Biblical Separation Defended - Far Eastern Bible College

The Writer’s CritiqueThen said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Sonof man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing ofmyself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone;for I do always those things that please him (John 8:28,29).The above words of Jesus indicate that His ultimate sponsor, the onewho brought Him to the earth and the one whom He represented, wasthe Father. This should be true for every preacher of the Good Tidings.As for earthly sponsors, who would bring Christ into their region, beresponsible for Him and His message, and stand with Him before thepublic in a common bond of fellowship, mutual approval, and unity,there do not appear to be any who did precisely this. Thus, Dr. Ferm’sassertion that, “Sponsorship caused little or no concern on the part ofJesus . . .,” seems to have some credibility in the limited sense that itdoes not appear that anyone or any group sponsored Jesus in the sameway that a modern evangelist is sponsored.However, before it can be concluded that Christ was not concernedwith sponsorship, it must be determined whether or not He wasconcerned with some or all of the elements of which the modernsponsorship relation is composed. Thus with regard to the elementsinvolved it is asked, “Was Christ unconcerned over the parties withwhom He cooperated, fellowshipped, and gave approval?” “Was Heunconcerned over the parties to whom He entrusted the care of part ofHis flock?” “Did He or would He ever make a tacit agreement not torebuke false teachers, which is the agreement made by a conservativewho accepts the invitation to hold meetings under liberal auspices?” Theanswers to all of these questions have already been studied in the nineprevious propositions which inquired into these very matters. Theyuniformly were seen to be negative! He was not unconcerned!The Savior’s continual open struggle against the religious leaders ofHis time with their pernicious rejection of Him and His redemption,which was noted earlier in Arguments III and IV, gives unanswerableevidence that Christ did not cooperate with just anyone! His continualpublic denunciations of the false prophets give ample evidence thatChrist abhorred their errors of doctrine and ethics so thoroughly that it86