The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1971

Do We Really Care? by Dr. Warren Wiersbe " R efr.1ge failed rt1e; no ,nan cared for 111)' soi,/." ( P salrr1 142:4) Philips Brook the great American preacher o f 19th century Boston, claimed that the preacher V, ho did not kno" the value of a human oul \.Vould be of little value in helping oul . What is true of the p reacher is true of every Chr istian : our ser vice for the Lord must begin with a realization of the value of souls in the sight of God. Jesus dared to say that one soul i worth more than the whole world! He ~oke about the hepherd who left the ninety-and-nine and sought the one lo t heep out in the wilderness . Evi– dently He considered that one sheep of more value than the rest of the flock. Because he valued the ouls of men . H e dealt with that woman at the \\ie}l in tead of resting to eat and drink a the disciples did . H e visited th~ house of Zacchaeus a hated publican because H e consider ed the man's soui of more importance th an the scorn H e \vould r eceive from the critics. . The te~t of a man's spirituali ty is imply this : what does he vali,e most? Does he value the things of this life ~r does he dedicate the things of thi life to the work of rescuing souls for the glory of God? How doe he react when he hear the inner' cry. ·' 0 man cared for my oul?.. A Chri tians and church mem– ber . we can prove that we value men' oul and have a true concern for the lo t. H?"' ? Simply by using every op– portunity God give us to witne s to the lo t and invite them to receive Chri t. Every ervice at our chur ch is another opportunity to show that we have a concern fo r the soul of men and ~~men around u . Our praying, our g1v1ng, our daily livi ng... All these thing can give evidence of the fact that we a re burdened fo r oul . THE HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETY The people ou t in the world are not asking about our building , our pro– gram , or even our doct rines. They are a king one question '"Do you Chr i - tian really care about us?" No amount of preaching or promot ing by the prie t and Levite would ever convince that beaten Jew on the Jericho Road that they wer e intere ted in h im. Their carele attitude poke much louder than any ermon . I Shalom: Jewi sh E vangelism T elephone System Hear our recorded e vangeli s ti c message a t the foll owi ng numbers : C LEVELAND 291-3280 AKRON 928-5538 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. COLUMBUS 237-1604 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. DAYTON 434-6348 BOSTON, MASS. 787-3506 78 1-4825 926-9743 ~ BAPT IST MID-MISSIONS JEWISH MISSIONARIES IN C LEVELAND ~ Di re c to r: Le e land H. C ro t ts Mrs. Leeland C rotts, Mi ss Ca rolyn Re nn e r, Miss Ca rol A. Mc i ve r 4205 Ches te r Avenu e C le ve l and, Ohio 44 103 Let' prove that we real ly care. OT TO BE REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMIS IO 0 13. 1 OllE All OU T 2. - M I SIDE CE - CHAPEL 4 GI l ' ATH OOM - GI LS' DO MITO (CAP 0) 0 10 I O P 0 00 00 ·~ CAl'lP PARADISE•••ABWE Youth Camp ~n Recife, 4' I Brasil is missing a very_~_.portant link••• a S\lll-tfING POOLt 11 _,~ • The Pernam>co Field Council of ABvlE is askin~those who are interested in reaching B a$ilian young people to help in this ~ ~ ~worthy project. Offerings, s ent to ABWE headquarters designated ' ' PARADISE' '• from youth groups, S.S. classes, camps , DVBS, individ11aJ s or special of f er i ngs l-J :1 11 help supply the MISSING LINK l l For your convenience, use the form belm-1: NAME ------------~----------~-------~---- ADDRESS ____________~~--~~--- ZIP--- $1 , 000 ___ $.5()__ $___ $100___, $.500___ SP&;IAL OFFERING --------- 6 - S IMMING POOL \0. - BOYS' OORMITOR (CAP , 40) 11 - CAR TA R'S R SID NC 7 . - CANT EN, TOR ROOM 6 . - ITCHE DINING ROOM 9. - 60 ' BATHROOM 12. - WAREHOUS 1 - OCC R I lD P IL, 1971 I