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CONTENTS THE SINNER 'S SAVIOUR ____ 3 QUIT YOU LIKE MEN ............. 5 THE BLOODMARK .................. 7 IS IT NOTHING TO YOU ? ........ 9 CONFERENCE W ITH G O D ..........11 ARE YOU READY? ...................13 YOUR INFLUENCE ...................15 BIOLA FELLOWSHIP PLAN .......16 TOMORROW ........................... 17 EVOLUTION ........................... 19 PANEL DISCUSSIONS ............... 22 PARABLES A N D PEARLS .......... 27 TUESDAY-THURSDAY STUDIES -31 COVER: Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (center), points to one of the lovely roses which he grows in his yard ad joining the Campus. With him are Steve Martens (left), Judy Walker, Ro land Gangstee and Kaleen Cummings, paid at La Mirada, Califernia.
Monthly "Publication of the BIOLA FELLOWSHIP Vol. 6 No. 10 OCTOBER, 1966 STAFF Presidmt __________ .S. H. SUTHERLAND Editor ______________________ .ALSANDERS Printing ______________ CHURCH PRESS Published monthly by the Radio Department BIOLA SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 13800 Biota Ave., La Mirada, Calif. 90638 Controlled circulation postage Production___________VIRGINIA LUBER Photography __________________ BILL EHMANN
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THE SINNER’S SAVIOUR by Dr. Robert G. Lee
G od ’ s W ord assures us, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (I Tim. 1:15). In the first Constitu tional Convention, four men spoke a total of 637 times. Were I, with all wisdom and eloquence, to speak 10 times 637 on sin and the sinner’s Saviour, I could not describe the ruinous ravages which have robbed us of the presence of God. The Bible tells us what to believe about God, man, sin, salvation, life, death, hell, heaven, and the future life. Scripture teaches us that sin is a reality. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Every man must say, “I have sinned.” Con science has a thousand different tongues. Every tongue brings in a separate tale, and every tale con demns you for your sin. David right ly observed, “My sin is ever before me.” God’s Book talks to us and teaches us the truth. Sin is ruin, although many may relish their practices with impenitent hardness of heart. Sin ners are a nightmare to the human race. While some scientists may tell us erroneously that sin is an upward stumble in man’s progress, still it
remains. It separates the constitu tional order of man’s nature and de stroys the harmony of his powers. Psychologists may say that modern prodigal sons are merely expressing themselves with a higher spirit; still “the wages of sin is death.” Sin is far more than just a dis agreeable hindrance to the smooth ongoing of the social machinery. It is really a thunderbolt that crushes lives. It is madness in the brain and poison in the heart. Sin abuses the authority and justice of God. It abuses God’s power as though the sinner’s breath was not in the Lord’s hand. It abuses God’s threatenings as if they were not to be feared. It abuses God’s promises as if they were lies. It abuses Christ as if He were a deceiver and a devil. Whether we say sin is transgres sion, overstepping the divine bound ary between good and evil, or iniqui ty, an act inherently wrong, express ly forbidden or not, it is still failure to meet the divine standards. It is basically spiritual anarchy or unbe lief. While it originated with Satan, entering the world through Adam and Eve, it is now universal. Only Christ alone is excepted. Sin darkens «3
your understanding, defiles your con science, hardens your heart, and dis orders all affections God wishes you to maintain. There is a way of relief. It is found in God’s forgiveness. Sin is a cloud. God’s forgiveness is the sun which drives away that cloud. Sin is a stain. God’s forgiveness is the blood which washes the stain away. Sin is dross. God’s forgiveness is the fire which bums out the dross. Sin is darkness. God's forgiveness is the light which dispells it. Sin is a bur den. God’s forgiveness is the remov al of that burden. Sin is captivity. God’s forgiveness is freedom from that captivity. Sin is death. God’s forgiveness is Christ’s meritorious life substituted for your forefeited life. What relief to experience the truth that where sin abounds grace doth much more abound! The Saviour was set forth to be our propitiation. We are saved through faith in His blood, declar ing His righteousness for the remis sion of sin. Therefore He is the Justifier of them who believe in Jesus. There is absolutely no remedy for sin except in the sacrificial death of Christ. His is the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. “God hath made Christ to be sin for us who know no sin that we might be made the right eousness of God in Him.” How is the captive made free? Jesus said, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life . . . is passed from death unto life.” Paul said, “The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Christ is the everlasting source of human sal vation. He only, by His word, can break the power which holds you in chains. Mercy is open to you. You see, Christ receiveth sinful men. The sinner’s Saviour received the wages of sin, which He never earned, that you might have eternal life, which you never deserved. Christ
went to the pit that you might sit on His throne. He went into awful gloom that you might escape the severity of God’s judgments. He was scourged that by His stripes you might be healed. When the crew of the Squalus realized that they had taken their last dive and were lying helpless at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 240 feet below the surface, they sent up smoke flares and a buoy. Would one of the sister ships find them? If so, could they be rescued? Help could only come from above. Twenty- four hours passed before any rescue work could be started. A giant 10- ton diving bell dipped and rose again and again, each time taking several men alive from those awful depths. Finally, all 33 men who were still alive were rescued. Do you know, not one sailor refused to be rescued. All accepted the way to safety. Not one said, “I’ll think it over, for there are hypocrites on the rescue ship and I’ll have nothing to do with them. I will wait for a more convenient season.” Not one said, “I'm in good condition the way I am.” Not one said, “I’ll wait until I get married.” Not one said, “There’s too much to give up.” Not one said, “I’m waiting for a loved one or friend.” Not one said, “I cannot understand the work ings of the diving bell.” Not one said, “Sometime I will.” Not one said, “Tomorrow.” Will you today put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? God says, “They that seek me early, shall find me.” Quicker than a speeding wheel turns on its axis, quicker than the swiftest wing that ever moved in flight, come to Jesus. You who long have been dead in sin, come quickly out of your grave. Come more quick ly than ever a wounded man called for a doctor. Come more quickly than ever a drowning man reached for a lifeboat. Come today even as you read these words. Jesus will glo riously glorify His name through your salvation. 4
A n excellent challenge is given to us in I Corinthians 16:13, “Quit you like men.” This means simply to discharge your obligations like men. Tom Thumb, who died at 45, was 20 inches tall. He never weighed over 22 lbs. He was noted for little ness. The need now is for men who are noted for spiritual bigness. Too many today seek compromise and neutrality. We need those who love God more than gold or pleasures. Where are those who will strengthen the defenses of civilization by ac knowledging the claims of Christ? Many live in a world of muddle. Faith’s wings are clipped by rea son’s scissors. Undisciplined liberal ism goes nowhere so fast it arrives out of breath, talking more and more of less and less. Evils that would lead all graces to the grave abound. Our land, muddled by riotous living, by scramble for gain, by insane campaigns for increased consump tion of liquor, have resulted in the largest federal prison population in our history. More lives were lost in the last decade by murder, suicide, homicide, and rapes than all the wars we have ever fought. We have an annual crime bill of $20 billion a year with a “booze” bill of $17 billion and more. Christianity is subjected to merci less analyses. Our world has a fever worse than that of Peter’s wife’s mother; it has a leprosy worse than that of Namaan the Syrian; a blind ness worse than that of eyeless Bar- timaeus; an insanity worse than that of Gadara’s wild man. Such a world lives in the day of judgment and likewise in the day of grace. If we quit ourselves like men, we will be magnificent in manhood like Enoch who walked with God; like
Abraham, the friend of God who had prayer power; like Joseph, who re fused the dirty proposal of Poti- phar’s wife; like Jacob, who con quered crookedness; like Moses, who chose to suffer affliction with God’s people; like Samuel, who lived a holy life; like Caleb, who followed the Lord fully; like Joshua, who never was stopped by obstacles; like Job, who, amid calamities, had faith in God; like Elijah, who faltered not when opposed by superior numbers; like Daniel who would not defile him self with booze; like Jehosophat, who prepared his heart to seek God; like John the Baptist who preferred the duties he owed to God to any danger that came from man; like Barnabas, the good man filled with the Holy Ghost and faith. Yes, we men who serve Christianity by sam ple, not by symbol. One does not encourage others to good health by exhibiting a dissipate ed face and emaciated muscles, nor do we prove the Spirit by the works of the flesh.
Picturedabove is the aproach to Myers Hall, key structure for TalbotTheological Seminary. This important school of Biola has an enroll ment this year of over 130.
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We need men magnificent in money matters. Jesus said, “Lay not up for yourselves tre a su re s on earth.” Money says, “Dug from the mountainside, washed in the glen, servant am I, or the master of men. Steal me, I curse you, earn me I bless you, grasp me and hoard me, a fiend shall possess you. Lie for me, die for me, covet me, take me, angel or devil, I am what you make me.” Money tells whether you are merciful or miserly, covetous or Christ-like; whether you prefer tran sient values to permanent goods. Money may give a lie to your pro fession by saying that you love God less than gold. Jesus called a rich successful busi nessman a “fool,” whose soul grew lean while his pocketbook grew fat. Then He said, “So is he that layeth up treasure for himself.” Paul said, “Charge them that are rich in this world that they trust not in uncer tain riches, but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. Do good, be rich in good works.” Selfishly hoarded or unchris- tianly used, money cankers the soul, neutralizes faith in God and destroys the fires of Christian life. I challenge you to make money prove that you love God with your pocketbooks as well as with your heart. Make your substance worth something for God. Be not miserly and mediocre, but mission-minded and magnificent in money matters. Then, how we need men who are magnificent in this muddled world through winning others to faith in Christ. Be not remiss in caring for souls and bringing men into a right relationship to God. This is the greatest work you can do. It is great er than writing best sellers, making fortunes, winning high political offi ces, or leading armies to victory. The only work big enough to cause Jesus to come from the heights of deity to the depths of humanity was to call sinners to repentance and to give His life a ransom for many.
Why sing, “Throw out the life line,” and not throw it? Why sing, “I love to tell the story,” and not tell it? “Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,” is short meter poetry that needs to be transposed into long meter activity. All your efforts for Christ should culminate in this one great work. Your toil, your love, your prayers, your tithe need to focalize on bringing some soul to Christ. The lost who know you should never be able to say, “No man cared for my soul.” First of all, have you ever repent ed of your sin and trusted Christ for salvation? When you meet God without Christ, you will wish you had never been bom. By your un belief you pour contempt upon the wisdom of God. Be not foolish and sinful. Today make the Saviour your Master. Basely wicked it is to reject Christ, to say “no” to Him who said “yes” to the cross. How can you look with coldness and indifference upon the agonies of the cross? To day, while it is yet today, come to Christ. Are you away from God with your soul in darkness? Come to Christ’s pierced feet. He will for give, love, guard, guide and protect you until He comes again. His holy blessed pierced hands will throw open the gates to grace and glory beyond which you shall see Him who died for you.
Visitorsto theBiola campus are alwayswel come. Here a group of pastors and their families fromMennonite churches throughout the California area assembled for fellowship and a tourof the facilities. If you would like to visit the Campus, a call ahead is al that is necesary to arrange a personally guided tour.
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The Bloodmark I T can be readily seen from Scrip ture what a great emphasis God places in His Word on the subject of blood. “The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” “We have redemption through His blood.” “Without the shedding of blood is no remission [of sin].” The blood of Christ provides the omni potent, everlasting argument of mer it, opening the way for you to meet God on friendly terms. Great it is for you to be in a position to plead the presence and power of Christ’s blood. The blood for those who have trusted shuts the gates of an eternal hell and opens the gates of a glorious heaven. Any man who belittles, de fames, defects from or misrepresents Christ’s blood is guilty of heinous sin against the Gospel. The bloodmark was seen in Egypt on the night the death angel passed through the land. The children of Israel were given specific instruc tions as to how they were to place the lamb’s blood on the two sides and over the doorposts of their houses. God promised, “And when I see the blood, I will pass over you.” It was up to every Israelite to see that the blood was not only shed, but also placed as a crimson mark above his door. Terrible was the midnight hour when the death angel passed through Egypt! At midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn, from the household of Pharaoh on his throne to the first born of the captive that was in the dungeon. The blood of Christ today provides refuge for all who apply it. The efficacy of Christ’s blood is beyond all question. “It is the blood which maketh an atonement for the soul,” said God. The precious atone ment of Christ forms the base of that platform on which a just God
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and a justified sinner meet in sweet communion. In that atonement I see sin condemned, justice satisfied, God magnified, and sinners saved. It is not enough that one’s intention is to place the bloodmark. The actual application must be made. While it was a wondrous passover in Egypt, yet Christ is our Passover sacrifice for us, and is far more efficacious than that. He poured from His body the healing ointment of His blood to cover our sins complete ly. The law demanded obedience or death. Jesus gave both: obedience for Himself and death for you and me. He both kept and fulfilled the Law while at the same time dying for the lawbreaker. Jesus was the greatest antitype for the blood of Jewish sacrifices. The blood of animal sacrifice under the old covenant was temporary. It had to be repeated day by day and year by year. These sacrifices pointed pro phetically to the blood of Christ, the coming One. “Not all the blood of beasts on Jewish altars slain could give the guilty conscience peace or wash away the stain; but Christ the Heavenly Lamb takes all our sins away, a sacrifice of nobler name and richer blood than they.” They who dispute the efficacy of Christ’s blood to justify a sinner before God shall be judged unworthy of eternal life. The claims of God, the demands of the law and the whole need of man are met through Christ’s blood, with out which there is no salvation for us. “You are redeemed with the pre cious blood of Christ,” Peter tells us. “Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by the blood,” says John. “We have redemption through the blood, according to the riches of His grace,” declares the great apostle Paul. 7
In spiritual redemption your soul is brought into freedom from the penal consequences of sin. The pur chasing power is the blood of Christ. Jesus pays the price and offers it to any lost sinner who will take it. While it costs the sinner nothing, it costs Christ all. By His sacrifice we are given the confident assurance of being unashamed and unafraid in God’s presence. “Ye who are afar off are made nigh by the blood' of Christ.” Christ died with our sen tence over His head. God’s broken law demanded our life’s blood. God’s Son took our place on Calvary. He hung where you and I ought to have been. By the blood the claims of the Lord are perfectly met. His charges against you and me are withdrawn so that we can pass from death unto life and never come into condemna tion. Christ washed us from ours sins in His own blood, giving us the power of His indwelling Holy Spirit which allows us to overcome the devil. The blood nullifies every conceivable charge that Satan brings against you and me. The important question cannot now be passed by. My friend, “Do you have the bloodmark?”
IF THE SHEEP ARE LOST? 'Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away In the parable Jesus told; A grown-up sheep that had gone astray, Out on the hillside, out in the cord, From the ninety and nine in the fold. 'Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought, And back to the flock, safe to the fold, 'Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd brought. And why for the sheep should we earnestly long And as earnestly hope and pray? Because there is danger; if they go wrong They will lead all the lambs astray. For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know, Wherever the sheep may stray; When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long 'Till the lambs are as wrong as they. And so with the sheep we earnestly plead For the sake of the lambs today; If the sheep are lost, what a terri ble cost Some lambs will have to pay. I HAVE FOUND IT! I have found the perfect treasure, Richer than my fondest dream; It is mine and mine forever, And salvation's wonderful theme. Wealth as vast as all of heaven! Beauty fairer than the day! Joy with no corrupting leaven Shall go with me all the way, Sought by labor under law 'Till God's grace reached down, caressing, Touched my faith— and then I saw! Will you share with me this treasure— Gift of God's amazing grace? 'Twill be more than all earth's measure Just to look upon His face.
Dr. CharlesL. Feinberg(left), dean of Talbot Theological Seminary, has theopportunity of fellowship with Biola graduate and chalk artist, JerryZwal, when the later presented a special program for the Seminary chapel. Mr. Zwallhas be n greatly used of the Lord as a Bible teacher and youth speaker.
— L. M. Hern
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T here is an interesting question in Lamentations 1:12: “Is it noth ing to you, all ye that pass by? Be hold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.” Jeremiah was a magnetic mighty prophet. He warned of com ing exile, pleading for hearts to be set right with God. History shows that he was opposed by friends, other prophets, neighbors, and relatives. There is here a close analogy to the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Saviour was stretched upon the cross bear ing such agony as never before had tormented human soul or body. Is it nothing to you that God has a sin less Son? He is the central super lative fact of the ages. He is co existent, coetemal, coequal, coessen tial with God. He is the exegesis of God. He is the gift so priceless that it is impossible completely and ex haustively to explain Him with mere words. “God hath highly exalted Him and hath given a name above every name.” In Him are hid all the treas ures of wisdom and knowledge. Though many seek to place deity down to the level of humanity, array ing themselves against His Saviour- hood and Lordship, the word of truth remains steadfast and assured. Lit erature reveals that Christ is the eternal, supreme, superlative fact of the ages. Art attests His deity. Paintings, sculptures, music with all their various forms, declare Him to be the supreme, supernatural. Sav iour. Civilization itself, seeing His Gospel made bright the path of men, releasing human energies, empower ing human lives to the betterment of life, gives the verdict that Christ is the central, supreme, superlative fact of the ages. The redeemed of yester
day and today know Christ as the marvelous* miraculous, atoning One. Finally, God attests His deity, de claring, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.” Let the sweetest tone which ever trembled on the harps of heav en be discord. Let the enchanting seraph hymn whose anthem is eter nity be dumb. Is such a One nothing to you? Is it nothing to you that never once in all His life did Jesus confess a mistake, or withdraw a word, or apologize for an act of His conduct? Is it nothing to you that Christ’s humiliation and incarnation are the events which wrought your eternal salvation? In Christ was the union of deity and humanity. He, who made all things in creation, was made flesh for our salvation. Jesus, who made man, was made in the likeness of man. Jesus, who created angels, was made lower than the angels. He, who made the law, was -made under the law. He, who was clothed in honor and majesty, was wrapped in swad dling clothes. He, who was called “ancient of days,” became the infant of days. He, whom the heavens of heavens cannot contain, was bom in a camel’s stall. Is it nothing to you? He was God’s will, God’s thought, God’s purpose for immortality. Is the suffering of Christ nothing to you? Jesus endured the contra diction of sinners, the reproaches and rejection of man, the misunder standing of His brethren. He was betrayed by His familiar friends, He endured the rebuke of His disciples along with their hatred without a cause. He suffered, being called a glutton, a wine-bibber, a bastard, a blasphemer, a liar, a devil. He suf fered when denied by Peter and in carcerated in a common jail. Christ 9
suffered all the agonies deserved by unpardoned sinners by bearing the punishment of all sin for all time. All the cups of gall ever pressed to human lips condensed into one cup could not measure the bitterness forced on Jesus when He poured out His soul unto death. All the dark ness ever known carried into one dark hall could not equal that hour. All loneliness of all hearts measured into one desert of solitude could not compare to His isolation when there were none with Him. He cried, “My God, my God, why hast Thou for saken me?” The concentrated mar tyrdom of all ages could not meas ure the vicarious expiation of Him who died as a criminal when He bore the sin of all sinners. Is it nothing to you? Christ took your place on the cross, paying your sin debt at Cal vary. Here He gave His perfect life for your vile sins. Life is so short. Get rid of sin by taking Christ as your Saviour. Come to Him now. By believing on Him the sting of death is extracted. Say, “I can, I will, I do believe.” Christ will never say “no” to your plea for forgiveness. He has assuredly promised, “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”
GOD'S SUNSETS If God can paint a sunset In hues so bright and pure That e'en the marveling mortal eye Can scarce the sight endure . . . If God can close the dying day In glory such as this And in the gathering clouds display Reflected heavenly bliss . . . If Christ, the waves controlling Can bid the storm "Be still!" Restoring peace and beauty Where once loomed strife and ill . . . Then surely I can trust Him, M y Pilot o'er life's way, To guide through gloried clouds at last Into eternal day! — Edith E. Fischer TONIGHT Suppose an angel told me At early morning light, "Your Lord will come this evening— You will go home tonight!" Would ecstasy be clouded By thoughts of things undone. The seed I might have scattered, The crown I might have won? The soul I meant to speak to The purse I meant to share, And oh, the wasted moments I meant to spend in prayer! The weight of unsaved millions Would press upon my heart. In their death am I certain That I had not a part?
And just a few short moments In which to set things right!
How feverishly I'd labor Until the waning light!
Oneof the busy telephone switchboards on the Bioia College campus i manned by Mrs. Marie Felder of La Mirada, whose husband is on the Bioia maintenance staff. The switchboard is located in the large women's residence hall which accommodates over300 students.
O slothful soul, and careless heart, O eyes which have no sight— Work, lest you reap but vain regret— Your Lord may come tonight!
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Conference W ith God
Dr. Robert G. Lee
G od inv ites m an , “Come now, and let us reason together, 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” (Isa. 1:18). The Lord wants us to sit down at the conference table with Him. There are matters of great import which we must discuss. No man shows any degree of wis dom if he refuses to hear God’s call. Isaiah, in whose preaching with thunders and lightnings we prophet ically see the type of desperate sin ners gives a clarion call to holiness. Here are those geared to blasphe mous sacrifices, hollow prayers, and wickedness which has brought them into the condition of Sodom and Go morrah. The people, their hearts vi cious with lusts, their intellects be clouded and immersed in an atmo sphere of illusion, victims of evil, wizardry of sin, changed darkness into light, bitterness into sweetness, and evil into good. Their hearts were empty of true devotion. Their hands full of blood, they were guilty of murder and oppression. Sin has made the nation an open sore and has kept the sore in a festering state. Characterizing the ingratitude and fearful wickedness of the people, Isaiah calls forth the witness of heaven. The dumb brutes of creation have a fidelity to their masters which is a solid reproof to God’s disobe dient people. For this reason Isaiah declares that their prayers and sac- rifies are rejected, and that they have even become an abomination to God. Theirs is merely a life of hypo crisy. Then, His voice of denunciation, changing to one of mercy, calls sin ful man into conference: “Come now,
and let us reason together.” God’s loving heart, weary of reproof, pours itself out in mercy and compassion. Though His children are rebelling against parental authority and base ly ungrateful for His loving care, yet He extends His grace. Though they had sickened the Lord, provok ing God to anger who despises sin, they were incorrigible, revolting more and more under His chasten- ings, bringing ruin and desolation upon their cities, yet they all were invited to meet God around the con ference table to talk about their sins. How can we fail to note God’s wonderful condescension ? If the Am azon River were brought to run through a one-inch pipe, the ridge of the Rockies shrunk to the size of a string of pearls, the raging Atlantic made small enough to sleep in a thimble, or Lake Superior to dwell in the area of a teaspoon, such reali ties would astonish us. More miracu lous and amazing, however, is our Holy God asking sinful men to talk with Him. He will reason the case with those who contradict Him and find fault with His proceedings. “You confess your sins,” God says, “and though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Though you lie under the guilt of sin which de mands death, yet upon your repen tance, you shall be forgiven and ap pear in the sight of God as white as snow.” Though the children of Israel oft en had been dipped by their many backslidings into sin, though they had lain long soaking in it as does the cloth in scarlet dye, yet pardon ing mercy was willing to eradicate the stain. Being purged with hys- 11
sop, they would be made clean. Man, who spends his years as a tale that is told, is yet unwilling to talk frankly with his Creator. The same yesterday, tomorrow and for ever, God wants us to know that He is unwilling that any should perish. The immortal God, eternally exis tent, desires to talk with sinful man whose earthly life is like a vapor that appeareth for a little while and then vanishes away. Here the' om niscient God is seeking to reason with foolish man. The omnipotent God is asking to converse with weak man. The devil invites to unreasonable unbelief, specializing in insanity. What a great consolation it is to hear God say, ‘“Come . . . I will in no wise cast out.” A great sinner; a great Saviour; a great salvation! Lay hold upon this truth now by penitent faith and dedication — a dedication to live for God right now and until our Saviour comes again.
THOUGHTFULNESS Sunday I visited your church. My heart was full of care; I don't know if you noticed me, As I was sitting there. The choir sang, the pastor preached Of God's infinite love, How Jesus came down to this earth From heaven's home above; A lost and sinful world to save From hell and sure perdition. I said to myself— "This means me In my lost soul's condition." The pastor made his last appeal, And asked us all to stand; To all who want to follow Christ, He'd offer them his hand. His words were drowned by buzzing sounds, And that disturbed me so; I swallowed a lump in my throat, And lost that urge to go. You didn't care— just to get away, No matter what my cost. So I didn't find the Lord that day; I walked out alone— and lost! — Wm. C. Dahlke
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There is no more faithful groupof staff members in theBlola family than those who serve as Stewardship representatives. The men are picturedabove during their annual meetingson the campus in La Mirada. From left to right, seated, are Frank Watson in Imperial, San Diegoand Orange counties; Larry Cruzen in Northern California; John Isaac, director; Jack Findley in East Los Angeles, RiversideandSan Bernardino coun ties;William Richards in Central California. Backrow, Carl Hoferer in West Los Angeles,
F acing th e tumultuous t im e in which we live each man must ask himself the question, “Am I ready to meet God?” In Amos 4:12 we read the exhortation, “Prepare to meet thy God.” Some years ago, railroad compan ies offered a prize of $2500 for the best three word slogan which could be used as a warning at train cross ings. The winner had suggested, “Stop, Look, Listen”. Although cost ing $833.33 a word, the caution is to no avail unless it is heeded, un less people stop, unless they look, unless they listen. Destroyed vehi cles, mangled bodies, blood-spattered along the right-of-way, the wails of those whose loved ones went to death in a wreck, all testify to the truth of this statement. What avail is that word “Stop” if people will not stop? What pro tection does that word “Look” give if people do not look? What warning does that word “Listen” give if peo ple will not listen? Similarly, we ask, “What will you be profited when God demands that you meet Him if you make no preparations? What blessing can you expect from Jesus’ exhortation to make ready for His sudden appearing if you do not get ready” ? Our Saviour declared, “Be ye also ready, for in such a day as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.” Can medicine have efficacy to heal your body if you leave it in the bottle? Can any man avoid starvation if he doesn’t eat food prepared and placed before him? Can any man expect protection in the blizzard if the fur coat is left in the closet? Can any man, floundering in mid-ocean, hope for rescue from drowning if he re fuses a seat in the lifeboat? Will in
sistent urgings, wise warnings and gracious invitations to get ready to meet God avail for you if you turn deaf ears to them? Will not the cross be your condemnation if you flee from it? Regardless of your station in life, you must meet God. No one is ex cepted. Every man must give an ac count of himself and his deeds to the Lord. You may avoid going to church, as is the evil custom of many; you may avoid reading the Bible, as so many foolishly do; you may avoid conversation with preach ers as is true with some; you may avoid prayer, as do the sinful and ungrateful; you may avoid outland ish sins, as do the morally precise; you may avoid the courts of men and never stand up before any judge on earth; but you cannot avoid God. You may not be as bad as the mil lions, you may be better than mul titudes, you may never have the taint of criminal blood in your veins, but along with every human being you must meet God. Are you ready? You can’t get ready by ignorance and indifference. This exhortation is difficult to understand. The text is very simple. Yet, although these words are clear and simple, seem ingly they are misunderstood. People prepare for everything else except death and meeting God. They get ready to marry, they get ready to go into business, they get ready for college, they get ready for vaca tion trips, they get ready for ath letic contests, they get ready for political elections, they get ready a “nest egg” for the rainy day of old age, and yet they neglect the most important thing on earth: meeting God. People foolishly ask, “Why should 13
yard, each evening took home a few of the rather expensive nails. He ra tionalized that his boss had plenty of them and would never miss the few to which he helped himself. One Sun day morning, however, the pastor was speaking about our conscience and how that often it becomes dull when we continually justify wrong deeds in which we have become involved. The Holy Spirit spoke to the man’s heart and he realized, although it had seemed like such a small matter, that the theft of the copper nails was displeasing to the Lord. He frankly admitted to his pastor, “You see, I’ve been trying to give my boss a testimony for Christ. If I go to him now, telling him about my dishonesty, how will I ever be able to give a witness again? He’ll laugh and never have anything to do with Christianity.” After a word of prayer, the pastor explained what the man al ready knew: he would have to make things right for his own peace of mind, whatever the consequences. When he came to church the next Sunday, the fellow had a radiant face. He joyfully explained, “I told my boss just exactly what I had been doing. He calmly replied, ‘Did you think I was unaware of your pilfering? I knew what you were doing but you’re a good work man, human just like the rest of us. I needed you. I’ve always thought Christians were hypocrites, but now I see that you have something far more valuable than any of the rest. Tell me about your faith in Christ.’ ” The Lord answered his prayer and he was able to give a positive witness for the Sav iour. I wonder, do you have any “cop per nails” in your life? There may be other things which must be made right with the Lord if we desire His blessing on our testimony. Too often we excuse ourselves, thinking the company will never miss the little things we take, and after all, we are worth far more than they are paying us anyway. Soon an awakened conscience is dulled and seared. The Psalmist correctly reminds us, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, \hold it there unconfessed ] the Lord will not hear me.” In the New Testa ment we have these words of promise, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9).
I get ready to meet God?” This is the same as asking why a fish should have water in which to swim; why the stomach should have food; why the lungs should have air; why the body should require blood. The rea son is simply because in his unre generate state man is unfit to meet God. “You must be born again,” our Saviour clearly explained. Can a blind man enjoy the beau ties of a flower garden? Can a dead man enjoy the music of an orchestra or choir? Can a sick man enjoy the pleasures of a banquet? Of course not. Nor can a sinner, without re generation, have any taste or relish for the promised enjoyments of the heavenly world. There must be re generation by the Holy Spirit in order to qualify one for heaven. Please remember, however, you don’t meet God by your own good ness. “How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?” This is one question no one can answer, not even God. You don’t get ready to meet God by procrastination. Gov ernor Felix foolishly said to Paul, “Go thy way for this time; when I have a more convenient season I’ll call for you.” You don’t get ready to meet God by securing an education. A lot of people have gone to hell with diplomas and degrees. You don’t get ready by seeking to accu mulate money. Prepare to meet God by first re ceiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Then, by daily spiritual growth (I Pet. 3:18), enjoy the fullness and fellowship of His pres ence for joy, peace and satisfaction. COPPER NAILS Pilfering by employees is one of the greatest problems business firms face. While people wouldn’t think of steal ing from their neighbors, they will walk away with things belonging to their employers feeling no guilt at all. Working for a boat builder, where cop per nails are used in order to avoid mist, a man, who was himself building a little boat of his own in his back
H ave you ever stopped to ask your self, “Does my influence count for God?” In Rom. 14:7 we read, “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.” Some time ago in the Washing ton, D.C. Bureau of Standards a tiny tube, containing less than 1/2000th of an ounce of radium, was acci dentally dropped and broken on a hardwood floor. With a camel’s hair brush, the precious radium was swept up. The floor was washed to get the rest of it. Enough remained, however, to render three more wash ings necessary. Each time $400 worth of radium was obtained. Fi nally, a carpenter scraped the floor. Three years later, the scrapings were burned and the ashes were found to be strong in radium. Even so, it is similarly impossible to get rid of influence. Influence is invisible and intangible. Like faith, influence cannot be weighed on scales or wrapped up in some kind of package. Like friend ship, influence cannot be measured with a yardstick. Like honesty, in fluence cannot be handled and car ried in pockets. Influence cannot be scrutinized with a microscope, ob served with a telescope or reflected in a mirror. Yet, like radium, how unbelievably potent it is. You can no more prevent what you are, what you say and what you do from affecting other people than you can prevent your body from cast ing a shadow in sunlight. Influence, almost impossible of definition, is not calculated by mathematics nor deducible by logic. As personality may be regarded as the sum total of all the traits and qualities of the physical, psychological and spiritual life characterizing the individual, so
influence, unseen in its power, is the total effect of one’s life on oth ers. The humblest person exerts In fluence for good or evil upon others. You may not be conscious of it, oth ers may not be aware of it, but in fluence constantly emanates from you like a magnet, alive and active. It is impossible for one’s life to be neu tral. As the least movement in nature is important, as the entire ocean is affected by a pebble, so your life is never too small, never too weak, never too obscure to lack influence. No act of any man is an isolated act. Some folks exert influence as rivers in magnitude; some as lamps, softly glowing; some as volcanoes, vomiting lava; some as matches, quickly spent; some as forest fires, hard to put out. In considering influence, we think of iniquity which is the God-dis pleasing action cast on the side of Satan against God. A man can so live as to be “a dog in the manger”, “a fly in the ointment”, “a grit on the axle”, a disease in the blood. Your sin, is not an isolated fact, the responsibility of which begins and ends with you. It is part of a vast network and entanglement. There is such a thing as contagion of cowardliness. Deut. 20:8 contains these words, “What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.” That is the influence of fear on other hearts. Similarly there is courage. In Acts, we read of the great storm which caused the passengers aboard the ship on which Paul sailed to quake and quail. The Apostle, trust ing God, took bread and gave thanks 15
to God in the presence of them all. The calming influence of his cour age and faith is shown in these words, “And they were all of good cheer”. While one person may, by fear, turn many into a panic-strick en mob, another may, by courage and sense, cause others to be heroes. You are the only Christian somebody knows. After influence we think of in spiration, lifting up tired hands, strengthening feeble knees, opening blind eyes, cheering faint hearts, through living a life that is a bless ing, not a blight, unto others. May this be the determination of each of us. Let us make our influence count for God. The Bible says of Abel, “he being dead yet speaketh,” “He that doeth the will of God abideth for ever”. When a man dies he is not If you are not receiving copies of the BROADCASTER monthly, you may have them come to your home or office automatically by being a member of the Biola Fellowship. This is a group of faithful donors who invest monthly in the distinctive ministries of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. Specific monthly amounts are not set; this is a matter between you and the Lord. In maintaining this 58 year old work for the Saviour, we have found that faithfulness on the part of God’s stewards is the important thing. You are invited to become co-laborers with us in this vital testimony. The invest ment you make will bring you this publication monthly, hereafter, without your request. - If you are already a member of the Fellowship and have received an extra Name ....................................................... Address ...................................................
done with this world and this world is not done with him. Every telegram says that Samuel B. Morse still lives; every telephone says that Alexander Graham Bell still lives; every reaper says that Cyrus McCormick still roams the wheat fields; every discovery by an astronomer says that Galileo still lives. People who live the right sort of lives continue to walk this earth as a benediction long after they are put in the grave. Whether you live a short life or a long life, make it worth something on God’s scales. Make its influence be for good and not for evil. Put it on God’s side; keep it off the devil’s side. Live so that people will take knowledge of you that you have been with Jesus, and being with Jesus, you will in fluence others to walk with Him.
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Tomorrow
Dr. Robert G. Lee
O NE OF THE most uncertain fac tors of life is tomorrow. Solo mon said, “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Prov. 27:1). The Apostle James warns, “Go to now, ye that say, To day or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the mor row. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (Jas. 4:13, 14). It is true that there are certain things on which we can count, such as the functioning of centripetal and centrifugal forces. We know that fire will burn and that rain is wet. We can count on ice to chill and flowers to have colors. It is an established fact that the earth will turn on its axis with the suns moving in their established courses. They carefully follow God’s appointed schedule. While these and many other things are true, we cannot count on the past to come back to us, nor can we pre dict with certainty what tomorrow will be like. The future is not yours, it is God’s. For you, however, there is the now. Yesterday is in the tomb of time. Tomorrow is in the womb of the future. Only the now is yours. Pharaoh, when plagues were dev astating Egypt, said, “Tomorrow”. Felix, when troubled under Paul’s preaching, said, “Go thy way for this time. When I have a more con venient season, I will call for thee.” When God says, “Today”, do you say “Tomorrow” ? The Bible reminds us, “Today if you hear his voice, harden not your heart . . . Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.”
Tomorrow is a lamp without oil that has left many in darkness. To morrow is a guillotine that has de capitated hopes of heaven. Tomor row is a key that has locked many in dungeons of despair. “Now it is high time to wake out of sleep.” To morrow is the fool’s seed time. To morrow is not written in the al manac of time. Tomorrow is the key to the treasure chest which nobody has. If you never have accepted Christ as your personal Saviour by faith, you are lost now. “He that believ- eth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned al ready because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.” You have set your will in the way that shuts out the divine communication of eternal life. Today is often crucified between two thieves: yesterday and tomor row. God says that all things are now ready. Everything has its hour. You have yours, and it is now! No where can you read in the Bible where God tells men to prepare for eternity at some future time. The tomorrow we may have is still in His hands. Today is yours. Hear God’s voice. Never mind about de bates or arguments or excuses. God speaks to you today. Hear His voice, set not your heart against Him. Use today so that if a tomorrow comes it will find you prepared. Today is the tomorrow you talked about yes terday. You have no certainty that you will live another day or even another hour. A young woman one time showed me her trousseau. “Tomorrow is the day,” she said gaily. That night she was killed in an automobile wreck. “Next Sunday,” said a man in my 17
Bible class, “I’ll accept Christ.” But the next Sunday he was four days in the grave, killed at the sawmill. “I’ll pay you what I owe you tomor row,” said a man to whom I made a loan. But the stroke of lightning that killed him made it so that the debt remained unremitted. God will never be more willing to save you than He is now. No man has learned anything right until he knows and feels that every day is doomsday. Napoleon, often called the arch angel of woes, was sitting in the camp one day, sad and dejected; half his army had been annihilated. Yet he did not know how the fortunes of the day would end. Suddenly there came running into his camp an or derly, who, with excitement and en thusiasm, said, “Cheer up, sir, cheer up! You’ve gained the victory.” Napoleon said, “Yes, I’ve gained the victory, but another such victory would cost me my kingdom.” Men and women, some of you have gained the victory, haven’t you ? Vic tory over Christian mothers’ pray ers, victory over Christian friends’ counsel, victory over the tears and entreaties of a believing wife, over the pleadings of some Gospel preach er. You may even feel you have gained a victory over the force of God and His divine providence. All you have gained, however, is the terror of hell, and eternal separa tion from God. Be done with excuses and alibis. These are but falsehoods and dishonesty. Life is a season God has given in which to fly from hell and rise to heaven. That day of grace creeps fast away and none its rapid course can stay. Stay not for tomorrow’s sun, lest perdition thee arrest, ’ere the morrow is begun. * * * The worst thing about being selfish is that it's the smallest business in the world in which to be engaged. * * * Long tongues will often mean short friends. * * *
GARDENER Is this the garden that I left un tended For such a little while? Is this the plot Where shining leaf and budding flower blended Into a pattern for a lovely spot? Look how the thorns reach out, the weeds are growing, And beauty that is parching in the sun Calls to the hands that toiled in the sowing, "W hy do you rest before your work is done?" Are these the children that the Lord has given For such a little time to seek to win? The hearts now open wide to thoughts of heaven, That gladly soon would let the Saviour in? Lord, free my hands from trifles that are pressing And grant the vision of eternity. Make me Thy gardener, and with Thy blessings. Let me bring the little ones to Thee. — Ruth Gibbs Zwall
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