The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-05-08

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after shall 20 see tho Son of Man
sitting at the right hand Of pow
er and coming in tho clouds OF
heaven. Then tho priest rent his
clothes, saying, he hath spoken
blasphcmy. What further need
havo we of witnesses? Then thoy
spit in his taco and butfotcd him,
and others smote Him with the
palms Of their hands"
If tho Unitarian Wow of Christ
be the correct ono-if ho was not
divine, was it not strange and
objectionable stubbornness inHim
not to deny that Ho claimod to be
God, and thereby savo himself
from such indignitics and suffer-
ings?
1t was for claiming to be God
that lie was condemned and cru
Gifted. If he had never meant to
assert such claim, would he have
submitted to such n fate, when
lilo nigh have saved Himself by
simply declaring that tho Jows
! had not understood His teaching ?
Would n being Of such wisdom,
goodness and purity Of character
as Jesus had shown Himself TO be,
thus nccdlessIy and foolishly sa-
crifico His life and sink His name
in ininmy
Did his friends, his disciples and
apostles, understand him to teach
that ho was divine? Did thcv
ever say to his accuscrs, "You
have not understood his meaning.
lie is man like us and does not
claim to be ono with God"? If
tho Jews wcro mistaken, think
you that somo Of His disciples
would not havo disabuscd their
minds ? Would not Potter, or John
or James or his own mother havo
intcrposod when ho stood boforo
tho Jewish court and pleaded his
innocence Of tho charge, if thcy
had not received tho impression
from his toaching that he claimed
to DC God?
What did the apostles and dis
ciples believe Jesus to bo? God
manifest in tho flesh, or merely
great and holy teacher of now
and better theology? Hear tho
"bclovcd disciple !" "In tho begin
ming was tho Word, and the Word
was with God, and tho Word was
God. All things wcro
mndo by Him. Flo was in
tho world, and tho world was
mado by Him, aad tho world know
Him not. And tho Word was
mado flesh, and dwclt among us,
and wo bchcld His glory, tho glo-
ry as of tho only bcgottcn, tho
Father, full Of grace and TRUTH"
Two gentlemen were discussing
tho divinity Of Christ, when ono
of them affirmed that eff no wero
divine it should havo been moro
explicitly stated in tho Bible. -
Tho othor said, "Sir how would
you express such n doctrine to
lcavo no room for doubt rs to
what you mean ?" His roply was,
| would simply say, "Josus Christ
is tho truo God.'" "Good," said
the other, "you have solicited the
worry words which tho APOSTLE
John has chosen to oxpress tho
samo truth. Speaking Of Jesus
Christ, he says, "Thls is the true
God Could John have writton
such things Of ono whom no be.
loved to be moro man? Could
ho hnvo dono so without conscious
blasphemy?
Can you doubt that Paul below
cd that jesus was God, when he
says, "Who boing in tho form of
God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God 2" "By Him all
things wcro created, that arc in
heaven and that arc in earth, Wis
iblo and invisible."
Can you doubt that Pctor be-
licvcd it when you read his words
to Jcsus-"l bolievo That thou art
the Christ, tho Son Of tho living
God 2"
Can you doubt that Stephen be-
loved it, "who, when ho was dy-
ing, called upon God, saying, Lord
Jesus, receive my Spirit?"
I challenge any apostle of Uni
tarianism, or any othor human
being, or evcn an angel from hoa-
Won to state tho doctrine that
Christ was God moro plainly, dis.
tinotly and omphatically, than it
is stated in tho writings and utter
anccs Of those inspired mon.
Last y--If this wise and holy
being did claim to be divine; ifho
did mako this impression both
upon his cnomics and his friends,
and ifthoso who spoke and wrote
as thoy wore moved by tho Holy
Ghost believed and thought that
he was God, was he not God? Arc
you not driven to ono or tho other
of two conclusions-that he was
God, or that he was an impostor,
and consequently blasphomor,
richly deserving the punishment
which he received? fan' ....a
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