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I B IO L A broadcaster Monthly Publication of the BIOLA FELLOWSHIP Vol. 4 No. 6 JUNE, 1964 CONTENTS GOD'S PROMISE ..................... 3 THE LIFE OF CHRIST ............. 4 OBSCURE PASSAGES ............... 6 THE SECRET OF SPIRITUAL BEAUTY ............. 9 YOUR CHOICE ........................12 A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS 14 ON THE LEVEL ...................... 16 TU ESDAY-TH URSDAY RADIO OUTLINES ................. 18 QUESTIONS AN D A N SW E R S ...... 21 PARABLES AN D PEARLS ..........25 THE FEAR OF BEING ALONE .....28 THE THIEF OF SLEEP ............... 30 WHEN NO ONE CARES ........ 32 BIOLA FELLOWSHIP PLAN ........ 34 frontofthe Education-Auditorium Building on the Biola College La Mirada campus. Students spend a fewminutesbetween classes chattingtogether. Picturedfrom left to right (foreground) are Pat Dalton, Fullerton, California; Ron Miller, Somer- ton, Arizona; Pete Schwepker, Yorba Linda, California; Bonnie Hurst, Walnut Creek, Cali­ fornia; Edith DeGroff, Whittier, California; Dave Bandimere, Denver, Colorado; (background right) SkipMitchell,Prineville,Oregon; Marilyn Gripp, Long Beach, California; and Fred Jantz, Anaheim, California. STAFF President.....................S. H. Sutherland Editor.................................... Al Sanders Production ...............Virginia Schwepker Printing ............................Church Press Published monthly by the Radio Dept. BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES 558 S. Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Cal. Controlled circulation postage paid at Los Angeles, California.

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by Dr. Walter L. Wilson

W HAT A WONDERFUL promise is found in the blessed words, “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This is the life that makes one love the Lord all day long as well as to walk with and worship Him. With this life we can see in all of nature His marvelous handiwork. When you trust the Lord with your life, soul and heart, the Holy Spirit makes you into a wonder­ ful servant of Christ as He did with D. L. Moody, James M. Gray, Billy Sunday and all of the others. These men were just ordinary folks, but the secret was that they gave themselves over to our blessed Saviour and He transformed them into new creatures. This metamorphosis is the change which takes place when God buries clay in the ground and later a sap­ phire is formed, or when God buries black carbon in the ground and later a diamond comes forth. It is the miraculous change that takes place when an ugly bug, crawling around

in the green scum pond, climbs a reed and later a beautiful dragon fly comes forth. It is the same with a caterpillar which weaves a coffin around itself later to bring forth a lovely butterfly. It may have gone in yellow; but it comes out red. It went in crawling; but it comes out flying. It went in with fourteen legs and comes out with six. The Lord Jesus Christ invites us to do the same as we turn ourselves over to Him. The Holy Spirit changes us into the kind of a person the Lord wants us to be. If you want to be something for God, just turn your life over to Him. He will give you eternal life. This is a life which allows you to live forever with God, and eventual­ ly you will be conformed to His blessed image.

Christ is the Light of life. When He comes in, the darkness goes out. Will you let Him have you? If you do, you will be glad for all eternity that you did, for He will make you into a shin­ ing light and you will burn as the stars forever and ever. DR. WALTER L. WILSON WILL BE FEATURED AT BIOLA'S SUMMER FAMILY BIBLE CONFERENCES Mount Hermon, California August 9-15 3 The Firs, Bellingham, Wash. August 16-23

I n G od ’ s W ord we have many beauti­ ful pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of them is, “In Him was life and the life was the light of men” (John 1:8). Then in a comparison, John speaks of John the Baptist and says, “He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light: that was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not” (John 1:9, 10). Have you ever thought of the vari­ eties of life there are? Every animal lives a different kind of life. So it is with people in all parts of the world. All of these things were created by the Lord. The only place to find eter­ nal life is through Him. When one trusts the Saviour he receives the life of God. It cannot be manufactured by industry or brought about through classrooms of higher learning. It is a free gift from God. No one can make a pig live like a sheep. It can’t be taught to stay out of the mud puddle. You can put a fence around it, but it doesn’t remove its true nature. So it is with salva­ tion. Many seem falsely to think that it is merely reformation that is neces­ sary. Eternal life, however, comes only from the Saviour. Do you know that when eels have their babies they go from all places of the earth down into a deep place in the ocean between Jamaica and Cuba? After the babies are born they go back home. Each goes back to his own native area. Who knows how this is possible? Who educated them to do

this? They were made by God Him­ self and given these instincts. Inter­ estingly, the babies don’t go back with their parents. But when they are big enough they do. They go right to the spot from which their parents first came. God gives each eel that kind of a life. There are no road signs beneath the surface of- the ocean. No one can adequately explain life. How is it that after the little wren builds a nest in the backyard she dis­ appears for the winter. After her mi­ gration she returns right to the very spot from which she had gone with more accuracy than the modern meth­ ods of radar. As we think of the many illustra­ tions of animals we also consider the Christian. Are we living the type of life synonomous with the term? You can be a nice, sweet, lovely, beautiful, precious, polished person, but still not have eternal life. These are not neces­ sarily the marks of eternal life. The basic question is: Do you love the Lord Jesus because He saved you? That should be natural. You don’t have to work love up. You will sing with no hypocrisy, “My Jesus I love thee, I know Thou a rt mine.” You will be singing around the kitchen, “He is so precious to me.” Or, as a business­ man, at the desk where you work, you may hum to yourself, “Christ Jesus is Lord of all. Crown Him Lord of all!” Another mark of a real Christian is that he wants to see other people saved. You realize that your neigh­ bors, friends, business associates and others may be lost and going into the outer darkness forever u n d e r the 4

wrath of God. Your burden is greater than feeling sorry for them. You ear­ nestly pray and then go out and wit­ ness to them with a life that backs up your testimony. A third mark that you are really saved is that you love to be with God’s people. Have you noticed horses in a pasture? They stand in opposite direc­ tions. The tail of one keeps the flies off the neck of the other and vice versa. You will never see a cow and a horse do that. A pig and a sheep will never form such an alliance. Animals, if they are compatible, like to be with their own kind. If you have eternal life as a child of God you will love to be with others of His dear children. You will seek a place to worship Him in spirit and in truth. The fourth mark is that you will want to talk with the Lord. There will be a desire to commune with Him about your business, your children, your sins and your shortcomings. The presence of the Lord is a repair shop or a “dry dock” for His people. When you find things going wrong in your life, go right to our lovely Lord and let Him take care of the problem. This is what David meant when he wrote of God, “He restoreth my soul.” Another evidence of salvation is that you love His Word, the Bible. This is more than just reading a chap­ ter each day to ease your conscience. You will have a real desire to study it and to find out what truth there is which will apply to your daily life and experience. Jeremiah rightly testified, “Thy words were found and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.” What happens when you are away from home and you get a letter from a loved one? You read it and cherish it, don’t you? The Bible is God’s love letter to you. If you belong to the Lord, don’t you think you ought to read what He says ? Revel in the mar­ velous truths contained therein. Each of us should have a desire to know God’s will, God’s way and God’s Word which will be a blessing to our hearts as well as a blessing to the hearts of others.

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iy iHP'l Jr Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (left), Biola President, and Dr. Charles L. Feinberg (right), dean of Talbot Theological Seminary, meet with a recent Campus speaker, Dr. Cornelius Van Til. THE PROOF OF LOVE One is not hard pressed to find evi­ dences of hatred in the world. When it comes to love, however, the genuine flower of this Christian grace seldom blossoms in individual hearts. Two lit­ tle girls had just come home from Sunday school. The text had been on the subject of loving one another. The conversation switched to their school teacher and one complained, “Why, she’s so crabb y , no one could get a long with her. She’s more bitter than the sourest lemon. I just hate her!’’ Her friend piously admonished, “But don’t you remember in Sunday school we learned that we should love everyone?” The first little girl shrugged her shoulders as if to say it didn’t count and declared, “Huh, she wasn’t even bom when that was written.” The Word of God asks the penetrating question, What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say he “has faith” if his actions do not correspond with it. Could that sort of faith save anyone’s soul? I f a fellow man or wo­ man has no clothes to wear and noth­ ing to eat, and one of you says, “Good luck to you; I hope you keep warm and find enough to eat,” and yet give them nothing to meet their physical needs, what on earth is the good of that? Yet that is exactly what a bare faith without a corresponding life is like, useless and dead. We sing and talk about love, but do we always ex­ hibit the true and sincere manifesta­ tion of it in our daily lives ? “And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (I Corinthians 13:13). S

O NE OF the greatest joys of my life has been in taking a pas­ sage of Scripture, which may be ob­ scure and confusing, and explaining it with the help of the Holy Spirit. Everything in the Bible is like every­ thing in your body. There is a use for each portion. Though we may not understand it to start with, God does reveal His truth in a wonderful man­ ner. For instance, take the Scripture, “At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.” This is found in I Chronicles 26:18. It re­ fers to a house called Parbar which was located on the west side of the temple. Connecting Parbar and the temple there was a runway (cause­ way) which enabled the priest to move to Parbar which was his rest house. This was a place of relaxation where the priest went- after he had offered sacrifices. There were heayy parts of the animals which had to be placed on the altar and he needed a time for physical refreshment. Now, God is telling us several things here. Even as the priests need­ ed rest, so too, God has ordained that we should rest in Him. In the case of Parbar, porters were provided for assistance. On the porters’ side, God knew nobody would ever see them. Few people care anything about these workers; they never make the front page of the newspapers. They were common ordinary laborers. The Lord, however, took care of them. He saw to it that they were rewarded. He gives them a specific job. The Lord placed four of them in the long runway. Then, since they were needed the least in the rest house, He only put two there. Our lesson is that if we want to learn something about the Lord and to grow in His grace, you will seek a

place to serve. So go to your lovely Lord. He will put you in the place He sees your talents can be most greatly used. He will plant you someplace in the harvest fields. I t may be in Africa or in the slums of New York. He will put you where the need is greatest and where He sees you can supply that need. As another example of interesting Scripture, consider th e miraculous handwriting on the Wall in Daniel’s day. When Belshazzar saw that, it gave him a “nervous spell.” He knew it didn’t have anything good to say about him. He had been living a wick­ ed life. But why does it say the fingers of a man’s hand wrote the words? Because this is all God ever uses in writing for us. He does the thinking and the arranging of the words. Man’s finger holding the pen is all He needs. The words were written, “Mene Mene Tekel Ufarsin.” None of the astrologers or “wise” men of the king­ dom could say what that phrase meant. Daniel was not at the king’s sinful orgy. Christians today won’t go to that kind of place. So Belshazzar sent out to find him. But when Daniel interpreted what was on the wall he changed the last word. He didn’t inter­ pret “Ufarsin” ; he said “Peres.” Why did he do this? When the message was divinely inscribed, Darius, with his army, was outside the city of Babylon. But by the time Daniel had arrived to interpret the message, some time had elapsed and the kingdom was being destroyed. The river which flowed through the city had been di­ verted in a strategic military move. The armies marched in under th e gates right down through the river bed and the supposed invincible city was lost‘to the invaders. Daniel couldn’t say, “Thy kingdom shall be -taken away from thee and 6

the crops, I will bless the ground and make the crops grow.” The heathen never did that. They took a kid, stewed it in the mother’s milk, then added some water to have volume, and sprinkled the result over their ground. They foolishly thought this would make the crops better. The Lord says, “Don’t use the heathen’s methods in your work. Don’t take the ways of the world to make these things prosper. The Holy Spirit will make the Word effective and the Holy Spirit will make your work profitable. The church erroneously has adopted many of the world’s ways to raise money or to get members. The ways of the world may be fine for their things, but con­ cerning the things of God we must seek the guidance of the Spirit of God. Let us consider one other passage. Remember the napkin that was around Jesus’ head? When He arose, it was wrapped together and was lying in a place by itself. Why was a fact like this put in the Bible? There must be something to learn from this. Mary wanted to hold on to Jesus in the garden. He said, “Touch me not, Mary, I haven’t ascended yet unto my Father.” About an hour later, how­ ever, she did hold Him by the feet. Why was it that in the garden she couldn’t touch Him, while on the way to Jersualem she could? Here is the tru th : in the garden she wanted to hold Him in order to keep Him from leaving her. The napkin about His head represents Christ as the head of the church and the Leader of God’s people. He had to leave the Body (the church is the body) and go back to heaven. As this napkin was wrapped together in a place by itself, separated from the rest of the body, it revealed that Christ wanted His disciples to know that He was going to be sepa­ rated from them, too. So, in these various passages we see some precious truths to learn and then to appropriate to our own hearts and souls. If you do that, you will be surprised at the blessings you will re­ ceive as you rejoice in the things of God. 7

given to another.” It had already happened in the intervening hours. The king promised Daniel, “If you interpret that, I’ll make you the third ruler in the kingdom.” But the Bible tells us that Darius made him the first ruler in the kingdom. It always pays to walk with God and to do God’s will. When the world would give you third place, God will give you first. God, In His grace, reveals what is going to happen in the future. We decide in this world where we are going. One doesn’t die and find out after death where he is going. When the sinner dies he is taken right into eternity or outer darkness. When a Christian dies he is taken straight to heaven where he is forevermore with the Lord. We, too, are weighed in. the balances and found wanting. When we accept the Lord Jesus Christ into- our hearts the scales tip the other way. Another interesting Scripture is found in Deuteronomy and Exodus concerning God’s c om m a n dm e n t, “Thou shalt not seethe (or stew) a kid in his mother’s milk.” The Israel­ ites were told this three times so it must be very important. There must be a wonderful meaning or the Holy Spirit wouldn’t have put it in the Bible. The phrase occurs twice in Exodus and once in Deuteronomy. The milk should have been used to make the baby animal into a strong crea­ ture. Instead of that the milk was used to destroy the kid. God is saying to us, “Don’t take the things the Lord gives you for con­ structive purposes and use them for destructive purposes.” There are some people who take lovely truths, like the coming of our Lord, or the Lord’s Supper, or consecration, or sanctifica­ tion, or the gift of the Spirit, or the keeping of the Sabbath, and use these precious thoughts to destroy the church, to split up families and churches. Everything the Lord gives us in His Word is for our blessing and good. I believe there is still another mean­ ing to the passage. In another Scrip­ ture we read, “If you will let me bless

WHEN I MET THE MASTER I had walked life's way with an easy tread, Had followed where comforts and pleasures led; Until one day in a quiet place I met my Master, face to face. I had builded my castles, had reared them high With their tops had pierced the blue of the sky; I had sworn to rule with an iron mace Till I met the Master face to face. With station and rank and wealth as my goal Much thought for my body and none for my soul; I had entered to win in life's mad race When I met the Master face to face. I met Him and knew Him and blushed to see That His eyes full of sorrow were fixed on me; And I faltered and fell at His feet that day, While my castles melted and vanished away. Melted and vanished and in their place Naught else did I see but the Mas­ ter's face. And I cried aloud, " 0 make me meet To follow the steps of thy wounded feet." My "thoughts are now for the souls of men I have lost my life to find it again E'er since one day— in a quiet place I met the Master face to face. THE REAPER Let me labor in Thy harvest More than ever in the past, Reaping in what Thou hast planted, Till I dwell with Thee at last; That before Thy throne eternal I may have some fruit to bring, Not my work— the fruit of Calvary, All Thine own, my Lord and King.

ENCOURAGEMENT We cannot judge by what we see, I can't judge you, you can't judge me. Because I smile and hide my pain and seem day after day the same, It doesn't mean that I go through life, without sorrow, care or strife; I've learned to hide them in my heart and to keep my sorrow there apart. There's sorrow for us all, dear one, yours may not be as hard as some; We cannot see into the heart, it may be bleeding, it may smart. It may be behind that smile so bright, that tears flow freely through the night; But just a word of friendly cheer, may lift the load or dry a tear. No matter how our heart may ache, let's hide our grief for other's sake And point to Him who gives us grace to wear that smile upon, our face. The Man of Sorrows, acquainted with grief, will bring such blessed, sweet relief. And we'll awaken some glad day to find our clouds all blown away. IN HIS HANDS In the center of the circle Of the love of God I stand, There can be no "second causes," All must come from His dear hands; All is well, for is it not M y Father who my life hath plan­ ned? Shall I pass through waves of sorrow? Then I know it will be best; Though I cannot tell the reasons, I can trust, and so am blest; God is love, and God is faithful, So in perfect peace I rest. With the shade and with the sun­ shine, With the joy and with the pain, God, I trust Thee! both are needed, Me, Thy wayward child to train, Earthly loss) did we but know it, Often means our heavenly gain.

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The Secret o f Spiritual Beauty

by DR. RALPH L. KEIPER

B eauty has always been a subject which has occupied the interest and concern of women down through the ages. There are a number of firms which have made vast sums on mer­

chandising supposed “secret” formula beauty treatments. The Bible gives us some wonderful spiritual secrets to beauty which are often overlooked or forgotten. Scrip- 9

ture frequently refers to this subject both in the Old and New Testaments. Our Lord Jesus Christ is spoken of LIFE'S PIECES God's thoughts are above knowledge, He moves in mysterious ways To work out eternity's purpose Through time's short procession of days. While some lives seem favored by fortune. With others misfortune increases, Yet with every life plan that is broken, God knows what to do with the pieces. Fond hopes bloom but for a day, Ambition may flow but soon fade, Joy frequently turns into sorrow And life makes us doubtful, afraid. When a rainbow appears on the storm cloud And our doubting and questioning ceases. Then we know that although life may break us, God knows what to do with the pieces. God can make the four walls of a sick room, Hold sunshine along with the pain, And the spirit within broken bodies inspired again and again. Nature compensates for her short­ ings, Making up for her lack and decreases; God can take a life shattered, crushed, broken And make heaven inhabit the pieces. It takes faith, vision and will-power To determine the state of a soul, In spite of convictions and courage, One sometimes comes short of the goal; But no matter what have been our failures. Our faith in the future increases. When we let God take over our trou­ bles, For He knows what to do with the pieces. as “the Rose of Sharon,” “the Lily of the Valley,” and “the Bright and Morning Star.” Paul admonishes us

that we “may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things” (Titus 2:10). It is up to the believer, by his exemplary life, to make the teaching of the Lord Jesus and the presenta­ tion of the Gospel something beauti­ ful to behold. The word “adorn” comes from the millinery trade. It is as though one were to decorate a hat in order to make the wearer look beautiful. One of the large women’s publica­ tions pointed out quite clearly that no female in America is naturally beautiful. For this reason the bur­ geoning cosmetic industry is constant­ ly surging forward. In the spiritual realm it is also true that there is no woman in America who is beautiful apart from the robes of Christ’s right­ eousness. Have you ever stopped to consider the special emphasis of Romans 12:1 and 2 where Paul says, “I beseech you therefore brethren (as well as sis­ ters) , by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed ot this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” The question I want to an­ swer is how can we have the super­ natural beauty of God. The first step is to decide if you really want to be beautiful. There is a difference, too, between desire and having the will to carry it through to a successful conclusion. When people discover there is a price that has to be paid, such as in dieting and exercising, they do not have the will to carry out their fondest desires. God is very definite in'H is Word. If we are to have His spiritual beauty, we must meet His conditions. In Ephesians 1 :7 we read, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” The word “re­ demption” is interesting since it lit­ erally means “a release,” “a freeing from.” One purpose of Christ’s death was simply to free us from ourselves.

We are our worst slaves. We have chained ourselves by our negative thoughts. Again and again we have said, “Well I’d like to do this, but I’m not able! I can understand how a woman without Christ would make this statement, but those of you who know the Lord Jesus should never be guilty of negative thinking. In the Lord Jesus Christ you have been set free. This is what is meant in Romans 8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Are you really born again? Do you know yourself to be set free from your past, your worries, the many varied things that may taunt you? This is the beginning of real spiritual beauty. My wife gave me an article from a woman’s magazine written by Lily Dache, the famous dress designer. She didn’t give it to me because I am particularly interested in styles, but because the writer declared that the secret of real beauty is not outward but rather inward. It has to do with the state of the soul. This is so very true for before you can dress properly on the outside, you must dress pro­ perly on the inside. The way to do this is to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal Saviour. God says that we will not come into judgment. That word “judgment” is very interesting in the light of our study. From it we get “crisis.” When a person is properly dressed for a given occasion he will not suffer any crisis experience. There is a day com­ ing when you and I are going to stand before Almighty God. We need to be properly attired. You begin your spir­ itual beauty quest if you have first come to know Him whom to know is life eternal.

THE KILLER PLANT In South America there is a very strange vine known as the “matador.” Beginning at the foot of a tree it will slowly make its way to the top. As it grows it kills every semblance of life. Finally, when it reaches the highest branch, it sends forth a flower which almost seems to crown'itself in mock­ ery as the victor. “Matador” means “killer.” Certainly there could be no better description of the sin of jeal­ ousy than the matador vine. It may appear harmless while small, but if allowed to grow, its tendrils of malice and hatred soon clasp themselves around the heart to the ruination of the soul. Finally, as a funeral wreath, it blossoms forth in complete destruc­ tion at the peak of life leaving only bitterness and defeat. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who has power to conquer this or any other sin in your life. Wherefore, “I f we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” TODAY'S MISSIONARIES One of the leaders of a large faith mission board was asked, “Are there any ‘short cuts’ in getting mission­ aries out to the field?” In view of the tremendous pressures facing us on every hand, he replied, “There are no ‘short cuts.’ As much as we need missionaries, with the dreaded rising tide of nationalism and communism, there are no ‘short cuts.’ Our candi­ dates must have academic training in some recognized Bible institute or college.” This demand is re-echoed by all of the various mission boards. We must have young people who are trained to teach others also the un­ searchable riches of Christ. Biola has carried on this main purpose since its founding in 1908. Your gifts en­ able us to send forth the message of Christ around the w o rld through Christ-dedicated young men and wom­ en. The one you help could be another D. L. Moody, Hudson Taylor, David Brainard, or Adoniram Judson in shaking the world for Christ. 11

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A S you t h in k about spiritual beau­ ty, ask yourself, “Whom would I like to be?” This is logical for we all need an example or pattern. Fash­ ions generally follow certain trends. If this is so in physical matters, how much truer is it of spiritual values ? Who is the one who sets the pace for your spiritual beauty? The only prac­ tical answer must be the Lord Jesus Christ. We should seek to emulate His beauty. The essence of that beauty is expressed in the holiness of life which is ours to live. John knew the practical value of this truth as he gave the personal testimony, “He must increase but I must decrease.” The word “increase” literally means “He must grow,” “He must be aug­ mented,” “He must become abund­ ant.” On the other hand John says, “I must become smaller and smaller.” This is the perfect prescription. No doubt most of our readers know the Lord Jesus Christ well. The next thing is, have you really decided to allow Him to increase in your life so that self becomes less and less. How nec­ essary it is to make a decision as to whom we are going to serve. One day in speaking to His disci­ ples, Christ presented to them a par­ able. He told them, “No man can serve (be a slave to) two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other” (Matthew 24:6). If we are to follow the quest for spiritual beauty, we must make a basic decision to do the one needful thing. In our home, my. wife and I are greatly interested in diets. I think we have about 20 books on the sub­ ject. Reading these books are no strain on either of us; we can readily un­ derstand them. We both agree that we will go on a diet. Then 11:00 p.m. comes. We listen to the news and before retiring, I say, “Darling, I’m hungry.” She doesn’t tell me, “Go read the diet book.” She says, “What would you like?” I may ask in return, “Are you- going to have anything?” She encourages me with “Of course, if you are.” So we both proceed to

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the ice box. We were enthused at 8 :00 p.m. after dinner, but back again in our old ways at eleven. Isn’t this the trouble with us spiritually, too? It is BEGINNING AGAIN I wish that there were some wonder­ ful place called, "The Land of Beginning Again," Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches and all our poor, selfish grief Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door and never be put on again. I wish we could come on it all un­ awares like the hunter who finds a lost trail. And 1 wish that the one to whom our blindness had done the greatest injustice of all, Could be at the gates like an old friend that waits for the comrade he's gladdest to hale. We would all find the things we in­ tended to do but forget and re­ membered too late, Like praises unspoken, little promises broken, and all the thousand and one little Duties neglected that might have brightened -the day for one less fortunate. It wouldn't be possible not to be kind in the land of beginning again and the ones We misjudged and the ones whom we grudged their moments of vic­ tory here would find In the grasp of our loving handclasp more than penitent lips could explain. For what had been hardest we know had been best and what had seemed lost would be gain. For there is not a sting that will not wing when we've faced it and laughed it away; And I think that the laughter is most what we're after in the land of beginning again. necessary to make a decision and then to stick by the choice. In Philippians 2:7 and 8 Paul re-

Dr. Everett S. Graffam (right), execu­ tive director of the Evangelical Founda­ tion, Philadelphia, congratulates Dr. Ralph L. Keiper, the organization’s re­ search director. cords the discipline of the Lord Jesus who realized the mission for which He had come into the world. Many times He had the opportunity for dis­ traction and Satan tempted Him in every way like as we are tempted. He hewed to the line and didn’t move an inch. “But He made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled him­ self, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” But is it possible for us to be obedient in life; to emulate the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ? He did the dying that you and I might do the living. We must die to ourselves to become alive to His will. We must come to the point spiritually where we will say, “This I am going to do and I am going to do it now!” Once we have made this decision then we are in a place where God truly can bless us. He will bless us with that superna­ tural beauty, which we all should seek. The renewing of our minds is a day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment process. We can be trans­ formed with His beauty, but we must allow Him to lead us step by step. We must take our cross daily and follow Him! 13

A Penny fo r Your Thoughts by Dr. Ralph L. Keiper

H OW often have you heard a phrase like, “A Penny for y o u r thoughts?” The Bible tells us that as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Our facial expressions give an adver­ tisement as to what our heart is really like. Many times, the reason for our apparent ugliness is not because we lack the ability to be beautiful but simply because we are thinking the wrong thoughts. In I John 2:15 we read, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not

in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” What does God mean by the word “world?” It is a world of meanness, nastiness, and base desires. As far as “lust” is concerned, it does not nec­ essarily mean that which is immoral, but refers to one’s desires or wishes. Unfortunately, many good words, by a popular usage, are dragged down into the’ dirt and spoiled. There are certain desires which the flesh or the natural man has. The Spirit tells us 14

soever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report! if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Many of us need to have a real mental houseclean­ ing. If you and I harbor thoughts which are false and untrue then we will not be in a position where we can know the spiritual beauty of the Lord Jesus. Whatsoever things are honest. If we are living a life of dishonesty, cheating, cutting corners, being un­ fair, then cosmetics will never cover the ugliness that we portray. If we are unjust or unfair, not on the level; if we are snobbish, then the true beau­ ty of the Lord Jesus Christ will never be reflected in our persons. If our thought lives are impure and we har­ bor dirty stories and immoral jokes, our private lives give us away. What about the things that are lovely? Are you thinking upon mean, contemptible things? Are you think­ ing as to how you can get back at someone who has been unkind and unjust to you? The the Bible says, “Whatsoever things are of good re­ port.” Do you pass along good words or are you prone to spread gossip? These cause spiritual blemishes. In this way there can never be spiritual beauty. The way you think will de­ termine the state of your beauty and loveliness. How wonderful it is that God is on our side and that He will help us to clean house mentally. May we have that type of mind which will enable us to reflect His beauty. Biola Head Librarian Dr. Arnold D. Ehlert (left), looks over new volume with Biola Book Room Manager J. F. Wiens in Campus store.

that we are not to be seeking to please ourselves. We are not to be selfish or egotistical. We are not to assume that everybody must revolve around us. There are many people who are ugly, mean and contemptible simply SUNDAY SCHOOL A little girl with shining eyes . . . her face aglow, Said: "Daddy, it is almost time for Sunday school. Let's go! They teach us there of Jesus7 love of how He died for all, Upon the cruel cross to save those who on Him will call.7 "Oh, no,7 said Daddy, "Not today. I7ve worked hard all week, And I must have one day of rest, l7m going to the creek, For there I can relax and rest, and fishing's fine, they say. So run along; why not just play, we71 go to church some day! Months and years have passed away but Daddy hears that plea no more; "Let's go to Sunday school," those childish days are o'er. And now that Daddy's growing old, when life is almost through He finds time to go to church, but what does daughter do? She says: "Oh Daddy, not today . . . I stayed up almost all night And I've just got to get some sleep, besides, I look a fright." Then Daddy lifts his trembling hand to brush away the tears, As again he hears the pleading voice distinctly through the years. He sees a small girl's shining face up­ turned with eyes aglow, As she says, "It's time for Sunday school . . . please Daddy, Won't you go?" because of their own selfishness. The remedy is given in Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are hon­ est, whatsoever things are just, what­

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ON THE LEVEL by Dr. Ralph L. Ketper

I N order to know how to gauge and improve our spiritual beauty we need a practical guide or text book to follow. One very vital portion with­ in the Bible is Proverbs. In chapter 6 verse 22 we read, “When thou goest, it (the Word) shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.” Notice the verbs “go,” “sleep,” and “awake.” Every phase of our life is covered here. All of us travel every day, from New York to Los Angeles, from one room to another, or from one idea to another. The Lord God wants to lead us. The only provision is that we must be willing to be led. The Psalm­ ist gave testimony of the Lord, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye.” The true child of God never needs to be ignor­ ant about spiritual matters. We are not the victims of superstition or spiritual darkness. We have been re­ deemed that we might be filled with the knowledge of God. No wonder Paul testified, “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have com­ mitted unto him against that day.” Some time ago I was invited into a home of a famous preacher. During the course of the dinner I noticed that the children were very polite. When my water glass was empty one of them filled it. When my bread was gone, one wanted to get me another piece. Another saw to it that I had

enough on my plate at all times. Af­ ter dinner and the children had gone to play, I remarked to my friend about his interesting children. I wanted to know how they had been trained. He responded by telling me that before company comes they always have a “briefing” session. “I say to the chil­ dren, ‘Now what I want you to do is to watch my eye. If I’m looking at our guest’s water glass, then offer him some water. If I look at the bread plate, offer him some bread. If I’m looking at his plate, be ready to pass him some additional food.’ We have trained the children to have their eyes watching my eye. I guide them that way.” But someone may immediately ask, “How may we follow God’s eye? In Psalm 5:8 we read, “Lead me, 0 Lord, in Thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight be­ fore my face.” David brings to us the importance of Bible study. He points out that it is not a means whereby we are to change the world but a purpose whereby the Bible is to change us. The word “righteousness” is inter­ esting. It means “to be on the level.” In classical Greek this word might well be used for the instrument a carpenter uses when he wants to square one piece of wood against an­ other. David knew the greatest thing he had to learn was to be on the level with God. You and I must learn this secret too if we are to "have His spir­ itual beauty and blessings. There is 16

never anything wrong with the\ paths of God. They may appear to be crooked to us but it is just an appearance. It is really we who are crooked. We need to be straightened out. In Psalms 139:23 and 24 we read, “Search me, 0 God, and know my hea rt: try me and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way ever- BEFORE I SLEEP TONIGHT Before I sleep tonight, I must review the day; If I have erred in any wise, for God's forgiveness pray. I must be clean in His pure sight before I sleep tonight. Before I sleep tonight, I must lift up mine eyes To heaver» in fervent gratitude my evening sacrifice. For His kind care since dawning light, before I sleep tonight. Before I sleep tonight, I must not fail to pray For those I bear upon my heart, if near or far away. Their names, their needs, to God recite before I sleep tonight. Before I sleep tonight, I need bethink me well, I'm nearer home by one day's march, how near I cannot tell. Then pray that all within me right before I sleep tonight. Before I sleep tonight, .so like that other sleep, I will entrust myself to Him, my faith­ ful Lord to keep. To waken here or in that light where never cometh night. lasting.” Can you and I pray that prayer today and really mean it? What are you thinking just now as you read these lines? Can you ask God to try you so that you will do that which is pleasing in His sight? We can avoid spiritual ugliness if we are willing to be led in the way everlasting.

Biola Students Work In L.A. Hospital zi 1 V W f W m I mm m Miss Eunice Jones, R.N., Biola Clinical Instructor with School of Missionary Medicine students Joanne Groothius of Sumas, Washington, and Lester Ichinaga How clever the devil is in seeking to get men to make had bargains. When the tomb of Charlemagne was opened more than 250 years ago, his embalmed corpse was found ' sitting stiff and stark upon a marble slab. Clothed in his full kingly raiment, a jeweled scepter still clutched in one of his bony hands, there was a portion of the New Testament on his lap. His dead, shrunken fingers pointed omi­ nously to a familiar verse of Scrip­ ture. Can you think which one it would be? The awesome words were, "What shall it profit a man if he shaU gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” How many men there are today who make the same mistake. Their only motive in life is to get more of this world’s possessions while forfeit­ ing the treasures of eternity. The worst bargain anyone can make is to lose one’s never dying soul in exchange for a few grubby nickles from this earth. Hear the Lord’s solemn warn­ ing, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.” "The world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” 17 IIP ¡ p r ■ m h B f M of Pixley, California. A POOR BARGAIN

ing of the passage under discussion and to justify the approach we have taken, “New Values for Old.” A CAUTIOUS JOY (w . 1-4) Paul appears on the point of closing his letter with a song of joy. “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord” (Phil. 3:1 ASV). The fact that he continues to write almost as much beyond the word “finally” as he had written before it indicates the free and informal nature of the note of thanks he had intended to write from the first. “Finally, my breth­ ren” means about what it means when some preachers use it in the middle of their discourse. Its tem­ poral quality is not to be taken too seriously! “To keep on writing the same thing to you,” Paul says, “for me is not tedious (in the least), and for you it is safe” (v. 1). Westcott and Hort, in their edition of the Greek text, indicate the break which occurs at this point by closing the brief para­ graph with a dash. His song of joy ceases as abruptly as the song of a bird that has suddenly seen the shad­ ow of a circling hawk. When Paul thinks of their safety, he thinks of their danger also, and interrupts his song to deal with that danger in caustic words of caution. Verse 2 warns against the false teachings of the Judaizers, whereas verse 3 points out the true position of the Christian. There is a cumulative effect in this repetition. Paul says, “Beware . . . beware .. . . beware,” as though he would build a threefold bar­ rier to keep the believer on the high­ way of truth. The danger against which he gives this sharp caution, however, is the danger of being at­ tacked rather than that of turning from the truth. The vicious nature of the enemy is revealed in the words “dogs,” “evil- workers,” and “concision.” If these terms seem strong one must remem­ ber how Paul had suffered from his adversaries among the Jews who in­ sisted with such vehemence that it was necessary for believers to as­ sume the burden of Jewish legalism 18

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H erring , the river of joy that flows through the book of Philippians, is fed by many tributaries. There are two main sources, however, which lie high up in the snow-clad heavenlies. One source, as we have seen, is the thrill of continuous triumph, the ex­ ultation of being more than conqueror through the unspeakable privilege of hardships and sufferings. The' oth­ er main source of joy is found in the third chapter of Philippians, into which we are now entering. It is the thrill of possessing life’s greatest treasure. Like the pearl of great price, the very excellence of this treasure calls for a complete re- evaluation of all things once cher­ ished. There is nothing static, how­ ever, in the enjoyment of this posses­ sion as the figure of the pearl and as the complacent attitude of some Chris­ tians might suggest. The joy of gain­ ing Christ unfolds, rather, as a holy quest. The joy section of the letter (Phil. 1:12 to 3:21) merges with the peace section described in Philippians 4. However, Philippians 3:1 and Philip­ pians 4:4, by their familiar and joy­ ous refrain, seem in a general way to mark the logical beginning and end­

along with their responsibilities as Christians. Paul recognized the mal­ ice which prompted these “evil work­ ers.” He called them “dogs” partly be­ cause from time immemorial that had been a term of contempt among the Jews and partly because it was so de­ scriptive of the way they worked, snarling and snapping at his heels or attacking his converts whenever his back was turned. The translators have made a fairly successful effort to bring over Paul’s play on words by the use of “concision.” So intent were these Judaizers on this knifing busi­ ness that they mutilated entirely the meaning which lay in the Jewish rite of circumcision. The church at Phi­ lippi apparently had suffered less than others from these enemies of Paul, but the threat was ever present, and they would do well to heed his cau­ tion. Vine, “in striking contrast to these false teachers, Paul asserts his own position. He includes the Philippians with himself in the use of the pro­ noun Sve,’ which stands for empha­ sis at the beginning of the sentence (v. 3). ‘We are the (true) circumci­ sion who serve in God’s spirit and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no reliance on flesh—though for my part I could beat them at their own game even there!’ All that is fine and true in Judaism — or any other religion for that matter — is found in its noblest form in the gos­ pel of Jesus. The fact is that Paul fulfilled his noblest heritage as a Jew by becoming a Christian if his adver­ saries could only have seen it. “But they were blind to spiritual values. They wanted to make a good showing before others so that they could boast in appearance and numbers. Paul’s words of caution should put us on guard against those whose glorying in the flesh in­ flates the ego. We must remember that glorying is directional (Rom. 4:2). The direction in w h ic h it points will reveal whether it stems from the flesh or from the Spirit. Paul’s sharp caution is needed today

that our boasting may be such as to point men to Jesus and not to our­ selves.” REVISED ESTIMATES OF WORTH (w . 5-16) The finest protection which life af­ fords is a true sense of values. Real­ izing that caution against certain dangers amounts to little unless one is equipped to meet them, Paul pro­ ceeds in the paragraph before us to present Christ as the criterion by which all values are to be deter­ mined. In sacred intimacy he opens up his own heart-life to let us see the delicate processes of discernment whereby supreme worth becomes his motivation in the quest of life. The key word, occurring three times in verses 7 and 8, is the word “count.” The picture in the Greek verb so translated is that of some­ thing standing foremost after a con­ sidered estimate has been made. Our English word “count,” close kin to “compute,” serves admirably to bring this idea into the workaday world with which we are familiar. After all, the success of any business is de­ termined by the values which are ex­ changed across the “counter,” and to this principle, Paul says, the business of living is no exception. Jesus gives to life a higher meaning than can be found elsewhere. Every experience yields surpassing value when inter­ preted by him as the standard. Paul’s own life had been immeasur­ ably enriched by this discovery which he longs to share with others. THINGS IN THE PAST (vv. 5-7 Paul had this advantage over the Judaizers. He could meet them on their own footing and prove from his own experience as a Jew the supe­ riority of a life that recognized Jesus as the Messiah and grace as the fulfil­ ment of the law. He set down in cal­ culated order the values held supreme by their standards: the values which were his by right of birth (“circum­ cised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a (continued t>n page 34)' 19

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