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the tribune srouffville onl thursday november 30 1950 voice of prophecy bible questions and answers year bible did and question in vhat wycliffe translate the print it in the english language answer he translated the new testament about 1380 and wrote a copy by hand there were no printing presses in europe then q did jacob actually see a ladder which reached to heaven a lie saw it in a dream dene- sis 2812 and he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of god ascending and descending on it q please explain isaiah 8 19 and when they shall say unto you seek unto them that liave familiar spirits and unto wizards that peep and that mutter should not a people seek unto their god for the living to the dead a this is a strong warning t any who may be inclined to sejkj socalled spirit manifestations j q how do you defend the cruel order of nebuchadnezzar as re corded in the bible to kill all the wise men of babylon just because they could not tell him his dream a does anyone defend it the bible simply records the wrothful decree of this heathen king which toy the way was not executed see daniel 2 q why is the spirit of god revealed only in the new testa ment a the spirit of god is a sub ject of old testament revelation also for example in the fir chapter of the bible it is written and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters and in isaiah 59 19 when the enemy shall come in like a flood the spirit of the lord shall lift up a standard aainst him q does the bible teach that all mankind will never be united in one body a iyes after the millennium when the redeemed of all nations will live on the earth made new who shall not fear thee o lord and glorify thy name for thou only art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee for thy judgments are made mani fest revelation 15 4 and other sheep i have which are not of this fold them also i must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one shepherd john 10 1g sunday school lesson lesson for dec 3 golden text i beseech you tuerejorc brethren by the mercies of god that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto god which is your reasonable service itoin 12 1 the lesson as a whole approach to the lesson our bodies belong to god and should be devoted to his service because of his twofold claim upon them he created us and he gave his son to redeem us moreover it is by his power and goodness thai we are sustained and strengthened for the responsibil ities he puts upon us while unsaved men ignore his authority we who have trusted christ as saviour should own with glad ness his lordship over us and so yield to him all our ransomed powers the deepest joys in life are found as we recognize hls claims and present our bodies i sacrificial service in this as in other things we are to act is stewards and it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful 1 cor 12 at the judg ment seat of christ we will be called to give account for the way in which we have used every talent and ability committed to us by the lard twice in 1 corinth ians we are reminded that we have been bought with a price and upon this fact two important admonitions are based ye are bought with a price therefore glorify god in your body and in your spirit which are gods 1 cor g20 ye are bought with a price be not yet the servants of men 1 cor 723 we have but one master to serve and to him we owe glad and complete obedi ence in other words upon us to invest our lives in loving devotion to himself surely every redeemed soul might well reply as we sometimes sing when they start making clothes from wood the women will likely epruce up with fir naught that 1 have mine own ill call ill hold il for the giver my heart my strength my my all are his and his forever there is no limit to that which god can do with a life thus wholly yielded to himself why then should we ever shrink from acknowledging his claims upon us by fully surrendering ourselves to do his will in the coming day of manifestation none of us will ever feel that he has clone too much for christ but surely many of us will regret that we have done so little during our short life here on earth and we might well wish that we could return and live over again our years in this scene in order that christ might be fully glorified in us the historical setting the letter to the romans was written by paul from corinth about ad go second corinthians was probably written from phi- lippi in the same year philippians was written from rome durin pauls first imprisonment verse by verse rom 12 1 i beseech you by the mercies of god where grace reigns i command be comes i teseech tenderly the spirit of god pleads for complete recognition of christs ownership of and authortiy over our lives our bodies have been purchased by his blood and we are exhorted to present them to god for sacri ficial living verse 2 be not conformed bfj ye transformed noncon formity to the world and trans formation into the likeness of christ will enable us to appreci ate gods good acceptable and perfect will often we hesitate to yield ourselves in full consecra- ation fearing that god will as too much of us but when this stej is taken in faith we soon realize that the most blessed life is that of devotion to his will verse g gifts differing to every believer god has given some special gift to be used for his glory and the blessing of others the gift of prophecy is to be specially desired because it is for edification exhortation and com fort 1 cor 11 1 3 verse 7 ministry teach iiig many think of ministry as though it were simply preaching or conducting church meetings but all forms of service are includ ed under this word whether it be visiting the sick caring for the poor or assisting those with any he catls physical or spiritual need teach ing here of course refers to expounding the word of god verse s exhorteth giveth ruleth sheweth mercy whether admonishing those who are in danger of going astray or seeking to cheer those who are downcast whether contributing financial help or taking oversight in the church of god whether showing mercy to the erring or striving to lift up the fallen all should be done diligently cheer fully and with godly simplicity not with ostentation or for self- glorification 2 cor 8 3 beyond their power paul speaks here of the macedonian saints who had very little of this worlds goods but gave gladly more than they seem ed able to afford in order to assist needy christians in judea verse 4 the fellowship of ministering recognizing the life preciousness of christian unity they begged for the privilege of participating in this expression of fellowship with distant brethren they did not need to be urged to give but appreciated the oppor tunity ailorded them verse 5 they first gave their own selves to the lord this accounted for their gener osity and unselfishness they had given themselves to the lord as his stewards and therefore held all that they possessed at his dis posal phil 2 25 epaphroditus he that ministered in this devoted man we have a beautiful example of christian stewanlship it was he who had brought a gift from the philippian church to paul in his roman prison verse 2g he was full of heaviness because ye had heard that he had been sick how different was this mans spirit to that of many others who are full of heaviness if their friends have not heard that they were sick stricken down possibly with the wellknown roman fever epap hroditus had been ill so long that word of his sickness had traveled all the way to philippi and then a message had come back to rome telling of the distress of the be lievers there because of their con cern for hiinj verse 27 god had mercy on him he liad been very ill indeed in fact almost at the point of death but now god had mercifully restored him much to the joy of the apostle who would have grieved deeply if the service rend ered to him had resulted in the death of the messager verse 28 i sent him again epaphroditus was now convales cent and able to begin the long journey home bearing with him this letter to the philippians which has brought much cheer and blessing to untold thousands through all the centuries since verse 2ft hold such in repu tation epaphroditus like his lord had made himself of no reputation it is men of this stamp whom the church of god is called upon to honor selfseeking min isters of christ are a disgrace to the name of him whom they are called to serve verse 30 for the work of christ he was nigh unto death manifesting his devotion to the lord and to his people epaphro ditus had undertaken a perilous journey which might have result ed in his death but without hesi tation he accepted this possibility and responsibility in order to serve the church at home and to bring help to the imprisoned apostle tho heart of the lesson as a christian i no longer be long to myself but to the lordi jesus christ who has bought me with his own precious blood in my unconverted days i lived for myself for myself alone for myself and none besides just as if jesus had never lived and as if he had never died now all this has been changed and i should be able to say with paul for the love of christ constrain eth us because we thus judge that if one died for all then were all dead and that he died for all that they which live should not hence forth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them and rose again 2 cor 514 15 this involves full surrender to the lord the yielding to him of all my ransomed powers that henceforth i may do his will in all things as he makes it known to me by his spirit through the word this is true of christian stewardship golden rule book nook east end stounmlle the approach of christmas season means gift season call at the residence of sam fretz stoultville opposite the tenth concession to help you answer your quest with worthwhile selections of gifts to christian 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