Arkansas State press., 1950-12-08

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statues some one IT
would be pouring
out wine from . s.
cup or goblet. an
offering Of thanks
giving or dedica.
ton. Saint Paul nj C...
even used the liba-
ton ~ Q figure Of speech to de.
scribe himself My Life. he said to
his friend Timothy. Is being poured
out-there was not much left Of
Il but all Of II. every drop. would
BE- poured out ~ an Offering 70
God.
llisef Of Life or Spender?
nAUL was no miser Of Life. II life
Z was q full cup. It was not q cup
with q tight lid. not like one Of your
Srandmother's Jars Of very special
preserves 10 be saved and saved
but never used. Paul was . spend
er Of life. Whatever God had given
him was to be poured out. not to be
saved.
There ID something In every
sne's cup Of life; something that
spells u kept too long, some
Thing fragrant and beautiful
when poured out In service.
The miser OF life finds that life
at last turns sour on him. The spend
Or Of life finds that as he has given.
n the same measure II will be
given him.
Faith Can't Be Hoarded
0NE very important part Of the
~ Christians life Is hish-lighted
1br u In this weeks Scripture: his
faith. Indeed. faith ought not to be
q part Of life for the Christian.
Faith ID no more q part Of life
than sunshine Is q part Of the out
ef-doors. Without the sunshine there
might a. we'll not be any out-of-
doors. So without faith the Chris
Nan's life would be mere existence.
The question Is: What do we
= with eur faith? DO We keep
q fer ourselves alone or do We
pass % on?
Last summer Z man tried to get
Q grocery store to take back 100
pounds Of sugar which he had laid
up during World War II. He had
boarded II till II was hard as rock
and be could not use a pound Of II.
(The grocery would not take Il
back. and II served him rightly
Faith 10 like that. II is sweet and
good - but only II we use II and
share II. not II we keep II TO our
selves.
what Is Sharing Faith?
CLEARING your faith means help
- ing others to have a faith at
least ~ strong as your own. All
around US there are persons who
have no faith At all. They are dis
eouraged. blue. bewildered, at loose
ends-in the sad old phrase. they
are lost. Sharing your faith means
sharing II with just such people
With some things. the more
yen give away the less you
have left: but the arithmetic Of
religion II different. The more
ysu give away. the more you
have. Shared faith II living
faith: shared faith Is growing
faith.
There are more ways than on,
Of sharing our faith. One way Is L
talk about II. A person can give Z
testimony" In a prayermeeting, ant
share faith that way but this !!
not the only way. A person who
merely talks about faith Is a little
like a gardener who Is proud o.
his own garden and brags on Il
but never helps his neighbors with
theirs.
How Can We DO II Every Day?
nEMEMBER. what we are reall,
~ trying to share when we "shar,
the gospel" or "share Christ" Il
not an argument. set OF PROPOSE
lions The big thing Is not arguing
other people into becoming Chris
tans.
Very few persons have ever
become Christians because
some one talked them into II.
Talk has Its place, and every
Christian should be eager 10
say . good word for Jesus
Christ nj every chance. But
good words for Jesus have their
best effect when they come
from . life that Is really His.
A Christian whose faith Is some
thing put on on Sundays with III,
''church clothes" Is not going 4
have any great success as soul
winner We can't share faith W,
dom, have: we can, share second
hand or imitation faith. A forme
Mohammedan. being asked whs
was the great argument that wol
wasn't any argument, !, was III,
him to Christianity. replied, Il
lives Of some missionaries.
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