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ToFte. BE- Ca=t s=ing Christ. - s.ath <, 800
Meeting icd by the pasJ5r)
The cor fg@Sing Of Christ. as set forth
in the taRical reference 10y Christ. 4
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soever shall confess Me before men,"
TIe saye him win confess cleo be-
fore w Father which is in heaven,
bal Wu.su.,er shan deny Ae Delore
mon him II also deny before My
Father ilAeh is in heaven" These are
very s!.E:n and serious words and
Should ir'0erss Upon our minds the ian
rorta1r, cenfcssing Christ If we be-
ueve in lItm.
Nany T. 8s9ns can be given as to why
W sb I'd confess Christ but they
may al perhaps be best summed up in
three reas Bs, as follows:
/. We should confess Christ for our
own sa',ts. Each one of us has a soul
l. re saved or lost. Each one Of Us
VII be confessed or denied by Christ
before Ills Heavenly Father. and our
destiny In eternity will be determined
by That confession. Therefore every
one Of us should desire to have Christ
confess us before God. and the way to
have that done is to confess Him upon
the Garth. How could we bear in the
great day If Judgment to have Him
nay to us; depart from Me. | never
knew you" That this may never he.
let Us accept and confess Him before
men. Then. too, there is great per-
sonal blessing in confessinG Christ. 1t
is a duty. because God demands it of
us, and every performance of duty car
ries with it its own reward. There is
JOY and blessing in confessing
Christ that only those know who have
confessed Him, but this joy is possible
10 all who will confess Him.
- We should confess Christ for the
sake of others. We are not only inter
ested in ourselves, but in others. our
loved ones, friends and neighbors. For
their sakes we should confess Christ.
What we do or fail to do may have
SEX. - !..'-s..cc upon them. Our ac-
tion may decide their action. The sal
walton of their souls may depend upon
what we do. Children often fail to
IpI4EFS \ al 4S4 tfNiust dp uOt
confess Him, wives because husbands
do not and friends because friends do
not. No man liyeth to himself. Every
one of us has some influence upon
others. 1t should be exercised for
their good and not for their i'll. 1t
should be exercised so as to bring them
into the proper relation to God in
Christ, and this can never be done so
long as we refuse or neglect to confess
Christ
3 We should confess Christ for
ChriSt's sake When we think of what
He has done for us, this should CON
strain Us to let the world know what
He has done. The redeemed of the
Lord should say SO. The love of Christ
should constrain them. 1t should make
it impossible for them not TO do So.
Friend, lie VINO died for you on the
cross, asks you TO confess Him before
the world. Can you refuse or neglect
to do so?
1t may require some small sacrifice to
confess Christ. But what if it does
since it pays? The end justifies the
means If confessing Him here assures
us VI his iuttItSt anu cDIIeSSIDu Ill lut
day of judgment, no obstacle or diff
Guilty should be allowed to stand in the
way of our eenfessing Him. 1t costs
something to amputate a diseased limb,
but it pays to bear the cost if it saves
life, and no one hesitates to do it. 1t
will pay US to confess Christ, and. cost
what it will, we should do it. We
should be numbered among His people
and stand up for Him upon every and
all occasions.
THE PRAYER MEETING.
This meeting is to be led by the pas
tor and should be evangelistic in char
acter.
BIBLE READINGS.
Math. xvi, 1920; Luke tx, 1922: xii,
8, 8: John i, 1884; vi. 66-69: H. 20-27;
Xxx. 1923; Rom. i. IS; x. 8, 10; Rev.
iii, 5.