Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964 Page: 2 of 15
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Theme of the Month
"THE WAY OF REVIVAL"
Sunday Morning 11:00 -
"Christ's Greatest Triumph"
Sunday Evening 7:00 -
Jeff Moore
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m
Training: Union 6:00
Evening Worship 7:00
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7:00
p.m.
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MARCH TO CHURCH IN MARCH
Meet Your Friends At
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Claude, Texas
■'Spare thy people, O Lord, and give
not thine heritage to reproach, that
the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their God?" Joel 2:17
Repentance
unto life
Moments of Meditation
by Fredna W. Bennett
When they heard these things,
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There are some who have read
the Bible through from Genesis
to Revelation more than once
and there are many who devote
set times each day or each week
to Bible reading. We would not,
by any means, discourage this,
for much good should follow such
a practice Nowhere in the Scrip-
tures however, do we find an ad-
also to the Gentiles granted re-
pentance unto life. Acts 11:18
When criticized for preaching
to the Gentiles, Peter replied:
"Forasmuch then as God gave
them the like gift (of the Holy
Ghost) as he did us, who believ-
ed on the Lord Jesus Christ;
what was I, that I could with-
stand God?"
rather we are exhorted to study:
"Study to shew thyself approv-
ed unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, right-
ly dividing the word of truth."
(II Tim. 2:15.)
There is a wealth of meaning
in these instructions. Paul was
counselling Timothy to be earnest
and diligent even to enduring trial
v. « .« ... and testing so that he would not
JheWTJTeace"'TheTews * "sh"Md °f his latara d
iey held their peace. The Jews fession before God Thls could be
tred not criticize God's work of ^ ^Ur unnjlo,
, accomplished only if he handled
«• Scripts arieh, without *.
viating to the right or to the
left. To each of those whom he
but glorified God saying: "Then
hath God also to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life!"
It was God who granted the
was called upon to instruct, he
_ ... .. „ „ . was to give their portion in accor-
Gentiles the means of repen- dance
His ministers
with their needs: milk to
the babes, strong meat to the
T. . , . . .. full grown, comfort to the de-
l«te reproo, to the irregular and
tance by sending
among them.
the "grace" of repentance by giv-
ing them the gift of the Holy
Spirit.
When God grants us repen-
tance it is unto eternal life. If
we truly repent of our sins, we
will show it by living a new life.
a holy life, a God centered life. Sa ,°™v 1 * ^
If we truly repent of our sins, we .. TS ,'« f • S T Wf
shall be restored to God's favor, ?! \Z r l £ mi"d'.fnd Sfa™h"
u_ ed the scriptures daily, whether
careless, "and an understanding
of prophecy to the wise among
his listeners."
In the Book of Acts we are told
that the people of Berea were
more noble than those of Thes-
be assured of the pardon of our
sins, and be given eternal life.
Repentance is God's gift. It is
His mighty grace that work
those things were so." (Acts 17:11)
The emphases is on "study" and
"search," not upon the mere read-
pentance in us by taking away j"g of. the ®ible: T° "le st"dent
, 4. _ __j this is understandable advice,
re-
the heart of stone, and giving us
a heart of flesh.
How comforting to know that
God hath exalted Christ "to be
a Prince and a Saviour, for to
give repentance to Israel. . And ... ,.
to know "that the Gentiles should s*gel ™ncealed the utterances
knowing how necessary diligent
application is to the acquirement
of a comprehension of the deeper
things of God of His great plan
and the importance of the mes-
and none of the wicked will un-
derstand; but the Teachers will
understand."
The Smith and Goodspeed
translation, referring to those who
will understand, is as follows:
"Many shall purify themselves,
and make themselves white, and
be refined; but the wicked shall
carry on their wickedness, and
none of the wicked shall under-
stand; only the wise shall under-
stand."
In the final reckoning there
are only two classifications: those
who are wise because they desire
to belie. 3 and the unbelieving who
are rebellious and therefore wick-
ed. The Divine warning is that
for those classified as transgres-
sors, rebellious or wicked, there
will be a complete concealment of
the meaning of the times in
which we are living as the age
comes to its close. This will be
so in spite of the overwhelming
evidence which will alert those
who are wise. It was a matter of
wonder to our Lord's disciples
that such a demarcation could
be made between those who will
perceive and those who will not;
so much so that one disciple ask-
ed Him "Lord, how is it that
thou wilt manifest thyself unto
us, and not unto the world?"
(John 14:22.)
By means of parables, allegor-
ies, metaphors, similitudes, sym-
bols, etc., the Lord has hidden
from the observation of those
classified as wicked the great
truths of the Scriptures which the
wise now see coming into view.
Furthermore as far as under-
standing the utterances of the
prophets is concerned, it is as
though one spoke to the unbeliev-
ing in an unknown tongue. But
the diligent, who apply themselves
to study and research, are re-
warded with an ever-deepening
comprehension of this most fas-
cinating subject—prophecy.
of all His prophets
God is continually concealing
and revealing His purposes, hid-
ing His intentions from the sloth-
ful and unbelieving, but disclos-
ing- His secrets to those who are
worthy to receive what He reveals.
Solomon declared:
"It is the glory of God to con-
ceal a thing: but the honour of
kings is to search out a matter."
(Proverbs 25:2.)
Ferrar Fenton renders this:
" 'Tis the honour of God to
be . . . partakers of his promise
in Christ by the gospel!"
The harmony
of prophecy
Howard R. Hand, Editor
Destiny Magazine
Merrimac, Mass.
The Bible is an amazing Book.
If this Book is placed in the conceal an event, but the honour
hands of an unbeliever who pre- of Kings to search out."
fers to continue in his unbelief, God conceals the import of
the revelation it contains will be transpiring and future events
completely sealed to his under- from the inquisitive eyes of un-
standing. Place the same Book believers, while, on the other
in the hands of a believer and it becomes a kingly virtue on the
its message will bring light to him part of the seeker after truth to
in proportion to his willingness to examine the matter at issue and
be guided in understanding and penetrate its meaning His dili-
knowledge by the Spirit of truth, gence will bring him the prize of
It is well to remember that God greater understanding because of
never forces truth upon anyone, what the Lord has said according
In the approach to a study of to the prophet:
His Word, we must come to Him "The Mighty Lord will not pro-
"believing all things which are duce an event without disclosing
written in the law and in the His intention to His servants the
prophets" (Acts 24:14). Only in prophets." (Amos 3:7.)
this way can one graduate from That such Divine disclosures
partaking of the sincere milk of will be made to some, particularly
the Word and become skilled in as the age draws to its close, was
the words of righteousness. confirmed by the Angel in his
Unfortunately multitudes of instructions to Daniel, who had
Christians today have not pro- made diligent inquiry as to when
gressed beyond the kindergarten the end would be:
of Scriptural understanding; they "Go thy way, Daniel: for the
are still classified as babes ac- words are closed up and sealed
cording to Paul's appraisal: till the time of the end. Many
"For when for the time ye shall be purified, and made white,
ought to be teachers, ye have need and tried; but the wicked shall do
that one teach you again which wickedly: and none of the wick-
be the first principles of the or- ed shall understand; but the wise
acles of God; and are become shall understand." (Dan. 12:9-10.)
such as have need of milk, and Ferrar Fenton translates this:
not of strong meat. For every one "Go away Daniel, because that
that useth milk is unskillful (hath is hidden and sealed until the
no experience) in the word of fixed time. Many will purify, and
righteousness: for he is a babe." cleanse, and refine themselves.
(Heb. 5:12-13.) But the rebellious will be wicked,
Kev. ROBERT H. HARPER
EASTER
fine of the pictures that I re-
member from childhood is
the artist's conception of the last
hours of Socratcs. Condemned to
drink the fotai hemlock, he is
the calmest one in his coll as
the sentence is carried out. On
his "magnificent ugly face" as
one has described it, there is
not the trace of fear, as ho takes
the proferred hemlock, and lifts
the other hand in gesture grave
as he discourses to his friends
upon the immortality of the soul.
But Socrates anil the many
others who have had intimations
of eternal life could not be sure
if Jesus had not risen from the
dead. But the tomb of man's lost
hope has become the birthplace
of his immortality. I can only
leave in his misery *Jic man who
denies this.
Notwithstanding the wonder of
the assurance that we shall never,
never die, the promise of mere
never-ending existence and noth-
ing we can realize that without
redemption from sin eternal life
would be a greater tragedy than
eternal death. For what would
the resurrection bo worth if a
man should ba left to depart from
God ever more and to be a sin-
ner through eternity.
So thanks be to the Father
in heaven that as Christ has risen
from the dead and that we
may stand with him one day
amid the glories of ten thousand
worlds.
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964, newspaper, March 26, 1964; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355860/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.