ways say that Christ raised Himself from the grave when the Bible says that it was God who raised Him?” A. They would naturally say it be cause it is true. John 10:17, 18 gives us our Lord’s words, “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down, of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I re ceived of my Father.” With our finite minds we cannot understand the Trin ity, but here is a beautiful blending of both Father and Son. Q . Auberry, California — “Would you please explain Matthew 26:52?” A, The setting is when our Lord, in Gethsemane, was betrayed by treach erous Judas Iscariot. The verse pre ceding reads, “And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, anil drew his sword, and smote a servant of the high priest’s and smote off his ear.” Another Gos pel reveals that this was Peter. “Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” Here Christ is enunciating a vital principle. Time has certainly verified this basic fact. Acts of vio lence will usually end in deaths of a similar cause- of violence. The king dom of Christ doesn’t issue in that manner. It comes rather by preaching the truth. We do not need to resort to using the world’s methods. Q . Marysville, California — “When very young children declare they want Jesus to come into their hearts, how do we know that they are sincere?” A. We could only wish that adults would be as sincere as these little ones. A child will generally say ex actly what he thinks and believes. Those rare instances when a girl or a boy may not be sincere could be over looked in favor of the preponderance of the others. Take the individual at
tism is stressed, this will cause divi sion and destroy the main purpose in leading lost souls to a saving knowl edge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The purpose of our broadcast is to empha size salvation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Q . Fullerton, California — “Would you please explain I Corinthians 1:22 and 23.” A. These verses read, “For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling- block, and unto the Greeks foolish ness.” This letter was written to a church in Greece, in a community where the entire background was un savory. There were some immoral and unspeakable practices which were car ried on. Many of these people had come out of a very licentious and pagan background. The city itself took pride in its intellect, wisdom and un derstanding. These people looked down on the Gospel. God’s truth does not appeal to human pride. Paul puts it squarely before the believers, “I know the Jews seek a sign. They’re always looking for miracles.” On the other hand, for the people of Greece, it was wisdom which caught their fancy and imagination. Most of the philosophy being taught today had its origination from this culture. But the Apostle points out that Christianity isn’t run ning competition on either of these points. It is rather a Person and His specific work. Therefore, to a Jew, this immediately becomes a stum- blingblock. After all, considering the miracles, how could One who was cru cified exemplify the power of God—the One who had divided the Red Sea. As far as the Grecians, they would not appreciate God’s truth. Such a person doesn’t want to think of sin, guilt, and blame. Paul had heard all these argu ments. But the convincing proof is when Jews and Greeks do believe they find Him to be the very power and wisdom of God. Q . Dallas, Oregon— "Why do people al
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