D I S C U S S IO with DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND/DR. CHARLES L. FEINBERG
young woman instead of being left virgin as in the King James Ver sion? What is the correct transla tion from the Hebrew?” A. Many of the scholars who translated the R.S.V. were liberal in theology. The word changed was a disparagment of the virgin birth. In the margin they did say virgin, but it should have been not in the margin but in the text prop er, which is the correct transla tion from the Hebrew. We have a translation of the Old Testa ment, the first in existence, pre pared by Jews. It is the Septua- gint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. They could have used a number of words in the Greek language for Isaiah 7:14 which mean young woman, but instead they used the one which can only be translated as virgin. Q. Los Angeles, Calif. — “When a husband is not a Christian, should the wife go ahead and go to church Sunday m orn ing , evening, and Wednesday evening? Also, should a Christian wife go with an un saved husband to a modernistic church?” A. In the final analysis, our first responsibility must be to the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord also ex pects us to follow good common sense in connection w ith our household and family relation ships. The wife should go to church just as often as it is agree able to her husband. It is not nec essary for one to go every time
Q. Riverside, Calif. — “I need help on Psalms 2:1 and also 37:13. Why would the Lord laugh at anyone’s problems?” A. God never laughs at man in the sense that men laugh at each other. The Second Psalm is one of the great prophecies in the Bible. It reveals all the nations in a world wide confederacy against Christ. They want to break off all re straints from God. It is the sheer absurdity of it all which causes the derision. The idolatries of man must be humorous to the Al mighty. You may be sure, how ever, that the Lord never laughs at our infirmities, our ignorance, or our iniquities. It is really the Old Testament way of saying God’s patience is completely ex hausted. When the Lord laughs at defiance, you may be sure that de struction is at hand. Q. Lakewood, Calif. — “What are some verses you would use to prove that Christ was sinless?” A. John 19:6 shows that even Pi late, a sinful man, saw the peer less perfection of the Saviour. He brews 4:15 is one of the clearest verses on the subject, “We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet with out sin.” Q. Ventura, Calif. — “Why in the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, is Isaiah 7:1U changed to
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