Arizona republican., 1917-07-09
REWARD CERTAIN ID THOSE WHO LIVE
 LIFE IF CHRISTIAN

LHL LII UlIIIIUIlHIE Bible school at the First Christian Church yesterday morning was opened by E. o. Brown assistant superintend- ent. After the orchestra rendered a selection the 6asses went to thiair rooms for the teaching of the Bible school lesson All of the classes are keeping up exceptionally wei there be- ing great deal of spiritual life mani Tested Taking as his text for his talk, Therefore, my beloved brethren be We steadfast, unmOvable, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord" Rev. Buchanan . spoke upon The Christians Life
 The Apostle Paul uttered these words that I have read to you from the fifteenth chapter of First Corin- thians- No other piece of literature has been produced that has in it the resur- rection of Jesus Christ as the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians It is said that man wanted to show the world that Paul was an imposter as well as Christ, and that Paul knew not what he was writing or talking about; but when he had finished studying the writ ings of the Apostle Paul, he said, I am sure now that Paul knew what he was talking about, and so I must yield my heart to the same Christ that Paul yielded his to.
 Paul is saying, Be ye steadfast. The world is not steadfast today-it is being moved around, driven this way and that way. People are picking up this and that and saying it is the religion of Jesus Christ; but Paul would have us be steadfast unmovable Un- movable. not stubborn, but simply say ing I know this is right We do not have to question the religion of Jesus Christ when we pick up the Word of God. there is no argument that God is God, 1t simply begins that all people believe that. When I preach upon the Word of God and try to defend it upon the divinity of Jesus Christ, it is not that I think the Word of Christ will be destroyed, but it is to help the poor man that is troubled with these thoughts of the world. God does not have to prove that He is GOdAthat is proven to all reasonable men. He does not have to prove that he is Christ; we know he is the Christ. You do not have to prove that your past sins are forgiven, you know they are forgiver if you have complied with the rules and laws that are laid down in the Bible. You do not have to nope around and say that you think you are a Christian-yOu know that your are 6 Christian.
 By disobedience man forfeited life That life is with God. By obedience ii may be regained. God has told us what we must do to regain this life and how we may enjoy it. This is proven by God giving his only begot- ten Son.
 Let us understand that when we come into Christ we are to live with him and not with the world. I would plead with you to watch very carefully in these days, lest Satan devise some way to take you away from the church to get you away from God, from all that is eternal. The apostle Paul says Be steadfast unmovable.' Let us gel our minds off ourselves-let us think of others and the great love of God and then we will live in harmony with our great Heavenly Father
 Someone has said, I have always worried about my duty after coming into the Church. The Apostle Pau tells us that after we have taken a stand with Jesus Christ there are cer- tain things to do. He says, Put away all wickedness.' Paul was dealing with idolaters; people that had been wor- shiping the things of this world. that thought nothing of going into sin. Paul told the Corinthians that they had stood up and said they be .ieved Gods son had the power to forgive theiI sins and so they must put away all wickedness-that they were now to live with purity and to abide with the Heavenly Father.
 How many of us bring the little things of the world with Jus when We come to Christ; God asks all of us to , say we will leave these things behind, that we may move on to the holiness that is with God and with Christ Jesus. Suppose we have our hearts desire in 2 this life; suppose every wish is grati- 1 fled, and we come up to the end when 1 the heavens burst with glory and Jesus appears on the scene. And here we are in the midst of this world and we look up and behold the Christ who has died for us, and we hear him say, Come unto me ali that are true; come and live with me iii the midst of my glory and, my Heavenly Fathers glory Sup pose we have lived in the world and have had our appetites gratified-and we behold our loved ones going unto Jesus and and we remain in the world. If you have named the name of Jesus 1 Christ be thou loyal unto Jesus Christ that you may be true and powerful for your souls sake. Put all guiie out of your heart, and hypocrisies. Be what you are. Put away envy. James A Garfield was sec ond in his class; there was one man l that kept him back. One night at one c'clock he looked across where his I rival was and he lay there and watched and in half an hour James A. Garfields 1 opponents lamp went out. Then Gar field thought, He studied just 30 min utes longer than I have, therefore, he is just 30 minutes ahead of me- The next day James A. Garfield stood at the head of his class and forever after