The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-06
SER MON ETTE
DOING THINGS FOR GOD
BY Rev. Herbert A. Cutler

TEXT: Daniel 11:13. "The people
that know their God shall be strong
and do exploits"
John 17:3 "This is life eternal,
that they might know Thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ whom
thou hast sent"
We have admiration for men and
women who are really able to do
things worth while and outstanding
either for country, nations or in
dividuals. The world will forever
recount the work and deeds Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. He did something for
folks. We will not soon forget that
daring flight of Charles Lindberg'
who alone flew across to France,
nor Admiral Byrd in his South pole
exploits.
Again religious leaders will con-
tinue to remember such men as Mar
tin Luther, John and Charles Wes-
lev because of their wonderful con-
tribution to humanity, who through
the living and preaching of the ever
lasting truth of God, won many to
Christ. The world still feels the ef-
feet of the lives of these men. God
still needs men and women who will
abandon themselves to His will. The
world is waiting for such.
God cannot use an unyielded life.
One reason why there are so many
sinful folks today is because men
will not surrender their lives wholly
and completely to God. This is the
reason why there are so many hte-
less and spineless churchmen float
ing around and getting nowhere.
They will never do any exploring in
the Christian realm until they make
an unconditional surrender to God.
God makes the terms-We agree 10
them or are lost God anoint people,
not programs. Our text says strong
ones are the ones who know God
they shall do exploits.
Jesus, the author of eternal hte'
saws, "And this is life eternal that
tbev might know Thee, the only true
God and Jesus Christ whom thou
hast sent" Thus they who know GOD
and Jesus have life-Eternal life
God becomes real, and is their
strength. The psalmist says, The
Lord is the strength of my life, Of
whom shall ! be afraid?
One of the great and mysterious
truths of the Gospel is the personal
revelation of God to the human soul
through his spirit. Jesus says, If
anv man love me he will keep my
words. and my Father will love him.
and we will come unto him and make
our abode with him" What wonder
full company-What heavenly fellow
ship-God and Jesus coming in and
living with us. Could man have
such heavenly company and not be
aware of it? There are those who
tell us we cannot know about our
salvation, but some of US found out
bv experience that we could, before
we met those teachers.
Again-they shall be strong
systematically strong-becauSe thelr
strength is in the Lord. One reason
why so many projects fail is because
they are attempted in human
strength. Our Lord does not nave
much to do with it, then listen, ot'
Paul SAYS, "When | am weak, am
strong" In other words, not IN ms
strength, but in the strength OF God.
Again the psalmist says, "The JOY OF
the Lord is my strength"
We are exhorted in the Word TO
he strong in the Lord.
In the New Testament our LORD
saws "But ye shall receive power
after that the Holy Ghost IS come
upon you and ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem and IN
all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth
Listen, dear reader, this Is
wicked world, the Devil is too strong
for us. we must be indued with God S
,,o1ver or 90 under.