The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1960

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' ( R c>111 . 1():17 ) 13ut a. 111a11) ... a . 1·ec-ei,·e l Il i111, to the111 ga,·e Ile t h e c111t l1orit~y· to l)eco111e tl1e . 01 of }ocl , e,·e11 to tl1r111 tl1at b li , 1 e on lli .· 11a111r. ·· ( .Jol111 1 :12 ) fi }r faith ,,·e l)eto111e th . 011. of od ; ,ve are 1)01·11 ao·ai 11. BJr h a1--ing o 1 ~ \'\,..or cl ,,·e 1·eciei,re faith. Th 11. the \\T ord of (-to(l be ·on1 . t h e ~ eed of life. All the pote11tialit ie. of a life lie do1·111ant i11 tl1 . eed. The char– a ·te1· of the . eed :l etermi11e the C' harac-te1· of the life. Thi eed i l)}.. ·l1a1·aete1· i11corr11ptible. Ther e– fore, it gi, re, birth to a11 et ernal 1 if . 'l'hosp t o ,,·110111 f Pt r r· \Va ,,T1·it – i11 g· l1acl ol1eyecl tl1e tr1lth througl1 t l1r .. '1 pi1·i t to a11 t111 li O'Ui. ed eo111- J)a 11 io11:·h i J)-lo, ,.e of the brethr n . 'I'l1e}" ha 1 . 0111ething· i11 on1mo11 - th eir· faith i11 the Lord J e u.· . Tl1i. l)()t111c1 them toO'ether i11 lo,,e 011e to a11ot l1er . Bt1t no,v Pete1· exhor't ; tl1 n1 to lo,,e one anothe1' l~ec:a11. e of thf pre iot1 n e of their , 1 eI') 1 p er 011. . The c1isti11ction i11 the e t ,,~o ,vo1·d. for love i to be fo11nd j11 tl1 e 01--iO'inal r eek manu– script. . The~... ,,,.er e to ho,v , uch ~o,..e b i11g· bor11 agai11 of i11corrupt - 1 l)le .·eed. 11lJ... a ,,re are united ,,·ith eter11it~Ti11 ete1"11al, incorrupt– ible life ra11 ,,·e . ee tl1e eternal , ,a ll1e a11 l p1--eciou. 11e · of another. ()11ly . ll 11 lo, 1 e i. the n1anife tation of the lo,~ of l11·i t. By ho,ving .·11el1 lo, ·e ,,.. e a1·e faithft1l to h1--i t, a11cl the i11 ~orruptible Word of +ocl becon1e th e 01'igi11 of . t1ch fa ithf11l11e . . l >eter .·a,T., . ' 4;\_ll f l 1 i a. g·1·a. . ' F l e. 11 i. ofte11 tl ed in }4eri1)tl1re to r efe1· to the old, t111- r eg·e11erate n1a11. It i cor'ruptible. It pa:. e. i11to decav. Thi doe ~ 11ot 111ea11 that t111rege11erate man "hall pa . into obli,rio11. H e hall pa.. i11to eter11al co11. ciol1 tor- 111e11t . Bt1t tl1i . i.· 1 ot life. It i 111e1·e exi t 11 . I11deed it i ,'J)Ol(e1 of a. tl1e e 011d death (R ;) , ~. 21 : ) . · · Bt1t the \\T ord of ( }ocl P11clt11·etl1 fo1..e,·e1\ ' ' Thi i tl1e "\"\T or·cl which ,,a p1'each ed u11to 11. a11 1 ,,. h ich ,, ... e ha,re 1'eceivec1. Tl1e1·efo1·e, ,, ...e are the r e ipient of ete1·11al lif P . J3eca1t: e of t l1i. t ho. e ,,ho are 11e,,·l)o1·11 l)a l)e i11 h I'i. t houlcl tl e. i1· r tl1e . i11cere 1nilk of the ,,.,.01·cl. B11t, a theJ- de ire the 111illc f the \\-,-ot'd the3r will be lay– i11~: a. id a 11 1nali e, a11d all glule, a11 l hypo r·i i e , a11d envie and all , ~il ·p ealri11g· for t h e Word of xocl ,vill cr o,vd the e tl1in0' out of t l1 i1· li, 1 e . Thu it make lIB 11101·e f ai thfl1l to the Lord J e 11 ( 1 h1'i t. 111 ot11· 11ext tudy we hall take llp the third incentive to faithful- n e ' the preciou ne of it Ob- . ' Ject . -