Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-07-14
Successes AND FAILURES
or ISRAEL

| Successes AND FAILURES
! or ISRAEL
MISSION TExT-Judses a:e-is,
' GOLDEN Righteousness exait.
- 3 nation: but sin u q repyoach TO
- people, N;N.
NE success or failure OF both ma.
t1Dns and individuals Is ultimately
aDAermined BY their attitude toward
- law Of God. He is always right
- true. The constant factor In
vsrld order that swings wildly from
- extreme to another. Is His law.
uAich Is perfect and eternal
God Is no respecter Of persons.
1vsn Israel. His own chosen nation.
AsDd that observing Gods law
meant blessing. and failure TO do so
brought judgment and sorrow No
nan Is great and powerful enough
= ignore this rule--and none Is ex-
0npt from its operation.
L Remembering God Brings Bless
~ wv. $50.
Although Israel HAD not fully
abeyed Gods command. and had
been rebuked by an angel Of the Lord
for their failure Judg, 2:l-5), they
had come into measure of their
inheritance under Joshua.
They now possessed that inher-
itance and entered into enjoyment
Of 1t ". 81. II is one thing to have
IN inheritance, but another thing to
claim II and make use of II. Count
less Christians have never taken out
their Inheritance In Christ All they
have is the earnest tEph. 1:lD or
down payment"
God never meant that any child Of
His should live a poverty-stricken
spiritual life, or should 60 halting
On frst one side and then the other,
He has made provision for full.
cxbed. strong and joyful life. Why
not enter upon your full inheritance
In Christ nowf
A. the people Of Israel took pos
session Of the land. they went for
ward In the way Of blessing as long
q Jeshua. and the elders who re-
mambered God. kept them steady
'ana true. We have here an excel
Ina Illustration Of the power Of 4
epdly example. Il 3 far stronger
Tan W think.
n. vssesttlng OsA Brings Back
so0lne Nv. lo.lO.
N fset that . people has been
hisAly privileged and has been ex-
altsd 70 . place of power and honor
VIII not save Il in the day when God
y forgotten. Israel no longer had
God-fearing men to bring 1t back to
God, and 70 began it, awful drifting
away from God.
We Americans are rightly proud
Of our great land. it, mighty re-
sources. IL nns past and promising
future. But wait-what Is the future
70 BET Oh. W say. the most glori-
ous days are ahead. They may be.
but only II we. like our forefathers
who established this nation, recog.
nixe God. II we do not, America
win 60 the way Of the forgotten EN-
pires Of centuries past, and that in
spite Of all its past achievements
and ito present promise.
Let us always remember that
America Is not some vague entity
apart from US. for we. you and I,
are America, we determine what it
shall be. and how II shall relate it.
self TO God. Let US be sure that no
one we know ever forgets God.
1t is q significant thing that the
leaders Of our nation so often come
from Christian homes, but il is sad
that they are SO frequently not
Christians themselves. Their lives
are shaped by the teaching and in
fuence Of cody parents who reared
them, but what will their children
Go ii they are not brought Up Ii the
fear and admonition of the Lord?
Forgetting God is bad enough in
its immediate results, but Just ahead
there is great and certain disaster.
Ill. Forsaking God Brings judy
ment wv. 1870.
God not only will not hold a back
sliding nation guiltless, but will
bring judgment even If He has TO
turn over His people to a despoiling
nation. He has instruments OF indi-
vidual and national chastisement,
and He is ready TO use them.
Notice that wherever they went
the Lords hand was against them.
There Is no place to fee from the
presence Of God. Anyone who thinks
be can do II, should read Psalm
139.7.l2. II can't be done. That Is
. comfort TO the believer. but it is
not a little disquieting to the un.
believer.
God. however, always remembers
mercy In the midst Of judgment FPS.
i0l:D. He sent judges to deliver
Israel. when He was sure OF their
repentance ". l6). II there was
ever q time when nations needed
deliverers. It's now. The systemat-
10 looting Of subjugated peoples, the
deliberate murder Of multitudcs Of
Jews, the mass executions OF many
innocent people In reprisal for some
patriotic act Of resistance. are evils
that cry TO heaven.
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