The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-10
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knowledge Of God, the Bible do.
clRres, is Indispensable for the attain
rnent OF the great Prize of the High
Calling. Thus Jesus said, This ~ life
eternal, that they might know Thee,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ.
whom Thou hast sent" John 17B.l
We are not to understand this 10 sig
nifty that any one who has merely been
made. acquainted with the fact that
there Is n Creator, and that Jesus
Christ is His Son, ts on account of this
knowledge to be granted seyerlagtfng
life. Some apparently think to be able
to make void the various Scriptures
which tell Of the necessity Of making
calling and election surss by so
running as to obtain the prize.
Our Lords words do not refer TO a
knowledge about God, but to a knowI-
edge of God and His Soma personal
acquaintance with them. And such an
intimate acquaintance Is not obtained
merely by an introduction, but by com
partnership. It signifies an intimacy of
acquaintanceship, a familiarity. Ev-
erything in the Divine Word encour-
ages those who accept the Divine In
vitatinn to draw near TO God, to come
into Fellowship with Him.
But this knowledge of God which
will bring a sanity few to salvation. on
the highest plane stands related to
Gods Word-the teachings Of the BIZ
BILE; for thus God exalted His Word,
by making it the channel for spiritual
r~efreshment and personal acquaintance
ship with Himself.
Thus Jesus prayed for us, His follow
ers, "Ssnctify them through Thy
Truth; Thy Word is Truth" Any who
neglect the Divine Word VIII fail of
the sanctifying power and thus fail
of the ultimate acquaintanceship with
God which alone will guarantee ever
lasting life. The reason why the Lord
has thus arranged the matter and
made knowledge of the Scriptures e.
sent1al is, doubtless, that thus His
faithful people may be benefited; and
they alone may receive the instruction
which will profit them alone, but which
would more or less injure others. Thus
it is written, "Ye shall know the Truth,
and the Truth shall make yow free"
To this class our Lord says today, as
he said to His Jewish followers eight
cen centuries ago, To you it is given to
know the Mysteries of the Kingdom OF
| God; but to all outside these things are
spoken in parallels and dark sayings,
that seeing they might see and not per
ceive, and hearing they might hear and
not understand. To the outsiders-She
Doctors of Divtnity-is not committed
the Key OF knowledge.
What Constitutes the Key.
The Key of knowledge consists OF
the faithful study Of the Word Of God,
with an honest purpose to know the
things that are freely given unto us OF
God. This implies a conservation Of
heart; for none others would really
desire that they might do the Divine
will. This also implies a faith In our
Lords promise that "tf any man will
do Gods will, he shall know Of the
doctrine" It is this consecrated, con-
scientlous Bible study that is lacking
to~day-that is being discouraged by the.
great teachers and Doctors of Divinity.
Everything designed to help Bible
study, to get rid of the darkness of the
creeds and superstitions of the past, Is
opposed-but not openly. The Doctors
Of Divinity Of our day, like those of
Jesus day, are wise and act as though
they do know. But they do not know;
they oppose real Bible Study-not open
", but secretly, "for fear of the peo-'
pie" mark 1872; .12:12) The great.
religious leaders Of the Jews were
marked by our Lord as being less con-
scientious, less honest, than the masses
Of the people. Concerning the people.
we read that "Jesus was moved with
compassion when He beheld the multi
tude, that they were like sheep with
out a shepherd"
And is it not 80 today alsoF Are. not
many Of the Lords people h~ungering
and thirsting for the Truth, and great
ly perplexed and discouraged because,
going time after time to the religious
leaders, they have received a stone In
stead Of bread, a serpent instead Of a
fish-have received a false doctrine, g.
devitish Misrepresentation Of Gods
Character and of His Plan respecting
humanity? These devihsh doctrines Of
the Dark Ages st. Paul calls doc
trfnes Of demons; for the demons, the
fallen angels, evidently have propa-
gated them. They are to be found
amongst all the heather, but nowhere
in so bad a form as amongst Chris
tians of all denominations Is there
not therefore a great responsibility
resting upon every conscientious min
lister of the Gospel, that he should step
out from amongst the mass Of the
Doctors Of Divinity, who are hiding
the Key Of knowledge and are mis-
leading the Lords trusting sheep of
nominal Christendom?
impossible to Deceive the Very Elect.
AS we have already shown, they can
not keep penned or asleep those who
constitute ttthe very Elect nor can
they keep knowledge from this sanity
class. Our Lord, speaking Of this time,
said that the receptions would be such
that they would deceive, If possible,
"the very Elect; but in their case de-
ception will not be possible, for the
True Shepherd Himself will help them.
But oh, what weeping Of disappoint-
ment, what chagrin and crashing OF
teeth will come shortly to the false
shepherds, to the Key-hiding Doctors
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