The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1964

rt to eart mong t e omen l-l 1 I r, I tlC l\l il11t'l , t){l L 11 terlJttr ' R o ttll Je\ 1 cla11(l Hc1gl1t~, ()1110 - 44118 . Won1en ,neet for luncheon at the re treat Aug ust 11 - 13 a t Ced a rvill e Co lege. The meeting was sponsored by the Women's Auxi li a ry Area Development Commi ttee. Mrs Clifford Maddox is p resid e nt of the group DO IT YOURSELF ··De ter mi ned1 1 DemoIi h ome Thing . ..Ca ting down imagination and e, er) h igh thi ng that e alted it elf dgai n t the knowledge of God." - 2 Cor. 10 :5. Deliverance from in i not deliver– ance fr om human nature. There are th ing in human nature. uch a pre– judice . which the aint ha to de troy b 1· neglect~ and other ,thing which h ave to be de troyed by violence that i . by the Divine trength imparted by God' Spirit. There are some th ing over which we are not to fight bu t to tand till in and ee the al– vat ion of the Lord; but every theory or conception which erect itself a a r ampart aga in t the knowledge of God i to be d eterminedly demol1 bed b 1 drawing on God' s po1rver, not by fle hly endeavour or compromi e (\' . 4 ) . - . ··Determinedly D i c i p 1 i n e other Thi ngs. ..Bringing into ca ptivity e very thought to the obedi ence of Chrj t .' 2 Cor. 10: 5. This 1 another a pect of the tren– uou nature of ainthood. Paul ay , O I take every pr oject pri oner to make it obe 1 Christ... (Moffatt ) How much Chri tian work ther e is today which has never been d i c iplined. but ha ,. imply prung in to being by im– pulse' In our Lord· life every project wa di c1p]ined to the wiJl of the Fiather. There v. as not a movement OCTOBER 1964 PAGE 10 of an impul e of Hi own will a di - tinct from H,i Father' - '"The Son can do nothing of Him el,f. Then take our elve - a vivid religiou ex– perience. and every project born of impul e put into aotion immediately, in ·tead of being im,pri oned and di - ci plined to obey hri t. ( o wonder there i o much failure.) True earnestness Thi i a day when praotical work i overempha ized and the aint who are bringing every project into cap– tivity are criticized and told they are not in earne t for God or for ou 1 . True earne tne j found in obey– ing God, not in the inclination to erve Him that i born of undi - ci plined hum,a:n n·a,ture. It i incon– ceivable buit true neverthele that aints are not bringing every project into captivity but are doing work for God at the in tigation of their own human nature whioh ha not been piritualized by determined di cipline. We are •apt to f orge,t that a per on i not only committed to Je u hri t for alva,tion · he~ commioted to Je u Chri t ' view of God, of the world of in and of the devil and thi wi,11 mean that he musll recognize the re- pon ibility of being tran formed by the renewing of the mind . ; ( Rom. 12:1-2). Except for '~My Utmo t for Hi Highe t" - by O wald hamber . Mrs . Earl D. Umbaugh; Mrs . Bert Frye; and Esther A. Jeunnette, Central Africa Repub– Iic, Baptist Mid-Missions, were speakers at Women ' s Retreat. Mrs. Elizabeth Ressinger and Mrs. Inez Brooks of Temple Baptist Church, Portsmouth, and Mrs. Cl ifford Johnson , of Grace Baptist Church, Cedarville. Women's State Missionary Union Rally and Annual Meeting Portsmouth, Ohio This R ally will be held ~n con– junction with the tate O.A.R.B.C. Annual Meeting in Temple Bapti t C hurch Gallia St. at Waller, Oot. 22, at 1 p.m. Theme will be - ' Ari e and Be Doing". Devotion,al peak.er - Mr . Clif– ford Maddox. Cedarville, Q,hio. Mi - ionary Speaker - Mi Beth Odar, Evangelical Bapti t Mii ion<i Field - iger Republic We t Africa. A bit about Beth - She ha ju t completed her 4th term of ervice. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST