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TWO THE FUTUR J. F. JOHNSON MISS EMMA P. JOHNSO] HELEN RICHARDSON I L. A. Wise Make all checks pay THE FUTUR P. O. Box 20831 ? GRE PHONE Second Class Postage Ps 10c Per Copy Published STATE SUPPORTII The government is maki schools under one heading. T supported colleges and univ ?J - ii^?Kaii5> xhc puuiiu cinu prr Many of the church scho have already sold their land a only have a little part of ca name sake. Take for instance Morj was once a Methodist College of Maryland and run primaril Palmer Memorial Institute c of capital. There is a debate 1 philanthropists as to the po people of the community hov philanthropists to support the able to find enough. The Gui missioners could purchase the folks home which is using 1 state. The government is tryin together by over burdening pooling their support for the Many of the small bust cause they don't have enougl Institute is still in operation by the tax payers and also n been added to the curriculum However there are disa don't have dormitories and most of the students are em] further educational knowledgi ties and the function of busii This not only includes sir er and private schools with POETS C The Lord had a lob But I had to much to I said, "Ton gat sot Or wait till I gat thi v I didn't know how tl Bat he saemad to gat Bat I fait kin da sne Causa I know ad I'd i Ona day I neaded thi Naadad Him right ai And He narer answa [ Bat I could hear Hh Down In my aoeosint "Boy, Pse got too mi Or wait tiH I get thr ?Pm T1 E OUTLOOK Editor & Publisher V News Reporter tATTLE News Reporter & Bookkeeper Staff Photographer able to and mail to: E OUTLOOK lENSBORO, N. C. 27420 273-1758 ild at Greensboro, N. C. Weekly $6.00 Per Year NG INSTITUTIONS ing every effort to bring al he private, church and stati ersities all under the sam< /ate schools also. ols and many private schools nd schools to the state. Thej ipital for the school for it's ran State University whicl : is now owned by the statt y by the tax paying citizens losed down because of lacl aetween the government anc sition of the institute. Th< /ever; would like to find th< ? institute but have not beer lford County Board of Com i property to organize an ok :he taxpayers money or th< g to pull the philanthropist) them in taxes. In this waj state to support the schools a ess schools are closing be i support. Guilford Technics because it is state supportec lany additional courses hav< L dvantages of G. T. L, thej no bus transportation. Bui >loyed by some firm seeking s of operating various facfli nesses. lall institutions but the larg the tax paid money. :ORNER > for m, do, > nebody else ?_ M tjugn. ie Lord eame out, along; akin' like, ione Him wrong. 9 Lord ray, red me at all, n say, r heart, ich to do, oogh.** ll Lanrenee Donbar .. HE FUTURE OUTLO THIS WEEK'S GOD REVEALS HIMSELF What is Our Concern; "In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power." (Hebrews l:l-3a) This quotation from Hebrews - (of which our memory selection i is a part) is perhaps the best | single statement in the Bible showing the fact of the initia1 tive of God and the essential un; ity of the Old Testament with ; the New. It affirms that the God who revealed himself in the Old Testament through Moses and * the prophets is the same God wno revealed Himself in his Son. 3 The passage declares further that this revelation in Jesus 1 Christ is the ultimate expression 5 of God's will and purpose, for Christ is the image of God himI self. Although we do not and x cannot know God in the full" ness of his being, yet we have ^ a real and valid disclosure ol God's will for our lives. J What must I do to be a Chris8 tian? This is our first question. It is also the question most frequently asked and answered in ' the Bible. The biblical authors give less attention to belief than to action. This statement does - not mean that belief is unimI portant. Rather, it maintains 1 that a person's beliefs are ex3 pressed in his actions. The New Testament always expects faith r to be accompanied by commit|. ment and action, f In the fact of God's rervela tion of himself in Jesus Christ, we cannot maintain that we do not know what we should do. True, we do not fully understand God's revelation, but if " we are honest, we shall have to admit that we know much better than we do. We live in a complicated world, and nothing seems to be simple any more. We are overwhelmed by the very vastness Of our modem w seem unable to cope with our social and economic problems. Human relationships break down. We are frightened and discouraged. Is there any way out? There has always been a way out if we were willing to take it God has at no time abandoned his world or surrendered his authority over it It Is time wa turned to him to lead us out of our dilemmas and stopped our efforts to do it by ourselves. All of us experience a large gap between our knowing and our doing. Our hope is that as OK fri "SUNDAY SCH I we study together, God will make himself more real in our II lives and understanding. This increased awareness of God and , | his nature should lead us to "be ! doers of the word, and not hear1 ers only." (James 1:22) Searching the Scripture The Scripture for this lesson is John 1:1-18. Selected verses are printed below. John 1:1-5, 9-18 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with ; God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God; 3 all things were made , through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 9 The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the worm, and tne world was made 1 through him, yet the world knew 1 him not. 11 He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to | become children of God; 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became 1 flesh and dwelt among us, full 1 of grace and truth; we have be1 held his glory, glory as of the 1 only Son from the Father. 15 1 (John bore witness to him, and 1 cried, "This was he of whom I 1 said, "He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") 16 And from his 1 fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moees; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever i seen God; the only Son, who is in the boeom of the Father, he has made him known. Memory Selection: In many 1 and various ways God snnk* nf ' old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom i he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he l created the world, i ?Hebrews 1:1-2 What the Scripture Says to Us John 1:1-18, usually called the "Prologue" of the Gospel, has every appearance of being a poem with prose comments about John the Baptist inserted. The central term Logos (translated "Word") does not appear again in the Gospel; but reference is made, constantly to the themes set forth in the Prologue. In a real sense the oGspel can be seen as a commentary on and expansion of the Prologue. The "Word" or "Logos" is more than a spoken word. It is an expression of the creating. DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1971 OOL LESSON redeeming activity of God. The first words call to mind the opening words of Genesis. In Genesis God speaks and the world comes into existence. It is this use of the term that we find here. The Logos, which is identified with the Son, is eternal ("in the beginning"); It has fellowship with God ("the Word was with God"); it is divine ("the Word was God"). At first these last two terms sound contradictory, but John is using the term | "Word" in two senses: First, it I is used, as in Genesis, as the creauve word ol God. Second, it is used as the Stoic philosophers used it in the sense of immanent or indwelling reason ? the mind of God. In John the Christ is both divine and at the same time separate or distinct from God. Verse 2 reasserts the eternality of the Christ, while verse 3 affirms the fact that creation is the work of the eternal God. This statement was made to combat the heresy of persons known as Gnostics (NOSStiks). These persons believed that everything material was evil; therefore they maintained that the world was created by an imperfect and defective being, not by the true God. In verses 4 and 5 we see a contrast that runs throughout the Gospel. Light and life are the opposites of darkness and death. Light is good; darkness is evil. But John states that evil can never overcome the light that is from God. As light, the Logo6 reveals God and comes into the world; and men are judged by the way in which they respond to that light When John tells us that "he came to his own home, and his own people received him not," he is dealing with the fact that the majority of Jews did not accept Jesus. Verses 12 and 13 assure us that the conditions of our birth are not important What is important is our relationship to God. All who are willing to accept the Son of God and who hdlio^ra 4w? VI? * ?? ? ?W m mm wui uewxuc children of God. According to John's Gospel, only Christ was born the Son of God. We become sons by virtue of believing in Christ We need to recall that in John the opposite of believing Is never disbelieving; it is disobedience. Verses 14-18 constitute the climax of this great hymn in praise of the Logos. In saying; "The World became flesh and dwelt among us," John repudiates all those who would deny that Jews was truly human. It is a mystery of faith that God came into man in Jesus Christ This Word become flesh is (Continued on Page 3)
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