Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

suIance of those whom the Christ has
made to live again. Study his life, l
| say, from this point of view ana you
| will always find stress laid upon this.
that he must keep himself lest while
he breaches to others. he himself be
\ q caStaWay.
| Always and everywhere in his epis-
ties Paul lays great stress upon prac-
tical religion. No teacher has EN-
No man ever seemed to glory more in
| declaring OF the Christ, not only that
he had brought him from death unto
| life, but had given him of his Holy
Spirit. Nobody ever had the same
boldness in claiming as his own all
that the Christ said of those whom
he redeemed. No man ever spoke
of the things promised as already
possessed as did this man who de-
Clared himself TO be the chief of sin
| ners.
A New Theory of Life and Its Sig
| nificanCe.
| But there is another thing. and
think this is most important, because
back of all that ! have spoken o. we
arc all aware that there is found ir,
| this superlative man the rarest ex
ample OF that which the Christ de-
clares to be the first mark of separa-
ton for God.
For Paul to have been self-cen-
tered. self-seeking; for him to have
| stopped rejoicing in his own security,
would have beeh inconceivable. But
why was it that he rejoiced in those
things that meant to him peace and
eternal life? Read closely his cpis-
ties and you will find that 1t was be-
cause they set him free in his life, so
much so that he was made able to do
that for which life had been given
him from above. Again and again
you will find in every one Of his epis-
| ties the gist of what he said to King
Agrippa expanded and enlarged. and
always given as the reason why he
must be found faithful He says:
Keep yourself, because the one who
is not kept for his use can have any
part in the kingdom Of God" He
says: Rejoice always In the spirit
that God has given you. for without
that spirit no man can understand or
do his work"
| What was Paul talking about when
he spoke of the Kingdom of God ?
Was he talking solely about things
that pertain to the hereafter?
think not. Let US go back, If you
please, to our text. 20 King Agrippa
was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision" What was the vision that he
had seen! The CnrlSt! res, DIt
the vision lay not alone In the fact
that he had seen Christ but in the
words that Christ had spoken to him
He had said to him: 81 purpose
sending you far hence to the Gen
tiles" What was the object in thus
sending Paul into the midst OF for
eign and alien people, Was 1t that
he might teach them to rejoice that
after they were dead they woull
come to Gois presence? 1t does moi
SO read. He says: 81 am sending yo,
to them in order that you may oper
their eyes; in order that you may
turn them from darkness to light; ir
order that you may deliver them from
the power of Satan and show them
the power of God; In order that they
) may know what their inheritance Is
with those who are sanctified by faith
in me-"
What is meant here by mine eyes
shall be OPEN? Does 1t not NEAR
that men may know themselves and
their relation to things both present
and future? What does 1t mean to bt
turned from darkness to light? Does II
not mean to be delivered from super.
, stition and bigotry, that we may have
! the use Of that which God has giver
us2 What does 1t mean to be deliv
, cred from the power of Satan and t.
, be shown the power of God-alway'
to be interpreted In tho life of hin
} who showed US the Father? Is It an!
. othAr thinR than this. that ne MAJ