Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-12-14
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wu II MUST WE Do TO BE SAVED

WHIT MUST WE Do To BE SAVED
Trere is technical difference between the
meaning of the words saved and redeemed.
Ehe price of our redemption is the blood of
Jesus Christ. In the Scriptures, the word
blood is often used to indicate life; and kthe
shedding of blood, death. When, therefore,
it is said that Jesus redeemed US with his
blood, it is meant that he died for US. An.
other inference we make is this: We hass'
nothing to do in order to be redeemed.
Christ's death makes>a complete atonement
for sin. That the atonement made by Christ
may become available to US, We must accept
of it and rely upon it. This act of ours, we
usually call faith. The death of Jesus Christ
secures legal right to heaven, to all who
will believe. All believers are in a salyable
Bgi5Fs any a one aa1s eaa saEsf t5a7s5, mss foF
that holy place must be effected. This is the
technical meaning Of the word saved Now,
what must we do before we can enter heaven?
This is work, consisting not in the perform.
ance of single act or deed, but in mu.sl-
tude of acts and deeds. It is a work that
requires whole life to- accomplish. gE'ss
Our Saviour thus sums up the whole that
we must do in order to enter heaven; not to
secure title to heaven ThatisI secured for
US by the death of Jesus but to obtain fit.
ness for heaven. Here is the whole in nut
she'll: "If any man will come, after me. let
him deny himself, and take up his cross dai-
ly, aud follow me. Luke * :23. The work
of fitting ourselves for heaven consists, accord.
ing to our Saviours summary, in denying our
selves, taking up our cross daily, and follow.
ing him. To deny ourselves is to cut our
selves loose from our carnal appetites, carnal
desires, carnal ambition, carnal pleasures and
carnal honors. Nothing that is carnaf can
enter heaven. By nature, we are all carnal.
We must array ourselves against ourselves.
We must keep up constant war, not only
against the devil and the world : but against
ourselves. To live as nen of the world live,
is to be man of the world and not Chris
tian. 1t is to 90 farther and farther from
God and heaven. A life of carnal gratihca-
tion is a good and substantial evidence that
we are still in our sins-that We are not be-
levers in Jesus Christ, and do not desire to
60 to heaven. ... .,.s-
The next thing required of US, in order to
obtain salvation, is that we t"tskeup our cross
daily" This is 6gurative language. The
cross was made of two pieces of tim Der fas-
tened together in such manner as to form
figure somewhat resembling a capital T.
Upon this the Romans were accustomed to
put to DEATH crucify-the worst criminals.
The criminal was forced to carry the cross
from the place of his imprisonment or con-
demnation, to the place of his execution. To
take up cross, or to bear cross is but a fig
urative mode of expressing suffering for
Christ.
To Gods people we are told it is given not
only to believe, but also to suffer. Phillip
plans, i:29. All of Gods people, in some
way or other, are called upon to suffer on
account of their religion. The life of SOL
dier in the midst of hostilities, is one Of great
suffering. So long as the believer is in the
flesh, so long will he oe called upon to bear
crosses. His strength will be sorely tested
Hissoull -SaAh4-geS feint and his natural man
sicken under th load but the promise of God
is, "my strengt shall be made perfect in your
weakness; Te true believer feels as the un-
regenerate sinnr cannot feel, that che that is
born of woma is of few days and full lsof
evil"
The next thin that we must do in order to
enter heaven, or;o be saved, is to "follow Je-
, sus." The founer of Christianity is totally
unlike the fculers of false religions. The
} precepts of paga sages are often wonderful.
They contain mch truth that is worthy of
being reduced tt,ractice These pagan sages
teach much fooshness and grievous false-
hoods. In the Factice of the founders of
, false religions, thre,is much that, instead of
being good and raise worthy, is sinful and
censurable. Jeas Christ, on the other hand
taught nethiE that has even the senblsnce5l I
sin. that has in it the appes
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