Show 1 What Does The Bible Say By Dy REV LEO E. E RUB RUBEL EL ELIn In one of ot the great grut cathedrals cathedral of Germany there Is an Uon which many Americans might well ponder Onder It reads YE CALL Me Master and obey Me not ye call Me Light and see seeM seeM M Me e not ye call Me Way and walk Me not ye call Me Life Lite and desire de desire de- de sire Ire Me not ye call Me Fair and love Me not ye call Me God and tear fear Me not If It I condemn you blame Me not Roughly only one half halt of ot our fellow tellow Americans claim church affiliation and many of these are areso areso areso so loosely connected with a achurch achurch achurch church that they themselves at Imes times wonder if they belong or not Actually only one third of the million Americans t take ke part in public worship of God with with any degree of regularity YE CALL ME Fair and love Me not ye call Me God and fear Me not Isn't it time high to re realize re- re alize Uze that we parents are In many instances directly responsible I b 1 e etor for tor the de of what was once a loving God-loving and God fearing Am America e rt c a If It the present trend continues for tor another an another an an- other generation we will not have to depend on less God-less Communistic Communistic states to de Christianize our beloved country we will accomplish accomplish ac accomplish ac- ac it ourselves with an snot snot- organized or organized or- or do yourself it program pro pro- gram The Bible says to pare parents n h hAnd And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and ad admonition admonition admonition ad- ad monition of ot the Lore Lord Ephesians G 6 64 4 How can children ever be ex expected e- e to carry out ad Gods God's command command command com com- mand when the Bibb says Honor Hon Ion Honor or thy father and thy mother which Is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with thee and thou them livelong livelong live livelong long on the earth earth- Ephesians 6 G 23 if parents do not also honor the Father as God and ills His Son Jesus Christ as Savior PARENTS cannot train children children chil chil- dren to be godly by sending them to Sunday School and church but only by taking them to Sunday School and church and worshipping worshipping worshipping worship worship- ping with them each Lords Lord's day It n is high time that we Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans return to the God of our fathers in penitence and faith repentance over our terrible guilt of rendering only lip service to God and faith in the power of the Gospel of ot Jesus Christ to save us also from this sin THERE IS still time to turn our service lip-service into heart There Is still time to repent and andS S believe the Gospel GospeL But But that time for you is NO WI |