The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1964

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Have 1 ot1 Lif– f ereJ finan ial rever.. e.. . have }~Ou lo t a chilJ r me other loved one, ha, .. n1e friend failed \ ou. or ha ome ' . other tragic e perience lately been , OLlr I t? Goel is still on tl1e tl1ro11e! - He \Vill , ork it out for your good and for ) ' Ot1r piritual advantage. Remember Jo eph and all the grief he uffered at the hand of hi breth– ren. then the mi treatment and fal e lander he received in Egypt. How filled with orro\v mu t have been his aching heart a he wa ted hi day in pri on an innocent man! Yet ~ hen it wa all over hi brethren begged hi forgivene , he wa able to gi\ e the triumphant te timony: "A for 1 ·ou. )'e thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pa . as it i thi da)' , to ave much people alive' (Gen. 50: Hebrew Christian Society (An Independent Bapt ist Mission) 4486 Mayfield Road Cleveland 21, Ohio * * * PRESENTING CHRIST Through means of: • Literature Distribution • House-to-House V isitation • Bible Classes • Camp • Correspondence School • Rad io WCRF Cleveland Speakers available to minister in your Church Rev. Alan C. Metcalf, Director. 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He know the end from the be– ginning and all Hi deci ion and act are ba ed upon that truth. Thank od, He know how every~hing i goi ng to turn out in the end and jt i i1t1po~ sihle for Him to do the wrong thing! A gai11, IV. It Is lmP.ossible For God To Eternally Condemn Any Who Have Received The Lord Jesus Christ As Personal Savior! How many preciot1s promi es guarantee thi fact! For example the Word of God a ure u : 'He that believeth on him i not condemned . . . Verily, verily, I ay unto you, he that heareth my word, and be– lieveth on him that ent me, hatih everla ting life, and shall not come into condemnation . . . Neither do I condemn thee: go, and in no more. There i therefore now no condemna– tion to them which are in Chri t Je u " (John 3:18· 5:24· 8:11; Rom. 8: 1). The poet expre ed it: ''The wrath of God that was oz,r d11e, Upon the Lamb was laid; And by the slz edding of His blood, Oz1r debt was fully paid." Do you remember how it w,a with Lot? Although entirely out of fel– low hip with God in Sodom, he was a aved man and Peter de cribes him as a righteou man who e right– eou oul wa vexed from day to day with the unlawful deed of the Sodomite . When God determined to bring judgment upon that city, de- troying it with fire and brim tone, He could do nothing until Lot had left. The divine record tell u , "Ha te thee, e cape thither; for I cannot do :111 ' tl1ing till tl1< 11 t,c con1c tl1itl1cr" ( l , cn. I <) : 2 ) . Wl1l'rc tl(l ' OU st H ntl t I a)''l l o V<Jll have <,tlc.l'" plctlgc tl1 ;1t H l! wi ll never conc.lc11111 yc1 t1. Clr arc yol1 still ,n yo t1r sin? " ~J 1 <Jtllrl .V<>ll l>e free /r<1111 tl1e !11rrrle11 I ') (' ,\ l I I . 'l 'J1ere'.\ pr, iv'r i11 tl1e !,/r,,,tl, /J<>11··r i11 1/1e /1/<Jotl." 1r,t J hn I :7 a\<il1rc~ yot1. "t he hlood f J C\tJ~ Christ hi on c lca ns– ct h t1~ from all in ." l f yot1 will take the l~ord Je tis hri\L a~ yot1r own per onal avior, then yot1 will have ,od' gtiaranlee o f John 10 :27-30: "My . heep hear my voice, anc.J J know them, and they follow me: And r give L1nto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither ha]l any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father which gave them me, i greater than all; and no man i able to pl Llck them out of my Father, hand . I and my Father are one. ,, Before we olo e this me age it i~ important that we con ider one other thing which God cannot do. V. It Is Impossible For God To Grant Mercy To A Christ– Reiecting Sinner! God n1z1st be jc1st in everything He doe ! As already noted in II Timo- thy 2: 13, "If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot den)' /1 i,nself ." If He were to let just one un– aved inner into Heaven it would make H im a partner in that inner' in. He would be an ' 'unjust judge." Can you vi ualize a judge on one of our nation' benche excusing every !prisoner brought befor'e him, no matter how clear the proof of guilt? Suppo e such a judge turned each and every criminal loo e again to ply bi trade on un u ;pecting citizen .. Shock– ing? Unbelievable? Yet that would be no different than God letting inner into Heaven without any ettling of • 1n. T,hi i the reason Je u died on the ' cro ! Roman 3: 24-26 tell u : Be– ing ju tified freely by hi grace through the redemption that i in Chri t Je u : Whom God hath et forth to be a pro.pitiation through faith in hi blood, to declare hi righteou ne for the remis ion of in that are pa t, through the for– bearance of God· To declare, I ay, at thi time hi righteou ne s: that he might be ju t, and the ju tifier of him which believeth in Je u .'' "'Tis in the Cross of Clzrist lVe see, HOlV Goel can save, yet righteoL1s be!" (Continued on inside back cover) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST