Most Objective Testimony 12 5- Offer us CORRECTION;
- Guide us into RIGHTEOUSNESS.
I have been asking learned men of Christianity for the past forty
years, whether they can supply a FIFTH "peg" to hang the
Word of God on. They have failed signally. That does not mean
that 1 have improved upon their performance. Let us examine the
“ Holy Bible” with these objective tests.
NOT FAR TO SEEKThe very first book of the Bible — Genesis — provides us with
many beautiful examples. Open Chapter 38 and read. We are
given here the history' of judah, the father of the Jewish race,
from whom we derive the names “ Judea” and “ Judaism.” This
patriarch of the )ews got married and God granted him three
sons, Er, Onan and Shelah. When the first-bom was big enough,
Judah had him married to a lady called Tamar. “BUT ER,
JUDAH'S FIRST-BORN WAS WICKED IN THE SIGHT OF THE
LORD; AND THE LORD SLEW HIM." (Genesis 38:7). Under
what heading, from the above four principles of Timothy will you
place this sad news? The second — “REPROVE” is the answer.
Er was wicked so God killed him. A lesson for all, God will
destroy us for our wickedness. REPROOF!
Continuing with this Jewish history, according to their custom, if
a brother died and left no offspring, it was the duty of the other
brother to give “seed” to his sister-in-law so that the deceased’s
name might be perpetuated. Judah, in honour of this custom,
orders his second son Onan to do his duty. But jealousy enters
his heart. It will be his seed but the name will be his brother’s!
So at the climactic moment “HESPILLED IT ON THE GROUND
... AND THE THING HE DID DISPLEASED THE LORD:
WHEREFORE HE SLEW HIM ALSO." (Genesis 38:9-10). Again,
where does this slaying fit into Timothy’s tests? “REPROOF!” is the
- You remember Dr. Kenneth Cragg in his “Call of the Minaret” and his “HISTORY.”
See full quotation on page 73. This is that “history!”