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J'THree ttertfc.,
aalcw Tiw ot tlia ot tlino«
•entenoe, John tnalE^.
Jm»^rfe*t *ona ot tiw> ♦•rb to b*
whleb conYoya "no ld« ot origin
ot Ood, or tor tho Logos, almplr'
His
John noil OJDi;
C^rlstv tho Word, to h».
Vivlc: Thftiivord Wt^VieA
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%rtetasiis Una eons sad gone,
but G^tflst nmatns forarenrl How
(ll&iC It ts. thoretore, that the
firu-tegoa o( the new year has
to do with the incarnate Christ.
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j^anrance among men aa ilnleas
Son' of iwai and perfeet Boa of
Ood. ' ^ w
for the .greatest of aU tttwr-
pretatloni^%t the Incarnation we
tnm to the-Oowel of John. "The^
test of time has glren the palm
to the Fourth Oospei OYer all the
hooka of the world," said Dr. A.
T. Robertson. “If Luke’s Gospel
,1s the most Seautifttl, John’s
Gospel Is supreme in Its height
and depth and reach of thought.
The picture of Christ here given
is one that has captured tho mind
and heart ot mankind."
His Absolute, Eternal Beln«
John’s opening words, “In the
beginning,” brush aside all
boundaries of time and space.
In fact, as Wescott suggests, he
gives wings to our thoughts and
leads us back, even beyond the
beginning of creation, in time to
eternity. One thinks of the open- ' .^^^d (Gr. logo)
ing words of Genesis:
beginning God. . .’’
“In the
exiatenoa" (Robert4^ eternal; h« Koea on
■on).- In tibia graphle, nneqaivo'
cal deeUr^lto of John w« hKve
the ifonnditjon for Uie memge
6%^ entire Boo*.^^wte «Me
thh'falob mtloa Aitlthe T“‘ "'
became *pai«onal* flrae at
time dt Creation, or, wt 4be lo-
eamatlon. 'Ther'abt^nta, etaWbk
ImmaBent relattaW of - tha Pef^
Bons Of the QO^eail j^SBCiilBb the
basis for reYBlatioia.'Hd^se dhe
Word was person4|y NKrtlnci
from “God." Be sowJ(l.mak&,f^
known" (WestMtt) .'■; C:‘'
It to not John's tntsntlon here
to offer argument .bp i^e tSie
existence of God. Neither to such
an. attempt made in Genesis l.-It
to simply assumed. 1‘Blther God
exlats and is Creator of the uni
verse as -'Scientists like Edding
ton and Jeans assume or matter
is eternal or It has come out of
nothing” (Robertson). What
John'is doing is simply this: He
la identifying the parson, Jesus
Christ, whom he is about to In
troduce on the plane of human
history, with the Logos. Now
the term “Logos’’ is from an old
meaning In
letonga Ends Steele’s
Searching Fur Relief
Sts Heartily Now, Sleeps Well
siu) Feels Better and Stronger
iThsn In Years, Declares Well
-Known Resident. Discusses His
Case For Benefit of Others.
‘‘I almost forgot wh^t it was to
good and I felt so weakened
at I had to rest even after a
hort walk, but thanks to Retonga
if now feel so strengthened that I
henjoy doing my chores’’, grateful-
lly declares Mr. A. G. Steele, well-
|‘known resident of Route 1, Kuhl
Ave., Orlando, Fla.
“Many days I could not eat as
much in three meals as I should
have eaten in one’’, continued Mr.
\Bteele. “I had to force down ev
erything 1 swallowed, and I felt
, blMted after meals and often gas
I pressure upi against my.
[made me gasp for Breath,
A. G. STEELE
feel stronger than in years. I
have regained some weight, and
friends tell me I now look like a
different man. I hope others suf-
chest fering as I did will try Retonga.
I was It’s a grand medicine”.
^restless to sleep enough, and | Retonga is intended to relieve
. »p. every morning feeling distress due to insufficient flow of
a-ont I lost several pounds gastric juices in tho stomach, loss
I mid nothing I tried seemed to of appetite, Vitamin B-1 deficien-
[help. cy and constipation. Accept no
“Retonga relieved all this dis-■ substitute. Retonga may be ob-
tress and I now enjoy three hearty tained at Horton’s Drug Store in
I meals every day. I sleep well and N’orth Wilkesboro.—Adv.
Homer to collect, lay hy, to speak
or express an opinion. The tm'm
was frequently used “for reason
as well as speech.” It was used
by Heraclitus to represent the
principle which governs the uni
verse. It was used by Marcus
Aurelius to express the genera
tive principle or creative force
In nature.
Greek philosophy was familiar
with the term. “The word being
thus already In use and aiding
thoughtful men in their efforts
to conceive God’s connection
with the world. John takes it
and uses it to denote the Reveal-
er of the incomprehensible and
invisible God. Irrespective of all
speculations which had- gather
ed around the term. John now
proceeds to make known the true
nature of the Logios’’ (Dods).
It la-difficult for one to dwell
for long on John’s treatment of
the Logos without thinking of
Paul’s words to the pagan phi
losophers in Athens as he sur
veyed the materialistic objects of
their devotion and sensed their
hunger for God: ‘‘What there
fore ye worship in Ignorance,
this I set forth unto you" (Acts
17:23).
The eternal Christ “was’
when time began to run its age
long course. His existence knows
no barriers of time and circum
stance. He, "the Word,” already
existed at that remote point of
time in history when “God cre
ated the heaven and the earth.’
Even then “the Word was.’
Hence, ‘‘The ‘being’ of the Word
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forth’” the eMtoathd faeta . with
referunee to ®to relation tog^
F»rt.' he how the
««t ot ei^Uo#’.>fNlff:«oodiatUhh>
•d. It came aboef throogh’'‘Muk.
Word and by. ffli wreeet^
fhiaca were fomt
and. without hUh ^
thing made that nh4e’
(Y, 8), Note.thrt
mreatlon aa **a..-b«»mftiig'* (Or.-
gtaomal),rather than aa “ftelgg”
(Gr. Mmi)-“-*h* 'W»pd «na to
Interpret the extotenoe ot Jtaena,
Creation had. la point ot ttme,
to -i'oome Into ibetag," whhreaa
Jesus already eixlsted. .j.v;,,
Jesus Christ, aooordlng to
John was the Intermediate agent
through whom all things came
into being. In the Logos John
offefs an explanation of the
creation of the universe. Like
the author of Hebrews he de
clares that God’s Son to the one
“through whom 'he made the
ages" (1:2). So does Paul as
sert that “In him were all
things created” (Christ) and
"the all things hare been creat
ed through him and unto him”
(Col. l:16f.).
Again, John holds up the Lo
gos as the power that creates and
sustains life in the universe.'
The very principle or essence of
life, unlimited and all-inclusive,
resides in Him. He is its source.
Its sustaining power. Moreover,
this incarnate Christ is respon
sible for more than the Life of
men. He is also the Light of
men. This Light keeps on shin
ing—giving light — irrespective
of the attitude of the unrecelv-
ing and unbelieving world. No
thing can stop Him—not even
the perfidy of wilful, sinful man.
His Gift of Salvation
The miracle of Jesus, however,
is best expressed in his role as
Saviour. "But as many as re
ceived him,’’ says John, “to them
gave he the right to become the
children of God, even to them
that believe on his name: who
were born, hot of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God" (l:-
12f.).
First and last Jesus, the Lo
gos, the Christ of God Is man’s
perfect remedy for sin. He was
the “Ijamb of God that taketh
away the sin of the world”
The ancient scapegoat bore a-
way, symibollcally, the sins of the
nation; and sacrifices had been
offered without number for In
dividuals. But here was One who
came for the express purpose of
being the world’s sin-bparer. He
would become the reality of
which all preceding sacrifices
had been but a shadowy symbol.
Apart from John’s picture of
Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb o'
Odd, voluntarily pouring out his
blood in his supreme act of self
giving bo God In behalf of sinful
man, there can be no real under
standing ot the mission of Jesus,
or the character of his adequacy
as world Redeemer. His deliber
ate sacrifice of self became for
us both the symbol and the
pledge of forgiveness, the re
mission of sin. • Never a.gain
would the children of God have
need of the ancient temple sac
rifice. In Christ a new Mediator
had oome. As the angel of an
nunciation proclaimed to Joseph,
Thou shalt call his name Jesus;
for it is he that shall save his
people from their sins.’’
It is in this role of the Lamb
—the role of Saviour, Redeemer,
and Cleanser from sin—that
Jesus ‘Christ has eternal mean
ing for the world.
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ae[ McLun, was 'bora NbvT
1820,^ snd deputed IMft
Dec. 16, 194«, bsteg 2f
month end I days ot igo.
On; May 17^. 1941, ^sl»
narrted’” to Loato- R,j}Fattersoii,
ot Califoirnla.' Bnrtivlng are the
luisbaatf and four eMldrttL idX0f
MeliMii, Mary MEtwy, «i|i
Jay Bdwio Patterins, of
^es^CMdUtmlfltii. . Itoir parentei
Mrs.
Sebdt Mldaul, of’Shatiii 1, Ndrth
YTlflceabt^.
After . her fmduatld:^
‘WUkesbors' high soitoeL !»'
1988, due to her health
to CaUtoriBs to make h^ bo
with au; aunt, .Mna Sarft Xhrfeft,
There she met -her buabaad.
She joined Harmony , Bapdtot
church at the age of ten /ears
and lived h- devoted Chri^n
life. She was a devoted wife and
mother and always rea ly to l^d
a helping hand. ^
Funeral service was held Sun.-
day, December '22, at Harmony
Baptist church. Those from a
distance attending' the service
were: Mrs. Una Hall, Evansville,
Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. .T. M. Michael,
Mrs. Nina Helth, Johnnie and
Bill Michael, Cherry Point; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Michael, Jr., Hel
en, Paul and Hoy Michael, 'Win
ston-Salem; Jimmie Michael,
Camp Lejeune; Mrs. B. H. Wat
son, Boone;- Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Moore, Winston-Salem.
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