The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1913, Page 28

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How to Prove the Truth of the Gospel.

In the end there is but one way to prove the
truth of the Gospel, and that is by accepting it.
It is only when the Spirit through the Gospel con-

vinces us in our inmost heart of the divine truth -

of the Word that we can accept the truthfulness
of the Gospel. When, therefore, Philip came to

JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SYCHAR.

Nathanael, telling him that he had found the
Savior, and Nathanael by means of arguments
would convince Philip that he must be mistaken,
Philip's only answer was, “Come and sec2? And
in speaking thus, simple-minded Philip said the
right thing. It is only by coming and seeing that
you can become convinced that Jesus is the Lord,
and that His Gospel is truth.

When Jesus was passing through Samaria from
Jerusalem ‘to Galilee, He stopped at the well near
Sychar, and there entered into a long conversation

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with a woman of the city. The outcome of this con-
versation was that the woman. became convinced that
He was the promised Messiah. No sooner had this
conviction taken root in her heart than she hastened
into the city to tell the people of her great discovery.
“Come and see,” said she to the people.
people followed her and saw. But when they had
heard Jesus, they said to the woman, “Now we be-
lieve, not because of thy saying; for
we have heard Him ourselves, and know
that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior
of the world.”

The word of the woman had drawn
their attention to Jesus, but not till
they heard Christ’s Word were thoy
convinced in their inmost hearts that
Jesus was indeed the Christ, the Savior.

And so it ever will be. We may
draw people’s attention to Christ, and
it is our blessed duty to do so at all
times, but it is only Christ’s Word that
can convince, it is the Gospel alone that

can prove that the Gospel is truth. The
old adage holds good here also, “Ihe

proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
The Gospel of Christ is the power of
God unto salvation to them that be-
lieve, to them only that believe. It is
the Bread of Life, but to him only that
eats; it is the Water of Life, but to:
him only that drinks; it is the Guide
to heaven, but to him only that fol-
lows its guidance. ‘To the unbeliever
the Gospel is foolishness; but to him
that accepts it, it is the Wisdom of
God, the Truth of God, making him
wise unto salvation.

Have you proved tlie truth of the
Gospel in yourself?

—_——>e>

“I Give Myself to Him.”

A little girl once gathered a bunch of flowers
and brought it as a gift of love to her pastor. In
accepting it, he said, “Do you ever bring little gifts
to the Lord Jesus to show your love to Him?”

»“O yes,” said the little maid, with a cherub smile

upon her face, “I give myself to “Him.”

Are we always careful, like this little girl, to
give our whole selves to Christ, to love and serve
Him as our Lord and God?

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