The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1958

TI-IE E RF..1T F U I TIIE I IRI TI LIFE Phil. 4 :13 By R ev. . . Mapl e 1. E OME TI-IROU II THE TUDY O ~ GOD'S WORD. Josh. 1 :8. u ccess, beca1,1 e it 1 ad i11 I-Iis way. P . 119 :129 130 133 ; I a. 40: ; Prov. 14 :12. 2. SUCCES OME TIIR UGH COMMU IO WITII GOD. Dan. 6 :10. Paul exhort that Prayer be made, and that Praye1-- con– ti11ue. Phil . 4 :6; Col. 4:2; Li1l{e 11:1. 3. C E BEING WOR HIP. OJ\1E TIIROUGH TE DFA T I Acts 2 :42. If n ece ary in the early church , also today. H eb. 10 :25 · P . 95 :6; P . 122 :1, 9 . 4. t C E OME TI-IRO GH HRI TIA CO ~ I TE T LIVING. Dan. 6 :4 . They col1ld find no fault, be– cause ther e was none to be fot1nd. Phil. 2 :15; Eph. 5 :1, 2 5. CE OME THROUGH AL GROWTH I 7. A 0 1 TI GRACE. II P et. 3 :18. Moving out of the carnal state into the spiritual. I or. 3:1, 2· I or.11:26, 30· Eph. 2 :19-22. 1 E • C01\1E A LIFE OF SERVICE. .«:. IIeb. 13 :16. TIIRO GH HRISTIAN The need of a Christ centered life. Rom. 12 :1, 2, 13 · Matt. 25 :40; II or. 9 :5-13. 1E~ • KEEI I } tJ. ~. I •or. 1] :1 . 01\lfE TIJR 1J II IIRIST BEJi 1 RE l)aul ,vo11ld have u s follo,v hi1,1 0111y as l1e followecl "}1rist. I ( 1 01· . 10:33 ; ]1 :1 ; II Tim. 2:8 ( .V. ) Cedarville Church Deals with Or dination '1 1 h c foll ov,ri11 g· . 11g·p;c\ tio11, 1 ,¥itl1 1--cfe1 .. ~11 ·e t o 01·c1i11atjo1s ,,,r r c aclop1 c 1 by ,. ra r Bapt i.·t 1h11r c·h , ic>cl a1·,,ill r 1110 11 111· il ~2~1 19r.:: a11cl ,,,ill hr 11c foJ·i l1 g·ovr r11 all or li11atio11s of t h cl1111--el1. Ev 1·y lial ti. t h111·eh i8 a . ov r r1g1 boc1y. T~a pti . ·t. 1 l1 l11· ·11 is at lil1(l1~ty to 0 1' lai11 11e of it:-.;; 111emlJe1--. t o tl1 c> Go. 11rl 111i11iHtl')" 1) y vo t c of i t. 111 r 11111 r r 8 w i 1 ho 11 i a 11 y xa111i11at ion l)V a ot111 eil <·a ll rcl • for tl1 e p111·po. c. r1 1 l1r Hllgg·c:-rt10118 p1,oposecl a1'c 11ot i11t r1cl r l a. a11 ab1'idg·e111 1 t of t l1e .·over ig11 rigl1t of a1 y B~1pti.·t •h11rr l1 . 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