The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1964

Jud 3 ' ' to investigate t . '' e issues III ove _ ,.. , 1 c ~ \ ~ t)1~,.. : r·, , ., l,,,,ge l i l f ' u l \ r, t l . 1011 ,, r: \ I :I 11 JI t • I". " of ll ar)' l~nJ>t ,t ( l111rch. \ 1Pt1 lk. tl o. t 11,t a 11111.,I u c..c..•t 'l. of ,1,e C hio \,,t>ci tic>n of l~eg11 '. f'a1' , 1111,c c.., at Tolt'tlo. ()1,io. t l . l >3. l)ue tc:> the uu11t) re- ct t.~ , for tht! ure,\'<ll!t:~ i11 1P1itten fo; u,. H c.. are pri11 111g ,t i11 the Ol R. "f , , tl1t• t1,ird t111<1 (iunl o( n 't..' t.'' t,f tl,rcc article .'i By Rev. John E. Millheim t1r appeal to e, ,er)' born-again C'hr1 ..~t1an 10 the light f the material pre: nted oncerning thi growing n1 , en1ent of c mpron1i e take on three area of concern. . Tl1 e appeal to be steadfast. I Cor– inthian 15.5 1. Con ider what we are told TO BE in the Lord, work. a. We are to be teadfa t in the \\-ord of God. b . We are to be unmovable in the will of God. c. We are to be always abound– ing in the work of God. 2. Con ider what we are TO K OW in the doing of the Lord's work. I Cor. 15: 58b· "... for as much AS YE K OW that your labor i not in vain in the Lord. The verb in this ection is in the perfect ten e and fully tran lated i thus rendered, " . . . having fully tran lated i thu rendered, "... hav– ing fully realized..." We are to un– derstand and fully r ealize, that our labor and toil in the work of the Lord is ot without fruit. Our po- ition our cau e is ot empty and vain and void. Paul wants us to K OW that, to fully realize this as we labor for H im. So as one looks about today and sees many of the issues that are ap– parent: let us not fear , but rather be people of strong fai th in God. B. The areas of oitr steadfastness. ? T. ? 3 -- 1m. - , . 1. We are to be stead£a t in doc– trinal teaching. 2 Tim. 2: 2. ' 'And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach other s also.' ' ? T . ? 2 _ 1m. _ : . 2. Dr. Charles Anderson said in a message entitled, The Hour has come for Sound Doctrine, these words : ··_As an article of spiritual diet these days, words of faith and good PAGE 6 APRIL, 1964 tioctrrnc arc ottt o f f a,h1on. We arc "t) cna111 tired t)f l1r1ght, hrict. l1rother– l\ t c.l l k . or 11 or t, w cet , . i t c r I y ad - tlresscs. that we are in1paticnt f a11y– thing heavy. The re t1lt i that we arc breeding a race of tarvcd hri tian ~ o ane n1 i c in p ir it tt al vi tami n that they arc ea y prey to very current di ea e." In thi day of confLt ·ion we are to pre ent to men the word, not fancy argun1ent and logic. Paul aid in Titu 1: 9: "H olding fa t the faithful word a he hath been taught, that he m ay be able by SOU D DOCTRINE both to exhort and to CONVINCE the gain ayer s.' And again: "But ,peak thou the things which become SOU D DOCTRINE' Titu 2 : 1. What to avoid And to Timothy, Paul tell him what he i to avoid a well as what he i to keep: ' 'O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust AVOIDING profane and vain babbling, and op– positions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith..." I Tim. 6:21. 2. We are to be steadfast in duties given. 2 Tim. 2. a. Be steadfast as a Soldier. 2:3 ,4. I. There must be Discipline. ' ' d· h d ' ' . . . en ure ar ness . . . II. There must be Dedication. 1 H . ' ' ... p ease 1m. .. b. Be teadfast as a Student. 2: 15. 1. Study the word. 2: 15. II . Shun ungodliness. 2: 16. III. Separate ourselves unto the Lord. 2: 21. c. Be steadfast as a Servant 2:24-26 3. We are to be steadfas t in Days of Peril. 2 Tim. 3, 4 . a. We see here apathy (We need to wake DiP ! ) 2 Tim. 3: 1-4. b. We see here Appeasement (We need to warn!) 2 Tim. 3:5-13. c. We see here Apostasy (We need a word of Woe!) 2 Tim. 4: 3, 4. ( '. "J /, e Ac 111e c,f <>tlr ste<1<l/<-1\l11ess. --1~hc Acn1c oJ OLtr s tead f astncss is ccn tcrc<l in the pcr~on of C hrist . I... ct ti note the following point regarding H 1s teadfa tne s: a. hri t Je u wac; teadfa~t in Hi ervice for God. I . H e tarted when He was young. Lk. 2:49. " . . . I 1ni1st be about my Fathere; b . " u 1ne . . . II He continued that ame serv- . ice a a man. " I must preach the kingdom of God. . ." Lk. 4 :43. " I mi,st work the work of him that sent me while it i day. . ." Jn. 9:4. b. He was steadfast in His uffering for u s. "And it came to pass, when the time wa come that he should be re– ceived up, he stedfastly se t his face to go to Jeru alem.' Lk. 9:51. 'Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver u s from thi present evil world, according to the will of God and our father." Gal. 1 :4. In this last scriptural citation we ee that Jesus' death was: Voluntary - ' '. . . who gave him– self. . . ' John 1 0 : 18. II. Vicarious - ' '. . . for ( in be– half of) our sins. . ." III. Redemptive - ' ' . . . that he might deliver us. . .' ' IV. Ethical ' ' . .. from thi present evil world..." V. Effectual - " ... according to the will of God. . ." CONCLUSION: May the Lord move each of us to investigate the issues that are facing the church of Jesus Christ today. Many year ago Charles Haddon Spurgeon spoke these words regard– ing those evangelicals in his day that took on a similar appearance of the evangelicals today. He said: "We have nowadays around us a class of men who ,preach Christ, and even the gospel; but then they preach a great deal else which is not the truth, and thus they destroy the good of all that they deliver, and lure men to error. They would be styled 'evangeli– cal' and yet be of the school which is really anti-evangelical. Look well to these gentlemen. I have heard that a (Con't. on page 9 ) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BA PTIST