Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-30
CoNTENDrNe FOB FAITH.

@. W. Hufer, of East Liverpool, Ohio
Preached at The Discip es church Last
Night.
c. w. Huffer. of East Liverpool,
Ohio, preached at the Disciples Church
last night to an interested audience.
He took for his subject "Contending
Earnestlyfo for Faith"
The pastor started out by saying:
Jude said he was bond servant or
servant of Jesus Christ for life and that
is the kind of servants we. want. A
man united with the church and SAID
he did so well for six months they let
him off. a deacon who had not been TO
church for year said he used to go TO
church when it rained. Well, out
what are you doing now? Oh, man
in your church cheated me trading
horses. l told him If he had been
trading horses he ought to be cheated.
Can you find promise where man
will be saved if he lives Christian lie
for forty years. By the faith we mean
the gospel. What is the gospel? The
glad tidings concerning Christ. But
what did the apostles preach concern
ing Christ?
Paul preached three great points.
There are three facts to be believed
three commands to be obeyed, three
promises to be fulfilled. What are the
three facts to be believed? First, that
Jesus died, according to the script
ures, that he was buried, according to
the scriptures, and that he rose, accord
ing to the scriptures. II we believe
these we accept all the truths OF the
scripture.
There are three commands to be
obeyed. The first is, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ aud thou shalt be
saved. Bht that is not. Some preach
ers even as great as Talmage seem TO
stick when they come to some passages
Of scripture. They do not read 1t all for
1t would knock their theory down. Paul
nor any other apostle never said to be-
lieve alone would save man. Except
ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.
The Disciples believe more than any
other people on the face OF the earth
that man must have change OF heart.
There are three commands to be OBJ
served: First, believe on Christ; sec
ond, repent of your sins; third. to be
baptized for the remission OF sins. l
don't see why anybody should deny
that.
Then there are three promises to be
enjoyed: First, forgiveness OF sins.
When God forgives He forgives entire
ly. He takes our sins all away. We
have such contracted ideas of sins we
can't compr ehend Gods forgiveness; we
only about h alf forgive.
We are like the Scotchman who
thong bit he was going to die, and he
called man who had sinned against
him and said: Now, il | die, remember
you are forgiven; bnt II get we'll this
don't stand II we could realize Gods
full forgiveness it seems to me there
would not be dry eye in this house.
The second promise is the gift OF the
spirit. The paraclete the comforter.
The third promise is eternal life.
These are the facts to be believed, the
commands to be obeyed, the promises
to be realized. The revelation is COM
pete. There is no new revelation now.
We are TO preach as Paul preached.
IL is dangerous to preach less than
is given in the gospel. 1t is dangerous
to preach more.
But there are many new truths in
the book.
To contend earnestly for the faith Is
not TO contend that it is wicked TO have
an organ in church. To preach sec
tarianism or denominationalism is to
contend earnestly for the faith. We are
not to dress like Christ to be like him.
A young man to do this got blanket
and wrapped in it and made himself RI
diculoUS. 1t is that Christ has given us
copy we are to pattern after. The
trouble is we copy after each other. If
we copy after Christ we will have
enough to do without criticising our
neighbor.
Tonight "Paul's Conversion" will be
the subject