TM2 Fr,0V!MAN3 Published Ivery. Friday, , Hertford. North Carolina, . Virginia. White Tranaeen " ..: . KDITOB $oait BalM 0U ' (Enured m second class rnatur Navmber IS, 1934. at Post Office t bertturd, Nor Carolina, (Advertising Rates Furnished By Request , v. 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ' i ONE YE Alt W.00 ; !In Prrqulinans County) ' ELSEWHERE ... : $2. MX MONTHS . S1.50 fMDAV, JANUARY, 6, 1961 The Coldest Month January, usually the cold est month of the year, is the month with more darkness than any except the last, (December. Yet with the new' year the days are be ginning to .get longer and the increased sunshine prom ises warmer weather of spring and summer to come. For both warm weather and cold weather holidays January is a good month, though February and early March (with their longer days) are considered peak holiday months. Though . heating bills arc stiff in the colder climates in'January, it's a good month for indoor entertaining and reading. It is also the month in which new Congresses open, and Presidents are in augurated when the poli tical gas attacks begin, in other words. ,.' ; The night sky is always exciting in January and the colder weather often pro vides clear visibility at night -especially when high pres sure, systems' from Canada . move in. ..- In cold weather one naturally eats more and this has ' its .appeal to too many if us. January is also happy in come; tax payment month for the fiial installment: on 1QC6 tnontme taxes, which, re minds us bf the high cost of government' and defense., in this post-war era.1' i . t- This is The Life Br DQNAtD THOMAS lauaeaaat JUpttat Chare BY WHAT AUTHORITY? Take ypur Bible and turn with me to St. Matthew 21.23-32. As Jesus was teaching in the temple one day, the eld ers asked Jesus, "By what authority do . you , da these things?" By what authority did John baptize, Jesus asked Ihtro, . They couldn't agree that it was God's since they didn't believe in John. They couldn't say by man i since the people held John to be a prophet. ''We can't tell," they said.' "Neith er can I,'' said Jesus. Jesus told them of a man who or dered; his two sons to work in a vineyard. The first refused but : later repented and went The second said he would and didn't. Which one ;did the ; fathj er wshes(? -Tha coders had to answer, "The first." ''Just so,".., Jesus said, "the" tax gatherers and sinful women will go into the Kingdom of God before you; for they do repent and afterwards be lieve." This (message sure hit home for a lot of us. We use God's word but we don't back it up. Are we like the elders or are we like the second son who said he would but didn't? The Bible says: "Whether of them twain did the will ,of ,his - father? - They say unto hum, the first. Jesus saith . unto v them, , verily, I say. unto you, that the pub licans and the harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you." 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While most of those pres ent had come to worship, to listen.; and to learn, there were some who ' had came hoping to ' catch Jesus in some violation of the strict Jewish lays.':. Of this Jesus was fully aware hence the public healing of the palsied man, following Jesus" for giveness of the man's sins. ' For while Jesus was bas ically concerned with man's spiritual state ; He ateo knew that great controversy raged around His claim of Messiahship. : : It is not : too: surprising, therefore,- that being great ly impressed by the faith: of the sick man's friends (dem onstrated by the lengths they went to to get ; their companion into Jesus' pres ence against great odds) Jesus demonstrated the Di vine power invested , in Him by healing the ' man : of his physical affliction. He .knew that the scoffers .would : say that it was - easy for , just anyone to say: ;"Your sins are forgiven"; what ..' was needed to convince t h, e doubters was , a concrete demonstration of His Divine Sonship.. Ttr Jesus never for a minute lost sight of the .fact that His mission was to bring sight to (he, spiritually blind, t& enrich s the poor of spirit, I to heal broken lives, to de liver from . the captivity of sin. The parables tie taught, the help that He gave to the materially poor, the restora tion of physical sight to the blind all of these practical demonstrations; had but one end the, teaching and ac ceptance or uoa s wory. : In assuming His ministry on earth, Jesus' was .. fulfill ing the promise of centuries. All during His Ministry He was careful to proclaim the fact that He was only the instrument of . God. What great deeds that were wrought through Him were evidences of Gods eating. The Holy Spirit was at work in Christ's life; it must ne cessarily be at work in out lives if we dare to approxi mate Christianity in its basic concepts. It was fitting that Jesus should make a public an nouncement, of His call to the people of His birthplace, and it is equally fitting, to day, that we should reflect that every Christian's minis try t begins where he lives and has his being. For it is. not only charity that "begins at . : home"; V Christian con cepts and - God 1 y ' living should ' emanate from ' the surroundings in which we first become aware of the ultimate goal of our lives. ; Concern for their friend was the motivation for the lengths to : which the sick man's friends - went to to bring him before Jesus, and in this regard we-would do well to remember that the church has been referred to as "the company of the con cerned." ' We are not good members of that church if we allow our concern to center solely around person al concerns and interests. We need to be exquisitely aware that man's condition will not undergo an essen tial change until man, him self, has changed. And it was this change that moti vated the advent of Jesus and His ministry on earth. The men who brought their afflicted friend to Jesus were blessed with convic tion conviction that Jesus could help him be whole again; they had FAITH! The man who had received neanng at in nana oiiou Lord also ha4 faith, and lit walked away a living testi mony of God's concern for His children. Concern and conviction . these' are the basics of Christianity!; (hese comments are bas$ oa. outline at to. Internay ttonal 8an4ay School Lessors, ODjrUrcUa W the ttext v tionU CocncU at t;,;'lc zmvam, tam awe ty 1 V,? I h ' ' : 't't't L J k 41s 1 fit f r & ' i . ' ' . i I :; H'i I IJ V - isiii jfjBnijojsliiiAii.a iPH Qvrtii thtraaMlt Castor & rtS l r Mil &M4t of Votui..;Wlthi)ut ifrtxif C(mfe(v Wth nfxmtf nti. ivih- V cgn survlvt. .lThir'6r' ttiuf liunj coscii who imon stlbuld olt.nd wen Mgutprly suit Vpptilh Chdrdi. J11?)? IT'""' N ilV ( fi fci'cWdtSi'i sukfc." HI fw tto aotf hi cMinnuhltv-oi ntii. (OHor MfW i Chureh itwff hcfttM,HJs nvital malnol.suppolf. Hart to 90 to churdi itjulorlj r4 your 4tf doi. ' ". ''u V:: V- '.;"; ': -; V'-.-v.-v.- 1MI Suite Mmvfa wH fca,.SltMBuii tfn pan'' AN EYE ON THE WORLD The fascination of a globe . let the eye roam over the world map . ... notice the different countries and continents . . i try to imagine what life must he like in each of these places. ' ." Yes, every spot on the globe has its par ticular need. Sometimes it is a need felt in that one place alone. Yet, in a sense, every place is the same, for all countries are made up of people. And all people have the same basic needs. , ;. ... " ' . One of these needs is faith faith in a God who also has an eye on our world ' faith in a God who sustains us, and who gives meaning to time and eternity. Your own life has this need. You can answer thatlieed by attending church, and discovering the strength and joy which come through regular worship. 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