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is the' teaching of Christ Himself (John 5:25, 27) and also of Paul (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 5:10). Summing up this entire section (2 :1-16), we may say that the judgment of God is of such a nature that no sinner, be he Jew or Gentile, will be able to stand without the righteousness of Jesus Christ. No man, with or without law, religion or revelation, can make any effective plea in the judg ment. All are equally without excuse. Neither the Jew,'nor the moral Gentile, nor the immoral Gentile, will be able to stand the close scrutiny of the Judge. “All have sinned.” Here are four great things for us to remember regarding the judgment: the Judge is just; the day is certain; the time is unknown; the standard is “my gospel.”
God, or his opportunity of possessing such light and knowledge. That the Gentiles have something equal to a written law, probably the law of con science, is clear from 2:14, IS. Some standard of right and wrong exists, even among them. If the Jew can be saved by his law, then the Gentile can be saved by his, even though the Jew would not admit this to be a fact. Of course, in neither case is it true—no law of conscience, or moral law, can save. Christ alone is our right- eousness. Fourth. The judgment is “according to my gospel” (2:16). The day of judgment will come to both Gentile and Jew. The npw element in connection with the judg ement introduced in>the message -of Paul, is that Jesus Christ will be the Judge. This
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subject was “The Popularization of Bible Study.” The Adult Bible Class, taught in the main auditorium each Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, has now become an integral part OfThe Sunday School of the Church of the Open Door. Several hundred men and women are regularly in attendance, which fact is a high compliment to the efficiency of the teacher—Supt. Hprton. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Wicker, mission aries of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of the Open Door, recently spent a week at the Institute, greeting old friends and telling of the great need of Christian laborers in the neglected coun ties of California. Prof. J. B. Trowbridge, head of the vocal music department, conducted the music at the recent State Sunday School
W HEN Dr. R. A. Torrey, dean of the Bible Institute, returned from his summer’s evangelistic work he met with an enthusiastic reception at the hands of the student body, other members of the faculty and heads of departments, who had gathered in front of the building to greet him. Dr. Torrey, during the summer, con ducted the Montrose Bible Conference, at Montrose, Pa., and evangelistic campaigns in several sections of the country, closing at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he spent the final month at the great Baptist Taber nacle. Dr. Evans, associate, dean, lectured before the Los Angeles Presbytery at its recent meeting in this city, with so much satisfaction to the ministers that they insisted upon his continuing until a half hour after the adjournment hour. His
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