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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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BibleStudents Try This Simple Bible Test Yourself— Now! Can you name in order, each of the great Biblical Dispensations ? Can you give God's eight covenants with man, and refer to the texts describing them? Can you find in the Bible all the types and prophecies, foretelling the First Com ing of our Lord? Can you find all the types and prophecies foretelling His Second Coming? W E suggest that you make a list of your immediate answers to these impor tant questions, and if you are hazy on all —or most of them, then we consider it proved that you need J A M I S O N ’ S CHRONOLOGICAL PANORAMA OF THE BIBLE. v V Let us try to visualize this wonderful Bible Chart for y ou : In the upper, left hand corner _ the heavens, in deep blue and gold, are depicted declaring “the glory of God” as at crea tion’s dawn. Below shines the aureate city —the church o f Christ— “chosen before the foundation of the world.” Lurking near by, Satan, “the anointed Cherub, full o f wisdom and perfect in beauty” gazes down upon a reconstructed world. In long parallel bands o f subdued tints and colors, stretching across the chart, the great facts o f Scripture are one by one taught in their proper relations. Confirm atory texts plainly printed corroborate every statement. “The Mystery o f His Body The Church” stands next the crimsoned cross in the right center of the diagram. The Millen nial Kingdom, rising from the midst o f a renewed Palestine, is shown at the right, while below detailed studies o f the History o f Israel, the Times of the Gentiles, the Seventy Weeks o f Daniel, etc., are dis played. Every Bible student needs this chart. Every Bible teacher should be supplied with it. For, with such a chart, a Bible and perhaps a few easily procured reference works, you will have provided an ideal class room, in which more can be imparted to the young and active minds o f children than by hours o f reading or teaching with out visualisation. You Can Get a Jamison Chart Free! Just fill in the attached coupon and send it to us with your subscription to T he K ing ’ s B usiness enclosing our regular an nual subscription price of $1.50, and we will send you the Jamison Chart printed on heavy linen map cloth 17 inches by 34 in ches, securely packed, postpaid. If you have already subscribed for the coming year, send the additional subscrip tion to some friend, or direct us to add the additional 12 months to your own term— for subscription and chart will be mailed to separate addresses if desired. But don’t delay—act today. THE KING’S BUSINESS 558 South Hope Street,_Los Angeles, Calif. You may send by mail prepaid, J amison ’ s N ew C hronological P anorama of the B ible as ad vertised, with T he K ing ’ s B usiness for one year, beginningj with the___ ________ issue, for which 1 am enclosing $1.50. Name.________..........----------- --------......— ....— -— Street or R.F.D-------------- .......---------------------------- Post Office and State..---- ---------------------——-...------
fell in with a worthy woman whose ap pearance told o f dire poverty and distress. He stopped to speak to her, and pretty soon, his heart being touched, he pulled out the handkerchief to give a sovereign to her. For some time, he tugged and strained at the knots, but try as he might, the corners refused to come untied; then calmly roll ing the handkerchief up into a ball, the missionary placed it in the astonished woman’s hands, saying: ‘My good woman, I think the Lord meant you to have it all.’ ” “ The ushers,” Dr. MacArthur added, “now will pass the basket for collection, and you can imitate John Eliot’s example— if you are so minded.” And the congregation dug deep. -—P h iladelph ia L edger . Memory Verse: “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart” (Matt. 22:37). Approach: A young man came up to Jesus one day and said to him, “ Good Mas ter, what good thing shall I do, that I may _ _ _ have eternal life?” «A ^ w R N o w Jesus knew “You must keep the commandments.” Then Jesus repeated to him the commandments which God had given to Moses many years before. The young man knew about these commandments, and he said to Jesus, “I have kept these commandments since I was a child. What more must I do?” Then Jesus said to him, “ Sell everything which you have and give it to the poor.” This was jn’st the thing which the man was unwilling to do. Jesus knew this, and He knew, therefore, that the man was not ready to put God first. That was this young man’s great sin. He would not give up the thing which was most precious to him. He left Jesus and went away sorrowful. Jesus asks each one of us this same ques tion. What are we willing to give up for Him? And the answer is just the same as this, that God never takes anything from us unless He puts something better in its place. A Poor Rich Man M atth ew 19:16-22 all about this young man. Jesus k n e w that the thing this man liked most of all in the world was his money and the things that m o n e y could buy. L e s s o n S to r y : So Christ said to the rich y o u n g man,
ing it to be something that man must earn by doing something (Matt. 19:16). Third, he was mistaken about himself, thinking he had kept the “commandments” of the Mo saic Law (v. 20). 5. Notice how our Lord deals with this mistaken man. He does not argue or con tradict, but with divine wisdom and skill He takes each mistake and shows where it logically leads, thus causing the young man to discover it for himself. He corrects the first mistake by pointing out that no one but God can be called “good,” thus raising the great dilemma o f the ages: Either Jesus is God, or else He is not good. As an antidote to the second mis take, our Lord sends him to the law of God (vs. 18, 19), which is the proper thing to do with those who insist that eternal life must be earned. And when the young man fails to see his blunder here, but labors un der the strange delusion that he had kept the law, our Lord puts him to an actual test on just one point of the law. Go and share your wealth with the poor, the Lord com mands ; which is exactly what he would have already done if he had perfectly loved his neighbor as himself. 6. Notice how the young man goes away —" exceeding sorrowful” (Lk. 18:23, R .V .). Does this seem a tragic end to the story ? Perhaps it does. But there is more hope for the young man as he goes away than when he came, for now at last he sees himself as he is—a sinner. The delusion o f self-righteousness is torn away. Until that is accomplished, there is no hope for any man. Furthermore, the young man went away with the final words of Christ ringing in his ears, “ Come and follow me.” All o f Christianity is here: Come and re ceive salvation without money and ,with out price; then, after you have come to the Lord, follow Him. 7. The most important point in the en tire lesson is in verses 25 and 26. After the interview, was closed, the disciples “were astonished ~exceedingly,” saying, “Who then can be saved ?” And the answer is : “With men this is impossible”—that is, if salvation depends upon man, no one will be saved. But here is the rest of the answer: “With God all things are possible”—even the salvation o f a rich sinner. Perhaps there is a suggestion here that our Lord finally laid His saving hand upon this young man, before he crossed the bar. Golden Text Illustration So apt was the story told by Rev. Rob ert S. MacArthur, in the pulpit one Sab bath, that it resulted in one o f the largest collections of the year, says the New York Press. Dr. MacArthur spoke in warm terms of the character of John Eliot, mis sionary to the Indians, one o f whose most lovable traits was an unbounded gener osity. “ Out of his salary of fifty pounds a year, he gave large sums to charity,” said Dr. MacArthur. “ On one occasion, the secre tary of the Society for the Propagation o f the Gospel, when paying Eliot his quarterly stipend, sought to do him a service. The secretary hit upon a plan of safeguarding the missionary’s money, knowing that in all likelihood Eliot otherwise would give away every penny of it before he reached home.” (Here Dr. MacArthur stepped forward to the side of the pulpit and drew out his pocket handkerchief.) “The wily secretary took Eliot’s handkerchief and tied up some o f the money this way in one corner, and some in another, and so on with the four corners. And firm, hard knots he made of them before handing the handker chief over to its owner. - “It chanced, that Eliot, on his way home,
Object Lesson T h e R ich M a n W ho W as P oor Objects: A mirror, a piece of glass, and a bottle o f gold paint. Lesson: Did you ever stop to realize that rich people are often very poor? It was so in the case o f the young man about whom we studied today. He chose riches, which at best could last only a few years, in preference to Christ and life eternal. The Bible tells us that those who accept Christ as Saviour will be “heirs o f God,
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