The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1964

' ord of Life Class'' tleHll C\ IS((>lllS in ,. "lllctining ll'\IC lo l1is •<ltl ( I a11. I : 8). ~{ere is cl finite l)f'C)l f tl,at there ca n l,c si nglc11cs By Harold W. Carpenter \ 111cric1/ c· 1111 ii< d I ., / 1 c1,tc>r fl 1r If JJ • art t 11rcr. 7·1,;4,· 111,1- teria/ a, st·t f<>rt/1. ,._ e~rJe(·iall.v <. 1111 iled t< /1cl1J vcJ1111f.! /1ris- 1i llS. (Ill(/ <)t/,er., \( t•k i11,s: ~/'ClllCI , , 'rit11c1/ 111,1111ri1,·. • ·1· I V '" ( he th tight f r c n ideration. ...I h c hr i ti an· 0 n e" ne. ... I. The eighth .. tep in hri tianity: I. Pa" ing fr n1 HDE TH' ' unto ..1 IF :· ( J hn 5 :24). a) The eighth letter in the \,\ rd. " L TIO /' i · the letter ' 'O". Let Lt allow thi letter t tand f r the word. "O E– . E :· Thi.. \\Ord can be highly e\ alt1ated for it inglene in purpo e, and it. identif} 1 ing relation hip be– t\, een the Chri tian and the Lord Je u Chri t. inglene in n1ind and in purpo e for permanent individual or general good. can come only when the ource out of which the e proce e flow i permanently purpo ed for good. Let u ee how thi work : We have a very good example gi\·en in the life of I aiah. We know , er;' Ii ttle of the per onal hi tory of I aiah. but we learn through hi mini tr\· that he denounced in at ., every opportunity. He expo ed the empt1ne of religiou formality. It v. a thi dead formality that I aiah denounced when he ai d, "Bring no n1ore vain oblation : incen e i an abomination to me.'' ( 1 : 13 ) . I aiah knew the continual import– ance of being in the pirit of "O E- ESS"' with God . He knew the real value of having inglenes ( one'ne ) in mind. He knew the r eal beneficial effect of having hi mind filled with the perfect peace of God. T ake note of hov.· he expre e thi fact in (I a. 26: 3-4). '"Thou wilt keep him jn ( I aiah, every born again per on) perfect peace, who e mind i tayed (anchored) on thee: becau e he ( the hri tian) trus.teth in thee. Tru t ye ( the Chri tian) in the Lord for ever, for 1n the Lord Jehovah i (an) ever– la ting trength (rock)." You see, I aiah practiced what he preached, and separated him elf from the things he denounced . We too must do like– \\ i e if \\ e expect the Divine favor of the Lord. Je U5 Him elf believed wholly in ..one'ne .. with God when He aid, JULY, 1964 Page 14 " I cJ n <.l 11, \ Fa t hcr ar c C) n c." ( J hn I () . 3 0 ) . He \ta t cd l h I\ r act i n w Or cl an<.i proved it by c.lcecJ when He saic.i. hlf I do not the work, of n1y Father. believe 111c not. Bt1t if I do, thot1gh ye believe not n1e, believe the \ ork: that e n1ay know, and be– Iicve ( under.. tand) that the Father i in me, and I in Him." (John 10:37-3 ). Thu by word and deed we ee the inglene (one'ne ) in n1ind of hri t to fu 1 fil I the will of Hi heavenly Father. (John 4:34). Tht1 in the e two example (I iah and Je u ) we have een the exerci of the will and the mind of each. ot only i there to be inglene (onene ) in mind, but .there i to be a ociated with it inglene (one– ne ) of purpo e. A very good ex– ample of purpo eful godly living i to be found 1 in the life of Daniel. Here wa a very young man who wa taken captive at a very early age, yet hi ' 'Onene ' in ,pirit and purpose to erve God gained national recog– nition when he went contrary to cbal- ( Clt1c11css) in pttrpose as we serve the I orcl ( '11 o. () : 17- 18) . Daniel' · c c1 n"' t an t t cc; t i n1 n y i n pt Ir po c; e ,1 lsc, gct1r1ccl for hi111 prc>n1ir1cnt recognition a111ong pcOJJlc with whom he came in contact. llhc (Daniel) purpose in hi s heart to be trt1c to C,od : High posi– tion~ clid not contaminate (clcfilc) his ~i nglcncc;s ( oncne~\) in pt1r pose to \crve JOU . ( Dan. 6: 3) tell\ LtS why Daniel , t1ccce(lcd. even in the mi(l st of hi · enen1ics. Daniel <.Jaret! lo exe– cute God,s pt1rpo~e ·in hi life ( Daniel 6 :4-28). We too. a hri c; tians, mt1st Jive our life with inglene <; ( onene s) of mind and purpose. As Chric;tian'i we have the mind of hri t and muc;t allow Hi mind to operate wi~hin us (Phil. 2:5; John 13:15; I Peter 2:21; I John 2:6). A hri tian , we mu t execute Hi purpo e in our life . Our own way i not ufficient to glorify God in our body (I Cor. 6:19-20: Prov. 14:12). Only the purpo e of heart can be con– firmed when the fruit of the purpo e are een (Act 11:1-30). Great pur– po e i the determining factor of great re ults ( 11 Cor. 9: 6-15). The eternal purpo e of God mu t be carried on by the true Church of God (Eph. 3:10-12, 16-21; 4:1-3, 7). PROCla1m1n(j ChRISt to th€ J€W / r t\ ~· For 28 years we have been tell i ng Israel of her Messiah over 50 and more rad io stations at home and abroad. Literature and personal follow-up by our mis- sionaries has made th is ministry very effective. Now Coulson Shepherd, in faith we are enlarging our missionary staff. Many Director of the 3 million Jews in the N.Y. area, and in other large cities are open to approach with the Gospel. The time to reach them is very short. Will you take this expanded outreach on your heart, to pray and share? Box 31 Patchogue, Send for free copy of our in format ive quarterly, New York 11773 MESSAGE TO ISRAEL. messaqe to 1sRaet, ,nc. THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR, INC. Livingston, Tenn. Listen to station WSPD-TV ch. 13 - Toledo, Ohio - Sunday 8:30 a.m. WEWS-TV ch. S - Cleveland, Ohio - Saturday 9:30 a.m. Presenting Christ to youth by radio and TV God is answering prayer and more stations are accepting the Children's Gospel Hour . We now have 39 half-hour programs and five prints of each one. These programs make clear God ' s plan of salvation and the boys and girls of America should see them. Henry C. Geiger, Executive Director • THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST