the church doors are open. It should be within reason. God or dained the home before he or dained the church. You have cer tain responsibilities in the home. Be very patient with an unsaved husband. Treat his wishes respect fully. Be con s id e ra te of him. Whenever the opportunity is pre sented, and it seems that all is well, then you go to church for worship with other believers. The Lord will honor you. He under stands. Present to your husband, even though he may go to a mod ernistic church, what Christianity really means. This you do first of all by your own life (I Peter 3:1- 6). If you go in a sweet and loving manner, you can let him know that you are not sympathetic with that sort of teaching to be found in a modernistic sermon. Q. Hermosa Beach, Calif. — “Who is the other disciple Jesus loved, spoken of in John 20:2 and also in 21:7 and 20?” A. It is generally believed to be John, the beloved apostle. This is not the same as John the Baptist. Apparently from modesty a n d hesitancy to use his own name, or the first person pronoun, John always refers to himself in this rather indirect manner. Q. Alameda, Calif. — “What did Jesus mean when He said, ‘Other sheep have I which are not of this fold?’ Was He referring to other religions, nationalities, or perhaps even people on other planets?” A. As to the last phrase, we do not believe our Lord was speak ing of people on other planets. Those who were not of “this fold” signified those who were not of Israel: God gave Israel many regu lations to keep them separate from the world. Those for whom Christ was praying were the Gentiles. 22
This is really one of the strongest verses for “Missions Imperative.” Christ’s heart is infinitely touched for those who were not of Israel. Q. Sunland, Calif. — “How do you believe we should pray when we are remembering someone who needs physical restoration? We are supposed to pray for God’s will to be done, aren’t we?” A. All of our praying should be based on asking in accordance with the will of God. There is no con tradiction in praying for a sick friend as long as it follows the guideline of wanting the Lord’s will to be done that He might be glorified. We see this so beautiful ly illustrated in the life of our Lord (Matt. 26:39). Christ wasn’t p ray in g for deliverance from physical death. He had before Him the cup filled with the wine of the wrath of God which was being poured out against unrighteous ness of all mankind. We should pray most earnestly for those things that we desire and which we feel will be to the glory of God. We must have more faith in God than we have in our own prayers. Remember, “God doeth all things well.” Q. San Francisco, Calif. — “Can you give me help on the Lamb’s Book of Life? When is one’s name really written in it, and what ref erence do you have for your opin ion? A. The Lamb’s Book of Life con tains the names of all those who have truly trusted Christ as Sav iour from sin. We are only made fit for heaven by the death of Christ and our personal unre served acceptance of Him. The mo ment we accept Christ as our Sav iour, we are born again and our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Rev. 13:8). Our
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