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Bible Food for Preacher and Teacher
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In Heb. 10:1 we read that the Old-Tes tament ceremonies were but. “shadows of the góod things? to come.” Have you no ticed that this word “shadows”.is a meta phor taken from the art of the painter? It means “a charcoal sketch” and .thus a bare-ioutline. - The law was but the shadow of the Gospel realities we now jffnjoy. 4« * * The name “Bible” qame from the Greek "Biblia,” meaning “books” : so called be cause of a plant from which paper used to be made. The name “Bible” was used for whole Book first in the 4th century A.D. First used' in English in 1535. Not “The Bibles,” for the Bible is one Book, speak ing with ong voice:, 4: 4e 4c The word for “receive,” used in Mark 11:24, is :so translated 133 times. But 104 times it is rendered “take#/ It denotes the definite act of taking a thing asked •for. 4c 4c 4c When He had offered one' sacrifice for sins forever, our Lord “sat down.on thè right hand jg r God” (Heb. 10:12). God has done all that can be done to save the sinner. He now sits down and waits. He ..'has been willing to sit all these'centuries because He. cannot do your work and my work. Does the fact of His sitting bring you any-sense of your responsibility? 4c 4c 4« When Christ told Peter He must die, Peter, in his-mistaken concern, said, “Be it far from Thee, Lord,” or, as the M.R.V., “God have mercy on Thee”j or, as Bul- linger, “God be propitious, or favorable to Thee,” Peter wanted Christ tq .be, kept back from such a calamity as the cross, but that would have been the ca lamity qf- ajl calamities for us, for if He had not died we should have died forever. 4c 4= 4« The Old Testament opens with the gen erations of the , heavens and the earth. The New . opens with the generations of the New Man through whom there will be a new heaven and a new earth. Matthew presents Jesus as Messiah and Saviour; Mark as Servant of Man; Luke as Son of Man, and John as Son of God. 4c 4« 4c ■The word “ dispensation” in : Col. 1:25 means literally “a stewardship.” The min- isteii’s duty is to provide the household with the food of truth—not to hoard it. The word “fulfil” may be given: “unfold to the full” ^cf. Rom. 15:19). * * * The believer : Elect by the will of God —1 Pet. 1:2. Sheltered by the blood of the Son—1 Pet. 1:2. Begotten by the
resurrection of ChristSp Pet. 1 :3. Kept by the power of God—1 Pet. 1 :5. 4« 4« 4« The Hebrew and Greek words rendered “covenant” or “testament” mean in our language an arrangement, a settled order of things. The Hebrew word ( bereeth) has in it the idea of “cutting,” a reference to the custom of cutting, animals in two and passing the parts in ratification of an agreement (Gen. 15:9, 10, 17; Jer. 34: 18, 19). 4c 4« 4c Gen. 4:13, i-n, ,the R. V., reads as fo l lows: “And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater' than I can bear.” The marginal rendering in the Revision, gives us this form: “My iniquity is greater than can be forgiven.” Here,' in, this confession, would seem to be shown that lack of faith in God’s mercy which darkened and ruined the life of Csiin. 4« 4« 4« There is a seven-fold manifestation of Christ., In the Old Testament He appears the.angel of Jehovah.” In His incar nation He was “God with us.” In resur rection glory He was seen as Risen Lord. In His second coming He will appear as Bridegroom. In wrath. He will come as Judge. In His kingdom, He will be the King. In eternity, H e takes the position o f the Everlasting Sort. S e a r c h - l i g h t s FROM THE WORD B y Dr. G. Campbell Morgan (Permission Fleming H. Revell Co.) “Jesus . . . was moved with indigna tion" (Mark 10 :14). Mark, alone of the Evangelists, gives us thisjfrevealing touch in connection with this story of the . reception ’and blessing of the children. When we recite His words spoken on that occasion, the- tone of a great tenderness .almost invariably finds its way into our voices. And' that is natural, for the words are full of comfort for all those who love little children. It is, nevertheless, important for our warn ing, that we should never forget that when our Lord- uttered the words, He .was angry. He was moved with indigna tion that any of His disciples should so misunderstand Him as to endeavor to pre vent the children from getting to Him. There is no doubt whatever that these disciples, meant /veil. They were on their way ,to Jerusalem. They were quite un able to understand Him in all this, hut at least they knew that His mind- was occu pied with tremendous things, and they felt that He ought fiôt to be disturbed by children. , The story reminds us, then, that it is possible to mean well, and to do ill; and it gives us forevermore to understand the place which the children occupy in His heart. In any way to hinder them from getting to Him jsÇto- cause Him to be moved with indignation. Conversely—to help them to , Him, is to give Him Joy. The children are all about us, and so everywhere are opportunities for giving Him this joy. %*—----—--------------------------------- B I B L E B R I E F S * -- ------------ ----------------- -4 Have you noticed the two-fold work of Christ in 1 Jn. 1:9B, “He is faithful and just to forgive us -our- sins" —--this is through the virtue of His death. “And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness ”— through the virtue of His life as our High Priest. 4c 4« 4c “Whom God set forth [R. V. M., “pur posed” ; margin, ^foreordained”] to be a Propitiation." Prof. Godet gives a con cise comment on the whole topic. He says : “The word ‘propitiatory’ belongs to the host of Greek adjectives whose ter mination signifies what serves to. The meaning, therefore, is: ‘What serves to render propitious, favorable.’ That which serves to make God act in righteous mercy toward us, is the fact that He has in His merciful righteousness acted for us in Christ.”
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