The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-17


llgllzz evil spoken of.
And in covetous-
ness shall they with feigned words
make merchandise of you; whose sem
tence now from of old lingereth not,
and their destruction slumbereth not"
Pet. 2:1. 2. 8.
The preceding verses reveal two
methods God uses in speaking to men.
J.. The audible voice. There came
such voice to him from the excel
lent glory This is my beloved Son in
whom ! am we'll pleased; and this
voice We ourselves heard come out of
heaven, when we were, with him in
the holy mount Pet 1911, IS.
On the Mount of TRANSPORTATION
God the Father spoke to Jesus in an
audible voice when Peter, JAMES. and
John heard it. and understood. 80
2. Written language In verse 90
it is called prophecy of scripture"
and scripture means writing" proph-
ecy Of writing" The prophet was
one who spoke from God to the
people a message sometimes of pres
diction, but usually Of present rebuke.
warning, exhoftation or. Instruction.
This prophecy was frequently spoken
first and then reduced to writing.
OF this prophecy of writing" three
things are said in the context: % 1t
is more certain than the vocal utter
ance.: I'VE have the word of proph-
ecy made more sure" than the voice
heard in the mount. The writing is
more easily understood and more.
permanent. The voice was heard but
once, while. the writing is for all ages.
The voice. was for the Son only, heard
amid confusion and excitement, while
the writing is. for eye and ear to be
read and recited in calm and quiet.
(2( The written word did not come
to us by mere human agency. mo,
prophecy;of scripture is of private in
depreciation. The word private"
means not private as in contrast with
public, but private in the sense of it's
being ones own rather than another's.
Private property means that it is ours
and" not another's. The word Inter.
probation means primarily the Jun
loosing. as when birds are unloosed
from a cage. No prophecy of Scrip
ture is of the writer's own unloosing.
He did not Jet those thoughts loose
out OF himself, "for no prophecy ever
came BY the will of man" CD The
Holy Spirit expressed the written
word through men. Men spoke from
God, being moved by the Holy Spirit"
q Pet 1:21.) Bear in mind that these
words refer to the prophecy of writ
ing" in the preceding verse and you
have biblical definition of the Scrip
lures They are prophecy written by
men through, whom God spoke by the
Holy Spirit : :,
The context gives seven character.
istics of these false teachers.
1. Their teachings are destructive"
rather than constructive. They tear
down rather than build up. They
doubt and deny.
O. They work under cover. "Who
shall. privily bring in destructive her
esies." They prefer to do their work
in the position of Christian teachers.
They carry dagger for Christian:
truth under the cloak Of science and.
philosophy. -
3. They repudiate the vicarious
atonement of Christ, denying the
Master who bought them" Some Of
them. are willing to. admit that Jesus
was a good and great man who taught
wonderful truths, but the cross is an
offense to them. They inveigh against;
blood atonement. ~ a,3i
4. They have many followers. "Many'
shall follow their lasciyious ways,"
Their, wanton ways of thinking have
a daredevil tone about them which
win a certain class of minds and, sad
to, say, not a few Of these false teach,
ers by dethroning the authority of
the moral. law have so weakened and
blunted the ethical sense Of their fol-,
lowers that they have gone into ex ,. !:
cesses of carnal indulgences. ,itss
S. They have an eye to business.
"In covetousness they shall make mer.
chandise Of you" Some modern amos.
tastes, like Christian Science. are
| money-making institutions. One Of
the, inducements for joining is that
| you can make money easily.
|; 6. False teachers do not hesitate tc
buy, you from loyalty, to truth. by the
/ offer OF lucrative and honorable posi-.
tions. They make it appear. that 81
| will be for your interest, in the future,
.toskeep quiet or take sides with them
in their efforts to propagate, their va.
| carries. They will buy any man Of
|: brains who is for sale.
/ =. Their literary style will be /, pes
dantic and artificial. with feiened
| words" The Greek for afeighed,.
means "molded.'s's formed. az way
clay OF iron into any artificial shape
you may wish. 81 Theys hide their
thoughts in great. unusual words. to
which they often give artificial mean
ings, SO that glossaries are needed at
the end of their books.
/ Pleasing God. - & 81.