Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-03-11
IMMUTABIllTY.
Christ's Perfection in all Things
and Mans Best and
Truest Friend.
A Discourse That Will Single
Out Many tor the Church
Fold.
THE IMMUrABILITY OF CHRIST.

THE IMMUTABIIJTY UF CHRIST
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The apostle In bis epistle 10 the He
brew- presents q strong and conclusive
argument in favor OF the divinity OF
Christ. Christ IN the humil alton of
his humanity, aud in the rxalts'ion OF
His divinity, is the grand central truth
In the apostles writing. Asserting the
eternal sonsbip of Christ the apostle
directs us to the eternity "f the past,
and shows us Chr 81 eDihroned in
glory, higher than the angels. "B, :
ing made so much better than the
angels, NJ he hath by inheritance oh
tained a more excellent name than
they" Tracing His history from the
time he assumed our nature to the mo-
ment Of His ascension TO the Media
to'ial throne, declaring him TO b.
greater than Mricbized.k. superior ia
Moses and equal with God. The prin
cipal thought In the text Is the immu'-
ability OF Christ rs the Savior OF man
kind.
Men always have been and are nov
seeking for something new to calm
their fesr-, quiet their con-cieDces an d
inspire their hopes. Many errors
crtpt into the early church. "divers"
"and strange doctrines were taugh I
but the apostle exhorts them in the
language succeeding the text. BE no I
carried about with divers and strange
doctrines" and announces the great
truth that Jesus Christ Is the only
Savior Of men in all climes and in sll
ages. Jesus ia the same yesterday
to-day and forever"
Christ is the promised Messiah
and IL all that humanity needs OF
should expect, the same yesterday, 10.
day and forever. There are some
ready to object to this statement and
say that Christianity Is only one of III.
great religious evolutioDs that ha,
blessed our race, and that we ma,
look for something better to come
But to meet this objection | say upon
the authority Of Gods word that Cbri,I
is the only Mediator between God and
man, there never has been another
and there never can be another Jesu,
Christ the same &c.
This fact suggests three thoughts
perfection. universally and immuta.
bility.
Perfection-All the works Of God are
perfect in design and adaptation. Tni,
world 10 u temporary home for man
everything design, d aud adapted fol
his use cannot be improved upon
Now as God has shown US the perfec-
ton OF design and adaptation in th,
physical world, certainly In the mora
world, the great plan OF redemption a
God has rev. aled IL to US iu HIS word
is perfect. no better could have beef
designed. hence no better should b.
expected; the design In the great plal
Of salvation 10 perfectly adapted 4
meet mans needs. If we turn TO th
person of the Mediator, His immuta
bility is a fact. Jesus Christ the sam
Yesterday &c.n In the essence of Hi
being, in the capacity of His under
standing, in the decisions of His will
and In His relations to God aud mar
He js the same Yesterday. to-day, q,
He cannot be less nor greater than n
now IL, He cannot decrease or ipcreas
In knowledge. He can never kno,
less than he does nov. All thing. ar
known 10 him as they are now. q
have been. or will be, Ap.s can ad
nothing to His knowledge. apes ca