1923 Wholesome Words - page 1

YOUNG MEN’S CORNER.

No. 1.

January, 1923.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Introductory 1

From Glasgow 2

From Brighton 2

From Edinburgh 4

From Greenock 5

From Sunderland 6

Question and Answer 6

Sections Proposed 7

Treasurer’s Statement 7

Bound Sets, 1921-2

7

Urgent Notice 8

THE HISTORY OF SACRIFICE AND OFFERING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

INTRODUCTORY.

WE begin with the present number the consideration of a very large subject.  We all probably realise, in a greater or lesser degree, that the subject has a very pertinent and acute bearing upon every one of us, for we know, most of us at any rate, that the issue of the things which we have proposed to look at together, more especially in the Old Testament, was that " Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us an offering and a sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell.  i}

(Ephesians, chapter 5.

verse 2. ) It is true that there are some things with which we shall be concerned which could only find an answering token in His perfect accomplishment of all things, and we can say, The sacrifice is o’er in complete agreement with the words from the cross, It is finished. It is also* true that the day of sacrifice and offering is not past; this Hebrews, chapter 13.

verses 15, 16 makes abundantly plain, if it be not already clear after consideration, for example, of chapter 8. verse