The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1964

'Word of Life By Harold W . Carpenter \ f at t ' r i r, I ( 1111 i I c. d l ·" / l, 1 \ t < >,. 1-lar, / I JI • t1r1 < 11tt>r. l J1is 111,1- tt•rial a., .,c.•f /<>rt /1. I\ t .,11ec if1l/, < <)Il l! i/t• / I( /1t1/{J \ <) IIIJ.~ ( , /11 I .\ ti . , 111<!, rl1c. ·1L, ,etA111f! g1e,1te1 J f. I I'I I I I 1 / 11 l (1( 11 I I (' • 1' I C) \ 1 1. l~hc 111nth ,tep 111 hri tian1t}: l. 1> ~1s .'1ng fr n1 ··o ... TH' ' unto .. l_l E." {John .. : _4). a) he ninth letter in the \\ rd " L 10 ,' ' I tl1 l tter .. 1 ... hall we allow thi letter t stand f f the "' rd ·· ED . ,. ht \\Ord (need ) in a n1aterjal ,ense. .. een1 to be uppermo t in the n1ind f the per n who ha not be– con1e dependent upon any thing more than n1aterial ( tangible) ub tance . Off)' to ' a), thi pbilo ophy of life ha predominated the primary area f HRI TIA ITY. hri tian , we would not ex– pect the ,1rordly ( un aved) per on ~ hen yet un aved, to be intere ted in the piritual thing that have become to the highe t tandard by which man hould live, (Col. 1: 18), and by the ame token the worldly (un- aved) per on would not expect u , a Chri tian , to be primarily intere ted in material ub tance to the extent of placing piritual things on a sec– ondary level. Deep injury occur when the Chri tian minimizes the spiritual to magnify the material· in stead, we hould magnify (make big ) the piri tual ( the way of the Lord), that the Lord might be po itioned to mani– fe t ( bow) Hi power in upplyjng our needs. I believe that the material need of a Chri tian are narrowed to a low and bare minimum, oft time , be– cau e of spiritual disorder in the • life of the per on or persons in- volved. If a Chri tian eeks to know the will of God. and defies all e1 e ( econdary substances and elements), to do God"s will, then in turn he (the C hri tian ) can rest assured that God mu t fulfill H is promises in full, and without variation (devia tion). ( J ohn - : 17 : Matt. 6 : 3 2- 33 ~ James 1 : 17 ) . Let us follow the thought of the pre\'ious paragraph with an out tand– ing experience that occurred in the life of Joshua. Here was a godly man v.rho knew the spiritual power and the provisional pov;er of God. Joshua AUGUST, 1964 PAGE 12 I '' Cass l-.11c\\ the grave <.l anger o f n t c n– \Ltl t ing U ti fir t ab Ltt eve ry thi11g ( the ba ttl e f 1 - J o . hu a 7: 1-5); bttt here in J o ht1a the fir t chapter, er es eight to 1 l. we ge t the picture f the de igned pattern of hri tian Ii ing tha t bring ( a ure ) re ult . ot1 will no tice in ver . e tha t J o hu a pt1rpo ed in hi hea rt to ob, erve the Book of the law and to ob e rve what wa written therein ( empha i being placed on the word " m edita te" a nd "ob erve to do ') denoting con ciou thought followed by the ac t of doing ( J er. J 5 : l 6; Act 17 :28 ) . Fi f t of al l , in thi ver e (V . 8) we ee pirit– ual order fol lowed by piritual pro - perity and piritual ucce out of which flow the thought of the next ver e (V. 9). Without spiritual pros– perity and piritual ucce ( 11 Peter 3: 18: Eph. 1: 3), there cannot be a manife tation of piritual trength and piritual courage poken of in ver e 9. A lack of piritual strength and piritual courage will put an unneces– ary fear in the heart of a Christian that will create a pirit of fear ( in– feriority complexes) out of which a pirit of di may ( depre sion) can de- velop. First things first It i thi kind of ituation that br eed di content and rob the Chri - tian of a con ciou ne of the near pre ence of God. Spiritual order ( fi r t thing fir t ) will alway a sure the C hri tian of God' nearnes (V. 9b ). Fulfilling the spiritual requirement of ver e eight and nine J osua now turn his attention toward the ;people and the ituation with which he and they are faced. The word "command' ' i vi tally important. You will find that thi word is the forerunner of " A CTIO ." In ver se 11, you will ee that the people h ad their need s supplied ( pre.. pare your victual ) . God had een to th at! ( Phil. 4: 19). Preparation for what was to follow was very neces· ary. Th is ver e should teach u s that we cannot tr avel without having our needs upplied. An army on an empty stomach could never triumph over their op,pressors. apoleon Bona– parte once aid, 'A good army travel tltl its Sl<llll:lCh .' ' ( 1<ll l ti l' l)()l c - 11cct I lis chil<.11 cr1 lo l1c J'>t1sitil lll!ll l<• triun,,,h <l\' l'r tl1c cnc111y ()rt 1>cr– f c>r n1 an c f f cctivc hristian service, \.'r1lh<Jl1l tl1c proper ~t •rJJli cs upon which tc) 0 11cr,tt c. We pO\\CSS (,possess the l,111<.I) the c ircur11s tanccs in which we live hy preparing for it ( Joc;hua I : 8 9) . There i, nothing 11, orc clclightfltl to the eye of C ,od th an to sec Hi s l)Wn carryi ng ot1t the d esign a n.d pt1r– JO\C f Hi\ comn1a n<.Jn1ents ( I J o hn 2 : J, 6; 4 :2 I ; 5 : 2-3, 4, 5 ) . Let LJ ever ub cribe in full to the com– m a nd of God and be full y a sured tha t od will make provi ion accord– ing to Hi will, a nd that our need \ ( .. piritual and m a terial) , will be <;t1p– p li ed, b ecau e od cannot li e (Titt1 1:2; Matt . 6:32-33: Phil. 4: 19). Contributions to Home and Camp, Inc. Leland G. Howard, Treas. P. 0. Box 3 Rochester, Ohio JUNE Gifts to the Camp First Baptist, Gallipolis .............. ... .. . $ 15.00 Northfield Baptist . .. .. ... .... .. .... .. 10.00 Bethlehem Baptist, Cleveland .. .. .. .... .. 5 .00 Calvary Baptist, Norwalk .......... .... ... ... S.00 McDonald Baptist . . 10.00 Hebron Women ' s Missionary Union 25 .00 Sharon Baptist, Sharon, Pa . .... .. .... .... 5.00 Mr. C. G . 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