The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1964

'' ord of Life By Harold W. Carpenter Material con1piled by Pastor .Harold W. Carpenter. This n1a– terial as set fort/1, is especial!), co111piled to help young Chris– tians, and others seeking greater spiritual 111atur ity. SALVAT I ON The thought for consider ation "The Christian's Testimon)' ." I. The sixth step in Christianity: 1. Pas ing from "DEATH unto LIFE." (John 5: 34). a) T he ixth Jetter in the word, "Salvation," is the letter "T,,. Shall we allow this letter to stand for the word, "TESTI– MONY.'' This word is highly signifi– cant in the purpose and p lan of God for those whom He has called. The word "testimony" carries the Scrip– tural meaning 'proof" or "to bear witness." The law of our land demand a witness when certain claims between various individuals are to be " worn to" or ''verified'' for proper court procedure. The law of God (testi– mony) demands a "testimony'' ( wit– ness) when His claims are to be '·verified." The following example are our admonition: The rich man in Hell pleaded that some one go and testify to hi five brethren, Jest they also end up in Hell (Luke 16:27- 28) ; J esu'i Him elf bore continual te ·tin1ony against worldJine ( the \\'Orld system) (John 7 :7); with many wor<ls Peter test1f 1ed ( bore te timony) ot • he power of ' hrist to &ve ( Acts 2: 40, 38), and in so doing, he (Peter) ~'a~ fulfilling the words of Je5U\ a\ Class'' recorded in (John 15: 16, 20, 27); in the outstanding ministry of Paul, we find him going from place to place, and from house to hou e, bear– ing itestimony of the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20: 17-28); John ( the beloved d i ciple) Jived ·and de– clared his ' ' testimony" wherever he wen,t ( I John 5: 14; 1: 1-3; 2:24; John 1: 14) · even the ,angels in Heaven testify of Jesus' bir th and H is Deity ( Rev. 22: 16) ; King David turned his way and his feet toward the (testimonies) law of God (P alm 119: 59-60); Isaiah declared the trength and place of testimony in these words, "To the Jaw and to the testimony: if they speak not accord– ing to th i word, it is because there is no 'lig,hit in them." (I a. 8: 20) . Chris– tians who have the Light (Jesus Chri t) must testify (Matt. 5: 16) . Surely these ex·ample hould uf– fice to prove the worth and place of "tes,timony" in the Chri tian' life. One (a Chri tian) become a " te tifier" (making known a truth) by life, word , and deed. Let us take the e three characteri tics in the order as given : a) Life: the Scrip– tural meaning of life i . animation, being, alvation. Act 17: 28 ay , "That in Him (Chri t) we have our very being. ,, In Chri t we have sal– \'ation (eternal life). As a Chri, tian OL1r very being is HET RN AL LIP .,, The word "move,, a declared in Act J 7: 28, denote ac tion . Action al\vay\ call\ for "111an1f e tat1on .'' Manife. ta- Los Ange les Baptist College and Seminary Newha ll , Ca liforni a • 4yr. CJ1ristian College • Good Employment • Six majors ( A.B. degree) • Christian Service • Suburban Ca,tipus • Sports Program • Proven Faculty • Evangelistic E1nphasis Also, a tl1eological Seminary - ~ yr. course leading to tl1e graduate Bac~1elo, of Divinity degree. Special emphasis upori Er1glist1 Bible, original languages, theology and student preacl1ing . John R. Dunkin Th.D. Pre ident - C. L. True Th .D. Registrar tion calls for "profession'' and ''pro– nouncement," of what we profess (claim). This is done - not in one of two ways, but in two ways - by word and by deed. Read carefully the following Scripture in proof thereof ( II Tim. 2: 15 - the laity are to be souJ..winners~ Roman 10: 9-10; Jame 1:22; I John 3:18; Eph. 2:10; I Peter 3: 15) . Paul a.ptly defined the testimony of every Christian in the following words: "For I determined not to know any thing among you save Je us Chri t and Him crucified.,, ( I Cor. 2: 2). Shall each one of us be shining testimonie for His (Chri t's) glory! Hebrew Christian Society (An Independent Baptist Mission) 4486 Mayfield Road Cleveland 21, Ohio * * * PRESENTING CHRIST Through means of: • Literat ure Distribution • House-to-House Visitation ca Bible Classes • Camp • Correspondence School • Radio WDLM Moline, Ill. WCRF Cleveland Speakers available to minister in your Church Rev. Alan C. Metcalf, Director Coulson Shepherd, Director For 27 years \ve have been telling Israel of her Messiah ove, 50 nnd more radio stations at hon1e and abroad. Person~, follo\Y·UP by our rnissionaries has rnade this rn,nistry very effective. Now in faith we are enlarging ou, rnis~1onary staff. Many of the 3 rnillion Je\vs in the N.Y. a, ea, and in other large c1t1es are open to approach \\!Ith the Gospel. l he t1n10 to reach the111 is very short Will you take this expanded outreach on your heart, to prav and share? Send for free copy of our inforrna· live qU,lrterly, MESSAGE TO ISRAEL MESSAGE TO ISRAEL, INC. Box 682, General Post Office New York 1, N. Y.