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ming he replied: IF
] had a thousand lives to give, they
would all gladly 60 to the wistful
souls of Asia"
Paul would have been enheartened
in the day that he wrote II Corin-
thians 500 to 6:10, and Romans
1921, to have heard someone talk
as DR.. Jones talked that afternoon.
for in our lesson for Sunday, Paul
is summoning every Christian to the
highest possible commitment to the
will of God as we 60 forth in the
task to beseech all men to be rec
onciled unto God through Jesus
Christ, who hath taken upon him
self the iniquity of us all, "that we
might be made the righteousness Of
God in him"
Thus we come to see the signif-
canoe and the meaning OF the
memory verse for Sundays lesson,
1--WE are fellow workmen for God"
I Corinthians 3:9.
PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH GOD
D FAD Hebrews 18th chapter for
IN picture of some of the noble
souls who really worked with God.
by faith, as the writer delights to
put it,
Abraham, for example, "went
out, not knowing whittier he
went," but when he came to the
end of Iife's day, he was account
ed the friend of God. Moses,
Choosing rather to suffer affiic-
tiOn with the people of God, than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for
season, esteeming the reprOach
of Christ greater riches than the
treasures of Egypt, endured as
seeing him who is invisible"
HOW WE WORK WITH GOD
D FAD again that eleventh chapter
N of Romans to discover how the
men and women named there
worked with God Two words will
quickly come to light - faith and
obedience. They believed God, and
they obeyed God. Junior boys and
girls will do well to recall some of
the heroes of history men like
Washington and Lincoln and Lee
and in every instance you will dis
cover that they, too, believed God
and obeyed God. Remember the
story of Washington kneeling in
prayer in the snow at Valley Forge?
We cannot work with God unless
and until we believe and obey
him. "Can two walk together ex-
cept they be agreed?" You can
not please your earthly father un-
less you believe him and obey
him.
GOOD WORKMEN ESSENTIAL
M|E COME now to the deeper
w implications of the lesson, re-
vealed in II Corinthians $50 to 6: 10.
I'VE then, as workers together with
him, beseech you also that ye re-
ceive not the grace Of God in vain;
but in all things approving ourselves
in much patience. in Affections. in
distresses. in watchings. by kind
ness, by love unfeigned, by the pow
er of God. :"
Here is the acid test Of doing
the work Of an ambassador of
Christ we must first be fully
committed to him before we can
persuade others to accept him as
Saviour and Lord. We shall not
have better homes and better
churches until we first have bet
ter Christians. We shall not have
better business until we first have
better business men.
And the only way by which we
become good workmen is through
the redeeming, Transforming grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
JOY OF WORKING WITH GOD
NIHY did DR.. E. Stanley Jones
w answer so quickly about Civ
ing a thousand lives to the benight-
ed, wistful souls of Asia? Because
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joy of working with God in recon-
cling men unto him. The largest,
surest wages in this world is the ex-
perience of working for and with
God. What kept. I lost: what
gave, ! have"
Do you believe it? 1t is difficult
to believe until you try 1t. Indeed.
I would say that It Is beyond all
imagination to grasp the mean
ing Of working with God. You
have to take Christ at exactly what
he meant when he said, Come
and see."
when we walk with the Lord, in
the light of his word. what a glory
he sheds on our way!"
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