Show I What Does The Bible Say By REV LEO E E. RUBEL There are Inescapable md and pitiful disappointments awaiting those who live by pagan stand stand- ards arcis Rome said Accept my power but Rome has faded away Greece said Accept my culture glory of Greece I has ceased to be Egypt said but Erect my monuments Egypt and her pyramids lie burled bur bur- led under the hot sands of the desert Babylon said GIGo Go after my pleasures res but the splendor of Babylon like her pleasures has passed into dreams THEN CAME JESUS the Christ saying Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and Ills righteousness and ever since life finds something worth living for The Bible says If any man be In Christ he Is a new creature creature crea- crea ture 2 Corinthians 5 17 THE BIBLE says Except a aman aman man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God That which is isborn isborn born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit John 3 56 The Bible says Being born again not of corruptible seed but of Incorruptible by the I Word of God which liveth and forever 1 Peter 1 23 I The Bible says According to His mercy He saved us by the I washing of regeneration and re- re reI I of the Holy Ghost JI Titus I I I 3 5 5 I ITHE I THE BIBLE says We are His workmanship created in I Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them I Ephesians 2 10 I The Bible says Whether therefore ye eat or drink or orI I whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God 1 Corinthians 10 31 j I jALL jI I ALL THE transitory things of the ancient and modern world have and are destined to fade I and pass away because they like Romes Rome's power Greece's culture Egypt's monuments e n t s and Babylon's pleasures lead leadman leadman I man on the low road of life which I ends In destruction Only those who travel the high road of life by fa faith i thin in Christ born of the Sp Spirit i r it through Word and Sacraments and proving such faith by a life of good works bring glory to God and find life worth living and standards as lasting as eternity I |