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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING The test of a machine is, “ Does it work well?” The test of a business policy is ,“ Does it work well?” The test of an organization is, “ Does it work well?” The test of a religion is, “ Does it work'well?” The Protestant evangelical church of the world is up in the air. It has been swept from its feet by professors and preachers who have been insinuat ing all kinds of questions concerning .the evangelical faith. The theory ad vanced is that every man must think for himself and that the uncultured oc cupants of the pews, the simple minded men and women that pay the bills, have no thinkers and therefore they must depend upon these cultured gentlemen who are willing to supply their need, if they are willing to pay the price. What do they supply.?. Vicious vagaries. Listen to their vaporings; “ The Bible is not inspired; we are.” “ The Bible is full of myths and fables; we will point them out to you.” “ Man never fell downward, but he fell upward.” : “ There is no devil.” “ You have been reading folk-lore and legends, when you read the Bible.” • “ The prophets were not prophets.” “ We are yet in the unfinished state.” (Well, that is certainly true as far as the critics are concerned. Unfinished? Yes, but when God Almighty puts the finishing touch upon them, they will be conscious of it.) “ Truth is in the bud.” (On the contrary, truth is in its flower.) What is truth? “ Truth is the edict of God. * * * Truth is always straightforward. * * * Truth needs no color, beauty, no pencil. * * * Truth takes no account of centuries. * * * Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine, and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. * * * The expression of truth is simplicity. * * * Thy WORD is truth.” The acid test to apply to a doctrine, no matter when or how it originates or who voices it, is, “ What is its fruit?” Righteousness is the fruit of truth. Holy living is its fruit. Separation from the world is its fruit. Love for the lost, manifested in-soul-saving efforts, is its fruit. Test the teachers. Test their followers. Test the churches where the de structive, critical, scissor-cutting theory of handling tne Word of Truth pre vails. Contrast their record with the history of the early church, the history of the self-sacrificing, self-denying, soul-saving church and you have your proof Does the Bible-denying, virgin-born-Christ-denying church or life function in a humble, spiritual, self-sacrificing, soul-winning, fruit-bearing manner? This is God’s test. This is the practical test. “ By their fruits ye shall know them,” not by their self-styled scholarship, but by their zeal for the honor of God’s Word and God’s holy Son, whose blood is alone sufficient to make atonement for the sin-cursed race; and by their stalwart defence of a God-inspired, God- preserved, infallible Word which, has always and will always bring forth the promised fruitage. , , - “ Oh! how great is the power of truth which, of its own puwer, can easily defend itself against all the cunning and wisdom of men, and against the plots of all the world.” “ The Gospels do not agree.” “ There was no virgin birth.” “ Miracles are impossible.”
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