Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-02-20

Il date" Evidently. I
~ was his custom Il
attend public wor
- ship In whatever
mr.. Newton community he spen
the Lords day
Thus he entered into Christian fel
lowship. gaining a blessing and rem
daring . blessing.
The lesson passage for Sunday /.
found In Acts 2:S7-47 and Ephe sian.
AID. with several other passage.
(which will be quoted before we fin
1ah the column for this week.
= HAPPY TIME IN CHURCH
ID FAD Acts 2:ll-47. and you will
~ ind picture Of . group Of very
Happy people. Think OF It. three
jihousand people protesting faith In
Jesus and receiving baptism In one
Aayl But read on-they were not
only happy At church. but they were
happy because they were in the
church. They continued steadfastly
b The apostles' teachings and fell
1owship and breaking Of bread and
prayer.
hey praised Qe1 and had favor
VIII Ill Tie people. ~ their daily
I nvlng hey we're Convincing The
world hat fellowsAip IN Christ 10
NJ snly COED On Sunday while We
are at The meeting house, but good
: every day.
1hs happy homes are the homes
where Christian fellowship sbounds.
ard Il d equally true In every area
= lie.
At CHURCH WITH FRIENDS
n go si1I wbss they seil ssso me,
La ~ 20 ssss The bosss Of tbs LORD
Rs1lm 1871.
THAT Il poetry. you will agree,
: but It 10 also actual testimony
~ only Of the Psalmist. but Of
countless Junior boys and girls
1hrouehout our land who eagerly
await The sound Of the church bells.
Deys and girls delight to 90 to Sum-
day school and worship when the
lifs Of the church II pervaded with
Christian fellowship. There they
meet the finest boys and girls In the
community.
BELONGING TO THE CHURCH
nHE passage In Acts 2:37-H tells
= US how certain people, after
hearing the great sermon by Peter,
asked how they might be saved, He
TOLD them:
Repent, and be baptized every
one Of you In the name Of Jesus
Christ for the remission Of sins, and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
sSRirit"
IL When we invite intermediate
friends 10 attend Sunday school
and worship services with us. and
they come TO know Of the loye Of
God, they, too. will want to be
saved. II is then the high privilege
Of Christian boys and girls 10 lead
their friends to accept Jesus
Christ as Saviour, and come into
The church.
In Ephesians 4:4-6, we read these
words. There is one body and one
Spirit, just as you were called to the
one hope that belongs to your call
one Lord, one faith. one baptism
one God and Father Of us all, who
Is above all and through all and In
alI."
ALL ONE IN CHRIST
THE above passage from Ephe
L slams teaches clearly that there
is brotherhood of man. real and
abiding. when We accept the Father,
hood Of God, through Jesus Christ
This is the meaning OF the church
No amount of man-made ereeds car
save US. No amount Of ritual and
ceremony can save us. We are
saved by grace through faith, anc
that Is the gift Of God. When we re
pent OF our sins and believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ. we are saved
and not until then.
The one adequate solvent for
Ne crying needs Of this frightened
world II the grace Of the Lord
Jesns Christ. just ~ thousands
we're saved on Pcntccost and
again on the Lords Day when
Peter preached In Solemon's
perch. 30 today many may be
ssved where the Gospel IL pro.
claimed In it, simplicity and
power.
We are one In Christ. Of ever,
race and every tongue. The fellow
ship Of Christian faith transcend
every barrier - racial. economic
geographic. political. religious. W,
have but TO proclaim the universal
ity Of this good news--proclain II Il
our words and proclaim II In on
daily lives.
(CseySisM BY the fsssrsssiessi Cousei
~ ReHeieus Education on bebh Of 4
pysfessssf Isseninssisas. RsIessst b!
WMU Fssfusss.)