The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-01

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fhe great faith OF the Syrop1entc3
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Pharjs5ss r6ligion 1ru4 ~ ~ r.
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..whom do men say that I am,n. HI
naa come into the town OF Cesarea Philippi,
not C9sarea on the Mediterranean where
feter hrst preached the gospel to Cornslius
the GENTLE centurion, and where Phflip the
evangelist and his four daughters lived facts
4, Txi.,e), but the extron,e north OF Canaan
journeys. Luke tx, lS, says that He was alone
with His disciples and that He was praying.
Matthew xvi, 13, says that His question was:
whom DO men say that !, the Son OF Man,
amr Gi NOT that He cared what men said Of
Him, nor did He need to ask them, but for
their sakes He asked tile question that he
might awaken and interest them, draw fortt,
Peters confession, and make known to them
the truths of our lesson
2S, ~. peter answereth and said unto
Him, Thou art the Christi After drawing
from them the opinions OF Others. He ...:,.,
P0intediy and personally puts the question:
but. but whom say We that am." You may
know Him as Jesus who saves and keeps Won.
as Lord whom you delight to acknowledge
as your possessor and proprietor but do Won
know Him as the Christ, the coming King of
israel and OF the whole eartht
81. He charged them that they should tell
no man OF Him" Matt. xvi, 20, says to tell no
man that He was Jesus the Christ. He MEYER.
forbade them to say that He was Jesus 10
Saviour, but now that tina -r,a,A..-essassStSJEHt.
-ssif. !haft fTeIofbids them to make Him known
as the Christ.
81. "He began to teach them that the Son
of Man must suffer" At His first cleansing
of the temple He had foretold His death and
resurrection John ii. 1920, and later, when
they asked sign He spoke OF Jonah as
type of his death and resurrection Matt. xii,
81, 4O) but this is His first particular and full
announcement OF this great event which He
again repeats on two other occasions tx., 81;
XII. Al.
81. peter took Him and began to rebuke
Him. saying, "Be it far from Thee, Lord;
this shall not be unto Thee" Matt. xvi, ~,
or, as in the margin, "Pity Thyself, Lord"
This was the natural man speaking, and the
tendency Of the natural man, even in the
Christian, is to pity himself and seek his own
ease, and against this self indulgence we
must as Christians earnestly contend, ever
yielding our bodies living sacrifice.
33. "He rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee be-.
hind me, Satan" Peter had just given forth
q sweet saviour of God in his grand con-
fession Of Jesus as the Christ, and now from
the same mouth comes the things of mon
mouth s"5aa ssns o2' sna OF tine
JAS. ill.,. lW. 1t was never so with Jesus;
out of His mouth proceeded only gracious
words, and such ma the Father toid Him to
say John xii, 4N.
"a. ''Whosoever will come after Me, let him
deny himself and take up his cross, and fol.
low Me-" 1t is a most precious truth that the
invitation 10 come is to whatsoever wilr'
tActs Y, 43;, Rom. <, lib; Rev. xii, ~;
and him that cometh shall in no wise be cast
out John vi, 81; but it is also true that no
one can truly come, unless they are prepared
to deny self and bear the cross after Jesus,
and this daily luke tx, 80.
80. "For whoSoever will save his life shall
lose it." That is, whosoever chooses this
present life with its joys. in preference to the
narrow way OF separation from this present
evil world unto Christ, shalt find in the end
that his portion here was his all, and his en-
joyment ended when he left this world;
while he who chooses Christ and fellowship
with Him as his portion here, prepared to re-
nounce with the whole heart the world, the
flesh and the devil, will find that while he
may not have had great success in this
has had od's own peace and Joy in his soul
and shall inherit everlasting life
36: "For what shall it profit a man, IL he
shall gain the whole world and lose his own
soul" Let man choose the present II he
thinks best; let him accumulate millions; let
him try all the riches of pleasure and fame
and worldly power; let him, il he is able. go
into 1T as largely as Solomon did (Eccl III,
and let him enjoy it all for hundred years.
casket Of rosewood or mahogany, give It q
gorgeous funeral, and lay it in a marble
tomb, but where is he: His torment has be-
gun and it shall never end.
81 ''What shall man give in exchange
for his lifel' If he loses it by refusing to let
Jesus save him it is gone forever; the great
gulf is fixed and they cannot pass from one
place to the other. The life Of every IN
dividusl has three stages, that por-
that between death and resurrection,
and that after the resurrection. II the first
stage is yielded to Jesus, then between death
and resurrection the spirit is with Christ in
Paradise and at the resurrection OF the just
the soul and body are wanted to be with and
like Christ forever; but il the first stage is
misspent and withheld from Jesus then is
the future of that soul dark and awful.
81. "Of him shall the Son of Man be
ashamed" The Christ will return IN power
bringing His saints with Him. He shall come
in flaming fire, yielding vengeance on them
that know not iod and obey not the Gospel
I'll. Th., j., T-lO), and not oply SO, but when de
comes to the air for His people many OF them
shall te ashamed IL He finds them mixed up
with the world and worldly things instead Of
separate therefrom, and watching for Him
q. John H., ~. lie wants separate and
holy people to witness faithfully for Him in
this dark and sinful world, willing to ac-
knowledge Him in business and at home,
and III all our intercourse with our fellow
men, and nothing short of whole-hearted
devotion to Him will bring His approval in
that day. =,
TX, ]. "Some of them that stand here shall
not taste OF death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power" And
after SIX days He fulfilled this word to three
of them when on tho mount OF trans
figuration they were eye witnesses OF
His majesty. H. Peter l., 16.l They saw
Jesus transfgured, elijah representing
those who shall lie caught up without dying,
Moses representing the dead aud risen saints.
aud themselves in mortal bodies. Thus shat
it lie when Ho returns to restore all things OF
which the prophets have spoken, 10 es.hblish
HIS kingdom on this earth and reig with