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expounded in the light of the New Testament, but much that is in the New Testament—in fact, most of the truths of the New Testament—already could be found In the Old Testament at least in substance, in seed form. These great prophets were preachers of a personal gospel; hear them as they speak! The voice of Isaiah comes to us as he says, “Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow” (1:16, 17). But under lying this appeal is the personal invita tion, “Come now, and let us reason to gether, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (1:18). It seems as though Isaiah himself might almost have been the author of the words, “There is a Fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.” No gospel in the Old Testament? Hear Isaiah again as he cries, "Look unto me. and he ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (45:22). “ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and 'the un righteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon” (55:6, 7). Think of Jeremiah, the heart-broken prophet who cried, in 29:12, 13: “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” - In the dark days of the captivity, Ezekiel was pastor to his people to keep their eyes turned to the Lord. .Remem ber his words concerning personal re sponsibility in Ezekiel 18:1-4! There are many wonderful passages, but w e ' must close with one more which is out standing. What about the New Testa ment doctrine of the new birth? Listen to the voice of Ezekiel as he says, “Thus saith the Lord God. . . . A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them” (36:22, 26, 27). Time forbids the citation of other pas sages. The prophets were preachers of a heart-searching, heart-warming per sonal gospel. The messages of these men of old will richly reward those who take time in this busy, restless, chaotic age to read and reread them once again. Thank God for the prophets!
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ually? I think not. But it is so con stitutionally. Their equality—“as being heirs to gether of the grace of life.” The husband and wife are equal in grace and the privileges. of God, and the wife’s rights should be reverently respected. Otherwise there will he a hindrance in the spiritual lives of both, for unless there is conjugal happiness, then prayers are hindered and the home is imperiled. The Duties o f Brother to Brother (3 :8 -2 2 ) The ultimate issue of practical Chris tianity is always to one thing—love. The whole compass of social and Chris tian relations may be summed up in this single word “love.” It is Peter’s opinion, and Peter’s opinion is God’s revelation to the modem Christian that the greatest apologetic to the world is a new life lighting the world with the radiance of love. calling them to follow Him. They be lieved that He was speaking through them, and the only authority for their message was, “Thus saith the Lord.” Certain great evils have been mani fest in every age. Times and customs change rapidly, but human nature re mains the same. Two great evils chal lenged them even as they challenge us also, the twin evils of liquor and im morality. They go stalking through the land hand in hand, and many a promis ing life is literally destroyed by their terrible influence. Though men of like passions with men of today, the prophets were men of pure heart, and by •the grace of God those passions were brought into subjection and were con trolled. Oh, the toll that liquor and im morality have taken in human life! The prophets were the undying foes of these twin evils, and ever their voices were raised either in warning or protest. There are some among us who feel that the Old Testament is outmoded, outdated, old-fashioned and unnecessary. I am not of that group. I thank God for the Old Testament and for the rich messages which have come out of it to my own heart. I love it and preach it and find that it strikes a responsive chord in the hearts of people every where. True, it is to be interpreted and THE PROPHETS AS MEN [ Continued from Page 49]
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order of government. Leadership be* longs to the husband, and any woman destroys the order of the family and weakens her own position when she does otherwise. Her Attraction — “chaste manner of life” (vs. 2-6, R. V. margin). A wife’s most effective attraction— and remember it is her attractiveness that is the center of every home—is never the extravagant adornment of the body, but her irresistible grace and charm of character. She is not prohib ited physical adornment, but she is told to prefer spiritual adornment. It has been well said, “If your cloth ing be your honor, it will soon be thread bare; but if your honor be your cloth ing, the garment will wear a lifetime.” 2. THE IDEAL HUSBAND (v. 7). The ideal husband has an obligation to his wife that considers two things: their inequality and their equality. ■Their inequality—“giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.” In what sense is the wife a weaker vessel? Mentally? Morally? Spirit
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