Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-03-25
GOSPEL LESSON.
No. IL.

No. IL.
Paul says II am not ashamed of
the Gospel of Christ for it is the
power Of God unto salvation to ev-
cry one that believeth."
If the gospel is the power only to
those that believe then it is not the
power to those that believe not. 1t
then follows that the gospel is only
addressed to those who can believe.
This being true the gospel is not in
tended for infants, idiots or lubatics,
because they have no power to be-
lieve, and having no power to accept
the terms of the gospel they do not
need the gospel. God in his abund-
ant mercy saves them without the
means of the gospel. Each one only
has to give an account for the deeds
done in his body. Romans ii, 8. This
excludes all deeds done by any other
person. 1t takes original sin out by
the roots, and as a corallory to this,
exterminates infant baptism. Infants
can only commit sin when they ar
rive at an accountable age and after
they have an opportunity to learn
their duty and fail to do so OIL neg
lect to perform such duty when they
are informed in regard to it.
It is the duty of parents to bring
up their children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord, and by this
is meant that parents should by ev-
cry possible means teach their chill
dren the great fundamental lessons
of morality, virtue, truth, honesty,
fidelity, sobriety, punctuality, indus
try, gentility, courtesy, affabiIity,
faith, piety, reverence and obedience
to parents and to the will of God the
creator of all things, and by all
means instil into their young minds
and hearts love to Gud and love to
mankind. By this means alone can
society be purged of the cheats,
frauds, liars. ad~ulterers, thieves;
rogues, v~agabonds, dissemblers, hyp-
ocrites, false a%ccusers, man-slayers,
gamblers. drunkerds and murderers
that now fill not only the land but
are sitting on front seats in the
church of God. But what does Paul
mean by the gospel which he says is
the power Of God for salvation to
those that believe? 1st Corinthians,
Is, /, 2, 3, 4. Moreover, brethren,
l declare unto you the gospel which
1 preached unto you which also We
have received and wherein We stand.
By which also We are saved if ye
keep in memory what L preached IN
to you unless We have believed in
vain. ForI delivered unto you first
of all that which l also received
how that Christ died for our SINS, ac-
cording to the scriptures, and that
he was buried and that he rose again
the third day. according to the scrip
lures" Paul here declares certain
facts as constituting the gospel,
to-wit: LIST. Christ died. End. That
he was buried. 3rd. That he arose
the third day. Reducing it further
it consists of death, buried, resur-
rection. Paul preached these three
great facts to the church at Corinth.
They received it. By it they were
saved If they kept 1t in memory I'M
less their faith was vain.
Again, "For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ" Here is the founda-
ton on which you can build, not only
for time but for eternity. LIST Cor,
chap. 8, II. The belief of these
three facts includes the sonship of
Christ, the kingship Of Christ and
bis mediatorial reign. 1t also in
cludes the blood of Christ, that
cleanseth from all sin.
Now we must by some means reach
the blood of Christ or it cannot
cleanse us from sin. To do this We
must come into mis- death, and there
is only one place and one way in
which We can come into his death.
Hear Paul: "Know We not that SO
many of us were baptized (mmersed)
into Jesus Christ were baptized into
his death. Therefore we are buried
with him by immersion into death,
that like as Christ was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father
even SO we also should walk in new
ness of life. Romans vi, "a.
In this burial in water as a grove
ike the burial of Christ in Joseph's
new tomb do we die to sin, come in
to contact with Christ's death and to
his blood, thus receiving the forgive
ness Of all past SINS and enter into
covenant relation with Christ and
God and become heirs to an unfading
inheritance in heaven. Paul further
says "If We have been planted
together In the likeness tof. bis death
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