Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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no DRAFTEES ID GOD ' S DRIDY by EL L. MOYER, D. D. ' Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (II Tim. 2.3}. P AUL frequently used warriors and warfare as illustrations of Christian life. In Ephe¬ sians 6 he gives a picture of the whole Church as an army of God, panoplied from head to foot for a warfare, not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and rulers, Scripturally, this has to do with service, and yet it is true that no one can enter into the service of God apart from salvation; hence our theme concern¬ ing draftees in Gods army. We mean by this that a man ' s salvation depends entirely upon his own will, God certainly has done everything He can. He gave His only begotten Son to die for men. The Cross of Calvary was a full and sufficient provision for their redemption. That He might be just, and still justify a sinner, He laid the sins of the world on His Son and dealt with Him as the World ' s Great Criminal. Everything that we deserve in the way of judgment for sin was borne by Him, He was raised from the dead to show that His work was sufficient to save, and now God calls men to believe in His Son that they should not perish but have everlasting life. God does not compel a man ' s accept¬ ance of Christ. There is no coercion in salvation. God does not draft you to be a Christian. No man can ever become a Christian without his free and full acceptance of Jesus Christ as personal Savior. If a man is not saved it is simply because ye will not Gome to me that ye might have life (John 5:40). We wish to emphasize the fact that enrollment in the army of God is utterly impossible apart from the simple act of faith in the finished work of Christ. We may truly say that the acceptance of Christ as Savior is the way in which we become armored for warfare. Paul says, Having your loins girt about with truth. Jesus Christ is the Truth (John 14:6). Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17). No one can be saved by believing a lie. He must believe the Truth. The second part of the panoply Paul mentions is the breastplate of righteous¬ ness, which is the Lord our Righteousness (Jer. 23:6). No man ever becomes a Christian through trusting in his own righteousness, but through trusting in Christ, who is made unto us righteousness (I Cor. 1:30). The third part is peace, with which the feet are to be shod, and very clearly Scripture tells us, He is our peace (Eph. 2:14). This peace is not a feeling, but a permanent state or condition into which the believer is brought. It is impossible apart from Christ, Peace I leave with you, He says; My peace I give unto you (John 14:27). Next comes the shield of faith, which is the shield to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. It is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that instantly summons to our aid all the boundless resources at His sovereign command. To use this shield of faith is to lean upon the Lord, to rest upon His strength, to rely upon His word. Then there is the helmet of salvation. Salvation is a present blessing which is utterly impossible apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. When Simeon saw Him he said, Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, He said that because he had seen the Lord Jesus. Luke tells us that there is salvation in no other. His name was called Jesus, which means Jehovah, the Savior. The last part of the armor is the sword of the Spirit This sword is the Word of God r and of our Lord it is written, His name is called The Word of God (Rev, 19:13). I have written unto you young men because ye are strong, and the Word of God abldeth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. The Word exhorts you to contend for the faith, and certainly we cannot contend for that which we do not hold. Reader, what is your relationship to the Great Captain of Salvation? Have you enrolled yourself under His banner? Can you say to Him as David ' s men said to their leader, Thine are we, David, and on your side, thou son of Jesse ? Or can you say r as Paul did, Whose I am and Whom I serve ? Remember that our Lord said, He that is not with Me is against Me. There is no neutral position. We are either soldiers under His banner or marshaled in the hosts ol evil under the leadership of the prince of darkness. 15

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OUR COmUlflUDDinG OFFICERS These, our Commanding officers, have wisely plan¬ ned for lines of advancement. Because of their wise counsel, individual problems have been solved. Un¬ der their expert leadership, material gains have been made. Through their dependence upon the Great Captain of our souls has come Triumph for our school. Mrs. W. B. Riley, B.A., LL.D. W, B. Riley, M.A., D.D., LL.D. R. L. Moyer, D.D. n

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CrtliHLN ' BOARD OF DIRECTORS NORTHWESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY and BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL W. B. RILEY, M.A., D.D., LL.D., President R, L r Moyer, D.D., First Vice President Mrs, Edna Jens, Secrelary S. Marx While, Second Vice President S, E, Robb, Treasurer THREE-YEAR TERM E. V. Pierce, D.D, Mrs, W. B. Riley, LL.D. W. B. Riley, D.D., LL.D. W. H. Rogers, D.D. Paul Rood, D.D, John Siemens Prof, C. F. Shoop Mrs. Peter Skanse A. F. Toavs Vaclav Vojta, Th.D. S, Marx White, M.D, R. C. Winters Mrs, Daisy Wright Archer Young TWO-YEAR TERM Ardell Look Mrs. Jean McLeod Peter MacFarlane N. T. Mears A. F + Mettel R. L. Moyer, D.D. William Murk, D.D W. W. Noble Martin Nordland, M.D. Victor Qltrogge W. E. Paul D.D. Edward Pearson Walter Pegg, D.D, Mrs. E. V. Pierce S. E. Robb ONE-YEAR TERM H. Warren Allen, D.D. Russell Blank A. O. Bjorklund J. Colgate Buckbee Mrs. Benjamin Chapman R. V. Clearwaters, D.D. John Edlund Dan Gilbert, LL.D. J. R, Hauser Walter Kallenbach, D.D. W. E. Kuhnle A. E. Lewis Herbert Park 16