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formation of the church by baptizing into one body the personal disciples of Jesus, and the converts of the Pentecost, and immedi ately gave in the Acts and Epistles a body of truth defining the position of a people under grace. The Gospels then, are filled with kingdom truth, the Epistles with church truth. This is written so large that one would think the wayfaring man, though a professor of sys tematic theology, need not err therein. Mat thew, for example, begins: “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham;” 1 Cor. is ad dressed : “Unto the church, of God which is at-Corinth.” IV. The period called “the great tribu lation” is seen in the synoptic Gospels as preceding, the kingdom of glory. Matt. xxiv:15-18, and parallels. V. The later teachings of the synoptic Gospels have in view neither the Jews then living, nor the believers of the church age, "but thè remnant of Jews who will turn to Jesus as their Messiah in the tribulation in which this age ends. Matt, xxiv :5-26; Mark xiii :5-33 ; etc. These are the “brethren” of Matt, xxv :40. Permit me to suggest four cautions to be observed in the study of the synoptists : We have received The King’s Business and are delighted with it ; find it Tull of the most helpful and inspiring thoughts from Cover to cover. I find The King’s Business very helpful and just the magazine I need for my Sun day School class. May it continue to be a blessing. I find The King’s Business the best and most profitable paper. I enjoy reading The King’s Business, and though it takes very nearly the last dollar I have, I feel I must send it for a year’s subscription. After reading the Sunday School lesson
1. Do not confuse the kingdom and thé church. -ffl 2. Do not confuse the Jew with the Christian, nor the professor with the be liever. 3. Do not expect to find the church, her position, relationship or destiny in the synoptic Gospels. Hence, find the condi tions of your salvation, your blessings and your privileges in the Epistles. 4. Remember, however, that these pre cious books give you the history of the earth-life, death, resurrection and ascension of your blessed Lord, Master and Bride groom; and that passages which, in strict ness of interpretation, belong to the king dom, whether as' ,-‘at hand,” in “mystery,” or “in glory,” or the Jew, the law, the tribulation or the remnant may have a full moral application to the believer. You and I, by matchless and adorable grace, will never stand in the judgment of Matt, xxv :31-46, but it always remains true that a service rendered to one of Christ’s is a service to Himself—as a neglect of one of Christ’s is a neglect of Himself. The con ditions of-the present blessedness in daily experience of the Christian are in the Beati tudes, though the conditions Of his salvation helps in your excellent paper, “The King’s Business,” I feel I owe it to my class to secure this splendid help. I acknowledge with a sense of real grati tude the April -number 'of your splendid publication, and have read with unusual in terest your “Doctrinal Statement.” The notes on the lesson are very illumi nating and suggestive. The lessons are extremely interesting and instructive; the sërmon is a fine feature of the book; all through, its contents are good. I am so thankful for The King’s Business. It is the best of' the kind I ever read, and has been a great help to me.
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