Resting In Him
August 28th, 2006, 12:28 PM
Moreover, I would have you do now as I have seen you do in times past, make no discrimination in going out among the people; consider the rich and the poor as just alike, as standing upon a common platform; that the cultured and the uncultured, those higher in social position and those who are the dregs of society, are just one with you; that no matter what moral taint a person has inherited or has incurred by personal disobedience; no matter how far any woman has fallen, as lost sinners you are to seek them all. In Christ’s stead seek them for a possession of God. Seek them for the salvation of their souls. :thumb
Christ Seeks Not Yours, But You!
by
B.H. Carroll
(1843-1914)
...for I seek not yours, but you… 2 Cor. 12:14
They first gave their own selves to the Lord. 2 Cor. 8:5
This theme is selected for an introduction to a protracted meeting. Its discussion is intended to show why it is our business to hold such a meeting what we seek to gain by the meeting, and to what end these objects are sought. First, why are we seeking? Second, whom do we seek? Third, to what end or object are these persons sought?
Paul says, “I seek not yours, but you.” Why did Paul seek these people? What business was it of his? What authority had he in the premises? Under whose command did he go .out and attempt to obtain the persons of people? The answer to these questions is in the fifth chapter of the Second Letter to the Corinthians and twentieth verse: “We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
Why do we in a meeting seek the souls of the lost? In behalf of Christ, as though God, by us, were beseeching you. We base our actions upon no other ground than that we are under orders from our Master, who said to us, “Go ye and make disciples of all nations.”
Cont'd... (http://www.newsforchristians.com/carroll/006ChristSeeksYou.html)
Christ Seeks Not Yours, But You!
by
B.H. Carroll
(1843-1914)
...for I seek not yours, but you… 2 Cor. 12:14
They first gave their own selves to the Lord. 2 Cor. 8:5
This theme is selected for an introduction to a protracted meeting. Its discussion is intended to show why it is our business to hold such a meeting what we seek to gain by the meeting, and to what end these objects are sought. First, why are we seeking? Second, whom do we seek? Third, to what end or object are these persons sought?
Paul says, “I seek not yours, but you.” Why did Paul seek these people? What business was it of his? What authority had he in the premises? Under whose command did he go .out and attempt to obtain the persons of people? The answer to these questions is in the fifth chapter of the Second Letter to the Corinthians and twentieth verse: “We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
Why do we in a meeting seek the souls of the lost? In behalf of Christ, as though God, by us, were beseeching you. We base our actions upon no other ground than that we are under orders from our Master, who said to us, “Go ye and make disciples of all nations.”
Cont'd... (http://www.newsforchristians.com/carroll/006ChristSeeksYou.html)