of h i s ovh f o l l y , still he need n e i t h e r beg this world. n o r s u f f e r any Never i s a lack. beggar a man who G G ha 3 p r m o Yet l!lrn.

ighty God promwalks. w i t h God and i s e d t o d e l i v e r us ises us: M God s h a l l supy TRUSTS God t o perout o f every troug l y e . y o u r NEED a c c o r d i n g form t h a t which He b l e , Even tho we t o H i s r i c h e s i n g l o r y by h a s promised i n brought i t on o u r C h r i s t J e s u s . " ( P h i l . 4:19). His Word! s e l v e s . Read Psalm WHY aro so many NOT s u p p l i e d ? David, under 107:4-31. He does i n q i r a t i o n from n o t deal with ug God, wrote : "Ihave a f t e r o u r s i n 9 (Psalm 103:10), and been young, and now am o l d ; y e t promivev t o s a t i s f y o u r rnoutha w i t h have I never seen t h e r i g h t e o u s =oo,d t h i n g s , ( v e r s e 5 ) . forsakzn, nor h i s seed bggcing B c t , do n o t mistake the mercy b r e a d . (Psalm 3 7 : 2 5 ) . r>f Gcd. He i s a God o f j u s t i c e , a s w e l l a s : l o v e and mercy. There 53 f Two -Reasnns . always tlzis CONDITION: t h a t we reWhy? Because, i n the f i r s t Dent o f o w own gins---which means 1 p l a c e , t h e r i g h t e o u s mah i s indus- t o 5 ~ x from them. If a f a m i l y i s i n want because t r i o u s , diligent i n h i 3 work o r o f shiftlessness, l a z i n e s s , wastebusiness, d o i n g a l l he can d o t o f u l n e s s , or s p e n d t h r i f t i ! 1 e s s , they ward sueplying honestly h i s awn The Lord will n o t s u f f e r must first REPENT of' these things, And make .B d a k d ~ ~ . i e fe d r t $0 ~ fo the soul of t h e righteous to famc o r r e c t them, 'before God's prom5ses i s h : b u t Ha c a s t e t h away the submay apgly, If due t o p x w manages t a n c e of t h e wicked. He becoineth ment, t h i s , t o o , must b3 acknowledged, poor t h a t dealeth with R s l a c k hand: b u t t h e hand o f the DILIGENT r e p e n t a d o f , a:id a determined e f f o r t nlade t o overcome i t . -r i c r ~ o v . 1 0 : 3 , ~ ~ - " - make t h But G o d f s p l a n f o r t h e ChrisAnd in t h e second p l a c e , t h e t i a n i s t.? c a s t ALL o u r c a r e s upon riL;hteouu ha3 t h e faith to TRVST the Lord t o keep H i 3 Woii6, and, i f HIM, ( I P o t . 5 : 7 ) , and He g:*omises t h a t we s l i n l l s u f f e r PO want. ( P s . he should f i n d himself i n a t i g h t 34:9) p l a c e , t n ?pen the way and su2glg h i s e v e r y need a c c o r d i n g t o His r i c h e s i n g l o r y by C h r i s t J e s u s . He does not beg. H e asks o f GOD, n o t Pf' nan, and h a s the f a i t h t o Another RSASOX f o r a p e a t r e c e i v e t h e answer. "Whatspeve~i s d e a l of misery and suf'fering t o = no5 o f f a i t h 13 o f SIN." ( R m . 1 : 4j d a y i 3 , 1 g o i n g 3aLuiter t 3 C-od;Is corn23). e Even the c a r e f u l , prudent, ic- mnnd, OWQ n o maK anythillg. W n@ debt. d u s t r i o u s man may, i n a time o f de- d i s o b e y God when w e go i: Many aloe c a r c l o s s about c h a r g i n g p r e s s i o n l i k e t h e p r e s e q t , be r e 1 t h i n g s , 0' b u y i n g 011 t h e illstax--duced b pnvertg and w a n t He may, n l a n . Buy o n l y that which you nlt b u circumstances o u t of h i s conEeady have cn hand t h e money t n pay t r o l , f i n d himself i n d i r e need, and u t t e r l y h e l p l e t s . ?.!ost men hat3 f o r . If you d o n o t have t h e money, 50 "take t h e count and meet rever- and t h e t h i n g i s II NEED, do n o t charge it o r , i n debt---but a.sk p s e s , a t l e a s t m c e during l i f e . GOD t o supply t h e need, TRUST Him, The man who ha3 b e e n s o f o r t u n a t o and dony yclursclf u n t i l H does1 e a s n o t y e t t o have m o t such a r e No cIno c a n deny that t h o Bible v e r s e w i l l & well t o avoid giving tcomuch c r e d i t to his own care- d e f i n i t o l y PROMISES t h a t God will d e l i v e r us from e v c r y t r i a l and trnuf u l management and d i l l i g e n c e , o r b l e . The S c r i p t u r e s d e f i n i t e l y t o c r i t i c i s e o r t o scorn h i s l e s s promiso t h a t God will s u c p l y e v e r v f o rtunate brother. NEED---whothor f i n a n c i n l , m, i But when a r i g h t e o u s man comes t o such a predicament, he ne- o r c t h o r w i s o . The Word p l a i n l y and d e f i n i t e l y p r o m i s e s God w i l l h o a l v e r needs t o beg o r s u f f e r , want, us when sick, (Continued on p a ~ o9 ) Even tho his p l i g h t be t h e
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(Continued from page 5 ) and it i s a law complete i n i t s e l f , f o r HZ ADDED NO MORE. Si-5 In\Ydid not come by o r t h r u hlosea, i t cannot be c a l l e d the law of klosea. Nowhere i n a l l t h e 5 i b l e can you fin=&. o n e of-t;~ie?'en~~~m~~ii~nent;s-inn tion= KanytexzNFgFe37@TCrds ~'7.~GTffIvtoTeEP7iF~ ilT RokhGEZ-U318' uoes Zfit?-%?Ue a 1 T T e n Cornaandments the "law of MooesmilAnd if the Bible does not, w sho\xld e n 3 t . The Ten Commnn+menbs formtlthe law r e f e r r e d t o 8 3 God's Law, o r ' ' H i s Commandments," and ''My Commandments ,I1 lVnere shall we go for a cleanc u t d e f i n i t i o n o f SIN? Surely t h e Bible w i l l cleaylg define any t h i n g z3 v i t a l as SIN. "Sin is the transa." (I John 3:4). g r c s s i o h o f t h e lw' WAT law? SuPely not,one which was T= o away. Surely, a l s o , a very d e f i n i t e , cleanly-expressed law, and not just a collection of unm l a t e d precepts s c a t t e r e d here nnd t h e r e , s u b j e c t t o our' own dec i s i o n as t o &hich w t h i n k binde j-ng and which n o t . Jesus maae it c l e a r t h a t the p a r t i c u l a r law it is sin t o transgress i s t h e Ten Commandments. Paul made t h i s c l e a r . So does James, 30 does John. Surel y i t i s SIN to have o t h e r gods before Him o r t o swear, or t o l i e , s t e a l , rnurAezI, commit a d u l t e r y . Notice, t o o , Noses d i d not 'UVRITE t h i s 3aw. God wrote this law i n two t a b l e s of stone. Since God gave t h i 3 law d i r e c t t o the peop l e , with His own voice, and s i n c e i t 3 original--authorship wa3 God l a , w r i t t e n w i t h the very f i n g e r of God, i t is GOD'S ZGW, and n o t Mose s ! law. And it is COMPL'ETE in itself. "He added no more." So If M O S ~ S gavTtGiiG E w T was not this l a w , o r p a r t o f this law, or added t o t h i 3 law, f o r t o t h i s law God "added no more.11

ing: Ifonly if t h y will observe t o do according t o a l l , thatt I BABE: C o b MANDED THEM, a n d ~GoSing-Ee a l l t l i e - l a v r t h a ' G T s e r v a n t MOSES
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When, t h e r e f o r e , w read i n e Deut. 33:4 t h a t "MOSES commanded w a l a w , " we know it w a s an entirely d i f f e r e n t and s e p a r a t e law. Study a l s o Nehemiah 9:14:"and commandedst them p r e c e p t s , s t a t utes and laws , i3Y THZ HAND OF ldOSES thy servant .I' These were d i f f e r e n t h o r n t h e Commandments God comnianded them d i r e c t from heaven, mentioned i n verce 13. Now t o prove t h e r e a r e TQO e n t l r e l y s s p a r a t e laws-- t h a t e Ten C~rnmar~dments r e considered by a God Himself n3 d i f f e r e n t and sepa r a t e from t h e law of Moses---examine I1 Kinz3 2 1 ~ 8 .God is speak-

made a n end o f w r i t i n g t h e word3 e ? l THIS law i n a book Moaea COBmanded F . - t E t h i s book of the law, and put it i n the of ark- of t h e coveGt,"Notice Moses' law was written I N A BOOK, and I s d i s t i n c t l y c a l l e d "THE O THE LAW." It waa kept F I N THE SIDE O the ark. F But how was Godb Law w r i t t e n ' l "And the Lord d e l i v e r e d unto me two t a b l e s o f s t o n e w r i t t e n WITH THE FINGER 5C - t - OF'x GOD! o andl ,' thh ewords wwhichS the acco irt al t e Lord spakc with y0u.I' (Deut. 9:lQ. See a l s o Ex. 31:18), Now see whore t h e Ten Commandments were kept. "There was nothing i n the a r k 3dve t h e two t a b l e s which M o s K p u t - t h e r e ir. a t Horeb (I1 Chron. 5:lO). Heb. 9:4 shows they were i n the innor apartment, the HOLY of HoIles. Some w i l l argue that ldoees broke t h e o r i g i n a l t a b l e s of s t o n e , (Deut. 9:17), and t h e n ask us t o b e l i e v e t h a t ?C!OUCS wrote the second s e t of t a b l e s which were in t h e ark. B u t read Deut. 10:1-5. The Lard 9ay9, verse 2 , t t m d 1 will w r i t e on the : t a b l e s , " and vgrse 4 s a y s the Lord D I D do tho w r l t l h g , and verse 5 says these were t h e same t a b l e s which were placed in t h e a r k . Some, too, m a y n r G q c t h a t Moses wrote t h e Tan Commandments Ln t h e w r i t i n g of 421s Old Testament, claiming t h a t made i t Moses l a w . B u t . by the same. arl,;unent, I t is, laen, M law, f o r I, "GC)O, hnVQ W i t t e n Y o u t a l l th.ra Ten Coinrnandments s e v e r a l t i m e s , When Mo~fstr wrote them, he was meroly copying thCm, as thousands have done.. Or2.ginnl w r i t i n g e s t a b l i s h e s a u t h o r s h i p , and t h e o r i g i n a l w r i t i n g was God's. To sum UP, Goa gave t h e people 8 law d i r e c t , face t o f a c e , with H i s own voice. Another d i f f e r e n t lavr vras given t h r u Idoses. The Commandments wer2 w r i t t e n with t h e very f i n g e r of God on two t a b l e s of stone, M o s e s ' law vras w r i t t e n by Moms i n a book. Tho Commandments were kept I N s i d o tho a r k , I n t h e Holy of Holies, -h te mercy s e a t , (Ex. 25:21), b u t the ''book of the law" of Moses

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was k e c t o u t s i d c , I n tho s i d e o f (I j o h n 5 : s ) . J O ~ U S spoko n o t h i n g o r I l i m s o l f , b u t tho F a t h e r ~ n v o the a r k , And n o t i c e , t o o , t h a t ZIim a com.mndmcnt, what IIc s h o u l d while M O S C S T 1 . a ~was w r i t t e n i n a boolc---poriShnble, tcmnornry nultor- spcnk. 10 gave and b r o u g h t no NEIN i a l f o r a tainporarg laW---G0dr3 1 % ~ Cornniz~ndrncnts, Thc t w o g r o a t cornmndmonts of l o v o t o God and l o v o was w r i t t e n on t h e most e n d u r i n g and p e r m n o n t m a t e r i a l , t a b l c s o f t o follow-mL?n---of which t h o Tcn n r o a d c f i n i t i o n - - - w o r 6 q?iotcd from STONE, f o r t h a t l a w was t o be ond u r i n g and g o r ~ i a n c n t Tho two laws t h o Old Tcstnmont HIS Commandments v c r o given d i f f e r a n t l y , v r r i t t o n vmro Xis Fa t h o r 1 s Comnandrncnt s, t h o Tcn. And Ho a x i d , " I f l l y o lovo mo, dif f orently, kept separztoly K3EP M COM"&~D~!~1JTS. (John 14:15). Y . J c s u s had t o d i c on t h e Cross Tho C o n t r a s t bocauso wc s i n n o d b y b r c a k i n g t h c s JestIs, proaching t h o Gosgol of samo Commandmonts. Thcy QTO God's Law of LOVE:, Lot u s kccp thcm! the Kingdom, (Xat. 9 : 3 5 ) , s a i d WG must kscp the T e n Commandments t o be saved, (Mat. 19:16-19 ) (!Vhllo You Can PLENTY\ y z a r c n o t savod BY o u r nbodicnco ..--- -- Havo ,---.. t o God's law, b u t by p a c e t h r u (Continucd from P a p 7 ) faith, y e t wo must REPENT o f o w Thcn 'dHY a r c p r a y c r s f o r such s i n s i n having t ra n s crcs s o d t h a t things unanswcrcd i n so many c a s c s ? law, and t h i s r c y e n t c n c o - - - t h i s It may bo bccausc vie a s k amiss, t u r n i n g PROM disobedioncc t o w i l ( J a s . 4;3), and n o t a c c o r d i n g t o God' l i n g obcdiencc---is CL necssvary w i l l . a s p l a i n l y oxprcssod i n H i s Word c o n d i t i o n t o b e i n g saved by p a c e . Tlio f i r s t t h i n g t o d o i s bo s u r c we Also a C h ri s t i a n m u s t continuo t o obey God's Law o r hc s i n s and f a l l s are a s k i n g what Gcd h a s PROI/IISZD t o dc It may bo bocauso vic a r c n o t c f r o m g r a c e . So whilc obcdioncc w i l l b o d f c n t ta God, and Hc is t r y i n g t o n o t s a v e us, y e t we must obey t h o Commandmcnts, t o BE s a v e d . ) Rut tlm t c a c h us a l e s s o n . If wo r c f u s c t o l i v e b y XVZl<Y Word o f God, r c j c c t i n g doers of t h c bzo-k o f law (of p a r t of' t h o THUTH of t h c B i b l e , wc ?hoses) a r c yndcr a c u r s c m . l 3: a r c l i v i n g i n r o b c l l i o n and ncod cx10). To broak a s i n g l o 2 o i n t o f thc p c c t not;ing from God t i l l wo s u r r o n d o r , Whatsocvcr wc a s k , wc r c Ten Cornmandmcnts i s SIN, (Jas. 2 : c c i v c of H i m , b_ccausc wo lcocp His 8-11); but when Jews t o l d G c n t i l o Con?-mndmcn 3 a n T T l i z s c t h i i i ~ j s t C h r i s t i a n s a t Antioch t h c y must s kccp t h o law of M Q - . S ~ ~ ( A c t s 15:5), n i r t T F 1 - i A s i n g i n ~ i ' s i g l i t . t h o H o l y S p i r i t s i s g i r o d t h o Apos( I John 3 : 2 2 ) . But moro o f t e n i t i s simply UNt l c s t o w r i t e t h e y ncod kocp o n l y UELIZF, l a c k of FAITH. \Vlmtsocvor i s f o u r points o f t h i s cormonial n o t o f FAITH i s o f SI . Hc t h a t :T law ( A c t s 1 5 : 2 8 , 2 9 ) . I t is o n l y thoso who arc wil- d o i i b t o t h i s d m n o d . Lct him a s k i n FAITH, n o t h i n g wavering. For h c t h a t ling t o DO tlic Ten Commandinonts vrxvoroth 20.1 that man t h i n k notwho s h a l l c n t o r in t h r u t h o s a t e s -- a t lie sha3.1 r e c e i v e a n y t h i n q of t h e th i n t o t h o C i t y (Rov. 22:14), b u t Lorh. (Jas.2T-3-j-:* the Law of M ~ s c ss t o o d o n l y in WHY t h i s g e n e r a l l a c k o f f a i t h ? m e a t s and d r i n k s and divoi*se washI t i s a h o s t inipossible i m p l i c i t l y t o i n g s , and c a r n a l ordiuancos, irnt r u s t anyone, o r a n y t h i n g , which seem? pcsed cn them only UNTIL t h o time unreal t o u s , o f r c f o r m t i o n (Yeb. 9:lO). l k e more we l i v e i n t h e t h i n g s o f L e t us n o t be dcceivod. "Sit t - h i s world, allow them t o occupy o u r i s t h c t r a n s g r o s s i o n o f t h o law, t h o u g h t s , a b s o r b o u r i n t e r e s t s , and ( I J o h n 3:4). That law i s n o t 3. become p a r t o f o u r lives, t h e more haphazard u n r c l a t o d s s l c c t i o n o f RZAL t h e s e m a t e r i a l t h i n g s seem t o us p r e c e p t s picked h c r o and t h o r c a c ---and i n e x a c t Droportion, t h e more cording t o t h o d s s i r o s and w h i m s UNREAL God and t h e s p i r i t u a l t h i n g s m d t r a d i t i o n s (?r mcn, b u t a v e r y seem. dcf i n i t o , s cpara t c , d i s t i n c t L !, A' Wo do n o t KNOW God. To KNOW H i m given by t h e v e r y v o i c e of God d i i s t o TRUST H i m . ?'he more we LIVE i n :cct t o t k c peoplc, w r i t t o n w i t h t h e s p i r i t u a l realm, t h e more cur tkc v o r y f i n g o r of God on pormanent, cnduring t a b l e s of s t o n e - - t h o u s h t s a r e f i l l e d with t h e t h i n @ 9f Sho Tcn Commandmcnts. Tho first G o G a u found i n H i s \:lord, t h e niore we f o u r cf thcso d c f i n o LOVE t o God. PRAY, t h e more we WALK i n t h e S g i r i t , F The last s i x d o f i n o LOYE t o f o l l o w t h o more REAL I becomes, and t h e E n r e w o c a n t r u s t HTm! If your f a i t h i s man. p i s law i s LOVE. weak, probably t h i s i s t h e s e c r e t 03 i ALL H i s Commmdrnonts aro The remedy: Come OUT from t h e s z e . Thoy stgnd f a s t f o r o v o r al'ld cvd?, (Psalm 111:7,$). w o r l d - - - a l l t h e way. Soolc only GOD'S "For t h i s i s t h o LOVE of God, w i l l , Spend much more time i n h o n e s t B i b l o study and o a r n o s t p r a y e r . ReEd Jae, 8 : 7 , 8 , and h h C , 6:33,

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