The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1968

Present ( hrist to the Jew Through The Hebrew & Christian Society \\fo rk ing fo r the church . with the church and throug h the church, Baptist /\'\id-Missions Testin,ony to Israel In Cleveland, O hio MISSIONARIES Rev. Leeland Crott s, Director Mrs. Leeland Crot ts Mrs. Mildred Leech, Miss Carol Mciver 4205 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103 (Concluded from page 11) npprc I riate hun1an fi e h, f rn1, and natt1rc. He \\ a trt1e fan. v ith a real hod). ) t apart fr n1 in, and nev r at an)' tin1 hil true Man did He ca e t be d. Finally in the econd place, the n un d ignat the resi,lt of the b d)·· pr paration. Heb. 5: 7 refers t hri t "Who in rohe day of Hi fie h (sar.~) . . . leairned He obedi– ence by the ,thing which He suf– fered." Heb. 10: 5 peak of the body pr pared for the Son of God, and v . 10 12 point out the once-for-all offering of that body of flesh .as a acrifice for sin . In Col. 1: 20-22, Paul tate : "And hav ing made peace 1Jhrough the blood of Hi cross by Him to reconcile all things unm~ Him elf . . . And you that were ometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked work , yet now hath He reconciled in the body of Hi fle h, through deaith. . .' So, the Word ' became flesh' - real fle h · it w as not a mere appear– an~e of flesh. It was not a joining of de~ty to human fle h already existing· neither was it a mixture of two na– ture to produce a third. The Word did not become a body merely to hou se a ruvinity Wihioh became the ·oul. o r did the Word cease to be when He became flesh. The divine on did not enter into the human mode of being at the cost 0£ renounc– ing Hi divine n arture. He did not exchange the divine state for tihe human, and His purely spiritual self independent of bodily flesh was not e, changed for the exi tence of a b dily living man. Nor when He can1e down into the realm of men did He empty Him e lf of any of the divine attribute · and He did not lay aside tho e attributes . A true Man, in perfec t and perpetual fel– low hip with God the Father, He never. engaged in the independent e ero1 e of the attributes of deity. We m·arvel at the great truth of tJhe two nature in the per on of the Lord, thait the Son of God 'was made in (became) ithe likeness of men" (Phil . 2: 7c). Our hearts are filled wirt:h unu,tterable graititude as we go O·n reading in the Philippians pas- age .and discover the great purpose of this mystery of godliness - this magnificent miracle of the grace of God - 'And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient un1to deatlh even he death of a cross" (2: 8). This is the r esulrt: of the preparaition of the b.ody of flesh . Paul s taites it very imply to Timo thy: "This is a faith– f~·l saying and worrthy of all accepta– tion, that Chri t Jesus came into the world to save iilITTers... ' ' ( I Tim. l: 15). Thi s is in greait brevity the ignificance of "became fie h " ( sarx egeneto) and thi i the Ohristmas mess.age. . . Subscr1be to: $2.00 per year The Oh io Independent Baptist FOR A FRIEND Box 160 Xenia, Ohio 45385 THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR, INC. Livingston, Tenn. 38570 • Presenting Jesus Christ to Youth by Radio and TV PRAY FOR THE SALVATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS The Children' s Gospel Hou r is now on 70 radio and 37 TV sta tions each week Pray that more stat ions will take the program The yout h of A · d h • the Gospel now. Wr ite fo r further informa tion~ mer1ca nee to ear Henry C. Geiger r Executive Director 14 DECEMBER, 1968 Women's Fellowship Of Cedarville College I 1\lcn have yot1 attendee.I the Wo111cn'~ --cllow\ hip sessions at cdar· vill e Collcgc? ~fhc last gathering wa~ hclc.i c.lt1ring l--fo 111ccoming Friday Octol1cr 18 th from 10 :00 a. m. ttntil 3: 00 p.m. with a lt1 <;c iou~ luncheon at noon . W,c hea rd Dr. Jeremiah, the Vic tor Trio, Dr. Johnc;on, Alumna~ ~c timonie<;, t1ard~men Quartet, Rev I urner and last but not least Mrs. Harold choles, pastor's wife oJ Grandview Park Bapti t Church De( Moines. YOU MIS ED A GREA1 DEAL if you mi sed this but here are a f,ew tatements from her message - " I f you don't tand for SOMETHING you will fall for EVERYTHING.' ., ome people die at thirty and are buried at seventy.'' "Let' s challenge our jntelligent young people with ar intelligent Book - THE BIBLE!' ' Let's get out our suitcases, unpack and start living." Contact the School about the next meeting, J anuary '69 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS