Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-05-06

mountain top. "Christ came, who is
over ALL" Then he must be God
The Bible says that all things were
made by him. Does that not prove too
much? Could it be that he made the
Mediterranean, that he made the Black
sen. that he made the Atlantic, the Pa
cific, that he made Mount Lebanon,
that he made the Alps, the Sierra Ne
vadas. that he made the hemispheres,
that he made the universe? Yes. The
Bible says SO, and lest we be too stupid
to understand, John winds up with
magnificent reiteration and says:
Without him was not anything made
that was made" Then he was God.
The Bible says at the name OF Jesus
every knee shall bow. All heaven must
come down on it's knees. Martyrs on
their knees, apostles on their knees, the
archangel on his knees. Before whom?
man.. No, he is God. The Bible
says every tongue shall confess-Borne-
sian, Malayan. Italian, Spanish Persian,
English. Every tongue shall confess.
To whom? God. The Bible says Christ
the same yesterday. to-day and for
ever. Is that characteristic of human
ity? Do we not change? Does not the
body entirely change in seven years?
Does not the mind change? Does not
the heart change? Christ the same yes
terday, to-day and forever. He must
be God.
Philosophers say that the law of
gravitation decides everything. and
that the centripetal and centrifugal
forces keep the world from clashing
and from demolition. But Paul says
that Christ's arm is the axle on which
everything turns, and that Christ's hand
is the socket in which everything is set.
Mark the words. 'Upholding-uphold-
ing all things by the word of hispower.
Then he must be God.
Then look at what Christ says of
himself. Now, certainly every one
must understand, himself better than
any one else can understand him. IL
ask YOU where you were born, and you
tell me, II was born in Chester. En-
gland" or, 81 was born in Glasgow,
Scotland" or, Il was born in Dublin,
Ireland" or. II was born in New Or
leans, the United States" YOU being
man of integrity, should believe you.
If l asked you how many pounds you
could lift, and you should say you could
lift 100 pounds, or 200 pounds. or 300
pounds. should believe you. 1t is
matter personal to yourself You know
better than any one else can tell you.
If / ask you how much estate you are
worth, and You say $4,000, or 500. 900.
or $500, 900, believe what you say. You
know better than any one else. Now,
Christ must know better than any
one else who he is and what he is.
When l ask him how old he is, he says:
'Before Abraham was, Il am" Abraham
had been dead ZOOS years. Was Christ
,02S years old? Yes. he says he is older
than that. Before Abraham was, !
am" Then Christ says: Il am the
Alpha" Alpha is the first letter of the
Greek alphabet, and Christ in that ut
terance declared: Il am the A of the
alphabet of the centuries" Then he
must be a God. Can man be in thou
sand places at once? Christ says he is
in thousand places at once, where
| two or three are gathered together in
| nv name, there am in the midst OF
| them"
Besides that, he takes divine honors.
He declares himself Lord of men, angels
and devils. Is he? If he is, he is a
God. If he is not he is an impostor. A
man comes into your store tomorrow
morning. He says, Il am the great
ship builder of LIVERPOOL; l have built
hundreds of ships" He goes on to give
his experience. You defer to him as n
man of large experience and great
possessions. But the next day you find
that he is not the great ship-builder Of
Liverpool, that he never built Ship
that he never built anything. What is
he then? An impostor. Christ says he
built this world; he built all things.
Did he build them? If he did he is Il
God. If he did not he is an impostor.
A man comes into your place of bust
ness, with Jewish countenance and n
German accent, and says: IL am Roths-
child, the banker of London; have the
wealth of nations in my pocket; |
loaned that large amount to Italy and
Austria in their perplexity. But after
awhile you find that he has never loaned
any money to Italy or Austria, that he
never had large estate, that he is no
banker at all. that he owns nothing.
What is he? An impostor. Christ says
he owns the cattle on thousand hills.
he owns this world, he owns the next
world, he owns the universe. he is the
banker of all nations. Is he? If he is,
he is God. If he is not, then he is an
impostor.
Now yor believe the Bible to be true.
II you do not you would hardly have
appeared in this church. You would
have gone over and Joined the Broad
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