Temptation and Toil by Aitken, Temptation and Toil is divided into two parts, Temptation of Christ, and then the Toil or work of God.
“The Revealer Revealed” deals with Christ as revealed in, as well as to His people. Christ reveals Himself to us in order that He may reveal Himself in us, and the measure of our apprehension of what He is to us will, as a rule, be the measure of our capacity to manifest Him in our character and conduct. — Google Books
Temptation and Toil by Aitken
Temptation and Toil
By Aitken
This work by Aitken, Temptation and Toil is divided into two parts, Temptation of Christ, and then the Toil or work of God.
Table of Contents of Temptation and Toil by Aitken
TEMPTATION:
Preface
1. The Mystery of Temptation (Matt. 4:1)
2. Temptation Considered as a Means to an End (Judges 14:14)
3. Temptation Considered in its Educational Aspects (Hebrews 5:14)
4. The Measure of Temptation (1 Cor. 10:13, r.v.)
5. The Temptation of the Perfect Man (Hebrews 4:15)
6. The Character of Christs Temptations (Hebrews 2:18)
7. The Method of Christs Victory over Temptation (Hebrews 3:1, 2)
8. The Blessedness of the Tempted (James 1:12)
TOIL:
1. The Great Worker and His Workmen (John 5:17, r.v.)
2. The Work that is to be Turned Out (2 Cor. 6:1)
3. Our Great Workshop (John 9:4, 5)
4. A Bad Workman blames his Tools (Romans 6:19)
5. Failures and Wastes (Jeremiah 6:9, 30, r.v.)
6. A Workman that Needeth to be Ashamed (2 Tim. 2:15, r.v.)
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Getting People to faithfully integrate in the Church is an article on how to get people to participate in your church. This article links to more articles dealing with these issues.
Topics: So we should start with the reason as far as why a Christian should congregate. | A. Why people come to church | The Wrong Reasons for Coming to Church | (1) Because somebody makes me go to church | (2) Because I want to find a Christian mate | (3) Because I want the economic benefits the church offers me | a. Christians have to renounce riches and the retaining of riches to be truly saved. | b. The value of a person's life is not in the possessions he owns. | c. Covetousness is a great sin before God. | d. Rich people hardly enter heaven. | e. Christians should seek mediocrity, neither rich nor poor. | e. Christians should seek mediocrity, neither rich nor poor. | (5) Because I want status, prestige, and power | (6) Because I want to be saved | (7) Because I want to be religious | (8) Because I want my husband/wife/children/parents to turn out right | (9) Because I was brought up in church, and it's my custom/habit | The Right Reasons for Coming to Church | (1) Because it is an evidence of true salvation. | (2) God commands me to go to church, and it should be my custom. | (3) It was the example left to us by the NT church and first century Christians. | (4) Church provides me with the opportunity to identify with Christ as my Savior. | (5) Church provides me with an opportunity to serve God by serving my brothers in Christ. | (6) Church provides me with the context to benefit from spiritually gifted ministers. | (7) Church provides me with the avenue to properly worship God. | (8) To comply with other commandments in my Christian life, I must do so in the context of church. | (9) Church facilitates the growth of my faith, the holiness of my life, and the purity of my doctrine.
Read the article: Getting People to faithfully integrate (There are several related studies in pdf downloads on this page).