Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-03-10

trouble you. and would pervert the
Gospel of Christ. But though We. or an
angel from heaven preach any other
Gospel than that which we have preach
ed unto you, let him be accursed." Gal 1:
SO. Let the Priest mediate. IL the
Priest can show where Paul or the Apos-
ties preached such a doctrine as man
forgiving sin, L will not write another
line on this point. But he can not recite
an instance to save his life IL Christ
had meant that the Apostles would
have the authority to forgive sin, the
Apostles would have understood him
| they would have preached it ; the church
in that dark age would have gladly re-
ceived, believed it, and recorded il. and
we would have it to day as an example
| that we should follow. The Apostles
were left here to interpret Gods will and
word for US and succeeding generations.
| And we only get the meaning of the
| teachings Of Christ by the recorded
| teachings, and practices of the Apostles
| They laid the foundation upon which
suocee liig ages must bcild, IN do@trIne.
faith and practice Is not IL strange
that in all their teaching there is not &
hint of man forgiving sin Christ gave
them power to work miracles, and we
read where eter raised Dorcus to life.
Paul raised from the dead the sleepy
hearer, and suspended unhurt upon lis
hand the des dly viper but not word
| about man forgiviDg sin. Christ In
| structed that the church (an assembly
Of people) was the highest tribunal in
J church government, and not the Pope.
| Bishop, Priest or any other ecclesiastical
| dignitary. SEQ Matt Is. "Tell 1t to the
| church," So we read that. Paul advised
| the church to expel an incestuOus sin
ner, Cor. 6. The Apostle does not ar
rOgate to himself the power to expel him;
nor does he say TO the church, L, Paul,
will as Priest, abSolve him or
grant him indulgence, but simply
| advises his exclusion in keeping
ing with the Saviour's teaching. Matt.
! Is. In due time the Apostle advises the
church to. receive the expelled member
1 back into her fellowship. III Cor. 2. But
| is it not strange that there is no men
ton of any little dirty, filthy confession
al box, or insignificant little Priest in
/ connection with this narrative? No
] Priestly absolution. And there was
| poor Simon (Acts S:15) who had so
many sins that the 'Holy Water" could
| not wash them away. What a pity
For water in the Priests hand is like
Aaron's rod in Egypt.
When he (Simon) discovered his mis-
take in thinking that the gift of God
could be purchased for money, as has
been the case in the Roman Catholic
Church for years in granting indulgen-
cies, besought Peter to pardon his sins.
Although his cry was bt seeching, Peter
said: pray to God; perhaps the
thoughts of thine heart be forgiven
thee" II have not the power to forgive
SIM" That same Scripture states that
there they preached and testified of God.
That the minister's duty is to instruct
the people concerning the mystery of
the Gospel, the penalty OF sin, aud how
to obtain pardon of God against whom
sin is committed best conn Orts with
John 2O:21-23, the actions of the Apos-
ties, and the whole trend of the Gospel
/. repeat that in John 20:21-23 Christ
taught, and the Apostles SO understood,
that his Apostles were to make known
the mysteries of the Gospel to men; give
, them the conditions of obtaining par-
; don from God and Wien these conditions
1 were f8f2ileQ, viz Repentance and raith,
tbcr. the Apostles were to proclaim or de
, clare their sins forgiven. II this is not
the meaning OF that passage. then, Bro.
Priest prove that it has another mean.
| ing by showing some one whose sins
were forgiven by the Apostles. IL yoH
cannot then you must agree with me
! that man has not, yea, he cannot forgive
! sin. By the way, even If the Apostles
, did forgive sin-which they did not-whC
/ authorized you to forgive anybody's
, sins? l say who authorized you, poor
: SINNER, to forgive sins? l know that y oT
will answer that, for indeed you can.
WATER WASHING AWAY SINS, A HEATHEr
IDEA AND PRACTICE.
3 He CLAIMS that water washes away
8 the sins and calls Peter to witness it
t which Peter refuses to do, and that th
] priest and the water together pardon
!, sin. Quite mixture, is it not? But il
d it true that water can wash a man
2 sins away? You say that man gets tn
d new birth in the water. You claim tha'
+; the Apostles knew nothing about beinl
e born again before being baptized. l mus
8 tell you, that you do err, not knowing
o the Scriptures. Listen to Peter, o Y
= water vipers listen to him. Says he
}, "Seeing We have purified your souls il
i obeying the truth through the Spirit
q Being born again, not of corruptibl
70 seed'-such as water, gold, and green
n backs-'but by the word of God whic
e liveth and abideth forever. ."-I Pete
1, 1929. Mark, Peter says in this pas
sage that we are not born of water, u
le you told little one on your Daddy
n Pope Peter, did you not, Bro. Priest?
is would edvise you to read the Bible b'
's fore you write again, Tor you know bu
4, | very little about it. You state wit
y great audacity that no one was renewe
t or received the Holy Ghost except
re baptism, but you read Acts 10:44-4S
le and you will learn better. am yet {
the opinion that you are but aneophyt
D. Listen to the word of God: "While Pett
yet spake these words, the Holy Ghos
fell upon all that heard the word" Thes
have not been baptised as yet, Meth,
r has any priest laid hands upon then
at but they heard the word of God an
a were renewed in spirit of their soul
T. Note, Bro. Priest, after they received IL
el- Holy Ghost, Peter spake and said, ''Wh
'e- can forbid water that these should NJ
10 be baptized which have received Il
ut Holy Ghost as we'll as WEI And he cor
ur | manded them to be baptised IN q
)c- | name OF the Lord. Acts 10:47-4
1T Here the bottom drops out of your buC
ct. For you stated that man can o
I'm tain the gift of the Holy Ghost on
through the priest and water. The
. ing thief whose faith and courage pr
Ily sent a good example to all sinners, du
ed ing all times, would be eternally left OF
es il q man could not get rid of sin witho
le- being baptised. But no one doubts tn
es- the thief was saved. The word of God
lis Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ al
lct thou shalt be saved. When you say th
water washes our sins away you ma
ss the blood in our veins tingle; for we 6
ur in you and those you are leading can
ne dates for hell. II water washes aw
nd our sins then these stirring hymns
III, ours are but lies:
he "What can wash away my stains?
AZ Nothing but the blood of Jesus.