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The Bulwark Magazine of the Scottish Reformation Society The Bulwark Magazine of the Scottish Reformation Society OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2010 // 75p October - December 2010 1 The Bulwark Magazine of the Scottish Reformation Society The Magdalen Chapel 41 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JR Tel: 013 1220 1450 www.scottishreformationsociety.org.uk KNOWING Registered charity: SC007755 Chairman Committee Members » Rev Dr S James Millar GOD’S » Mr Norman Fleming Vice-chairman » Mr John Smart » Rev Maurice Roberts LOVE Secretary » Rev Kenneth Macdonald » Rev Douglas Somerset » Rev John J Murray Treasurer » Rev Andrew Coghill » Mr James Dickson CO-OPERATION OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY In pursuance of its objects, the Society may co- (a) Propagate the evangelical Protestant faith and those principles held in common by operate with Churches and with other Societies those Churches and organisations adhering to whose objects are in harmony with its own. the reformation; (b) Diffuse sound and Scriptural teaching on the Magazine Editor: Rev Douglas Somerset distinctive tenets of Protestantism and When the Shorter Catechism lists the benefits which the believer enjoys in his soul in this All literary contributions, books for review and Roman Catholicism; present life in conjunction with justification, adoption and sanctification it places at the papers, should be sent to: head of the list “assurance of God’s love”. Sadly there are genuine believers who do not (c) carry on missionary work among adherents The Magdalen Chapel of the latter faith with a view to winning enjoy a personal assurance of grace and salvation as they should. In addition, most of us them to the doctrines of grace and to the have known seasons when our hope of heaven has been less than bright and full. 41 Cowgate, Edinburgh fellowship of the true Gospel; EH1 1JR What comfort could we possibly gain from (d) To produce and distribute evangelistic, CONFIDENCE religious and other literature in connection with In the minds of some, knowing God’s the idea that God loves us with a love The views expressed in articles are those of the promotion of the Protestant religion; love is a very simple and straightforward which fails to secure our salvation and the contributor and may not necessarily reflect matter. Believing that God loves everyone leaves us in the state of sin and misery for they have no difficulty in deducing that all eternity? those of the Editor or the Committee of the (e) To promote the associating together of men and women, and especially young people, God loves them. However it is easy to Society Scriptural references are from the A.V. for systematic Bible Study and holding of see that such a knowledge, even if it Others believe that God has a particular except where stated otherwise. meetings for the above specified purposes. were true, cannot provide us with the love for a chosen people but could never confidence we need on our dying day. The imagine that they are among them. How DESIGNED & PRINTED BY: Bible and our own experience show us could God love them when they are so that many of our fellow men continue in unworthy, even of the least of all His their sins and finish in hell, being punished mercies? Indeed given our sinful state www.visionsolutionsni.co.uk Tel: 028 9073 1841 by God as a holy and righteous Judge. what right has anyone to presume upon 2 The Bulwark October - December 2010 3 the love of God? These are their prevailing however strong and determined they that love which He bears to His own. Let of the promised flood: he withstood their thoughts. were, did not succeed in their aim: he us consider them. mocking at his solemn demeanour and overcame them all in the end. It is only His determination to build a boat as God had DILIGENCE own people that God so favours. Literally The World instructed him. But the Lord honoured him What should we think about this subject? David was saying that God was inclined The first enemy we face is the world. as he honoured the Lord. Would we not That believers are bound to seek an towards him – an expression of kindness When we say that the world is our enemy assurance of God’s love to their souls is and intimacy. The Lord displays this loving we should be clear as to what we are plain from Scripture. The apostle Peter attitude to all those who draw near to Him speaking about. We do not mean the writes to those who have obtained “like through Jesus Christ the Mediator. physical creation, which is from God and precious faith with us” exhorting them is good. Rather we have in mind what Paul to “give diligence to make your calling The sincere convert desires to know that referred to as “this present evil world” (Gal. and election sure” (2 Pet. 1:1, 10). If they the faith he has in Christ is genuine – that 1:4). This is the world which James was add to their faith the various graces of he is “of them that believe to the saving of warning us of when he wrote, “whosoever the Christian life they will never fall. Every the soul” (Heb. 10:39). He is aware that therefore will be a friend of the world is the believer therefore should earnestly seek while the Word of God promises us that a enemy of God” (Jam. 4:4). It is the world after this precious spiritual benefit until he sinner who believes in Jesus is saved, the which John was referring to when he said, or she finds it and then be very careful to same Word warns us that there is such “If any man love the world, the love of the keep it. a thing as a false faith. Within the church Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15). It is there is not only the humble soul but also the world of humanity fallen into sin and The best of believers may struggle to the hypocrite: even among the Lord’s in rebellion against God, the world which understand their experience at times disciples there was a gracious John but “lieth in wickedness” (1 John 5:19). but as ever we find a sympathetic spirit also a graceless Judas. in the Psalmist. Sometimes his soul is The world in this sense is our constant discouraged and it is then that we hear his A full assurance of salvation is produced enemy. This is because as believers we plaintive cry: “How long wilt thou forget in our hearts when God’s Word to us and are “in” the world but not “of” the world. me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou the Spirit’s work in us agree. “The Spirit Spiritually and morally we have taken our hide thy face from me?” (Ps. 13:1). The itself beareth witness with our spirit, that stand on the side of Jesus Christ, whom Psalmist represents believers in their lean we are the children of God” (Rom. 8:16). the world crucified. If the truth be told, the times generally when he laments: “Why Then (and only then) we may be sure world, not having improved one whit since art thou cast down, O my soul? and why that Christ’s redemptive work was for us. it performed that awful deed, would put art thou disquieted in me?” While he may If we know that our sins are forgiven for Christ to death now if He were physically have no answer to his question he knows Jesus’ sake we are able to say with Paul, present in its midst. Unable to reach how his soul may be restored: “hope thou “the Son of God who loved me, and gave the Head of the body in glory the world in God: for I shall yet praise him for the himself for me” (Gal. 2:20). persecutes the members of Christ who are help of his countenance” (Ps. 42:5). still on earth. No wonder then that Jesus This is what David enjoyed. He had many said to His disciples, “In the world ye shall EVIDENCE enemies, both within and without, as every have tribulation” (John 16:33)! David also shows us how we may arrive believer does, but God enabled him to at a full assurance of faith when he vanquish them all. This He does for each Noah was a godly man who was delivered acknowledges to the Lord: “By this I know one of His people. “Through thee will we from an ungodly world, having found that thou favourest me, because mine push down our enemies: through thy grace in God’s sight. His deliverance was enemy doth not triumph over me” (Ps. name will we tread them under that rise up accomplished through the fear of God 41:11). David had good evidence that God against us” (Ps. 44:5). which was present in his soul. “By faith was on his side. What was his token from Noah, being warned of God of things not enjoy greater spiritual comfort if we were the Lord? There are four principal enemies which seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an more obedient to God’s Word in our day? threaten to destroy every believer but from ark to the saving of his house” (Heb. 11:7). “To this man will I look, even to him that is As the Lord’s servant David saw that which God delivers us in a gracious way, Noah was obedient to the Most High poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth the enemies which came against him, enabling us to know that we are loved with when those around him scorned the threat at my word” (Is.
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