MARCH 1966 (With features from the February HOUR'^ '^aifcasts)
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Biola Monthly Publication of the BIOLA FELLOWSHIP Vol. 6 No. 3 MARCH, 1966 STAFF President __ ____ ______ i. H. SUTHERLAND Editor ____ __ ___ __________ -AL SANDERS Production ...... ........ ... VIRGINIA LUBER Photography _____ _______ BILL EHMANN Printing ............ ....... ....CHURCH PRESS Published monthly by the Radio Department BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES 5S8 Se. Hope St., Les Angeles, b lit. 90017
CONTENTS PERSONAL EVANGELISM .......... 3 A SEEKING SOUL .................... 4 ARE YOU AVA ILAB LE? ........... 6 POWER TO W ITNESS ............... 8 WHERE ART THOU? ............... 10 WHERE IS T H Y BROTHER? .......12 W H A T TH IN K Y E? ...................14 WHERE ARE YOU GOING? .........16 RECONCILIATION ...................18 QUESTIONS A N D ANSW ERS .....21 BIOLA FELLOWSHIP PLAN ........ 25 PARABLES A N D PEARLS ..........26 DAN IEL'S PROPHECY ............... 29 COVER: Pictured in full color this month is the Biola Chorale, directed by Professor Edwin Heppner. See page 33 for their tour during March to the Midwest.
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YOUR <11 III.STRAY WILL Did you know that there is a way to invest in Biota for the training of students while saving costly estate taxes! Ultimately you may be able to leave more money for your loved ones. As a Fellowship member you are under no obligation when you write for information or counsel. B I O L A S T E W A R D S H I P D E P A R T M E N T
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PERSONAL EVANGELISM by D. Stuart Briscoe
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A s we consider the advantages of personal evangelism we cannot overlook the unmistakable fact that it reaches the unreached. How many people today have no real under standing of the basics of the Gospel. They are possessed with doubts and fears, prejudices and superstitions. It is the responsibility of the Church of Jesus Christ, each individual member, to reach these. Since the church can not go as a building it must there fore go as an individual. What do you suppose would happen if every member of your congregation, upon disbursing from church, spread out into different parts of your vicin ity and each talked to one other per son about the Lord? Think what an impact this would have. To be successful, real soul winning must get to the point. I have discov ered that it is possible for an in dividual to have a blind spot to the Gospel. As an example, here is a man who has been attending church for years and yet he is unsaved. An evan gelist or Bible teacher comes to hold meetings and all of a sudden his spir itual need fully dawns on him. All pre conceived prejudices must be broken down in order to win that man for Christ. Perhaps someone has not un derstood a certain aspect of the Gos pel. They are too shy to ask questions which will really help them. No one has bothered to give them a practical witness. If that point can be cleared up it will open the good news for them. As an example, I may have a
problem about Genesis chapter one. There are many people who find them selves in this exact same situation. Since they can't overcome these basic difficulties they never go any further in the book. John chapter three might do them a world of good but you have to get them to it by answering the other things that bother them. This is the advantage and importance of personal evangelism. As you talk with individuals, diag nose their needs. Find out the true spiritual condition of the one with whom you are counseling. Then bring out all the excuses and objections, pointing the way to the Lord Jesus Christ. As we are faithful we will find that we will obtain results for all eter nity. Carefully study II Timothy 2:2. Here Paul explains the secret of his activity. He tells Timothy to empha size teaching so that he may multiply his efforts as these in turn teach others. Acts 19:8-10 indicates that in the space of two years Paul was instru mental in seeing a continent evange lized in that length of time. If ten people in your church won just one person to Christ this year, at the end of that year there would be 20. If the same thing happened the following year the number would be doubled. Repeated over 10 years and 10,240 would be converted. Personal evange lism is the Lord’s desire for our lives. Let us not fail to engage in it faith fully day by day, and thereby hasten the hour of our Lord’s return. 3
A Seeking Soul
by R Stuart Briscoe
O UR purpose in these discussions of personal evangelism is to point out the advantages of engaging in such a ministry. This is so that you might be stimulated to reach out, presenting the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ to those with whom you rub shoul ders day by day. Many Christians are fired with enthusiasm throughout the day but somehow they lose interest and drop off along the way. Others may be greatly challenged by some message, rush out to find a “subject” speaking to them about the Lord, only to be disappointed when n o th in g seems to happen. Then, too, they may whither and die when they meet with a rebuff or are insulted. This only happens when people fail to grasp the basic principles of personal evan gelism. The first thing to remember is that God has promised if a soul seeks, that soul will find. Experience teaches us that the vast majority of people who come to know the Lord do so through the instrumentality of another indi vidual. Therefore, at least three people are involved in every conversion: a gracious God, a seeking soul, and a willing worker. The soul who seeks has a tremendous desire to know the truth. He is recognized, understood and led by a gracious God. Someone who is willing and available must be put in contact with this potential convert. If we could only grasp this basic truth it would save a great deal of frustration. We must be in the right place at the right time to meet the right per son in the right way, saying the right thing to gain the right results. This is not a case of our enthusiasm mov ing us out and apprehending people. It is simply Almighty God first of all get ting a grip on us and putting us into contact with the people whom He knows are seeking the light. He is able
to work out His eternal purpose in their lives through us. The book of Acts reminds us that down in Samaria there was a great evangelistic campaign. Acts 8:8 tells us that there were great doings in the city. God speaks to Philip saying, “I have something I want you to do. I want you to leave the crusade and move out of Samaria today.” The Lord told him to go down the road which headed toward the desert. You can imagine the consternation of Philip being told to leave the good meetings and move out into a waste place. How wonderful to h e a r the testimony about Philip, “He arose and went” (Acts 8:27). He was certainly a will ing worker. He left the obvious and moved out into something that he couldn’t understand. Out in the desert he met a very important man driving along in what would be the equivalent of a Cadillac today. Being invited to ride along with the man of very high standing he discovered that the man was reading the Old Testament. Philip asked this total stranger if he under stood what he read. Since he didn’t he began the Spirit-led explanation. What an amazing series of events. God certainly ordained that all of this should work out. You see, a seeking soul had been recognized by a gracious God who had gotten in contact with a willing worker. The result was true conversion. In Acts nine the principle is re peated. Here we have a man called Saul of Tarsus. He moves along the road tow a rd Damascus. God, who knows that deep down in his heart he is seeking, meets with him. Con version was again the blessed result. In Acts 10 the seeking soul’s name is Cornelius. Our wonderful Lord knew all about him and determined that something had to be done about his need. The Lord had a word with 4
Peter saying, “I’ve a job for you to do. I want you to go and speak to Corne lius.” Peter probably protested, “He’s a Gentile. Do you want me to go to a Gentile’s house and sit down and eat with him? I can’t go anywhere near that man.” The Lord said, “Listen, Peter, you must learn to do what I tell you.” Peter went. Again, a gra cious God met a very real need. These very same wonderful things are happening today, too. Are you seeking to contact people, leading them to the Lord Jesus Christ? If not, in all probability the reason is simply th is: the gracious God, who knows all the seeking souls, did not find you to be a willing worker. Have you made yourself available? Tell the Lord that you are ready and expect Him to do something. You will never be disap pointed because when God does the organizing, blessing is inevitable. Christian victory depends not only on Christ's death for me, but also upon my death with Him. * * * God never puts a man in a place too small to grow. * * * * * *
TEARING THE FLESH How easy it is to let an unkind word slip. Why is it, when we don’t need to say a thing, we open our mouths un necessarily? While it is true that most Christians don’t use impure language, yet all too many of us tend to he hasty, severe and critical in expressing our selves. How easily the tongue becomes razor sharp. Our words cut and slash out at others. While maintaining a pious attitude, it is easy to use our mouths to speak “forked unkindness.’’ It is inter esting to realize the origin of the word “sarcasm.” How good at rationalizing we have become. The Greek verb from which sarcasm comes means “to tear flesh like dogs.” A biting remark at home, on the job, in school, or wherever you are, even if it is true, is found to tear the flesh of another. More often than not such wounds will heal very slowly. Criticism, complaining, fault finding, sarcasm characterize too many lives. We need to learn to speak in love, asking the Lord to set a watch over our lips day by day. Isn’t it true that al though the tongue weighs practically nothing it’s still surprising how few peo ple seem to be able to hold it? So may we say with the Psalmist of old, “Let the words of my mouth and the medita tion of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord, my strength and my re deemer.” M A N 'S W ORK IN HEAVEN Preaching an eloquent sermon on sal vation by grace, a minister pointed out the futility of anyone hoping to get into heaven merely through good works. He forcefully hammered home the point, “There will be no work of man in heav en! Never forget that point, no work of man will ever enter heaven.” A fter the service, as usual, he met the folk at the door. One of the faithful members, an elderly saint, commended him for his mighty pulpit oratory, going on to sug gest, “You should know, however, that there will be one work of man in heav en.” The pastor was slightly taken aback until, with a smile, she explained, ‘The one work of man that’ll be in heaven is the nail prints in the hands and feet of our blessed Lord.” She was right. We must consider the fact that we ourselves helped to wield those hammer blows as a result of our sins. Do we long to look upon Him, “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice.” 5
Not all of the work In educating students at tending the Biola School of Missionary Medicine is given in the hospital wards. Here members of a recent class do library research in a careful ana lysis of various assignments. Pictured are Judy Barcroft of Illinois (planning service in Africa), Ralph Malloy from Canada, Gordon Fraser of Cali fornia (planning service in Africa), and Bernice Lufgren from Minnesota (planning service in Brazil.) Miss Leonie V. Soubirou is dean of this distinctive educational center.
Are You Available?
by D. Stuart Briscoe
O ur gracious G od knows all about the innermost desires and long ings of the seeking soul. He has prom ised light and understanding to the one who seeks His truth and salva tion. I want to tell you a story to illus trate that this principle works today. It may be an encouragement to you as you go out into the highways and byways, available fo r th e Lord’s service. Expect Him to put you in touch with the right people. About three years ago I was driving over in Germany headed for Luxem bourg. I saw a man who was obviously English, standing at the side of the road. He wanted a ride so I pulled over. Seeing I was in a German car he asked first of all, “Do you speak English?” I replied wryly, “Yes, a lit tle. Hop in if you like.” He congratu lated me on my English, .admitting it was very good. When he found out I was born and reared in Great Britain he wanted to know what I was doing on the continent. I explained that my purpose was to tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ. Immediately he seemed interested, telling me, “This is a strange thing. I have been pray ing for years. A few minutes before your car came along, I found myself praying. Isn’t that strange? I have been over here on the continent of Eu rope with a friend who is a militant atheist. If anyone ever mentions the word God he will fly into a rage and tell them in no uncertain terms to be quiet. We had a disagreement just a few minutes ago and he went one way and I went the other. About three years ago some friends of mine went away on a holiday. They came back from their hotel and told me some of the things about God that you’re tell ing me now. They couldn’t explain it very well, but one thing I remember they said was that they had been con verted. Would that be the right
word?” I told him it was. He con tinued, “I can see the difference in their lives. They went somewhere in the north of England called Capern- wray Hall.” When I told him that was the place I was from he was amazed. Remember, we were in the middle of Germany. It was more than just mere circumstance that all these things should be happening. I explained, “At the beginning of the day I told the Lord I belonged to Him and that I wanted Him to put me in the right place at the right time. I looked to Him to do something special today, so I wasn’t the least bit surprised when I saw you standing there.” As a result he came along to Luxembourg with me where I was holding a special meet ing. He was converted through these circumstances. Why? Here was a seek ing soul whom the grace of God knew all about. Another incident concerns my wife. One day she was to have the car, how ever, I left with the ignition keys and she was delayed for two hours. Finally setting out she prayed, “Lord, you know I’m two hours late already. Just what do you have in mind for the day?” Driving along she saw three girls standing by the side of the road. With three empty seats in the car she picked them up. Since they were Ger man she told them she was going to a meeting where there were lots of Ger mans. They weren’t interested in go ing. They wanted to head for London. She kept persuading them and finally they agreed to go to Capernwray Hall. They liked it so well they stayed over night. The next day when my wife got there one girl said excitedly, “A won derful thing happened last night. In the meeting I heard about the Lord Jesus Christ and accepted Him into my life. I know it is real because He has made a difference in my life already.” Again, a gracious God knew 6
all about a seeking soul. All He needs, remember, is a willing worker. The girl explained further, “Three months ago, as I was sitting in my university lecture hall in Germany studying geol ogy, I arrived at a point of complete despair. I told God that I wasn’t sure He existed. I asked Him to reveal the truth about Himself. I warned him, ‘God, if you don’t do this in three months I’m going to throw up my GOD'S WONDERFUL WORD When I am tired, the Bible is my bed; Or in the dark, the Bible is my light; When I am hungry, it is a vital bread; Or fearful, it is armor for the fight. When I am sick, 'tis healing medi cine; Or lonely, thronging friends I find therein. If I would work, the Bible is my tool; Or play, it is a harp of happy sound. If I am ignorant, it is my school. If I am sinking, it is solid ground. If I am cold, the Bible is my fire; And it is wings, if boldly I aspire. Should I be lost, the Bible is my guide; Or naked, it is raiment rich and warm. Am I imprisoned, it is ranges wide; Or tempest-tossed, a shelter from the storm. Would I adventure, 'tis a gallant sea; Or would I rest, it is a flowery lea. Does gloom oppress? The Bible is a sun, Or ugliness? It is a garden fair. Am I athirst? How cool its currents run! If stifled? What a vivifying air! Since thus thou givest of thyself to me, How should I give myself, great Book, to thee! studies, leave the university, and take my own life.’ Mrs. Briscoe, the three months I gave God to show Himself to me will be over tomorrow.” Isn’t that interesting? Are you letting the Lord work through you? All about are seeking souls who need Christ as Saviour.
PROTECTION FROM PESTS Throughout Palestine one can see nu merous rock fences separating ting fields of the farmers. Frequently these have bepn made without mortar, substan tial enough to keep out large animals. The problem is that there are some smaller foraging creatures which can slip through the spaces between the rocks. That is why in the Song of Solo mon there is the reference to “the little foxes ” which come in to pillage and to destroy. The big animals were easily seen, but the clever and wily little foxes no one could seem to predict. What a spiritual picture this presents of our own lives. Isn’t it a fact that most of our problems are with comparatively little things? Few Christians have trou ble with so-called “big” sins like mur der, bank robbery, gross intemperance, alcoholism, and the like. Our difficulty comes in from those things which, on the surface, may seem insignificant. Their destructive work is unmistakable just the same. We refer to such things as what people call “little white lies,” or lies of expediency. Then we are tired and get out of sorts, exploding with a lack of patience, saying unkind and unneces sary things. Most marriages which land on the rocks do so because of the “little foxes" which get in through the holes. The tension and difficulty over relatively minor issues become intensified in just such a way. May our prayer each day be as that Palestinian farmer, “Lord, keep us and deliver us from the little foxes, for ‘our vines fvive tender grapes.’ ”
Mr. Jack Schwarz, member of the Biola College music faculty, shows an announcement to two Biola students from California, Karen Henderson of Van Nuys and Deanne Miller of La Habra. Music is one of the many majors available to young people enrolled in Biola College.
I T HAS BEEN A REAL JOY to study the subject of personal evangelism with you. The important thing now is to put into practice these vital points for your life and spiritual maturity. Per haps there are some who have already come to know the Lord because you have been willing to be used for His testimony. In I Peter 3:15 we read, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a rea son for the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.” This one verse outlines in a “nutshell” the prepara tion for personal evangelism. What does it mean to “sanctify the Lord God in your hearts” ? First of all you must accept Christ as your personal Saviour. Second, you must ac knowledge Christ as your Lord and Master. Third, you must appropriate Christ as your life. Many of the Lord’s people never really understand what h appen s when they receive Christ. Yet the practicality is so simple. The Saviour said, “Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in.” John 1:12 assures us quite clearly that “as many as received Him” have eternal life. We actually receive a Person, not some inanimate “thing.” Too often we are so inter ested in all the blessings we receive that we forget that our basic gift is Christ himself. He resides as a living reality in my heart. He comes in the person of His Holy Spirit. In all the power of His resurrection He dwells within me. Too often, too, we are pre pared to accept Christ as our Saviour but not to acknowledge Him as our Lord. In Luke 6 :46 we read His pene trating words, “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” The whole essence of the Lord
ship of Christ is obedience to His commands. In the area of witnessing He has told us to do something spe cific. We are to tell others what we know for ourselves. If we are living in disobedience we have no right to call Him Lord. With too many Christians, nothing has really happened since they were saved. Do you know why this is? Sim ply because they have not learned to appropriate Christ as their life. He came to be; the great “I am” in you. Our Lord Jesus, when He came to earth, came that He might live in you. He wants to make things “go” in you. So often, however, we want to do things for Him instead of letting Him do things in us and through us. You must recognize your own inability to be or to do anything of eternal con sequence without Him. Appropriate all that He has for you. You will find the result one continual glorious experi ence. As far as witnessing is concerned, when an opportunity comes along you won’t need to throw up your
Two Biola graduates and members of the Biota family are Professor and Mrs. Phil Sutherland. Mr. Sutherland is a member of the psychology depart ment. With him and his wife are their three children from left to right, Susan, Timothy, and Sharon.
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hands in fear. You say, “You’re in me, thank You very much. At this mo ment, I expect You to do all that You have in mind.” He will not fail you as you are faithful to Him. This prin ciple may be applied to every area of Christian experience. We live by faith. This is a faith not just in the Christ who died for us but faith in a Christ who lives in us. Make abso lutely certain you understand what it means to accept Christ as your Sav iour. Day by day and situation by sit uation, appropriate Him as your life. Peter tells us, “Be ready.” Ready for what? It really doesn’t matter. When you make your life in its total- GIVE LAVISHLY! LIVE A BU ND AN T LY ! The more you give, the more you get— The more you laugh, the less you fret— The more of everything you share. The more you'll always have to spare. The more you love, the more you'll find That life is good and friends are kind. ity available to the Lord Jesus Christ He makes His life, in its total ity, available to you. This means that you expect anything to happen simply because of who He is. The key word is “expectation.” How much do you really expect to happen? The degree of your expectation will determine the quality of your faith. “Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you.” First, there is expectation and then there is explana tion. You must be capable of present ing, with an intelligible language, God’s truth. He wants to take you and use you to bring great glory to His name and untold blessing to the people with whom you come in con tact. May this be your purpose and desire today and each day until He comes again. The more you do unselfishly, The more you live abundantly, For only what we give away. Enriches us from day to day. — Helen Steiner Rice
What God's grace has provided, man's faith must possess.
COSTS FOR CHILDREN C h a n g in g T im e s , a publication many businessmen receive, declares that to rear a child from birth to eighteen years of age, costs approximately twelve thou sand dollars. This is for a family with a very modest standard of living. It can run as high as sixty thousand dollars for those in higher income brackets. The national average, so we are told, for one child from birth to age eighteen is be tween twenty and thirty-five thousand dollars. Keep in mind, too, that these fig ures don’t include the cost of a college education, which comes, of course, after the age of eighteen. The tragic thing is to realize that with these staggering amounts being spent, so little attention is given to a child’s real needs. No won der there are later problems when baby sitters put children to bed so frequently, sometimes a different one each evening. This doesn’t engender a sense of secu rity with a father or mother at the bed side. Generally there’s nothing by way of prayers or Bible stories. Actually, it’s a marvel that any teenager grows up to be wholesome and well-balanced. It’s a proven fact that children need the im portance of comm un ion with God through prayer while they are growing up. It gives them what might be known as a built-in sense of security. Later, in adult life, this knowledge and assurance of the Lord’s presence is immeasurably comforting in all of the difficult hours which unquestionably come to all of us regardless of age or cicumstances. An swer the question for your own heart. “What type of spiritual preparation am I giving my children?” It’s true that you’re providing for them economically, and this at a tremendous rate, but are you overlooking the most vital dimen sion for their lives? How about family devotions and your personal attention to them. Such important times don’t just happen. You have to plan and carefully guard them. The Bible tells us to train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” * * * The fate of your children depends upon your two hands: they're needed to spank as well as to applaud. 9
by Dr. William Ward Ayer
Where Art Thou?
W HILE THE ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA have had their programs which question contestants, the Lord has His own “Quiz Program” in which all men must participate. Reading through the gospels we see that Jesus was a perpetual interrogator. One of the most important queries ever asked came at the start of the human race. God sought our first parents and called, “Adam, where art thou?” These two had been cre ated and placed in the Garden of Eden. Here they were given definite instructions on how to live and act. They could eat of every tree except one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God said, “In the day that ye eat thereof, thou shalt surely die.” Through the temptation of Satan, Eve broke down. God’s law was trans gressed. Then she gave to her hus band and as a result their eyes were opened. They knew that they were naked. To hide the shame they sewed fig leaves together, making aprons. Before their fall they were in the image of God who, the Bible tells us, is clothed in light as a garment. When they sinned, that glory depart ed from them, and death was now in evitable. How many people today seek some poor clothing of expediency. How in adequate this is apart from.the gar ments of C h r is t’s righteousness. From the very beginning man’s own religion is of the “do-it-yourself” va riety. Now Adam and Eve heard the Lord calling them but they hid. Finally, Adam answered God, “I heard Thy voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked.” The only thing Adam could say was to begin blaming Eve. When the Lord asked her, she was quick to blame an other, “The serpent beguiled me and I did eat.” The Bible’s first book makes it plain that judgment was
passed upon Adam and Eve, and all men after them as a result. God is still asking this original question. Millions of people are hiding themselves behind their own particu lar trees, not listening to the voice of the Lord. One hiding place is man’s civilization. How he has endeavored to forget his sinful nature by multi plying scientific achievements. He feels he no longer needs the Creator. While these things may not be sinful in themselves, when they are used as a hiding place from the Almighty, they are an abomination. The call clearly comes in our smug national complacency, “Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die?” While we pour out billions on space travel, the evil forces of atheistic communism are ta k in g over the world, even infiltrating every depart ment of our national, educational, re ligious, industrial and economic life. The forces of hell are on the march bringing disaster everywhere. These are the “fig leaves” of the mid-20th
Moving rapidly ahead toward a March 15th com pletion date is the new, much-needed Biola gym nasium. This picture, taken at press time, does not show the outside walls and other parts,of the building which have already been finished. Addi tional classrooms, which have been urgently re quired, will also be located in this imposing and functional structure.
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of the whole human race. He wasted the substance his father had given him in riotous living. This is exactly what the human race has done. If men used their abilities to glorify God and to bring blessing to their fellow men what wonderful things could be ac complished. The great proportion of our scientific development has created misery, sadness and bloodshed. Our great cities have become jungles of blistering crime. We travel even be yond the speed of sound but when we get to where we’re going, we’re no better than when we moved at a much slower pace, or when we started. The rapid power often increases our abil ity to sin. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if lead ers of the world considered this pene trating question, “Adam, where art thou?” To phrase it in modern termi nology, “Mankind, where are you headed?” Can the human race sur vive if we keep on going on in our sinful ways? We need the Higher Power to lift us out of the muck of the immorality, social debauchery, sex perversion and vile destruction of the entire planet. New York City is an example of the situation facing us. A magazine edi tor from the West had been visiting the metropolis,- reading newspaper reports of crime, graft and unspeak able immorality. He penned these searching words, “I weep in my heart when I think of New York City. It has gone down the drain. It is no longer capable of self-government. It has been so completely overrun with outlaws, demagogues and undeveloped people, that citizens of respectability cannot mobilize the majority vote necessary to maintain enforcement, economic stability and common safety for the city. New York City is a bar baric jungle; people are safer in the Congo than they are in New York City!” What a terrible indictment from an outsider and yet one which is true. Yes, as a nation, as well as indi viduals, we must answer God’s ques tion, “Adam (Mankind), where art thou?” 11
century. How foolish man is, thinking he can cover himself when, apart from Christ, he has no hope whatso ever. There is no way man can bring lasting peace to the world through his own efforts. With all our plans for a “Great Society,” turmoil still rolls on. When a man turns his back on the Saviour, not desiring His wisdom, the end will be like that of the builders of the tower of Babel: confusion and HAVE YOU TAKEN IT TO JESUS? Have you taken it to Jesus? Have you left your burden there? Does He tenderly support you? Have you rolled on Him your care? Oh, the sweet unfailing refuge Of the everlasting arms; In their loving clasp enfolded Nothing worries or alarms. Have you taken it to Jesus, Just the thing that's pressing now? Are you trusting Him completely With the when, and where and how? Oh, the joy of full surrender Of our life, our plans, our all; Proving, far above our asking That God answers when we call. If you want the burden lifted And a solace for your woe. Oh, the blessedness to nestle Like a child upon His breast; Finding ever, as He promised Perfect comfort, peace and rest. — Mrs. E. L. Hennessay scattering. Mankind, deep in personal sin, cannot settle the world’s prob lems. This can only be done by the sin less one, Christ Jesus, the Lord. You can have no peace without Him. Look at our poor warring world. Millions of heavy feet pound and shuffle in the dust. So it has been through the cen turies. When Jesus told the parable about the prodigal son it was universal. The young man became representative Have you taken it to Jesus? 'Tis the only place to go
by Dr. William Ward Ayer
Where Is Thy Brother?
it has continued in an ever-deepening stream throughout the centuries. We seem to be trembling on the verge of the last great conflict before the King of kings reigns supreme. Atomic power reveals that millions could be destroyed while others are made into crawling, mis-shapen things showing little of the image God placed in mankind at the time of creation. Cain’s voice is heard every day, “I’m not my brother’s keeper.” Communist enslavement sweeps across the globe. God is continually defied. The Western world feebly endeavors to prevent world conquest. Cain wasn’t his brother’s keeper, he was his mur derer. For millenniums of human history the Cain procedure has continued. History reveals that sinful men have always shed blood for a variety of sel fish reasons. Nations have sought to be their brother’s slave masters. With in the lifetime of some of us we have
W hile the L oro ’ s first question to the human race is summarized in the words, “Adam, where art thou?” the second continues to shat ter man’s foolish confidence in him self. It is definitely related to the first, “Cain, where is Abel thy brother?” This question is recorded in Genesis 4. These two were sons of Adam and Eve. Abel was evidently faithful to God in keeping with the sacrifice of a lamb, shedding its blood, as an atone ment for his personal sins. From the very beginning our first parents were taught that innocent blood had to be shed to make a covering for the sinner. “Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” Cain represents so many people today who think they can merit eter nal life through their own cleverness and ability. True faith is an affront- ery to them. No doubt his offering was beautiful to human eyes, com pared with the sight of blood. The Lord, however, had respect to Abel’s offering for he had come by faith. His sacrifice represented the Lord Jesus Christ who was the firstborn of many brethren, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. When God would not accept Cain’s foolish efforts he was angry and jealous of his brother. As a result he killed Abel, thinking he could hide this first mur der. The Lord asked, “Where is Abel thy brother?” Cain claimed he didn’t know but God told him, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. Now art thou cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength, a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.” This is where human blood began to flow and
One of the important graduate schools of the Biola complex is the Talbot Theological Seminary, with Dr. Charles L Feinberg, dean. Here, the same evangelical, fundamental foundational truths are taught in an educational program which Is un surpassed in the preparation of missionaries, pas tors,Christian educators and other spiritual leaders.
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seen two world wars and another great conflict in Korea. Now we are seeing our boys being processed into the Asiatic “meat grinder.” When will the end be? God said, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” What tremendous wailing goes up to heaven for the mil lions of people who have been bru tally murdered in modern times. In a quieted story, “Esquire” maga zine carried an article from World War II in which the author de clares, “The devastation of Dresden in February, 1945, was one of the most terrifying crimes against hu manity. The Red Army was approach ing 60 miles away. A million refugees had swollen the population of Dres den, a totally non-military city and hospital center, to one and a quarter million people. British and American bombers loosed three waves of attacks within 12 hours following up with Mustang divers to snipe off any flee ing survivors. Out of 28,410 houses in the inner city, 24,866 were destroyed. Eleven square miles were devastated with 35,000 recognizable corpses and an estimated 100,000 who couldn’t be identified. By c o n tra s t Hiroshima casualties were 71,879.”
While we can thank God for our humanitarian government, we, too, must answer His penetrating ques tion concerning the blood which has been shed. Jesus solemnly said in Matthew 25, “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all na tions. And he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his sheep.” This judgment is of the IF WE ON LY UNDERSTOOD Could we but draw back the curtains That surround each other's lives, See the naked hearts and spirits, Know what spurs the action gives, 1 Often we would find it better. If we only understood. Could we judge all deeds by motives, See the good and bad within, Often we should love the sinner All the while we loathed the sin. Could we know the powers working In the heart's integrity We should judge each other's errors With more patient charity. living nations when Christ returns. Men say, “These are fortunes and misfortunes of war.” Yet God must still be saying, “Thy brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground.” In this so-called Christian era we seem utterly oblivious to the blood of the Son of God, shed on Calvary’s cross to bring peace between man and the Lord, as well as peace between man and man. This is God’s way, His only means of eternal life and escape from con demnation. Only divine judgment can stop the blood shed. May God hasten the day of Christ’s coming and king dom when peace shall indeed reign upon earth. 18 Oh, we judge each other harshly Knowing not life's hidden force. Knowing not the fount of action Is less turbid at its source. Seeing not amid the evil All the golden grains of good. We should love each other better If we only understood.
Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (center), is honored by the Biola Board of Directors with the recent an nouncement that the education building will now be known as "Sutherland Hall." With the Biola president is Dr. Louis T. Talbot (left), chancellor, and Dr. Ray A. Myers, chairman of the Board of Directors. The plaque reads in part, "in recogni tion of the exceptional leadership and untiring and dedicated life work . . . serving Biola since 1936."
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by Dr. William Ward Ayer
What Think Ye?
W hile the L ord has asked many questions of mankind, there is not one so important as that which concerns His own Son, “What think ye of Christ?” In Matthew 22:41-46 we read, “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. Jesus saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. If David then called him, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.” Christ challenged the leaders of Israel to whom He presented Himself as Messiah and King. They argued with Him and finally rejected and crucified Him. They rightly answered that the Messiah would be the de scendent of King David. This had been prophesied through the Old Tes tament. Yet, in the face of all the evidence, they refused God’s love gift, as men have down through the cen turies. We can, and should, bring this ques tion now to our own day. Let me ask you, “What do you think of Christ and His deity?” Never a man spake as did this One. “What do you think of his power?” He healed the leper, raised the dead, gave sight to the blind. “What about His character?” He was the perfect Man. He dared to say, “Which of you convinceth me of sin?” No human being in his right mind would dare to ask that question. Jesus was the sinless One “What do you think of Him?” Look at His mira cles. “What do you think of His hu manity?” Christ was born a Jew but is now a member of every race. He leaped all the barriers of time, race
and culture to come down to our own day as the Son of God as well as the Son of man. “What do you think of Christ?” If you haven’t decided, you must. Jesus declared, “I go my way, and where I go ye cannot come. Ex cept ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” In John 5, the Saviour asked the question, “Wilt thou be made whole?” Here was the healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda. There was a tradition that certain times an angel came down and trou bled the waters. Whoever got in first after this was made whole. A multi tude of impotent folk waited for just such a miraculous moment. Then Jesus came and found a man with an infirmity which had lasted nearly four decades. The Lord knew he had been there a long time seeking to be the first one in the water. Yet, due to his illness, he was never able to make it. Christ, ignoring the legend, asked, “Wilt thou be made whole?” The piti ful answer was, “Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool. While I am coming, an other steppeth down before me.” Jesus said unto him, “Arise, take up thy bed and walk.” Immediately the man was made whole. Now, this miracle can be applied to our own day. The whole human race is like that man at the pool. We all need healing for the world’s awful disease of sin and its accompanying destruction. So many seek cleansing in the wrong way. False religions and philosophies con tinually hold man to the bondage of his diease. The prophet said in Scrip ture of Christ, “By his stripes we are healed.” This applies to things of much deeper consequence than phys ical infirmities. It cures that which can never be remedied by the apothe cary of science or the surgery of man. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can
Christ for every need, for salvation is complete. There is no half way busi ness about God. Too many believers in Christ don’t always live as the Lord wants them to. They are defeated and despondent. When Christ begins His good work in us He will complete it at the day of His call for us to glory. No one can escape that question put to the Jews by Pilate in the judgment hall, “What will you do with Jesus?” There was no fault that any of earth’s tribunals could find with Him. As far as many are concerned today, the answer echoes down the long cor ridor of time, “Crucify Him” ! ! The answer to this question is too often a tragic one. Why do you have to an swer this question? It is because God answered it by sending His Son into the world to be your Saviour tb meet the need for cleansing for your sins. He paid the price on Calvary’s cross. Jesus is the only way out of your sin and misery. What will you do with Christ? Receive Him now! W H A T CH ILDREN W A N T OF THEIR DADS It is interesting to realize how ready dogs are to show their affection. They never pout, hear a grudge, complain about their food, or gripe about the way the house is kept. They are ready to protect their masters at the risk of their own lives. Generally, dogs love children, no matter how loud and boisterous they may be. A leading psychiatrist has sug gested that husbands should imitate some of these canine virtues. The result could be a more arriiable family life. A national survey was taken among boys and girls using the question, “What do I want my father to do that he is not now doingf" Replies were generally such things as, “Stay at home,” “Be with me more” “Don’t go out so often,” and the like. The urgent unanimous cry was, “We want to see more of our dadsl” Spiritually speaking, God’s Word tells us that as fa r as the teaching of eternal truths in the home, it is to be the father to the children that these precepts of life are to be handed down and carefully explained. Fathers, remember it is your responsibility to train up a child in the way he should go, so that when he is old, he will not depart from it. 15
cleanse us from our sins. So many wait at some pool doomed to disap pointment and eternal separation from God, apart from the Saviour. Even as Adam and Eve hid from God, so as lost sinners men today endeavor to hide themselves from Christ. He is the Rock in a weary land, a Shelter in the time of storm. When a sinner is accepted in Christ he has found an eternal hiding place. Again we ask the Lord’s question, “Wilt thou be made whole?” Men have committed every crime in the whole catalogue of sins but the consummate iniquity of the nations was the cru cifixion of Christ, exceeded only by His continued rejection by the mil lions who compound that awful and heinous deed. The salvation which Christ offers is a matter for your will. If you desire to, and follow God’s prescribed course, you may be saved. You can will to do God’s will, or take the consequences. Salvation is entirely personal. Every man must give an ac count of himself to the Lord. Even as you are bom into the world, in evitably to die personally, you must personally accept Christ as your Saviour. As a result you will person ally be saved and personally be changed by the transforming power of God into Christ’s image. Trust
Center of student as well as staff and faculty fellowship is the Blola fountain, located adjacent to the main dining room. The crowded facilities will be expanded when the Student Memorial Union Building is constructed. With the pressures of study, the atmosphere provides an opportunity to discuss various points of mutual interest with one another.
by Dr. William Ward Ayer
Where Are You Going?
this we will solve the riddle of the ages. In the death chamber when a soul stirs feebly in his tenement of clay and then departs leaving eyes that are wet with tears and hearts that sigh for the touch of a hand and the sound of a voice that is still, we ask, “What is man?” We look at what has been a living being and suddenly has be come a lump of clay to return to dust, and we ask, “What is man?” Shake speare says man is “dressed in a lit tle piece of authority. He is most ig norant. He, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven as to make angels weep.” Yes, man seems to be a combination of an gels and demons. The only real an swer to the question, however, is to be found in the Word of God. In or der to know how to run his life, man must consult this Book. Every ma chine man builds has a book of in structions. The Bible is the Guide telling all about man, what is wrong with him and how he can get things right. Is there a limit to which man can go in the use of forces resident in creation? Jesus said that as we see
I never been at a higher level of sci entific and economic development. Millions are being spent for space travel. Supersonic planes will soon be carrying passengers at three times the speed of sound. Man is expected to live above the earth as well as under the sea in comfort and plenty. The span of life seems to be lengthening. Many diseases have been, or are about to be, conquered. In our country we have in the makings a great society with poverty managed, the sick hos pitalized, and highways made beauti ful. The tragic thing, however, is that while we are conquering space, man has not learned to conquer himself. Crime mounts far beyond the power of law enforcement to control it. While our youth run rampant in many places, mountainous national debts pile up. The question I can hear the Lord asking is, “Little man, where do you think you’re going?” We need to ask, as did David of old, “What is man that Thou art mindful of him, and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” In the study of man, we need to face the questions squarely, “What is man? Is he reliable? Should he have this power? Will it destroy him?” Al ready we have come close to the brink of a terrible nuclear war. Man seeks conquest of earth, air, sea and sky. Man builds his towering cities to the skies. He is humanitarian in building hospitals and orphanages and a mul titude of other kind acts. Then, like a fiend, he rises in wrath and makes the world a veritable hell in time of war. What is this creature? David queries, “When I consider thy heav ens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast or dained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” In answering
Professor Edwin H. Heppner, director of the Biola Chorale, which will be heard in concert during March (see page 33).
the things coming upon the earth, a holy fear should grasp us. This can only be a deep reverential trust in God which, of course, is the beginning of all wisdom. God created man in His own image. We were not an evoluted animal. In the beginning he was bet ter and more noble than he is now. The Lord is interested in us which is revealed through His Word as well as by His Son, Jesus Christ. Man was made to have fellowship with God. We need to realize, however, that man, through sin, is also a fallen creature. The first chapters of Gene sis clearly reveal this. Because of in iquity man lost the joy of his original state. He is a lost and perverted creature who, above everything else, needs to repent. In spite of the un mistakable evidences that he has lost his first estate, man still turns aside as being the special object of God’s love and mercy. Have you ever wondered why the Lord Jesus, who made the universe and every secret of it, did not reveal when He was here the scientific pow ers that men have today? Why didn’t He tell us about steam, electricity, ra
dio, atomic and nuclear fission, space travel and all of these things men boast about today? He could have re vealed all of these things to His dis ciples. Our Lord knew, however, that mankind, blighted by sin, alienated from his God, could know too much for his own good. The trouble today is that man’s moral stamina does not match his mental horse power. He knows too much for his morals. Above everything else man needs soul re demption. He needs the knowledge of God, for when one loses his fellow ship with God, he has lost his true reason. Obeying the voice of Satan he sells himself to misery and de struction. If we don’t turn to the Lord, we will find only tragedy as in the days of Sodom. It seems that there is time for everything else ex cept for Christ. May God help us to awaken before it is too late. The Lord warns us, “Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die?” He asks, “Why will you seek the ways of terrible death when I offer you the gift of eternal life?” “Behold, now is the ac cepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
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Biola students studying in the Zoology laboratory. Expansion is anticipated building in the near future. 17
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