might better read, “. . . and I shall be innocent of great transgression.” We will be living a victorious life in the eyes of the Lord and before men. Q. How can you prove by Scripture the statement, the Word of God is complete? A. We need to keep in mind that the Word of God is a unit. I shall read some of the very last verses in the Bible which we believe are conclusive proof that God’s Word, as we have it, is com plete. But before reading these verses let us look at some facts: For instance, truths that are found in the Book of Genesis find their culmination in the Book of the Revelation. In Genesis we read of the origin of sin—in Revelation the end of sin; In Genesis we read of Satan coming to earth and tempting mankind—in Revelation we find the end of Satan; In Genesis we read of the fall of man—in Revelation we read of man being exalted to the place that was originally intended for him by God. In other words, where we find the beginning of things in Genesis (which is the meaning of Genesis), we find the culmination in Revelation and the whole Bible stands as a unit. Now we are ready to read Revelation 22, verses 18 and 19: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the book of .life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” So it stands solidly and hangs together. We believe that there is no other way to understand these verses than that they refer to the whole Bible, not only to the Book of Revelation, which is but one segment of the Word of God. We must understand that we cannot understand The Revelation apart from it being the copestone, at it were, of the Bible. 22
But first, we must turn to the Word of God. We want to be faithful to what God has said about it. That question is very clearly answered in Romans 2:12: “For as many as have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law . . . for when the Gentiles, which have not the law do by nature the things con tained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;” In plain words it simply means that the Gentiles or the nations of the hea then, who have never heard the Gospel, that enough light has been given them, so that if they live up to the light that they have, that is all that is necessary. But let me hasten to add to this. Paul says there is no individual who even begins to live, up to the light that he has. Every prayer or sacrifice that a pagan makes, whether it be to an idol of wood or stone, is a testimony to the fact that he knows that he is not living up to what he feels is right. The mis sionaries tell us over and over again that the pagans are living in sin and they love it. Therefore, they are not eager to leave their sinful life. But they hope that through their sacrifices they will be able to get along all right. Since they know in their own hearts they are not doing right, they shall perish with out the law. Q. Will you read verse 13 of Psalm 19 and comment on , at least, the first part of the verse. This listener is in Walla Walla, Washington. A. Let us look at verse 12: “. . . cleanse thou me from secret faults” or sins. These are the sins of the heart, the mind and the thoughts of life. In verse 13: “Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins . . .” These are will ful conscious acts of sinning. Now no tice at the end of that particular verse —the article is not in the original. It
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