“Believe in the Lord Jesus
and be saved.’’
iThe basis for true Christian faith is content. It is not
the strength of our belief which saves us. Rather, it's the
finished work of Christ on the cross. "Believe on the Lord
Jesus and be saved."
If we understand the truth of God's existence and
that we are morally guilty before Him, then we should be
glad to know the solution for our dilemma.
"He that believeth on the Son has everlasting life,
and he that doesn't shall not see life but the wrath of God
abideth on him.” (John 3:36)
This verse contains a strong contrast. The second part speaks of our
present and future lostness, and the first pan gives God’s only solution.
The call to believe rests on God’s promises and it’s important to honestly
consider whether they are indeed true. But eventually we are faced with a
choice — either we believe Him or we call Him a liar and walk away.
To be a Christian, we must acknowledge two things. First, that we
are creatures before the Creator. Then, that we have sinned and therefore
have true moral guilt before this holy God. Being finite, we have no way to
remove such a guilt. Our only solution is God’s promise, “Believe on the
Lord Jesus and be saved.”
So what does it mean to "believe on the Lord Jesus'" If we are to
believe in the Biblical sense, we must understand and agree to the
following assertions:
l)The infinite-personal God of the Bible really exists and Jesus Christ
is God.
2) We, because of our sinfulness, are guilty before this God. This does
not mean subjective guilt-feelings but true moral guilt.
3) Jesus Christ died on the cross in history, and when he died His
substitutional work of bearing God’s punishment against sin was folly
accomplished and complete.
4) Therefore, on the basis of God ’s promises, we muse cast ourselves
on Christ as our personal Savior, not trusting in anything we’ve ever done
or can ever do.
God’s promise "He that believes on the Son has everlasting life," rests
upon God really being there, Christ being God whose death therefore has
infinite value and humans not believing they can save themselves. The sole
dependence is on the finished work of Christ and the promises of God. Our
faith is simply the empty hands by which we accept God’s free gift.
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Hazing, honor code violations
disturb West Point’s discipline
(CPS) — Hunger is one of the
hazards of cadet life for recruits at
West Point Military Academy. It’s
part of the hazing carried out by
upperclassmen, who sometimes
keep first year cadets from eating
in order to instill discipline.
For Cadet Steven Verr, a former
marathon runner used to eating
more than 12,000 calories a day
during training, the strain of two
days without food was too much.
He cried because of frustration
and hunger, lied to cover up the
real reason when questioned by
upperclassmen, and now faces
expulsion for lying.
The Academy's strict honor
code says that cadets "will not lie,
steal or cheat, or tolerate those
that do.” The only penalty is dis
missal.
Verr’s case has added to the
pressure on the honor code, al
ready under the strain of similar
cases against cadets accused of
cheating on an electrical engineer
ing test.
Critics inside the Academy are
charging that the honor code
might do more harm than good,
binding cadets together to beat
the system. They also charge that
honor code violations are often
judged in disregard of due pro
cess.
Cadet Verr, for instance, was
interrogated "after taps, perhaps
around midnight, by honor board
representatives with a tape recor
der,” his attorney claims.
"That's flatly against regula
tions, but there was the honor
board doing it,” Capt. Arthur Lin
coln alleged.
Lincoln also claimed that the
cadet honor chairer had been
challenged off the board because
of a personal interest in Verr's
case, but stayed anyway and of
fered comments. "One of the
problems of the honor committee
is that it fails to follow its own rules
and regulations," Lincoln said.
That charge is repeated by a
lawyer for the cadets facing ex
pulsion for allegedly cheating on a
test. The Academy charged 101
cadets with cheating. Three re
signed, 49 were cleared and
another 49 are waiting for an ap
peal in late May to find out if they
will be able to continue at the
Academy.
The lawyer for the cadets still
waiting in the judicial limbo
charges that verdicts were fixed
and bribes were made in an at
tempt to influence votes of honor
board members.
Academy officials deny his
claim, saying that there are “too
many gatekeepers in the system
for that to happen." Unnamed
cadets have said, however, that
cheating has been widely prac
ticed and condoned. The
Academy, they say, has restricted
its investigation to save face with
taxpayers and avoid decimating
its upper classes.
One cadet who contacted the
New York Times said he gave his
examination paper to eight other
recruits, "none of whom were
even questioned." Another said
that nearly half of the 900-member
junior class was involved in cheat
ing.
They assert that the Academy is
trying to keep the true scale of
cheating under wraps, since tax
payers who front the $60,000 for
training each cadet might react
strongly to wholesale dismissals.
Kicking out a large number of
next year's seniors would also dis
rupt the Academy's summer train
ing program which is run by
seniors.
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will be handled within the ASUO
Executive and that these factors
will keep the commission's budget
low.
If the commission is successful,
it will be incorporated into the
ASUO constitution and positions
will be elected, said Bernau.
Explaining the commission's
structure. Bernau said that each
committee would have its own
commissioner. The building and
health fee committees would have
three student committee mem
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bers each and the instructional fee
committee would have student
representatives from all university
schools and colleges, he said.
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be retained by the building and
instructional fee committees and a
member of the Student Health
Advisory Committee will work
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explained Bernau.
Bernau says that the commis
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and he is seeking student input.
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