We rejoice in Peter as in the rest of the Apostles, but we want to plead the supremacy of Paul now. So many folk write and say that Christ is so high and holy that they despair of ever being like Him. Look at Christ in Paul, that will help you. Paul is a pattern; Jesus is an example. But there is a divine excellency in Christ which we would do well to read in I Peter 2:21-23: “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also' suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not . . .” Dr. Stalker suggests that Christ, to the average Christian, is as a picture by Raphael to the untrained eye. Not having an intelligent appreciation of great Art, I would have to have a simple landscape with trees, etc., for complete enjoyment. Christ was God incarnate; Paul was a demonstration of Christ’s- indwelling and directing imperfect human person ality. By the way, isn’t that what we all are? We’re just sinners saved by grace. Apart from the indwelling pres ence of Christ we have no degree of perfection. Study what Christ did with Paul and you will have a picture of what He can do with you and me. Paul was not always a perfect Christian. In his zeal for God he quarrelled with Barnabas—Acts 15—and lost his temper before the High Priest — Acts 23. How ever, Paul had sufficient grace in his heart to apologize to the High Priest. There is another word from Paul that is significant — “Be ye followers of me as I am of Christ.” Astounding, isn’t it? Egotism? No, it was not that ■— Christ had ordained him as an example. Paul could say, as could any other born- again Christian, “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.”
West Berlin "Seeing-Eye” Controls Busy Traffic (Illustration from Biola broadcast) The FBI recently reported on the ingenius television traffic control used by West Germany. TV cameras, located at strategic places throughout the city, are able to spot any existing problems. Im mediately patrol cars are dispatched to these areas. So, seated at a desk
Munich's traffic is kept moving smoothly from this control room at police headquarters. in the control department of Police Headquarters, one officer can keep track of busy intersections through out the city. Doesn’t it stand to reason that if
TV camera, beyond woman standing at right end of crowd, transmits traffic situation. one mere man can devise a system whereby he may keep track of var ious events in various parts of one city, how much more can an in finite God watch over His children in every part of the world. God’s ear is not heavy that He cannot hear nor His eyes closed that He cannot see. 5
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