Telegram-herald., 1891-03-23
SIN IN HEAVEN.
Rev. Ar. Dole Diseourses on yiearioai
AtonemenL

AT tic -Ncn ALlieAs ICfs liclAts INV
preached last evening on the subject,
lis the Niearious Atonement Taught
IN the Word?" The text WAS from
Matthew XIX, l7-"If thou will enter
into life keep the commandments" :"
Nicarlous means tstitutionary. To
believe IN the vlcarlous atoRement IS 10
believe that ne are saved by believing
that Christ obeyed the law and suffered
the penalties of its violation in our
stead. "Vicarious sufterings and
obedience are penal infections, and acts
OF obedience TO the law. which are rem
dered IN our place or stead, MS well as
in our behalf by our substitute. An
alien goes TO the army in place OF a
drafted subject. HIS labors, his dan
gers, his wounds and his death are
ylcarious."
In the beginning man twas put un-
der the Covenant Of Works for GER
tain probationary period. This pro-
vided everlasting well-being on con-
ditlon of perfect obedience. Under the
covenant man failed" lie committed
evil, but "the conditions must be main
tanned IN their integrity" "To relax
them would be to violate the word OF
God" Man broke the law and there
by the whole human race became
eternally condemned; the "pcnalty
must be executed" and yet a way OF
salvation preserved"
"The precise thing Jesus did was TO
suffer the penalty OF the law as the
substitute of his people. The atone
ment 'explated the guilt OF SIM lt Sc
cures our salvation. Is it taught IN the
Scriptures? No; not word OF 1t. IL IS
claimed that man cannot help but do
evils; that the Lord did not come and
does not desire to take sin out OF the
world; and, therefore, He provides a
perpetual sacrifice for the penalty oi
broken laws. If the Lord came TO re-
move the penalty of broken law, why
does the violation OF physical and splr.
itual laws still ruin health, destroy
manhood and wreck life? The Scrip
lures say, 1.-THE soul that sinneth, II
shall de-" Jesus said, ''lf thou Will
enter into life keep the command
ments." This is rational and practical
But know the passage quoted oft t.
the believer in works, "A man is justi-
fled by faith without the deeds OF the
law" Paul here speaks of the jewish
ritual, which Christ abrogated.
Faith Is Evidence.
Further, to be saved through faith
does not mean through persuasion
historical belief, or trust, nor through
bind obedience 10 rituals, but through
an interior insight into tue truth itself
| Faith is not belief formed by object.
presented to the senses nor by miracles
! performed before the eyes.
Faitl ls evidence. 1t Is an interior
| illumination from the Lord, and thence
a perception of truth itself, which takes
place in those only who keep His com
| mandmenis. Faith is the evidence o.
things not seen," and the very sub
stance OF the things for which We hope
Canaan was to be reached by obedi
ence TO the commandments, the lane
was TO be held, health was TO be given
prosperity guaranteed, and Gods pres
| cnce secured thereby. Nearly every
psalm implies obedience 20 the com
mandments as an essential TO solution
The Lord summarizes the whole OF tn'
law and the prophets IN two com mand
ments, the acknowledgment of on
God, and love 10 the neighbor.
There IS not a passage In the wore
that directly says that we are saved b,
faith alone.
No passage in the Word can be con
strucd even TO imply justification il
ANYTHING like the vIcarlous atonement
The vicarIous atonement was no
taught until at least two centuries afte
| Christ.
Then, for what did the Lord come
He came not TO save men in their sins
| but from their sins" There is viel
| of the advent that reconciles every pas
sage of Scripture relevant to the sui
iect with experience, desire, and ration
ality. 1t is this. Evil had gained th
ascendancy IN the world, whereof
| temptations were greater than ma
could bear or resist. Good ana evi
had lost equilibrium through the in
crease of evil. Jesus came therefore {
give man power TO escape the penalt
of sin. by giving him the ability {
cease shining. The penalties of sin ar
in the world as they always were. :
are they in the other, and alwsy
will be.
Gods law is no. n thing of arhitrar
speaking. but the very laws OF spiritus
and natural creation. Gods law is the IN
grained order of creation, ana the ur
chsngeable activity of spiritual an
natural forces.
would You HELP the Weak.
Do you desire to help the weak OF
of the mire? DO YOU desire to truly bic.
the world? DO YOU want 10 lead ther
to light and happinessl Teach ther
that Christ came 10 give us ability I
stop SHINING; that If we implore HIr
He wIli; that by Gods power opcrauu
IN the human viii. we can oveTcomt
and gradually put SIN out Of the worlc
and thereby its penalty. "He that ovel
cometh shall inherit ali things"
We are told that God does not wan
10 take sin out OF the world, that II
cannot stop SHINING, and tnat II - onl
the penalty that can be removed. II
world will continue to wTIthe and gro
~ wretchedness as long as It rests ]
this deiuson. Our salvation ls IN ces
ing to sn. lie came TO preach repel
tance for tie rem ss.ons of sins, ~
penalties. We can stop dong az
; thinking evil. God viii not abando
, us IN our attempts TO put sln awa,
Carry this idea home with you. that It
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