o Please explain this verse found in Second Peter 1:20, No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpreta tion. The explanation of this statement is that we may not take a Scripture out of its context, or interpret this one verse apart from the whole Word of God. It is not to be treated as an isolated verse making it mean anything under the sun that, we may want to make it mean. This is exactly what many would-be critics of the Bible have ever done, but they only show their ignorance, as well as their defiance of the living God, by such perversion of the inspired record. How subtle Satan’s wiles are! We need to “ study to shew [ourselves] approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). No, I do not. There is not one line of Scripture in any of the writings of the apostles in support of this false teach ing of Romanism concerning a special ministry, the worship of saints, purga tory or penances. All their teaching con cerning salvation by works, prayer for the dead, and the canonization of saints is unscriptural. Wattty J l t g i j t Because the Old Year, at its close Leaves me imperfect in Thy sight; And I have need of cleansing blood, I'm on my knees, my God, tonight! Because the New Yea’r, near at hand, Is full of promise and of light; And I am weak without Thyself, I’m on my knees in prayer tonight. Because, with all the past forgiven, I Would rise up to walk aright, And live victoriously for Thee, I'm on my knees in prayer tonight. Because there's work for me to do In fields to harvest lying white, And time for reaping is not long, I'm on my knees in prayer tonight. Because another year may bring Thy Son, returning in His might, And I would meet Him unashamed— I’m on my knees, dear Lord, tonightl —Betty Bruechert T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S Do you not think that Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, was sent to earth for a special ministry?
ter eleven, declares that a woman may prophecy; that is, she may “tell forth” , or “foretell” the message of salvation to sinners. But the place of woman to day as pastors of churches, exercising authority over the men, even in the worship hour of the assembly, is one of the signs of the last days. Can I, as a consistent Christian, send my boy to a military academy? I must do something along this line for my young son, but I do want to do what the Lord would desire for him, and for myself. Military academies do not specialize in the science of war, in spite of the association of the name. They offer a curriculum such as may be found in any regular school, plus a rigid training in discipline. Whether such a school has any advantage over others depends much upon who is guiding its policies. Why did God tell the children of Israel to borrow jewels of silver and jewels of gold from the Egyptians, when He knew they would not return to Egypt to pay them back? (Ex. 11:2.) You will find this expression used on several occasions in the book of Exodus. It does not mean borrow in the literal rendering of the term. It means ask and is so translated literally from the orig inal Hebrew. The King James Version translated the word borrow, but the Re vised Version translates it correctly ask. Now you ask why did God tell His people to ask these things from the Egyptians? Because they had earned them! For four hundred years they had been slaves, building cities for Pharaoh and yet had never received any wages. Therefore, God told them to ask for what was theirs by rights. When you read the whole book of Exodus carefully you will find that one important reason why God told them to ask for these important jewels was be cause they were to build the tabernacle which was to be a beautiful costly struc ture, temporary though it was. The golden candlestick alone, made from a talent of gold, cost $29,085. (Ex. 25:39.) Then let us consider the pieces of furni ture covered with brass—some covered with gold. There were the sockets of silver for the boards, and the mercy seat of pure gold. Remembering the precious stones in the breastplate and on the shoulders of the high priest, you can easily see that for this tabernacle alone Israel had to have great wealth. And God provided this wealth by giving them their just wages earned over a long period of time.
DR. L. T. TALBOT In your opinion "just what is the place of the women in the church? You have expressed your opinion plainly that women should not preach the gospel. What can we do? In discussing the subject of woman’s ministry we need to recognize the breadth of Scripture as well as the clearly defined limitations in regard to the subject. When Adam took the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he was not deceived. He knew what he was doing. Adam sinned against the light, consequently Adam was in the deeper transgression. Satan deceived the woman, saying in substance: “ You will know more than you know now. God knows you will benefit by eating the fruit, so perhaps He did not say that you should not eat it.” Eve was deceived, but when she brought the fruit to Adam, he knew what he was doing, and to please her he partook of the fruit. For this reason God has put woman in the place of subjection. This is a type of Christ and the church, the greatest type given in the Bible of the bride and the Bridegroom, Christ and the church. Moreover, if God demands that the woman be subject to the man, He also demands that the man be ready to die for the woman. That is greater still. Why? Because “ Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” (See Eph. 5:25-32.) Read what Paul has to say, First Timothy 2:11-14, and again in First Corinthians 14:34, “ Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.” These verses make clear what the place of the woman is in the assem bly when the congregation is gathered together for worship in a scriptural way. It is one of silence so far as the ministry is concerned. She is to recog nize the headship of the man, because it speaks of Christ who is the Head of the church. It is not a matter of su periority or of inferiority; it is a mat ter of order. However, there are conditions arising in the church which are not governed by these passages of Scripture. Teach ing a Bible class and evangelizing sin ners do not constitute the assembly which is the organized church. Paul, in his message to the Corinthians in chap- Page Six
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