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

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Published by The Kansas City Bible College JANUARY, 1952 A Missionary Ministry For the Last Days BY BRUCE C. Donn Pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- vest, that he will send forth labourers in- to his harvest. Matthew 9:38. These were the words used of the Lord to change a local tract ministry into a world-wide missionary organization with special opportunities for service during this, the end of the age of grace. One day the Holy Spirit brought the writer to the conviction that the Lord wanted him to be a harvester' of souls rather than a sower of the Word. He felt that the mass dis- tribution of tracts, in which he had been engaged for twelve years, was more of a sowing than a reaping process, and accord- ingly he sought the Lord's leading in using tracts basically to harvest souls for Christ. The change from sowing to reaping lies in the fact that the distribution of tracts is now organized on a follow-up basis. It is not expected that a tract will do the entire work of leading a soul to Christ, but that it will simply catch the attention of the receiver and serve as an introduction and preparation to a personal visit and witness. The tract distribution is carried on as a mailing program. Personalized letters are written once each month to a very large mailing list. The Big Brother Tract Band members do not choose these names them- selves. They invite earnest Christians to supply the names of unsaved loved ones and friends. These persons whose names are supplied receive each month a per- sonal letter, a gospel tract, and a com- panion blotter. The letter mentions the business in which the individual is em- ployed and makes an appropriate comment related to the Word of God. The tract deals with some subject of everyday life and its application to the Word of God. The blotter with its art work and Scrip- ture quotation serves as a reminder of the message of the letter and tract, should they be discarded. For example, the following letter was sent to a grocer: As a grocer you are doubtless interested in the appetites of your customers. It is a won- derful grace from God that they become hun- gry three times each day and are reminded of their need to patronize your store. It is too bad that people do not grow him- gry three times a day for the Bread of Life. It is a shame that there are people who have never been spiritually hungry in all their lives. ecause of this fact we publish a monthly blotter and tract dealing with the things of ur everyday life and their relation to the THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE The training of young lives in the use of the Word of God, is a priceless privilege. The church often suffers loss from the actions and the ministries of those who do not know their Bible or who do not use the Scriptures wisely. Our College is a great training center where students receive much prac- tical experience in using that which they learn in the classroom. The ' graduates of this college are occu- pying important positions through- out the world and are yielding splendid dividends to those who help to train them. We invite your prayerful consideration of the needs of this fine student body. Word of God. We mail them to English-spealb ing people around the world. You have been added to our mailing list, and the enclosed pamphlet entitled Who and Why explains the reason. We hope that the tract and blotter accomp- anying this letter prove helpful to you, and that you will be looking forward to our mailing each month. Because of Calvary, The Big Brother Tract Band With this letter went a tract and blotter combination entitled Hungry Months with Matthew 5: 6, Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled , and Psalm 23:1, The Lord is my shepherdg I shall not want, as the message. After six monthly mailings the director or one of the missionaries makes a per- sonal call upon the prospect to determine his interest. Those known not to be in- terested are dropped. Others remain on the list and are visited twice a year until they confess Christ as Saviour and Lord, or definitely reject the witness. These calls are made anywhere in the United States or Canada. The one who supplies the name for the mailing list is called a sponsor. His name is never reveal-ed, either by mail or dur- ing the calls, until the person accepts the Lord. The sponsor receives copies of all correspondence and pays the cost of mail- ing, which is S5 per year per name. Vlfhile the charge to the sponsor does not begin to meet the expense of the ministry, it means that those who submit names sup- ply only the names of those for whom they 1Continued on Page 75 1952 BY DR. WALTER L. WILSON President, Kansas City Bible College What shall be my goal for 1952? Paul stated his ambition in Philippians 3:7-14, and we shall do well to examine it care- fully. The apostle, looking forward in his life, was conscious of great honor to be obtained and great rewards to be earned from his blessed Lord. With the goal in mind he said, This one thing I do. He was not concerned with the ambition of another but confessed to the world what his own purpose and plan of life was. Such an open confession is profitable, because folks will then not bother you about going into sinful practices, or worldly pleasures, or activities that would waste your time or your ministry. All this was not a dream that Paul was havingg it was a great reality in his life. He did not say, This one thing I hope to do g rather, he said, This one thing I do. He purposed in his heart that when eter- nity came that he would have a place with his Lord, with a crown on his brow, a happy heart in his bosom, and a memory that didn't hurt his soul. First, the apostle purposed to forget the things that were behind. He was not go- ing to run the race in the new year with the weights and the griefs of the old year hanging around his neck. He determined to forget the sorrows, the troubles, the wounds, those experiences in the jail, the way the mob beat him, the way that his message and ministry were rejected by his own brethren. Next, Paul would reach forth to those things which were before. He saw that there were heights and breadths and lengths and depths of the love of God and the grace of Christ and the things of heav- en that he had never yet tasted, and his purpose and desire was that he would ob- tain all that he possibly could of the things of God on earth. He stretched out his arms as far as he could to get as much as possible of this treasure, for he wanted in his life the richest blessing that he could possibly obtain from his blessed Lord's storehouse. Not only did he look forward, but he said. I press toward the mark. The things of God are worth pressing forward for, and the children of God should this day have the same purpose of heart- to press toward the mark for the prize. This prize -great, rich, and valuable- is given by fCo'n.ti'nfued on Page 21

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PAGE EIGHT THE COMMENTATOR THE LOVE OF MONEY Money is a good servant, but a danger- ous master. -Bonhours. - The uses to which money is put deter- mine its value. In the hands of a benevo- lent man it becomes a great blessing, but when it is hoarded it has a withering effect upon the hoarder and does no one any good. Colton says that gold is an idol wor- shiped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes without a single ACCORDION God depends upon our dependence upon hypocrite. The motto of: The The The The The The The The vain man is: Win gold and wear it. generous man: Win gold and share it. miser: Win gold and hoard it. haughty man: Win gold and lord it. profligatez Win gold and spend it. broker: Win gold and lend it. gambler: Win gold and lose it. wise man: Win gold and use it. Money has enriched its thousands and damned its tens of thousands. If you make it your servant, it will do you good, its mastery will ruin you. The love of money is the root of all evil CI Timothy 61105. -The Fellowship News Prayer for Christmas The Lord grant you- the Prosperity of Psalm 1:3g 4 the Prayer of Hebrews 4: 16: the Praise of Isaiah 61:35 the Peace of Philippians 4:73 the Purpose of Colossians 3:1- while you Walk in the light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day when faith shall be sight and you behold the. Presence of the altogether lovely One for whom the chimes ring out at this glad Christmastide. -Betty Barbour LaSalle Engineering Corporation LaSalle Bldg., 8 East Ninth Street Kansas City, Missouri For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16 Midwest Plumbing and Heating Co. 6243 Prospect Ja-5757 Kansas City, Mo. CHRISTMAS WORSHIPERS When He fGodj bringeth in the firstbe gotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. Hebrews When Elishas servant Gehazi became frightened because the Syrian armies were approaching their city of Samaria, the prophet prayed saying: Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw: and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of Ere round about Elisha QII Kings 61171 . Similarly, we believe, that if the eyes of those who surrounded the newly born holy Infant were opened by the Lord to see the supernatural there would have appeared before them a sight, the like of which the world never saw. They would have seen angels and archangels, cheru bim and seraphirn, Gabriel and Michael and all the hosts of heaven, including per- haps the seven spirits of God, the four beasts, the four and twenty elders the spirits of just men made perfect, and all ministering spirits, leaving heaven, descending to earth. hovering over Bethle hem, and finally forming a close array of holy spectators, at the signal of God fall -ing prostrate and crowning the Child Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords Oh that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall Well goin the everlasting song And crown Him Lord of all Moses H Gitlm Him New opportunity to gave them o lg gospel witness by trained personal workers Your ' I 'lg part In tlns plan will be unknown TI1e lord I5 greully blessing tlns program SEND 254: FUR A SAMPIE OUTIINE THE BIG' BROTHER TIIACT BAND'BOX 888'AKRON9 OHIO You Can Win Souls for Christ with Gospel Films Send for free booklet today explaining It will be a revelation to you. 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PAGE TWO THE COMMENTATOR The Fruit of The fruit of the Spir- it and the gifts of the Spirit are not identical. There is much confu- sion at this point with the result that there is much failure in liv- ing. The Christians in the church at Corinth had the gifts of the Spirit, but the fruit of the Spirit was sadly missing. Paul wrote to them, Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. CI Cor. 1:6-77. Later on in his first epis- tle he enumerates the nine gifts of the Spirit: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differ- ences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of opera- tions, but it is the same God which work- eth all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spiritg to an- other faith by the same Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the same Spiritg to another the working of miraclesg to an- other prophecyg to another discerning of spiritsg to another divers kinds of tonguesg to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsarne Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will CI Cor. 12:4-113. The manifestation of the Spirit is not al- ways the same. There is a manifold va- riety of operations and manifestations of the one Spirit. These often are according to temperament, according to capability, and according to function. The Holy Spir- it is the One who determines where and how the child of God should serve. He it is who designates the believer's service, for He divides to every man as He will. The Corinthians had been richly blessed with many gifts, which Paul acknowledg- ed, but the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit was woefully lacking. Paul had to rebuke them severely for their carnality. He wrote against the divisions and schisrns in the church. Some were claiming to be fol- lowers of Paul, others of Apollos, some of Cephas, and still others of Christ. It was not friendly rivalry betwen them, but bit- terness and backbiting, censoriousness and ugliness. At such times they were seek- ing after worldly wisdom and not after the wisdom which is in Christ. There was the condoning of sin in their midst and going to law against one another, and that before heathen judges. Grave disorder al- so prevailed at the Lord's table for which some had received severe rebuke by God in the form of sickness and even physical death. The nine-fold fruit of the Spirit- love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control CGal. 5: 221, was not manifested in their lives although the nine gifts of the Spirit were present. It is, therefore, very possible for Chris- tians to have the gifts of the Spirit while the Spirit and The Gifts of the Spirit By Dr. Robert H. Belton Executive Vice President, K. C. Bible College lacking the fruit of the Spirit. Have we not seen Christians of many gifts and tal- ents with whom it is very hard to get a- long? They have ability for God, and yet, they are sharp and bitter, censorious and ugly. In their everyday living there is very little of Christ-like love, gentleness, longsuffering, patience, rneekness, and self-control. In fact, as one searches his own heart, he is too often conscious of the lack of the fruit of the Spirit. Dr. Samuel Chadwick in his very help- to Pentecost, has a on this very subject. rather extensively: not identical. Fruit gifts are enduements ful book, The Way most helpful chapter Let me quote him Fruit and gifts are belongs to character, of power. Gifts are an evidence of the Spirit: but they are no proof of holiness. Gifts are according to the elections of the sovereign will of the Spirit of Godg fruit is the manifestation of cultivated life. Gifts are for service, fruit is for character. Gifts are functional, fruit is a quality of life. Gifts are bestowed, fruit is a manifesta- tion. Gifts may be immediate and com- plete, fruit is implanted and of gradual development. Both are of the Spirit and are intimately connected with one another, but thev are inseparable, much less iden- ital. The gifts of the Spirit are given to people who are elect according to the sovereign will of God, who by His Spirit divides to every man severally as He will. Love, in which is included all the fruit, is not in the list of spiritual gifts. Fruit is for all, gifts are for those for whom they have been prepared. All may not proph- esy, but all must love. We may covet gifts, but we must bear fruit. Gifts can- not take the place of fruit. Spiritual gifts are no proof of spiritual- ity. Gifts are not substitutes for grace, and ignorance and carnality have made them a menace to holiness of heart and in- tegrity of character. Do we not often seek for the manifes- tations of the gifts of the Spirit and are not concerned about the cultivation of the fruit of the Spirit? Yet it is the fruit of the Spirit which glorilies God. In John fifteen the Lord Jesus Christ is talking to His disciples about the necessity of bear- ing much fruit. He tells them that He is the vine and they are the branches and that if a branch bears some fruit the Fath- er prunes it that it may bring forth more fruit. When the branch brings forth much fruit then is the Father glorified. The fruit referred to here is the fruit of the Spirit. Later on in the chapter He tells them that they have been chosen and or- dained to go forth and bear much fruit which will remain. This refers to souls saved and saints edified. It stands to reason that the gifts of the Spirit manifested in a life where the fruit of the Spirit is missing will bring no glory to God and will with difficulty woo an unbeliever into the fold. But a Christ-like character filled with love, joy, peace, long- suffering. gentleness, goodness, faith, meek- ness, and temperance will witnessvto the reality of the presence of Christ in the life and will be a tremendous influence in bringing others to Christ. What is the condition in our lives? Be- cause some gifts of the Spirit manifest themselves, do we rest content feeling that we are on good terms with God? How about the fruit of the Spirit? Is there love, joy, and peace with relation to God: longsuffering, gentleness, and goodness with relation to our fellowmeng faith, meekness, and self-control with relation to ourselves? At the beginning of this new year let us bow low before God and ask Him to empty us completely of self, fill us with His Holy Spirit and produce a Christ-like character within us. Herein is my Fath- er glorified, that ye bear much fruity so shall ye be my disciples. The proof of real discipleship is fruit bearing. May the Lord make us healthy branches this year. 1952 CCo'n.timLed from Page 15 the pierced hand of the Son of God, the prize pf the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' There are three other desires that Paul mentions here: That I may win Christ, and be found in him, and that I may know him. Our first thought is that sure- ly this man already belonged to the Lord Jesus, and how could he then win Him? He might have gone in for winning money, for he was an astute man with a gifted mind. He might have gone in for a life of letters, for he was an able man with his pen. He was, however, not striving to gain. fortune, but to win Jesus Christ. He de- sired that all those whom he met should find him wrapped up in the Saviour, liv- ing with his identity hidden in Christ. And did not Paul already know Christ? He was not interested in knowing politics, or world problems, or questions of agricul- tureq but he was determined to go on to know Christ. The Lord grant that this may be the purpose, the ambition, the desire of every one of God's children. May the God, of all grace fill you with all joy and peace through believing. It will give you much of joy and little of sorrow, much of His blessed presence and little of darkness in the coming year of 1952. THE COMMENTATOR JANUARY, 1952 Volume 14, Number 1 Dr. Walter L. Wilson, Editor Grace T. Belton. Associate Editor Ona E. Woodward. Circulation Manager Price, single subscription, 75 cents a year: Canada and foreign, 85 cents. Two or more subscriptions. 50 cents each:- Canada and foreign 60 cents. Published monthly by The Kansas City Bible College P.O. Box 7035, Country Club Station Kansas City 2. Mo. School location: 75th lk State Line Road Entered as a second-class matter June 26. 1942 at the Post Office at Kansas City. Mo. und the Act of March 3, 1879.