It’s exciting to share this univer sal legacy. We’re heirs of everything which belongs to Christ! “Joint- heirship” doesn’t mean 60-40, or even 50-50. It means that what belongs to Christ also belongs to us. No court in the land can rule it otherwise. Therefore “be not weary in well-do ing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.” This is why our Saviour wants to lead us all the way from sonship to glory! If you haven’t started walking on this pathway, why not begin today ? If place I choose, or place I shun, My soul is satisfied with none; But when Thy will directs my way, ’Tis equal joy to go or stay. AChristian sees farther on his knees than a philosopher on tip-toe. Even though we're on the right track, we’ll get run over if we just sit still. The best way to spend life is to use it for that which outlasts it, and that can only be done in the power of the Spirit.
God” if we don’t abide by the Bible- centered revelation of the Holy Spirit. This also requires implicit obedience to the Spirit. We have no right to call ourselves believers if we are constantly being controlled, directed, and motivated by the “flesh.” Looking at this, we see the blessed assurance that issues thereby (w . 15, 16). Again, this is based upon the privilege of liberty. We’re no longer slaves in bondage to either self or Satan. God never intended His children to wallow in the mire of fear, frustration, or futility. He made us to walk the highlands of holinesss, breathing the pure air of heaven’s freedom! In regeneration we become God’s children through a transformation of character and life; but in adoption we become God’s children by means of an elevation to position and privilege. No one needs to tell us that we are saved, except the Spirit Himself. He bears witness to a clean conscience, a crowned Christ, and a careful conduct! Our emotions and ecstasy are not the pri mary evidences of this witness. It’s the quiet assurance within the heart that all is well between itself and God! What a wonderful inheritance the Lord has in store for us (v. 17). How often we’ve heard people say, “If I become a Christian, I’ll be robbed of everything worth while in life.” God never says that; the devil does. The Lord reminds us, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His right eousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” For if “God spared not his only Son, but deliv ered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” There are things you can’t buy on the stock market. But our wealth is more than what the present can afford us! The Lord has also kept the future in mind. The Bible re minds us, “If we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him.”
Realizing the ned for qualified men of God to direct the afairs of any Christian organization, Ari zona Bible College has on its staff men who are equipped to do the job effectively. Picturedfrom left to right are Richard Anderson,Dean of Men and Professorof Anthropology and Philosophy, Vin cent Moris, Executive Director and Professorof Greek and Educational Psychology,Paul Eyman, Professorof Bible, and David Young, Registrar and Professor of PastoralStudies and History.
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