| Show What Does I The Bible Say Sav By REV LEO E E. E RUBEL It is not an easy thing to be loyal to Christ That redoubtable redoubtable redoubtable redoubt redoubt- able trio the devil the world and the flesh is ever active in r f keeping men away from Christ I and turning them against Him HimI who has redeemed them and wants to save them I AND SINCE WE have that traitor the flesh in our own camp its it's not an easy thing to remain loyal to Christ even after He has found us and made madeus us His own The history of of Christs Christ's disciples is evidence for that For our warning and for our consolation and encouragement encouragement encouragement the Bible lets us hear what happened in the Upper Room in Jerusalem See Luke 22 24 2438 Jesus revealed that one of the disciples would betray Him How that must have grieved I Ithe the Lord After that bitter task of unmasking the traitor after giving them the testament of His supreme love He must yet hear the voice of pride and selfish selfish sel sel- I fish ambition expressed by oth oth- ers Yet the patient Lord does oth-I oth not tire of teaching them Giving Giving Giving ing them an example of His great humility He lie kneels down I and washes their feet See John 13 4 This was a service done I usually by the humblest slave I AND THEN calmly but impressively im impressively im- im I He tells them again that the way of the world does not obtain in the Kingdom of God here the highest distinction is not pomp and power but unselfish unselfish unselfish un un- selfish service They must find their satisfaction in the consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- that they are walking walk walk- walking walk ing in the Way their Master laster ha has ha hast st trod And then the Lord warns them The golden days when He provided every needed were over From now on they wOl would d be not only in spiritual but bodily danger It would now be necessary that they shift for themselves to protect their lives against danger But again I they misunderstood r I THE POWERS of darkness I Iare Iare are rapidly closing in on Him I His followers must expect a I similar fate Where is their help In Him He prays for I them He intercedes for them I His prayer for them prevailed When we in our weakness fail failand failand I and fall let us unfailingly return to Him who is the same loving Savior yesterday today and forever That is what the Bible encourages us to do in every circumstance of life |
