The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1962

Study in France ay Mr . and Mrs. Robert 0 . Kl ine ( Erangelical Baptist Mis io11s) ' '// a11_v of ) 'Ot-l lack l·visdon1 , let /1i111 a k of God. that givet/1 tc, all 111en liberal/) 1 , and upbraidet/1 110/; and it shall be given hi,11." J a111es J : 5. We prai e the Lord for our con– inued good health, trength and daily ,rovi ion . He ha truly been faithful n every way to u here in Pari as ve continue to tudy the French anguage. Plea e continue in prayer vith u not only for knowledge, but ,I o for wisdom in the u e of the anguage. Gradually the language i becoming 1 part of u a we attend cla e at he "Alliance Francai e ' and do the equired work. You may be urpri ed o learn that we only attend cla e or two hour each day. If this ur– )ri e you you would be even more urprised if you attended cla with I and aw all the new vocabulary and !rammar that i given during thi two 1our period . It require the remai oder >f the day to really learn the ma– erial that i given in cla by the ,rofe or. The new grammar and vo– abulary are contained in a new tory for each day. Of cour e only ; rench is spoken in cla o trict ttention mu t be paid to each word hat is u ed . Even then a dictionary ome in handy when you get " home' ' or clarification of a thought expre - d in the cla . Tutors nee ded After memorizing verb and other ocabulary, it is nece sary to pLt t th is nowledge into practice u e. Time i pent in c lass o n conversa ti on but ol a suf fi c1ent amount to make u s kif If ul in the language. The nex t step > to fi nd someone th at <; peak r ench vei l who i willing to ta lk to you at our level of under stand 1ng. .. or thi~ iurJ)O e we pay for tutorin g le\ ons ur tin1es a week. The les<;ons ar c • • • • 1ven 1n our l Lt tor s ap artn1cnl not f ar ro111 OtJr Jl e; 1~ion. l)LJri ng the hottr • Jng ·c 1c1ns. we go over our lc\~011 s l1ecki 11g for r11isu ndcrsta rllJ i 1g~ a1u 1i 1,ror1 unc iat i() Jl ()f W<J rds as wc ll as • • • ngag111g 11 c or1 versa t1on . It centl) 1 " 'e rc(1ueste<.:I prayer for v ral to w l10111 \\' e J1ad wi t11t; ssed . h f> r ia11 fe llt ~, and tl1e Jewi sh ou1l e l1a ,,e i11ce le f l f~ra nee . "'}1e l: tti sl1 lad}' a11cJ ti le e\-\' Jer c)' i lc la11 to ta)' here J or a J "' r11c>re 1 11tl1s. I he 111a11 t, 0111 e \\' Jc:r ey J) ~ Ii , r~ad at lc: a t C>n c..::l1a 1 te r 1 tl1 Jl ill lc f ) 111t r11i11g, o '" ar ust1ng 1l1at lit 11 >I JJII it i s r,c:, l - 1g l lii,111 a 11..: r a I . n OtilO INDEPENDfN BAPTI T We ,vant to a ure you at home ot our prayer i ntere t in your vari ou field of labor. You are con tantly brought to our attention a we realize the need for the pread of the Go pel at home . May the Lord ble and guide each one of you a you live daily for Him, and may Hi reward be your • 1n return for your faithful ervice to u . Jude 3 By Rev. George Huffman Euclid Nottingham Baptist Chu rch Cleveland, Ohio The day in which we live i char– acterized by religious confu ion. Right and wrong have been et afloat on the ea of relativity. Black i no longer black and whiite i no longer white. People are lef.t to grope aim– les ly in the den e fog of tattletale gray. Where are the fearle prophet of old? Where are the anointed preach– er of righteousne ? Where are the coureageous deacon like tephen? Where are the pirit-filled witne e of Pentaco t? I believe it wa Moody who aid ' The world ha yet to ee what God can do with one per on who i totally yielded to Him. ' Moody went on to ay ' 'By God ' grace , I 'll be th at man .' In thi day of 'peace– ful co-exi tence' we need people and preacher who will take a Bible– ba ed , pirit-filJed , una hamed tand for the faith once for all delivered unto the aints. In the 1 ittle one chapter book of Jude , we hear the call to contend fo r the faith. We note the rea on why we hould thu contend and we ob- er ve everal ugge tion a to how we hould proceed in carrying out th is Biblica l injunction. In order to con– tend for the fai th in the mo t effec– ti ve n1 anner, it i es ential that we ma int a in our per onal piritu ality on the highes t po 1hlc level. Five Essentials In ver c 20 th rough 23 . J t1tJc enumera te a t lea t J 1vc pr1 n1c C\ - cnt 1a l~ to be cu lt1 va tcu a\ \ VC ca1 n– cs tly cor1t cnd Jor the fait h : I . 13 u i l d ing )'our c If in 'J' H I~ r; I '"1"' J I. - crsc 2(). <) Lt wi ll 1 ecc1 ll that J' ,tu l cnjo111ctl I 1111<) lh) 1 t) ·• .. tt1u ~ t ) s l1t>"-' hin1 ~c l t approved unto G c1tl. ' We r11ust he slu t l en t c.1 f rhc \Vc)rll. "f~l1cre r11t1st l) c tlil igc1 c 13 il)lc , tutly in orcfct tc.1 kn<)\\' ri ght fr )111 \VI 011g. anll i11 ortler to krlO\\ 1l1c fa ls ~ prt)pl1cl J I 111 111~ ti lit: , \\ c n1tJs l kn 1,v l lle \ orlf o f J d . Yo t1 111u s t ta kt th i11it ia tive, tlLJ 11111 s l t f ig, \ Olt 111ust S \\ a l , \ >ll Illll ( l1t1 illJ ff Il l) l ) fl t; c l~ " a 11 l1u ild )' ti r SJ)iri tt1 a l l1t >t1 ft 1 ) )ll . 2 . Praying 1n the Hol} p1ri t. Yer e 20. What a clean, pure ~:ay to p,ray ! Thi provide the mean of rightl y building one' elf up in THE FAITH. All true prayer i excerci ed in the phere of the Holy pirit . mo– t ivated and empowered by H im . The f ullne of the Holy Spirit i a pre– requi ite to effectual praying. This i the kind of praying that rend the Heaven , that bring revi val, tha t mite the inner , tha t turn the tide of apo ta y, tha t change the cour e of hi tory, that del iver a oul from Hell . Oh give u more people who pray in the Holy pirit . God' s love 3. Keep your elf in the love of God. Ve r e 21. Thi i o e ential a we co ntend for the fai th and you can be ure tha t it will be much ea ier if we mainta in the fir t two item mentioned. Bear in mind however. that God ' love i pure and holy, un– contaminated and i not to be con– fu ed with entimental emotionali m or oftne . God' love wa per oni– f ied in J e u Chri t and we are to oarefully attend to moving within the phere of God ' love. 4. Looking for Chri t' coming. Ver e 21. The Apo tle John' clo ing prayer wa ··Even o come, Lord J u .,. And in another place we read, · He that hath thi hope in H im puri– fi eth h im elf." While we are lo king for the Lord to come we are to have our lamp trin1med and f illed wi th the oil of the Holy pir it o that in the bl acke t ni ght of apo ta y Vt'e ~ ill be ready when He call . So ul winning 5. Be diligent in oul ,, inn ing er e 22 a nd 23 . Th p itive ,ind gloriou ma nife tation of the ind\\ ll- 1ng life of hri l i fru it-be .1 r1 ng You n1a) b a urcd that a "' c bt1ilu our e If in th c fa i th . ct t t t r ,1 t 1 n g ou r- Ive in th e orc.i of God. pra) 1ng 1n the Hol) piri t. k.ecp1ng o u r e l\ c 1n the lo \ e t od . lot)k.1ng tor ' t1 r1"t t o con1c \ )On. \ \ C \ \ 111 liOttbtlc" con1c I CJ()ICIIl g b1 1ng our ~h C,l\t' \ \ tth ll\ u <.>ll •~ lot) k. 1ng f l)I '-lt)Olt:L)nc , , h L) ,, ill '-ll ,lnti 1n the gap anll r11 ,tk.c ti[) the hcligc. \\ 111 it l">t: \ ou? R t:111 er11 - l)cr loot!\ , ti J, .. I~ , lr o lf'~ g1 a ~. ~ I ' ll he th ,tt n11n .' ' \ '\ ,,c c 11nt' ,tl, ,..; n lCl1ll ll) l th ' t a1 lh l l' (llt.' Illhl'I 1>,at11's ,, l)I J t > tl1e R 0111 a 11, '" lt 1~ ()Os~1l1lc f<.)1' lt ~ tc> l) l' tllt>tl cl1a11 tlll – qul' I llf~ l) \ l' t all rl1~sc ll1 i11g tl1 rt,t1g l1 h1n1 th ,1t lo \ c<.I lt . 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