Our Great High Priest W'. A . Criswell The Los Angeles Presbytery S. II. Sutherland
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Dr. Culbertson as narrator underlines Bible prophecies with firsthand experience, graphically recorded in full color. The mute stones of the Holy Land literally cry out with their unalterable stories that prove the truths of the Bible.
An Inspiring Expedition into Holy Land Ruins . • « Visual Evidence of Fulfilled Bible Prophecy . . • A Unique Film with a Powerful Gospel Message! FEATURING Dr. William Culbertson, president of Moody Bible Institute, narrator. PRODUCED BY Dr. Irwin Moon of the Moody Institute of Science. Here is a film in the fourth dimension. . . t im e ! It is a pioneer ex ploration into the marvels of fulfilled prophecy. This is a recording of prophetic truths that powerfully presents the infallible Word of God. Its message is made doubly effective by the crushing weight of evidence revealed through archaeology in Bible countries.
PETRA . . . This film leads you through decaying dust, centuries old, into the dead city of carved, rose red rock . . . Petra. You'll stand on its eagle-swept heights where only the vultures mourn the hideous heathen ritual that prompted God, through Obadiah, to foretell the fall of this once great center of commerce.
Ancient historians testified to the truth of their writings by sealing them with a signet ring. So God has placed an indelible signature in the clay of history through fulfilled prophecy.
BABYLON . . . A tingle will thrill each nerve as you view the pathetic ruins of corruptible, material istic Babylon . . . hear the words once written on a palace wall, “ God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it."
“ The Stones Cry Out” carries an inescapable message of God’s re lentless war against sin. It presents inspiring proof to Christians of the unbreakable promises of God . . . the unsaved are brought face to face with their own sin and the inevitable consequences of re jecting Christ.
"The Stones Cry Out" will soon be available for your church. For further information and the name of youi* film dealer, write Film Department K 536
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GOLDEN GATE • • • Still mysteriously sealed and unused after centuries . . . the beautiful Golden Gate in the wall of Jerusalem. This gate, closest to the site of Solomon’s Tem ple, is closed and waiting, according to Scrip ture« for the coming of the King.
TYRE . . . "I will scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken It, saith the Lord God . . . " (Ezekiel 26:4,5).
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THE KING'S BUSINESS
Official publication of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc.
Dedicated to the spiritual development of the Christian home
Vol. 45, No. 9
SEPTEMBER, 1954
Established 1910
chancellor LOUIS T. TALBOT
ARTICLES OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST — W. A. Criswell ...................................... 11 MODERNISM AND THE LOS ANGELES PRESBYTERY — S. H. Sutherland ....................... 14 THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD — Brother Lawrence .. 18 NATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEK ................................................ 20 A SURE BULWARK — Senator Frank Carlson .......................... .......... 20 THREE MEN AND A TRIP — A vacation for Christians .................. 21 CARGADERO — The story of a Mexican orphanage ....... .................. 45 FEATURES READER REACTION ....................................................................................... 6 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK ...................................................................... 8 PEOPLE— A monthly column of names in the news ....................... 10 WORLD NEWSGRAMS — James O. Henry ........................................... 22 OUT OF THE LAB — Donald S. Robertson ........................................... 23 THEOLOGICALLY THINKING — Gerald B. Stanton .......................... 24 HYMNS YOU LOVE— Phil Kerr ............................................................ 25 WORDS FROM THE WORD — Charles L. Feinberg ............................ 26 TALKING IT OVER — A psychologistanswers — Clyde Narramore.. 27 BOOK REVIEWS — Donald G. Davis ........................................................ 28 JUNIOR KING'S BUSINESS — Martha S. Hooker .................................. 30 BIOLA FAMILY CIRCLE .............................................................................. 32 dr . TALBOT'S QUESTION BOX ................................................................ 33 FINEST OF THE WHEAT — Glenn F. O'Neal ................................... 34 IN CHRIST IS LIFE — Does God Care About Individuals? .................. 41 UNDER THE PARSONAGE ROOF — Althea S. Miller .......................... 44 ADVERTISERS' INDEX ........................................... 50 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LOOKING AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED— Margaret Jacobsen ......... 35 YOUNG PEOPLE'S TOPICS — Chester J. Padgett ............................... 36 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS — Homer A. Kent, Allison Arrowood .. 39 OBJECT LESSONS — Elmer L. Wilder .................................................... 48 COVER Mexico, like every country, has its quota of homeless children. Near Acapulco, American missionaries have built an orphanage to take care of youngsters like the lad pictured on this month's cover. For more pic tures about this orphanage see pp. 45-47. Photos : Westminster Films.
editor S. H. SUTHERLAND
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Sirs: Your “ answer” (May) to Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell’s March 23 Look magazine article is unfair and mis leading. True, you have not been vindictive. But how can you sug gest that Dr. Bonnell has disregarded the statement of “ Reformed Faith” ? You speak very definitely for a mi nority of Presbyterians. Where in the “ Reformed Faith” statement do you find verbal inspiration applied to the Holy Scriptures, or bodily resurrection or material heaven and hell? Long Beach, Calif. Rev. Ben T. Cowles, Pastor, St. John's Community Presbyterian Church Exact quotes were given that an swer reader Cowles’ questions. For more on Presbyterians and present- day trends see page 14, this issue. —ED. Sirs: In your July and August issues your Out of the Lab column dealt with carbon 14. You state that science proves man has been on this globe at least 15,000 years. You also state that this does not contradict the Bible account which Bible scholars in general— even men like Scofield— have declared dates the creation of man as approximately 6,000 years ago. I would like to believe you but . . . where do you find a loop hole for the insertion of so many thousands of years? Helena, Mont. Christine Bruins Sirs: One of the major difficulties with the theory [dating by carbon 14] is that it assumes that “ all things con tinue as they were from the begin ning of creation” which naturally includes the rate which cosmic rays convert nitrogen atoms into carbon 14 atoms. This leaning toward con formity as opposed to catastrophe in the history of the earth is the bul wark of the evolutions. Let us as Christians go slow in jumping to conclusions where even the unbe lievers tread softly. S. San Gabriel, Calif. L. W. King The Bible and most Bible scholars, including Scofield, do not date the creation of man. Dates were placed in the margin of the Authorized Ver- continued on page 10 AGE OF MAN
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Chicago with its half million Jews pre sents a challenge for aggressive gospel work. “The Jewish religion is the hardest in the world to live up to,” said a prospective purchaser of our old building. We main tained that the great need is the presence of the Lord Jesus in the life. One with serious domestic trouble bold ly declared that he was satisfied, yet his fife and cruelty to his family belie his words. Visiting a temple with a Jewish friend on Passover, we heard nothing concerning the sprinkling of blood, the Passover lamb, or deliverance from bondage. Much was said, however, to inflate Jewish pride. How do we meet the need? Sixteen godly, trained workers in Chi cago, plus fourteen in eight other cities of the U.S. and Jerusalem, carry the tes timony house-to-house and shop-to-shop; Bible clubs have reached two hundred children per week; through our camps nineteen have come to Jesus Christ this summer. At a Sunday afternoon “Home Hour” an atheistic Jew in his sixties, repeatedly witnessed to, publicly confessed Jesus as his Saviour. Tracts and books are shipped out daily. A Jewish-Greek immigrant, after reading one of Mr. Lind- berg’s booklets, phoned requesting a visit from someone. A man who came to sell insurance left with assurance, saying: “I’ve been working for the rock (Pruden tial), now I am standing on the Rock.” Prophetic lectures and Jewish Evangelism Institutes in churches challenge Christians and instruct them how to witness to Jews. A little lass, comforting her mother as we were leaving our pastorate, said: “Mr. MacKinney will go to Chicago and tell all of the Jews about Jesus real quick, and then come back.” Far from being a one-man job, it is the obligation and privilege of every Christian to take the Gospel “to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.” Help us in this ministry to reach Israel with the Message of Life! Send for sample tracts and A.M.F. Monthly. For more information write to:
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How to Have a Winning Church Most pastors o f success ful churches report that all it takes to have such a church is a group of B ib le -be liev ing , hard w o rk in g , d isturbed
the nation. Another ministry has been our month ly magazine, the K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s . This summer we are sponsoring a subscription contest that will make it possible for your church to win some practical prizes to help in the e f fectiveness o f its ministry. There are 25 prizes— typewriters, scholarships, tape recorders, projec tors, etc. And the grand prize is a free two-week trip to Hawaii for the pastor o f the winning church. The trip will be next January and he will go with a group o f other Christians who are making up a Bible Conference Cruise. For complete details o f how you can help your church be a winning church, write today to: Contest Editor, K ing ’ s B usiness , 558 So. Hope, Los Angeles 17, Calif. Why not tear this page out right now while you’re thinking about it and hand it to your pastor this Sunday? By the way, we’ve planned the contest so even the smallest church has equal opportunity o f winning. END.
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members. Disturbed in the sense o f not being satisf ied unt i l their
church is doing its very best to tell the people o f the community the plan o f salvation through the shed blood o f Christ. Is your church a winning church? Perhaps you can help it be even more o f a winning church than it is today. We here at the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles have been working with churches since 1910. Working to give them ideas and methods and information. O f course our main contribution has been the training o f thou sands o f young people from churches all across
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A Free Trip to Thessalonica T he reading of this will take you to the "ancient city of Thessalonica where Paul preached the Gospel 1900 years ago. The writer is Stelios Kaloterakis, the pastor of the Evan gelical Church of Thessalonica. “ C. K. was a lawyer and worked for the Communist party here in Greece, and later for international Communism. This man, you will be glad to know, has been won to Jesus Christ. All his dynamic personality, his intelligence and talents are now at the disposal of Jesus Christ. He will be one of the greatest assets here in Macedonia. “ Another young man was studying to be a priest. He has been gloriously won to Christ and is now anxious to attend our Macedonian Bible Insti tute or our Seminary. He comes from a very fanatical family which is ruthlessly persecuting him. The Lord is calling him to become an Evangelical worker and by all means we should help him. Can you please find a scholarship for him as well as for the former Communist? (Our prayer is that the Lord will lead you who read this report to provide such a scholarship which is only $25 monthly.) “ I wish I could put down all that takes place in this Biblical city of Thessalonica. For the work among the University students and in the Bible Institute and Church, I urgent ly need a Greek typewriter. ($65 would buy one locally.) “ Finally I want to tell you about Mrs. Helen Kyrkou who is a wonder ful Gospel worker but who is suffer ing financially. When she does not have 5 B ook s For Tom orrow ’s M in isters he Bible Institute of Los Angeles is endeavoring to enlarge its library I as rapidly as possible. There are many ministers of the Gospel who have retired or who for various reasons no longer need their own per sonal theological libraries. In these libraries are to be found many great classics of our Christian faith. There is no better way of perpetuating one’s influence than to turn such libraries over to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, in order that the books might be placed upon its shelves and thus be made available for coming generations of Christian leaders. The Bible Institute will gladly pay the freight on such libraries, and if desired will be glad to insert, on the inside cover, proper acknowledgment as to the source of the gift. If Christian people have such libraries boxed and stored away in the attic or basement, kindly let the school Librarian know about it and arrangements will be made for shipment. Finances and Christian Schools f ^hristian schools such as B i o l a are supported by the free-will offerings I ,of God’s people throughout the country and in foreign lands. Most ^ o f these individual gifts are rather small in amount. Do you know of any outstanding Christian businessman, or corporation made up of Christian businessmen who might be interested in supporting this work with larger gifts? Philanthropically minded men with substantial means oftentimes make large bequests to institutions for the advancement of science, the arts, and other cultural projects, all of which are entirely worthy. It should be remembered however, that God’s work must be supported by God’s people. Many men will contribute to secular schools where re search in science is being carried on; but they would never think of con tributing to a school where the Word of God is being taught. Christian institutions must depend upon Christian business leaders for such gifts. Urgent prayer is requested that the Lord will lay the burden of such schools very definitely upon the hearts of outstanding Christian busi nessmen. Funds are needed by every worthy school if the cause of Christ is to be advanced without handicap. In the meantime, do not fail to remember the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in your prayers as well as by your gifts. Whether the amount be large or small, the Lord will bless you and your contribution will be a distinct blessing to this great school. Jukebox R eligion ^ s the summer wore on the popular taste for so-called religious songs seemed to wane not a bit. Radio, TV and jukebox blared a steady rhythm of tunes that disc jockeys and record publicity men blandly called religious. Whether the listening public really found any religious sentiments in such ditties as “ Talk to the Man Upstairs” ’ and “ Cross Over the Bridge,” was hard to say. It’s our guess a catchy tune is the only value connected with these songs. For our hymns we prefer the sweet melodies and comforting words of such great songs of the faith as I “ Jesus Lover of M y Soul,” and “ What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”— rL.H. 8 THE KING'S BUSINESS me (tt>ke(! 0U/lòe^eA 3 questions BBS Is there a need for a Church Music course? Christian school presidents, pastors, and missionary leaders said "YES" . . . By Mail By Phone By Personal Contact if "Our church needs an assistant p a stor who will serve as choir di rector & youth leader/' i "Our school needs an instructor in brass in struments and theory." "Our mission is in need of candidates who are well-trained musically/' Onr prob lem then was to determ ine: ^ 2 Of what should such a course consist? — W e found a fou r -fo ld answer. Music — and lots of it, both in theory and performance 'h Bible — a book-by-book study of the complete Word of God ^ Liberal arts — additional academic requirements to round out the training program •ft Practical application — numerous Christian service assignments, recitals, and a one-year apprenticeship in a local church These findings led ns to our final qnestion: Can such a course be crea ted which will be academ ically sound , d o c - trinally fundamental, and vocationally practical? This was our premise — so we set out to create a Church Music course which was "Designed with YOU in Mind." It's new . . . It's practical . . . It's different and it offers a Bachelor of Music degree with a Major in Church Music. Write today for youi^copy of an illustrated brochure describing this course. School of Sacred Music Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. 558 South Hope Street Los Angeles 17, Calif. 9 S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 5 4 IS THERE PIONEERBLOD INYOURVEINS? If you respond to adventure in stories of the frontier days — if you sometimes feel a strange kinship with the men and women who conquered the Old West—then you have pioneer blood in your veins. Pioneering days are not over. Today in out-of-the-way rural communities American Sun day-School Union missionaries are pioneering in Gospel work — starting Sunday schools in isolated communities like those below. A 7 A A monthly column of names in the news. On a warm evening in Clanton, Ala., this summer death came to two members of the famed gospel sing ing Blackwood Brothers quartet. The quartet had just flown to Clanton in their private twin-engined plane and after unloading, 32-year-old baritone R. W. Blackwood and 33-year-old bass Bill Lyles took the plane up again to test the short runway. The takeoff was successful but when Blackwood brought the plane in for the landing it crashed and burned. More than 4,000 persons attended their funeral in Memphis. In Boston, Dr. Harold J. Ockenga (rhymes with gay) has announced he will resign as pastor of the his toric Park S treet Congregational Church on December 31. Dr. Ock enga is leaving his pastorate to be come full-time president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. When he became affiliated with the Park Street church in 1932, it had two missionaries. Now it has more than 200 with an annual mis sionary budget of $214,000. sion in 1701, based on the chrono logical scheme of James Ussher, Irish archbishop. W hile his was a useful contribution, it is both inaccurate and obsolete. An excellen t source of information on chronology is “A Dic tionary of the Bible,” by John D. Davis ( third edition). This scholar ly and theologically conservative ref erence book points out that in He brew genealogies, each member is said to have begotten his successor, although the latter may be a grand son or even a more remote descend ant. In the royal' genealogy given in Matthew, the three kings, Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah are passed over and Joram is said to have begotten TJzziah, his great-great-grandson. Oft en only prominent members of the line are enumerated, or else, as an aid to memory, a definite number is chosen—as in Matthew with groups of tw ice seven and in Genesis with groups of 10. Since life was much longer in those days and since many generations could easily have been unmentioned, there is ample scope for the theory of man being on earth for some 15,000 years.- — ED. READER REACTION from page 6 d i i U : JUNIOR INTERMEDIATE TEEN-AGE CLASSES SPECIAL FEATURES 1. Full-color Lesson Manuals 2. Weekly Papers In colorful picture-strip form 3. A much-needed brand-new Youth Course Sent upon request—presentation packets containing a “ preview” of Standard’s new, revised, and superior Sunday-school litera ture: concise and thorough teacher’s man uals offering unlimited suggestions for im proved teaching; fascinating pupil's books filled with illustrations, puzzles, challeng ing “find if yourself” Bible study, etc.; weekly papers providing educational facts and fiction, interesting program helps and picture-strip stories in full color. Extraor dinary! Eye-catching! Effective! Be good to yourself—and treat your boys and girls to the best—by sending for thé HAPPY STORŸ packet today. Write for a copy of THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL MISSIONARY to learn more about pioneering with ASSU. Write to Dept. — k Department of Missions AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION 1816 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. Our field workers are available for speak ing engagements. "THE PIONEER SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.S.A." ■7 THE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO. 20 E. Central Parkway, Cincinnati 10, Ohio lu THE KING'S BUSINESS our great high and powerfu l is a ceaseless Christian The in tercesso ry m in istry o f our Saviour w ork that sustains e v e r y B y W . A . Crisw ell T he sinner needs a sacrifice; the believer needs a priest. That we be delivered from our sins is not enough. The atonement of our Lord on the cross mightily avails for this-— “ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins”—Eph. 1:7; yet we are down here in this world of weakness, poor wanderers, feeble creatures, exposed to temptations, likely to stumble. We stand in need of the perfect sympathy from the heart of One who was temp ted in all points like as we are. We cannot continue to live without the ceaseless, powerful, intercessory min istry of our High Priest. In the pres ence of God He represents us, prays for us, and guides us always. The life of our Saviour down here in this vale of tears was infinitely precious, but here among us He was no priest. He did not enter into the sphere of His priestly service until He had accomplished the work of re demption. “ For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer” (Heb. 8:3). To have entered the heavenly sanctuary empty-handed would have been to leave us in our sins. There was no purpose to the life of Christ in the earth except as it had to do with our salvation. He came to be our sacrifice, to offer His body and blood as an atonement for the sins of many; He ascended into the heavens to present that sacrifice beyond the holy veil, opening the way for us to come after Him. Until He had completely finished and abso lutely accomplished the work of re tect, and keep us. We could not per severe for a moment down here were He not living for us up there. But “ because I live, ye shall live also” (John 14:19). His resurrected, glori fied life is a pledge and security for the life of all His people. So long as Christ endures, we shall endure; so long as Christ lives, we shall live; death cannot break the bond that hides us in Him, for it is formed in the resurrection. To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever-—to Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God and the Father. The Earthly Picture of the Heavenly Minister Upon the day described in Leviti cus, the eighth chapter, when Aaron was consecrated to the high priest hood in the presence of all the peo ple, we are told that Moses clothed Aaron with all the beautiful garments indicative of his exalted office. God gave minute and specific directions for the weaving and making of these gorgeous robes. The commandments of the Lord concerning the holy gar ments made for glory and for beauty, are recorded in Exodus 28. The way the craftsmen cunningly divided the beautiful apparel is recounted in the 39th chapter of the book. Every color, every piece, every material, every part, had a heavenly significance. Nothing is more interesting than to see in them pictures, adumbrations of the life and ministry of our Saviour. For example, what could be more colorful than the -m M> Mr ^ golden bells and ^ 11 demption, He could not be a priest. It is upon the basis of sacrifice, of the shedding of blood, that sinful men approach God. Our precious Lord was that sacrifice for us, and upon that basis of the merits of His outpoured, forfeited life He intercedes in heaven as our mediator. Our Saviour was in the temple many times; He taught there upon numerous occasions. But not once did He ever presume to offer sacri fices, to burn incense, to fulfill any of the offices of the priesthood. There was never anyone on earth ordained of God to discharge the functions of a priest save Aaron and his sons. “ For it is evident that our Lord Sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood” (Heb. 7:14),; and again, “ For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest” (Heb. 8:4). Heaven alone is the sphere of the priestly ministry of Christ. “ But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect taber nacle, not made with hands . . . Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he en tered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us” (Heb. 9:11,12,24). Our Lord has all power and au thority in heaven and in earth. He uses this power for the salvation of His people. The same Saviour who died for us ever lives to sanctify, pro S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 5 4 our great high PRIEST continued the pomegranates placed around the border of the garments? “ A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out” (Ex. 28:34,35). The priest was to be identified with the people. He was not to be hid away from the assembly but rather he was to be a servant of the people, a man of the people. He belonged to the people, and they were to know what Aaron was about. The tinkling and chiming and ringing of ■the little golden bells announced his presence always. He himself so poor He has not half a shekel for the temple tax. From the depth of a perfect human heart He will burst into tears over the death of Lazarus; yet the next moment He will call with a loud voice, “ Lazarus, come forth,” and the dead hears and lives. Both the weakness, the frailty, the suffering of men, and the holy power of God were in Him. He was crucified in weakness; he was raised in the power of God. On the cross He could not, would not, save Himself; but He broke the bonds of death asun der and commanded one of the angels to sit upon the stone that thought to shut Him up in the grave. The gold inwrought with the blue and the purple and the scarlet — a picture of the God-man. And did hyphen ever mean so much? A Priest for All According to Leviticus 8:4, the whole congregation was assembled at the door of the tabernacle that all might have the privilege of beholding the consecration of their high priest. It is thus with our blessed Lord. His life was lived before our eyes; His death was an open spectacle; His heart is an open book. In one of the most eloquent pleas ever voiced by a man, Paul said to King Agrippa: “ For the king knoweth of these things, be fore whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner” (Acts 26:26). Village after village, house after house, knew what it was to hear the voice of the Lord Jesus. To the temple throngs His presence was a familiar sight. He was crucified on the main Damascus road, just north of the walls of the city. Many stood and watched that heartbreak ing death; even as many others had tarried to see Him heal the sick and raise the dead. Our Lord in His life, our Saviour in His death was exhib ited to the gaze of all the people. From the lowest to the highest, any one could behold. His entrance into heaven was seen of men: “While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight” (Acts 1:9). Many have seen Him since—Stephen, Paul, John, and others through the cen turies. The eye of faith can see Him now, our great High Priest in glory. Oh, the changeless efficacy of His work, the imperishable virtue of His sacred office! Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Our incomparable Saviour! Our faithful High Priest! END. service ' (39:1). The blue is a picture of the ethereal nature of our heavenly Lord, “ even the Son of man which is in heaven” (John 3:13). The purple represents His royalty. He is the One “ born king of the Jews.” When Pilate asked Him, “Art thou a king then?” Jesus answered, “ Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world” (John 18:37). When He was crucified, even the superscrip tion of His accusation said He was a king. The scarlet reminds us of His suffering. By the grace of God, He tasted death for every man that we should not have to die. The God-Man Wherever possible, golden wires of fine-beaten metal were woven into the colors with cunningly devised workmanship (Ex. 28:5-8, 15; 39:3, 8). The gold, hammered into thin plates and cut into fine wires (Ex. 39:3), was curiously insinuated into all the other materials so as to be inseparably connected with it, yet. perfectly dis tinct from it. It is a picture of the beauteous union of the Godhead and the manhood of our Saviour. God of very God, man of very man, yet mys teriously distinct. The two are so closely, so completely interwoven in the life of our Lord. He is not two, but one; yet He is God and He is man. Exhausted, He will be asleep on a pillow. A moment later He will speak to the winds and the waves, and they will obey His voice. With Your Prayer Requests Each morning at nine the editor ial staff of King's Business maga zine gathers for prayer. Over the years God has answered the heart- cry of thousands. Should you have a request we would count it a priv ilege to take it to the throne of grace. Your request will be held in the strictest confidence. Address: The Editors, King's Business, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif. no effort, no haste, no girding Him self for the occasion, He just does it. He speaks, and it is done. The su preme God of all the universe is Jesus; yet He is exhausted and sleep ing on a pillow. He is transfigured on the top of the mountain. The prophets of the past speak to Him. He is glorified so that no man could look upon the bright ness of that glory. Yet a while later It was so with our blessed Saviour. He identified himself with the peo ple, helping, saving, ministering. His one and only thought was of them. “ Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Matt. 20:28). If He ever failed to answer a heartfelt need, we do not know of it. If He ever turned anyone down, it is not recorded. Many times He did not have oppor tunity so much as to eat because of the throngs who pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God. He was a man of the people, the common peo ple, who heard Him gladly. There is a lesson here that some of us who minister in the sanctuary Climbed, up in his high church steeple, To be nearer God, that he might hand His word down to the people. And in sermon-script he daily wrote What he thought was sent from heaven, And dropped it down on the people's heads, Two times one day in\seven. In his age God said, “Come down and die,” But he cried out from his steeple, “Where art thou, Lord?” And the Lord replied, “Down here among my people!” The colors of the beautiful robes ,are often referred to in the sacred narrative. They were blue and pur ple and scarlet. Most everything that pertained to the sanctuary, if it could be colored, possessed those heavenly hues: the robes (Ex. 28:5), the ephod (28:6), the girdle (28:8), the hang ings for the breastplate (28:15), the pomegranates (28:33,) the ten cur tains (36:8), the vail (36:35), the hangings for the tabernacle door (36:37), the hangings for the gates of the court (38:18), the cloths of of God might remember. A parish priest of austerity 12 THE KING'S BUSINESS About The Author D r. W. A. Criswell is pastor of the great First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas. Before going there in 1944 he served three years in the First Baptist Church of Chickasha, Okla., and three years in the First Baptist Church of Muskogee, Okla. As a brilliant writer and speaker, Dr. Criswell is well known in evan gelical circles in America. And equally well known is the church for which he is the under shepherd. Like most things in Texas, the First Baptist Church of Dallas is gigantic. Founded in 1868, the church today has more than 10,000 members. It operates on a budget of $600,000 a year. In addition to an "auditorium seating 3,800, the church plant has a seven-story edu cational building, an : eight-story parking-recreational building and a five-story activities building. Before Dr. Criswell became pastor, Dr. George W. Truett was minister from 1897 to"7 1944. Many Texans will tell you that George Truett was probably the greatest minister of his time. And measured by any stan dard, these Texans are considered to be pretty nearly right. Dr. W. A. Criswell This composite photo shows the First Baptist Church buildings, Dallas, Tex. END. 13 S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 5 4 Modernism and th Evangelicals of all denominations have been openly shocked by the devastating, machine-like workings of the Eos Angeles Presbytery . The latest action of this Presbytery h as been to forbid its ministers to teach at the Bible Institute of Eos Angeles. This is the story of this latest action— an action that has been described by one Presby ter ian as " t h e product of men of little minds and littler hearts .” There is an acknowledged danger that, in exposing such a story , more dam age to the cause of Christ will he done. It is, therefore , the sincere p rayer of the editors that no such damage w ill he done and that the Ho ly .Spirit will take away anything that is not true or fa ir ly stated. A nother incident in the long list of evidences which mark the apostate condition of the Pres byterian Church, USA, occurred re cently in connection with a meeting of the Los Angeles Presbytery. At that meeting, which was held on January 12, 1954, three members of the Presbytery, who are also members of the faculty of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., were ordered to appear before the General Council of the Presbytery to be questioned concerning their relationship to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. The evident intent of this procedure was to force the brethren either to renounce their Presbyterian affilia tions or to desist from teaching at the Bible Institute and no longer to have any official connections with it what ever. Following two or three meetings with the General Council, a statement was prepared for and passed by the Presbytery enumerating five points which emerged from the discussion and which led the Presbytery to direct “ that the Reverend Paul M. Aijian, the Reverend Dean Nauman and the Reverend J. Vernon McGee, if they desire to remain members of pulpit during the years of his pas torate. He resigned his work in Santa Ana, to become the Stated Clerk of the Los Angeles Presbytery. The three members of the Presbytery named above had each obtained per mission to labor without bounds of Presbytery and teach at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. How ever, the three men were condemned for having their names appear as professors in the recently established Talbot Theological Seminary, with out asking permission to labor with out the bounds of the Presbytery in this regard. They were condemned in the statement because, “ they have never secured nor have they at any time asked for permission to labor in Talbot Theological Seminary.” This condemnation is very strange in view of the fact that in the very next paragraph, the statement reads, “ It is unrealistic to attempt to divorce an evaluation and judgment of Talbot Theological Seminary from a similar evaluation and judgment of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc.” In. view of the fact that the gentlemen named above had obtained permission to labor without bounds to teach in the Bible Institute, and in view of the Presbytery of Los Angeles, be re quested to sever their relationship with the Bible Institute of Los An geles, Inc., and the Talbot Theologi cal Seminary, beginning one year from the date of the meeting of this Presbytery.” The declaration prepared by the General Council and passed by the Presbytery is too lengthy to quote in its entirety; however, there are certain statements which were made which reveal the deplorable condition into which the Presbyterian Church has officially degenerated. The document is signed by 0. Scott McFarland, who serves as the Stated Clerk of Presbytery. He formerly served for approximately 20 years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana. During the term of his pastorate, the church grew numerically; but there were many who were heartsick over the decline of spiritual zeal and interest which was evidenced during the time of his pastorate. During his pastorate, the church stopped holding Sunday eve ning services and likewise closed out the mid-week prayer meeting. Many earnest Christian people testified to the outstandingly modernistic mes sages which he proclaimed from that 14 THE KING'S BUSINESS os Angeles Presbytery B y D r. S. H . Sutherland P r e sid en t, B ib le In stitu te o f Los A n g eles, Inc. the doctrinal position of the Presby terian Church has changed^ This is tragic, but true. Dr. Bonnell Speaks It is indeed a sorry situation when a man like Dr. John Bonnell, who is pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyter ian Church, New York City, is al lowed apparently to speak for Pres byterians the country over, as he did in an article in Look Magazine, of March 23, 1954. In this article, en titled “What is a Presbyterian?” he states, “ Presbyterians do not believe in the literal inerrancy of the Scrip tures.” But in the Westminster Con fession of Faith, we read, concerning the Scriptures (Chapter I, Paragraph IV ), “ the authority of the Holy Scripture . . . dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, the Author thereof; and therefore it is to be re ceived, because it is the Word of God.” When the Reverend Mr. Bonnell was ordained, as is the case with ev ery ordination in the Presbyterian Church, he answered in the affirma tive the very first question of his ordination vows which reads, “Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?” And, the second question, which he solemnly an swered in the affirmative reads, “ Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith of your church as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures?” To day, Dr. Bonnell very lightly repudi ates these solemn vows which he took at the time of his ordination as a Pres byterian minister and, in effect, his article completely renounces the en tire Confession of ™ l Faith of the Pres- ^ shall be ordained in a Presbyterian Church who is not a graduate of a Presbyterian school, or at least a school which has the blessing of the Presbytery. But the significant part of the above quotation lies in the statement that, “ if graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., and Talbot Theological Seminary ever come to occupy the majority of the pulpits in the Presbyterian Church, the spirit, doctrinal position and program of the church would be quite different from what they are today.” To this we would readily give as sent. However, if such were the case, “ the spirit, doctrinal position and program of the church” would not be any different whatever from the his toric position of the Presbyterian Church, because, on the Fundamen tals of the Faith, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., stands exactly where the great Presbyterian Church, USA, has stood through the many years of its existence until within the past comparatively few years. There was a time when members of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles’ faculty could be members of the Los Angeles Presbytery and the fellow ship was quite cordial. In fact, there used to be many Presbyterian minis ters in Los Angeles Presbytery and throughout the denomination who fel- lowshipped quite intimately with the Bible Institute, on its faculty, in its board of administration^ in its radio program, with articles appearing in the King’s Business, and in financial support of the school. Let it be clearly understood that the doctrinal position of the Bible Institute has not changed one whit from that which has char acterized it through the years. It must be understood, therefore, that the fact that the Presbytery itself, states that the Bible Institute of Los Angeles is one with the Talbot Theo logical Seminary, it seems rather strange that the gentlemen named above should now be condemned for teaching in the seminary. But such is the peculiar logic of those who are determined to have their way re gardless of the merits of their position. A Will To Hamper The climax comes further on in the statement: “ if one asks himself the all-important question, ‘what would happen in the Presbytery of Los Angeles to the peace, purity and unity of the Presbyterian Church, USA, and to the greater part of her program as administered through her Boards and Agencies, if graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., and Talbot Theological Semi nary ever came to occupy a majority of the pulpits and pastorates in Los Angeles Presbytery?’ the answer is crystal clear: the spirit, doctrinal po sition and program of the church •would be quite different from what they are today. In the light of our judgment, the educational standards, the doctrinal statements,, the admin istrative procedures, and in some in stances the ethical implications in volved, all seem to constitute a ‘will to hamper’ the teaching, fellowship and service of the Presbyterian Church, USA.” The fears which are expressed by the Presbytery seem to be completely unfounded in view of the fact that the Presbytery of Los Angeles has already refused to .admit or ordain men who are graduates of the Bible Institute Theological Course and, by implication, of the Talbot Theologi cal Seminary. By official action, the Presbytery has ruled that no one 15 S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 5 4 byterian Church which he solemnly declared he received and adopted as his own. In view of the fact that according to the admission of the Los Angeles Presbytery, if the majority of the pulpits were occupied by graduates of the Bable Institute and Talbot Seminary, the doctrinal position of the Presbyterian Church would be quite different from what it is today, and in view of the fact that the Bible Institute position on this point is identical with the statement of the Westminster Confession of Faith, one is forced to the conclusion that the Los Angeles Presbytery has likewise officially repudiated the historic po sition of the Presbyterian Church and has taken its stand with Dr. Bonnell, the outstanding heretical spokesman of his denomination. No Material Heaven or Hell Further on in his article, Dr. Bon nell says, “Most Presbyterians do not believe in a material [literal] heaven or hell . . . they accept these de scriptions [found in the Bible], as symbolic . . . sin carries its own ap propriate penalty, and righteousness is its own reward.” Contrast this statement with the statement in the Larger Catechism of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and which is re peated, in essence, several times throughout the Confession (Answer to Question #89 ), “ at the day of judgment the wicked shall . . . be cast from the favorable presence of God and the glorious fellowship with Christ, His saints, and all His Holy angels, into hell, to be punished with unspeakable torments both of body and soul with the devil and his an gels forever.” In view of the state ment of the Presbytery in its com plaint against the Bible Institute, we must conclude that on this doc trine, also, these men stand with Bon nell as definitely opposed to the his toric position of their denomination. The Virgin Birth; Symbolic Again, Dr. Bonnell states, concern ing the Virgin Birth of Christ, “ Some find a symbolic, rather than a physi cal, meaning in the accounts of the birth of Jesus . . . Except in minor Presbyterian groups, the doctrine of the Virgin Birth is not used as a test of orthodoxy . . . in ordaining ministers and elders.” But, the West minster Confession of Faith which he and the members of the Los An geles P r e s b y t e r y very solemnly adopted as their own at the time of their ordinations, states, (Chapter VIII, Paragraph II), “The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon him man’s nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet with out sin: being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance. So that two whole, perfect, and dis tinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined to gether in one person, without con version, composition or confusion. Which person is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only me diator between God and man.” No Physical Resurrection And yet again, in his article, Dr. Bonnell states, regarding the resur rection, “With a few exceptions Pres byterians do not interpret the phrase in the Apostles’ Creed, ‘the Resur rection of the Body’ as meaning the physical body . . . they understand ‘the resurrection of the body,’ as a reference to the spiritual body.” But, the Westminster Confession of Faith, (Chapter XXXII, Paragraph II), states, “ at the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the dead shall be raised up with the self-same bodies, and none other , although with dif ferent qualities, which shall be united again to their souls for ever.” Today, as all during its history, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., has believed the Scriptural doc trines of the Virgin Birth and the resurrection exactly as presented in the Westminster Confession of Faith. If the graduates of The Bible Insti tute occupied the majority of the pulpits and pastorates in the Presby tery of Los Angeles and proclaimed these truths, and if such preaching revealed the fact that the “ doctrinal position and program of the Pres byterian Church would be quite dif ferent from what they are today,” then it must be assumed that the members of the Presbytery likewise repudiate the Confession of Faith and take their stand with Bonnell. In view of these things, it must be agreed that the doctrinal position of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc., is quite different from the posi tion of the Presbyterian Church. Shades of John Calvin, John Knox, John Witherspoon, and a great host of other theological and spiritual giants of former generations! These men held to the same doctrines which were enunciated in the great West minster Confession of Faith and which has stood as a mighty confes sion of faith through the centuries as it bred and fed spiritual giants! Historical Presbyterian View Historically, Presbyterians have be lieved in the inerrancy of the Scrip tures, that the very words were in spired in the original languages. Pres byterians have believed that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh, that He was born of the Virgin Mary. Presbyterians have believed that He died on Calvary’s Cross as a substi tutionary atonement for sin and that all who put their faith in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. Presbyterians have believed that Je sus Christ actually arose from the dead, having the same body which was laid away in the tomb, but in a glorified state, and that we are to have bodies fashioned like unto His glorious body. Presbyterians have believed in a literal heaven as the eternal place of habitation for the redeemed, and a literal hell as the eternal place of habitation for the unredeemed, where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and where the fires of hell will for ever be burning and not be quenched. Through the centuries, Presbyterians have accepted all of the great doc trines found in the Word of God, and have boldly and unequivocally pro claimed them in thousands of pulpits throughout the world. Presbyterians have believed in preaching the gospel, knowing that it alone is the power of God unto salva tion. Presbyterians have believed so definitely in the reality of hell for the punishment for the unbelievers that they have gone to the corners of the earth as missionaries, and those 16 THE KING'S BUSINESS
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