The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-04-18

But, of course, you will want to know what re
ply the .Unltarians make to thus. Will tell YOU
hey admit that the passage Is very INTEREST," 4!
one, and thai 1t announces very important tru I
with respect TO Christ. Certainty, they say
there Is no m1stakirg the TACT thar Christ was Il
the form or image or likeness Of God. and In som
sense equal with M. nd they conclude that i
must mean maor0G lkeless to Ged, and not q rea
likeness of nature condition. "A n1Orm like
ness, indeed Then what business had he 10 give
1t up? A me0"dG likeness TO God means what Il
means hOtaneSS and what light had Christ Il
surrender his holiness HIS holiness was the thing
that he left behlnd when he came down was IL
| that is little too bad To such sad pretexts are
men driven when they try to evade the plain
straight forward meaning of these sober words OF
| Inspiration. stands by what this passage sag
ON The lace Oft, namely, that Christ was ia the
condition OF God, that he was equal with God, AND
| therefore tCdS God.
| 3D.. The next point which we promised to look
at, Is tAs, That Tue Bible represents Christ per
| form NC the works of God, works which no other
being Than God can perform, and VIII ch therefore
proove that he Is GOD. He is represented Great
Ing the worlds, as preserving and uphodng, and
governing the worlds, as being the author aud
sustainer OF all nature aud fe raising The dead
| aud judging the world All his he Represented
as doing mot by any derived delega ed anthony
bRt out OF his own nature and power and authority
He appears III all these acts as being himself the
supIene and soqere1gn Maker and luler OF the
universe.
TO quote on this point would be to quote all The
way through the Bible. 1t is the doctrine Of The
whole book from &c esis 10 Revelation. AS DI.
Lyman Beecher once said in the chapel Of the The
ologlcal semlnary at AndOver, Christ is the 0ct
M Ueay 81 the Una0e Sc" He Is the Eternal
Word OF God, the manifestation Of GOD, God
coming forth anu revealing himself in creation, IL
redemption. and in all providence This the doc
lrIne Of the ncW Testament and OF The old. III
the light Oh the NeH, we what is meant by
hat " ord OF God which did everything III the old;
which spake, and 1t dlue which said, "LCt
there be light, and there eoaS light Paul refer
ed to this when he said thai he world formed
by the word OF God. John meant this when Ae
said that the WoId was In the beginning, was with
God; that all things were made by him, and Wi d
out him was not anything made that was made.
III short, This view ot Christ as the Word or he
yealer-GOd coming forward in dU ucttUttteS, ere
alton and every Other, unihes and harmoIIzes the
whole teaching Of The Bible ON thls subject
Take single passage IN which the one matter vi
creation appears; 0al. /: 14-I.
IA. IN WnOm we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of SINS.
10 Who is the Image OF the invisible God the
frst-born Of every creature:
IL For by him were all Things created that are
in heaven, and that are III carth, visible and in
visible, whether they be thrones, or dominioas, |
principalities, POWERS; all things were Gre
ated by him, and for him.
II And he is before all things, and by him ali |
things consist.
NOW the ACT OF creation, l need not tell you, is
everywhere the proof of divinity 1t is ali
through the Old testament. When God wants to |
remind his people of his divine power and author |
lily, he appeals the fact that he is the one who
1rd me me Torid, Is. a.; "a Ih9s Satin the
from the womb, am the Lord that maketh ali |
things that stretcheth forth the heavens alone |
That spreadetn abroad the earth by myself Ana |
this is the argument that is i'll the mouth of every
man, when he wants t. prove the existence OF |
God. Every man reasons that the being who Gre
ated this grand and beautiful mechanism which
we call the world, must be God he being who |
can do thai, can do anything AS Prof DWlght |
used to say IN his blunt way, ''the BEING who can
create world out Of nothing, can do anything |
aud Ii any man doubts that, we call him fool |
so il is that all men of common sense reason |
Now the hible declares that Christ is the creator |
of the worlds, and Of all that is in them, and thus
the Bllbe takes up This common argument OF the |
people that there as God, aud turns 1t right in,O
the broad channel of proof that Ct cot IS hut God
For by HIM wers all things created, that il
heaven aud that are i'll earth visible and invisible
whether they be thrones. or d0miniuns, or pri |
cipalties, or powers all things Were created b. |
MIN, and for him; and he is before all things, aud
by him all things consist, that is, held t. |
gelhcr, are preserved. He Is both the Creator and
Preserver ofthe universe.
The Uni aran reply is, BAT Oh 1st doe, not
Bat this would involve i, Tremendous a6surdity. For
creatir% as We have seen, is mark of onnipatenc ;
and ii G d should delegate onnpItenoe to another
being, we should have two onnlpO enJ beings and
,her. Ii this second being should oncs pet pos
s. SION Of omnipo ence he might conclude to keep It.
tor, o1 course II he really were omnpotent,
being could take 1t away from hun Or il YOU shoulG
III to fancy some sort Of dependence Of the second
tepee DEN on another omnipotence, which alb
and il is to talk about Il man becoming Co.
ong enoush create, and then dropping INTO lie
of du.lsm? Here you have two God at least tul d
Ime,-one God who actually creates, and another WI
have sometimes Charged US with b,l ewing in tine
Gods in doctrine Of the Trinity Here we dud the
theJ do believe In two; neither do in three |
We 9eieye il one God, whose being unit
but VII" the grandeur aud iHfDite compass Of that
Being. distinguished in'o Father Son. ana Hoy |
y God, md each distinction just as luiy divne al
thee hers the Sen Holy Ghost just truly divine
4Lh. shall very relieve your patience, for we
come the last point which we promised to on
sdsr, aud that is, that the Bible represents Christ
receiving Worship and such rship be ongs only
God sucn worship as go man woul1 pay to the
Is suppca ed in for such favors no one bu
God can beStow; both temporal ard eternal He
is duplicated in connecti,n with he Father OF
ooe and the same favor. Paul prays repeatedly to
Father and the Lord Jesus Chris for one and the
same flvor addressing his petition just
TO The o her. In all he bencdctOns, and in che
and giver Of grace just as much the Father In
osmn Sct Of prayer BY Inspired mel he is recogunzed
vi tributes, Omni and Omuip being
the universal Lord the end of Creation the by
King Kings and the Lord Of lords by ng mem in the
agonies Of dissolution commend their spirit his
other world Ii heaven too; he is the centre OBJ
crptUns descriptions which proclaim his divinity in
Now what shall we say all these forms of Worship
which are paid Christi The Unitari&ns generally ali
low that Christ was good man. But good ma will |
not permit worship to be pad to him as divine Christ
did permit worship to be paid to him divine and he
never refused such worship from those who knew ais
real Character But if Christ man, and
received worship as divine, he not good man
as Paul and Barr abas and did what they oud Tot do
For when occasion, the people cfLysra GO
ing to offer relig us worship to the apostles On
ac cunt of the miracle OF healing which they had Just
performed Paul AVID Barnabas they heard of
IT, rent their clio the in horror and among the
people, and put immediate stop the proceeding :
saying Sirs why these thitgs, For we also are
n en- oflke passions with you"
But here We have Christ accepting divine worship.
oes We have him rthipped, and sung, and prayed TO-
by men VINO werefull of the Holy Ghost whom God
had and commissioned declare his firth to
the ends Of the sarth And only not only is
Christ who accepts this worship. but it is God the
Father who commandsit Forth from the Everlasting
Throne breaks the mandate that all should rever
CO the San, they reverence the Father This
is he Fathers will, are told. And this we are ex