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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 16 1950 going to the sportsmens show coliseum toronto march 17th to 25th see the new 1950 johnson outboard motors with gearshift control forward and reverse and the famous peterboro boats handy boy fishing boats etc see them at the show then remember chas ward is your stouffville dealer we will appreciate your order sunday school lesson lesson for march 19 golden text i kuovv tvlioui i have believed and am ersuaded that be is able to keep that which i have committed unto him against that day 2 tiro- 1 12 approach to the lesson the faith that sustained the early church and which has been truck drivers- motorists and the ba of y testimony hoxest passersb1 restore windblown 1430 in cash mrs marie gay a high school teachers wife ivas on her way to buy a new car she had the money right with her in a cigar box all 1450 of it but just as she neared the automobile agency a capricious wind lifted the top of the box as she stood horrified the wind whipped the money out of the box some of the money scattered in the gutters nearly burying itself in dirty snow hundred dollar bills blew up the street places tongue on frosty rail sheila the eightyearold daugh ter of mr and mrs wm schmidt of walkerton was one of those who had a most painful and unusual experience last week on the coldest day of the winter it appears the youngster when com ing out of sacred heart church after mass noticed the heavy coat ing of frost on the brass hand rail and innocentlv dlaced her lips and tongue to it with thermometers registering some ten degrees below zero the girl immediately found herself frozen to the rail and unable to release herself her pre dicament was at once noticed and sisters of the convent who were summoned applied luke warm water which eventually passersby started chasing the bills after her 20odd helpers got through the money was counted it was all there all 1450 of it mrs gay thanked everybody went on to the auto dealers and then willingly blew the money mrs a g kelsey of eriekson bc won the 1949 worlds wheat cham pionship at chicagos international hay and grain show 29th canadian mean throughout the christian centuries is the certainty that god himself has been revealed in christ and that the holy scriptures are his infallible word pauls own declar ation epitomizes this he said i believed and therefore have i spoken we also believe and there fore speak 2 cor 413 the word faith is used in two distinctly different ways in the new testament primarily it confidence in that which to win the honors in its 33 years of competition in 1949 the production of steel ingots in canada reached a new record high of s4g4 tons per day her after being held prisoner for some ten minutes the experience was a painful one for sheila as she lost some skin from her lips and tongue and for the remainder of her life she will no doubt avoid touching in like manner frosty metal of any kind as a result of the incident the girl was obliged to released remain out of school for two days god has revealed in his word it is also used to designate the con tent of the revelation as for instance where we are exhorted to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered unto the saints jude 3 it is concerning this that our lord himself spoke when he asked the question when the son of man cometh shall he find the faith on the earth luke 18 s rv margin we are warned that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith i tim 4 1 turning aside to false teaching satanically inspired where this faith is rejected there is no ground for consistent christian teaching for if doubt be cast upon the reliability of the sacred scriptures the church would have nothing to present to lost men that could give them assurance of divine forgive ness when they trusted in christ subjectively faith is resting upon gods word we are justified by faith that is by believing the record that god has given of his son day by day we live by faith when we rest our souls upon the promises of god we are told in hebrews 111 that faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen the revised version is a little clearer faith is assurance of things hoped for a conviction of things not seen knowing god as revealed in his word the man of faith dares to risk everything for eternity upon what god has said thus he has absolute assurance of the certainty of things which his eyes have not seen but which he knows must be true because spoken by him who cannot lie heb 6 18 the historical setting according to the best authorities it was in ad 62 that paul appear ed before king agrippa at the suggestion of festus governor of caesarea in order that he might answer for himself concerning the charge of sedition which his adver saries had brought against him boldly he declared how the lord jesus had revealed himself to him and the grounds of his faith and testimony the epistle to the romans is the clearest and fullest unfolding of the gospel to be found in the scriptures and was written by paul from corinth in ad go verse by verse acts 26 19 i was not dis- is of every capacity to meet your hauling ne theres a big truck- event going on in our showrooms the 1950 gmc has arrived its the truck that has everything it takes for moneysaving transportation far ahead in the truck parade new gmcs offer new power new driving comfort and other important advancements improved engines with newly designed camshafts valves carburetor and manifold have increased horsepower im proved brakes have increased gmcs safety factor come in and see for yourself find out why gmc has everything it takes for economical transportation i i mmm jf 18 m li i power improved engines s newly deseed shafts valves srbuvetorondman- fo buslnessunginee logwegreolethorse- lowet dependa- bi and dura powered for peow performance stamina massive modern and every bit as rugged as they look deep frame side rails long- lived motor axles and springs con tribute to 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the preceding verse where paul tells the story of use appearance of the risen christ to him when he was hastening down the damascus road intent on arresting and prosecuting any jews whom he might find in that city who had confessed the name of jesus as their saviour the lord commissioned him at that time to carry the gospel to the world this charge he had obeyed- con sistently ever since verse 20 shewed that they should repent and turn to god and do works meet for repentance this was the content of his preach ing he called upon men to change their attitude toward god and self and sin and to believe the gospel message whereby alone they might be saved true conversion would be manifested by changed behavior for while men are justi fied by faith alone that faith results in newness of life verse 21 for these causes the jews went about to kill me had paul confined his testimony to the jews he might have escaped their persecution it was the fact that he made no distinction be tween jews and gentiles in re gard to their sinfulness and gods offer of salvation by grace that enraged them rom 322 23 10 1213 verse 22 none other things than those which the prophets and moses did say should come while god gave to him a much fuller revelation of divine truth than was known in old testament times he preached nothing that was con trary to that which had formerly been revealed verse 23 that christ should sufter should rise from the dead and should shew light unto the people the jews and the gentiles this was in full accord with what the prophets of old had foretold and therefore should not have offended the jews if they be lieved their own scriptures rom 5 1 justified by faith peace with god to be justi fied is to be cleared of every charge it is the sentence of the court in favor of the prisoner thus setting him free from all anxiety this is true of the believer in the lord jesus christ who made peace by the blood of his cross col 120 this peace is ours when we believe the gospel verse 2 access by faith into this grace wherein we stand the believer is saved by grace in the beginning and stands by grace to the end verse 3 tribulation worketh patience every trial the christian is called to meet is designed by god for his blessing and to teach the great lesson of patience verse 4 patience experience hope there is orderly pro gression in the spiritual life sug gested here as we learn lessons in the school of experience verse 5 the love of god is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost this is the supreme evidence of the indwelling of the holy spirit of god verse c christ died for the ungodly this is the outstanding truth revealed in the gospel when we were utterly helpless and there fore unable to do one thing to save ourselves christ died in our stead that we might be redeemed to god verse 7 a righteous man is one who observes punctiliously every just demand such men may be admired but they do not ordinarily inspire love and devotion a good man is one who is benevolent and considerate of others for such a man some would even dare to die verse s but god commendeth his love toward us in that when we were neither good nor righte ous but lost sinners he gave his son to die in our place heb 12 1 so great a cloud of witnesses the reference is to the heroes of faith mentioned in chap ter 11 all of whom bear testimony to the value of confidence in god resulting in obedience to his word as we run the christian race we should be encouraged by their example to lay aside everything that would hinder our spiritual progress and so be delivered from the besetting sin of unbelief verse 2 looking unto jesus he himself should be the supreme object upon whom our hearts affections are centred in the days of his humiliation he became our outstanding example as the man of faith who endured all the trials to which he was exposed without complaint as he looked forward to the joy of having his redeemed with himself in the fathers house the heart of the lesson all who believe in the lord jesus christ are justified by faith alone apart from works of every kind but faith brings us into com munion with god through new birth and is manifested by good works which god hath before ordained that we should walk in them eph 2810 confidence in god enables the believer to triumph over difficulties and per secutions of every kind giving him the courage to press forward in spite of every obstacle as he seeks to make christ known to others this was the faith that inspired the early church and empowered it not only to stand against the attacks of satan and his hosts but to go forward victoriously a- it carried out the great commission given by the risen iord