Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 1946 Page: 2 of 8
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low Him—believe and obey
truth in order to be saved.
Bls divine Son tor the sins ef a world
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should not perish.
During the Patriarchal age, in-
structions to man were given or-
ally. The first written law was giv-
en after God through Moses deli-
vered the children of Israel from
Egyptian bondage. The first writ-
ten covenant was the ten com-
mand meats (I Kings 8:9,21). God
only intended that this covenant
should last till Jesus came (Gal. '
3:19, 24).
When Jesus came. He was bom
under the law of Moses (Gal. 4:4),
and lived under the law. He fur-
filled it (Matt. 5:17-18; Luke 24:-
44), took it out of the way, and
gave us a new and beter law (Heb.
8:6; 9:15).'
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Mt part rejected, The door of -whosoever beltev-
but he who dies without C hrist has dosed this
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ly knocking at the door of every
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Toward the BMo
There are various false concep-
tions about the Bible. These dif-
ferent attitudes toward the Bible
load to different understanding!.
(a) Boms have the idea that the
Bible cannot bo understood: that
it to above and beyond human
comprehension. Jesus taught that
ho one can enter into the kingdom
of heaven without doing the win of
God (Matt. 7:21). Men must un-
derstand with the heart before he
can be converted (Matt. 12:15).
One must obey from the heart be-
fore he to made free from sin (Rom.
8:17-18.)
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II. Bore use of the Influence of
Parents
Children are inclined to follow
their parents in religion. In stand-
ards of courtship, Ideas, and often
morale, children many times con-
sider their parents out of date.
When parent* began life at the
bottom of the ladder and climbed
the hard way, children are reluc-
tant to follow. They are not willing
to dress, travel, and live like their
parents did; but when it comes to
religion many times children want
to follow their parents regardless
of what the Bible teaches.
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“He taketh away the first, that
He may establish the second. By
which will we have been sanctified
through the offering ef the body
of Jesus once for alL” ((Heb. 10:9-
10).
The words “will,” “covenant” and
“testament” are used interchange-
ably in the Bible: (Heb. 9:1; 15-
17). Hence, Jesus took away the
tint covenant, will, or testament
that He might establish the second
will, or testament — thb New Tes-
tament.
When did He do this?
Blotting out the handwriting of
ordinances that was against us,
and took it out of the way, nailing
it to His cress.” (OoL 3:14).
Borne argue that God cannot
change, and therefore His law
could not have changed; but it did:
“For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a change
also of the law.” (Heb. 7:12).
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Sou, that whosoever beiieveth In him i_
everlasting Ufa (John 3:18).
Jesus here seems to declare in one comprehensive sentence the
fence of the Christian faith. For 1998 yean, this scripture has
blessed the world, but those years have thrown no new light upon
its quality. It will stand, as always, the Golden Text of the Bible.
Luther called this vena “The Bible in miniature”; others, -the
rock upon which Christianity rests”; “a go
“the silver clarion ringing high above the , _
soldiers of the cross to continue the struggte.” Yet no commen-
tary of man seems sufficient, and wo turn again to the words
ef our text as gold Instead of silver.
Wo mertsto, summoning aU our faith, try to realise this divine
Being (said to be love Himself); see Him creating a world in love
and immortal souls upon which His love might be bestowed; then
climaxing it all by giving CL
when sin was at Its greatest height In hl
of divinity even If we do not understand
and tn giving His Son, Ho gave Himself
rssstvs Him. One figure portrays -the |
ChrtotUlw pitcher Srimsoever beiieveth'; and the draught, <ctor-
tey by
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ef the heavenly
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boundless future. Barton W.
Martin Luther, and the others
were no greater than many men to
chance at a crucial time in the histoi
HL Became ef the Greeds of
Men
As long as men write different
creeds and teach them, people will
not see alike in religion. Hence,
the creeds of men keep people
from seeing the Bible alike, cause
division and prevent the unity for
which Jesus prayed. AU creeds are
different. When men follow them
instead of the Bible, they wffl not
eee alike
The Old Testament to inspired
and true; but it is not our law and
standard of conduct today. It
taught eye for eye, and a tooth for
a tooth. The New Testament stand-
ard is to love our enemies and to
return good for evil. The fact Is no
one can live by both TNtamcnta.
The Old to either binding or h la
not. If it to binding, those who
teach that it to not are wrong. If
It to net binding today, then thoee
who teach that It to are wrong.
Belli posMtons absolutely cannot
be right. No one can follow Mooes
and Jesus both.
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Great Oaks
Great from little Acorns grow. In our burned world
it is hard to perceive the true evaluation of events. We sel-
dom realize that the passing events of every day are thd
stuff of which momentous history is made. It is difficult to
grasp in passing that the teaching of one lesson or speaking
a kindly word or bestowing a good deed may be a matter of
historical significance.
Yet, as ordinary as our daily actions seem, they are mat-
It to indeed tragic when people
put parents before Christ. Jesus
said. -He that toveth father er
mother mere than me to not wor-
thy off mo; and ho that toveth son
or daughter mere than me to net
worthy of ma.” (Matt. 18:27.)
After a person reaches the ago
of accountability, he to personally
responsible for his conduct and
must give an account of himself
to God (Rom. 14:12).
We must put the Lred first, f oi-
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at sss““
Wo must also the divi-
sions of the New Testament: Mat-
thew, Mark, Luke, and John give
the life ef Christ. The book of Acts
is the book of conversions — a his-
tory of how the church was set up
and how people became Christians
in the days of the apostles. Rom-
Each week the editorial article which is adjudged
most timely and valuable will be printed on
this page of CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE.
Why We Do Not See The Bible Alike
9 BY AG. HOBBS, JB. ^4.4,
From the divided state in the re-
ligious world, it to evident that
people do not see the Bible alike.
“Why” It to often asked. Yes, this
to an unsolved mystery to many.
There to only one true God, one
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
Spirit, and one body, (Eph. 4:4-5).
Jesus prayer for unity (John 17:-
20-23); and the Apostle Paul plead-
ed for the same a Cor. 1:10-13).
Why to it that all do not see the
Bible alike?
Hence, a person must under-
stand God’s will before he can do
God's will, be made free from sin,
and enter into the kingdom of hea-
ven. The conclusion follows there-
fore, if it to impossible for us to
understand God's will, it to impos-
sible for us to be saved.
There may be some things in the
Bible that we shall never fully un-
derstand, yet, all that we must
knew and do to be saved can be
understood.
(b) Others have the idea that
God never intended for us to un-
derstand the Bible. Why did He
give us the Bible if He did not in-
tend for us to understand it. Would
God be just if He gave us a book
that we cannot understand? and
then require that we understand
it In order to be saved?
nsvw thtak off God as bard and exacting, ssade mild
Jrt. They are «se to their tovtag nature. Neither let
Ged to sa tovtag He wUl art punish evil. In the besom
te text to the boat off an taftaM
bewt. but Meo the majsety off a boty^wUL Beltaff ta Christ In-
state fun trust and obodlsnso, and “wifever” destroy* the oM
TThto mat bksetag has a sad counterpart ta the
roseived from men. An offering and a provision tel
us supremely happy and solvo en
ooif to for the moot part rejected.
what to stated in tne wui, ana not
by what to not stated. Likewise the
Lord's wUl ta to be understood by
what to taught therein, and not by
what is left out. One off the most
vital principles of the Bible ta that
of obeying Divine orders — without
addition, subtraction, or substitu-
tion. t
V. The Bible to net Bightiy
Divided By AH
-Study to show thyself approved
unto Ged, a workman that needoth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word off truth.”( H Tim. 2:15).
This verse suggests that there to
a wrong way to divide the word of
truth, as well as a right way. Some
reengnte* no divisions in the Bible
—not even between the Old and
New Testaments, but try to take
the Bible as a whole, and teach
that both Testaments are equally
binding on an persona to^y.
There are others that makea a
clear-out division between the
Tsstaments, observe their differ-
ence, and teach that only the New
to binding today.
Thus, by dividing the Bible dif-
ferently, naturally different con-
clusions are reached. If all would
divide it alike, it would be an Im-
portant stop In seeing alike.
There are three great religions
lor dispensations in the Bible: Pa-
triararqbal. Mosaic, and Christian.
The Patriarchal religion was a
family religion. The Mosaic reli-
gion was national, pertaining to
the Jews. The Christian religion to
international. The Patriararchal
dispensation was about 2500 years
in duration, the Mosaic or Jewish
about 1500 yean, and the Chrtot-
tlan dispensation has been in prog-
ress for about 2000 years and will
continue until Jesus comes.
Following the second rule means
walking by faith, which comes by
hearing the word of God (Rom.
10:17). It means doing all in the
name of the Lord — by His auth-
ority, (Col. 3-17). It means not to
go beyond the things which are
written ( Cor. 4:8); but to abide
strictly in the doctrine of Christ.
“Whosoever transgresseth, and
abldeth not in the doctrine of
Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Chrtot,
he hath both the Father and the
Son.” (II John 9.)
We are commanded to sing (Eph.
5:19). This is the kind of music
God wants us to use in worship.
By following the last rule: practi-
cing only what is authorized in the
Scriptures — the church of Christ
is content to sing and leave the
mechanical music. If all would fol-
low this rule, it would be a vital
factor in all seeing alike.
However, it is readily seen that
as long as some walk by faith, do-
ing only what to authorized, while
others by opinion, doing what they
like and think as long as the Bible
does not say, “Thou shall not,” we
shall never see the Bible alike.
Employing different princlpiee of
Bible study leads to different con-
clusions. '
A man's will to understood by
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m, D. C. OtU Gatevood, Mil Lak, Q&
Toxas John F. Wolfe, Los Angeles, Calit
There are many things that are
wrong even though the Bible does
not condemn them by name. For
example, the Bible does not say,
"Thou shalt; not gamble.” Yet, we
all know that it is wrong. Why?
because it is condemned in princi-
ple by many passages. The Bible
does not say, "Thou shalt not
sprinkle water on babies.” We are
told to teach ahd baptize (which
is a burial, Col. 2:12), responsible
persons. This precludes infants,
and also sprinkling.
ten of historical significance. The thinfs you and I are do-
ing today are making the history of the church into the
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have shaped history
ly. They just had a
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were not considered world-shaking events by them and their
contemporaries. But they changed the cours
Today you and I are at a crucial time in
man. It is a common conceit for every generation ^
its own to be one of the most momentous times in tl
ience of the race. But, deducting as much as you like for this,
we still must face the fact that no other age known to us
has pushed so many terrifying challenges upon its people.
Science, politics, religion, indeed every avenue of life, is so
fraught with problems that it awes our minds. We stand at
a crucial time in the history of the church.
If we are big enough to see and accept the challenge and
opportunities thrust upon us, we caa in the providence of
God advance the church as it has not been done since the
days of the Apostles. If we can doff our swaddling clothes
and become men for once and grasp a yrorld-concept of our
great job, instead of a narrow, petty, selfish little view
which interests us only in a few square miles near our home-
stead we shall begin to see the Church become truly a great
tree in which all the birds of the heavens may come and
rest.
If you think you are too small to contribute anything to
such a great fact, just remember this: every day’s life liv-
ed completely in the service of God may tomorrow be reck-
oned as of great importance in the pages of history.
Let’s meet every day’s challenge well, and tomorrow’s
challenge will always be such that we can master it. Then at
last history Will say we did our job well.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
One <rf the firet stops in seetat
ths Blbls alike Is to dtooarti all
human creeds. Let us take the
Bible and the Bible alone.
(c) Some think that the Bible is
not to be understood alike. This
would make God a respecter of
persons. He would be saving some
on one condition and others on
other conditions. When God speaks
He speaks to all alike. If all under-
stand, all will understand alike.
IV. Beeaase off Different Bates
off Bible Stady
(a) Some think that any prac-
tice In religion to right unless the
Bible specifically forbids it.
(b) Others practice in religion
only jwhat to authorized by the
Scriptures.
Being governed by these two
distinctly different principles, leads
to vastly different conclusions.
Following the first rule leads to
counting beads, sprinkling babies,
and using instrumental music, var-
ious ways of raising money, and a
hoet of other false practices. In
fact, this principle permits any-
thing that men may devise, Just as.
long as the Bible does not say,
"Thou shalt not.” There is no end
to where this rule leads —except
hell.
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