The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1963

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A he mounted the pulpit tep , the entire A embly r e to do hin1 honor. Then he con– tinued: ~·When Queen jctoria call for \.·o]unteer for India, hundred of }oung men re pond; but when King J e u call no one goe ." Then he pau ed. Again he poke. ' I it true that cotland ha no more on to gi,-e for India?' Again he paused. " er}' well ' ' be concluded, ' if Scot– land has no more young men to end to India, then, old and decrept though I am, I will go back, and even though I cannot preach, I can lie down on the bore of the Gange and die, in order to let the people of Indian know that there i at least one man in Sco tland who cares enough for their soul to give his life for them. In a moment young m en , a11 over the a embly, prang to their feet , cr}'ing out, ' 'I ' ll go! I 'll go!" And after the f amou missionary had pa ed on many of tho e same young men found their way to India, there to inve t their live as mi ionaries, as a result of the appeal God had made through Dr. Duff. (From E,nmanuel Baptist Ch1,rch , Da}'ton, Bi,lletin). * * • U se everything a if it belongs to GOD. It does. You are His Steward. - Houston Times * * * 0 Help thy brother's boat across and lo! thine own has reached the shore.' ' - Hindu Proverb * * • * If I had a thou and lives, I'd want to give them all to Jesus Christ and be a rev.elation of the things H e came to do for men. Page 10, JUNE 1963 I Looked For A Man By Rev. Lyle S. Jessup (Ezekie l 22:30) [ 1() k Cll f Or a Olan lo \ l ,tt1d i t1 the gap. o war n prcciou~ '>Olli ~ fr 111 He ll ; r11c 11c to go to the regi n\ beyond . Who i, willing the Cio\pcl to tell. I tool for a m,1n to s tan(i in the gap, With heart of love f r the loc; t : Btirucncd for th . c who never have heard, Wh will g , whatever the cos t. "' I I kcd for a man", OL1r a viour doec; say, UT ervc Me far over the ea, To tell them 1 died, am willing to ave Who oever will come unto me' '. I Jooked for a man will YOU be the one Surrendered completely to Me, To go and win them that they might be saved And from bondage of in be et free? Oh man, who art thou to elfi hly live For plea ure, for riche , for ea e When million are dy ing, lo t without hope? Oh, Ji t' to their crie and their plea ! I call unto you, Oh thou child of Mine, To go and tell them of Me, Tho e million who go to eternity lo t! Go tell, o they too can be free. I looked for a man to tand i11 the gap, Will YOU be the one, child , to go? Or mu t I ee them go on in their in To eternal misery and woe? I plead for a man to stand in the gap . . . Oh, are there none who love ME? Who will go in obedience to my command, Will YOU go? . .. I call unto THEE! Thoughts on the Rapture of the Church By Rev. Homer E. Graven Wherefore comfort one another with these words. - I The alonians 4: 18. The words of our text follow the clearest single teaching in all the word of God on the rapture of the church. Beginning with ver e 13 the apostle describe the time when J e u C hri t shall come to resurrect the righteous dead, change the living saint , and take them together into heaven. He teaches u that Jesus Christ will descend into the air from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of god. At that moment the dead who have died with faith in Jesus Chri t will be resurrected from their graves into their new celestial bodies, the living believers will be changed from their earthly bodies into their celestial bodies, and together they shall be caught up into the air to meet the Lord Jesus Christ, their Savior, and so shall they ever be with the Lord. This resurrection is not a general resurrection of all the dead, but only of the righteous dead. The re t of the dead wi ll not be resurrected until the time of the Great White Throne Judgment. There is no wonder that the apostle exhorts us to comfort one another with these words. It is a great comfort to know that the grave will not always hold the bodies of the righteous dead in separation from the living believers. Most Christian have loved ones who were a1 o be– lievers in Jesus Christ but have passed away from this life. Our hearts were made sad with their going from u s, but our hearts are daily comforted by the fact that their departure is not permanent, but only temporary. We know, on the promi e of the Lord Jesus Christ who cannot lie, that the day i coming when we shall see them again and be with them forever. Even we who are Christian are comforted in the face of death with the knowledge that the grave will not hold our bodie captive for– ever, but that we - our soul and pirits - shall be reunited with our permanent ce1e tial bodies at the coming of the Lord. Such comfort, and knowledge can only come through per onal faith and tru t in the Lord for salvation from sin. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST