March, 1934
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The Resurrection of Christ in Relation to the Promises of God
^T* hese are days when the people o f God have opportu- X nity for learning the worth o f the many promises that are given in His Word. There are promises for every experience that a person can have as he journeys on his life’s pilgrimage, and there are assurances that give a hope beyond the grave. For every need, God’s Word is sufficient. W e are now approaching the
the number o f promises in the Word o f God exceeds six teen thousand. There are promises for life, for death, for the time o f sorrow or perplexity.' There are promises of - forgiveness, o f enduement, o f immortality. And the resur rection means that the Son of God guarantees the worth o f all these pledges, and that Christians can rest upon these
promises as being absolutely truejjl-a i? I have in my possession an in- 7* A- surance policy. It is beautifully A* * embossed. Its first sentence be gins, “ W e promise to pay . , . , ” and then there is a sum o f money named. But alas, as a result of the depression and financial col lapse, the policy is not as valuable as the paper which carries the promise, for the firm issuing the policy has failed utterly. The promises will never be realized. The promises o f God. are not o f that kind. Christ is pur assur ance of their validity, “ For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen” (2 Cor. 1 :20). If there was ever a time when - the people o f God had -opportu nity to put God to the test, it i s . the present moment. [This is the day when God is allowing us to verify in our own experience the promises which we have been con fidently preaching for many years. Recently I received a letter
time when the thought o f the world is centered upon the great est event that ever took place— the resurrection o f Christ. That event was not only the greatest but also the most glorious and most hopeful in all o f history. Calvary was the scene o f the darkest hour the world has ever known. When the body o f the Son o f God was withdrawn from the cross and placed in the tomb o f Joseph o f Arimathea, hope died in many hearts. If the seals upon that tomb had remained un broken, death would have -been for all men an endless separation from God, and all the promises for this life would have been an nulled. But we can say with the Apostle Paul, “ Now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep,” and we can sing in tri umph : “ Because He lives, I too shall live.” . But how is the resurrection of Christ connected with the prom ises o f God? The connection is th is : T h e W o r d o f G od is proved to be true. For hundreds o f years before Christ rose, it was prophesied that He would rise after His crucifixion. The psalm ist foretold this event, as did
A ll Glory to the Risen King! B y R obert C rum ly -
“ He humbled himself,~and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name” (Phil. 2:8, 9). All glory to .the risen King, All glory and all praise! Let earth His exaltation sing In glad, triumphant lays; For He who suffered in our stead Hath bruised the cruel serpent?s head, And lit the caverns o f the dead With life’s eternal rays. When from high heaven He came to bear Our grief , our guilt, our doom, A dying race hung with Him there In dark Golgotha’s gloom; A; id when they bore Him from the tree, Our cherished dream of victory — Our hope of immortality — Went with Him to the tomb. But, lo!— that tomb could not confine The Christ, whose light shall blaze ■ With truth and love and life divine Through all the coming days! Then let a song of triumph ring, While angel choirs join in to sing: ALL GLORY TO THE RISEN KING, ALL GLORY AND ALL PRAISE.
from a woman who told me that the savings o f twenty years had been swept away; but she added that now for the first time she could pray from the heart and in reality: “ Give me this day my daily bread.” The prayer which, in days gone by, had consisted only of words, had become a living force to her") 3 - x i /$//•> tX I f this issue of the King’s Business finds you similarly situated, with increasingly great problems to be solved, re member that God has given the thousands o f promises in His Word for just such an hour as this, and that the resur rection o f Christ guarantees the worth o f all o f them. Christ is risen; therefore the Word o f God is true. You can rest upon God’s promises in absolute confidence.-frL.T.T. Band Number Four, and two of its members in particular, Mr. Lin and-Mr. Hu. Dr. Keller writes: The December report o f this band has just come to hand, and we feel sure that you will be cheered and in spired by two o f the many experiences which are reported. One evening, two men dropped ,in for the evening service at the band headquarters, a Mr. Tsou, seventy years o f age, and a Mr. Tu, fifty-five years of age. These
Isaiah and Daniel and other prophets. Christ Himself also stated that He would rise (John 2:19, 21, cf. Matt. 2 7 :62- 64). Now if Christ did not rise, then those prophecies were not true. But if He is risen from the dead, then they are not only true, but they also guarantee the truth o f all the other promises o f God. What limitless and blessed truth opens for our contemplation! [it has been found that Evangelism in China A letter from Dr. Frank A. Keller, the superintendent o f the Hunan Bible Institute, the China department o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, contains in teresting informtaion which should be shared with the readers o f the King’s Business. The letter concerns the work of one o f .the Biola Evangelistic Bands, known as
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