Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-14

said. WAS often described yariously az
historical fnith, Intellectual faitn' MI
taculous faith II was IN the last th9t
| the element Of trust was round AZ
| would not save man TO Know thht
Christ WINS q Savior, but II wouli save
him to be his Savior. SAVING lait1
was illustrated by the act OF a cnild
throwing itself from burning build
Ing Into the arms OF a man below.
| The essence Of the faith was IN inc
get Of dropping into the arms 81 the
man who WAS able 10 save. ~ was
that the sinner should know that
Christ died FOR gln, and that lie was
able aud willing TO save, put
| the sinner must cast hinsef upon
him, Just MS he was. however nn-
worthy. This was saving talth The
object Of saving faith, according to
the text, was Christ. believe on me,
not on an opinion, or n creed but on
person. Paul. IN n text of like import,
| declared more fully who THIS person
| was. believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved
| Jesus Is his human name. He shan
| be called Jesus. for he shall save his
| people from their sins" Christ, the
| Anointed." Ia his divine name. Not,
| therefore. "A man. simply, but Goldman.
| This union Of the human ana divine is
| what gives efficacy to his atoning sac
| lHfNFs AAln lnillNN llNAAlf NNH Ai' HtiN-
/ rlflCc. for God could not die. the de
| vine nature the altar, and thus the
| altar snnGutcth the glft, Deny his
! divinity and sou nulllfy the atone
| ment.
Now faith unItes me to Christ, It IL
| the channel OF conveyance, and so
| all that 10 In Christ becomes mine.
"He that hath the son hath life" The
| result everlasting life" He that be
lleveth on me hath everlasting NE
Mark you, u IS hatch. present tense
not shall have, but hath life, and not
life FOR y little while then vanishing;
not an lgnuH fatuus. but everlasting
life. We have taught the blessed doc
trine OF the security OF believers. This
gecurty Of those who believe on Christ
Is not htfed On anything innate IN
mnn, for he Is lower than the angels,
and the angels fen, but the believer IL
secure
/. Because Of the sacrnclal work Of
Christ. Once a possessor OF divine NE.
you can never fan and be lost With
out dlshoner being done TO Christs
sacrifice. "lIe shall see of the travail
OF his soul. and shall be satisfied"
. We argue that the believer Is Sc
cure because lie who hath begun
good work In YOU viii perform II
until the day Of Jesus Christ" Phil.
e. g. If God has begun the work he
will carry . on unto completion He Is
Infinitely wise and there Is no reason,
therefore. why he should change his
work, and he Is omnlpotent. II give
unto them eternal life, and they shall
never perish, neither shall any pluck
them nut Of my hand" John, K: 2s
The believer is secure because OF the
work Of the Holy Spirit. Note the arg
ument Of the Apostle Paul in Eph. I,
10 and ~, I'm whom also after that
We believed, Nc were sealed with that
holy spirit OF promise which II the
ftf 1tt Itth.VIFuttg. fts
~ an caruest2 II Is something given
In advance az a pledge that the balance
VIII be paid. So when the Holy Spirit
once dwclls IN the believers heart Il
is an earnest on Gods part OK complete
iedenptlon, The sum OF the whole
matter Is this: That whom person
truly believes on the Lord Jesus Christ
he has us present possession life, not
ms temporary gift, but as "A pcrman-
eut thing everlasting life
Some object that ss muttcr OF fact
believers ''fall away and as they say
II professor may. but a possessor never
can FAY away and be loss. Else the text
IL untrue, &c mas not everlasting life
Here Is the solution OF the whole mat
ter. John u, ~; They went out from |
w. nut 'hey were not or us; for n they !
had been Ut US they would no doubt |
have continued with us. hut they went |
out That they might be made manifest |
mat they were not all Of us" Henrer |
hnve you this saving faith which unites |
you 10 Christ and secures such grand |
Iesuisf Test your faith by your works
Saving lalth VIII be faith which dnros
10 stand by the right In the face OF I'D. |
icule or Gust, N. II Is self-dcnyinF ana
costs something. | know there ara "a |
el1lod believers. worldly religious mon
VINO go Just as everybody else goes
On now men are led TO tolerate many
a WRONG thlng because Il Is CUSTOMARY
tnlhk ne Faith of some Of our guests
during the hremens convention her.
la5t Week was rorely hled when they
We're invited Go 20 TO the brewery and
nartike OF the hospitality OF that com,
pniiy ana thus give It's pernlcinus traf.
w quasi Endorsement Don't be- Ga
furltonlgnl, but when the guests come
from various parts OF the state and you
e !, welcomed 60 In with the rest ana
Won Won pe SINGULAR SO says the world
hul' brethren. dare to he sipgula,
,When YOU know TINT to be singular ia
" ne Ilfht. Agnln, saving faith is n
~ ,ithpau'l4nE faith. Being saved your,
sSm YOU WIN want TO save others. II
tnelN ~ not = burning desire 10 bring
utuoiH 10 the Savior. 10 tell thcm what
etV", ullnts tue Lord hath dtue for
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