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P u b l i d m o a w Jxlf and September. p t t ~ Feht ior l br Pmteabmr Reformed Yumg aoplt's Maits
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LAM LUBBERS
"ir;o\~ t l ~ r first day of the fcast of d e a v enetl bread thc clisciples cilrnc unto Jesus, sa!ing unto him, \Vhcre wilt thou that we prep;lrc for tl~ec: tc~ eat the p;wsover?" ( Matt. 26:17) So it was that tlie disciples found t l~c~~~sc lvcs prcSsc.nt at the I:~st fctast of the passovrr irncl the. first Stlppt.r of the new tc3st;r~nent. tllc. Lord's Supper. A small I~cginnin~, nc~vcrthcless, tllc first of many such sllppc-rs to follo\v in tlie history of Cliristcntlo~~~. hl,ury 1, o o k s have been writtc~l on tllis sc~l)jcct ancl many different
t- cmns Irnvc- crllcrgetl yet [lir slipper has rc.~lr;tinrtl for :111 c1111rchc.s :In i~ilportant i111c1 sl>eei:rI C V I J I I ~ . AS tllr li~lies nears in \vbich \vcb ccblcl~r:~tc Christ's death, it would seer11 :~pprol)rinte to rc!al,prnise our obser- v;~r~cc of tllis s:~cr:~rnc~~t especinll>- ;IS to the. propcSr tin~c of its celehriltion. Rather thi~n I>c~onre involve~l in tllc "substance cantroversy" \vc will adviincc the thesis that hot11 this instit~~tion and tlie Lcnten season \vould IIC niorc mcaningf~~l if celebrated in conjunction.
Our ch~~rcl i rs follo\ving the tri~clition of tlir Synotl of Ilortrecht. 1618-1619, have al\rnys cclcl~roted the Lord's Supper ever?- three months as stipnl;itcd I)y tlie Church Ordc-r, Art. 63. Thc cl~oicc. of this interval tvus pt~rcly ;rrhitr;~r?., I~owever the church fathers felt that a \veekly observance of the s;rcrnnlcnt too closely resembled the Ro~nish .\lass ;rntl tendrtl to louer die s;lcr;lnlcnt to the role of tllr colnmonphce. \\"c crrli~inly agree that tho sacranlent must rc.~n;tin :I spcci.11 rvrnt. 011 the other hand,
r ' l IC synocl felt t l~nt the sacrament, as a ,leans of grace, shoulcl not he \vithheld
frorn tllc c11r1rc.h for too long a period so :IS to I1c.colne :I sh-i~~lgc. nricl formidable
event. For these reasons the Synod said the Lord's Supper should be celebrated cvcry hro or three months.
The origin of the sllppcr :incl tllc. time of its instih~tion, ho\r.chvcr. !\.;IS not con- sidered to he significant in its cc.lcl)~.;~tion, for no mention is ~nadc. rit11t.r of cc.lrl)r;~ling the Lord's Supper on the tl;~y it \v;~s in- stituted or at ;~ny time during the 1,ctlten Season. This seems inconsiste~~t I,c*ca~lsc! almost all of the other Christian cc!lcrhra- tions (Clrrist~nas, Easter, Ascention 1li1y) arc. Ireld at thr ti~nc. of thr yc:rr i~r \vhich thcy originatrtl. Then \vc ask why is this not the case with the 1,clrd's S~~ppcbr irnd \vould not a change to ine l~~dc the. s:tcm- ment in the Good Friday scrvicl! 1,1* a change for the hrttcr.
.ilso we nolc: that in inslill~tiny the supper Christ says, "This do in rclnc.ln- brmce of nic." In saying this l i c a ~n ig l~ t mean that in eating this dinner the chrlrch should rememl~cr his tlcitth so tl~irt the supper niight never becnme :i Inere social clitlner like the present d;cy Thi~nksgivinp dinner. Ho\vevcr the canversc. of this statement is also a possibility; that is. in the time of remembrance, the church par- take of the Lord's Supper. In either case tlie Lord's Supper in its cnmmclnorntory aspect and the Lenten Season srenl to have a natural connection.
\Vc Iiavr noted that the churclr orclvr does not stipulate s~rch a pr;~cticc Ilut neither does it forbid it. The fiithers wisely left the details to the intlivitlt~:~l con- sistories. On the. consistorial Icvol the! Good Friday service cor~lcl hc esp:lndcd to i n c l ~ ~ d e the celc~l>rntion of thr Lord's Supper.
BEACON LIGHTS One
Tradition should have vcry little ta da ,*& our an;lr decision, for whether or Iwt it is the practice of our churdh or that of any other to hold M ' s Supper an Gmd Friday, &is d w nut piqve tha this is either the Bib&& injunction or thi: spirit of the institution. To say we have never done it, is to advocate a blind mnformity to the traditi011d practices widi- out any attempt to weigh their validity. One should .mvm feel that the reformers made the only justifiable break with tm&- tion ma that a n y subsequent change is the slaughter of a sacred cow. It i s a protmtnnt heritage that not d e tradition of the &d but anly God's Word h I d rule our lives. -If we gb once mwe to the cIlurch
order we find this qualification in cannee- tim with the proper celebratioa of the sacrament, "&at d s u p t i f f n u b,e avoided . . ? By supcmtkbn the fathers na doubt:
refer to the I ihugi~ a d farmd ceremonies of ,foIicism. Ritualism with its Fahe emplmis on the outward sign is indod dmgemu but the other @Em8, a cam- plete neglect af both the ritual and the rn- behind it, is equdy bad. Tha redeenied Ckdstiun tvho owmi his wlzole life to W s redeflphe work mn b d I y ju& an attitude of mmplacen~y durim the-time ofthe mhenHe saffered md
&ed fiat His mplk might Exs, We.+ of CMst that 'when the time was wqe that he ~hould be received up, he sted -
hstIy se~ his face to go to Jferus$y
As grateful sons of him, let us toci 'st&; fnsdy set our Ism to J d m , to the unss, to Christ m u only dvntion. f i e Cathoh, Lutlw.ram, and h g l h m d to concentrate upon the mEe&$;s and death nf Christ through fasting and a d i I i t h d pm-kdhg of Holy Commmiatl. We h w n on this pmctice b u s e we say that Christ hns paid the debt and we b v e been & h, but we often fiil ta & aat €his means freerlom b serve God in &u&-
of oiilers.
1 hlness. If with the ritual ws have put riwuy h e avuarenm of Cod's grertt at of ,
love we sho111d reewsider any w&ation
Let us togather then go to the h d s hoiise: on Cond Fridrty and listen to #a fm for the khhistmtion of the Lord's Supper. 'Zet us d d e r QOW b what d
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ihe Lord hath btifuted his Supper,,nqly, h ~ t we do it in mernbrancs of him. . ."
after ~ o m a a i o n we can give W ~ S 1 to God that " w h we wem e n d , we wum recondled to God by the deth .y, I his Son; rn11d1 more behi: &comcil&d, ,
shall be saved by his life. T h d m a- - I
m y m d and h m t s h o w h t b the* of God from tbis -time fmth f m e r qpe*w
EDITORIAL
the nodding watchmen
An evant takes place e v q Sunday No answer &s f a d And .&a on w&sh ODnfBihS the w t m ~ t~ a Sun&iy m o d s a smd seg@m -of @e pmMems of the mid It 3s corni that world coma tagether tu hem the p k k y i g m d ~ Thmrgbmt t& week. Answer. In a ridi&w place. - tbdmt dw mop., -4 tW&d tlie m l y 4 n u m k a gmup of .
y e s € r - a I l ~ , ~ d t a ~ k X e J l congwak to bear the Amswer tq al the d l a m ' s .of m,, d i ~ ~ ~ sodd p&Fqm1. J a u s is q4t pass@ lw
me -CON L l f HTS;
majority \.ate I I O ~ chosc.11 by a con1111ittt.e as tllc last ~ c w ~ r t of .I despcl.i~l~ p c o ~ l ~ .
P or ;In hour or two, Christ Ili~nself uscv nxul to supply the answer to the old
man's prob1<:111 oh l)rrcl~btirl;~tio~~ aucl t l ~ c young girl's l~rol>lem of dating.
\\'hrrr is tllc problcl~l-pressed w.orld while illis is going on? Onc \voulcl c,xpect thitt a socict! so troilbletl \vitll every miinllcr of \\wry '~rld confusion \r,o~~ltl flock in clrovc-, to tl1i9 gatllc~ ing of Christiit~~s. Instc.ird tlwy itrc sor~~~cl asleep. In their search for ii solrltion to the prcvi~lcncct of divorce arnollg parents and sexr~al loosenc:ss ;inlong yo~~tl t , tile \c'orltl has ncl~~~it tcd that every answer may be right, except OIIC, Jesus Christ. 111 the search for an antidote to tlistn~st iu~tl hatrt.tl I>et\vcon nations, every s~~ggestior~ I ~ R S I)(Y.II atteml>led escept one. Jesus Cllrist. Thc: worltl is in the ~osition of :I mathe~n;~tician \vho nlns ~naclly througll thcs strc,csts. t c : ~ r i ~ ~ g his I~air, ,and scrczmling, "How ~nuch is hvo plus hvo, but I \von't allo\v you to say fo~~r." Hegi~rtllcss of' \vlrctber their sleclp on Sun- clay ~norriing is physie;~l or not, such men are tcrribl!. bound in the shackles of death.
I s~~pposc tlli~t 1x10s~ I~elieving, Christian I I 1 go to rh11rc11 Easter
~norn i~~g . Tllcy will expect to hear the old story of ho\v Jc.slls Christ clicxl and rose. T11c:y Inay III:I~C: a11 :~ttc.mpt to work I I ~
their emotions so that on this special occasion they can feel spctci;~l pity or sorrow an11 ioy. l'llc*rc* ;Ire it few otl~er cletitils ill the Ihster story liowc-ver. There were some tlisciples of Jesus \\rho fell asleep ;it Cetl~semanc, ar1c1 there was an ignor;lntly slecq)ing c1111rch whic.11 hrraltlctl His resurrectio~l with snores.
Bet\\.ettn Ilis resllrrcctior~ ;trltl asce~~sion, Christ gave somc poil1tc.d co~nnlar~ds to those followers of IIis, those Cluistituls. anlong \vholn \ve arc. countetl. He told the111 to br \vatchf~tl. No t lo~~ht , Iris clisciplrs then rc*cnlled JCS~IS' urgcnt mes- sage some time before, \vllen He had tlescril~c~d pcrilo~~s days ahcittl for tlrc~n and c~ttled \vitl~ t l ~ c I . C ~ C ~ I I ~ I . ~ I I I C I I ~ that tlley he \vi~tchfi~l.
To the Christian (I use tllc word in t. true srnsc!, not 11s pollulctl by tile Pi ~rrst-less .. apl>lications of modcnlism) the
e-&ortation colncs \\it11 the some divine strength that i t had in tile Lenten days of
Christ Hit~lheIf: B E \\'r\TCflFLL. The discil11c.s tlitl not knrnv what Christ's ~nis- sion on the cross re;~lly \\.as. l h e y could ncrt see that Flc l~acl to ;~risc. *fhey slept. T11c Christizll~ young person sees E;~stc.r's n~ezlning plainly. \Vhy is his head nodcling? Can it I)c that tllc \ ~ ~ t c l ~ t ~ l a u is s~~ccuml~ing to the sane tleadly slrcp, tllc. sleep t11i1t dendc.~~s the young person to Christ. 3linistcrs refer to this slecl, frtnl~lently. It is known as \\~orldlimintled- ness. Too often the nlinister's \\.anling sails right past the young people. They lean back in their pews and relate worldli- minrletlness 1 0 I-Iolly\\,ood ant1 ttnbelicvc:rs. This is trz~gic, for in tllis way is hyp;rssrd the greatest opporh~nity they h;l\r of I~eillg rouscd to rc;llizatior~ that tile Pl~ilistines are i~pon tllcnl. No\v yo11 unclersl;~ntl that young 11~ople iirc ilsrlally not dro\vsy, physically. In fact, they arc characterized hy conti~lui~l zc:st. They II I I I . ;~ he doing so~nrtlling. But a ql~est for "son~cthing to do". a quc3st for "something filn", \\'llich fron~ the stilrt elin~i~lilt(% J r s ~ ~ s Christ as a possil)ility, is the c l~~rs t of ;I person who has fallen itslecp. Jesus' demand. BE \V:\TCFIFUL, rncaans just this: tear your mint1 from tllc tvorld i ~ n d direct it to\r;~rds Him.
The rniscral~le nlisconcel,tion w li i c h tlel~tdes SOIIII. is tlli~t \vatcl~fr~l~less only applies to the. sphrrc. of doctrine. ~heiis of ronlance ant1 recreation are si~pposetl to be outside Christ's injunction. This is pitiful. The rloctrin;~l tlissert;~tions of one. \\,hose life testifies contrari\risc. are futile. Ho\v can oncs expect to inflilcnce othcbrs in doctrine wlrc.n it is ;rpparc.nt tl~at he 11;~s not even i~lflr~enced himself? h notltlir~g watch~nan cannot a\v;tken othcbrs.
T l ~ c cleptl~s of the s~fferil~gb i l l ~ t l the heights of the glory of the Son of <;ad, considered in a spe i .~ l way ; ~ t Easter, per- mit no dozing. The occupiccl cross and the empty tomb annihilate our self i~nposed slec-ping pills.
Three BEACON LIGHTS
TRUTH VS. ERROR
about t THE ORlGln Of EVll REV. R. C. HARBACH
Dear F d : Your question of some time ago,, "Whe~e
did sin originate3" ia admittedly a difficult one. Both pagan and m o h &ought htve wrestled with thir age-oId problem of evil. but have no ndequate solution honoring to God. Reformed theology (the doctrine of Scriphm) alone b the matter sqmraly, d band- he subject with any degree of success. P h i w h y presenfs evil as son~ething that has altvays e ~ a and is as e f d as ''Go+." The problem of uviI is a h a pmblem for God, for He ncvcr quite o v m it in IIis battle for right- e m - . Brit this metes an added problem, khnt d h e unthinkable situation of two Mnitps. God and & extrttng at the same h e , God, the one infinite, dwells in the infinice environment of sin, which is an dtimate, i m p m o ~ power wer against God. But the idea of two ultimates suggests the &ought that one of them simply can- not b nltimate, and rhis suggestion, accord- ing to phirosopby, is a& in God's favor. Modern thought is encumbered with p finite God, a God who is not Gad.
The Znwas&h themy of tk origin nf evil is that of d u a h k pantheism; that is, ''Godn who is the rmm total of dl reality is part goad and part evil. Gbd's being, then, con&& d these two antithetical, or rather contradictmy elements, g o d and evil, which etmdy dash, and shall can- tinue to do so withnut end, nut one ever dinally overtaming th otber, since botb are M y absolute. Dekm conceives 06 God as entirely indegendenf of His creation, standing a h f fmm it as a mere specbbr of its m v e h g s , permitting the otlurse of the world to fall ottt for its&- S t i l I the opbisik Deists W e w e that the good in the d will evmtnaQ ou-me. thc evil in the world, since Lhe evil hay come
iatu lleing by accident or h c e . Ad, ip keeping with Deism, this -g of the evil is without the help, of God Before the world quite unwinds ItseIf, evil will have expi&.
Tfm Armininn view of sin's mfgin is simjlnr, as it i s rather &tic. God k only n spectator with nzgard to sin, being &soluteIy independent of it, having w contact with it except to m~as iody step in to ovemde it. God is not the sov-gt~ pravidemal Rula over whp '4~8~s hs it in sl~bjflction to His wilI. Evil was not part of His pkn. although He could have made a worH without it. It Sntan, the wicked falm mgel, who pla .icp m d sin by his own "free" will, and Go&- simply permitted it Gad forehew that this cat-phc would mm, but He did not determine sin's entrance. It Ir, y wfio determines and dIIs sin, not God Christian Science makes sin a mere a b s w o n , an error af mortal mind; bIoden&n regards it as a djectivc sense of guilt which we allow ~ ~ e s s a r i l y to opprw uiir minds. But sin has objective d i t y . yet not in& pendently of Cd, bnt under His &- conb~l. H e governs dl siaful a ~ & wi- becoming tha author of sin, m d d g vioIenca to the win of the creabre. '*Rim being delivered by the deteminate d and forekmwldge of God, ye haw: taken. and by wicked I m d s have cruc- and . shin" (Acts 2:23). "Of n bd& e n s t TI1 y holy child Jesus . . . bath H w d and Pantius Pilate, with &e Gens and the people nf Israel, were g t h d -er far to do whatsoever Thy hnd and TIIF counsel rhtmnined before to be done" (437f). 'The Iat is cast into the Zap but the whole disposing thereof is of ,
Lad" ( Rovcrbs l&:a). "3 Now sin did not come about by the
Iv BWWN LIGHTS
1mvc.r of S ; t t a ~ ~ , ]lor die1 hc cr(. ;~tt it. No r r r i ~ t ~ ~ r c - II;IS 1111\\,er to crc-;~t(:. But sin - al ,o t~~ I,c.c:rttst. Gocl ortl;tir~ed its
~ c . . 11. t \ f i l 1~c1 sill, tlot 1s sin, but :IS ;I I I I ~ ; I I I S to rvvcal the glory of His cov- c.r~;~nt. 111 Isiriitl~ 45:7 we re;ttl, "I foml tltc light, it~rtl create darkness; I make ~,c*;~cc: : ~ r ~ t l c.rc.;ttt. cvil. I the Lord do all tl~csst tliir~gs". 011 this vcrsr, C. I. Scofield says, the \vortl "evil" is tlrr "Heb. ra, tr;~nslatrtl 'sorrow.' '\vrctclirtlriess,' 'adver- sity,' ';~fflictio~ts,' 'c:tl;~~~~ities, ' but never transl;~ted sin. C;otl creates evil only in tht. srnscs t h ; ~ ~ I I c niittlc. sorro\tr, wretched- ness, ctr., to Ilc t l ~ t . f n ~ i t s of sin." This 111;1kc.s sit1 21 du:llistic pourer over against God, i t ~ ~ t l the. evil in thct test only provi- dcnti;~l (41, 11ot ~ ~ t o r i ~ l evil. .is a matter of f;tct. rcr is rcwtlcrctl "mrro\v" but once (Gr~ncsis 3.1 :3R ), "\\~rttcl~c~cl~~rss" o II c e ( N ~ ~ l ~ ~ l x - r s 1 1: 15 ), ";~clversity" fortr times. ";tfClictions" sis timc.s, ;tncl "calnrnities" onccs. 13111 tlrc. \vortl is itlso renderecl "\\~ickc*tl" 31 ti~~rc+s, " \ \~ i rk~~r l~~c~ss" 58 times, ~ I I I C I "(:\,il" (;IS i t I I O I I I ~ , ;~(lic~ctiv(! or vc-rb) at Icb;~st 434 titilc:~! This rc\.c;~ls that moral evil is c.c~rl;~inly i l l \ric.\\.. l311t if Got1 is thc
ninc~r ol' ttvil, does tIt;~t nxtkr FIim the iutl~or ol' sill? Not :lt all. Cod \\,ho is 1111rv Spirit c~.c~:ltc.tl n ~ni~tcvial ~tniversc \ \ r i t l ~ c ~ ~ ~ l I I ~ I I I S C I I Ix'~o11ii11g ~lli~te'i;ll. The infinit<), ~ t~r l i~~t i to( l C;o(l c.rc;ttctl a finite, l i ~ t ~ i t c - t l \vorltl \ \ - i t l .~o~~t 1li111s(-lf I ~ ~ c o r ~ i i n ~ fi~litc. ;it~rl l i~~~ i t ( ' ( l . So IIc. orrlaiuc~d cvil. \vithout 11c.co1ni11g t l ~ c ;111thor of it, or rcsponsil)l~. for it. J o ~ l a t l l a ~ ~ Ed \ \+ ;~ds is \vorth clttoting ;II t l~ is poi~rt. ''I ktlo\v the l)l~r;t.\c* (t l~c. ;u~thor of sin), as it is com- m o ~ ~ l y ~ ~ s c t l , si~iiifics something very ill. If 1)y t l ~ c t :~tttltor of sin be nicnnt the sir~~lc.r, tltc ;~gcmt, or :letor of sin, or the rlocr of ;I \\rick(+tl tllinq, it \\*c)111d be a repro;~ch .~ntl I,laspliem!; to suppose God to 1)c. tltc. !tuthor of sin. In this sense I utterly tlrny Goti to he the author of sin.
- rc.iccting s ~ ~ c l ~ ;III imputation 011 the Slost I ligh :IS \vhitt is infinitely to he ahliorred! ;~nt l C~I.II) . ;In>, st~elt to be the consequence of \ c . I ~ i ~ t 1 11;tvc~ I;~id do\\.n. Iiut if, h y the ;~l~tllor of sill, is, lnc.;~nt . . . ;I t1isposc.r of the st:~l(: c ~ f c-\rc~~ts, in s t~ch a manner, for
&Tsr'7 I~c~ly, i111tl most cscc:llrnt cnds ;md
*tlrl,oscs, that sin . . . a~ i l l most certainly ?
; I I I ( I i~~f;~ll i l) l!~ follo\\~. I s;ly, if this he all t l i i t t is IIIC~:IIII being the author of sin,
I do not deny that Cotl is tllc ; l~tt l~or ol' silt (though I clislikr and reject tlrr pllrnse, as that by IISC ; u ~ d ctrstoln is apt to carry another sense ) . It is no repro;lclr for t11(* Slost Hifill to b r tltr~s the i111t11or of sin. This is not to l,c the actor of sin, hut, on the contra^, of holir~ess. \\'hat Cotl tlotl~ therein is holy . . ."
God is the ortlainer, ortlcrtr ;ultl tlisposrr of sin. So Cotl sc~vtreignly I~;~rdrncrl Pharaoh's heart (Exodus 4:3l) . 'Tlle evil of Jos~ph's l ~ r c t h r c ~ ~ against him \\.its of Gotl: "it was not yo11 that srnt r~tc I~itlrcr, hut God" (Genesis 45:B). God ~iisc.tl up adversaries against Israel: "for it \v;rs of the Lord to harden their Ilcarts, t l ~ ; ~ t t l ~ r y sl~ould conic against Israrl in I)nttlc, that He might destroy tlicm ~~ t t e r ly , oncl they might have no f;~vor. b ~ ~ t t l ~ ; ~ t Ilc ~ n i g l ~ t destro3- them, ;IS the Lord conl~n;~~ldcd Sloscs" (]osliua l l :?O) . It \\.;IS Ihtr will of God tlii~t Christ shor~ld IIC cr~~cified. For this purpose He calnc into th(* worltl. But erentli ing about the c r ~ ~ c i f i x i o ~ ~ \\.;IS
ordered hl t l ~ e pro\ridencc of God ;~ccortling to His e ter~i i~l pnrpose. "'l'rr~ly t l l t r So11 01 SI:in goeth as it \\,as deter~~tinc.tl" (1,ukc 2E2.3). It is said in Acts 3:17, I8 thnl \~rlt i~t tllr 11111rd13r(*rs of J t ~ s dicl W ~ I S \ \~II ; I I Got1 hat1 ordc*rc:tl ancl , l~atl fulfillrtl as I I c . had planned.
Listen once 111ore to b:d\\,nrcls. "So tllc*
crucifkion of Christ, if \vc consitlcr only t l~ose things \vliich h e l o ~ ~ g to tltc* c.vc.nt its it proceeded from his murderers . . . ;is their act, their . . . views and aims, ( then ) il \\,;IS one of the most lleir~ol~s things t l~ :~t cver \\-as tlo~~c. . . . tltc. most l~orritl of all ;lets. But . . . as it \vas \villed and ortlcretl of God, in thr extent of His designs ;u~tl vic\\,s. it was the most admirable and glorions of ,all events, and C(n1.s illin in^ tltc: cwcnt \\';IS
the most hol>- \,olition of Cot1 th;~t cver \\-as nlatle knot\% to rtlcn: :lntl Cod's act in ordering it \vos a di\-inc act, \\,hie11 nl,ovc all others manifests" His mor;tl escc:llrncy. ("Freedom of the \\'ill," 11. 157-59, 161 ). Revelation 17:17 slw;~ks of the vc.rjt \\fickc.tl acts of \vicked kings, ycst their :lets ;Irr but the fulfilling of Cotl'\ \\,ill, .~ntl tlt.rt God put it into their hearts to (lo \\vhat they did. I'ct Cot1 \villctl \\fit11 ;I f i o~~ t l \\rill their evil, \vhich they ;~lso rr;~tlily \r~illccl, h11t with an e\-il will. Cod it1 llis provi- dential control over nll things ant1 ,111 Inc.11
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sustdw +e evildm in the performance df his eviI dm$. ''h Hixu we live, and are moved, and have our being" (hc$ 1728, Gr.). The sinner devises his mvn way. bnt the Lord d i r e his steps (Prov- erbs f 6:9). Of Joseph's b d k n it is said that "they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ish- meelites" (Genesis 37:28). But God can- hafled theit h l y h r i way to do His own will ik thrt d of all His pwple. "But as h you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto god. to bring to pm, as it i s this day, to save much popre ahem' ( G e n e SO:ZO), All tliinga ma "pfedestinated amding to the pur&se af Him who mketh dl h g s tlfber the mumel of His own will" (Ephesians 2:ll). "For of Him, and to Him, are rtll things: to w h m be dov for ever- Amen.'' (Rw mans 11;36). AU this weight of evidence shows &at 'Tad Uses b e Agency af the ImpiausI xnd Inclines Their blinds $0
EYWII~ EIig Judgments, Yet Without the Least S& of Hk Perfect h&" (Calvin's -rstitates" I, xvm).
When it is askd why Cad ordained evil,
we answer, %yen SO, Fathy3 @r so It seemed gmd in Thy *ith (Matthew 11:26); "'it must needs be &;a off come, but ws m that offence me&!" (18:7); T -k that -- t h e be divisioxls, s%ms) mn&g you;" 'For there must be a h heresies ammg you, that they wlich are approved mqy be made madfegt among god' (I @ d r t & h ~ 11: lg ). In His righteous wrath God ordaias the wicked deed of r e b e l b "For t h r o d the anger of the Lard it m e to pi@. . . &at =&ah r&ed against the king d Bablon" (jeremiah $2:3). God aspointed dl tile works d Neb~~hBdne~m, :&Q partic- ttIarly that the very peaple wme appointed to be killed by him, nnd be taken captive. He was under Gad's bad, acted ns His servant, serving FIis pru-po? (r13:10, 11). So God unchangeably f a m o d a h whatsaever comes to pass, and ad& dl evil, some to turn it away from us, the rwt ta turn it to our profit. Sa d e d thing work wther for our gad1 for them w11o are the Caned ac~rd ing to His
CRITIQUE -.
tl~irt w:rs I)l;~ri~rg out th~. I;tt~:sl popr~lar I r i t . I I(! \v;~s one of tllosc. that Time ~nag;lzi~~t! tlcbfinetl ;IS "otldhalls \\rho ct!lcl)r;rtn I)oon~., [lope. srs, and despair, ; I I I ~ \v11o go I)y tll(* naliie of '1,catniks.'"
I)o yo11 I;no\v II~III? 1s lit. the typical Amt.ric;~~~ atlolc.scc:r~t? Is he yollr friend?
llcrril C. l'c.nt~ey, Dcirn of t11e Graduate School of \\'lic;rton College, \vrites about "thcsr srlf-cor~scious victims of fear and fi~tilit)." in tlrc littest issue of Chri.~tiunity Todny, Fcl,r~~ary the 29th. IIc makes a stntemcnt \\qhicli should jar 11s o i ~ t of our lethargy. IIc: says that such kind can be forlntl "any\vhcrc among the younger set today. T\vo \vorld wrars, bringing destruc- tion, t;rx;~tion, and c o n ~ p u i s o ~ I l l i l i tq scrvicc in their wnkc~. have sl~attered the 11opc.s of 11i;rny for :I pc;icefirl and orderl>- lifc ending in some tneasure of personal SIICC~SS."
1'rotest;int Reformed Christian 1-oung man or \voni;u~, this isn't the \vay you untlcrstancl life, is it. You hnve not com- ~niltctl "sl)it.il~~;il s~~icide," hnve yon? For you life is not a ~nenningless void? If it is, tllc!n i t is url~~ivnlent to repudiating God
rc!signing ).oursell' to everlasting ~ $ t i l ~ ~ * s s ~ ~
'I'Ilt! ;rltitt~tlc> of t l ~ c I)eah~ik is not new. I t is ;IS oltl ;is sill is old. The term "beat- nik" is just t~ nth\\, term to rh;rractc>rize old dcsp;lir. Kvcw tllc "bc;~tniks" of Yoah's tliry sirng the! silmc kind of so~lg that the 1,eiitnik sings tod;~!~: his irttit~tde toward
God and l~ i s pl~ilosopl~y of lift is Ii~nclir- mentally the same. As Sonh p~,c,;ichc~tl rigliteorrsness for 1%) ycilrs ;111tl th(. ark liec;~me ;I livirrg tc-stimony of i~~~l)cvitlirig disaster and doom for tile \r,orltl, tlrc sons of men scoffed ai the foolisl~ness of Noah.
Thr beatnik of totlny is as fr~lstrirlc-tl 21s the "beatnik" of Soi~h's clay. Ilc sc%cks for peace where there is no pc.actr. llis I)ooze, dope, and sex drive. liini dccprr into despair. Thcsc seen~i~lg pleasr~rcs do not satisf1-. They are not the ctcrn;rl v;~ltres that give peace.
In this Easter season \ve slio~~lcl be reminded of the fact that Cluist c;rlrlr, not as the Lord of the dead, but of the. living. He is not the Lord of those \vho arc3 sl~irituc~ll~ ber~t, but htr is the Lord of those \vho are spirittrolly ulivc. Ant1 \\.hat is niore niiraculous still is tlr;~t Clrrist is our life. (Reniernhrr the the~rrc. of last year's convention - "Cl~rist 011r 1-ifc".)
By nahrre you iuntl 1 are also "hc*;ttW - we are spirihially clcirtl - l,~rt hy fir;lccb we are made dive.
If ye then be riscn \\-it11 Clrrist, scck those things \vhich arc irl)ovc*, wllrre Christ sittetl~ on the right Iri~trd of God. Set yollr itffectio~~ olr things abovc, not on things or1 t l r c - cirrth. For );I* arc tl~:ad, and your l i f v is hid nith Christ in Cod. \\'111.11, Cllrist, \vho is our life, shall ;ippc;lr, thcn shall ye also irppcirr \vith him i l l glory.
COI.OSSIANS 3: 1-4
PENCILS AND CHALK
JOHN BUITER
YOU may \vondcr, h0\\7 tlocs one teach states, cities, countries, or scllools t1l:lt are patriotism or call patriotism be taught? hall ,\dlinF: to sho,br 1,). ;Irgllments Are not tlrc. citizens of a countn nahlrallq. the sllpe"orifv of loc.llity Ovc.r loy;~l anti patriotic to their own cou~itr).? others. So calletl school spirit is rc!ally Ilon't chiltlrcn, firo\vir~g I I ~ in a country.
based 011 this hurn:~ti charirctcristic of I~econic loyirl lo their native land? It scl.,lls to I,(, I~~~~~~~~ cll~lrnctcristic hat "sticking UP'' for ones o\rr1l scllool in
is loyal to l,articLllar city, type of contest, wlrctl~rr scholastic or
, sclloo], or niltion in tllat "metic. .AS it11~)tIlcr ex;~n~pIc of t11i.q trait, '
~,crso~l filit ls llilllself. We ;,I[ have. no doubt, I could point to the fnct th;rt ilrrniigrants come in cont;ict with ~ c r s o ~ ~ s from other to this country have a tendency to speak
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fosdy of their former- hameland, boxsting viewed with suspicion or eqm bpaxlded a OF 4~ mnny -es and advmtages.
Others may object to the teacPliag of thrt sitnation; there is m& on g m d s that it is not of one's gahiotism or w to teach such an a W d ~ to thb course, has much to wwt T h e wiu say that pat&- if thew w q e to be R war,
pmper set of at&& of the covenant United %tes, but td om caphktic ddd These children, who must take Lheir democratic farm of g o v m ~ r r t . placeii in the d~urrh, mwt not think iu tern Al l this brings me to the question, w h t of to a acrtruhx, nation, bat, instead, about teaching pa.Wlim @a the p ~ p h In must think in-kms of loyality to the muse our schools? Slmnld we? Should we not? of &z true +uwh wbch is nut national Sbaukd we ignore it? I, be* a tea* but co~~~opali tan. Ow churches certainly in one of our dads, mdd am we^ &is &ow no fu&& In pah-iotism to any qucsthn by relathg what I do about this par&&r nation, neither should lhls ntti- situ8tim in my rbsxow. tude be introduced to the seed of the First, let. ma state that I, t l d k that c b d in their farmnl &cation- We nre both OX the r8a60ns given earlier in this all aware of & fact -that there are no article for not mehing mtriatism have flags of our nation display& in our part of tbe answer in t b d e s far tbe ehurcha or flying from flag pales tn Front 'teaching of patria-: the faat thrit -people of our wh& We, as a group, certainly naturally acquire P form of patriotism be- do -not make outward displays of loyalty caum of & way they are by nature, and to our country, e i h in our churches or the fad h a t the church in its& nat
Su much for some Of the rwms why up various ideas &out Ioyalky tow
onr schook. The quastinn is, what .are some wko to let this go u a a k t d reasoa far t m d h g it if it is to ta~~ght, educat@u The way fact h t tho or ErmP should it be tarrght. Pehaps yo11 such attitudes s h k l not be cons1 wen think thia is nett s a d an important enough; it is equally im~rtant tbai t k y qudon; th&e, not %r~ nced gf mu& have the right attituda to su& s d disrmssion. It is true &at tadoy in our unHties. I don't &ink that pnMotism w country there is not a greRt amount of mch i s much in seed of being tau&L it emphasis on patxidm and Lhe tertching seems to be sot1wdGng that w q one "pith, of tbis qdi@ to our school children. up" fn their everyday h h g in R certain T&y we live in a more cumopa11tm country, state, city, ar other 6ocId p u p . time in which the national .t and Because this is s, h e need is more to feelings are,d-& impo- to the insure the p r o p ideas of patri~tiEm &n woiId m e a d s a d pmb-. The question to tea& patr im i d f . is not whfch country are you loyal b, but On the 0th hand, since these f&@ what ideal~gicd systcm has ycmr favor; of pabfatism are so d y acquired, and democracy, communism, or socialism. We the h h of national loyalty is c a n b y to live in an aga when rapid means bf tlte t m i W concept of &B church, this t3msportation and co~nmunication hwe afdo af the question &ainIy must remie ma& us as a nation very much concerned due tio on. One's ptaee in the with whnC on in the mt d the cburch as a aittzen d h kingdom of
lived h u g b &her of the hast world W ~ T S are very aware of the time in which aaBamiMc f e e l i n g s w m very hrgh, &- ta one's nafive camby wtrs a m a w of prhm concern; arry doubt as to one's loyal& was treated w&h wt
-\1y proposition is this; to insr~re that our chiltlrcn havc the right itlc~as a l ) o ~ ~ t patrio-
sm, it is necessary that it be tanght. This oes not mean that we )lave to \lave classes
on patriotisn~ in our schools. Instcatl, I follo\r, the prncticc of teaching those things such as national songs, nationnl anthelns. ancl pledge to the flag ;is a tlisplny of our loyalty to tlic govenlnic~nt c ~ f otlr country on the basis of ol~edicnce to itutllority. The pupil, ancl tltp adult he \ \ r i l l be, must be loyal to 11is c o u ~ ~ t ~ . ! ~ as it rcprrscnts qoverltrnent 011 this earth and nlc~st be sub-
i c r t to those in authority. At the same tilne, it 1111lst be I)ointccl out that lo!.;~lty to one's country, in obedience to the government, and respect for the s>~nbols of that country, clo not mciln thnt there are no f i ~ ~ l t s in that cotlntcr, or that it is of prilnan7 importance. The pul)ils must kno\\' that, first of all, they ;Ire citizens of Coch kingtlo~n: ;~ntl, in ;I secondary sense, are lnclnbers of ;I particul;~r nation on this c+i~rtl~. Only in sl~ch ;I \vay do I think it is possil~le to insrlre tllc proper ideas of patriotisn~ and guard :cgninst false icleaz.
FROM THE PASTOR'S STUDY
PERFECT SLlBMISSION REV. R. VELDMAN
The exact \\,orc?s these itre which the Etliiopiit~~ e l~~~t tc l l \tl.is reatling, tvlien Philip the Evangelist n ~ e t him, in tllc desert, on
fron~ Jerus;ilc~~l to C u a , and t\pouncled to Ilim tlrc Gospel concenling ehe d ~ e Christ of Cod.
Rellternber thitt be;~~~tifnl story? An ;u~~gel of' tile Lord hat1 com~n;tntlecl
Philil) to go there; Inor(, he hntl not told Ilin~.
Thcrv, in tl~at lonrly desert, l'llilip hnrl met this Ethiopi:~~~, - ;I full-Hrtlgecl Gentile. He \\.;IS reading his llil~le, a lo~~tl , svlde Ilc \V;IS traveling. Isn't i t I,e;lr~tifr~l? \\'hat I3oi1k \\,;IS 1 1 1 8 rcacling? Isainll. Cltaptcr? Fifty-three. Verse? Sc.\ren. "I lc \vas OD- pressed, ilntl lie \\.its cdflictctl, yet Ire opened not his nioutl~: he is I~rought :IS
a Ii~rnh to the, sla~ightc.r, alltl as a sheep before her sl~cnrcrs is tlumb, so he openrth not his mouth."
'I'l~cs door \\.;is opcn ;tntl Philip entcrcd, arid beginning at this test Ilc preached to this cllild of Cot1 the \vhole blessed C;oy)cl of Christ crucified a114 risen from tile dc;~d.
"Yet!.' In sl~ite of ;ill rnen tlid to IIirn! In tllc facc of all th;~t suffering and abuse
p . n d injustice! S~lrely, if ever a In;ul Iiiitl reason to
opcn his nlouth, it \v;~s Jesus, was i t not?
l l i~w true, IIO\\, terribly tnle it was: "I-lc \\,as oppressecI, i111t1 He \\.;IS afllietcd." Oppressed means: pressed, h:ud prcssed, hunted, ho~~nded , 1 ) R I I E S .
I.lo\\- truth 111is \\,as of kIis entirc: life. Like ;I rabl)it is prrssetl, illl~itrd, I ~ O I I I I ~ C ~ , driven to death I,y rnen and dogs; like a sht.cp is prcsscd, dri\-en to the slat~ghtcr; so Jrsus \\.;IS dri\?cn all tllr clay lo~lg to t111l inevit;ll)le cross. In all this sill-sick, Gocl-forsaking 15-orlcl there \\as for Him no rest.
IIo\v truc this \\.;IS of the end of His lifc. on earth. Tl~ink of C.i~thsemanc, the g;irdcn of sorro\Xrs, - the hattlc there fought, the. 1)lootly s\veat, thc I~ctray;~l, the cilpture. Fn)m Gethsenl;~ne l ie is drivc:n to Annas, from -%mas to Cninphas, from Cniaphas to I'ilate, from Pilutr to Herotl, froln 1lc:rocl hack to Pil;~te. Sce how Ilc is I)ound, sl;rpped. condemnetl, beaten, spit upon, re\,iled, s c o ~ ~ r g ~ t . From IJihtc Ilc is driven to C;ll\i?n. See how the). nail 1lin1 to the cross. IIear how t11c.y mock and hl;tsphemc, until God IIunself dra\vs His c11rt;iin c ~ f Stygian darknebs over tl~cir b r~ t tal sport.
r\ll the (lay long IIe was killed for our sake. I-Ic \ras let1 as ;I lainb to the slarlghter; oppressed ;ind afflicted; despised and rejected of men; a man of sorro\vs and ac~~uainted with grief.
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h d dl wlhmt even a mmbknce of
1 W e e , Usually, when the mkm of the world mmmit heir j u W m u r h , they m m g e C give ta their -crimes at least
of justid. Even Ht th WE bis for what he did. Here there is not even tbat. Wfth all thir wm. and dwllish m i n g hey could find nothing against Wim ib the way at -ti011 Five times Pilate M a r e s Him "Not em, yet he d&yets EIim to be
' eru&d If e v ~ , therefore, a man bad mawh
t ~ " o p e n ~ ~ r h " i t w a s J e s u s . "YdW - Re &dnftl He didn't in the &en OF agony, and
He d i m wben &ey led Hh away; h didn't before Anaae, and He didn't before Cataphq He W t before Pllak, and Re didn't befare Ekm& H e didn't when they
tbe -of thurns into His brow, and H e didn't when they draped 6 e faded robe av%r His bIeeding U y ; Be didn't whm Fheg & Him, a d He didn't h e p t h y naU.II im b the cross!
This dms n& mean that Jw never qmka Tme, thz wme times when He r e f w d evea tbat, We m& "And whm He WRS amused af the &K€ p r i ~ and *, Ere d nothing." Again: 'PLnrT He amwered WII never a d; insa- wnah,&t the gmmmr mmekd pearly." At d k u we, howevaE, fie 4 y dld &. Be did Ixhe Annss, and before Caiaphas, and Wore Pilate, and un t11~ mass.
ant, never did He o p His mmth to -t, ID kmbdkt, to protest. Never did He seek M deliver Ebself &om the power of Ihe enemy. Never did He r e c d from tht? way aE d k i n g and death that Iay ahmd. Reper did Ek plead His m muse or cry oat their hjusti~vs appinst €ban.
Why? Why opened Ee not Hk mm&? He was the Alediatar, ssnt of fie
Father to Bave -a sin&& cufse-fiw world. HE wns not a meie individuak H e was the repmedative of sinners, P whole ddiitude of tbem; : ~ m s who had far- f w forever the grace a d l i i or God. H% was nof mereky d N- We was the &d&, our chid prophet, our only hi& prim our ctemal king. "Jesua Christ m e htP the world fo SRVe
FxlwJmLA To realize tliIs salvation, to redearn st1011
Imt but etm-htiily c b $apw, Ha 4 d hken upon Himmu aII their Wts, ,dl their original as well as actual j@t. F b - selt ~e h d no sin and no Fa. 4 'found in FIis mouuth. But, the -m;Suity of-> rountfess simw was laid on. Him, so that "Hewhulmerymsi~becarne~iafwus", As such He H e 0 TEFE guSIty One .- s x d m c e , not in tlrg a t bf men, but before the t r i b a l of the living God.
B W P ; that df ITe WtDZretlrtke punishmelit, the wrath, of God, all the agonies of the damn4 in he mrment He ~ v a s ~ e a r t h ; m m e b y f k r ~ a n y ~ Imte ia h d wil l wer h o w . l?m the. viewpoint of the wo* thedo&, We SUf; f e d iun~cently. From daypint of Gd, b6wwr, ffis way was that, of ~ tr fcbt justioe. As vicar it d not be different
A moment ago we said: if ever .a man had reason to open His mow& it w a s Jesas.
Nuw we must say if ever a man b d reason NOT to open Hls mmth it was Jams. IIe Hi& was- deeply conmiom of the faat that He had ta d~,. not with men, but with Gad. He was o m 4 and &&td--by GOD* TQ realize fithais p u m ~ ~ s with Rho H& had%) bear His punishment d h g f ~ . Unwib+ suffering m o t atdne for sin. O d y p e x k t obedience &an amidst the flamp- d h%4 can sa?isfy the Father's justice. One mo- ment bf r e M o n on the p& of J- md WB dl w d d now be hopleggb lagt
Thus He fixdhos the work as ~ M d a h . delivers Elis people fmm the dungeon of guilt and death. the mvenlmt of 'God with men in the WRY of !per& jasdce.
Thus we are s a d though faith iu Him, and able to sing ;ts beIiwingly we stnnd before thar a w f d Cross:
"Reap tban all tbat the *add atn.
impatt W ~ S the message that rame to my
-, - How Jesus done for my sin .did atone, h d Cdvary covers it all.
'W* w v m I t an, My-t with its sin and st*< My piIt and depak .Tau. t& on W q
-re, And Calvary covers it 911."
I
CHRISTIAN LIVING
World and Life View REV. H. HANK0
' T r o p e hate God and big neighborl" This is the eternal judgment of God upon wickad men. E+en in d their marvelous no~vrmpIishments, n o t h i else o m be snid but this. No mtXer what man may attempt to do and actually d in doing, he is only ailding to his sin. Everything that corn& into his hands,, he uscs to $id more and more. Every paw= he uncovers, every inyention he makes, every pmdmtion he produe is t-&d to sa@ his own camal flesfi, H8 is intent nn sinnfng, ?nd sinning iq hts only ambition under ti= sun. His sydew of education pmduce ~LEMLX d
ns thy am intended to do. HIS e a t I p of b b e h o w far his fekw man e and for IhiinlseE r< in increased oppor-
tunities to indulge in the lusts of the fl& Ifis pmt philanthropig are fmr d motim and devI1Ld1 selfish purposes. Ris music is in &o se&v of sin It i s dl pervaded and impregnated with thevicked- lress which is conceived in hell a d born in mtzn's Me 6n earth. Wit11 all that he harc rrnd d m , Ise achieves only his own dgittnction. "He d ~ t r o y s Ibe family, d& rupts sodety, cormgts tile stat%. seb the world an fire wifh che torc11 of war." The Chidan And Cdtuiv, p. 11.
And so a11 his efforts we directed to the end of establishing hers upon earth P kingdom apart frmn God a n d Christ He can find- to xcst until he has s u d e d in knishlng the name of God fmm the earth, He is not sated until the blood af the last saint i s sled and the church deswyed. He can only be satidid that he has accampkhed his purpase when C Q ~ S cnuse k lost, when Christ is t n h
om h e h e , and when he. mn do as 6 pieases to do withant fear of h e con- seqtmeocw,Wbenheasinasmu&ashe p l ~ e s and wgid the grievous and dire
mnsequences of bis awn deeds, he will hbe- I content tbat his goal is attained
GOD REMAINS SOVEREIGN But this can never happen. Ln d this wickadaess wGch man does,
God s f l d a s and Jesus r m & h e . Gnd is, not in a life and dead smuggle dhrnanto~eewhowdlultbdy h victotiw. christ is not engaged in mortal combat with the d e d -.dy outcpme of w W i combat is yet to be deciaed, and hinges upon ~ n n e futurc events. The battle *s fou&t and won on the q s s of Calvary. Christ mles supreme, _&d even then, He does not rule in spfte of this ~vkkedness which abwnds on the f g z of the earth, but uses d lhese t h b g ~ ta do the 4 of beffather. Cbrist s&g . W church a ~ d coming in +@mt upan the world. Ektion and repmhtion rrmst be ~ecomplishd and will Iw accomp~b& m order that the b g d o r n of beftvcn may be d W when Christ shall rehm again. Then the &-t will be saved to lIve - and reign with Christ forever in Hi$ kmg- dom.
A n d s o c h & t i s a h r u I i n g i n h wick* of men. The cup of inkpity must be filled Arid that cup of iaiq6ity fs fIlIed by the develapmenf oE sin in ttia world of wi-. Sin dedops. Always man L just as sinful as 'he ever was. AntIchtist is no worse a monster wf iniquity than Gain. Buk sin develop with fhe deveIopmeat of civ&a&n and science. Gain did not have much with which to sin. Bttt as man probes the myskeries of ths universe and rmbdues the curse-skickm
each accomplishment is, b usedintbesmkeofs in . Whm a n e w invention prooeeds from the laboratsti~ d
the world, it is hastily made to sc6lTe the purposc of sin, ant1 is pressed into the sewice of the am1)itions of \\.icked rncn. And only \\.hen the last pojv1.r of tile creation has been unco\.c.rcrl; \vllc-n 1n;un has done a11 that he is capable of doing, and has all the tools in his hn~~t l s wl~ ie l~ the creation can supply, i~rlcl has used then1 all cnn1pletcly in seeking his o\vn selfish ends, is the c ~ ~ p of iniquity filled. Sin develops in connection with the develop- ment of III;I~'S intc-nse efforts to suhtl~le the crri~tior~. But ~vhen tilib cup of iniq~~ity is filltul, then the \\.orld is ripe for jutlg- mc.nt, the ct~urch is ready to be co~~~pletc~l!~ r e d e c ~ ~ ~ r d , the encl of all things is at h;tnd, the d i ~ y of our Lord's return immir~rnt. -411 things have rlo\rr been ft~lfilled ncccll.tl- inp to the purpose of Ctd, and it is tilne for the universal n ~ l e of Christ and t11v r~niversal defcnt of the. world to I)e, pr~blicly annoc~rired. Then ottr redemption Iri~s come!
OUR CALLING \Vhat is the c;rlling of the C l u i ~ t i i ~ t ~
in the* nlidst of such a world? \\'ha1 l1111sl I)e hi5 position over against these things and his attitude to\vards them? Artd ho\\r ntust he live in such a \vorld - live as a child of God? These q~~c.stions no\\? press for nllswers.
WORLD FLIGHT? Thcrr is one solution that has Ilccn
proliosed in timcs gone 11y. Tlnis solutio~~ is t l ~ c solution of \\*orld flirht. There are me11 \vho hirve fonnd tllc* a1ls\rscr LO I)L. complete escape fro111 the worltl. They 11;lve taken tlrc position that it is 1111 \\,hnll\. corrul,t ;;nd that all the. tltillgs of tilt! \vorld are evil. The only solution is to nln out.
This solution is basc~l upon the ic1c.a that \vickcdness dnrs not only arise in tlle hearts of men, but \\icketlness is in tlu! things of the creation a5 \\'t~11. A 1n;rn 11011c-
is not \ricked, but all the po\vcrs of thc creation are also wicked. Sin is not only the evil deeds of totally tlepravrcl mcli, but sin is in the inventions of 1llc.n :~lso. The s o l ~ ~ t i o ~ ~ to the. \\.hole nrol,lr~n. t11i.r~- fore. lies in n~nning awn. fro111 nich o ~vorld and isolating oneself as co~npletel). as possible from it. lIen \\rho I~irvc son~clit the answer in this f:~\liion are the Inen \vl~o have lived the+ lives in barrrn monnsterics
i~nd cells insr~lated from the worltl and tl~rninlg in\\-,utl to thrmselves ill meditation. '1'Iic)- li;~\.e tried to flee from other men fIi*r= Blnl the tl~ings of the \vorld flee fro1 7 tlre tlutics of life., 'and cven flee fro111 hem- -
selves. They h:~vc tried to become a1,sorbcci tlrrougl~ ~nediti~tion in the liiglner things - the tnw, the goal ant1 the beautihi1 - to be at last released I,y this means fro111 Ihc. sl~;tcklrs of their o\rrn botlics. 111 fleeing fro~n tl~e~nsclves, they have tortured their I,odics. ~i~t~ltil:itccl them, starvctl the111, beat ~IIc ' I~I , i ~ b ~ ~ s r t l them in rvcry conceivable \tray. They re.1~1 no books escept the Bible. s:L\\- no one ciucept tl~emselvcs and their Cellon- monks, c ~ ~ t themselves off from the \r,orld and society. This, they \\.ere assured, \vot~lcI give theln an honorecl pliice 1)y the throne of Christ.
\Ve, ;IS Pmtest;lnt Rt~forntetl people, have often been acc~~secl of ,idopting in principl(* the position of "\vorld flight". In our tllcc~logy itt least, \ve have I)ec-n rhargrtl \vith taking thib \\-orltl . ~ n d life vie\\.. But this is not huc.
The error in all this is ol,vions. Sin is not in tl~ings, but is in the heart of men. A thirrg in itself is not a ~ u l cannot br- nicked. I ~ l t marl's use of it crrtainly can. ~ '
The a~~to~nobilc. is not \vickc.cl, b u t \$.hen it is 11sct1 to sl;~~~ghti.r ones's fello\v man ~ I I the higli\\~ays of t l ~ r nations, it 1,ecomes an instn~~nent of evil. Television is not a musk bc~l~incl \\,llich the devil 11idt.s. but \\.hilt comes o\,er telc.vision is quite a cliffcrcnt rnatter. The nirpla~~t; is not a 111ncl1i1lr \\,llicln opcratrs by thc' energy of tile po\vcvrs of hell, but it is ~ ~ s e d by man to carr). destrl~ction and cicutll to tlic. far p;rrts of thct ololje; or to tving plcasurc.-mad pcsople to a drstination where they can c011joy the l ~ ~ s t s of the flesh. Sin is not found ill ;I co~~lfortal~lc house. in t a l ~ l ~ s fillc.tl \\-it11 f w l , in r;~dios in the home, iu ships t h ~ t wil illr seas; 1)11i w11c.11 hesc. things corne into the h;lnds of \\ickc.d men \\.hose I~e,arts nrc* at en~nit?. \\.ith thr living God, then r.cbrt;~inly t1rc:y arc used only to increase sin. 1h1t the solution to the prol)lt.m is not to h ~ r n our backs on thcse thir~gs and run a\vay from the111. This u,ould he a virh~al denial that all things in themselvcs are good gifts of Got1 to I,e used as sucll.
Besides, the Christi;ln is ne\ser called ti? mn ;I\rr;q- from the \\-orld. He cannot
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anylvuy. Sl~o~tld lie I~ole up i l l ;I monastcbry or barren cell, slio~~ltl hc rc-lnove himself o the tiecpest reacl~cs of ;I desc-rt or jungle, r' toi~ld 11c isolate himself completely frola
;11l thc \vorltl, he ch~rries the world with I~inl in his ow11 flcsli. Ant\ often times these seemingly holy shrines \\.here men have spent their ycnrs in self clenial have I)csco~ne thc grcatcst tlens nf i~~i~lni ty.
\ITe arc in the world C \ ~ ~ I I though \vc ;Ire not of the \vorld. In this \i-orld the Lord places us. In this world we arc
c;~llctl to live ;IS long as it may please our hri~\~enly Father. In this \vorld we must take our place. To try to escape frorll the world bef~lrc our Father beckom IIS
hor~lt. is to rcl,cl openly agaiust llis will. IVct nlust not flee anray, but live Itere as people of G c I ~ . \\'hen our Lord cnlls us homc, then \\,c go to ollr homc of niany 1n;unsions. But in the rncan time, it is the \\.ill of our hes\.enly Father that we remain here I,elo\v in the \\,orld even thouph not of it. . b d this \\-e I I I I IS~ certainly do.
The Day Christ Died JIM BISHOP
A book rcciew b!l CHAHI,ES H. II'ESTR4
A book reuictc by Chrrrles 11. 1Vesira Confessir~p tlrt* irnl)ossibility of .my
Cliristian ( ilrclucling Iiimsell ) 10 be per- fectly ol)jc.ctive wltel~ \ic\\,ing the tlrath of Christ, 13ishop here rt.conshids Imth ~e llistorical events ; ~ n d background F Christ's cn~cifiiiol I \\.it11 i l l tc*r~\e clarity
.~nd force. *fo reucl this hook \\-ithont fint reading
tlrc. pref.lce is to rob yollrself of the proper frame of 11lirlc1 in \\~l~ich t1Il's 110ok SIIOIIIC~ I)c read, iuid also tleprivrs tlte author of the opporh~nit) to point out v;trious devices usccl in t l ~ c lmok to :tdd contilluity.
:is thc au~hor csl~lains it: "No liberties ]lave bccw taken \\.it11 the facts, .escept in minor cases for tlir puq)osc.s of narrative contin~lity or the "logic" of t l ~ c story, and then o~ily wllcn tllv \\reigl~t of prol):~l)ilit)- points in that dircaction." 'I'hr~s \\,lien he mentions that a light evening breeze ruffled Ctlrist's garr~lents ;IS h r wnlkctl along the road C ~ ~ S C I I S S ~ I I ~ his ~ T I I ~ ) ~ I ~ c ~ ~ I I ~ death, this is not inti.ndrc1 to I)e taker] 21s an absolute, verified account of the \ve:cthcr, but since :tt that 1i111e of the: yenr, in t11;rt particular locale, cvc:~~iug I)rc.~-zc.s usu:tlly caress the countryside, nost likely this aLso occurrd when Christ \isitctl this s;tnlc place at the
rneans, if yon read this hook, (and I sin- crrcly recomntend it) take a few minutes to rc-;~cl the preface.
The book is di\idcd into two kinds of c1l;lptcrs: the. historical chapters dealing \r.ith the narrative as \vc h o \ v it, and the background chirpters \\.hie11 perhaps colil- prisc the most useful se.gnents of the book. It is interesting to notice as these background chapters unfold, that the crucifixion of Christ cven in its many detitils \\:as not an nnnahlral act forced by God upon the Je\\.s and Roln;ins of t l ~ ; ~ t day, but their la\vs. c~~stoms, itnd even cert;~in morlif'ici~tions of Roman I:i\v (al- lo\\~cd b ~ r Horne to pacifq. the Jrws,) all intrrlocked in a definite pattern to fulfill Oltl Tcstarncnt prophecies.
I)istl-;rcting from tllc. value ol this book is the ;n~tlior.s contention that Christ's feet ;rnd \\lists \\ere nailed to the cross, \vhile Scriph~re very plainly inclicates "h;~nds and fret." -4Itho11gl1 i n c i d e n t s wl~crc tho ;n~thor upholds the evidence of his o\vn resmirch over i ~ ~ ~ a i n s t Scripture are i.stremely c~rc-, it does indicate a \ver& attit~lde townrtl tlre infnllil,ility of Scripture.
If one \vill exercise the i ~ n ~ a l prcca~~tions \\,lien reading this book. he cnnnot h l p
binne ti~iie of the year. but enrich his kno\vletlge of tlic Jewish \T7itl~o~tt thc a~~thor's ca~plitnation, one c ~ ~ l h ~ r e of the tin~c.. Of cv1.n grcatrr
p . o u l d I)rgin to question the v'ri~city of s11c11 brnefit is the oven\~hehiiing feeling, brought details, arid soon this snspicion weclges on by the intense portrayal of cven minute itself bchveen author and rcacler. Ry all dc.t;~ils that 'I \\-as there.'
BEACON LIGHTS Thirteen
IN OUR OPINION
Biblical Basis for Church Litigution KALAMAZOO PROTESTANT REFORMED YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY
BERDENA RUST, Secretary
the saints?" fie A@ Fad is reproving the Jews, appealed tn Caesar. -a the ~~ for wrrfing their ckputm Esther made an uppeal to Khg, h m befote nnbelieptng judges. a~ if here is to mye ber people- In so dahg slme went none in the church qualiried to pasf judg- to the highest power at that me, snd her ment. XL i s better to settle n &,eute by peoph were saved. Mehemiah appealed to h s h g &tkrs out of tk ch~rcIi, so K i n g h e r x e s far the mbmtian af the that &gram is not bmaght upon tlm temple at Jerusalem. The temple and
4 goseal WOW ungodIy judge. walls Were -yed by byvichd m& and May not %e magistrate be OW judge kt were laid waste. It phased the king to
a Iaw-strit? Did not the Apostle Paul write the request of N b i a h to give mmey to the Raman W a n s . "fgt W e i s no and uakrhb to rebuild the taplc . power but of Gas; ths powen that be If h a m dockhe is preached and are d i n e d of GUT'? Cod has ordRined one group separates b m the athm within
and both insist on holding.thp illan a d & rnmJpatiw
Is not tbe court and the judge ordained entitlk us b the protection of the' J&@- for the p m e n of the property d the strate, hr dox% mt bhd us to i - . Ir) ch& of -7 Indeed it is, for in Bcripbre teaches it is honorable ta btk - a l e 28 of bur C h d h d e r we read groups if there is ose able to set& the '?'he Canskjtq sbdl i&e .care, that t h ~ dispute peaceably witheut the con$ Ch&t?5 for the pogsession of Lbeir pro- O& a court case tzwes division, hat@& perty, and ttte peace and arder of their and backbiting am= the brethren, fam- meetiugs can dRim -&e protection Q£ the ilie~, and friends. Xr a h giyes q p r - A&bdtk". k & w have the right tttnity for the world ta ddi& the church to bay p r o m and to bdd in order to of C3dst. sew God u m n o l d . The government If tbc faithfuI in the ch~lrch am ia m i its various laws provides for the in- danger of 1- their the corporation QF a chmh group, sn &at the unfaiildd, may they go to hw? S& ~hurch as a m a t e body w y s,& the Cod h>zls> not apgoinkd the ~ u r t of Ntim p r o e n af dvil d o r i h If an evil nnly f b ~ the world Psalm 44: 5 and 2. force or gronp-from without should moletit ''0 Lord God, ta whom vengmw befrmg- us JP our d~, try ta d e s ~ y o w eth; 52 God, to whom vengeance beh@h, pmperty, or take it from us, we s m l y shew thyself. Lilt up thyself, thou judge map b m a Iawauit a@nst tbem in the of the re* a mad to the court. How-, we h o w that in the day pound." C h w in Matthew 544 kEi US,
of and- we sball be md&d ia "And if any man will sue thw at tbi: law, wnnibip, our pmgaty @en from us, and a d taka away thy mat, let him have thy. the rhurd will not have prokction throng11 cIoke also''. Therofare. it is honorahk to
settle withput the am€, but mstlans are The Apostle Paul W&ES b the Church not pmbibited fiwn engaging in law-
af Chinth'h I Corinthiaas %:7, "Now We must bar inid- patiently 3 . il utter@ a bult amw-yoq, posmionr am= &en * a
W C O N
HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY ON THE
t- Book o f REVELATION
by REV. H. HOEKSEMA
Lesson SILL (Recellliotz 6:l-8): The Fo A. Gcwernl Rc.~~~i~rl;s:
1. 'rhts seals in generill: a. 'l'l~is passage introtluces the. opening of thc seals. b. These sc-als ( 1 ) Rrpresc~~t t'orces ;ind events that proceed fro111 11rc clccree of Cod. \\'c reme~~~l je r that the book n.it11 its seven seals is synlbol of Gotl's living clccree con- c e n i i ~ ~ g the tl~il~gs tlii~t I I I L I S ~ sl~ortly COIIIC'
to p;~ss. Th19 events signified when the seals :Ire ope~~ctl issue forth from that de- cree: tlrc four I111rsc.s ~ I I I T I C fort11 from the book \\+hen tllc seals arc: openrtl. ( 2 ) They reprcbwnt forces and e\.ents that are on the
( a ) Si~llt~ltaneottsly; tl1i.y do not 1 s t e c r t s in cc,nsec~~tive
periotls ul Iristo~y, but they may be found in tllc~ earth ; ~ t tlie siilnr timc.. This may be g:ltl~eretl from t l ~ c first four seals (the victorious po\\-c.r of Christ, \rfar, social contrasts, physical de ;~ t l~) . (I)) rind they are iil\vays in the \vorltl. ( c ) 'I'lrough with irlcrc;~sir~g force (this inrliriilr~tl in the fact tllat the seiils change to trun~pets, the tn~~nlwts to vials; see I)elonv).
I. 'l'hc first four st.;~ls: a. 011r present passape tleals \vith thc first four seals. Thcy are ;I sepamtc and tlisti~rct group, as is eviclcnt from ( I ) Thc figure of Lhe horse \vhiclr npprcirs in all of t1ic111. ( 2 ) 'I'lre voice. of one of the four litring creahtr~.~ which speaks in each of tltem. 11. The seals arc therefore? tlivitlrtl ( 1 ) 111111 groups of four ancl thrcjc,: the n1111lber scven as the sun1 of four ilncl thrre is syn~l~ol of Gocl's co\,c~~:tnt. ( 1 ) ih~cl ;~lso into sis artd OIIC.
In tl~is clt;rpicr six se;~ls arta opcnctd. T l ~ r sevc~nth s ta~~t l s apart: its o p c ~ ~ i r ~ g is not nlentionecl till ch. 8 :~ncl thcn is revciilrd
t l ~ c form o l srvcll tn~~npe ts , tlnd again, Fc seventh trruttpet stands ;)part and is revr;lled in tlte fonn of seven vials. ch. 11: 1Jff; chs. 1.5. 16. (3) Hcsitlrs, each of
tlut group of trumpets and scirls is also to I,,. tlistinguishcd ulto t\rro groups of four antl three respectively. c. Concerning the first four scnls \ve Iniiy renrnrk in gc-nerd also that tlley have ri*h>rence to the c:11-111ly \vorltl in all its aspects and ft~lness. This is s~~ppested ( 1 ) By the number four: the n~r~~nhcr of ~.lre \vorlcl, our world, in its extent. ( I ) I \ I I ~ 11)' tlie activity of tl~c. four living creatures at the opening of these se;~ls. B. Sotcs or] the test:
1. Vs. 1. ;I. ".incl I sinv"; \vhen the L;~nlb opcmetl ont. of the scab John inlmcdi;ltely s;t\v .;omrtl~ing. \Vh;rt he s;~\v, liowcver, hc docs not tell us till the stroncl verse. I). 111 the ~neantinre 11e heart1 one of the living crei~tures spci~k as \vith the voice of thunder: "Come". ( 1) Sot: "Co~nc: ;tnd see" as the :\uthorized 17ersiorl has it; the R. \'. which simply has "Cnlne" is . pref- c.r;ll)le. ( 1 ) Nor must this \\,orcl I)(. con- ceivml as Ijeing addressed to John in the sensr of "Co~iie up hither"; for John lrad nlrcntly come up to heaven in thc. vision. cf. 4 : l . (3) Rat11c.r: The living crcitture Irere sunlnions the first horscni;~n to come forth. This \\-oultl also explain \\.hy tlie summons is repe;itetl with thc opening of each of the first four seals.
2. 1's. I: a. The horseman. ( 1 ) \'cry clt.;trly ("And I saw and, I)c~holc~) John l)el~olds a horseman issue forth from the hook. ( 2 ) The figure of the horsc in Scriphue ( a ) 1s thi~t of the battle horsc; .see Jol, 39: 1Sff; cf. Zech. 1:8ff; (i:lfT. (11) Signifies a ~nighty, irresistible force iu battle. ( 3 ) The ritler: the llorse has a riclcr: ( a ) \\re must not ask, to110 i s reprc- sentcd by the rider. ( b ) But rather: tullat is signified 11y him. \iz. the po\vcr that dirc.cts thr horse in its courso. (4 ) IIorse
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and tider Mong tog&= and regremt second hoseman who has. a great swofd. one idea: a mighty, impetuous force, issuing See &. &:5. (3) Ttie crown: a uomr is forth WE living deaee (the bk), d given ta this hmemm (a) Not tk
dm world b. % speciEic sigdicance of phumoshfbeorigjnal). (b) This&&* -
this first horseman must be deduced front that wm as he goes forth to battle, h has - the wIor d the ham and from the other the victory. ( 4 ) Thk combmated by: ''he detais m&iOaed in the W: (1) The went: forth conqueriqg and to cutquerw, &r: white; thts is the &r thnt signifin$ t ,e. unto g e m vietory glory d lightemin- and victory. Hem e s . y aery (a) Chdjt appears sitting 3. Meaning: a. Hoae and rider, thedore, I
I
on a white horse in dl. 19:llfE (b ) The represent a victoriow d o r , whose ce* tdumphnt Roman warrior d d return victory is guarantad b. TIte v k b r b s d i n $ w, a wbite horse. (2) The bow: tome ~f Chrjst in the world, through Hig &&has abow (a) He goes forth to SpiritmdWord(1) Toe~l i shHkkiag-
DAVID ENGELSMA
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include KMX's h e romance and marriage,
and death struggle in &e m a 1 realm, C a h and Bullinger. #ut also in the physical. Tba bittcr opposi- The turbuIcnt dmdes of the post- tion to the R e h i d muse raged In every Refarmation period, when the sword umutrg in Eumpa G h cFrirmpians of the tnrtb was supplemented & the d the Reformed faith rose up to spearhead nf &-I, ace vividly p0rh-aye.d. The heroic, its advance. G e m y had its Luther, yet mt super-liuman, of a mck-£inn S ~ ~ d ib Cdvin, and Scotland its Beformer is dim& only by the occasional
anachronisms af the author. Inhmi&dy,
W t y , Tempest h r S c o t l d k the author am attributed to tho theology c o d . Portrayed h a histmid novel, of K m x . But &m the antbm's anes are Johu &ox is r e d e d as an indomifable grotud qtlife conspicl~mly. figha, mfther giving nor asking any The rw&r ii; ummnfortably reminded qu- in the religious battMeM of liis that the muse of the Christian truth w
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CE from, for, and about our churches
MRS. C. H. WESTRA
Kalnnlazoo Young Pmple's Society was , I host to Hqds m$ety, which met with #hem
oa Febautvy Ist. Swth Holland yaung people were &&s
d the Oak Lawn Y o m g People's Satiety I an February 28th.
On Mar& -8th Crwtm wrrs the site of ' 1 a combined meeting of ~rerton's and ~ o u ~ 1 -
e&'s Yaung People's Societies. Best& tha idea of getting b e ae-
quainted with the young pea& of our I neighboring church=, we often have much
ta @a in Bibln study thraugh the differ- , ent perspectives of &me in other societies. New pmbIcrtls map he brprsght up d ncw answers given which may provide
*dlcnt food for fioi~ght,
B, 14th Bn., 3rd Tn Regt., Fort Jackson, Swth Carolina. prt G h Lubbers, PJG 27083821, CO. D,
2nd Ba, 1st Tri. Regs., Eng., Fort L e a d W d . Mo.
W. Gary Lubbers, NG 97Q##, Co, a a d Bn., Ist Tri. Regt.. Eng.. Fott Lmmd Wood Mo. I%. J%FCHI Redder, Box 312, Mddmugh,
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GD.N, APO 2M, New York, N.Y. . We'd like to urge you to write to our s d c e m e n - not only those from your own ~~ngmgation, but possibly one you*ve met at: a pa& wnvention, mass mbthg, or c a m b i d mmting. I'm sure thb boys would &e ta see a letter from YOU nt mail can me of &me &p.
Southeid's smiwilll, Homer Teiba, b o o m
h~ h e ( 1 ~ ~ n t oppormniw to warship with am congrepffon In Redlands, for which he From the bull& of Southwest Church is grateful. HD also enjoyed a vieit horn w e notice that Miss &mMetta Den Besten his parents for a couple weeks during this underwmt emesgeacy surgery at: B u m - L m d l . Homer's addreas is: Homez Td-a wmth Rospia and ia muperaw"
t M.R.F.N. 525-9413, 11.53. M o n t e d o Mr. G. Vander Tuuk of F h t ,Church L.S.D. 35 Ii Division, c/o neat P.O.. Sari d e r d a heart ntcack a few weeks ago. h c i s c o . C&. He bas returned to his home and is pro-
We & have a Iist of addresses of d n i o e l y - Hdsondk's sewimmea which w&d lih hw. John C. L u b b of HudsonvilIe sub- to pass on to you: m i tn maw mqpry at St. Mary's Hos- Pvt Carry Cras, US 556fW84, H:Q. d pi id
H.Q, Co,, 1st MTB, 69th b r e d RO Ifr. 3. Korborn (First Church) suffered Fort Riley. Kiwias. a serious eye fnjury a few weeks ago. H a Pbt, Steve J. Hohege, US 558-2, submittal to mrrgery and it is nut yet b w n
!Cambat Support Company, 1st B.G.. Bnd how hip vision will be ~~. &if.* Fort Lewis, W d .
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