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'J: r in lhe worl d.:t;
'it! wor-s t Depression. 'l'he
gaunt specter of Hunger- and
Want 'stalks every land.
Yet Almighty God prom-
ises us: "My God shall sup-
ply all 'your NEED according
to His riches in elory by
Christ Jesus. " (Phil. 4:19).
WHY are so many NOT
klother REASON for a Great
deal of misery ana suffering to-
day in p-:oing c ount er- t o God r s com-
,0 "
mand , 'owe no marr anything. We
disobey God when we go inJ.;o debt.
Many are about charging
things, or buying on the ins taJ.--
'pLan , Buy only tha. t which you 0.1-
ready.haVG cn hand the money to pay
for. If you do not have the money"
and the thing is a NEED, do not
charge it or go in debt---but ask
GOD tn supply the need, TRUST Him,
and dony yourself until He doe a t
No one can deny that the Bible
defini tely PROMISES that God will
deliver us frnm every trial and
ble. The' Scriptures definitely
promise that God will supply every
NEED- - - whot her f inane ial ,spiri t ua1,
or o,thorwise. The Word plainly and
definitely promises God will heal
us when sick. (Continued on page 9)
result of hi3 ovm
follY7 still he
need neither beg
nor suffer any
lack.
God. ha s nr-oui-
ised to deliver us
out of every trou-
ble. Even tho we
brought it on our-
selves. Read Psalm
....._-_ _.-__ _.. __ __.__ _ _.._ _ _... 107: 4-31. lIe does
n,.,t deal with uS
after our sins (Psalm 103:10)" and
promt s e s to our mouths with
goo.d things" (verse 5).
Bub., do not mt s take the mercy
0f God. He is a God or as
well as :-f love and mercy. There is
always tIns CONDITION: that we re-
pent of our own .sins---which means
t"o""furn from them.
If a family is in want because
of shlftles.:lness, laziness, waste-
fulness, or spend t hr-Lf'Ld.ne s s , they
first REPENT of these things"
and Wlake a de'l:.,.Yliilned;. ertort 1;0
correct them, before Gods
may apply. If due to pvor manage-
ment .. this, too, mua t te a c knowl edged,
repented of a determined effort
made to over-come it.
But God's n.l an for the Chris-
t dan is t o east-ALL our car-e s unon
HIM, (I Pet. 5:7), and He p::"omises
that we shall suf.fer no wan t , (Ps ,
34:9).
TwC" Reasnns
--'-'
A
'. beggar is al-
-"'. ways e. man of
this world.
'Never is a
be ggaz- a man who
walks with God and
TRUSTS God to 'Oe:r-
form that which He
has promised in
His \Vord
DaVid" under'
inspiration from
God; wrote: "I have
been young, and now am 0ld; yet
have I never seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begcing
bread." (Psalm 37: 25)
Why? Because, in the first
place, the mah is indus-
trious, diligent in his work or
bUsiness, doing all he can do to-
ward sup,plyin, honestly his own
'The 1.ord will not suffer
the soul of the rlghteous to fam-
ish: but He casteth away the SUb-
stance 0f the wicked. He becometh
poor that dealeth a slack
hand: but t he hand of the DILIGENT
maketh rich:"" (Pl,ov-.-lO: 3, .._-
And-in the second 9lace, the
riGhteous has the faith tn TRUST
the Lord to keep Hi3 Wora, and, if
he should find himself in a tight
pLace, tn.,pen the way and supply
his every need a c cor-d Lng to His
r Lch ea in glory by Christ Jesus.
He does not beg. He asks of
not and has the faith to
receive the answer. "wnat s oevev is
no t of faith in of SIN." (R0m. 14:'
2'3)
Even the careful, prudent, in-
dustrious man may, in a time of
like the
du.ced to pnverty and wan t , He may,
circumstances out of his con-
trol, find himself in dire need
J
a.nd utterly helpless. men have
to "take the count" and meet r-ever-
ses, at least during life.
man who ha3 been so fortunate
as not yet to have met such a re-
verse will Co well to avoid giV-
ing teo much credi t to his own care-
ful management and dilligence" or
to criticise or to scorn his less
fortunate brother.
But when a righteous man
comes to a predicament, he ne-
ver needs to beg or want.
Even tho his plight be the
Page 8 The P L A I N T RUT K fAal, 1934
ARE THE TEN
IN THE LAW OF MOSES?
(Continued from page 5)
and it is a law complete in itself,
for HE ADDED NO MORE.
Since thIS 'Iii'\Vdld not come
by or thru MODe.S, it cannot pe
called the law of Moses. Nowhere ill
all the Bible can you find a
one O'rtneri'eriComma.ridment.s -ineri=" -
tIOnae J.;1,
rrti'lt of' Mooes" are u3eaJ Nowhere
callt'fieTen Com-
mandments the "law or Moaes.
t1
And
if the Bible does not, we should
not. The Ten Commandments form the
law referred to as "God's Law,"
or "His Commandments," and "My
Commandments."
Wnere shall we go for a clean-
cut definition or SIN? Surely the
Bible will clearly define anything
aa vi tal as SIN. "Sin is the \irans-o
gr-e a s Lo n of the law!" (I John 3:4).
VMAT law? not,one which was
away. Surely, also, a very
definite, cleanly-expressed law,
and not just a collection of un-
related precepts scattered here
nnd there, subjeat to our own de-
as to which we think bind-
ing and which not. Jesus made it
clear that the particular law it
sin to transgress is the Ten Com-
Paul made this clear.
So does James. So does JOhn. sure-
ly it is SIN to have other gods
before Him
t
or to swear, or to lie,
steal, murder, commit adultery.
Notice, too, Moses did not
WRITE thj,.:3 law. God wrote this law
in two tables of stone. Since Ood
gave this law direct to the peo-
ple, with His own voice, and since
its original--authorship wa3 God'G,
written with the very finger of
God, it is GOD'S law, and not Mos-
es' law. And it is in
i tse If. "He added no more." So if
Moses gave-them a Iaw;-rt was not
this law, or part of this law, or
added to this law, for to this law
God "added no more."
Separate Law
When, therefore, we read in
Deut. 33:4 tha.t "MOSES commanded us
0. law," we know it was an entirely
different and separate law.
Study also Nehemia.h 9:l4:"and
commandedst them precepts, stat-
ute s anc lo.ws, BY THE HAND OF 1\\OSES
thy These were different
l'rom the Commandments God command-
ed them direct from heaven, men-
tioned in verce 13.
to prove there are TWO
separate
Ten Commnndments are considered by
God Himself as different o.nd sep-
arate from the law of Moses---ex-
amine II Kine3 God is speok-
1ngt "only if they will observe to
do according to all that I HAVE CO
MANDED THEM, and aCCOarrnS"
aITtne-riiVi that"myservo.nt MOSES
oomfnanaea-tneii:'T' '-rre
God ape aka- plainly of one law which
He says "I have comma.nded tnsm,"
and of another law whleh
He oa;vs "My scr'lant Moses commanded
them ..
l1
SU7'ely nO one con tV/1st or
wrest this into anything but TWO
separate lows.
Written
Now how was Moses' law
See Deut. 31:24-26. "When MO:)eo had
mnde an end ofwriting the words ot
THIS law in a book Moses com-
manded book ot the
law, and put it in the srae or tne
ark or the covenant:n- -- - --
--- Notice Moses' law was written
IN A BOOK, and 1s distinctly called
"THE BOm\ OF THE LAW." It was kept
IN THE SIDE OF the ark.
- But how was God's Law written?
"And the Lord delivered unto me two
tables or stone written WITH THE Fl
GER OF' GOD! and W'iiSwrItten-
accoraing to all the words which the
Lord spa'ke with you." (Deut. 9:10.
See also Ex. 31:18).
Now see where tne Ten Command-
ments were kept. "There was nothing
in the ark the two tables which
MOses-plittherei7". at Horeb." (II
Chron. 5:10). Heb. 9:4 shows they
were in the inner apartment, the
Holy or Holies.
Some will argue that Moses broke
the original tables of stone, (Deut.
9:17), anct then ask us to believe
that M03es wrote the second set or
tables which were in the ark. But
read Deut. 10:1-5. The Lord says,
verse 2, "and I will write on the
tables," and verse 4 says the Lord
DID do tho writing, and verse 5
says these were the same tables
which were placed in the ark.
Some, that Mo-
ses wrote the Ten Commo.ndments 1n
the writing or the Old Testament,
claiming that made it Moses law.
But. by the same. ar,;ument, it ia,tnen,
MY law, for I, too, have
out all the Ten Comma.ndments several
times. When wrote them, he
was merely copylng thorn, as thousands
have done. estab-
lishes authorship, and the original
writing was
To 9um up, Goa gave the people
a law direct, face to face, With
His own voice. Another different law
was given thru Moses. The Command-
ments were written with the ver,
or God on two tables of stone.
Moses' law was written by Mooes in
a book. The Commandments ware kept
INside the ark, in the Holy of Holies,
under the mercy seat, (Ex. 25:21),
but the "book of the lo.w" of Moses
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was kept outside, in the side of
the ark. And notice, too, tho. t
while Moses' law was written in n.
book---poriShnble, temporary rna t er-
ial for 0. t cmpor-ar-y law---God' s Lav
was written on the most enduring
and permanent material, tables of
STONE, for that law was to be on-
auring and porrnuncnb, Tho tV10 laws
wero given difforontly, writ ton
differently, kept sepa.rntely.
The Contrast
Je sus , proaching the Gospel of
the Kingdom, (Ua.t. 9:35), so.id we
must keep the TcnCommundmcnts to
be sa.ved, (Ma;t. 19: ). (While
wa are not saved BY our obodience
to God's lo.w, but by grace thru
fo.ith, yet womust REPENT of' our
sins in ho.vinG transsressed tho.t
law" and this r-o pentuncc-c- ..this
turning FROM disobedience to wil-
ling obediencc---is u necessary
condition to being saved by grace.
Also a Christio.n must continuo to
obey GodI s Law or he sins ann. f'u TIs
from grace. So While obcdt on ce will
not save us, yet we must obey tho
Commo.ndments, to BE saved.) But
doers of the book of tho la.w (of
Moses) are u,naor--a' curse TG1l1. 3:
10)
To broaka. single point of the
Ten Commandments is SIN, (Jas. 2:
8-11); but w10n Jews told Gentile
Christians at Antioch, they must
keep the la.w Mosos (Acts
tho Holy Spirit ii18pired tho Apos ..
tlcs to write they noed koep only
four points of this ceremonial
law (Acts 15:28,29).
It is only those who arc wil-
linG to DO the Ten Commandments
who shall entor in thru tho Gates
into tho City (Rov. 22: 14), but
the of Moses stood only in
meats and drinks and diverse wash-
ings, and carnal ordinancos, im-
posed ell them only UNTIL the time
of reformation (Heb. 9:10).
Let us not bo. deceived. "Sin
is the transgression of the lo.w,"
(I John 3:4). That Law is not n.
hanhazurd unrolatod selection of
precepts picked here a.nd thoro o.c-
coz-dLng to tho de sire s and whims
nr.d traditions men" but 0. very
definite, sepa.rate, distinct LAW,
given by the very voice of God di ..
r cc t to tr.c peoplo, writton with
tr.o very fingor of God on pe r-ma-
nent, enduring to.blos of stono---
:ho Ten Commandrnon t s , Tho firs t
four cf' theso define LOVE to God.
The last six dofinG LOVE to follow
man. This law is LOVE.
"ALL His Commandmonts are
Thoy fast for and
over , (Psn1m 111:'7,8).
-- "For this is the LOVE of God,
that wo HIS and
HIS commename.nts are not grievous. II
(I John 5:3). Jesus spoke nothing
01' Himsolf, but tho Father gave
Him a. com.nandrncrrt , wha t He should
spenk. Ho Ga.ve a.nd broue;ht no NEW
Commandmcnt s , The two gr-oa t c om-
of lovo to God and lovo
to follow-mnn---of which tho Ten
ar-c 0. defini tion---wore quo t cd from
tho Old Tes t amcnt , HISCommnndments
woro His Fathor's Commnndmcnts, tho
Ten. And He aat d , "If ye love mO
J
KJmp MY (John 14:15).
Josus had to die on the
oocauso we sinned by brea.king thes
snmo Commandmon bs , They nrc God's
La.w of LOVE. Lot ua keep thomt
Ca.n Ho:-v..2.,
(Continuod from Pago 7)
Then arc prayers for such
things unanswered in so many cases?
It may bo beca.usc we o.miss,
(Jus. 4:3), and not according to God'
as plninly oxpressed in His Word
Thof'irat thing to do is bo sure we
a.re aGking what God has PROMISED to de
It rna y bo bo cn us o wc arc not o-
bedient to God, and Ho is trying to
teach us a lesson. Ifwo refuse to
live by EVERY Word of God, rejecting
par-t of' tho TH UTH of the Bible, wo
are liVing in robellion a.nd nood ex-
pect nothinG from God till wo sur-
r-ondcr-, "vVhatsoever we a sk , we r c-
ceivo of Him, because we kecn His
anClDO
TIle. t ar- e rpLcn s ang in Hi's sight.
(1 John 3:22).
But moro often it is simply UN-
BELIEF, lack of FAITH.mlatsoevor is
not of FAITH is of SIN. Ho that
doubtoth is da.nnod , "Let him a sk in
FAITH, nothing wavor Lng , For he tho.t
wuvoroth . lot not that man think
t "anything of the
Lard. (Jas. 2:6,7).
VVlIY this general lack of faith?
It is almost impossible implicitly to
trust anyone, or anythinG, which seemr
unreal to us.
'lbe more we live in the things of
this world, allow them to occupy our
thoughts, .a bsor-b our interests, and
become part of 0urlives" the more
REAL these material things seem to us
---and in exact proportion" the more
UNREAL God and the spiritual things
seem.
We do not KNOW God. To KNOW Him
1s to TRUST Him. more we LIVE in
the spiritual realm, the more cur
thoughts are filled with the things of
Godt as f'o und in Hi s Word, the more we
PRAY" the more we WALK in the S:9irit"
the more REAL lIE. becomes, and the more
wo can trus t Hrriit If' your faith is
weak, probably this is the secre t ot i
The remedy: Como OUT from the
world---all the way. only GOD'S
will. Spend much more time in honest
Bible study and earnest prayer. Rean
4:7,9, and MntA 6:33.