A. By all means follow your con victions in both instances. Before breaking off, witness to him in a spirit of Christian love and with a desire to see him saved. The Bible reminds us, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers" (II Corinthians 6:14). This is true in the marriage relationship. To do otherwise invariably will lead to disaster. Definitely do not take his word for it that he will become a Christian when he marries you. Lead him to another man who can help to guide him to salvation. If he makes a profession and begins to show the fruit of the Spirit in his Hfe, then you might re-examine the conditions at that time. Q. Bakersfield, Calif. “Scriptures tell us that Jesus Inherited a human nature from Mary. If this is so, why did He not also Inherit a sin nature through her?" A. Keep in mind that the Lord had more than one nature. He must have a human nature which He got from His mother. While we were only born with one nature (human) the Saviour also had that which was His as the second member of the Trinity, Cod's Son. So, in coming to this earth, He was one-hundred percent man as well as one-hun dred percent Deity. He is the God- man (Luke 1:34, 35). He was born without a sin nature because of the overshadowing power of the Holy Spirit over Mary. Christ could be tempted but He could never re spond to that enticement. The hu man nature of our Lord was taken up with the divine. If He had inher ited a sin nature then He could not have been a sinless Substitute for our iniquities (II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:16). The question is
what will you do with this wonder ful One sent to redeem us and to give us eternal life? Q. Berkeley, Calif. "Luke 14:26 seems to tell the Christian to hate his loved ones. To what extent and in what way should our loved ones be despised or renounced?" A. The problem is that the word “hate" used by the translators does not convey the basic meaning our Lord had in mind. Using the words "love less" you will be able to get a better picture of the comparisons. It then can be read, "If any man comes to me and does not love less than Me his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and his own life, he cannot be My disciple." It is the case that Jesus Christ must be Lord of all or He will not be Lord at all. He must be placed abso lutely first. Q. Berkeley, Calif. "Please explain Luke 16:1-13 and the parable of the unfaithful steward." A. Luke represents Christ as the Son of man, and uses accounts that deal with some of the very pene trating relationships of life. This parable to which you refer deals with a contrast between the right and the wrong way to use money (Luke 16:1-13). The wrong way is shown in the true account of Lazar us (vrs. 19-31). To analyze the sit uation about which you have asked we find a certain rich man who had a steward. This was simply a person who had control over a household. We might call him an administrator or even a housekeeper. This indi vidual had not been using the goods of his master properly. (Most of us have no problem relating to this.) The books were ordered
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