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

! ,HRNMEE,>S do men say that I amin N
my <-'anto the town OF C@sarea Pnilfpbi.
not & &sCasarea ON the 1editerranean where
tha re,er m nrss preached the gospel to Cornslius
tne Genttie centurion, and where Philip the
evangelist and his four daughters lived fActs
T., Tn.,s, but the extronie north of Canasn
u 3ournev. see moss nt. hortherly ioint of christ
UT With His disciples, and that He was praying. s
matthew xvi, Is, says that His question ,xss
Wnom do men say that !, the Son Of Man
AM ann. Not that He cared what men said OF
their sakes He asked the Question thsf Ha
might awaken and interest them, draw forfh
reters confession, and make known To them
the truths Of our lesson.
ny, ss, %. Peter answereth and said unto
nlm, Ihou art the Christ" After drayyine
from them the opinions OF Others, He thsf,
pointed!y and personally puts the o,,estion !.
,but Whom say ye that amy" You may
Hh9w nim as Jesus who saves and keeps yo,i
as as ! nOra wnom you delight TO acknowledge
as your possessor and proprietor, but do you
know Him as the Christ, the coming King or
Israel and Of the whole earth. 9-1-'oog' .,
81. He charged them that they should tell
man that He was Jesus the Christ. He nsyes.
lornade them to say that He was Jesus %.
saviour, but now that thA- r,alapa 81. Set
as the Christ. - q
81. "Ho 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. 19-2l), and later, when
they asked a sign He spoke OF Jonah as q
ype OF his death and resurrection Matt Kill,
81, 4U ;but this is His first particular and full
announcement Of this great event which He
again repeats on two other occasions Ok, 81;
K, a;
this shall not be unto Thee" Matt. xvi, ~,
or, as in the margin, "Pity Thysess, Lord
This was the natural man speaking, and the
tendency OF the natural man, even in tho
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 q living sacrifice.
33. HE rebuked Peter, saying, tIet thee be,
hind me, Satan" Peter had just given forth
fession Of Jesus as the Christ and now from
the same mouth comes the things OF mon
with Satan urging on; ''out of the satrfe
mouth proceedeth blessing and cursingn
lJas. ILL.,, lU. 1t was never so with Jesus;
out OF His mouth proceeded only gracious
words, and such as the Father toiu Hiu,to
say John xii, 49.
"a. "W Whosoever will come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol-
invitation to come is to '.Whosoever wiir'
tAcss x, f3; Rom. X, ii-13; Rsv. xxi, IN;
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, 29.
30. "For whoSoever will save his life shall
lose 1t" That Is, 'wbosoever chooses this
present life with its joys, In preference to The
marrow way OF separation from this present
evil world unto Christ, shall find in the end
that his portion here was his all, and hiss en-
joyment ended when he left this world:
while he who chooses Christ and fellowship
with Him as his portion here, prepared 70 re-
flesh and the devil, will find that willis be
may not have had great success in this
world and, perhaps. been sorely tried, yethe
has had Gods own peace and Joy In his coal
and shall inherit everlasting lite
&c. "For what shall 1t profit man, IL he
shall gain the whole world and lose his own
soul" Let q man choose the present Il 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. 60
and let him enjoy It all for hundred years.
What then! They may put his body In q
casket OF rosewood or mahogany give it q
gorgeous funeral. and lay 1t in . 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 lifei' II 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
tion which is spent here in the mortal body,
that between death and resurrection.
and that after the resurrection, IL the frat
stage is yielded TO Jesus then between death
ard resurrection the spirit is with Christ IN
Paradise, and at the resurrection OF tho Just
the soul and body are wanted to DO with and
like Christ forever; but il the first stage Il
misspent and withheld from Jesus then II
the future OF that soul dark and awful
SO. 'Of him shall the Son OF Man be
ashamed" The Christ will return IN power
and great glory Matt. XVI, O.: Col Iii ~ /,
bringing His saints with Him. He shall come
In flaming fire, yielding vengeance en- them
QL. TIL, T., T-l0), and not ouly 90, but when He
comes to the air for His people many of them
shall ie ashamed IL He finds them mixed up
with the world and worldly things instead Of
separate therefrom, and watching for Him
Il. John ii ~. He wants a separate and
.hoiy pcUpie 20 witness faithfully Tor him An
this dark and sinful world, willing 20 &C
knowledge Him in business, and at home,
aud in all our intercourse with our fellow
men, and nothing short of q whole hearted
devotion to Him will bring His approval IN
TX, j. s.some of them that stand here shall
not taste OF death, till thsy have seen the
kingdom Of God come WITH power.n And
after SIX days He fulfilled this word 70 three
OF them when on the mouut o& trane-
figuration they were eye witnesses of
His majesty. GI Peter " 10, They NV M
those who shall lie caught up withous hyine,
Moses representing the dead and risen b&ints,
aud themselves in mortal bodies. This shall
it lie when He returns to restore all tbfnRs Of
which the prophets have spoken. 70 Cd 1h)iah
His kingdom on this earth and f6l6H3 with
His saints over IL -7-fsesso1t Hetpes.