The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1966

FOR THE By Rev. Romyne Strickland B}, faith, the believing inner i, piritua1ly and experimentally clothed ith God' righteousness. We are ommanded, "But clothe your elf with 1e Lord Je us Chri t the Mes iah nd make no pro vi ion for the flesh J gratify it de ires'' Rom. 13: 14 An1pli fied). It i Gods will for 'hri tian. to he clothed in every re– pect. hen the naked primitive repent nd hy faith receive the pirit of he Living God he immediately lothe hi body. Righteou ne and ohe are divine covering for sinful nan. ( Rev. 3: 18) Chri t died that .e might be clothed. A mankind increasingly give hin1- elf to •'the prince of the power of he air," the fear of God is replaced ith fleshly follies. The denuded hu– nan body is a lucrative tool of ad- 1erti ing. The sacredness of sex be– ;ome the joke of society. A trusted !ducator pa es off youthful indulg– _nce a '"learning the fact of life." nles the hri tian is saturated O}' the Word of God and ubmi ss ive o Hi pirit he can unconsciou Jy 1..onform to this age. tyles inch the believer from edifying standard . Companion ten1pt him to alter con- • • 1 1c1 ions. Magnify Ch rist! '] hl; criptures instruct u to "Jct your 111anncr of life he as it becon1eth the go pel of hrist." ( Phil. l :27a.) l)aur earnest desire was for Chri~t to l}e 1l1agnified in his body ( Phil. l :20). hri tian love is expres~ed in t1ristia11 courtesy that avoids need– les oJ ft::nce to otl1crs. od docs 11ot apJlJ ove ot con fusion of cost L1r11e ( I "Ul . 22 :5). '] i111othy was to in– struct 1l1e clllJrchcs · 111 like 111al1ner al o 1t1at 111 11 ad r11 thc111sclvcs i11 111 d t aJlJJarel , with sJ1a111efacednt;sS ~1nd s l111el) . . . But ( \\'l1ich l)c– coi11et l1 ,., 111en r,r fc ing godli11 sJ " I l 11 g d V- f ,, J J i 01 . 2: 9 , ) Q 4 : () . , d }1 a r d (;t t n d }1 r i st i a 11 \\' l 1 11 en t ( l ll r11c:.d in th " 11111c.::r 111a11" a h t ru t in , d l J> 1. I c:1rc:lt:: ( 11, i tia11 d agg1 s I en s f 1 t • 11~ 111an11 r n l t tl1c I 111 t:: I} ) 1 r r 1 , 11 I THE OHIO I D P ND T BAPTIS incite. ungodl y thot1ght or action i in. Abbreviated and tight clothing worn by either sex is used hy Satan to incite sin in the oppo ite .. e . A public parade in "bedroom" attire in- ult man ' intelligence. It is hameful hut true that in– crea ing numbers of hri tians yot1ng and old, are falling into immorality. o teacher or pa tor hould be ex– pected to minister to a cla s where Chri tian ladie. are eated with dres e. inching farther and farther above the knee . Any unedifying di splay of the human bod y j a di grace to Jest1s hri . t and to man made 1 n Hi, i n1age. Take Heed! To the dear hri tian who ex- claim , ·1 would never . o di grace n1y Lord and Saviour ' 1 God an wers. < Wherefore let him that thinketh he tandeth take heed lest he fall ' ( I Cor. LO: 12). Why are so many hri . - tian promenading in the world's co - tun1e ? Why i the witnes. of the church o powerles. ? Why are the attraction of earthly vocations . trong– er than heaven' comn1i . ion? Wh) are the acred pages tt1died o brief- 1y while the . candals o( thi world Rev. Romyne St rickland are viewed and read with delight ? Di hedience rob man of di cern– ment. l~et tl exan1ine ot1rselve le t we . in again<;t God and the hrethren. The peri lot1 ti n1e of the<;e la t day hould not roh tt , of ,od'~ righteot1sne . Tl is the pledge of God to ··sanctify you wholly, and I pray God yottr who le spirit and . otll ancl body he preserved blameless unto the coming of ot1r Lord Je Lt hri. t" ( I The, . 5:23.) Let tis fear God ' ·For we mt1 t all appear hefore the jt1dg– n1ent eat of Chri t: that every one n1ay receive the thing done in hi body. accorcling to that he hath c.ione. whether it he goocl or bac.i. KnO\\ing therefore the terror of the l (1rc.i, ,,e per ttade n1en; httl \\C nre n1nnife t In vott r con. cienct.: ·· ( 11 ( ' 0r . 5:10 11 ) . Cedarville College Faculty d ll II g. f i ult, h h" ·n t: 1, u1ded to fort nine th,..., fall , 1th th addlta )n of s ,~ h, ~du 1 l~:,r .. I oui fal\ 111 ,ncnlbci 1 ·i,l·d d, to1.,tc de. •1 this p., l su~1n l!r bnng1n th n u1n l >e 1 of d torat ·s to nan I t!U other art pre\t nil tud an' " \Id tht'11 I h I s I h1rt\ fnu, of these nlt'.11 and \\ on1t'n re t ull t 11ne 111 Ir" I H NO V M BER 1966 PAGE 11