Magyar Egyház, 1956 (35. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1956-04-01 / 4. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 11 Under the guidance and power of God we believe the churches of Jesus Christ may be used for the reconciling and salvation of the nations. MEMBERS OP THE DEPUTATION Paul B. Anderson D. Ward Nichols Roswell P. Barnes Charles Coolidge Pariin Franklin Clark Pry Henry Knox Sherrill Herbert Gezork Walter W. Van Kirk Eugene Carson Blake, Chairman-o JESUS CHRIST AS OUR HIGH PRIEST As we mentioned in our previous articles, Jesus Christ is called our Prophet, High Priest and King as to his works as our Savior. In the last article we understood that He, as our Prophet, revealed to us God and all the necessary knowledge concerning our salvation. Also, He performed many miracles to prove that He is the Son of God, our only true Savior. This time we would like to understand what Jesus Christ did as our High Priest. He as our High Priest suffered, died, arose from the dead and ascended into heaven. In this article we will make a few explanatory remarks about these great happenings of the life of our Savior. Then, in an other article, we will try to understand the significance or the benefit of the sufferings, death, resurrection and the ascension of Jesus Christ for our salvation. Those few years which Jesus Christ spent on earth were full of spiritual and bodily sufferings, humiliation. He was always surrounded by enemies who sought to destroy him. They mocked him, accused him with sins he never committed. Judas, one of his disciples, betrayed him for money. The Jewish priests, Pontius Pilate, had him tortured and finally crucified. He suffered even the torment of hell when on the cross God left him alone in his agonies for a short while: “at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice: My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” Mark 15:34. Jesus Christ actually died on the cross. His body was taken off and buried in the private family tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. On the third day after his death God resurrected Jesus Christ. His resurrection was as much real as his death. He arose in the same body in which He was crucified and buried. However, according to the testimony of the Scripture, his body became a glorious body. Apostle Paul convinces us of this when he says: “Jesus will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body.” Phillip. 3:21. Also he said: “the body is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power ...” 1 Cor. 15:43. After his resurrection Jesus remained on earth for 40 days. He appeared to his disciples, his mother and once He appeared to more than five hundred persons. He spent these days in teaching his disciples and giving them his final instructions to carry out after He left the earth. On the 40th day He took his disciples on the Mount of Olives and having blessed them He was lifted up into heaven. In our next article we will see that without the sufferings and death, the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ there would be no hope for obtaining the forgiveness of our sins and our resurrection and our eternal life in heaven. Stephen Kovács. What Action Can Protestant Christians Take to Prevent the Un-American Activities of the Roman Catholic Church? The following letter was sent out from the “Converted Catholic” magazine. Let this speak for itself. Subscription for one year $2.00. Other books and literature on the subject may be obtained from Christ’s Mission Book Department: 27 East 22nd Street, New YORK 10, N. Y. Dear Fellow-Christian and Fellow-American: Believe me, when a judge in the state of Kentucky rules that Roman Catholic nuns may teach in our public schools in their religious habits, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When Public Welfare Funds in our large cities are channelled to Catholic Charities rather than directly to the individuals and families in need, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When Negroes in Harlem must join the Roman Catholic Church if they hope to get ahead in civil service jobs, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When public tax money is spent to transport children to Roman Catholic parochial schools, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When a Protestant church cannot invite a converted Roman Catholic priest to address its congregation for fear of reprisals on its businessmen, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When Roman Catholic nuns encourage Catholic schoolchildren to sell lottery tickets in direct defiance of State law, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When an American magazine is forced to issue an apology for publishing a letter critical of the Roman Catholic Church in its “letters to the editor” column, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church boasts that the prayers of the Church that America become a Catholic country are about to be answered and the Catholic Church to become the dominant religious body in this country, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When Christian families in Colombia are thrown into prison for reading their Bible, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action. When the Knights of Columbus can overrule public protest and erect a twenty-foot crucifix in a public park in Indiana, It’s Time for Protestant Christians to Take Action.--------------o-------------CHRISTIAN COLLEGE DAY New York, March 12 — With the need for expanding Christian colleges reaching the critical stage, National Christian College Day will take on new significance when it is celebrated this year on Sunday, April 15, according to Christian educators. On that day Protestant churches and colleges across the nation will recognize the current urgencies with special programs including national and local broadcasts over radio and TV, open house, parents’ visitations, workshops, musical and dramatic events, special lectures in the colleges and sermons in the churches. Faculty members and students will serve as speakers in thousands of pulpits throughout the country. They will call attention not only to the constructive contributions of America’s Christian colleges, but to the
