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Th? Will Off^H Fv|
-Sermon By Rev. Mc(
(Printed here is the complete c
text of a special radio sermon a
delivered recently over a radio
- - station at Orangeburg by Rev.
It. I>. MJcCullum, of the Department
of Religious, Dduca- s
tlon at Claflin University. v
?The Editor):
Mlcah 6:8?He hath showed jir
O man, what is good; and ( p
what doth the Lord require of , si
thee but to do justly* and to , ?
Toy? mercy, and* to walk hum- d(
u-4 '?* "with thy God? w
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What is the will of God? How w
can we know the will of God?, v3
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What is the prime interest of p,
a& in his dealings with men? f,'
These are profound questions,
*' the answers to which have been iij
sought by the greatest minds of iu
he ages. No rash attempt will be q
made in this short message to 0t
give final answers to all of them, gj
; but some suggestions will be giv-1 gt
en which, it is hoped, will be dc
fruitful to. the sympathetic liatr'
Tjj^N WE KNOW the ~wiU~ ef"e>
God? If the answer to that ques-1 ar
tlon is NO then all the dealings to
ot God with men are futile and pe
foolish. ! tic
A - Kirby Page, in his little book he
titled "The Will Of God For 'so
These Days", suggests some of io
the ways ih which the will of, w
fiArl r?ftv Vio Irtirtiun THo ftrct ft# r*1
. these, he says, is human desire.' er
This measuress God's obility to it;
snake known His will because1 gi
He' always respects human free-1 p<
; -doai. Vivid awareness of thr- rrr- [ af
portancc of the moral choices ^ ti'
we make day hy day determines ar
-our growth in understanding the in
will of God. Not what we merely! w
intend to do, but what we really j d<
want to do with sufficient vigor ( C]
to crowd out conflicting desires: A<
0U3 determines the extent to la
f&fch God can reveal His will "I
to us. 1 w
Ihe problem with which .we! to
Wo continually confronted is es
tkhr. How can we change low de- at
into high desire, and how an
tom we transform good desires' er
tfcsn i?? wMh-into a mighty pos- io
dfon to do the will of OOd? at
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hiaay are the [pathways that ui
? -dead to exalted desire, but the'ki
eftralghtest one of all is the ptge-j **
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>f His presence, as we mort
learly recognize Him at work
ill about us, and as we realize
nore fully His eagerness to do
lis mighty works in us, our deires
are changed, and what we
,-ant, becomes different. If the
acuity of self-control, which is
Ck'd-glven vTrlue^Ts exercised
1 such a way that the" desire to
lease God is your strongest deire,
you will develop an eager
bedience to His will. The test of
esiro is action. What we really
ar.t is indicated by the strength
[ determination to do. To say
ith our lips that we should like
i dwell imcOmmunion -with God
aes not mean much unless we
at forth resolute efforts to fulM
the condiions of that fellowlip.
Willingness to walk in the
*ht is a condition to further ilmination.
We hear the voice of
od to the degree that we pay
tention to what He says. God
ves us strength as we ^how ea;rness
to use that strength in
>ing His will.
? ?m? ?
cnectant faith awakens in m
id God works in us according
our faith. Even as in the Gos>ls
we find that Jesus could do
mighty works in His own
>me because of their'little faith,
do we see in our own generatn
many professing Christians
ho do not really believe that
irisfs way is practical in modn
times. This doubt itself lim-|
? the possibility of God's doing
eat things in their lives. Ex?ct
great things of God. Great
ftrmations make possible^ ~crea-'
ve achievements; low expecticy
is frustrating and paralyz-1
g. If you don't believe you can!
in, you will likely lose. If you
>n't believe you can live the
tiristian life, you will not try.
ccording to Weymouth's trans-,
tkm of John 7:17, Jesus says,'
f anyone is willing to do His1
ill, iifc know about the1
aching." Ah, yes, beloved, the J
aential 'conditions of insight)
id power are faith and action'
id understanding, then strong-'
faith and greater zeal in ac-t
n and more compleete under-'
u?ding. {
Fellowship In another path Jo^
lentand the will 01 God. When
ndred spirits talk and work
>d pray together, clearer unpretending
comes. Such fellow Up
often' leads to attion, and
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Saturday, July 26, 1952
the happy cycle <>f f;iith u.tmi
( understandin, stronger fait!
greater zeal and more complet
understanding, begins.
All of these: dominant desirt
,' eager obedience, expectant faitli
, and fellowship and communioi
are matters of experience. The
have been proven by many wh<
today enjoy the richest blessing;
of a kind .and benevolent God
"But they are not the only mean!
by which the will of God maj
be-known and practiced. In Hi!
holy Scriptures God tells u!
what He desires of man, and offers'
every encouragement to accept
his will. What does God
desire and love? The Psalmis
says, "Jehovah desires truth in
the inward parts." "Jehovah is
righteous; .He loveth .righteousness.""*
The. waiter of Proverbs
says, . . a just weight ... . they
that deal truly . the nraver
of the upright . . . such as are
upright . . . these are his delight."
In His great commandments
G >d calls us to the woreViifv.
Af tV\n Ann Anrl 4tThAi i
Ul bllV VIIV. A A-VH J VIVU. X 1IMU
shalt have no other gods before
me." Why? Because he is jealOUs?
No, but because He is jealjous
for our souls' welfare. He
would have us dwell with Him.
Lesser gods would set lower
standards, make lesser demands,
and men could not, by the worship
of lesser gods, fit their
souls for' a holy and eternal
Kingdom. God, who created us
in His own image knows how
naturally and inescapable men
grow to like their god. The essential
character of a people is
always like the essential character
of its God.'If the ruling conception
of God is military, if the
god -is Mar-, war will be?the
greatest of all human pursuits.
If God is an arbitrary, impersonal
Sovereign, like Allah,
fatalism will rule his subjects. If
God is a national Diety, like the
Jehovah of ancient Israel, His
people will be the elect,, his chosen.
Baal sanctions lust; Moloch
sanctions cruelty; Mammon sanctions
greed. But if God is the
Heavenly Father whom Jesus
taught, the family idea will be
the dominant conception among
those who share that belief. It
is no wonder, then, that God says,
'Thou shalt have no other gods
before me."
?Through Amos, the Prophet of
Tekoa, God says, "Let judgment
run down as waters, and righteousness
as a mighty stream."
It becomes clearer and cle&rei
now the kind of values in whici
our God is interested. Micah'i
summary is not equalled any
where in literature: j"He hatl
shown thee, O man, what 1
good; and what doth the Lor<
require Of thee but to db justly
and to love mercy, and to wall
humbly brith thy Godf" Then
as if anyone could still mi scon
strue His will and His purpose
God gave us His Son who
throitgh His words and deeds
became the living expression o
the will of God. He gave His en
tire ministry to going about do
ing good and practicing thos<
precepts and promoting thos<
values which had been reveale<
in the law and the Prophets . .
So, in all of these, and in all o
I ViUU S UUdUIl^^ Willi 1111:11, Alt: Ilex.
shown himself to ho intereste<
| in a certain type f values: spir
ltual, moral and ethical values
- vnhir*?which?rrre?t+rr?
.ion of his own Character. Thus
truth, beauty, love brotherhood
honesty .mercy, humility, virut
forgiveness, and integrity, ail
1 commanded by God as the eorn
| of human conduct. . But, whei
| one 1 oks at our society he en:
I.note how woefully these value
1 are neglected. One day this week
I as this me-sage was being pro
i n gronp- ?men.?bnt4
'white and colored, loaded a trucl
j in front of the speakers' C'hurel
j There was cooperation, and con
! corn on the part of each one tha
he do his part and not imposi
upon his fellow-workers: look
ing in admiration at the
"with which \Yivy worked TogeTh
I er, the thought came: what un
I wholosomp thine would hannei
to cither of those men if the;
should pause in their labor an<
enter the sanctuary across th<
street for moments worship am
fellowship together? or if the;
Or their children sat in a class
j room together to learn of fh
! wonders of God's world? If, in
so-called Christian nation, sue!
fj fellowship is thought To b
undersirable, or impractical, c
dcjjjradirui to any child of Go
involved, then let us at leas
have the decency to lay asire th
sham and hypoeravy of callin
it a .Christian nation and reecg
nize it for the heathendom tha
it is .Chrisianity without th
spirit of universal brotherhood
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so basic in the teaching and living
of Jesus Christ, is no Christianity
at all. And when our
lives, both personal and social,
become a contradiction of all that
God loves and promotes, we
then, by our very acts, sow the'
-seeds of our own destruction. |
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There are other reasons why(
God is interested in these values
that are both human and divine,'
both temporal and eternal. He
knows that mortals thrive as
these values thrive, and that
they die as these values are denied.
The promotion of ethical
aivl spiritual value salone makes
it possible for us to enjoy the
measure of decency and culture
that we do enjoy. They are the
best that we do enjoy. They are
the best that God has to offer. 1
Let it be noted, finally, that
only intelligent beings are call 1
ed upon to live according to
these precepts. And?those u hoy
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