Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-08

his atonement for us, we believe III the
system he teaches II we believe i'll
the system lie teaches, we believe him
when he says, Il am the way and
also, in my fathers house are many
mansions. go to prepare place for
you The Apostle says, ''If thou
shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in thine heart that
God has raised him from the dead,
thou saaalt be saved y This confession
is the concentration of Christianity
1t includes all that is divine We will
find another guide post in Matthew 16
chapter and beginning about the 13
verse. Ut will be observed that We
are passing a great many other guides
aud only directing attention to the
most important. Peter answered /;
.'Thon art the Christ the son of the
lis ing God" Jesus replied "Blessed
art thou. Flesh and blood have not
revealed it unto thee, but my father
whichis in Heaven. Upon this rook
(himself) will l build my church. /
will give unto thee keys of the king
dom of heaven" BY tins promise vs.
are to understand that Peter was TO
have power to open the new kingdom
We must here bear in mind that the
kingdom of Christ was not established
until after his resurrection. He directs
them to wait at Jerusalem until en-
dowed. with power from on high
(Wheu Peter was to open the king.
dom Now then, in the Acts of the
Apostles, I'd chapter, we find the dis
ciples in one place waiting to be filled
with that promised power Now vii
! physician please read that whole chap
ter; and as he proceeds he Will OBJ
serve how Peter opens the kingdom
Peter. standing up with the eleven
lifted up his voice. He preached th'
life, death, burial, and resurrection o
Jesus Christ, which is the Gospel il
full When they heard, they wer'
lpierced in their hearts and said, ''MeI
and brethern, what shall we do p Nov
observe Peters directions as to tn
method of introduction into the neV
kingdom, or the terms of membership
under the new covenant. lie says, il
answer to the above inquiry, "Repen
and be baptized into (not in, as som
translators have it, the name of Je
sus Christ, for the remission of sins
and We shall receive the gift of til
HolysSpirit )" which gift signifies tn
second birth, or the birth Of the spirit
1t will be seen by reading verse 4
of the same chapter, that they first re
ceiyed the word. or believed. Hence
, sbeljexe. reneak be baptized, andreceiv
the gift Of the spirit, and We are heii
of his kingdom.
Now, for constitution for this ne
government, we will take the epistol:
:, nv writings Of the Apostles to I'll
: churches herein the laws are all give
and by observing them we may liz
Christians. These epistles are Chris
ianity elaborated and beautified.
The terminus of the directions col
tanned in oar Book, read in this wise
And I, John, saw the Holy City, tt
New Jerusalem, coming down out
Heaven from Coz, prepared as brio
;. adorned for her husband. And
heard a great voice out of Heave
saying, Behold the tabernacle of &C
is with men and He will dwell wi
them and they shall be His people al
:. God, Himself, shall be with them al
be their God" They that do h
commandments shall enter by the gat
- into the City and have right to Il
tree of life"
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