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| to be delivered from the power md Jominion ri
Sin! The answer TO this question must involve
/ the law Of pardon: and to this question there
can DO but one answer; for no one. presume
viii be SO inconsistent as to advocate that Cod
1as revealed tn His Gospel more than one law OF
forgiveness. Pardon is conditional, and the CON
diuons are subject to no mutations, they are
necessarily the same in every case. 50 that tho
me nv sas 69 DO to be
! and always the same.
But there is another sense in which the word
inherit eternal life?a What shall | do to ' be- be-
saved, eterna!ly at Gods right hand?. This Is a
| very different question fron the foregoing The
essential difference between these two questions
| must be obvious even to the most careless and
Indifferent thinker. The first contemplates 4
this life; while the second has regard to saliva
ton that Is future, and to be enjoyed only after
mind that the answers TO these questions must
differ .. g widely as the import Of the questions
Both Of these are Bible questions. and they
are both fully and think, satisfactorily an
swered Sx in tho holy eracles Of God; When, there
do to be saved?" before we can give an intelli-
gent, appropriate, or scriptural answer, we must
d Il as In nsse he %ass
& oasy 'a1sS se!oaied @ S1i lie se sespe ss*ef 81
Ing sinner any other answer than 1'eal that
| which God has authorized, ia guilty Of peryert-
ing the word of life and salvation. IT., on the
other hand, the question is asked with reference
| toa future salvation from the grare, and compre
hending the consideration of eternal life beyond
the confines OF time then the asawer must GORE
all those conditions on which eternal life is Bus-
pended in the Sacred Scriptures.
| very infinitely related to each other and yet
distinctly different from each othor, and calling
for essentially different answers.
to both of these questions: IL keeping with this
| purpose let usinQuirc. Whit shall u mun do to be
suved from his slns7 The answer to this ques-
ton must be influenced in measure by the re-
lations and circumstances Of the person asking
! it. Suppose an unenlightened person should
nd this st wh% had r
! a1nplitudc,-what would be proper and at the
same time Scriptural answer to give to such an
| individunl2 Fortunately for us we find an exact
| parallel in Acts, sixteenth chapter.
The Philippian jailer had: US the sequel evt-
IDENTIFY shows, never heard the plan Of salvation
! The false and prejudiced reports that had been
brought to hts ears: He had In his charge two
Gospel preachers. He had mnde them, as he
the stocks. At midnight, silus, the sankey Of
s
! darkness and rolled up, from the damp and
cheerloss walls in which the prisoners were CON
very throne Of Goa. Listening angels heard the
glad song, and started on mission OF deliver
ance. Al their arrival, the earth quakcd, the
Ssse sPf @
oners' wearled and lacerated limbs The jaler,
bis epa eoass hee H
and sprang In before Paul and silas, and said In
tone and manner that INDICATED @ profound sn;
ffs'y was sasad Saa fSa 10 tsere was
Paul, the Moody Of the occasion, answered bis
IN fol Ra1
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt bo saved
aud thy house." But Paul, remembering that
no man could believe in thing of which de had
no knowledge, began then and there. md
preached to him and bis household the Gospel
Of salvation, and the Jailer obeyed 1t without
delay for the hst3rian informs . US that pAni
the night.
From this single case we can, by legitimate
deduction, obtain NIL the items which enter into
shall do to be saved from my sins?' The obe-
dience OF the TALLER began In faith and ended IN
baptism There can be no reasonable s cd doubt but
consistent to suppose that an inspired Apostle
would bapttze IN unrepentant man; therefore
narrAtye, stands as follows: Believe on the
Lord Jefus Christ, repent OF all Your sins and be
baptized for the remission Of the sumo.
Nov, will suppose another csse,-and not an
improbable one by any: means. II an individual
who has heard the Gospel. and is thercfore intel
hgeat upon the santec aad Who heiiecss T.
one, Say, should ask the question, "Whnt must
at tho su,ne time Scrptural answer to give to the
question: Here, rs in the preceding Gase' We
tind In the Scriptures perfect parallel In Acts,
the conversion OF 5000 just such cascs. They
had witnessed tho la1nbent hames TINT cleaned
sWarthy t hydro brows % Of the Inspired Gaiilcuns They
had heard and felt the rushing mighty wind TINT
came like a cyclone from the hand of God. They
peal OF the bold and defiant Peter, as he stood
before them, the very person'fication and en-
bodimcnt Of Divine wisdom and power.
murder Of the sinless Son Of God: He boldly de-
clared the sublime doctrines OF His resurrection
4 apricked" 1D to the heart Witch is only smother
they cried out, What must we do to be saved?''
holy ingpired Apostle. Remember this IS the
answer that was indited by the uncrring spirit
Of God, under whose Divine agency they were
preaching.
Peter said: Repent and be baptized every
one Of you in the name Of Jesus Christ for tho
remission OF sins and you shall receive the gift
Three thousand men and women yielded to
this answer; and the obedience ct each was not
unlike the obedience Ut the PhllpPlan 1atler;
for their obedience, like the jailera, begun n
fnith, continued in repentance, and closed with
baptism. -,.,.,
case. Suppose 4 man who has heard the Gospel
believed is great facts and rcpcnted of bis sins
If he should PROFOUND this question to an nuthor-
lied Gospel preacher. what would be the correct,
Scrjpturl1 angwer to give such nn individual?
Fortunately we are not without parallel III the
Scriptures to this suppositional penitent, for iii
Acts twenty-second chapter, we have a case
which corresponds to this In every essential par
ticular.
Saul was commissioned prosecutor OF the
Church Of Christ He was on his way to Danas.
Gus to arrest and incarcerute any he might find
who called upon the name of the Lord Jesus
appeared to him on the way, and the lght and
glory of His divine presence shone about the
persecuting and ambitious Saul with such super
fatiye spiendor that he fell to the earth
overpowcred by the unearth!y briiliance
that cleaned like lurid lightning
around and about him. The cerulcan Yault
above him appeared to his dazzled eyes Hko
mass of liquid hre,-the earth secmeu baptizeo
in flood OF golden glory. Had sun from the
solar realm burst and poured It's contents OF
lixht upon the heads Of Sau. and his associates
the effect could not have been more awful and
appalling. Hearing voice Of rep'rof issuing
Saul cried out, " Who art thou, Lord?" Jesus
answered: II am Jesus Of Nazareth, whom thou
pcrsccutest." Then Saul asked the question
which wc arc now considering, VIZ - What Wilt
thou have me to dog" The Savior directed him
to 70 70 Damascus and Informed him that It
would be told him there what he must do Saul
required Immediately to Damascus. and, 10
xf1ra 0f mental anxiety better imagined tnan