stand against the^Revised Standard) ^ Version when it was first published. We don’t believe it's a trustworthy translation at all. We do endorseTT Tr. however, the New American Stand-JiT** ard Versioji. Please mark the differ ence to avoid confusion. This is the outgrowth of the 1901 publication. Those who have worked on the latter translation are scholars who thor oughly believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. This, after all, is the very key/Many of those made the Revised Standard Version had ) an unfortunately low view of Jesus_/ Christ. Q. Eugene, Ore. — “I can’t believe God still loves me after what I ’ve done. My family has disowned me and with good reason. I ’ve ruined their name and can never go back to the city where I was bom. Is there a chance to win back God’s love?" A. Never forget this fact that God loves us in spite of ourselves. Other wise our sins of omission and com mission would absolutely cancel out any love of an ordinary god. Our infinite Lord was motivated by love and holiness. These two marvelous attributes met at Calvary. Don’t judge God by the reaction of your family. The Saviour doesn’t disown anyone. If you have never accepted Him by faith, you can do so this mo ment, confessing your sin, and open ing your heart to salvation. The way you were born into your own family was through a physical birth. The way to get into God’s family is to be born of God’s Spirit. Read very carefully the third chapter of John’s gospel. You don’t need to win back God’s love. He already loves you and has proven that by sending His Son to die for you (John 3:16). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” You’ll have a new life, not only with relation to your family, but also eternally through Christ.
that Satan is everlastingly trying to discredit the work of the Lord. Whenever we find any problems com ing in, we deal with them immediate ly. It has been necessary for us through the years to dismiss those who may not measure up to our conservative evangelical stand a rd s . They will seek to hurt the school by unfortunate and u n tru e repo rts . They will have to answer to the Lord for it. We can assure you that Biola stands exactly where we have always stood. Our doctrinal position is no different from what it was when the school was founded in 1908. As to the question on Paul, the an swer is that Paul would not have been saved because at that point he had not accepted Christ as his Sav iour. Q. Glendale, Calif. — f l feel we’re living in the last days to be sure. Can we expect to see a worldwide harvest?” A. These are the last days of the church age while Israel’s brightest future is still ahead. The ingather ing always depends upon the Holy Spirit. The harvest is certainly ripe, but the laborers are few. We know God is sovereign and can do all things. Two trends will continue to the end of this age. That will be the fact that certain numbers will be saved, although we’re not given to understand that there will be an in ternational global revival. The call ing out you see, will be followed by the calling up of the body of Christ. The fact is that we can expect a worldwide defec tion and “falling away.” Q. Altadena, Calif. — "Is Biola trying to get away from the usage of the King James Version of the Bible? Do you favor the Revised Standard Version?” A. Absolutely not! Biola took its 12
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