• Title Page
• Introduction
• The Divine Program
• The Divine Purpose
  • This Program Will Save the Church
    • The Present Decline
      • Look at the Numerical Decline
      • Look at the Spiritual Decline
    • The Need of Revival
      • A Revival Will Drive Out Disease
      • A Revival Will Bring Spiritual Health
  • This Program Will Reach the Lost
    • Why the Church Is Failing
      • The Church is Making the Wrong Appeal
      • The Church is Using the Wrong Method
    • Where the Church Succeeds
      • The Fundamental Principle Behind the Program
      • The Present Day Practice of the Program
• The Divine Power
• Every-Member Evangelism in Operation

The Divine Purpose

Part II

Introductory

When the Lord gave his people the Program of work we have been considering he thereby eliminated all other programs whatsoever.

In choosing just this method of work rather than some other he must have had some definite purpose in view.

What his entire purpose was we shall never know here, but some of the reasons for giving us that method of work lie right on the surface, and by as much as we are able to recognize them, therefore, by that much shall we be in fellowship with his purpose.

There are at least two things that lie in his purpose about which there can be no question. One is that this Program is the only method of work that will save the Church. The other is that it is the only method that will reach the lost. For these reasons at least, then, he gave us the Program he did.

We will therefore consider in this portion of our study of the Great Commission these two elements that lie in the divine Purpose.