King's Business - 1930-05

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B u s i n e s s

May 1930

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Increase of Power T HE Federal Radio Commission has given to our radio station, K TB I, a construction permit and an increase of wattage power, which will result in the extension and greater effectiveness of our radio service. At the time of writing, our engineer, Mr. Gray, and our technician, Mr. Wilson, are busy replacing the old radio machinery with a new unit. Before this issue of the magazine reaches our readers, the installation of the new unit will be com­ pleted and our expectation of a greatly enlarged sphere of service will, we trust, be realized. We shall be glad to receive from our readers who lis­ ten in, any comments, favorable or adverse, concerning our radio service. Since the announcement of the Federal Radio Commission’s decision was made, many letters have been received. Some of these express expectation and hope, others convey words of gratitude and thankfulness. A number of these letters contained money orders or checks to help meet the additional expense amounting to several thousand dollars involved in the replacement of the old machinery with the new. Here is a copy of one letter: I am very thankful for the teaching that comes to me over your radio and am enclosing my mite toward the renewal of the radio machinery. I am a blind woman, a shut-in and eighty- three years of age. A five-dollar bill was enclosed in this letter. We should like to receive a thousand similar enclosures to meet the additional expense in getting the Gospel of Christ and the plain teaching of the Word of God out to the thousands and tens of thousands who do not yet know our Lord in His saving power. Those desiring to cooperate in this great work can send their gifts tQ the Radio Department of the Bible Institute, 536 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, California. Our radio station is always available for the use of the Lord’s servants who come to Us from various parts of the worldwide field. During the past month, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norton, of the Belgian Gospel Mission, have spoken several times over K TB I. Mr. and Mrs. Neilson R. Muir, of the South Africa General Mission, brought to our radio audiences, up-to- date information concerning the Lord’s work in the field that they represent. Miss Martha Pohnert, from China, has also spoken over KTB I, giving new light on present conditions in China. Their messages were heard by a wide circle of inter­ ested people. Radio School of the Bible T HE first class of enrolled students in our Radio School started its course of lessons in March under the direction of Mr. Alan S. Pearce, of our Correspon­ dence Department. A nominal fee is charged for enroll­ ment and credit given at the end of the course to those

passing a satisfactory examination. The number already enrolled is most encouraging.

Outline of an Address Given Over K T B I G od ’ s G r eat S a c r ific e H E that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up fo r us all, how shall he not with him, also freely give us all things?” We have a very unfortunate tendency to render that which is familiar, more or less commonplace. If the sun were to rise only once in a number of years, we would celebrate it as a great event, but because it rises every twenty-four hours, it becomes commonplace, and we pay no special attention to it. This verse of Scripture is like that, for since childhood, we have heard that God spared not His Son, and it has be­ come so familiar to us, that we read over the top of it. We often speak of the sufferings and death of Chrisl as being a revelation to us of the love of God, but the words of this verse lead us to see, in Christ’s mission and sacrifice, the demonstration of God’s love, not only be­ cause “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto him­ self,” but because the Father’s divine will is revealed in that He gives Him up “for us all.” This adds greater weight to the words of John 3:16—“God so loved . . . that he gave.” And yet, as in the case of Abraham, Isaac was not only an unresisting son, but there was a giving up on the part of the father. There was a wounding of the father through the heart of the son. What a wonderful story we have in the atoning work of Christ: First, He gave up His life in a perfectly free act; second, He gave it out of regard for the Father and in obedience to His will; third, the bitterest element in His suffering was that He endured it as at the Father’s hand; fourth, the only explanation for it all is that He did it for us. • —o— Heard Over the Radio T RY the Name. It has utmost power. That Name stands eternal in its saving power. It is for you and for me to lay hold of it. God highly exalted Him and gave unto Him the Name which is above every name. * * * The gentleness and compassion of Christ explain the whole problem of God’s sympathy for us in our sorrows. His tears at the grave of Lazarus, His sighs at the time of healing, the sorrow for the widow of Nain, and all the burdens that He bore, are an unveiling to us of the heart of God. * * * It means much to us as we venture out into the day’s activities and the unknown experiences, to know that we are in the safe keeping of One who, because He is God. is able to keep that which we commit unto Him.

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