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Turnul de veghe

A Stone of Stumbling

Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză

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THIS

JOURNAL

AND

ITS

SACRED

MISSION

T

ms

jourll.d

Is

one

of

the

prime

iRcton

or

instruments

in

the

8Ystem

of

Bible

instruction,

or

"Seminary

ExtensIon",

now

being

presented

in

all

parts

of

the

ch-ilized

world

by

the

W

ATCli

TOWER

BIBLE

&

TnACT

SocIETY,

chartered

A.

D.

1884,

"For

the

Pl'O

motion

of

Cbl'istian

Knowledge".

It

not

only

serves

as

a

class

room

where

Eible

students

may

meet

in

the

study

of

the

divine

WOl'd

but

alaro

as

It

channel

of

communication

through

which

they

may

be

reached

with

anDouncements

of

the

Society's

conventiona

and.

of

th8

coming

of

its

u'aveling

representatives,

styled

"Pilgrims",

and

refreshed

with

reports

of

its

conventions.

Onr

"Bere1ln

Les80ns"

are

topic.'l1

rehear8aIs

or

reviews

of

our

Soclety's

published

STUDIES

mORt

entertainingly

arranged,

and

very

helpful

to

all

WllO

would

merit

the

only

honorary

degree

which

the

Society

accords,

viz.,

VerI»

Dei

Minister

(V.

D.

111.),

which

translated

into

h'nglish

is

Minister

Of

Goa'll'

Word.

Onr

treatment

of

the

International

Sunday

School

Lessons

is

specially

for

tbe

older

Bible

students

and

teacher8.

By

some

thill

feature

is

considered

indispenaable.

ThiB

journal

stands

firmiy

for

the

deferure

of

the

only

true

foundation

of

the

Christian's

bope

now

being

110

generally

repudiated

-redemption

through

the

precion

...

blood

of

"the

man

Christ

Jesus,

who

gaye

himself

a

ransom

[a

correllponding

price,

a

substitute}

for

aU".

(1

Peter

1

:

19;

1

Timothy

2:

6)

Building

up

on

this

sure

foundation

the

gold,

silver

and

precious

stones

(1

Corinthians

3:

11·

1a;

2

Peter

1:

5-11)

of

the

Word

of

God,

its

further

mission

is

to

"make

all

see

what

is

the

fellowship

of

the

mystery

which

••.

has

been

hid

in

God,

•••

to

the

intent

that

now

might

be

made

known

by

the

church

the

manifold

wisdom

of

God"-"which

in

other

ages

was

not

made

known

unto

the

IlOns

of

men

as

it

is

now

revealed".-TIphesians

3:

5-9,

10.

It

stands

free

from

all

parties,

seets

and

creeds

of

men.

while

it

seeks

more

and

more

to

bring

its

every

utterance

into

fullest

subjection

to

the

will

of

God

in

Christ.

as

expressed

in

the

holy

Scriptures.

It

is

thus

free

to

declare

boldly

whatso€\"er

the

Lord

hath

spoken-according

to

the

divine

wisdom

granted

unto

us

to

understand

his

utteranres.

Its

attitude

is

not

dogmatic,

but

confident;

for

we

know

whereof

we

affirm,

treading

with

implicit

faith

upon

the

sure

promLe"

of

God.

It

is

held

as

a

trust,

to

be

used

only

in

hill

service;

hence

our

decisious

relative

to

what

may

and

what

may

not

appear

in

its

columns

must

be

according

to

our

judgment

of

his

good

pleasure,

the

teaching

of

his

Word,

for

the

upbuilding

of

his

people

in

g-rare

and

knowledge.

And

we

not

only

invite

but

urge

our

leaders

to

prove

all

itll

utterances

by

the

infallible

Word

to

which

reference

is

constantly

made

to

facilitate

such

testing.

TO

US

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

rrhat

the

church

is

"the

temple

of

the

living

God",

peculiarly

"his

workmanship";

that

its

construction

has

been

in

progress

throughout

the

gospel

age-ever

sinee

Chrilrt:

became

the

world's

Redeemer

and

the

Chief

Corner

Stone

of

his

temple,.

through

which,

when

finished,

God's

blessing

IIhall

come

"to

all

people",

and

they

find

access

to

him.-l

Corinthians

3:

16,

17;

Epbeslans

2:

20-22

;

Genesis

28:

14;

Galatians

3:

29.

That

meantime

the

chiseling,

shaping,

and

polishing

of

consecrated

believers

in

Christ's

atonement

for

sin,

progresses;

and

when

the

last

of

these

"living

stones",

"elect

and

preeioU8,"

shall

have

been

made

ready,

the

great

Master

Workman

will

bring

all

together

in

the

first

resurrection;

and

the

temple

shall

be

filled

with

his

glory,

and

be

tile

meeting

place

between

God

and

men

throughout

the

1IJiIJeunium.-Revelation

15:

5-8.

That

the

basis

of

hope,

for

the

church

and

the

world,

lies

in

the

fact

that

"Jesus

Christ.

by

the

grace

of

God,

tasted

death

for

ev.ery

man,"

"a

ransom

for

all,"

and

will

be

"the

true

light

which

ligbteth

ellery

man

that

cometh

mto

the

fOOTld",

"ill

doe

time".

Hebrews

2:

9;

John

1:

9;

1

Timothy

2:

5,

6.

That

the

hope

of

the

church

is

that

she

may

be

like

her

Lord,

"see

him

all

he

is,"

be

"partakers

of

the

divine

nature','

and

share

his

glory

as

hIs

joillt-heir.-1

John

3:2;

John

11:

2-1;

Romans

8:

17;

2

Peter

1:

4.

i.'Bat

the

present

mission

of

the

church

is

the

perfecting

of

the

saints

for

the

future

work

of

service;

to

develop

in

herl'elf

every

grace;

to

be

God's

witness

to

the

world;

and

to

prepare

to

be

kings

and

prle&ts

in

the

next

age.-Epbesians

.4:

12;

.Matthew

24:

14;

Revelation

1:

6;

21}:

6-

That

the

hope

for

the

world

lies

In

the

blesslDgll

of

knowledge

and

opportunity

to

be

brouidit

to

all

by

Christ's

l\Illiennial

kingdom,

the

restitution

of

all

that

was

lost

in

Adam,

to

all

the

willing

and

obedient,

at

the

hands

of

their

Redeemer

and

his

glorified

church.

when

aU

the

wilfully

wicked

will

be

de,troyed.-Acts

3:

19-23;

Isaiah

35.

...

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