Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02


we are brought in contact with God.
Our moral nature" continued Mr..
French. lis not under the control of
reason. We cannot argue ourselves into
the belief that sin is not sin. We cam
not argue ourselves into the belief that
virtue is not virtue.
The question Is how to be delivered
of sin. We cannot be delivered by our
will. BY no force of reason, by no ren-
sOning Of ours can We get rid of sin. We
cannot get rid of sin. as some have
thought in the past ages, by inilictiug onr
no one can help you 10 get rid of sin.
The church cannot do II. Then how Is
is TO be done! What is impossible with
man Is possible with God. We have the
meat Of it in the text.
What the viii cannot do. foH that 1t
was weak through the flesh. God has
sent his only Son, for his Son condemned
sin in the flesh. l wish yon to notice
especially this statement That in send
ing his own Son, II was necessary first
that he who took away sin must be divine.
If it is not in our power to remove STA
Of divine being. However perfect Jesus
Christ may be. If he is not divine
creature, he has not the power to remove
sin. But he is God, a very God, very
God. Jesus Christ was made of his
own nature when he offered himself a
ionsi his sacrifice was accepted in full
satisfaction.
We are told in the text that he is in
the likeness of sinful flesh. He was
made for us, he became one of the Lord,
made by the LorI, that he might redeem
us who were under the law But he
took not upon him the nature Of angels.
he cnlue OF Abraham. We have Saw
Tor who Is in touch with us. He, feels
Tor US. In nll Our weakness. in all our
sorrow, in all our misery we have
tender sympathetic, loving Savior.
thank God for his human nature. He
was offered as a sacrifice for sin and
thereby condemned sin in the flesh He
TOOK our Place In his own body. he bore
our SINS for he has bOrnc Our griefs and
carried our sorrows for our transgres-
Perhaps the thought may come to you
how can one person offer his life In
behalf Of anutherI Could l 20 to a court
and offer my life for my brother or my
triendf can do 1t, but would they have
a right TO accept 1t? Never. cannot
9ter my life in lieu OF another because
| have no right To give that which I
have no control over, But he had the
power to lay 1t down and the power to
take II up, the proof of which is that
he broke the bonds of death and entered
trlumphAntly into heaven. And this
was In judicial condemnation Of sin in
the flesh
q, Now In connection with these views.
want you to make the first efforts Of
Jesus Christ to cleanse us from sin.
When he offered this sacrifice upon Cal
ynry 1t was al sufficient to satisfy the
claims OF the law and he took on HIM
self the burden Of your sins. He be-
came your surety. The law was salts
hel' Now you must fuldll the law your
self. or you must fulfill it through your
surety, Jesus Christ, There is maxim
Nts1a 10. -
he does for himself. You see it does
not make any difference whether Won
have Few sins or many, whether you are
deep-dyed in sin or not. you cpE give
sauslnction for them through the blood |
Sins have been divided into three kinds
This division, think, finds its occasion
IN the constitution Of a mans sOul We
huve the intellect, the sensibility. and |
the will. Now when the sin finds ia |
seat IN the intellect We call It the sin |
Of Ignorance. When 1t finds lis lod,ment |
IN the sensibifities we call It the Sin of |
inhrlnity. When It is In the will, we cali !
u the sin of presumption. 1t Is true we |
mud secret sins, and there are sins of
omission. but these three divisions about
cover the ground. In order to have ii
clearly ia the mind, perhaps an illustra-
ton Will help. You remember II was said
OF Saul that he proclaimed Christ an i'm
poster and that he went about persecut-
ing the children of God. Now he af-
Towards professed belief. and said he
did II GU, of ignorance Is ignorance an
eNcuset | answer no. Well suppose a |
man violates some ordinance of this |
city or state. law which imposes i'm |
prisonment or fine, or both. Now IL YOU
should appear and confess you are guilty. |
YOU would say II didn't know that there |
was such a law" But the judge would |
say lhat does not excuse you. Ignorance |
Is no excuse, But that judge will very |
properly attach only one of the punish |
iinents. Ignorance does not excuse. but |
II piugates crime And so It is TINT | |
understand the dying words of Jesus |
lhrist, Father forgive them, for they |
know not what they do"
An. example Of sin of the snsibili- |
TIES Is the conduct of Peter. When he |
went 10 the Garden Of Gcthsemane, he |
demed the man and again he makes the !
rl- Why did he do 1t? Didn't M |
know well enough who Jesus Christ |
wasi But Il seems 10 he that he would |
be dealt with Just as his mas
ter was if he acknowledged him. |
ana under that he denied his |
master. You can trace that !
up 70 4 SIN that finds its lodgment in the |
The greatest sin 10 the sin of pre-
sumption, greater by far In its enorniity |
man the sin of ignorance or the sin Of |
innrinity. This Is the sin that David |
committed when he placed In front Of
ms army a man whom he hopcd would
be killed
But even this sin can be forgiven In
the blood Of Jesus Christ, for the blood
~ ", chrsst eieanses Us from nll SIN.
Whether we have the sin of David. Of
Peter OF Of Paul, no matter how grave.
his blood cleanses us from All sins.
uhnuk Gcd fer the efficacy Of thar