Both the gospel of grace and the gospel of the kingdom are em bedded and founded in God's love and mercy. It always requires the answer of personal faith by indi viduals. Q. Junction City, Kan. "Were Mary and Joseph married at the time of Christ's birth, or were they just en gaged as a number of translations indicate? What does the word 'es poused' mean?'' A. Look at Matthew 1:18 for this reference as the term literally means "to ask in marriage," "to become engaged." Matthew 1:24 shows that by the time of the birth of Christ Joseph and Mary were married. It was when they were engaged, before they had come together, that she was "found with child by the Holy Ghost."
Q. Los Angeles, Calif. "Is the Song ‘ of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 prophecy?" A. Yes, even as is the longer proph ecy in the 33rd chapter. Here Moses is blessing the tribes with appro priate warnings. It is sad that Israel did not listen carefully to these words of divine caution and con cern. Q. San Clemente, Calif. "What should we do with the phrase 'faith without works is dead' and the concept also found in Scripture 'work out your own salvation'?" A. We should accept both, for there is really no contradiction between James 2:26 and Philippians 2:12. It was Biola's first dean, Dr. R. A. Tor- rey, who used to say, "We are saved by faith without works, but
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