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Irnt -4-,UME 16, NO. 40 RUSSELL, KENTUCKY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 WHOLE NUMBER 646 Is Your Conscience A Safe Guide!

1/Y PASTOR W. B. DAVIDSON he that judgeth me is the Lord." as a Jew and as a Christian. He un- Calvary Baptist Church Goodspeed translates this couldn't possibly be right Tampa, Florida passage as follows: "I for my der -both conditions. part care very little about be- Can your conscience be right 4.1 have good con- lived in all ing examined by you or by any when it will consent for you to d flee until this before God human court. I do not even live at the two extremes of 4111."- --Acts 23:1. offer myself for investigation. life? Could Paul's conscience have been right at all times I. For while my conscience does INTRODUCTION. Our text not trouble me at all, that does when he at one time was per- Znsists of words of the people that the not prove that I am innocent." secuting the very a Postle Paul concerning his life (The N e w Testament. An he later sought to protect? .1a1 Jew and as a Christian. American Translation, by Ed- II. CONSCIENCE DEFINED. s.,se saYs that his conscience was gar J. Goodspeed). agusfactory to himself, both as The dictionary defines con- thIew and as a Christian; but Paul's conscience as a Jew science follows: "The moral e Apostle Paul did not ac- led him to live just the opposite sense or consciousness within his conscience as a guide life from what it led him to oneself that determines wheth- if con- we are to accept what He live as a Christian. As a Jew er one considers one's own '4'cl to the Corinth and his conscience consented unto duct right or wrong." te saints at corded in I Cor. 4:3-4; "But his persecution of the Chris- This definition of conscience Ith as pert Me it is a very small thing tians, but as a Christian, he substitutes man's judgment for transfers Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths not ha 114 I should be judged of you, preached the faith that he once the Word of God. It wilderness: ourselv pef man's judgment; yea, I sought to destroy. But, Paul infallibility from the Scriptures drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the demns not Mine own self. For did not claim his conscience as to each and every man. If each and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed rit an,'nowl nothing by myself; yet a safe guide; although he said man is to be his own judge of with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn: they )37 putt I not hereby justified; but he had a good conscience—both (Continued on page four) shout for joy, they also sing."—Psalm 65:11-13. irit's us ho, mind at in c'if4 Pudeaegartaft - - 7‘at qated ?ewe./ C11ND FroP Christ 171 By FRANK B. BECK Devil, piety, constant prayer, And in the last three years resistably led to preach on it eastor of dancing and h.. To 11 of The North East condemnation DON'T FORGET they have made an increase of this morning, by the Holy Church bewailing his iniquities and re- over 658,000 eans tts Baptist members. And Ghost. N. Y. joices that they fear God a lit- though predestination is and 111 Millerton, still If I really proclaim the pure tle less and love Him a little found in the excellent creed of ness, 4 ofIn the September 12th issue Gospel of the grace of God I more. And it rejoices that the Presbyterians, in the Westmin- must include predestination. No ;nesS. the Look magazine (1950) is Presbyterian church has put the ister .11f befa 1,40 Confession of Faith, it is Gospel more fully presents the article called: "The New hated doctrine of predestina- sinfully silenced. .ist. t h e Presbyterian way of salvation and no Gos- Ch°k in tion into the far background of Why am I preaching on pre- ?. was a 1-Urch" by Lewis W. Gillen- pel more fully calls upon men its theology. And if this be a destination? Because it not only if as In this write-up bitter de- to exercise faith in the Son of true report, then the silencing has been held by Bible believ- chara elation is made against the God, than the Gospel of St. * on the preaching of God's pre- ing Presbyterians, but also by the to!'le doctrine of God's eternal John. And NO Gospel speaks destination was the beginning Baptists. The Philadelphia Con- self 4:edestination. Along with this more Strongly of GOD'S PRE- of their down fall. For when fession of Faith, The New DESTINATION or 2nt da ,;tack some interesting election. 'Li very they dropped that hated word: Hampshire Confession of Faith lie ternents are made. If this be If I turn to the Epistles to "predestination" from their vo- uphold predestination or elec- and true report of this de- study salvation, NO Epistle ii cabulary they began to rob the tion and they are strictly Bap- of by John speaks more thoroughly of sal- eal founded Redeemer of His authority and tist Confessions. According to m. thoviin, Christians everywhere vation than the Epistle to the when that happens all Divine Prof. W. J. McGlothin, French, fe hl d weep bitterly and pray Romans, and NO Epistle speaks t its authority goes. Belgian, German, Swiss, Dan- more strongly of GOD'S PRE- a restoration to God. not strange to staniP Therefore it is ish, Hungarian and Russian DESTINATION and election. If he said article makes a in this report that the iem j read Baptist Confessions all likewise I turn to the Epistles for in- ht c:.e,kerY of soberness, refutes that hushed the hated church maintain the hated doctrine of struction on victorious, 1 in wa" I tl'ional prohibition, laughs at from its holy liv- word, predestination, predestination. ing I cannot ten rtiet ott Presbyterian's former fear HOLY 1. Thanksgiving is just around help but turn to ithout lips is NO LONGER a Ephesians and evil, his wariness of the WORLDLY! The the corner. I am preacning on predestina- yet in the very church, but because it is a BIBLE doc- (Continued on page three) aan if that very seldom tion writer says 2. Plan to attend services with The 0 their preachers trine. does one of us on Thanksgiving Day. our 111°Iir against such "world- I am preaching on predesti- spoke A speak out 1.8.11L,C)W CAN THESE "smoking, drinking, nation because it is shamefully She ly" sins as 3. Our annual Thanksgiving STUDENT DAMAGES '101 'rillsIGS BE?" dancing and gayety in general." offering for TBE, which is denied and ignored in many It a church dea- otherwise fundamental church- PLYMOUTH ROCK ° " his No more may needed more this year than Y was .the question that con be yanked before a court of es. sted Plitt ever before. A Dartmouth College student Ir'sl asked by Nicodemus the "taking a nip (of I am preaching on predesti- faith ot, ieht elders for was fined $25 and given a stern he came to Christ. liquor) before dinner." 4. Remember to be thankful. nation because I have been ir- ad tc34esus had already explained warning from Judge Amedeo V. I/N PN GI IN Nu NG Sgarzi, in t save5'nsii th,,him the difference between Plymouth District fore Court, for 4•natural birth and the tampering with Ply- em 1.1ritual birth. He had told mouth Rock—the stepping stone of the Pilgrims. itlekc'clemus that, "That which naftist Iutptt The student LL, of the flesh is flesh, and -164e -v3First was arrested when Which is born of spirit is residents complained a 40,11'4," young man on top of Plymouth He Nm,P11.•••11110...1.8*11111.4.....*•111.1.1111...1111.inG.GIGGG.N...... *NGGNNG.G.G.G.N.G.GInG.GIG.G.....p had already told 01.0 .111••••••IIIIGNIIIIINII numN aitkodernus the absolute neces- Rock was trying to chip it with another rock. Q4,_Y Of being born again. Then ge orieice Judge thgle this question, "How can "FOLLOWING JESUS" Sgarzi lectured him 2onfid,ell ,trse things against damaging "a sacred be?" con- rock with 'ely 0!"elie question has been asked "Then said Jesus unto his had been journeying together. as to how much they knew which the whole 4 all country is eet of ages the time of disciples, If any man will come I am satisfied that our Lord of- cerning Him. concerned." since "Whom hislis• Men devised one after me, let him deny himself, ten looked upon those whom He First of all, He said, An infinitely more sacred —44 have Son of ting kr after another to account and take up his cross, and fol- had chosen, at least from a hu- do men say that I, the Rock than Plymouth Rock is they tnd th, What they believe to be low me."—Mt. 16:24. man point of view, and must man, am?" Immediately the Rock of Ages, Christ Jesus. saying that of (11 Ilew birth. Some have even have wondered how much they answered Him, There are those who are seek- b Elias, st Pc'00 ige so far as to apply the new It was a great day for the had learned, and how much Some said that He was ing to damage that Rock with t Heeel' 44,h4 to the body, making the cause of Christ and for Chris- they knew about Him. Now, ar- others said that he was Jere- which the whole world is — referred the e Mistake as did Nicodemus tianity when Jesus came, with riving at the coasts of Caesarea- mias, and still others or should be—concerned. They When pro- gate,5100 he asked, "Can a man en- His disciples, unto the coasts of Philippi, He asks them ques- to Him as one of the old are hurling stones of denial at the second time into his Caesarea-Philippi. For Over a tions to bring out, and to elicit, phets. When Jesus asked them His atoning sacrifice. two) (Continued on page three) year Jesus and His disciples and to draw forth information (Continued on page (Continued on page four) 7! there was more private prayer, there would be shorter prayers in public. THE BAPTIST EXAMINER face and say, "Lord, I try to gum; deny myself for You." Then really bowed his head JOHN R. GILPIN — EDITOR Beloved, before I ever preach and prayed: to you I always preach to my- 'Oh, PUBLISHED WEEKLY Lord, Thy kingdom self. Before I bring a message Come.' I°fol 11i (Conto SUBSCRIPTION PRICE to you, that same message has 1:\vei Fsi (Domestic and Foreign) to come to me. As I thought They sat at home and wondered Within One Year In Advance 50c about this message during the why !rThnedta Send Remittance to Russell, Ky. past two days, I thought how The church did not succeed; ielooa.1 little of self-denial there is in She chewed her gum Editorial Department, RUSSELL, and KENTUCKY, where communications my life. I am not talking about couldn't tell; should be sent for publication. your life now. That is between He, puzzled, smoked his said .Entered as second-class matter May you and God. But I am satis- weed." tb°h 31, 1941, in the post office at Russell, fied that there is no more self- to.4WtihropiP:oev Ky., under the act of March 3, 1879. denial in your life than there Our Lord surely puts us to Paid circulation in every state and is in mine. shame by His own example. He many foreign countries. Go back to the Word of God said, "The foxes have holes, and eon Subscriptions are stopped at expira- if you want an example of self- the birds of the air have nests; s;:aih°8yeIii hrl,btd°,Icesel;f tion unless renewed or special arrange- denial. Do you remember at but the Son of man hath not ments are made for their continuation. Jerusalem that poor widow who where to lay his head." Our aleve a came silently into the temple Lord laid aside all the joys of scarcely and dropped ,those two mites the association with the angels "Following Jesus" into tAe offering box. How and the seraphs of God and is he much is a mite? According to came down to this world. Even liPs, th (Continued from page one) the U. S. Treasury, beloved, the foxes of the field and the Say as deep to what men thought about take one silver dollar, cut it in- birds of the air were richer Him, they made answer, classi- to 100 pieces; take one of these than our Lord. He who was the ti fying Him with the world's pieces and cut it into five pieces; richest of the rich became the greatest and the world's high- then take two of these last poorest of the poor that we who est. pieces — two-fifths of a cent — are the poorest of the poor, Now Jesus puts the question and drop it into the offering box might become the richest of thei ciLtlh.eoir. squarely to them, when He said, as you leave the house of God the rich. Oh, how our Lord illg wit "But whom say ye that I am?" this morning and you will put denied Himself for us! There may have been a little in as much as this widow did— When I was in college, there Jesus period of silence elapsed before if you put in all you have. That was a boy at school who had a there was any answer, or it is self-denial. motto hanging on the wall in his IIIM A.: may have been that Simon We have another example of room. It read, "I am willing '4.11s131 aae17111°1113r\1 h c lt)ea eheeret1vi --h°retf ihl iti 1 Peter immediately ,and abrupt- self-denial in the Word of God. to be third." After observing %hay the ly spoke up, which was so When John the Baptist, our it for weeks, I'll never forget characteristic of him, by saying, Lord's great forerunner, stood the day that I asked him what "Thou art the Christ, the Son it meant. He said that it was one day along side the Jordan , Not that we are sufficient of of the living God." I am sure had been bap- a motto that his mother had ourselves to • River where he think any thing as of that all of the rest of them said tizing and where the multitudes given him and that his mother ourselves; but our suf- ficiency is. of God. — 2'eop 3.5 f "Amen" to it. If they didn't had thronged his ministry, it :;ig ii r SaylYIr o nr:°, say anything with their lips, I looked like he had become un- ft am positive that they nodded popular. The crowd had been THANKSGIVING through their heads and gave their men- weeded out and whereas there Lteward I tal assent as to what Simon had been hundreds and thou- For mountains high and wooded .`e led Peter had said. They believed sands that had thronged the hills, ' ht‘hhee livu'ile that Jesus was the Christ, the ministry of John the Baptist, For fern-lined dells and e corn, Son of God, just the same as even including the religious rippling rills thieh Peter. He merely acted as a leaders of Jerusalem who had And flowers that rare fragrance an emblem of Christianity and' so glibbly sang about vide uerrier spokesman for them. come from Jerusalem out into spills, when He speaks about taking His house. !iI\eY of t the wilderness to hear John I'm thankful, Lord; I'm Would to d Beloved, it was a great day up His Cross, He means for us brother, sister, that 1°11 Je‘ preach, now there is just a thankful. every 111,:e ‘pter. for the cause of Christ when to do that which, in the provi- and woman here might bear P` Jesus came with His disciples handful—a mere pittance of dence of God, will 1)araoh For furrowed fields of golden enlarge cross of Jesus daily. unto the coast of Caesarea- Phi- what he had had before. Some Christ's kingdom. Weat:. L,.acii grain, Bearing His lippi. Now that they know who speaking up from this small Cross means to do that III For sun and moon which IS He is, He mentions a word group said to Him, "The man and silver will promote and they A• rain, promulgate "AND FOLLOW ME." dr h, -. which He has never mentioned to whom you bore witness on the kingdom of our God. a ;"ed il And for the mocking bird's God didn't say for you to tilt , before. He speaks of an organ- the other side of Jordan is now How much do you do in that of refrain, line the plan of your actisritY, 1/4oses, ization which He has never preaching. He has all the crowd, respect? We talk about mak- I'm thankful, Lord; I'm He said for you to take the otli; spoken of before. He makes and all your followers are now ing a living. We talk about list,,,ncipot mention of an institution that His followers." John replied, thankful. line which He has given Y.°, i` does holding down our job. We talk within His Word. He didn't 5 had never yet been mentioned "He must increase, but I must in terms of material things, but He For peace and plenty every- for you to determine what Y by the Son of God. Now that decrease." Beloved, that is seldom do we get around to the the where, course of action shall be n P they know that He is God in self-denial. fact that our -Lord wants us to ,,c)cl said For freedom's priceless thus pursue it. He said for Y6ti the flesh, He speaks those mo- If the spirit of self-denial had take up His Cross. When Luke tog the atmosphere, to follow in the course of W,139j th the , mentous words, when He said, actuated every religious leader recorded this, he added the And love that casteth out has already been outlined "I will build my church; and from that time down to this, all word "daily." In other words, fear, mapped out completely for Y°, Ivile g° the gates of hell shall not pre- there never would have been we are not to just bear the 44134ses r I'm thankful, Lord; I'm vail against it." For the first but one church in all the world. Cross of Calvary on Sunday. It How ought we to follow Ul m issu( thankful. foll e last time he speaks of His church The reason for the multiplicity is to be a seven-day-out-of-the- Surely we ought to ,k viis which is going to exist for- of churches is that men have week task for you and me. Our Him BECAUSE OF OUR t, F —Etta Mai Scott ever, and which shall endure demanded that they and their business is to daily bear the VOTION TO HIM. Jesus SP.: u-°8Sed i ideas be recognized. Oh, how c011r . the ( even the gates of Hell itself. We !ft ft ft ft N.‘ Cross of Jesus Christ. "If ye love me, keep My Willing 1 Having thus spoken, He gives little of self-denial we know I remember mandmerits."—John 14:15. „ had said to put Christ first, reading sometime His first message to His church today! ago of one of those "For the love of Christ CO''' others second, and self third. startling in- thi have in the words of my text, when Several years ago when I was cidents that came straimetli us."—II Con 5:14. , t e roost Brother, sister, you claim to out of the his- He said, "If any man will come just a boy preacher, a woman, tory "constraine0i aher serv be the disciple of Christ; you of Asia, of some European That word after me, let him deny himself, who was the head of the home who had been means God doe51/ L e not , claim to belong to our Lord; you taken captive in "impells." orri and take up his cross, and fol- by usurpation, had a family of want any of your Ils, - °P, claim that you are a member Mohammedan lands. Because service !17ti; low me." six children. Three sons had cause hoping you W•e, of the chu;ch which the Lord this man loved Jesus Christ, you ar,e an income in this particular go to you :c ip 441e_thin, Jesus started two thousand those Mohommedans did every- Heaven when year of better than $5,000 from Rather, constr tr vess years ago. If you are, then His thing within their power to He wants to HIM- the sale of tobacco. One daugh- break the spirit you by the blood that A ue of "LET HIM DENY first message to you is the mes- of that indi- was slide ter had an income of nearly vidual. Learning at Calvary. I say, jeaeh i SELF." sage of self-denal. that he was beloved, This is first and foremost. No $200 a month as a school teach- an architect by trade, they put ought to follow Him out of 10 farm man can put Christ first if he er. They had a splendid II him to the task of drawing to Him. ..e to is thinking in terms of self. and made much from the sale plans for a Mohammedan mos- An idealist is devoted to le that ere You have to get self out of the of many other products "TAKE UP HIS CROSS." que. The plans were submitted ideals. A legalist is devoted In the way before you can even take was raised on the farm. How little we do it! How lit- and the building was erected. his forms. A Monk, of W11°„t, s • Ynia when we talk- up the Cross of Christ and fol- course of events tle we know about it! Why When it was completed, it was we study in history, was deV",0 the year, low Him. ed about a budget for even our talk concerning the found that he had drawn the ed to chastity. History tells t11 thee that woman acting as a spokes- Cross and cross-bearing is con- the " on a lost art now- plans in the shape of a cross of how the Greeks were delic)ro Self-denial is man for the entire family, fused. Somebody has a pain 4 nigh lost and that they had built their ed to beauty. The Romans Ive •a-days. Especially is it a brought in $45 and said, "Bro- amidship, or somebody stum- We have new church in the shape of a cross devoted to law. Would to vj 104, art in Russell. ther Gilpin, it is a sacrifice." bles on a stone and sprains an as pay day —the Cross which is hated only that it could be said of you ate clothes as often No, no, beloved, not a sacrifice; ankle, or somebody gets a head- "c have a new as Mohammedans can hate it. me that we were devoted comes around. We it was sacrilege. No self-denial that somebody talks at1,a,1 al often as the mo- ache, and Of course, it meant his death. Jesus Christ. automobile as there. about bearing his cross. That Do' 144'‘e wz tables are We sing: We ought to follow Hinlf.o. del changes. Our As the little poem says: isn't a cross, beloved; that is a in and cause we are devoted to r;,,lite loaded with food, both "He smoked cigars three times a burden. The problems that "Must Jesus bear the cross it comes because of what He has cwoo :1:i::1; tenl11. out of season. When day, arise in your life are not cross- alone, hi.:'I' et elt°0.td‘ hdliaetrc't' self-denial, for us. You have no busillvo to the matter of Ten centers, too, at that; es. They are burdens which And all the world go free? dare say, of saying when and how there isn't a person, I Then gave a nickel to the probably come as a result of No; there's a cross for everyone who shall serve the Lord. 10 within this house of God, church our failure to live for Jesus And there's a cross for me." ::.h\11)i v )tc 441' i.,zil 1;4°heyteh werei) eore rehfeae r:t a can look God squarely in the have no business of s91„:0. When the deacon passed the Christ. We sing this and I suppose when you shall attend serill'os hat. My brother, my sister, our down in our hearts we mean it You have no business to 5of Lord isn't talking here but then we THE BAPTIST EXAMINER about a little, close our when and how the causeoi e She gave one cent for mission bearing your burdens. He is song book and go out of the Christ shall be pushed onvi.anot lie wi3 as I PAGE TWO work, talking about bearing His house of God and forget all from your standpoint. NOVEMBER 4, 1950 Then spent two cents for Cross.. The Cross, beloved, is about bearing the Cross that we (Continued on page three/ ' Was Prayer is a promoter of aclivily for il pals orle al the disposal of god. "Following Jesus" through a boy's kindness the "These Things" horse's confidence was won. for (• Continued from page two) Then the lad prepared him (Continued from page one) let her tell it in Psiness is to serve Him and a race. But mother's womb and be born?" read: THE CLOSED ROAD 'Gllow Him as He has laid down her own words, as we These present day teachers od within His Word. "The record was this when the not say that the body can be Napoleon shook empires, day was done; born again by the natural birth, -cliz Lzd trzenz fottfi ty tL tiyizt way." nlade and remade the map of Rhythmic, the great blind but they say that the new birth • —g-plainz 101:1 EtiroPe at his own will and dis- conqueror, won. is baptism, thereby making the ei'etion all because that his He sped in the dark, though the body to be born again. I do not (11 Efiz wad cieszci ti) /-1 loved him. One day it is sun rode high suppose that anyone will at- gizat Lfiou liadst lonyed to ttead, that they picked up a lad In the cloudless arch of an tempt to deny that the body is choicest baptized. Then if the body is dw,ho was Napoleon's August sky. gfiine £y zi. fiad lollowzd wig wistful yazz? `"sPatch bearer, who had been He knew not where his feet baptized, and if baptism is the wounded, and brought him to should fall, new birth, then the body is born --So fait it lookzd to tfizE the hospital tent. As the surg- again and nas spiritual life. But To the eye of the driver he -,L-S:btEtcliinfi incitinyly Ey pleasant ways. escn bent over him and began trusted all: that this cannot be true can be `0 Probe in his breast to re- And he trusted the hand on the seen from the words of Jesus Amu it is. closed. ttichve a bullet, he heard faint, line, and he knew, "That which is born of flesh flesh." And the words of 'earcely audible words as they The hand on the whip was is ... Stop/id ate thy fiastiny feet; .4,111•0 from the boy's lips. Hold- love's hand too. Paul, "It is the spirit that quick- head down to the boy's Strength and courage, faith and eneth, the flesh profiteth noth- gotces tfzou cant not nzzet do tfizz the 'surgeon heard him ing." So we see that the new speed, witfzstand. say, "If you will probe a little These won the day for the birth is not speaking of some- !eePer, you will find the Em- steed. thing done with the body. tlTheaL not, inzpottunate, brave blind — there." 'Great is the lesson, 0 mortal But why so much confusion rG,13Oh, brother, sister, would to blind; on this point? Why don't we ritpon fizz fast-sfiut yate wig atyent look for the answer to this '":11 that we could say the Christ is your Master, His whip fzand,-- tarrie—that the King of kings, is kind; question in the words of Jesus ;the Lord Jesus Christ was liv- to Nicodemus? Trust in His wisdom, though (._--jod closed tfutt Toad: 115 'hg within us! dark be the night, Did this question go unan- • beloved, we ought to follow And the hand of the Saviour swered? Did Jesus tell Nico- J./. saw tizz itztzcitzice esus out of love to Him. Cer- will guide you aright demus the answer? Let us see. Question: "How can these --(Azad, tfze dEEp afysi tfiou coaLdst not see. tnlYL we ought to FOLLOW Faith and courage, and an even gs be?" AS HE GUIDES US. As pace, thin --Ind in c)-iii nzetcy tate • have said, it is not mine to With God's eye guiding, will Answer: "Are you a master the plans. It is not mine win the race.'" of Israel and knowest not these cc-Stayed tfze£ horn zntztiny tfivzz, closzd it say be done. It things—As Moses lifted up the what shall to tfize. Inine to follow as He shall My text says: "If any man serpent in the wilderness even gUide. after me, let him will come so must the Son of man be lifted (in fils yood tinzz deny himself, and take up his up, that believeth on tLI‘Iothing ever thrills me from whosoever cross, and follow me." May the him not perish but have ".ft) Word of God more than shall :...,Sfzall Sz nzadz plain to Spirit of God enable you, as eternal tfizz t• story of Moses as he led the life." God's child, to do this. So we see that the answer is ldren of Israel out of Egypt cll'fiat now tfzou dolt not izz; fiopE. tfzou in There may be someone here clear. Not a word about bap- thrchigh the Red Sea and over who is lost and knows not the tism; not a word about a good Ood, till)vvard Canaan. I see Moses as Lord Jesus. You say, "Bro- not a word about good v_e led Jews out toward life; .-S-'onzz day tfzy fieatt sfiall taisz those ther Gilpin, where is there any- but "whosoever believ- fl'e wilderness. I notice him as works, thing in that for me?" Listen, not perish but lives. sony of tfiankful ptaise lot that comes up to the Red Sea eth" does c.Losed how about you just taking God produces life. To be born stood as an impassible Birth at His Word and just believe means to live, to have life. toad. arrier before them. He has no again it wittlit' what God says? that believeth is born again. Gocl ',,a3Pv of transporting those 3 mil- He ....-4. /14. efzanz1E21 to i Out in San Diego, California, the teaching in John 3: ' Jews across that body of Is this very 01,, an advertising agent put an know it is because t1;1ater. There is the army of 14? Yes we t bear automobile up in a prominent who quotes the words of loharaoh coming behind him. John place in his display lot to sell in John 3:14 to 16 says in can hear their shouts of Jesus it, and he put over the top of it I John 5:1, "Whosoever believ- ar• You can see their chariots himself is transformed into an it is not at all conditioned on a sign which read, "You can eth that Jesus is the Christ is they glistened in the sun. 400 angel of light. what they have done." steal this one from us." That born of God." Grace 8".iled iron chariots are in pur- is always based upon faith. Law )11 to night somebody did just that. So we repeat the question: Therefore it is no great thing ii41„it of Moses and these Jews. trans- is always based upon human activi", They took him at his word. "How can these things be?" if his ministers also be ses was helpless from man's works. Salvation "by grace the The next day the agent report- We repeat the answer: Be- formed as the ministers of ?• hndpoint. I can see him as through faith," (Eph. 2:8) al- iven Y° ed it to the police. Now why lieve on the Son of God and righteousness; whose end shall does the best he knew to works." ways gives peace and assurance didn't(: 561 didn't he say what he meant, live. How plain, when we take be according to their He said, "Stand still and 11:13-15). to those who know it, but the vhat 37_4 and mean what he said? the Bible as it reads. (II ,Cor. the salvation of the Lord." requirement of law for human [ be °P have to —Willis Everman, Greenup, Ky. Satan makes himself into an e °el said, "Moses, you have giv- Beloved, you don't works begets fear. Thank God, d for Y° :t the worry about what God says. angel of light. Satan makes his wrong command. Say ministers to appear as minis- there is "One Mediator between of th the children of Israel that God says what He means and God and men, the man ined a':t ters of righteousness. And Christ IvitelY go forward." Immediately means what He says. God says Jesus." (I Tim. 2:5). for Y°", THE MODERN DIVINE Satan performs miracles to wit- [ 41,.1 8eS reversed his command to you, sinner friend, that you - ness his lies, and makes them —The Clarion [ow gilt th" issued God's command, and are to believe the Gospel that HEALING RACKET follo4 fe Jesus Christ died for your sins appear as the miracles of God. last of those three million day wave of "Di- Read Eph. 4:14, and beware of )UR D.S; ws, and He will save you. May God The present safely and dry-shod, Healing" is rank heresy. being tossed about by every sus 581 4 ssed help you to take Him at His vine That which we have given up the Red Sea to victory Nothing today is doing greater wind of doctrine, by men whose my Word this morning and follow for Christ is not forfeited but air th he other side. They were Christ. Him. injury to the cause of purpose is to deceive you. transferred. 4: 15. d, .t`Ing to follow as God led. who brought to May God bless you! The four men —The Voice * * * ;rist c°" the have a feeling, beloved, that • Jesus the palsied man and let sle The cross is 5: 14. rnost of us do so poorly in !cn P2*_m him down through the roof easier to him who ‘41,,e takes it up than him ;trainet1/1 service of God because we picked the patient, and no who drags et not it along. I does° 4 willing to follow as the THANK GOD "healing card" or ticket had to rvice Its.rti opens the way and leads THERE ARE NO * * If every little bird that sings, be issued. you Icltei , the ministly of We have fallen upon an evil 411 A blessing to the Master wings; Throughout "SACRAMENTS" you 40 think the secret • of Paul's Apostles the time if we are found glorifying If every little flower that grows, the Lord and His constr:eo trheeess was the same as was people picked the patients, Roman Catholics, and some in Christ's cross for us, while Dr"e of A sweet perfume of gladness was' 544 Moses. He wanted to picked them at random, brought others, teach that there are cer- we shrink from taking up the heeaeh shows; oved, rve in Asia. where he had them to Christ and His Apostles, tain things, as baptism, which cross for Him. And lake, and brook, and of 1° Qe,. preaching so long. He all went away healed. are "sacraments," or acts that It rushing rills, and they w"le to Mysia but the Spirit During the first 2,500 years of are channels of grace. They Ii th The cattle on a thousand hills, to God forbade him to preach the Bible record there were but admit that salvation is by grace. The fleecy clouds up in the sky, Predestination .votecl; 13ietlre_ • He came on over to 7 miracles, not a single one of but insist that God's grace is Are telling of the Lord on high, of ",1rnia but the Spirit of God them being performed by a hu- mediated to man through the nature in a thousand ways as delr',0 isi-111: No, Paul, not here. This And man being. means of acts of obedience. This (Continued from page one) crying out in matchless tells t, L the place to preach." He Is Beginning with Moses and is an old error and very popu- first chapter I am lifted upon 7 praise, re deOtt th':'e on to Troas and during Aaron God worked some few lar, because it maintains the the very heights of God's pre- Then mortal man from sin set ans DQ. night's time a vision ap- and far between miracles at the form and outward sound of destinating grace and counsel! free, to ti 4,„red to him, and in that vi- hands of men. Scriptural truth, but denies the "Whatever, therefore, is de- d throughout eternity, yoU. a man beckoned to him and To live In the Bible record both God heart of it. It is the error clared in the Scripture concern- shout—"Thank God." vote" clor;,' "Come over into Mace- Should and the devil perform miracles. against which the Book of Gala- ing predestination, we must be M. E. Detterlinc aslia, and help us." Paul did — (Exodus 7:10-12). tians, especially, was written. cautious not to withhold from 1,,,a4Le was told, and the Gospel Hill"'! 11 ttilaftftrmamftfttrzi Nobody but an Apostle can However, the fallacy of it is believers, lest we appear either to 1[111/1. s nreached for the first time impart the Holy Spirit by the clearly seen in such Scriptures to defend them of the favor of has u°0 ele continent of Europe. The crosses we fear are laying on of hands, and the as Romans 3:24: "Being justi- their God, or to reprove and O busi° kit loved, you and I ought to heavier than the crosses we Apostles have no successors. fied freely by his grace," etc. censure the Holy Spirit for pub- how ,3rieo ;\•ttrhatti:te Lord Jesus Christ bear. Here is God's own description Not only is it said that we are lishing what it would be useful d. • * of anybody who today profes- justified (declared righteous) by any means to suppress" 1,tillhere E saY•A. is a poem by Ella He who receives scars for ses the power of Apostolic mir- by His grace, but the means of (Continued on page four) servi;e stq,l,eeler Wilcox which tells the Christ here will wear stars with acles of healing. justification a r e admistered S to "of c'f an old blind race horse Christ there. "For such are false apostles, "freely." Grace is not condi- he en had been retired because * * * deceitful causeati workers, transforming tioned at all on what man does. THE BAPTIST EXAMINER onsP"of Ile ,Was no longer able to run. The cross is no longer a cross themselves into the Apostles of Williams' translation of Romans yo L. , 440 uecame peevish and fretful where there is no self to suf- Christ. 11:6 shows this clearly: If it is PAGE THREE three' Was kept in a stall, but fer under it. And no marvel; for Satan by His unmerited favor (grace), NOVEMBER 4, 1930 One can see god in everything, but we can see Him best with our eyes shut. DON'T TREAT US THIS WAY! (II Tim. 3:16-17). If we be- Predestination not come with idle curiosity e- lieve the Scripture, we are com- pecting an answer to eve pelled to admit that Paul, writ- (Continued from page three) question. The judgments ing under the inspiration of the (John Calvin). "Whoever, God are "unsearchable" Holy Spirit, says that the Scrip- therefore, endeavours to raise His ways "past finding ma tures are a sufficient rule of prejudices against the doc- (Rom. 11:33) and "and are ye faith and practice in reli- all trine of predestination, come to 'investigate thein? gious matters. openly reproaches God, as though (Augustine). The Psalmist says: "The law something had inconsiderately 1. Predestination is PERSON' of the Lord is perfect convert- escaped from Him that is per- AL. ing the soul: the testimony of nicious to the Church." (Cal- the Lord is sure, making wise Read Romans 8:28-30 and Sel vin). ARE WE TO CHOOSE how inclusive the simple"—(Psalms individualistic, 19:7). WHAT PART OF HOLY WRIT and predes' How much more evidence do we exclusive is God's WE SHALL BELIEVE AND require before we acknowledge tination. That it is to INDIV1, WHAT PART WE WOULD that the Bible is a safe guide? DUALS see how it says: "ATP LIKE TO HEAR PREACHED? we vial The Holy Spirit is a safe know that all things Do we know more than the together THEM that guide. He is an infallible Lead- for good to Holy Ghost Who wrote this er. John 16:12-13 says: "I have love God, to THEM who are Book? yet many things to say unto the called according to His pur' pose; fore' 133' L. you, but ye cannot bear them for WHOM He did I. The Definition of predestinat now. Howbeit when he, the know, He also did e Predestination and predestinat Spirit of truth is come, he will WHOM he did ,e THEM an":4L,°MT GUIDE you into all truth: — With what miserable malice He also called aaLhlglaetincail€3 During this year some who have been liberal supporters in for he will show you things to this holy doctrine has been mis- WHOM He called THEM He-ae the past, have figuratively "laid down on us." come." represented! John Wesley, in so justified and WHOM He jor 87bitChraokoalvisit. Accordingly, ours tified, THEM He also glorified:: has been a greater struggle this year than The Holy Spirit will guide us "Methodist Doctrinal Tracts," ing as ever before. Remem- falsely represents predestina- Is God the Holy Ghost 11'; science ber us with your Thanksgiving offering. into all truth. This is why the here. Epistles have so much to say tion as: "There are suppose speaking of individuals this 11.4111.4•••••••••••••••••••. twenty And see how inclusive Or •••• of matters that were barely men, ten are ordained pre mentioned i n the Gospel ac- to be saved do what they may, Whom He foreknew He ceitful and desperately Plymouth Rock wicked cording to Matthew, Mark, and ten are ordained to be destinated and whom He Pr'e —" (Jeremiah justi' 17:9). The Luke and John. The saints and damned do what they can." destinated He called, He mouth is full of cursing and (Continued from page one) bit- the churches would be much This is altogether in error. fled, He glorified. EVERY 00 'Y aid c terness, the feet tha,t The Judge of all the earth is are swift to the poorer in spiritual matters Let me here offer three of them! It does not Say shed blood, there is no !:.1:r.41 1 itidinvr oTni f ih lI not interfering just now, for fear of had not the Holy Spirit have led thoughts on this hated word. whom He predestinated, SON" God before their eyes—Romans giori' this is the age of grace, not the the writers of the Epistles in- 1. The TEACHING of the word. of them He justified and day of judgment. But they cer- 3:13-15,18). How can such 3 to all truth. 2. The TRANSLATION of the fled, but ALL of them. And see tainly are being person have a conscience that is how exclusive is God's predesi i1t lc 1 ,,ois : ued-rei warned! "If The Holy Spirit is an infalli- word. 3. The TRACING of the eutrc. any man love not safe to follow? tination! It refers to THE‘1 Of it. the Lord ble teacher and the Scriptures word. Jesus Christ, let him be ONLY. NO ONE ELSE. List Ana- III. IS CONSCIENCE A SAFE are an infallible rule book. If 1. The TEACHING of the thema Maranatha" — again. Whom He forekne; that is, GUIDE? This is an important we trust the Holy Spirit to lead word, predestination. "accursed, our Lord THEM He predestinated am ic:lit,4.8,,f04kili:i..tebtii.i'rht cometh." question, a question that has us into all truth, we will be The word itself means: "To :411.1oriokeliowarieonea1uieddits pneiEls bbiril (I Cor. 16:22). All whom He predestinated TI{V His critics been badly misunderstood. We 'surprised ourselves; and others mark off beforehand" (C. I. 43te ar shall meet Him in He called . . . NO ONE ELS ; judgment. hear the expression: "If a per- will be surprised by what we Scofield). "To limit in ad- Is that not what my text hell If Plymouth Rock can be son will only follow his con- vance," to "predestinate" (Jas. de. ft ft k1,1 ft Pm ft ea em says? re called, "the stepping stone of science, he will be all right." Strong). 'PC theory that /Int we the Pilgrims," the Rock of A bigger falsehood has never 2. The TRANSLATION This answers that of the that Ages, Christ Jesus, can be call- been uttered. A person who ANTHEM TO GOD word, predestination. God merely predestinated all who believe in His SI ed: "The stepping stone of the follows nothing safer than his It FOR AUTUMN is translated: "DETER- should have eternal life, lo.tl — low, heavenly Pilgrims!" For He is conscience will finally wake up MINE BEFORE" in Acts 4:28. this would be predestinating the Rock on which the Church in hell! You may be sincere in Fields of countless corn shocks, It is translated: "ORDAIN" in PLAN instead of PEOPLE. Th'; .the is founded. "For other founda- believing that your conscience All in perfect line, I Cor. 2:7. tion can Like also answers the theory the' t no man lay than that is a safe guide, but SINCERI- a guard of soldiers, 3. The TRACING of the word, is laid, Tall and straight God has predestinated all which is Jesus Christ." TY DOES NOT MAKE A and fine. predestination. 1"43)tebr (I Cor. 3:11). THING RIGHT! Pumpkins piled beside them. to be saved if He has, then It comes from two words in justified Orange-colored shapes, men will be "called, ' That Rock was cleft for us at Paul was following his con- the original. It means, 1. "FORE Frost-killed vines a trailing, and "glorified" (Rom. 8:29)•, Calvary. Now each person science when he took charge of —IN FRONT OF PRIOR." It Like torn and tattered drapes. So personal is this predege acknowledging Him as Saviour the coats of those who stoned is translated: "Before," as in We A pheasant comes a flying— nation that their names l,: and Lord can say: Stephen for preaching the Gos- Matt. 5:12, where it speaks of A streak of gorgeous written down in the Larrib„ "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, pel, Acts 7:58, and when he hue— "The prophets, which were BE- Blending with the sunset book of life before the worloP 8°Plethii Lo, I hide myself in Thee." persecuted the Church of God FORE you." Also so translat- Of multicolors, too. were framed (Rev. 13:8), ae,a (1/4 bet at Jerusalem, etc., (I Tim. 1:13; ed in Gal. 1:17 where Paul know h,... rl If essential deity were not In the distant wood lot Jesus Christ said: "I Ture ir I Cor. 15:9). Thank God, he speaks of thcse who were His, and if He were not virgin- A squirrel climbs whom I have chosen" (John 1 "estis , was led to see his mistake;•sbut the trees, apostles "BEFORE" him. .401 born, how could He be the While leaves of gold and 18). That is personal! !rY ac it was not his conscience but It means: "To mark out, Rock of Ages, and the Saviour crimson 2. Predestination is PRO' the Holy Spirit that did it. bound, figuratively to appoint, `en an, of mankind? —Now TICAL. I. Are trembling in the breeze. decree, specify." It is trans- Conscience cannot be a safe This should answer the 01;; tiding.en Oh, when it comes to Autumn lated: "DECLARE" in Rom. guide because there are many jection: "Why preach thee' IS\ Is there not special reason 1:4. Christ is • "DECLARED" kinds of consciences. T h e For "Why repent?" God has Pre; -otild , prasiing God for beauties to be the Son of God by His re- Conscience Scriptures speak of a "Weak destinated MEANS as well 3 Of this 'specially lovely surrection. It is translated: t:,v('ec, ti conscience"—(I Cor. 8:7,12), the END. God will save whe, ... refe season? "DETERMINE" in Acts 2:23, Wife. (Continued from page and a "Seared conscience"—(I He will, but it pleases God one) —Roy J. Wilkins Luke 22:22, Acts 11:29 and 17: tvc,,,„ ) what is right and what Tim. 4:2), and "Evil con- the 1)."foolishness of preaching ;v is 26. Briefly these references tell -- no wrong, then there can be no science"—(Heb. 10:22), as well save them that believe" (I C0'' ft ft lft PQ Pr.] us of Christ that it was the t)b„4,8seci s standard of right, as conscience as a "Good conscience" (I Peter 3,-,r0tha "determinate" counsel that He is a creature of education 3:16). Since this is true, how find in the Word of God. Who can read I Cor. 12 9"e ea,. and would be crucified; that He th discipline; and no two men have can anyone say that conscience In I John 2:27, we are told Eph. 4:11-12 and not perceiv that the Holy Spirit will went to the cross "as it was 1ow13411e,; ei educated and disciplined their can be a safe guide? Some men teach that predestination organ ilau tc us all things. Oh, that we would "DETERMINED:" and of the consciences alike. have an "Evil conscience." the church, places each offioeii R allY 1 seek to know more of the bless- disciples that they "DETER- Man must develop his con- Shall they accept their evil con- and member and grants e9,,ce ,,e cha ed old Book! With an infalli- MINED" to send relief to poor To tPe science. He must educate and science as a guide? Others have gift, and to what end? ble Teacher in the Person of brethren in Jerusalem; and that The ,asn discipline it according to the a "Seared conscience." Shall salvation of the elect! a the Holy Spirit, we have no God has "DETERMINED" the Nei ' Word of God, but man can they follow a seared, callous, are MEANS that God has Pre: need for conscience to be our times and the habitations of the Iterl W never develop a perfect con- unfeeling—conscience? To do destinated. This is a very Or° guide—if it were a safe one— nations. Y 1 science, no matter how hard he so is nothing more or less than t cal doctrine! i'Vtatly 1 which it is not! Again the word is translated: God bel tries; for man is depraved and "the blind leading the blind." In reaching the elect to,Ils fo We have already shown that "LIMIT" in Heb. 4:7. means he will have a depraved con- predestinated the h4Zed IV. WHAT IS A SAFE the consciences of men are not The word is translated: "OR- u science. Man is an imperfect their repentance (II Tim. 2:2°,1, irl 7 wo; GUIDE? This is not a very hard the same in education, disci- DAIN" in Acts 10:42 and 17: 1 creature, at best, and he has an believing in Christ (Acts .;/.1 tilden question to answer. The Bible pline, etc. If we should be 31. Jesus Christ is ordained to SANCTIFICATI imperfect conscience. "Who 48); their u speaks plainly on this subject: guided by our conscience, there be the Judge of all men at the can bring a clean thing out of (I Peter 1:2) and OBEDIEN : In Psalms 119:105, we are told: would be as many guides as last day. an unclean? Not one." (Job and GOOD WORKS (Eph. "Thy Word is a lamp unto my there are men, and no two Summing these thoughts up one d 14:4 ) . 10). Look up every itI feet, and a light unto my path." guides would hold the same we would say: "Predestina- A depraved a n d imperfect these practical doctrines Ore In Psalms 119:9, we read: standard. There are tion is the free choice of God conscience can never be a per- WEAK you will discover that they o "Wherewithal shall a young consciences, SEARED consci- wherein He, according to His predestinatto fect or safe guide; yet man associatedionlwith 1 I_Illeste( man cleanse his wily? by tak- ences, and EVIL consciences, own will, and to the praise or needs a perfect and a safe and eelection! 14-4''rl A ing heed thereto according to as well as GOOD consciences; the glory of His grace, did be- ed guide. Man at his best is a Since God h a s ordail'g 11 4 Cat thy Word." Again Psalms 119: and even a CONSCI- fore the foundation of the evidence til,i°e b,11,Viils , sinner. Even the saved are sin- GOOD means as the only 11 says: "Thy Word have I ENCE is not a safe guide ac- world mark out those of sinful --‘11ted i ners saved BY THE GRACE OF we are among the elect and hid in mine heart ,that I might cording to the Word of mankind whom He would save GOD. Sin has effected every God. cannot look into His thl'his I not sin against thee." May God enable us to accept and the means thereto. faculty of the human being. The counsels, PROVE YOUR PftPe, sPe is Paul, writing in Timothy, His Word and His Spirit as our Scriptures paint a very sad pic- II. The Doctrine of DESTINATION OF GOD by r„e toeh a vE says: "All Scripture is given by guide through this which against t'to ture of fallen man. We are told world Predestination penting of your sins Pre Drint inspiration ,of God ( G o d is not a friend to grace to help that the heart of man is "De- Almighty, believe only in eS di t breathed), and is profitable for us on to God. We are now about to lift the Christ for eternal salvation, 5 doctrine, for reproof, for cor- The Hymn writer wrote: lid from off. the 'ark of God's baptized and walk in nevvr14; th'llie ileigis n rection, for instruction in right- "Where He leads me I will fol- hidden counsels. Let us be THE BAPTIST EXAMINER of life. "BELIEVE ON 1.41 here wsoort eousness: that the man of God low." Will you say the same sure that we are true priests LORD JESUS CHRIST 1" PAGE FOUR may be perfect, thoroughly fur- this morning? God help you and Levites! (See Calvin's In- THOU SHALT BE SAVI4v. 'Cont NOVEMBER 4, 195( .nished unto all good works"— to say it and do it. stitutes, Vol. II. p. 172). Do (Acts 16:31).