The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1971

e by Eva ng e list Ed. Morrell, Jr. s 0 to rist • vange ism. "For to thi end Chri t bo th died, and ro e and revived t/1at /1e 111 igl1 t be L ord both of the dead and living.' ..The Lord hip of Chri t wa the initial confe sion of the Church; ··Repent or El e!" Wi th thi contention , rite Dr. ance Havner in hi book, a~ree the brethren "of like preciou f ui.. h' ' over the centuri es . That there i a new brand of evan– gelism in our day cannot be denied. Dr. Havner acknowledge thi in h i forth– right tatement, " owaday , we have created an artificial di stinction be– t,\ een tru ting Christ a Saviour and confe sing H im as Lord. " When. ho,~·ever, th i ' phil ophy of conver - ion·· invades fundamental rank , a voice of warning ought to be r ai ed again t it. Recently, a young man being ex– . n1ined for ordination in one of our tine churche insi ted on making two experiences out of what ought to be recognized as one. One doe not "ac– cept hrist' ' in order to e cape H el I ,~/hile he re erve the r ight to deter– n1jne if he will "obey the go pel." ( ee I I Thes5alonian 1 : 8) T he c-rip ture knov.'s no such distinction. Let us ex– an1ine the facts. The Exp re ss Title: "For TO HI D hr i t both died. and rose, and revived, THAT HI~ MI H B LORD !" Roman 14 9 ·· he prin1ar) 1 meaning of I .. ord (i\don. Adonai ) i Master, and tl i arlplicd in the 0. cripture. both to I Jltl)' a11d to r11an . A~ applied to n1an, tj1c word i u cd of tv.ro relationships: Ma ter and Hu l,and ... B T H O H - I.... 1~ l: l ..A..f'IO ._ H I I' l: I Bl \\7}! 1 HI~ J ' l A D ' f~H I~ BL - J 11 \ fl .. 1~ ." ( .. co 1 i c 1d ) lie , ,er}' Ler111 J{ l.. I) I~ 11' .. f'I O sug– g t , \\ itl1out controv rs)', the pt1r– l1a e o a la e. ' I l1e (Jnt: "ll<) effects ti J>t11ct1a ~ 111al tilt ' 'pu rcha cd" Iii \D ·1,11dla, 1 t:". He j tt1er~- 1 , tll 1A l J (I ord) f tl1c "r d e 111 d" pt1rcl1a ed). 1l i t l1e co11- 1cnt ion ( tl11 vlriter tl1, t tlii j e - r I \ 11 at I J 11 a 11 l i 11 1 p 11 i an . 8, J J 1 d caJ' ti, i t) t h }1 e Id aJ>ti ll) ala11 at )1j ,vii] ca1>ti, H OHIO I D P ND NT BAPTIS Romans 14:9 ( to become H i own bond lave ) and gave ( them ) gift .' Ephe ian 5, of cour e i the cla ic pa age on th e rel ation hip of the believer to Chri t a a wife to her hu band. "Wive UBMIT your elve unto your own hu band . . . I peak concerning Chri t and the Church ." Ephe ian 5:22 32 The Example of Titus: Arbitrarily, perhap but convinc- ingly, thi mall three chap ter book ha been ingled out a testimony,,. Six of the occurrence in the .T . where the term "Savior" i u ed are found in thi one book. In each in - tance, the "control ' of Dei ty over Hi ' ubject i eit her expre ed or implied . 1 : 3 · the commandment of GOD our Savior ." J :4 " the LORD Je u Chri tour Savior ." 2: 10 "adorn the doctrine of GOD our avior in all things." 2: J 3 the gloriou appearing of the great GOD and (even) our Savior J e u hri t .' ' 3: 4 ' the ki nd– ness and love of GOD our avior ." 3: 6 " hed on u abundantly through Jesu CH RI T our avior . ' The Evidence from Usage: " It i ignificant that the wor e.I · avior' occur onl y twenty-four ti n1e in the ew Te tament while the \\ 1 ord ' Lord' i5 fottnd 433 tin1e ." Saul of Tarsus: 'f he conversion of aul lea\'C\ little doL1bt a\ to the pren114:)e contain u 1n thi~ art icle. he c1rct1111 tance ~ur– I ot1nd1 ng hi\ journe) to Dan1a,cu, are we ll known and need not be re– iterated here. (Act 9) he fact 15 •tt1crc shined al1out h1n1 ·1 light 1ro111 H1=; AVl nd he . . hea1 li a O LC J:, saying ... ·~ttul. ',1ul. ,vl1y (J r~ectitest tl1c.1t1 11.. ?' nd , t1e saiti , 'Wl10 art tl1ot1 , l O I{ I )> ' nd tl1e I O l~D said, '1 a111 J I Sl \ ,, In SJ)ttc oJ hi l1t1111an l1critage l11s r\;ligi<)t1~ backgr u11 J an(I train111g, hi s cXJ)rcsse l a11tiJ)atll)' to tl1at '" a111c", 11 rcsr, ll(i – t:d it11111 tliar I ', " I RD, ,vl1at \\ ilt tll ll )1, \' 111 t l I '/" I 11 Iii t sti111 >Il ' before King Agr ippa he report , BWhereupon O I ing Agrippa, I wa no t disobedient unto the HEAVE LY vi ion." Space doe not permit furthe r eluci– d:i tion on th i point but a careful an– aly i of the development of the re, e– lat ion of the Lord J e u Chri t to Peter n1ake timt1lating tudy. Cf. Mat thew 16:15-17 with 16:21-23 : 26:31, 32, 35 with 40 4 1 and Mat– thew 26 : 51 with ve r e 5 . Then read the account of Peter AFTER THE R E URRECTIO j n Act 2: 14- 1 , 2 1, 36 and Act 3:1, 4-6, . 9. In imple ou tline we ee Peter mani– fe ting. 1) orrect confe ion Ma t . 16: 15- 17 BUT critical ch aracter \' . 2 1-2"'; 2) lea r con1n1itment fatt. 26:31, 32. 35 BUT carna l c ndt1ct . 40, 41 : 3) ommend able c ttrage 26: 5 I B T con picu ti ard ice v . 5 . AFT R the re urrect1 n. \.\ er\re Peter' 1att. 0\\ - b- I ) Maje tic n1anner t 2: 14- 1 ( h ly b ldne ): 2) l igh t) n1c.. age t 2:21. 36 ( LORD I..ORD): 3) Ma tt1re n1ethod t~ "') . l _) . . 4-6. 8. 9 ( pra)'er j)O\\ er). 0111e<.)nc ha\ ,, r1ltcn. ·· ' <.)n\ er\ion. trt1e con, cr\1t)t1. ~a, ing Cl)tl\ cr,i<.)tl 1, .... a tt1rning fro,11 ,ir1 to •<)ti in ( hr1,t I t i~ a thro,, 1ng <.lo,, n <.1t ti1c \\C,lJ1<.111, l)f 111) ,,aretare 1\ , ,.\J ' l H 1r11 , " ( l I (; T D l I>I l OR I t, J{ I H I , \ l f I H I{ I I 't e,, I c la111cnr tl1t1, , .. , C<.111\ Cl \ll)Jl I\ tle\ll ll)t!Ll ltll 11l U ll) (1<.)c..l f I (.)Ill h.fL) l\ to ,er\L .. (be 111 ~ub1ect1t)n ll) . ,.1bc, tht 11, 111~ anti trltt (1l)c..l " .... 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