Our Saviour shows absolute confi dence in God. Finally, Christ is tested in the sphere of His mission. Satan showed Him all the kingdoms in the world and the glory of them. Doubtless Sa tan was making a genuine offer, for according to John 12:31, Ephesians 2:1 and other passages, he is' the Prince of this world; he has authori ty over this realm. He was willing to surrender it all to get the Lord to succumb. But there was a catch. The requirement was that Jesus worship the devil. The Lord was offered king doms without a cross of suffering. Again, the insidious thought was met by Scripture (Deut. 6:13). To re ceive the kingdoms that way would mean that Christ would have to serve Satan. Here our Lord shows His ab solute recognition of the sovereign authority of God as well as His sub mission to it. In these three tests we see Christ’s dependence upon God; His confidence in God; and His submission to God. The first test was in the flesh and Christ had victory in the physical realm. The second concerned the pride of life and He had victory in the spiritual nature. The third was the lust of the eyes, and Christ had victory in the realm of His appoint ed work and purpose. How blessed to read of Him that “He was in all points tested like as we are, yet apart from sin.” Christ was not able to sin. These tests prove that Satan could not cause Jesus Christ to sin. Since He is the sinless One, our Saviour is pre-eminently eligible to be our Saviour and our Sovereign. Of all the things you wear, your ex pression is the most important. Home is the seminary of all other institutions. A communist is a guy that borrows your pot to cook his goose. 4
La Mirada Councilman Wil Simendinger (left) and Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland look over a copy of the Blola student newspaper. The Chimes, which high lighted the recent Homecoming program. The Coun cilman and Dr. Sutherland participated in the parade activities. Dr. George Cowan, President of Wycliffe Bible Trans lators, was featured in chapel recently at Biola. He stayed on campus for several days to present the work of Wycliffe and discuss missionary en deavors with Biola students and faculty. On the right is Dr. J. Richard Chase, Biola's Academic Vice President.
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