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Gods Revelation In Life

Gods Revelation In Life
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mcnt is the greatest of all books. II
contains for us the picture of the life
of Christ--that perfect life In which
Is summed up and filled out all the
truths that God through the prophets
and great men of the older ages, had
been revealing to the world Of men
that perfect life which points out to
us the goal of all life by having lived
In the world of men, so the potential
possibilities of life were all brought
to their fullest development. Also In
the teachings of that book we have
given to us the manner and method
of the following of which we ourselves
are TO bring our own lives up towards
the goal shown In the life of Christ
In the third place that book gives us
the promise, n true promise II must
be for II Is from the lips of the per-
feet one, Jesus Christ, that to the
strength of the individual believer,
who tries to live, will be given,
through the Holy Spirit, tho grace and
the strength OF the indwelling Christ
to help us and to encourage us to live
aud to help others to live.
The New Testament then IL, for the
| Christian, the book of guidance. II
Is the main source OF inspiration and
strength for the living of the Christian
| life. Yet as the Old Testament con-
tains for the Christian the record OF
Gods revelation of Himself In Il grow
ing aud developing sense which culmi-
mated In the life of Christ so doeD the
history OF the Christian Church, from
| the closing OF the New Testament
down to the present time, contain
much of inspiration towards the living
OF the right life.
Gods work Is carried on under the
laws of the universe and one of these
laws Is that there Is no cessation OF
events of any kind. God revealed Him
III to the men of tho Old Testament
and taught to the world the goal OF
life God since then has been revealing
Himself In the lives of men showing
them, and all who will read and fol-
low, how TO NJ the teachings of Christ
TO their own lives and how to strive
and labor TO perfect surrounding con-
dtions 80 that II may be ever more
possible for the perfect life TO express
itself In the lives OF men In the world.
I'm other words God In the life OF
Christ gave the picture OF the goal OF
all llfe-God In the Church and In the
lives of those men who had believed
and really tried to live has been CIV
ing and IL giving today pictures, Tor
us, showing how to live In Christ In
the world here and Instructions rs TO
what Is evil and wrong In the
world so that we, by our efforts
may help to wipe out the evils OF the
environment that tho spiritual In man
may have greater possibilities Tor
fuller expression.
We need to study the Old Testament
that We may sec and feel Gods grad
ual revelation of Himself and OF the
truths of life. We must study the
. New Testiment and the history OF the
Church that we may be enabled 10
find out what the perfect life Is ana
learn TO recognize Christ so that we
may see how the revelation OF Christ
acts upon aud is acted upon by the
environment In which they and we
have TO live. II rs only as we under
stand these three periods OF Gods
work i'm the world that we viii have
the insight and the power To live af
We feel that we ought to live ! am
sure that one of the main reasons
why life In the world rs not far more
perfect than II u.s. Is that we today
have not become enough acquainted
with the life and the attempts to
wards life that we find recorded fol
MS In tho Bible and the history OF tho
, Church :
Gods revelation Is continuous. II
; the Old Testament times He revealed
2 tho truths, one by one, which go L
, make a perfect life In the new Tesla
ment He showed forth that perfect III
I'm all its beauty. In the history OF III,
church aud the mon of the Churcl
lie has and il revealing the evils o
Tho environment that hinder the Nv
= ing of the perfect life and also tn
, strengths and grace that He has, AM
s giving for the oyer-liying and tn
eliminating OF those evils
& We can easily trace this revelation
Q In History For example-savonarola
nv his life and death. issued stirrin
nrotest against wordliness IA th
u Church and so inspired the ll''t
: towards greater spirituality; Mnru
\ Luther Numbered against the degen
, oracy of the leaders OF the Church AN
Taught towards the fuller knowledg
- and understanding of the teaching
of Christ: John Wesley and his move
ment protested against indifference
and worked and prayed for a fulio
expression of belief In life and prac
d lice. To-day, II seems 10 me- we ar
h receiving a most full aud urgent reyt
: lation from God for the living NOR
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