THE BEACON BEAM August 2021

That We Might Grow in Grace and Knowledge

The Purposes of God by R. C. Sproul “Why?” This simple question poses, the proximate being what is deemed it good to let the brothers is loaded with assumptions about close at hand and the remote referring have their way with Joseph—to a what philosophers call “teleology.” to the distant and ultimate purpose. limited extent—that He might Teleology, which comes from the To use a sports analogy, the proxi- achieve His ultimate purpose. Greek word for “goal” or mate goal for the Pittsburgh Steelers We all experience what seem “end” (telos), is the study of purpose. offensive line is to make a first down. to be tragic accidents. Some years The “why” questions are purpose Making a touchdown is the more re- ago, one of the pastors of Saint An- questions. We seek the reasons things mote goal. A goal that is even further drew’s Chapel cut his hand severely happen as they do. Why does the rain off for the team is to win the game. while working in a cabinet shop. He fall? Why does the earth turn on its Finally, the ultimate goal is to win did not mean to slice his hand; he axis? Why did you say that? the Super Bowl. intended to cut the wood for the cabi- When we raise the question The most famous Old Testa- net he was working on. Proximately of purpose, we are concerned with ment illustration of the relation be- speaking, he had an accident. He ends, aims, and goals. All these terms tween remote and proximate purpos- asked, “Why did God permit my suggest intent. They assume meaning es is found in the story of Joseph. At hand to get cut up?” rather than meaninglessness. Despite the story’s end, Joseph’s brothers The question looks for a final the best attempts of nihilist philoso- express their fear that he will take purpose to the accident. It assumes phers to deny that anything has ulti- revenge on them for all that they had what we know to be true, namely, mate meaning and significance, the done to him. Joseph’s response that God could have prevented the perennial question “Why?” shows shows us a remarkable concurrence at accident. If we deny this, we deny the that they haven’t been successful. In work between proximate and remote God who is. If He could not have fact, even the cynic’s glib retort of purposes. He said, “You meant evil prevented it, He would not be omnip- “Why not?” is a thinly veiled com- against me, but God meant it for otent—He would not be God. Moreo- mitment to purpose. To explain why good” (Gen. 50:20). Here, the proxi- ver, our question “Why?” assumes we’re not doing something is to give mate and the remote seemed to be another truth: that the question has an a reason or purpose for not doing it. mutually exclusive. The divine inten- answer. We know God had a purpose Purpose remains in the background. tion was the exact opposite of the for the accident. Human beings are creatures commit- human intention. Joseph’s brothers For questions like these, we ted to purpose. We do things for a had one goal; God had a different may not get a full answer in this life. reason—with some kind of goal one. The astounding reality here is We may never know on this side of in mind. that the proximate purpose served the glory all of the reasons why a tragedy Still, there is complexity in remote purpose. This did not absolve occurs. Nevertheless, there is an an- this quest for purpose. We distinguish the brothers of culpability. Their in- between proximate and remote pur- tent and actions were evil. Yet God (Continued on page 2)

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1622 Kirkpatrick Road Sunday School…....11:10 AM Evening Worship…..6:00 PM Burlington, NC 27215 Gregory N. Barkman, Senior Pastor (336) 226-5205 Wednesday beaconbaptist.com Michael R. Karns, Minister of Christian Education Prayer Meeting…...…7:00 PM [email protected] Robert F. LaTour, Minister of Families IMPACT Clubs...... 7:00 PM Gregory L. Phillips, Minister of Music Teen Ministry……....7:00 PM 1 (Continued from page 1) together for good—for a final and about divine government and the in- swer to this most important question: ultimate goal. The Apostle insists that trinsic good will of God. “Is God’s purpose in allowing this the proximate must always be seen in We do not live in a world of accident to happen a good one?” light of the remote. chance or chaos. It began with a pur- If we know anything about The difficulty we face is that pose, it is sustained with a purpose, God, we already know the answer to we do not yet possess the full light of and it has an ultimate purpose. This is the question. The Lord’s purposes the remote. On this side of heaven, my Father’s world, and His rule is and intentions are always altogether we see through a glass darkly. Yet, purposeful, not capricious and arbi- good. There is no hint of arbitrariness we are not utterly devoid of light. We trary. Purposelessness is a manifest or wicked intent in the will of God. know enough about God to know He impossibility. The pleasure of His will is always has a good purpose for all things even the good pleasure of His will. His when that good purpose eludes us. First published in Tabletalk Magazine, pleasure is always good; His will is God’s good purpose shows us that an outreach of Ligonier. always good; His intentions are al- the appearance of vanity and futility ways good. in this world is just that—mere ap- Paul’s incredible promise pearance. To trust in God’s good pur- that “for those who love God all pose is the essence of godly faith. things work together for good, for Thus, no Christian can be an ultimate those who are called according to his pessimist. The wickedness and trage- purpose” (Rom. 8:28) is a statement dy we daily endure can lead to a of teleology. Here, Paul addresses the proximate pessimism, but not an ulti- remote rather than the proximate. mate one. I am pessimistic about hu- Note that he doesn’t say all man government and the innate good things are good but that they work will of men. I am fully optimistic

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?” – Jesus Christ, (Luke 9:23-25 ESV). It is one of the foundational paradoxes of grace. You cannot understand God’s work of redemption if you don’t pursue this theological paradox: Death leads to life. How would you define “the good life”? What do you feel you can’t live without? What has the ability to make or break your day? What do others have that causes you to envy? If you could acquire just one thing, what would it be? What does your use of money tell you about what’s important to you? What would the video of your last six weeks reveal about what has you in its hold? Is there a place where you’re asking the creation to do what only the Creator can? Because creation is so obvious—you can see it, taste it, feel it, and smell it—it’s tempting to look to it to deliver “the good life.” But creation was made to point us to the Creator, who alone has the power to satisfy our longing hearts. He is the bread that will satisfy our hunger. He is the living water that makes us thirst no longer. Looking to creation to do what it was not meant to do will not only disappoint us, it will enslave us. Idols never just disappoint us, they addict us as well. Because the buzz of joy that creation gives us is so short, we have to go back again and again, and soon we’re convinced we cannot live without the next hit. What we tightly hold onto takes hold of us, now commanding of us what only God should ever control: our hearts. If someone doesn’t rescue us from our idolatrous and worldly pursuit of “the good life,” we will lose our lives. We must die if we are ever going to live. Death leads to life. Coming to Jesus is not a negotiation, an agreement, or a contract. Coming to Jesus is a death—your death. Christ died so that you may live. Now he asks you to lose your life so that you may find life in him— real, abundant, and eternal life. Don’t fight the death of your old life; instead, celebrate the new life that is yours by grace and grace alone. And remember that your Savior will continue to call you to die; it is the way of life. —Paul David Tripp, Devotional

2 August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM How Much Media Is Too Much Media?

Interview with John Piper Founder & Teacher, desiringGod.org

Audio Transcript  setting our affections on things that are above (Colossians 3:1–2), Adrift in Godless Media How much media is too much media?  being renewed in the spirit of our For decades, most Christians have In the digital age, this is a question thoughts (Ephesians 4:23), simply drifted into the embrace of the we all face all the time, and it’s a  keeping our lives unstained from patterns of the world in the way we question with implications for our the sinfulness of the world spend our evenings and our week- relationships. It’s a dilemma faced by (James 1:27), ends, with the exception of a couple one young woman who listens to the of hours for church on Sunday. At  laying up treasures in heaven and podcast and writes us today. “Hello, first this drift seemed harmless be- not on earth (Matthew 6:19–20), Pastor John and Tony — thank you cause there was such an overlap be- for the podcast! I have been learning  keeping a clear vision of the light tween the supposedly Christian a lot about the conscience lately, and of the gospel of the glory of worldview and the products of the how some things affect me in varying Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4), media and entertainment empires. degrees compared to other Chris-  enjoying the daily fellowship of tians. I know I cannot pass judgment the Son of God (1 John 1:3), To be a real Christian in the days on those who do not share my convic-  having the eyes of our hearts ahead will require a commitment to tions of conscience on things that are enlightened to know what is the being more intentionally not inherently sinful. But I do struggle hope of our calling, and the riches detached from the world’s patterns to apply my convictions to group set- of the glory of our inheritance, of entertainment. tings. Specifically, constantly watch- and the immeasurable greatness of ing television and playing video God’s power toward believers That overlap was not as great as we games as an adult weigh heavy on my (Ephesians 1:18–19), thought it was — at least, I think I conscience.  the taste of the age to come really blew it as a kid and didn’t see (Hebrews 6:5), it. It was superficially Christian in “These are the things my family,  freedom from the desires of the that many taboos in the culture were whom I still live with, and my friends eyes and the desires of the flesh still shared with Christians, but God maintain as part of their daily life- and the pride of life (1 John 2:16), was absent. And we scarcely noticed, styles. If I listen to my conscience,  the power of the Spirit in our in- let alone were heartsick or offended. and don’t participate, my time spent ner being (Ephesians 3:16), But now that superficial overlap of with them is greatly reduced. But if I media culture and Christian culture is  a clear sight of the breadth and do participate, the weight on my con- very small. And the vast majority of length and height and depth of the science brings me great misery. I ask programs and movies are through and love of Christ (Ephesians 3:17- them, but get nowhere because it’s through void, not only of God and 18), and not a clear sin issue. So how do I live Christ and any worthy advocates for in a space that does not share my  the enjoyment of all the fullness his greatness or his righteousness, but convictions, with love and grace — of God (Ephesians 3:19), also increasingly void of any re- and especially when it comes to straints on the celebration of sin. Sin screens?” I suspect that in this new world of is consistently destigmatized and nor- incessant screen time — whether malized in what Christians watch I suspect that in the modern techno- widescreen TV or computer or tablet with pleasure. logical age that we have entered, es- or smartphone — all these precious pecially an age of ever-present visual marks of what it means to be real And yet, even though these changes entertainment created within the Christians will require a kind of rad- have happened, most Christians have framework of a God-ignoring or God- ical recovery of the ancient early- not altered their pattern of immersion hostile worldview — I suspect that in church commitment to being more in that entertainment culture for their this new entertainment-saturated world, intentionally detached from the pat- own enjoyment. Therefore, millions terns of the world, especially the pat-  the pursuit of purity of heart of Christians find themselves pleased terns of entertainment, for the sake of (1 Timothy 1:5), with God-omitting, Christ-neglecting, the everlasting enjoyment of the man-centered, ego-exalting, sexually  possessing the mind of Christ greatness of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16), (Continued on page 4)

3 August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM (Continued from page 3) and I will be a father to you, ness and his promises and his fellow- titillating, sin-normalizing entertain- and you shall be sons and ship, so that whatever no she must ment, night after night. The effect of daughters to me, speak and live toward her family, it this is a church that more and more says the Lord Almighty.” would point mainly to a great and absorbs the intuitions, the instincts, (2 Corinthians 6:16–18) better yes: the glory of Christ. You the reflexes, the preferences, the de- won’t regret it, and neither will they, The recovery of this kind of radical sires of the world. if Paul’s words become your passion: detachment from the emptiness of the

world will not be for its own sake. The church that regularly makes the “If then you have been raised with We will not make the mistake of world the source of its relaxation and Christ, seek the things that are above, thinking that separation for the sake enjoyment must become a worldly where Christ is, seated at the right of separation is a Christ-exalting vir- church. And a worldly church is a hand of God. Set your minds on tue. It’s not. We will say no for the powerless church. It will not experi- things that are above, not on sake of the glorious, all-satisfying ence the fullness of the Holy Spirit, things that are on earth.” yes. and boldness in prayer, and courage (Colossians 3:1–2). in witness, and readiness to sacrifice  We will say no to being children for the salvation of lost people and for of the age because of the spectacular The pleasures found in this path are the exaltation of Christ. You cannot privilege of being sons and daughters greater, and they last forever. feel brokenhearted over lost people of the Lord God Almighty. when you enjoy, night after night,  We will say no to the short-term, being entertained by them in their unsatisfying titillation of our lusts for John Piper (@JohnPiper) is founder and teach- lostness. the sake of the deep, profound satis- er of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Beth- faction of savoring Christ and serving lehem College & Seminary. This is why I said that to be a real him with the conviction that “it is For 33 years, he served as pastor of Christian in the days ahead will re- Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, more blessed to give than to re- Minnesota. quire a kind of radical recovery of the ceive” (Acts 20:35). ancient early-church commitment to  We will say no to the desires of being more intentionally detached the flesh and the desires of the eyes from the patterns of the world, espe- and the pride of life because we are cially the patterns of entertainment. on a quest for something vastly deep- er and higher and richer and fuller Radical Detachment and more lasting than anything secu- I do believe that God will raise up a lar entertainment can offer. generation who are so thrilled with what they gain in God and Christ and Set Your Mind on Things Above salvation and the way of righteous- This will not be easy. The young ness and the sacrifices of love that woman who has written this question they will not be intimidated by the is showing us what we are up against. accusations that they are a new kind Thousands of Christians simply de- of fundamentalist. They will joyfully fault to watching TV and playing vid- recover with seriousness and joy the eo games. They are not yet awakened words of the apostle when he said, to what’s happening to them. And the What agreement has the temple of fact that they would resent someone’s God with idols? For we are the tem- discontent with their pattern of enter- ple of the living God; as God said, tainment is simply more evidence of how profoundly saturated they have “I will make my dwelling among become with the spirit of the age. them and walk among them, and I will be their God, My simple counsel to this young and they shall be my people. woman is that she thank God for the Therefore go out from their midst, direction her conscience is pointing, and be separate from them, and that she put all her focus on culti- says the Lord, vating a great and glorious yes to God and touch no unclean thing; and his kingdom and his righteous- then I will welcome you,

August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM 4 GOD’S PENALTY FOR SIN

by Greg Barkman

Those who believe the Bible know get. “We will not worship God, nor mercy. Because it corrupts society, God is holy, and that He judges sin. submit to His commands.” And God poisoning the well from which we all What many do not understand, is that says, “Fine, I’ll give you exactly drink. This is an awful judgment, sometimes His judgment is to allow what you desire.” and it is just. men to pursue their sin with greater ease. That may not seem like much This is man exercising his free will in Knowing this, we must stop envying of a judgment, until we think it the only direction a sinful heart can the freedom of sinners. Do you want through. When we do, we under- go, apart from the intervening grace God to abandon you? Stop admiring stand that God is wise and just in of God. This is God refusing to inter- sinners, and stop wishing you could everything He does, and that this vene, letting men have what they join them. Stop feasting your eyes penalty is both appropriate and se- choose. It really is an awful judg- upon licentious entertainment and vere. ment, but only those with regenerated vicariously participating in sin. hearts understand it so. Darkened God’s initial penalty for sin is more Romans 1:24 declares, “Therefore, hearts believe God either does not sin. But He doesn’t stop there, and God also gave them up to unclean- exist, or else is an indulgent father more sin results in greater judgment ness, in the lusts of their hearts, to who condones immoral behavior down the road. For those who are dishonor their bodies among them- much like a doting uncle winks at even now indulging in secret sin, selves.” In this passage, Paul demon- childish pranks. and think you are getting by with it, strates the universal guilt of sin, and wake up! Realize the true nature of shows how men sin against truth, What are some of God’s restraints? what’s happening. God has removed even when they do not have a Bible. Civil law, community standards, fam- restraints from your life. Where will When people, who know about God, ily morality, faithful churches, human this lead if you continue? You need deliberately reject truth, and refuse conscience, the Holy Spirit. All of to acknowledge your sin without to honor God, God brings darkness these help restrain sin, but when delay, and cast yourself upon the to their understanding (vs. 21). As a weakened or removed, sin rushes in mercy of Christ. If you do not, you result, they worship Creation rather like a flood. Look around you! God will face a future more awful than than the Creator (vs. 23). We see this is even now removing restraints from you can imagine. “Come every soul all around us in America today. American society. God’s judgment is by sin oppressed, there’s mercy with What is God’s penalty for this false already heavily upon our land. How the Lord, and He will surely give you worship? He gives men over to im- much further can we go before we rest, by trusting in His Word. Only morality. God allows them to do self-destruct with sinful behavior? trust Him now!” without restraint, exactly what their lustful hearts desire. They want to be Why is this such a severe judgment? immoral, so God allows them to prac- Because it allows men to deceive Published originally July, 2005 tice immorality more easily. No fire themselves. They suppose they can and brimstone falling from heaven. sin without penalty, but the penalty No death or disease, at least not im- for sin is not removed, only the re- mediately. Death and disease will straint. They still face the judgment come, but it seldom strikes after the bar of God, and the wages of sin, first transgression. Even now we which is death, both temporal and face an epidemic of venereal diseases eternal. Because it allows men to in America, but not enough yet to destroy themselves. They bring about retard rampant promiscuity. No loss their own destruction through willful of job or home. In fact, financial pursuit of sin. What could be more prosperity often increases, making it just than that? Because it makes men easier to pursue sin. God allows men more conspicuously fit for final to plunge themselves deeper into judgment, with greater culpability vice, to indulge their sinful passions and greater penalty. Because it hard- with greater alacrity. That’s what ens men to spiritual truth. They be- they demand, and that’s what they come less inclined to seek God’s

August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM 5

On the Feminine Side By Marti Barkman

“Ready or not, here they come!” This change that resulted from our efforts was Greg’s response to the news that was one less house in the total and And now? At this writing, we have tree removal trucks had been moved fences for our back yards, all the ex- only the final word on what is actual- onto the property adjacent to ours, changes were cordial, and meetings ly our property line… a little narrow- just beyond the construction fence concluded with handshakes. er than we thought on the front end, put in place two weeks ago. The path and quite a bit deeper on the back has been cleared for the construction And now, just like twenty years ago, end. A little less mowing, a few road and now it’s time to take the the boundaries have been defined… more trees! The minimal clearing for trees. It’s a sad sight for us, this “About a month ago a gravel road the road has produced dappled sun- clearing of the forest, but we’ve been appeared, and bulldozers, and sud- light and as before, a clear picture of through this before. It was some- what is ours to maintain. Those bor- where around the year 2000 when I ders show us, not only what is NOT wrote the following: More than a But I rejoiced in the ours, but what IS. (We miss that year has passed since we were first sometimes, don’t we, shirking our alerted to the impending change in Lord greatly own responsibilities while concerning our surroundings. A barking dog that now at last ourselves with those of oth- warned of the presence of a stranger your care for me has ers.) We are working at having a in the woods, someone from the positive outlook on what is happen- Forestry Service who was marking flourished again; ing and defining our space is one of trees for a boundary line. We had though you surely did those. We anticipate having some known the day might come—now it care, but you lacked great new roads for biking and if the was inevitable. The woods that sur- promised fence materializes, we’ll round us were to be cut down. Though opportunity. Not that I have a good backdrop for planting we felt we lived in the ‘hundred-acre speak in regards to need, some fat evergreens, as well as a wood’, in reality we lived at the cor- for I have learned in stopping point for any next door pets. ner of a tree farm, and harvest time And if ‘good fences make good was approaching. I tried to imagine whatever state I am, neighbors’, we will have that too, what it was going to look like when to be content. neighbors next to our tiny spot on the the trees were gone, but I couldn’t, globe, placed there by our Creator, Philippians 4:10-11 so for a time I convinced myself it where we can be good neighbors to wouldn’t happen. My husband said I them! was wrong. The trees had been sold and someone would certainly come This is how my thoughts concluded and take them. denly there was sunshine where none twenty years ago after the clearing of had been before. In just three short the trees: We feel safe within the Alert! I called the number and days the trees, once so tall, straight, boundaries of the known, the famil- learned we now live at the corner of and protecting, lay horizontal, great iar, the manageable. But sometime what will be known as “Riley’s heaps waiting to be taken away. Don’t those boundaries are really barriers Meadow”. Not a meadow at all, it get me wrong—I’m not a tree- to beauty that God will reveal to us will be the site of hundreds of houses hugger. I understand they are a re- by taking away our ability to stay ‘in and townhomes, surrounding us on source put here for man’s use. They charge.” There’s much to learn three sides. The residents of the served us in one way for a time, now about submission to God, like layers small and lovely neighborhood that they will serve someone else in other to be peeled back one at a time. May shares the other side of ‘our woods’ ways. The beds and tables we use in God be gracious to teach us, one lay- were up in arms and we were invited our home once provided shade some- er at a time, to trust his control…but to join their attempt to make some where. The paneling in the den that as I typed that last paragraph, I changes to the proposed project, makes us feel sheltered and cozy began to hear that unmistakable which we did. It was a great oppor- may have sheltered a yard or a sound…the high pitch of cutting tunity to meet all those neighbors and child’s swing set. Still, we miss the we were pleased that, tho’ the only woods….” (Continued on page 7)

6 August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM (Continued from page 6) men in the machines as the ene- blades, the swish of leaves, and the my. I’m quite sure that the trees the pounding of heavy weight hitting the project planner promised would re- ground. The big machines had come main are not going to. And I don’t to life and the felling had begun… think they’ll really build a fence! And It’s now been 24 hours. Another day what if I’m right? What happened to has dawned a good deal more bright- my attitude of trusting God’s con- ly than yesterday, with all the trees trol? What if those last nine trees just down. The change is dramatic, as is on the other side of the fence, the my level of positivity. What I pic- ones I’m praying they won’t cut, tured was not as bad as the reali- what if they get taken too? I’m ty. What I thought I could and would afraid, if I’m (painfully) honest, that do with this is not what I want to do I ‘trust God’ best when I get my own with it today. I want to think of the way.

God’s Determination “That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him” (Ephesians 1:10). I do not think there is a single statement or verse in the Book of God that declares a more vast, all- encompassing subject than Ephesians 1:10. It opens to us the very heart of God and declares that the whole of his intention, design, purpose, and determination in eternal predestination is to glorify his dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ in all things. Here God the Holy Ghost shows us how, from all eternity, the mind of Jehovah has been occupied with this solitary grand concern—The glorification of his Son in all things. All things were decreed for him. All things center in him. The dispensation of all events and the fullness of times are pursuing this one point of determination—The glory of Christ. Like the countless rays of light converging to one center, all things shall, at last, meet in him. —Don Fortner

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August 2021 THE BEACON BEAM 7 Beacon Highlights for August

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