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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953
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Confess—Follow
Lesion for January XI, 1953
Another of those Bibio words
which are easy to misunder-
■tand, 1» the word "confess.” Or
dinarily we connect thia word tn
our minds with a court of law, or
with aome wrong that haa been
done. When we say the prisoner
signed a confession, we mean he
admitted he was guilty. When
Catholics go to confession, they
are expected to tell the priest all
about their sins. In the English
Bible the word sometimes has this
meaning, as when John says that
If we confess our sins, God will for
give (I John 1:9).
• • •
Where Do You Stand?
But there is another meaning
of these words "confess” and "con
fession" which is quite different.
It does not always
mean to admit.
Sometimes It
means to declare,
to announce pub
licly and proudly,
as plainly as pos
sible. For in
stance, Paul tells
Timothy (I Tim.
8:13) that Jesus,
before Pilate,
made a "good con
fession.” Paul is
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not saying for a minute that Jesus
admitted that the charges against
him were true. What he means is
that Jesus stood up for God and
his duty, he did not let down his
flag, he stood out for the truth.
The expression is often used, re
ferring to Peter’s saying to Christ,
“You are the Christ," and it has
come to be known as “Peter’s
confession." This does not mean
that Peter admitted something; on
the contrary he affirmed some
thing. He was declaring his belief,
he was letting it be known where
he stood. The Christian church has
made much use of this word, but
it might be clearer if we used
some other words sometimes. All
churches will tell young people and
converts how important it is
* fnggyu^lhrist. We could just
aS well say "standing up for” him;
voting for him and having one’s
vote put on record. When Christ
asks: Are you with me? Confessing
means simply saying openly; Yes!
•’ * *
Christ Never Outranked
There is something else tied up
in this idea of “confessing" Christ.
It includes saying something about
Christ. Peter’s confession, accord
ing to Matthew, was “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Luke reports that he said. "You
are the Christ of God.” Mark re
ports simply: "You are the Christ.”
All agree that Peter declared Jesus
to be the Christ. To us, “Christ"
is a name; to Peter it was a title,
the highest title he knew. When a
first-century Jew used the word
“Christ" he meant there was no
one else in his class. He meant
Ged's chosen beginner of a new
age. There was no higher word
that Peter could have chosen than
"Christ." So to this day when we
say that a Christian confesses
Christ, we ought to mean that he
'puts Christ above all others, that
he knows no one can outrank
Christ. We mean what the old
hymn says, "All hail the power of
Jesus' name, let angels prostrate
fall.”
♦ • •
More than Mouth-Christians
But there is still another word
the church has always used, be
cause Jesus used it: Follow. Con
fession alone is not enough It may
take courage to confess Christ. It
takes sincerity and also stlck-to-lt
iveness to follow him. Confession
can be done in a burst of enthusi
asm; following takes the long pull.
Confessing Christ means saying he
comes first in your life. But does
he! Who or what is really first?
There are a great many—too many
—church members today who have
been as much of a Christian as
they can possibly be-with their
mouths. They have confessed
Christ as Son of God. as Lord and
Saviour. They have said, In effect,
that they wish to be counted on
his side But when they "joined
the church" or were "confirmed.”
that is about as far as it went. They
hardly even warm a pew nowa
days. What is needed is something
more than mouth-Christians. voice-
Christians. word-Chrlstians, shout
ing Christians. What is needed la
following-Christians.
It is noticeable that almost im
mediately after Jesus had praised
Peter for his confession, he called
him Satan, the very devil. For it
was plain that Peter was thinking
along lines quite different from
Jesus. Following Christ means
thinking more and more as he
would think.
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Farm Agent Gives
1953 Outlook For
Three Major Crops
For publication this week Coun
ty Agent D. E. Medders has re
ported the 1963 outlook for three
major Georgia crops.
Medders said that the domestic
demand for cotton is expected to
be strong, but an offsetting fac
tor will be a weaker demand for
export. The total disappearance
in the 1952-63 season is expected
to total 14 million bales, with do
mestic users taking around 9.5
million bales and the export trade
taking 4.5 million bales which is
about one million bales under that
of 1961-52. Stocks of cotton in
foreign countries are up 2.2 mil
lion bales over a year ago cotton
production in non-communist is ex
pectel to be about the same this
year as last.
Georgia’s 1952 cotton crop of
720,000 bales was of lint per acre
was much below the record high
per acre yield of 317 pounds in
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1951. Excessive temperatures and
drougth seriously affected cotton
production last year.
Speaking of peanuts Medders
said that the estimated production
of 1,2225 million pounds is 451
million pounds less than in 1951
and the smallest crop since 1939.
Georgia’s 1952 production is down
a third from 1951 with per acre
yields off 150 pounds. Peanut
stocks at the beginning of the
1952-53 season were larger than
a year earlier and these larger
stocks plus production will give
ample supplies to meet domestic
requirements for edible and farm
uses. Practically no peanuts will
be exported in 1952-53 and crush
ings for oil will be limited to sub
standard grades.
Medders said that government
price supports for 1953 flue-cured
tobacco will likely be a little lower
than for the 1952 crop because of
a possible slight reduction in pari
ty prices. Acerage allotments for
tobacco in 1953 call for a twelve
and one-half reduction over 1952.
While a strong domestic demand
for cigarettes is expected in 1953,
exports are expected to be smaller.
The 1952 crop which is the second
New 115-h.p. “Blue-
Flame” engine with
Powerglide.* 108-h.p.
“Thrift-King” engine
with standard gear
shift models.
largest on record plus the July
1, carry over provides a total of
3,120 million pounds, about two
and one-half time* the probable
disappearance in 1952-53.
Comments On Here
And Hereafter
The religions of the world say
do and live. The region of the
Bible says live and do.
♦ » »
What we are is more important
than what we do. Only good men
can permanently be good.
» » »
Men are not liars because they
lie. They lie because they are
liars. Men are not murderers be
cause they murder. They murder
because they are murderers. Men
are not thieves because they steal.
They steal because they are
thieves.
* * *
Wisdom is the ability to use
knowledge to meet successfully the
emergencies of life.
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The trouble with many people
New automatic start
ing and passing range
for fast getaway,
greater passing ability
in city. Gas consump
tion is reduced!
is they sacrifice the permanent
on the altar of the immediate.
♦ * *
You can’t do wrong and get
away with it. That is what the
Bible says. But not exactly in
these words. The Bible says, “Be
sure your sins will find you out.”
» * ♦
When I was a child I used to
hear people say, “Sow your wild
oats.” If you will go to Hot
Springs, Arkansas, and some other
places in America, you will find
men reaping their wild oats. Not
long ago a man took a gun and
blew out his brains. That gun was
loaded with wild oats.
* * *
Blot out God. Blot out heaven.
Blot out hell and let this world
be all and it will still pay to live
a decent, upright, Christian life.
CORN FOR SALE
I have at my place 500 bushels
of corn, in the shuck. Will sell at
ny barn for $2.00 a bushel.
D. B. Smith,
Ellabelle, Ga.
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