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Bible League Quarterly Bible League Quarterly January - March 2013 Issue no. 452 The Bible League Trust Registered Charity No. 281867 | Instituted May 3rd 1892 Object of the Bible League To promote the reverent study of the Holy Scriptures and to resist the varied attacks upon their inspiration, infallibility and sole sufficiency as the Word of God. Website: www.bibleleaguetrust.org The Trustees Chairman of the Trust: Malcolm H Watts Editor of the Quarterly: John P Thackway Other council members: David J Butler, Francis J Harris, Aaron J Lewis, Pooyan Mehrshahi, David Oldham, Neil Pfeiffer, Stephen A Toms, Thomas R. Yates Contact our Secretary Mrs Ruth Ward, 46 Bulbrige Road, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0LE Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01722 742270 Contact our Editor Rev. John Thackway, Fairlea, From Park Road, Holywell CH8 7SP Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01352 714879 Subscriptions The annual subscription to the Quarterly is £8 in the UK and £12.50 overseas, including postage of the four issues each year. You can subscribe online to our Quarterly here. We thank all our subscribers for their generous financial support, particularly friends who send more than their subscription in the form of donations. The latter can be Gift Aided - please contact our secretary for a declaration form. Such gifts enable us to continue publishing the Quarterly and our other literature, which is so needed in these days. In this Issue WHAT VARIOUS HINDRANCES WE MEET… 4 MEDITATION: A HELP TO PRAYER 11 THE RIGHT DIRECTION? 12 BELIEVERS DAILY REMEMBRANCER 32 THE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE EPISTLES 33 SHADOWS OF HEAVENLY THINGS 1 35 WESTMINSTER REFERENCE BIBLE 38 TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY 43 BIBLE LEAGUE MEETINGS 44 WHAT VARIOUS HINDRANCES WE MEET… A word for 2013 J.P. Thackway “But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun” Exodus 17:12 This chapter of Exodus finds God’s people continuing their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land. The next stop on route is a place called Rephidim (verse 1), which means “rest.” The weary travellers hoped for that, and for water. However, “there was no water for the people to drink” (verse 1b). The streams had dried up, thirst could not be quenched, and they facedTo be concluded) such meaning.’say, "s ill do waht nd unity of the church. y. parts of epistles. No problem to a born-again Ch a crisis. Promised The Lord promised to bring His people to Canaan (Exodus 3:8), but He had not promised a journey there free of difficulties. However, within that promise lay the certainty of His presence and provision. And it is so for Christians – we are not promised an easy path to heaven, but since we are promised heaven, it includes everything necessary on the way. As Dr. Ryland put it, He that hath made my heaven secure Will here all good provide. Therefore, every such need tests our faith in God. The Lord reminded the Israelites of this years afterwards, And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (Deuteronomy 8:2). Revealing Here, it proved revealing, with another bout of complaining: “And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured...” (Exodus 17:3). Instead of looking to the Lord in this new emergency, they found fault with His dealings. We never know ourselves until the Lord shows us what is in our hearts. Then we know where we need more grace. However, as always, the Lord already had the solution, Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel (Exodus 17:6). It was a miracle. Water came from the most unlikely of places: the dry, flinty rock. The greater the need, the greater the glory to God when He meets that need. However, no sooner is this emergency met than another comes: an attack from the Amalekites, “Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim” (verse 8). It is often like this: not one trial but often two, sometimes even three at a time. How else can the Lord truly exercise and prove us? Prayer If the water-shortage called for faith in God, this new emergency called for prayer. It also teaches us about the use of means. As Joseph Hall put it: “Then only we can pray with hope, when we have done our best ... And though the means cannot effect that which we desire, yet God will have us use the likeliest means, on our part, to effect it ... In vain shall Moses be upon the hill, if Joshua be not in the valley. Prayer without means is a mockery of God.” But prayer there was, and it proved the more potent weapon. As John Trapp put it, “The push of Moses’ prayers did more than the pikes of all Israel besides.” However, Moses’ intercession was not constant, it flagged and needed help. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed (Exodus 17:11). Clearly the outcome depended upon prayer. To maintain this intercession was vital. We do not read that Joshua needed help, but Moses in prayer did. The emphasis is on persevering prayer: “Moses hands were steady.” That won the day. Here is an important lesson for us. To pray is hard, but perseveringly to pray is harder still. However, verses 12,13 tell us that Moses was wonderfully upheld - and the battle was won, But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomforted Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Equivalent What is the equivalent help for us? Moses’ support was for his weak legs and weary arms: the stone on which he sat, and the two men who held up his arms. The “stone” can represent the promises God has given us concerning prayer. We lean the weight of our need upon these and they support us. “Aaron” is the High Priest of Israel, and the type our Great High Priest in heaven. “Hur” can stand for the Spirit of Christ, the Comforter in our hearts who strengthens our prayers. Let us see the event in this light, and see how it applies to our prayers. 1. Our Help Verse 12 “a stone” ... “Aaron and Hur.” 1] God’s Promises. The stone supporting Moses’ weight illustrates how divine promises help our prayers. For God in His promises shows His goodwill toward us when we draw near to Him. For instance, consider these: Psalm 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Asaph confesses he is always in God’s presence - so close that his hand is held. Preserving grace kept him close, even while he was disillusioned over the prosperity of the wicked. Now he sees more clearly the love “that wilt not let me go.” This is our promise too – that we are always in His presence, we can turn to Him at any time, and He who holds our right hand (Isaiah 41:13) will hear our prayers. Psalm 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. This truth is like an attribute of God: He hears prayer. It means that when we draw near to pray, He is already listening. “While they are yet speaking, I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24). Song 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Here our Lord actually asks us to pray to Him, that He may have the pleasure of our company and voice! What greater incentive to prayer can there be than this? Such promises – and there are many others – support us. Let not the legs of our prayers bend as we sit down on these. 2] God’s provision. Aaron and Hur show two other ways the Lord helps us in prayer. a] His ministering presence in heaven. With Aaron, we think of Hebrews 4:14 “we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God.” We need the assurance that our prayers reach the throne of God. They do, through this Mediator whom God has provided. Hebrews 9:24 tells us that He is in heaven, “there to appear in the presence of God for us.” Our Lord in the court of heaven is not just our Friend but also our Surety, who has discharged all our debts and fulfilled all our obligations. This is what He represents to the Father on our behalf. “Appear” means to manifest to the sight – He demonstrates these things to God’s satisfaction just by being there! This has a twofold effect upon our prayers.
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