Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-01

To rest in what the faithful witness saith
That faith should make these hideous phantoms
flee,
And leave no night, henceforth, on earth to me.
Torlglnal.l
OUR SAVIOUR.
Gratitude, if nothing else, should incite us
to think frequently of Jesus Christ. The
simple fact that he came into our world to
save sinners, should make him the "chiefest
of ten thousand" to all sinners. Who can
be dearer to those rescued from the power
and the consequences Of sin, than the Re-
deemeri 1t is fact that Gods people do
think much about Jesus. He is precious to
all believers His love is better than life.
While it is the duty and privilege of Chris
tians to think much about Jesus-to set their
affections upon him supremely y-they should
think about him as he is revealed in the
Scriptures. The Saviour of the Bible is the
Saviour of the Christian. Whatever discov-
cries the human intellect may be able to
make, it can not discover Saviour. This is
pure revelation. Lay aside the Bible and no
Saviour is dscoverable, either in the works Of
creation or providence. The human mind,
unassisted by the light of revelation and en-
lightened by Gods holy spirit, never can dis
cover how God can save the sinner aud yet
be a just and holy God. This being true, we
must learn the character of Jesus from the
Scriptures.
In the Bible, our Saviour is declared to be
both God and man. Here is difficulty. No
finite mind can comprehend how two natures
can be united in one person. What cannot
be comprehended, of course cannot be ex-
planned. To attempt to explain it, is to
"darken counsel by words without knowl.
edge." There are a multitude of things in na
ture that no finite mind can comprehend.
With many of these We have to do in the
every day affairs of life No man under
stands his own being. Life is a mystery.
With U.S. we are not to inquire whether We can
understand or comprehend how two natures
are united in one person. The question which
we have to solve is, do the Scriptures teach
that Jesus Christ was both God and man
We remark at this point, that we understand
the Scriptures not only to teach this fact, but
to teach also that the two natures remained
distinct; that is, they were not blended or
mixed. His human nature was perfect. In
other words, he was verify man, possessed
of real human body and real human soul,
and at the same time really divine.
As already intimated, this is a subject up
on which we cannot reason and arrive at con-
clusions from reason alone. We must de-
pend wholly for our conclusions upon the
plain and express teachings Of the Bible.
What then, does the Bible teach respecting
the humanity of Christ; or, in other words,
does the Bible teach that Jesus Christ was a
human being? To prove that it does teach
this fact, We might quote those prophetic pas.
sages which refer to his conception and birth.
God, by the mouth of his prophet, announced
that "a virgin shall conceive and bear son,
and shall call his name 1mmanuel." Isaiah,
vii IA. There is no sort of doubt but that he
refers to Jesus Christ. The word Emmanuel
means "God with u"
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was, in the
strict sense of the word, a virgin. This we
learn from the 1st chapter of the gospel of
Luke The conception of Jesus was miracu-
lous, but still it was conception. No one
who has read, even with the least care, will
deny that Jesus was born. All the circum.
stances connected with his birth, even the
minutia are detailed. He was born in Beth
lehem of Judea. 1t was a public occasion.
The whole country had collected together "to
be taxed" Luke 2. God had so ordered
evil that good came out oft. In accordance
with the Jewish law, he was circumcised when
eight days old. Luke 2:21. In a number
of places, Jesus is called the "Son of Man"
which is clearly only one mode of declaring
his humanity. Jesus is said to have been
hungry (Mark II: IL J to have been weary
(John 4: 81 he eat he slept; he suffered and
he died. He was babe-a little boy and
grown man. No one conversant with the
Scriptures will call these declarations in ques-
ton.
Wehazard nothing in saying that Jesus was
really man, possessed of true body and a
reasonable soul. In more than sixty places
in the New Testament, Jesus calls himself the
Son of Man. He is said to have increased in
wisdom and in stature Luke ii 81. His
mind developed and bis body grew. He is
said to have partaken of flesh and blood.
Hebrews ii H. He took on him the seed Of
Abraham.
The human mind, no doubt, would be una
BILE to discover why the Saviour of sinners was
man. God, in his goodness and mercy, has
told US in his word. He became man that
he might die for sinners, and through death
destroy him that had the power ofdeath that
is, the devil. Hebrews 2. 1t behooved him.
we are told, "to be made like his brethren,
that he might be merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people,"
Paul, in the second chapter of his Epistle to
the Hebrews, fully explains why the Saviour
of sinners was man.
To save sinners, means to rescue them from
the present and eternal consequences of sin.
To do this required obedience to the law of
God under which man was placed by his
Creator. 1t required also that the penalty
which man had incurred be paid. A human
being had sinned by disobeying the law, and
:, ordor thot ainners mioht he saved q hu. !