I A gsolvec !~by the
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
£ Bible Institute will seek to teach its students the Word of God more carefully and more thoroughly than ever. The Bible will be in reality the chief text book. It will put no premium on ignorance nor on indolence. Thor ough study and memorizing of the Word of God will be insisted upon as of supreme importance. The reality of deep spiritual life that is hid with Christ in God will be insisted upon as a prerequisite to all acceptable service. The highest standards of scholarship will be encouraged as necessary for the most efficient service in the Christian Ministry, but the Insti tute will urge that education without the Holy Spirit to guide into all truth, is as useless and futile as the mere form of Godliness in a life which denies the power thereof; that men who have been, ignorant and unlearned, but who are willing to sit at the feet of our Lord and Saviour, and learn of Him, may, like the first apostles, become seers in spiritual truth and mighty in the Scriptures; that God will not honor indolence by bestowing spiritual gifts upon those who are not careful, persistent students; that He will not do His mighty works in, nor trust His power to, men whose lives are not trans formed by the word of truth and grace which they proclaim; that when men are so transformed, they must and will delight to work for Him in winning souls; that he who does not seek the transformed life, nor let God reign over Him, producing love and peace, humility and power, will only blaspheme God by any attempted service. The Bible Institute will therefore teach its students the Word of God, with emphasis upon the necessity that all should live what they teach, and press upon all the importance of putting into practice at once the teaching and principles which they have heard in the classroom. The many diverse forms of work carried on by the Institute will be used as a spiritual hospital or clinic in which the students will first observe, then try for themselves the actual application of their theories. It is hoped that graduates of the Institute will be so thoroughly furnished unto all good work that they will become fruit ful and efficient helpers in any Christian work to which they may be called.
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