The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1967

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" [)cad so, ,/.\ a~ we 11 a dca(l hocl ies. 1\ f<.)t1nda ti n f our faith i that God 1" able to ra i, c to new lif c the ot1l that \.\' ill tru t H1n1, but have not 111any of ti topped with thi f ounda– tional dec laration and have conclud– ed that there are so11ie ca e that arc even t o hard for God to ave? Let LI take our tand today agai n upon the old foundation of faith in God' abi lity to ave to the uttermost and then go on to the perfected uper- • tructure that declare one case 1 no harder for God to save than an– other. One oul is no more dead than any other . Faith in His ability TH£ TWO-FOLD ''WATCH',! · :s a snare shall it c.ome ··~ WATCH ye • tl7erefore:, and prayalways~(J.x.21:Js,.3§2 ~ - - . ~ .\.. ~;;..,.,.... --~? - --- 7~ 1_ ....._:.~.~~- :: ·~:s ,c,;;;4 ;:a.:·- =-: - RE TUAN , ;\ -.l • ... ... - ,#. • ~ - ~ .. o.,r ....... Jr ... , ::;1 · "' \ CHRIST ~ \\ , / I 1 • I ' ' I ~ . ' # 1 .. • • • l/ l ~ t\ f: ·:. 1' ,· ,~ , ,. . ~ , .. IN ' \ I • (\ Used by permission of Sunday School Times. JANUARY, 1967 PAGE 14 lrl 1aise lo new li fe ll1 111<,sl 11, J)cl, case is a f lt111clation lru111 wl, ich w 1110\' " ll fl I() H l if" < f SOLll-wi1111i11g. N () pcl IONAI l~Q 11' M,.. A f(lll11(lati llllHI ClJlJiJJ lll e nl is r( un, in the W<) 1cls hl,1ying c)n ()f h ,111cl s. ..I l1 is cv 1cl e ntl y refers to the cnclu n, cnt o l the ll cl )y J iri t whi ch i the c.layc; of the Apo~tlcs was rece ive, hy the layi ng on o f hands. 'J'hc 11 >I 1J1r1t J'i nc) t now rcccivcc1 in stac a f a\ h1 tln. l)Ltl the reference here 1 ,tpparentl y to the gift of th e H ol pirit for hri stian life ancJ service We lay thi5 down a<; a fot1ndation: truth f ro111 which we n1ovc on to Ji f c of victory over sin , and to t1sc f uJ ne in crvice. A FOUNDA IONAL XPECTATION A foundational expectatio n i<i f ot1n in the word "eternal judgment. God' judgment of both the inne and the aint is eternal. This fixc the eternal destiny of my unsave friend . He i lost forever. This fixe the eternal de tiny of my own sou I am aved forever. This foundationc conviction that the judgments of Go are eternal becomes the foundatio from which we move to a life c ble sed as urance for ourselves an agonized interces ion for others. A FOUNDATIONAL NECESSlT A foundational necessity is foun in the word "let us go on to perfe< ti on. " We must be saved by grace an not by works. We must have an a titude of faith toward God. We mu· have a disposition to obedience. W mu t be endued with the power of th Holy Spirit. We must believe in th regenerating power of the new li1 in Chri t. We must be actuated b conviction of eternal judgment. Ha, ing thi "foundation, ' "alphabet" c ' cale ' we must go on to perfectior That is, we must build the magnif cent and beautiful super-structure c Christian life; we must compose int beautiful and soul-stirring barmoni< the anthem of Christian life; we mu not let our lives be all foundatio and no uper-structure - all alphabc and no book all scale and n anthem. Let us not forsake the5 bles ed foundations but let us nc fail to "leave ' them and go on t the greater things which grow out c them. WER TO RIDDLE: The whale th wallowed Jonah. Born without a soul • · Jater po e sed a oul (when he wallolf• Jonah) ••. and died without a oul! Se it wa n ' t too hard. Tricky? Ye • . • bl hard? •. . no! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS