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FELLOWSHIP
Feel Free
Live by Faith and not by Feeling
Praise God!! The Lord truely
blessed the Fellowship Page last
semester. Many people contributed
articles, puzzles, poems and
testimonies. This semester there
will l» room for many, many more
contributions. If the Lord has
blessed you (as He has all of us)
here is your chance to express it.
Sometimes we may receive of the
Holy Spirit some inspiration which
picks us up and gives us new
determination and dedication. Or
there may be some special
“revelation" that gives us new
understanding. That inspiration or
insight may be just what one of
your brothers or sisters need. If
you feel that the Ix>rd would have
you to share something please feel
free to do so on this page. Your
contribution may be as long or as
short as you desire to make it.
Sometimes a few sentences may
get the point across. It would be
appreciated if contributions could
be typed double-spaced. However
if you cannot type it please feel free
to submit your article anyway.
Someone will type it for you. Many
of us write poetry for the Lord.
How about sharing those also?
Whatever your gift use it for the
Lord. Any contributions can be
either placed in the folder marked
COPY in the Black Student
Movement Office in the Union or
else be given to Sheri Turner, 1051
James, 933-4965.
By HELEN STEINER RICE
When everything is pleasant and
bright
And the things we do turn out just
right.
We feel without question that
GOD is real,
For, when we are happy, how
good we feel . . .
But when the tides turn and gone
is the song
And misfortune comes and our
plans go wrong.
Doubt creeps in and we start to
wonder
And out thoughts about GOD are
torn asunder—
For we feel deserted in time of
deep stress, sj
Withoug GOD’S PRESENCE to '
assure us and bless . . .
And it is then when our senses
are reeling
We realize clarly it’s FAITH and
not FEELING—
For it takes GREAT FAITH to
patiently wait,
Believing “GOD comes NOT
TOO SOON or TOO LATE.”
Scripture
Bible Quiz
Ecclesiastes 12:8-14
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the
preacher, all is vanity.
9 And moreover, because the
preacher was wise, he still taught
the people knowledge; yea, he gave
good het*d, and sought out, and set
in order many proverbs.
10 TTie preacher sought to find out
acceptable words; and that which
was written was upright, even
words of truth.
llThe words of the wise are as
goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are
given from one sheperd.
12 And further, by these, my son,
be admonished: of making many
books there is no end; and much
study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 I.«t us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, a nd keep
his commandments: for this is the
whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work
into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it t)e good, or
whether it be evil.
1. Who was David’s Great
grandmother?
2. When someone is “as old as
Methusa”, how old is he?
3. Who by Lot was chosen to
replace Judas as one of the 12
apostles?
1. Ruth—Ruth 4:17
2. 969 years old—Geenesis 5:27
3. Matthias—Acts 1:26
This will be a weekly addition to
this page. Anyone with questions
which are not well known please
feel free to submit them to the
editor.
The World is Hungry—Lift the Savior up
“And Jesus said unto them, I am
the bread of life: he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst”
John 6:35
To try to think of all the people in
this world who are members of
different cults and false religious
groups is virtually impossible.
Even to try to imagine the nearly
1,000 people who lost their lives
following “Rev.” Jim Jones is an
awesome task. Each person had
his own beliefs, values, social
status . . . yet they all died
following one man. One man lead
all those people to their death and
possibly everyone of them to hell. I
think about that. It’s a horrible,
shocking realization—but it’s
reality.
As I watched the news on
television as well talk shows like
Donahue, over Christmas, it
seemed that the story of the
People’s Temple was being
discussed in great detail. My
family embers were talking about
how they just didn’t understand
how so many people could allow
someone to take their minds like
those people did. It’s unreal, but
then again, it’s very real.
Every since the first newscast
that I watched on the topic, the
Lord has been opening my eyes to a
truth that for so long I ignored.
Actually, it wasn’t that I ignored it
but rathtT that I only skimmed the
surface of it. I say that God “has
been opening my eyes” because
it’s a truth which I didn’t didn’t
grasp all at once, I’m still in the
process of learning it.
As we go through life, each one of
us, conciously or not, is seeking
and searching. Some would say
that we seek success—as some
would measure fulfillment. Freud
would say that we week to indulge
some psycho-sexual urge. There
are many theories of what we’re
seeking. But I postulate that which
we seek is G^. Our Spirits are
crying out in need to be one with
God.
Jesus said in John 17:21, “That
they all may be one; as thou
Father, art in me, and I in Thee,
that they also may be one in us
. . Due to sin, we ail are
separated from God until we
surrender our lives to him and
become reunited. Jesus is the only
way for us to become one with God
again.
Jesus is what the world needs. He
is the only way to fill the void that
exists in each man’s life. Jesus told
the woman at the well, “Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst
again; But whosoever drinketh of
the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into
everlasting life.” Everything that
the world has ever turned to, if it
wasn’t Jesus, has left it just as
empty as before. The woman at the
well was much like each one of us
has been at the time or another.
She had turned to every thing else
looking for love; only Jesus could
give her love.
The followers of Jim Jones were
searching for love. The survivors
that were interviewed talked of the
love he showed them. This is why
they followed him. Love only
comes from God. Love from any
other source is simply ‘fool’s gold’.
God alone can put love in a per
son’s heart.
The world is hungry for the
Living Bread, lift up the savior for
men to see.
One man was able to lead 1,000
people to their death. I’ve heard
that at least one third of all
Americans claim Christianity. If
only half of those people were doers
of the word and not just hearers,
think of how many people could be
brought to Christ.
Never should we say, “What can
I do. I’m only one person.” Jim
Jones was only one person, he’s
shown us what one man can do.
True, Satan help^ him out, but
greater is he who is in you than he
who is in the world. ,
Bible study last Wednesday
evening was on the topic “A
Ministry of Reconciliation.” We
talked about how our duty as
Christians is to allow the Lord to
use us to lead others to salvatiwi.
This is our duty. If you know the
Lord as your savior and friend,
you’ll want to bring others to know
him as well. The world is hungry
for the living bread, lift up the
Savior for men to see.
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