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1957 Harding College Lectures 34th ANNUAL LECTURESHIP NOVEMBER 25-28, 1957 Theme: “The New Life in Christ Part of the www.TheCobbSix.com CONTENTS THE MEANING OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST (Cleon Lyles) ....................................................................................... 7 GOD — THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE (Pat Hardeman) ........... 18 CHRIST HAS MADE POSSIBLE THE NEW LIFE IN HIM (Joe Sanders) .................................................................................... 25 FAITH IN CHRIST (Royal H. Bowers) ......................................... 28 REPENTANCE FROM PAST SINS (Rex A. Turner) ................. 33 CONFESSING CHRIST (Wilburn C. Hill) ................................... 40 BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST (Charles Hodge) .............................. 45 PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN (Stephen Eckstein) ................. 48 PUTTING ON THE NEW MAN (Gaston Cogdell) ..................... 52 ALL THINGS BECOME NEW: Continual Growth in The New Life (J. Roy Vaughan) ...................................................................... 58 “THE BIBLE—THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST” (George W. Bailey)......................................................... 62 THE MIND OF CHRIST (James O. Baird) .................................. 69 COMPLETE DEDICATION TO CHRIST (F. W. Mattox) ........ 75 “ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE” (Robert D. Bankes) ......... 81 “ADD TO YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE” (Morris M. Womack)........................................................................ 86 TEMPERANCE (L.L Gieger) ........................................................ 91 IN YOUR FAITH SUPPLY PATIENCE (R.B. Sweet) ............... 95 TO YOUR PATIENCE GODLINESS (Neil R. Lightfoot) ......... 98 TO YOUR BROTHERLY KINDNESS (Olan L. Hicks) .......... 103 TO YOUR BROTHERLY KINDNESS LOVE (James G. Moffett) ......................................................................... 108 THE CHURCH, THE CORPORATE EXPRESSION OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST (Ruel Lemmons) .................................. 113 EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP AS A MEANS OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT (Paul W. Rotenberry) .................................... 128 FURTHER EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST—LORD’S SUPPER AND GIVING (Joseph W. White) .......................................................................... 136 SOME FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT: Joy and Peace (Gussie Lambert) ............................................................................ 142 LONGSUFFERING, GOODNESS, KINDNESS (Jimmy Allen) ................................................................................. 147 FAITHFULNESS, MEEKNESS, AND SELF-CONTROL (Emmett Smith) .............................................................................. 152 THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST AND THE EVANGELIZATION OF THE WORLD (Otis Gatewood) ............................................ 156 POLAND AND RUSSIA (R. J. Smith, Jr.) ................................. 166 OUR MISSION WORK IN NORTHERN RHODESIA (J. D. Merritt) .................................................................................. 172 OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA (Wendell Broom) ................ 176 THE CAUSE OF CHRIST IN JAPAN (Colis Campbell) .......... 180 THE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (George W. DeHoff) ...................................................................... 185 THE HOPE OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST (Marshall Keeble) ........................................................................... 194 PREFACE The lectures in this book were given in the main auditorium of Harding College during Thanksgiving week in November, 1957. They were heard by many hundreds of appreciative listeners — more than two thousand — from hundreds of places in the United States and from localities in other lands. Requests from large numbers of those who heard the lectures, that they be placed in book form for their use and for the benefit of thousands who were not privileged to hear the addresses, have caused Harding College again to publish her annual Biblical lectures. These lectures were given by able gospel preachers from many parts of our country. They were well prepared, delivered, and re- ceived. They will be long remembered. Their theme is one which should always be studied and practiced by Christians. Never was there more need for Christian living than today. The lectures, with the inspiration and Christian fellowship of the week, make Thanksgiving week of 1957 an unforgettable one. This book is sent forth as part of the memory of that week, to serve fur- ther those who were there and to make available the lectures to those who were not privileged to hear them. The Firm Foundation Pub- lishing House joins Harding College in making possible this book. Our prayer is that it will do great good. W. B. West, Jr., Head Bible Department and Director of the Lectureship Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas THE MEANING OF THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST (Cleon Lyles) I extend my congratulations to Harding College and to those who have made possible the many years of service to God and to humanity. It is a pleasure to have a part on the program of this 34th Annual Lectureship. It is a special pleasure to discuss with you the great theme that will challenge our thinking throughout this week. To introduce our study we read a well-known statement from the pen of the apostle Paul. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). Before this statement he had touched briefly upon the death and resurrection of Christ, which is the foundation of the Christian’s hope. How much this statement must have meant to the apostle Paul! From the day he stumbled blindly into Damascus, life had been different for him. Whereas he had persecuted the church, he is now giving his life in, order that others might enjoy the blessings to be found in the body of Christ. Being a student of the Old Testament, he could recall statements that pointed to a new life and a new relationship. No doubt he had read many times the prophecy of Isaiah concerning a new song. “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof” (Isa. 42:9, 10). At the time this was written there was not much happiness in the songs of the Jews, but they were looking forward to a better day. Then there was Isaiah’s statement about a new name. “And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name” (Isa. 62:2). No longer the name the world had come to despise, but a name that would surpass anything from the lips of men. He could recall the statement of Jeremiah concerning a new covenant: “Behold, the days come saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more” (Jer. 31:31, 35). Here would be an opportunity to begin again, but on a higher level; here would be introduced a closer relationship and a freedom from the bondage of the old law. No doubt he could also recall the statement of Isaiah concerning a new way: “Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilder- ness, and rivers in the desert” (Isa. 43:19). Thus thrilled with such promises from God of a new song, a new name, a new covenant, and a new way, we can understand with what happiness he spoke of a new creature in Christ. I believe it is significant that of the 55 times the words “In Christ” appear in the New Testament, 54 of them are to be found in Paul’s epistles. Life does not change. Men live today as they have always lived. Modern inventions may have changed some things about living, but men continue to live and die, rejoice and cry, rise and fall, become large or small, but our attitude toward life is changed. Once the child of God thought in terms of things. He even faces this difficulty after he becomes a child of God. He is constantly tempted to rely on a false power that things seem to present. But in Christ he has taken the new look. He has learned from Jesus that life does not consist in that which he possesses. “And he said unto them, take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15). Fol- lowing this statement our Lord continued to illustrate what He had said. “And he spake a parable unto them, saying, the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow all my fruits? And he said, this will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God” (Luke 12:16-21). He continues with the conclusion of this thought, which all Bi- ble readers remember: “And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
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