The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1966

of Trutf1 ro,11 th 8 Dr. G o. L wlor (, ,li de 1rc, th~ t Ht\ pe pie hall h:, t.' '-ll ,1r1 h\?art~ and n1ind . Pat1l ,, r 1tc t\. Ti111 th, and 1n~trt1cted hin1 . t , tu r'1 ,1nd rt1 n f ron1 ting dl}' de ire. . l"'t t t" pt1r ue after righte t1 ne . . faith. I ,e. and p ace. together with Ihl1,e ,, h call t1pon the l rd ot1t of a pt1re he~rt. (II Tin1 thy 2: 22). The \\Orti .. pure·· i katl1aros. a great ew Te tan1ent \\ rd. \\ h ich mean "clean, pure. that ,, hich ha. been flu bed out and purged. thoroughly clean ed". Fr m thi tern1 come the English \\ ord Hcatholic. cathar i ... In earl 1 Greek. the word wa u ed t denote a man· body and clothing a being clean: to indicate a man who ...... ,, a free from debt; to point out white hread a di tinguished from other kind : and to de cribe tho e who were moral!)· pure and ceremoniou ly fit to \\'Or hip God. In the papyri, the \vord ha heen found to describe a l Ill "u 111 c 111 1 h., t I 1.1 1., • '11 < l r 1 , I l cI :111lJ I h,,s I I l.!c I, )111 f'l'l'tlr : l<l (. hn1"t1 f 'l'iz , l n 1.1,1• s I 1 • I(I s n s , I a 11 ~ 111 ll fr , • r , , l n 1 I' ,1lt1lillll: ll cfcs~rill :1 n1a,1's c 11- Sl'ic 11 l' as I I' ' ' frt'llll :tll ' l111rlf .. ,, r,r u11ilt • ... '] l1i 1s till' , lllt' ,v 1rcf 11secl i11 1J1c ..,,, '1c,t .1111c11l lll tfc,c1 11..,e the Ii 11c11 sl,cct in ,, l1icl1 ( 1111,1', l1c)uy , a') Jai<.I ( fall. 7. "Q). lcl clcno tc Patil "~ 111- n,)ccncc llf n11\ crin,e ( ct I ~(l);1o tic, rtl1c the 011lv kin f c>f \.\.or~h1J1 fit It) f1c ol fcrc<.I to ,c)(i (Jan1c. l :27). It 1, l he \ ' Cr'; 'NOr(i tt cd hy hri\l j n the Bcat1tt1dc ' 'Ble\ ed are the pure ( /.. <1t l1<11 <>. ) in heart for they hal 1 see Ci i" ( ifatt. 5: ). It i aLo the word \\ hich Peter t1 e, in his fir t pi tle ( I Peter 1: 22), "love ne another \\ ith a pure heart fervently '. The \: ord umn1 ns all of us to . elf-e amination. What are the moti– vation and intents of our inner man? \Vhen we examine hone tJy and fair- 1 y the motive of our hearts and the thought of our mind , we shall no dot1bt be humiliated and a hamed for we hall discover that they are n1ixed with artificiality and in incer– ity and with a great deal of se]f– interest. Blessed indeed are those be– liever who e motives are unmixed, completely sincere, and absolutely single-minded for the glory of God. A William Barclay has said, "An unmixed motive is the rarest thing in the world.,, That total single– mindness which doe everything as oo the Lord is the standard set down for us by the word "pure" ( katharos) a that by which we must measure ourselves. salm attit By Ralph T. Nordlund ( Read P Al~M II in your Bible first) Bless ing at Wa rre n Meeti ngs " "I h~,t , as jt1st ,vl1n( I 11 'Cllccl , 1 "'"I l1a1 n1c:-;sag .. wns for n1e " OJ' oll1c 1 si n1ilar slalc111cnl s were frcc1ucntl) J1carcf (lt1ri11g the LlilJlc onfcrcnce C(1 ncf uctccl l1y Rev. I onalcl Moffa1 111 the Bet l1cl l~apt isl ht1 rch, cb. 20-27. Mrs. I. ois Moffa I. < ssis tccJ l y Mr~. Kenneth Ron,ig. played the JJ1anc) ancl organ for the singing. ocal nun1bcrs were supplied by Miss Dc)nna ulvcr ancl Mrs. Dorothy Ht1ll of the hurch and a ladies qt1artct from the truther~ Baptist Tabernacle. Attendance was good. and a generou love offering was given to Rev. and Mrs. Moffat. Three made confes ion of faith in Chric;t dt1ring the week. Many other deci - ions were made as a re ult of the ministry of the Word of God. A special feature that was enjoyed by many was the short period fol– lowing the week night services when Rev. Moffat showed colored slides of his various mis ionary and world trips. Due to his wide experience in mi sions as college counselor pastor and his youth interest he is capable of giving an excellent ministry in any cht1rch. Being editor of the 0.1.B., he also, by the request of pastor Ken– neth Romig, gave announcement and encouraged subscribing to it during the week. Several did so, as well as giving several gift subscriptions for our Ohio missionarie . nrm \\'hy do the nations rage as the ocean Gather in vain rebellious commotion? Kings and rulers take coun el together How the), ma, break God s fatherly tether, Ca t a,\-ay cords of service and duty, purn the anointed Christ and His beauty! The decree is declared, and will not be forgotten, That Christ is Gods on, the only begotten: Vain is rebellion, for Christ hall be King! A 11 He need do is to claim Hi succession, And nations of earth will become His pos ession. Wise are the kings who in homage draw near Him, Ki ing the Son, to serve and to fear Him; Oh. what a vai n, impos ible thing! Once the} 1 assembled in mobs on Moriah, Crucified Je us. their promised Messiah: Caiaphas. Annas. and Pilate conspired, \\ 1 itnesses false and soldiers were hired– All to bur1 1 Him body and spirit! Ah. but they failed: )'e infidels hear it Ere ye again attempt this vain thing! God in His heaven laughs in derision. Knowing Hi certain v.,rath and decision et to set Christ ac; King upon Zion- F ear ome Avenger: Judah's strong Lion! MAY, 1966 PAGE 10 Blessed are all who trust in His power, Ble ed are all who rejoice in that hour When the earth shall own Him as King! Psalm 2 begins with a que tion and ends with a great affirmation. In our poem we have simply enlarged upon the folly of rebellion and the certainty of God's decree. Our only addition is from the New Testament declara– tion that there was a plot to rebel agains Christ in Pilate's day, and that it failed. How strange that after nineteen centuries of Gospel blessings, preachers and politicians hould again join hands to cast away cords of divine grace! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST