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Family Circle [Continued from page 355]
HELPS fo r “Treachers a n d Teachers B y P a u l P r i c :
Robert H. Bender, whose home-going in May was felt keenly by friends in America and San Salvador, was for years in charge of the work which the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles sponsored among Mexicans in Los Angeles. He was able, however, to return to San Salvador for the closing period of his earthly service. To Mr. Bender’s son in Colorado Springs, Colo., native Christians and missionaries from the station wrote moving testimonies of the blessing they had received from watching the life of this devoted servant of the Lord. The first detailed account received was from Israel Santamaria, who was his companion for the past four years, and who lived with Mr. Bender and minis tered to him to the end. The letter be gins : “Very estimable Don David Bender: I believe it my Christian duty to participate all the details concerning your beloved father, since I am his companion and friend, and as Don Roberto said, ‘that I was his third child’ since our intimacy was so very great- I have lived with him four years, and never in that time have we ever had any quarrels, but rather we were united in everything; only death has sepa rated us forever, on this earth. I tell you, Don David, that I loved Don Roberto; it is no lie, but as sure as there is a God in the skies. In spite of the love for my mother, I loved Don Roberto more, because he was my comfort when something troub led me, and I would tell it to him, all would be well, and I would say within myself, ‘How deep is the love, how pure, and clean, that of a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.’” A missionary wrote : “Mr. Bender was practically the first mis sionary in the Republic of Salvador.” Mr. Bender’s son, R. David Bender, re quests prayer that the Lord may thrust him forth to serve in the work his father has left. Married Allen Backer, ’33, to Elizabeth Renich, July 19, Yakima, Wash. David Doerksen, ’27, to Ruth Dunn, ’33, August 7, Rutshuru, Congo Beige, E. Africa. They are stationed at Sake, Coster- mansville, Lake Kivu, Congo Beige, via Dar-es-Salaam, E. Africa. Born To Eugene A. (’28) and Mrs. Crapu- chettes (Winifred Kopp, ’28) a daughter, Marie Jeannette, May 20, Anshun, Kwei chow, China. To G. and Mrs. Gregg (Martha Kopp, ’31) a daughter, Mary Ruth, July 11, Yakima, Wash. To P. A. and Mrs. Koslowsky (Kather ine Loewen, ’23), a daughter, Helen Kath erine, August 6, Frazer, Mont. To Eldon L. (’25) and Mrs. Peterson (Gwendolyn Beach), a son, Howard Beach, June 29, Portland, Ore. With the Lord Robert H. Bender, serving the Lord under the Central American Mission in San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, was called Home on May 23, after a series of severe heart attacks. Irving J. Hazelton, ’22, died July 6, Placerville, Calif. In the years since his graduation from'the Institute, Mr. Hazel- ton has been engaged in full-time Christian work. His service has included American Sunday School Union work and preaching in various communities.
The D eity of Christ R omans 9:5
Our Anchor H ebrews 6:19, 20
The real subject of this passage of Scrip ture is “The Possession of the Christian,” namely, his hope. And it is the hope of entering into God’s rest, of which the writer is speaking. I. That Hope is Characterized—An Anchor. II. That Hope is Described. 1. It is sure. 2. It is steadfast. 3. It is entering—actively, aggres sively, actually, attainingly. III. That Hope is Centered upon Our Forerunner. Note the double figure: 1. Of fugitives fleeing (cf. vs. 18 and 20) into a city of refuge, and sending a Forerunner ahead to prepare against their arrival. 2. Of our High Priest entering the Holy of Holies to make atonement for our sins. God's Word as the Sword of th e Spirit H ebrews 4:12 I. The Character of God’s Word. 1. God’s Word lives. 2. God’s Word is powerful. 3. God’s Word is sharp. 4. God’s Word penetrates. II. The Field of Operation of- God’s Word-—The Human Heart. 1. That field is not the mere field of human society as such. 2. It is the field of human con sciences. III. The Revelation of God’s Word. God’s Word gives: 1. Objective revelations of God, man, sin, salvation, eternity. 2. Subjective revelations. a. Inward irregularity. b. Unbelief. IV. The Unrestricted Revelation of God’s Word. It is of inward revelations that this verse speaks especially. It tells us that God’s Word reveals unbelief regardless of : 1. In whom it may be found. 2. In what form it may appear. 3. How deeply it may be seated. 4. How cleverly disguised it may be. 5. How long-standing it has been. C leansing from Sin (A topical sermon outline by Dr. John Owen, a great Puritan preacher of three centuries ago.) I. The Efficient Cause of the Cleansing from Sin Is the Holy Spirit. II. The Meritorious Cause o f the Cleans ing from Sin Is the Blood of Christ. III. The Instrumental Cause of the Cleansing from Sin. 1. Faith, directly and internally. 2. Affliction, externally and occa sionally.
Men who refuse to believe in the essen tial deity of Christ—Unitarians, Socin- ians, Russellites, Christadelphians, Jews, and a host of others—are constantly claim ing that the Bible nowhere declares Jesus Christ to be God. Against such people it is often useless to employ the many fa miliar texts that rush to mind immediately. They explain them all away by assigning lesser meanings to them than fair-minded men allow. Especially are they fond of telling us that the title of “only begotten Son of God” speaks only of a close spirit ual relationship between Jesus and God, but does not declare Jesus Himself to be very God. Of course, they are wrong and sinfully so, but it is another matter to con vince them of it. However, Romans 9:5—“Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen”— is sufficient to silence the objector imme diately. To get rid of that text (and we have a host of others like it), unbelievers must prove: 1. That it was never in the original manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, or, 2. That it does not speak of Christ, or, 3. That it does not mean what it plainly says, or, 4. That the Bible itself is not to be be lieved. Not one of those propositions is tenable. Usually unbelievers cleave to the last one. They are driven to it by relentless logic. But they are driven to it only to find that the Bible has proved itself over and again to be the reliable Word of God. On the other hand, the Christian points out, concerning Romans 9 :5 : 1. That it comes at the climax of this mighty Epistle. Paul, having climbed to a towering height, shouts with trumpet voice that Jesus Christ is God over all, blessed forever. 2. That Paul speaks this truth particu larly to the Jews. 3. That the text speaks of Jesus, em ploying His Messianic name and title, Christ. 4. That the text very definitely says that Jesus is God. 5. That the word “God,” as employed in this text, cannot be emasculated and robbed of its meaning. Rather is it pushed upward to its very fullest meaning. a. It is of God in His sovereign capacity of reigning over the vast universe, that the word speaks. b. It is of God in His ineffable es sence as the One who is in and of Himself blessed forever, that it speaks. 6. That we are not to overlook the fact that Paul closes this remarkable statement of the deity of Christ with * the apostolic “Amen,” the dreadful signal for all men to pause and wor ship here. And the One to be wor shiped is “Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.”
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