Steinbach Bible Institute - Star Yearbook (Steinbach, Manitoba Canada)

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STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK 5 Mr. J. N. WITTENBERG German Bible History Bible Geography Mennonito History Der Herr Jesus Christus Retter der Welt a . Sot). „C£r tnuftte abet burdj Samaria reifenl ©art toareti ©eefen, bie foflten ingugetan loerben gur froI)tocfertben ©djar bar ©IdnbD Qen. ilTZiibe, bungrig unb burftig, beftaubt fifjt ein einfamer Mann im fdjfidjten SWeibc eineg jiibifdjen 9tabbi auf bem ©runnenratu be beg uraften $afobgbrunneng im ©djatten mad)tiger Gitfjen. „$ft bag bev better bcr SBelt?” fo fragt ber tneufdjfidje ©inn. 9Jc ' it langfamen ©djritten, im ticfen @an== be, in bcr brennenben iUtittaggijifje nabt fid) cine famaritifrfje gran bemfelben ©runnen. ©offnunggfofigfeit in it)rem ©lid, benn fie ift ja bie ©eradjtete, non bcr beffcren ©efellfdjaft Stuggeftofjene, moralifd) ticf ©efunfene, be§= I)alb fommt fie urn biefe Qeit gum ©runnen. 2ie ift einfam, fie ioitt and) einfam fein! „$ft folrffe ©erfon nod) fapig gum ©fauben?” fo fragt bie fbilenfdfbeit. ,,tpdtteft ®u ©id nidjt an mid) gebangen, id) lucire ©id) nidjt fudjen gangenl” fo ruft ein ©idjter aug. ©cr ©err $sefug madjt ben erften ©djritt. ©o ioirb eg immcr fein! „©ib mir gu trinfen!” SBar eg ©ertounberung obcr ©of)n, afg bie 2frau eriuiberte: ,,2Bie bitteft bu Oon mir gu trinfen, fo bu ein $ube bift unb id) ein fa= maritifdjeg SBcib?” 3cun loenbet fid) bag ©latt. „SBenn bu erfennteft bie ©abc ©otteg unb tucr ber ift, 4, 4—12 bcr mit bir fprirfjt, fo luurbeft bit bitten unb cr qdbe bir Icbenbigeg SBaffer”. gnft beleibigt fommt eg iiber bie Bippen bcr csamariterin: „©ift bu mef)r afg unfer ©ater $afob!” ©ie tief gefunfene fyrau bat ein ffareg SBiffen bon ber ©efd)id)tc ibreg ©olfeg unb bangt mit (£t)r furdjt an ber ©rabition. ©aboti muft fie be freit inerben, fo gut eg audj ift, baft fie eg loeift. SBie fein ncrftcfjt nun ber ©err $efug bag $rbifdje mit bem (Stuigen gu bergleidjen unb ben SBert beg (Stoigen ijerliorgubeben. ©at bie Samariterin tief, ticf im ©ergen ein leifeg, unbeioufeteg ©ebnen nadj bem (Sluigen, ober toil! fie c§ berbeefen unb aug= loeirijen, inbem fie fagt: „®ib mir bag SBaffer, bamit id) nidjt ber fommen miiffe!” ®er ©err $cfug miff fie nidjt entfdjliipfcn faffen, feft unb fidjer fafet er nun gu unb fagt: ,.3tufe beinen SDiann unb fomrn ber I” ©ief errbtenb, fdjulbbetoufet bie Sfugen nie= bcrfdjfagenb, fommt nun ipr ©iinbenbefennt nig iiber ipre Bippen: „$dj babe feinen fbfann.” (Sin ©iinbenbefenntnig am eprtoiir bigen ©runuenranbe beg $afobgbrunneng. ©er ©ater im ©immel offenbart feinem gefiebten ©obnc bie @efd)id)te biefeS SBeibeg. ,,©u baft reept gefagt!” beftatigt $efug il)rc Stugfage. ©ie fiiblt bie ©djmad), feput ficb nad) Continued on page 36

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4 STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK REV. B. D. REIMER Missions — Church History — Theology Lpzinaijia[± d l z.$ L ag 2 Timothy, 4:1-2. “I charge thee there¬ fore before ' God. and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick (living) and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the Word: be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doc¬ trine.” The apostle had come to the end of his life; he had finished his course. He was ready to be offered, the time of his departure had come. But there was still a tremendous work to be done. Men were still on their way to an eternal hell. Christians were still in need of exhor¬ tation, reproof and rebuke. The church was still in danger of being made a prey of false teachers and false doctrine. As the apostle views this from his place of confinement after the sentence of death has been pronounced on him, the burden of human need is heavy up¬ on him. This burden, so characteristic of the apostle Paul, forces from him this solemn charge, “. . . Preach the Word . . .” He calls Timothy’s attention to the fact that he is responsible before God, whose herald he is; and before the Lord Jesus Christ, who had paid the tremen¬ dous redemption price, even His own blood. Who became sin for us, that we might be made His righteousness; Who tasted death for every man that they might have life; Who suffered that we might reign; from whom the face of God was turned, that it might be turned to us; Who took the power from Satan that we might realize the power of God; Who was lowered to the brink of hell that we might be exalted to heaven; Who des¬ troyed the works of the devil that we might inherit the mansions of God in heaven. But not only this. The responsibility becomes more real as Paul turns from the past and present to the future. Jesus Christ is coming to judge. When He will come we do not know; but that He will come we know. Then He is going to judge both the living and the dead, those alive in Christ, and also the dead out of Christ. Then each person will face the conse- Continued on page 36

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