Second Friend Day - Elmer Towns

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f. The principle of adaptability (I Cor. 9:19-23; Phil. 4:11-12) tells us to do the best we can for God, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. g. The principle of suitability (I Cor. 10:23) tells us that many things are all right for others, but not for us. h. The principle of mental toughness (Rom. 14:22-23) tells us that after we have thoroughly examined an issue, do everything to the glory of God. 6. Opportunities are tied to the will of God. Many good things may come in your life; these may be the will of God. A college scholarship may be God's pro' vision for a young person's education. Being born to well-to-do parents may be God's provision to the next student. The next student may have to work his way through college and in the process learn the lesson of sacrifice. Each opportunity comes from God. Watch out for opportunities; not all may be God's will. A proposal of marriage to the 36year-old single girl is not God's will if the young man will pull her away from God. Yet her desire might influence her understanding of God's will. Not every opportunity, no matter how attractive, may be good for you. Test opportunities by the Scriptures. God is more concerned about your character than your circumstances. At times God will give you an easy time; rejoice. At other times He will lead you through deep waters; still rejoice. It is God's will that you become like His Son. "And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Rom. 12:2). The will of God is to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. This verse tells us, "Be not conformed," meaning we are to turn away from the things of this world. You are not following the will of God when you are dominated by this world. Instead, you are to be transformed into the image of Christ. You are to undergo a complete change of both heart and conduct. The word "transformed" means to be transfigured as Christ was on the Mount of Transfiguration. "And was transfigured before them; and his face did shine like the sun, and his raiment was as white as the fight" (Matt. 17:2). Transformed is the cocoon becoming a butterfly. Transformed is not legalism where you drop off bad habits. Being transformed is letting the Holy Spirit work through you to possess your mind, heart and actions. The Holy Spirit brings you into conformity to God's Son. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (II Cor. 3:18).
Chapter 4 MASTERING THE BIBLE The Bible is the most indispensable instrument for your life as a Christian. You can't be Christian without it. The Bible brought you into the Christian world, and will cause you to grow and will prepare you for heaven. "The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible, " a young man was told after getting saved in a church service. "I don't understand," he replied. As a matter of fact, he didn't understand much that happened that evening because it was his first time in the church. But he knew in his heart something happened to him. Since he wasn't grounded, he started cursing again because he hung around with his drinking buddies. He went to church, but soon lost that desire and drifted away. "Why did you give up?" the pastor asked the next time they met in a downtown market. "I just couldn't hold out," he replied. "I'll help you to grow in your faith," the pastor promised. The defeated Christian agreed to "try" the Christian life again. This time the pastor helped him study the Bible. He began on Gospel of John. Staying up late at night, he devoured the pages of Scripture; like a hungry man, he couldn't get enough. As the Bible changed his desires, his drinking buddies lost interest in him and he in them. The lesson was hard to learn, but the Word of God will keep I person from sin. "Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee" (Ps. 119:9). The Bible keeps you from sin by its instructional power. It teaches the correct way of life. "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Ps. 119:105). Historian Arnold Toynbee noted, "It pierces through the intellect and plays directly upon the heart. " The Scriptures are like a vaccination, protecting you by cleansing your conscience (Jn. 15:3), giving you joy (Jer. 15:16), correcting wrong teaching that would allow deviation (II Tim. 3:16), and producing a "hedge" against sin in your life (Heb. 4:12). When you got saved, it was through the Bible. Paul describes Timothy's salvation, "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (II Tim. 3:15). Many children, like young Timothy, grow up in a Christian home, but it is the Scripture that brings them to Christ. Elmer Towns tells how his sister, Martha, received Christ. She had her devotions "religiously" each night and never had become involved in sin. Towns felt that she had not experienced salvation. He typed 100 verses on 3 X 5 cards and promised her a new Scofield
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OVERVIEW OF SECOND FRIEND DAY The S
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serve a continental breakfast of Da
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