The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1969

1al111 tt1' 11ent by Ralph T. Nordlund (Retld Psnltn XX 11 in your Bible first) " 1, 1 l 111\ 11.. ,J H \)\tr n,~i )ttr 11c<.i, ( a ll the Mc ~ian ic p~aln1<;, the 1 wenty-second js th< r110\l clearl y ). Or. Marion M . Hull, 1n ht <; T}vo Tl1ot1s (111(/ ll <Jc1rs i11 tl1e Psa/111r, proves wi~h New T s.tamen r f erenee that it c ntains thirty-three pr pheci of tht er ~c;-c per1encc. pt1rgeon aye:; in hi s TrellSLtry of David ' 'Thi i bey nd all ther , THE PSALM OF THf \\ Jt\ 11,\,t \1 ll t}l\lS f<.'l ",lkC'tl Jll ' 1 , • \ 11, .1rt 111 )\t tar fr 111 111, l :)n ~1<.ic. 1111\. , i, 11 g ,, 11\.' 11 1 c r, 1 t ) The~'>" ~ ~ tlc , .l t ,r ',lkt: n tl1t1. al nc 111:,1 lit" 1111gl1t ., l\ t)llI 111 ,\t nc . ... He h~~1r<.i n1cn· , tat1ntJng ff and c rn: ... RO ... It i the ph tograph of our Lord' saddes hour . the record of his dy ing wordc;, the lachr.ymator, of hi la t tear . the memorial of hi expiring joys. Davi~ and hi affliction may be here in a very modified sense but as the tar i concealed by the light of the sun, hf who ee J e u will probably neither ee nor care to 6e( Dav id. ' '( 111c d ' '"n. th\.1t1 hrt t. and quit the tree! If th t1 the n f Oti he b rn, hen 1 t th) Father ucc r th e.' h. n ! the n f d n1u "t tay If He ,, uld a e ur oul that day. h ~ pier ed Hi h ly· hand and feet ,. nd nailed Him to a cro of hame: The tripped Him naked, to complete Th ir n1 ker 1• again t Hi name. \\ 'h) n1u t hame di grace the Pure? All true Chri tian wil l agree with both of these men but pend mo t of their time with the psalm and th< fourfold fulfilment in the Gospel . For such we neec ay no more, unle i1t be to explain that in our poerr Hi c ming honor to in ure. !en till like lion gape and roar, Like bull of Ba h an bellow hate; But Chri t, n w ri en, dies no more, But it upon Hi throne in tate. we h,ave u sed only those portions of the psalm that ar( mo '1 emph•asized in the New Testament. We have fel free at time ,to use the words of the gospel story rather than the prophetical hadow wribing of the psalm, bu we have stayed a close to the one or the other as tlht rule otf prosody allow. et on that throne He offer grace To all our fallen race. Glimpses of Truth from the Greek New Testament by Dr. George Lawlor ''KNOWLEDGE'' In Paul' first great prayer re– corded in the first chapter of the Ephe ian Epistle the Apostle is led to pray expres ly that believers may be given a spirit of wisdom derived from revelation 'in the knowledge of Himself,' ' i.e. the true, living God revealed in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ ( 1: 17). The word ..knowledge' is the Greek epignosis, a true. precise, correct, and accurate knowledge. It is a significant term in the ew Testament. It is not merely "'knov.. ledge" (gnosis), that is: a general knowledge, or a surface knowledge which may cover a wide area. but does not go far in depth. It is a fuller. deeper knowledge which truly and correctly apprehends God and the inestimable value of the great divine verities. It is the great de- 8 MARCH, 1969 ire of Paul that believers may pro– foundly and fully know God with a knowledge that is true and accurate ' and which thus correctly comprehends the full, great revelation He has made of Himself in Jesus Christ. For this kind of knowledge is vital to the growth and welfare of the saints essential for the joyous main– tenance of a sound, healthy consi tel1Jt Christian life and witness, and im– perative to our avoidance of error and adherence to sound doctrine. In the Septuagint The Septuagint ha several inter– esting occurrences of thi ignificanit word. Prov. 2: 1-5 assures us that the promised reward for diligent study of the Holy Scriptures and the earnest application of our hearts to under– standing them is ' 'the knowledge of God.' The word "knowledge' ' is epignosin , "true accurate knowl– edge. Such knowledge comes only in an wer to a constraining desire to know more and more of the way and will of God and the wonders of His person and work, and a resultant searching and probing into the words of H oly Scripture. In Hosea 4: 1, the prophet calls upon the people to hear the divine warning of judgment upon them because they have re· jected the truth and show no mercy. and have no real, precise, intimate knowledge ( epignosis) of God. Ic Hosea 6: 6, God, through His prophet. admonishes His people that He de– sires in them a full and correct knowl– edge ( epignosin) of Himself more than all their acrifices, offerings. and ritualistic observances. J onaih 1: 7 de cribe the actjon of the shiip's crew~ who had come to the conclusion that the violent storm had been sent from heaven in punishment of some crime commitited by someone on board. They proceeded to cast lots in order to discover the guilty person. They aid: "that we may know ( epigno– men) for whose cause this evil is upon us " i.e. that they might obtain full and correct information about the matter, and thus become fully acquainted with the facts so as to h ave accurate knowledge of who was re pon ible. An early papyrus latter, druted 114 B.C. h as the word as used by a man who writes to an as ociate about certain pre,eautions being taken with reference to a particular private .a.f- (Continued on page 13) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST