The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1969

(Concluded from page 1O) it out of hi ' 'next pay' ( engista opsonio). An army officer petitionr– King Ptolemy Philometer in behalf of hi brother that the latter may be given a po t in a company of oldier tationed at Memphi and receive the "usual allowance'· ( opsonia). In thi ca e. the reference seem to be to the ""Oldier's ration money. Papyru Oxy III. 2 A.D., ha a father' letter to hi on. in which the father after giving several item of good coun el, ay : "However, until Anouba ar– r-ive you must pay for your own pro·visions ( to opsonion) and tho e of your hou ehold until I end you some money." A Wage or Salary From these uses it can readily be seen how the tran ition i an easy one to ~·pay, wage , alary, provi,3ion, allowance,' etc., in general. A young man complains of hi mother, thart: she ' 'has failed to supply me with my al!o}vance ( opsonion) for the la 1 three months. A man write to a friend and expre ses joy becau e he received double the regular allowance of ~'provi·~ion-money'' ( oponiou) .A Rylands papyrus of A.D. 138 ha a record of 'allowances' ( opsonia) being given to athletes, and Papyru Pr1enne 121, 1 B.C.• de cribes certain citizen as having rendered out tand– ing public ervice "without recom– pen e' ' ( choris opsonion). Two other papyri: a Grenfell II, 92 A.D., and Tebt 11. 98 A.D.. peak of the pay– ment of a '·wage · ( opsonio11) to a watchman and the ' ' alary·· ( opson– io11) of a certain sword-bearer. This is the word used by D1on~ iu H alicarnas u and Pol ybiu . and in l Mace. 3:28 and I Edra 4:56, to denote that part of a oldier· pay given in the place of mo ney. i.e. ra– tion and ~upplie . The word appear. four tin1e in the .T. - in I~uke 3: 14 f a old1er· pa}' and allO\.\'– ance . in I r. 9:7 again of the provi ion ~or a oldicr' n1aintenancc. in JI or. 11: of a 11lonetar}' tipenr.J for Paul. ..J he fourth cct1rrencc of tl1e v.,ord i i11 tl1e text of J{ or11. 6:23, tl1 '" ages ,)j si,1 i tletir/1. 1 he g n ii i, e of the ti 1, j c.ct i nd i cate· tl1e f .. ct tl1at i11 , r>er 011ifi 1 , s 111an nat ur 1 111 t er, r1 } hi u l, j t: ct '" i t 11 1)1e1r t ,u 1 "ag f d tl1. I )l ul<l b , oted 1l1e e inite r( iclc 0J)J) ar 1 efor t) nou11 · i,11 ,, ( reis l1a1,1a, ria ) . n t .. a) ··11 f 011, t}i ,' ' 1t1t r tl1 1 ·~,11 ,,ag 1 n i t 11 •" I )1 rt i 11 I t t r11 .. tJ1 111·' 12 d n i t t 111 in g 111 ral (l1fi111f11t1f, \\ttl1 1 article), but the sin-po11 1 er, the master ~f the unregenerate human, and _ like a ma ter - ' 'the in' ' pay it wage . When 'the in' ' entered into the Vv'orld ( 5: 12), ' the death'' came in through 'the in' ' and laid h old of us all. ow the Apo tle how u--– tl1e end, when inner complete their earthly exi tence. The ma ter, sin, pay them off i ue~ to them their full wage , their total pay and tho e accumulated wage add up to death, the death which the in brought in - death in i awful finality and de tiny - eternal and irrevocable eparation from God. The Final Payment Thi tatement i·.. not peaking of 'subsi tence pay' ' - i.e. wages that are paid out to the lave of in during their career. Thi i the cur– rent meaning of the term ' 'wage " but ' 'death" cannot poo ibly be the wage by which inner 1 ive and sub– sist on earth. The e are paid out to us not by de ignated urns at in– terval through our lifetime of r-ervi– tude to the in-·power - but in full and final payment when we come down to the end of the way and our earthly career i fini hed. And that final pay handed over to us by sin the ma ter. 1 the death ~hich mean th ~t all opportun1t) for life relation– hip \\' ith God and the ble edne r thereof. i over and done. forever ended. \\ h1 'e death i paid out a ~age ....... to unrepentant inner at the end. the infinite contra t appear in the graciou gift of eternal life to the ·.,aved. Thi~ gift ( c/1arisrr1a) becomes our"' the moment we believe and are ju tified, but \\re do not enter into it fullnes until ¥.'e reach the end of our earthly ervice to Chri t. Yet thi tatement in the la t half of 6: 23 in– volve all - our reception of the gift, our per onal relation hip to Chri"t, our preparing for glory. and our final full provi ion of life eternal. Everything i cl1aris11za. free gift. "Wage " here would be v.Tong. for all we h ave in Chri t Je u i gift-wi e, and deliver u . from in' pa 1 ment of the death-wage,.,. Su bscri be to: $2.00 per year The Ohio Independent Baptist FOR A FRIEND Sox 160 Xenia , Ohio 45385 e Old ed Cross • ., ' ' ' the --The Lever That Lifts The Law • ~. '::, from Doomed Humanity was gjven by . nd ,,,,~ • • II • ------------------C _.10 H N : 7.)---------------------- U ed b pern11ss1on of Tele Bible Produ 110 ,.