St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-15

crets Of His Kingdom to His children
They know of the hidden mysteries. II
Is their privilege to know OF the things OF
time and of eternity. For the Spirit
searcheth all things. yea, the deep things
OF God" and He reveals them unto US.
What privileges, then, are those of
the child of light! Access to and fell
lowship with God; a clear vision and
plain path; identity with God, and
the knowledge of God and eternal as
well as temporal things. So much for
the privileges.
V7HAT are the obligations! Two
w facts present themselves in con-
nection with the thought of the Chris
tian as child of light: First, that he is
to be seen, and, second, that he Is to give
light These two obligations appear
more and more important as we study
the Bible references to this two-fold re-
sponsibility Of the Christian. He who
was the Light of the world declared that
His disciples were also the light of the
world. They were to shine out in the
worlds darkness. They were not to be
hid under bushel, but to stand forth
in the conspicuous place to be ""seen
and read of all men," The world sees
or does not see the true Light just SO
far as we shine for Jesus or do not shine
for Him. The children Of light are the
living expouents of the true Light. As
you have sat in the darkened room and
watched the image in the lantern slide
thrown upon the canvas, how sharply
and distinctly it stood out from the
inky blackness all about It was the
only thing visible. Even the friend at
your side was not distinguishable, but
with the picture on the canvas. how diff
ferent! And amidst the darkness of
the worlds sin the Christian is obligated
to shine out as bright and shining
light, declaring the Christ by every act
and every word. He is to be seen and
he Is to give that light which will light
every man to the source of all light, the
Christ. What a responsibility! What
If the CLEAN from the lighthouse fails
to shine forth! The storm-tossed ship
out in the blackness of the night has no
beacon light to steer by and plunges on
the rocks and is lost with its precious
human lives! What, If you, as child
Of the light are not letting your light
shine out into the darkness Of the
worlds sin and human souls are lost?
A ND with such obligations, what are
\ our needs to meet those obliga-
tons? Twothings are absolutely neces
sary: The oil of the Spirit and unob-
structed channels through which this
oil may flow to feed the light. When
the disciples were to shine for their
Lord they must receive the Holy Spirit,
and SO with every disciple of Christ.
Il he is to be a true child of the light
he must have the indwelling presence
IF the Spirit to shed forth that light
which will give light to others. AS
to expect your lamp to burn
without the oil in the reservoir as to
.hink that the Christian can shine |
without the Spirit of Christ to feed
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ruth is emphasized in the epistles OF |
he different apostles. BE filled with |
he Spirit" This Is the greatest need |
# every Christian. It must be had II
he would be equipped for service. And |
he next essential is the unobstructed |
.hannel. All. how it becomes choked |
With our own selfish desires and ambi-
ions! How the things Of the world
ome in and dam up the river Of Gods
What is 1t that Is stopping
he flow Of God through your life? You
NOW what it is, or ii you do not know,
Tod by His Spirit will reveal it unto
'ou. My lamp would not burn salts
actorily the other night The oil was
n the reservoir. but it would not burn.
showed that the wick
vas charred for long distance down
nd stopped the flow of the oil to the
op where the fame must be fed; and
q how many lives there Is the hard,
haired surface, made SO by sinful In
ulgences, and stopping the flow OF
iod's Spirit into our lives. Oh, get
he fullness of God. clean out the
hoked channels and meet the obliga-
ions God has placed upon you as chill
rem Of light.
, UT there are dangers peculiar to
, children Of light. 1t is said that
very plant has Its enemy. and surely
very Christian has his perils which
Dnfront him. What are the dangers
yhich confront the child of light? /