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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989. PAGE 27.
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BY DONALD VAIR
The beloved apostle John said of
the Lord Jesus Christ, “He was in
the world and the world was made
by Him, and the world knew Him
not.’’
Sin had so blinded the spiritual
eyes of human beings that they did
not recognize Jesus Christ as the
long promised Messiah sent to be
the Saviour of the world,
consequently rejected him
crucified Him.
Jesus Christ should have
recognized by his purity and beauty
of character. In John 8:29 Jesus
said of Himself in relation to his
Father, ”... I do always those
things that please Him.” Who else
in all of history could ever utter
such words?
Jesus should have been known
by his astonishing miracles which
he did as proof of His Messiahship.
In John 5:36 Christ said “But I
have a greater witness than that of
John: for the works which the
Father hath given Me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness
of Me that the Father hath sent
Me.”
The world should have known
who the Saviour was through His
spoken claims.
In John 6:35, 36 Jesus said, “... I
am the bread of life: He that
cometh to Me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth in Me shall
never thirst. But I said unto you,
that ye also have seen Me and
believe not.”
While the world did not recog
nize Jesus as the Christ, the
demons He cast out of poor victims
did. Luke 4:41 reads as follows
“and devils also came out of many,
crying out, and saying, “Thou art
Christ the Son of God.” And He
rebuking them suffered them not to
speak; for they knew He was
Christ.”
Jesus should have been identi
fied through ancient prophecies
concerning His birth, life, works,
death and resurrection, but the
tragedy is He was not.
Lastly Jesus should have been
recognized by the wisdom of His
teachings and words.
In John, Chapter 7 the temple
guards who were sent to arrest
Jesus but returned without Him,
Day of Prayer March 3
were asked why they had not
brought him. Verse 46 says, “The
officers answered, never man
spake like this man.”
In Matt. 16 Jesus asked His
disciples, ”... whom do men say
that I, the son of man, am? And
they said, some say that Thou art
John the Baptist: some, Elijah; and
others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets. He saith unto them, but
whom say ye that I am? And Simon
Peter answered and said, Thou art
the Christ the Son of the living
God.”
My friend reading this column,
what is your conclusion? Whom do
you say Jesus is? Do you recognize
Him as God the Son sent into this
world to die for your sins and rise
again from the dead? If you do
recognize Him have you admitted
to Him your sin and invited Him
into your life as your personal
Saviour and Lord?
Salvation doesn’t just happen. It
is a gift from God, and as a gift
must be accepted or rejected. John
3:16 says: “For God so loved the
world that He gave His only
begotten son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.”
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY26
10 a.m. - Family Bible School
11 a.m. - Stan Yoder. Sierra Leone
8 p.m. - Mark Snider, Dominican Republic
Wed., 8 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study
Feb. 26/89
Lent 3
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Morning Prayer
Theme: Times of Testing
Rev. Patt Nunn 887-9267
9:15a.m.
Trinity, Blyth
11:00a.m.
St. John’s, Brussels
The political upheaval in Burma
of the past year was not imagined
when Christian women of Burma
wrote the 1989 World Day of Prayer
Service.
It is three years since they began
the task that will culminate on
Friday, March 3, 1989 when people
from 170 countries participate in
the World Day of Prayer.
The theme, “Lord, Teach Us to
Pray’’, was chosen by the Interna
tional Committee for the World
Day of Prayer at its quadrennial
meeting in May 1986. Alice Jean
Finlay from Ontario, Canada, as
President of the International Com
mittee, met with the Burmese
writers in November 1986 to dis
cuss the need for an ecumenical
worship service that reflected the
concerns and spirituality of Bur
mese Christian women.
In Canada, the service is spon
sored by Women’s Inter-Church
Council of Canada and arranged by
local ecumenical groups in over
3,000 communities. The offering is
used by Women’s Inter-Church
Council of Canada to provide
resources for the service, pro
gramme materials for women’s
groups, and to support ecumenical
projects in Canada and abroad.
Everyone is invited to share in
this 102 year tradition of recogni
zing our need for God’s guidance
as we struggle with the issues
facing our world.
Fellowship
Breakfast
planned
A monthly men’s Christian Fel
lowship Breakfast is starting in the
Brussels-Morris-Grey area. These
will be held at a different location
on the fourth Saturday of each
month.
The first breakfast will be on
Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 a.m.
at the Golden Lantern Restaurant
in Brussels. Guest speaker this
month will be Doug Zehr, Pastor of
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship.
Everyone is welcome to attend this
new venture, even if you only have
coffee. For further details call Dave
Goodland, 887-9627 or Bill Steven
son, 887-6139.
Sunday,
February 26
9:30 A.M. BELGRAVE SERVICE
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
King Street
Minister - Reverend Charles Carpentier
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Morning Service
Feb. 26 Sunday School - Nursery Care
Ministery’s Subject: “Yahweh is my Strength”.
Open and eager for a fresh view of God.
“Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man
who takes refuge in him. ’ [Psalm 34:8]
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