THE BIBLE STANDARD is an independent, interdenominational, bimonthly religious journal, free from all sectarianism, but bound to God as it understands His Word, the Bible. It welcomes into brotherly fellowship all who confess to faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ as the meritorious cause of their justification, who confess to consecration of their wills to God, to do only His will (Rom. 12:1; Prov. 23:26), and who prove these to be genuine by reasonably consistent lives. It withholds all brotherly fellowship from those who willfully deny the Ransom, as well as from those who it knows deny the Lord by their lives. With malice toward none, and with charity toward all, it must take this stand as the proper one, according to the Scriptures, and it invites all children of God to take, in Christian fellowship, the same stand with it, without, however, inviting them to join any party, sect or organization.
This magazine has for its standard the Bible, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, as the full, all-sufficient, perfect and infallible revelation of God's Person, Character, Plan and Works toward the Church and toward the world. It owes allegiance to Jehovah alone; consequently everything that appears therein must be subject to our understanding of His will for us. Past experiences prove, as certainly the Scriptures teach (1 Cor. 11:3), that no true Christian can render religious allegiance to any other head or heads than the Lord. This magazine seeks to set forth in each issue some pertinent Scriptural teachings, not dogmatically, but suggestively, especially as they apply to our times. It seeks faithfully to subject its explanations of the Scriptures to the following rules of Scriptural interpretation: Every Bible passage or doctrine must be interpreted harmoniously: (1) with itself, (2) with all other Scriptures, (3) with all other Scriptural doctrines, (4) with God's Character, (5) with the Ransom and Sin-offerings, (6) with the purpose of God's Plan and (7) with facts. It rejects everything contradictory to any of these seven Biblical axioms. It stands firmly for the defense of the only true foundation of the Christian hope, now being so generally repudiated—redemption through the merit of the precious blood of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom [a corresponding price, a substitute] for all, to be testified in due time" (1 Pet. 1:19; 1 Tim. 2:6). It is free from all parties, sects and creeds of men, while it seeks more and more to bring its every utterance into fullest subjection to the will of God in Christ, as expressed in the Holy Scriptures. It is thus free to declare boldly whatever the Lord has spoken—according to the Divine wisdom granted unto us to understand. Its attitude is not dogmatic, but confident; for we know whereof we affirm, treading with implicit faith upon the sure promises of God. It is held as a trust, to be used only in His service; hence our decisions relative to what may or may not appear in its columns must be according to our judgment of His good pleasure, the teaching of His Word, for the upbuilding of His people in grace and knowledge. We not only invite, but urge our readers to prove all its utterances by the infallible Word of God, to which reference is constantly made to facilitate such testing. Being a Biblical religious journal, it bars from its columns everything incapable of treatment from a Biblical standpoint. As to subject matter, it treats particularly of the basic Scriptural doctrines, precepts, promises, exhortations, prophecies, histories and types, as far as these are due to be understood and presented. It publishes items of interest related to the fulfilment of Bible prophecy, as evidenced by the signs of the times, also answers to Bible questions, which it invites its readers to send to its Editor. Letters and announcements of general interest also are published. We invite our readers to write us on matters of doctrine and practice. We hope to bring help and encouragement to you in your present experiences and future hopes. We gladly offer our service in the name of the Lord. |
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