The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-17
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
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rax 'sYEa" AND "AMEN" or THE PROMISES
SERMON by REV. DIR. ARMITAGE.
The Rev. DR.. Armitage preached on tho subject,
~The Yea and Amen Of the Promises" taking his
ext from H. Corinthians H. 20, IN these wosds-'For
ali the promises OF GOD IN MN yea aud IN HIM
amen, unto the glory OF God" This soul. inspiring
passage SAID the preacher Is pretty plain
In our commonly received version; but how much
clearly iorciby It Is brought to tho heart Of
the conadng believer In the revised version where
reads, "For however many are the promises OF God,
him the yea and In him the amcn to the glory Of
God through us"-that Is TO say, however numerous
the promises OF God made IN the Old Testament
may be, Oh rist IL the affirmation OF them ALL Ho IL
their "yean because lie has verified them. confirmed
their truth in His person. WORK and lie. OF all these
promises He was the actual uinlment lie was also
tho 'amcnv TO those promises. All that Is signincd
in the responsive .amcn" Of the Jewish congregation
and the primitive Christian congregation He signifies
10 the promises OF the Old Testament, however many
they are. He seals their verincaton by His lull re-
iponso them. Then the result ITO the glory
81 GOD through US" That IS the preaching OF cLriss
gospel by U.s. His ministers and Church inspires
inued condolences IN Gods ndeiity Touching all
hese promises and because that fidelity goes
inward unqucstoned 10 all ages by HIS Son through
we'll us ny HIS son in His pcrson work and c.
rhe text and the context place tho LORD Jesus IN the
very heart and centre OF The promises oil God TO HIS
children. Those promises have no may" about
Them out they are all .ycar and s'smen.n And,
..howover many" they may be 10 numb,r, s'however
many IN appropriation. "however many IN adap-
talon TO tho varying wants Of Gods saints, Cnrist is
the "yea,r Christ the .'amcnr OF them all Perhaps
there rs no subject upon which the child OF God
much exposed to mistake rs on the subject OF Tho
promises Aud certainly there Is no practical subject
on winch IL IS more necessary TO cherish right views
Ia cndcavorng TO ascertain these right conceptions
OF the promises you VIII observe that the text de-
clsrcs the promises OF God to be ''mauy" For how
ever m my are the promises OF God"
wnAr THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL SAY.
The Apostle Peter describes them exceeding
much light upon this exceeding greatness and pre-
rIousness by that most comprehensive passage IN his
spisilc To rus-In hope Of eternal lite, winch God,
who cannot lie. promised before Tue world began
As the greater comprehcnds the ess so this passage
OF Pau includes all tnat can be embodied IA the sex
cccding great ana precious promises" spoken OF by
Petor, both as TO number aud character Tho
promises here declared to relate 10 cternal lie
aud that includes not ouly all The blessings Of sotcrnai
lne.r but also all tho methods that are requisite
10 It's attainment Therefore every thing that IS
covered by the supplies oil temporal lie -
In Christ ~ the "yoa," and Christ is tho nmcn'
VI thcm ali, however many arc tho promises OF God.
"Dsiore the ~ord began Now. IN tno making Of a
promise there must DO the promiscr, the person 10
rho subject OF tbs promise here Is eternal life. the
promiser Is God, but TO whom Is the promise msdcY
Tor u - SAID TO have been made bsiorc the world
began" OF course then, " was made before there
any man TO make IL to, aud u must have been
mado Tor him TO another. Hence the text speaks
Ct CnrIst, mans mcdiatoral head, mans representa-
live, ana says that Him IL the yea OF all the
promises OF God, however many oi them there may
De- The ssycar OF the PROMISES denotes thor actual
Existence their actual truth the part OF God, OF
whom Paul says at " Impossible that God should lie
Tue yca" OF the promise " Us deunieness, aud ccr-
iainly there is "nayn IN Go1's PROMISES Win
God there Is not "yes" and may but with Hun u 10
all yea Yet lie mas wrapped this yea" In Christ.
He could not consistently covenant win u.s. sinners
have power TO keep covenant on Their part Win
sod therefore he covepnntcu their spotess represent
tive In Christ Ne tho yea In Christ Is also tho
"ameun OF the promises MS well AS tbcir yea In
Him is the "ycar and % Him tue ''ancn"
rms rHK WORD "ANbS"
Tho worl amen" desianatcs what Is certain, nrm
established, and ~ its application 10 Christ "a
his passage "a denotes that the promise V funed 10
hlin. amen (verfy, 90 be ~ Is real truth III
he "yca" the promises denotes that tbsy exist IA
Christ then .samsu' denotes that they are honored
IN Christ appropriated IN Christ, fulfilled 10 Christ
10 HIN the 'yea'' and ~ Hun the .'amcn"N Tnis
viii challenge the assent OF laith in Gods word
unriss ~ the beloved Son. aud wo cannot deny IA.
Hence says jesus, Ask ~ my Bano aud ye shslI re-
save These things SAITH the amen tue iaithui aud
tue witness He 'iulGlsi He Is all Goa's
hedges 10 lila. salt Ia that " there haa been no
thirst Leiorc the world began there had been no
snrct. ship: and there had been ship there
mad been 10 promises from God--no yea and
s..mensv bot Il ~ had boon all may, nay" no.