The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1969

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D r Rec t: "' a · a fai th ful rvant '- 1 t, 'ti ... a gra 't t i hr )ther in th rd. H h a. left h, · 1111p.1 "t t1i1t)n ot1r Regt1lc1r Bapt i t fe llovv hip and will F o r u wh o loved the one who' gone, H e ov·er-flowed from morn till dawn , T o pre ad the new to tho e he met, With ble ing we hall not forget. l"t.: grcatl, 011 d . .... fhe f llt)\\ ing p cn1 \\ a \\, ri tten b 1 a hri t ian friend. I am ure in day to come, DR. J . IR I G REE E 1 90-1 969 We'll all look up to thi dear one, \Vho taught u how t o ow the eed And h ow God' love to tho e in need . H i·' lip \vere ealed b1 a t ill mall • vo ice~ May we all work while yet ti day, Before our trength ha p a ed away, And m ay we all be wide awake H i e\· \\'ere clo~ed in dea th : .., Bt1t h i love for u who till go on. • 1·n1 tire \.\. 'll a lwa n11 . Glimpses of Truth from the Greek New Testament by Dr. George Lawlor KALEO ''The Call of God' ' The verb kaleo (to call ) and it two related word : the adj ective kleitos (called ) and the noun k leisis ( a call) fo rm the b asi fo r a mo t impor tant . T. concept - God's call of men to alvation a nd ervice. Peter peak of "th e G od of all grace who l1atl1 called ( kalesas) u s . . ." ( I P et. 5: 10) . P aul peak po intedly of "the high calling (kleiseos) of G od in Chri t Je ut3 . . ." (Phil. 3: 14) . Jude addre es his brief epistle to · the called ( kleitois) in G od the F ather' ( Jude 1). I n the early Greek writings. th ese \\ ords appear in four mai n u sages \\~hich are r ignificant in th e b ack- ..., ITTound of the concept of "call '. a nd .. important to our u nderstandi ng of it. F rom P lato and Xenophon on down, and in the P apyri, th e words h ad these four principal meanings : ' ( 1) T o call a person or place by a name. An epitaph appears on the SEPTEMBER, 1669 And live the Wo rd for Je u ·--ake . grave tone o f a young child, which read in part tein k leisin A usonis, ''the na,11e Ai1sonis ." The verb form a:·.;o occ11r frequently in ths u sage . A lady write of a certain necklace ' 'of the kind called (kaloumenon) Maniace .· o, in Matt. 1:21 23 25 , Chri t i "called ' by the name J e us. ( 2) T o call or summon omeone. A per on i ' ummo ned' ' to erve in an off ice , or a man could be "called" to witne ,3 to omething. A per on n1i ght be "summone d" to be given a reward fo r hi work and to give an account of it. One might al o be called ' ' to take over an e tate. Paul te tifies in Rom. 1 : 1 thart he i a ' called ' apo tle. Matt. 20: 8 describe the ma ter of the vineyard directing his ,-- teward to ' 'call ' the worker to rece ive their wages. ( 3) To ummon a pe rson into the law-court . All three words appear in thi ense, i.e. the oiting of a person to appear as a defendan 1 t, or a witness before a judge. In the N .T. P eter and John are ' 'summoned' ( k alesantes ) before the Sanhedrin ( Act 4 : 18) · and Paul wa ' 'called fo rth' ' ( kleithentos) before Felix to face hi accusers in Cae area (Act 24 :2 ). ( 4 ) To invite a per on rto a meal , or into the house ar.- a gue t. The verb and t he adjective (ho kleitos) are both u sed in thi case as "the gue t". See the Septuagint, I King 1: 41 " nd Adonijah and all the guests that were with him..." The expre - ion the gue t'3' ' i hoi kleitoi. Luke 7 : 39 peak of the Pharisee who had .. bidden" i.e . invited (kalesas ) Jesus to a meal in hi hou e . The New Testament With thi s as a baokground it i·., of great intere t to note some of the other connection in which these word are u ed in the .T., with re– gard to the believer's call by God. ( 1) The call of the Chri 1ian is ba ed upon the purpose o f God , and re·.; t in H is grace : Rom. 8: 28 de - ion ate believer a 'the called ( k lei- tois) according to His purpo e. ' II Tim. 1 :9 tates that God has aved - u and called u with an holy calling ( kleisei) . . . according to His own p,urpose.' ' Peter peak of "the God of all grace, who hath called u s" ( I Pet . 5:10). God ha called u be– cau e of His own overeign will to do o by virtue of His own eternal purpo e toward U'3 in Christ. Out of the goodnes and love of His own heart, He ha cho en u who never de erved to be called. ( 2 ) The call of the Chri tian i a sociated with peace : "For God hath called ( k ek/eiken) us to peace' (I Cor. 7: 15) · "Let the peace of Chrir-t rule in your heart ,to which ye are called , ekleitheite, (Col. 3: 15). Peace i not merely the ab ence of trouble (Continued on page 14) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST