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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