was almost in t he beginning joined by his equally consecrated brother, who undertook to carry one-half of the finan- cial burden. Th us we have t he r ema r k- able f a ct t h at two Christian laymen, b r o t h e rs in the flesh, V have united in a wo rk which t a k es large means, reaches to t he utmost corners of t he e a r th and is as f ar as h uman mind can judge, exceedingly blessed to the advancement of t he cause of Christ; and most re- ma r k a b le of all, both absolutely refuse, in Christian humility and modesty, to have their n ames k n own to t he World, t h us declining h uman plaudit and being satisfied with t he "Well d o n e" of their Lord and Saviour. LOUIS MEYER, Executive Secretary "The Fundamentals.'' sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my t r a n s- gressions unto t he Lo r d; and t h ou for- gavest t h e iniquity of my sin." And t he | 51st Psalm, not especially the 14th verse, "Deliver me f r om blood guiltiness, 0 God thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy right- eousness." Saul of Tarsus, who a f t e r- wa r ds became P a ul t he Apostle, stained his h a n ds with Christian blood and yet he wrote, I Tim. 1:15-16, "This is a f a i t h f ul saying, and worthy of all ac- ceptation, t h at Christ Jesus came into t he world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, t h at in me first Christ Jesus m i g ht show f o r th all long suffering, for a p a t t e rn to t h em which should here- a f t er believe on Him to life everlasting." And II Tim. 11:12, " F or I k n ow wh om 1 have believed, and am persuaded t h at he is able to keep t h at which I have committed unto h im against t h at day," and II Tim. 4.7-8, "I have fought a good fight, I h a ve finished my course, I have kept the f a i t h: He n c e f o r th t h e re is laid u p f o r me a crown of righteousness, which t he Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at t h at day: and not to me only, b ut unto all t h em t h at love his appearing." T h e re a re those living to- day who have stained their h a n ds with t he blood of their fellow men b ut who f o u nd mercy t h r o u gh the finished work of Christ, who are today happy, useful Christians. Points
Secretary, been translated in 62 differ- ent languages and dialects, and some of these articles are being used as tracts for 'the s t r e n g th of native wo r k e rs in / t h e interior of Africa and Asia. Some of the articles, t r a n s l a t ed in Eu r o p e an and other languages, are being used by Christian forces in t he battle against the spread of the heresies and false teach- ings which were laid b a re in t h em. Th us t h e re can be no doubt t h at " T he F u n d ame n t a l s" have done a unique work, one mi g ht almost say, a .work unique in t he history of t he Christian Church. , The liberal minded L a yman who planned t he whole u n d e r t a k i ng and ori- ginally set aside t he whole amo u nt of money to be used for the u n d e r t a k i n g, _ "How do you reconcile t he con- J tradiction in t h e Bible between • I J o hn 1:9 a nd I J o hn 3 : 1 5? In t he first passage we a re told t h at if we confess our sins they will be for- given: in t he last passage we a re told t h at t h e re is no forgiveness for t he mu r d e r e r ." A. Th e re is no contradiction wh a t- ever between these two passages. In t he first passage we a re told t h at t he believer receives forgivness t he mome nt he confesses his sin; in t he second pass- age we a re n ot told t h a t t h e re is no for- giveness for t he mu r d e r e r. We a re told t h at no mu r d e r er h a th e t e r n al life abid- ing in him while he is a mu r d e r e r, t h at is, while h e still cherishes h a te for his b r o t h e r—b ut no t r ue believer cherishes h a te for his b r o t h e r. One who h as been a mu r d e r er and one who h as h a t ed his b r o t h er will find forgiveness the mome nt he t u r ns f r om his sin and confesses it and puts his t r u st in Jesus Christ. (Is. 5 5 : 7; Prov. 2 8 : 1 3; Acts 1 3 : 3 8 - 3 9 ). Th e re is n o t h i ng whatever in I J o hn 3 : 15 t h at suggests t h at one who h as mu r d e r ed never can find forgiveness. It only teaches t h at one who is still a mu r d e r er by cherishing h a te in his h e a rt to his b r o t h er h a th not eternal life while he cherishes t h at h a t r e d. Th e re is a record in the Bible of more t h an one mu r d e r er being forgiven. David was a mu r d e r e r, yet he is t he one who wrote t he 32 nd P s a l m—n o te espec- ially t he 5th verse, "I ackuowledged my
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