VOLUME XX FEBRUARY - 1960 NUMBER 1

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the Ch11rd-1 either by confession or baptism, do. AU that opposes God is the opposite of m~ face these questions very often in libem - it id: the bondage of sin and the midst of this world. And, ahnost need- death+ This Iiberty we have now prin- I&' to say, their parents face the s m e cipally Iy Christ. He bas removed our

with Ue matter of entertainment: bowever, but a small beginning, we would wornhip it is certainly not limited to this. Because and prai* God. That liberty shall be of the very prob lm involved, t l ~ e answer perfectly ours in glory. There wo s b ~ l l may seem to be that a list of rules and praise our God m both body and soul r e g u I a t i o ~ be drawn up to govern in these witlmut s h W e shall perfectly obey things. Yet such h21~ not been dme - and IFim - tbat is the dorious liberty qf; d c for very good reason. Bcenusc we wdk &Id of God.

not bound by dI kind5 of laws md regula- r m- is 4&e msww to tions. In the Old Testament that was qudom that our young P ~ Q P I ~ face, we merent. men &e of hrnel had m& be sure we Irndersad in a Iaws concerning wbat they mi& eat, what prow waF Cman dnbrty is far re- they might wear, how they had to p d o m movkd horn the genard idea of liberty mdCe. They were uader hae many

Our &- Liberty in Our day and in Om laws and had to obw thm. But Chlist country is tmdmsroad to be die power , the menk of these h. we, of One may do as he plensw thetefore, are no longer under all of thosc &out any interference by t h o s e in hfe. auhrity. So one bas the freedom b

I w~FshIp OI not to worship Gad. One has However, that doas not mean that now the freedom to curse or no1 tn curse the ue do not have to obey h e law of God. nnnie of God. A d we bowt that we The fact is that even in heaven we hall live in such a free country that we have have the Word and Iaw of God. It is thZs liberty. hue that we do not, and a n not, obey

That idea of Iiberty is often nnderstoad the law of God in order tu receive life. to be the idea of C l u i s t i m Iiberty ns well. The cwmmamd of God in tbc Old Te~ta-

I please. Although we may not be so boId Cbh&, we have the spiritual desire and to maintain this in sa many words, the will to obey God's law in Iwc. That i s is &at often this is h e way in which ChistIan Ir%erty - k u s e we Iive in

obey &e law d Gad. h-s+fm as we now d h y the t T ~ d of God, we walk in WSMan h h t y .

And Christian liberty do= n o t only apply to ihe dder membes within he &arch. G d s prambe is to the spirItt+ m t s and their covenant seed. It is not b e , as 'is oftm deged, that young people befam they make mnfession of faith mn do anything that thy please. That after cad=-on of faith then they must & waIk in this W e c t law of E h t y . Within the covenant God h as &abksW with the Church of Jesus Christ. that is not correct. The spiritual seed are in Jesus Cb&, and therefore alsd must walk a ~ ~ g to ae law of Iib-erty in E b . How must this Christian liberty be a

Mde to you as p1nE. people? Remember h t of d, ao~ording tn this liberty P u att not free to ba as you please. If you indeed wnlk in h e fibem, you can not simply neglect the Word of God, and inshucthn k~ the Word of Gd. To neglect h u t is rwt &g in Irizrty, but io bondage. Ta ignore the stndp of God's Word in &ti-- to rpej$~~t catech i i in attendance m preparation, is not libezm at all; that is bondage. True liberty ls the desire of the chid d Gad, whether Ile be young or old, to h o w in tekh~a l l y and Spirihdy the revelation of Gd in (31%. It is tk4 @turd desire to walk ackordhg to that &tion of God no matter what the consequences for the fl~sh.

This same truth ought to guide w ia &e m*& af this sinfi~l world There lup

m an y thins which eq&dy ywng peoyrle. The world hag mu+ en- teaaiament to oBer. That is offeted not onIy in fhe thatem and shows d the lan "7 but is equally p-ted u p a ~ televisirn__ rrnd on radio. And what must. the young people do? How must they muse therir spare time? Again let ii be said, we peed-mt a long list of mla and regdabns. The Spilit of Quist guides us. According to the liberty whioh is o m in arisr, h a answer to these qnestions ought not to k diflidt. Whatever we do, shall do amording to the Word of God That prnbnbly means that many &$s we now rlo according iu our flesh, we MuId do na more. For the law of Iihrty ilpx not give us the right to do r i ~ wa please, but in CI~risr it gives us the right ilnd p d e g e to do as (3d pl-. To walk ~~g to Cl-uwm E h t y

surely requires then a bowledge of the Ward of God. By thc Spirit of '&-kt we desire to walk awarding til the Word af God. Then we must dilf$;antly study it a h as young people It is our guide m the Liberty we posse& h ChrZltt.

If we as children of God, and young paopIe, indeed walk in sttch libetty, d l not be said of us k t we & in evil places, that-we may cornrpt-&gs, that we nut fOr the Word OF God nor tbe study of &at Word. htfler, we too will be seen as pilgrims wnd stiangcrs ~vho lwk for that time in which we shd llve ia perfect liberty forever. And -until then, hy grace we shall even now walk -ply in &at s . Irrw of libertp.

NEXT MONTH LOOK FOR 4

1 PROFBSIONAL ETHICS IN EDUCATION

STIGMATA AND STIGM4TIZATION

SUICIDE

A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT?

Ttao BEACON U G m

It is flI1 irnpossfhility to play nny game %ikithmt kn~iedge af the rules. After &e ndes afe known it is folly for one to play the game without adhering to given rules. $0 too, it i s impovsibIe for anyone to ga h u g h rhe experience called Life witlraut any rules. Tho sih~ations and circumstance3 which &at a person are often wrfxernely mrnplex and paradoxical. Yet they d .demand from Lke same person a I-- Everjltme mttst adopt a standard by which he judges h w he is to xeact to Life, There Is tl sh-dmd, typified by Emat Heming- way of facing Life, especially its bitter *acts, with m e ' s chin up, ready to me& its cruel attacks witbout -flinching, never rompmising the digpity of man. There is marher standard which advocates endur- hg h d hmks as b e one c;m hut whi&

rp. es one to get as mnch pkasure nnd hjayment out of this life as poosible. The most prcvafent madern standard is tbat bf doing everyding with one eye cqcked on the "good of humanity." Do qll for the dory of humaniiy.

Christian yollng pcapIa adapt standards for life also. Here lies tlie entire issue, for by vimte of the name Christian i s Implied reliance upon The Standard, Jn conjunGtion with which other stmdards

. .. are seem to be r e b l h s . There may not be stmdards (in dw p l d ) far lUq md the faet that men do adopt standards d m ~ p r negate their ~Ubjection to the d y rightful One. ContinuaIly, the Almighty Gad wyenIs to lnnn on& measuiro with which every dwd and every m h rnrrst be judged- This mighty measure has been moutbd by M many that it is now expressed In a tired, old cliche, the glory of Gad. But t'm hdnsss is due only to .the meaingless way in WE&

are rebellions, but they are patbetic re- bellimqP Then to say that W a n young p-pIe adopt standards for their lives is tn speak in wntradictions. To speak df ,ChrhCian young people is to 4 of young w p l e who are committed to The Standtrrd. To hem, the glmy of God % a living, potent farce. Tt is exclusive, that isl it aHow no companion standards. Possessors af Tbe Sandard are paessed by The S t a d a d . Now it may be that what the majariiy of men hold as I%& goals is includsd under the Cbrisihn's, yet the wm- ?on sbdatds never exist as m-equal with The Glory of Gad A Christian seeks pleaswe, brat not as an end ir~ itself, A CbrIstian deals with men in a ma~er hat r& in -their good but only m s~roh dealing folImvs horn the principle of the- glory .of Cod.

The Proposer of ail orher standards is in R favorabIe positim today. He has m hmubk in getting his children to m p t standards, and bmause the lines between his children and W s c h i l b are im hazy Itliere is no persecution to delineate them), S a m fev&y waves his standards Wore God's children,

And Chrktian yamg people adopt .stand- ards for Me.

Of course, Satan hidm the uho~-ornws of cbgming a guidiug principle. That rme lives by God's Standard or by a Gd-16s standard is minimized by the Sd~srnnn as he presents to Christian young ~cwpla a great stmk af Wb'ilitia. Won't ym take PleammP Or perhaps Fme? The rner- chnadise is alIlrring, but rcmern!~ the price. The price is Ilia. T h e pxim is The Glory of God.

?en hwe vqbnlb tacked it on to empty The fi~st step in Satan's procedure is sta-. This S b ~ ~ d d has i d d t e depth to get their attention N&y, their

pow; andS~ power, brought to beat on eyes must be turned horn God before ihky other stamhi+, shows in &ring con- can m d wer Satan's w a r e h w of Guides

~ a s t heir hiddous, yorthla~nssn. The '*dig- for M e , f l ~ e r b hnr to be boredmix m- nity d -man" und .the "good for humanitym ulated in young pmple's e. Criticism

must be aroused against the always sus- ceptible minister. The Bible has to be shorn to be ~ ~ a l aad sidied for young people. Then the staadards of the Deceiver mn be apphted . Pleasure and enjoy- mant become thc criteria; one must have a gaod t h e you how. The co~tscioulrness of Co$s complete ownership over life ifself d i s a p m , and ywng peoplk begin choosing vocations where the ma& money and the most prestige reside. They are made to feel that their lives are their own and that they must do the b& for them- d v e . Teaching in Christian && should be a w i d d since hcompatibIe with high &an-, but if chosen for a vocation, it is chasm bewuse of the high prestige value within the Christian community.

However, Gad's demand uppn the Me tbar for some amazhg rmwm He has given you is not satisfied with pat answers. If His demand upon your life is that yon teach in a Chrlstim school, His dm& a h inoludes that you do it for 6tis glow, mat your glory. The fact of being a goad member witbin a church or zt m d e r with a g o d ch- as such means nothing. Certainly, m m p ~ with T h Standard demands both, but only as nbIa9e with the glory of Cad, His Rule for our life lmows no haIidays. There is no New Year's Eve tbat permits discardinz Efis Rule and putting on Satanas of pleasure in dnmlren revelry. Such e thing as cInim- ing exenipiion from "daing all to the glory of Wm untiI one becomes hventy-une or thirty is impossible. The Standard of God is absolute; it is relevant to every w e n at every age in every situation. Yet only by R few is it admitted md only by ;a few is it grasped with a gmsp of love.

For you see, to speak to a C k s t h n of The SEandtird birtg only a h t y or obljgck tian is to p-nt bat a part OF the total pichue. Eafhing and dri&ng axe duties hut tvhmver concenmtm on that aspect alone d m bjwtice to the mmpIete view af eating and drhkhg, To viclims of tlre Deceiver, The Standad is an obligntid and a real one. For those. m whom C.d has S e d M His Stan&&, tbe duty is onc of desire and Iove. The gloq- of Gd i s the rnenmx of all hey do hecause they want it to be. Their eyes have been nmde mpabk of seeing that only &is soIves dl poblerns. In the very presence

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of death, dw every M - 1 c 3 s usamme is Iaid bare in its punlnesP, the C1i~jian7s confession has a oanfident ring.

Inevitably, Ihw d be a d i & i n c t i u e n q n k t Christians. The Christian young per- A son, althougll no beatnik. will & a non- confmmist % thfnIts he will not do and the i e w n why he does what he does. mark off a Christian young p e r m as clearly ms a snorabdl in a coal bin. C. S. Lewis in his symbolic nwd, Perelandra, teki tlbont spiritud he* who, having mme to earth, were mmpicuous in that they were not "sbai$bt up and down." They w 8 b d at an angIe as if the earthP ceoBr of gravity were not their center wf gravity. They were drawn by a heavdy "$ravity." In soma such way the ChrisPnn's walk in life must be- It must be apparent.m nll the world that the C W a n is- not "waking skaight" but is wnlkbg at dint true angle determined by God's gravity-

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volume of B e o m Lfghfs. Nn

magazine at such a j~mcture. hucm Lighk lzas had an eventful and rnwionally stormy

It lms @rid h e firm support of Protestant Refwmd adults and yormg paoplc alike and this supptt the F&m- tion Board and staff of Beacon Lights pledge to mnhtain by cozrtlnued In-, pertinent, God M v e contents.

For his thoughts on Beacon L f g h in 1960, we have called upon Rev. C. Hanko, one of the wigiuators and first editor of tltk publication in 1941.

Appearing frequently in f u b r ~ B W C ~ L i g h will be a section called "In Om O p i n . " In this section the young &f societiw wfn be given oppmh~aity M express themselves on various relevant &!tus of the day. Already Southeast Society bas &- cussed the hymn question, and in March rm: plnn t o have m article by Redlaads Society m the topic, 'mting for a h a Catholic far Presidentm Each nrtidk 9 be h-ve of ib feeling or f a h g s dc the individual society done.

man nnd a semetnry, besides various sub- cormnittees w e r e chosen. Determinedly, January Ist, not five mmths w a y , wets set

The second annual convention of the Departmenb had to be m g d , writers

ublicwn to work toward strch piinling and mailing obtained. and I ~ I S ~ but

and South Halland were privileged to re- of the prospective ambar of subscri'ners, ceive this mandate. I f I nm not mistaken For, After dl, this committee had no funds (some present fathers snd mothers in these at their disposal congregations can bear mc out on this) Every few weeks, at reylar htervals, they fett not n bit hornred. But they two or more cars would k n d theh way were also filled with gre~t trepidation. The thmug11 the evening from South Federatiad had set for itself a worthy HoIland to Oaklawn, or vice versa. It was purpose. And the proposed magazine was the time of year whcn one c o d e w rlmignated ns one of the mem through almost m y kind of weather. On one sucb whkh tbot purpose sl~oull bc attained, night, dthther in the Iasr pa~t of October or Maybe you will recall this few-fold purpose the first part of Nov&, the cnrs of the ns m e c l in &e cgmtltutioa: commitk memberti converged frOm all

(1) To unite all Pratestant Reformed . dhctions upon the tmvn of Soutll Hollwd Yamg People's Societies so that they may There was a downpour of rain, und the wart in clnse unity and secrlre a sense of headlights cast we id reflections along

way ab: the cars splaFhed througlr PUP {B) To seek the mutnnl edification of water. Emh individual wore a glum I d

the members of this Fsdwatiob a d to of d m , which compared quite siritddy sb-ivr? for the development of taIrmts as with the weather. n f h shakiqq off the becomes Chti$&m young people. chill of the eveninn &ey were ready to (3) To strive tn maintniu our specific sit down and pour o u t their troubles.

Pmtektnnt Reformed character with n unitd NotIhg s m e d to be working out as planned. Each cormnittee had met with

(4) To promote tbe welfare of the Pmt- m e disappointment. The o b c h sewed - stant: Reformed Churches in which we i-wnkble. The &me of how fig-

haye a nme and a place.

as each unburdened himself, new murage rnindedness, and to d k c t they dqng, & arose. The debmination to carry O n w a s shaight course of true gu&esi-as 'hid 8ut

than ever. By the C e they for ul in the Scripturs. At its first ii@pqr- parted, eaeh was Iined with new zest and wee Be*- Limns carried this n a o

vigm. And tbis was &cidy adopted at -he con- - vention of 1941, at the same time when the

And so On Imnarg '' 19''' Federation took over h e p&lic~tfon of L r m entend ow Protestant Refomed t$e magazine. The nafne in f u U reads,

homes fcif the fiRt h e . "Beacon Lights For Ratestant Rdomed

All ~ b n d Chi~aga, pmticarly in the Yquch.? suburb^, h a w ,wnd their ham of &ht Eightem years have eIa~se:-d. D&g .tjhat in a wide, swinging arc into the darkness time this magazine has appeared. regularly of the @t, &&ing a i r p h to die empt for a very short i n t e ~ d during the airport, wbich is sityatql just mr+ of ~oublous days of 1953, Efgfhteen m. Oaldawn. One d see the constant Fhsb Some young peaple reading this m-dd d light h d obdd hear from time ta time wiU I o ~ k over the top of ,the pitpa to the drone of planes as they ttnerringly ask Dad or Mom, "Do you remember when Followed the course of the beawns to h e i r B d q Lights fht m e out?'' A d m e - descinatiol~ It was a daily reminder of &se where some folks wilI say, "DO I ws, I other beacons wbich line the ocean shores had the privilege to help to plan it.*' to direct ships though .raging storms and May our God who made fhis ,~peripdical troubled seas inm ihe safety C$ the hmbor, passihle, and has wed it: to guide our It m& bave h m &me bcizcons which yo& on the path of truth for SO haw

suggested to h e minds of Lhe commit- years, eontjaue t~ do so fpr many y e k ~ ~ to tee the name which the periodical still come. May H e bless those who 8$e \VO%

k. This seemed very apPr~@~td, since for paper tpday, in order that it hem L r ~ m was intended to w a r n cnntinue to cast a dear a d penekating Pmtestant Ref-& y b u t I1 a-t the ray a8 'Beacon Lights f o i Prqe th&tening dangers ofh- and worldli- Eomd'Youth,"

TRUTH VS. ERROR

Dear Wesley: &{any times I have reminisced about

our Eormer qnversation relative tp am&- t i a d theology. I a m m c h d to belieye thaE yon do not hold to tlirs "thedogy," actuallyf qs it is not in harmony witb the Wdnster &nfes&om. h our b~ Rk- formed Cc&s~Zons, "'condi~ps'' dp not

appear except in the mmtb add in the mind of the Remmshnt as e9; pressed in the Reje&m of &row. The hfoimd hfaths in drawhg ti$ an- . fessioas E v e r used it in a &form (good} s e ~ (Canons at bardt, I, Rejection of b r s , I, III, V ) . For & term itself does have a -&formad

connotadon. It is true that there are Reformed theologians who hold to "con-

but without snpport from the estminster or Reformed Codessiom. Why e then do we find in the Larger Catechism,

Q. 32, that faith is represented as a con- dition? I m i l d answer this question by saying that the LC dues not repr-t faith as n mnditionl It says that God "requirrs fnitl~ nr the mndition to interest them in Nirn," but tlijs is not to make God's saving grace contingent upon something but of man. For we also read in this place that God in the covenant 'bromiseth and &vetla His Holy Spirit to dl His e lec~ to work in them that faith." Here God prom- is= His Spirit, and promises faith "with all otlwr saving, graces." Then it w d be nonsense, wouldn't it?, to r r p d of faith as the condition to receive the Holy Spirit, or to receive faithI W e cannot believe that faith, which is a saving grace, an be a mndition to receive "all other saving graces." Nor is tbat thu mewing of the term "condition" in LC. 32. but the . *

rnenninfi i s to be sougl~t in harmony with the Wastminrter Confessions. I t is in LC, 73 thnt we rind the true u~terprctatim

this term. "Faith jusUficr n sinner.. . ndy as it i s nn iFsErun~mzf.. , . " Faith, therefore, i s nnt a mndition unto iustifi- cation in the sense that if we exercise faith, then Cod will justify 11s. The term ''condition" t ~ s it appears in the LC should be understood in the sense of "instrument." Then we wouIcl read the words of LC. 3.2, that God "requires faith rn the it*-

mt to interest sinners in Him." The meaning of "'condition," then, as used here, does not mean R prerequisite, but "an instrument by wliicli he receives. . . Chsistsist (LC, 731; and "the m y whiGh He ha& appointed them to sdvation" (LC, 32). Wouldn't you agree, then, that faith i s a mquirernent, a means, a way or instru- ment. and that it is less confusing to use them terms than the one ("'condition") preferred by Arminiaas? For tlie fact that faith is spoken of as n requiremmt is supported by the Westn~. Conf., V1I (LIT), "requiring faith that they may be save and Gad "prainjses to give nnto aU (the e l e ~ t ) His Holy Spirit to make &ern

iUng and able to beliave." But i f we say eat fni* is n cqndtion, we N. much as say that Faith is a candition unto hwing

faidI or that God promises to nnka us willir?g and able to believe on fl~e con& dition that we IxIievel

Swching firher, I read "Eafi.. .is the done instrument (not 'prerequisite') of justification . . . and $ ever accompanied wi& dl other saving gmces" ( Conf. XI, 11). Nor is repentance a condition nnto pardon, but rather a net* to that end: "repen- tance ... is of such ncccssity to a l l , . . h a t none may expect pardon without it" (xv, In). In "Presbyterian Tracts" ( Pra. Bd. Pub. ).

Vnl. 2, it is said. "lf a man is justified on a m n t of the act of Iwbeving, and thd act be can d o r m by the power of free wtH, be has as much ground of lloasting as be could possibly hnve . . ." ( P. 53 ). Oa page 54 1 was happy to read that man- g e h l obedience is mrt "the rnncliticin of our justification," but the "fnrit and con- sequence of our justi£iation." For we -must be acceptecl in Christ before wc can perfom any" activity pleasing t o God. And rime we are by virh1c of savereign election alredy accepted in tho Beloved One (Ephesians 1:& O), whnt can Iw n condition for us to be accepted in Him? On p. 77, tlle n~eaning of "condition" as "an act performed l ~ y our rnvn atrcngtti previottsly to our receiving m y !,endit from th is covenant" is rejected as b:wically M a n . That man rn~ls l ftttfill c-in stipnlatiws befme God can b es t o w d ~ e blessings of the covenant is repr~cliated as umefomed. "hi the word 'cndition' is so vague, and as it has been so cainmonly used in an enuneous sense, it i s expedient to dmp the word as it relates to faid1 (and) . . . justification; for all orthodox theologians acknowledge hat faith itself is one of the rich& blessings of the covenant. . . and ~rmnot, therefore, be the condition of that m n a n t in a strict and proper s e w . The sound dacMne then is, that kith i s the ~ t m e n t of our jostifica- tion".

Have you considered Presbyterian tb~.- ology in &is connation as found In the "Refornition Principles' of the Rafurmed Presbyterian Qiurd~, U.S.A., Chup, IX, 37 Hme we find Img~ftlagc which plainly in- d i ~ t e s that the promise and thc covenant are unconditional: 'This is a Covenant of Promise, in which G o d . , . pmnhm to

whmn Christ represenkd, all tho good

BEACON LIGHTS

d which they &dl have nAed in the pmed a d future s h k of exbtench" C-g "all the promki~ of Gad to d~ e b " there are no conwaitions nv be wormed by the elect" (I%, 4). Neither faith, repentance or obedience, '"or ~y other &ing'' are ~ n & i n ~ of the menant (m 9). It is ~onditionat w~e. ap ministefs, shogd avoid the idea of a mere &r, much wmse the idea of an attern@ to M o w , hr "Cad has promised in th is mvenant to bestow on aU the ekct faith, x1 . , and hoIinesg as well as happi- ness; a& Christ . . . emablq them to believe, repent, and live a H e of sincere godline%sh tibid.). These Covenanter HLsbyterian are q1@ly plain when h e y "condemn the following errors:" % Thak faith i s a con- -on of the covenant.. . " '$. That Cod5 graciws promises are suspend& upon am- ditians to be performed by -'' (Declwu- Elan a d T w m o n y , 172). Here is wh&e men h l y PE~sbykrh and M y Reformed may shake hands warmly and enth~sitls- M y !

The other matter I discused kist with you, was that of sa-calIed "presumptive -&on." As 1 remember, you seemed inched to his idea. We do knriw "that an that are baptized are" not qecessarily regenerated ( Cbnf. W I U , I,). Bt~t with rwp+ M idants dying in infaricy, 40 we need 'besurnptive regmeration"? I think you wiU agi& that only elect baptized are or rihaU be rqeneeed. Then there is no need to p ~ e the regeneration af the el& For "the ;efFicacy of baprisrn is. . . not only offered, but really d i b e d aad cm@red by the Holy Ghost to mi& (whether of age or infmts) as that grace

' Mongeth unto, according to tbe counsel of God's own will, in His appointed time.*' N w this statement rev& not wh+ we presmne, hut what we belieye; namely, that the &caiq of baptism is experfenced by the elect, and is, therefore, a matter of fai-h T& has &c support of, "the promise-is unto you and to your children, and to them that afar of, even as many as the Lord o m God shall c 4 " and "the dhildmn of he pm&e are colmted for the seed" (Acb 2:39; Romans 9:s). Re- snpposed regenexatiw d s on a very sh* butldation Baptism, as a real€, k no mbre than a supposed baptism; & seahg is no mme than a snpgmed sealing, md i t s

itrmgthning of faith, as a m+m bf w, no mare than pmumed meng&&g. And no more comfort or lope is had than the nar idment a stamkg man has frm 9 imaginary med. It is d y tlw Triune , God who d a e ~ the baptkhg, riot the minister, nor the church, a d He h not baptize rm the hasi5 af a su~positioh.- Rapfism, being an hsW.tion af Chist, proceeds on the g m d of the command and gmmire of Christ &at He will the a G o d t a w a n d n C a d ~ o u r d ~ spenks the same message as th ChpeI, ktltit JeSp shaII save E S m e frpm tEr& sins. Baptism is no more a sign of pre- supMsd regemxqtim, the wine in the Lprd's Supper is a symbol af p~&nppr+ - remiasion ainr a is e sign b a t H + I ~ "'whesseth and sealed unto us &at Re - doth make an eternal covenant of ggraee with us" (Bap. F-1. And &is we believe that God does with an His elect. only, % Abram believed God, and was jusaed. And so every baptism by a-minister'gf the Gospel in the name of the triune God testifies!

RCH

- on heresy - \ 1 or €he rejaction of hactiere&k makes t b t

tenants of Thy Church a d s o a d doctrine. to $rand out more eIqrly. For there rust also be heresies, that the approred may bi: made manifest among the w+."

Sk Augdhe, The Cmfe~61'ans

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"But whosoever reckons up his real merits to Thee, what reckons he up fa Thee but Th-lue own gifts? 0 that men would therriselv.w m* be men; and that be fi glorieth would glory in tlm Lord"

StAugusbw ' , T h GonfWhw

FROM THE PASTOR'S STUDY i

* Who Shall Separate Us? REV. R. VELDMAN

Well? a o shall? Tribulation, distress, persqutim, famine. ? Death, 1 i f ej angels, princip$ties, <pyer s . . . ? Any one? Any t 11 i n g? Us? God's e 1 c t8 Belie- in the mighty J e s n s? &afi>yA this is not a au&m at aII. It's a

' +?<% it m n d o m , tiear aiirt+? 8 e n g t b this *odes for every burden, every care> every pdn. W h a t an incentive it a(= to fight to the bitter end the battle df f&h, wiiatever tbe odds, whatever the sac&. Cad's ~pmforts e y h:e exprmed in various mi;. Always it mmes down fo &&, dug it not?

What a Bqauw song i s Ramins 8, an8 what a mighty climax is r a c b d as the d s a ~ t m creipedws ste+cl;ly and mjw- tic* toward the -+ P d ~ e that begins with. the words of dur meditation. As the $clove$ apqtle goes on, hii glorying bp

6'mac~n Lights welcomes newcomer R w $chard Veldrncm and ,he rubric, From *he Prjejotor's Study. Rkv. Veldman is pastor d the S~utheast PFqTestant R d o ~ m e d Churth of rand Rapids, Michigan.

The cpJvmn will be a mddit350n on a Scripture paasage: The Federation Boxd

, f&li that -this ,column will prbvids an ! dement pr~viausIy lacking in Beacon

Lighk.

comes more and more intense, his InnpgP of faith eva Fore cunfidd, his hope MOW and mme f ~ e n t , d t i I he ends ~ t h that gloous shout of complete b&mph: "1 am persuaded ( Whether yo0 din '+y that I cannot say; but I am) that nei+& death, nor life, nor angels, nor prirdp&ties,, nor powers, nor things present, nar thin& to come, nor height, nor depth, nor y y &her crabre, sshd be able to SepWte us h r n the love of Gml, vvhicll i n ?q Wt -Jkst.s out Lard:" To me his last part of the h p t e r is tht '$Afleliiidi Chorus* of tlrs .gmndest of alI oratorios,

How wonderful, tao, that we can sing- all t h i s mw, WME we are All' in &is p e n t wil world. Pad doeg not rejoice here as one who haq finished the battle and is heady in heaven. This k spag ?fi a believer, who is stiU h g g l h g and bl- in .the arena of tbis I&, who e' lives amidst all the imperfdns of this present tine, all tbe e n d - .and %gm a d ~ a l s and sinr of this pre~eqt w0@dl

Hence! 'Th- is therehre go Gondem- natlpn for hem who are in Chrjst J-" notb. me law of h e spirit of life in *st Jesw ha& made me free from tke law of sin .ad death" w. "E God ti for ns, who can be against-us" now.

h i d lia - W h o < $d s@matF u$ from the love of Christ?" now.

Tlrc love ctf Christ1 @r~nrmaticdy? this m i d refer to am

Iave for Christ. Ho~vqer, i t doesn't. Tm.c we jJso liwe Christ, and-from b t love; tw, m 0uk wn SfqIwah us, N d W can exthgiish >that ii'kme fn @&ha- dF the child of God. Butx h a t js' Xoi

Iove referred to here. nor is i t on thb that our eternal salvation depends.

Tbis i s the love of Christ for us; the love that sent Lhe Only Begown uf the Fnther into t lh is-sick worId for a poor, I& sinner like me; the love h t &we EELTI to the garden of sorrows, and from there to cruel Golgotha, where He poured out Ris s a d into death hat w e might have life farever more.

A few verses later the apostle will call this same Love "thc h e of Cod which is in Christ Jam our Lord." There he tells IS, that it ttas its i~urce eternally in the Triune Cod, while Christ is the h e l dmugh wxch it rtwb

Who shall sepnrate .us from that love? Tern IIS away from that beart of God and of Jesus Christ aur Savior?

Not: Wllo shall deprive us of the con- sciousness, t h e b l d experienfe, that God loves us? This is wssible for a time. b u s e of sin. Even then, however, ollr loving Father will not forsake us, but lead us back ,out of that E d 1 1 night to @e b i d sunshine of Hls love.

But: Who s h d sepamte us fmm that love as such? So grent, for it is the lave of Christ1 So wonderful for it mabled Him to bent for n sin-cursed worM all the agonies of the damned1 So heel So sover- eign! So unmnditiomll $0 aternall

Is there w o n for his challenge? You - know there is. Numerous a d deadly Eaes are constantly

on the pmwl to da just that, and haw rtble they are in their own evil way. Listen as Paul mils their roll: tribulation, ~~ persecution, famine, nakedness, pail, sword, death, life, angels. principalities, powm, things present, thing to m e , height, depth. What an army1 And to make sure

all are included he ends by si~ying: any other peatme, Young pmpIe, tllis enemy is reall Make

no nest& about Bat The apo~f l s in no- merely speculating. on what might be, - but abtually isn't.. He b ' t denling fn mere hy#~~es. Listen again as be applies the complaint of Psalm 44 to the church of dl ages: "For &y saloc we me killed all L e day long; we are accounted ai; shmp for the ~Iaughter". On their list to be but& erdI Always the world bates US; b& threatening and slaughter against t b e church OF Christ

Don't underestimab this enemy. He is btg and m n g . Ha seems to be Omai- p m t . Whetever you go, whntwer you do, you meet him. He sib in thc high plam and ldr in the depths. And think of what he can do to you. From every rliretti~n, and through all sork of means, he shoots his poisonous darts at the church, In last instance he has at his disposal &a wbole power of the sword, I&& can determine Me and death, Hc can persecute and nfflict, tempt, seduce, mock, cast out, kill.

And always he has only this ana purpose. to separate HS from the love of Ghrist. B k) will MI1 you as a last resort. Howwer. , that's not his real purpose. Bu wnnts to d m o y you spiritually. h the Christian ahid? Not if his faith is in Chrtst! Liiten as he hunk that whole fearful

horde: "Who shall separate from the Iwe of Cbrislr' Any me? Any thing? "Nay, in dl these things we are more than con- qnerars through Him thnt loved tls.''

Yon can take away all my earthly pmmions! You un ktIL my body1 Emt )mu cannot touch my d l ?%a& t~ His d ~ n q ~ e r i n g Iovet

A churchm was in + of a pqswr. Qne %entlemen: of the eldm was interested in bowing just "Understanding that y o u r pulpit is w%at ldnd of a Wskr they desld, SF v<a@frk, 1 s h o d Iike to fix #e dipdoom wrote the fallowing letter, as if psitian. I have many qualificatium that he had Wd it fmm an O P R ~ L and 1:- you w d d apmate. 1 have b- 3 hadl tho letter befw the pulpit camnliw. bd'rp.pkmb with mw~r md heye hrr;d It rend as follaws: some a u c m a9 a writer. Sama si#y tbat

BEACON 11dMi5:.

I .am a good arganizer. I have been a them have %e%tened me, taken me- to lewjkr in most pl&w I have ,me. cqurt, a d wen amcked me physfcrtlty.

'%me folk, however, have sotns things 'T am not tw good at b q h g records. me. hm aver 50 years d age. I I have been knowo to hg& wh& X

*ever preached in one place for more hptkd. Howsver, if yon on urc me, than three years St tt time. In some ~la.ces I s l d do my best for pu, even if I have I have kft t ow , after my work caused rim to work to with my snp~ort." and disturbnnces, T have to admit that 1 The elder read his letter to the corn- bave heen in jail three or fouf times, but mi- and asked them iE they - I not because of any wrong doing. My w e d in the a p p h t Tbsy replie& b d t h is not good, although I stiD get a h a t be waoId never da for their ch- gmd deal done. I have Ilnd to work at They were wt intcrested in an unhealthyI my bade t o help pay my way. The contentious, trouhlc-making absent-rninrld &dm X haye preached in. bave baen i d - b i d In fa& they were i d t a d fhat mall, though located in scvcral large- cities. his applhtion had ever been presented

'% have not gotten along too well with Then hey hqgid as ta the name of & the religious leaders in diHmnt m- applicant, wh-pon the leader a&w& where I havc preached. In fad, some of T h e ApasdE Paul" LWwbrn VoiGel

CHRISTIAN LIVING I

i

World and Life View d REV. H. HANK0

Gad is sovereign over all. God's sovereignty is revealed and realized

through Jesus Chr& Jesus Christ is tbl: sovereign Lord over

EEis paopb to save &ern by the b h d of His. ma and b take them knto His o w everlasting kingdom. a th~qe things-we notlcad last h e . But just as the sovereignty of Chrisl

is p e r His people who kneel in wmship before. Ern, so also is J ~ u s Christ the only Lord over the wicked m m and h&s 6f devils and dpn- who oppose Him.

MAN IN PARADISE But first of all we must inquire inio

tte metion of the place of the wicked in the creation, of- their efforbs to subdue the b a t i o q of the impos?biUty of estabbhina -

erebeIowakingJom. -

When God first farmed the heavens and l i e earth and an that they cbnm, He p l d man Iring supreme I& Gsd

over all 4 e work af His hands. Man smd before His God in u@rightnm of heart in a pWWn of mthdty DW the, d wbicb w his domiaim. He was d e d to represent his so-gn Lard in the cication about him, and rule aver it in iuch R way that dl thiugs were brought to the altar of service to God so that the creation might be used to proclaim the pnises of ib h4akm. For thi5 remon &e d e d "'cuuiroEal mandate" eame to Adam k Parndisej "Be hiw and multiply, and replenish the earth, md subdue, it: and have donibion over the fish of the sen, and over the fowl of the air, and over eveqv living thiag that nioveth upon the earth? Ga. 1:s. If, therefore, Admn l i d remained st&

ing in u state of rectitude in tho gardm of Eden and m &e whole creation, he wodd have been in a position Ir, uncover &e powers of the creation and discover its hidden bzasure8. He wmId have b+

I preeminently endowed with the nemqsary strength and abity to subdue the eat*

I and bave dominion over EL H e wodd have been the most capable scientist" th is wmld has ever known - and bis posterity with him. Not only this, however, but he would have becn spiritually capable af using aIl 6ese powers and treasures in the creation in the service of God; he wouId have subdud the earth to make use of the glorioas universe in wliich he livcd to praise a d magnify hh Maker.

SIN AND ITS TERRIBLE EFFECTS But this Adam- did not do. Nor WAS this

the purpose of Gad. Sin mme mto dw world. Sin first

of all in heaven m the world OE the angels. .And Satan, after he f a dmiW to oppose

I God upon the eatth since he collld nb longer do this in heaven. To do this, how- ever, he had to adkt the aid of man. Without man us hip dp, he muld not hapc to 8ccompIish llis purpose. He h ~ d deter- mined to wt 11p his awn kingdom in opposition to Gad so thnt would be cast or~t af His -tin and unfvum. and the devil could reign supreme. Brrt if man rwl~ld not become a p h e r In hi3 nefarious purpose, be could not p ~ ~ ~ l b l y

I hope to s u d . And so he made the kip to Pamdise and used all the powers of hi5 dwihh sldll to persuade man to aIIy h h - self with thc devil in nccomglishing Bs evil determizmtim. HOW suceesshtl he was is known to us born the record of Holy Writ.

But tEre ~anseq~~ences of this deed were universal and terrible. Gnd c o d not nnd did not allow th is terrible sin d man to go unpunished. Man, as an ally of the devil,

I wu1d certahdy nut be allowed to remain in the creation as the representative of God, And so G d cast him out God caat hlm out of Paradise d cast him out nf the creatim by k i w him and smdlnp him to hell. 'Trom dust thou RTt taken, and unto dust shalt tbwu return" are the awfd

I amrdr which ring down * w@&5 world l3kaMy- 1 I*--

A TOTALLY DEPRAVED MAN But man did not die inirnediataly at the

foot 01 the tree of h e howIedge OF good aad evil Yet Scripture does not give us the right to ;&be thk in any ,sense of

the word to Common Grace as Dr. A. Kuypar wottld have us believe. It is simply indicative of tlie fact tbat God had a higher purpwe in the creation, yea indeed F higher parpase w*h m n and mads sin -' that c d d only be accomplished through a pmlongd life even h g h eventually it wuId .end in h e grave; a pqxse which was to be achieved in Jesus Christ for which man had to live for a tima. Yet even while mnn was liviag in h a crentim, from his paint of view done &is was perhap more terrible than if be had died immediately. The heavy h n d of God's wrath mpIetely eclipsed the light that shone in him of the image which be bare. He lost all his excellent gifts- The light of the baowl&e af God was darkened into the black night of the lie. The righteausnes and hoIiness with which man had been endowed faded away iot~ terrible unrighfmmnex and corruption of every sort. He no longer m l d serve His God and use anything in the warId to seek Him. He hecame instead, as his 4 heart had purposed, an ally of the devil md the hast of Hen's demons. H e set his heart npdn unrighfeousoess and lost alY that was g end holy becoming a helploss $avo to a purpose of the prince of darkness. d

A SIN-CURSED CREATION And yet Gad's wnth did not even stop

ham. The curse settled aka upon the. crmtim. The speech of God's righteous revelation whicb bad so~~nded so h d I y in the garden of Eden was dented by the terrible speeeb of the curse. T4e ground was cvsed for man's sake. The creature a h k held in the chains of the bondage of mnuption. Illst e~actly what was tbe result of this upon the creation is perhaps somewhat difficult to determine for us, far we no longer have a wncepsan of the true character of the creation before the fan and before the rtme came; w e have m means of contrnsting the wwId as we h a w it now with the cratiun as it was thew But this i s evident enough: the creation is thmm jntQ turrnml and confusion. Deeth reigns srrpreme aIso over the bmte creattlie. The whole creation wnrs against itself l~urting itself and deshyhg iself. And this man eagerly participates. ", To mote f r o m T h e C b t i a n Ana Culture": 'Then, too, we must not over-

Cbject of modem d t u r e this is too often question needs -our e l i o n Is '%e ~ g w r e d . The possibility of 'culture' is is so-called "rmltural mandateg still &eptlveP qmtly deduced &om paradise and the Can m m aorom&sh a~yhing at a l l in original state of r i g h t e m s m d per- the- @on? Must we, consid* thw &&'on, as if &e terrible fact of the curse circumstancesn retreat fmm mr position to

-- - - not enter into the discussion. This, however, *tes that we are on an &ward qlimb is a fundamental errar. The gpund is ing ever forward and anward and ~ l m i n g mmed, and the creature i s in the bondage ever nearer tu the sublime god of peace of corruption and made subject to vani&, on earth, will to mea by our own The result is that the creation gefs nowhere. efforts? Must we admit the power of the

a ImadmiU I t labm arid t d s all the day longer combat the cherished dream of Corn- longp without nccomplishiag itnything. It mon G- that f lme & dl kinds of goad is the 'vicious circle'. There is never any- b be found in tbe world and in the e f f q thiog new under the sun. And m u himself of men? is not ady spiritually and ethitdly corrupt, Taking all these views in the light of # but he is &o snhjwt to corruption and stark d t y of the fall and its grievous death. Death is in all his life. From every -ces we can only conclude that side he is hi tecL The work he peIfurms these opinions are but vain dreams, absurd ha does as in n deatb-cell. He only awaitf and befuddled, mashed to pieces agninst the moment of his execution." pp. 9, 10. he hard d of the truth of Scripme-

1 teaching

in the Elementary School

MISS H. J. KUIPER

That music should be taught in our musical tones, to &e instrunlents "tW schools is not a debnhb1a question. Be -all show the might of our .&entor. From cause C d has given us mt only the g f f t tiny tots, copying their mders and dnds, of song, and the ahii ty to bring forth to the wefiatrained hidl h l and college

. . instruct-~is child& in this phase of sorrow; of hnppi& and of sndness; of

$. their Maker, htdbty, praise and glw. They are a The gift af sung ,is kn a\vesome thing. part of that d m g church of all ages (" wonder of a person's vocal orgarls, his to be m e d in Iife e d C

milib to distinguish between v a r i o u s The a)iiIih to d a y m u d ins!minents

is also a p t talent. As not everyone is a m t u d y good singer, so i s not everyone g&d in &is respect. Some c h l b do not -take ta" music until mucb later in life and sometimes not at all; 0 t h ~ ~ can barely crawl up on tbe piano bench to take their fir& Jessom. But again, no matter what the age, playing an Instrument is anotlisr means af BlorifVing our Maker. It is im- portant that we pmvide an opportunity ta develop rn-, dther in band orchestra, in grade or &h w h d . TO be able to put heart and soul into a rendftfon of a number is not only personally sakisfy; Ing- it is another $xprasion of p r u w our menant God. W e became, &en, an a c t i v e, M c n t e d Ch~uch - p@np opr -.

The Church &I h'afem. Who has not Mql to an W a l I y well-rendered "P-1 SymphonyY of Hand& -S- SXAB? or wer forgpttea ftie Stirring wains of Christian High's Band in readerbg their Spting Concert? To which member of thc -gation does rmt b v e n seam a bit h e r when the majestic ged of the organ +es h e Sabbath's message? Tdy, listmind tao is a skill and needs mttcb pmtiw to be perfected. We would do w e t therefore, to cultivate a g c d musid listening and ~ i n a t i o a

How then can we develop this thhd d m l ski%' The Civic Audhriw~ of o w own city m t s many pragfms: C W a n High has its v d and ia$Lm- m d wnmdq o w day dwls present Cbrisbnas and Ea&r pm-; &era are a variety of good reowds which may be bomnvetl fmm tbe Iibmy or bought for me's own record H b . T b is much good rnr16c to which we can listen.

k t us take for granted that the !jti~den-ts have mm kind OF mnstml background such as fhe ft~ndamentak of notel;, snltnds and singing. Zn thig way they will also enjoy music, @y t h a t which is rhythmic and melodic. At this time we wish ta make the student aware of cl~sical nm3c

We may divide cl&.mI, music into severrtI camria, aZ1 of wlzich sannot be tbomughly discusssd Ilrre, Let us t&e a Iwkatafewofthm.

Nationahtic music hm been writton by the c~npwer with the glary of his father- knJ uppmmost in f*ia mind. The musk

may be p d y pmgramma~ ia that ft delL u story, such as Srnetana's THE' MOLDAU, but tbis is not n d y h e . In iatro- ducing a p k e of national~c m- 6 would most likely begin with t h ~ composer; - I& He and type of music, a brief amon nf what to espect fmm his mt~sie wonlct be faxawed by tbe wmrd itself. h &gramr of &e phasa or stages may be p b d an the b1- and followed thranghmt the playing of the iewrd. Thus, one could m anei b a r THE: MOLDAU as it pro- m fmm its beginning in the Bohemian fomt to its final, quiet flowing taward Prague. This may &a sllm8ss&gy b cnrried out with be 18U OVERTWM by Tchaikavsky.

Rogrammatic d c , or that which t& R story, is probably-mat easily recognEaea iind bmed One needs to bear the story of THE .SORCERER'S APPBBNTLCE or ~ ~ A t Q F ~ b n t o n c e nr twice im apply the war& te musk. What an intemtIng story m d c can belU What a wonderful gift man has been gived One gtands in awe at the b r l l b Gad has given in o r d a to write as he &a.

Tde, for Instance, another form classical music, that of the ~ymph~ni h In the stub of &e liuq af Jobann, Sebdan W. Gorge IIaadel, Wolfgang Mazart, Ludwig van B e e t h o v e n and Jdhannes Brahms, one m e l s ~ their abilitia at su& an early age. Familiarity d t h their music ineream our mnder. To children and teenagers, however, their music may be a mass of no* md unrelated ton-; here again, the simpler anes should. be taught first; these would grr~duaUy give way to the deeper, more complex ones. One may bq$n with the history and presentation nf fhe suites, a group of fddy short rnovemnts in various rhyths and tempos hut which are nI1 in h e same key. From this, m d c history sells US, developed the form of the so-. With the advent of this new form, audiences were made aware of h y s and their xelationships; they Iistaaed to mmposes' deiing cx-ts d modulation and trampdion. This, in tum, developed into t h e c k d c n l symphony. Orcktras played the mnatas. enhaacing r t d snrlching he structrue of the original sonata. ka

Synlph- arc ham&& bmrihJ a d once recognhbIe, a jog ta the listener.

BEACON LtGHlS

Children will like Tchsltkqvsky's lJATH& TIQUE ,h%lPfiONY, Beethaven's MOON-

IGHT SONATA and FWTH SYMPHONY 6 well as Griegs PEER GYNT SUITE. Once mm, the ten&er will undoubtedly begin with the composer's We and the back-d af the seledion This time, themes and sub-themes wauld he pointed out, R~petitious humming of fovarib main them- wiIl rlistingufsh t h k and make them the pupil's own.

The makt objection to t e a c h i ng an appreciation af classical music seems to lie in .&e E~ tl~at the lives of same campoms are anytliing but m p l ~ . Aside fmm the music it&, I wouId advocate little stress on the c o m p ~ ~ ~ ' ~ life as such, but would emphasize the

fact that, in m matter what ekirrmmstwea a composer found himself - rich or paor,, in health or i n - & k n ~ ~ ~ - Cod used him in some smaII way bring ftutb fh gift of music. To lakw that both Smetana and Hnndel were deaf when they wmte deir grmt~st -la; that pww drove a n y composers to self now-wd-known worh Far a few pence fn order t o get enough bread to eat in order to livo - this s h m that rnm h l f is aothhg. By using m u as Ris took in His Almighty sovereign good pleasure, Gad has given to as the gift of music - to sing and to play, hut especidly to hear. May Hh Church be a &nghg, pEaying li&ni'ng Church, now in the midst of sin and disharmony, but Iater in Heavenly per- fection

HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY ON THE

Book of REVEL AT1 0 N , , I .- -.

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LESSON VII (Revemon 2:18-29) : T h Church in Thylftira I. Vs. 18. Address and seEdesignation:

a, Thyatirk: a city in Asia Minor south- east from Porgmos, an the roncl to Srudis. Noted for the art of dyeing. Lydia, the d w of purple was from Thyatira. Ads t6:14. b. The Lord announces Himself here as: (I) The Son af Goa. This not found in the \-ision of I: IJff. Ernphhshing arnnhience, vs, 23; and raf&g to the quotntion fmm Ps, 54 in a. 27. (2) Whose eyes me like u flnme of fire7 penetrating into the hid& things of the benrt. (3) And whose feet are like fine brass, execut- h g judgment upon all the evil. 2. Vs. 19, CommeadabIe features: a.

The Church presents a warm, lovabIe, at- t " t t ' ~ e picture: ( I ) She is not 3 pichire of s t m i g h (in truth and discipline). (3) But m t s t h w katures that rnnnifwt warm love and nn tntive faith: I know y w& (this in general), and charity cctive love to Gnd and the brethren),

and w d c e (dh~t>nia, minisby to t h ~ poor,

destihte, sick and all the saints), and f& (active faith is meant, bearing fiuit ). and ~ ~ d n c a (presupposing t h a s the Church had suffered reproach and been faitldul). b. And in alI thii (and thy wmh) she had been inmasing: the last were more than the first. In a sense it may be said that fiyatim is the very opposite from Ephesus.

3. VSS. 29, %a; R w f : in a very vivid nmtmst witli the good characteriskics of

church are her bad featme. Notice: a. That she permits a womrm to-teacb, who WRS not alhwed to &I& in the Church, b. That this womm ~Iaimed to be a prophetws; she taught by swial "revelationsa'. apart from tllc cweakd Ward of Cod. The Chrch, evidently, accepted her such. c. That she taught a h&bb doctn*ne. The dochine of the Nicolaitanes il;gam: fumication, eating of meat to idols. d. That this docbi* n& appzul to profound piety and erp&epca of

sin and grace: they said: "we have known the deptb of Sataa"', vs. 24. Hence: let us S+I dat grace may abound! =. Thnt slac had d u d many "mmzntsts of h e lard f. And that, heref- the Lord cab her IwkI, with &creme ta the

1 wicked d e of king Abab.

Note. The permliar weakness of TIlyatiFa was not &at she was negligent in discipIine (like P&gamtls), although she was. If we take aIL hsr god ancl had features together, we get the impmsjon that &e wtls a church with a s h n g tendency to false m y s k k m : (1 ) Giving bed to the "revela- tion" and experience? of a wicked woman. ( 2 ) Rather than to the o b j d v e @ord of God

4. Vss. 21-23. The Lord's judgment on JmebeI c.s.: a. Notice that the Lorcl does not enjoin the Church to wt out the evil one, as He had instruct& Pergumos. Sbe could not "try &em thxt said t h r y were

1 a&=". b. He Hkwll wia d c s t His wrath upon the wicked and show (1) That He prove the reins a d the hearts (the hidden things of man). ( 8 ) And that He d eway man according to his work. T e t us abide in sin tbat grncc may nbound" does not meet with His fuuar, c. He will do so b the following way: { 1) Cast JezebeI into a bed of sicknew (she had time to repent, but without avail). (5) Bring tribulation to those &at share her sin, unless they repent. ( 3 ) Kill her childrm,

5. VSS. %H. M-ga to the faithful- n. Exhatbation. vss. 94. 25: (1) T o a8 many as were not mntmninated with he mmpt dahioe af ~eiebe~, and l u q not known the &pi% d Satan, as they , speak, ie. as the faIse teachus i!brmdves spoke, not their opponents. (2) l4oId fast that w& ye have: ( a ) The Lord wiU lay upon them no ather burden. The d e r - cnce is to Acts IS:%; hence, a b d e n af pracwb, nut of punishment is meant (b ) But they must hold fast His pmzpts and h t h as they possess it, wtiI He come, Le. until the end, the parouh, b. P m h ( f ) To &e victor, that 'Xeepe the works" of Christ untiI the end. ( 2 ) The promisc of vower owr the dm. Bdmmce is to Ps. 3 4 , 9. Natirms are there the heathen; here all h e wicked. To & tlmn with a rod of han i s to have complete power over them. To break them into p i e m like a potter's vessel is to d&my them e I y . This power Chdst now bas received frmn His F a k ; His p&pb Christ ]low has received from His Pather; people &all sham it, now +iritually, and fully at Elis coming. (3) Tbe pxomise of the &fig siur. See for the figure d the s*: Dan. 18:s; Matt. 13:43, {shine EL-

the stm); Rcv. e2:16; lI Peter 1:19. Notice 3 the Lord will gke us the morning sbr. Hence, to be understoad as thri harbinger of tl~e eternal day: hope, the ghq ol the m~urrectiBn ~nornhg. He that lath an eat let him head

LESSON VIIl (Revelation 3:M) : Tb Church in Sadk

1. Vs. la. Ad& and SeIf-aeSignotion Chi~rch: a. First there b agxin the general - of the Lard: a S&, a city Imted in "I know thy h. %en the condition a rich p b , m d y muth from Thyaha of the Church is d- h: athou hast and east from Ephests. The city was ts nnme that thou livest and art dead?. noted for i ts wealth and hunrry. This may (1 } Tha meaning is not that here was have had some* to cln with the con&- absolutely no s p h W life lefS in the tion af the church there. b. ehrist desig- U~urch, for then the Lord would not bave nates Himself here as ( 1 ) The One tbat adnlonished ber tn repent, and, bad& hnkh the Seven !5@$ of God: the Holy some there had not dehlcd ha p e n b . Spirlt as the Spirit d Christ as Hc dwells vs. 4; but illat the Church as a whole in the C h a d . The pdndple or authar of was in a spiritual sturn, w i h o i t a healthy life in the Chmh. ( 8 ) And the Ona that m a n i f d o n of spiritual life and activity. kth the sevtrn st-: the angels of the (2) T& applied ( a ) To the angel or churches on ~ ~ r t h . d. ch. 1~16, 90. Tbis hhhop first of alL Some that his selfdesignation is s elated to the dead proper name meant 'Wee' (like Znsimus, condition of the &re11 fn Sat& and the for instance), and that for this r m n ~ threatened judgment- LDrd writes: "tbm hast a name that thou 2. Vss. Ib; 2, 4 T h e m & a n of the livt~t". Bettar: as-st Chr&tim, mcj empba-

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h d l y as II mhjstqr he had a rept~tation that he lived. Yet, he wm d 4 , There was no zeal, no frtithfdness m hfs holy

g. H e was a "dead p r d m " . (b) a h to the Churdi: as Church she

had a name that she lived; yet she lacked in every activity of ti&, she was dad . Swakwed up by tha world. c. This ip

f m t h specified in (1 ) "I have not found thy works perfect before God" does not mean merely tbat alI her wmks were defiled with sin (which- is always DIE), but that her woth were not compbte: sh did not do && works of a Church of Christ, such as the preaching of the Word, discipline, d m n , charity, a holy walk, etc. (9) The fact that many had d d a d their p e n b (only a "fcw nnines" hnd not, w. 4). By "garments" in thk case we may understand all that belongs to externd membership of tIie Church, baptism, Lorrl's Supper, ~wnfession, d c . Thc -uniformm d -st. To defile these i s to be friends with the world, Kve in sin. ( 3 ) And in the sttggesrlon th3t the Church was ohout to die, vs. 2. The fltune of life nlmm had gone out.

I B Admonition a d threat of jud~ment. - Vss. 2, 3. a. Adrnoniblon: (1) Like the whole Ltter the admonition is addressed to the whole Church, of course; neverthe- Iess, we feel that the "ngcl of the Churchh is meant first of all. ( 8 ) Bc wafcf i l : the whole Church is 'in a mnclitiw of sleep, must wake up, watch against the enemy; but this cnlling rests e~nphaticauy upon the "angel", the officehenrers. ( 3 ) "And strengthen the things whicli remain". ( a ) T h e things which remein" may refer to the spiritual virtues and activities dl left in

the Church, or to the few faithful, ~r to both. (b] Wg prcfcr the last: whatever m~tual life became stiIl manifest w-3 d y due to tbe "few name that had & defiled their gprmenbm. (c) This element must be streag&& supportd, quickened, tiIl it is the dominating element. This, too, is the c&g of the whole C h d ; m p W e d y of the "angel". (33 "Remember therefore.. . a d repent". (a) Like the C h d of E p b m * that of S a r a must recaII the former days, whe~l they heard and received the gospel with wI and joy. ( b ) She must hold East the tmtb, ( c ) And repent of her p-t attitude over against it. b. Judgment: (1) The Lard wiU Mme as a thief: to take nwny h e ~hurc11's Iigfit (the star) and life (the -seven spirik?). (2) And He will w m e mawmes, so that they will not even notice that H e has m e - The Church wiU die and not know it!

4. Promise. vss. 4-5: a. To the faithfur (that "a~ermmd'), tbat are "worthy" b e muse they did not defile their gnrments (&ugh he grace of Chist, of course), and that 11ear what the Sphit said1 unto the C1111rches. b. They shall be "ck~thd in white rnirnenf md walk wihh Christ iti white". ( a ) White is coIm of righteousness and boliess and victory. (b) Hence: heavenly fellowship with C h M in glory. c Their names shall not he Motted wt of h e Eaok of life: ( 1 ) The book of life h "dectian wtd etomaI life". (8) Aence: tbe promise of certain life in glory. d. Christ shall cod- their nama Wme His Fathm a d His I~oly angels: before- God and in public claim &em as Ris own, for whom He dbd and rose, and whom H e wilh to be wit11 Him forever!

LESSON IX ( R ~ ~ t . b 3:7-13) : 2 ' 7 ~ Church in PhiWlphia 1. Address and $el#-designation; vs. 7; a.

Pb&dJphln, a city situated to the south- east of Srcrdis. It is eviilent from the letter tbat the Church there had to suffer h m the hostility of the influential Jews in tbat &y. b. Thc sdfdesignation of the Lord; (1 ) Is not verbally derived from ,the vision of 1:ISff. hut certainly us to i ts idea. ( 9 ) e that is holy, he that i s true (This with

avm against the lies of the Jews cmcammg Him). He is the Holy One, r_CP &t was tu come; the genuine Mwinb.

rind as, such, i.e. a~ the Anointed of h e Lord He has the keys of David ( 3 ) Keys of David: ( a ) See ha. %:23. He tbaf had t l ~ e keys of David had generd sum- vision over the king's -; authority to admit into the premnce of the king or to refme admittan- (1,) Chist nlonc had authority in the Kingdom of God; nuwer to open and to shut efCicaci~)u~Iy. 2. Conrlition of the Church; vss. 8, 10a:

a. Fht ag& the general: 7 know thy rvorks': b. Then, s p e c - - d y : (1) The

Church had little strength: (a) This does not mean that the Church was spiritually weak, for the ~antmq is evident horn this letter- ( b ) But that it was weak according to the standard of the flesh: in numbers,

d t emptab is a period d bblatmn to try them that dwell on the earthm. Con- era this we note ( 1 ) That it is d e d an '%ourr': it will b brief. (2) That it general: all - t b earth. ( a ) May d m

and as to its pwition i n the world, in idhence and possessions. ( 9 ) But she was fiW and that in the midst of adverse circumstances, hked nnd persecu- tion ( a ) Had kept the Word of Christ: in dmirh and teachina in d e w i o n and w a k (b) Rad not d d the name of Christ: "nor denied" is "conf+xsed", The negative form suggsfs that there had been plenty of temptation and trial to deny it The Church had suffered peraem- h, especially fmm the "synagogue df Satan-% the Jm. ( e ) The Word of Christ's patiem she had kept (vs. 101, i.e. the whale Word of God as it requires patience to keep it and exhorts to patience through- out. this presupposes that: the Church had suffered persecution.

Nwte. In many rspects this Church is s h i h to that of Smyrna. Both me weak BDtb n&w peenltion. Both are f a i W Neither (and h e y are the only two af the seven) receives a rebuke.

3. The promise oE an open door; vss, 8, 9: a. The "open dm? is an effective mbanoz for the preaching of the -1 into the ha& of others. See Acts 14:27; I [=W. 16:Q; I1 Cbr. 3:12; Gl. 4:3. (1) Only Christ can open this door. Without His operpLl30n even the prencbing of the gospel ts of no positive a v d . ( 2 ) Am1

d m it irresistibly: -no man can shut it". This is. therefore, a promise of fruit and an enmuragemerrt to eantrrme ptmching b Wod. b. This open door applies qxcW1y tu tn the Jews in the cib: (1) The "synagoae of Snfan", see chap. 2:9. mf2) Cbrist will make them mme to the Church they h a t ad and p e r s e c u t a d ( a ) h humility: "warship More thy feet". Does not mean that they d pay divine homage to the Church, but that they will repent and hlrrnble themseIves before the CIimcb. ( b) Because they shall know and acknowledge that Christ- lwed than; the past tense "Ioved" or "have loved" probably rcfurs to the love revealed at the cross. These Jews w d sx the moss in a new h&t.

4. promise of bdng kept aut of the hour of temptation; vs. 10: a. The hour

a perid of pmemtion at the time (b) hclltd~?~ all the bihulatim h this d b p - sadou, (c) S h d be fiially realized in the last ''great ~bdation". b. Be kept from ( I ) Does not mean that the chub& s h d not be in hibdatian (emtr%ry ta dl Saiptum), as h QliIiasts have it. ( 8 ) But that they shall be spirihrally m e d and delivered from it.

5, Exhortation; vs. 11: a. "%Id fast". sic. (1) Tire Church had the word of Christ's p a h e . (2) It she must hold fast Remain faithEuI. (3 ) Which i s the onb way to attain to the crown of vim. (4) But this perseverance is poss&1e only h g h Christ's preservation. b. Enmu~agc- merit: "Bebold, T came quickly",

6. Promise of future blessihg vs. 12: a. For ]dm that overcome&. b. Rlh in the temple of m y God: ( 1) The temph here is the glmified Ch~lrcb. (5) And p i h denntcs ( a ) Permanence ("'shallso no more out}; (b) Firm suppoxt; (c) Adomme&. c. A threefald name 1 1 ) N m e .hem den0 prbperty aad identity. (8) Name of "my _ God": tlic glory of Gad's likeness; pmfect sod ip . ( 3 ) N m e of New Jemsab: the right of &hemhip in the "cify of God". (g) Christ's new name :share in His glory. 7, H e that bath an W, etc. vs. 13.

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f' AGATHA LUBBERS

You will m e m b e r tbat we discussed in R n earlier isms ~f BEACDN LIGHTS the arirticIcs uf Rev. Koops sad Rev, Bseremn. We idso promised n continued discussicm of this problem after Rev. Heerema had s t a t e d his position in the Torch a d T m p e t . In the November issue of h e a b u v e stated periodical Rev. Heerema further delineates his position.

We sl~ould rstnind u~~rseIves thnt Rev. Hocrcma is opposing the views of Rev. Hug11 A. Xoops who writes on this same subjet m the Reformed Journal. Rev- Kmps taka thc psition that the doctrine of the covenant is the basis for evangelism btrt that it i s not nor should i t be con- siderecl tbe basis far Christian educntion. He b & v ~ that the basis for Christian tduc t t f i is the doctrine of parental re- sponsibility. We also noticed in our last artluIe that Rev. Hecrew takes p n r t i h exception to the distinctians by Rev. Koop

(. at thew sho~ilcl be edu~atiannl rcmns or the existencu of Christian S&ools md

not theolojcd rctlsonr. The doctrine of the covenant iq tllc theoIogi~d basis that Koops opposes. Rev. Heerema in tbis connection warns against th a creeping secularism ' tvhich he believes to be in- herent in the views propounded by Rev- Kaops. (cf. O L ~ . i s s u e of Torch and TnrrnpH and Beacon Lights, December.)

In the November issue d T o d anJ Trumpet, Rev. Heerema attempts to define Inom positively the reasons for covenant education, refexring specifically to t h e covenant of grace. He first of all inq&cs concerning the necessity of the doctrine nf the Covenant of Grace for C W etlucntion. K s approach i s to expIain away several seeming prldems t h a t confront supporters of Christian Sd>ools. There are some C W n Schools that am not based un the Covel~a~it, ~ n d this may seem to undercut the fundnmentd importnnrx of ' The term 3ecular 1s dertved from rhe letln vossulum

wh:ch refers to race, generation, age, or the

C pwple of any time: i t refers to the spitir oi Ih ogc which finds i t s stoning aoirit and g w l in t k things which are nnturol and tempoml and not the thihgs which are apirltuol and aterool.

this dactriae. Rev. H m m n cites four types of Cluistiarr schools that are not b e d un the dochine of the Covenant. You can cli& these for yourself. He also cites h e fact that those who oppwe Christian SchaoIs based on h e Docfie of the Covenant sute that T h e precise edumtional significance of the Covenant 01 Gmce is o h n clainled but rarely danonstratcd." Rev. Wecrema admits that there may be some huth to ibis charge but he argues that: '%me who make tbis chwge should k m p t r their criticism at this point mi& an appreciation far two things. In d ~ e fust place, the matter is compIex, more sa than is commonly realized. And in the second pbce, we are dcaling with samething that can never be wholly e n d in a nice doctrinal statement." He furtlltr says: " I t is for h i s reason that many a humble Christian school sllp porter, with lsiv heart and mind governed by the Ward of God, c=n s p e d earnestly cf the Govcnant of Grace in its important relation to home, family, schooi, chm11 aml thc whole of life, without being ahle to supply an adequate istenectual state- ment of that im-t mnceptio~"

Rev. Heeretua -&o says h t - h e docthe cf the Covenant of Gnce is not the o d y &Hne basic to our Christian schools. He says:

"Most basic is our d ~ ~ e of God. Always in our Christian t b b g d living we come back to God, the living and sovcrdgn Gd, Creator of heaven and earth, Creator of man in his own h a r e . . . It i s in God that - 'we live, and move, and have our being.' . . . Apart from Gad the edu- cational enterprise is a sometimes fascinating and escitiag journey into meaninglessness and vanity . . . "

Rev. Heerema comes to thc heart of bis probIenl when he develops his conception of the covenant and the implications this covenant idea 11as got Education. H e refers to his conception as the "simgle covenant idea,- and d d b s i t as follows:

"It den to the arrangement made by

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~ o d for hio image-- bmture to bave fellowship with him, the Lord of life and tmth, When God c~eabd man with amcity for such mmrlhgfd communion wid1 his Crea- tor. God did not in deistic fashion turn man 1- in the wido r d e s of a t i o n to work out n manner of

life for himself. No, Cod immedhtaly laid down d n te rn Em his- N:'

(H- refers to fhe terms RS fhe dhal mandate.) Tbe d m then states that because of

the fall a new aspect is i n d u c e d - this is the aspeet of graw TS it k reveded a d manifested in J m s Christ. It i s becnwe of this miginal sin that Rev. Heerema mahi- taiar that:

'I%e wmpk and strategic busi- of ni~lding a human son1 for vital cov- enant life mquirw k t men be ,trained fnm the very stark in this distinctiva why of Ufe d for the shtrg;gk tn maInlah i t This s d y h nu im- portant aspect of rnwwntal edumtion

It see- however, that Rev, Heerema w&t to remember h t mveaant e d u d & per ammt make a Christian. Chrfstim teachers can wakr and sometimes plant, bnt only God can give the increase thougA the m t i m of the Holy Spkk ha Heerema main- that the respon-

A l e prty in education is the p e n t . He says;

It is he who must see to it thnt this btal progmm s h d always hnve Gcrd in Christ at &a center of it. This is plain h the crnvmnt structure aS web. The parent stands under the love and Wpline of Cod's covenant. It k in the *entad interaction day by day that he pattern of life and chatar+cr is formed. ChiI&md is the saedtimc of life. In this soedtinie he person must be brought under & h e md discipline of C d in ckist-

Rev. Heerema dms not deny the WncipIe of m t a l rmpnsibility which Rev. Koaps wants to maintain, but R w . Heerenut wants his m d e s to understand that this principle of i ~ d ~ l fesponsibility is gtrided by the m I e s inherent in the doctrine of the COWmmL

Rev. Heerema is exactly so afraid that C-aa education win end in the ''wasta.

lands of sermkrism" if eaurrah i s Ws. to be based an p m t d x8spbrwi bmusc thm broad unde parental reapansibiby i s so relative. fi

In this context we can quote Rev. Heerema's last statement:

With smla- thiea-g to engulf as, this is not a time to p h e a quadon mark behind the hpomme of the d o ~ e of the Cownant oE Grace far wr C h k t b dmIs. Rather this: 5 a time to place an exclamation paint behind this b M gift of Cod by exploring with h h imigM and en- thusiasm tbe educational rides in- 11crent in It.

W e c a a ~ t e r n n n y o f & e a r g w m & forwarded by Rev. Hcemma. ?& church is definitely in danger of being swept along with the secularism of our day, but we lmow thut God ga&m, defends, and preserves his church a d therefore tlm ~Erurch shd never faiL

It ought to be underscored at poiat, however, that t h e &%tian R e f o d Church of which Rev. Heerema is a pastur has these p r o b b todny, and hey are so acute, it s e e m to me, partly bmuse a church they have crmfes Reformed position. Their adoption of Com- mon Gmce as a dDEtrtne of the church has plunged hem into the very diEidty that they are e'iperienchg today; a m- a l ty that Rev- Heerema de£inm & t~eep tng seculurism. It is exnctly becausa, of &s "doctrine" hi makes God assume a favor- able attitude of grace toward the reprabate that the thistian Refanned leaders find - thcmsek in this prsent ~~. The -

I - foundations are not w e and rock bound , , , . - an a doctrine of saveroign Iove only for '

Cad's elect people. We, as young peoph, must mognize

3 this problem b a s e we are the church of tomorrow. I do not beIieva &at 1 am b e i i bite when I say, Rise up young people ch-cb nf tomormw and see w h t your fathers have maintained because they wuutcd the foundations to stand. They wanted God in be God. We do h.

Hwremn is mrrsct in his pasitiad con- cemlry mvewmt educntion, bat hi9 - will only be emdimted mmpl&ly, i t to me, wvhw the Common Grace tbemy 1

ubmgoted and amuned.

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MRS. C. H. WESTRA

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