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 BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN V \ J

 Bible Material: Acts 8. '
 Drvotional Beading: 2_Corinthians 5:14-
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 The Good News J


 Lesson for November 22, 1959
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 .
 TT CANNOT be said too often: 'S I
 A Christianity is not an organization 'wk
 it is not a creed, it is not a I' i
 set of good resolutions, it is not a '. \
 special kind of philosophy, it is not : k\\\ 11
 ideas. It produces all these, but it
 does not begin with any of them.
 It beings with good news.We havea

I in first-class the story case be- It".r.
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 fore us in Acts 8.
 At the turning-

' point in that a : : .
 story, we are told k i ,, 7C
 that Philip :'
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 "opened his
 mouth and I .
 told him the good -
 news of Jesus
 It is not said that Dr. Foreman E
 Philip opened his mouth and gave 4\
 the stranger good advice, or con-
 demned his sins, or urged him to
 turn over a new leaf, or offered hima
 book to read, or urged him to I
 join a church. He just told the .
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 good news about Jesus.
 5- X
 Evangelism Is Good-News-lsai I

 The church today has a tech- I
 nical-sounding big word which
 many Christians do not under-
 stand. It is "Evangelism. Whenwe Si
 hear the word, we think of saw- -
 dust trails, of mass meetings, of r
 Billy Graham and the Salvation 1/
 Army and special services at the i
 church on the corner. We think of
 trained choirs and TV and teams.
 o"rn
 o'This
 Like typical Americans, we want 11
 our "evangelism" as we want
 everything else, on a grand scale :

 and organized to the last inch. -_--r.l-: .._ __.. IT ::
 Actually, evangelism (as Billy
 Graham or any good minister can
 .
 tell you) is a simple thing. As a THE CHURCH FOR ALL .
 famous Christian leader from Cey
 THE
 ALL FOR CHURCHThe
 lon, D. T. Niles, has said, "Evan-
 gelism is one beggar telling an- Church is the greatest factor on earth for

 other beggar where he can find '" the building of character and good citizenship.
 '
 bread. great land of ours has been blessed with the riches of It is a storehouse of spiritual values. Without a

 do Some not believe Christian in evangelism.people say Push they the earth and with the freedoms, the rights, to enjoy them. But strong Church neither democracy civilization -

I the question with them, and you does- the mere ownership of these goods guarantee our happiness? can survive. There are four sound reasons why -

 may find one or the other of two All of have person should attend services regularly and
 experienced disappointment-at
t things to be true: either they don't us a finaHypossessevery
 ing some much-desired article. After weeks and sometimes years of support the Church. They are: (1)I For his

' else understand they don't what really evangelism believe tsr: in looking forward to it, we find that the actual ownership i brings lit- own sake. (2) For his children's sake. (3) For .

I Christ after all-they have no good tIe pleasure. the sake of his community and nation. (4) For
! news to tell. There is a good and a the sake of the Church itself which needs his .
 bad way to run a newspaper. A Could the fault lie with the g tit itself? No, apparently it isWithin moral and material Plan
 support. to to
 go
 critic may not like the way a par- ourselves.I Our own attitudes. our own relationships I our ownunderstanding _- ., -
 titular paper is run, but thatdoesn't have certainly I much more to do with our final 1 satis church- ,.regularly! I I ..and. read. ;your S'ble'da'Jy,. .......- -- _-.;
 mean that newspaper business I I
 faction. -
 .
 is bad business. ...-. ,'. :.
 Philip told his good news effec- How then are we {o derive the greatest blessings from the Day Bo'ok' Chapter verses

 tively, so much so that the name"evangelist" goods which have been put at our disposal? The best place to begin Sunday Genesis 8.. 20-22 ._
 stuck to him.V'.l&t
 is in the Church Here, in a personal search for God and our Tuesday Monday Psalms Matthew 24.19 16-22 1-10 ,

probably i .own understanding of Him, we may achieve a spiritual harmony, Wednesday Matthew 6 1921wlikh
 gelism" all his life. For one thing, ,1 Thursday Mark 4 26-29 -i. .
 he was a man sensitive and responsive will bie our- Jives_an_. jhose_of our fellow_. men.___. Friday.: Psalms 42 1-2 -
 to the leading of the Holy SaturdayThese Psalms 51, 1415cop"rjIaj
 Spirit. We first hear of him when
i I the church at Jerusalem is looking
I for men to appoint on a committee
i (Acts 6). Qualifications mentioned i
t were that the men should be "men }lJJ9ReitU AJ*.5emc ,Strt&urf.Va. ; .
I of good repute, full of the Holy .
} Spirit and of wisdom." (It would
I seem that being full of the Spirit
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 f
j and of wisdom were not thought .w. aw.w.mi -: :-- -.v.&.S.
t of as being the very same thing.)
, At any rate, by the time the Spirit
 said to "Go this chariot '
 Philip join -
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 Philip knew the Spirit's voice.
 It is not necessary to suppose that
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 spoke to Philip then in a voice you
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