The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1963

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Ii, i11g. 1 t1crc art' 111a11, l1r1,t1 ..111 hclu.!vcr, v ho arc trL1"t1ng Jc ti hrt\t a . ll'll' ...,,, 11 l't..'r ... 11 .. l a , u.1t1r ,, l1l1 ,1rc ,till ,trt1ggl1ng along in the way of t1n- 1gl1tt.'l'll t1,'1t1g. bccat1 ,c..: l)f the f1.1ct that the)' ha, 1 c nc er lcarnet.l the , ecret t t 1 ' t , , t t I l ' 11 r 1, t 1 ,111 l 1\ i 11 g q tt i k. anaI , i f the t e t w i 11 h w that od i ll' .. t('l1111g t)tl tl1i" \ l:r) .·11bjcct. \ 1Cll)ft )tl~ (.... hristi,1r1 l1, 1 ing is to be e ' perienced in the very amc n1anner .1 ..1J, at1c..1n fr 111 · 10 i , c perienced. e are con ci u of the fact that we are ,.1, Cli h, f,11th 1n Jesu .. Chri "t . Wh)' h uld we not under tand that victoriou 11, 1ng 1· b) faith in Jc ll hri t al o? l1c Bible clearl}' tea he that n man hall be aved apart from per onal fai th 1n the a, iour. h Bibl al o clearly teache that no man hall live a rightc tis life that i acceptable t od apart from faith in J e u Chri t. A tcrnal deli,· ranee fr n1 the penalty of in i through fai 1 th in the Son of God o 1 • da) b) da_ living ab e the inful pathway of the human hearit by fia ith in th rd J u hri t . r n1an can ave him elf. but how many Chri tian try to deliver them elve fron1 the pathway of inful habit , plea ure thought , peech and action ? It ann t be done. There i no more power in the fle h to turn away from inful our e of action after conver ion than before conver ion. Any strength in a a\ ed per on to live about the evil pathways of hi fle h are given to him b)r the Lord. Je u hri t not only died to ave u from the penalty of in but al o from the power of in. When we receive the Lord as our Saviour, He a, e u from the penalty of in forever .It i a we appropriate, by faith hi po\\ er to deliver u from evil pa ion that we are victoriou over them. Therefore, our text would teach u the important fact that we are to walk b)· fai th in J e u Chri t, that i , we are to tru t Him for the trength to li\·e ictoriou ly. Let u .pray and tru t the Lord for day by day victorie . A \\'e pray God will give the power. The Priceless Value of Christian Faith B)' C. H. Spurgeon '"Thou halt be dumb, and not able to peak until the day that the e thing shall be performed because thou be– lieve t not my word which hall be fulfilled in their season.' ' Luke 1: 20 (The angel to Zacharias). If an) of you, beloved, are weak in faith: do not be atisfied with it. Crj' to God. Our God deserves better homage of u than a weak, attenuated faith can render Him. He de erves to be trusted with uch confidence a a child gives his parent. Ask Him to in– crea e your faith. And you who have faith; oh keep it jealously, exercise it habitually; pray to God to preserve it. ~ ever begin to walk according to the 1ght of the eyes. Confer not with flesh and blood, Don' t come down from that ble~sed height of imple confid– ence in God, but ask that you may abide there, and no longer doubt. The church wants believers to believe for her, and to pray for her. Art thou strong in faith, be thou stronger still: Page 10, SEPTEMBER 1963 arit thou weak in faith, be thou strong. But let the unbeliever, the utter unbeliever, tremble! If a good man, a aved man, a noble and a blamele man wa nevertheless for months truck dumb for unbelief, what will become of you who have no faith at all? He that believeth not is con– demned already, becau e he has not believed on the Son of God. To you unbeliever, no angel Gabriel will ap– pear, but the de troying angel await you. What will be your fearful cha - ti ement? You will be silent: it will be eternal. Oh! you hall tand silent at the judgment seat of Christ, unable to offer any excuse for your rebellion and unbelief. Unbelief will de troy the be t of us: faith will save the wor t of us! He that believeth on the Lord J e u Christ hath eternal life, - he that believeth not (whatever el e hi apparent excellencies), will assuredly perish. Faith! faith! thi is the pricele aving thing to every one of us. The gift be yours to believe. The grace be yours to inherit the right– eousne s of faith. The joy be your to believe in J e u Chri t with all your hearts. The triumph be your to believe now! Letters to Editor the c(litc>r: I bclac\c that a great 11u111bcr of yot1r rcac.lcr~ Iislcn to [)r . ~tr l l c– l 11t1rc on ,the 20t11 cr1tt1ry Rcfc,rn1a– t1on l loLtr Br ,ldcast. ~I hey will be actJL&a1ntcc.l with the Chri c; tian c.l– n1iral Hotel Jocate(I in ape May, N . J. which wa pt1rchac;cd by the C' hri Lian Beacon Pre\ of which Dr. Mcintire is editor. The Christian Ad– miral i being u ed the year roLtncJ a. a great Bible onference center ancl hri ti an freedom hall. Harry E. Cole On one floor of this 500 room hotel the rooms are named after the State of our wonderful United State of America. Each room, on the State floor, i to be decorated and furni hed so that it will properly repre ent it individual state. After spending a week's vacation with my family at the Chri tian Ad– miral this summer, I saw the great potentia1 of the Chri tian Admiral and volunteered to become the chair– man of the Ohio Room. Ohio being the state of the Presi– dent , hould di play herself well with an appropriate picture of her contri– butions rto the White Hou e. Then too, pictures di playing our state flag and our tate flower would be in keeping wirt:h the proper decoration . If Ohio ha a tree that contributes to the mak– ing of furniture, we .can furni h the Ohio Room with 1hi bedroom furn– iture. I would appreciate receiving letter from your readers informing me if they are able to donate the needed pictures or can tell me where they can be purchased and of their cost. Perhap someone can help u learn of The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST