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Uev. A. B. Winchester 83
I am speaking now to some who are yet young in the faith, and I
wish to say just a word about how to proceed in the study of the
Word of God. First of all, believe it to be the Word of God. "Oh, yes,"
you say, "but there are different translations and some of the words
are in contradiction to the rest of it." Here and there some scribe
has perhaps put a shade of difference in meaning, and so on; and
there are slight variations. But these are simply infinitesimal in
comparison with the great body of truth. You can depend upon it
that in our English version even you have the Word of God. I know
there are variations and all that, and it is your duty to study these.
This is the real higher criticism, a higher criticism that everyone who
professes to teach ought to try to make himself master of as far as
possible. But the humblest child of God can come with confidence and
say, "I have here the words of the Holy Ghost."
Partners and Partakers
One important part in your study of this Book is the study of
certain words, and the word "partakers" is one of them. We are
partakers of Christ and of His holiness. If you have a Greek con-
cordance follow the word through and you will find that the word is
from the same root word as "Paraclete." It is the word that suggests
the standing by the side of another to be of comfort and help. It is
translated "partners," as, for example, where there were those who were
partners in fishing, and here we are His partakers or His partners.
Oh, if you have a grip on that, beloved, what an interest you will
have with Christ in seeking the redemption of Russia and of the world
today. "Partners"—"partakers" of what? "Of the Divine calling."
The fact is that in proportion as any of you will gain in fame or place
or riches or anything, whereby men will honor you, you will lose
spiritual power. "My glory will I not give to another." Oh, I have
known some of my brethren in the ministry that were men of splendid
capacity, with marvelous ability, who have gradually lost, because
there came to be a chestiness. They wanted this and they wanted the
other thing, and the Lord said, "All right, you shall have your reward,
and you shall have your place"; and the Lord allowed them to do the
thing they wanted to do. But that is not it. We are "partakers of the
heavenly calling." We are princes and priestesses of the royal family
of God, traveling incognito through a wilderness world that did not
know the Lord of Glory and does not know these who are partakers
with Him in His heavenly calling. We are but "pilgrims" and
"strangers" and "sojourners." And do not think these words are all
the same thing. They are not similes. They have distinct shades of
meaning. Trace them out, if you will, as "partakers of the heavenly
calling."
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