We thank the Lord God that we achieved another two years'

witness to the riches of His Word by means of The Berean

Expositor. Since the completion of the previous volume, XLVII in

1974, we are conscious of a steady decline in the acceptance of the

Scriptures as the fully inspired Word of God by the general public

and also by a large section of organized religious bodies. For such

people to accept only part of the record God has placed in our

hands, is to undermine the basis of salvation, and to deny to many

the wonderful news of the calling of the Mystery, that crowning

message of the Apostle Paul to us Gentiles.

May this volume continue to awake interest in the Book of Life

and assist the reader to surmount the difficulties of translations and

appreciate to the full the meaning behind the words and paragraphs

that the Holy Spirit has enshrined in God's Word.