REV. B. D. REIMER Principal ' s Message 2 Timothy 2:20-21 “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the Master’s use, and prepar¬ ed unto every good work”. Looking ahead into the future, if the Lord tarry, as a student of the Word of God, you are desirous of making the most of your life for the Lord. This is the natur¬ al desire and ambition of every normal Christian. Here the apostle Paul gives us the necessary requirement for being “meet for the Master’s use.” We must be sancti¬ fied, that is, set apart from the world, but also set apart for the use of God. To be set apart or separated unto God and then be fruitful in soul winning for the Lord requires a number of things. You must have the deep inner assurance that Jesus is your Saviour. That upon the ground of His death for sin, thus atoning for your sin, and your repentance and faith in Him, you have received Him and become Principal SYNTHESIS, BIBLE MISSIONS, PERSONAL WORK, CANADIAN HISTORY XI a child of God; that your sins are for given, your name written in the Book o; ' Life; and that you are born again. Then you must let the description of the terrible destiny of the lost as described in God’s Word sink deep into your heart so you may realize the awful plight of those] whom you should win for Jesus. Let th»s love of the Saviour who died for the lost constrain you as it did Paul. And neve: forget that it is not your argument but thc u Word of God, used by the Holy Spirit, tha convicts of sin and convinces of righteous ness and judgment. The Word of God is] the sword, the hammer that breaks thfj rock in pieces, and the seed through whici l men are born again. 3i Last, but not least, don’t forget to liva a life of prayer. Let prayer go before! prayer surround your activity, and praye“ follow up your labor of love. With thy power of the Holy Spirit, yours after yoi • become His, you can go forward in coni fidence, knowing your life will be frui jj] ful, if you follow this advice. You will then be a vessel unto honour, “meet for tl« Master’s use.” a d: “Far, far away, in heathen darkness H dwelling, Millions of souls for ever may be lost, gf Who, who, will go, salvation’s story tellin m Looking to Jesus — counting not the cost?®
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When Is Education Christian? The Church of Jesus Christ today, per¬ haps as never before, is wrestling with the problem of education. To deny the fact of the struggle is to be blind either to the nature and purpose of the Church or the nature and purpose of unredeemed society which the Bible calls the world (kosmos), or to both. This struggle between the Church and the world in the areas of education is the battle for the minds of men. It is a fight for the loyalties of man. A careful study of scripture makes it completely clear that the claims of Christ and therefore of Christianity permit no compromise. Christianity is a totalitarian religion. It demands the total man, all his loyalties. It lays claim to his physical, emotional and total intellectual life. This becomes easy to understand when one sees that man is a “whole” being and cannot be compartmentalized so that any one part of him lives and acts apart from the “whole”. Man is a unit and a unity. When he acts he acts as a unit. The inclusive nature of Christ’s claim and the oneness of man clearly point out that a Christian’s life cannot be segmented into the secular and the non-secular. His every choice, his vocation, his social and intellectual life have spiritual significance and must be conditioned by and dedicated to Christ. His whole life must be lived in the context of his total commitment to Christ as Saviour and Lord. It is no wonder, then, that Paul, speaking of the Christian’s in- REV. ARCHIE PENNER Registrar THEOLOGY, CHURCH HISTORY, GREEK, ROMANS tellectual life, includes it totally in the Christian’s subjection to Christ. He states he is “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5). The Church, which is the body of Christ, has been commissioned with the task of bringing to realization in the lives of Christians this harmonious Christian per¬ sonality which finds its fulfillment in Christ and only in Christ. To accomplish this the Church must use all legitimate tools at her disposal. Education, in its broader sense, is one of the most impor¬ tant means to the desired end. But here comes the question: What must this education be? The answer is obvious: it must be a Christian education. Education can only accomplish that which it is it¬ self. The end to be accomplished must de¬ termine the means. At the same time the means condition the end. If then Christ in all of His purpose and being must be the whole object and fulfillment of a Christ¬ ian’s life, then Christ in all of His pur¬ pose and being must be the whole object of education. Education is, therefore, not made Christ¬ ian by the mere use of religious phraseolo¬ gy, nor does it consist of a search for proof- texts in support of the theorems of geome¬ try or mathematical formulae. Neither is education Christian because somewhere in the curriculum of a school a com¬ pulsory Bible subject or a religious period Of one nature or another is tacked onto its activities. It must also be observed that there a e not two sets of facts or truths in education, for example in science, one set for the believer and one for the nonbeliever. Positively, it follows from this discus¬ sion that education is Christian only as it is wholly related to Christ. The motives and purpose of education, to make it and determined by Christ. The acquisition of knowledge and skills is not for the purpose of preparing for a vocation or career but for the Christian’s service for Christ’s sake. Relating this to the re- Continued on page 42 10
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