Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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To the graduates and former students of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary, young men and women who now serve, or have served, in the armed forces of the United States of America in the chaplaincy and in the ranks, and who heroically offer their lives and their talents to God for their country and for humanity that all may enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and may exercise their right to worship God according to His Word and the dictates of conscience, we affectionately and gratefully dedicate the 1945 edition of the Nautilus.

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ow aS ee A AAA AMA AAAARAA AAR AORARRADRARRAARADRRRRADRRRRRARRADRADRAORRDRADRARRADnaanaear s + SS at mg e ° 2 x re gD ¥ TT = mS Af, { SASS EAA PEARL EPAP HPAP HA ppp papa It was and is Christ’s intention that his church should be one; to this end he planned. He selected twelve apostles, taught them for three years before his death and for forty days after his death and resurrection, “the things concerning the kingdom of God.” He promised to endow them with the Holy Spirit who would bring to their remembrance all things he had taught them and would guide them into all truth. He promised to confirm this message in heaven and upon the earth. ‘Their mes- sage was “the faith once for all delivered unto the saints,’ and for which the “beloved of God” were to earnestly contend. He not only selected, instructed, and promised them power from on high; but he prayed that they might be one as he and the Father were one. In this prayer he included all who should believe through their word; “that they may all be one, even as thou, Father, art in me, that they also may be one in us . that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and Paul is expressing this inclusive unity when, in rebuking lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.” the incipient denominationalism in the church at Corinth, which was centering around certain men, he wrote, “all are yours; and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God.” In other words, all things are ours, but nothing should be entertained that would break our unity in Christ. If the prayer of Christ is to be taken seriously (not to take it servously is not to take Him seriously), the perfecting into one is essential to the conversion of the world. Perfection in one can be maintained only through that unity among the followers of Christ which exists between him and the Father. DA A ee The apostles understood his prayer and took it seriously. It would have been no more disloyal on their part and no more disastrous to the conversion of world, had they violated this unity and broken up into denomination units, than has been the re- sult of its violation by those who claim to believe the words of the apostles. If denominationalism in its embryonic stage made the church at Corinth carnal, so that Paul could not speak unto them as unto spiritual, is de- nominationalism, fully developed and defending it- self in the sound of Christ’s prayer, any less carnal or any more spiritual? Unity in Christ is not to be found in denominations crying out against denom- inationalism, nor in a federation of denominations. It can be realized in His appointed way only. It is of no avail to talk about the spirit of Christ, and at the same time reject the authority of Christ. The spirit of Christ was the spirit of obedience to the Father. ‘There can be no spiritual unity in Christ unless we obey the words of Christ; for he has said that “the words that I have spoken unto you are Spirit, and are life.” Unity in Christ is the unity of the branch in the vine, and of the members of the body with the head. We have unity in Christ when we have his mind in us. Christ was one with God. He came not to do his own will, but the will of him who sent him, Unity in Christ is the unity of love. If we love Him, we will keep his commandments. If we have unity in Christ, we will believe in His Deity, con- fess Him as the Son of God, accept His teaching as final, practice His ordinances as He gave them, and do our best to imitate His life. AAHHY Sic ii i a a Ne AM 9 I A ei EG a a ag 4