of God**.
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-`I Corinthians 10:31`
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-`II Corinthians 6:14.`
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-`I Corinthians 6:20`
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-`Ecclesiastes 11:9`
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-`I Corinthians 3:16, 17.`
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-`Titus 1:16.`
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-`Philippians 4:6.`
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-WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, **or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God**.
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-`I Corinthians 10:31.`
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-**BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers**: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? **And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God**:
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-`II Corinthians 6:14-16.`
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-Some say: “All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our dances.”
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-I must say with Paul:
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-IF any man preach **any other gospel unto you** than that **ye** have received, **let him be accursed**.
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-`Galatians 1:9.`
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-Young Converts. |nl| :sub:`What they should do.`
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-By doing these **four** things nobody can write backslider after your name.
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-**1st. Every day say something To GOD.**
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-**PRAY** without ceasing.
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-`I Thessalonians 5:17.`
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-BE careful for nothing; but in **everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving** let your **requests be made known unto God**.
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-`Philippians 4:6.`
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-IF **ye abide in me**, and **my words abide** in **you**, ye **shall ask** what ye will, and it **shall** be done unto you.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`John 15:7.`
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-THEREFORE I say unto you, **What things soever ye desire**, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and **ye shall have them**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Mark 11:24.`
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-CALL **unto me, and I will answer thee**, and show ye great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Jeremiah 33:3.`
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-CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that **ye** may be healed. The **effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`James 5:16.`
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-NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, **he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks** before his God, as he did aforetime.
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-`Daniel 6:10.`
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-EVENING, and **morning**, and at **noon**, will I **pray**, and cry **aloud**: and He **shall hear my voice**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Psalms 55:17.`
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-IF my people which are called by my name, **shall humble themselves**, and pray, and **seek my face**, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and **will forgive their sin**, and will heal their land.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`II Chronicles 7:14.`
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-Neglect praying, and you will backslide.
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-**2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.**
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-SEARCH **the scriptures**; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`John 5:39.`
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-THY **words were** found, and **I did eat them**; and thy word was unto me **the joy and rejoicing of my heart**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Jeremiah 15:16.`
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-STUDY **to show thyself approved unto God, a workman** that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`II Timothy 2:15.`
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-AS newborn babes, **desire the sincere milk of the word**, that ye may grow thereby.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`I Peter 2:2.`
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-THY **word have I hid in mine heart**, that I might not sin against thee.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Psalms 119:11.`
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-AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the **word of God**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Ephesians 6:17.`
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-THY word is a **lamp** unto my **feet**, and a **light** unto my **path**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Psalm 119:105.`
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-THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and **searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Acts 17:11.`
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-Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to you.
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-THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt **meditate therein day and night**, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou **shalt have good success**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Joshua 1:8.`
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-.. _org-page-129:
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-**3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.**
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-WHOSOEVER therefore shall **confess me before men**, him will **I confess also before my Father** which is in heaven. But whosoever shall **deny me** before men him will **I also deny before my Father** which is in heaven.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Matthew 10:32-33.`
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-THAT if thou shalt **confess with thy mouth** (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou **shalt be saved**. For with the **heart man believeth** unto righteousness; and with the **mouth confession** is made unto salvation.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Romans 10:9-10.`
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-LET your **light so shine before men** that they may **see your good works**, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Matthew 5:16.`
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-YE are my **witnesses**, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Isaiah 43:10.`
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-WHOSOEVER therefore shall be **ashamed of me and my words**, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the **Son of man** be ashamed.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Mark 8:38.`
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-WHOSOEVER shall **confess that Jesus is the Son of God**, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`I John 4:15.`
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-SING unto the Lord, bless his name; **shew forth** his salvation **from day to day**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Psalms 96:2.`
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-RETURN **to thine house, and shew** how great things God hath done unto thee.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Luke 8:39.`
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-AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and **take up his cross daily**, and follow me.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Luke 9:23.`
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-.. _org-page-130:
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-**4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.**
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-THEREFORE my beloved brethren, **be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work** of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`I Corinthians 15:58.`
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-GO ye into **all the world** and preach the gospel to **every creature.**
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Mark 16:15.`
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-AS we **have therefore opportunity, let us do good** unto all men.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Galatians 6:10.`
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-I MUST work the works of him that sent me, **while it is day**: the **night cometh**, when no man can work.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`John 9:4.`
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-LET him know that he which converteth **the sinner** from the error of his way **shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`James 5:20.`
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-AND they that be wise shall **shine as the brightness of the firmament**; and **they that turn many to righteousness** as the stars for ever and ever.
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-`Daniel 12:3.`
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-AND whosoever shall **give to drink** unto one of these little ones **a cup of cold water** only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, **he shall in no wise lose his reward**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Matthew 10:42.`
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-IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, **ye have done it unto me**.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Last clause. Matthew 25:40.`
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-AND **let us not be weary** in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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-.. class:: right antigua
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-`Galatians 6:9.`
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-SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, **Lift up your eyes**, and look on the fields; for they are **white already to harvest**.
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-`John 4:35.`
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-HEREIN is my Father glorified that **ye bear much fruit**.
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-`John 15:8.`
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-.. clearpage::
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-.. backmatter::
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-GENERAL INDEX
-=============
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-`Age— (see “I am too young")`__
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-.. __: org-page-53_
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-`Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-125_
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-`Answers to prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-88_
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-`Assurance— How you may know you are saved`__
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-.. __: org-page-5_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Backslider— God’s warning to`__
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-.. __: org-page-7_
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-`Backslider— How he may return`__
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-.. __: org-page-8_
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-`Baptism— It follows Salvation`__
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-.. __: org-page-9_
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-`Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others`__
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-.. __: org-page-10_
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-`Bible— (see “Scriptures”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-104_
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-`Business— I will be hindered in making money`__
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-.. __: org-page-11_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Careless—(see “I am not concerned”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-45_
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-`Ceremonies—(Do not save) see “Baptism”`__
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-.. __: org-page-9_
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-`Christ—His Deity`__
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-.. __: org-page-21_
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-`Christian living— Those trying to be Christians`__
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-.. __: org-page-12_
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-`Christian living— Strength to hold out`__
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-.. __: org-page-13_
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-`Christian living— How to grow in grace`__
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-.. __: org-page-14_
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-`Christian living— Results of keeping close to Christ`__
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-.. __: org-page-16_
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-`Christian living— Results following repentance and faith`__
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-.. __: org-page-17_
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-`Christian Science`__
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-.. __: org-page-22_
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-`Church— Must I join to be a Christian?`__
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-.. __: org-page-18_
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-`Companionship— (see “My companions keep me from Christ”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-34_
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-`Confession— Confessing Christ publicly`__
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-.. __: org-page-19_
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-`Consecration`__
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-.. __: org-page-20_
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-`Conversion— (instantaneous)`__
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-.. __: org-page-24_
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-`Converts— (see Young Converts)`__
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-.. __: org-page-127_
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-`Daily Living`__
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-.. __: org-page-12_
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-`Daily Prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-87_
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-`Decision—(see “Not now”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-31_
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-`Deity of Christ`__
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-.. __: org-page-21_
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-`Delay—(see “Not now”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-31_
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-`Doubter—The honest`__
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-.. __: org-page-25_
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-`Doubter—The honest (also)`__
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-.. __: org-page-50_
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-`Everlasting Life`__
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-.. __: org-page-100_
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-`Excuses— I am a member of the church`__
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-.. __: org-page-26_
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-`Excuses— I am good enough`__
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-.. __: org-page-27_
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-`Excuses— I am not very bad`__
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-.. __: org-page-28_
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-`Excuses— I am not good enough`__
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-.. __: org-page-29_
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-`Excuses— I am too great a sinner`__
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-.. __: org-page-30_
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-`Excuses— Not now`__
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-.. __: org-page-31_
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-`Excuses— There are Church members no better than I`__
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-.. __: org-page-32_
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-`Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ`__
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-.. __: org-page-34_
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-`Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways`__
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-.. __: org-page-35_
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-`Excuses— There is too much to give up`__
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-.. __: org-page-36_
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-`Excuses— I can not surrender all`__
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-.. __: org-page-37_
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-`Excuses— The Christian life is too hard`__
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-.. __: org-page-38_
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-`Excuses— I have tried and failed`__
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-.. __: org-page-39_
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-`Excuses— I can’t hold out`__
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-.. __: org-page-41_
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-`Excuses— I have no feeling`__
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-.. __: org-page-43_
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-`Excuses— I am not concerned`__
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-.. __: org-page-45_
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-`Excuses— The Indifferent`__
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-.. __: org-page-46_
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-`Excuses— Those who know not the way`__
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-.. __: org-page-47_
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-`Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe`__
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-.. __: org-page-48_
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-`Excuses— I can’t understand`__
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-.. __: org-page-50_
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-`Excuses— I can’t see`__
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-.. __: org-page-51_
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-`Excuses— My heart is too hard`__
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-.. __: org-page-52_
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-`Excuses— I am too young`__
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-.. __: org-page-53_
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-`Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved`__
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-.. __: org-page-54_
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-`Excuses— It is too late`__
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-.. __: org-page-55_
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-`Excuses— Don't talk to me`__
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-.. __: org-page-56_
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-`Faith—Necessary to salvation`__
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-.. __: org-page-100_
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-`Feeling—(see “I have no feeling”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-43_
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-`Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-124_
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-`Formalist`__
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-.. __: org-page-57_
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-`Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-120_
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-`Friendship`__
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-.. __: org-page-34_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Giving (systematically)`__
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-.. __: org-page-58_
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-`God—(see “Doubter”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-25_
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-`Growth`__
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-.. __: org-page-14_
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-`Habits`__
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-.. __: org-page-35_
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-`Hell— A real place`__
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-.. __: org-page-59_
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-`Hell— “God is unjust to damn”`__
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-.. __: org-page-60_
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-`Hell— Condition of the lost`__
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-.. __: org-page-61_
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-`Holiness`__
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-.. __: org-page-63_
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-`Holy Spirit`__
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-.. __: org-page-64_
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-`Hypocrites`__
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-.. __: org-page-66_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Inconsistency—(see “Hypocrites”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-66_
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-`Indifferent—The`__
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-.. __: org-page-45_
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-`Intemperance`__
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-.. __: org-page-121_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Jews—Scriptures for them`__
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-.. __: org-page-109_
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-`Joining the church`__
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-.. __: org-page-18_
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-`Love—For your neighbor`__
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-.. __: org-page-68_
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-`Moralist— Trusts in self-righteousness`__
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-.. __: org-page-69_
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-`Moralist— Who trusts in good works`__
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-.. __: org-page-70_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Neglecting— (see I am not concerned)`__
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-.. __: org-page-45_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)`__
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-.. __: org-page-94_
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-`Personal Work— Its great importance`__
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-.. __: org-page-71_
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-`Personal Work— Qualifications needed`__
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-.. __: org-page-72_
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-`Personal Work— The soul-winner’s prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-74_
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-`Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings`__
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-.. __: org-page-75_
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-`Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer list” card`__
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-.. __: org-page-76_
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-`Personal Work— Three helpful hints`__
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-.. __: org-page-77_
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-`Personal Work— Hints and suggestions`__
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-.. __: org-page-78_
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-`Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures`__
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-.. __: org-page-7_
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-`Personal Work— Fruit promised`__
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-.. __: org-page-80_
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-`Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter`__
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-.. __: org-page-81_
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-`Personal Work— For those Who are weak`__
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-.. __: org-page-82_
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-`Personal Work— A word to the careless`__
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-.. __: org-page-83_
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-`Power— God’s Keeping`__
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-.. __: org-page-13
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-`Power— God’s Keeping (also)`__
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-.. __: org-page-39
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-`Prayer— Heard and answered`__
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-.. __: org-page-85_
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-`Prayer— Victory through’ prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-86_
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-`Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-87_
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-`Prayer— Conditions in answer to prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-88_
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-`Prayer-meetings—(Preparation for)`__
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-.. __: org-page-75_
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-`Promises`__
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-.. __: org-page-106_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Regeneration— The new birth`__
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-.. __: org-page-89_
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-`Regeneration— (Results of)`__
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-.. __: org-page-90_
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-`Rejection`__
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-.. __: org-page-54_
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-`Repentance`__
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-.. __: org-page-91_
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-`Revival— How to make it a success`__
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-.. __: org-page-92_
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-`Revival— What to bring to it`__
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-.. __: org-page-93_
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-`Rules for daily living`__
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-.. __: org-page-14_
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-`Rules for daily prayer`__
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-.. __: org-page-14_
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-`Rules for daily prayer (also)`__
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-.. __: org-page-127_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Sabbath and Sunday`__
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-.. __: org-page-96_
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-`Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration`__
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-.. __: org-page-104_
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-`Scriptures, The— They supply every need`__
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-.. __: org-page-105_
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-`Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you`__
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-.. __: org-page-106_
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-`Scriptures, The— For the Jews`__
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-.. __: org-page-109_
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-`Scriptures, The— For Church members`__
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-.. __: org-page-111_
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-`Scriptures, The— How to read them`__
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-.. __: org-page-112_
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-`Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study`__
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-.. __: org-page-113_
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-`Scriptures, The— How to study them`__
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-.. __: org-page-114_
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-`Scriptures, The— How to memorize`__
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-.. __: org-page-116_
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-`Scriptures, The— Our Testimony`__
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-.. __: org-page-118_
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-`Self-denial`__
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-.. __: org-page-35_
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-`Service`__
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-.. __: org-page-71_
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-`Soul-Winning`__
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-.. __: org-page-71_
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-`Spiritualism`__
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-.. __: org-page-120_
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-`Strength to hold out`__
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-.. __: org-page-13_
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-`Strength to hold out (also)`__
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-.. __: org-page-39_
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-`Suggestions—(see "Converts")`__
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-.. __: org-page-127_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Trying to be a Christian`__
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-.. __: org-page-12_
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-`Temperance`__
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-.. __: org-page-121_
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-`Temptation`__
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-.. __: org-page-122_
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-`Testimony`__
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-.. __: org-page-19_
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-`Testimony (also)`__
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-.. __: org-page-118_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Unbelief, Lost through`__
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-.. __: org-page-100_
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-`Unforgiveness—For those who will not forgive`__
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-.. __: org-page-123_
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-`Unpardonable Sin`__
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-.. __: org-page-124_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Work—(see “Personal Work")`__
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-.. __: org-page-71_
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-`Workers—Hints`__
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-.. __: org-page-75_
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-`Worldly Amusements`__
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-.. __: org-page-125_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Young Coverts`__
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-.. __: org-page-127_
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-.. clearpage::
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-INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS
-====================
-
-
-`Amusements—(see “Worldly Amusements”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-125_
-
-`Answers to prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-88_
-
-`Assurance—How you may know you are saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-5_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Christian Living— Those who are trying to be Christians`__
-
-.. __: org-page-12_
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-`Christian Living— Strength to hold out`__
-
-.. __: org-page-13_
-
-`Christian Living— How to grow in grace`__
-
-.. __: org-page-14_
-
-`Christian Living— Results of keeping close to Christ`__
-
-.. __: org-page-16_
-
-`Christian Living— Results following repentance and faith`__
-
-.. __: org-page-17_
-
-`Christian Science`__
-
-.. __: org-page-22_
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-`Confession— Confessing Christ publically.`__
-
-.. __: org-page-19_
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-`Consecration`__
-
-.. __: org-page-26_
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-`Converts`__
-
-.. __: org-page-127_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Daily Living`__
-
-.. __: org-page-12_
-
-`Daily Living (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-17_
-
-`Daily Prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-87_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Forgiveness—(see “Unforgiveness”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-`Fortune-Telling—(see “Spiritualism”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-120_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Giving—(systematically)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-58_
-
-`God—(see “Doubter”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-25_
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-`Growth`__
-
-.. __: org-page-14_
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-.. vspace:: 1
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-`Holiness`__
-
-.. __: org-page-63_
-
-`Holy Spirit`__
-
-.. __: org-page-64_
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-`Hypocrites`__
-
-.. __: org-page-66_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-66_
-
-`Indifferent`__
-
-.. __: org-page-45_
-
-`Intemperance`__
-
-.. __: org-page-121_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Jews— Scriptures for them`__
-
-.. __: org-page-109_
-
-`Joining the Church`__
-
-.. __: org-page-18_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Love—For your neighbor`__
-
-.. __: org-page-68_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Persecution—(see “Ridicule")`__
-
-.. __: org-page-94_
-
-`Personal Work— Its great importance`__
-
-.. __: org-page-71_
-
-`Personal Work— Qualifications needed`__
-
-.. __: org-page-72_
-
-`Personal Work— The soul-winner's prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-74_
-
-`Personal Work— Help in cottage meetings`__
-
-.. __: org-page-75_
-
-`Personal Work— Use of the “Prayer-list” card`__
-
-.. __: org-page-76_
-
-`Personal Work— Three helpful hints`__
-
-.. __: org-page-77_
-
-`Personal Work— Hints and suggestions`__
-
-.. __: org-page-78_
-
-`Personal Work— Suggestive scriptures`__
-
-.. __: org-page-79_
-
-`Personal Work— Fruit promised`__
-
-.. __: org-page-80_
-
-`Personal Work— Fruit-bearer’s chapter`__
-
-.. __: org-page-81_
-
-`Personal Work— For those who are weak`__
-
-.. __: org-page-82_
-
-`Personal Work— A word to the careless`__
-
-.. __: org-page-83_
-
-`Pleasures—For those hindered by them`__
-
-.. __: org-page-84_
-
-`Power—God’s Keeping`__
-
-.. __: org-page-13_
-
-`Power—God’s Keeping (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-39_
-
-`Prayer— Heard and answered`__
-
-.. __: org-page-85_
-
-`Prayer— Victory through.’ prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-86_
-
-`Prayer— Regular seasons for prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-87_
-
-`Conditions in answer to prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-88_
-
-`Prayer-meetings—preparation for`__
-
-.. __: org-page-75_
-
-`Promises`__
-
-.. __: org-page-106_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Regeneration— The new birth`__
-
-.. __: org-page-89_
-
-`Regeneration— Results of`__
-
-.. __: org-page-90_
-
-`Rejection`__
-
-.. __: org-page-54_
-
-`Repentance`__
-
-.. __: org-page-91_
-
-`Revival— How to make it a success`__
-
-.. __: org-page-92_
-
-`Revival— What to bring to it`__
-
-.. __: org-page-93_
-
-`Ridicule and Persecution`__
-
-.. __: org-page-94_
-
-`Rules for daily living`__
-
-.. __: org-page-14_
-
-`Rules for daily prayer`__
-
-.. __: org-page-14_
-
-`Rules for daily prayer (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-127_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Sabbath and Sunday`__
-
-.. __: org-page-96_
-
-`Salvation— To whom offered`__
-
-.. __: org-page-98_
-
-`Salvation— Offered to the most sinful`__
-
-.. __: org-page-99_
-
-`Salvation— Saved alone by faith`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Salvation— What must I do to be saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-101_
-
-`Salvation— Proof we are saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-103_
-
-`Scriptures, The— Given by inspiration`__
-
-.. __: org-page-104_
-
-`Scriptures, The— They supply every need`__
-
-.. __: org-page-105_
-
-`Scriptures, The— God’s promises for you.`__
-
-.. __: org-page-106_
-
-`Scriptures, The— For the Jews`__
-
-.. __: org-page-109_
-
-`Scriptures, The— For Church members`__
-
-.. __: org-page-111_
-
-`Scriptures, The— How to read them`__
-
-.. __: org-page-112_
-
-`Scriptures, The— Importance of Bible study`__
-
-.. __: org-page-113_
-
-`Scriptures, The— How to study them`__
-
-.. __: org-page-114_
-
-`Scriptures, The— How to memorize`__
-
-.. __: org-page-116_
-
-`Scriptures, The— Our Testimony`__
-
-.. __: org-page-118_
-
-`Self-denial`__
-
-.. __: org-page-35_
-
-`Self-righteousness`__
-
-.. __: org-page-69_
-
-`Service`__
-
-.. __: org-page-71_
-
-`Sin— (“I am not very bad”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-28_
-
-`Sin— (“I am too bad”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-30_
-
-`Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-52_
-
-`Sin— Unpardonable`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-`Skeptic`__
-
-.. __: org-page-119_
-
-`Soul-winning`__
-
-.. __: org-page-71_
-
-`Spritualism`__
-
-.. __: org-page-120_
-
-`Strength to hold out`__
-
-.. __: org-page-13_
-
-`Strength to hold out (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-39_
-
-`Strength to hold out (as well)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-42_
-
-`Suggestions—(see “Converts")`__
-
-.. __: org-page-127_
-
-`Surrender`__
-
-.. __: org-page-31_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Trying to be a Christian`__
-
-.. __: org-page-12_
-
-`Temperance`__
-
-.. __: org-page-121_
-
-`Temptation`__
-
-.. __: org-page-122_
-
-`Testimony`__
-
-.. __: org-page-19_
-
-`Testimony (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-118_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Unbelief, Lost through`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Unforgiveness—For those Who will not forgive`__
-
-.. __: org-page-123_
-
-`Unpardonable Sin`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Work—(see “Personal Work”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-71_
-
-`Workers—Hints`__
-
-.. __: org-page-75_
-
-`Worldly Amusements`__
-
-.. __: org-page-125_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Young Converts`__
-
-.. __: org-page-127_
-
-.. clearpage::
-
-INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED
-=====================
-
-
-`Age— (see “I am too young")`__
-
-.. __: org-page-53_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Backslider— God’s warning to`__
-
-.. __: org-page-7_
-
-`Backslider— How he may return to God`__
-
-.. __: org-page-8_
-
-`Baptism— Follows Salvation`__
-
-.. __: org-page-9_
-
-`Baptism— Practiced by Christ and others`__
-
-.. __: org-page-10_
-
-`Bible— (see Scriptures)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-104_
-
-`Business—I will be hindered in making money`__
-
-.. __: org-page-11_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Careless—(see, I am not concerned)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-45_
-
-`Ceremonies—(Do not save)—see Baptism`__
-
-.. __: org-page-9_
-
-`Christ—His Deity`__
-
-.. __: org-page-21_
-
-`Church—Must I join to be a Christian?`__
-
-.. __: org-page-18_
-
-`Companionship—(see “My companions keep me from Christ”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-34_
-
-`Conversion (instantaneous)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-24_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Decision—(see “Not now”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-31_
-
-`Deity of Christ`__
-
-.. __: org-page-21_
-
-`Delay—(see “Not now”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-31_
-
-`Doubter`__
-
-.. __: org-page-25_
-
-`Doubter (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-50_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Everlasting Life`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Excuses— I am a member of the church`__
-
-.. __: org-page-26_
-
-`Excuses— I am good enough`__
-
-.. __: org-page-27_
-
-`Excuses— I am not very bad`__
-
-.. __: org-page-28_
-
-`Excuses— I am not good enough`__
-
-.. __: org-page-29_
-
-`Excuses— I am too great a sinner`__
-
-.. __: org-page-30_
-
-`Excuses— Not now`__
-
-.. __: org-page-31_
-
-`Excuses— There are Church members no better than I`__
-
-.. __: org-page-32_
-
-`Excuses— My companions keep me from Christ`__
-
-.. __: org-page-34_
-
-`Excuses— I cannot give up my evil ways`__
-
-.. __: org-page-35_
-
-`Excuses— There is too much to give up`__
-
-.. __: org-page-36_
-
-`Excuses— I cannot surrender all`__
-
-.. __: org-page-37_
-
-`Excuses— The Christian life is too hard`__
-
-.. __: org-page-38_
-
-`Excuses— I have tried and failed`__
-
-.. __: org-page-39_
-
-`Excuses— I can’t hold out`__
-
-.. __: org-page-41_
-
-`Excuses— I have no feeling`__
-
-.. __: org-page-43_
-
-`Excuses— I am not concerned`__
-
-.. __: org-page-45_
-
-`Excuses— The Indifferent`__
-
-.. __: org-page-46_
-
-`Excuses— Those Who know not the way`__
-
-.. __: org-page-47_
-
-`Excuses— I don’t know what or how to believe`__
-
-.. __: org-page-48_
-
-`Excuses— I can’t understand`__
-
-.. __: org-page-50_
-
-`Excuses— I can't see`__
-
-.. __: org-page-51_
-
-`Excuses— My heart is too hard`__
-
-.. __: org-page-52_
-
-`Excuses— I am too young`__
-
-.. __: org-page-53_
-
-`Excuses— I believe everyone will be saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-54_
-
-`Excuses— It is too late`__
-
-.. __: org-page-55_
-
-`Excuses— Don’t talk to me`__
-
-.. __: org-page-56_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Faith— Necessary to salvation`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Feeling— (see “I have no feeling”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-43_
-
-`Forgiveness`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-`Formalist`__
-
-.. __: org-page-120_
-
-`Friendship`__
-
-.. __: org-page-34_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`God— (see "Doubter")`__
-
-.. __: org-page-25_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Habits`__
-
-.. __: org-page-35_
-
-`Hell— A real place`__
-
-.. __: org-page-59_
-
-`Hell— “God is unjust to damn”`__
-
-.. __: org-page-60_
-
-`Hell— Condition of the lost`__
-
-.. __: org-page-61_
-
-`Hypocrites`__
-
-.. __: org-page-66_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Inconsistency—(see Hypocrites)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-66_
-
-`Indifferent, The`__
-
-.. __: org-page-45_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Moralist—Who trusts in self-righteousness`__
-
-.. __: org-page-69_
-
-`Moralist—Who trusts in good works`__
-
-.. __: org-page-70_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Neglecting—(see “I am not concerned”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-45_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Persecution—(see “Ridicule”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-94_
-
-`Pleasures—For those hindered by them`__
-
-.. __: org-page-84_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Rejection`__
-
-.. __: org-page-54_
-
-`Repentance`__
-
-.. __: org-page-91_
-
-`Ridicule and Persecution`__
-
-.. __: org-page-94_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Salvation— To Whom offered`__
-
-.. __: org-page-98_
-
-`Salvation— Offered to the most sinful`__
-
-.. __: org-page-99_
-
-`Salvation— Saved alone by faith`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Salvation— What must I do to be saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-101_
-
-`Salvation— Proof We are saved`__
-
-.. __: org-page-103_
-
-`Self-righteousness`__
-
-.. __: org-page-69_
-
-`Sin— (“I am not very bad”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-28_
-
-`Sin— (“I am too bad”)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-30_
-
-`Sin— (“I am too bad”) (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-52_
-
-`Sin— Unpardonable`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-`Skeptic`__
-
-.. __: org-page-119_
-
-`Strength to hold out`__
-
-.. __: org-page-13_
-
-`Strength to hold out (also)`__
-
-.. __: org-page-39_
-
-`Surrender`__
-
-.. __: org-page-31_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Trying to be a Christian`__
-
-.. __: org-page-12_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Unbelief, Lost through`__
-
-.. __: org-page-100_
-
-`Unforgiveness— For those who will not forgive`__
-
-.. __: org-page-123_
-
-`Unpardonable Sin`__
-
-.. __: org-page-124_
-
-.. vspace:: 1
-
-`Worldly Amusements`__
-
-.. __: org-page-125_
-
-.. clearpage::
-
-.. vfill::
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-Songs:
-======
-
-.. vfill::
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-.. clearpage::
-
-The Bible Railway.
-------------------
-
- .. image:: images/RTP-Song1.jpg
- :align: center
- :width: 90%
- :scale: 75%
- :alt: Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert
-
-.. clearpage::
-
-Consecration.
--------------
-
- .. image:: images/RTP-Song2.jpg
- :align: center
- :width: 90%
- :scale: 75%
- :alt: Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert
-
-.. clearpage::
-
-A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out.
---------------------------------------
-
- .. image:: images/RTP-Song3.jpg
- :align: center
- :width: 90%
- :scale: 75%
- :alt: Song Written by "Fred" R. Seibert
-
-.. clearpage::
-
-.. topic:: Transcriber's Note
-
- - Bible verse abbreviations have been changed to full book names for consistancy.
- - Corrected bible verse reference errors which did not match quoted verse.
- - Minor typographical errors have been silently corrected.
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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at -http://www.gutenberg.org/license. If you are not located in the United -States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you are -located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Rescue the Perishing -Author: Fred R. Seibert -Release Date: December 26, 2016 [EBook #53811] -Language: English -Character set encoding: US-ASCII - - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RESCUE THE PERISHING *** - - - - -Produced by Peter G. Nystrom. - -This ebook was produced from scanned images of a personal copy of the -book. - - - - - _*RESCUE*_ - - _*THE*_ - - _*PERISHING*_ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _That ye may KNOW how ye ought to_ - - _ANSWER every man ---- Colossians 4:6._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _SUGGESTIVE NOTES AND HINTS_ - - _FOR BEGINNERS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,_ - - _which is the word of God. ---- Ephesians 6:17._ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _ARRANGED BY_ - - _"FRED" R. SEIBERT_ - - _------------------------------------------------------------_ - - _PUBLISHED BY_ - - _*THE RODEHEAVER, HALL-MACK COMPANY*_ - - _*WINONA LAKE, INDIANA*_ - - _Price, 40c_ - - - - - _Copyright 1921, by "Fred" R. Seibert, U. S. A._ - - _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, Eng._ - - - - - _PREFACE_ - - - _This Book is the result of a life time of research and practical - effort, and has been forged on the anvil of experience._ - - - - - SUNSHINE AND SMILES - - "FRED" R. SEIBERT - - A SOUL WINNER ALL FOR JESUS - - - - - _May my Motto be yours:_ - - *Nothing of myself: everything in Christ: without Him nothing with Him - All Things.* - - - - - Contents - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - Assurance. *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - Backslider. *God's WARNING to the backslider* - Backslider. *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - Baptism. *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - Baptism. *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - Business. *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - Christian Living. *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - Christian Living. *STRENGTH for holding out.* - Christian Living. *How to GROW In grace.* - Christian Living. *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - Christian Living. *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - Church, The- *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - Confession. *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - Consecration. - Christ. *His Deity.* - Christian Science. *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - Christian Science. *God warns AGAINST It.* - Conversions. *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - Doubter. *One who is HONEST.* - Excuses. *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - Excuses. *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - Excuses. *I am NOT very bad.* - Excuses. *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - Excuses. *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - Excuses. *Not now.* - Excuses. *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - Excuses. *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - Excuses. *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - Excuses. *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - Excuses. *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - Excuses. *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I have tried and FAILED.* - Excuses. *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - Excuses. *Can't HOLD OUT! God's KEEPING power.* - Excuses. *I have no FEELING.* - Excuses. *I am not CONCERNED.* - Excuses. *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - Excuses. *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - Excuses. *I don't know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - Excuses. *I can't understand the Bible.* - Excuses. *I can't see my way CLEAR.* - Excuses. *My heart is TOO HARD.* - Excuses. *I am TOO YOUNG.* - Excuses. *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - Excuses. *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - Excuses. *DON'T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - Formalists. *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - Giving. *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - Hell. *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - Hell. *A real PLACE.* - Hell. *CONDITION of the lost.* - Holiness. *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - Holy Spirit. *His WORK among men.* - Hypocrites. *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - Love. *For your NEIGHBOR.* - Moralist. *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - Moralist. *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - Personal Work. *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - Personal Work. *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - Personal Work. *The "soul-winner's" prayer.* - Personal work. *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - Personal Work. *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - Personal Work. - Personal Work. *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - Personal Work. *Suggestive Scriptures.* - Personal Work. *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - Personal Work. *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - Personal Work. *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - Personal Work. *A word to the unwilling.* - Pleasures. *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - Prayer. *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - Prayer. *VICTORY through prayer.* - Prayer. *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - Prayer. *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - Regeneration, or the New Birth. *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - Repentance. *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - Revival, The. *How to make it a success.* - Revival, The. *What to bring to It.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - Ridicule and Persecution. *Encouragement given us.* - Sabbath and Sunday. *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - Salvation. *To WHOM offered? "Whosoever will!"* - Salvation. *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - Salvation. *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - Salvation. *What must I do to be saved?* - Salvation. *Proofs that we are saved.* - Scriptures, The. *Given by inspiration.* - Scriptures, The. *They supply every need.* - Scriptures, The. *God's promises FOR YOU.* - Scriptures, The. *For the Jews.* - Scriptures, The. *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - Scriptures, The. *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - Scriptures, The. *Importance of Bible study.* - Scriptures, The. *How to study them.* - Scriptures, The. *How to memorize?* - Scriptures, The. *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - Skeptic. *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. *God WARNS against It.* - Temperance. *God's WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - Temptation. *How to gain the VICTORY.* - Unpardonable Sin. - Unforgiveness. *For those who will not forgive.* - Worldly Amusements. *"I see no HARM in them"* - Young Converts. *What they should do.* - GENERAL INDEX - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - Songs: - The Bible Railway. - Consecration. - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - PERSONAL WORK MADE EASY. - - - - Assurance. - *HOW you may KNOW you are saved.* - - -You may *know* you are saved, because God *says so* in His Word. - -*THESE things have I written* unto you that believe on the name of the -Son of God, *that ye may know* (not hope, or guess) that ye *have* (not -are going to have) eternal life." - - _I John 5:13._ - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ) to *them gave* he *power* to -*become the sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -I KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that *he is able to keep* -that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment) but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they *know* -they are saved--that they can only "hope for the best, and will have to -wait until the judgment before they know." Paul did not say to the -jailer: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and *perhaps* you will be -saved, or you will have a *good chance* of being saved, or you may -*hope* to be saved." No, but "thou *shalt* be saved." - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that *believeth on me* HATH -everlasting life. - - _John 6:47._ - -He that believeth on the Son *hath* (not perhaps will have) everlasting -life. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that hath the Son *hath* life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you *rest -fully upon God's Word.* - -If you have *received God's gift* (Jesus), you have God's *word* for it -that you *have life*. *The life is in His Son*. Believe this and you -will *know it*. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the -witness of the Spirit. - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness* with our spirit that we *are* the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the *witness (record)* in -*himself*: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he -believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the -record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his -Son. He that hath the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of -God hath not life. - - _I John 5:10,11,12._ - -"Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is -made to him. God has put his offer in black and white--"*These things -are written*." Read: I John 5:13. - -Do you say, I don't feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for -you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God's word -never changes. He says: "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words -*shall not* pass away." - - _Matthew 24:35._ - -Which would you rather trust, God's *unchanging* Word, or your -*everchanging* feelings? When God says a thing, it is so. - -If you want this evidence *you must believe God's word*. If you do not, -you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working -in you. - -He that believeth not God hath *made Him a liar*; because he *believeth -not the record* that God gave of His Son. And this *is the record*, that -God *hath given* to us eternal life. - - _I John 5:10-11._ - -Illustration: Luke 1:10 - - - - Backslider. - *God's WARNING to the backslider* - - -NOW the just shall live by faith: but *if any man draw back*, my soul -shall have *no pleasure in him*. - - _Hebrews 10:38._ - -FOR it had *been better* for them *not to have known* the way of -righteousness, than, after they have known it, *to turn from the holy -commandment* delivered unto them. - - _II Peter 2:21._ - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do good, and *doeth it not*, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of -unbelief, in *departing from the living God*. - - _Hebrews 3:12._ - -I HAVE overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and -ye were *as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:* yet *have ye not -returned* unto me, saith the Lord. - -Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this -unto thee, *prepare to meet thy God*, O Israel. - - _Amos 4:11-12._ - -SO then because thou art *lukewarm*, and neither cold nor hot, I will -*spew thee out of my mouth*. - - _Revelation 3:16._ - -If you are cold and indifferent, and fallen into sin, you will never be -truly happy, or have peace in your soul, until you *confess your sins* -and return to the Lord, because God says, - -THE backslider in heart shall be *filled with his own ways*. - - _Proverbs 14:14._ - -God says though man's ways are not His ways, (Isaiah 55:8) there is -*hope* for the backslider--Think of the story of the Prodigal Son and -how the Father *welcomed his boy home!* - -BUT *when he was yet a great way off*, his father *saw him*, and had -*compassion*, and ran, and fell on his neck, and *kissed him*. - - _Luke 15:20._ - -Read the next page - - - - Backslider. - *How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.* - - -*1st. Submit to God*. *He will forgive*. - -GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, *Return, thou -backsliding Israel, saith the* Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to -fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep -anger for ever. *Only acknowledge thine iniquity*, that thou hast -transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to -the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, -saith the Lord, *Turn, O backsliding children, saith the* Lord; *for I -am married unto you*. - - _Jeremiah 3:12-14._ - -*I WILL heal their backsliding*, I will love them freely: for mine anger -is turned away from him. - - _Hosea 14:4._ - -*2nd. Confess to God.* - -I ACKNOWLEDGED *my sin unto* thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I -said, *I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord*; and thou -forgavest the iniquity of my sin. - - _Psalms 32:5._ - -IF we *confess* our *sins*, He is *faithful* and *just* to forgive us -our *sins*, and to *cleanse* us from all *unrighteousness*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*3rd. Turn to God.* - -THEREFORE *turn thou to thy God*: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on -*thy* God continually. - - _Hosea 12:6._ - -IF *thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up*, thou shalt put -away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - - _Job 22:23._ - -AND He is the *propitiation* for our sins; and not for ours only, but -also for the sins of the *whole world*. - - _I John 2:2_ - -Some say they are backsliders, but are *not*, for they have never *slid -forward*. - - - - Baptism. - *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* - - -The Bible plainly teaches that every believer *should confess Christ in -baptism*. - -GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them* -into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. - - _Matthew 28:19, R.V._ - -HE that believeth and is *baptized* shall be saved; but he that -disbelieveth shall be condemned. - - _Mark 16:16, R.V._ - -AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be *baptized* every one of you -in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins. - - _Acts 2:38, R.V._ - -AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of -Jerusalem and were *baptized of him*, in the river of Jordan confessing -their sins. - - _Mark 1:5._ - -*JESUS was baptized*. - -THEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, *to be baptized* of -him. . . . And Jesus, *when he was baptized*, went up straightway out of -the water: and, lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the -Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. - - _Matthew 3:13, 16._ - -*PAUL was baptized.* - -AND immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he -received sight forthwith, and arose, and was *baptized*. - - _Acts 9:18._ - -*The EUNUCH was baptized*. - -THE eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be -*baptized*? . . . And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and -they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he -*baptized him*. - - _Acts 8:36, 38._ - -*The JAILOR was baptized*. - -AND he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; -and *was baptized*, he and all his, straightway. - - _Acts 16:33._ - - - - Baptism. - *It FOLLOWS salvation. Baptized, because SAVED* - - -There are two extremes taken by people in the matter of baptism, one is -to *reject* it entirely, and the other is to magnify it beyond it's -proper significance, and make it *necessary to salvation*. - -We are to be baptized, not to *help save ourselves*, but, because -*Christ has already saved us* through our acceptance of His sacrifice on -the cross. We go forward in baptism in obedience to God's command, thus -openly confessing Him before the world by this act. Our baptism will -avail us nothing, unless *our heart is right toward God*. - -Philip told the Eunuch that *he could be baptized* if he *believed with -all his heart*. - -AND Philip said, If thou *believest with all thine heart* thou mayest. - - _Acts 8:37._ - -A performance of ceremonies God hates, unless there is behind them, true -*repentance for sin*. - -YOUR *new moons* and your *appointed feasts my soul hateth*: they are a -trouble unto me; *I* am weary to bear them. - - _Isaiah 1:14._ - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee, stood and prayed thus with himself,* -God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house *justified* rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -The Pharisee was thinking to *justify himself* before God by his -*prayers, gifts and keeping of holy days* but the the publican with -repentance, and the *believing cry of the sinner*, was saved. - -Let us *not neglect* baptism; neither think because we *have been -baptized* that we are *safe*. Trust Christ *alone* for salvation; *then* -be baptized. - - - - Business. - *I will be HINDERED in making money.* - - -What *profit* is there to *YOU*, even if you get -money--pleasure--position or power-- and in a few short years (at -longest) you lose your soul? - -If you cannot remain in your present business and be a Christian, you -had better *give it up*. - -FOR what shall it *profit a man*, if he shall *gain the whole world*, -and lose his own soul? Or *what shall a man give in exchange for his -soul*? - - _Mark 8:36-37._ - -BUT seek ye *first the kingdom of God*, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -*LAY not up* for yourselves treasures *upon earth*, where moth and rust -doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for -yourselves *treasures in heaven*. - - _Matthew 6:19-20._ - -HE that loveth silver *shall not be satisfied with silver*. - - _Ecclesiastes 5:10._ - -HE that *trusteth in his riches shall fall*: but the righteous shall -flourish as a branch. - - _Proverbs 11:28._ - -THEN said Jesus unto His disciples, *If any man* will *come* after *me*, -let him *deny himself*, and take up *his cross* and *follow me*. - -FOR *whosoever* will save his life shall lose it: and *whosoever* will -*lose his life for my sake shall find it*. - - _Matthew 16:24-25._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and the gospel's, But *he shall -receive a hundredfold now* in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and -*in the* world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Those TRYING to be Christians.* - - -We are not saved by *trying*, but by *trusting* in what *Christ has done -for us*. - -This means: - -*Repentance*. - -LET *the wicked forsake his way* (that's your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that's your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that's your part), and *He will have mercy upon him*; -and to our God, for He will *abundantly pardon* (God's part.). - - _Isaiah 55:7_ - -*Faith*. - -FOR *by grace are ye saved through faith*; and that not of yourselves; -it is the *gift of God*: not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8--9._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *He that heareth My word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath* everlasting life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24. A.V. & R.V._ - -*Receiving*. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power to become -the sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*Committing*. - -*COMMIT* thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it -to pass. - - _Psalms 37:5._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made unto salvation*. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - - - - Christian Living. - *STRENGTH for holding out.* - - -BUT ye *shall* receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost* is come upon -you. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -BE *strong* in the Lord and in the *power* of His *might*. - - _Ephesians 6:10._ - -PUT on the *whole armor of God*, that ye may be *able to stand* against -the *wiles* of the *devil*. - - _Ephesians 6:11._ - -WHEREFORE take unto you the *whole armour* of God, that ye may be *able* -to *withstand* in the *evil day*, and *having done all, to stand*. - - _Ephesians 6:13._ - -STAND therefore, *having your loins girt about with truth*, and having -on the breastplate of righteousness. - - _Ephesians 6:14._ - -ABOVE all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to -quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the *helmet of -salvation*, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the *word* of God. - - _Ephesians 6:16--17._ - -WATCH ye, *stand fast* in the *faith*, quit you like men, *be strong*. - - _I Corinthians 16:13._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage;* be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -THE Lord is my *light and* my *salvation*; whom *shall I fear*? the Lord -is the *strength* of my *life*; of whom *shall I be afraid*? - - _Psalms 27:1._ - -AND He said unto me, My *grace is sufficient* for thee: for my -*strength* is made perfect in *weakness*. Most gladly therefore will I -rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon -me. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -I CAN *do* ALL THINGS *through Christ* which strenghteneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - - - - Christian Living. - *How to GROW In grace.* - - -If you earnestly desire to grow in grace according to God's commands, -covenant to do the following things *daily; pray, study* your Bible, -*confess Christ*, try to *lead souls* to Christ, and *seek the society* -of Christian people, and you will do so. Let us see what God says -concerning these things, and their importance. - -*1st. Daily prayer.* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -WATCH ye therefore and pray *always*. - - _Luke 21:36._ - -MEN ought *always* to pray. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -I WILL therefore that men *pray every where*. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -*CALL unto me and I will answer thee*; and shew thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -*2nd. Daily STUDY of God's Word.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all *readiness of mind*, and *searched the Scriptures -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -*STUDY* to show thyself *approved* unto God, a workman that needeth not -to be ashamed, *rightly dividing* the word of truth. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16_ - -*Make this last verse your prayer.* - -OPEN thou mine eyes, *that I may behold* wondrous things out of thy law. - - _Psalms 119:18_ - -*3rd. Daily CONFESS Christ.* - -LET your *light so shine before men*, that they may see your good works, -and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32--33._ - -*4th. Daily SEEK OTHERS for Christ.* - -I HAVE chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and *bring forth -fruit*. - - _John 15:16._ - -HE that believeth on me, *the works that I do shall he do also*; and -greater works than these shall he do. - - _John 14:12._ - -AND daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to *teach -and preach Jesus Christ*. - - _Acts 5:42._ - -WE then, as *workers together with him*, beseech you also that ye -receive not the grace of God in vain. - - _II Corinthians 6:1._ - -*5th. Daily seek CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but *a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results of Keeping CLOSE to CHRIST.* - - - - Your *own soul* will be enriched. - - Persons will be *saved*. - - Christians will be *built up*. - - Your church will become *aggressive*. - - The word of God will be *honored*. - - Jesus Christ will be *glorified*. - - The Holy Ghost *will not be grieved*. - - You will be *ready* for any work. - - You will be *devoted* to Jesus Christ. - - You will be *successful* because faithful. - - New *methods* will be used. - - Your *influence* will be more telling. - - Your life will be *less selfish*. - - Your *expectations* will be more heavenly. - - Your *joy* will be more abiding. - - Your *hope* will be brighter. - - Your *courage* more undaunted. - - Your *service* more acceptable to God. - - In life you will be *active*; in death you will be *ready*; in - heaven you will *shine*. - -*Some PROMISES to encourage us.* - -TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in -heart: and ye shall *find rest unto your souls*. - -FOR my *yoke is easy*, and my burden is *light*. - - _Matthew 11:29--30._ - -BUT if we *walk in the light*, as he is in the light, *we have -fellowship* one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son -cleanseth us from all sin. - - _I John 1:7._ - -DRAW nigh *to God*, and he *will draw* nigh to you. - - _James 4:8._ - -CAST thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall -*never suffer the righteous to be moved*. - - _Psalms 55:22._ - -THOU wilt *keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: -because he trusteth in thee*. - - _Isaiah 26:3._ - - - - Christian Living. - *Results FOLLOWING repentance and faith.* - - -Through coming to Christ a man, - -*1st. Becomes a CHILD OF GOD.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Has Everlasting LIFE*. - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, he that *heareth my word, and -believeth on Him* that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not -come into condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Receives the HOLY SPIRIT*. - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins*, and ye shall -receive the *gift* of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -*4th. Has FELLOWSHIP with others*. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were *baptized*: and the same -day there *were added* unto them about *three thousand souls*. - -AND they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, -and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. - - _Acts 2:41--42._ - -*5th. Has God's PROMISES*. - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*6th. Is called to SERVICE*. - -FOR the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, -and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work. - - _Mark 13:34._ - -*7th. Possesses HEAVEN*. - -IN my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have -told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:2_ - - - - Church, The- - *Must I JOIN to be a Christian?* - - -Do not join the Church unless you are saved--If you are saved, you will -*want to join the church*, and you can not live as useful a life out of -the church as in it, and the church needs your help. - -THEN they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day -there were *added unto them* about three thousand souls. - - _Acts 2:41._ - -AND they *continued steadfastly* in the apostles' *doctrine* and -*fellowship*, and in the *breaking of bread*, and in *prayers*. - - _Acts 2:42._ - -AND they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and *breaking -bread from house to house*, did eat their meat with gladness and -singleness of heart. - - _Acts 2:46._ - -PRAISING God, and having favor with all the people. *And the Lord added -unto the church daily such as should be saved*. - - _Acts 2:47._ - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord's; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - -NOT *forsaking the assembling of ourselves together*, as the manner of -some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the -day approaching. - - _Hebrews 10:25._ - -The Church is the best institution on earth, because established by -Christ-- When you fight the church, you are striking at Jesus Christ, as -the church is His bride. - -THEY shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, -Come, and let us *join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant* -that shall *not be forgotten*. - - _Jeremiah 50:5._ - - - - Confession. - *Confusing Christ PUBLICLY.* - - -*Confess* Christ, or He will *deny* us. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33_ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and of my words* in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall *the Son of man be -ashamed*. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -THAT if thou *shalt confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -*Lord Jesus*, and *shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him -from the dead, thou shalt be saved*. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -ALSO I say unto you, *whosoever shall confess me before men*, him shall -the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that *denieth me -before men* shall be denied before the angels of God. - - _Luke 12:8-9._ - -We should confess Christ, not only to *honor Him*, but because of the -*influence we may have on others*. - -ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew -Simon Peter's brother. - -He first findeth his own brother Simon and *saith unto him, we have -found the Messias*, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he -*brought him to Jesus*. - - _John 1:40--42._ - -NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but -*because of the Pharisees they did not confess him*, lest they should be -put out of the synagogue: for they *loved the praise of men* more than -the praise of God. - - _John 12:42--43._ - -Illustration: Mark 5:15-20 - - - - Consecration. - - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God*, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -"Consecration means to be willing to be anything, or nothing, to go -anywhere, or everywhere, at any time or at all times for God." - -LET us *lay aside every weight*, and the sin which doth so easily beset -us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - - _Hebrews 12:1-2._ - -WHETHER therefore ye *eat*, or *drink*, or *whatsoever ye do, do all to -the glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -AND whatsoever *ye do in word or deed, do all in the name* of the *Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - - Dear Savior, help me every day - To live more nearly as I pray; - I would walk daily by thy side, - And trust in thee whate'er betide. - - Help me to live so near to thee - Thy likeness may be seen in me; - Make me so gentle, kind and true - That I will do as thou wouldst do. - - To win some precious souls for thee. - My errand here on earth would be; - And every day till thou shalt come - To do some good, to help some one. - -Frequently ask your heart if you are doing the will of God. - -Accustom yourself to do everything in the name of Jesus Christ, as His -disciple. - -See that every day shall be marked by at least one special work of love. - -Wherever you go, inwardly pray that you do no evil, but be the *means of -some good*. - - - - Christ. - *His Deity.* - - -One of the proofs that Christ is the Son of God, is the fact that we -have several titles *applied to Christ in the New Testament* that are -*applied to Jehovah* in the *Old Testament*. - -THE word which God sent unto the children of Israel, *preaching peace by -Jesus Christ*: (He is Lord of all). - - _Acts 10:36._ - -BUT we speak the wisdom of God *in a mystery*, even the hidden wisdom, -which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the -princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they *would not have -crucified the Lord of glory*. - - _I Corinthians 2:7--8._ - -AND Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. Jesus saith -unto him, Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed -are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. . . . But these are -written, that ye *might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of -God*; and that believing ye might have life through his name. - - _John 20:28-29, 31._ - -WHOSOEVER believeth *that Jesus is the Christ is born of God*: and every -one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -. . . Who is he that *overcometh* the world, but he *that believeth that -Jesus is the Son of God*? - - _I John 5:1, 5._ - -WHO *is a liar* but *he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ*? He is -anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever *denieth the -Son*, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son -hath the Father *also*. - - _I John 2:22-23._ - - - - Christian Science. - *Its NON-CHRISTIAN character.* - - -"Christian Science" is nothing new. It is a mixture of exploded theories -and issues of the ancient world. Moreover, it is neither "Christian" nor -"Science" for both the personality of Christ and matter are denied, and -there could he no Christ without personality nor science without matter. -This unscientific cult is not only not Christian but it denies many -truths of the Bible. - -*1st. A personal God.* - -The second article in the platform of Christian Science says, "God is -mind. He is divine principle, *not person*," "He and the universe are -the same," or "He is the 'substance' and the universe and man are -'manifestations.' " - -The Christian says: - -OUR *Father* which art in heaven. - - _Matthew 6:9._ - -*2nd. Christ and His Atonement.* - -Though they sometimes speak of Christ as a great metaphysician, they -maintain that there is *no real body*, and if no body, then no -suffering--therefore Christ did not suffer on the cross. - -*3rd. Sin.* - -The belief that you have *no real body* enables you to dispose of the -question of sin. If the body is only a phantom then sin would only be -the phantom of a phantom; an easy way for a sinner to relieve himself of -personal responsibility to God. - -*4th. A personal devil.* - -Mrs. Eddy says, "A lie is all the devil there is." Vol. 2, Page 85. See -scripture pages 104 - -and 118. - -*5th. The reality of prayer.* - -They have something that corresponds to prayer, but their text-book -says, "Prayer to a personal God is an hindrance." - -The following are a few of the many scriptures which have reference to -the folly of such heresies: - -HEREBY know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that *confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God*. - - _I John 4:2._ - - - - Christian Science. - *God warns AGAINST It.* - - -AND every spirit that *confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the -flesh is not of God*: and this is that *spirit* of antichrist, whereof -ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:3._ - -FOR he hath *made him to be sin for us*, who knew no sin; that we might -be made the righteousness of God in him. - - _II Corinthians 5:21._ - -FOR many *deceivers are entered into the world*, who confess not that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. - - _II John 1:7._ - -WHO his *own self bare our sins in his own body* on the tree, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye -were healed. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -AND almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and *without -shedding of blood is no remission*. - - _Hebrews 9:22._ - -MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in -thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done -many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -FOR the *mystery of iniquity* doth already work; only he who now letteth -will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that *Wicked -be revealed*, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, -and *shall destroy with the brightness of his coming*. - - _II Thessalonians 2:7-8._ - -AND no marvel; for *Satan himself is transformed into an angel of -light*. - - _II Corinthians 11:14._ - - - - Conversions. - *Instantaneous. Bible EXAMPLES.* - - -*God says you can be saved AT ONCE.* - -*LOOK unto me*, and *be ye saved*, all the ends of the earth: for I am -God, and there is none else. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*The Jailer believed, and was saved the SAME NIGHT*. - -AND they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and -to all that were in his house. - - _Acts 16:31-32._ - -The thief believed and was saved the *same day*. - -AND he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy -kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, *To day shalt -thou be with me in paradise*. - - _Luke 23:42-43._ - -The woman believed and was saved the *same hour*. - -AND he said unto her, *Thy sins are forgiven*. And they that sat at meat -with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins -also? And he said to the woman, *Thy faith hath saved thee;* go in -peace. - - _Luke 7:48-50._ - -*God wants you to turn from your sins*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man *his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he *will* have mercy -upon him: *and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -Jesus will forgive your sins and save if you will *ask and obey*. - -HE . . . that believeth, *hath* (not will have) everlasting life. - - _John 5:24._ - -HIM that cometh to *me, I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Doubter. - *One who is HONEST.* - - -*"HOW MAY I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?"* - -AND the *word was made flesh*, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His -glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace -and truth. - - _John 1:14._ - -NO man hath seen God at any time, the *only begotten Son* which is in -the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him. - - _John 1:18._ - -JESUS saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast -believed, blessed are they that *have not seen and yet have believed*. - - _John 20:29._ - -BUT these are *written*, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son of God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life -through His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, -whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -HE that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, -*because ye are not of God*. - - _John 8:47._ - -THEN saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a -Jew askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have -no dealing with the Samaritans. - - _John 4:9._ - -BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the -words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the *Father that -dwelleth in me*, He doeth the works. - - _John 14:10._ - -BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else -believe me for the very works' sake. - - _John 14:11._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in *my name, that will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. - - _John 14:13._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am a MEMBER of the church.* - - -Church membership *alone does not save any one*. Jesus made this act -very plain that there must be more than a cold profession of religion. - -*NOT every one that saith unto me, Lord*, Lord, shall enter into the -kingdom of heaven; *but he that doeth the will of my Father* which is in -heaven. - - _Matthew 7:21._ - -*MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord*, have we not *prophesied -in thy name*? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done -many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, *I never knew -you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity*. - - _Matthew 7:22-23._ - -THEREFORE whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I -will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and -beat upon that house, *and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock*. - -And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, -shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the -sand: - -And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat -upon that house; and *it fell*: and *great was the fall of it*. - - _Matthew 7:24-27._ - -The great question is, *Have I been born of God*, and am I *showing by -my life* that I am a child of God? - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, -*except a man be BORN AGAIN, he* cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am GOOD ENOUGH.* - - -You may *think* you are, but *God does not*. - - He says you are a sinner! - -*FOR all have sinned*, and come short of the glory of God. - - _Romans 3:23._ - -AS it is written, *There is none* righteous, no, *not one*. - - _Romans 3:10._ - -FOR there is *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth -not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned *every one* to his -own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - - _Isaiah 53:6._ - -AND he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that -they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the -temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The -Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am -not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this -publican. *I fast twice in the week*, I *give tithes* of all that I -possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much -as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be -merciful to me a sinner*. I tell you, *this man* went down to his house -*justified rather than the other*: for every one that exalteth himself -shall be abased; and he that *humbleth himself shall be exalted*. - - _Luke 18:9-14._ - -Not only would God show you that *you are a sinner*, but He would warn -you of the *consequences* of sin, and the *judgement that follows.* - -THE wages of sin is *death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE soul that sinneth *it shall die*. - - _Ezekiel 18:4_ - -BE sure your sin *will find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT very bad.* - - -THERE is *no difference*: For *all have sinned*. - - _Romans 3:22-23._ - -THEY are *all gone aside*, they are *all together become filthy*: there -is *none that doeth good*, no, not one. - - _Psalms 14:3._ - -THERE IS *not a just man upon earth*, that doeth good, and sinneth not. - - _Ecclesiastes 7:20._ - -FOR as many as are of the work of the law are under the curse: for it is -written, *Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things* which -are written in the book of the law *to do them*. - - _Galatians 3:10._ - -Let me ask you, have you kept all of God's law? You say, "no, of course -not; no one has." Very good; your admitting that you have failed -convicts you, for we read. - -*WHOSOEVER* shall keep the *whole law*, and yet offend in *one point*, -he is *guilty of all*. - - _James 2:10._ - -Break *one* link in your chain, and your anchor goes to the bottom as -quickly as it would if ten links were broken. Break *one* of God's -Commandments, and you are *under the curse* of a broken law as truly as -you would be if you broke all of them. While there are *degrees* of sin, -there is *no difference* as to the fact of guilt before God. - -AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -*but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Do you keep God's greatest Commandment? - -THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with *all* thy heart, and with *all* -thy soul, and with all thy mind. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -BUT the Scripture hath concluded *all under sin*. - - _Galatians 3:22._ - -Illustration: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Excuses. - *I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH to be a Christian.* - - -Jesus came to *save sinners*, and not the righteous! - -BUT when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, *They that be whole need -not a physician, but they that are sick*. But go ye and learn what that -meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to -*call the righteous, but sinners* to repentance. - - _Matthew 9:12-13._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*LET the wicked forsake his way* (that's your part), *and the -unrighteous man his thoughts* (that's your part): *and let him return -unto the Lord* (that's your part), and He will have *mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. (God's part.) - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -FOR the Son of Man is come *to seek* and *to save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -COME now and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord; though your -*sins* be *as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they -be red like *crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world to *save sinners*; of whom *I am the chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*. - - _I John 1:9._ - -*ALL* that the Father giveth me shall *come* to me; and him that *cometh -to me I will in no wise cast out.* - - _John 6:37._ - -Read: Mark 2:17; Ephesians 2:8, 9. - -Illustration, Mark 5:25-34. - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO GREAT a sinner.* - - -It is refreshing to find one who feels that he is a great sinner, as -most people have a *very good opinion of themselves*. When one sees his -or her sins, and cries to God, he or she has every assurance that there -is forgiveness. - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -The fact that you are a sinner assures you that you *may be saved*, -because Christ came to save sinners; and if you confess and forsake sin -you have God's Word for it that *you are forgiven*. - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -and *let him return unto the Lord*, and *He will have mercy* upon him; -and to our God, for *He will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -HE that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but *whoso confesseth and -forsaketh them shall have mercy*. - - _Proverbs 28:13._ - -FOR *whosoever* shall *call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*WHOSOEVER will*, let him *take* the *water* of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -"*Whosoever* means any one, and *you too*." - -HIM that cometh to *me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Here is the plain promise that "*if you come*", you *will not* be "cast -out." Will you come? - -WHEREFORE He is able also to *save them to the uttermost* that come unto -God by him. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -If you are among the "uttermost" ones, *come now* and rejoice in a full -salvation. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *Not now.* - - -COME; for all things are *now ready*. - - _Luke 14:17._ - -*TODAY* if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. - - _Hebrews 3:15._ - -SEEK ye the Lord *while He may be found*, call ye upon Him *while He is -near*. - - _Isaiah 55:6._ - -BEHOLD, *now is the accepted time*; behold, now is *the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -*BOAST not* thyself of *tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -GO to now, ye that say, *today or tomorrow we will go* into such a city, -and continue there a year, and buy and sell. - - _James 4:13._ - -This may be your *last opportunity*. - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -WHAT are you waiting for? To better yourself? This will be a waste of -time, as we have learned that your trying and doing and working, will -not even help to save you, but hinder you. Do you say, 'there is time -enough?' How do you know it? God says: - -*MY* spirit *shall not always* strive *with* man. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -PREPARE to meet thy God. - - _Amos 4:12._ - -THEREFORE *be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -*Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 24:44._ - -WATCH therefore, *for ye know neither the day* nor *the hour* wherein -*the Son of man cometh*. - - _Matthew 25:13._ - -Illustration: Acts 24:24-27. - - - - Excuses. - *There are Church members NO BETTER THAN I!* - - -That may be, but you can not save your soul by finding some church -member who is failing to live as he or she ought to live. The more you -look at them, the more you are apt to *be like them*, and if they are -lost, and you are not saved, you *both will perish together*. - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable,* O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; -*for thou that judgest doest the same things*. But we are sure that the -judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such -things. *And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest* them which do such -things, and *doest the same, that thou* shalt escape the judgments of -God? - - _Romans 2:1-3._ - -*JUDGE not*, that ye not judged. For *with what judgment ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to -you again. *And why beholdest thou the mote* that is in thy brother's -eye, but *considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let *me pull* out the mote out of thine -eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? *Thou hypocrite*, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt *thou see -clearly* to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -Account of "*himself*", not his neighbor. - -FOR we must *all appear before the judgment seat of Christ*; that every -one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath -done, whether it be good or bad. - - _II Corinthians 5:10._ - -You had better *save your own soul*, and try to help others than -criticise them. If you know how, they ought to like, be a Christian and -show them how the counterfeit christian proves the genuine, just and the -counterfeit dollar proves the genuine. - -You may as well argue "Don't deposit money in a bank, there are men in -the banking business that have embezzled. Don't join the lodge or trades -unions." There are hypocrites in every lodge and union in America. There -are hypocrites everywhere. - -*Remember*--When the Church goes through the Pearly Gates, those -hyporites will be left on the *outside of the gate*, on *your* side, -unless you repent, and you will have to spend *all eternity with them*. -Would it not be better to repent, and live with them a few years in the -Church, than to spend *all eternity* with them elsewhere? You must spend -some time with those hypocrites, somewhere. Where shall it be? - -SO then every one of us shall give *account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -FOR it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, *every knee shall bow to -me*, and *every tongue shall confess to God.* - - _Romans 14:11._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -Take Christ as Your Saviour, a perfect example, and do not lose your -soul through looking at inconsistent christians. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall be saved; but* he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves*; -it is the *gift of God*; not of works, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8, 9._ - -Illustration: John 21:19-22. - - - - Excuses. - *My companions, Keep me from Christ.* - - -Great blessing awaits those who will *turn from bad associates*, but the -curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so--Read for yourself and -see-- - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly*, nor -standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth *in* the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalms 1:1._ - -HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: *but a companion of fools -shall be destroyed*. - - _Proverbs 13:20._ - -ENTER not into the *path of the wicked*, and go not in the *way of evil -men*. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and *pass away*. - - _Proverbs 4:14--15._ - -*MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not*. If they say, Come -with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent -without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as -those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us -all have one purse: *My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain -thy foot from their path*. - - _Proverbs 1:10--12, 14--15._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the *friendship of the* -world *is enmity with God*? - - _James 4:4._ - -BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship -hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light -with darkness! - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a -clean life--Begin now. - -WHEREFORE *come out from among them*, and be ye *separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17._ - -Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12. - - - - Excuses. - *I can not give up my EVIL WAYS!* - - -If you seek to know the Lord and trust In Him, He *will* give you power -to overcome your evil ways. He has done this for others, *why not for -you*?" - -I CAN do all things through *Christ* which *strengtheneth me*. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, *All power is given unto me -in heaven* and in *earth*. - - _Matthew 28:18._ - -Christ came with power from heaven *for you*, if you will appropriate -it-- - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is common to man: but -*God is faithful*, who will not *suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will with the temptation also *make a way to escape*, -that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -This verse shows that your temptations are "*common*" to men, and not -peculiar to you, and you have no harder fight than others. - -WHEREFORE *he is able also to save* to the uttermost *them that come -unto God by Him*, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -As you *think on your evil ways*, think of what God says concerning the -life of sin, and be warned by it. - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -FOR he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -*FOR the wages of sin is death*; but the gift of God is eternal life -through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -Read: Revelation 21:8; I Corinthians 15:1-4. - - - - Excuses. - *There is TOO MUCH to give up.* - - -Is it because of your *business*, and *a desire to make money*, that you -are unwilling to accept Christ? If so, listen to the *question* God puts -to you! - -FOR what *shall it profit a man,* if *he shall gain the whole world*, -and *lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -God only asks you to give up that which *is not for your own good*? - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory; no good thing will he withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly.* - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -God gave up his son *to die for your sins*, and will *now supply all -your needs*. - -HE that spared not His *own Son*, but *delivered him up* for *us all*, -how shall he not with him also *freely give us all things*? - - _Romans 8:32._ - -Take Christ, attend to the most important things first and the less -important will be provided later. - -BUT *seek* ye first the *kingdom of God*, and *His righteousness*; and -*all these things shall* be *added unto you*. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -By giving up *worldly things, you will receive manifold more* in return -in spiritual blessing. - -AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath -*left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children*, for the -kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive *manifold more in this -present time*, and in the *world to come* life everlasting. - - _Luke 18:29-30._ - -FOR he that *soweth to his flesh* shall of the flesh *reap corruption*; -but he that *soweth to the Spirit* shall of the *Spirit reap life -everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:8._ - -Jesus said, "Ye can not serve *two* masters," (Matthew 6:24) but you -will serve *one*,--Christ or the Devil, which shall it be? The Devil -pays, "*the wages of death*," (Romans 6:23) but Christ *gives eternal -life*. - -Illustration: Matthew 19:16-22. - - - - Excuses. - *I CAN NOT surrender all.* - - -Some think it means too much sacrifice. - -FOR whosoever will save his life *shall lose it*; but whosoever shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same *shall save it*. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -AND Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that -hath *left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or -wife, or children, or lands* for my sake, and the gospel's; but he shall -receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and -sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in -the world to come eternal life. - - _Mark 10:29-30._ - -Can you not *give up some thing* for Christ, who has done so much for -you? - -FOR ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was -rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that *ye through his* poverty -might be *rich*. - - _II Corinthians 8:9._ - -*Paul* gave up *all* for Christ. - -BUT what things were *gain to me*, those *I counted loss* for Christ. - - _Philippians 3:7._ - -If we follow Christ, *as we should*, we will be called to make *some -sacrifice*. - -SO likewise, whosoever he be of you that *forsaketh not all that he -hath*, he cannot be my disciple. - - _Luke 14:33._ - -We are *strengthened* however in our suffering when we recall the -promise. - -*IF we suffer, we shall also reign* with him: if we deny him, he also -will deny *us*. - - _II Timothy 2:12._ - - - - Excuses. - *The christian life Is TOO HARD.* - - -Some say that the Christian life is hard, but they are mistaken about -this; they may have tried to *reform in their own strength*, but they -know nothing about the power of the Spirit in their souls *to save, -keep* and *deliver* them-- - -FOR this is the love of God, that we *keep His commandments: and His -commandments are not grievous*. - - _I John 5:3._ - -HER ways are *ways of pleasantness*, and all her *paths are peace*. - - _Proverbs 3:17._ - -THOU wilt show me the *path* of *life*: in thy presence is *fullness of -joy*; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - - _Psalms 16:11._ - -FOR the Lord God is a *sun* and *shield*: the *Lord* will *give grace* -and *glory: no good thing will be withhold* from them that *walk -uprightly*. - - _Psalms 84:11._ - -It is the *sinful*, and *rebellious* life that is hard. - -There are certain worldly pleasures that please the carnal heart for a -few moments, but these are like the foam on the "soda water" that passes -quickly, they do not give true satisfaction. - -GOOD understanding *giveth* favor: but the *way of transgressors is -hard*. - - _Proverbs 13:15._ - -BUT the wicked are *like the troubled sea*, when it cannot rest, whose -waters cast up mire and dirt. - - _Isaiah 57:20._ - -THERE is *no peace*, saith my God, unto the wicked. - - _Isaiah 57:21._ - -REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the -days of thy youth, and *walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the -sight of thine eyes*: but know thou, that *for all these things God will -bring thee into judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *I have tried and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -Was it God's fault, or your own? - -Let us call your attention to a *few things it done by you*, will assure -you success in the Christian life-- - -*1st. Seek the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART*. - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me *with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*2nd. You must OBEY GOD.* - -IF ye be willing and *obedient*, ye shall eat the good of the land. - - _Isaiah 1:19._ - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*3rd. You must CONFESS Christ.* - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*4th. You must PRAY.* - -YE have not, *because ye ask not*. - - _James 4:2._ - -FOR whosoever shall *call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -FOR the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his *ears are open -unto their prayers*. - - _I Peter 3:12._ - -*5th. JOIN the church!* - -If you have not joined the church, *you ought to do so*. - -ONE shall say, I am the Lord's; . . . and another shall *subscribe with -his hand unto the Lord*. - - _Isaiah 44:5._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have TRIED and FAILED.* - - -You say you have tried and failed! - -May I ask you a few questions? - -When you began the Christian life, did you: - -*1st. Trust Christ's FINISHED WORK alone?* - -WHO his own self *bare our sins in his own body on the tree*, that we, -being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes *ye -were healed*. - - _I Peter 2:24._ - -*2nd. Did you SURRENDER all to God? God is demanding this.* - -MY son give me thine *heart*. - - _Proverbs 23:26._ - -*3rd. Did you CONFESS CHRIST publicly?* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -*4th. Did you PRAY constantly?* - -PRAY *without ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -*5th. Did you faithfully STUDY YOUR BIBLE? Have you read it today?* - -AS newborn babes, *desire* the sincere milk of the word, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*6th. Did you shun EVIL COMPANIONS?* - -BLESSED is the man that *walketh not in the council of the ungodly*, nor -*standeth* in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the -scornful. - - _Psalm 1:1._ - -*7th. Did you GO TO WORK for Christ?* - -AND to *every man his work*. - - _Mark 13:34._ - - - - Excuses. - *Can't HOLD OUT! God's KEEPING power.* - - -Of course you cannot in your own strength. But He is mighty to save. Put -your trust for pardon in the finished work of Christ and let Him come -into your life. - -WHO are *kept by the power of God through faith* unto salvation ready to -be revealed in the last time. - - _I Peter 1:5._ - -BUT the Lord is faithful, who shall *stablish you, and keep you from -evil*. - - _II Thessalonians 3:3._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to keep you from falling* (R.V. from -stumbling), and to present you faultless before the presence of his -glory with exceeding joy. - - _Jude 1:24._ - -BEING confident of this very thing, that *he which hath begun a good -work in you will perform it* until the day of Jesus Christ. - - _Philippians 1:6._ - -FEAR thou not; for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strenghten* thee; yea I will help thee; yea *I will uphold thee* -with the *right hand* of my *righteousness*. - -For I the Lord thy *God* will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, -*Fear not; I will help thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10,13._ - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath *no temptation* taken you but such as is *common to man*: but -God is *faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye -are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, that -ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE *Lord knoweth how to deliver* the godly out of *temptations*, and to -reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -AND I give unto them eternal life; and they *shall never perish*, -neither *shall* any man *pluck them out of my hand*. - - _John 10:28_ - -MY Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and *no man* is -*able to pluck them out of my Father's hand*. - - _John 10:29._ - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that HE IS -ABLE TO KEEP that which I have committed unto Him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*HE giveth power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: But they that *wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and *not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -NOW unto him that is *able to do exceeding abundantly above all* that we -ask or think, according to *the power that worketh in us*. - - _Ephesians 3:20._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able* also to save them to the uttermost that *come -unto God* by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God never gives grace in advance, but He does promise "as thy day thy -strength shall be." - -WHEN thou passest through the waters, *I will be with thee*; and through -the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: *when thou walkest through the -fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon -thee*. - - _Isaiah 43:2._ - - - - Excuses. - *I have no FEELING.* - - -The word "feeling" occurs but once in the Bible in connection with -salvation, and then it is used in connection with the man "Who is past -feeling," but *faith in Christ is mentioned three hundred times*. -Conviction is one thing and emotion is another. The latter does not -necessarily follow the former. Our feelings are like the *weather, they -may change daily*; but God's word, in which we trust, will never change. - -Which would you rather trust? God's *unchanging* word, or your -*ever-changing* feelings? - -You know you are a sinner and lost. What you need is Jesus Christ. Look -to Him; accept Him; *trust Him; confess Him*; and He will do the rest. -Take the blesser and you will have the blessing. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave He *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -See! you are to *receive a personal Saviour*, not work up some special -*feeling*. - -If you are waiting for the *feeling* that an earnest working Christian -has, we would have you note, that feeling is the "*fruit*," not the -"*root*" of salvation. A feeling of joy, peace, and rest comes, because -we "*trust*" in Christ, "*confess*" Him as our Savior, "*defend*" His -cause, and try to "*obey*" Him. - -AND we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath glven to them that *obey Him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -It is to those that "*obey Him*" that the blessing is given--Repentance -is *doing what God commands you to do*, whether you feel like doing it -or not, and the feeling follows as you seek to do God's will --- - -BUT the *fruit of the Spirit* is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, -gentleness, goodness, faith. - - _Galatians 5:22._ - -Never be guided by the experiences of some one else, but *by God's -Word*. - -The Devil's order is: 1st, Feeling; 2nd, Faith; 3rd, Fact; but God's -order is: 1st, Fact; 2nd, Faith; then Feeling. - - "The *Fact* you're a sinner, you cannot but see, - That *Faith* in Christ saves you, is ever our plea; - The *feeling* will follow in service and love; - Then *take* from Christ *Jesus His gift* from above." - -AND they said, *Believe* on the *Lord Jesus Christ*, and thou *shalt be -saved*, and thy house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth -on Him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation (judgment); but is *passed from death unto life.* - - _John 5:24._ - -BUT these are written, that ye might *believe* that *Jesus* is the -*Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that *believing* ye might have *life* -through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -Some are *making more* of their *feelings* than they are of the Word of -the Lord. - -Feelings are as changeable as the wind. You get up many a cold morning -when you don't feel like it. Religion with the Christian is obedience; -and the highway leading to the life "hid with Christ in God" is known as -obedience, not feeling. - -If I should puncture your arm with a needle and you should be unable to -feel it, your anxiety would be intense, your condition physically would -be regarded as very precarious indeed. When I come to talk to you, of -your soul's salvation, and you say you have no feeling, it shows the -peril of your position. - -Your very *indifference* ought to *arouse* you to thoughtfulness and -action--- - -Illustration: Matthew 9:9. - - - - Excuses. - *I am not CONCERNED.* - - -If a man were *asleep* in a burning building, he would be *more in -danger* of losing his life, than he would be if he were *awake*. - -So, there is more danger of a man losing his soul, if he is unconcerned, -than there would be if he had some *interest*. God calls you to wake up -and think about these things-- - -WHEREFORE he saith, *Awake thou that sleepest, and arise* from the dead, -and *Christ shall give thee light*. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -I TELL you, Nay; but, *except ye repent, ye* shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -AND as it is appointed unto men once to die, but *after this the -judgment*. - - _Hebrews 9:27._ - -*AND ye will not come to me*, that ye might have life. - - _John 5:40._ - -It you are lost, it will be *your fault*. - -These Scriptures teach that you will not come to Christ and that you -prefer darkness to light, and unbelief to faith, and will not turn to -God and be baptized that you may have eternal life in Jesus Christ. - -HE that *believeth* and is *baptized shall* be *saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -AND these shall *go away into everlasting punishment*. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -You *go away*, God does not send you-- - -THE wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that *forget -God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -You in your indifference are "*forgetting*" God, not necessarily living -a wicked life-- - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect so great salvation*? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:1-9. - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *The INDIFFERENT neglecting his soul.* - - -Listen to what God says to the indifferent. - -His word ought to lead you to the most thoughtful consideration of His -ways. - -AWAKE thou that *sleepest*, and arise from the dead. - - _Ephesians 5:14._ - -Your *indifference* has put you to *sleep* and God calls you to *awake*. - -TURN ye, . . . turn ye for *why will ye die*? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE soul that sinneth, *it shall die.* - - _Ezekiel 18:4._ - -*THE wages of sin is death*. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -EXCEPT ye *repent*, ye shall all likewise *perish*. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -HOW shall we escape, if we *neglect* so great salvation? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked; for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. - - _Galatians 6:7._ - -HE that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the *wrath* of God -abideth on him. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE *that believeth and is baptized shall be saved*; but he that -*believeth not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, but climbeth up *some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -BE sure *your sin* will *find you out*. - - _Numbers 32:23._ - -AND the Lord said, My spirit shall not *always strive with man*. - - _Genesis 6:3._ - -Read: Psalms 9:17; Psalms 11:6; Revelation 2:8. - - - - Excuses. - *Those who KNOW NOT the way.* - - -God has made very clear in His word, the fact that *He loves us* and -gave Jesus to *be the way*. - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -God wants us to forsake *our* way, which is the *wrong* way. - -*LET the wicked forsake his way*, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: -*and let him return unto the* Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and -to our God, *for he will abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -God has promised *to hear us* when we call. - -THEN shall ye *call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me*, and I -will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall -search for me with all your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:12-13._ - -More, He has promised *to accept us* if we turn to him with true -repentance. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -Believe. His promise and *know the way*. - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, *He that believeth on me hath -everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -TO him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive remission of sins*. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -IF any man *will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine*, whether it -be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - - - - Excuses. - *I don't know WHAT or HOW to believe.* - - -Study to know God's will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in *service*. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You are to SEEK!* - -AND ye shall seek me, and find me, *when ye shall search for me with all -your heart*. - - _Jeremiah 29:13._ - -*To LOOK.* - -LOOK unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: *for I am God -and there is none else*. - - _Isaiah 45:22._ - -*To CALL.* - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon *the name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*To BELIEVE.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*To Receive.* - -BUT as many as *received Him*, to them gave He *power* to become the -*sons of God*, even to them that *believe on His name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*To Taste.* - -O taste and see that the Lord is good: *blessed is the man that trusteth -in Him*. - - _Psalms 34:8._ - -*To Submit.* - -THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do *good*, and doeth it not, to him -*it is sin*. - - _James 4:17._ - -*You are to COME.* - -COME unto me *all* ye that *labor* and are *heavy laden*, and *I will -give you rest*. - - _Matthew 11:28._ - -*To COMMIT.* - -FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not -ashamed: for I *know whom* I have *believed*, and I am *persuaded* that -he is *able to keep that which I have committed* unto him against that -day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -*To TAKE.* - -AND the *Spirit* and the *bride say, Come*. And let him that *heareth -say, Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*....And *whosoever* will -*let* him *take* of the *water of life freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -*To CONFESS.* - -THAT 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*. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; -and with the *mouth confession* is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -*To Be ACQUAINTED.* - -ACQUAINT *now thyself with Him*, and be at peace; thereby good shall -come unto thee. - - _Job 22:21._ - -*To FOLLOW.* - -THEN shall we *know*, if we *follow* on to *know* the Lord: His going -forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain -. . . unto the earth. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - -HE that followeth me *shall* not *walk* in *darkness*, but *shall* have -the *light of life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -MY sheep hear my voice, and *I know them*, and they *follow me.* - - _John 10:27._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can't understand the Bible.* - - -WHY can't you? Because the *carnal mind* can not understand divine truth -without the Spirit's teaching. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of the *Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness* unto him: neither can *he know them* because -they are *spiritually* discerned. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall -do wickedly; and *none of the wicked shall understand*; but the wise -shall understand. - - _Daniel 12:10._ - -*Do God's will*, and you *can understand*. - -IF any man *will do His will* he *shall know* of *the doctrine*, whether -it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17._ - -*You ask, How may I KNOW?* - -*1st. Pray.* - -IF any of you lack wisdom, *let him ask* of God, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -OPEN thou *mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -THAT which *I see not teach thou me*. - - _Job 34:32._ - -*2nd. Study your Bible.* - -SEARCH *the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -FOR *my thoughts are not your* thoughts, *neither are your your ways* my -ways, saith the Lord. - -FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, *so are my ways higher -than your ways*, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - - _Isaiah 55:8-9._ - -THEN shall we know, *if we follow on* to know the Lord. - - _Hosea 6:3._ - - - - Excuses. - *I can't see my way CLEAR.* - - -Listen to what *God says in His Word* and seek to follow *divine -instruction*, and you *will* see. - -THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: -he that *followeth me shall not walk in darkness*, but *shall have* the -*light* of *life*. - - _John 8:12._ - -TRUST in the Lord *with all thine heart*; and lean not unto thine own -understanding. - -*In all thy ways acknowledge him, and* he shall *direct thy paths*. Be -not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the Lord, and depart from evil*. - - _Proverbs 3:5-7._ - -IF the Son therefore shall make you free, *ye shall be free indeed*. - - _John 8:36._ - -AND I will bring the *blind by a way that they knew not*; I will *lead* -them in *paths* that they have not *known*: *I* will make *darkness -light* before them, and *crooked things straight*. These things will I -do unto them, and not forsake them. - - _Isaiah 42:16._ - -AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and -*men loved darkness* rather than light, *because their deeds were evil*. - - _John 3:19._ - -BUT the *natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for -they are* foolishness unto him: *neither can he know them*, because they -are *spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -BUT as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have -entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for -them that love him. But God *hath revealed them* unto us *by his -Spirit*: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of -God. - - _I Corinthians 2:9-10._ - -Illustration: Mark 9:20-29. - - - - Excuses. - *My heart is TOO HARD.* - - -If you have a *hard heart*, that is just why you ought to come to Christ -because the Lord wants to give you a *new heart*. - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a *new* spirit will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -*will give you a heart of flesh*. - -AND I will put *my spirit within you* and cause you to walk in my -statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - - _Ezekiel 36:26-27._ - -AND I will give them *one heart*, and will put a *new spirit within -you*; and *I will take* the stony heart out of their flesh, and will -give them an *heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 11:19._ - -IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that -*breaketh the rock in pieces*? - - _Jeremiah 23:29._ - -LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the *unrighteous man his -thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he will have mercy -upon him; and to our God, for he will *abundantly pardon*. - - _Isaiah 55:7._ - -In this verse we find *three things* we must do. - -1st. "Let the wicked forsake *his way*" - -----(your part.) - -2nd. "The unrighteous man *his thought.*" - ----(your part.) - -3rd. "*Let him return* unto the Lord" - ----your part.) - -Then God will do *two things, His part* - -1st "He will have *mercy* upon him"--you! - -2nd "He will *abundantly pardon*"--you! - -COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins -be *as scarlet*, they *shall be as white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -HIM that cometh to me, *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - - - - Excuses. - *I am TOO YOUNG.* - - -IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to -trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage -the children to come. - -BUT Jesus said, *Suffer little children*, and forbid them not, to come -unto me: for *of such* is the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 19:14._ - -REMEMBER *now* thy Creator *in the days of thy youth*. - - _Ecclesiastes 12:1._ - -I LOVE them that love me; and those that *seek me early shall find me*. - - _Proverbs 8:17._ - -VERILY I say unto you, *Except* ye be *converted*, and become as *little -children*, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. - - _Matthew 18:3._ - -AND when he was *twelve years old*, they went up to Jerusalem after the -custom of the feast. - - _Luke 2:42._ - -Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly -Father when *only twelve*. - -AND that *from a child thou hast known* the holy Scriptures, which are -able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ -Jesus. - - _II Timothy 3:15_ - -Here Paul says that Timothy *when only a child* knew the way of life -from the Scriptures. - -BUT seek ye *first the* kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all -these things shall be added unto you. - - _Matthew 6:33._ - -Seek the Kingdom "*first*," not after a part of your life has been -spent. - -BEHOLD *now* is the *accepted time*; behold, *now is the day of -salvation*. - - _II Corinthians 6:2._ - -Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will -not understand it? - - - - Excuses. - *I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.* - - -If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are *some who will -not be saved*! Many of the parables teach this. - -THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him -away, and *cast him into outer darkness*; there shall be weeping and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 22:13._ - -ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the -way, that leadeth to destruction, and *many there be which go in -thereat*: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which -leadeth unto life, and *few there be that find it*. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -Here is a list of some who *will not he saved*. - -Are *you* included in this list? - -KNOW ye not that the *unrighteous* shall not inherit the kingdom of God? -Be not deceived; neither *fornicators*, nor *idolaters*, nor -*adulterers*, nor *effeminate*, nor *abusers* of themselves with -mankind, nor *thieves*, nor *covetous*, nor *drunkards*, nor *revilers*, -nor *extortioners*, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - - _I Corinthians 6:9-10._ - -BUT the *fearful*, and *unbelieving* and the abominable, and murderers, -and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in -the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second -death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, -and idolaters, and *whosoever loveth and maketh a lie*. - - _Revelation 22:15._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and all the nations that forget -God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -Illustration: Luke 16:19-31. - - - - Excuses. - *It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.* - - -There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus *will forgive our sins*, -save and *keep* you, it you will *turn to him sincerely*. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -*Under no circumstances* will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking -soul. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, not *willing* that *any -should* perish, but that *all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -*COME now*, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins -*be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white as snow*; though they be *red -like crimson, they shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -Here the Lord is *reasoning with us* about the *worst* of our sins. - -AND even to your old *age* I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry -you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver -you. - - _Isaiah 46:4._ - -Here the promise reaches on to *old age*. - -AND about the *eleventh hour* he went out, and found others standing -idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? - - _Matthew 20:6._ - -Here the promise avails at the *eleventh hour of life*. - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst Come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -Heed this invitation and *come now*. - -Illustration: John 4:7-30. - - - - Excuses. - *DON'T TALK to me, or I will leave.* - - -If any one speaks to you, it is because they are *interested in you* and -want to help you. - -They are trying to obey Gods command. - -AND thou *shalt speak my words unto them*, whether they will hear or -whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. - - _Ezekiel 2:7._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise* and *speak* unto *them -all that I command thee*: be not *dismayed* at *their faces,* lest I -confound thee before them. - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -See the punishment that awaits the *unfaithful Christian*. - -WHEN I say unto the *wicked, Thou shalt surely* die; and thou *givest -him not warning*, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, -to save his life; the same *wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but -his blood will I require at thine hand.* Yet if thou warn the wicked, -and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, *he shall -die in his iniquity*; but *thou hast delivered thy soul*. - - _Ezekiel 3:18-19._ - -If a Christian has enough *interest in your soul* to *speak to you*, you -surely ought to have *some interest* in the *salvation* of your own -soul. - -Listen to God's *warning*! - -FOR the *wages* of sin is *death*; but the *gift* of God is *eternal -life* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:23._ - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and *all* the *nations* that -*forget* God. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou *knowest not what a day may -bring forth*. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -HE, that being often reproved *hardeneth* his *neck, shall suddenly* be -*destroyed*, and that *without remedy*. - - _Proverbs 29:1._ - -Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8. - - - - Formalists. - *One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.* - - -All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by -"*forms*" or "ceremonies" but by "receiving and believing Christ as a -*personal Saviour*". Notice how each verse plainly states this. - -Forms come after true faith. - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of God, even to them that *believe* on *his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, *that -whosoever believeth in Him* should not perish, but have *everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and *believeth -on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into -condemnation; but is *passed* from death unto *life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -HE that *hath the Son HATH* LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -THAT 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. - - _Romans 10:9._ - -FOR with the *heart man believeth* unto *righteousness*; and *with* the -*mouth confession* is made unto *salvation*. - - _Romans 10:10._ - -Belief must be of the *heart* as well as head. - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life *is* in *His Son*. - - _I John 5:11._ - -EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be *in the faith*. - - _II Corinthians 13:5._ - -AND this is life eternal, that they might *know thee* the only true God, -and *Jesus Christ*, whom thou hast sent. - - _John 17:3._ - - - - Giving. - *(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.* - - -*God commands one tenth*. - -WILL a man *rob God*? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we -robbed thee? *In tithes and offerings*. - -YE are cursed with a curse: for *ye have robbed me*, even this whole -nation. - -BRING ye *all* the *tithes* in the *storehouse*, that there may be meat -in mine *house*, and *prove me* now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, -if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out *a -blessing*, that there *shall not be room enough to receive it*. - - _Malachi 3:8-10._ - -*Who shall give*? - -EVERY man shall give *as he is able, according to the blessing* of the -Lord thy God which he hath given thee. - - _Deuteronomy 16:17._ - -*How much to give*? - -AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give *the tenth unto -thee*. - - _Genesis 28:22._ - -*The spirit with which to give*. - -EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not -grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a *cheerful giver*. - - _II Corinthians 9:7._ - -*The time to give*. - -UPON the *first day of the week* let everyone of you *lay by him in -store*, as God hath prospered him. - - _I Corinthians 16:2._ - -*Does it pay to give one tenth*? - -HONOUR the Lord with thy *substance*, and with the first-fruits of all -thine increase: So shall thy barns be *filled with plenty*, and thy -presses shall burst out with new wine. - - _Proverbs 3:9-10._ - -*God returns 100 per cent*. - -GIVE and *it shall be given unto you*; good measure, pressed down, and -shaken together, and running over, shall *men give into your bosom*. - - _Luke 6:38._ - - - - Hell. - *God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.* - - -Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator? - -SHALL he that *contendeth* with the Almighty *instruct him*? he that -reproveth God, let him answer it. - - _Job 40:2._ - -NAY but, O man, *who art thou that repliest against God*? Shall the -thing *formed* say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou* made me thus? - - _Romans 9:20._ - -God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation. - -AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the -wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye -from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count -slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, *not willing that any -should perish*, but that all should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9_ - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He *gave His only begotten Son*, -that *whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting -life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -O THE *depth of the riches* both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! -how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! - - _Romans 11:33._ - -If you are lost at last, it will be because you *would not turn* from -your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning! - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the -flesh *reap corruption*; but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the -Spirit reap life everlasting*. - - _Galatians 6:7-8._ - -*God damns* no one, man *damns himself*. - - - - Hell. - *A real PLACE.* - - -The word "hell" appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times. -In the "revised version" the word is translated "hades" 11 times out of -the 53. - -If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a "hell" for -the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other. - -The Scriptures show hell a *real place*. - -THE *wicked shall be turned into hell* and *all* the *nations* that -*forget God*. - - _Psalms 9:17._ - -AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.) -*torments*. . . - -And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of -his finger in water and cool my tongue, *for I am tormented in this -flame*. - -But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great -gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; -neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. - - _Luke 16:23-26._ - -THE Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of -his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And -shall cast them into a *furnace of fire*: there shall be wailing and -gnashing of teeth. - - _Matthew 13:41-42._ - -AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into -*the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the -*bottomless pit* and a great chain in his hand. - - _Revelation 20:1._ - -BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the *pit of destruction*. - - _Psalms 55:23._ - -All the expressions, "hell", "furnace of fire," "lake of fire," -"bottomless pit" and "pit of destruction" suggest a "*place*." - - - - Hell. - *CONDITION of the lost.* - - -BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into *outer darkness*: -there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 8:12._ - -AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the -hypocrites: there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*. - - _Matthew 24:51._ - -WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and -will gather the wheat into his garner; but the *chaff he will burn with -fire unquenchable*. - - _Luke 3:17._ - -AND the devil that deceived them was cast into *the lake of fire*, and -brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be -*tormented* day and night for ever and ever. - - _Revelation 20:10._ - -And whosoever was not found written in the book of life *was cast into -the lake of fire*. - - _Revelation 20:15._ - -HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that *believeth not is -condemned already*, because he hath not believed in the name of the only -begotten Son of God. - - _John 3:18._ - -Men are *condemned* because of *unbelief* in Christ, and yet they say -"*no matter what you believe*," if you are only *sincere*. - -BUT the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and -whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have -their part in the lake which *burneth with fire and brimstone*: which is -the second death. - - _Revelation 21:8._ - -What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all -eternity! - -There is *no ending* to eternity. - -HE that believeth not shall be *damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -*HOW shall we escape* if we neglect? - - _Hebrews 2:3._ - -WHO among us shall dwell with *everlasting burnings*? - - _Isaiah 33:14._ - -AND these shall go away into *everlasting punishment*: but the righteous -into life eternal. - - _Matthew 25:46._ - -WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that *leadeth to destruction*, -and *many* there be which go in thereat. - - _Matthew 7:13-14._ - -WHERE their *worm dieth not*, and the *fire is not quenched*. - - _Mark 9:48._ - -WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and -land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold -more *the child of hell* than yourselves. - - _Matthew 23:15._ - -I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -When your fear cometh as *desolation*, and your *destruction cometh as a -whirlwind*; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. - - _Proverbs 1:26-27._ - -THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, -into *everlasting fire*, prepared for the devil and his angels. - - _Matthew 25:41._ - -AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some -to everlasting life, and some to *shame* and *everlasting contempt*. - - _Daniel 12:2._ - -HE that despised Moses' law *died without mercy* under two or three -witnesses: Of how much *sorer punishment*, suppose ye, shall he be -thought worthy, who hath *trodden under foot the Son of God*, and hath -counted the *blood of the covenant*, wherewith he was sanctified, an -unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? - - _Hebrews 10:28-29._ - - - - Holiness. - *Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.* - - -LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your *good works*, -and *glorify* your *Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be *dead indeed unto sin*, but -*alive unto God* through Jesus Christ our Lord. - - _Romans 6:11._ - -LET not sin therefore *reign in your mortal body*, that ye should obey -it in the lusts thereof. - - _Romans 6:12._ - -NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: -but *yield yourselves unto God* as those that *are alive from the dead*, -and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. - - _Romans 6:13._ - -FOR sin *shall not have dominion* over you: for ye are not under the law -but under grace. - - _Romans 6:14._ - -AND this I *pray*, that your *love* may abound yet more and more in -knowledge and in all judgment. - - _Philippians 1:9._ - -*BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness*, which are by Jesus -Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - - _Philippians 1:11._ - -WHATSOEVER things are *true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever -things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are -lovely, whatsoever things are of good report*; if there be any *virtue*, -and *if there* be any *praise*, think on these things. - - _Philippians 4:8._ - -ABSTAIN from all *appearance* of *evil*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:22._ - -THAT ye may *walk honestly* toward them that are without. - - _I Thessalonians 4:12._ - - - - Holy Spirit. - *His WORK among men.* - - -*He draws*. - -NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me *draw him*: -and I will raise him up at the last day. - - _John 6:44._ - -*He convicts*. - -AND when he is come, he will *reprove the world* of sin, and of -righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me. - - _John 16:8-9._ - -*He Regenerates*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of *regeneration*, and *renewing of -the Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of -water *and of the Spirit*, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:5._ - -*He teaches*. - -HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will *guide you into -all truth*: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall -hear, that shall he speak: and he will *shew* you things to come. - - _John 16:13._ - -*He baptizes*. - -NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had -received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: - -Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they *might receive -the Holy Ghost*: - -(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in -the name of the Lord Jesus.) - -Then laid they their hands on them, *and they received the Holy Ghost*. - - _Acts 8:14-17._ - -*He gives power for service*. - -BUT ye shall *receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon -you*: and *ye* shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all -Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*He guides us*. - -AND the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go -toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, -which is desert. . . . Then the *Spirit said* unto Philip, *Go near*, -and join thyself to this chariot. - - _Acts 8:26, 29._ - -THEN Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the -people, and elders of Israel, . . . Now when they saw the boldness of -Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, -they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with -Jesus. - - _Acts 4:8, 13._ - -*Conditions of receiving the Spirit.* - -*Obeying.* - -AND we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, -whom God hath given to them that *obey him*. - - _Acts 5:32._ - -*Asking*. - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them -that *ask him*. - - _Luke 11:13_ - -*Receiving*. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, -believe that ye *receive* them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - - - - Hypocrites. - *Too many IN THE CHURCH.* - - -One usually finds that the person who sees the short comings in others, -before he sees his own, is the *real hypocrite*. - -The word of God contains some very plain language addressed to *this -class* and they will do well to read it. - -SO then every one of us shall give an account of *himself* to God. - - _Romans 14:12._ - -THEREFORE *thou art inexcusable*, O man, whosoever thou art that -*judgest*: for wherein thou judgest another, *thou condemnest thyself*; -for thou that judgest *doest the same things*. . . . And *thinkest thou* -this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, -that thou *shalt escape the judgment of God*? - - _Romans 2:1, 3._ - -BUT why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy -brother? for we shall *all stand before the judgment seat of Christ*. -For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every *knee shall bow to -me, and every tongue shall confess to God*. So then everyone of us -*shall give account of himself to God*. - - _Romans 14:10-12._ - -JUDGE *not, that ye be not judged*. For with what judgment *ye judge, ye -shall be judged*: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be *measured -to you again*. And why beholdest thou the mote that is *in thy brother's -eye*, but considerest not the beam that is in *thine own eye*? Or how -wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote *out of thine -eye*; and behold, a beam is in *thine own eye*? *Thou hypocrite, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye*; and then shalt thou see clearly -to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. - - _Matthew 7:1-5._ - -If you are hiding behind a hypocrite you must be smaller than the person -behind whom you hide. - -Even though there may be hypocrites in the church, that does not excuse -you. There are hypocrites in every other profession, but this is no -argument against the profession; nor is it any argument against Christ, -because a hypocrite is discovered in the church. You will not have to -answer for the sins of the hypocrite at the judgment *but for your own*. - -BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the -kingdom of heaven against men: for ye *neither go in yourselves, neither -suffer ye them that are entering to go in*. - - _Matthew 23:13._ - -YE serpents, ye generations of vipers, *how can ye escape* the damnation -of hell? - - _Matthew 23:33._ - -Read the 23rd Chapter of Matthew, and see how Christ condemned the -self-righteous critical crowd who watched the people turning to Christ. - -He gave them a story that shows how he judges the two classes. Here it -is, read it! - -TWO men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the -other a publican. The *Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself*, -God, I *thank thee*, that I am not as other men are. . . . *I fast twice -in the week, I give tithes* of all that I possess. And the *publican, -standing afar off*, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, -but smote upon his breast, saying, *God be merciful to me a sinner*. I -tell you, *this man* went down to his house justified rather than the -other. - - _Luke 18:10-14._ - -Note-- One thing is certain, though hypocrites may be in the church here -on earth, *they will not enter heaven*. If you do not want to spend -eternity in hell with them, you had better become a Christian now. - -Illustration: John 21:19-23 - - - - Love. - *For your NEIGHBOR.* - - -A NEW commandment I give unto you, *that ye love one another; as I have -loved you*, that ye also love one another. - - _John 13:34._ - -BY this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one -to another. - - _John 13:35._ - -BUT as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye -yourselves are taught of God to *love one another*. - - _I Thessalonians 4:9._ - -BE kindly *affectioned one to another with brotherly* love; in honor -preferring one another. - - _Romans 12:10._ - -SEEING you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the -Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye *love one -another with a pure heart fervently*. - - _I Peter 1:22._ - -HE that *loveth his brother* abideth in the light, and there is no -occasion of stumbling in him. - - _I John 2:10._ - -BELOVED, let us *love one another: for love is of God*; and every one -that *loveth is born of God*, and knoweth God. - - _I John 4:7._ - -HE that *loveth not knoweth not God*; for God is love. - - _I John 4:8._ - -BELOVED, if God so loved us, we *ought* also to *love one another*. - - _I John 4:11._ - -OWE no man any thing, but to *love one another*: for he that loveth -another hath fulfilled the law. - - _Romans 13:8._ - -FOR all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt *love thy -neighbor as thyself*. - - _Galatians 5:14._ - -LET *brotherly love continue*. - - _Hebrews 13:1._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts in his SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.* - - -He who trusts in *his own* righteousness, trusts in a poor thing, God -compares it to "filthy rags." - -BUT we are all an *unclean thing*, and all our *righteousnesses are as -filthy rags*; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the -wind, have taken us away. - - _Isaiah 64:6._ - -Because our righteousness in the sight of God, is no good. He has given -us a righteousness *in Christ*; but we, like the Jews, are trying to -establish our own, instead of finding it in Jesus. - -FOR they being ignorant of God's rightness, *and going about to -establish their own righteousness*, have not submitted themselves unto -the righteousness of God. - -FOR Christ is the end of the law *for righteousness* to every one that -*believeth*. - - _Romans 10:3-4._ - -Many say, "*I am doing the best I can,*" and yet they are not, for if -they were, *they would accept Christ*, for this righteousness is -obtained by faith in Him. - -EVEN the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all -and *upon all them that believe*. - - _Romans 3:22._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -We can approach God only in Christ. - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -Again, because our righteousness is of such a *poor brand*, Jesus -declared we must be "*born again*" so that we can have a nature that -will produce something better. - -EXCEPT a man be *born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - - - - Moralist. - *Who trusts In his GOOD WORKS to save.* - - -If the Scriptures make any thing *plain*, it is that man *can not save -himself* but must accept his salvation as a *gift*. - -FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and *that not of yourselves*; -it is the gift of God: *Not of works*, lest any man should boast. - - _Ephesians 2:8-9._ - -WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, *not according to -our works*, but according to His own purpose and grace. - - _II Timothy 1:9._ - -*NOT by works of righteousness* which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and renewing of the -Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth *not by the door into -the sheepfold*, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a *thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -Jesus Christ is *the door* as the next verse shows and he who tries to -save himself in any other way is called a "*thief*" and a "*robber*." - -*I AM the door*: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall -go in and out, and find pasture. - - _John 10:9._ - -JESUS said unto him, *Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy -heart*, and *with all thy soul*, and *with all thy mind*. This is the -first and great commandment. - - _Matthew 22:37-38._ - -Are you loving God with *all your heart*! If you were, you would *trust -Him*. - -AND he said unto them, *Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; -but God knoweth your hearts*: for that which is highly esteemed among -men is abomination in the sight of God. - - _Luke 16:15._ - -Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do *in -your effort to save yourself*! - -See: Luke 18:10-14. - - - - Personal Work. - *Its Great IMPORTANCE.* - - -THE importance of personal work we cannot over estimate. It is the -method used by Jesus in His dealing with Nicodemus (John 3rd. Chap.), -The Woman at the Well (John 4th chap.), The Man at the Pool (John 5th -Chap. 18-19.). It was the method used by the Apostles and the early -church. It is the work needed *now* if many souls are to be reached. - -THIS is an age of heart-to-heart methods, woman to woman and man to man, -reaching people in every line. The vast army of traveling salesmen used -by business houses, illustrates this method while the wonderful agency -system developed by the life insurance companies is a splendid example -of success coming from *personal work* and *personal contact*. - -THE *Holy Spirit* will convict men and women of sin, but he needs human -help in reaching human hearts and inducing them to *act* after they are -convicted. Most people whom you and I know are already convicted and -convinced that they should be Christians. The great difficulty is to get -them to *do it now* and this is *your part*. - -IN this day of such great activity and "strenuous" living there are so -many new things, as well as old, continually coming up that prevent -people from desiring or even thinking of spiritual life. Never was it -more true that we must *go out* into the *highways and compel them* to -come in. In revivals too much is left to "general results," until the -"old general" is sadly overworked. *The motto of* that wonderful and -effective organization of Christian business men, *the Gideons, is good -for all Christians*: "And they stood *every man* in *his place* round -about the camp." - -IN a "general" way, you want to see your friends converted, why not help -the Lord answer your prayers by *aiding Him* in winning them one by one? - -TRY to have some one *ready* to make *a public profession* when the -*evangelist gives the opportunity*. - - - - Personal Work. - *QUALIFICATIONS needed.* - - -If we are going to lead souls to Christ, there are a few qualification -that we need. - -*1st. A DEFINITE EXPERIENCE is needed. We must be able to say with -Paul.* - -*I KNOW whom I have believed*, and am persuaded that *he is able to -keep* that which I have committed unto him against that day. - - _II Timothy 1:12._ - -Or to exclaim with the blind man. - -WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: *one thing I know*, that, -whereas I was blind, *now I see*. - - _John 9:25_ - -One who would have real success must he himself, or herself thoroughly -converted, and live a holy life. Just as the telegraph wire must be -insulated, before it can carry the electric message, so the Christian -must be insulated from his old life of sin, before he can carry the -gospel message to lost souls. - -*2nd. A LOVE FOR SOULS needed.* - -Paul's heart yearned for his brethren. - -I HAVE great heaviness and continued sorrow in my heart. For I could -wish that myself *were accursed from Christ* for my brethren. - - _Romans 9:2-3._ - -*3rd. A realization that SOULS ARE LOST, AND WE MAY be held RESPONSIBLE -FOR THEM*. - -FOR what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and -*lose his own soul*? - - _Mark 8:36._ - -WHEN I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; *if -thou dost not speak to warn the wicked* from his way, that wicked man -shall die in his iniquity; but *his blood will I require at thine hand*. - -Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he -do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast -delivered thy soul. - - _Ezekiel 33:8-9._ - -*4th. A WORKING KNOWLEDGE of the Bible is needed.* - -It is God's word that is used by the Spirit in the saving of a soul, and -*not man's word*. - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword of the Spirit*, which -is the word of God. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -STUDY to *show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -SO shall *my word* be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not -return unto me void, but *it shall accomplish* that which I please, and -it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. - - _Isaiah 55:11._ - -Through the use of the *word of God*, you are to seek to accomplish the -following things. - -1st. To show men their *need* of a Savior. - -2nd. To show them *Jesus* as the Savior they need. - -3rd. To show them *how to make* this Savior their own. - -4th. To meet the *difficulties* in the way of their accepting Christ. - -5th. The one who would have *real success* must live a *life of prayer*, -and be *baptized* with the Holy Ghost. - -Notice what the Lord is saying to us, to *encourage us* in our efforts -to save souls. - -HE that *winneth souls is wise*. - - _Proverbs 11:30._ - -AND they that be *wise shall shine* as the *brightness* of the -*firmament*; and they that turn *many* to *righteousness* as the *stars* -for *ever* and *ever*. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his way shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - -God help us to be faithful to our trust! - - - - Personal Work. - *The "soul-winner's" prayer.* - - -After having called attention to the qualifications required in personal -work there is a special need of emphasizing the fact that *faith in God* -and a constant waiting, *in prayer* on the Lord, are preeminently -necessary; in connection with the latter we suggest some of the things -*for which we need to pray*. - -*1st. Pray*. "Lord give me "*getting up*" grace," that is, courage to -confess Christ. - -*AND your feet shod* with the preparation of the gospel of peace. - - _Ephesians 6:15._ - -*2nd. Pray*. "Lord give me *walking grace*." - -IN *all* they ways *acknowledge Him*, and He shall *direct thy paths*. - - _Proverbs 3:6._ - -*3rd. Pray*. "Lord *direct me* to the right person." - -WHEN thou goest, *it* (God's word) *shall lead* thee. (First Clause.) - - _Proverbs 6:22._ - -THEN the *Spirit* said unto Philip, *Go near and join* thyself to the -chariot. - - _Acts 8:29._ - -*4th. Pray.* "Lord, show me *what to say*." - -IF any of you *lack wisdom*, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men -liberally. - - _James 1:5._ - -THE Lord God hath given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season* to him that is weary: He wakeneth -morning by morning, He wakeneth mine *ear* to *hear* as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise*, and *speak* unto *them* -all *that I command thee*: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I -confound thee before them." - - _Jeremiah 1:17._ - -*5th. Pray* that God will *give power to what is said*. - -*Pray that God, will carry an the work after we are through.* - - - - Personal work. - *Help in COTTAGE meetings.* - - -HELP work up the "Cottage Prayer Meetings" and endeavor to get some on -your list to attend with you. - -When the campaign begins, personally invite those on your list and try -to get them to attend *every night*, always calling for and taking one -or more with you. - -Study and pray about the best and most tactful ways to get the unsaved -to the meetings. - - 1. Give them a timely *tract*. - 2. *Quote* to them a *beautiful promise*. - 3. Write them a *letter* about salvation. - 4. Introduce them to *someone* who will speak about Jesus. - 5. When opportunity is given, *speak to them* about becoming a - Christian. - 6. *Go with them* to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat. - 7. Ask them to your home and *pray with them there*. - 8. Help make every meeting you attend a good one by *some part you - can take*. - 9. In public always be *brief* both in prayer and remarks. - 10. Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling in you - richly, and ever be *ready to answer the Spirit's call*. - 11. *Be true* to your own conscience. - -Be not faithless. Let me name some of Satan's forces to defeat you at -this point; *Timidity, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving -Offense*. - -Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? Ask for grace -and *let God sink* all these with your other *sins* into the *depth at -the sea*. - - - - Personal Work. - *Use of the "PRAYER LIST" Card.* - - -*Pray for your friends*! - -THERE are few people who do not have a special influence on at least one -other person. Make a list of twelve of your acquaintances--very -carefully and prayerfully. - -BE careful for nothing; but in *every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -By so doing you will receive a blessing and see your friends saved. - -DON'T wait until the meeting is nearly over, hoping they may get in on -the "tidal wave," or that the evangelist will "shake the tree" so hard -they can't hold on longer. But *pitch in* and do your *best*. -(*Hand-picked fruit always keeps better*.) Get them started early so -*they* can *work* for *others* during the revival meetings, and also -have the help of the meeting to establish their faith. - -SHOULD others seem to be working on your list, *say* nothing but -tactfully co-operate and work with them. - -As a rule select those of your own age and sex. Head your list with -*your own name* and then begin with the unsaved person you know and love -best, and most desire seeing saved. If all are not converted during the -meetings *follow them up afterwards until they are*. Add new names to -replace those who become converted and work this plan all the year, "in -season and out of season." - -PRAY in private earnestly and aloud for each one by name at least twice -a day. *Study* how to bring the most helpful influence to bear on them. -Be very careful of your daily life before them and the world. - -Keep your list confidential so that none but the Father and yourself -know the names you have. Don't be satisfied unless you see them -converted and in the church of *their* choice. Ever afterwards look upon -them as your *spiritual children*, assuming *responsibility* for -*keeping them from falling*. - - - - Personal Work. - - -*1st. WHERE to Find Them.* - -EVERYWHERE; by our side, in the *home*, in the *school, shop* and -*mill*; behind the *counter*, where we stand; on the *street*, where we -walk; in the *pew* where we worship; in the *service*, where we sing in -the *prayer meeting* and *inquiry room*, at the *altar*, kneeling with -us at *family* devotion; yes, *everywhere*. Oh, reader, whatever way -your eye shall turn, there stand the lost ones whom Jesus came to save. -Find them *quick, quick*! for eternity is drawing nigh. - -*2nd. HOW to Reach Them*. - -*YOU CAN WIN THEM BY LOVE*. - -SAY "God give us hearts big enough to let Jesus and all our neighbors -in. Ask the spirit of God to be your guide, for there is an open window -to every soul. In many instances, they await your coming, for they have -no peace, as God says there is none for the wicked. Go to them in love -as Jesus would have gone, take His manner, choose His words. Go and -delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part. - -*3rd. WHAT to Tell Them*. - -Tell them Jesus loves them. Everybody likes to hear good news. - -FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He gave His only begotten Son, -that whosoever *believeth in Him* should not perish, but have -*everlasting life*. - - _John 3:16._ - -TELL them that, for the gospel means nothing less. Who ever ran away -from glad tidings or messages of great joy? - -Tell them the whole Gospel, "To-wit, that God was in Christ reconciling -the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and -hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation . . . as though God -did beseech you by us; I pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to -God." - - _II Corinthians 5:19-20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *HINTS and SUGGESTIONS.* - - -WORKER'S life text: II Timothy 2:15. - -Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing personal work, do not be -deterred by fear that you may give offense. Be *natural* and *courteous* -in asking the simple question as to personal salvation. - -As far as possible converse only with *persons of your own age* or -younger, of *your own sex* and walk in life. - -Always deal with the inquirer *alone* if you can and in quiet; if some -one intrudes, diverting his attention, kindly tell the intruder *to be -silent or withdraw*. - -After a few words *to ascertain the state* of mind of the inquirer, -present the truth you think he needs from the Bible or this little book. - -Depend not on your experience or ability to apply the *Word; "It is the -Spirit* that quickeneth." - -Do not be in a hurry, *take time to be thorough*; some times in our -eagerness to see souls saved, we do not make the way plain. - -*Let the Holy Spirit Himself show him* that when he has *believed on the -Lord Jesus Christ* he is at once saved. - -If persons refuse, and seem to repulse you, *do not be dismayed* or -think that you have made a mistake; God often uses such refusals to -convict of sin and lead to repentance. - -If a person baffles you with difficult questions, hand him over *to a -more experienced worker*. - -Never advise an inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, or try -to do better; this is *losing the present opportunity* with no promise -of a future or better one. - -Affectionately urge *immediate* decision. *Pray with the inquirer*. - -Be cautious; that which is a help to one may not be to another, -therefore "*rightly divide the Word of Truth*" And hold them *to what -God says* and the acceptance of Christ. - - - - Personal Work. - *Suggestive Scriptures.* - - -When you come to Christ, does He accept or reject you? - -AND him that cometh to me; *I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -If you confess your sin to Him, what does He say he does with them? - -IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just *to forgive us our -sins,* and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him shall receive* remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -Who is it that has everlasting life? - -*HE that believeth* on the Son hath everlasting llfe. - - _John 3:36._ - -Do you believe? If so, have you life? You say, "I don't feel any -"different." It is not a matter of *feeling*, but of *believing*, see -how God puts the order of things. - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: *in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - -After you *believe*, God *seals* you. After you *commit yourself for -Christ* confessing Him as your Saviour, the *feeling comes*. Don't "get -the cart before the horse." - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, if we ask any -thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions that we -desired of him*. - - _I John 5:14, 15._ - -GOD is not a man, *that he should lie*; neither the son of man, *that he -should repent*: hath he said, and *shall he not do it*? Or hath he -spoken, and *shall he not make it good*. - - _Numbers 23:19._ - - - - Personal Work. - *Fruit promised to faithful effort.* - - -God has chosen us and sent us forth in His service promising fruit as -the result of our work. Christ came to save souls. - -FOR the Son of Man is come to *seek* and to *save* that *which was -lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -YE have not chosen me, but I *have chosen you*, and ordained you, that -*ye* should GO *and bring forth fruit*, and *that your fruit should -remain*. - - _John 15:16._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature*. - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AND the lord said unto the *servant*, GO *out into the highways and -hedges, and compel them to come in*, that my house may be filled. - - _Luke 14:23._ - -AND he saith unto them, *Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men*. - - _Matthew 4:19._ - -AND he that reapeth *receiveth wages*, and gathereth fruit unto life -eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice -together. - - _John 4:36._ - -There are wages that come *now as we work*, and there is a *reward* that -will *come bye and bye*. - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it *after many -days*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:1._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -BEHOLD, I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for -they are *white already to harvest.* - - _John 4:35._ - -LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of -his *way* shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of -sins. - - _James 5:20._ - - - - Personal Work. - *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* - - -The fifteenth chapter of John, is the "fruit Chapter," likening Christ -to the *vine*, and us to the *branches*; teaching us our need to abide -in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power. - - 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. - 2. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every - branch that *beareth fruit*, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth - *more fruit*. - -Are you bearing fruit, and purged? - - 3. Now ye are *clean through the word* which *I* have spoken unto you. - -The word cleanses the life, as the *knife* prunes the vine. - - 4. Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of - itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide - in me. - -Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit. - - 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in - him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: *for without me ye can do - nothing*. - -We can not do, *even a little* without Christ. - - 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is - withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and - they are burned. - 7. If ye abide in me, and my words *abide in you*, ye shall ask what - ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - -Note the condition in asking, "if ye abide." - - 8. Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear *much fruit*; so shall - ye *be my disciples*. - - _John 15:1-8._ - -In order to *bear fruit*, there must be in the Christian's life: - 1st "*cleansing*" (vs. 2-3.); - 2nd "*abiding*." (v. 4.); - 3rd "*obedience*" (v. 10.) - - 1. "fruit" (v. 2.); - 2. "more fruit" (v. 2-10.); - 3. "much fruit" (v. 5; 8) - - - - Personal Work. - *For those who feel Too Weak and are Fearful.* - - -In all our work, God promises to maintain us, see His promises. - -AND God is able to make *all grace abound toward you*; that ye, always -having *all sufficiency in all things*, may abound to every good work. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -AND he said unto me, My grace is *sufficient for thee*: for my strength -is made perfect in weakness. - - _II Corinthians 12:9._ - -*STRENGTH for service.* - -*FEAR thou not*: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea, I will help thee; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God *will hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not*; I will -help thee. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13._ - -BE strong and of *a good courage*, fear not, nor *be afraid of them*: -for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee: *he will not fail -thee, nor forsake thee*. - - _Deuteronomy 31:6._ - -Let us *wait on Him and prove* all of these promises! - -HE giveth *power to the faint*; and to them that have no might *he -increaseth strength*. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the -young men shall utterly fall: *But they that wait upon the Lord shall -renew their strength*; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they -shall run, and *not be weary*; and they shall *walk, and not faint*. - - _Isaiah 40:29-31._ - -BUT my God shall *supply all your need* according to his riches in glory -by Christ Jesus. - - _Philippians 4:19._ - -I CAN do *all things through Christ* which strengtheneth me. - - _Philippians 4:13._ - -THOU therefore *endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ*. - - _II Timothy 2:3._ - - - - Personal Work. - *A word to the unwilling.* - - -*God holds you RESPONSIBLE*. - -*SO thou, O Son of man, I have set thee a watchman* unto the house of -Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, *and warn them -from me*. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely -die; If thou dost *not speak to warn* the wicked from his way, that -wicked man shall die in his iniquity; *but his blood will I require at -thine hand*. - - _Ezekiel 33:7-8._ - -*The field is RIPE TO HARVEST.* - -*SAY not ye*, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, -*I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields*; for they -are white already to harvest. - - _John 4:35-36._ - -*Are you proving FAITHFUL*? - -*THEREFORE be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the -Son of man cometh. Who then is a *faithful and wise servant*, whom his -Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due -season? *Blessed is that servant*, whom his Lord when he cometh shall -find so doing. - - _Matthew 24:44-46._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -*CONSECRATE yourself to the work*? - -I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -*present your bodies a living sacrifice*, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service. - - _Romans 12:1._ - -*God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!* - -AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; -*and they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars forever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - - - - Pleasures. - *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* - - -Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live -*just for worldly pleasures*. Will it pay? - -*1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY*! - -BOAST *not thyself of tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may -bring forth. - - _Proverbs 27:1._ - -*2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.* - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the -world *is enmity with God*? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the -world is the enemy of God. - - _James 4:4._ - -*3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.* - -BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, *that -shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh -reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit -reap life everlasting. - - _Galatians 6:7, 8._ - -*4th. God calls you A FOOL.* - -I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many -years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto -him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. - - _Luke 12:19-20._ - -*5th. God PLEADS with us.* - -*TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house -of Israel? - - _Ezekiel 33:11._ - -*6th. God warns us!* - -This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he -that doeth the will of God "*abideth for ever.*" - -KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - - - - Prayer. - *HEARD and ANSWERED by God.* - - -Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and -everybody around. - -What a glorious promise! - -*CALL unto me*, and *I will answer thee*, and show thee great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND all things *whatsoever* ye shall *ask in prayer believing, ye shall -receive*. - - _Matthew 21:22._ - -Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can -believe Him. - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye *pray, -believe* that ye receive them, and ye *shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24_ - -*IF ye abide in me*, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye -will, and it shall be done unto you. - - _John 15:7_ - -With all of God's promises there are conditions, Here we have one. "If -ye abide in me." Are you abiding in Him? - -AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if *we ask any -thing according to his will*, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear -us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions* that we -desired of him. - - _I John 5:14-15._ - -AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that *will I do*, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, -*I will do it*. - - _John 14:13,14._ - -If you want God's answer to prayer, remember the conditions. - -*AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him*, because we *keep his -commandments*, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. - - _I John 3:22_ - - - - Prayer. - *VICTORY through prayer.* - - -CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty -things. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -AND it shall come to pass, that *before they call, I will answer*; and -while they are *yet speaking, I will hear.* - - _Isaiah 65:24._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and *pray one for another*, that ye -may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to *like passions as we -are*, and *he prayed* earnestly that it might not rain: *and it rained -not* on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And *he -prayed again*, and the *heaven gave rain*, and the earth brought forth -her fruit. - - _James 5:16-18._ - -Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out -the whole soul to God. *Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all* the -*storehouse: of God's grace; they are opened by men and women on their -knees*. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. -Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are -rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of -prayer brings noonday and victory. "True prayer is the reflection of -God's thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God's thoughts and -pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of -prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David -the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, -temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night. - -IF my people, which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves* and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin, and will heal their -land*. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - - - - Prayer. - *REGULAR seasons for prayer.* - - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -*EVENING*, and *morning*, and at *noon, will I pray, and cry aloud*: and -*He shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -PRAY without *ceasing*. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -Practice the following verses: - -MY voice shalt thou hear *in the morning*, O Lord; in the *morning will -I direct my prayer* unto thee, and will look up. - - _Psalms 5:3._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed -is willing, but the flesh is weak. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -Be continually in the Spirit of prayer. - -*PRAYING always with all Prayer* and supplication in the Spirit, and -watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all -saints. - - _Ephesians 6:18._ - -BUT they that *wait upon the Lord* shall renew their strength; they -shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; -and they shall walk, and not faint. - - _Isaiah 40:31._ - -Where do you Pray? - -I WILL therefore *that men pray every where*, lifting up holy hands. - - _I Timothy 2:8._ - -AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that *men ought always to -pray*, and not to faint. - - _Luke 18:1._ - -BE careful for nothing; but *in every thing by prayer* and supplication -with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - - - - Prayer. - *CONDITIONS In answer to prayer.* - - -*You must ASK!* - -ASK, and it *shall* be given you; *seek*, and ye shall find. *Knock*, -and it shall be *opened unto you*. - - _Matthew 7:7._ - -*You must BELIEVE!* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever* ye *desire*, when ye -*pray, believe* that ye *shall* receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.* - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven *may forgive you* your trespasses. -*But if ye do not forgive*, neither will your Father which is in heaven -forgive your trespasses. - - _Mark 11:25,26._ - -*You must have a CLEAN HEART.* - -IF I *regard iniquity* in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: - - _Psalms 66:18._ - -*Must be UNSELFISH.* - -YE ask, and receive not, because *ye ask amiss*, that ye may *consume it -upon your lusts*. - - _James 4:3._ - -*Must DO HIS WILL.* - -AND this is the *confidence that we have in him*, that, *if we ask -anything according* to *his will*, he *heareth us*. - - _I John 5:14._ - -*You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.* - -IF ye *abide* in *me*, and my *words abide in you*, ye *shall ask what -ye will*, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -*You must ASK IN HIS NAME.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father *in -my name*, he will give it you. - - _John 16:23._ - -WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father *in my name*, he may give it you. - - _John 15:16._ - - - - Regeneration, or the New Birth. - *RESULTS of Regeneration.* - - -*The result of the new birth is a new heart, a new mind, a new nature, a -new love for God and His people.* - -*1st. A NEW heart.* - -A NEW heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within -you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will -give you a heart of flesh. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*2nd. Passing FROM DEATH to life.* - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth -on him that sent me, *hath everlasting life*, and shall not come into -condemnation; *but is passed from death unto life*. - - _John 5:24._ - -*3rd. Putting on a NEW MAN.* - -AND that ye put on *the new man*, which after God is created in -righteousness and true holiness. - - _Ephesians 4:24._ - -*4th. Created ANEW, not made over.* - -THEREFORE if any man be in Christ, *he is a new creature*: old things -are passed away; Behold, all things are become new. - - _II Corinthians 5:17._ - -*5th. Washed white, not white-washed*. - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the *washing of regeneration*, and *renewing* of -the Holy Ghost. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -*6th. VICTORY over sin.* - -*WHOSOEVER is born of God doth not commit sin*. - - _I John 3:9._ - -*7th. Translated into a KINGDOM.* - -WHO hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath *translated -us into the kingdom* of his dear Son. - - _Colossians 1:13._ - -*8th. Created to be useful (workers).* - -FOR we are his workmanship, *created in Christ Jesus unto good works*. - - _Ephesians 2:10._ - -Because we are born with an *earthly* nature and are sinners against -God, we must have a heavenly nature, to be happy with God. - -It is the *carnal nature* that sins. it is the *God nature* that does -not sin. - -JESUS answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -*except a man be born again*, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - - _John 3:3._ - -THAT which is born of the *flesh* is *flesh*; and that which is *BORN of -the Spirit* is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN -AGAIN. - - _John 3:6-7._ - -*Have YOU been born of the Spirit?* - -It you are not *sure, read* the following Scriptures as they may assure -you, or show you how you *may be regenerated*. - -WHOSOEVER *believeth that Jesus is the Christ* is born of God. - - _I John 5:1._ - -BUT as many as *received him*, to them gave he power to become the *sons -of God*, even to them that *believe* on his name: which were born, not -of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, *but of -God*. - - _John 1:12-13_ - -*BEING born again*, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *by -the word of God*, which liveth and abideth for ever. - - _I Peter 1:23_ - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and *precious promises*: that -*by these* ye might be partakers of the *divine nature*, having escaped -the corruption that is in the world through *lust*. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -THIS is my comfort in my affliction: for *thy word hath quickened me*. - - _Psalms 119:50_ - -FOR in Christ Jesus I have *begotten you through the gospel*. - - _I Corinthians 4:15._ - -If you would know more regarding this subject see next page. - - - - Repentance. - *A requisite for Salvation, what does it mean?* - - -What is the meaning of repentance? In the greek, the word means a change -of mind, such as leads one to *confess all his sins, forsake* them and -*turn* to God. - -THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: *repent ye*, -and believe the gospel. - - _Mark 1:15._ - -THEN Peter said unto them, *Repent, and be baptized* every one of you in -the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive -the gift of the Holy Ghost. - - _Acts 2:38._ - -Have you repented, and are you ready for the blessing God has for you? - -*REPENT ye therefore*, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted -out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the -Lord. - - _Acts 3:19._ - -God is commanding us to repent. - -AND the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now *commandeth all -men every where to repent*. - - _Acts 17:30._ - -AND they went out, and preached that *men should repent*. - - _Mark 6:12._ - -AND that *repentance* and remission of sins should be preached in his -name among all nations. - - _Luke 24:47._ - -*EXCEPT ye repent* ye shall all likewise perish. - - _Luke 13:3._ - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - -I CAME not to call the righteous, *but sinners to repentance*. - - _Luke 5:32._ - -Does this verse mean *you*? - -BUT shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout -all the coast of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, *that they should -repent and turn to God*, and do works meet for repentance. - - _Acts 26:20._ - -If you have not repented, do so at once. - -Read: Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 18:30-32. - - - - Revival, The. - *How to make it a success.* - - - - Be a prayerful christian. - - Always be on time. - - Ask God to help you sing. - - Make it a point to attend every meeting. - - Do not quench the Spirit. - - Be ready to obey at God's calling. - - When you come, look, as though you enjoyed the religion you profess. - - Shake hands as though it were not a dead fish tail but as if it were - a pleasure. - - Always be prompt when others are slow in testifying. - - Watch for those who raise a hand and are convicted, and follow them - up and lead them to Christ. - - Make it a point to invite your friends to attend the meeting, and - accept Christ. - - When you come to the meeting, don't find fault with the evangelist - or the preacher's methods. Ask yourself the question "if all the - church members were like me, would this revival be a success?" - - Make it a business at the close of each meeting to speak to some one - about seeking Christ. - - Always pray before the meeting and for your friends, that you may be - able some way to lead them to Christ. - - ---- - - _*How to Hinder a Revival.*_ - - - Never pray. If you did, it might help some one. - - Always make a long prayer. - - Then you come, be sure to take a back seat and stay there. - - If you do pray, pray at the evangelist and the people and not for - them. - - Never bow your head when others are praying for if you did, they - would think you might be interested. - - If you shake hands, do it as though it were an awful cross to you. - - Be sure that you keep account of what the preacher says and then rip - him up the back. - -I would suggest to read this over every day and see which of these -things you are doing. If you are a christian and found doing some of -these things above and hindering a revival in which you might use your -influence in saving somebody else, ask yourself this question--if all -the church members were like me what kind of a church would my church -be? - - - - Revival, The. - *What to bring to It.* - - - 1. Bring your own Bible; every work man prefers his own tools. - 2. Bring the topic--in your memory, not on the card. - 3. Bring some matured thought on the theme--from your Bible study. - 4. Bring the best illustration or application of the theme you have - found in your reading or other research. - 5. Bring some wish, aspiration, sense of need--sated appetites are - the hardest to cater to. - 6. Bring your attention: a wandering mind never wanders to God. - 7. Bring your sympathies; give more than you expect to get, and you - will get more than you expect. - 8. Bring your smiles and cheerful looks and emphasize the *beauty* of - holiness. - 9. Bring your friend, or a stranger. How easy to increase the - attendance by a few personal invitations! - 10. Bring a large expectation, and God will fill it. - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *My friends will LAUGH at me.* - - -The person who would ridicule you for being a Christian, is not your -friend. - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *be ashamed of me* and of my words in this -adulterous and sinful generation; *of him also* shall the *Son of man be -ashamed*, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy -angels. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -FOR whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever *shall -lose his life for my sake and the gospel's*, the same shall save it. - - _Mark 8:35._ - -BLESSED are they which are *persecuted for righteousness' sake*: for -theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall *revile -you, and persecute you*, and shall say all manner of evil against you -falsely, for my sake. *Rejoice, and be exceeding glad*: for great is -your *reward in heaven*: for so persecuted they the prophets which were -before you. - - _Matthew 5:10-12._ - -IF ye *be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye*; for the -spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil -spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. - - _I Peter 4:14._ - -FOR unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on -him, but also *to suffer for his sake*. - - _Philippians 1:29._ - -Think of the reward that Christ has promised to those who suffer for -Him. - -AND if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; -*if so be that we suffer with him*, that we may be also glorified -together. - - _Romans 8:17._ - -FOR I reckon that *the sufferings* of this present time are not worthy -to be *compared* with the glory *which shall be revealed in us*. - - _Romans 8:18._ - - - - Ridicule and Persecution. - *Encouragement given us.* - - -*Christ was PERSECUTED FOR US!* - -FOR what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall -take it patiently? but if *when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it -patiently*, this is acceptable with God. - -For even hereunto were *ye* called, because *Christ also suffered for -us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps*. - - _I Peter 2:20, 21._ - -LOOKING unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy -that was set before him *endured the cross, despising the shame*, and is -set down at the right hand of the throne of God. - - _Hebrews 12:2._ - -It you will notice the Scripture you will see that Paul had some -persecutions, but out of them all God delivered him. Will he not deliver -us? Yes surely He will. - -THEREFORE, I take pleasure in infirmities, *in reproaches, in -necessities, in persecutions*, in distress for Christ's sake: for when I -am weak, *then am I strong*. - - _II Corinthians 12:10._ - -*ENCOURAGEMENT given us to suffer.* - -AND they departed from the presence of the council, *rejoicing chat they -were counted worthy* to suffer shame for his name. - - _Acts 5:41._ - -BUT and if *ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye*: and be not -afraid of their terror, neither be troubled. - - _I Peter 3:14._ - -YET *if any man suffer* as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let -him glorify God on this behalf. . . . Wherefore, *let them that suffer* -according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in -well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. - - _I Peter 4:16, 19._ - - - - Sabbath and Sunday. - *HOW a Christian should HALLOW IT.* - - -God has always commanded his people give to him one day out of seven. - -*REMEMBER the sabbath day, to keep it holy*. Six days shalt thou labour, -and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy -God: *in it thou shalt not do any work*, thou, nor thy son, nor thy -daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy -stranger that is within thy gates. - - _Exodus 20:8-10._ - -AND if the people of the land bring *ware or any victuals on the sabbath -day to sell*, that we would not buy it of them on *the sabbath day*. - - _Nehemiah 10:31._ - -THIS is *the day* which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad -in it. - - _Psalms 118:24._ - -How do you treat the Lords day? - -THOU hast despised mine holy things, and *hast profaned my sabbaths*. - - _Ezekiel 22:8._ - -Have you profaned God's holy day by going to excursions, and using it to -meet your selfish ends? - -*Note the example of Christ and His Church*. - -They went to the synagogue, so let us go to Church. - -AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his -custom was, *he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day*, and stood -up for to read. - - _Luke 4:16._ - -AND he reasoned in the synagogue *every sabbath*. - - _Acts 18:4._ - -I WAS *in the Spirit on the Lord's day*. - - _Revelation 1:10._ - -LET no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of an -holy day, or of the new moon, or of the *Sabbath day* which are a -*shadow* of things to come; but the *body is Christ's*. - - _Colossians 2:16-17, R.V._ - -*God forbids worldly pleasure on His Day.* - -IF thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on -my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, -honourable; and shalt honour him, *not doing thine own ways*, nor -finding *thine own pleasure*, nor speaking thine own words: - -Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to -ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage -of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. - - _Isaiah 58:13-14._ - -*Commands divine worship.* - -LIKEWISE the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate -be for the Lord *in the sabbaths and in the new moons*. - - _Ezekiel 46:3_ - -*Required His word to be read.* - -FOR they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew -him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are *read every -sabbath day*, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. - - _Acts 13:27._ - -*The Lords Supper to be observed.* - -AND upon the *first day of the week*, when the disciples came together -to *break bread, Paul preached unto them*, ready to depart on the -morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - - _Acts 20:7._ - ----Carefully abstain from all but spiritual conversation "not speaking -thine own words." - -Strive to be "in the Spirit on the Lord's Day," "not doing thine own -ways." - -Do no work on the Sabbath Day that is not necessary. - -"Have at least a Sabbath hour in every day as well as a Sabbath day in -every week." - - - - Salvation. - *To WHOM offered? "Whosoever will!"* - - -Notice the different classes to whom *salvation is offered*. - -*1st To the WEARY AND HEAVY- LADEN.* - -COME unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, *and I will give -you rest*. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and -lowly in heart: *and ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is -easy*, and *my burden is light*. - - _Matthew 11:28-30._ - -*2nd. To the HUNGRY and thirsty.* - -*HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters*, and he that hath -no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, *buy wine and milk without -money* and without price. - - _Isaiah 55:1._ - -*3rd. To sinners.* - -BUT God commendeth his love toward us, in that, *while we were yet -sinners, Christ died for us*. - - _Romans 5:8._ - -THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ -Jesus came into the world *to save sinners; of whom I am chief*. - - _I Timothy 1:15._ - -*4th. To the LOST.* - -FOR the Son of man is *come to seek and save that which was lost*. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -*5th. Whosoever WILLS to come.* - -AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say, -Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*. *And whosoever will*, let him -take the water of life freely. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -God has done His part in giving His son to die for our sins; will you do -your part? and come honestly and confess your sins? - -IF we confess our sins, *he is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins*, and to *cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - - - - Salvation. - *Offered to the MOST sinful.* - - -COME now, and let us *reason together*, saith the Lord: *though your -sins be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white* as *snow*; though they be -*red like crimson*, they *shall be as wool*. - - _Isaiah 1:18._ - -AND the spirit and the *bride* say Come. . . . And let him that is -*athirst come*. And *whosoever* will, let him take of the water of life -*freely*. - - _Revelation 22:17._ - -WHEREFORE He is *able* also *to save them to the uttermost*. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -IF *we confess our sins*, He is faithful and *just to forgive us our -sins*, and *to cleanse us* from all unrighteousness. - - _I John 1:9._ - -FOR the Son of man is come to *seek* and to *save* that which was lost. - - _Luke 19:10._ - -No one can say, "I am too great a sinner, Christ cannot save me." - -*God says He has BLOTTED OUT our sins.* - -*I HAVE blotted out*, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a -cloud, *thy sins*: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - - _Isaiah 44:22._ - -I EVEN I, am he that *blotteth out thy transgressions* for mine own -sake, and will not remember thy sins. - - _Isaiah 43:25._ - -MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. *And -if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father*, Jesus Christ the -righteous: And he is the *propitiation for our sins*: and not for ours -only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - - _I John 2:1-2._ - -*FOR whosoever shall call* upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -If any one "*wills*" to call upon the Lord, he is sure to be heard, and -the Lord will save. - - - - Salvation. - *Saved alone by FAITH, Lost through UNBELIEF.* - - -*1st. Saved alone BY FAITH in Christ.* - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that *believeth* on me hath -*everlasting life*. - - _John 6:47._ - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -TO him give all the prophets witness, that through his name *whosoever -believeth in him* shall receive remission of sins. - - _Acts 10:43._ - -AND by him all that *believe are* justified from all things, from which -ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. - - _Acts 13:39._ - -*2nd. Lost because of UNBELIEF.* - -HE that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that *believeth -not shall be damned*. - - _Mark 16:16._ - -HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that -*believeth not the Son* shall not see life; but the *wrath of God -abideth on him*. - - _John 3:36._ - -HE that believeth on Him (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that -*believeth not is CONDEMNED already*. - - _John 3:18._ - -NEITHER is there salvation *in any other*: for there is *none other -name* under heaven given among men, whereby *we* must be saved. - - _Acts 4:12._ - -JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: *no man -cometh unto the Father, but by me*. - - _John 14:6._ - -VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into -the sheepfold, *but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and -a robber*. - - _John 10:1._ - -*3rd. Seek Jesus to-day.* - -*REPENT ye*: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. - - _Matthew 3:2._ - - - - Salvation. - *What must I do to be saved?* - - -MAY the Holy Spirit make these few words in answer to this great -question, *so plain* that you will be able to say, "*I see it,*" and I -will *now believe*! - -You ask, "What must I do to be saved?" - -*BELIEVE* on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy -house. - - _Acts 16:31._ - -FOR *whosoever shall call* upon the name of the Lord *shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -*VERILY, verily*, I say unto you, *he* that *heareth My Word*, and -*believeth* on Him (God) that sent Me (Christ), *hath everlasting* life, -and shall not come into judgment, but *hath passed out of death into -life*. - - _John 5:24, A.V. & R.V._ - -*HE that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life*: and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth -on Him. - - _John 3:36._ - -Your salvation depends upon what *you do with Jesus Christ. Accept* Him -and you are saved--*reject* Him and you are lost. Thus saith the -Scriptures! - -BEGIN the Christian life in a humble and trusting way, as the child -begins with the alphabet at school. Don't look for marvels. Don't expect -to see visions. Believe that the Spirit of Christ will come into your -heart, and cause you to love God and delight in His will; not because -you may feel happy, but because you are definitely trusting Him to do -what He has promised to do. If you will forsake your sins, He says He -will blot them out and give you His Holy Spirit. Believe the Word of the -Lord, because it is His word, and He cannot lie. He says He will help -you to bear your troubles. Trust Him and try Him. He says He will give -you strength for labor; courage for conflict; the power to resist -temptation, and grace sufficient for every day. Take Him at His word and -you will soon know for yourself how blessed it is to trust and obey. - -*1st. Receive Christ as a Saviour.* - -BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to *them gave* he *power* to -*become* the *sons* of *God*, even to them that *believe on his name*. - - _John 1:12._ - -*2nd. Confess Christ before men.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will I confess -also before my Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -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*. - -For with the *heart* man believeth unto righteousness; and with the -*mouth* confession is made unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -The "*If*" at the beginning of this last Scripture suggests *two* -conditions. - -1st. To "*confess*," that is, *make known* with your mouth the Lord -Jesus. - -2nd. To "*believe*," that is, *really mean it* in your heart. - -If you meet these conditions God's word says, "*thou shalt be saved*". -Our feelings are *not to be depended upon*. - -*3rd. OBEY Christ in the life*. - -HE *that hath my commandments, and keepeth them*, he it is that loveth -me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love -him, and *will manifest myself to him*. - - _John 14:21._ - -The first two steps you can take in a moment. The third step will -require all your life to live it. - -All who will decide to trust in Christ *now*, pray with me this prayer: -"Lord Jesus I come to thee *just as I am*, and take thee at thy word; -wash away all my sins, and give me thy Holy Spirit to help me to trust -thee always, and do thy will in all things, for Jesus sake. Amen!" - - - - Salvation. - *Proofs that we are saved.* - - -THE Spirit itself *beareth witness with our spirit*, that we are the -children of God. - - _Romans 8:16._ - -AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and -this life is in his Son. - - _I John 5:11._ - -HE that *hath* the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of God -hath not life. - - _I John 5:12._ - -NOW he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also -hath given unto us *the earnest of the Spirit*. - - _II Corinthians 5:5._ - -WHO hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the *Spirit in our -hearts*. - - _II Corinthians 1:22._ - -AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby *ye are sealed* unto the -day of redemption. - - _Ephesians 4:30._ - -AND because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the *Spirit of his Son into -your hearts*, crying, Abba, Father. - - _Galatians 4:6._ - -AND he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And -hereby we know that he abideth in us, *by the Spirit which he hath given -us*. - - _I John 3:24._ - -NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his -mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, *and renewing of the -Holy Ghost*. - - _Titus 3:5._ - -HEREBY know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, *because he hath -given us of his Spirit*. - - _I John 4:13._ - -IN whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the -gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were -sealed *with that Holy Spirit of promise*. - - _Ephesians 1:13._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given by inspiration.* - - -Men who wrote the Bible, believed it to be the word of God. - -Ezekiel, the Prophet, believed them. - -AND the *word of the Lord came unto me*, saying. - - _Ezekiel 12:21, 26._ - -David, the Psalmist, believed them. - -NOW these be the last words of David. . . . The *Spirit of the Lord -spake by me*, and his word was in my tongue. - - _II Samuel 23:1, 2._ - -Paul, the Apostle, believed them. - -*ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; - - _II Timothy 3:16, 17._ - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -*received the word of God* which ye heard of us, ye received it *not as -the word of men*, but as it is in the truth, *the word of God*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -Peter, the disciple, believed them. - -KNOWING this first, that *no prophecy* of the Scripture is of any -*private interpretation*. For the *prophecy came not* in old time *by -the will of man*: but holy men of God *spake as they were* moved by the -Holy Ghost. - - _II Peter 1:20-21._ - -John, the Beloved, believed them. - -HE that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is -true. For *he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God*: for God -giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. - - _John 3:33-34._ - -Jesus Christ, believed them. - -AND beginning at *Moses* and *all the prophets*, he expounded unto them -in *all the scriptures* the things concerning himself. - - _Luke 24:27._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *They supply every need.* - - -*1st. They produce FAITH.* - -SO then *faith cometh* by hearing, *and hearing by the word of God*. - - _Romans 10:17._ - -*2nd. They induce Spiritual GROWTH.* - -AS new born babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -*grow thereby*. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -*3rd. They BUILD us up.* - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to God, *and to the word of his grace*, -which is *able to build you up*. - - _Acts 20:32._ - -*4th. They DISCERN our hearts.* - -THE word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged -sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of -the joints and marrow, and is *a discerner of the thoughts and intents -of the heart*. - - _Hebrews 4:12._ - -*5th. They keep us FROM SINNING.* - -THY *word* have I *hid in mine heart, that I might not sin* against -thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -*6th. They become one's WEAPON.* - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the *sword* of the Spirit, *which -is the word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -*7th. They make our lives a SUCCESS.* - -*THIS book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth*; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -ways prosperous, and then shalt thou have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they *received -the word* with all readiness of mind, *and searched the scripture -daily*, whether those things were so. - - _Acts 17:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *God's promises FOR YOU.* - - -WHEREBY are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by -these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the -corruption that is in the world through lust. - - _II Peter 1:4._ - -*1st. His presence.* - -TEACHING them to *observe all things* whatsoever I have commanded you: -and, *lo, I am with you always*, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - - _Matthew 28:20._ - -*2nd. Guidance.* - -I WILL instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I -will *guide thee with mine eye*. - - _Psalms 32:8._ - -*3rd. Divine Intercession.* - -WHO is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is -risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also *maketh -intercession for us*. - - _Romans 8:34._ - -*4th. Grace to live.* - -AND God is *able to make all grace* abound toward you; that ye, always -having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to *every good work*. - - _II Corinthians 9:8._ - -*5th. Victory over temptation.* - -THERE hath no temptation taken you but such as *is common to man*: but -God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are -able; but will *with the temptation also make a way to escape*, that ye -may be able to bear it. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -*6th. Forgiveness of sin.* - -*I WILL forgive their iniquity*, and I will *remember their sin no -more*. - - _Jeremiah 31:34._ - -*7th. Answer to prayer.* - -THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when *ye* pray, -*believe that ye receive them*, and ye shall have them. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -*8th. The Holy Spirit.* - -IF ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: -how much more shall your *heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit* to them -that ask him? - - _Luke 11:13._ - -*9th. Power for Service.* - -BUT ye shall receive *power*, after that the *Holy Ghost is come* upon -you: ye shall be witnesses unto me both in *Jerusalem*, and in all -*Judaea* and in *Samaria*, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - - _Acts 1:8._ - -*10th. Divine wisdom.* - -IF any of you lack *wisdom, let him ask of God*, that giveth to all men -liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - - _James 1:5._ - -*11th. Divine strength.* - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*; be not dismayed, for I am *thy God, -I will strengthen* thee; *yea*, I will *help* thee; yea, I will uphold -thee with the right hand of my righteousness. . . . For I the Lord thy -God will *hold thy right hand*, saying unto thee, *Fear not, I will help -thee*. - - _Isaiah 41:10, 13_ - -*12th. Divine Comfort.* - -*I WILL not leave you comfortless*: I will come to you. - - _John 14:18._ - -WHEN thou *passest through the waters*, I will be *with thee*; and -through the rivers, *they shall not overflow thee*: when thou walkest -through the fire, thou *shalt not be burned*. - - _Isaiah 43:2_ - -*13th. Divine teaching.* - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in -my name, he shall *teach* you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -*14th. Our Labor not Vain.* - -THEREFORE, my beloved brethren, *be ye steadfast, unmovable*, always -abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -*15th. Our work rewarded.* - -BE ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: *for your work -shall be rewarded*. - - _II Chronicles 15:7._ - -*16th. A Heavenly mansion.* - -LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -In my Father's house *are many mansions*; if it were not so, I would -have told you. I go to *prepare a place for you*. - - _John 14:1-2._ - -*17th. A glorified body.* - -FOR we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle (our physical -bodies) were dissolved (dead), we have a building of God, a house not -made with hands (*the resurrection body*), eternal in the heavens. - - _II Corinthians 5:1._ - -*18th. A Coming Lord.* - -SO Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that -look for him shall he *appear the second time* without sin unto -salvation. - - _Hebrews 9:28._ - -*THIS same Jesus*, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall *so -come in like manner* as ye have seen him go into heaven. - - _Acts 1:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *For the Jews.* - - -God is not done with the Jews: - -SAY, then, hath God cast away His people? *God forbid*. - - _Romans 11:1; Jeremiah 31:37._ - -*Their land shall be restored:* - -AND they shall say, This land that was desolate *is become like the -garden of Eden*. - - _Ezekiel 36:35, 38; Isaiah 62:1-9; etc._ - -*The people shall be restored:* - -AND I will *bring again the captivity of my people of Israel*, and they -shall *build* the waste cities, and *inhabit* them; and they shall -*plant* vineyards, and drink the wine of them; they shall also *make -gardens* and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their -land, and they shall *no more be pulled up out of their land* which I -have given them, saith Jehovah. - - _Amos 9:14, 15._ - -*They shall be more blest than ever.* - -AND I will settle you after your old estates, and will *do better unto -you than at your beginnings*; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. - - _Ezekiel 36:11._ - -*They shall be regenerated:* - -A *NEW heart* also will I give you, and a *new spirit* will I put within -you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I -will *give you a heart of flesh*. - - _Ezekiel 36:26._ - -*These promises are unconditional:* - -THEREFORE say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do -not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but *for mine holy name's -sake*, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. - - _Ezekiel 36:22,31,32._ - -Jews should be urged to read the entire New Testament, especially Mathew -and Hebrews. - -Read: Zechariah 12:10; Daniel 9:26. - - ---- - - _*Isaiah 53rd CHAPTER.*_ - -Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord -revealed? - -For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of -a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, -there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Love him for his -sacrifice.) - -*He is despised and rejected of men*; a man of sorrows, and acquainted -with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; *he was despised, -and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs*, and carried -our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and -afflicted. - -*But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our -iniquities*: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; *and with his -stripes we are healed*. - -All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own -way; *and the* Lord hath laid on him the *iniquity of us all*. - -*He was oppressed, and he was afflicted* yet no opened not his mouth: he -is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her -shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (*Jesus Christ was surely -a man of, affliction.*) - -He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his -generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: *for the -transgression of my people was he stricken*. (Christ bore our sins in -His body.) - -And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; -because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -(This is a beautiful picture of Christ.) - -*Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him*; he hath put him to grief; when -thou shalt make *his soul an offering for sin*, he shall see his seed, -he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in -his hand. (Christ the sin offering for the world.) - -He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his -knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; *for he shall bear -their iniquities*. (That's what Christ did.) - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Given to INSTRUCT the Church-member.* - - -THESE things have I written unto you that *believe upon* the *name* of -the *Son* of *God*; THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have *eternal life*. - - _I John 5:13._ - -Thus the word of God assures us of salvation, and we may *know we are -saved* because God says so. - -SEARCH the *scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -No matter where we open the Bible we may learn about the Saviour. - -FOR *whatsover* is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the -victory that *overcometh* the *world*, even our faith. - - _I John 5:4._ - -He who has *God's life* in him, is the one who *has victory.* - -IF ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth -righteousness is BORN OF HIM. - - _I John 2:29._ - -WHOSOEVER is *born* of God *doth not commit sin*; for his seed remaineth -in him: and he can not sin, because he is born of God. - - _I John 3:9._ - -This means that the *new nature* "His seed" *cannot sin*, though the old -nature does. - -WE know that we have passed from death unto life, *because we love the -brethren*. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever -hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath -eternal life abiding in him. - - _I John 3:14-15._ - -The fact that we find ourselves *loving God's people* and having -fellowship with them, is one of the most simple proofs that we are born -of God. - -See pages 34 and 35 on *new birth*. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *HOW TO READ them HELPFUL thoughts.* - - -*1st.* Read it regularly. Have a certain time each day when you can read -it without hurry. - -*2nd.* Read it prayerfully. God's book cannot rightly be apprehended -without the aid of God's Spirit. "Open thou mine. eyes, that I may -behold wondrous things out of thy law." - -*3rd.* Read it studiously. When you come to something, you do not fully -understand, stop and obtain light upon it from commentary, references, -Bible dictionary, etc. - -*4th.* Read it consecutively. Aim to read the Bible through from Genesis -to Revelation in the course of a year, but do not hurry the reading in -order to get through it in that time. - -*5th.* Read it sympathetically. Ask when, where, by whom, and for what -purpose each book that you read was written. In that way get the -standpoint of the sacred writer, and put yourself in sympathy with him. - -*6th.* Read it, noting its perspectives, observe the dates of events, by -the aid of the Bible margin, and so keep them in your mind at their -proper relative distances from each other; thus, Abraham, though he -appears in Genesis 12, is halfway between Adam and Christ. - -*7th.* Read it topically. By the aid of a concordance and a Bible Text -Book. See what it has to declare upon Faith, Love Justification, etc. - -*8th.* Read it in a spirit of obedience. Seek in it for direction. Make -its precepts the rule of your life. - -*9th.* Read it in faith. Take it as God's word to yourself. Look upon -its promises as your own - -THIS book is the word of God showing the state of a man, the way of -salvation the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. - -Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are -immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe practice it to be -holy, and live it to be happy. - -It contains light to direct you food to support you, and comfort to -cheer you. - -It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the -soldier's sword and the christian's charter. - - - - Scriptures, The. - *Importance of Bible study.* - - -Have a good print Bible, well bound of your own; keep it where you spend -most of your time and then search it. - -*SEARCH the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which *testify of me*. - - _John 5:39._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11_ - -Set apart at least ten minutes (longer if possible) each day. Choose an -hour for study when your mind is clearest. The writer finds the first -thing in the morning, his best time. May the first four words in the -Bible be your motto, "In the beginning God." - -THE Lord God has given me the *tongue* of the learned, *that I should -know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary*: he wakeneth -morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. - - _Isaiah 50:4._ - -AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of -heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and -prudent, and *hast revealed them unto babes*. - - _Matthew 11:25._ - -AND now, brethren, I commend you to *God*, and to the *word* of His -*grace*, which is *able* to *build* you *up*, and to give you an -inheritance among all them which are sanctified. - - _Acts 20:32_ - -STUDY to *shew thyself approved unto God*, a workman that needeth not to -be ashamed, *rightly dividing the word of truth*. - - _II Timothy 2:15_ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to study them.* - - -*1st*. When you open your Bible never forget that *it is God's word*, -not man's word. - -FOR this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye -receive the word of God which ye heard of us, ye receive it *not as the -word of men*, but as it is in truth, *the word of God*, which -effectually worketh also in you that *believe*. - - _I Thessalonians 2:13._ - -FOR the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but *holy men -of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost*. - - _II Peter 1:21._ - -*2nd.* Read your Bible as if it were written for *you only*. - -FOR whatsoever things were written aforetime were written *for our -learning*, that *we through patience* and *comfort of the scriptures -might have hope*. - - _Romans 15:4._ - -ALL *scripture* is given *by inspiration of God*, and is profitable for -*doctrine*, for *reproof*, for *correction*, for *instruction* in -righteousness. - - _II Timothy 3:16._ - -*3rd*. Study with *prayer*, making the *psalmist's prayer* yours. - -OPEN thou *mine eyes*, that I may behold *wondrous things* out of *thy -law*. - - _Psalms 119:18._ - -*4th*. Study with *meditation* expecting help, comfort, blessing and -success in living for God. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou *shalt -meditate therein day* and *night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou *shalt* make thy -way *prosperous*, and then thou *shalt* have *good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8_ - -One of the most important things in eating is chewing. Don't let any one -chew your spiritual food for you. - -THY words were found, and *I did eat them*; and *thy word was unto me -the joy and rejoicing of mine heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -*5th.* Study your Bible depending upon the Holy Spirit to teach you. You -will fail to learn if you do not. - -BUT the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in -my name, *He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your -remembrance*, whatsoever, I have said unto you. - - _John 14:26._ - -BUT when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the -Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he -shall testify of me. - - _John 15:26._ - -NEVERTHELESS I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go -away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if -I depart, I will send him unto you. - - _John 11:7_ - -*6th.* And as you read *pray*: "Thou light of life shine into my heart, -and reveal thyself to me now from thy word." - -Study to know God's will and do it, Christ-like, holy in living and -humble in service. - -IF any man will do *His will*, he *shall know* of the *doctrine*, (R.V. -Teaching) whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - - _John 7:17_ - -Cleanse your life by the application of the word. - -WHEREWITHAL shall a young man *cleanse his way*? by taking heed thereto -according to *thy word*. - - _Psalms 119:9._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *How to memorize?* - - -In preparing this book I trust that I have done something toward -supplying a long-felt need among the Christians who desire to be soul -winners. - -Looking at the great number of scripture references in this book it -would seem like asking something that was impossible to suggest the -memorizing of *all* these passages. Yet it is a comparatively easy task -if undertaken in the right manner. - -In memorizing: - -*1st.* Memorize the difficulty then locate the verses under that -difficulty and memorize the verses and where they are found. For example -say John 1:29 "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the -world" instead of merely saying "Behold the Lamb of God," etc., omitting -to say John 1:29. - -*2nd.* Learn it. Don't get a faint, indefinite idea of it. *Take no -"snap shot" but give it a "time exposure."* If you want to remember any -text in after years as well as at the present time, let it make a deep, -clear, vivid impression on your mind. - -*3rd.* There are a great many "methods" or "schemes" of memorizing -advanced in this day of ours, but the writer's opinion is that the best -way of memorizing is to *get to work and do it*. If it is easily -acquired by some easy method, you may depend on it that *it will be as -easily lost*. - -*4th.* Read the verses over twenty times, close your Bible, see if you -can repeat it correctly, *then to be sure, read* it again. *I have made -a practice of writing out on paper* the passages to be memorized. *Once -writing the verse is worth a dozen repetitions of it by mouth*. In -Joliet after talking on personal work one night a lady came to me and -said "How did you memorize so many passages of scripture to meet the -difficulties?" I said to her, "Did you ever ride on the train?" "Oh yes, -hundreds of times." "Did you notice the brakeman come in and call out -the station? How did he know it was the right station? He went over that -road every day, and that is what you and I have to do. - -*5th. Review, Review, Review.* That's the secret of memorizing. *Review* -every *day*. *Review* every *week*. *Review* every *year*. *Review, -Review, Review*. - -How many people you hear saying: "I know the verse one day but forget it -the next." *Well you need to review, that's all*. - -*6th.* Use the passages of Scripture. Seek occasions for talking to -persons who have difficulties. *Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!* That's -what the *lawyer*, *preacher*, and *doctor* have to do, and that is what -I had to do. Be "seasonable" or "unseasonable," in season or out of -season, only *seek* your *opportunity* to *practice*. - -*7th.* Will you join the author in committing to memory the Gospel of -St. John in a year? Learn three verses a day and review constantly -until a chapter is repeated at one time? - -Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - - - - Scriptures, The. - *The word of God our TESTIMONY.* - - -*THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR TESTIMONY.* - -BE *ready* ALWAYS to *give* an *answer* to *every man* that *asketh* you -a *reason of the hope* that is in you with *meekness* and *fear*. - - _I Peter 3:15._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore *shall confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:32._ - -BUT *whosoever* shall *deny me before men* him will *I also deny before -my Father* which is in *heaven*. - - _Matthew 10:33._ - -*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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; *and with -the mouth confession is made* unto salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -DAVID prayed, "*O Lord, open thou my lips*, and my *mouth* shall show -forth thy praise." - - _Psalms 51:15._ - -Live so that you can say with the Psalmist. - -I HAVE not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy -faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness -and thy truth from the great congregation. - - _Psalms 40:10._ - -FOR I am *not* ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the *power* of -*God* unto *salvation* to *every one that believeth*. - - _Romans 1:16._ - -THE law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his -lips: He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from -iniquity. - - _Malachi 2:6._ - -Read: I John 5:15; II Timothy 2:12. - - - - Skeptic. - *The HONEST enquirer, though skeptical.* - - -IF you are an honest doubter, let me ask you to pray, "O God, if there -be a God show me the truth and I will follow it." Read the book of John -and walk in the light as fast as he reveals it to you, and if you do not -understand everything at once, remember you do not understand many other -things you use and believe; - -BUT these (the writings of John's gospel) are written that ye might -*believe* that *Jesus* is the *Christ*, the *Son* of *God*; and that -*believing* ye might have *life* through *His name*. - - _John 20:31._ - -IF any man *will do his will*, he shall *know* of *the doctrine*. - - _John 7:17._ - -God tells us that an unregenerated man cannot understand spiritual -things. - -BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of *the Spirit of God*: -for they are *foolishness unto him*: neither can he know them, because -they *are spiritually discerned*. - - _I Corinthians 2:14._ - -The blind man (Mark 8:24), saw "*men as trees." walking* when Christ -first gave him sight, but he used what sight he had and then Christ gave -him more. - -If you use the light you have, the Spirit will give you more. Many have -had the same experiences through which Thomas the Apostle, passed; read -it. - -*EXCEPT I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my -finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I -will not believe*. And after eight days again his disciples were within, -and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in -the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach -hither *thy finger*, and behold *my hands*; and reach hither thy hand, -and thrust it *into my side*: and be not faithless, *but believing*. And -Thomas answered and said unto him, *My Lord and my God*. - - _John 20:25-28._ - - - - Spiritualism Fortune Telling. - *God WARNS against It.* - - -*REGARD not* them that have *familiar spirits*, neither seek after -wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord thy God. - - _Leviticus 19:31_ - -THE soul that turneth after such as have *familiar spirits, and after -wizards*, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against -that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. - - _Leviticus 20:6._ - -*Beware of Spiritualism.* - -BELOVED, *believe not every spirit*, but try the spirits whether they -are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that -Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that -confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and -this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should -come: and even now already is in the world. - - _I John 4:1-3._ - -EVEN him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and -*signs and lying wonders*, And with all *deceivableness of -unrighteousness* in them that perish; because they received not the love -of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall -send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all -might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in -unrighteousness. - - _II Thessalonians 2:9-12._ - -THERE shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his -daughter to pass through the fire, or that *useth divination or an -observer of times or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer or a -consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer*. - - _Deuteronomy 18:10-11._ - - - - Temperance. - *God's WARNING against INTEMPERANCE.* - - -*WOE unto them that rise up early in the morning*, that they may follow -strong drink, that continue until night, till *wine* inflame them. - - _Isaiah 5:11._ - -*WOE unto them that are mighty to drink wine*, and men of strength to -mingle strong drink. - - _Isaiah 5:22._ - -WOE unto him that *giveth his neighbor drink*, that putteth the bottle -to him, and maketh him drunken also. - - _Habakkuk 2:15._ - -HEAR thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. *Be -not among winebibbers*; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard -and the glutton shall *come to poverty*: and drowsiness shall clothe a -man with rags. . . . Who hath *woe*? who hath *sorrow*? who hath -*contentions*? who hath *babbling*? who hath *wounds* without cause? who -hath *redness of eyes*? They that *tarry long at the wine*; they that go -to seek mixed wine. *Look not thou upon the wine* when it is red, when -it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the -last it *biteth like a serpent*, and *stingeth like an adder*. - - _Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-32._ - -WINE is a *mocker*, strong drink is *raging*: and whosoever is deceived -thereby *is not wise*. - - _Proverbs 20:1._ - -HE that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that *loveth wine* and -oil *shall not be rich*. - - _Proverbs 21:17._ - -AND *be not drunk with wine*, wherein is excess; but be filled with the -Spirit. - - _Ephesians 5:18._ - -BUT Daniel *purposed in his heart* that he *would not defile himself* -with the portion of the king's meat, *nor with the wine which he drank*. - - _Daniel 1:8._ - - - - Temptation. - *How to gain the VICTORY.* - - -When you are tempted remember that Christ has promised to deliver you. - -THERE hath no *temptation taken you but such as is common to man*: but -God is *faithful*, who will *not suffer (you)* to be *tempted above* -that *ye are able*; but will WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY OF -ESCAPE, that ye may be *able to bear it*. - - _I Corinthians 10:13._ - -THE Lord *knoweth* how to *deliver the Godly out of temptation*. - - _II Peter 2:9._ - -*BLESSED* is the man that *endureth temptation*: for when he is tried, . -. . he shall receive the crown of life. . . . Let no man say when he is -tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, -neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is *drawn -away of his own lust*, and enticed. - - _James 1:12-14._ - -BE *strong* and of *good courage*; be not *afraid*, neither be thou -*dismayed*: for the *Lord* thy *God* is with thee *whithersoever thou -goest*. - - _Joshua 1:9._ - -FEAR thou not, for *I am with thee*: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: -*I will strengthen thee*; yea *I will help thee*; yea, *I will uphold -thee* with the right hand of my righteousness. - - _Isaiah 41:10._ - -FOR we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling -of our infirmities; but was *in all points tempted like as we are*, yet -without sin. Let us *therefore* come boldly unto the throne of grace, -that we may obtain mercy, and *find grace to help in time of need*. - - _Hebrews 4:15-16._ - -*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation. - - _Matthew 26:41._ - -*RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you*. - - _James 4:7._ - -Read: Revelation 3:10; Romans 8:35-39. - - - - Unpardonable Sin. - - -REMEMBER, as long as there are desires in your heart to do good, you -have not sinned away your day of Grace; for these desires are the result -of the Holy Spirit doing his office work to bring you to God. - -ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me; *and him that cometh to -me I will in no wise cast out*. - - _John 6:37._ - -THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count -slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, *not willing that any -should perish, but that all* should come to repentance. - - _II Peter 3:9._ - -WHEREFORE he is *able to save them to the uttermost* that come unto God -by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. - - _Hebrews 7:25._ - -God is willing to save all who will come to Him, no matter what feelings -or conditions are. - -FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the *name* of the *Lord shall be saved*. - - _Romans 10:13._ - -Show just what the unpardonable sin is? - -WHEREFORE I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be -forgiven unto men: *but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost* shall not -be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of -man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy -Ghost, *it shall not be forgiven him*, neither in this world, neither in -the world to come. - - _Matthew 12:31-32._ - -VERILY I say unto you, all sing shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, -and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall -blaspheme against the *Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness*, but is in -danger of *eternal damnation*. - - _Mark 3:28-29._ - - - - Unforgiveness. - *For those who will not forgive.* - - -Do not delay one moment, you must forgive them or God will not forgive -you. - -THEREFORE if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest thy -brother *hath aught against thee*; Leave there thy gift before the -altar, *and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother*, and then -come and offer thy gift. - - _Matthew 5:23, 24._ - -Have you forgiven *all*? - -AND when ye stand praying, *forgive, if ye have ought against any*: that -your Father also which is in heaven may *forgive you your trespasses*. - -*BUT if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father* which is in heaven -*forgive your trespasses*. - - _Mark 11:25, 26._ - -AND be ye *kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another*, -even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - - _Ephesians 4:32._ - -FOR if ye *forgive men their trespasses*, your heavenly Father will also -forgive you: - -*But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father -forgive your trespasses*. - - _Matthew 6:14, 15._ - -PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of -mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering; -Forbearing one another, *and forgiving one another*, if any man have a -quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. - - _Colossians 3:12, 13._ - -If you refuse to forgive your neighbor, you make it impossible for God -to forgive you. - -LET all *bitterness*, and *wrath*, and *anger*, and *clamour* and *evil -speaking, be put away* from you *with all malice*. - - _Ephesians 4:31._ - - - - Worldly Amusements. - *"I see no HARM in them"* - - -*LOVE not the world*, neither the things that are in the world. *If any -man love the world*, the love of the Father is not in him. - - _I John 2:15._ - -WHEREFORE, if meat make my brother to offend, I will *eat no flesh* -while the world standeth, *lest I make my brother to offend*. - - _I Corinthians 8:13_ - -Paul was willing to give up meat for the sake of others. Can you not -give up something? - -AND whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all *in the name of the Lord -Jesus*, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - - _Colossians 3:17._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, *do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31_ - -*BE YE not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*. - - _II Corinthians 6:14._ - -*NO man can serve two masters*: for either he will hate the one, and -love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, -*Ye cannot serve God and mammon*. - - _Matthew 6:24._ - -YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that *the friendship of the -world is enmity with God*. - - _James 4:4_ - -WHEREFORE *come out* from among them, and *be ye separate*, saith the -Lord. - - _II Corinthians 6:17_ - -NO man that warreth *entangleth himself with the affairs of this life*; -that he may *please him* who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - - _II Timothy 2:4_ - -FOR ye are bought with a price: therefore *glorify God in your body*, -and in your spirit, which are God's. - - _I Corinthians 6:20_ - -*WALK in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes*: but -know thou, that *for all these things* God will *bring thee into -judgment*. - - _Ecclesiastes 11:9_ - -KNOW ye not that ye are *the temple of God*, and that the *Spirit of God -dwelleth in you*? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God -destroy; for the *temple of God is holy, which temple ye are*. - - _I Corinthians 3:16, 17._ - -DO you think that you could retain the Holy Spirit while on a Ball Room -floor? Would that not be defiling the temple of the Holy Spirit? Your -body is that temple. - -THEY profess that they know God; *but in works they deny him*, being -abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. - - _Titus 1:16._ - -When you are on a dance floor or sitting at the card table, are you -confessing Christ by your works? Could you invite Him to join you? Can -you ask a blessing on it. - -BE careful for nothing; *but in every thing by prayer and supplication* -with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, *or whatsoever ye do, do all to the -glory of God*. - - _I Corinthians 10:31._ - -Do you dance and play cards for the glory of God? - -*BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers*: for what -fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion -hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or -what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? *And what agreement -hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living -God*: - - _II Corinthians 6:14-16._ - -Some say: "All my friends dance, and my pastor does not object to our -dances." - -I must say with Paul: - -IF any man preach *any other gospel unto you* than that *ye* have -received, *let him be accursed*. - - _Galatians 1:9._ - - - - Young Converts. - *What they should do.* - - -By doing these *four* things nobody can write backslider after your -name. - -*1st. Every day say something To GOD.* - -*PRAY* without ceasing. - - _I Thessalonians 5:17._ - -BE careful for nothing; but in *everything by prayer and supplication -with thanksgiving* let your *requests be made known unto God*. - - _Philippians 4:6._ - -IF *ye abide in me*, and *my words abide* in *you*, ye *shall ask* what -ye will, and it *shall* be done unto you. - - _John 15:7._ - -THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye pray, -believe that ye receive them, and *ye shall have them*. - - _Mark 11:24._ - -CALL *unto me, and I will answer thee*, and show ye great and mighty -things, which thou knowest not. - - _Jeremiah 33:3._ - -CONFESS your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that *ye* -may be healed. The *effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man -availeth much*. - - _James 5:16._ - -NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his -house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he -kneeled down upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave -thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime. - - _Daniel 6:10._ - -EVENING, and *morning*, and at *noon*, will I *pray*, and cry *aloud*: -and He *shall hear my voice*. - - _Psalms 55:17._ - -IF my people which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves*, and -pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I -hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin*, and will heal their -land. - - _II Chronicles 7:14._ - -Neglect praying, and you will backslide. - -*2nd. Everyday let God say something TO YOU.* - -SEARCH *the scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and -they are they which testify of me. - - _John 5:39._ - -THY *words were* found, and *I did eat them*; and thy word was unto me -*the joy and rejoicing of my heart*. - - _Jeremiah 15:16._ - -STUDY *to show thyself approved unto God, a workman* that needeth not to -be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. - - _II Timothy 2:15._ - -AS newborn babes, *desire the sincere milk of the word*, that ye may -grow thereby. - - _I Peter 2:2._ - -THY *word have I hid in mine heart*, that I might not sin against thee. - - _Psalms 119:11._ - -AND take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is -the *word of God*. - - _Ephesians 6:17._ - -THY word is a *lamp* unto my *feet*, and a *light* unto my *path*. - - _Psalm 119:105._ - -THESE were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received -the word with all readiness of mind, and *searched the scriptures daily, -whether those things were so*. - - _Acts 17:11._ - -Set apart at least ten minutes a day for your Bible and let God speak to -you. - -THIS book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt -*meditate therein day and night*, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -way prosperous, and then thou *shalt have good success*. - - _Joshua 1:8._ - -*3rd. Every day say something FOR GOD.* - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall *confess me before men*, him will *I confess -also before my Father* which is in heaven. But whosoever shall *deny me* -before men him will *I also deny before my Father* which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 10:32-33._ - -THAT if thou shalt *confess with thy mouth* (not your influence) the -Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him -from the dead, thou *shalt be saved*. For with the *heart man believeth* -unto righteousness; and with the *mouth confession* is made unto -salvation. - - _Romans 10:9-10._ - -LET your *light so shine before men* that they may *see your good -works*, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - - _Matthew 5:16._ - -YE are my *witnesses*, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have -chosen. - - _Isaiah 43:10._ - -WHOSOEVER therefore shall be *ashamed of me and my words*, in this -adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the *Son of man* be -ashamed. - - _Mark 8:38._ - -WHOSOEVER shall *confess that Jesus is the Son of God*, God dwelleth in -him, and he in God. - - _I John 4:15._ - -SING unto the Lord, bless his name; *shew forth* his salvation *from day -to day*. - - _Psalms 96:2._ - -RETURN *to thine house, and shew* how great things God hath done unto -thee. - - _Luke 8:39._ - -AND he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny -himself, and *take up his cross daily*, and follow me. - - _Luke 9:23._ - -*4th. Every day do something FOR GOD.* - -THEREFORE my beloved brethren, *be steadfast, unmovable, always -abounding in the work* of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor -is not in vain in the Lord. - - _I Corinthians 15:58._ - -GO ye into *all the world* and preach the gospel to *every creature.* - - _Mark 16:15._ - -AS we *have therefore opportunity, let us do good* unto all men. - - _Galatians 6:10._ - -I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night -cometh*, when no man can work. - - _John 9:4._ - -LET him know that he which converteth *the sinner* from the error of his -way *shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins*. - - _James 5:20._ - -AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; -and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and -ever. - - _Daniel 12:3._ - -AND whosoever shall *give to drink* unto one of these little ones *a cup -of cold water* only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, -*he shall in no wise lose his reward*. - - _Matthew 10:42._ - -IN as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my -brethren, *ye have done it unto me*. - - _Last clause. Matthew 25:40._ - -AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - - _Galatians 6:9._ - -SAY not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, -I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for they -are *white already to harvest*. - - _John 4:35._ - -HEREIN is my Father glorified that *ye bear much fruit*. - - _John 15:8._ - - - - - GENERAL INDEX - - -Age-- (see "I am too young") - -Amusements--(see "Worldly Amusements") - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance-- How you may know you are saved - -Backslider-- God's warning to - -Backslider-- How he may return - -Baptism-- It follows Salvation - -Baptism-- Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible-- (see "Scriptures") - -Business-- I will be hindered in making money - -Careless--(see "I am not concerned") - -Ceremonies--(Do not save) see "Baptism" - -Christ--His Deity - -Christian living-- Those trying to be Christians - -Christian living-- Strength to hold out - -Christian living-- How to grow in grace - -Christian living-- Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian living-- Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Church-- Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship-- (see "My companions keep me from Christ") - -Confession-- Confessing Christ publicly - -Consecration - -Conversion-- (instantaneous) - -Converts-- (see Young Converts) - -Daily Living - -Daily Prayer - -Decision--(see "Not now") - -Deity of Christ - -Delay--(see "Not now") - -Doubter--The honest - -Doubter--The honest (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses-- I am a member of the church - -Excuses-- I am good enough - -Excuses-- I am not very bad - -Excuses-- I am not good enough - -Excuses-- I am too great a sinner - -Excuses-- Not now - -Excuses-- There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses-- My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses-- I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses-- There is too much to give up - -Excuses-- I can not surrender all - -Excuses-- The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses-- I have tried and failed - -Excuses-- I can't hold out - -Excuses-- I have no feeling - -Excuses-- I am not concerned - -Excuses-- The Indifferent - -Excuses-- Those who know not the way - -Excuses-- I don't know what or how to believe - -Excuses-- I can't understand - -Excuses-- I can't see - -Excuses-- My heart is too hard - -Excuses-- I am too young - -Excuses-- I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses-- It is too late - -Excuses-- Don't talk to me - -Faith--Necessary to salvation - -Feeling--(see "I have no feeling") - -Forgiveness--(see "Unforgiveness") - -Formalist - -Fortune-Telling--(see "Spiritualism") - -Friendship - -Giving (systematically) - -God--(see "Doubter") - -Growth - -Habits - -Hell-- A real place - -Hell-- "God is unjust to damn" - -Hell-- Condition of the lost - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see "Hypocrites") - -Indifferent--The - -Intemperance - -Jews--Scriptures for them - -Joining the church - -Love--For your neighbor - -Moralist-- Trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist-- Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting-- (see I am not concerned) - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Personal Work-- Its great importance - -Personal Work-- Qualifications needed - -Personal Work-- The soul-winner's prayer - -Personal Work-- Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work-- Use of the "Prayer list" card - -Personal Work-- Three helpful hints - -Personal Work-- Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work-- Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work-- Fruit promised - -Personal Work-- Fruit-bearer's chapter - -Personal Work-- For those Who are weak - -Personal Work-- A word to the careless - -Power-- God's Keeping - -Power-- God's Keeping (also) - -Prayer-- Heard and answered - -Prayer-- Victory through' prayer - -Prayer-- Regular seasons for prayer - -Prayer-- Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings--(Preparation for) - -Promises - -Regeneration-- The new birth - -Regeneration-- (Results of) - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival-- How to make it a success - -Revival-- What to bring to it - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Scriptures, The-- Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The-- They supply every need - -Scriptures, The-- God's promises for you - -Scriptures, The-- For the Jews - -Scriptures, The-- For Church members - -Scriptures, The-- How to read them - -Scriptures, The-- Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The-- How to study them - -Scriptures, The-- How to memorize - -Scriptures, The-- Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Service - -Soul-Winning - -Spiritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Suggestions--(see "Converts") - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness--For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work--(see "Personal Work") - -Workers--Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Coverts - - - - - INDEX FOR CHRISTIANS - - -Amusements--(see "Worldly Amusements") - -Answers to prayer - -Assurance--How you may know you are saved - -Christian Living-- Those who are trying to be Christians - -Christian Living-- Strength to hold out - -Christian Living-- How to grow in grace - -Christian Living-- Results of keeping close to Christ - -Christian Living-- Results following repentance and faith - -Christian Science - -Confession-- Confessing Christ publically. - -Consecration - -Converts - -Daily Living - -Daily Living (also) - -Daily Prayer - -Forgiveness--(see "Unforgiveness") - -Fortune-Telling--(see "Spiritualism") - -Giving--(systematically) - -God--(see "Doubter") - -Growth - -Holiness - -Holy Spirit - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see Hypocrites") - -Indifferent - -Intemperance - -Jews-- Scriptures for them - -Joining the Church - -Love--For your neighbor - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Personal Work-- Its great importance - -Personal Work-- Qualifications needed - -Personal Work-- The soul-winner's prayer - -Personal Work-- Help in cottage meetings - -Personal Work-- Use of the "Prayer-list" card - -Personal Work-- Three helpful hints - -Personal Work-- Hints and suggestions - -Personal Work-- Suggestive scriptures - -Personal Work-- Fruit promised - -Personal Work-- Fruit-bearer's chapter - -Personal Work-- For those who are weak - -Personal Work-- A word to the careless - -Pleasures--For those hindered by them - -Power--God's Keeping - -Power--God's Keeping (also) - -Prayer-- Heard and answered - -Prayer-- Victory through.' prayer - -Prayer-- Regular seasons for prayer - -Conditions in answer to prayer - -Prayer-meetings--preparation for - -Promises - -Regeneration-- The new birth - -Regeneration-- Results of - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Revival-- How to make it a success - -Revival-- What to bring to it - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Rules for daily living - -Rules for daily prayer - -Rules for daily prayer (also) - -Sabbath and Sunday - -Salvation-- To whom offered - -Salvation-- Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation-- Saved alone by faith - -Salvation-- What must I do to be saved - -Salvation-- Proof we are saved - -Scriptures, The-- Given by inspiration - -Scriptures, The-- They supply every need - -Scriptures, The-- God's promises for you. - -Scriptures, The-- For the Jews - -Scriptures, The-- For Church members - -Scriptures, The-- How to read them - -Scriptures, The-- Importance of Bible study - -Scriptures, The-- How to study them - -Scriptures, The-- How to memorize - -Scriptures, The-- Our Testimony - -Self-denial - -Self-righteousness - -Service - -Sin-- ("I am not very bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") (also) - -Sin-- Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Soul-winning - -Spritualism - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Strength to hold out (as well) - -Suggestions--(see "Converts") - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Temperance - -Temptation - -Testimony - -Testimony (also) - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness--For those Who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Work--(see "Personal Work") - -Workers--Hints - -Worldly Amusements - -Young Converts - - - - - INDEX FOR THE UNSAVED - - -Age-- (see "I am too young") - -Backslider-- God's warning to - -Backslider-- How he may return to God - -Baptism-- Follows Salvation - -Baptism-- Practiced by Christ and others - -Bible-- (see Scriptures) - -Business--I will be hindered in making money - -Careless--(see, I am not concerned) - -Ceremonies--(Do not save)--see Baptism - -Christ--His Deity - -Church--Must I join to be a Christian? - -Companionship--(see "My companions keep me from Christ") - -Conversion (instantaneous) - -Decision--(see "Not now") - -Deity of Christ - -Delay--(see "Not now") - -Doubter - -Doubter (also) - -Everlasting Life - -Excuses-- I am a member of the church - -Excuses-- I am good enough - -Excuses-- I am not very bad - -Excuses-- I am not good enough - -Excuses-- I am too great a sinner - -Excuses-- Not now - -Excuses-- There are Church members no better than I - -Excuses-- My companions keep me from Christ - -Excuses-- I cannot give up my evil ways - -Excuses-- There is too much to give up - -Excuses-- I cannot surrender all - -Excuses-- The Christian life is too hard - -Excuses-- I have tried and failed - -Excuses-- I can't hold out - -Excuses-- I have no feeling - -Excuses-- I am not concerned - -Excuses-- The Indifferent - -Excuses-- Those Who know not the way - -Excuses-- I don't know what or how to believe - -Excuses-- I can't understand - -Excuses-- I can't see - -Excuses-- My heart is too hard - -Excuses-- I am too young - -Excuses-- I believe everyone will be saved - -Excuses-- It is too late - -Excuses-- Don't talk to me - -Faith-- Necessary to salvation - -Feeling-- (see "I have no feeling") - -Forgiveness - -Formalist - -Friendship - -God-- (see "Doubter") - -Habits - -Hell-- A real place - -Hell-- "God is unjust to damn" - -Hell-- Condition of the lost - -Hypocrites - -Inconsistency--(see Hypocrites) - -Indifferent, The - -Moralist--Who trusts in self-righteousness - -Moralist--Who trusts in good works - -Neglecting--(see "I am not concerned") - -Persecution--(see "Ridicule") - -Pleasures--For those hindered by them - -Rejection - -Repentance - -Ridicule and Persecution - -Salvation-- To Whom offered - -Salvation-- Offered to the most sinful - -Salvation-- Saved alone by faith - -Salvation-- What must I do to be saved - -Salvation-- Proof We are saved - -Self-righteousness - -Sin-- ("I am not very bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") - -Sin-- ("I am too bad") (also) - -Sin-- Unpardonable - -Skeptic - -Strength to hold out - -Strength to hold out (also) - -Surrender - -Trying to be a Christian - -Unbelief, Lost through - -Unforgiveness-- For those who will not forgive - -Unpardonable Sin - -Worldly Amusements - - - - - Songs: - - - - - The Bible Railway. - - - - - Consecration. - - - - - A Man May Be Down But He Never is Out. - - - - - Transcriber's Note - - - - Bible verse abbreviations have been changed to full book names for - consistancy. - - Corrected bible verse reference errors which did not match quoted - 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