The New 
 Testament Church 
 
 Herbert Moninger 
 
 BS 
 
 
 2530 
 
 
 .M58 
 
 
 1908 
 
 
 RAINING FOR SERVICE SERIES 
 
 
LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 PRINCETON, N. J. 
 
 Presented by 
 
 BS 2530 .M58 1908 
 Moninger, Herbert. 1876- 
 1911. 
 
 The New Testament church 
 
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THE 
 
 New Testament 
 Church 
 
 BY 
 
 | 
 
 HERBERT "MONINGER 
 A. M., B. D. 
 
 Author of "Training for Service," "Who They 
 
 Are and What We Owe Them," "Graded 
 
 Supplemental Booklets," "Bible 
 
 Drills," "What's the 
 
 Answer?" etc. 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Preface 3 
 
 i ntkmductort word 4 
 
 I. The Books of the Bible and Methods for Study- 
 
 ing Them 5 
 
 II. The Christ of the New Testament Church 
 
 According to Matthew 14 
 
 III. The Christ of the New Testament Church 
 
 According to Mark 21 
 
 IV. The Christ of the New Testament Church 
 
 According to Luke 29 
 
 V. The Christ of the New Testament Church 
 
 According to John 37 
 
 VI. The History of the New Testament Chuuch. 
 
 (A study of the Book of Acts ) 43 
 
 VII. Review 55 
 
 VIII. The New Testament Church and tii : Name... 56 
 
 IX. The New Testament Church and the Creed 60 
 
 X. The New Testament ( urucii and Conversion.... 64 
 XI The New Testament Church and Baptism 69 
 
 XII. The New Testament Church and the Lord's 
 Supper 77 
 
 XIII. The New Testament Church and the Holt 
 Spirit 83 
 
 XIV. The New Testament Church and Organiza- 
 tion 89 
 
 XV. The New Testament Chui.c-h and Finances 96 
 
 XVI. The New Testament Church and Missions.... 102 
 
 XVII. The New Testament Church and Judument.. 100 
 
 XVIII. The New Testament Church and Christian 
 Union 114 
 
 XIX. RhBTORATION OF the New Testament Cm BOH.. 122 
 
 XX. Winning Men to the New Testament Church. 182 
 
 XXI. Rapid-firh Drill Questions 137 
 
 XXII. Answers to Rapid-fire Drill Questions 149 
 
PREFACE 
 
 We have been more than surprised at the immediate re- 
 ception given to our first stanlard teacher-training book, 
 called " Traiaing for Service." As many of those who have 
 taken a part or all of this, or some other teacher-training 
 course, will want to pursue the wjrk further, we venture 
 to placi before the Bible-school world another book which 
 is the first in a series of books on the advanced teacher-train- 
 ing work. 
 
 In this book we make a study of the New Testament 
 church from various standpoints. It is a plea for the res- 
 toration of the New Testament church, in name, in ordi- 
 nances and in life. Thinking that, perhaps, there will be 
 some who will not car.' to use this book in union classes, 
 we have prep i red another one called "Studies in the Gos- 
 pels and Acts." That book contains the first seven lessons 
 that are found i i this book, together with s.udies on the 
 parables and miracles. 
 
 We have followed in this volume, as we did in "Train- 
 ing for Service," the plan of putting drill questions and an- 
 swers in the back of the book for concert drill-work and 
 Bible-knowledge contests. These questions are not given 
 to save study, but to direct it and make it more definite. 
 
 A part of the material that is found in th s book was 
 originally published in a pamp let called "Outline Studies 
 in the New Testament Church." Claude Percy Leach 
 rendered valuable assistance in the prep .ration of that 
 pamphlet, and we hereby gratefully acknowledge his help. 
 
 As this book goes forth, it is with the hope that it may 
 have a rich and helpful ministry, and that those w o study 
 its contents may be le 1 to catch a larger vision of Christ 
 and his chure i. and may through this vision be inspired to 
 render a larger and richer service for the great Teacher 
 of teachers. h. m. 
 
AN INTRODUCTORY 
 WORD 
 
 As the first standard teacher-training- book, called 
 "Training for Servic," has been received with a most 
 hearty welcome by fully one hundred thousand Bible stu- 
 dents, we are encouraged to put out an advanced course 
 that shall be a continuation of this training-work. The 
 Advanced Standard Teacher-training Course is to cover 
 two years and to be made up of one hundred lessons. This 
 book contains the first twenty lessons of the first year's 
 advanced course. 
 
 In this first year's work there are tbrce books, which 
 total the fifty required lessons: 
 
 The New Testament Church (this book) 20 lessons. 
 
 Old Testament History, by C. S. Medbury. ... 20 lessons. 
 A Bible-school Vision, by P. H. Welshimer. ... 10 lessons. 
 
 The second year's work has not as yet been completed, 
 but it will be ready by the time any have completed the 
 first year's course. 
 
 All persons who have taken, or are taking, the first stand- 
 ard teacher-training course should take up this advanced 
 work. As soon as you have organized your class, enroll 
 with your State or Provincial association. If you do not 
 know the name of the general secretary of the Sunday- 
 school work of your State or Province, write to the 
 teacher-training department of the International Sunday- 
 school Association, Room 806, Hartford Bldg., Chicago, 111. 
 An examination is given upon the completion of each book, 
 and when tin- entire one hundred lessons are completed, 
 an advanced standard teacher-training diploma will be 
 granted Both the examination questions and the diplomas 
 are sent out from the general secretary of the Sunday- 
 school work in your State. 
 
THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 LESSON I. 
 
 The Books of the Bible, and Methods 
 for Studying Them 
 
 I. THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS 
 
 1. The Meaning of the Word. — The word "testa- 
 ment"' means will or covenant. Testamentum is the 
 Latin word. 
 
 2. The Purpose. — The old Testament is 
 
 ( 1 ) A book of history. 
 
 (2) It shows how God dealt with men in olden 
 times. 
 
 ( 3 ) It shows how God chose a people through 
 whom he might teach the worship of the one God, 
 and through whom, in the fullness of time, he might 
 send his Son to redeem the world. 
 
 But when the fulness of time came, God sent forth his 
 Son, born of a woman, born under the law. that he might 
 redeem them that were under the law. that we might re- 
 ceive the adoption of sons (Gal. 4:4, .">>. 
 
 (4) It is the prophetic photograph of Christ. 
 
 (5) It is the schoolmaster that brings us to Christ. 
 
 So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto 
 Christ, that we might be justified by faith (Gal. 3:24). 
 
 6 
 
G THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH. 
 
 'A. The Divisions. — 
 
 (1) 11 i.st oru <ii Books. The first seventeen books 
 are historical. They are generally subdivided into 
 early and later history, or into the Pentateuch and 
 books of History. 
 
 The three names given for the first five books of 
 the Old Testament are Lun\ Pentateuch, Early His- 
 tory. They are called the Law because they contain 
 the law as given at Mount Sinai. They are called 
 the Pentateuch, as that is the Greek word meaning 
 fivefold book. They are called Early History in con- 
 trast with the later history that begins with Joshua. 
 
 (2) Devotional Books. After the books of His- 
 tory, we have five books of Devotion, which have 
 generally been called poetical books. These are Job, 
 Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. 
 
 (3) Prophetical Books. The last seventeen books 
 of the Old Testament are prophetical. These books 
 are subdivided into Major Prophets and Minor Proph- 
 ets. There are five books of the former and twelve 
 of the latter. These books of prophecy supplement 
 the historical books. 
 
 II. THE NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS 
 
 The New Testament books cover the history of the 
 first century following the birth of Christ. These 
 books are divided into five sections. 
 
 1. The Gospels. — The four Gospels were written 
 to prove that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and 
 our Saviour. 
 
 But these are written that ye may believe that Jesus is 
 tin' chrlsi. the Son hi liml: and that believing ye may 
 have life in his name t.luhn L'O :.'{!). 
 
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 7 
 
 The Gospels were written by those whose names 
 they bear. Matthew and John were apostles. 
 
 2. The Acts.— The Book of Acts tells of the foun- 
 dation of the church and how we are to become Chris- 
 tians. This book was written by Luke, a close com- 
 panion of Paul. 
 
 3. The Special and General Letters. — The Special 
 and General Letters tell the people of all times how 
 to live as Christians. 
 
 (1) The Special Letters are: Romans, 1 Corin- 
 thians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philip- 
 pians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 
 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, 
 These were written (except Hebrews) by the apostle 
 Paul. The authorship of the Book of Hebrews is 
 uncertain. It is placed among the Pauline letters 
 because it is Pauline in teaching. 
 
 (2) The General Letters are: James, 1 Peter, 2 
 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude. These letters 
 were written by those whose names they bear. 
 
 Note. — Second and Third John are classed under 
 the "General" Letters, although they were written to 
 individual Christians. Hebrews is also classed by 
 some under the General Letters. 
 
 4. Prophecy. — (1) Revelation. The Book of Reve- 
 lation tells of the future and the final triumph of 
 the right. This book was written by the apostle 
 John. It is called the Apocalypse. 
 
 III. METHODS OF BIBLE STUDY 
 
 The Bible is like the rich soil in the plains of 
 Palestine, which yielded abundant harvests., notwith- 
 
8 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 standing the crude stick plows with which the Ori- 
 ental farmer merely scratched the surface of the 
 ground. The Scriptures will give up a wealth of 
 helpfulness to the honest student, whatever may be 
 hir. method. And yet one should not be satisfied 
 with a spiritual yield which merely keeps one from 
 starvation, when better methods might bring richer 
 harvests for himself, and also to dispense to others 
 for their growth (The Sunday-school Teacher's 
 Bible). 
 
 Among the methods of Bible study, we call atten- 
 tion here to five, each of which, while it has its ad- 
 vantages, is not sufficient in itself for the making of 
 a thorough Bible student. All of these methods 
 should be more or less applied by each reader. 
 
 1. Study the Bible as a Whole. — Read a whole 
 book of the Bible at a sitting. Many of the books 
 of the Bible may be easily read in an hour or two. 
 It is not so much the question as to how rapidly you 
 read it if you read it thoroughly. Strange to say, 
 this is one of the last things that many Christians 
 are willing to do. They will read many books about 
 the Bible, but to read the Bible itself they do not 
 do. We would not think of treating any other book 
 in this manner. We are living in a time when we 
 feel it an obligation to be acquainted with the best 
 authors. Shall we say that Shakespeare or Emerson, 
 or any other great writer, is able to interest us in 
 what he has written, when the Author of all life 
 is unable to do so? Certainly we are not prepared 
 to say that God, through holy men, can not write 
 a book as capable of holding our attention and as 
 
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 9 
 
 fascinatingly interesting as any book that man has 
 written unaided. 
 
 Dr. James M. Gray, of the Moody Bible Institute, 
 tells this story, which is to the point here: 
 
 "I know a lady who once traveled a long dis- 
 tance on a railroad with her trunk unlocked, and 
 when she met her husband at the terminus, and re 
 ported the circumstance, there was naturally some 
 emotion in her speech. She had been unable to find 
 the key anywhere, she said, and only discovered its 
 loss at too late a moment to have another fitted be- 
 fore she started upon her journey. And the trunk, 
 with all its treasures, had come that whole distance 
 with only a strap around it. 'Why,' exclaimed her 
 husband, 'do you not recall that when we come home 
 from a journey I always fasten the key of the trunk 
 to one of its handles? There's your key,' pointing 
 to the end of the trunk." 
 
 The incident is recalled by the so frequent inquiry 
 one hears for a "key" to the Bible. Its Author has 
 provided one, and to the average person, at least in 
 this enlightened country, it is always at hand. Read 
 the Book. 
 
 2. Study the Bible by Books. — Take one book at 
 a time, and read it over and over again with dif- 
 ferent points of view in mind. In order to really 
 master a book, it should be read several times rather 
 than laying it aside and passing on to a second book. 
 A visitor to our Capital City, in looking down from 
 the top of Washington monument on a foggy morn- 
 ing, corld scarcely believe there was a city below. 
 Later, however, when the sun rises anl the fog 
 
10 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 begins to disappear, there appears at first the tops 
 of some of the highest buildings and the steeples 
 of the churches; then the outline of the streets, then 
 the factories and stores, and thousands of trees and 
 the beautiful parks, stand out in beauty. It is much 
 the same way in making an inductive study of 
 the Bible. The first view, while helpful, is not com- 
 pletely satisfactory. By looking and re-looking, how- 
 ever, new thoughts appear, and the whole book pre- 
 sents a new and richer meaning. 
 
 This method is briefly illustrated in the follow- 
 ing example: 
 
 "The Book of Ruth has been chosen for study. 
 Let it be read in its entirety, first for the simple 
 and beautiful story which it tells. Then, a more 
 careful study of its features will disclose that it is 
 a most engaging idyllic prose poem; parts of it ris- 
 ing to the heights of pure Hebrew poetry, with its 
 balancing of line against line in complete parallel- 
 ism. Romance follows tragedy. The struggle to 
 'keep the wolf from the door' in days of famine; 
 love, marriage, death, widowhood, follow in rapid 
 succession. Embers of a latent patriotism and relig- 
 ious fealty burn bright again: motherly solicitude 
 and filial piety shine forth as if to vie with each 
 in brilliant loyalty. A maidenlike coyness and a 
 maternal intrigue; a love at first sight and a happy, 
 fruitful marriage all these go into the making of 
 this divinely inspired pastoral. 
 
 "Read :\°rain and carefully, study the historical 
 setting oi the book. Find its niche in the life of 
 God's chosen people. It was 'in the days when the 
 
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 11 
 
 judges ruled.' See Moab, destined to play no unim- 
 portant part in later history; and the famine, which, 
 not uncommon, again and again played a providential 
 role in the shaping of human destinies; the inter- 
 marriage with heathen people, not so strictly under 
 the ban as at a later period; Oriental customs and 
 Hebrew laws of the harvest; laws of consanguinity 
 and inheritance; the levirate marriage; the custom 
 of the 'loosed shoe;' Ruth an ancestress of David and 
 so of the Messiah." 
 
 3. Study the Bible Biographically. — Even the cas- 
 ual reader of the Bible will find that most of the 
 truths it contains are impersonated in some life. 
 The events of the Old Testament, as well as those 
 of the New, may be grouped around certain per- 
 sonalities. In our <first Standard teacher-training 
 book, entitled "Training for Service," we have en 
 deavored, in Chapters VI. and VII., to group all of 
 the Old Testament history around sixteen major and 
 forty-eight minor characters. The Gospels are hinged 
 around the Master's life. The events of the Book 
 of Acts may be grouped around three men, Peter, 
 Philip and Paul. This method of study not only 
 makes the Bible' more interesting, but makes its 
 facts and truths more easily remembered. 
 
 4. Study the Bible According to Institutions of 
 Worship and Service. — There have been five insti- 
 tutions of worship sinee the beginning of history. 
 These are altar, tabernacle, temple, synagogue and 
 church. To follow the origin, the plan, purpose and 
 practice of each of these institutions will not only 
 show how the Lord has been and is worshiped, but 
 
12 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 will reveal how to some extent each institution of 
 worship is a fulfillment of the preceding ones. The 
 studies that are to follow in this book are largely 
 those that have to do with the church. 
 
 This plan of studying the Bible through institu- 
 tions of worship includes to some extent another 
 plan of Bible study that may be called the Topical 
 Method. For example, one may wish to know the 
 teachings of the Bible on the subject of the "Atone- 
 ment." This subject naturally includes the discus- 
 sion of the institutions of -worship and service. An- 
 other subject would be that universal question, "How 
 may one be saved?" 
 
 r>. study the Bible DevotionaQy. — All proper meth- 
 ods of Bible study help the devotional life. As some 
 studies, however, have for them a more intellectual 
 purpose, we should from time to time study the Bible 
 with the spiritual pre-eminently in mind. In this 
 study one meditates upon certain passages, not only 
 until he gets hold of them, but until they get hold 
 of him. He studies them and yields himself to them 
 until he "knows them by heart." In such a method 
 of studying the Word one hears the still small voice, 
 and the soul hunger is satisfied by spiritual manna. 
 After one has followed this method of study awhile, 
 he can understand the exclamation of the Psalmist: 
 
 •■( Hi how I love thy law : 
 
 ii i- my meditation all the day." 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 First Principles, by M. .M. Dayis, Chapter III.; 
 How to Master the English Bible, by James M. Gray; 
 
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 18 
 
 A Guide to Bible Study, by J. W. McGarvey; Help- 
 ful Bible Readings, by A. B. Moore; Bible Study 
 Popularized, by Frank T. Lee. 
 
 TOPICS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION 
 
 1. The meaning of the word "testament." 
 
 2. The relation of the Old and New Testaments. 
 
 3. The three names of the first five books of the 
 Old Testament. 
 
 4. The joint purpose of the four Gospels. 
 
 5. The purpose of the Book of Acts. 
 
 6. The purpose of the Special and General Letters. 
 
 7. The purpose of the Book of Revelation. 
 
 8. If a person did not believe in Christ, to which 
 books of the Bible would you refer him? Why? 
 
 9. If a person already believed in the divjnity of 
 Christ, to which book would you refer him that he 
 might know how to become a Christian? Why? 
 
 10. Plans that will aid in mastering the English 
 Bible. 
 
 11. Some guides to Bible study. 
 
 12. The value of a concordance in Bible study. 
 (The person who is assigned this topic should bring 
 with him a good concordance, such as Young's, 
 Walker's or Cruden's.) 
 
 13. The value of a Bible Dictionary in Bible study. 
 (The person to whom this subject is assigned should 
 show the class some good Bible dictionary.) 
 
 14. The value of a good reference Bible. (The 
 person discussing this subject should ^ave in his 
 hand a good reference Bible and tell how to use 
 the references.) 
 
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 THE A/vU TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 1-12 inclusive, in the back of this 
 book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. O. T. BOOKS. 
 
 1. Mea. of Wd. 
 
 2. Purpose. 
 
 3. Divisions. 
 (1) Historical. 
 
 I. N. T. HOOKS. 
 
 1. The Gospels. 
 
 2. Acts. 
 
 :!. Spec, and Gen. 
 Letters. 
 
 (2) Devotional. 4. Prophecy. 
 [3/ Prophetic. 
 
 III. METHODS OF 
 BIBLE STUDY. 
 
 1. As a whole. 
 
 2. By books. 
 
 :!. Biographically. 
 
 4. By institutions. 
 
 5. Devotional. 
 
 LESSON II. 
 
 The Christ of the New Testament 
 Church According to Matthew 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR 
 
 The Gospel which bears the name of Matthew was 
 written by the apostle. 
 
 J. His Name. — Matthew is the same as Levi (Luke 
 5: 27-29), the son of Alpheus. He is not to be con- 
 fused with Matthias, who was chosen to take the 
 place of Judas. 
 
 2. His Occupation. — Matthew was a tax-gatherer 
 at Capernaum. His special duty was likely to collect 
 tolls from the fishers on the Lake of Galilee, and per- 
 haps from merchants traveling southward from Da- 
 mascus. His duties as a tax-gatherer would bring 
 him into disrepute with his countrymen, who disliked 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 15 
 
 all agents of the foreign despotism under whicn 
 they groaned. 
 
 3. His Character. — Matthew, because of his posi- 
 tion, was likely a man of means. He was a modest 
 man and kept himself well in the background. Being 
 a man of means, it meant a great deal for him to 
 forsake all to follow Jesus. 
 
 4. His Call. — Matthew's call to be an apostle is 
 related by Matthew, Mark and Luke in practically 
 the same words (Matt. 9:9; Mark 2: 14; Luke 5: 27). 
 One day Jesus was coming up from the Lake of Gal- 
 ilee and passed near the custom-house where Mat- 
 thew was seated in Oriental fashion, and he said 
 unto him, "Follow me." Matthew arose and followed 
 Christ. 
 
 5. His Position Among' the Twelve. — Matthew 
 does not shine out in his work as do Peter, James 
 and John. He, however, was a most faithful apos- 
 tle, and, according to tradition, died the death of 
 a martyr. 
 
 6. The Date of His Gospel. — Because of the use 
 of such expressions as "holy city," "holy place," "the 
 city of the great king" (4: 5; 5: 35; 24: 15; 27: 53), 
 and from the nature of the language used by our 
 Saviour in his prediction of the city's coming doom, 
 Dr. J. A. McClymont holds that Matthew's Gospel 
 was written before 66 A. D., when the war which 
 was to issue in the destruction of the Jewish capital 
 was on the eve of breaking out. McGarvey holds 
 that it was not written before 60 A. D., and was 
 probably written about 67 A. D. 
 
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 II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 1. Language <>f the Gospel. — According to Origea, 
 Eusebius, Jerome and many cithers, Matthew's Gospel 
 was written in Hebrew i i. > .. Aramaic, the vernac- 
 ular language of Palestine!. It was afterwards trans- 
 lated into Greek. Irenaeus says, '.Matthew among 
 the Hebrews brought out a writing of the Gospel 
 in their own tongue." Eusebius in the beginning 
 of the fourth century says that Matthew wrote it 
 when he was about to leave the Jew r s and preach 
 also to other nations in order to "fill up the void 
 about to be made in his absence." If it be true that 
 Matthew wrote his Gospel in Aramaic, it very soon 
 also appeared in Greek. Whether Matthew wrote the 
 Gospel over again in Greek, or whether some other 
 person translated it, is a question we can not answer. 
 
 2. Written for the Jews. — Matthew 'introduces 
 Jesus as the Messiah, or the Christ. His main pur- 
 pose was to set forth the Messiahship of Jesus rather 
 than his divinity. The first verse of the book opens 
 with the words, "The book of the generation of Jesus 
 Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." By 
 this Matthew designates Christ as the promised seed 
 of David, who was to sit on David's throne and 
 reign forever, and he also keeps in mind the prom- 
 ise to Abraham of a seed in whom all the nations 
 of the world were to be blessed. "\'o one can read 
 Matthew's Gospel without perceiving that he was 
 no Hellenist, but a Hebrew of the Hebrews, deeply 
 learned in the history and prophecies of his race, 
 and eagerly looking forward to their realization. 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 17 
 
 When the plan and teaching of Jesus were unfolded 
 to his mind stored with national memories, he in- 
 stantly recognized the truth and beauty and com- 
 pleteness of that ideal, and gave himself up heart 
 and soul to the cause of the son of David. For 
 that cause and for the kingdom of God he resigned 
 all his hopes of advancement in Herod's kingdom, 
 his lucrative calling, and the friends he had made." 
 — Cambridge Bible. This gives one explanation of 
 Matthew's intense desire to present Jesus as the 
 Messiah of the Jews. 
 
 The following points gathered by Dr. A. Carr indi- 
 cate that Matthew's Gospel had special reference to 
 the Jews, and that he represented Jesus as the Mes- 
 sianic hope realized. 
 
 (1) The appeals to history as fulfilled in Christ. 
 
 (2) The rare explanation of Jewish words and cus- 
 toms. 
 
 (3) The strong and special denunciation of the 
 Jews and of their rulers. 
 
 (4) The special reference to the Law in the Ser- 
 mon on the Mount. 
 
 (5) The genealogy traced from Abraham and 
 David. 
 
 (G) The mission of the Seventy omitted. 
 
 (7) The absence of Latin words, with very few 
 exceptions. 
 
 (8) The prominence given to the Jewish thought 
 of a kingdom or heaven: in) in the general scope 
 of the Gospel; {b) in the parables; (c) in the ac- 
 count of the Passion. 
 
 3. Filled with Old Testament Quotations. — In th9 
 
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 course of Matthew's Gospel there are no less than 
 sixty quotations from the Old Testament prophecy 
 as fulfilled in Jesus. Since Matthew's aim is to 
 show that [Jesus is the fulfillment of Messianic hopes, 
 we would naturally expect just this. The designa- 
 tion "son <>! David" occurs seven times as applied 
 to Jesus. 
 
 4. Matthew Represents Christ as the Teacher of 
 Teachers. — The best book on pedagogy that has been 
 written is the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew seeks 
 the "point of contact" with the Jews by beginning 
 his Gospel in writing t lie genealogy of Christ from 
 Abraham to his birth in Bethlehem. He shows how 
 Christ complimented his hearers before he corrected 
 them (Matt. 5: 17). In the Sermon on the Mount, 
 given in more or less detail by Matthew, he repre- 
 sents Jesus as speaking as "never a man spake." 
 When we want abstract teaching, we turn to Matt. 
 5: 3-12. When we want good illustrations, we turn 
 to Matt. 5: 13-16. When we want to know how to use 
 parables in teaching, we read Matt. 13: 1-53. There 
 is scarcely a principle in teaching but what is used 
 in some striking way in the Gospel of Matthew. 
 
 In the six principles of teaching given below, see 
 how they are illustrated by the Scripture cited. 
 
 (1) Put the new in an old netting. Matt. 1: 1-23. 
 
 (2) Use words that are understood by the teacher 
 and the scholar in the same sense. Matt. 5: 12, 40, 41. 
 
 (3) Adapt the teaching to the needs of the scholars. 
 Matt. 13: 3-9, 18-30. 
 
 (4) Secure co-operation. Matt. 10: 13-19. 
 
 (5) The development of the subject must con- 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 19 
 
 stantly present new points of interest. See Sermon 
 on the Mount (Matt. 5, 6, 7). 
 
 (6) Ideas must be repeated to be retained. Matt. 
 1G: 21; 17: 23; 20: 17-19; 2G: 2. 
 
 5. Matthew Emphasizes the Words of Jesus. — In 
 comparing Matthew and Mark, we often see that 
 Mark emphasizes the works of Jesus, while Matthew 
 pays especial attention to his words. This is shown 
 by the fact that Mark lays emphasis upon the mira- 
 cles and Matthew upon the parables. The fact that 
 Matthew lays emphasis upon the words of Jesus is 
 also seen by his faithful account of the Sermon on 
 the Mount and from the fact that considerably more 
 than half his book is taken up with Christ's formal 
 speeches, aside from many remarks made in con- 
 versation with friends and foes. 
 
 6. Matthew Emphasizes the Judgment. — There is 
 an element of "sternness and severity" to Matthew's 
 Gospel that does not appear elsewhere in the recorded 
 teachings of Christ. Matthew alone records the par- 
 ables of the judgment; i. e., the tares, the dragnet, 
 the ten virgins, the talents and the rejection of the 
 goats. Matthew also records the denunciation of the 
 scribes and Pharisees (23: 13-36). For the material 
 given only by Matthew, see the Harmony of Christ's 
 life found elsewhere in this book. 
 
 7. Matthew's Gospel Naturally Divides Itself. — 
 In 4: 17 he says, "From that time began Jesus to 
 preach;" and in 16: 21, "From that time began Jesus 
 to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto 
 Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders 
 and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the 
 
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 third day be raised up." Thus we see that Matthew 
 has himself marked the natural divisions of the 
 book. The threefold division, then, is: 
 
 (1) Genealogy of Christ. Matt. 1: 1-4: 16. 
 
 (2) Christ's Active Ministry. Matt. 4: 17-16: 20. 
 
 (3) The Closing Events of Christ's Life. Matt. 16: 
 21-28: 20. 
 
 While the last division occupies scarcely more than 
 six months of the three years and more of his min- 
 istry, yet the events of this period take nearly one- 
 half of the book, showing the importance attached 
 by Matthew to the scenes connected with the final 
 suffering, the death, and the resurrection of the 
 Christ. It is to be noticed that the contrast between 
 4: 17 and 16: 21 is most significant. The former is 
 preceded by the baptism of Christ when from heaven 
 a voice said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 
 well pleased" (Matt. 3: 17), and the latter is im- 
 mediately followed by the transfiguration when the 
 heavenly voice said, "This is my beloved Son, in 
 whom I am well pleased; hear ye him" (Matt. 17: 5;. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. How many times and under what circumstances 
 is the apostle Matthew mentioned? 
 
 2. Discuss the position of tax-gatherer and what 
 the community thought of one in such a business. 
 
 3. Give an outline of the Gospel according to Mat- 
 thew. 
 
 4. Why dries .Matthew give such a long genealogy 
 in the first chapter? 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 21 
 
 5. Why does Matthew give such a long account of 
 the Sermon on the Mount? 
 
 6. What parables does Matthew give that are not 
 given by any other Gospel writer? 
 
 7. Name five characteristics of Matthew's Gospel. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 See Questions 13-30, inclusive, in the back of this 
 book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR. II. CHARACTERISTIC OF GOSPEL. 
 
 1. His Na. 1. Lang, of G09. 
 
 2. His Oc. 2. Writ, for Jews. 
 
 3. His Char. 3. Fi. with O. T. Quo. 
 
 4. His Call. 4. Rep. Chr. as Te. of Te. 
 
 5. Pos. Am. Twe. 5. Kmpli. Words of Jesus. 
 
 6. DateofG<>>. (i. Kmph. Judgment. 
 
 7. Cos. Nat. Div. Its. 
 
 LESSON III. 
 
 The Christ of the New Testament 
 
 Church According to Mark 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR 
 
 The second Gospel was written by John Mark, who 
 was a companion of both the apostle Paul and the 
 apostle Peter. 
 
 1. His Name. — There were three Johns in the 
 New Testament that were especially prominent, 
 John the Baptist. John the apostle and John Mark, 
 the writer of the second Gospel. The last John men- 
 
22 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 tioned is the one under consideration now. His 
 Jewish name was John and his Gentile name Mark,' 
 or Marcus (Col. 4: 10; Philem. 24; 1 Pet. 5: 13). Mar- 
 cus is supposed to be the Latin "mwcus," meaning 
 a hammer. As we study his Gospel, we must feel 
 that this is indeed a most appropriate name for him. 
 He was a strong hammer, able to crush the flint 
 rock; and this is indicative of the spiritual power 
 that the evangelist was able lo wield. While Mark 
 is a Gentile name, he nevertheless w;is a Jew. 
 Throughout his entire Gospel he betrays his nation- 
 ality and breathes the spirit of an Israelite, and 
 who, though too big to be bound within Jewish nar- 
 rowness and bigotry, was still "an Israelite indeed." 
 
 2. His Home Life. — Mark was not an apostle, but 
 was the son of a certain Mary in Jerusalem, whose 
 house was a place of resort for the disciples (Acts 
 12: 12). This Mary was an aunt of Barnabas, since 
 Mark was his cousin (Col. 4:20). Mark grew up 
 in Jerusalem, where his mother was prominent 
 among the disciples. He probably was acquainted 
 with the apostles and may even have seen Jesus. 
 
 3. His Relation to Peter. — Peter calls John Mark 
 his son in the gospel (1 Pet. 5: 13). It can not be 
 a mere term of endearment, but perhaps means that 
 Mark was one of Peter's converts. The fact that 
 Peter, when he was miraculously released from 
 prison, went to the house of Mark's mother, may in- 
 dicate that he was intimate with the family (Acts 
 12: 12). In early tradition Mark is represented as 
 the "interpreter of Peter," which may mean that he 
 accompanied him in the later years of the apostle's 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MARK 23 
 
 life and acted as his spokesman when addressing 
 Gentile audiences, or it may mean that Mark merely 
 wrote down the things that Peter preached. As a 
 confirmation of the fact that many of the things 
 that Mark relates in his Gospel were those which 
 Peter was in the habit of giving in his discourses, 
 we note that he tells plainly many things that Peter 
 did or said which were not a credit to him, and 
 omits nearly all that was. 
 
 (1) It was Peter who followed after our Lord m 
 the morning after the miracles at Capernaum (Mark 
 1: 30). 
 
 (2) It was he who drew attention to the rapid 
 withering of the fig-tree (Mark 11: 21). 
 
 (3) It was he who. with three other of the apos- 
 tles, asked our Lord, as he sat on the Mount of 
 Olives, respecting the destruction of Jerusalem (Mark 
 13: 3). 
 
 (4) It was to him specially amongst the apostles 
 to whom the angel directed that the announcement 
 of the resurrection should be made (Mark 10: 7). 
 
 This is the way, likely, that Peter would have 
 done. Mark often especially mentions Peter when 
 the other evangelists omitted him. 
 
 As an illustration of Peter's modesty, showing that 
 he was anxious to pass over what might especially 
 redound to his honor, we find the omission of 
 
 ( 1 ) His name as the prompter of the question re- 
 specting "meats not defiling a man" (comp. Mark 
 7: 17 with Matt. 15:15). 
 
 < J i His walking on the sea (comp. Mark 6: 50, 51 
 with Matt. 14: 28-31). 
 
24 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 (3) The miracle of the coin in the fish's moutr. 
 (comp. Mark 9: 33 with Matt. 17: 24-27). 
 
 (4) His designation as the rock, on which the 
 church should be built (comp. Mark 8: 29, 30 with 
 Matt. 16: 17-19). 
 
 (5) His being sent with another apostle to make 
 ready the Passover (comp. Mark 14: 13 with Luke 
 22: S). 
 
 (6) The fact that it was for him especially that 
 our Lord prayed that his faith might not "utterly 
 fail" (Luke 22: 31, 32).— Mar Tear. 
 
 4. His llelation to Paul. — Mark accompanied 
 Barnabas and Paul from Jerusalem to Antioch in 
 Syria (Acts 12" 25), and afterwards, when these two 
 men started on their first missionary journey, Mark 
 goes with them (Acts 13: 5). For some unstated 
 reason, however, Mark leaves Paul and Barnabas at 
 Perga and returns to Jerusalem. His motive may 
 have been the fear for his mother's safety in Jeru- 
 salem, where all Christians were in danger of fre 
 quent ^persecution, or he may have feared the hard- 
 ship of the inland trip into Asia Minor, or he may 
 have taken ill. Whatever the reason for Mark's con- 
 duct, Paul disapproved of it so much that he re- 
 fused to take him with them when a second mis- 
 sionary Journey was proposed (Acts 15:38). As a 
 result of this contention, Barnabas and Mark sailed 
 to Cyprus and resumed evangelistic work, and Paul 
 takes Silas with him as he enters upon his second 
 missionary tour. P'or about a decade Mark disap- 
 pears from history. We next find him in Rome with 
 Paul (Col. 4:10), with whom he has again found 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MARK 25 
 
 favor. During Paul's second imprisonment in Rome 
 he requests Timothy to bring Mark, saying that he 
 was useful to him for ministering (2 Tim. 4:2). 
 
 5. The Date of the Gospel. — We may conclude 
 that it was written between G4 A. D. and 63 A. D. — 
 the latter being the year of Nero's death, in whose 
 reign Peter and Paul are believed to have suffered 
 martyrdom. — McClymont. 
 
 II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 1. The Shortest Gospel. — Mark occupies the least 
 space of any of the Gospel writers in giving his 
 picture of the Christ. His descriptions are brief, 
 straightforward and vivid. 
 
 2. Gentile Gospel. — While Matthew's Gospel is 
 saturated with quotations from the Old Testament. 
 Scriptures, showing how Christ is a fulfillment of 
 them, Mark scarcely ever quotes prophecy. This 
 would lead us to the opinion that the Gospel was 
 not written especially for the Jews. The fact also 
 that Mark adds translations and explanations of 
 words that would be intelligible to the Jews would 
 also tell us that this is a Gentile Gospel. Examples 
 of such translations and explanations are found in 
 such expressions as "Boanerges — Sons of Thunder" 
 (3: 17); "Bartimseus — the son of Timams" (10: 46); 
 "Abba, Father" (14: 3G); "Talitha cumi; which is, 
 being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise" 
 (5: 41). Customs are also frequently explained in 
 a manner that would not be necessary if the Gospel 
 had been written for the Jews (see 7:3; 2: 18; 12. 
 18; 14: 12; 15: 6, 42). 
 
26 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 As Mark's Gospel depicts Christ in all of his ener- 
 getic and victorious strength, we may say it is a 
 Gospel well fitted to impress the Roman mind. The 
 tradition that Mark wrote in Rome, that his Gospel 
 was, for the Romans, is somewhat confirmed from 
 frequent use of Latin words, such as "denarius" (12: 
 15); "Praetorium" (15:16); "centurion" (15:39). 
 
 3. Mark's Descriptions are Most Vivid. — He de- 
 scribes the emotions, looks, gestures and actions of 
 Christ and of others (see 3:5, 34; 7: 33; 8: 33; d: 
 36; 10: 32). In the description of the feeding of the 
 "five thousand, .Mark alone tells us that they sat down 
 in ranks l:y hundreds and fifties upon the green 
 grass. In further evidence, note the "photographic 
 character" of Mark's account of the transfiguration 
 and of the storm on the Lake of Galilee. In still fur- 
 ther keeping with this idea, we note that .Mark has 
 carefully recorded the minute particulars which are 
 unnoticed by the other Gospel writers: 
 
 The person (1:29; 2: 3G; 3: fi; 3:22; 11:11, 21; 
 ] 3: 3; 14: 65; 15: 21; 16: 7). 
 Number (5: 13; 6; 7. 40; 14; 30). 
 Time (4: 35; 6: 2; 11: 11. 19; 15: 25; 16: 2). 
 Place (4: 1 : 5: 20; L3: 3; 14: 68; 15: 39; L6: 5). 
 
 4. Mark Emphasizes Christ as a Worker. -While 
 Matthew emphasizes him as a teacher, Mark says 
 that he came to do something as well as say some- 
 thing. This accounts for the fact that Man hew en- 
 larges upon the words of Christ, while Mark en- 
 larges up^n his works: Matthew lays emphasis upon 
 his parables and Mark upon his miracles. 
 
 5. Christ is the Master Man of the Liviiijt, 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO MARK 27 
 
 Present. — Matthew lays much emphasis upon the 
 past in that he gives a full genealogy of Christ, 
 quotes prophecy, etc. Mark sets Jesus before us as 
 he worked and taught in the living present, a won- 
 derful worker of miracles and a possessor of more 
 than mortal authority. Mark's Gospel has a larger 
 portion of common matter than any of the others. 
 Fully 93 per cent, of the whole contents of Mark's 
 Gospel is found in one or more of the other Gospels. 
 "No one who is familiar with Matthew can read Mark 
 without noticing a striking similarity between them 
 in the facts that they relate, and sometimes in the 
 words that they employ; but, on close comparison 
 of the two, it will be seen that in almost, if not quite, 
 all these instances, Mark has some additional items 
 which distinguish his account from Matthew's. The 
 student should constantly keep his eye open for 
 these, for they not only show the difference between 
 the two writers, making each stand out before the 
 mind by himself, but they are necessary to a full 
 knowledge of the incidents with which they are con- 
 nected. The same may be said in reference to events 
 mentioned by three, or by all, of the Gospel writers. 
 Study all, and combine the particulars given by all." 
 — McClymont. 
 
 6. Mark's Purpose is to Prove the Divinity 
 rather than the Messiahship of Jesus. — This main 
 purpose is clearly put forth in his introductory 
 words: "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 
 the Son of God." In this Mark differs from Mat- 
 thew, as it was Matthew's main purpose to prove 
 that Christ is the Messiah of the Old Testament. 
 
28 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 In carrying out that plan, Matthew devoted much 
 si ace to prophecy and to the discourses of the Mas- 
 ter. On the other hand, Mark, in carrying out his 
 plan, devotes much space to the miracles, tor in 
 these, rather than through prophecy, he could prove 
 his divinity. Marls begins his account of the life of. 
 Christ with the preaching of John the Baptist, \vhile_ 
 Matthew hegins with the genealogy and birth of 
 Christ. The reason for this is found in the dis- 
 tinction just given above. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOMF STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. Mark's early life. 
 
 2. His Jewish name and his Itoman name. 
 
 .".. Name and designate three Johns in the New 
 Testament. 
 
 4. What was Mark's relation to Barnabas? 
 
 .">. \Vhat was Mark's relation to the apostle Peter 7 
 
 6. What was Mark's relation to the apostle Paul? 
 
 7. Why is Mark's Gospel sometimes called the 
 p etrine Gospel? 
 
 8. Name some things in Mark's Gospel that are 
 peculiar to this Gospel. 
 
 9. Why does Mark explain Hebrew words or 
 phrases? 
 
 10. v Vha1 is Mark's purpose in writing his Gospel 
 as compared with Matthew? 
 
 11. Name two characteristics of Mark's Gospel, 
 
 12. Give an outline of Mark's Gospel. 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO LUKE 29 
 
 RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS 
 
 See Questions 31-50, inclusive, in the back of this 
 
 book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 A A, 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR. II. CHARACTERISTICS OP GOSPEL. 
 
 1. His Name. 1. Shortest Gos. 
 
 2. Ho. Life. 2. Gen. Gos. 
 
 3. Relft. to Pet. 3. Des. Mo. Viv. 
 
 4. Rela. to Paul. 1. Emp. Chr. as a Wo. 
 
 5. Date of Gos. 5. Oh. Mas. Man of Li v. Pie. 
 
 (i. Pro. Div. ra. th. Mes. of Jesus. 
 
 LESSON IV. 
 
 The Christ of the New Testament 
 
 Church According to Luke 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR 
 
 The author of the third Gospel is Luke, a faithful 
 companion of Paul. 
 
 1. His Name. — There are but three places in the 
 Scripture where Luke's name is mentioned. In Col. 
 4: 14, Paul says, "Luke, the beloved physician, and 
 Demas salute you." In 2 Tim. 4: 11, the same writer 
 says, "Only Luke is with me;" and in Philemon 24 
 he is mentioned as one of Paul's "fellow-workers." 
 While Luke is mentioned by name only in these 
 three instances, yet we may learn much of him 
 from the Book of Acts, in which he intimates his 
 presence with Paul at times by the use of "we" or 
 "us" in the narrative (Acts 16: 10-17; 20: 5-21: 18; 
 27: 1-28: 16). 
 
30 THE \i:\\ TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 2. Mis Early Life. — Early tradition says that 
 Luke was a native of Antioch in Syria. Whether or 
 not this is true, his interest in and his familiarity 
 with the church at Antioch is evident. Note Acts 
 6: 5; 11: 10-27; 13: 1-3; 14: 2G-28; 15: 1. 2, 30-40; L8: 
 22, 23. Ramsay, in his hook called "St. Paul the 
 Traveler, - ' holds that Luke was a Philippian. Euse- 
 bius says: "Luke, who was born at Antioch, and by 
 profession a physician, being for the most part con- 
 nected with Paul, and familiarly acquainted with 
 the rest of the apostles, has left us two inspired 
 books. One of these is his Gospel, in which he tes- 
 tifies that he has recorded 'as those who were from 
 the beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the 
 Word delivered unto him,' whom also, he says, he 
 has in all things followed. ... It is also said that 
 Paul usually referred to his Gospel, whenever in his 
 Epistles he spoke of some particular Gospel of his 
 own, saying, 'according to my Gospel.' " Origen. 
 quoted by Eusebius, writes: "And the third, accord- 
 ing to Luke, the Gospel commended by Paul, which 
 was written for the converts from the Gentiles." 
 Irenaeus refers frequently to Luke by name; as, 
 "Luke, also the companion of Paul, recorded in a 
 book the gospel preached by him." 
 
 :i. His Profession. — Luke was a physician, and is 
 called by Paul, "the beloved physician" (Col. 4: 14). 
 Some have suggested that Luke traveled with Paul 
 because the latter had need of medical attendance. 
 Some trans of Luke's profession may be discovered 
 in the frequency with which he refers to the work 
 of Christ and that of his apostles as the ministry 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO LUKE 31 
 
 of healing (4: 18, 23; 9: 1, 2, 6; 10: 9); as well as 
 the occasional use of expressions which a physician 
 would likely employ (4: 38; 5: 12; G: 19; 22: 44). 
 
 4. His Nationality. — Luke likely was not a Jew. 
 From the distinction drawn between him and those 
 "of the circumcision" (Col. 4: 11-14), "it may be in- 
 ferred that he was of Gentile extraction, and this 
 inference is confirmed by his Greek name and the 
 character of his style, which — except when he is 
 drawing from older documents or reporting speech- 
 es conveyed to him by others — is more classical than 
 that of the other Gospels^ alike as (regards the 
 structure of the sentences and the choice of words, 
 as well as in his use of an opening dedication, a 
 feature quite foreign to the Hebrew style." — McCly- 
 mont. As Luke was not a Jew, he was the only Gen- 
 tile to write any part of the New Testament. Of 
 the Gospel writers, Matthew and John were apos- 
 tles; Mark and Luke were not. 
 
 5. His Relation to Paul. — By reading the follow- 
 ing passages, it will appear that Luke joined Paul 
 on his second missionary journey at Troas, in Asia 
 Minor, and went with him over to Philippi in Mac- 
 edonia (Acts 1C: 10-17; 20: 5-21: 18; 27: 1-28: 16). 
 Again, on Paul's third journey, Luke rejoined the 
 apostle at Philippi and went with him to Jerusalem. 
 He likely remained in Palestine during the two 
 years in which Paul was in prison at Csesarea, and 
 he sailed with the apostle from Csesarea to Rome. 
 When Paul is writing his last letter while in prison in 
 Rome, after he has written those well-known words 
 of having fought the good fight and having finished 
 
32 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 the course and having kepi the Faith, he tells about 
 different ones who had left him, and says, "Luke 
 only is with me" (2 Tim. I: 11). Sometimes the 
 third Gospel is called Paul's Gospel because il was 
 written by one who was a very close companion of 
 Paul, and no doubt writes in many ways as Paul 
 would have written. 
 
 6. The Date of Luke's Gospel.— From Acts 1: 1 it 
 is clear that it was written before the Book of Acts, 
 which (see Acts 28:30, 31) mnst have been com- 
 pleted before the end of the second year of Paul's 
 imprisonment; that is, about A. D. G3. — Thompson. 
 
 II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 1. The Gospel of Sympathy. — (1) It is in this 
 Gospel that we find a record of the visit of Chris. 
 to the house of Zaccheus, the publican (!•: 1). 
 
 (2) It is here that we have his gracious recep- 
 tion of the woman who was a sinner iT: ::7t. 
 
 t :; I It is here that we see his promise of paradise 
 to the penitent thief (23: 13). 
 
 (4) Luke shows that Christ embraced within the 
 range of his sympathy (fli the Gentile (4: 25-27: :' I 
 28, 29) and the (6) poor (2: 7. 8, 24: 6: 20; 9: 58; 
 14: 21). 
 
 (5) Christ cared tor those whom the society or' 
 that time neglected or hated. 
 
 (a) For women (10: 38-42). 
 
 (6) For children (18: 17). 
 
 (C) For the despised (lf, : 19-22). 
 (d) For the social outcast (15: 1). 
 
<'I/I?I8T—ACC0R'1>1X<! TO LUKE 33 
 
 The breadth of Christ's sympathy is as wide as 
 human need. The more urgent the need the greater 
 is his outflow of sympathetic help. His ministry ex- 
 tends to the whole man, body, mind and soul. 
 
 "'rin> great Physician now is near, 
 
 The sympathizing Jesus. 
 He speaks the drooping heart to cheer, 
 
 ()li! hear the voice of Jesus. 
 Your many sins are all forgiv'n, 
 
 Oh! hear the vtoice of Jesus. 
 Go <>u your way in peace to heaven 
 
 And wcai- a crown with .d'sus." 
 
 2. Samaritan Gospel. — Luke tells how Christ 
 shamed the "thankless Jews" by the example of the 
 "thankful Samaritan" (17: 1G). Through the para- 
 ble of the good Samaritan recorded only by Luke, 
 he shows how the good Samaritan surpasses the 
 proud priest and Levite in his compassion upon one 
 who had fallen among thieves. The priest and the 
 Levite passed by on the other side, but the good 
 Samaritan, moved with compassion, did something 
 for the half-killed man. His compassion was more 
 than a mere sentiment. It was that which led him 
 to a merciful deed. Through this Samaritan para- 
 ble all Christians are taught that, the one who needs 
 help is our neighbor. 
 
 3. Luke Emphasizes the Perean Ministry. — In 
 Luke 9: 51-10: 14, we have a record of many of the 
 activities of Christ preserved only by this writer. 
 Some of the most precious parts of this Gospel are 
 found here. A few of them are: 
 
 (1) Parable of the Great Supper (14: 15-24). 
 
 (2) Parable of the Lost Sheep (15: 3-7). 
 
 (3) Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver (15: 8-10). 
 
34 THE NEW TESTAMENT flllRCH 
 
 in Parable of the Prodigal Son (15:11-32). 
 (5) Parable of the Unjust Steward (16: 1-18). 
 (G) Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (1G: 19- 
 31). 
 
 (7) Parable of the Healing of I he Ten Lepers (17: 
 12-19). 
 
 (8) The Pharisee and the Publican (18: 1-14). 
 Most of these events are included in Christ's Pe- 
 
 rean ministry, which occupies the larger part of the 
 last three months of his life. 
 
 4. Luke Reveals the Sacredness of Infancy. — He 
 alone tells of the birth and infancy of the Baptist; 
 the Annunciation; the meeting of Mary and Eliza- 
 beth; the songs of the herald Angels; the Circum- 
 cision; the Presentation in the Temple; the growth 
 in universal favor and sweet submission. — Farrar. 
 And it is Luke who preserves the one story of the 
 visit to the temple of Jesus at twelve years old. 
 which is the "solitary flower gathered from the si- 
 lence of thirty years." 
 
 5. Gospel of Womanhood. — Luke very promi- 
 nently records the graciousness and tenderness of 
 Christ toward childhood and womanhood. It is 
 Luke only that tells that the young man who was 
 raised to life at the gate of the city of Nain was 
 the "only son of his mother, and she was a widow"' 
 (7: 11). It is Luke only who tells us that (he daugh- 
 ter of Jairus, whom Christ restored to life, was the 
 only daughter (8: 12). It is Luke from whom we 
 learn that the boy who was a demoniac, whom Christ 
 healed at the foot of Mt. Hermon after the trans- 
 figuration, was an only child (9: 38). Luke says that 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO LIKE 35 
 
 the children who were brought to Jesus were babes 
 (18: 15). 
 
 6. The Gospel of Thanksgiving. — The Gospel of 
 the Saviour begins with hymns and ends with 
 praise; and as the thanksgivings of the meek are 
 recorded in the first chapter, so in the last we listen 
 to the gratitude of the faithful. — Westcott. At least 
 seven times mention is made of "glorifying God" by 
 the utterance of gratitude and praise (2: 20; 5: 25; 
 7: 16; 13: 13; 17: 15; 18: 43; 23: 47). 
 
 Thou hast an car for angel songs. 
 
 A breath the gospel trump To fill, 
 And taught by thee the church prolongs 
 
 Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. 
 
 — Keble. 
 
 7. The Gospel of Prayer. — This Gospel alone pre- 
 serves to us the fact that our Lord was praying. 
 
 ( 1 ) When he was transfigured. 
 
 "And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance 
 was altered, and his raiment became white and dazzling' 
 (Luke 9: 29). 
 
 (2) At the baptism when the Holy Spirit de- 
 scended on him. 
 
 "Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, 
 that, Jesus also having l>een baptized, and praying, the 
 heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended iu a 
 bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out 
 of heaven. Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well 
 pleased" (Luke 3:21, 22). 
 
 (3) After cleansing the leper. 
 
 "But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and praved" 
 (5:16). 
 
 (4) Before calling the twelve. 
 
 "And it came to pass in these days, that he went out 
 into the mountain to pray ; and he continued all night in 
 prayer to Hod" 16 : 12). 
 
36 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHUROH 
 
 (5) On the cross for the murderers. 
 
 "And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know 
 hot what they do" i .':! : :U). 
 
 (6) With his last breath. 
 
 "And Jesus, crying with a loud voice?, said. Father, into 
 thy hands I commend my sniiii ; and baying said this, he 
 gave up i hf ghost" I 23 : 16 i. 
 
 Luke, like Paul, insists on the duty of unceasing 
 prayer. He emphasizes this instruction by alone re- 
 cording the two parables which encourage us to be 
 intensely persistent and continuously faithful in our 
 prayers (11: 5-13; 18: L-8). 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. Name and describe one miracle peculiar to Luke. 
 
 2. Name and describe one parable peculiar to Luke. 
 
 3. What probably was Luke's native city? 
 
 4. How many times, and where, is Luke men- 
 tioned in the New Testament? 
 
 5. "When and under what circumstances does Luke 
 first join Paul? 
 
 6. Name two characteristics of Luke's Gcspel. 
 
 7. What was Luke's nationality Give reasons 
 for so thinking. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 51 to G7, inclusive in tin- hack of 
 this book. 
 
GBRI ST— ACCORDING TO JOHN 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 . THE AUTHOR. II. CHARACTERISTICS OF GOSPEL. 
 
 1. His Name. 1. <los. ufSym. 
 
 •2. Eur. Life. 2. Sam. Cos. 
 
 3. Prof. 3. Emph. Perean Min. 
 
 4. Nation. 4. Rev. Sac. of Inf. 
 
 5. Re I a. to Paul. 5. Gos. of Worn. 
 
 li. Pate of Gog. 6. Gos. of Thanks. 
 7. Gos. of Prayer. 
 
 LESSON V. 
 
 The Christ of the New Testament 
 
 Church According to John 
 
 I. THE AUTHOR 
 
 1. His Name. — It is generally accepted that John 
 the apostle has written the fourth Gospel. In speak- 
 ing of the Gospel, it will be recalled that three Johns 
 were mentioned: John, the apostle, a son of Zebe- 
 dee, and the brother of James, who suffered martyr- 
 dom under Herod Agrippa I.; John the Baptist, and 
 John Mark, the author of the second Gospel. 
 
 2. His Occupation. — John was a fisherman on the 
 Lake of Galilee I.Mark 1: 19, 20). 
 
 3. His Character. — The apostle John was so faith 
 ful and thoughtful and consecrated in his disciple- 
 ship that he has the memorable distinction of being 
 called "the apostle whom Jesus loved." Nothing 
 stronger than this can be said concerning his char- 
 acter. He ever followed his Master Teacher with n 
 full, absorbing and unwavering devotion. 
 
 4. His Relation to the Other Apostles. — Patsr, 
 
38 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 James and John are with Christ when none else are. 
 as at the raising of Jairus' daughter (Mark 5: 37), 
 in the glory of the transfiguration (Matt. 17:1), and 
 in the agony in Gethsemane (Matt. 26: 37; Mark 14: 
 33). John and James were called Boanerges (sons 
 of thunder), implying a zeal and intensity of dis- 
 position which is one of the elements that go to 
 make up the life of a great man (Mark 3: 17). At 
 the time of the betrayal, Peter and John, after the 
 momentary confusion, followed Jesus afar off, while 
 the others hastened to seek safety in flight (John 
 18: 5). John goes on into the council chamber, while 
 Peter stays outside with Christ's enemies (John 18: 
 16, 19, 28). At the cross, John, who had been to 
 Christ as a brother, has left to him a brother's duty 
 (John 19:26, 27). After the resurrection it is to 
 Peter and John that Mary Magdalene first runs with 
 the tidings of the empty tomb (John 20:2); and 
 they were the first to go together to see what the 
 strange words meant. After the ascension John, of 
 course, was present on the day of Pentecost, and 
 later he, with Peter, enters the temple as a worshiper 
 (Acts 3: 1) and makes strong protests against the 
 threats of the Sanhedrin (Acts !: 13). .John is per- 
 mitted to live many years after the other apostles 
 have died a martyr's death. It was left to him to 
 write five of the books of the New Testament — his 
 Gospel, which we are now considering, three Epis- 
 tles, and the Book of Revelation. 
 
 5. The Date «>•' <lie Book. -The Gospel according 
 to John was probably written between 85 and 90 
 A. D., in the city of Ephesus. 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO JOHN 39 
 
 II. CHARACTERISTICS 
 
 1. John's Gospel Differs Widely from the Others. 
 
 — The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are so 
 much alike that they are styled the "synoptics" — that 
 is, taking the same view. John has, however, care- 
 fully avoided repeating what others have written, 
 and the result is that he has very few events in 
 common with them, and when he does record things 
 given by others, he gives details which they have 
 omitted. This is accounted for by the fact that he 
 wrote much later than the other Gospel writers, and 
 cared not to repeat what they had already presented. 
 
 2. John's Gospel is Chronological. — When we 
 count the feasts of the Jews which Christ attended, 
 all of which are mentioned by John, we find that 
 there were three years from the visit made to Jeru- 
 salem in the second chapter to the one at the time 
 of his crucifixion. If we knew how long it was from 
 his baptism until his first visit to the feast at Jeru- 
 salem, we could know definitely the duration of his 
 ministry, but on this point the chronology is not 
 good. It is regarded that Chrisfs ministry extended 
 over a period of about three years and three months. 
 
 :J. John Emphasizes the Judean Ministry. — We 
 see how in our last study Luke laid emphasis upon 
 the Perean ministry, which occupied the larger part 
 of the last three months of Christ's life. By a 
 study of the fourth Gospel we see that John has 
 placed much emphasis upon Christ's Judean min- 
 istry, which occupied the larger part of the first 
 year following his baptism. For the events of the 
 
•10 THE HEW JUST AM EXT CHURCH 
 
 first year of Christ's ministry, read the first four 
 chapters in John's Gospel. 
 
 4. John's Gospel is a Gospel of Symbolism. — Not 
 
 merely does John's Gospel contain the three great 
 allegories of the Sheepfold, the Good Shepherd, and 
 the Vine, from which Christian art has drawn its 
 symbolism from the very earliest times; but the 
 whole Gospel from end to end is penetrated with 
 the spirit of symbolical representation. In nothing 
 is this more apparent than in the eight miracles 
 which the evangelist Pas selected for the illustration 
 of the divine epic. His own word for them leads 
 us to expect this: to him they are not so much 
 miracles as "signs." The first two are introductory, 
 and seem to be pointed out as such by John (2: 11; 
 4: 54). The turning of the water into wine exhib- 
 its the Messiah's sovereign power over inanimate 
 matter, the healing of the official's son, his power 
 over the noblest of living bodies. Moreover, they 
 teach two great lessons which lie at the very root 
 cf Christianity: (1) that Christ's presence hallows 
 I he commonest events and turns the meanest ele- 
 ments into the richest; (2) that the way to win bless- 
 ings is to trust the Bestower of them. The third 
 sign, healing the paralytic, shows the Messiah as the 
 great Bestower, repairing the physical as well as 
 the spiritual ravages of sin (v. 14). In the feeding 
 of the five thousand the Christ appears as the Sup- 
 port of life, in the walking on the sea as the Guar- 
 dian and Guide of his followers. The giving of sight 
 to the man horn blind and the raising of Lazarus 
 show that he is the Source <>f life and light to 
 
CHRIST— ACCORDING TO JOHN 41 
 
 men. The last sign, wrought hy the risen Christ, 
 sums up and concludes the whole series (21:1-12). 
 Fallen man, restored, fed, guided, enlightened, de- 
 livered from the terrors of death, passes to the ever- 
 lasting shore of peace, where the Lord is waiting 
 to receive him. — Plummvr. 
 
 .">. John's Gospel is a Spiritual Gospel. — Consid- 
 ering this Gospel as a whole, possibly no fitter epi- 
 thet can be found than that of Clement of Alexan- 
 dria at the close of the second century; namely, "the 
 spiritual Gospel," which represents Christ in his 
 work, not with special reference to the past (as 
 with Matthew), or the present (as with Mark), or 
 the future (as with Luke), but with general refer- 
 ence to eternity, in which the past, present and fu- 
 ture are all included. In calling this the spiritual 
 Gospel, we might make a contrast by designating the 
 other Gospels bodily Gospels; that is, Matthew, 
 Mark and Luke have much to say about what Christ 
 did, where he went, how he acted, but John lays 
 more empnasis upon the spiritual side. The key- 
 note of the Gospel is Jesus, the divine One who be- 
 came flesh and dwelt among us. John's great theme 
 is set forth in his introduction (1:1-18), which 
 strikes the keynote of the whole Gospel. 
 
 6. "Written by ai Eye-witness. — John's Gospel im- 
 presses one as having been written by one who was 
 in the "inner ctrce." "This is the disciple," writes 
 the author, "that beareth witness of these things, 
 and wrote these things: and we know that his wit- 
 ness is true" (John 21: 24). In the description of 
 the various scenes in the "upper room" the Lord's 
 
12 THE \i:\\ TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 Supper was instituted. We are told that there "was 
 at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his 
 disciples whom Jesus loved" (13: 2:: ). In the au- 
 thor's description of the feeding of the five thou- 
 sand, he tells about Jesus putting the question to 
 Philip, "Whence are we to buy bread that these may 
 eat?" and adds that he said this to prove him, for 
 Christ himself knew what he would do. The author 
 of this fourth Gospel seemed to know the very inner 
 thoughts of the .Master (22: 2; 21: 7; 1: 35-51; 2: 11, 
 17, 22; 4: 6, 8, 27: 6: 5, 8, 68-71; 9: 2; 11: 1G; 12: 21 i 
 7. A Summary of Characteristics and Coinci- 
 dences. — Dr. Westcott, in his introduction to the 
 "Study of the Gospels," gives the following table, 
 showing the peculiarities and coincidences of the 
 Gospel writers. The total contents of the several 
 Gospels in this table are presented by 100. 
 
 GOSPEL. PECULIARITIES. COINCIDENCES. 
 
 Mark 7 93 
 
 Matthew 42 58 
 
 Luke 59 41 
 
 John 92 8 
 
 .$.. _ v 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOWE STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. Make one comparison of the four Gospels. 
 
 2. The position of the apostle John among the 
 i welve. 
 
 ::. Why Christ's mother was given into l he care of 
 the apostle John 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 43 
 
 4. Why John omits many things told by Matthew, 
 Mark and Luke. 
 
 5. Why John emphasizes (lie Judean ministry. 
 
 G. Why John is called the apostle whom Jesus 
 loved. 
 
 7. Does John mention his own name in his Gospel? 
 
 8. The appropriateness of calling John's book the 
 "spiritual'' Gospel. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions <;s to 86 Inclusive, in tk<; back <* 
 this book. 
 
 
 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLiNE 
 
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 . TH1 
 
 AUTHOR. 
 
 TT. 
 
 CHARACTER LSTICS OF BOOK. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 His Name. 
 
 
 1. Dif. WiA. from Others. 
 
 
 2. 
 
 His 
 
 Oc. 
 
 
 '>. ( Chronological. 
 
 
 8. 
 
 His 
 
 Char. 
 
 
 '-!. Kmph. .Tud. Min. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 His 
 
 Rela. to oth 
 
 Apos. 
 
 1. Gos. of Symp. 
 
 
 5. 
 
 Dat 
 
 e of Bk. 
 
 
 .">. Spir. Gos. 
 
 (i. Writ, by Eye-wit. 
 
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 LESSON VI. 
 
 Early History of the New Testament 
 
 Church 
 
 A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS 
 
 The Book of Acts comes naturally after the four 
 Gospels. While the Gospels are written to prove that 
 Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and the Sa- 
 viour of the. world, the Book of Acts tells how the 
 learned and the unlearned, the peasant and the 
 
44 THE \i:\\ TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 king, may accept and follow Christ. It is the hook 
 of the New Testament to which all people should be 
 referred when they want to know how to become 
 Christians. 
 
 . I. ITS AUTHOR 
 
 The Gospel according to Luke and the Book of 
 Acts are dedicated to the same man. It is gener- 
 ally held thai these two books were written by the 
 same person, and this is strongly confirmed by the 
 uniformity of style which pervades them. All the 
 evidences, therefore, which tend to prove that Luke 
 wrote the third book of the New Testament, have 
 equal force in proving that he wrote the Book of 
 Acts. 
 
 1. Some Pacts Alxnit the Author. 
 
 ( I ) The writer was an immediate disciple of the 
 apostles < Luke 1:2). 
 
 (2) He was a Gentile Christian. This is indicated 
 by being referred to as one who is not "of the cir- 
 cumcision" (Col. 4: 11-17). Then, too, a Jewish Chris- 
 tian would likely not have spoken of the elders "of 
 the Jews" (Luke 7: 3), or of a city "of the Jews" 
 (Luke 23: 51). 
 
 (3) The writer was a traveling companion of the 
 apostle Paul during a large part of his ministry, and 
 was with him during his fust imprisonment in Rome 
 (Ads 28: 16). We judge this from the so-called "we" 
 passages (Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-21:18; 27:1-28:16). 
 
 (4) The writer was a man of culture. This we 
 judge by the classic style and "his historic taste and 
 delicacy of mind." 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 45 
 
 2. These Facts do Not Belong To: 
 
 (1) Barnabas, for lie was a Levite. 
 
 (2) Silas, for he was a distinguished member of 
 the apostolic church at Jerusalem. 
 
 (3) Timothy, for he was a Lycaonian. Timothy's 
 mother was a Jewess, and his father a Greek (Acts 
 16: 1). 
 
 (4) It is further true that Silas, Timothy and 
 Barnabas were all with Paul before the "we" begins 
 (Acts 16: 10) : they were not always with him when 
 the "we" is used; and they were sometimes with 
 him when the writer says "they." 
 
 (5) The facts mentioned above do not fit Titus, 
 for he was not at Troas when the writer uses "we" 
 (2 Cor. 2: 12, 13). 
 
 3. These Facts Fit Luke: 
 
 (1) Luke was associated with Peter and James 
 the Lord's brother, both of whom were apostles. 
 
 (2) Paul in his letter to the Colossians ranks 
 Luke among the Christians of Greek origin (Col. 
 4: 10-14). 
 
 (3) Luke was with Paul in the Roman imprison- 
 ment, as appears from salutations sent by him in 
 the letters to the Colossians and to Philemon, both 
 written during that imprisonment. 
 
 (4) Paul distinguishes Luke as a physician, which 
 implies mental culture above that of an ordinary 
 person. 
 
 For facts concerning Luke's name, his early life, 
 his profession, his nationality and his relation to 
 Paul, see the previous lesson on "The Christ of the 
 New Testament Church According to Luke." 
 
46 TH1-: NEW ^TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 II. LUKE'S SOURCES OF INFORMATION 
 
 1. As Luke was with Paul during all of the time 
 covered by the so-called "we" passages, his source 
 of information was, of course, his own personal ob- 
 servation. Then, too, he could get direct from Paul 
 the account of Stephen's speech and death, and con- 
 cerning all the events with which Paul had to do. 
 
 2. Concerning those events with which Paul had 
 no connection, Luke had opportunity to converse with 
 those who had: with Philip, the evangelist, concern- 
 ing the labors in Samaria, and with Peter and James 
 the Lord's brother, for all the events in which these 
 two men participated. 
 
 III. THE DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK 
 
 The Book of Acts divides itself naturally into four 
 sections: 
 
 1. The Church in Jerusalem (Acts 1: 1-S: 4). 
 This part treats exclusively of the Jerusalem 
 
 church. 
 
 2. The Church in Transition (Acts 8: 5-12: 25). 
 This part tells of the spread of the gospel in Judea, 
 
 Samaria and the surrounding countries. 
 
 3. Paul's Preaching Tours (Acts 13:1-21:16). 
 This takes up the life of Paul from the time lie 
 
 was set apart for his work until his last visit to 
 Jerusalem at the (lose of his third tour. 
 
 4. Paul's Imprisonment Work (Acts 21: 17-28: 30). 
 
 We have here an account of his five years' impris- 
 onment, which occupies the latter one-fourth of the 
 book. 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 47 
 
 IV. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK 
 
 That must be the main purpose of an author to 
 which he devotes the most space and to which all 
 other facts used sustain a subordinate relation. In 
 studying the Book of Acts we find that most of the 
 book is occupied in giving detailed accounts of con- 
 versions to Christ and of attempts at the same that 
 were unsuccessful. If we should take from this book 
 all of the records of conversions, together with the 
 facts and incidents preparatory to and consequent 
 upon each, we would have very little left. 
 
 1. Chapter 1 shows how the apostles were pre- 
 pared for their work of converting men. 
 
 2. The second chapter tells of the converting of 
 three thousand people. 
 
 3. The third chapter gives an account of the con- 
 version of many people, followed by the arrest and 
 trial of Peter and John, caused by these conversions. 
 
 4. Chapters 4-7 tell about the persecution that grew 
 out of opposition to these conversions. 
 
 5. Chapters 8, 9, 10 are devoted to the conversions 
 of the Samaritans, the Ethiopian eunuch, Paul and 
 Cornelius. 
 
 6. Chapter 11 is devoted mainly to an account of 
 the establishment of the church in Antioch through 
 the conversion of the Jews and Gentiles there. 
 
 7. Chapter 12 shows the benevolence of the new 
 converts and gives an account of another persecution 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 8. Chapters 18 and 14 record the conversions cm 
 Paul's first missionary tour. 
 
18 I Hi: NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 9. Chapter 15 describes Uie controversy about cir- 
 cumcision, which grew out of conversions on Paul's 
 first tour. 
 
 10. Chapter IC is occupied mainly by the events 
 leading to and immediately connected with the con- 
 versions of Lydia and the Philippian jailer. 
 
 11. The conversions in Thessalonica and Berea are 
 recorded in chapter 17. 
 
 L2. The eighteenth chapter tells of the conversions 
 .it Corinth, occupying a year and a half. 
 
 13. The nineteenth chapter gives many conversions 
 followed by persecutions in Ephesus. 
 
 11. Chapters 20-28 tells of Paul's last journey t.o 
 Jerusalem, followed by his arrest, his attempts to 
 convert the Jerusalem mob, Felix, Festus and Agrippa, 
 and his journey to Rome, where he puis forth great 
 effort to convert the people in that city. Without 
 question, then, we see that the author's chief pur- 
 pose was to set forth a multitude of conversions 
 under the labors of the apostles and their coworkers 
 so that we may know how this work was accom- 
 plished. The recorded cases of conversions represent 
 all classes and conditions from the peasants to the 
 priests, from the poor to the proconsuls, from the il- 
 literate to the intellectual, thus showing that the gos- 
 pel of Christ adapts itself to all the inhabitants of 
 the earth. 
 
 V. ITS DATE 
 
 This book is assigned by many to the dale oi 
 last circumstance mentioned in it. This circumstance 
 is that of Paul abiding "two whole years in his own 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 49 
 
 hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto 
 him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching 
 (he things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all 
 boldness, none forbidding him" (Acts 28:30, 31). 
 That the narrative here closes without telling the 
 reader whether Paul was liberated or put to death, 
 leads to the conclusion that neither had taken place 
 when the last words of this book were written. 
 
 This claim is "greatly strengthened when we con- 
 sider it in connection with the course of the narra- 
 tive in the last four chapters. In chapter 25 the 
 writer gives the account of Paul's appeal to Caesar, 
 which broke off his trial before Festus, and which led 
 to all the subsequent proceedings. It was in con- 
 sequence of this appeal that Festus, being puzzled 
 as to what report he should send to the emperor with 
 the prisoner, brought his case to the attention of 
 Agrippa, and also brought Paul himself before this 
 young king (Acts 25: 12, 26, 27). He was sent upon 
 the voyage described in the twenty-seventh chapter, 
 in compliance with (he law governing the right of 
 appeal: he was cheered when life was despaired of 
 in the storm by the divine message, 'Fear not, Paul - 
 thou must stand before Caesar' (22 1 : 24); his appeal 
 to Caesar was the topic of the first conversation which 
 he held with the Jews in the city of Rome (28: 17 
 1"9); and he was kept in prison two w^ole years 
 awaiting his trial. Now, if his trial before Caesar had 
 taken place when this book was completed, whether 
 it resulted in acquittal or conviction, it is unaccount- 
 able that the book was closed without a word on the 
 subject. This would have been, not a mere omis- 
 
50 THE NEW TESTAMENT (HURCH 
 
 sion, like many others which we know to have oc- 
 curred in the course of the narrative — the omission 
 of matters the mention of which was not required by 
 the historical context — but the omission of the cul- 
 minating fact to which a long series of events pre- 
 viously mentioned led forward, and concerning which 
 the writer had deliberately awakened the curiosity 
 of his reader. It would be like a drama in which 
 the deepest interest in the sequel of the plot is ex- 
 cited, but which closes just at the point when the 
 sequel would have been the next and the last thing 
 to be witnessed. Or, more pointedly still, it would 
 be like the story of a noted trial, which would give 
 the arrest of the prisoner, his transportation from 
 a distant country to the place of trial, the incidents 
 of a long imprisonment leading up to the very day 
 of the trial, and then closing without a word about 
 the trial itself. Such a narrative was never writ- 
 ten, unless it were some fictitious story thus closing 
 for the very purpose of tantalizing its readers. Such 
 a close to a serious and truthful history is unheard 
 of" (McGarvry) . The natural inference then is that 
 Luke wrote the last of his book just at. the end of 
 the close of the two whole years which he mentions. 
 This would make the date about A. D. 63. 
 
 VI. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOOK 
 
 1. A Continuation of <li«' Gospel According 1<> 
 Luke. — in the Book of Acts. Luke introduces his 
 work as a continuation of previous history. What 
 Jesus began to tlo and to teach, he now goes on to 
 do and to teach (Acts 1:1). 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 51 
 
 2. A Great Missionary Book. — The Book of Acts 
 tells about the preaching of the gospel to the "utter- 
 most parts," as well as in Jerusalem, Judea and Sa- 
 maria. This book shows how the gospel was "'put 
 to the test" and proven to be the power of God unto 
 salvation. 
 
 3. A Manual of Church History. — Dr. Schaff has 
 well said, "The Book of Acts is the best as well as 
 the first manual of church history." It tells of the 
 beginning of the church, of the emancipation of Chris- 
 tianity from Judaism, and of its various trials and 
 triumphs during its first thirty years. 
 
 i. A Gospel of the Holy Spirit. — Dr. Plumptre sug- 
 gestively calls the Book of Acts the "Gospel of the 
 Holy Spirit." In bringing about the conversions and 
 directing the labors recorded in the Book of Acts, the 
 Holy Spirit is the principal actor. It is "undoubtedly 
 a secondary, if not a co-ordinate purpose with the 
 author, to show how this divine power was exerted 
 in compliance with the oft-repeated promise of our 
 Lord." The main body of the book opens with an 
 account of the descent of the Holy Spirit, and from 
 the first to the last it sets forth the work of the 
 apostles and their colaborers as being ever directed 
 by the Spirit who dwelt within them. 
 
 5. The Book Hinges Around Peter and Paul. — 
 In the events preceding the conversion of Paul, Peter 
 is the leader. It is very natural that he should figure 
 prominently in that part of the narrative, as he was 
 the one who was given the "keys of the kingdom" 
 (Matt. 16: 19), and was thus to be the leader at the 
 beginning and during the early experiences of the 
 
52 THE NEW TESTAMEN1 CHURCH 
 
 Church. Pete-, through the conversion of Cornelius, 
 opens the door of the church to the Gentile world. 
 Following this lie drops hack in the standpoint of 
 leadership, and Paul comes forward as the chosen 
 apostle to the Gentile people. 
 
 "Peter, among his own people, in the presence of 
 a mixed, and, at fust, in a great part unsympathetic, 
 audience, before authorities bent on suppressing his 
 testimony, and armed with full power for his de- 
 struction, preaching, working, anxiously meditating, 
 drawn onward to new developments, at first reluc- 
 tantly, with mental struggles and perplexity, but, 
 when once convinced, acting promptly and decisively, 
 meeting persecution unto the death fearlessly, candid 
 in estimating the conduct, generous in supporting 
 the position of an apostle in whom a common man 
 would have recognized an opponent and a rival. Paul, 
 standing on the same level of nobleness, but gifted 
 with transcendent mental powers, with passions both 
 before and after conversion far more easily excited, 
 called on to bear witness to truth once hated before 
 the representatives of all that was evil or prejudiced, 
 ignorant or haughtily intellectual, sensual or arro- 
 gant, ignoble or noble, in the ancient world: on all 
 circumstances showing the same fundamental char- 
 acter, stern, zealous, unshakable, but adapting him- 
 self to all circumstances with a versatility and power 
 of adaptation so marvelous as to have supplied cava- 
 liers with their most effective weapons of assault, 
 but such as supply candid and earnest students with 
 nia! dials for realizing a character unrivaled in its 
 influence upon all regions of spiritual life and thought." 
 
BOOK OF ACTS 53 
 
 (J. This Book Shows the Value of Persecutions. — 
 
 As the direct result of the preaching of Stephen, the 
 first persecution broke out. Stephen himself was the 
 first Christian martyr. His blood was indeed the seed 
 of the church. Following soon after Stephen's death 
 the second persecution broke out, when James, the 
 brother of John, was beheaded by Herod (Acts 12: 
 1, 2), and when Peter was imprisoned and miracu- 
 lously delivered (Acts 12: 3-19). The wind of perse- 
 cution carried the seed of the gospel into all lands. 
 See Acts 5: 17-33; 7: 54-60; 8: 1-5. 
 
 7. Christianity Often Spoken of as "The Way." 
 — Christianity soon came to be looked upon as a 
 mode of life, and not simply a theory or philosophy 
 or creed. Christianity was called "The Way." Saul, 
 the pitiless persecutor, went down to Damascus de- 
 termined "that if he found any that were of the Way, 
 whether men or women, he might bring them bound 
 to Jerusalem" (Acts 9: 2). When Paul was preach- 
 ing in Ephesus he says that some people spoke evil 
 of "The Way" (Acts 19: 9). See also in this con- 
 nection Acts 19: 23; 22: 4; 24: 22. 
 
 8. A World-wide Religion.— In the Book of Acts 
 we learn that Christianity, instead of being a Jew- 
 ish sect, becomes a world-wide religion. "Limited 
 views of God's mercy melted away as the scope and 
 spirit of Christianity became understood." 
 
 9. The Book of Conversions. — The most evident 
 characteristic of the Book of Acts is expressed by 
 the one word conversion. The reader will feel this 
 more keenly by looking up the following records of 
 conversions: 
 
54 THE \i:\V TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 i i ) Three thousand on the day of Pentecost (2: 
 36-47). 
 
 (2') The Samaritans (8: 12). 
 
 (3) The Ethiopian eunuch (8:27-40). 
 
 (4) Saul of Tarsus (9: 1-19). 
 
 (5) Cornelius and his household (10: 1-48). 
 
 (6) Lydia (16: 14-16). 
 
 (7) The jailer at Philippi (16: 25-34). 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. Reasons for believing the Book of Acts to have 
 been written by Luke. 
 
 2. The relation of Luke to Paul. 
 
 3. The sources of Luke's information. 
 
 4. The divisions of the Book of Acts. 
 
 5. Give the purpose of the hook. 
 
 6. The relation of the third Gospel and Hie Book 
 of Acts. 
 
 7. The appropriateness of calling Acts ihe Cospel 
 of the Holy Spirit." 
 
 8. Two men that figure most largely in Ihis hook. 
 
 9. Name two good- results of persecution. 
 
 10. The appropriateness of calling Christianity 
 'The Way." 
 
 11. Why do we call Acts the "Book of Conver- 
 sions"? 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 86 to 91'. inclusive, in the back of 
 this book. 
 
REVIEW 55 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 THE PURPOSE: TO SHOW HOW TO WIN SOULS 
 FOR CHRIST. 
 
 (I. Disc. Of Apos. These fit Luke 
 
 Facts About! 2. Gen. Chris. inese nt L,uke. 
 
 the Author ) 3. Comp. of Paul. Thev do not fit Barnabas, 
 i.4. Man of Culture. Silas, Timothy, Titus. 
 ( ]_ Paul. 
 Sources ( ./ Ph u t ' tile evang. and others. 
 
 (I. Ch. in Jerus. 
 
 Divisions '' 2 * Ch * in Trans - 
 divisions , 3 _ Pau ,! s Pre> Tours . 
 
 1.4. Paul's Impris. Wo. 
 
 I 1, Cont. Gos. Ac. to Luke. 
 
 2. Gre. Miss. Bk. 
 
 3. Man. Ch. Hist. 
 | 4. Gos. Ho. Spi. 
 
 Characteristics-; 5. Bk. Hi. Ar. Pe. and Pa. 
 C. Sho. Val. Pers. 
 
 Chris. Spo. "The Way." 
 W-w. Religion. 
 19. Bk. Conv. 
 
 LESSON VII. 
 
 Review 
 
 In the Review, use Questions 1-1)2 inclusive, in 
 the back of this book. 
 
56 THE NEW TEBTAMEN1 CHURCH 
 
 LESSON VIII. 
 
 The New Testament Church and the 
 
 Name 
 
 I. SCRIPTURAL NAMES 
 
 1. Individual Believers were Called: 
 
 (1) Disciples. The word means a learner. 
 
 "II" any man cornet!) to rue and bateth nol his >>wn fa- 
 ther, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and 
 sisters, vea, and his own life also, be can ool be my dis- 
 ciple" (Luke 14 : 1'ii). 
 
 "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, 
 and bra! • it : and be gave to the disciples, and said, Take, 
 eat: this i s mj body" (Man. 20:26). 
 
 (2) Brethren. This term has reference to the 
 fraternal relationship among the disciples. 
 
 "Hut be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your teacher, 
 and all ye are brethren" (Matt. 23:8). 
 
 "This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, 
 that thai dfsciple should not die" (John 21 : 23). 
 
 (3) Christians. This term, of course, is derived 
 from the word Christ. 
 
 "And It came t i pass that even for a whole year they 
 were gathered together i Ith the church; and taught much 
 people: and t! ;t the disciples wei • called christians first 
 in Antioch" I Acts 11 : 26). 
 
 "And Agrippa said unto Paul. With bu1 little persuasion 
 thou wouldest ; iin make me a Christian" (Acts 26: -8). 
 
 "But if a man suffer as a Christian, let him nol be 
 ashamed: but let him glorify Cod In this name" (l Pet. 
 •! : 16). 
 
 2. An Organization of Disciples was Called: 
 
 (1) A Church. The word means "the called out," 
 With "from the world" implied. 
 
 'And I P.isn say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon 
 this rock i will build my church; and tne gates of Hades 
 shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 10:18). 
 
THE NAME 57 
 
 (2) Churches of Christ. 
 
 "Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches 
 of Christ salute you" (Horn. 10:16). 
 
 (3) Church of God. 
 
 "Unto the church of God which is r.t Corinth, even them 
 that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to he saints, with 
 all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in 
 every place, their Lord and ours" (1 ('or. 1 : 2). 
 
 (4) Church of the Lord. 
 
 "Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock which 
 he purchased with his own Wood" (Acts 20:28). 
 
 3. Jesus Spej " of the Church as "My" Church: 
 
 "Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt. 16:18). 
 
 Repentance and remission of sins are to be 
 
 preached in Christ's name. 
 
 "And that repentance and remission of sins should lie 
 preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from 
 Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47). 
 
 4. Believers are to be Baptized in Christ's Name. 
 
 "And Peter said unto them, Repent ,ve, and be bap- 
 tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto 
 the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift 
 of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). 
 
 5. Salvation is in His Name. 
 
 "And in none other is there salvation : for neither is 
 there any other name under heaven, that is given among 
 men, wherein we must be saved" (Acts 4 : 12). 
 
 II. THE HARM OF WEARING OTHER THAN 
 SCRIPTURAL NAMES 
 
 1. Party Names are Contrary to Scripture. 
 
 "Now this I mean, that each one of you saitb. 1 am 
 of Paul: and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas; and 1 of 
 Christ" ( 1 ('or. l : 12). 
 
 In this passage Paul chides the Christiana at Cor- 
 inth for wearing other names Ihan that of Christ. 
 
58 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 We must remember that it is possible to use the 
 name "Christian" is a sectarian way. This spirit is 
 also condemned by the apostle. 
 
 2. Parly Names .Make and Perpetuate Divisions. 
 
 — Party names serve to create and perpetuate divi 
 sions in the church. Divisions are wrong, and any- 
 thing that tends to foster them is wrung and should 
 be condemned. These different names form a seri 
 ous obstacle to Christian union. A great many peo 
 •pie do not know the doctrines that separate one 
 church from another, but they do know the names 
 are different and they do not want to give them up. 
 Recently a soliciting committee for a church-build- 
 ing enterprise approached a business man in a cer- 
 tain city in Ohio and asked him for $100. He said 
 that he thought $100 was too small an offering for 
 such an enterprise, and that if they would honor 
 Christ by naming the church "Church of Christ," 
 he would make the offering $500. They were un- 
 able to make the arrangement. 
 
 :i. The Great Reformers Condemned Unscrip- 
 tnral Names. — The great reformers of the church, 
 for whom many of our great churches have been 
 named, have been foremost in condemning the prac- 
 tice. "I pray yon," said Luther, "do not call your- 
 selves Lutherans, but Christians. Cease to cling to 
 these party names and distinctions." "Would to 
 God," said Wesley, "that all sectarian names were 
 forgotten." A distinguished preacher said before 
 the American Board, "I have not a dollar to spare 
 in making Congregationalists, but who would not 
 give to mission work to make Christians?" The 
 
THE NAME 59 
 
 name "Christian" is the one name all would be will- 
 ing to wear. We can not all belong to this denomi- 
 nation nor to that one, but we can all be simply 
 Christians. If the Christian life makes us happier 
 and more useful, give Christ the honor by wearing 
 his name. 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 Sermons, by Charles Reign Scoville, Chapter III.; 
 Campaigning for Christ, by J. V. Coombs, Part II., 
 page 49; First Principles, by M. M. Davis, "The 
 Name," page 201. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. The significance of the word disciple. (Let 
 the one who discusses this quote at least three pas- 
 sages of Scripture where this name is used for the 
 followers of Christ.) 
 
 2. The significance of the word brethren. (Give 
 a Scripture where the name is used in reference to 
 the disciples of Christ.) 
 
 3. The significance of the word Christian, -ind its 
 use in the New Testament Scriptures. 
 
 4. Is it. proper to say '•disciple church" f Why not? 
 
 5. Is it Scriptural to write the phrase "disciples 
 of Christ" with a big D? 
 
 6. Scriptural names for the organization of the 
 followers of Christ. 
 
 7. The religious bodies to-day that place upon their 
 local churches unscriptural names. 
 
60 THE. Xi:\\ TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 8. What, the Scriptures have to say concerning un- 
 scriptural names. 
 
 9. The harm of wearing unscriptural names. 
 
 10. The value of wearing Scriptural names. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 93 to 107. inclusive, in hack of this 
 book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. SCRIPTURAL NAMES. II. UNSCRIPTURAL NAMES. 
 i ti,h ( '• Disciples. 
 
 of Disc. (.,_ ( . h ()f , h( , ,, 
 
 2. Make and Perpet. Div. 
 jord. 
 3. Jes. Sp. of Ch. as "my Oh." 3. Gr. Ref. Cond. Them. 
 
 * 
 
 LESSON IX. 
 
 The New Testament Church and the 
 
 Creed 
 
 I. THE MEANING OF THE WORD 
 
 The word "creed" comes 'from the Latin "credo," 
 "I believe;'' hence a man'; creed is what he believes. 
 
 II. ITS IMPORTANCE 
 
 The question of i reed is one of great importance. 
 for the creed dominates the life. He who says i'. 
 does not matter what a man believes so he lives 
 right, is entirely ignoranl of the relation of man'.; 
 
THE CREED 61 
 
 convictions and actions. No man will rise higher 
 than his creed. If his creed be faulty, he will imi- 
 tate its faults. If his creed be perfect, he will ever 
 be nearing perfection. 
 
 III. CHRIST THE CREED 
 
 The Christian's creed, the one thing all are asked 
 to believe, and about which there is to be no differ- 
 ence of opinion, is found in the Bible. Concerning 
 other truths, great liberty of 'opinion is allowed, but 
 concerning this there is to be no diversity of belief. 
 It is the point where the Christian and the non- 
 Christian separate. Peter gives voice to this creed 
 in reply to the Lord's question at Cresarea Philippi: 
 "Whom say ye that I am?" (Matt. 16: 15). Peter re- 
 plies, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 
 God." This is indeed the creed of the Christian 
 Church. "Other foundation can no man lay than 
 that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 
 3:11). Those who would lay other foundations, 
 such as the Nicene Creed, the Westminster Confes- 
 sion of Faith, or the Discipline, threaten the ruin 
 of the superstructure. In Bumming up the purpose 
 of the fourth Gospel, we have these words: "Many 
 other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of 
 the disciples, which are not written in this book; 
 but these are written' that ye may believe thai Jesus 
 is the Christ, the Ron of Cod: and thai believing ye 
 .may have life in bis name" (John 20: 30, 3.1). Again, 
 Paul, tbe bearer of thr gospel to the Gentiles, say?, 
 "I determined not to Know anything among you, uave 
 Jesus Christ, ami him crucified" (1 Cor. 2: 2). Thus 
 
62 THE NEW TESTAMENT (HUNCH 
 
 in all the Bible it is not, "Do you believe in this 
 human creed or in that confession of faith?" but, "Do 
 you believe thai Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
 God?" [f a man preaches Jesus, he preaches the 
 faith. It' he does not preach Jesus, he does not 
 preach the faith; hence that person whom we must 
 preach and that one in whom we must believe is 
 Jesus Christ — he is the creed of tin- New Testament 
 church. 
 
 IV. THE GREATNESS OF THIS CREED 
 
 1. This (iced is Simple. — The youth, as soon as 
 he is old enough to know right from wrong, can 
 know Him and love Him. The uneducated can ac- 
 cepl Him and trust Him. 
 
 2. This (reed is Profound. — He is master of 
 masters. The deepest m,ind can not fathom its 
 depth. 
 
 .'?. This Creed is Comprehensive. — Tt includes the 
 great truths concerning God, his relation to man, 
 and man's relation to man. 
 
 4. This Creed is Divine. — It is God manifest in 
 the flesh. This meets the inherent demands of the 
 soul. 
 
 .">. This <rced is u Pattern. — Christ is our ideal. 
 We become like the tilings we worship. 
 
 (J. This Creed is Capable of Bringing Out the 
 Pest There is in Our Lives. — Cnder Christ's influ- 
 ence the best lives are developed, the greatest joys 
 realized, and the highest destiny secured. 
 
 7. This Creed i-. Universal. — All admit that, what- 
 ever we preach, we, as Christians, must preach Jesus 
 
THE CREED 63 
 
 Christ. He will attract the scientific mind as well 
 as the imaginative and practical. We are on com- 
 mon ground when we kneel at his feet. 
 
 8. This Creed is Perfect. — It is one that needs 
 no revision. It has been held over the blaze of criti- 
 cism, but no flaws have been found. The highest 
 intellects can suggest no improvements. Pilate's an- 
 swer is universal: "I find no fault in him." 
 
 A word to you, dear reader: Can Christ find any 
 unacknowledged faults in you? 
 
 TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 
 
 1. The relation of a man's creed and his actions. 
 
 2. Discuss the statement so often heard, "It mat- 
 ters not what a man believes, so he lives right." 
 
 3. The creed of the New Testament church. 
 
 4. How human creeds have grown up. 
 
 5. How human creeds have retarded the progress 
 of the church. 
 
 6. The disuse of human creeds to-day, giving rea- 
 sons for the same. 
 
 7. The great value of having a personality as a 
 creed rather than a man-made statement of faith. 
 
 8. The so-called "Apostles' Creed:" why it can not 
 be the creed of Hie New Testament church. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 108 to 112. inclusive, in the back of 
 this book. 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 The Great Salvation, by E. V. Zollars, Chapter II. 
 of Appendix; Campaigning for Christ, by J. V. 
 
64 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 Coombs, Pari li., page IT: From Darkness to Light, 
 by various authors, "Prom Man-made ('reeds to the 
 (3od-given Creed," pages L07-9. 
 
 
 BLACKBOARD 
 
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 LESSON X. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 
 Conversion 
 
 I. PRESENT CONFUSION ON THE SUBJECT 
 
 1. Cause of the Confusion. — There is considerable 
 
 confusion in the minds of many Christians on this 
 subject. Nol many, we tear, would he able to define 
 conversion intelligently. Surely an experience so vi- 
 tal to the Christian life and essential to salvation, 
 should be easily understood. The present confusion 
 is due to labored efforts to explain this change in 
 a person's life. It is simple enough if the Bible be 
 allowed to speak I' r itself. 
 
 2. Conversion Nol Miraculous. — An effort has 
 been made to surround conversion with consider- 
 able mystery and super naturalism. When the tans 
 are considered, the experience will be found analo- 
 
CONVERSION 65 
 
 gous to many other experiences of our common life. 
 Conversion is not miraculous. It is not something 
 done for us or upon us in some mysterious way. We 
 shall presently see that all the steps in conversion 
 are to be taken, and must be taken, by the individ- 
 ual himself. It is not something done for him, but 
 something he does for himself. 
 
 3. What Conversion is Not. — Conversion is not 
 necessarily emotional. "Feeling" is no essential part 
 of conversion. There are many people waiting for 
 some peculiar "feeling" as evidence of conversion. 
 Others have experienced feelings and have taken 
 them as evidence of conversion, who are very far 
 from the kingdom. The fallacy lies just here, a 
 peculiar emotional experience is no essential part of 
 conversion. 
 
 II. MEANING OF CONVERSION 
 
 1. Explained by the Scripture. — The Revised Ver- 
 sion saves us the trouble of explaining the word 
 "convert." 
 
 "Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins 
 may be blotted out. that so there may come seasons of re- 
 freshing from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19). 
 
 In King James' Version we have "be converted:' 
 in the Revised Version we have "turn again." The 
 word is almost equivalent to our expression, "Right 
 about face." Can anything be plainer than that? Is 
 your face and life turned away from God, then turn 
 toward him; that is conversion. 
 
 2. The Steps. — The steps in conversion have some- 
 times been described as follows: 
 
66 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 (1) A change of mind. Having once disbelieved, 
 the individual, by hearing or reading the Word, 
 changes his mind and believes. 
 
 (2) A change of will. Having loved the things of 
 this world, the sinner determines or wills to trans- 
 fer his affections to spiritual things. This change 
 of will is called repentance. Belief in Jesus and re- 
 pentance is made known by confession. The prodigal 
 said, "I will arise and go to my father." 
 
 (3) A change of state. Formerly being dead in 
 sin, the individual is now quickened by faith in and 
 repentance toward Christ. This change is beautifully 
 symbolized by baptism. 
 
 (4) The result is a change of life. The whole life 
 is changed, converted, turned again. The fruits of 
 the life are indications of this change. 
 
 "By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather 
 grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?" (Matt. 7:16). 
 
 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
 suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfullness, meekness, self- 
 control ; against such there is no law" (Gal. 5:22, 23). 
 
 III. SCRIPTURE CASES OF CONVERSION 
 
 Keeping in mind the foregoing suggestions, stu- 
 dents are requested to study carefully the following 
 cases of conversion with the aid of the analysis. The 
 first reference is the great commission. 
 
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 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 First Principles, by M. M. Davis, Chapters VII., 
 Villi., IX., XL; Campaigning for Christ, by J. V. 
 Coombs, "Confession," page 48; "Repentance," page 
 167, and "What Must I Do to be Saved?" page 164; 
 Sermons, by Charles Reign Scoville, Chapter VII.; 
 The Gospel Preacher, by Benjamin Franklin, Vol. I., 
 Sermons II., VI., XIV.; Vol. II., Sermon IV; Seek- 
 ing the Old Paths, by Robert Moffett, Chapters XII., 
 XIV. and XV.; The Great Salvation, by E. V. Zollars, 
 Chapters VI., VII. and VIII.; From Darkness to Light, 
 by various authors, "How Does a Man Get Religion'" 
 page 34; "The Confusion Brought About by the 
 Mourner's Bench," page 32; "The Unscripturalness 
 of "Roman Catholicism,' " pages 79-88; "The Story of 
 How I Came to Christ," pages 113-120; "The Value of 
 Having a Definite Answer when One "Wants to be a 
 Christian," pages 197-203. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS 
 DISCUSSION 
 
 1. Why there is so much confusion concerning con- 
 version. 
 
 2. How may a man know that he is converted? 
 
 3. What does the word "convert" mean? 
 
 4. Give a description of the conversion of the 
 three thousand on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 
 14-42). 
 
 5. Give an account of the conversion of the Ethio- 
 pian eunuch (Acts 8: 2«-40). 
 
 6. Give an account ot the conversion of Paul (Acts 
 9: 22, 26). 
 
BAPTISM 69 
 
 7. Name and describe the steps in conversion. 
 S. Discuss the "mourner's-bench" or "anxious-seat" 
 plan. 
 
 9. Why should an invitation to accept Christ be 
 given when each gospel message is preached? 
 
 10. The value of having definite Scriptural answers 
 for those seeking to become Christians. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions IIP. to 122, inclusive, in the back of 
 this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. PRES. CONFUSION. II. MEANING OF CON- 
 
 1. Cause of conf. VERSION. 
 
 2. Conv. not Mirac. 1. Ex. by Scripture. 
 
 3. What conv. is not. 2. The Steps. 
 
 III. SCRIP. CASES OF CONVERSION. 
 
 *- 
 
 LESSON XI. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 Baptism 
 
 There are two ordinances observed by the New 
 Testament church — baptism and the Lord's Supper. 
 The former is to be observed only once by every 
 Christian; the latter is to be observed every first day 
 of the week. 
 
 I. THE PLACE OF CHRISTIAN BAPTISM 
 
 1. Baptism is in the Great Commission. 
 
 "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the na- 
 tions, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of 
 
70 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 the Son and of the Holy Spirit : teaching them to observe 
 all things whatsoever I commanded you : and lo, I am with 
 you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28: 
 19, 20). 
 
 "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to 
 the whole creation. He that believeth and is baptized shall 
 be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned" 
 (Mark 16: 15, 16). 
 
 2. At the Close of the First Gospel Sermon Chris- 
 tian Baptism was Commanded. 
 
 "And Peter said unto them, Repent ye. and be bap- 
 tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the 
 remission of your sins ; and ye shall receive the gift of 
 the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). 
 
 3. Christian Baptism is One of the Steps in Be- 
 coming a Christian. 
 
 "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins ; 
 and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 
 2:38). 
 
 "And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from 
 this scripture, preached unto him Jesus. And as they 
 went on the way, they came unto a certain water ; and the 
 eunuch saith, Behold, here is water : what doth hinder me 
 to be baptized? And he commanded the chariot to stand 
 still : and they both went down into the water, both Philip 
 and the eunuch ; and he baptized him. And when they 
 came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught 
 away Philip ; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he 
 went on his way rejoicing" (Acts 8: 35-39). 
 
 "And many* of the Corinthians hearing believed, and 
 were baptized" (Acts 18 : 8). 
 
 II. FORM OF THE ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM 
 
 1. Forms Not Mentioned. — The New Testament 
 says nothing about, forms of baptism. 
 
 2. The Meaning of the Word. — The Greek word 
 baptizo means to immerse, to submerge, to dip, but 
 no Greek scholar in any century ever translated it 
 to sprinkle, or to pour. 
 
 3. How the Change was Made. — There was no dis- 
 pute in the New Testament church about this. The 
 
BAPTISM 71 
 
 change in form originated through the Roman Cath- 
 olic Church, and was copied by Protestants. Read 
 history's record. 
 
 The first law of sprinkling was obtained in the 
 following manner: Pope Stephen II., being driven 
 from Rome by Adolphus, King of Lombards, in 753, 
 fled to Pepin, who, a short time before, had usurped 
 the crown of France. While he remained there the 
 monks of Cressy, in Brittany, consulted him, wheth 
 er, in case of necessity, baptism by poairing on the 
 head of an infant would be lawful. Stephen replied 
 that it would, yet pouring and sprinkling were not 
 allowed except in cases of necessity. 
 
 It was not till the year 1311 that the legislature, 
 in a council held at Ravenna, declared immersion 
 or sprinkling to be indifferent. In Scotland, how- 
 ever, sprinkling was never practiced, in ordinary 
 cases, until after the Reformation — about the mid- 
 dle of the sixteenth century. From Scotland it made 
 its way into England, in the reign of Elizabeth, but 
 was not authorized in the Established Church. (Art. 
 "Baptism," in Edinburgh Encyclopedia.) 
 
 Reader, do you want to follow the dictates of the 
 Roman Catholic Church, or will you obey Christ's 
 command and observe this ordinance as Christ Jesus 
 has given it to us? Choose you whom you will 
 serve — the Pope or Christ. This is not a matter of 
 personal preference; it is a question of loyalty to 
 Jesus the Christ, the Son of God and our Saviour. 
 
7- THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 III. PREREQUISITES OF BAPTISM 
 lo Faith. 
 
 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he 
 that disbelieveth shall be condemned" (Mark 16:16). 
 
 2. Repentance. 
 
 "Repent ye, and lie baptized every one of you In the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins ; 
 and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 
 2: 38). 
 
 3. Confession. 
 
 "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, 
 and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from 
 the dead, thou shalt be saved" (Rom. 10:9). 
 
 "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, 
 God abideth in him, and he in God" (1 John 4: 15). 
 
 "Every one therefore who shall confess me before men. 
 him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven" 
 (Matt. 10:32). 
 
 Note. — Since faith, repentance and confession are 
 prerequisites of baptism, an infant can not be Scrip- 
 turally baptized. Aside from being impossible, it is 
 wrong to even go through the form, because those 
 who do, are doing something in the name of Jesus 
 about which Jesus says nothing, and for which he 
 gives neither example nor command. 
 
 IV. PURPOSE OF BAPTISM 
 
 1. Not Mere Physical Act. — Baptism, coupled with 
 faith, and repentance, is for the remission of Bins. 
 It is not a mere physical act, but is always connected 
 with the burial and resurrection of Christ. Viewing 
 baptism psychologically, as well as Biblically, it has 
 a place in the Christian lite. (John 3:5; Mark 16: 
 16; R«m. 6: 4, 5; 1 Pet. 3: 21.) 
 
BAPTISM 73 
 
 2. Conditions of Receiving the Gift of the Holy 
 Spirit. — After we have believed on Jesus Christ, re- 
 pented of our sins, confessed Christ before men and 
 been baptized, we have put on Christ, and then, 
 and not until then, can we Scripturally be called 
 Christians. Upon doing this we receive the gift of 
 the Holy Spirit. 
 
 "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto tbe remission of your sins; 
 and ye shall receive the gift of the Hoiy Spirit" (Acts 
 2: 38). 
 
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 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 A Great Cloud of Wit7iesses, by L. C. Wilson; 
 Immersion, by John T. Christian; On the Rock, by 
 David R. Dungan; The Gospel Preacher, by Benjamin 
 Franklin, "The Action of Baptism," page 149, Vol. 
 II.; Campaigning for Christ, by J. V. Coombs, Chap- 
 ters III. and IV., Part II.; The Great Salvation, by 
 E. V. Zollars, Chapter IX.; First Principles, by M. 
 M. Davis, Chapters XII., XIII. and XIV.; Commen- 
 tary on Acts, by J. W. McGarvey, Part II., Excursus 
 A, pages 243-262 ; From Darkness to Light, by va- 
 rious authors, "Water Salvation," pages 25, 26. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. The value of ordinances. 
 
 2. Compare the form of service in the Old Testa- 
 ment institutions with those of the church. 
 
 3. The places of baptism and the preaching of the 
 gospel. 
 
 4. Baptism as a direct command. 
 
 5. Why is the New Testament silent concerning 
 so-called forms of baptism? 
 
 6. Why has there never been a serious debate on 
 the question, "Is immersion Christian baptism?" 
 
 7. Name the prerequisites of Christian baptism. 
 
 8. What is the purpose of Christian baptism? 
 
 9. The origin of sprinkling and pouring? 
 
 10. Give reasons for so-called "infant baptism." 
 
 11. Is it possible to make too much of baptism? 
 How? 
 
76 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 11'. Will any Christian doubt your baptism if you 
 have been immersed? Why not? 
 
 13. Will any Christian doubt your baptism if you 
 have been sprinkled? 
 
 I !. Why is a Christian willing to risk bis hope of 
 eternity on a doubt, when he can be sure? 
 
 15. What can you say about baptism as a mere 
 physical act? 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 123 to 136, inclusive, in the back 
 of this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. PLACE OF CHRIST. BAPTISM. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 III. PREREQUISITES. 
 
 1. Great Com. 
 
 2. Com. at cl. of fl. ros. ser. 
 
 3. Step in becom. Christ. 
 
 1. Faith. 
 
 2. Repentance. 
 
 3. Confession. 
 
 II. FORM OF OHIMNAM K. 
 
 IV. PURPOSE. 
 
 1. Ko. not men. I 
 
 2. Mean. <if wora. 2 
 8, Bow ch. was made. 
 
 Not mere phys. art. 
 Con. of rec. Ho. spi. 
 
 1 
 
 LESSON XII. 
 
 The New Testament Church and the 
 
 Lord's Supper 
 
 I. THE NAMES 
 
 This ordinance has been variously called the Lord's 
 Supper, Eucharist, Sacramenl and Communion. 
 
 I. "The Lord's Supper," in honor of Him who in- 
 stituted it. 
 
THE LORDS SUPPER 77 
 
 2. "Eucharist," meaning thanksgiving, or an ex- 
 pression of gratitude. 
 
 3. "Sacrament," meaning an oath or pledge. 
 
 4. "Communion," meaning felllowship in which 
 the two ideas of contributing and receiving mingle. 
 
 Of these terms, "The Lord's Supper" and "Com- 
 munion" are the only ones used in the New Testa- 
 ment. 
 
 II. ITS PURPOSE 
 
 1. A Memorial. — According to Paul, Christ re- 
 quested that as often as the disciples partook of the 
 communion, that they do it in remembrance of him. 
 
 "In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This 
 cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as 
 ye drink it, in remembrance of me." 
 
 In order to comply with this request, every dis- 
 ciple's mind should be occupied with some words 
 of Christ's or some scene in his 1 life while the ordi- 
 nance is being observed. 
 
 2. A Communion. 
 
 "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a com- 
 munion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, 
 is it not a communion of the body of Christ?" (1 Cor. 
 10: 16). 
 
 It is not a communion with one another, but with 
 Christ. The idea of fellowship is emphasized by the 
 marginal reading of the American Revised Version. 
 "A participation in." Evidently the thought in Paul's 
 mind is, that in this ordinance we enter into sym- 
 pathetic fellowship with Christ in all his efforts for 
 man's salvation. It means that we accept these 
 blessings for ourselves, and we are ready to join 
 him in carrying them to others. 
 
7S THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 3. To Fortify Character. — In the faithful observ- 
 ance of this institution as a memorial and com- 
 munion, Christian character is established. This 
 certainly is the inevitable result of a constantly re- 
 freshed memory and a permanent realization of the 
 incalculable benefits of Christ's life, death and res- 
 urrection. 
 
 By an abuse of the ordinance there were some who 
 were sick, and some had even died in the time of 
 Paul. It can be safely said that by the abuse of 
 spiritual things the spiritual life is impoverished. 
 
 III. WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTAKE 
 
 1. All Christians. — Compare 1 Cor. 11: 23 and 
 1 Cor. 1:1, 2. 
 
 "For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered 
 unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he 
 was betrayed took bread" (1 Cor. 11 : 23). 
 
 "Paul, railed to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through 
 the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church 
 of God which is at Corinth, even them that are Banctlfled 
 In Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon 
 the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their 
 Lord and ours" (1 Cor. 1:1, 2). 
 
 In the first passage Paul says: "I have received 
 from the Lord that which I deliver unto you" — the 
 persons to whom he was writing. Who were these 
 persons? Reading the second reference, we find that 
 they were: "The saints in Corinth, together with 
 all who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." 
 
 2. Each Must Decide. — Each must decide for him- 
 self his right to partake. He must always take into 
 consideration his spiritual condition. No church or 
 council has the right to determine who shall or who 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER 79 
 
 shall not partake. Every man shall prove himself 
 
 and then partake. 
 
 "But lei :i 111,111 prove himself, and so let him eat of the 
 bread, and driuk of the cup" (1 Cor. 11:28). 
 
 3. Danger in Abuse. 
 
 "But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the 
 bread, and drink of the cup. lor he that eateth and 
 drinketh, eateth and drinketh Judgment unto himself, if 
 he discern not the body" (1 Cor. 11:28, 29). 
 
 IV. ITS FREQUENCY 
 
 1. Prominent in the Early Church. — The Lord's 
 Supper was a prominent part of the worship of the 
 early disciples. 
 
 "And they continued steifastly in the apostles' teaching 
 and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers" 
 (Acts 2: 42). 
 
 2. Every Lord's Day. — By comparing the follow- 
 ing we discover that when the disciples met, it was 
 to partake of the Lord's Supper, and we know it 
 was their custom to meet every first day of the week. 
 In those days the supper was the main part of the 
 worship; the sermon was secondary. 
 
 "And upon the first day of the week, when we were 
 gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with 
 them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged 
 his speech until midnight" (Acts 20:7). 
 
 '"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I 
 gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. Upon 
 the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in 
 store, as he mav prosper, that no collections be made when 
 I come" (1 Cor. 16 : 1, 2). 
 
 3. The Change. — For the first seven hundred 
 years the disciples continued to observe the ordi- 
 nance weekly. John Calvin called the change "a 
 contrivance of the devil." John Wesley, advised that 
 the table be spread. each week. 
 
80 THE NEW TEBTAMENT CHI RCE 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND DISCUSSION 
 
 1. Why is the Lord's Supper so called? 
 
 2. Why is the Lord's Supper called eucharistf 
 
 3. Why is it called the sacrament* 
 
 4. Why is it called communion? 
 
 5. How often is the Lord's Supper to be observed? 
 
 6. How about the members of the Christian church 
 that only observe the Lord's Supper once a month 
 or once in two months; that is, those that have little 
 or no excuse to stay away from the Lord's Supper 
 week after week? 
 
 7. Who are eligible to partake of the Lord's Sup- 
 per? 
 
 8. What do you mean by the phrase "close com- 
 munion'.' 
 
 t». What are some of the dangers in abusing the 
 observance of the Lord's Supper? 
 
 10. Explain in your own words the significance 
 of the ordinance. 
 
 11. What spiritual benefits may be received from 
 the Lord's Supper? 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 137 to 145, inclusive, in the back 
 of this book. 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 sermons, by Charles Reign Scoville, Chapter III.; 
 The Lord's Supper, by John L. Brandt. 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT 81 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. THE NAMES. III. WHO ARE ELIGIBLE 
 
 1. The Lord's Supper. TO PARTAKE. 
 
 2. Eucharist. 1. All Christians. 
 
 3. Sacrament. 2. Ea. Mu. Decide. 
 
 4. Communion. 3. Dang, in Abuse. 
 
 II. PURPOSE. IV. ITS FREQUENCY. 
 
 1. Memorial. 1. Prom, in Ea. Ch. 
 
 2. Communion. 2. Ev. Lo. Day. 
 
 3. To Fort. Char. 3. Change. 
 
 LESSON XIII. 
 
 The New Testament Church and the 
 Holy Spirit 
 
 The term "'Holy Spirit" is used in the New Testa- 
 ment no less than sixty-six times, and the terms 
 "Spirit" and "Spirit of God" are frequently used. In 
 this study we give just a few important facts. The 
 students who wish to go more thoroughly into the 
 subject will find all passages referring thereto in 
 any good concordance. 
 
 I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON 
 
 1. The Holy Spirit is One with the Father and 
 Son. 
 
 "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, 
 baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the 
 Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28 : 19). 
 
 "But th<' Cdinforter, (§ven the Holy Spirit, whom the 
 Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
 and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you" 
 (John 14:26). 
 
82 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 2. The Holy Spirit is a Comforter. 
 
 "And hope puttotli not to shame; because the love of 
 God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy 
 Spirit which was given unto us" (Rom. 5:5). 
 
 "But if vc are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the 
 law" (Gal. 5: 18). 
 
 3. The Holy Spirit is a Guide. — He guided the 
 apostles into all truth by bringing to their remem- 
 brance all that Jesus taught them, and thus brought 
 the truth of Jesus before the minds of men. 
 
 "These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abid- 
 ing with you. Bur the Comforter, crcn the Holy Spirit, 
 whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach 
 you all things, and bring to jour remembrance all that 
 I said unto you" (John 14: 1.">-2G). 
 
 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for 
 you that I go away; for If 1 go not away, t ho Comforter 
 will not come unto you ; but if I go, I will send him unto 
 you. And lie, when he is come, will convict the world in 
 respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of 
 sin. because they believe not on me : of righteousness, be- 
 cause I go i the Father, and ye behold me no more: of 
 judgment, because the prince of this world hath been 
 judged" (John lti : 7-11). 
 
 4. The Holy Spirit May be Resisted. 
 
 "Ye stiffuecked and unclrcumclsed in heart and ears, ye 
 do always resist the Holy Spirit : as your fathers did, so 
 do ye" (Acts 7 : 51). 
 
 5. The Holy Spirit May bo Grieved. 
 
 "And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye 
 were sealed unto the day of redemption" ( Eph. 4:30). 
 "Quench not the Spirit" (1 Thcss. 5:10). 
 
 II. THREE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY 
 SPIRIT 
 
 The baptism with (ho Holy Spirit, the extraordi- 
 nary gift of the Holy Spirit that the apostles were 
 able to bestow, and the ordinary gift or indwelling 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT 83 
 
 of the Holy Spirit that we are promised from God, 
 should be gotten clearly in mind. 
 
 1. The Baptism with the Holy Spirit.— The bap- 
 tism with the Holy Spirit was a miraculous mani- 
 festation. It only occurred twice. First, on the day 
 of Pentecost, which marks the beginning of the Chris- 
 tian church. 
 
 '•And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and 
 began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
 utterance" (Acts 2:4). 
 
 The second, in the household of Cornelius, which 
 marks the beginning of the spread of the gospel 
 among the Gentiles. 
 
 •'While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell 
 on all them that heard the word. And they of the circum- 
 cision that believed were amazed, as many as came with 
 Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the 
 gift of the Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with 
 tongues, and magnify God" (Acts 10:44-46). 
 
 The manifest purpose of these miraculous mani- 
 festations was to endow the apostles for their work, 
 and to confirm the message that they were to deliver. 
 We are not promised the baptism with the Holy 
 Spirit to-day. 
 
 2. The Extraordinary Gift of the Holy Spirit. — 
 The gift of the Holy Spirit which the apostles were 
 able to bestow was an extraordinary gift, and was 
 different from the baptism with the Holy Spirit. The 
 latter was from heaven, but the former was given 
 by the laying on of hands and prayer. 
 
 "Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard 
 that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto 
 them Peter and John : who, when they were come down, 
 prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit : 
 for as yet it was fallen upon none of them : only they had 
 been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they 
 
84 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy 
 Spirit" (Acts 8: 14-17). 
 
 "And when l'aul had laid his hands upon them, the 
 Holy Spirit came on them ; and they spake with tongues, 
 and prophesied" (Acts 19:<!). 
 
 "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given 
 thee by prophecy, with the laying on or the hands of the 
 presbytery" (1 Tim. 4:14). 
 
 These gifts, sometimes called secondary gifts in 
 comparison with the baptism with the Holy Spirit, 
 were confined to the apostolic age. 
 
 3. The Ordinary Gift of the Holy Spirit.— The 
 ordinary gift or indwelling of the Holy Spirit that 
 is promised to each Christian, is that which mani- 
 fests itself by the fruits of the Spirit. Peter said: 
 "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your 
 sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" 
 (Acts 2: 38). Peter further testifies: "And we are 
 witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, 
 whom God hath given to them that obey him" (Acts 
 5: 32). "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, 
 meekness, temperance; against such there is no law" 
 (Gal. 5: 22, 23). 
 
 III.. THE OPERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 IS THROUGH THE WORD; i. e., THE BIBLE 
 
 The Word is the effective instrument for reaching 
 men. "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our 
 spirit, that we are children of God" (Rom. 8: 16). 
 This witness is borne through the Word. The Spirit 
 says (through the Word), "Believe"; my spirit says, 
 "I do believe." The Spirit says (through the Word), 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT 85 
 
 "Repent"; my spirit says, "I have repented." The 
 Spirit says, "Confess Christ"; my spirit says, "I have 
 confessed him." The Spirit says, "Be baptized"; 
 my spirit says, "I have been baptized." The Spirit 
 says, "Live an earnest, Christlike life"; my spirit 
 says, "I am striving to live an earnest, Christlike 
 life." Hence the Spirit himself beareth witness with 
 my spirit that 1 am a child of God, an heir of God, 
 and a joint-heir with Christ. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. How does the Spirit guide us into all truth? 
 
 2. Explain the difference between the baptism with 
 the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Holy Spirit that 
 the apostles were able to bestow. 
 
 3. Explain the difference between the baptism with 
 the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Holy Spirit prom- 
 ised to every obedient disciple? 
 
 4. How may we know that we are children of God? 
 
 5. When does a person receive the gift of the Holy 
 Spirit? 
 
 6. What part does the Holy Spirit have in conver-. 
 si on? 
 
 7. Describe the Holy Spirit in so far as the Scrip- 
 tures explain who he is. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 146 to 149, inclusive, in the back 
 of this book. 
 
86 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 On the Rock, by David R. Dungan, pages 199-208; 
 Set king the Old Paths, by Robert Moffett, Chapter 
 IV.; Campaigning for Christ, by J. V. Coombs, Chap- 
 ter VI., pages 193-6; The Great Saltation, by E. V. 
 Zollars, Chapter X.; McGarveyis Commentary on Acts, 
 Part I., page 39; Part II., page 142. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON. II. THREE MANIFES- 
 
 1. One wi. Fa. and Son. TATION8. 
 
 2. Comforter. 1. Bap. wi. Ho. Spi. 
 
 3. Guide. 2. Ex. Gi. of Ho. 8pi. 
 i. May be Resisted. 3. Ord. Gi. of Ho. Spi. 
 6. May be Grieved. 
 
 III. OPERATION IS THROUGH THE BIBLE. 
 
 LESSON XIV. 
 
 The New Testament Church and Or- 
 ganization 
 
 Christ's plan is to save the world by the preaching 
 of the gospel. 
 
 "(in ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, 
 "baptizing them Into the name of the Father and of the Son 
 and of the Holy Spirit ; teaching them to observe all things 
 whatsoever I commanded you : and, lo, I am with you al- 
 ways, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28:19, 20). 
 
 To carry out this plan there must be some organi- 
 zation. This organization is the church, and, as 
 all organizations, it must have officers. This organi- 
 zation is simple, and is a model for all ages. 
 
ORGAMZATION 87 
 
 I. THE CHURCH AND ITS WORK 
 
 1. Its Purpose. — The church is a band of Chris- 
 tians organized for worship and work. 
 
 2. The Meaning of the Word. — The word 
 "church" is ekklesia in Greek, and means "called 
 out." 
 
 3. Power Within. — It is self-controlled, self- 
 supported and self-extended. 
 
 4. Its Twofold Purpose. — It must win souls to 
 Christ and train and care for those who have been 
 won to him. 
 
 If. THE CHURCH AND THE RELATION OF ITS 
 OFFICERS AND OTHER MEMBERS 
 
 1. No Masters and Servants. — In the church there 
 is small distinction between the officers, which in- 
 clude the minister, and other members. 
 
 ••Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, 
 even the Christ" (Matt. 2:::lo>. 
 
 "But we beseech you. brethren, to know them that labor 
 among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish 
 you' (1 Thess. 5 : 12). 
 
 2. The Measure of Success. — The distinction is 
 that of service. By their fruits ye shall know them 
 
 III. THE CHURCH AND ITS BEGINNING 
 
 1. On the Day of Pentecost. — The church began 
 on the day of Pentecost following the ascension of 
 Christ. 
 
 ••They then that received his wind were baptized : and 
 there were added tuitti Thou in that day about three thou- 
 sand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' 
 teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the 
 prayers* (Acts 2: 41, 42). 
 
88 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 2. Spoken of as in the Future. — In the third 
 year of Christ's ministry he spoke of the church as 
 in the future. 
 
 "Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philip- 
 pi, lie asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the 
 Son of man is? And tney said. Some say John the Baptist; 
 some, Elijah ; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 
 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? And 
 Simon l'eter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the 
 Son of the living Uod. And Jesus answered and said unto 
 him. Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and 
 blood hath not revealed it unto thee, hut my Father who is 
 in. heaven. And 1 also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, 
 and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates 
 of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee 
 the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever thou 
 shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what 
 soever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 
 Then charged he the disciples thai they should tell no man 
 that he was the Christ" (Matt. 16: 13-20). 
 
 3. Spoken of as in the Past. — After Pentecost, 
 following the resurrection, the church is spoken of as 
 already in existence. 
 
 "And the Lord added to them day by day those that 
 were saved" (Acts 2:47t. 
 
 IV. THE CHURCH AND ITS OFFICERS 
 
 1. Christ the Head. 
 
 "And he put all things in subjection under his feet, and 
 gave him to be head over all 1 lungs to the church" (Eph. 
 1 : 22 | . 
 
 "And lie is the head of the body, the church : who is the 
 beginning, the Srstborn from the dead: that in all things 
 he might have t lie pre-eminence" (Col. 1:18). 
 
 (1) Corner-stone. 
 
 "Because it is contained in Scripture, 
 
 Behold. I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, elect, pre- 
 cious : • 
 And be thai believeth on him shall n.d he put t« 
 shame" 1 1 Pet 2 : 6). 
 
 /2.) Foundation. 
 
ORGANIZATION 89 
 
 "For other foundation can no man lay than that which 
 is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 3: 11). 
 
 2. Apostles. 
 
 (1) Chosen and trained by Christ. 
 
 "And when it was day, lie called his disciples ; and he 
 those from them twelve, whom he also named apostles*' 
 (Luke 6: 13). 
 
 (2) Qualifications: (a) Witnesses of the risen Sa- 
 viour, (b) Given miraculous power. 
 
 The apostles had no successors. 
 
 3. Prophets. 
 
 They were inspired teachers. 
 
 "Now in these days there came down prophets from 
 Jerusalem unto Antioch" (Acts 11:27). 
 
 "Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was 
 there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that 
 was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the 
 foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they 
 ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said. 
 Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I 
 have called them" (Acts 13:1, 2). 
 
 The prophets had no successors. We have an in- 
 spired book as our rule of faith and practice. 
 
 4. Evangelists. 
 
 "And on the morrow we departed and came unto Caesarea : 
 and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who 
 was one of the seven, we abode with him" (Acts 21 : 8). 
 
 "And he gave some to be apostles ; and some, prophets ; 
 and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers" 
 (Eph. 4 : 11). 
 
 "But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardsb'p, do the 
 work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry" (2 Tim. 4:5). 
 
 An evangelist is a bearer of good news. Every 
 Christian is an evangelist. 
 
 5. Deacons. 
 
 (1) Qualifications. 
 
90 THE A'A'U TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 "Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double- 
 tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 
 holding the mystery of the faith In a pure conscience. And 
 lei these also flrsl be proved; then Ie1 themi si'rve as 
 deacons, [f they be blameless. Women in like manner must 
 in grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 
 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children 
 ami their own houses well. For they thai have served well 
 as deacons gain t<> themselves a good standing, and greal 
 boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus" il Tim. •'! . 
 8-13). 
 
 (2) Duties: (a) Serve tables (Acts 6: 2). Here 
 we have mentioned the first deacons, (b) Look after 
 the i temporal welfare of the church. 
 
 "Now in these days, when the number of the disciples 
 was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian 
 Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neg 
 lected in the daily ministration. And the twelve called th<' 
 multitude of the disciples unto them, and said. It is not 
 lii thai we should forsake the word of God, and serve 
 tables. Look ye oul therefore, brethren, from among you 
 seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, 
 whom we may appoint over this business. But we will con 
 tinue steadfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word. 
 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose 
 Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy spirit, and 
 
 Philip, and I'rochorus, and Nici r, and Timon, and Par 
 
 menas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch; whom they sel 
 before the apostles: and when they bad prayed, they laid 
 their hands upon them i Acts G : l 6). 
 
 (3) Reward: "Good standing and great boldness 
 in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." 
 
 "For they thai have served well as deacons gain to them- 
 selves a good standing, and ureal boldness in the faith 
 which is in Chrisl Jesus" il Tim. :: : 13). 
 
 i 1) Meaning of Word. The Greek won] translated 
 "deacon" signifies servant, and is so translated. 
 
 "But he thai is greatest among von shall be your Berv 
 ant" i Matt. 23 : 11). 
 
 "If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where l 
 
 am. there shall als y servant he: if any man serve me 
 
 him will do- Father honor" (John 12:26), 
 
 Also translated "minister." 
 
ORGANIZATION 91 
 
 "But it is not so among you : but whosoever would be- 
 come great among you, shall be your minister" (Mark 10: 
 43). 
 
 "What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers 
 through whom ve believed ; and each as the Lord gave to 
 him" (1 Cor. 3 :•">). 
 
 "And sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in 
 the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you 
 concerning your faith" (1 Thess. :i : 2). 
 
 (5) Note also the church at Cenchreae had a dea- 
 coness : 
 
 "I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant 
 St the church that is at Cenchme" (Rom. 16 : 1- — R. V. 
 margin). 
 
 6. Elders. 
 
 • (1) Other names: Bishop, presbyter, overseer, pas- 
 tor. 
 
 "And he gave some to be apostles ; and some, prophets ; 
 and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers" 
 (Eph. 4:11). 
 
 (2) Qualifications: 
 
 "Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a 
 bishop, he desireth a good work. The bishop therefore must 
 be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, 
 soberrminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 
 no brawler, no striker ; but gentle, not contentious, no lover 
 of money ; one that ruleth well his own house, having hit 
 children in subjection with all gravity; (but if a man know- 
 eth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care 
 of the church of God?) not a novice, lest being puffed up 
 he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he 
 must have good testimony from them that are without ; 
 lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil" (1 
 Tim. 3: 1-7). 
 
 "For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest 
 set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint 
 elders in every city, as I gave thee charge ; if any man is 
 blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that be- 
 lieve, who are not accused of riot or unruly. For the 
 bishop must be blameless, as God's steward ; not self-willed. 
 not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy 
 lucre ; but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, 
 just. holy, self-controlled ; holding to the faithful word 
 which is according to the teaching, that he may be able 
 both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the 
 gafnsayers" (Tit 1:5-9). 
 
92 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 (3) Duties; (a) Watch themselves. 
 
 "Take heed unto yourselves, and t<> all the flock, in 
 which the Holy spirit hath made you bishops, to teed the 
 church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood" 
 (Acts 20: 28), 
 
 (ft) Set a good example. 
 
 "Neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, 
 but making y< urselves ensamples to the flock' - (l Pet. 5 : 3). 
 
 (c) Teach and exhort. 
 
 "Holding to the faithful word which is according to the 
 teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound 
 doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. 
 
 "For there are many unruly men. vain talkers and de- 
 ceivers, specially they of the eircumcision, whose mouths 
 must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teach- 
 ing things which they ought nol for tilt 1 > v lucre's sake" 
 (Tit. 1 : 9-11 )>. 
 
 (cl) Visit the sick. 
 
 "Is an.\ among you sick? let him call for the elders of 
 the church : and let them pray over him, anointing him with 
 oil in the name of the Lord" (Jas. 5:14). 
 
 (e) Oversee the flock. 
 
 '"rend the tlock of God which is among you. exercising 
 the oversight, not of constraint, hut willingly, according to 
 tlic will of God; no1 yel tor filthy lucre, but of a ready 
 mind" it Pet. 5 : 2). 
 
 "Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the (lock, in 
 which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the 
 church of the Lord which he inn-chased with his own blood" 
 (Acts 20: 38). 
 
 (4 i Beioard: Crown of Glory. 
 
 "And when the chief shepherd shall be manifested, ye 
 shall receive the crown of glory that t'adeth nol away" (1 
 Pet. 5: 1 1. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. What is the church? 
 
 2. Does the New Testament make any distinction 
 between the minister and other disciples? 
 
ORGANIZATION 93 
 
 3. Who were the apostles? Have they any suc- 
 cessors? 
 
 4. Who were the prophets? Have they any suc- 
 cessors? 
 
 5. Describe the work of an evangelist. 
 
 6. Tell the qualifications and duties of a deacon. 
 
 7. Tell the qualifications and duties of an elder. 
 
 8. What other names are used to describe the office 
 of an elder? 
 
 9. What is the modern pastor — an elder or deacon, 
 or both? 
 
 10. Should an elder be a Bible-school teacher? 
 
 11. Who should constitute the "official board"? 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 150 to 155, inclusive, in the back of 
 this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. CHURCH AND ITS III. CHURCH AND ITS 
 
 WORK. BEGINNING. 
 
 1. Its Pur. 1. On the Day of Pentecost. 
 
 2. Mean, of Word. 2. Spoken of as in the Future. 
 
 3. Pow. within. 2. Spoken of as in the Past. 
 
 4. Twofold Pur. 
 
 IV. CHURCH AND 
 II. CHURCH— RELATION OFFICES. 
 
 OF OFF., ETC. x> Christ, the Head 
 
 1. No. Mas. and Ser. 2. Apostles. 
 
 2. Meas. of Sue. 8. Prophets. 
 
 4. Evangelists. 
 
 5. Deacons. 
 
 6. Elders. 
 
94 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 LESSON XV. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 Finances 
 
 The whole life and teachings of Jesus are filled 
 with the spirit of giving. His unselfish life, his 
 sacrificial death, his altruistic teachings, have given 
 us a new conception of man, his life's work and 
 his possessions. The Christian is taught that he is 
 responsible to God for everything that he possesses. 
 A Christian is never to lose sight of Christ. He 
 must buy his clothes as a Christian. He must fur- 
 nish his table as a Christian. He must buy his books 
 as a Christian. In other words, the Christian is just 
 as much responsible for the use of the dollar that 
 he spends for a pair of gloves as he is for the one 
 he gives to Foreign Missions. 
 
 1. Giving is a Duty. — It is a definite part of the 
 Christian life. 
 
 "Bui as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utter- 
 ance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your 
 love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also" (2 Cor. 
 8:7). 
 
 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of 
 God, to preseni your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept- 
 able to Sod, which is your spiritual service" (Rom. 12:1). 
 
 "And Jesus looking upon him loved him. and saith unto 
 him, One thing thou lackesl : go scfll whatsoever thou bast, 
 and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure In 
 heaven: and rome, follow me" (Mark 10:21). 
 
 "Upon bhe first day of the week let each one of you 
 lay by him In store, as be may prosper, that no collections 
 be made when l come" (1 Cor, 18: 2i. 
 
 2. (Jiving is Reciprocal. — A Christian is blessed 
 by giving. 
 
 "But this I say, He that sowcth sparingly shall reap 
 
FINANCES 96 
 
 also sparingly ; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap 
 also bountifully" (2 Cor. 9:6). 
 
 "Give, and it shall be given unto you ; good measure, 
 pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they 
 give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete 
 it shall be measured to you again" (Luke 6:38). 
 
 "Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go 
 sell that which thou bast, and give to the poor, and tho.i 
 shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me" (Matt. 
 19: 21). 
 
 The following inscription is said to be on a tomb- 
 stone in Tiverton, England: 
 
 "That wee spent, wee had ; \ 
 That wee lefte, we loste ; 
 That wee gave! we have." / 
 
 3. Giving is Noticed by Our Saviour. 
 
 "And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto 
 them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in 
 more than all they that are casting into the treasury" 
 (Mark 12:43). 
 
 We should give as though we were placing our 
 
 gifts in the pierced hands of Christ Jesus. 
 
 'Give as you would if an angel 
 
 Awaited your gift at the door : 
 Give as you would if to-morrow 
 
 Found you where waiting was o'er ; 
 Give as you would to the Master 
 
 If you met his searching look ; 
 Give as you would of your substance 
 
 If bis hand your offering took." 
 
 4. Giving Must be Cheerful. 
 
 "Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his 
 heart : not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a 
 cheerful giver" (2 Cor. 9:7). 
 
 5. Giving Must be Jjiberal. 
 
 "Or he that exhortetb. to his exhorting: he that givetb, 
 let him do it with liberality ; he that ruleth, with diligence : 
 he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness" (Rom. 12:8). 
 
 The Greek word translated "cheerful" in 2 Cor. 
 
 9: 7, means "hilarious." In Rom. 12: 8, the word 
 
96 THE NEW TESTZMENT CHURCH 
 
 "simplicity" is rendered in the Revised Version "lib- 
 erality." 
 
 <». Giving X<>( Limited by Geographical Bonn* 
 darics. — Giving must not be limited by geographical 
 or racial boundaries. This being true, each Chris- 
 tian should give both to Home and Foreign Mis- 
 sions. The world is the Christian's field. 
 
 "And the field is the world; and the good seed, these 
 arc the sons of the kingdom: and the tares are the sons 
 of the evil one" I Man. 13 : 38). 
 
 "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations. 
 baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the 
 Son and of the Hol.\ Spirit" I Matt. 28 : 19). 
 
 "And how shall t hoy preach, except they be sent? 
 even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them 
 thai bring glad tidings of good things" (Horn. 10:15). 
 
 "Blessed are they thai wash their robes, that they may 
 have the righl to come to the tree of life, and may enter 
 in by the gates into the city" (Rev. 22: 14). 
 
 7. Giving Not Irregular. — Giving should be sys- 
 tematic, universal and proportionate. Upon the first 
 day of the week let every one of you lay by him in 
 store as he may prosper. (A. V., as God has pros- 
 pered him.) 
 
 "Upon the first day of the week lei each one of you lay 
 by him in stoic, as he may prosper, that no collections he 
 made when i come" i l Cor. 16 : 2). 
 
 8. Money Must \<>t Stand Rot ween Us and Our 
 
 Saviour. 
 
 ''Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, 
 sell that whlcb thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou 
 shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. But 
 when the young man beard the saying, be went away Bor 
 rowful ; for he was one thai had great possessions. And 
 Jesus s^ : i ill unto his disciples. Verily I say unto you. It is 
 hard (or a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
 And again I say unto you. It is easier for a camel to go 
 through a needle's eve, than for a "rich man to enter into 
 the kingdom of God " I Man. 19 : 21 24 I. 
 
 Coveted money caused Judas to betray his Maste*. 
 
FINANCES 97 
 
 Dives misused his money and would gladly have 
 changed his life after it was too late. The rich 
 young man was told to get rid of his money and 
 come and follow his Saviour. The selfish farmer 
 trusted too much in things temporal. Death's sen- 
 tence came with the question, "The things which 
 thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?" (.Luke 
 12: 20.) In giving as well as living, Christ must 
 have no secondary place. 
 
 9. Money is Potent and Far-reaching. — Money 
 properly used is a power for good. If I rightly an- 
 swer the question, "What shall I do with myself?" 
 I can then easily answer the other, "What shall I 
 do with my money?" 
 
 In a Japanese temple the coffer or collection-box 
 stands at the entrance of the door. No heathen 
 ever prays to his god till he has first given his money, 
 or his rice or his silk. It is always pay first, then 
 pray; otherwise the god would be insulted. Is there 
 not a lesson in this for the Christian? You can not 
 do everything, but you can help do a great many 
 things. Dr. Dennis has well and truthfully said: 
 "An ordinary contributor, as he sits in his pew, can 
 touch every continent, and do a work for Christ 
 where his footsteps can never tread." Put your very 
 self into your gifts. Forget not that behind each 
 gift must be the loving, praying, sympathetic heart 
 of the giver. 
 
 "Not what we give, but what we share. 
 For the gift without the giver is bare: 
 Who gives himself with his alms feeds three — 
 Himself, his hungry neighbor and Me." 
 
 — Lowell. 
 
98 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 TRY THIS PLAN 
 
 Reader, will you not pledge a definite proportion 
 to be given prayerfully and carefully for the work 
 of the Lord? Are we treating the Lord right by 
 giving him the nickels or dimes that we happen to 
 have in our pockets when the offering-basket is 
 passed? Will you permit the evangelization of the 
 world to depend upon the condition of your pocket- 
 book on the special days when the regular mission- 
 ary offerings are taken? Fill out the following 
 pledge. Try it at least for a year, and we believe 
 you will so greatly enjoy it that you will continue. 
 It pays. Pays in spiritual blessing. Pays in tem- 
 poral blessing. Pays by giving you a higher, hap- 
 pier, richer Christian experience. Sign it now. 
 
 I hereby promise to give one-tenth of my income to 
 the Lord for one year. 
 
 Date Name 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. Discuss the reciprocity of giving. 
 
 2. Why should giving be done cheerfully? 
 
 3. Discuss the value of systematic giving. 
 
 4. Discuss the value of proportionate giving. 
 
 5. Discuss the value of the tithing system. 
 
 6. The questions confronting a rich disciple of 
 Christ. 
 
 7. Giving as a grace (2 Cor. 8:7). 
 
 8. The best plan tor raising money for the current 
 expenses of the church. 
 
MISSIONS 
 
 99 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 15G to 162, inclusive, in the back of 
 this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 .$. 
 
 
 r A Duty. 
 
 
 Reciprocal. 
 
 
 Not. by Sav. 
 
 
 Mu. be Cheer. 
 
 GIVING 
 
 Mu. be Lib. 
 
 
 Not Lim.by Ge. Bo. 
 
 
 Giv. not Ir. 
 
 
 Mo. Mu. not St. bet. Us and Sav. 
 
 •$• 
 
 Mo. Pot. and Far-re. 
 
 LESSON XVI. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 
 Missions 
 
 I. CHRIST THE GREAT MISSIONARY 
 
 1. A Definition. — A missionary is one sent with a 
 message to another person. Christ was sent into the 
 world, by his Father and ours, to deliver unto us a 
 message of his love and forgiveness. Christ himself 
 so conceived his mission. 
 
 2. The "Work of the Great Missionary. — With this 
 conception of his ministry, he was tireless in his 
 efforts to reach as many people as possible during his 
 lifetime. 
 
 "And it came to pass soon afterwards, that lie went 
 about through the cities and villages, preaching and bring- 
 ing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him 
 the twelve" (Luke S : 1). 
 
100 THi: NEW THNTAMENT VHURCH 
 
 "The thief cometh not, bul thai be may steal, and kill, 
 and destroy: 1 came thai they may have life, and may 
 have it abundantly" (John 10:10). 
 
 3. The Work ol the Disciples. — The task commit- 
 ted to the Christ was an enormous one. It was ut- 
 terly impossible for him to touch personally all hu- 
 man beings in his lifetime. So he deputized his dis- 
 ciples to assist him in this work. 
 
 "And ho said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and 
 preach the gospel t<> the whole creation. He that believeth 
 and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that disbelieveth shall 
 be condemned" (.Mark L6 : 15, 16). 
 
 "But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is 
 come upon you : and ye shall be my witnesses both in 
 Jerusalem, and iu all .Tudea and Samaria, and unto the ut- 
 termost parts of the earth" (Acts 1:8). 
 
 4. The Law of Growth. — In the parable of the 
 
 leaven Christ showed clearly the law of growth in 
 
 his spiritual kingdom. As the leaven is passed on 
 
 from atom to atom by contact, so the gospel is to be 
 
 passed from person to person until the whole human 
 
 race has felt the touch of Christ. If one person 
 
 fails to do his part, the truth will fail to spread in 
 
 his direction until he is removed and a more faithful 
 
 one takes his place. 
 
 "Another parable spake he unto them : The kingdom of 
 heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid 
 in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened" (Matt. 
 13:33). 
 
 II. THE DISCIPLES CAUGHT HIS SPIRIT 
 
 1. Zeal of Early Christians. — When scattered by 
 persecutions they went everywhere preaching the 
 gospel. When a church was broken up by the enemy, 
 they scattered like brands from a fire, each starting a 
 new fire of faith and zeal. Mark says the zeal of 
 
MISSIONS 101 
 
 the early disciples carried them into all the regions 
 
 of Palestine. 
 
 "And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the 
 Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the 
 signs that followed" (Mark 1<! : 20). 
 
 2. Peter and Cornelius. — Peter was sent to Cor- 
 nelius and was taught that it is God's purpose to 
 give all an opportunity to know the truth that makes 
 men free. 
 
 "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh 
 righteousness, is acceptable to him" (Acts 10:35). 
 
 3. Paul in His Larger Work. — Paul hears the 
 
 famous Macedonian call, and starts on his historical 
 
 trip through Europe. 
 
 "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night : There was 
 a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and say- 
 ing. Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And when 
 he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth 
 into Macedonia, concluding that (Jod bad called us to preach 
 the gospel unto them" (Acts 16:9, 10). 
 
 4. The Last Command. — Christ's last and great 
 
 commission was, "Go therefore and make disciples 
 
 of all the nations." The program to be followed is 
 
 given by Luke. 
 
 "But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is 
 come upon you : and ye shall be my witnesses both m 
 .lerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the 
 uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8). 
 
 To those living in America, Jerusalem represents 
 our local field; Judea, the State work; Samaria, 
 America; the uttermost parts of the world, Foreign 
 Missions. 
 
 The teacher should here explain the necessity for 
 State Missionary Boards, the American Christian 
 Missionary Society, the Foreign Christian Mission- 
 ary Society, the Board of Church Extension, tho 
 
102 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 Board of Ministerial Relief, the National Benevolent 
 Association, and the C. W. B. M. 
 
 III. THE CHURCHES WERE MISSIONARY 
 
 1. Missionary Churches. — The work of spreading 
 the good news was not merely an individual matter 
 and duty, but the disciples co-operated in the work. 
 While many disci pies went to do missionary work on 
 their own responsibility and supported themselves by 
 their hands as Paul did, we can find evidences of 
 co-operation along missionary and benevolent lines. 
 
 2. Offerings from Churches. — The churches were 
 accustomed to take offerings. It is certainly reason- 
 able to suppose that among the purposes for which 
 offerings were I a ken would be the work of evangel- 
 izing. 
 
 "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave 
 order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. Upon the 
 first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in 
 store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when 
 I come. And when l arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, 
 them will l send with letters to carry your bounty unto 
 Jerusalem: and If it be meet for me to go also, tlo-y shall 
 go with me" (1 Cor. 15:1-5). 
 
 3. Missions the Center. — When we talk about 
 missions in the Xew Testament church, we are talk- 
 ing about the very genius and heart of Christ's work 
 for men. It was the missionary spirit that brought 
 him into the world, and thai Inspired all the apos- 
 tles and early disciples. All Gentile nations are en- 
 joying the fruits of missionary labor. So thorough- 
 ly are missions the mission of the Christ and his 
 church, that one might be excused for thinking any 
 professed disciple of his who is not missionary has 
 failed utterly to catch the Christ spirit. 
 
MISSIONS 103 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 Missionary Fields and Forces, by William J. Lha- 
 mon; Seeking the G\d Paths, by Robert Moffett, Chap- 
 ter VIII. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. Christ, the great missionary. 
 
 2. The missionary program as given by Luke. 
 
 3. The missionary spirit in the early churches. 
 
 4. How to create a missionary conscience in the 
 church of to-day. 
 
 5. The value of State, national and world-wide 
 missionary organizations. 
 
 G. The value of missionary organizations in the 
 local church. 
 
 7. Paul the missionary. 
 
 8. Encouraging features of modern missionary 
 work. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 Use Questions 163 to 169, inclusive, in the back 
 of this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. CHIMST, THE GREAT II. DISCIPLES C AUG HI 
 
 MISSIONARY. HIS SPIRIT. 
 
 1. Definition. 1. Zeal of Ear. Christ. 
 
 2. Wo. of Gr. Miss. 2. Pet. and Cor. 
 
 :;. Wo. of Disc. 3. Paul in Lar. Wo. 
 
 4. Law of Growth. 4. La. Com. 
 
 III. CHURCHES WERE MISSIONARY. 
 
 1. Miss. Cn. 2. Off. fr. Ch. 3. Miss, the Cen. 
 
 *- 
 
104 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 LESSON XVII. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 
 Judgment 
 
 I. PARABLES OF THE JUDGMENT 
 
 The judgment was a frequent theme with Christ 
 and the apostles. Christ taught the people to ex- 
 pect and prepare for it. One of the finest verbal 
 pictures drawn by the Master is recorded in Matt. 
 25, and is a vivid picture of the judgment. The sub- 
 ject was not used by the Christ to frighten people. 
 He speaks of it as he does of other great truths. The 
 Master at one time chided the Pharisees for neglect- 
 ing to consider judgment. 
 
 "But woe unto you Pharisees! tor ye tithe mint and 
 rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of 
 God: hut these ought ye to have done, and not to leave 
 the other undone' - (Luke 11:42). 
 
 1. Parable of the Ten Virgins. 
 
 "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto 
 ten virgins, who took their lamps, and wont forth to meet 
 the bridegroom. And five of them were foolish, and five 
 were wise. For the foolish, when they took their lamps, 
 took no oil with them : but the wise took oil In their ves- 
 sels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried, 
 they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there Is a 
 cry. Behold, the bridegroom ! Come ye forth to meet him. 
 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And 
 the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our 
 lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying. Tor- 
 adventure there will not be enough for us and you : go ye 
 rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And 
 while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and 
 they that wore ready wont in with him to the marriage 
 feast : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the 
 other virgins, saying. Lord, Lord, open to us. But he an- 
 swered and said. Verily I say unto you. I know you not. 
 Watch therefore, for ve know not the day nor the hour* 
 (Matt. 25: 1-13). 
 
JUDGMENT 105 
 
 2. Parable of the Talents. 
 
 "For it to as iclit n a man. going into another country, 
 called his own servants, and delivered unto them his good's. 
 And unto on;> lie gave five talents, to another two, to 
 another one ; to each according to his several ability ; and 
 tie went on his journey. Straightway he that received the 
 live talents went and traded with them, and made other 
 five talents. In like manner he also that received the two 
 gained other two. But he thai received the one went away 
 and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. Now 
 after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and 
 maketh a reckoning with them. And he that received the 
 five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, 
 Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : lo, I have 
 gained other five talents. His lord said unto him. Well 
 done, good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful 
 over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter 
 thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also that received 
 the two talents came and said. Lord, thou deliveredst unto 
 me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. His 
 lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant : 
 thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee 
 over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
 And he also that had received the one talent'came and said, 
 Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where 
 thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scat- 
 ter ; and 1 was afraid, and went away and hid thy tal- 
 ent in the earth : lo, thou hast thine own. But his lord 
 answered and said unto him. Thou wicked and slothful 
 servant, thou kuewest that I reap where I sowed not, and 
 gather where I did nol scatter; thou oughtest therefore 
 to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I 
 should have received back mine own with interest. Take 
 ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto 
 him that hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath 
 shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but from 
 him that hath not. even that which he hath shall be taken 
 away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the 
 outer darkness : there shall be the weeping and the gnash- 
 ing of teeth" ( Matt. 25 : 14-80). 
 
 The thoughts brought out in the parable of the 
 ten virgins and the parable of the talents, are well 
 expressed in this motto which Mr. H. J. Heinz hae 
 frescoed en his private study: 
 
 "Work every day as though you would live forever: 
 Live every day as though you would die to-morrow." 
 
L06 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 :$. Parable of the Tares. 
 
 "Another parable set he before them, Baying, The king- 
 dom of heaven is likened unto a man lliat sowed good 
 seed iii his field : hul while men slept, hi* enemy came 
 and Bowed tares also among the wheat, and went away, 
 lint when the Made sprang tip and brought forth fruit, then 
 appeared the tares also. And the servants "I" the house 
 holder came and said unto him. Sir. didst thou not sow 
 good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? And 
 he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And He' 
 servants say unto him, Wilt thou then thai we go and gath 
 er them up? But he saith, Nay: lest haply while ye gather 
 up the lares, ye root up the wheat with them. Let both 
 grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the 
 harvest I will say to the reapers. Gather up first the tares. 
 and hind them in hundles to burn them; but gather the 
 wheat into my barn" (Matt. 13:24-30). 
 
 4. Parable of the Dragnet. 
 
 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net. that 
 was east into the sea. and gathered of every kind: which, 
 when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they 
 sat down, ami gathered the good into vessels, but the had 
 they east away. So shall ii lie in the end of the world: 
 the' angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from 
 among the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace 
 ,,f lire: there shall he the weeping and the gnashing of 
 teeth" i Matt, i:: : 47-50). 
 
 II. JUDGMENT IS NECESSARY AND UNIVERSAL 
 
 1. Necessary. — Judgment is a necessary part of 
 life as we know it. There is order in the universe, 
 a place for all. Every one will finally go to his place; 
 that is, judgment. The separation of men according 
 to character is constantly going on. In any com- 
 munity one can see the law working that draws 
 persons of like character together. The law works 
 Imperfectly here, but beyond there will be no hin- 
 drances to its operation. 
 
 2. Universal. — If judgment is necessary, it is 
 equally necessary for all. Jesus declares that it is 
 universal. 
 
JUDGMENT 107 
 
 "And before him shall be gathered all the nations : and 
 he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd 
 separateth the sheep from the goats" (Matt. 25:32). 
 
 Paul declares the same: 
 
 "And reckonest thou this, man, who judgest them 
 that practice such things, and doest the same, that thou 
 shalt escape the judgment of God?" (Rom. 2:3). 
 
 Men may escape the judgment of our courts, but 
 they can not escape the judgment of God. 
 
 III. JUDGMENT IS NOW IN PROGRESS 
 
 Sometimes we think of judgment as an entirely 
 future event. Perhaps that is the reason why some 
 expect to escape by a late repentance. 
 
 "All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men 
 should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them : for 
 this is the law and the prophets" (Matt. 7:12). 
 
 "For judgment is without mercy to him that hatb 
 showed no mercy : mercy glorieth against judgment" ( Jas. 
 2: 13). 
 
 "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven 
 our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). 
 
 IV. GOD IS THE JUDGE THROUGH CHRIST 
 
 1. God the Judge. — Paul declares that God is to 
 be the Judge. 
 
 "But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou 
 again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we 
 shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. For it is 
 written. 
 
 As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, 
 
 And every tongue shall confess to God. 
 
 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to 
 God" (Rom. 14 :. 10-12). 
 
 2. Christ the Judge. — Paul also says Christ is to 
 judge. 
 
 "For we must all be made manifest before the judgment- 
 seat of Christ : that each one may receive the things done in 
 the body, according to what he hath done, whethar it bit 
 good or bad" (2 Cor. 5 : 10). 
 
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 3. The Blending <>!' One and Two. — These two 
 statements blend in the following passages: 
 
 "For neither doth the Father judge any man. but be 
 hath given all judgmenl uut<> the s.m" (John 5:22). 
 
 "Anil he gave him authority to execute Judgment, be- 
 cause he is a smi of man" (John 5:27). 
 
 In the last reference the reason for appointing 
 Christ judge is because he was the Son of man as 
 well as the Son of God. He knows the divine will, 
 and he also knows men, their trials and difficulties. 
 Christ himself is to be the test by which character 
 is to be determined and destiny secured. 
 
 V. THE LAW OF THE JUDGMENT 
 
 We are to be judged according to our works. 
 
 "And I saw the dead, the great and the small, stand- 
 ing before the throne: and books were opened: and an- 
 other book was opened, which is the book of life: and the 
 dead were judged oul of the things which were written 
 In the books, according to their works" (Rev. 20:12). 
 
 The applying of the law of Christ as the test of 
 judgment, is illustrated in the great parable of the 
 judgment. Read Matt. 25: 31-46. 
 
 VI. PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF SUCH 
 TEACHING 
 
 1. All Truth is Wholesome. — If there is to be a 
 judgment, the better we understand it and prepare 
 for it, the better will we fare. 
 
 2. It Serves as a Timely Warning. 
 
 "Rejoice. young man, in thy youth, and lei thy lean 
 cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways 
 of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know 
 thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into 
 judgment - ' (Bccl. 9:11). 
 
JUDGMENT 109 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 The Gospel Preacher, by Benjamin Franklin, Ser- 
 mon XX., Vol. I.; Servian*, by Charles Reign Sco- 
 ville, Sermon XI., page --ill. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. What is the great lesson taught in the parable 
 of the ten virgins (Matt. 2'5: 1-12). 
 
 2. What great truth is taught by the parable of 
 the talents (Matt. 25: 13-31)? 
 
 3. What great truth is taught by the rejection of 
 the goats (Matt. 25: 31, 32)? 
 
 4. What do we learn concerning the judgment by 
 the parable of the tares (Matt. 13: 24-30)? 
 
 5. What does the parable of the dragnet teach us 
 concerning judgment (Matt. 13:47-50)? 
 
 6. Can a just God punish folks? 
 
 7. Discuss the judgment that is now in progress. 
 
 8. What is the great law of judgment? 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 170 and 171 in the back of this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD 
 
 OUTLINE 
 
 t. PARABLES OF JUDGMENT. 
 
 1. Ten Vir. 
 
 2. Tat. 
 
 3. Tares. 
 
 4. Drag. 
 
 III. NOW IN PROGRESS. 
 
 V. LAW OF . 
 
 II. JUDGMENT. 
 
 1. Nee. 
 
 2. Univ. 
 
 IV. THE JUDGE. 
 
 1. God tbr. Chr. 
 
 2. Christ. 
 
 UDGMENT. 
 
 VI. PRAC. BEN. OF 
 1. All Tr. Who. 
 
 SUCH TEACHING. 
 
 2. Ser. as Ti. War. 
 
 T 
 
 * 
 
110 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 LESSON XVIII. 
 
 The New Testament Church and 
 Christian Union 
 
 Never lias there been a day since the German 
 Reformation that Christians could sing as truly: 
 
 "We arc not divided, 
 All one body we, 
 One in hope and doctrine, 
 ( me in charity." 
 
 I. THE NEED OF CHRISTIAN UNION 
 
 The need of Christian union is being felt on every 
 hand, insomuch that it is being put into practice 
 in many ways undreamed of by workers of the last 
 century. Among the many reasons why we need 
 Christian union, we mention four here: 
 
 1. The Local Expense. — The expense of a divided 
 church is too great for the amount of work done. 
 We are safe in saying that fully five times as much 
 good could be accomplished with the same amount 
 of money if we had a united church. In a town of 
 six hundred people there are five churches, each 
 of which has a poorly paid minister. They havfl 
 five houses of worship, any one of which would 
 hold the entire audiences of all the churches com- 
 bined. They have poor choirs, poor Sunday-schools, 
 poor Young People's Society, and even poor, but 
 earnest, ministers. An onlooker would not think that 
 these churches had anything in common, as they many 
 times speak unfavorably of each other. People with 
 out are disgusted, and the people within are at the 
 
CHRISTIAN UNION 111 
 
 point of despair. And, indeed, who can censure 
 them? They have wasted money, time, talent and 
 souls, because they have hardened their hearts 
 against the prayer of the .Master. Can we not, 
 amidst our confusion, hear him now in the stillness 
 of the garden, as he breathes out that wonderful 
 prayer: "That they may all be one, that the world 
 may believe that thou [Father] didst send me" (John 
 17: 20, 21). "Who is there who does not deplore the 
 existing state of Christendom? The evils just spoken 
 of are not imaginary ones, nor are such cases as the 
 above isolated ones, such as might be exceptions to 
 the general rule or such, as might rarely occur. In 
 this town from $3,000 to $6,000 are spent annually 
 for the Lord, and goes to pay the ministers who 
 spend two-thirds of their time defending what they 
 themselves admit to be their denominational pecu- 
 liarities. In this way their time is spent, and their 
 money given for the Lord is used in building sec- 
 tarian walls and thus making a way for the spread 
 of infidelity. The cause of Christ is disgraced by his 
 professed friends. And worst of all, the blame rests 
 almost entirely upon the ministry. Would it not be 
 better for these five churches to retain one of their 
 ministers, then send the other four out as mission- 
 aries to preach Christian union? Sell four of the 
 church houses and use the money for spreading th= 
 gospel. You say this is not practicable. We ask, 
 "Is it the Lord's will?" Certainly such work as this 
 will be done just as soon as we are willing to say 
 to our great leader, King Jesus, "Thy will, not mine, 
 be done." 
 
112 THE NEW VE8TAMENT CHURCH 
 
 2. The Administrative Expense for World-wide 
 Work. — The expense of having one hundred mis- 
 sionary hoards when one, or, at most, a few, would 
 do more effective work, is very wrong. There is 
 also The expense of hundreds of small colleges, al- 
 most all of which are scantily endowed, while with 
 a united church we could have enough with untold 
 better equipment and advantages. Then with a uni- 
 ted church the philanthropic associations could be 
 better and more advantageously carried on. 
 
 3. Can Not Save the World. — We need Christian 
 union because a divided church can not save th r i 
 world. Many a person with his heart burning for 
 the truth has been turned to skepticism because of 
 the persistency of sectarianism. Often the mission- 
 aries have been asked to state what they wanted the 
 earnest inquirer to believe ere they demanded that 
 he must believe in order to be saved. In our en- 
 deavor to win the world to the one faith, we do not 
 go about it in a oneness of effort. Christendom pre- 
 sents to the world a divided church because it is di- 
 vided. We are making it manifest to the world 
 that we ourselves are not able always to unite in 
 practical work, or are not even one as to what Chris- 
 tianity really is. Our divisions magnify our petty 
 differences until we think them insurmountable. 
 They create a spirit foreign to Christ, and cause em- 
 barrassment in every line of Christian work. Our 
 divisions go to the mission fields because there is 
 such a great sectarian element in the Christian life 
 of the times. What happens on the mission field is 
 such as is natural and inevitable under existing 
 
CHRISTIAN UNION 113 
 
 conditions. If, again, Christ's purpose was to save 
 humanity, and the present conditions can not do 
 that, then conditions must change. 
 
 \. We are Misdirecting Our Vital Forces. — We 
 need Christian union because in the wars of secta- 
 rianism we are misdirecting our vital forces, and will 
 ever do so as long as the church exists. There is 
 still something in Voltaire's sneer, who said, "You 
 Christians are disputing whether the Holy Ghost pro- 
 ceeds from the Father as well as the Son, whilst mul- 
 titudes have not even heard if there be a Holy Ghost; 
 whether any infants have been elected from eternity, 
 whilst myriads of infants are growing up in vice 
 and sin; whether the heathen on the other side of 
 the globe will hereafter be saved, whilst the heathen 
 at your door are already lost. You are splitting hairs 
 of theology, with society falling to pieces around 
 you. If this be Christianity, we want none of it. 
 Settle your useless disputes and unite vigorously in 
 improving the world that now is, and then we will 
 listen to your promises of a better world to come." 
 
 The writer is certainly stating the facts. What 
 shall we do to remedy them? The church is the 
 light of the world and the salt of the earth. Shall 
 we let this light become dim, or the salt lose its 
 savor? This question is for you to answer. 
 
 II. SIGNS OF CHRISTIAN UNION 
 
 The associative tendency of our age is very 
 marked. In many quarters this tendency is strong 
 enough to transcend sectarian spirit, and wherever 
 the war on creeds has ceased a true Christian spirit 
 
114 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 Is seen. Two centuries ago it was even dangerous 
 to breathe in secret a word of religious toleration, 
 but to-day we find Christians of every name, and 
 nations uniting their forces to oppose the saloon, po- 
 litical corruption and other mighty evils. In our 
 great conventions thousands upon thousands of Chris- 
 tians are brought together, not under any human 
 name, not impelled by sectarian spirit, but who are 
 acknowledging only King Jesus as their leader, and 
 who are taking as their motto the simple yet won- 
 derful words, "The World for Christ." In every 
 country and in every tongue we hear the harmoni- 
 ous strain: 
 
 "Blest be the tie that binds 
 
 Our hearts in Christian love; 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above." 
 
 Signs of co-operation are appearing on every side, 
 so that even those who run may read them. As 
 nation is getting closer to nation, class to class, na- 
 tionality to nationality, division to division, can we 
 not catch hints of a time when the world will ac 
 tually be evangelized; when the best thoughts and 
 ideals will be the common property of all, and when 
 truth and righteousness will rule over every nation? 
 It is certainly true that nations, peoples, lives and 
 motives are uniting as never before, but whether or 
 not the church will .icet this tendency with her 
 glad message, remains yel to be seen. 
 
 To sum up the signs of Christian union, we men- 
 tion six: 
 
 I. The Decline of I >ciiomin;it ionnlism. The lead- 
 ers in all of the religious bodies of Christendom 
 
CHRISTIAN UNION 115 
 
 are getting too big to be bound down by party, and 
 realize that Christ and his cause come first and 
 denominationalism second. 
 
 12. The Masses are Demanding It. — The great ma- 
 jority of the masses of the congregations of all de- 
 nominations are willing now to have a united church. 
 This is manifested by their willingness to co-operate 
 in every practical union movement. 
 
 3. Bible Study Spreading. — The Bible is studied 
 more extensively now than ever. In one union 
 teacher-training class in Cincinnati there were eighty- 
 one different churches represented. Certainly this 
 is bringing people closer together where they forget 
 differences; for all thoughts are centered upon the 
 Bible and the Christ of the Bible. 
 
 4. Creeds are Passing into Disuse. — Recently 1 
 asked a very successful teacher of a certain denomi- 
 nation how long it had been since she had seen her 
 creed, and she told me that she had not seen it for 
 seven years, and possibly would not see it for an- 
 other seven. I asked her what she was teaching her 
 class, and she replied, "The Bible." When all teach- 
 ers of all denominations teach the Bible, and the 
 Bible only, we shall soon find ourselves together. 
 
 5. Geographical Barriers Have Been Removed. — 
 French, German, English and Scottish churches in 
 our country, and in others, are compacted together, 
 using one language and growing into one nation- 
 ality. This "century of humanity," as Hall Caine 
 calls it, is the century when we are one, with the 
 same interests, aims, hopes, purposes, loves, sympa- 
 thies, brotherhood and fatherhood. 
 
116 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 6. International Interdenominational Movements. 
 
 — We are sure that the greatest interdenominational 
 movement of the past and present centuries is the 
 International Sunday-school Association. In America 
 alone, fully fifteen thousand conventions are held 
 every year. These conventions bring people of all 
 names and creeds together for the one common pur- 
 pose, and that is to make the Bible an open book 
 in the hands of both teachers and scholars. The 
 Christian people of to-day are uniting not only to 
 save young America for Christ, but to enlist men 
 and women in Bible study and in a more effective 
 Christian service. 
 
 In connection with the International Sunday- 
 school Association we ought to mention all other 
 union movements, such as Young People's Christian 
 Endeavor Society, American Bible Society, American 
 Tract Society, Young Mens Christian Associations, 
 Young Women's Christian Associations, the Women's 
 Christian Temperance Union, Anti-Saloon League, etc. 
 
 We can not regard these signs as temporary sen- 
 timents, but rather as a great movement of the 
 church toward that ideal unity which our Lord had 
 in view when he established it. We are beginning 
 to exalt Christ above all party names and creeds, 
 and to regard him as the only sufficient foundation 
 for a church universal. s<> may we not hope that 
 this spirit of toleration and work of association may 
 be that which will advance the closer and more 
 perfect unity which we trust is not far away'.' 
 
 In our next lesson we will consider the union of 
 all Christians on the New Testament basis. 
 
CHRISTIAN UNION 117 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 The Great Controversy, by Ashley S. Johnson; 
 First Principles, by M. M. Davis, "The True Church," 
 page 195; The Gospel Preacher, by Benjamin Frank- 
 lin, Sermons XIII. and XV., Vol. T.; From Darkness 
 to Light, by various authors, "The Relation of Ds- 
 nominationalism to Christian Union," pages 23 and 
 24; Christian Union, by David R. Shields. 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. Plans for Christian union. (See Isaac Errett's 
 tract, Our Position, Chapter 4.) 
 
 2. The spirit of sectarianism versus the spirit of 
 love. (See tract by F. D. Power on Christian Union.) 
 
 3. The minister's part in bringing about Christian 
 union. (See tract by F. D. Power on Christian Un- 
 ion, last paragraph.) 
 
 4. The union movement of to-day. (See tract by 
 Isaac Brrett on A True Basis of Christian Union.) 
 
 5. Human creeds a barrier to Christian union. (See 
 Isaac Errett's tract, The True Basis of Christian 
 Union, pages 13-15.) 
 
 6. Is baptism a hindrance to Christian union? 
 (See tract on Christian Baptism, by B. C. Deweese; 
 and M. B. Hayden's tract, Facts About Baptism.) 
 
 7. Why do churches require more to be a member 
 of those churches than the Bible requires in ord?r 
 that we may be Christians? 
 
 8. The disadvantages of a divided church, 
 
 9. The advantages of a united church. 
 
118 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 10. The signs of restoration of the New Testament 
 Church. 
 
 1 1 . The successes of the movement to restore the 
 New Testament church. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 Use Questions 172 and 173 in back of this book. 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. THE NEED. II. THE SIGNS. 
 
 1. Local Expense. 1. Dec. of Denom. 
 
 2. Ad. Ex. for \V-w. Wo. 2. Bible Study Spreading. 
 :5. Can not Save the World. 3. Cr. are Pass, into Disuse. 
 4. Misdir. our Vit. For. 4. Ge. Bar. nave been Rem. 
 
 5. Inter. Denom. Movement. 
 
 LESSON XIX. 
 
 Restoration of the New Testament 
 Church. A Resume 
 
 I. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH REQUIRES 
 OF ME NO OTHER CREED THAN CHRIST 
 
 It does not ask me if I believe the Apostles' (?) 
 Creed, or if I will be true to the rules of any denomi- 
 nation, but permits me to say simply, "I believe in 
 Jesus Christ, the Bon of the living God" (Matt. 16: 
 \<ts 8: :'.7). On this confession of faith the 
 Teatamenl disciples were baptized in the name 
 Of the Fa i her and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 
 No one can improve upon this creed. It is all-inclu- 
 sive and all-sufficient. So simple that the child who 
 has come to I he age of accountability can understand 
 
THE RESTORATION 119 
 
 and accept it, and so profound that the deepest stu- 
 dent can not fathom its depth. 
 
 It is universal. Methodists, Presbyterians, United 
 Brethren, Baptists, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, 
 can all accept it without any mental reservations. 
 Then, lovers of peace and unity, let us say nothing 
 about man-made creeds, with all their irreconcilable 
 differences, and follow God's way. "Choose you this 
 day whom ye will serve." 
 
 II. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH HONORS 
 ITS FOUNDER BY WEARING HIS NAME 
 
 It is the Scriptural name (Matt. 16: 18), and the 
 name that will unite all Christians. It is dishon- 
 oring our Saviour Jesus Christ to take any other 
 name. Before a lady is married to her betrothed it 
 is wrong in the sight of the law for her to wear his 
 name, but after their marriage it is very wrong 
 for her to refuse to wear his name. The church 
 is the bride of Christ. (John 3: 29.) Before a 
 person comes into his church it is wrong for him 
 to wear Christ's name, but after he accepts Christ 
 and is a member of his church it is very wrong in 
 the sight of God not to wear his name. We are not 
 the only Christians, but are Christians only. If we 
 love our Saviour, we should be glad to wear his name. 
 
 III. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH RECOG. 
 
 NIZES NO DIVISIONS 
 
 All Christians were originally one. They may 
 again become so. Divisions are wrong (John 17: 
 21; 1 Cor. 1: 10-13). 
 
120 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 IV. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS COM- 
 POSED OF BAPTIZED PENITENT BELIEVERS 
 
 The steps into Christ are, believe (Mark 16: 16), 
 repent (Acts 2: 38), confess (Matt. 11: 32, 33), be 
 baptized (Mark 16: 16; John 13: •">; Acts 22: 16; Matt. 
 28: 19). No one is old enough to accept Christ till 
 he can first believe. This is always the first step. 
 
 V. THE BAPTISM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 
 CHURCH IS THE BURIAL OF THE PENITENT 
 
 BELIEVER IN WATER IN THE NAME 
 
 OF THE FATHER, SON AND 
 
 HOLY SPIRIT . 
 
 There is only one baptism ( Eph. 4:5). If sprink- 
 ling is baptism, I have a right to ask you for Bible 
 authority, and since you can give me no Scripture 
 for it, I must take that which is revealed in God's 
 word. Have you been baptized? If you have gone 
 down into the water (Aits 8:38), been baptized 
 (Acts 8:38), come up out of the water (Matt. ?,: 
 HI: Ads 8: 38); if your baptism was a figure of a 
 burial (Rom. 6:4), a planting (covered up — Rom. 
 6:5), a resurrection (Rom. 6:5), then you have 
 Scripturally been baptized. To change the form from- 
 immersion to sprinkling or pouring makes it mean- 
 ingless, and hence robs it of its intended significance. 
 Many people doubt the validity of their baptism if 
 they have been sprinkled or poured, and rightly they 
 ought to if they can ool find a reason in God's word. 
 Immersion is not in doubt. When one is immersed he 
 never demands sprinkling or pouring. Thousands 
 
THE RESTORATION 
 
 121 
 
 who have been sprinkled or poured have demanded 
 immersion. There is a safe ground. If you doubt 
 your baptism, you, and not God, are responsible for 
 your doubt. Are you willing to risk eternity upon 
 a doubt? A few years ago, while J. V. Coombs was 
 immersing a number of persons in California, an old 
 lady came up and said: "Will you immerse me?" Her 
 confession was taken, and as she came out of the 
 water she said so all around could hear: "Now I 
 know I am right, but I have been doubting my bap- 
 tism for forty years." 
 
 "The conclusion of the whole matter," says L. C. 
 Wilson, in his "History of Sprinkling" (pp. 110-112), 
 "is summed up in these words: If sprinkling water 
 upon a person is Christian baptism, then God has 
 given us the wrong book, for the Bible does not con- 
 tain one word upon the subject. Let a person who 
 never heard a word said on the subject of baptism, 
 read the New Testament, and he will never get the 
 idea that sprinkling is baptism. 
 
 "In the early settlement of Iowa and Nebraska, a 
 missionary was traveling up the Mississippi, on his 
 way to preach to the Indians. On the boat he fell 
 in company with an intelligent Indian, and, after 
 some talk, the preacher gave the Indian a New Tes- 
 tament, requesting him to read it, which the Indian 
 promised to do. They separated. Time passed, and 
 on a future visit to the same place, the preacher 
 fell in company with the same Indian. 
 
 "After friendly greetings and mutual rejoicing, the 
 Indian remarked: 'Indian want white man to baptize 
 him.' This was glad news to the preacher, who at 
 
122 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 once began to make preparations for the solemn rite. 
 A small table was brought and a bowl of water placed 
 thereon. The Indian watched the preparation with 
 great and growing interest. His curiosity being ex- 
 cited beyond control, he asked: 'What is the white 
 man doing?' 'I am getting ready to baptize you,' 
 was the reply. 
 
 '"The Indian looked puzzled, and remarked: 'How 
 is the white man going to baptize Indian here?' '1 
 have the water here, and will soon be ready,' said 
 the preacher. The Indian looked at the minister in 
 blank astonishment, and remarked: 'White man can't 
 get Indian in that bowl. How, how, baptize Indian?' 
 'I will dip my fingers in the water and place a little 
 water on your forehead,' said the preacher. The 
 Indian looked amazed and confounded, and, taking 
 from his pocket a well-worn copy of the New Testa- 
 ment, handed it to the preacher with the significant 
 remark, 'White man give Indian wrong book — white 
 man give Indian wrong book.' 
 
 "The Indian had read only the New Testament, and 
 hence had only New Testament fdeas on the subject. 
 And as you can not get out of a book something that 
 is not in it, so the Indian could have no ideas about 
 sprinkling water, since it is not in the book. If 
 sprinkling is what Jesus commanded, and what the 
 apostles taught, and what the constitution of the 
 New T;estamen1 requires, the preacher did give the 
 Indian the wrong book, for the New Testament we 
 have is entirely blank on this subject." 
 
 The Greek word baptizo means to dip or to im- 
 merse. No Greek scholar in any century ever trans- 
 
THE RESTORATION 123 
 
 lated it to sprinkle. The form was changed by man. 
 Choose you whom you will serve, God or man. 
 
 VI. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH TAKES 
 THE BIBLE AS THE SUFFICIENT RULE 
 
 OF FAITH AND PRACTICE 
 
 (2 Tim. 3:16, 17) 
 
 It is claimed that the denominational confessions 
 of faith, disciplines and creeds are founded upon 
 the Bible. If this is true, we have the Bible, hence 
 we do not need them. If they contain more than 
 the Bible, they contain too much. If they contain 
 less than the Bible, they contain too little. If they 
 contain the very same as the Bible, we don't need 
 them. This, it seems, is sufficient if we are earn- 
 estly seeking for a true basis of union. 
 
 VII. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH PRE- 
 SENTS THE RATIONAL PLAN OF SALVATION 
 
 All will admit the following proposition: He who 
 believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the liv- 
 ing God, repents • of his sins, confesses Christ, is 
 baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son 
 and of the Holy Spirit, and lives a pure life, will 
 be saved. This will save every man. It is all that 
 the Bible requires, so let us preach it without any 
 mystery. 
 
124 THE Y/.'U TESTAMENT CHI RCH 
 
 VIII. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH PERMITS 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN TO REMEMBER THE LORD'S 
 
 DEATH TILL HE COMES BY PARTAK- 
 
 ING OF THE LORD'S SUPPER THE 
 
 FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK 
 
 Acts 20: 7 tells us that it was the custom of the 
 early disciples to meet together each Lord's Day for 
 this holy purpose. A minister said to me not long 
 since, '"I would like to have the Lord's Supper ob- 
 served oftener, but the canons of my church will 
 not permit me." Oh, my friends, the darkness of 
 sectarianism is getting too thick when we will per- 
 mit the rules of man to stand between us and our 
 Saviour. The Lord's Supper is the important serv- 
 ice of the Lord's Day, for it is there through the 
 love of our Saviour that we meet as one to remem- 
 ber him who, although equal with God, "took upon 
 him the form of a servant, and was made in the 
 likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a 
 man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto 
 death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God 
 also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name 
 which is above every name: that at the name of 
 Jesus every knee should bow. of things in heaven 
 and things in earth and things under the earth; 
 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus 
 Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" 
 (Phil. 2: 7-11 ). 
 
THE RESTORATION 125 
 
 IX. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH PERMITS 
 ITS MEMBERS TO ENJOY THE FREE- 
 
 DOM OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 Paul says, "Stand fast therefore in the liherty 
 wherewith Christ has made us free," and if he were 
 living to-day I believe he would say, "and be not en- 
 tangled in the yoke of sectarianism." As a member 
 of the Christian ■ Church, I am permitted to speak 
 where the Bible speaks and be silent where it is 
 silent. 
 
 Our motto, in brief, is: 
 
 No Name but Christ's, 
 
 No Creed but Christ. 
 
 No Book but the Bible, 
 
 No Plea but the Gospel. 
 Christ is the all in all. Everything else is subor- 
 dinated to that divine life. Place him as the cen- 
 ter of our plea and life, and the nearer we come to 
 Christ the closer we will be to each other. 
 
 X. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH PRESENTS 
 
 AN INFALLIBLY SAFE WAY 
 
 Are we seeking for an infallibly safe way? We 
 have found it. Will you follow it? It may be 
 right or it might be wrong to wear man-made names. 
 All admit that it is right to take Christ'3 name for 
 the name of the church. Tt may be right or it may 
 be wrong to make and use human creeds. It is 
 right, as all know, to take the Bible as our rule of 
 faith and practice. Sprinkling may be right (for 
 argument's sake) or it may be wrong. All admit 
 
126 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 immersion to be the sure and valid baptism. If you 
 doubt your baptism, you can remove that doubt by 
 being immersed, for all accept immersion. Be on 
 the safe side. The divisions of Christendom are 
 wrong (John 17: 21; 1 Cor. 1: 10), and it is the duty 
 of every Christian to live and work for a reunion 
 of all Christians, as it was in the New Testament 
 times. It pleases Satan to see God's forces divided. 
 United we win, divided we fail. 
 
 Will you help to restore the New Testament church, 
 in name in ordinance and in life? We may do this 
 by refusing to wear any other name than Christ, to 
 preach any other gospel than Christ, to lake no other 
 creed than Christ and to receive no other rule of 
 faith and practice than the Bible. To restore the 
 New Testament church will rule out all of our unholy 
 divisions. It will obliterate all arbitrary and need- 
 less distinctions that separate our common humanity. 
 It will give a new impel us to missionary effort. It 
 will enable us to use our forces in blessing rather 
 than in injuring humanity. It will help us to take 
 a firm and definite stand against the saloon and kin 
 dred evils. It will awaken a more delicate con- 
 science concerning our relation to Christ and the 
 church. It will hasten the glad day lor which Christ 
 prayed and inward which all harmony-loving Chris- 
 tians are looking. It will enable every Christian not 
 to glory in an\ man. or in any human creed or de- 
 nomination, or peculiar doctrine, hut to say: 
 
 "In I he rmss uf Christ I glory, 
 
 Towering o'er the wrecks of time; 
 All the light hi sacred Btory 
 
 Gathers nmnil its head sublime." 
 
THE RESTORATION 127 
 
 It will enable each one of us to say with Paul, 
 "I determine to know nothing — save Jesus Christ 
 and him crucified." Then 
 
 "How blest and how joyous will be the glad day 
 
 When heart beats to heart in the work of our Lord; 
 When Christians united shall swell the grand lay, 
 Divisions all ended, triumphant His word !" 
 
 No human names, no human creeds, no man-made 
 systems, but ''Christ is all and in all." 
 
 "Like a mighty army moves the church of God ; 
 Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod ; 
 We are not divided, all one body we. 
 One in hope and doctrine, one in charity. 
 
 "Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane, 
 But the church of Jesus constant will remain ; 
 Gates of hell can never 'gainst that church prevail ; 
 We have God's own promise, and that can not fail. 
 
 "Onward, then, ye people ; join our happy throng ; 
 Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song; 
 Glory, laud and honor unto Christ, the King, 
 This thro' countless ages men and angels sing." 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 1. The practical value of the creed of the New 
 Testament church. 
 
 2. Why we should honor Christ by placing his 
 name upon the church, 
 
 3. What the New Testament says concerning di- 
 visions in the church. 
 
 4. The conditions of membership in the New Tes- 
 tament church. 
 
 5. The baptism of the New Testament church. 
 
 6. The rule of faith and practice in the New Tes- 
 tament church. 
 
128 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHT'RCH 
 
 7. The way the Lord's Supper was observed in the 
 New Testament church. 
 
 8. The value of the freedom of the New Testament 
 church. 
 
 9. The infallibly safe way revealed by the New Tes- 
 tament church. 
 
 10. What a restoration of the Now Testament 
 church would mean. 
 
 11. The people who are pleading for the restoration 
 of the Xew Testament. 
 
 SOME REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 Orthodox)/ in Ihe Civil Courts, by J. H. Edwards; 
 On the Bock, by David R. Dungan; From Darkness 
 to light, by various authors; Sketches of Our Pio- 
 neers, by F. D. Power; Sermons, by Chas. Reign Sco- 
 ville, "The Impregnable Rock," Chapter I.; Seeking 
 the Old Paths, by Robert Moffett, Chapter L; The 
 Great Salvation, by E. V. Zollars, Chapter I. of the 
 Appendix. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. No Creed but Christ. VI. The Bible the Hul.-. 
 
 II. No Name but Cln-Ni. VII. Rati. PI. of Salva. 
 
 III. No Divisions. VIII. L. 8. Each Week. 
 iv. Cond. of Membership. IX. Freedom of Gospel. 
 V. N.T. Baptism. \. Infallibly Safe Way. 
 
 4- 
 
WINNING MEN 119 
 
 LESSON XX. 
 
 Winning Men to the New Testament 
 
 Church 
 
 I. FOUR CLASSES 
 
 In your work in winning souls, do not give what 
 you think, but what the Bible says. Truth will con- 
 vict. You will meet at least four classes of peo- 
 ple in your work. 
 
 1. Those who are anxious to become Christians, and 
 who simply want to understand how. 
 
 2. Those who do not want to become Christians, 
 and who do not want any one to talk with them 
 about the matter. 
 
 3. Those whose lives are saturated with sin. 
 
 4. Those who are living in a fairly respectable man- 
 ner, and who are indifferent as to Christian lives. 
 
 II. EXCUSES AND HOW TO MEET THEM 
 
 Each class must be dealt with in a different way 
 and by different passages of Scripture. The pas- 
 sages here are simply suggestive. Workers are asked 
 to add to them according to the needs of your serv- 
 ices. 
 
 1. I Am too Great a Sinner; It is too Late Now. 
 
 "Come now. and let us reason together, saith Jehovah : 
 though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as 
 snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as 
 wool" i Isa. 1 : 18). 
 
 "All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto 
 me: and him that eometh to me I will in no wise cast out" 
 (John G : 37). 
 
 "For the Son of man came to seek and to save that 
 which was lost" (.Luke 19:10). 
 
130 THK NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 '2. I Am Good Enough. 
 
 •Faithful is the Baying, and worthy of all acceptation, 
 that Christ Jesus came Into the world to save sinners ; of 
 whom I aui chief' (1 Tim. 1:15). 
 
 "Even the righteousness of God through faith in Christ 
 Jesus unto all them that helieve ; for there is no distinction: 
 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" 
 (Rom. :;: 22. 23). 
 
 •'I beseech yon therefore, brethren, by the mercies of 
 Cod, to present y«>ur bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept- 
 able to Cod, which is your spiritual service" (Rom. 12:1). 
 
 "Even so let your light shine before men; that they 
 may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is 
 in heaven" (Matt, 5 : 16). 
 
 3. Not Now: There is Plenty of Time Yet. 
 
 "Therefore be ye also ready : for in an hour that ye 
 think not the Son of man coineth" (Matt. 24:44). 
 
 "At an acceptable time 1 hearkened unto thee, And in 
 B day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the 
 acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 
 Cor. ti : 2). 
 
 ••('nine now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will 
 go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and 
 get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the mor- 
 row. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appear- 
 eth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" (Jas. 4 : 
 13, 14). 
 
 "But seek ye first his kindom and his righteousness; 
 and all these tilings shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33). 
 "And 1 will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much goods 
 laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat. drink, be 
 merry. But Cod said unto him. Thou foolish one, this night 
 is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou 
 hast prepared, whose shall they be?" (Luke 12: 19, 20). 
 
 4. I Do Not Know How to Become a Christian. 
 
 "Believe on the Txird Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be 
 saved" (Act9 16:31). 
 
 "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins" (Acts 
 2: 38). 
 
 "Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, 
 him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven" 
 (Matt. 10: 32). 
 
 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but 
 he that dlsbelleveth shall be condemned" (Mark lti : 16). 
 
 5. I Do Not Think it Necessary to Confess Christ. 
 
 "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, 
 
WINNING MEN 131 
 
 and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from 
 the dead, thou shalt be saved : for with the heart man be- 
 lieveth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession 
 is made unto salvation" (Rom. 10:9, 10). 
 
 6. Perhaps 1 Am Not One of the Elect. 
 
 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that 
 heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let 
 him come : he that will, let him take of the water of life 
 freely" (Rev. 22 : 17). 
 
 "He that helieveth and is baptized shall be saved ; but 
 he that disbelievetb. shall be condemned" (Mark 10:16). 
 
 "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our 
 Saviour ; who would have all men to be saved, and come to 
 the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:3, 4). 
 
 7. The Future Does Not Concern Me. 
 
 "And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, 
 and after this cometh judgment" (Ileb. 9:27). 
 
 8. I Am as Good as Some Folks who arc in the 
 
 Church. 
 
 "So then each one of us shall give account of himself to 
 God" (Rom. 14 : 12). 
 
 9. It is Too Great a Cross to he Baptized. 
 
 "For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole 
 world, and forfeit his life ? For what should a man give in 
 exchange for his life?" (Mark 8:30. 37). 
 
 "There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or 
 brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's 
 sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and 
 in the world to come eternal life" (Luke 18:29, 30). 
 
 "For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and 
 whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it" 
 (Matt. 16: 25). 
 
 10. My Business Does Not Make it Possible for 
 
 Me to Be a Christian. 
 
 "And every one thai hath left houses, or brethren, or 
 sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my 
 name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit 
 eternal life" (Matt. 1!> : 29). 
 
 11. I Can Not Give Up All. 
 
 "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, 
 and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever would 
 
132 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 save his life shall lose it : and whosoever shall lose his 
 life for iny sake shall tind it. For what shall a man be 
 profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his 
 life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?" 
 (Matt. 16: 24-26). 
 
 12. I Do Not Like that Preacher of Yours. 
 
 "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but 
 in the power of God" (1 Cor. 2:5). 
 
 13. I Know I Ought to, But— 
 
 "To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth 
 it not, to him it is siu" < Jas. 4: 17). 
 
 14. I Am Afraid I Can Not Hold Out. 
 
 "Who by the power of God are guarded through faith 
 unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 
 Pet. 1:5). 
 
 15. I Do Not Know Which Church to Join. 
 
 "And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and 
 upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates of 
 Hades shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16: IS). 
 
 "And the Liord added to them day by day those that 
 were saved" (Acts 2:47). 
 
 16. I Do Not Know How to be Baptized. Some 
 Polks Say One Thing and Some Another. 
 
 "We were buried therefore with him through baptism 
 into death : that like as Christ was raised from the dead 
 through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in 
 newness of life" (Rom. 8: 4). 
 
 "And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and they 
 both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch ;. 
 and he baptized him" (Acts 8: 38). 
 
 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway 
 from the water : and lo, the heavens were opened unto him. 
 and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and 
 coming upon him" (Matt. "> : 16). 
 
 "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, 
 baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son 
 and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things 
 whatsoever I commanded you : and lo. 1 am with you al- 
 ways, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28: 19, 20). 
 
 17. The World Pays Better Wages than Christ. 
 
 "And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of 
 
WINNING MEN 133 
 
 the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness 
 as the stars for ever and ever" (Dan. 12 :.*'»). 
 
 "For whosc:ver would save his life shall lose it; and 
 whosoever shall los:2 his life for my sake shall find it" 
 (Matt. 16::-../). Sec also Matt. 1!) : 20 ; Rom. 1:10; Luke 
 18 : 29, 30. 
 
 10. I Do -Wi Think it Necessary to Observe 
 
 tho iiord'u Supper Every Sunday. 
 
 "A-vl upon, the first day of the week, when we were gath- 
 ered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, in- 
 tending to depart on the morrow" (Acts 20: 7). 
 
 "For as often as ve oat this bread, and drink the cup, ye 
 proclaim the Lord's death till he come" d Cor. 11:26). 
 
 TOPICS FOR HOME STUDY AND CLASS DIS- 
 CUSSION 
 
 Assign each one of the eighteen excuses just given 
 to the different members of your class to report on 
 when this lesson is under discussion. Where the 
 class is large, give two or more people the same ex- 
 cuse. 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 See Questions 174 to 191, inclusive, in the back o£ 
 this book. 
 
 BLACKBOARD OUTLINE 
 
 I. FOUR CLASSES. 
 
 1. The anxious. 3.' The deeply sinful. 
 
 2. The unwilling. 4. The indifferent. 
 
 II. EXCUSES CONSIDERED. 
 
 1. Too great sinner. 10. My business prevents, 
 
 2. Good enough. 11. Too hard. 
 
 3. Not now. 12. Unpopular preacher. 
 
 4. Don't know how. 13. I ought to, but— 
 
 5. Confession unnecessary. 14. Can not hold out. 
 
 0. Not one of the elect. Is. Many churches confuses me. 
 
 7. Future uninteresting. 16. Baptism confuses me. 
 
 8. Black church-members. 17. Wages too small. 
 
 9. Baptism too bard. 18. Lord's Supper too often. 
 
134 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL 
 
 QUESTIONS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH. 
 
 1. What is the meaning of the word testament f 
 
 2. Give the fivefold purpose of the Old Testament. 
 
 3. Name the divisions of the books of the Old 
 Testament. 
 
 4. Give three names for the first five books of the 
 Old Testament. 
 
 5. Name the divisions of the books of the New 
 Testament. 
 
 G. What are the books of Biography often called? 
 
 7. What are the first three Gospels called? 
 
 8. Of what does the Book of Acts tell? 
 
 9. Why does John say that he wrote his Gospel? 
 
 10. What does Paul say in Gal. 3: 24 about the 
 relation of the law and the gospel? 
 
 11. What is the Book of Revelation called? 
 
 12. Name five methods of studying the Bible. 
 
 13. Who wrote the first book of the New Testa- 
 ment? 
 
 14. Give another name for the writer of the first 
 Gospel. 
 
 15. What was the name of the apostle chosen to 
 take the place of Judas? 
 
 16. What was Matthew's occupation? 
 
 17. In what language was Matthew's Gospel most 
 probably first written? 
 
 18. In what language was Matthew's Gospel after- 
 wards written, or translated? 
 
 19. For what people was Matthew's Gospel written? 
 
QUESTIONS 135 
 
 20. What main purpose did Matthew have in mind 
 in writing his Gospel? 
 
 21. Give two reasons for believing that Matthew's 
 Gospel was written for the Jews. 
 
 22. About how many quotations does Matthew 
 make from the Old Testament prophecy as fulfilled 
 in Jesus? 
 
 23. What Gospel writer gives the longest account 
 of the Sermon on the Mount? 
 
 24. Why does Matthew give such a detailed account 
 of the Sermon on the Mount? 
 
 25. What group of parables are recorded by Mat- 
 thew? 
 
 2G. Name the parables of the Judgment. 
 
 27. Give Peter's confession as recorded by Mat- 
 thew. 
 
 28. Where is Peter's confession found? 
 
 29. Give three divisions of Matthew's Gospel. 
 
 30. Name two characteristics of Matthew's Gospel. 
 
 31. Who wrote the second book of the New Testa- 
 ment? 
 
 32. What was Mark's Jewish name? 
 
 33. What was Mark's Gentile name? 
 
 34. With what two apostles was the writer of the 
 second Gospel intimately associated? 
 
 35. What does the Latin word Marcus mean? 
 3G. What was Mark's nationality? 
 
 37. What was Mark's mother's name? 
 
 38. In what city did Mark's mother live? 
 
 39. Whom does Peter call his "son in the gospel"? 
 
 40. Why is Mark's Gospel sometimes called the 
 "Petrine" Gospel? 
 
136 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 41. Name two of Paul's traveling companions on 
 his first missionary journey. 
 
 42. In what city did John Mark leave Paul and 
 Barnabas and return to Jerusalem? 
 
 43. In what province of Asia Minor is Perga? 
 
 44. What was the result of Mark's desertion of 
 Paul and Barnabas? 
 
 45. How do we know that John Mark again found 
 favor with Paul? 
 
 46. What is the shortest Gospel from the stand- 
 point of space occupied? 
 
 47. To what people was Mark's Gospel written? 
 
 48. Give two reasons for thinking that Mark's Gos- 
 pel was written to the Gentiles? 
 
 49. How much of Mark's Gospel is common mat- 
 ter with the other Gospel writers? 
 
 50. Name five characteristics of Mark's Gospel. 
 
 51. Who wrote the third book of the New Testa- 
 ment? 
 
 52. Of what apostle was Luke a faithful compan- 
 ion? 
 
 53. How many times is Luke mentioned by name 
 in the New Testament? 
 
 54. According to early tradition, of what place was 
 Luke a native? 
 
 55. What was Luke's profession? 
 
 56. What was Luke's nationality? 
 
 57. Why do we think Luke was a Gentile? 
 
 58. How can we tell when Luke was with Paul on 
 his journeys? 
 
 59. Why is Luke's Gospel sometimes called the 
 Pauline Gospel? 
 
QUESTIONS 137 
 
 60. Why is Luke's Gospel sometimes called the Sa- 
 maritan Gospel? 
 
 61. What ministry does Luke emphasize? 
 
 62. Why is Luke's Gospel called the Gospel of 
 Prayer? 
 
 63. Give five characteristics of Luke's Gospel. 
 
 64. Name five miracles peculiar to Luke. 
 
 65. Name five parables peculiar to Luke. 
 
 66. Where does Luke first join Paul? 
 
 67. When does Luke first join Paul? 
 
 68. Who is the writer of the fourth Gospel? 
 
 69. Name and designate three Johns in the New 
 Testament. 
 
 70. Name the Gospel writers who were apostles. 
 
 71. Name two apostles who were close companions 
 of John. 
 
 72. Name three occasions when Peter, James and 
 John were given special privileges. 
 
 73. What two men were called "sons of thunder?" 
 
 74. Name the five books in the New Testament 
 written by John the apostle. 
 
 75. Name the synoptic Gospels. 
 
 76. Why are these Gospels called synoptics? 
 
 77. What ministry of Christ does John emphasize? 
 
 78. What does Clement of Alexandria call John's 
 Gospel? 
 
 79. Make one comparison of the four Gospels. 
 
 80. Give one reason why John emphasizes Christ's 
 Judean ministry. 
 
 81. What Gospel writer alone records Christ's first 
 miracle? 
 
138 THi: NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 82. What Gospel writer alone gives Christ's first 
 recorded discourse' 
 
 83. What Gospel writer represents Christ as the 
 Good Shepherd? 
 
 84. What Gospel writer alone records Christ's dis- 
 course on the bread of life? 
 
 85. Name five characteristics of John's Gospel. 
 
 86. What were the two sources of information 
 Luke had in writing the Book of Acts? 
 
 87. Give four divisions of the Book of Acts. 
 
 88. What is the purpose of the Book of Acts? 
 
 89. Around what two great men does much of the 
 history of the Book of Acts hinge? 
 
 90. Name five characteristics of the Book of Acts. 
 
 91. Name four notable conversions recorded in the 
 Book of Acts. 
 
 92. How many people became Christians on the 
 day of Pentecost following the resurrection? 
 
 93. Give Ihree names used in the Scriptures for 
 the followers of Christ. 
 
 94. What does the word disciple mean? 
 
 95. Quote a passage of Scripture in which the fol- 
 lowers of Christ are called disciples. 
 
 96. What is the significance of the word brethren* 
 
 97. Quote the passage of Scripture in which the 
 word brethren is used to designate the followers of 
 Christ. 
 
 98. From what is the term Christian derived? 
 
 99. Quote a passage in the Scriptures where the 
 disciples of Christ were called Christians. 
 
 100. What does the word church mean? 
 
QUESTIONS 139 
 
 101. Give three names used in the Scriptures for 
 the organization of Christ's followers. 
 
 102. Quote a passage of Scripture where the church 
 is called the "church of Christ." 
 
 103. Quote a passage of Scripture where the church 
 is called the "church of God." 
 
 104. Quote a passage of Scripture where the churcn 
 is called the "church of the Lord." 
 
 105. Quote a verse of Scripture where Christ calls 
 the church "ray church." 
 
 106. Quote a verse of Scripture where it says that 
 believers are to be baptized in Christ's name. 
 
 107. Give two reasons why it is better to wear no 
 other names than those in the Scriptures, both for 
 the church and for the individual members of the 
 church. 
 
 108. From what is the word creed derived? 
 
 109. Why is the question of creed very important? 
 
 110. What is the creed of the New Testament 
 church? 
 
 111. Give Peter's statement of that creed. 
 
 112. Name eight elements of the creed of the New 
 Testament church. 
 
 113. What does the word convert mean? 
 
 114. How may a person know when he is con- 
 verted? 
 
 115. If a person does not believe in the divinity of 
 Christ, what would be the first thing you would tell 
 him to do in order that he might become a Chris- 
 tian 9 
 
 110. Quote Acts lfl: 31. 
 
 117. If a person already believes in Christ, what 
 
140 THE HEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 would be the aexl thing you would tell him to do 
 in order to become a Christian. 
 
 118. Quote Ads 2': 38. 
 
 119. If a person already believes in Christ and has 
 repented, what would you tell him to do? 
 
 120. Quote Rom. 10: 9. 
 
 121. If a person already believes in Christ, has re- 
 pented of his sins, has confessed him before men. 
 what is the next thing that he must do to become 
 a Christian? 
 
 122. Quote Acts 22: 1G. 
 
 123. Name two ordinances observed in the New 
 Testament church. 
 
 124. What does the Greek word baptizo mean? 
 
 125. What are the prerequisites of baptism? 
 
 126. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that faith is a prerequisite of baptism. 
 
 127. Quote and locate a verse of Scripture showing 
 that repentance is a prerequisite of baptism. 
 
 128. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing the necessity of confession. 
 
 129. Quote and locate a verse of Scripture showing 
 the purpose of faith, repentance and baptism. 
 
 130. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture giving 
 authority for infant baptism. 
 
 131. Describe Christ's baptism as given by Matthew. 
 
 132. Describe in the words of Scripture the bap- 
 tism of the Ethiopian eunuch by the evangelist 
 Philip. 
 
 133. In bis letter to the Romans, what does Paul 
 say about baptism being a symbol of a burial and 
 resurrection " 
 
QUESTIONS 141 
 
 134. Quote the words of Christ where he prayed for 
 the unity of all his followers. 
 
 135. Name at least four events that took place on 
 the Lord's Day that should caure all Christians to 
 observe it. 
 
 136. Why was John baptizing in Mnon, near Salim? 
 
 137. Give four names variously used in reference 
 to the Lord's Supper. 
 
 138. Why is the Lord's Supper so called? 
 
 139. Why is the Lord's Supper called eucharist? 
 
 140. Why is the Lord's Supper called sacrament? 
 
 141. Why is the Lord's Supper called communion? 
 142'. What two terms are used in the New Testa- 
 ment in reference to the Lord's Supper? 
 
 143. Locate a passage of Scripture in which the 
 term Lord's Supper is used. 
 
 144. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture in 
 which the word communion is used. 
 
 145. Describe in the words of Paul the observance 
 of the Lord's Supper. 
 
 146. About how many times is the term Holy Spirit 
 used in the New Testament? 
 
 147. Quote a verse in the Scripture where the Holy 
 Spirit is called a Comforter. 
 
 148. Name three manifestations of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 149. Name the two times when the baptism with 
 the Holy Spirit occurred. 
 
 150. When did the church begin? 
 
 151. Name two qualifications of an apostle. 
 
 152. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that the special twelve whom Christ chose were 
 called apostles. 
 
142 THE new TESTAMENT CHI rch 
 
 153. Describe in the words of Paul the qualifica- 
 tions of a deacon. 
 
 154. Name two of the most important of the first 
 deacons of the early church. 
 
 155. Describe in the words of Paul to Timothy the 
 qualifications of an elder or bishop. 
 
 156. What does Paul say in Rom. 12: 1 about our 
 spiritual service? 
 
 157. Quote and locate a verse of Scripture show- 
 ing that giving is reciprocal. 
 
 15S. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that giving has its heavenly reward. 
 
 159. What comment did Christ make upon the 
 widow's mite? 
 
 160. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that giving must be cheerful. 
 
 161. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that giving must be liberal. 
 
 162. Quote and locate a verse of Scripture showing 
 that giving must be systematic, universal and pro- 
 portionate. 
 
 163. What is a missionary? 
 
 164. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that the early church had the missionary spirit. 
 
 165. Where was Paul when he heard the Mace- 
 donian call? 
 
 166. Describe this call as given by Luke. 
 
 167. Quote and locate Christ's missionary program. 
 16$. What city in Paul's time was the center of a 
 
 most wonderful missionary work'.' 
 
 169. What great missionary was sent out by this 
 church? 
 
QUESTIONS 143 
 
 170. Quote and locate a verse of Scripture showing 
 that each one will be judged according to his works. 
 
 171. Quote and locate a passage of Scripture show- 
 ing that each individual will be held responsible to 
 God. 
 
 172. Give four reasons for desiring Christian union. 
 
 173. Give six signs of Christian union. 
 
 174. Quote a Scripture in answer to the person who 
 says, "I am too great a sinner. It is too late for 
 me to accept Christ." 
 
 175. Quote a Scripture in answer to the person 
 who says, "I am good enough." 
 
 176. Quote a verse in the New Testament in an- 
 swer to the person who says, "Not now; there is 
 plenty of time yet." 
 
 177. Quote four Scriptures in answer to the person 
 who says, "I do not know how to become a Chris- 
 tian." 
 
 178. Give a Scripture in answer to the person wno 
 says, "I do not think it necessary to confess Christ." 
 
 179. If, when you were trying to lead a man to 
 Christ, he would say, "Perhaps I am not one of the 
 elect," what Scripture would you quote? 
 
 ISO. What Scripture would you quote to a person 
 who says, "The future does not concern me"? 
 
 181. Quote a Scripture in answer to the person who 
 says, "I am as good as some folks that are in the 
 church." 
 
 182. How would you answer a person in Scripture 
 words who says, "It is too great a cross to be bap- 
 tized"? 
 
 183. Give a Scriptural reply to a person who says, 
 
Ill THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 "My business floes not make it possible for me to 
 be a Christian." 
 
 184. Give a Scriptural answer to a person who says, 
 "I can not give up all." 
 
 185. What Scriptural answer would you give to 
 one who says, "I do not like that preacher of yours"? 
 
 186. Quote a verse of Scripture in answer to tho 
 person who says, "I know I ought to become a Chris- 
 tian, but — " 
 
 187. What verse of Scripture would you use to one 
 who says, "I am afraid 1 can not hold out"? 
 
 188. What Scriptural answer would you give to that 
 person who says, "I do not know which church t'j 
 join"? 
 
 189. Give an appropriate Scripture quotation for 
 the one who says, "I do not know how to be baptized. 
 Some folks say one thing and some another." 
 
 190. What Scriptural answer would you give to 
 the person who says, "The world pays better wages 
 than Christ"? 
 
 191. Quote a verse of Scripture in reply to one 
 who says, "I do not think it necessary to observe the 
 Lord's Supper every Sunday." 
 
 192. Give the great commission as recorded by 
 Matthew. 
 
 193. Give the "Good Company" Psalm. 
 
 i:u. Name the four great institutions of worship in 
 the Old Testament. 
 
 195. Name the three parts of the tabernacle. 
 
 196. What furnishings were in the court? 
 
 197. What furnishings were in the Holy Plate? 
 
 198. What was in the Holy of Holies? 
 
QUESTIONS 145 
 
 199. What is the typical meaning of the court? 
 
 200. What is the typical meaning of the Holy Place? 
 
 201. What is the typical meaning of the Holy of 
 Holies? 
 
 202. What is the typical meaning of the Altar of 
 Burnt-offerings? 
 
 20o. What is the typical meaning of the Laver? 
 
 204. What is the typical meaning of the Golden 
 Candlestick? 
 
 205. What is the typical meaning of the Table of 
 Showbread? 
 
 206. What is the typical meaning of the Altar of 
 Incense? 
 
146 THE SEW TESTAMENT CHI RCH 
 
 RAPID-FIRE DRILL REPLIES 
 
 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT 
 CHURl II. 
 
 1. Will or covenant. 
 
 2. (1) It is a book of history. (2) It shows how 
 God dealt with men in olden times. (3) It shows 
 how God chose a people through whom he might 
 teach the worship of the one God, and through whom 
 in the fullness of time he might send his Son to re- 
 deem the world. (4) It is the prophetic photograph 
 of Christ. (5) It is the schoolmaster that brings us 
 to Christ. 
 
 "So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto 
 Christ, that we might be justified by faith" (Gal. 3: -4). 
 
 3. Law, History, Devotion, Major Prophets, Mi- 
 nor Prophets. 
 
 4. Law, Pentateuch. Early History. 
 
 5. Biography, History, Special Letters, General 
 Letters, Prophecy. 
 
 6. Gospels. 
 
 7. The "Synoptic Gospels." 
 
 8. The Book of Acts tells of the beginning of the 
 church and how we are to become Christians. 
 
 9. "But these are written, that ye may believe 
 that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that 
 believing ye may have life in his name" (John 20: 
 31). 
 
 10. "So that the law is become our tutor to bring 
 us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." 
 
 11. Apocalypse. 
 
ANSWERS M? 
 
 12. (1) Study the Bible as a whole. (2) Study tb.3 
 Bible by books. (3) Study the Bible biographically. 
 (4) Study the Bible according to institutions of wor- 
 ship and service. (5) Study the Bible devotionally. 
 
 13. Matthew. 
 
 14. Levi. 
 
 15. Matthias. 
 
 16. Tax-gatherer. 
 
 17. Hebrew. 
 
 18. Greek. 
 
 19. The Jews. 
 
 20. To set forth the Messiahship of Jesus. 
 
 21. (1) He traces the genealogy of Christ from 
 Abraham and David. (2') He quotes often from the 
 Old Testament. 
 
 22. Sixty. 
 
 23. Matthew. 
 
 24. He desired to show how the law was fulfilled 
 in Christ's gospel. Matthew throughout emphasizes 
 the words of Jesus rather than his works. 
 
 25. The parables of the Judgment. 
 
 26. The Tares; the Dragnet; Ten Virgins; the 
 Talents; and the Rejection of the Goats. 
 
 27. "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 
 Sod." 
 
 28. Matt. 16: 16. 
 
 29. (1) Genealogy of Christ (1:1-4:16); (2) the 
 active ministry of Christ (4: 17-16: 20); (3) closing 
 avents of Christ's life (16: 21-28: 20). 
 
 30. (1) Written for the Jews. t2) Filled with 
 Old Testament quotations. 
 
148 THE NEW TESTAMENT CUIHVH 
 
 31. John Mark. 
 
 32. John. 
 
 33. Marcus. 
 
 34. Paul ami Peter. 
 
 35. Hammer. 
 
 36. Jew. 
 
 37. Mary. 
 
 38. Jerusalem. 
 
 39. John Mark. 
 
 40. Mark was intimately associated with Peter, 
 and no doubt gave many things which Peter was in 
 the habit of giving in his discourses. 
 
 41. Barnabas and John Mark. 
 
 42. Perga. 
 
 43. Pamphylia. 
 
 44. On his second missionary journey Paul refused 
 to take John Mark with him. 
 
 45. During Paul's second imprisonment in Rome he 
 requested Timothy to bring John Mark, saying that 
 he was useful to him for the ministry (2 Tim. 4: 2). 
 
 46. Mark's. 
 
 47. The Gentiles, and especially to the Greeks. 
 
 48. (1) Mark scarceh ever quotes from the Old 
 Testament. (2) Mark adds explanations and trans- 
 lations of words that would be Intelligible to the 
 Jews. 
 
 19. Fully 93 per cent. 
 
 50. (1) Shorter. (- 1 Does not use prophecy. (3) 
 Descriptions are mosi vivid. (4) Emphasizes Christ 
 as the Master man of the living present. (5) Writ- 
 ten to prove the divinity rather than the Messiah- 
 ship of Jesus. 
 
ANSWERS 149 
 
 51. Luke. 
 
 52. Paul. 
 
 53. Three. 
 
 54. Antioch in Syria. 
 
 55. Physician. 
 
 56. He was a Gentile, most, likely Greek. 
 
 57. We gather this from the distinction drawn 
 between him and those "of the circumcision" (Col. 
 4: 11-14). 
 
 58. By the use of the word "we" in his narrative. 
 
 59. Because it was written by one who was a very 
 close companion of Paul. 
 
 60. Because it is the only one that records the 
 parable of the Good Samaritan. 
 
 61. The Perean ministry. 
 
 62. Because Luke alone preserves to us the fact 
 that our Lord was praying: (1) When he was trans- 
 figured. (2) When the Holy Spirit descended at his 
 baptism. (3) After cleansing the leper. (4) Before 
 calling the twelve. (5) On the cross for the mur- 
 derers. (6) With his last breath. 
 
 63. (1) Gospel of sympathy. (2) Gospel of woman- 
 hood. (3) Gospel of thanksgiving. (4) Gospel of 
 prayer. (5) Emphasizes the Perean ministry. 
 
 64. (1) Draught of fishes. (2) Widow's son at 
 Nain. (3) Man with Dropsy. (4) Ten lepers. (5) 
 Malchus. 
 
 65. (1) Good Samaritan. (2) Rich Fool. (3) 
 Prodigal Son. (4) Dives and Lazarus. (5) Pharisee 
 and Publican. 
 
 66. At Troas. 
 
 67. On his second missionary journey. 
 
150 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 68. John the apostle. 
 
 69. (1) John the Baptist. (2) John the apostle. 
 (3) John Mark, the writer of the second Gospel. 
 
 70. Matthew and John. 
 • 71. Peter and James. 
 
 72. (1) At the raising of Jairus' daughter; (2) at 
 the transfiguration; (3) in the agony in Gethsemane. 
 
 73. John and James. 
 
 74. John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Revelation. 
 
 75. Matthew, Mark and Luke. 
 
 76. Because they to a large extent "take the same 
 view of Christ." 
 
 77. His Judean ministry. 
 
 78. The spiritual gospel. 
 
 79. Matthew represents Jesus as the Wonderful 
 Counsellor; Mark, as the almighty God; Luke, as the 
 everlasting Father; John, the Prince of Peace (Isa. 
 9: 6). 
 
 80. Because it is not emphasized by the other Gos- 
 pel writers. 
 
 81. John (2: 1-12). 
 
 82. John (3: 1-21). 
 
 83. John (10: 1-21). 
 
 84. John (6: 22-7: 1). 
 
 85. (1) It differs widely from the other Gospels. 
 (2) Chronological. (3) Emphasizes the Judean min- 
 istry. (4) The Gospel of Symbolism. (5) Spiritual 
 Gospel. 
 
 86. (1) Personal observation concerning many 
 things. (2) Paul, Philip the evangelist, Peter and 
 James, the Lord's brother, and others. 
 
 87. (1) Church in Jerusalem. (2) Church in Trail- 
 
ANSWERS 151 
 
 sition. (3) Paul's Preaching Tours. (4) Paul's Im- 
 prisonment Work. 
 
 *8S. To tell of the early history of the church, and 
 how men of all classes and conditions were won to 
 Christ. 
 
 89. Peter and Paul. 
 
 90. (1) Continuation of the Gospel according to 
 Luke. (2) Gospel of the Holy Spirit. (3) Book of 
 Conversions. (4) Christianity spoken of as "The 
 Way." (5) The book hinges around Peter and Paul. 
 
 91. (1) Ethiopian eunuch. (2) Paul. (3) Cor- 
 nelius. (4) Philippian jailer. 
 
 92. Three thousand. 
 
 93. Disciples, brethren and Christians. 
 
 94. Learner. It carries with it the idea of the 
 learner who follows his teacher. 
 
 95. "If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not 
 his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, 
 and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, 
 he cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14: 26). 
 
 96. This term has reference to the fraternal re- 
 lationship among the disciples. 
 
 97. "For one is your teacher, and all ye are breth- 
 ren" (Matt. 23: 8). 
 
 98. The term Christian is derived from the word 
 Christ. 
 
 99. "The disciples were called Christians first in 
 Antioch" (Acts 11: 26). 
 
 100. The word church means "called out" with 
 "from the world" implied. 
 
 101. (1) Church of Christ. (2) Church of God. 
 (3) Church of the Lord. 
 
152 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 102. "All the churches of Christ salute you" (Rom. 
 16: 16). 
 
 103. "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth" 
 (1 Cor. 1:2). 
 
 104. "The Holy Spirit hath made you bishops to 
 feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with 
 his own blood" (Acts 20: 28). 
 
 105. "I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and 
 upon this rock will I build my church" (Matt. 16: 18). 
 
 106. "Repent ye, and be baptized every«one of you 
 in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of 
 your sins" (Acts 2: 38). 
 
 107. Party names (1) create; (2) perpetuate di- 
 visions in the church. 
 
 108. The word creed comes from the Latin word 
 credo — "I believe.'" 
 
 109. The creed dominates the life. 
 
 110. Jesus. 
 
 111. "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 
 God" (Matt. 16: 16). 
 
 il2. (1) Simple. (2) Profound. (3) Comprehen- 
 sive. (4) Divine. (5) Pattern. (6) Capable of 
 bringing out our best. (7) Universal. (8) Perfect. 
 
 113. To turn again. It is almost equivalent to 
 our expression right about face. 
 
 114. If he has done what Christ has asked him to 
 do in order to become a Christian, he is converted. 
 
 115. Believe. (Acts Hi: 31.) 
 
 116. "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt 
 be saved, thou and all thy house." 
 
 117. Repent. (Acts 2: 38.) 
 
 118. "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you 
 
ANSWERS 158 
 
 in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of 
 your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
 Spirit." 
 
 119. Confess. (Rom. 10: 9.) 
 
 120. "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus 
 as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God 
 raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." 
 
 121. Be baptized. (Acts 22: 16.) 
 
 122. "Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy 
 sins, calling on his name." 
 
 123. (1) Baptism. (2) Lord's Supper. 
 
 124. To immerse, submerge, to dip. 
 
 125. Faith and repentance. 
 
 126. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" 
 (Mark 16: 16). 
 
 127. "Repent ye, and be baptized" (Acts 2:38). 
 
 128. "Every one therefore who shall confess me before 
 men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in 
 heaven" (Matt. 10 : 32). 
 
 129. "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the 
 name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins ; and ye 
 shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2: 38). 
 
 130. There is none. 
 
 131. "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto 
 John, to be baptized of him. But John would have hindered 
 him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest 
 thou to me? But Jesus answering said unto him. Suffer it 
 now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 
 Then he suffereth him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, 
 went up straightway from the water : and lo, the heavens 
 were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God de- 
 scending as a dove, and coming upon him ; and lo, a voice 
 out of the heavens, saying. This is my beloved Son, in whom 
 I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:13-17). 
 
 132. "And as they went on the way, they came unto a 
 certain water : and the eunuch saith. Behold, here is water, 
 what doth hinder me to be baptized? And he commanded the 
 chariot to stand still : and they both went down into the 
 water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 
 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the 
 Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, 
 for he went on his way rejoicing" (Acts 8:36-39). 
 
 133. "We were buried therefore with him through baptism 
 into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead 
 
154 THE NEW TE8TAMEXT CHURCH 
 
 through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk 
 in newness of life. For, if we have become united with him 
 in the likeness of his death, we shall be also mi tin- likeness 
 of his resurrection" (Rom. 0:4. 5). 
 
 134. "Neither for these only do I pray, but for them 
 also that believe on me through their word; that they may 
 all be one: even as thou, Father, art in me, and 1 in thee. 
 that they also may be in us: thai the world may believe 
 that thou didst send me" (John 17 : I'd. 21). 
 
 135. ili Christ's resurrection. (2) Descent of the Holy 
 Spirit. (3) Beginning of the church. (4i The disciples met 
 together to observe the Lord's Supper. 
 
 136. "And John also was baptizing in /Enon near to 
 Salim. because there was much water there: and they came 
 and were baptized" (John 3 : 23 I . 
 
 137. (11 Lord's Supper. (2) Eucharist. (.';> Sacrament. 
 (4) Communion. 
 
 138. In honor of him who instituted it. 
 
 130. The word euchariat means thanksgiving. 
 
 140. The word sacrament carries with it an idea of an 
 oath or pledge. 
 
 141. Because the word communion means fellowship, in- 
 volving the two ideas of contributing and receiving. 
 
 141'. Lord's Supper and communion. 
 1 13. 1 Cor. 11 : 20. 
 
 144. "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a 
 communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we 
 break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ ?" i 1 
 (or. Id : 16). 
 
 14."). "For I received of the Lord that which also 1 
 delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in 
 which he was betrayed took bread: and when be had given 
 thanks, he brake it, and said. This is my body, which is 
 for you : this do in remembrance of me. In like manner 
 also* the cup. after supper, saying. This cup is the new 
 covenant in my blood : this do, as often as ye drink it, in 
 remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and 
 drink the cup. ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come. 
 Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of 
 the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the 
 body and the blood of the Lord. Rut let a man prove 
 himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of lin- 
 eup. For he that eateth and drinketb. eateth and drinketh 
 judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body" i1 
 Cor. 11 : 23-29). 
 
 146. Not less than sixty six. 
 
 147. "But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom 
 the Father will send in my name, he shall teach yon all 
 things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said 
 unto \ on" i John 1 4 : 26 I , 
 
 145. ili Baptism with the Holy Spirit. (2) Extraordi- 
 nary gift of the Holy Spirit the apostles werc able to 
 
ANSWERS 155 
 
 bestow. (3) The ordinary gift or indwelling of the Holj 
 Spirit conditioned upon obedience. 
 
 149. (1) On the day of Pentecost following the resur- 
 rection (Acts 2:4). (2) At the household of Cornelius 
 (Acts 10: 44-46). 
 
 150. On the day of Fentecost following the resurrection. 
 131. (1) Witness of the risen Saviour. (2) Given mirac- 
 ulous power. 
 
 152. "And when it was day he called the disciples : and 
 he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles" 
 (Luke 6: 13). 
 
 153. "For they that have served well as deacons gain 
 to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the 
 faith which is in Christ Jesus" il Tim. 8; 13). 
 
 154. Fhilip and Stephen. 
 
 155. "Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office 
 of a bishop, he desireth a good work. He bishop therefore 
 must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, tem- 
 perate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to 
 teach ; no brawler, no striker ; but gentle, not contentious, 
 no lover of money: one that ruleth well his own house,' 
 having his children in subjection with all gravity: (hut if a 
 man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he 
 take care of the church of God?) not a novice, lest being 
 puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. More- 
 over he must have good testimony from them that are 
 without : lest he fall into reproach and the snare of 
 the devil" (1 Tim. 3 : 1-7). 
 
 156. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies 
 of God. to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
 acceptable to God. which is your spiritual service." 
 
 157. "Give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, 
 pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give 
 into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall 
 be measured to you again*' (Luke 6:38). 
 
 158. "If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which 
 thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure 
 in heaven" (Matt. 19:21). 
 
 159. "This poor widow cast in more than all they that 
 are casting into the treasury : for they all did cast in of 
 their superfluity : but she of her want did cast in all that 
 she had, even all her living' - (Mark 12 : 43. 44). 
 
 160. "Let each man do according as he hath purposed 
 in his heart : not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth 
 a cheerful giver" (2 Cor. 9:7). 
 
 161. "He that givetb let him do it with liberality" (Rom. 
 12: 8). 
 
 162. "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you 
 lay by him in store, as he may prosper" (1 >'or. 16:2). 
 
 163. One sent with a message to another person. 
 
 164. "And they went forth, and preached everywhere, 
 the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by 
 signs that fallowed" (Mark 16:20). 
 
156 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 165. in 'Proas on his second missionary journey. 
 
 ltiii. "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night : There 
 was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and say 
 Ing, Come over Into Macedonia^ and help us" (Acta 16:0). 
 
 167. "Bui ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit 
 is come upon you : and ye shall lie my witnesses both in 
 Jerusalem, and In all Judea and Samaria, and unto the 
 uttermost parts of Hie earth" (Acts 1:8). 
 
 168. Antiocb in Syria. 
 1(39. Paul. 
 
 170. "And 1 saw the dead, the meat and the small, stand 
 ing before the throne; and books were opened: and another 
 book was opened, which is the hook of life: and the dead 
 were judged out of the- things which were written in the 
 books, according to their works" (Rev. 20: 12). 
 
 171. "So then ear',, one Of us shall give account of him- 
 self to God" ( Rom. 14 : 1U». 
 
 172. (1) Local expense too great. {-) Administrative ex- 
 pense lor world-wide work too great. (:!) A divided church 
 can not save the world. (4) We are misdirecting our vital 
 forces. 
 
 17:5. (1) Decline of denominationalism. (2) Masses are 
 demanding it. (3) Bible study spreading. <4i Creeds are 
 passing into disuse. (To Geographical harriers have been 
 removed, (tii International interdenominational movements. 
 
 174. "For the Sou of man came to seek and to save that 
 which was lost" tl.uke 19:10). 
 
 175. "Even the righteousness of God through faith in 
 Christ .lesus unto ..II them that believe: for there is no dis- 
 tinction; for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory Of 
 i Hid" ( Rom. ■" : 22, 23 i. 
 
 176. "Therefore In ye also ready: for in an hour that ye 
 think not the Son of man cometh" (.Matt. 24:44). 
 
 177. "Believt on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall 
 he saved" < Acts 16 : ::i ). 
 
 "Repent ye. and be baptized every one of you in the name 
 of Jesus Chrisl unto the remission ( .i' your sin's" (Acts 2:38). 
 
 "Every one therefore who shall confess me before men. 
 him will I also confess before my Cat her who is in heaven" 
 (Matt, in : 32). 
 
 "lie that believeth and is baptized, shall he saved : lint 
 he thai disbelieveth shall be condemned" (Mark 16: 16). 
 
 ITS. "If thou shall confess with thy mouth Jesus 08 Lord. 
 and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the 
 dead, thou shalt he saved ; fur with the heart man believeth 
 unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made 
 unto salvat inn" i Rom. 10 : 9, 10). 
 
 179. "'Ibis is good and acceptable in the sight of God our 
 Saviour: who would have all men to he saved, and come 
 to the knowledge of the truth" il Tim. 2:3, 4 i. 
 
 LM). "And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to 
 die, and after this cometh judgment" (Ueb. 9:27). 
 
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 181. "So then each one of us shall give account of him- 
 self to God" (Rom. 14:12t. 
 
 181*. "If any man would come after me, let him deny 
 himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoso- 
 ever would save his life shall lose it : and whosoever shall 
 lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what shall a 
 man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and for- 
 feit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his 
 life?" (Matt. 16: 24-26). 
 
 183. "And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, 
 or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for 
 my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall 
 inherit eternal life" (Matt. 19:29). 
 
 184. "There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or 
 brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's 
 sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and 
 in the world to come eternal life" d,uke 18:29, 30). 
 
 185. "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men 
 but in the power of God" (1 Cor. 2 : 5). 
 
 156. "To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and 
 doeth it not, to him it is sin" (Jas. 4:17). 
 
 157. "Who by the power of God are guided through faith 
 unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Pet. 
 1:5). 
 
 188. "And the Lord added to them day by dav those 
 that were saved" (Acts 2 : 47 I. 
 
 189. "We were buried therefore with him through bap- 
 tism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the 
 dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk 
 in newness of life" (Rom. 6:4). 
 
 190. "And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, 
 or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for 
 my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall in- 
 herit eternal life" (Matt. 19:29). 
 
 191. "And upon the first day of the week, when we were 
 gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them 
 intending to depart on the morrow" (Acts 20:7). 
 
 192. "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the na- 
 tions, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of 
 the Son and of the Holy Spirit : teaching them to observe 
 all things whatsoever I commanded you : and lo, I am with 
 you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matt 28- 
 19, 20). 
 
 193. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
 of the wicked. 
 
 Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
 
 Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers : 
 
 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah: 
 
 And on his law doth he meditate day and night. 
 
 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, 
 
 That bringeth forth its fruit in its season. 
 
 Whose leaf also doth not wither ; 
 
 And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
 
158 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 
 
 The wicked are not so, 
 
 Bui are like the chafl which the wind driveth away. 
 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, 
 Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 
 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; 
 Bui the way of the wicked shall perish" il's. 1). 
 L94. Altar, Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue. 
 
 195. Court. Holy Place, Holy of Holies. 
 
 196. Altar of Burnl offerings, Laver. 
 
 r.»7. Golden Candlestick, Table of Showbread, Altar 
 Incense. 
 
 1!>S. Ark of the Covenant. 
 
 199. World. 
 
 200. church. 
 
 201. Heaven. 
 
 -()-. Christ's sacrifice. 
 
 203. Christian baptism. 
 
 204. Bible. 
 
 205. Lord"s Supper. 
 
 206. Prayer. 
 
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