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3. No Other name sn prominent i;1 tile New as you profess. No{ mixers hut _eparators. Keep (b/ You will never be more aecepta- The Greater than These
Testament. IRefer to.the places where it is. prom- step witb "God, for tie walks with you if you .hie to God, B_ B. F. tD,S'NZS
inently mentioned.L walk in this way. (c) You wi I neves have fewer r_ti- TnXT: 1 Corinthians, 13.
II. TttE NAME Gon eh'WE WASa rURPOSI'7¢UL 3. If yOUare not in the way, seek il now. No _ tutions to make. . L Comparisdn, Verses 1-3.
NAME,ANIDENTIFYINGNAME. _ other way ]earls to heaven {tIeb. 12:14). I want (d) .You will never have less difficu[- II. Nature, Verses 4-8.
When ways indicative God'namesof anytldn_£ a paramount'charaeterL_- the name is a]- to privilege, hold upor holiness to _tlsfytoyour you, desire not merely for, 0ower, as your but _ _ tel ties The of chains eovirombent. of evil habit wiU con- |It Comparison, 1 Cor. 13 is Verses intensely8-13. practical. Paul . seems
tic of the thin_., e. g., Abram, Israel,- Jesus. becauoe it is a necessity, It is God's safeguard. • stantly bind you more tightly. .to conceive of us as occupying 'sundry re-
So holiness is the paramount character* He will not let sin into heaven, and tl{e purposes- I. By delay you gala n'othing, but lose alia lotions. " "
istic of God's way of salvation. Note l_ow tn keep it out of the way that leads there.; Teai, " Ymi ire playing for time that.is uncer- I. As inju_dd,-
the Scriptures show it to be: ' "The uhclean shall not par_. over it." Come to lain, and def)'ing. God, who says, "Now '/Suffereth long and is kind."
I. The Will of God (1 Thess. 4:3,) GOd, let Him sanctify you and walk with you in " is the accepted time." Yield yourself to 2. As in inferior relations.
2. The Call of God (l Tbess. 4:7). hofines_ here.,to tile holy city of God. Christ, and trust Him now. "Envieth not.!'
3. Tile Purpose,of the Atonement (Eph. 5:25- HU;IILA_O,allen. 3. AS tried.
27. fleb. 13:12), • " "Vaunteth not itself."
4. The Heart Cry of Jesus (John 1'/:17]. Paul Before Felix, On Sin in the Flesh 4. As in superior relations.
Nothing in this.prayer about bi_ churehes: or di- By Roe L. ltoLLZ_naeg ByB:F. I{aYur_ "Is not puffed up."
vine healing, or even a lost world.. T_:xr: Acts 24:24, 2L - Tr.XT: Jer. l?:O 5. As a member of soeimy,
.5, The Preparation for the Lord's Return Ifere we have the contact of the gospel with The doctrine of sin In _he 'flesh,:L e., that the "Doth not behave itself unseemly,"
(Rev. 20:6. I Thess. 3:13). a [wart anti life of corruption. Even the vifest corporeal fleshIs sinful: ft. "As 1. "Seeketh in neighborly not her andown.
" business " relations.
6. The Mission of the Church facts .26:17. have at least one good chance to be saved. Felix 1. Makes G_d the author of evil. 2. "Is not easily provoked."
Paul's Conigxissihn). and Drusilla were of the "baser sort." They were 2. Invests Christ with an evll nature. 3. "Tidnketh ' no" evil." Not e vii
IIl.- GOO'_:WAVALONEnEARSTills NAME. "royM culprits." She had divorced her-former 3. Cannot be t_Ue, for the body will return to
thoughts intended, but _'Taketh not
1: Got] holds the credentials of ttis way in His husband to marry Felix. As a'libertine and rene- dust, and thus death Would end all. account of evil."
own hands. No holiness apart from God. It cati gad6, site died th a_ eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 4. Conlradicts Mk. 7:21-23; Rein. 2:29; Rein.
4. 'tReioiceth not in iniqutty,'hut renever
come by birth. enx_ironment, growth, edu- Felix was ferocious, sensuous. 'and a lover of 16:10; Jas. 2:26; Rein. 2:5; Rein, 6:17; Epit. joiceth ifi the truth."
cat on_bseious effort "nor by death. Noboliness_ bribes. (See Acts 24:26.) 6:6. " . 7. As confronting h_man faults.
in thl_orJfl or the .next," whether of in_nlmate But tel us note: _. 5. It is ur_rUe because evll is a moral quafit2,_ 1. "Ocareth all things." Covereth all
_a_nan or of angel, tilat does not come THE "rSUTJIS"WHICIt Paul. aun_ss_u 7o
llhllt0_'g'_'l_partstion from " God or association wilh L TlIE_.r. 6." and Sin is involves said tovolition.
be killed, crucified, destroyed:
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things.
"Befieveth all things." Puts best
God qr posse_ion by God He bravel:/ leveled his gun.to tile mark. He etc., whlcb.c¢innot be said of the flesh, construction on things.
2. Tile means of holiness is in God*s hands allot at tile sins ricer .by, He dis_coumed 7. In praying for their sanctification (1 Thess:
alone. Tixrough tile blood (Heb. 13:12. Itch. upon: " 5:231 Paul carefufiy diserimlna{es between the
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2:11 i.'Unless you meet His conditions and come 1. Rlghteousness-_political and sociairlgnt- : people #nd their bodies. • • 4. "Endoreth all things." Slights, aftkto_l_l
,t_e blood .you can never'enter this way. eousness, to which Felix was a slranger. 8. The tendencies of this doctrine are had. for fronts, etc.
. 3w; ' The _/_i_ecy by _vhicil you are made holy is 2. Ternperat_ce--the moral life. Paul dealt they lead either to asceticism or to unbridled CONCLUSION: "Never faileth." All tIdttgs else
G_d's a]one,--the Holy Ghost. See rendering of with the gross forms of intemperance _ lust, " fail
e_ntekt (1_. 35) "For.he shall he with therd." and excess.
•instead of "And it shall he for those" {See Acts 3. Judgment_He drove home Ida daring " Rivers of Water
15:8. 0). discourse with rile'fact of present and ' The Qualities of a.Good Soldier By B. F. HA_SRS
4. Tile hunmn acl "oJJaith by.which you touch final retribution. By C. E, CORNZLL Tgx'i': .Tohn 7:37-3_.
tl_c blood anti t:eceive the Holy Ghost is wholly If Tn_ g_vxc'r o_ _l_SR TaUTtta t_ON r_LIX. Tt_T: 1 Chron, 12:33 I. Water is a cleansing element (Acts 15:8, 91.
supernatural (Acts 27:18_. "Faith which ts in l, "Felix trembled," His terror was no- I. A nRmr ngrr.aZNO_'Yov_tvm. 2" Living water,.rivers of water, etc.--the abonme."
And God never bestoWs this faith till you riced by others. "As a statesman, warrior, hero, poet and dance of the. Spirit. .
have laid all on the aRar, and said an eternal yes L He sensed his guilt, d vine, he stands ufirivalled in the.annals of 3, This water is typical of the Spirit and is to
to His will. . (a) A sense of guilt presupposes that the word; by him alone were the Israelites flow out from us. These streams of living
5. ' r tte Order in which you get into the way is there is a "God o_ [uslice and judg- raised to a pitch of the highest splendor." water are:
God's,--Mways R second experience. Acts 26:17-- ment. [I. THe QUAMT_'OFrilS SOL_lgRS. (a) Love, answering to boma_ guilt. _
An inheritance is tel eldldren only. John l:¢:t?-- " (b) It-is desigfied to secure the repent- fal Supreme loyalty. (l_) Joy, answering to human gloom.
,,Whomthe world ctlnnot receive. Rom. 5:l, 2-- ance of the guilty, (b) Skilled. (el Peace, answering to human turmofl.
"also." Tcxt,--"the redeemed shall' walk there." 3. Tl_e truth did no1 coerce M_"will, (c) Courage, • (dl Loffgsuffering, answering to human weak-
IV. nun RF..LATION "in GOD_S'NAS_L_ 1"ORHIS WAY IlL TJln MANNERIN WlIICItTttgS_ TRUTHSWF.Rn IlL T_m aRatX'OF _Z KINO or X_nR. " nesses.
ANDHis _gOl'Lr.. N_UTRa_.rZr.O. . (al We are'in a tremendous battle. (el 'Gentleness and kindness, answering todis.
t. Accept il_. There may be reproach con- 1, By proeraslinotion--A most common, (hi For time and eternity, couragement.
heeled with it; Heb. 13:12, 13 baya there Is, Yet subtle sln.---He'gought for a "convenient (c) E'_erv soldlerskilled. (f) Goodness, answering to and overcoming
It is not the name that stirs reproach, but the season." (dl Every soldier loyal. • eyU. :
purity back Ofrthe name. Let us love the name. l:A _'convenlent season" will never (el Every soldier courageous. ," fg) Faith, answering to unbelief.
definitely testify to its possession,' its cleansing, come. IV. Gon'a t,a_sx_ e._o_ _i _otmu_-av._a_z_. (hi Meekness, answering to hum.an pride.
and its second_ess, ia,_ YOu will never .h_'vemore ab isy (u) Singleness of heart. (11 Temperance, answering to the lusts of the
2. 1Vedk in.the.Way o/lip/lops." Live as high to act. (b) Determined to win. flesh.