Mid South Bible College - Trumpet Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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President's Messa e ii T ' s 1 THE YOKE OF JESUS CHRIST Never a man spake like this, read the report of 1 the soldiers about Jesus Christ. And one reason why men listened so attentively to Christ was that He used simple figures of speech that the common man could understand. One of these was the figure of a yoke. A yoke was a frame of wood by which two oxen were joined at the necks for working together. The yoke was then a means of service. Now, Jesus Christ used the figure of a yoke to underscore an indispensable quality of discipleship: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of meg for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls fMatthew ll:29j. The yoke here represents the will of God. And taking on the yoke represents full submission to the authority of Jesus Christ. This, however, can be a rather abstract matter. In a concrete way, how does a believer submit to Christ? There are, as a matter of fact, two ways in which a believer submits to Jesus Christ. First, the believer submits to the authority of the Word of God. The Bible says, Whatsoever he saith to you, do it Uohn 2:51. Does God command us in his Word to abstain from something? Then we are to abstain from it. Does God exhort us to pray? Then we are to pray. Does God command us to witness for Christ? Then we are to witness for Jesus Christ. The Bible has been given to us not simply for study, but for obedience. Second, thef Christian yields to the will of Godg that is, he yields to the guidance of God. The Bible says, For as many as arerled by the Spirit of God, They are the sons of God fRomans 8:l4j. There are many spiritual g h. .'. -, Q , decisions in life 'that we rnust makegregarding which the Bible may not give us specific instruction. But the Bible does give us general principles, and these general principles of the Bible must be applied to given circumstances. The Word of God gives us the principle, but the Spirit of God applies that principle in a given circumstance. For example, the Bible clearly commands us to witness for Christ, but the Holy Spirit guides us to a specific person. The believer, therefore, is to yield to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ therefore said, Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me. To submit unreservedly to God will bring to the believer spiritual power. And to that degree to which a believer gladly submits to the will of God, to the degree will he enjoy spiritual blessing and usefulness. 2

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THE TRUMPET 1974 Mid-South Bible College Memphis, Tennessee

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j Editor's Message LOVE IN ACTION As we look out at the world, all we see are hate, murders, robberies, rape, and people trying to out do their dearest friend. What a need there is for love in this day. The need is not only present in the world but also in the church. Our local assemblies are full of squabbling, gossiping people that just can't seem to get along. Every time we turn around a church is splitting. How desperately we need to heed the mes- sage of Paul to the Colossians, Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowls of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long- sufferingg forebearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfect- nessf' Someone has said, A little of the oil of Christlike love will save a lot of friction. How true this is. q It is also true that love always manifests itself in acts of love. Where there is love, there is loving acts. The first cannot exist apart from the second because attitudes produce actions. The second is reduced to nothing if the first is not its source. If we have love it will be love in action. We believe that the activities of the college family here at Mid-South have shown 'such love. For this reason the Yearbook staff has chosen Love in Action as the theme and I Corinthians 13 as our theme chapter. If I had the gift of being able to speak in other languages without learning them, and could speak in every language there is in all of heaven and earth, but didn't love others, I would only be making noise. If I had the gift of prophecy and knew all about what is going to happen in the future, knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would it do? Even if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, I would still be worth nothing at all without love. If I gave everything I have to poor people, and if I were burned alive for preaching the Gospel but didn't love others, it would be of no value whatever. Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out. If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him. All the special gifts and powers from God will someday come to an end, but love goes on forever. Someday prophecy, and speaking in unknown languages, and special knowledge - these gifts will disappear. Now we know so little, even with our special gifts, and the preaching of those most gifted is still so poor. But when we have been made perfect and complete, then the need for these inadequate special gifts will come to an end, and they will disappear. It's 'like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things. In the same way, we can see and understand only a little about God now, as if we were peering at his reflection in a poor mirrorg but someday we are going to see him in his completeness, face to face. Now all that I know is hazy and blurred, but then I will see everything clearly, just as clearly as God sees into my heart right now. There are three things that remain - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love. It is our earnest prayer that this will continue to be one of the chief characteristics of our school. 3