Seite 10 - Counsels for the Church (1991)

vi Counsels for the Church
Your Talents Fit a Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
God Desires to Bestow the Gift of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Danger in Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Workers to Train Church Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 9—The Publications of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 10—Belief in a Personal God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
God the Father Revealed in Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Christ Gives Men Power to Become Sons of God . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
God’s Individual Interests in His Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 11—Christians to Represent God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Forming of a Christlike Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Live Courageously Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Represent God by an Unselfish Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
The Unpardonable Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Confessing or Denying Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 12—In the World but Not of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Christian Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
The Believer—A Better Man in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Business Alliances With the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chapter 13—The Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Study Diligently and Systematically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Divine Enlightenment Is Promised the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Love for Bible Study Is Not Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Bible Study Strengthens the Intellect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Christ in All the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chapter 14—The Testimonies for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
To Point Men to the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Judge the “Testimonies” by Their Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Satan’s Aim Is to Cause Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ignorance of the “Testimonies” Is No Excuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wrong Use of the “Testimonies” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Danger in Criticizing the “Testimonies” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
How to Receive Reproof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 15—The Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Unity Must Precede the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . 127
One’s Usefulness Depends Upon His Surrender to the Holy
Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Holy Spirit Will Abide Unto the End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129