The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-01
sABETH TEACHINGS.
A Home Tlss-Am Ia 0hristian-The
Office d Priest and Mans Need
What FoEows7
psBrrERrAN CHURCH.

Morninermon. Jesus our Priest"
Text, Het3;1, "Consider the apostle
aud high est of our profession, Christ
Jesus
!. A psf is o who mediates be-
tween Goand man. He "offers gifts
and sacribs for sim" (Heb. 5;1.)
q. Thsnen everywhere have relig-
ious instits at the very root of their
natures iconclnsively proved by the
fact thatll nations and peoples that
have evolved on the earth have had
symptoanof sacrifices, temples, divini-
ties, prize. Deep in the human foul
Lis the seriousness OF his need Of God,
Of his dendence upon God. Of his 40
eountahty to God and Of his craving
for r~ecotliation with God. Hence the.
university 81 priest and sacrifice In
pagan Ids long before Christ came in
Ito the yld:
g. Jewish system Of sacriRces
~differedom the pagan in this lmport-
liant pa1ular--the former continually
pointedrward to our great and most
costiy .rifce and one great high
priest Vi in the fullness or time should
come ABBY the offering OF himself as
an atonlent for sin do away with the
necessibe further bloody offerings be-
cause ohe infinite merit and sufficien-
cy OF hihcriflce to atone for the guilt
LOT the wls world.
a. Tt Jesns Christ, the son OF God
and therpenter OF Nazareth, was and
is that ID priest and offered that sac
rifice isSoved by 90 many lines OF evil
dence u we have not enough room
even toention them in this brief ont
line. D scriptures Or the old ana the
new tesnents are saturated with the
teachlnD that the sufferings OF Jesus
were sstituted for the sufferings OF
guilty an, (e2) that this Jesus was
aholy, fmless, undefiled,r and 80 that
the suhtutsd sutfering1ss Of this limo
cent penn availed. because OF their In
Unite nit, for the expiration of the
sins Of B whole world.
s. WIT follows? Conclusiyely il
followsbes it not, CD that every son Of
Adam DDS the service and the sacrifice
or thisIivine high priest. [2) That
every gt-smittsn son Of Adam may
have. he will. ths.pficeless merits of
Jesus article credited to him. sHe is
not wilg, that any should perish"
.tSees then that we have q great
high pst that IN passed into the heav-
ems, Jes the Son of God; let;us hold
fast ouprofession. For we have not
an higSriest which cannot be tonched
with ttfeeliDg OF our lniirmities; but
was inl points tempted like az we are,
yet wipnt sin. Let us therefore come
boIdlynto the throne Of grace Heb.
4;14-R
CD hat he who rejects 80 coatly d
sacrih made in his behalf by One 30
wise, powerful, and, withal. 90 COM
passiote, thereby incurs q fearful re-
sponsiity.
NJ. =. CHURCH.
Mong theme, aAm ! 10 Ohristian?'
Text, Cor. 1916. The Christian 8
lglon q religion Of certainties. We
may wv by examination, by actual
proof.hether we be Christians OF not.
Satarelights TO deceive us. IL Christ
ians. To and good, he wonld try to
makes believe We are not; and IL not,
f1atteus into believing that we are
1bett than the majority Of church
meniEs." We cannot trust TO feeling,
to cIparison with others. to sour
ideasto church relations, to q bright
conviion, to yesterdays experience.
but e essential to know where and
whate are to-day; and we may.
1. Christian possesses the spirit Of
Chri IF any man have not the spirit
or est he ii nole or his This sup-
posSeinG .'born Of the spirit; guar
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