The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-17

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! ThcsSa!onianS 10 witness before
God how he had behaved among
Them ms a missionary Of the cross:
/ He had lived holly in the eyes OF
| God. rightcoUsly in the eyes OF
men. and unblamably in the eyes
Of his enemies. II takes a con
yistcnt minister so fulfil NUT
full ministry. (2) There was the
! pastoral aspect of PauHS IheSSS&-
! lonian labor. He had dealt wlth
! each one of them, meeting their
! needs and cultivating their pow
crs even as good father trans
his own children. he had cXhort-
Cd them to their duty. He had en-
couyagcd them when they were
about 10 faltcr. II had testified
TO them out Of his own experience.
He had urged them to walk worth
! ilv of God IS living a life pleasing
TO God. who had called them into
| mis- Kingdom and his glory.
! STUDY THE BIBLE
- The Book for Study. "Th1
Scripturcs-thc word" The Bible
is the Word Of God, revealing hi
holy will and pointing out the way
to the Better Land. The Scrip
lures are the sacred writings pen
ned BY holy men Of old aS they
were moved by the Holy Spirit.
, The Sock of God is The Book for
men.
90 The Tine for Study. Sab
| bath days-daily" The ministry
at ThcSsalonica emphasized The
stud of the Lords Book ON the
| | ord's Day. The scrutiny Of the
Scriptures by the dcyout Ecrcan@
illustrates and emphasizes the
! study of the Bible day by day
These two examples ought TO be
! followed ty every church ana
every Christian. We ought to al
! low plenty or time and the best
! time for the study OF the Word of
God.
! 60 The Place for Study. The
! synagogue Of the Jcws-hOUSc Of
: Jason" The synagogue was the
| house Of instruction with the Old
Testament as the textbook. Paul
BEGAN his work in the synagogue.
Our churches today ought 10 make
large place and room for Bible
ISludy. Eut also we ought 70 study
, the Bible in our homes. No doubt
the house of Jason affOrG"d oP-
pcrtunity for Paul and his aSSo-
/ ciatcS to teach the truth a. it is in
/ Jesus. Today the church and tn"
| home are the primal agencies for
Bible study.
CD The Teacher in. Study.
Paul us his custom was went in
and reasoned" Paul was a grcat
preacher He was even greater
as q teacher But he was himself 4
student at the feet Of the Great
Teacher. SO is every other cXposi-
I'tor OF the Word of God. Happily
we have NJ hand the finest reason
ing out Of the Scriptures. Let Us
learn from those who learn from
Christ.
60 The Theme Of Study. That
/ Christ must needs have suffered
and that this Jesus . IS the
Christ" Every fiHgcrboard OF
prophecy pointed directly TO him.
And he was forcScen as the great
sufferer for the sins OF mn. That
alone brought him down from
above. The Word had become
flesh in the person OF Jesus Of
Nazareth. And Paul affirms that
, Jesus is the Christ. That message
embodied the message OF his min
! istly. That is the theme Of the
Hiblc.
co The Effect of Study. Some
of them believed, che Jews
moved with envy" Always there
have been the two attitudes to the
Bible; acceptance and antangon-
ism, reception and rejection, COM
pliancc and contradiction. Those
who were persuaded entered upon
the path of light while those who
from envy dcSpiscd their oppor-
tunity, vanished in the dark.
GU The Promotion of Study.
These were more noble than
those in Thcssalonica. The wick
ed ThcsSalonianS did not stop the
truth, but only spread it. They
did not destroy the Word but dis
persed it abroad. The good ThcS-
salonianS having received their
message sent the missionaries on
to SOW the good seed in richer and
reader soil. The work went on.
The workers were even helped by
their hindranccS. The Bible has Il
way of surviving assault.
(S) The OpcnncSs to Study.
"Thcy received the word with all
readiness of mind" Many did not
know the truth because they keep
the shutters OF the mind closed
against it. The sunlight will
stream in if only the windows are
opened wide. To receive the word
we must have the receptive mind. !
Tn opening of Gods Word gives
light only to the open mind.
CO. The Notification by Study. |
Searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were So"
Paul commended the BcrcanS for
testing his doctrine by diligcnt
search of the Scriptures. That is
the only way to ascertain the truth .
and to guard against error. We
ought not to accept the tcachin :
of the pulpit. however eloquent
and popular, unless it is based up
on the Word of God. by that
Word we ought to verify or falSify
the doctrines proclaimed in the
world today.
O0) The Success Through
Study. "Thercforc many of them
believed" We must win with the
Word. We win souls to Christ and
the church by right use of the
Scriptures as Paul did at Thes-
Salonica and RCrpa. We win viz