Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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mt- Uhv 45122111111 3 f' Theological SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY First ROW: Neal Hutchinson, Dorotha Dobie, Virgil Camp, Edith Consley, Jess Sandberg. Second Row: Florence White, Guy Hamilton, Joseph Jackson, Belle Thomas. TEACHING THEOLOGY AND RELIGION- SI-IALL WE FOLLOW THE MODERN IDEALS? CContinued from page 3-lj Q Let our teaching fail to recognize the deep spiritual objects of divine truth in theology and religion as revealed through Christ and we have destroyed Christianity in all but name. This, then, would direct us to the deepest truth in the teaching of theol- ogy and religion, namely, that instruction that would help us to know Christ and assist us in presenting Him as the salvation of men. Again, unless Jesus Christ is recognized as the true object of worship, Christian theology again loses its value. Third, any Biblical system of theology must cluster its teaching around the saving work of Christ in connection with the Fatherhood of God and the demonstration of the presence of the Holy Spirit. And in all of this teaching We must give place and force to the fact that He bare our sins in His own body on the treef' that the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin and that by His resurrection life We are upheld in newness of life to enjoy the fellowship of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. So the teaching of theology in our schools must rise or fall in relation to the question of personal knowledge and personal experience in the things of Christ. .f -36- T

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1 we comma if Th 1 ' 1 eo og1ca Q 19 CHRISTIAN PERFECTION ATTAINABLE - G3 :.- .... Q Tl1e doctrine of Christian Perfection is one illili is very vital, yet often 1l1lSUl1ClG1'SlOOd even ---- J aniong' professors of that state of grace. E3 ca Let 11s see iirst just what We mean by this C9 9. iU1'lll. In the Bible, some of tl1c words whicl1 car- ry the saine import are holiness , sanctifica- 2, tion and perfect lovc.'l By s11cl1 a state, we do 11ot l1l1ll0l'SiEillCl abso- Q lute perfection, for llotl alone has that. Neither Q do we 1110311 tlllQ'L'll4' perfection, which belongs P tnily to llllfilllvll angielsi lxlor yet clolxyc inlrply I 11 u , ,1 1 1 c aniic Jertet-tio11, w 1ic 1 at 111its ot 110 1 emis or SUbIh BURNH defect, lihysically or othcrwiscg for as long as W0 Q9 have these fallen bodies wc are liable to llli'll'llliilt'N, ignoraiice. and mistakes. Q3 ci No more does it imply exemption from iL'lllPiElll0ll, for Christ who was spot- 63 3 less in holiness, was subject to se1'e1'1-'ftt-111ptatio11 for forty days and nights fo ll11ll1GCll2llt'ly after the descent of the Holy Ghost 11po11 Hi111. .Q It clocs, l10WL'VCl', imply the exclusion ot all sin from the heart and tho Z 5' possession of the pure love of Hocl. lt si11'11ities a cleaiising' Hfl'0ll1 all filthincss of the tiesh and spirit and thc possession ot the L1'l'3Cl0llS cluster of the fruit G9 5 1 ' ' - , ' Q' . 'Q l i11 tlalations 5:22 23. xv of th1 Spllli was 1l1s11.1b11l lljw5i. vl' 111 .fl I 'I H pl K1 K ' I Q, -... Vtlcsley s tlCl'lllltl0ll ot Lh11st1a11 pc-1111-t1o11 ls box 1115.1 trocl W1tl1 all 0111 EJ heart. 111i11r,l, so11l and st1'c11g1'tl1. 'l'l1is,'l he says, implies that no wrong ci tcniper, 11o11c 0o11t1'ary to love, l'Gll'l2llllS i11 the soul, and tllill all the thoughts, tp! words. and actions, are Ql'0Vt'l'llCCl by pure lox'e.'l U The question 11ow arises as to its necessity. ls it Illt'l't'ly a privilegrc with 110 special obligation attat-ln-tl, or is it a requisite to an l'llil'2llll't' i11to Heaven? 31 The Lord 11ot only says, This is the will ot Hotl, even yo11r sanctitiea- tion, b11t He gives the explicit COIlllll2lllCl, lie ye holy . and to make sure that J there be 110 DllfillllClQI'SiilllCllllQ,' as to tilt' necessity of l1cart purity, He refers to Q9 Qi it as Holiness witl1o11t which 110 1111111 shall sec the Lord , E3 Now, realizing the ncctl of such l1cart cleansing let 11s see when and how it is toibe obtained. Q I tr. Qi It IS 1l0t, as some suppose, attainable o11ly at the time of death, bllf IS a fll- rect and l11Slill1iil11COllS operation of the lloly Spirit, 1-t't'1-ated i11 tl1c hearts of Q true believers, at a11y time Sllll'Ofllll'llt to 1'C,Q'l'Ill'l'ElllOll. Tl1is work of tho G3 Q' Spirit takes place when tl1c seeking' i11clivi1l11al Slll7lllliS wl1olly and unreservecl- ly to God and exercises faith i11 Hi111. 1, 'Tl1Ollg'l1 lllillly stumble at the simple naked faith required to obtain perfect A purity, it is as reasonable as illly orclinary business ll'2lllSUC'flOll. When one S C9 reckons with his creditors and l1as paid all, he reckons himself free. So then, Q9 as Christ had paid the full price for the sanctitication ot all, lll' who will n1ay reckon himself I11deed dead 11nt0 sin and hc will at that vcry D1OIll011i be- come fully Alive 1111to God. 't Ho may tl1c11 exclainiz H'Tis cloncg th011 tlost tl1is lll0lll0lli save q With full salvation bless. P Q Reclelnption illI'01l51'll thy blood I have, And spotless love and peace. -Susie S. Bnrseh. 100, ,

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.... i ei P at fy. 65 5312 CEIPHHIH Theological tj GLEAMS FROM LESSONS G9 S3 C2 Hearth Faith vim .The devils before being cast out of a certain man cried out to Jesus, Wea J A 61 BQ Q: know Thee, who Thou art, Thou Holy One of God. Again, we read in Jamesff ca The devils also believe and tremble. We ,see plainly that these devils had a, P 3 mental assent but no one could say that they had saving faith. Therefore rs saving' faith implies more than mental assent. -Florence White. il J Necessity of Repentance Q Q The necessity of repentance is based upon the fact that all have sinnedi and come short of the glory of God. The law against which we have sinned? a is, holy, just and goodf' Furthermore, God that cannot lien COl11111Ell1dC'fhTi s H oi 'r 'V YC L---- all men everywhere to repent. E9 G3 -Pearl Sims. L '5 E' The Spirit Witnesses The regenerate man knows he is adopted not only because he reads it in the Bible but because he now has that Spirit Within him that makes him cry, .3 J S Abba Father. Also he hai the witness of the Hol Spirit to his spirit that Y he is a son of God and heir and joint heir with Jesus Christ. G3 -L. C. Philo. cg EJ ru O ' vi Q .... P it V5 Q, E3 P Q9 'B ENGLISH BIBLE CLASS Ea ex First Row: J. E. Clayeomb, Henry Kelley, Paul Duncan, Felix Minter. 'P Second Row: Mrs. Minnie Worth, Beulah Rhoden, Freida Rich. f 3 B - -af-