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The Christian Chronicle Is published every other Tuesday at Christian
Swin nC KHeC?ind CJass Postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee.
Material for publication should be sent to:
The Editor
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
P. 0. Box 339
Nashville, Tennessee 37202
^eolSo l^,ed a‘ 904 Lawrenc« Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. Phone
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By John Waddey
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that thy brother hath aught
they go forth to take Christ to the world in the best way they know before the altar, and go thy^way
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seed is sown in confidence, and then God gives the increase.
Urgency
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art offering thy gift before the
altar and there rememberest
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involved have full confidence in the gospel as the power of God, and against thee, leave there thv Rift
have the opportunity to hear. Thus the first be reconciled to thy brother,’
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gift.” Matt. 5:23-24. When the
disciples of Jesus gives his
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1975 graduating class at David Lips^ncZ”
on the first day of the week is
worship unto Jehovah. _ .
Jesus said, “If therefore thou saving of souls by preaching the' destruction. If the Michie
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IF VOU ARE TO
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LIKE OKIE WHO 15 UNCLEAR!,
AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS
DEEDS ARE LIKE A
POLLUTED GARMENT
WE ALL FADE LIKEA LEAF
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LIKE THE WIND, TAKE
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commended the Macedonian
Christians who first gave their
own selves to the Lord and then
their funds, II Cor. 8:3-5. He
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providing a local program. The “grace,” II Cor. 8:7. Our giving
“they” is, of course, the elder- reflects the “sincerity of
ship and preacher to these
givers. The man with this in giving was Jesus who gave up
attitude feels no personal his life for us, II Cor. 8:9. It is
an action that must be purposed
in the heart and cheerfully done,
II Cor. 9:7. Our giving abounds
free moral being. His rejection in his criticisms of what “they” God and causes others to'glorify
_i u . , j_ xt „ .. God, jj gor 9:13. Our giving
reveals our obedience to our
confession unto the gospel of
Christ, II Cor. 9:13. Could such a
religious act be anything less
A Realistic Approach to Missions
By Elvis Huffard
All those that preach the gospel of Christ must do it with
confidence that it is the power of God unto salvation. There are
other factors involved that determine the effectiveness of the
proclamation. If factors influencing the hearers receptivity are not
considered the soul winner might find himself discouraged to the
point of never trying again. Therefore it is wise to count the cost by
considering all the possible factors involved. In doing this one does
not indicate that he has no confidence in the power of the gospel.
Often the expression is made that the church today must take the
world for Chirst. As people face such a task they become very
discouraged to the point of not even trying to undertake such an
imposible endeavor. Taking the world for Christ is not a realistic
approach to missions. Christ the greatest missionary and teacher
that ever lived did not convert all that he contacted. We cannot
expect to be any more effective than he was.
The disciples were told that after making an effort to teach and
the people were not receptive to shake off the dust of their feet and
go on to some other place. (Matt. 10:14) Paul and Barnabas did this
very thing in Antioch in Pisidia when the Jews rejected the word
and stirred up devout and honorable women against them. They did
not lose conficence in the word they had preached, but they moved
on to Iconium where they continued to preach the word. (Acts
13:50-52) It is not realistic when we think in terms of taking any
given community for Christ before we become interested in any
other area.
We have been commanded to preach the gospel to all the world.
The realistic approach is to take Christ to the world. This we can do.
As we take Christ to the world we must recognize the gospel is the
power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. (Rom. 1:16)
The hearer can reject it since he is a f_________1 ____ ____
does not diminish the power of the gospel, and we should not lose
our confidence in the gospel because many chose to reject it Our
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rejection should not discourage
continue for with each rejection we
will accept the gospel.
The evangelist or teacher is not irresponsible in his work. He must
face the fact that his presentation can be of great influence on
receptivity. He cannot afford to look upon his work as purely
mechanical with no emotions involved and no feeling of loss is a
person rejects the gospel.
A realistic approach to missions would mean that those that are
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and values of life. This is also Today we need no sprinkling of
true of our worshipping God with blood since Jesus died for us, but
our offerings. To some brethren we still need to express our love
giving is not an act of worship, and thanksgiving to God by
Rather, it is “paying the offering Him our gifts that we
preacher for his performance.” have sacrificed other things for.
To others, it is paying their dues To Paul, giving was certainly
for membership and privileges an act of spiritual worship. He
just as in a civic club or commended the
fraternal organization. To many,
it is a donation made to a
nebulous “they” who direct the
congregation, to be used in repeatedly refers to giving
money to God, he is bringing his
become . so gift to the altar, very much like
materialistic in our thinking that the Hebrew brought his
we fail to see the real beauties sacrificial gifts to God’s altar, for "someone to La long-ti
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make them free. Beginning
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orphaned child, cart students
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payment of dock ,ookinS
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be an act of worship*. er’ emi
God, in spirit and in:
man
feels no
obligation to the program; he
made his donation. He does not
share in it as his work. He o
generally is frequent and vocal through many thanksgivings unto
do. Needless to say, those who
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responsibility is to give every man the chance to believe it. A worshipping and seldom do they
chm.iri us, should encourage us to reach the plain of generous
move on closer to someone that giving.
The act of laying by in store than worship?
In addition to glorifying God, preservation that wi’tT'
my gift makes possible the difference
Word through gospel tracts,
Bible Correspondence Study
Courses, Radio, TV, and
newspaper lessons. Each year
across the land, thousands are
saved by these tools.
Missionaries, through our
giving, are sent to those perish-
ing in the darkness and
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and their
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