Numidia Mennonite Bible School - Reflector Yearbook (Numidia, PA)

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t DIVISION 'I - LIFE or CHRIST' Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29. 4 - ' With Brother William Wagler as our guide we 18 students took a journey back to the time and place where Christ first made His appearance into this world. It was a time of political and religious un- rest, and instead of coming to a nation mature in holiness, consecrated to the task of being a blessing to other people, Christ needed to begin His work by proclaiming a reformation to His own people. As an aid in our studies we used the book The Life of Jesus Christ by James Stalker. One of the significant aspects of Christ's life while He was here on this earth was that He was a man like one of us and was tempted in all points like as we. But we can praise God that He, came through victorious, and because of His victory there is a way of escape so that we likewise can claim total victory. As we looked into some of the events and discussed in chronological order the miracles and teachings of Christ, we were challenged anew with Christ's desire and fight for preeminence in our hearts and ives. It was not Christ's mission to set up a political kingdom on this-earth. He came to establish the kingdom of God in the hearts of individuals. So this all-impor- tant question comes back to us, Have we surrendered completely our hearts and wills to the Saviour, who paid the .tre- mendous price to redeem our souls? -Ruth H. Hurst HEBREWS The Book of Better Things is the name often given to Hebrews. The writer contrasts the good things of Judaism and the better things of Christ. BIBLE 'STUDY For our studies we have divided the book of Hebrews into four divisions. In the first we have Christ as the Son of God. His names, works, character, position or rank, and His eternal existence are proofs of His deity. Since Christ is the Author of eternal salvation, Christianity is superior to Judaism. In the second division we have Christ as the Son of Man. It was necessary for Christ to become man, to be tempted, to suffer, to die, to sanctify and call us breth- ren, to restore to man all that he lost through Adam's fall. Moses and Joshua could only bring God's people into Canaan rest, while Christ can bring the believers into the true rest of God. J The third division is Christ as the Priest - a greater High Priest than the priests of Judaism. Aaron could not take the people with him into the Holy of Hol- ies, but Christ brings believers into the immediate presence 'of God. The work of the High priests of Israel was only a type of Christ's work, their workwas never finished. But Christ completed His work of redemption when He died once on the cross. In Christ we have the fulfillment of all the types. . Christ is the Way. He is the Way to God. Through faith in Him we have the blessed hope of life eternal. As we students, with Brother Moses Baer as teacher, continue through these three weeks we trust that the Holy- Spirit might open our minds and help us more fully understand the great truths found in this book of better things . I y -Alice Siegrist FULFILLED Pnorl-uacv . I The Fulfilled Prophecy class was taught by Brother Jesse N euenschwander. , . The definition of the word prophecy IS the foretelling of future events. We discovered that some prophecies were ful- filled shortly after they were prophesied and others are yet to be fulfilled.

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