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

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REFLECTOR STAFF Editor ......... , , Associate Editor . . Business Manager . . , , Photographer . . . Artist ...... Typist . . . Editing Secretaries . . . I , -1- . Eldon Detweiler . . Stanley Shenk . Brenda Harbold . . Eunice Kuhns . . Lamar Martin . . Janet Meck Ida Bontrager Benjamin Eshbach

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Reflector Staff .... Editorials . . . Principals' Messages . . . Matrons' Messages .... Faculty Messages . . . Curricular Reports Bible Study . . u, Bible Doctrine .......... . l ' Church History and Missions . . . A Practical Studies .. Daily Schedule . . . Extra-Curricular .. Bible School Roster ....

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EDITORIALS BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT Matthew 5 :48 tells us: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. But, you say, how can we be perfect as long as we are here in this sinful world, with all the temptations of the devil and the lusts of our flesh to contend with? Christ is here exhorting us to be complete and without want, in God, who supplies us with this completeness. It is because of Christ that we as Christians can have our needs fully sup- plied. Philippians 4:19 tells us that God shall supply all our needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. The weakness we have within ourselves is an essential for the perfection of God's grace in our lives. When Paul asked the Lord to remove his thorn in the flesh , God re- plied that His grace is made perfect in weakness. There is, however, a condition we must first meet to have access to God's store- house of sufficient grace. We must have our hearts set on things above, not on things on the earth. Then as we ask of God, he will make us perfect and entire, wanting nothing . ' When we are perfect in the provisions of God, we have everything necessary to live a victorious Christian life. II Timothy 3:16 speaks of the man of God who is perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works . Let us therefore recognize the abundant provisions of God for us and claim them for our very own, that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro , but that we may grow up into him in all things . --Eldon Detweiler THE JUSTICE OF GOD When we look out into the world today and consider for a moment the way men drink strong drink, we see that they dilute it with water, soft drink, or a fruit juice. If they drank it unmixed, they would burn out their stomachs. . The sad thing is that they do not think of the wine of the wrath of God , which will be upon them if they doinot turn to God. Revelation 14 :10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tor- mented with' Hre and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. In the days of the Children of Israel when they murmured against Moses and Aaron on different occasions, God's Wrath was kindled against them, but it was with mixture. When they spake against God and Moses in the wilderness on the matter of having no bread or water, the Lo-rd sent fiery serpents among them which bit them, that they died. Here we see the Lord gave them the opportunity for repentance, as in many other instances that are re- corded. We today are living in the day of grace. Why don't you heed His call? We are promised, If .we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous- ness . I John 1:9. If we don't heed this call, we will drink of the wine of the wrath of God without mixture in torment forever and ever in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. l -Stanley J. Shenk ...2..