The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1963

achieve in God· wide horizon ome– thing akin to that which the citizen -– of tanford boa ted thi dog had achieved. The, a ured me that. w1i ,, ever the odd , he wa alway the winner becau e he had the tuf f in h11 which would not be defeated . "Thi dog would follow me up to the tabernacle and lie out in front while I preached. I grew proud of that a ociation. I con idered it a compli– ment. I loved for p eople to ee us to gether. There was omething exhilar– ating in hearing hi teady patter b e– hind me on the idewalk. I felt a trange buoyancy within me a he would Jook up into my face and wag hi tail. I wa under conviction a t one point, though. I was afraid I might never be on a man· level what tha t dog wa on a dog' level· I on th~ inside , he on the outside!' ' Yet the power of hri t ' re ur- rection contain the power for con– tinuou victory which every believer can know. Do you know thi power for service? Do you know thi power for victory? Before we clo e the message, I mu emphasize that the power of Chri t ,.:, re urrection i not merely for the service and victory of the child o God. The power of Hi re urrec tion is al o Ill. Power for Salvation! Men, women and young people still in their ins can experience thi power. Here i how Peter expres ed it: ' 'Ble ed be the God and Father of our Lord Je u hri t, which accord – ing to hi5 abundant mercy hath b ~ gotten u again unto a ( living) hope by the resurrection of Je u hri t from the dead , To an inheritance in corruptible, and undefiJed, and tha• f adeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the powe · of God through faith unto alva tio ready to be revealed in the la~t time... Forasmuch a~ ye know th a t ye wer, not redeemed w1 th corruptible thing '). as . ilver and gold, I rom your vain conversatio11 received by traditior1 fron-1 your fathers; But with the prec– ious blood o t Christ, as of a lan1 b \vithout blemish and without bpot : Who verily was forcordai11ed bcfor the foundatit1r1 <lf tl1 c world , bt1l was n1anifest in 1t1ese la~ t t i111es for yot1 " ( I J)c l. 1:3-5, 18-21). J a111 fra,1 Lt) a)' tha t tJ1e l:Il Lire salvatio11 a r1d justifica tio11 of a 111a1 d~per1d UJ) 11 l1ri t' r urrection . I<. 111a11s 4 : 25 pttts it tl1i w, y : .. Wl1 > ,va d l j,, red for llr f nc , a11ll ,va rai d agair1 t<.Jr t1r jt1 tificati 11 ." J1 J LIS l1ri t did 11 t ri fr Ill tll d " d tilt;! can l)c 11 jll tifi ati ll or c:tfl} gt1 il I) i1111 r. Th OHIO INDEP NOENT BAPTIST However. H e does live! Sinner can be aved ! Li ten to the wonderou truth of Roman 10: 9, 10: "That if thou halt confe with thy mouth the Lord Je u , A D SHALT BELIEVE I THIE H EART THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, thou h alt be aved . For with the heart man believeth unto right– eou ne ; and with the mouth confe.. - sion i made unto salvation." And remember again the truth of Hebrew 7: 25: "Wherefore he i3 able al o to ave them to the uttermo t that come unto God by him eeing he ever liveth to make interce ion for them. ' Salvation guaranteed Becau e Jesu hri t not only di ec.l on the cro but al o aro e from the tomb, alvation i fully guaranteed to all who will tru t Him. Will you tru t Hi re urrection power for alvation today? Roman 1: 16 promi e : ' I am not ashamed of the go pel of Chri t: for it i the power of od unto alvation to every one that be– lieveth: to the Jew fir t and al o to the Greek." The go pel i really a tory of life out of death. The great mi ionary doctor to the Labrador, Dr. Grenfell, told of vi iting a dy ing girl in a fi h– ing village late one afternoon. H e did everything he could but life wa fa t fading. An old ea captain who had been helping care for the girl was pre ent with Dr. Grenfell but there eemed to be omething el e on hi mind and he kept going to the door and looking out toward the ea where a heavy fog wa rolling in. When the g irl died, the doctor antl the fi her man ,prepared the bod) 1 for burial , then gathered her per onal be– longing5 and took then, , a lo 11g wi th her bedding, ou t to burn as a precau– tion again t the preading of infec– tion . hey built a huge bonfir n a c l1f t overlooking the ·ea and de– \lroyed thcrn. When they relt1r11ec.l to the fi h– ing shack, the d c tor a\ k.e<l th old r11an w h> lie kept look 111g ot1t to\\ itrd the ca. ' f he fi~her111a11 c · pla1r1e<.I that • 1 1 i ... two ,or1s hdll gone Ott t l<.> \C,l 111 a fisJ1ir1g l)oat tt1at da ' and l1all 11 t rclttrncd. He feared tt1c Jog Vt' ,ulLI prcvc11t their J "lt1rn i11g l10111t.! a11cl tl1 ,1t tl1c)' 111ight be lost . ""f''hc followi11g Li a ' I r . 1re11fell 111~1 · 11e old fisl1er11la11 i11 to,,' rl a11<.I tile ;a lt r told him \\ ith ri,joicing that . his ' L>Il " hnLI arri c; I saf ·l)' th ~ J)rcv1ot1s 11 igl1t . ll secr11 •c.l tl1at tl1 )' /1 ~1(/ lle n J t lJttt i11 tl1 111i I l >f tl1 f g tll a\\' tl1c ligt1t ro111 tl1e 11 11fir 11 tl1 c) if J all<.] UI ing l }l, t d r1 b ' \..: Jl }l fld made it afe to the bore. Actually, the death of the girl had aved the li ve of the on . In a far greater manner, you and I were lo t in the terrible fog of in and iniquity. The death of Je u Chri t on alvary - and Hi ub equent re ur– reotion for the grave - di pelled that fog and lit the pathway to G lory. All who heed thi light can be ure of arriv ing a fely in the harbor of Heaven. I H e your Saviou r ? Thi ame One who ha power for alvation al o has power for judgment. Act 17: 31 warn u ' Beoau e he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the World in righteou nes by that man whom he hath ordained: whereof he h ath given as urance unto all men, in that he hath r ai ed him from the dead. " How timely it would be for you to a k your elf the que tion today that wa a ked during that fir t Pa ion Week in the long ago: 'What h all I do then with Je u which i called hri t?" (Matthew 27: 22). How will you an wer ? Will it be by crucifying Him (H eb. 6:6) or by confe ing Him (Rom. 10:9, 10)? May God hel.p you to do the right tl1ing with Je u ! Wheelersburg P a tor Martin . H olme of Wheel– er bt1rg Bapti t held a 10-day evangel– i tic meeting at Kemp Road Bapti t hurch Dayton. tarting March 20. Hebrew Christian Society (Ari Independent Baptist Mission) 2524 Euclid Heights Boulevard Cleveland 6, Ohio * * * PRESENTING CHRIST Through Means of: Literature Distribution House-to-H ouse Visitation Youth Classes Adult Forums Camp Nathanael- Huntsburg, Ohio * * * PRESENTING THE JEWISH NEED To Christians by l\ieans of : ' 'HEBREW CHRISTIAN VIEWS AND NEWS' ' tation W Rf-FM, Clevel nd tation WDLM, E. Moline, Ill. Publication : 1·AR OF DA ID REV. ALAN . l\IE1,C LF, Director p g I APRIL 1963