Part Five SCRIPTURE PASSAGES
FOR WORKERS
33 Vital Scriptures for the Heart of the
Soul-WinnerThe weepers win; the weepless won't. A burdened heart
is an unfailing condition of successful evangelism.
PSALM 126:5-6.The highest earthly and heavenly wisdom is found in win-
ning souls to Christ.
PROVERBS 11:30.Here is God's ground for persistence in soul-winning.
Press the battle to the getting-in place; lay siege to souls.
ISAIAH 28:5-6.A spiritual appropriation of the following promise will
save the nerves of humanity from all fret, worry, and wast-
ing anxiety. It has preserved the life of the author of this
book for fifteen years. Try it.
ISAIAH 30:15.This is the promise of upholding power to those who live
a strenuous life for Christ.[241]
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ISAIAH 40:31.
God holds your hand with his big right hand. Christ holds
you by his right hand. Go and fear not.
ISAIAH 41:10.Doubt not; the harvest is sure if God's Word is given out
from a compassionate, reliant heart.
ISAIAH 55:10-11.God is on the road to meet you if you work righteousness
joyfully and keep him ever in mind.
ISAIAH 64:5.Prayer and faith bring God to, and link him with, every
earthly task for his glory. They make defeat impossible.
In some respects this is the greatest promise in the range
of revelation.
JEREMIAH 33:3.Limitless possibilities lie within easy reach of the people
who know God.
DANIEL 11:32.
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The secret of soul-winning power is found in following
Christ.
MATTHEW 4:19.These are Christ's marching orders to every child of God
and to every church of Christ, and the guarantee of his
constant presence:
MATTHEW 28:18-20.This is "taking" faith:
MARK 11:24.Prayer brings power, unlimited power, to the soul-winning
task.
LUKE 11:13.This promise, when spiritually accepted, brings Pentecost:
ACTS 1:8.Our only chance to win is in Christ's strengthening.
PHILIPPIANS 4:13.Our source of supply is inexhaustible, and it is in Christ's
loving hands.
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PHILIPPIANS 4:19.
With these great promises in the heart and claimed by
faith, no one need fail in "taking men alive" for Christ.
34 The Unbeliever's Peril and Destiny
HIS SPIRITUAL CONDITION BEFORE GOD Sin operates in earliest childhood.
PSALM 51:5.
PSALM 58:3.There is no perfect man this side of heaven.
ECCLESIASTES 7:20.This is God's version of the unbeliever's heart:
JEREMIAH 17:9.All humanity is in the same boat.
ROMANS 3:23.The unbeliever is dead in sin when God's quickening
power finds him.
EPHESIANS 2:1.By nature we are the children of the devil, by grace the
children of God.
EPHESIANS 2:3. ...Unspeakably horrible is the sinner's plight--Godless,
Christless, hopeless.[245]
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EPHESIANS 2:12. ...
In the light of these passages it is clear that men are born
neither saints nor saved. Neither culture, nor education, nor
good environment, nor reformation, nor ordinance can save
them. It takes regeneration to reach the seat of their sins
and cleanse their souls.HIS PERIL God's destruction comes suddenly, without warning.
DEUTERONOMY 32:35.The oldest book in human history warns the sinner.
JOB 21:29-30.Every last man stands on slippery glass in the darkness
every hour he is out of Christ.
PROVERBS 29:1.
JEREMIAH 23:12.Condemnation rests on every unbelieving soul.
JOHN 3:18.God's impending, imminent wrath rests over every man
out of Christ.
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JOHN 3:36.
HIS DESTINY Isaiah and David tell of doom ahead.
PSALM 9:17.
ISAIAH 14:9.Daniel, the great statesman counsels men to get ready
for eternity.
DANIEL 12:2.Christ Himself speaks with heaven's emphasis about eter-
nal doom.
MATTHEW 25:41,46.Paul, God's topmost man, records God's will concerning
the unbeliever.
2 THESSALONIANS 1:7-10. ...
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Peter, the great apostle, makes it plain.
2 PETER 2:9.John says that the unmixed, undiluted wine of God's indig-
nant wrath will be upon the soul of the unprepared sinner.
REVELATION 14:10.God's records must have our names, or the second death
will take us eternally.
REVELATION 20:15.The unbeliever must take his place in Hell with earth's
worst and most sinful crowd.
REVELATION 21:8.In the face of these passages--from Job, the oldest in-
spired writer, to John on Patmos, the last voice from heaven
in inspiration, including David, Isaiah, Daniel, Paul, Peter,
and Jesus Christ Himself--plainly telling, warning, exhorting,
how can any man disbelieve in Hell, or rest until his soul
is safe from its awful doom?
35 God's Attitude Toward the Lost
God turns His face of grace and mercy to every lost man.
2 CHRONICLES 30:9.God's love reaches to the depths of spiritual corruption in
men's soul.
ISAIAH 38:17.His mercy will abundantly pardon every returning sinner.
ISAIAH 55:7.God loves the sinner's soul to the very gates of Hell.
JEREMIAH 31:3.God and Christ proved their love in what the Father gave
up and what the Son took up on Calvary for us.
JOHN 3:16.The climactic proof of Christ's love for sinners is found
on Calvary.
ROMANS 5:8.[249]
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Nothing in the grave of the past, nothing in the womb of
the future, can intervene between the saved soul and the
saving Christ.
ROMANS 8:35-39.He loved one sinner enough to go through the garden,
past the cross, and down into the tomb for his soul.
GALATIANS 2:20.The washing of His blood cleanses from every stain of sin
in the believing soul.
REVELATION 1:5. ...Viewing these verses, no sinner out of Hell need delay
coming to Christ nor fear to find mercy when he comes.O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine's glow its day
May brighter, fairer be.
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O Joy that [...]O cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to hide from Thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.GEORGE MATHESON
36 God's Provision for the Sinner's Redemption
God, in His infinite love, has planned for the sinner's re-
demption, and to that end he has provided:A Beneficent Creation
In God's heavens we see His handiwork, a perfect bow,
looking to man's salvation.
PSALM 19:1.God reveals Himself as a redeeming God throughout cre-
ation.
ROMANS 1:19-20. ...God created all things by Jesus Christ in order to show
forth His eternal purposes of redemption.
EPHESIANS 3:9-11. ...His cross is to reconcile all creation to His divine headship.
COLOSSIANS 1:16-20.[252]
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An Illuminating Revelation
God's Word gives the soul light in which to walk.
PSALM 119:105.The constructive agencies in character-building are found
in this revealed Word.
ACTS 20:32.Wisdom in salvation and instruction in righteousness are
found in this lamp of the soul.
2 TIMOTHY 3:15-17. ...National Dispensations
1. The Jews.--God called, separated, and providentially
blessed Abraham's seed that they might be the exemplifiers
of His grace, establish His laws in the earth, and be the
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channel through which His Son would come to bring salva-
tion.
GALATIANS 3:8-9.2. The Gentiles.--God offered His salvation, prepared in
the Jewish stock, to the Gentiles--all men in all ages.
ROMANS 11:18.
ROMANS 15:12.
GALATIANS 3:13-14.Personal Manifestation
The following verses show the personal manifestation
of God's Son, who by life and death gave Himself to save
us from our sins.
JOHN 1:1,4,9,14.
JOHN 1:29.
GALATIANS 4:4-5.
PHILIPPIANS 2:6-8. ...
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HEBREWS 2:14.
A Quickening Inspiration
God's divine power quickens and gives life's inspiring
glow to the soul dead in trespasses and sins.
JOHN 1:13. ...
JOHN 3:5-6.
JOHN 16:8-10.
EPHESIANS 2:5. ...
COLOSSIANS 2:13.A Spiritual Organization
In His wonderful provision for the world's redemption and
spiritual progress, God gave His glorious churches for the
growth of our souls and the exercise of our powers and as
centers for worship, work, and worldwide service.
MATTHEW 16:18.
ACTS 2:47. ...
EPHESIANS 3:10. ...
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EPHESIANS 5:25.
COLOSSIANS 1:24. ...
1 THESSALONIANS 2:14.A Providential Combination
He assures our troubled hearts that all providences, ex-
pressed as the goodness of God, are calling us to Him and
working together for our eternal good, if we are His called
and show our calling by our love for Him.
ROMANS 2:4.
ROMANS 8:28.A Preserving Predestination
He teaches us the watchful care of unchanging love and
omnipotent power, which enables us without any doubt
to realize His age-long purpose for us. He guarantees for
all who believe a safe passage through life, death, resurrec-
tion, and the judgment, and a home with Him forever.
ROMANS 8:29-31,35-39.
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EPHESIANS 1:5, 11-12. ...
A Glorious Resurrection
Our Father assures us of the resurrection of our bodies
to an incorruptible immortality and their adoption into an
endless sonship.ROMANS 8:11.
ROMANS 8:22-23.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:20, 22-23, 42-44, 51-57.
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1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17.
A Guaranteed Destination
God's final and glorious work shall be housing His people
in their eternal mansions with Him where their light shall
be the face of the Lamb.JOHN 10:27-29.
JOHN 14:2-4.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17.
1 PETER 1:3-5.
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2 PETER 1:10-11.
37 The Salvation of the Soul
God is at work both before and during the salvation of
the sinner. But the sinner is more than a passive recipient;
he has his part to fulfil in the process of salvation.WHAT GOD DOES BEFORE SALVATION 1. He foreknows, predestinates [the believer], and elects [the believer].
ISAIAH 46:9-10.
JOHN 6:37.
ROMANS 8:29.
ROMANS 8:33.
ROMANS 9:11. ...
EPHESIANS 1:5-11. ...
COLOSSIANS 3:12.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:4. ...
1 PETER 1:2. ...[260]
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2 PETER 1:10.
2. He calls--by His providences, His goodness, Christ, His
people, His divine Word, and His Holy Spirit.
MATTHEW 9:13.
ACTS 2:39.
ROMANS 8:30.
HEBREWS 3:1.
HEBREWS 9:15.
REVELATION 22:17.3. He convinces and convicts of sin.
JOHN 16:8-9.
ACTS 2:37.
ACTS 9:8-9.
ACTS 16:29-31.
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ACTS 24:25.
4. He quickens.
ROMANS 4:17. ...
EPHESIANS 2:1,5.5. He worketh godly sorrow.
2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-10.6. He giveth repentance.
ACTS 5:31.
2 TIMOTHY 2:25. ...
HEBREWS 12:17.WHAT THE SINNER DOES IN SALVATION 1. He hears the word of truth.
ROMANS 10:8,17.
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2. He feels the weight of his sins and repents.
ACTS 3:19.
ACTS 20:21. ...3. He prays for help.
LUKE 18:13.
ROMANS 10:12-13.4. He receives Christ by faith into his own soul.
JOHN 1:12.
JOHN 3:16.
JOHN 3:36.
JOHN 5:24.
ACTS 8:37.
ROMANS 5:1.
EPHESIANS 2:8.
REVELATION 3:20.
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5. He confesses Christ as his Saviour.
MATTHEW 10:32-33.
ROMANS 10:9-10. ...WHAT GOD DOES IN SALVATION 1. He pronounces the believing sinner justified through
Christ's atoning death.
LUKE 18:14.
ACTS 13:39.
ROMANS 3:24, 26, 28. ...
ROMANS 5:1.
ROMANS 8:30.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:11.2. He pardons the sinner and forgives all his sins.
ISAIAH 55:7.
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JEREMIAH 33:8.
ACTS 26:18. ...
EPHESIANS 1:7.3. He washes and cleanses the sinner's soul from all in-
iquity and makes it pure by the blood of Christ.
PSALM 51:7.
ISAIAH 1:18.
1 JOHN 1:7.
REVELATION 1:5. ...
REVELATION 7:14.4. He puts away the sinner's sins, casting them behind
his back, and remembers them against him no more.
PSALM 103:12.
ISAIAH 38:17.
ISAIAH 53:5,11.
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JEREMIAH 31:34.
JOHN 1:29.
HEBREWS 8:12.5. He regenerates him by a spiritual birth and gives him
a new nature, imparting to him of the divine nature and life.
JOHN 1:12-13.
JOHN 3:3.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:15.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
GALATIANS 6:15.
EPHESIANS 4:24. ...
COLOSSIANS 3:3-4.
JAMES 1:18.
1 PETER 1:23. ...
2 PETER 1:4. ...
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This new life is eternal. The saved man possesses it now
and is passed out of death and from under condemnation
and judgment.
JOHN 3:36.
JOHN 5:24.
ROMANS 8:1.He is now a child of God by faith.
GALATIANS 3:26.6. God sanctifies his soul. It is holy, possessing the im-
puted righteousness of Christ.
ROMANS 4:3-6.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:2.
1 PETER 1:2. ...
1 JOHN 3:9.7. He puts His seal, the image of His Son, on his soul.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:22. ...
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EPHESIANS 1:13-14.
EPHESIANS 4:30.8. He puts in him the Holy Spirit, who testifies to his
sonship and guides, comforts, and uses him.ROMANS 8:14-17.
38 The Salvation of the Life
In the previous chapter we saw how the sinner can come
to God and find salvation, life, and sonship. He is in good
standing in the family of God if he has taken the steps indi-
cated. But Jesus tells us that He came, not only to give life,
but to give it more abundantly (John 10:10); that not only
does the saved soul have wells of everlasting water (John
4:14), but within him shall flow rivers of living water (John
7:38), making him always to abound in the work of the
Lord (1 Cor. 15:58). He says we were foreordained and
created unto good works (Eph. 2:10) and that he has given
us such spiritual supplies and equipment that we need not
fail in any task or battle for Him (Eph. 6:10-18; Phil. 4:19).
With this high expectation the saved man should follow
on to know God (Hos. 6:3), remembering that "the people
that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits"
(Dan. 11:32).
In this important matter Christ's churches should be
alert to furnish the needed opportunities for growth on the
part of the new converts. Many act as if they feel their work
is over when they have led lost souls to Christ and open
confession of Him. But this is only the first step. Wise lead-
ership at this point will save a world of waste and eternal
loss. It is a long, patient, but exceedingly valuable service
to lead the newly saved into strength and ripeness of Chris-
tian character and acceptable service in Christ's church
and kingdom.
The steps to successful and faithful service are indicated
in the Scriptures, as follows:[269]
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Public Confession of Christ
God does not honor secret discipleship. He does not want
His children to be ashamed of their parentage.
MATTHEW 10:32-33.
MARK 8:38.
ROMANS 10:9-10. ...Obedience in Baptism and Church Membership
The saved man owes it to Christ to follow Him in baptism
and to serve Him in his church. "If you love me," He says,
"keep my commandments" (John 14:15).
MATTHEW 3:5-6,15-16.
MATTHEW 28:18-20.
ACTS 2:41-42,46-47.
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ACTS 8:37-38.
ACTS 20:28.
ROMANS 6:4-6.
EPHESIANS 5:28-32.Baptism does not save or help save, but it proclaims
Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, the great act and
doctrine by which men are saved. It pictures the sinner's
identification with Christ's death and entrance into new
life. He publicly puts a grave between himself and his
former life of sin. Baptism is a vital step in one's progress
in the upward way, and no one confessing Christ as Saviour
ought to put off this happy obedience to His blessed com-
mand.
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Surrender of Life and Talent to the Service of God
By every right of ownership Christ is entitled to our best
service.1 CHRONICLES 29:5. ...
NEHEMIAH 4:6.
PSALM 110:3.
MATTHEW 6:33.
ROMANS 12:1-2.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20.
2 CORINTHIANS 8:5.
GALATIANS 2:20.
PHILIPPIANS 1:21.Purity of Life and Separation from the World's Ways
PSALM 24:3-4.
ROMANS 12:1-2.
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2 CORINTHIANS 6:15-17.
GALATIANS 5:16-26.
EPHESIANS 4:20-32.
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EPHESIANS 5:7-11.
PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14.
1 THESSALONIANS 3:12-13.
1 JOHN 1:5-7.
1 JOHN 2:15.Receiving the Fulness of the Holy Spirit's Power
The fulness of the Holy Spirit's power is for every disciple
who will pay the price for it.
LUKE 11:13.
LUKE 24:49.
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ACTS 1:8.
ACTS 2:39.
ACTS 5:32.
ACTS 6:3.
ACTS 9:17.
EPHESIANS 5:18.A Meditative Study of, and a Spiritual Insight into, the Word
of GodDEUTERONOMY 11:18-21.
JOSHUA 1:8.
PSALM 1:1-2.
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PSALM 119:11.
PSALM 119:18.
PSALM 119:97.
1 CORINTHIANS 2:14.
2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17.The Christian should every day soulfully study some part
of God's Word. Christ says, "It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4).JOHN 5:39.
ACTS 20:32.
COLOSSIANS 3:16.
1 PETER 2:2.The Establishment and Maintenance of a Prayer Life
Our spiritual power and our joy in the service of God
will be largely determined by our prayer life.
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JEREMIAH 33:3.
MATTHEW 6:6.
MARK 11:24.
LUKE 11:9-13.
LUKE 18:1.
LUKE 21:36.
ROMANS 12:12. ...
EPHESIANS 6:18. ...
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7.
COLOSSIANS 4:2.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:17-18.
JAMES 5:13-16.
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Attendance Upon the Worship in God's House
Worship in God's house is very essential to the healthy
growth and spiritual power of a child of God. He finds
here--
1. A congenial place of worship.
2. A place of prayer and the study of God's Word.
3. A place to observe the Lord's Supper.
4. A place to serve and glorify Christ.
ISAIAH 58:13-14.
ACTS 2:42.
EPHESIANS 3:21.
HEBREWS 10:25. ...Systematic, Proportionate, Cheerful, Liberal Giving to
Christ's Cause and His ChurchesMALACHI 3:10.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8.
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Co-operation in God's Worldwide Redemptive Program
MATTHEW 4:19.
MATTHEW 22:9.
MATTHEW 28:18-20.
JOHN 4:34-36.
ACTS 1:8.We should co-operate with our lives, talents, and posses-
sions in giving Christ's truth to "every creature" in all the
world. The finest and fastest way to "grow in grace, and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2
Peter 3:18) is to win souls.
39 The Christian's Heavenly Rainbow
God's Presence in Death
PSALM 23:4.
ISAIAH 43:2.An Abundant Entrance
2 PETER 1:11.
The Glorious Hope
MATTHEW 24:44.
ACTS 1:11. ...
1 THESSALONIANS 4:16.Resurrection Body
1 CORINTHIANS 15:52-57. ...
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Judgment Passed
JOHN 5:24.
ROMANS 8:1.Welcome Plaudit
MATTHEW 25:21.
MATTHEW 25:34.Reunion
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17.
REVELATION 7:14.The Star-filled Crown
DANIEL 12:3.
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2 TIMOTHY 4:8.
Eternal Companionship and Service
JOHN 14:3.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17.
REVELATION 7:15-17.A Holy Exhortation While We Wait for His Coming and
Labor for His GloryTITUS 2:11-15.
1 JOHN 3:1-3.
REVELATION 22:20-21.
Conclusion The Call of the Cross
JOHN 12:32.
ACTS 26:16-19.
ROMANS 10:21.
EPHESIANS 6:6. ...THE CALL We have sought to find the Saviour's way of leading lost
souls out of spiritual darkness and death into the joys of
eternal life and the power and rewards of blessed service.
The author wishes to probe the soul of the reader with
these burnings, pungent questions:
Are you doing the will of God in your life? Have you
given a full, heartful response to Christ's call for your
service? Is He calling you into a larger, more sacrificial life
of surrender and service? Has He appeared in the prayer
hour, in some time of spiritual communion, in the impres-
sive "small voice" of His Spirit, calling you to give up to
His will and way? Have you adopted the New Testament[283]
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map of the world and heard God calling you into His life-
plans for you? Have you been obedient to the "heavenly
vision"? [...]THE NEED One of the greatest needs of God's kingdom today is for
more evangelistic, trained preachers. They must serve as
pastors of churches; be home and foreign missionaries; do
sane, [...]
There is a growing need for laymen trained in gospel
singing and in Sunday school, [...]
The harvest fields are ripe [...]
All phases of life call for men and women to give them-
selves wholly to do God's will in bringing a lost world to
Christ. Do you not see some place in this wide catalogue
for your life and service? Does He not call you to a place in
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this ripe harvest field? Answer Him according to His will
and not according to your choice.THE PERIL If God is really calling you into some special service, you
run a [...]
You endanger your peace of soul. [...]
Your refusal to [...]
You imperil your power with men every day you fail in a
full surrender to God's will.
Your disobedience threatens the destiny of lost men. Im-
mortal souls hang on your decision.
Christ's glory is involved in this matter. [...]
You run the terrible risk of being a [...]
Every day of your [...] You may offend His long-suffer-
ing love.THE REWARD The greatest joy in any life is found in a full surrender to
God's will. Your heart and conscience will be at peace when
you know you are doing His will. [...]
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THE CHALLENGE You face difficulties, to be sure. You will face more and
more in disobedience. If you do God's will, you will face
your difficulties with God; [...]
knows best. Follow Him. His way is best and leads to final
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