The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-03-04
MANY COMING
CONTINUED from First Pag,

and these thai were scattered abroad
we're not the apostles, but the rank
and file, the ordinary everyday menu
beers of the Church '"*
In the second place, soul-winning
should be the business of life with
every Christian, because 1t was the
business of life with Jesus Christ
Himself What is it to be a Christ
ian? To be a Christian is to be a
follower of Christ. What is it to be
a follower of Christ? To be fol-
lower of Christ is to have the same
purpose in life that Jesus Christ had.
What was Christ's purpose in life?
He himself defines ii In Luke xix. 10.
He says. The Son of man is come
to seek and TO save that which was
lost" The Lord Jesus Christ had
just one purpose in coming down TO
this earth. He had just one purpose
il leaving the glory of heaven for
the shame of earth. There was Just
one thing He lived for, one thing He
suffered for, one thing He died for,
that was to save the lost. Is that
your purpose? Is that what you live
for? Is that the one great ambition
of your life? Is that the all
absorbing passion of your life?
If it is not what right have you to
call yourself a Christian? If Christ
had one purpose in life and you have
an entirely different purpose in life,
what right have you to call yourself
a follower of Jesus Christ? Jesus
Christ says in Matt. iv. 10, Follow
Ne. aud / will make you fishers of
men" Are you following Christ? are
you fishing for men? Suppose l had
asked at the beginning of this ser
vice every follower of Christ to stand
up, think that almost every man
and woman in this audience would
have stood to their feet; but suppose
l should now ask every follower of
Christ to rise, how many of you could
stand up?
In the third place, soul-winning
should be the business of life
with every Christian because that is
the work in which we enjoy the
unspeakable privilege of the personal
fellowship of Jesus Christ There is
wonderful promise in this Book, one
Of the most precious promises that
it contains, a promise that men and
women are quoting constantly. | do
not wonder that men and women so
often quote the promise! What | do
wonder at is that they quote the pro-
mise without reference to the con-
text and the condition. The promise
is this Matt. xviii 20), 10, l am
with you alwSy, even unto the end
of the world" Is there a more precious
promise than that between the covers
of this book? All, but notice the con-
ditior. You will find it in the pre-
ceding verse. Jseus said, go ye into
all the world and make disciples of
all the nations, ana, 10, am
with you Away, even unto the end
OF the world" -
In the fourth place, soul-winning
should be the business Of life with
every one of US, because that is the
work In which We enjoy the fulness
Of the Holy Spirits presence and
power. Men and women, there Is no
greater blessing than to receive the
Holv Ghost, to be filled with the
Holy Ghost, to be baptized with the
Holy Ghost. Oh, the Joy of PERSONAL!
receiving and being filled with and
baptized with the Holy Ghost! 1t is
heaven come down to earth. But lis
ten. that blessing is given for a speei
fic purpose, and can only be had alon
the line of that purpose. What that
purpose is, is revealed in Acts /. o.
Jesus says. eye shall receive power
after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you: and we shall be witness
unto Me both in Jerusalem and in all
Judea. and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth" the
baptism with the Holy Ghost, the
gift Of the Holy Ghost, is given 10
YOU and me to make us effective IN
Gods service. There is many man
who is praying for the baptism with
the Holy Ghost day after day, week
after week, month after month, year
after year, and getting nothing. why!
Because he is seeking blessing that
terminates in himself You are seek
ing Gods blessing, but you are not
seeking it on Gods line. When you
are ready to go. out and tell others
about Christ as best you car in Gods
power when you are willing to go
out and plead with men and women
and children to accept the Lord Jesus
Christ, then and only then can you
have the gift of the Holy Ghost -
In the fifth place, soul-winning
should be the business of life with
every one OF US, because it is the
work that produces the most benefit
cent results. There is no other work
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