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??LIGHTHOUSE mI INI
The Will Of God E
~Sermon By Rev. M
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(Printed here la the complet
text of a special radio sermo
delivered recently over a radi
station at Orangeburg by Re\
WL MfcCullum, of the De
partment of Religious Dduca
tk>n at Claflin University.
?The Editor);
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? tOeah M?IwUi showed
thee, O man, what Is good; and
what doth the. Lord require oi
thee but to do justly* and to
tort mercy, and* to walk tiumMjr
with thy God?
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What is the will of God? How
can we know the will of God?
What is the prime interest Of
God in his dealings with men?
These are profound questions,
the answers to which have been
'sought by the greatest minds of
he ages. No rash attempt will be
made in this short message to
- give final answers to all of them,
but some suggestions will be given
.which, it is hoped, will be
fruitful to the sympathetic listener.
. CAN WE KNOW the will of
God? If the answer to that question
is NO then all the dealings
of God with men are futile and
Lv foolish.
Kirby Page, in his little book
-titled "The Will of God For
\ These Days", suggests sOme of
the ways in which the will of
God may be known. The first of
. these, he says, is human desire.
This measuress God's obility to
moke known His will because
He* always respects human free,
dom. Vivid awareness of the importance
of the moral choices
are make day by day determines
our growth in understanding the
will of God. Not what we merely
intend to do, but what we really
want to do with sufficient vigor
tot crowd out conflicting desires:
(his determines the extent to
Which God can reveal His will
t; V.- to us.
wne prooiom witn which* we
. dye continually confronted is
(Mk How catt We change low deinte
high .fltelre, and how
ea? we transfortn-tgood desires
"? weehrinto a mighty posilea
to do Hth will- of Ood?
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are "tfie pathways that
-dead to exalted desire, but the
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Of His presence, as we more
e clearly recognize Him at work'
n all about us, and as we realize
0 more fully His eagerness to do
f, " i
His mighty works in us, our de-,
sires are changed, and what we
j want, becomes different. If the
1 faculty of self-control, which is
a God-given virtue, is exercised
. in Viirh n iiray that thn +rv
, J please God is your strongest de*'
sire, you will develop an eager
obedience to His will. The test of
'desire is action. What we really
| want is indicated by the strength
of rdeterminatiohMo do. To say
r' with our lips that we should like
,' to ?c^well in comii?imion with God
Idoes not mean.muck unless we
put forth resolute efforts to fuj(
fill the condiions of that fellowship.
Willingness to walk m the
iight is a'condition to further illumination.
We hear the voice of
, God to the degree that we pay
attention to what He says. God
gives usi strength as we >-hOw ea- 1
, gerness to use that strength in 1
doing His will.
'
Whpn Hpsirri '
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' expectant iaith awaltm in us
and God works in us according '
to our faith. Even as in the Gos- 1
pels we find that Jesus could do 1
' no mighty works in His own 1
home because of their little faith, 1
so do we see in our own generation
many professing Christians
( who "do n.ot really believe that
Christ's way is practical in mod-!
em times. This doubt itself lim-,
( its the possibility of God's doing
great things in their lives. Expect
great things of God. Great 1
J affirmations make possible crea-'
I tive~achievements; low expectancy
is frustrating and paralyz-,
ing. If you don't believe you can'
! win, you will likely lose. If you
I don't believe you can live the
\ Christian life, you will not try. J
According to Weymouth's trans- jj
i lation of John 7:17, Jesus says,' (
1 "If anyone is willing to do His''
will, 1i#' IftiaTl know about the'
teaching." Ah, yes, beloved, the
i essential conditions of insight) (
and power are faith and action' ^
. and understanding, then strong-j .
' er faith and greater zeal in ac-1 ]
ion and more compleete underMtinding
Fellowship in another path to
understand the will of God. When ,
' kindred spirits talk and work
[ and pray together, clearer unrderstandiitg
comes. Such fellow-Mttp
often1 l**dti to action, land
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Saturday, July 26, 1952
the happy cycle of faith, aetic
^ understandin, stronger fait
groator goal ond more com pie
understanding, begins.
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All of these: dominant desit
eager obedience, expectant fait
and fellow.shlp arid communis
are matters of experience. The
have been proven by many wl
today enjoy the richest blessinj
of a kind.and benevolent Go<
"But they are not th? only mear
by which -the will* of GbiT iria
be known and practiced. In H
holy Scriptures God tells t
what He desires of man, and ol
fers every encouragement to ac
cept his will. What does Go
desire and love? The Psalm is
says, "Jehovah desires truth i
the inward parts." "Jehovah; i
righteous; He loveth righteous
nessT7 The waiter of Proverb
says, . . a just weight ... the;
that deal truly . the praye
of the upright . . . such as an
upright . . . these are his de
light." In His great command
ments G>d calls us to the wor
ship of the One Holy God. "Thoi
shalt have no other gods befor<
me." Why? Because he is jeal
[>us? No, but because He is jeal
aus for our souls' welfare. H?
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vvuuiu nave as?oven wun nim
Lesser gods would set lowei
standards, make lesser demands
and men could not, by the vvor
ship of lesser gods, fit theii
souls for a holy and eterna
Kingdom. God, who created u
in His own image knows ho*
naturally^ and inescapable mei
grow to like their god. The es
sential character of a people i
always like the essential char
acter of its" God. If the ruling con
ception of God is military, if th<
god is Mars, war will be th
greatest of all human pursuits
If God is an arbitrary, imper
so rial Sovereign, like Allah
fatalism will rule his subjects. I
God is a national Diety, like th<
Jehovah of ancient Israel, Hi
people will be the elect, his cho
sen. Baal sahctions lust; Molocl
sanctions cruelty; Mammon sane
tions greed. But if God is th<
Heavenly Father whom Jesu
taught, the family idea will tn
the dominant conception amoni
those who share that belief. I
is no wonder, then, that God says
Thou shalt have no other gpdr
before me."
Through Amos, the Prophet o
rekoa, God says, "Let judgmen
rim down as waters, and right
eousness as a mighty stream;
It becomes clearer and clears
now the kind"of values in whic
our God is interested. Micah
summary is not equalled anj
"where In literature: "He hat
shown thee, O man, what i
good; and what doth the Lor
reauire Of thee but to do tasth
and to love mercy, and to wal
humbly tvith thy'GodT" Thai
as if anyone could still miscor
strue His will and His purposi
ood gave us -H3b Son wi*
through His words and deed
became the living expression <
the will of God. He gave His er
tire ministry to going about
dng good ?and practicing thos
precepts and promoting tho^
values which had been revealc
in the law and the Prophets . .
So, in all of these, and in all (
God's dealings with men, He hi
shown himself to be intereste
in a certain type f values: spii
ltual, moral and ethical value
value- which are the cxpres
.ion of bis own character. Thu
truth, Wf br tbcrbmn
honesty .mercy, humility, viru
forgiveness, and integrity, ai
commanded by God as the nor:
of human conduct. Put, whc
one 1 oks. at our society ho ca
note how woefully those valut
are neglected. One day this w. el
as this mo-sage was being pr<
pared, a group of men, hot
white and colored, loaded a true
in front of the speakers' C'hurcl
There was cooperation, and < or
cern on the part of each one the
ho do his part and not impo*
upon his fellow-workers: loob
ing in admiration at the eas
with which they worked togotb
cr, the thought came: what ur
wholesome thing would happe
to either of those men if the
should pnu-e in their labor an
enter the sanctuary across th
street for moments worship an
fellowship together? or if the
or their children sat in a clas:
room together to learn of fb
wonders of GOfTs world? IF, Th
sO-ea41^i Christian nnt+en, sw
a fellowship is thought to I
undersirable, or impractical, <
degrading to any child of Gc
involved, then let us nt lea
have the decency to lay asire tb
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it n Christian nation and roc^f
nizc it for the heathendom thi
it is .Chrisianity without th
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s lives, both personal and social,
- become a contradiction of all that
- God loves and promotes, we
e then, by our very acts, sow the
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There are other reaaons why
U God is interested in these values
f that are both human and divine,
e both temporal and eternal. He
s knows that mortals thrive as
- these values thrive, and that
\ they die as these values are de
nied. The promotion of ethical
b and spiritual value salone makes
s it possible for us to enjoy the
b measure of decency and culture
; that we do enjoy. They are the
t best that we do enjoy. They are
:, the best that God has to offer.
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