The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-03

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The Bible says at the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow. All Heaven
must come down on its knees, Martyrs
on their knees apostles on their knees,
confessors on their knees, the arch
angel on his knees. Before whom? a
man? No, He's God. The Bible says
every tongue shall nfess-Bornesian,
Malay, Mexican, Italian, Spanish, Per
sian, English. Every tongue shall con-
fess. To whom? God. The Bible says
Christ the same yesterday, to-day and
forever. Is that characteristic of hui
manity? Do we not change? Does not
the body entirely change in seven
years? Does not the mind change?
Does not the heart saange? Christ the
same yesterday, 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
hands is the socket in which everything
isset. Mark the words, "Upholding-up-
holding all things by the word Of His
power" Then he must be God.
Then look atwhat Christ says of Him
self. Now, certainly anyone must un-
derstand himself better than anyone
else can understand him. II 1 ask you
where you were born and you tell me:
81 was born in Chester, England" or
II was born in Glasgow, Scotland" or
II was born in Dublin, Ireland" or 81
was born in New Orleans, the United
States," you being young man of in
tegrity, l should believe you. If / ask
you how many pounds you could lift,
and you should say you could lift one
huadred, or two hundred pounds, or
three hundred pounds, should believe
you. 1t is matter personal to your
self. You know better than anyone
else can tell you. II ask how much
estate you are worth, and you say S10,-
900, or 100000, or 100000, believe
what you say. You know better than
anyone else. Now Christ must know
better than anyone else who He is and
what He is. When l ask Him how
old He is He says: Before
Abraham was, / am" Abraham
had been dead s,Oss years. Was
Christ 2,O9s years old9 Yes, He
says He is older than that Before
Abfaham was, l am" Then Christ
says, II am the Alpha" Alpha is the
first letter Of the Greek alphabet, and
Christ in that utterance declared, II
am the A Of the alphabet of the CEN
turies." Then He must be God. Can a
man be in a thousand places at oncep
Christ says He is in thousand places
at once. "Where two or three are
gathered together in My name, there
am in the midst of them" This every
whereativeness, is it characteristic of a
man or Of a God? And lest we might
think this everywhereativenes would
cease, He goes on and He intimates that
He win be in all the cities of the earth
He will be in Europe, Asia, Africa,
North and South America, the day be-
fore the world burns up. "Lo, am
with you always, even unto the end Of
the world" Why, then, He must be a
God.
Besides that He takes divine honors.
He declares Himself Lord of men, an
gels and devils. Is He? II He is, He is
a God. If He is not, He is an fmpostor
A man comes into your store to-mor-
row morning. He says: ~ am the
great shipbuilder of Liverpool; have
built hundreds of ships" He goes on
to give his experience. You defer TO
him as man of large experience and
great possessions. But the next day
you find out that he is not the great
shipbuilder Of Liverpool, that he never
built ship, that he never built any
thing. What is he then? An impostor.
Christ says He built this world; He
built all things. Did He build themP
II He did He is God. II He did not,
He is an impostor.
A man comes into your place of busi-
ness, with a Jewish countenance and
a German accent, and says: 81 am
Rothschild, the banker, of London;
have the wealth of nations in my
pocket; loaned that large amount 10
Italy and Austria in their perplexity."
But after awhile you find that he 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 q
thousand hills, He owns the world, He
owns the next world, He owns the uni-
verse, He Is the banker of all nations.
Is He? II He is, He is a God. Is He
not? Then He is an impostor.
A man enters the White House at
Washington. He says: 81 am Emper-
or William of Germany; | am travelling
incognito; have como over here for
recreation and pleasure; own castles
in Dresden and Berlin" But the pres
ident finds out the next day that he Is
not Emperor William, that he owns no
castle at Berlin or Dresden, that he has
no authority. What is hep An impostor.
Christ says He is the King over all, the
King immortal, invisible. II He is, He
Is God. II He is not He is an impos-
tor.
Strauss saw that alternative, and he
tries to get out of 1t by saying that
Christ was sinful in accepting alteration
and worship. Renan tries to get out
of it by saying that Christ-not through
any fault Of His own, but through the
fault Of others, lost His purity of con-
science, and he slyly intimates that
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