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group of Apostles there these five We do not know
much the others One of the singular things about
the Apostles is this that far the record goes very
little is said about many of themn fact about of
them except Peter James and john So far Matthew
concerned do not know very much about his min
isry We do not know very much about the ministry of
Thomas, Simon the Canaante or Thaddaeus. There
is little recorded of the ministry of the Apostles Some
say that some of them never did much That is only
cusion In the absence of history say only that
we do not know how much they accomplished Apostles
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Abiding by Principle Processing
These Apostles had been under the ministry Christ
for three years. They had been with Him day and night
He had taught hem they had His miracles they had
heard His parallels He had given them doubt great
deal of private teaching but when the time that they
to approach the crisis they unprepared for it.
1t enough for persons to sit down and say What
awful thing for Peter to deny his Lord What awful
thing for Judas to betray his Lord What awful thing
for all those Apostles to forsake the Lord and flee and leave
Him alone The question s critics. you had been in their
place would you have done any better It is easy enough
to stand off and what you would have done had you been
in other persons place but mind you will all
have your chance if you have not had it already The
time will when you will all have opportunity and
you will be put to the test to whether you will confess
your Lord deny your Lord You will always have
people who have the faculty Of changing their
gon to suit the JOB And there are people who can be Meth
good job to be gained and if there is little money
in it they even become Roman Catholics
commecasm is Curse THE Love Of Money the Root of All
The commercialism of the present age has eaten it's
way into the heart of the churches and find men joining
certain church to increase their political power and to
increase their business prospects, There doctors who
Join church for nothing than increase their prac
tice Is not that true? know doctor-he is dead now,
and good thing for the people of that community that
he s-that doctor was Presbyterian He was United
Brethren and he Methodist And whenever he chang
ed his location he always changed his religion and the first
inquiry he made when he located in town (Which is
the most popular church in the ciy and then he would
join that church.
Christ held the truth up before the people and
not question with Him whether He had fifty followers
or ten thousand and you will remember that in the sixth
chapter of Jon the sXsXth verse; after He preached
certain lot of His disciples walked with
Him.. He did not say, Come back here minute will
fix this up; will change My position and you come back
here and follow Me- He did not do that He did not want
them tell you my brothers in the ministry you not
called of God to get twenty converts called of
God to get twenty thousand doars you called of
God to get forty applications for membership in the church,
but you called of God out with the Gospel message
and it and trust your God to water and to
to germnate and to bring forth harvest. There lot
of human nature sticking to all of is there not There
people in this audience who proud Lucfer
You know that do you not? What you proud about?
Well, you say you good looking Laughter) You
know that weakness of human nature Some proud
of their homes Some proud of thing and some are
proud of another and they get the spirit of pride in them
What does the Word of God about the spirit of prde
There awful things written in the Word about
PRIDE just there written about and there
is not thing to drag people down to perdton there
another if you don't keep close to Gods Word and obey Him.
Why did not Jesus Christ call some Of those Pharsees?
Why did not Jesus Christ take of those high priests
instead of those meek and humble fishermen? Simply be-
cause would respond to the truth Jesus called
these twelve Apostles and He gradually unfoded to them the
necessity of His DEATH do not understand it. Why
necessary for Christ to die? Why for
to nailed to the cross? The Apostles could not
derstand it and the very moment He told them that he would
be put to DEATH their hearts filled with
observe thing here Jesus did not find fault with hem
Jesus did not upbraid them He knew their Weakness and
He knows weakness, and do plead with ZION today,
do not forget to initiate the Christ in all Of the beautiful
attitudes that He showed toward the SICK and the suffering
It is all right to be firm. like to people firm; and it
is all right be RADICAL and it is all right to be extreme
believe in being extreme but believe in always at all
times and under all circumstances with the spirit OF firm
ness showing the spirit of love and compassion.
Ever Comforts the Sad
Jesus the Christ said to those sorrowng Apostles Let
not your heart be troubled and those words have
down they for just much they for
the disciples do not what you passing through
whether is the loss of loved ones whether it is long, hard
wrestling with disease what s Jesus says Le not
your heart be troubed and He always has beautiful words
to comfort For instance through the Apostle Paul.
God said M would not have you to be ignorant brethren
concerning them who asleep Gin CHRISTI that sorrow
not others who have hope Here Jesus to
the Apostles Let not your heart be troubled What is
the first thing" Ye believe n whom? (Voces "ln God
Unbelief is a Kills
In this day and generation how great need there of
erng believe that of the greatest sins Of the present
trouble is unwaverng faith in the Eternal Cod If
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