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Ive never seen a photo, a video,a marble bust, or so much as a rock etching to show what Jesus really lookedlike.

Yet I have no doubt that Jesus lived,and that He is the Son o God (John20:3031). I rmly believe that He isin heaven and that He will come back one day (Acts 1:911; John 14:12). No vision o Him is necessary right now.

We do not need to see Him in order tobelieve in Him. We walk by faith, notby sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Faith isthe substance of things hoped for, theevidence o things not seen (Hebrews11:1).

We do not need to see Him in ordto be blessed by Him: Blessed arethey that have not seen, and yet havebelieved (John 20:29).

We do not need to see Him in oto love Him: Whom having not seeye love (1 Peter 1:8).But I still want to see Him!

e Bible promises that one day wewill. John wrote, Behold, he comethwith clouds; and every eye shall seehim (Revelation 1:7). Not only willChristians see Him, but we will get toremain in His presence! And so shallwe ever be with the Lord. Whereforecom ort one another with these words(1 Tessalonians 4:1318). >>

VOLUME 15 NUMBER

Faceby Allen Webster

His

I Wantto Look

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What would it have been like to havelive two thous n ye rs go n to h veseen Jesus? One who i see Him w s nol m n n me Simeon. Simeon live inJerus lem n h een tol y the Holy Spirit that he would not die until heh seen the Lor s Christ (Luke 2:26).When Joseph and Mary took baby Jesusto the temple, Simeon met them. Tehistorian Luke records the scene: Tentook he him up in his rms, n lesse

Go , n s i , Lor , now lettest thouthy serv nt ep rt in pe e, or ingto thy wor : or mine eyes h ve seenthy s lv tion (Luke 2:2830). One y we too will l y eyes on Him or the

rst time, n like Simeon it will e thehighlight o our lives.

Tere is a sense in which we seedeity now. We see Christ throughHis Word and His world (Psalm 19).We speak of seeing God in the faceo hil , the ower o the el , thepre ision o the pl net ry or its, n the

omplexity o DNA. Sir Is Newtons i th t he oul t ke his teles ope nlook millions of miles into space. Butwhen I l y it si e, go into my room,shut the oor, n get own on my knees in e rnest pr yer, I see more o He ven n eel loser to the Lor th ni I were ssiste y ll the teles opes one rth (http://www.sermon r ers.org/).

Te New est ment hol s out thehope or more th n thisth t we n

one y see Go (He rews 12:14).Moses was once allowed to see thegoo ness, glory, n k o Go(Exo us 33:1723), ut he w s w rne ,Tou canst not see my face: for theresh ll no m n see me, n live (33:20).Te Bible makes it clear that no manh th seen Go t ny time (John 1:18;

. Colossi ns 1:15; 1 imothy 1:17;He rews 11:27). Jo elieve he woulsee God: For I know that my redeemer

liveth, n th t he sh ll st n t thel tter y upon the e rth: n thougher my skin worms estroy this o y,

yet in my esh sh ll I see Go (Jo19:2526). Jesus promised us: Blessed

re the pure in he rt: or they sh ll seeGod (Matthew 5:8). John con rms thatin he ven we will e llowe to see Go s

e (Revel tion 22:4).William M. Dyke became blind at

ge ten. Nonetheless, he grew inton intelligent, witty, n h n some

young man. While attending graduates hool in Engl n , he e me eng geto n English mir ls ughter. Teadmiral insisted that William have a newpro e ure to restore his sight. Hopingagainst hope, William wanted the gauzeremove rom his eyes uring thewe ing, so the rst thing he s w woul

e his ri es e. As she me own theaisle, Williams father unwound the ban-

gesnot knowing i the oper tion w ssuccessful. When the last layer came o

William looked into his brides face fothe rst time. He said: You are more

e uti ul th n I ever im gine .Like this young groom, we will one

day see our Beloved for the rst timeduring a wedding (Revelation 19:9). Wshall look upon his face (Revelation22:34). When Jesus came the rst timHe had no form nor comeliness andno beauty that we should desire him(Is i h 53:2). He visite e rth rom

he ven in orm th t most i notrecognize (John 1:1014). Yet when Hppe rs the se on time, Jesus will e

more e uti ul th n ny pi ture everp inte o Him or ny thought everim gine o Him. It will e worth theyears of waiting to one day see himhe is (1 John 3:12).

During the time of William E.Gl stone, m ny people woul tr vel

ross the Atl nti O e n just to look on his e. C n you think o morethrilling thought th n th t our eyes willlook upon the e o Go s Son whore eeme us rom our sins?

What a day that will be,When my Jesus I shall see; And I look upon His face,Te One who saved me by His grace,When He takes me by the hand, And leads me through the Promised

Land;What a day, glorious day that will be.

for there shall no mansee me, and live

Exodus 33:20

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Teres nothing whatever the matter with me;Im just as healthy as I can be.I have arthritis in both o my knees;And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze.My pulse is weak, and my blood is thin,But Im awfully well for the shape Im in.

Arch supports I have or my eet,Or I wouldnt be able to walk on the street.Sleep is denied me night a er night,And every morning I look a sight.My memory is ailing; my head is in a spin,But Im awfully well for the shape Im in.

Te moral is, as this tale was to un old,Tat or you and me who are growing old,It is better to say, Im ne, with a grin,Tan to let them know the shape were in.

Author Unknown

He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things Acts 17:25

for the Shape Im InIm Awfully Well

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt cOLOssiANs 4:6

Finding Time for the Bible Pu a B ble under your p llow o read ea

n gh be ore you go o leep.

Wake up en m nu e earl er ea hmorn ng.

turn o he tV a 8:00 p.m. ea h n gh anread o your h ldren.

Read a ew ver e a meal me when heam ly oge her. talk le o have a ew more m nu e o

read.

Keep a B ble n he k hen, o read whwa ng or ood o ook or or wa er bo l, or near he phone, o read wh le onhold.

carry a B ble n your pur e or po ke , oread wh le wa ng n l ne or do or when arr v ng early.

take a B ble on r p and read on a plane

or n a ho el.Don ju own a B bleread !

Blessed is he that readeth REVELAtiON 1:3

Tough ServiceOne Sunday morning, the preacher

noticed little Alex standing in the churchoyer staring up at a large plaque. It was

covered with names and had small agsmounted on either side o it. Te preacherwalked over, stood beside the boy, and saidquietly, Good morning, Alex.

Good morning, Preacher, he repliedstill ocused on the plaque.

Preacher, what is this?Well son, its a memorial to all the

men and women who died in the service.Soberly, they just stood together, staring atthe large plaque. Finally, little Alexs voice,barely audible and trembling with earasked,

Which service . . . the 9:30 or theAuthor Unknow

A merry heart doeth good PROVERBs 17:22

How good is it that God abovehas never gone on strike,Because He was not treated fair

or saw things He didnt like.I only once Hes given up

andSaid, ats it, Im through!Ive had enough of those onEarth, so this is what Ill do.Ill give my orders to the

sunCut o the heat supply!And to the moongive no

moreLight, and run the oceans dry.

Ten just to make things really ough and put the pressure on,urn of the vital oxygen, till every

Breath is gone!

O n

S t r i k e

If GodShould

Go

You know He would be justi ed, i Fairness was the game.For no one has been more abused

or met with more disdainTan God; and yet He carries on,Supplying you and meWith all the favors of His grace,And everything or ree.Men say they want a better

deal,And so on strike they go,But what a deal weve given

God,o whom all things we owe.

We dont care whom we hurt, toGain the things we like;But what a mess wed all be in, if God should go on strike.



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How Families GrowSpirituallyYou don grow a chr an am ly bygo ng hrough a da ly r ual. Bu ne herdo you grow one w hou plann ngand defn e ul va on. Here are omeproven a v e ha help a am ly grow

p r ually.

A end ng hur h oge her (Hebrew10:25).

Wor h p oge her n da ly devo onal

(1 chron le 23:30). G v ng hank o God a meal me

(1 t mo hy 4:4).

Hav ng un oge her (E le a e 9:9). Expre ng love and a e on openly

and reely (Proverb 16:24).

Underg rd ng and uppor ngea h o her a v e and n ere(Ph l pp an 2:4).

Work ng oge her; a ep ngre pon b l y or do ng hore and job around he hou e (Proverb20:11).

Rea h ng ou o o her a a chr anam ly (Ephe an 4:28).

Lite FareA boy and a g rlhad a da e. He

hough hewa a pea h, andhe be ame heapple o her eye. they were oon plum

razy abou ea h o her, and n due mebe ame a happ ly marr ed pa r.

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Tose are words that Jehovahspoke to Satan (Job 1:8). God wenton to tell him that Job was unique,complete, upright, eared God, andwas one who shunned evil. Tat isquite a commendation rom the Onewho knows every single thing there isto know about aperson.

Most Biblestudents arequite amiliarwith the tragiccircumstancesthat beset Job andhis amily. Jobsstead astness andpatience havebeen renownedworldwidethroughout theages. But here arethree importantthings about Job asa ather, and these

things are seenbe ore his childrenand livestock weretaken rom him.

As a ather,Job showed his children that his rstdevotion was to God Almighty, notmaterial things. Possessing thousandso head o livestock helped make Jobthe greatest of all the men of the east(Job 1:3). Yet, as we noted above, theLord God still referred to Job as my

servant (Job 1:8). Job did not allow hisstuf to crowd out, hinder, or diminishhis devotion to the God o heaven.Dads, what do your children see as yournumber one commitment: stu , or God?Believe me, they can tell what is numberone without your saying a word!

As a ather, Job recognized that hischildren made mistakes. Job oferedburnt oferings on behal o his grownchildren, saying, It may be that my sons

Job?have sinned, and cursed God in theirhearts (Job 1:5). Tere are some atherswho never seem to have anything goodto say about their children, and they seldom, i ever, give them any supportand positive exhortation. On the otherhand, some dads are blind. Tey are

convinced thattheir little Maryand Billy, Jr.could never doanything wrong,ever. Tey wouldnever be deceptive,never be sel sh,and never bedisrespect ul.Tere are many great childrenin the world,but no one isper ect. Dadsneed to accept thetruth that all sin(Romans 3:23).

Job admitted thatabout his ownchildren.

As a ather,Job showed his

concern or the spiritual wel are o hischildren. It was on their behal that herose up early and ofered burnt oferingsto God. Dont you know that it makes achild, regardless o whether he is ve or

y, swell up with delight to hear andsee that his daddy is doing something

for his spiritual bene t! Dads, there ismore to being a dad than putting oodon the table and showing a child howto hit, throw, or kick a ball. Te numberone task o athers is to bring up theirchildren in the Lords nurture andadmonition (Ephesians 6:4).

We will always remember Jobsendurance. But lets not forget what thBible also shows us about him as a fbe ore disaster struck his li e.

Roger D. Campbell, Cleveland, Tennessee

Hast Thou ConsideredMy Servant

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Yes, solutely.While we do nothave an original copy of the Bible, it haseen ith ully h n e own rom one

gener tion to nother.Just s the writings o Sh kespe re n

e repro u e y omp ring the m ny n v rie opies o th t uthors work,

so we can verify the Bible by comparingits m nus ripts n tr nsl tions. In t,there re r more serious is rep n iesamong other works than among Biblem nus ripts.

Comp re the sp n o time n thenum er o m nus ripts o the s retext with other n ient writings:

Te n ient l ssi l history o Caesars Gallic War w s ompose

out 5850 b.c. with the ol estknown m nus ript ting to outa.d. 850. Tus g p o 900 ye rs exists

etween omposition n opies.

Only ten m nus ripts o the history re known. Yet ll s hol rs ept

these s reli le history. Te Roman History of Livy w s written

etween 59 b.c. to a.d. 17, ut itsol est known m nus ripts werem e out a.d. 300. Only 35 opies

re known to exist. Yet it is eptewithout question.

Te History of Tycydides , written 460400 b.c., is repro u e rom only eightm nus ripts whi h were pro u e1300 hun re ye rs l ter (a.d. 900).Ag in, it is not ispute .

Te History of Herodotus (450425b.c.) is tr nsl te rom only eight

opies whi h were m e rom theorigin l 1300 ye rs l ter out a.d.900. It is epte without question.How o these omp re with the New

est ment? Revel tion (its n l ook)w s written y a.d. 96.

A sp n o only 250 ye rs rings us toa.d. 350, the te o the wi ely epteBible codices. In addition, we have 40p pyrus r gments written rom a.d.130 to a.d. 250. Tis puts us within 30to 150 ye rs o the ook o Revel tion.Further, pr ti lly rom the time Johnpenne the origin l utogr ph, e rly church fathers began quoting the New

est ment (a.d. 90 to a.d. 160), n weh ve their writings.

Tere re liter lly thous n s moreopies o S re S riptures whi h en l

omp rison, n give us ssur n eo more ur te text or the Newest ment, th n there is o ny text o

Shakespeare. Jesus said, My words shnot pass away (Matthew 24:35).

Flavil Nichols

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Directions: Unscramble the letters below to discover a book of the New Testament. Lillian Skeele

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Directions: Chose from these three answers: Eunuch (Acts 8:2640), 3000 on Pentecost (Acts 2:147), Jailor (Acts 16:2334)

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How I Know the Bible Is the

Suppose v st uil ingwere to e ere te , the stones or whi hwere brought from the quarries in Rutland, Vermont; Berea, Ohio; KasotMinnesota; and Middletown, Connecticut. Each stone was hewn into nash pe in the qu rry rom whi h it w s rought. Tese stones were v riety of shapes and sizescubical, rectangular, cylindrical, and so forthbutwhen they were rought together every stone t into its pl e, n when puttogether there rose e ore you temple solutely per e t in every outline,with its omes, si ew lls, uttresses, r hes, tr nseptsnot g p or wanywhere. How would you account for it? You would say: Back of thein ivi u l workers in the qu rries w s the m stermin o the r hite t whopl nne it ll n g ve to e h in ivi u l worker his spe i tions or thework.

So in this marvelous temple of Gods truth which we call the Bible,stones h ve een qu rrie t perio s o time n in pl es so remote rom on

nother, ut where every sm llest p rt ts e h other p rt, we re or e to s

that back of the human hands that wrought was the Mastermind that thoDr. R. A. Tory

The foundation of God standeth sure . . . 2 tiMOtHY 2:19

Word of God

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Churches of ChristWith church buildings lo te every ew lo ks nwith nearly 1,200 di erentreligious groups recognized

y the IRS s t x exempt,one n e sily live in

ommunity n not knowmu h out p rti ul r

hur h. In this rti le we reon erne out the hur h

o Christ. One m y h vewon ere , wh t is istin t

out hur hes o Christ?What is their historical

kgroun ? How m ny

ongreg tions n mem erso they h ve? Are they worldwide organization?What is their message? How

re they governe ? How othey worship? What do theybelieve about the Bible?

Membership in Churches of Christ: In ook entitle WhereTe Saints Meet , Mac Lynn states that the total number of

hur hes o Christ in the Unite St tes n her territories isout 13,410 with tot l mem ership o 1,277,004. In more

re ent work entitle Churches of Christ Around Te World ,Dr. Lynn st tes there re 13,908 ongreg tions with 747,568mem ers outsi e o the Unite St tes n her territories.Tis woul m ke tot l o 27,318 ongreg tions with tot lmem ership o 2,124,572. At the present time, or ing toDr. Lynn, there re 660 Ameri n mission ries in 121 n tions.

Te Spirit of the Movement: As is o en the se, men h ve ten en y to lter the mess ge o Go . It st rte in the G r eno E en when Go s i not to e t o the or i en ruit nm n viol te this ivine injun tion. During the Isr eliteshistory, they o en h nge the worship n mission th t Goh ssigne . Evi en e o ep rture in the New est ment nre ily e seen in those who trie to in n ient eremonies

n ritu ls upon the people o Go . In our y, m ny hur hesh ve e ome ur ene own with tr itions o men, iling to

ul ll Christs pl n or them.Te solution is to return to the Bible. Amos question of long

ago, Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos3:3) points to the ne essity o h ving st n r to resolvedi erences. Te spirit of churches of Christ is to return to theBible. It is our desire to go back beyond denominationalismto the simplicity and purity of the rst century. We believe

that the Bible and the Biblonly will m ke Christi ns

s Go inten e . Unity n

e hieve y ollowingthe Bible. It is the safe anre son le ppro h to t ke(G l ti ns 1:69; Revel tion22:1819).

Gods Organization: Chur hes o Christ o noth ve the tr ppings o m ny modern-day organizational

ure u r ies. Tere reno of i l o r sneither

istri t, region l, norintern tion l. E hcongregation is self-ruled

n is in epen ent o llother ongreg tions. Tere

re no onventions, nnu lmeetings, o cial publications, or policy-setting groups. Each

ongreg tion is overseen y group o el ers who re sele terom mong the mem ers n meet the qu li tions outliney P ul (1 imothy 3; itus 1). Tese el ers re ssiste y e ons, ev ngelists, te hers, n other Christi n serv nts.

Te Worship: Worship in churches of Christ is very simplIt ten s tow r p rti ip tion s oppose to one eing spectator. Christians meet to sing a cappella, as is authoriz

y the nine verses in the New est ment th t is uss the musithe e rly Christi ns pr ti e . Te Lor s supper is o serveupon the rst y o every week, just s w s one in the rst

entury (A ts 2:47). Christi ns urther worship y giving sthey have been prospered, studying the Bible, and praying.

erms of Membership: Te terms o mem ership re lsooutline in the New est ment. Tey in lu e ith in Go(He rews 11:6) n in His Son (John 8:24); repent n e o ones sins, s omm n e o ll men everywhere (A ts 17:30);confession of belief that Jesus is the Son of God (Matthew10:32); nally one must be baptized to enter into Gods fPeter said, Repent, and be baptized every one of you inn me o Jesus Christ, or the remission o your sins (A ts2:38).

We encourage you to visit the church of Christ in yourommunity n g in experien e the joy n simpli ity s we

attempt to go back to the Bible.Jerry Jenkins, Birmingham, Alabama

Who Are These People?



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CagedA boy with a rusty birdcage walked by a preacher.What are you going to do with that bird? asked the preacher.

Oh, Im just going to poke sticks at it, shake the cage, throwwater on it . . . un things like that.

What are you going to do a er that?I dont know; probably just feed it to the cats.How much do you want for it? asked the preacher.Aw, you dont want it; its just an old eld bird. It doesnt sing

or nothin.How much?

e boy thought awhile, and then said, Two dollars. epreacher paid it. Te boy grinned, and pocketed his money.Ten he watched to see what the preacher would do with thebird. Te preacher just opened the cage and turned it loose.Te boy walked away, shaking his head over the craziness o some people.

e minister had something else in mind. Sin has cagedeach one o us and Satan has mankind in his grasp. Jesus asks,What are you going to do with them?

Im just going to have fun with them. Im going to teasethem. Im going to bring heartache and pain into their lives.

And a er that?Well, when I get tired, I will take them to eternal

destruction.I will buy them, says Jesus.You couldnt possibly want them! ey will despise You, use

Your name in vain and reject You. Ten they will kill You.I will give my life.Jesus paid the price, and set us free (Ephesians 1:7). Wont

you accept His o er on His terms?Roger Campbell, Cleveland, Tennessee

Plea e re y le Hou e o Hou e by g v ngh opy o your am ly or r end .

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