Kansas City Bible College - Armour Bearer Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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PAGE FOUR THE COMMENTATOR Christ As Seen by the Minor Prophets I UES-I-'pw X 'Q By Waller L. Wilson, Jr, for the Christ of the prophets had come. iq One of our old songs expresses the thought P -l beautifully: This article continues the series by members of the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Bible College. Mr. Wilson. who is the eldest son of our president, Dr. Walter L. Wilson, is auditor for the Greenlease Motor Car Company in Kansas City, Missouri. A statement in t.he last chapter of Luke recently arrested my attention. It was spoken of our Lord and recorded in verse 27, And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning him- self. 'I'he word all caught my attention and inspired a study of the minor prophets. I found Christ there, and the following are a few of the gems that were uncovered in these little but inspirational books. In Hosea 3:5 we read, Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and shall - fear the Lord and his goodness in the 5 H was His latter days. When Hosea wrote, David 1 Rafi' was s ,I s x swag Zigi, so-as din. had been 'dead many years. He was speaking of Christ, the Son of David, and His goodness. No other one is good. But we have found that His goodness, forebear- ance, and longsuf- fering lead us on, bring us, to repent- ance CRom. 2:41. How could we help but love One who has been so good to us? His good- ness is shown in the abundance of His provision for all our needs. He has show- ered us with spiritual blessings of every kind, and each blessing is more than our little cups will hold. There is forgiveness for all our sins, comfort in sorrow, strength for every weakness, hope to scatter des- pair, fellowship in prayer, and a thousand other blessings in His presence. Then, too, His goodness has given us such a bountiful variety of things to enjoy on this earth that none of us will ever know them all. Think of the variety of meats to eat, of vegetables, fruits, and berries. There are more kinds that we have not tasted than there are that we have enjoyed. Think of all the materials for dress and of all the climates and places to live. Think of God's colors in the sky, in the hillside, and in His abundant vari- ety of flowers. These are just a few evi- dences of His goodness to us. Zechariah foresaw that, as King, Christ would be great in goodness, and he spoke also of His good shepherding C9:16, 171. Nahum wrote of His goodness in the day of trouble 11:71. It was said of the Lord Jesus that He went about doing good, WALTER L. Wn.soN, JR. How good is the God we adore, Our faithful, unchangeable friend, Whose love is as great as Hisrpowex' And knows neither measure or end. The Prophet Joel spoke of Christ in Zion, and wrote this wonderful prediction: But t.he Lord will be the hope lplace of repair, or harborj of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel Q3:161. Joel was thinking of the safe harbor at the end of a long, stormy voyage, of the berth where the battered ship is repaired, repainted, refurnished, and made ready for service again. Joel was speaking of the One who would say, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The Lord Jesus knows how to repair our lives, harbor our souls. He makes us over when we come to Him, and con- stantly fits us with new furnishings for the journey ahead. He is our hope, our blessed hope, and with Paul we can say, I can do all things through C h r i s t w h i c h strengtheneth me fPhil. 4: 131. Joel was right, for Jesus the Christ has been t h e h o p e a n d strength of His peo- ple since Bethle- hem. ala B1 Jonah prophesied of the sufferings of Christ. In chapter 2, verses 2 and 3, he speaks of being in the belly of hell , and again, all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. There is material for deep medita- tion in the words, and thou heardest my voice. The writer of the Hebrews tells us When he had offered up prayers and supplica- tions with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared, though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. His prayer was heard, but He was not saved from death, He was saved out of death, out of the belly of hell, out from under the waves and billows, out of the tomb. God did not answer His prayer in the way we would have expected. The mariners who threw Jonah into the sea thought his God would let him sink to death. Years later, the accusers of our Lord sneered, He trusted in God, let him deliver him now, if he will have him. They did not know that God had heard Jesus' cry, and had given an answer of peace and salva- tion to men. The Prophet Micah wrote in about 700 B.C. It is his prophecy of the birthplace CCo1l.ti'n.ued on Page 71 t 2-1-cr . ,.,, it .gi :-:vi -' uf.-:-2,-,ass .,.i51'1'131E'-gil, ......... ,. ' 1, : Sgt gg, By Rev. Wade K. Ramsey Dean, Kansas City Bible College QUESTION: What is the Christianfs rela- tion to secular governments? lX.NswER: According to Romans 1311, the Christian is to recognize secular govern- ments as ordained of God and consequent- ly to be subject unto them. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Then, in I Peter 2:13 God says, Submit your- selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the pun- ishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. Because of this nature and origin of human government, the Christian is also to pay tribute. Paul says to the Roman believers, For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers attend- thing ing continually upon this very CRom. 13:61. Then, too, the Christian is enjoined by the apostles to pray for gov- ernments and those in authority. In I Timothy 2:1, 2, I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, inter- cessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honestyf' All of this, however, does not mean that human governments are given unlimited authority over us and that we are to obey them whatever be the command. On the contrary, their authority is lirnited by God's Word to their specific sphere. If, therefore, a human government oversteps its authority and demands that a Christian do contrary to the unmistakable will of God, the child of God must always obey God rather than men. This fact is clearly shown by the apostles themselves, who when commanded by their rulers to cease preaching the gospel, continued to do so, replying, We ought to obey God rather than men CActs 5:291. It is also illis- trated by the capturing of Daniel and his three friends, who when they refused to worship the image of the king, suffered in the lion's den and fiery furnace CDan. 3, 51. But it should be noted that it is passive resistance that is here exempli- Hed and not active revolution. The whole relation of the Christian to secular govern- ment is concisely summed up by a state- ment of the Saviour Himself in Matthew 22:21 when in repl to the Herodians con- cerning paying trilbute, he said, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. QUESTION: What is the difference be- tween Johnfs baptism and the baptism of believers today? ANSWER: The Bible does not specifically contrast John's baptism with water and CCo'nti11.'u,ed on Page 71

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THE OOMIIENTATOR PAGE THREE CHRISTIAN SERVICE REPORT THE COLLEGE CHOIR BY Rrv. W. JACK Wn.soN Enwmm S. Cnum, Director Director of Christian Service While on a recent trip through the south one fact was greatly impressed on me ev- erywhere I went- that the Christian people seemed to know about the Kan- sas City Bible Col- lege. It was very gratifying to see that a school which is comparatively small, is so well known so far from home. Much of that is due, of course, to the ministry of our beloved president, Dr. Wilson, but it is also due to the fact that some of our graduates are beginning to make their ministry felt in almost every part of the country. Bill Baum C503 had preceded me in Charlotte, and everyone spoke very highly of his ministry and the blessings he brought there. We are grateful that God has giv- en us an expanding ministry. With it there comes a consciousness of our res- ponsibility to keep the standards high, make the training practical, and send out students who are well prepared and on fire for God. In the Christian Service department we shall use even closer supervision so that every student who goes out from here may be a credit to us and to the Lord, regard- less of where he goes. MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP The Missionary Fellowship of the Kan- sas City Bible College is a student organ- ization whose purpose is to study the var- ious mission fields of the world and to provide group fellowship for those inter- ested in both home and foreign missions. The members meet each Monday evening from 6:15 until 7:00. Present officers are: Dallas Arnold, presidentg Ruth Walberg, vice president, Carolyn Wagoner, secre- taryg Don Conner, treasurer. Some of the meetings are study groups led by the students, and others are aid- dressed by returned missionaries. Mr. G. Christian Weiss, world missionary trav- eler, Rev. Leonard Bewick, formerly of Jamaica, B.W.I., and Mr. Morris Vanden- burg, city mission leader, have brought challenging messages. Another source of inspiration is the fel- lowship of young men and women who are candidates for the foreign fields. Ellen Delavan, bound for Africa, Lois Bowen, for Italy, and Bill Baum, for Japan have recently deepened the interest in their fields. This group is one of about 90 members of the Foreign Missions Fellowship which operates on Christian campuses like ours. Beside these chapters, Inter-Varsity Chris- tian Fellowship has over 300 fully affiliat- ed groups at secular colleges and univer- sities. Another organization spearheaded by the IVCF is the Christian Nurses Fel- lowship formed in over 150 hospitals, nur- ses' schools, and medical colleges. As a result the students in our Missionary Fel- lowship feel that they are an integral part of this whole missionary enterprise of the wor . The College Choir, pictured above, has been making marked progress during the last few months, both in music and interpretation. There are over thirty in the choir, but twenty are selected for each concert appearance. Leo Bergthold is president, and Lorraine Jost is secretary-treasurer of the group. On March 13 the Choir gave a concert at the Kansas City Christian Union Church, and on March 30 at Central Bible Church in the morning and at Odessa, Missouri, in the evening. MISSIONARY NEWS Word from Margaret Hutchins infomis us that because of furlough vacancies, she will be teaching in the school for mission- aries' children in Huehuetenango this year. Feeding the lambs is also Christ's com- mand. Augusta Thiessen, who will graduate this year, spent two weeks in the south, observing techniques in the Leprosarium at Carrville, Louisiana, and in several hos- pitals in New Orleans. Augusta plans to sail for the Philippines in August under the International Christian Leprosy Mis- sion and to work with Howard and Vir- ginia Eppler Cboth '49J there. From India comes the news that Ray C495 and Mary Schrag are preparing a set of slides and movies of their work there to be sent to the home base. They report that their language study now enables them to converse quite well in ordinary life, but that the more diificult classical forms must next be mastered in order for them to read and interpret the Scriptures for the people. DR. WI LSON'S ITI NERARY March 31 - April 3, Bob Jones University April 11-Afternoon, 1st Reformed Church Newark, New Jersey Evening, Madison Avenue Church, Paterson, New Jersey April 19 - - - Youth for Christ, Carbondale, Illinois April 23 - - London Gospel Temple, Ontario, Canada April 24-26 - Shantymen's Convention, Toronto, Ontario April 27 - 30 - Immanuel Baptist Church, Brantford, Ontario May 1 - 4, New Brunswick Bible Institute, Victoria, New Brunswick May 6 - 11 - Main Street Baptist Church, Sackville, New Brunswick SINGING HIS PRAISES BY CAnor.YN Wacomzn . Student, Kansas City Bible College I know that Christ belongs to me, For He paid the debt at Calvary And brought me out of the miry clay. That's why I sing His praise this day. He bore the thorns upon His brow And stood the pain- I know not how. He suffered for my sins to pay. That's why I sing His praise this day. Dear one, I only wish that you could sing! Then bells in yonder heaven would ring, For they rang for me, I now can say. That's why I sing His praise this day. THE RISEN CHRIST The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the vertebrae of the Gospel. It is the Gospel- the good news that a Man has risen from the dead. It is the one thing that rails off the testimony of Jesus Christ from all other systems of religion. It was the one startling note that arrested the attention of the Athenian idlers and drew multitudes to listen in the cities and villages, whither- soever the disciples preachedg not because they exhorted to morality, or righteous living, did the people gather to hear, but because the disciples proclaimed that a Man had risen from the dead, a Man who had power to raise the dead, to give life and bring in judgment. -I. M. Haldeman DR. BELTON IN ILLINOIS On April 12 Dr. Belton will be in Wash- ington, Illinois, for Youth for Christ, and on April 13 in the Madison Theater, Pe- oria, Illinois, for Easter Sunrise Service. Make Your RESERVATION x.c.s.c. srnma BANQUET April 4- 1 P.M.

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THE COMMENTATOR PAGE FIVE God Chose A Donkey By Mrs. D. E. Wisner Child Evangelism Instructor PREPARA'rroN Only one figure, that of a donkey, is needed for this story, besides the letters and cards finishing the words. Make large capital letters of some color that will show up well against your plain back- ground to spell TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. Prepare cards with letters of appropriate size to finish the words of the acrostic as follows: ied, estless, nferior, nclean, arked out, icked out, onored, ccepted, oosed, ntered new life, ear, amed, edeemed, ielded. Back all the cards and the figure of the donkey with outing flannel and use as directed. PRESENTATION Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord fMark 11:93. Do you re- member how the people shouted these words of praise so long ago on that first glad Palm Sunday? We speak of this occasion as Jesus' triurnphal entry into Jerusalem. QArrange letters spelling Tri- umphal Entry on board as shown in the diagramj Triumphal is just another word for victorious. On this day the Lord Jesus was enter- ing Jerusalem with the people shouting as though He were a great and victorious conqueror, as indeed He was. Instead of riding on a white steed as most conquerors did, He rode a little donkey. fPlace don- key in center of the board.J Shall we read the story from Mark 11:1-9? This little donkey is like us in so many ways. First, he was tied. fPlace card ied after the letter TJ He is a picture of boys and girls who are not saved. They are tied by sin and evil. Like the little donkey, they are tied at the crossroads where two roads meet- the broad way which leads to destruction and the nar- row way which leads to life. It is up to us to decide which way we will take. No doubt this little donkey was rest- less, pulling and tugging to get loose. CPlace card estless after letter RJ This, too, is a picture of all who are without the Lord Jesus. They are restless and dissatisfied, not knowing that what they really need to make them happy is the Lord Jesus. Another thing about this little donkey is that he was such an inferior animal. CPlace card nferior after letter IJ He was not at all like the prancing steeds used by kings. O no, he was just a lowly an- imal used to carry men's burdens. Most of us are like that, too. We are not very mighty or great- just ordinary folks. There was something very sad about this little donkey which he could not help --he was an unclean animal. fPlace ncleam, after UQ God has said so in His Word. A long time ago God had given His peo- ple a list of animals which He called clean and others which He called unclean. A clean animal was one that had a divided hoof and chewed the cud. The little don- key had a divided hoof, but since he didn't chew the cud, he was considered unclean. Here, again, he is a picture of us. We are unclean in a far more terrible way. We are unclean in our hearts, until we re- ceive the Lord Jesus as our Saviour. The Bible says, There is none righteous, no not one CRom. 3:10J. There was another interesting thing about this little donkey- the Lord Jesus had, marked him out. CPlace arked out after MJ He knew all about him. He could see him tied there at the parting of the ways, and He had chosen him. The Lord chooses us in the same way. He has marked us out and wants us for His own. No matter where we live, or how poor we are, the Lord sees us and wants us. Jesus picked him out. fPlace icked out after PJ There were other donkeys in the land but Jesus picked this one out. And the Lord has picked us out. He says to those who have received Christ as Sav- iour, I have chosen you. Though we were tied by sin, restless, and unclean, yet He loved us and chose us for Himself. What an honor came to this donkey to carry the King of kings and Lord of lords! CPlace onored after HJ Do you know, boys and girls, there is no honor compared with carrying the Lord Jesus to those who are lost? Ti ed Entered a new Life Rest Less Near Inferior Ta med Unol ean Qedeemed Marked OUT Yielded picked QUT Honored cccepied oosed ,1 if 9 This little donkey was accepted by the Lord that day. CI-'lace ccepted after AJ And you and I are accepted in the Be- loved when we are saved. God accepts us because we have accepted His dear Son. And the little donkey was loosed. CPlace oosed after LJ No longer was he held by the rope which tied him. Now he was free, not to run aimlessly here and there, but .to do the bidding of his Master. Like the little donkey, we who have opened our hearts and asked the Lord Jesus to come in have been loosed from our sins. Now we want Him to lead us, and we listen for His voice saying, This is the way, walk ye in it. The donkey entered into a new life that day- a life of service to the Man who sent for him, and to others. CPlace ntered new life after EJ This is like us, too, if we belong to the Lord Jesus- we have entered a new life. Surely, then, we will want to serve Him. Not only was the donkey loosed, but he was brought near to Jesus, for Jesus had said, Loose him and bring hirn to me. CPlace ear after NJ That is the blessed thing that happens to Christians- we are brought near to the Lord. He even dwells within us and we walk with Him in a fel- lowship that this little donkey could not possibly know. The little donkey was tamed. CPlace amed ofter TJ When they brought him to the Lord, he was a wild, untamed little creature, not knowing the feel of a harness or the burden of a human being on his back. But when he heard the voice of the Lord and felt His gentle hand, he stood, patient and quiet, while his Master mount- ed him. So it is with us- the touch of the Lord tames us, hushes our wildness, and causes us to wait quietly for His di- rections. There was another thing about this don- key, which he did not know. God had said that if an unclean animal lived, it had to be redeemed by a clean animal. So when this little donkey was born, an in- nocent little lamb had to give its life that the donkey might live. You and I are like the donkey in this respect, too. The Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die CEzek. 18:41. Since all'of us have sinned, we were under the sentence of death, and the Lord Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God, took our places and gave His life on Ca1vary's cross so that we might live. He died to redeem us from sin. Our last letter gives us one more word. He was yielded to the Lord. CPlace card ielded after YJ This means he was will- ing to be led. Tell me, boys and girls, are you yielded to the Lord, or do you still want your own way? The Bible says Yield yourselves to God. This is said to God's born again children, of course. Have you truly given your hands, feet, minds, tongues, your all to Him? If you are not yielded to Him, you will not be able to bring others to Him, for your words will have no power. APPLICATION If you are not one of God's dear chil- dren because you have never been born again, you may become one by receiving the Lord Jesus as your Saviour just now. You have sinned, but the Lord Jesus paid for all your sins on the cross. He longs to come into your heart and make it clean and make you a child of God. But He will not come into your heart until you invite Him. If you would like Him to do this for you, just tell Him now. This story was adapted from That Little Donkey Was Just Like Me. by Mrs. .Helen Schaefer. in the book Seasonal Stories for the Flannelgraph, published by Wm. H. Dietz. Inc. A NEW DICTIONARY CContin'u,ed. from Page lb it were, Yes, I'm a sinner, all right, but not like this woman. Jesus rebuked Simon in no uncertain words. Simon, you are spelling religion as 'self-righteousness' when you should spell it 'love.' God's measurement of sin is not com- parison with another sinner. Simon, if you would define religion rightly, it would, in this case, be called 'common courtesy? Hers was a warm, fervent love which act- edg his was a cold, heartless attitude which criticized. Which definition was God's? Religion can be spelled in a thousand ways, such as love, kindness, honesty, de- cency, morality, liberality. If it is spelled rightly in our thinking, it will result in a way of life that exhibits the loving kind- ness and mercies of a faithful God.