The Task Which Is Before Us
by Dr. Charles L Feinberg,] Dean, Talbot* Theological Seminary
(Dedication address for Myers Hall) certain book for Christmas. She said, “I’ll have to read it, for if I don’t they’re sure to ask me if I have.” She did her best to wade through" a portion of it, but finally gave up in despair and threw it to one side. But not long afterwards she began keeping company with a young man who was a writer. “It’s interesting,” she reasoned to him, “that I have a book in my library of which the author’s initials are the same as yours.” When she told him the name of the book, he replied, “That’s no co incidence, I wrote that book!” That evening when she returned home, she hurried to find the volume, and by the time she was finished the light was dawning for a new day. She thought it was the most wonderful, intriguing, interesting book she had ever read. What made the difference? It was be cause she had fallen in love with the author. The same is true in our study of the Bible! How much it means to know that the Word of God is not only true, but that it is the truth. But the Bible must have a purpose and application; it must be preached and taught. We must live the Scriptures not only be cause of what they are, but also because of what they do. Some things are good, but they are “good for nothing.” The Bible isn’t that way. It is good for many things when applied to the sinful human heart. This Word of God makes the heart wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus the Lord. “Being bom-again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word 8
G ob has placed us a divine and sac red task. It is to preach, to teach, to transmit, to live, and to witness to the Word of God throughout the ends of the earth. This is the basic purpose for which Biola’s schools were founded. In II Timothy 3:16-4:4, we find the importance of the ministry committed to us. “All Scripture is given by in spiration of God!” As was true in the first century of the Church era, so to day men are asking, “What is God’s Word?” Some so-called theologians are declaring, “We have to reexamine what Scripture is. We need to ‘rethink’ some of these truths.” We in the five schools of our Incorporation do not believe that it is enough to say that the Bible is inspired. Hundreds of books have been inspired, but they were not the Bible. The authors were inspired of men, some of them of demons and Satan. This Holy Book is the only Bible because it is inspired of God. Holy men of old wrote as they were moved by the Spirit of God. They knew they were not putting down their own thoughts as a personal composition. That is why we constantly read, “Thus saith the Lord!” The Word of God came not by men’s application or by men’s perspiration, but by God’s inspiration. In such peri lous times it is the only sure footing. Have you ever tried this on a cold day? Put your face to the window pane and as you exhale you can see your breath on the glass. So as we turn to this Book we can see the breath of God. A young woman had been given a
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