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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THÜJtSDAY, JUNE 9th, 1966 Fal1se Prophetsard, Profits Taken frona a sermon preaclied ib Rev. Basil Long. where 1500 minîsters and physie-i Scripture Lesson- Ezekiel 37: tans came tôgether for a day of1 11-14' discussion and learning it was1 False PROPHETS of the Bible encouraging to bear doctors say- were people who did not have an ing that doctor and minister nspired message. They cameshuibreadintir ok witli their predictions and assur- because man cannot be served ances pretending to be 'speaking J ust by one. There is a resporisi- for God, but actually motivated blity for the whole man. We by slf-initerest. Tbey preferred are becoming more alive to thej popularity to a truly lielpful min- iatta sdcor n iitr istry, often prophesying peaceful we cannot work by ourselves nor security when they knew that this can inidustry, educatiorî or any- ,as, impossible. thing else work by itse if. It is Tlie truc PROPHET was a man necessary that each one minister witli a message from God. Often 1,to people in relatonship, to the the message was bitter, to the iwhole and accept a responsibility hearing of man because il called for the whole. Tlie man is broken for, changes, but the propliet into bits and pieces; lielias lost spoke what man should hear. lhis Perspective in life and is not False PROFIT are those things brouglit and tied together1 as a whicb seemn to build up a man or wliole man, a nation but in trutlitliey under- That is wliy there is a paralle] mine the wel-being of both. with the vision of Ezekiel. In T he prophet of the exile, Eze- a sense, man today is like. the kiel, is counted as one of thc Valley of -Dry Bones. There needs great propliets of tlie Hebrew peo- to be something to bring those pie. In the course 'of b is s earcli-1 bones together and make hin the ing for God's message lie had a'! man God intended liim -to be and ~vision in which lie saw a valley that is done througli that breath of dry bones and, the bonies comn- of life whidh God breathes into ing to life, each part to its part. ever3' man. It has to lie donie in lie interprets tliis as -a sign of relationship to ail of iife. If we- bope for lis people, seeing it as say man can lie ministered to 'in a symbol of the whole bouse of this way for'a littie time on Sun- Israel being restored to its rigli-' day we are inclinedl to say that fui place. Wlien Ezekiel was ask- God is tied to the Cliuicli and ed in the vision, "can tliese bones wlien we go out it is a different live?" lie answered, "Tliou know- kind, of life and world and ex- est Lord." Or in other words, if pression.. We need to discover that they live.it wiii be througli the just as Cod is not tied to the soul power of God. of Pa estine and couild minister .There- is a par aliel lier for lif e to the people of Babylon, H1e is to-day because as indîviduals men seeking to minister to us inev* seema to bie tomn into sections, eut aspect of life, in every experience. into bits and pieces. The lack of Try to tie Him ta the churcli and intelligent responsi bility, in the yuu reveal tliat you do not know stewardship of life seems to be wbat 'God is like,. nor have you everywhere. In our time- false found a living relationship with PROPI-ETS serve their false Hlm. gods for thieir own selfisli pur- Can tbese bones live? Can man poses. Tbey seem to be offcring become bis true self? H1e can a woniderfuli PROFIT which, turns become bis truc self only tbrough out to be FALSE PROFIT. 1 h oe fGd 1 cnb tha ifmanlis eoug o maerlthaesothatf are. takigpane in FALSE PROPHETS proclaim ifaitbful to Godi and alive to thej things lie vwill bave the ultim a te ardy i'cntyt nesa in life. assess and give hrs influenet We have witnessed in many those powers that can bringabu parts of Canada tlie irresponsi- a corrective change and then bility of _great industries, claIngn1 have thec faii tlitat the power of our rnost productive land, and God is stili at work. disrupting the life of communities Ezekiel shows us that hope lies and individuals. Wlien big busin- in tlie ifc-giving, regenerating ess concerns corne into an area power of the Divine Spirit and1 they have a great responsibility the promise that 'The Word Of1 for the total good of man, but if God, does not return to Him void thcy see land and men as tools9 but it prospers inflic thing where- by which they can furtier their to 11e sends it., This great lesson own selfishi interests Ien tliey neoeFALSE PROPHETS pro -_ ___________ climing man's well-bcing wbhen in trutlimn sdegraded. We have many who proclaim cdig~ation as God, that education is the answcýr to everything. H1e wlio proclaims tliis is a FALSE- PROPHET, and lie who acccpts it is receiving a FALSE PROFIT. Those in the field of educaton have a responsibiity to the wbolc man, not just a part of hlým. Many are not responsible for anytliing except injecting certain facts in- does not necessarily make a man B W wise. If a man is a crook and you educate hlm you make him a, more, akilful crook so education îs n . god and not the entire ans-F The argument couid« bel used that morals are the responsibility of tlie churcli but in so doirg we only furticr -the deception of what I ama speaking against, that is, that we can give man an in- jectiý.tlirough the churcli 10 an-f other part of bis nature and tbat this will add to the overail strue- ture andl make him wbole. It does oet work out that way. First, if th.e churcli is i7one to be respons-5 ffble for morals entirely then weH A have to get bina into relationsbipH A with the churcli. A bigb percent- age of society does not even al- of E -ekiel's, vision! is taken up by our Lord, Jesus Christ Him- self and, extended to the prociam13 large, "The hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hearr the voice of the Son of God and they shall hear and live" T e H I O o There is a, sense in which we can 'te walking, yet quite dead, Orono Comrnunity Park, June outsideý Ford showrooms in a1J but the purpose of God is to bring 12, 1966. our large cities and were Ltî1 us to real life. This is wbat Jesus uigfrahsvewote was speaking about when H1e The second day of December ouringtoe irve of the Cetr "îdel said, "What does it profit -a nan197 andsle adco; if hie gain the whole world and most of the nation was drenchedA bIse his own soul?" If lie gains with rain or pelted with sleet and Austere in style, masterful in, the whole world and' loses his snow. 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