Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-06-27
REGENERATION.
The Regenerated rlan a
Sanctified rlan.
Sermon Preached by Rev. d. =. Orr
In the Methodist Church at Ma
rion, nonday Evening OF
Last Week.

at any man he in Christ, he Is a
new creature. Old things are passed
away, and behold, all things are be
come new" Cor. v. IL.
The Apostle was living a new life,
one not understood by his opponents,
and so they accused him Of being be-
side himself lie gave a- an expia-
nation Of his new life that he had in
deed become new man; he bad en-
tered into a new relationship. and by
virtue Of that he had become new
man. "If any man be IN CHRIST he
isa new man.
propose to talk to you about Re
generation and the witness Of the
Spirit.
Regeneration is defined TO be that
mighty act Of the Spirit by which the
soul, hitherto dead in sins Is made ally .
unto God. and is enabled to live h. .
" life. but what is it to be dead TO
SIM Death is the absence Of lite,
Lite is defined 10 be Correspondence
with our environment" We have n
physical environment and spiritual,
with the physical environment we
have correspondence through the sen
ss. If this correspondence be closed
we are dead ~ the world about ne.
We have correspondence with our
spiritual environment through the
faith faculty; If this be closed we are
dead 10 that environment Sin sepa-
as.5 in sin. What sin' Adams OF
our. or in other words does the ne
costly for regeneration lie ~ our owl !.
volun,ary sin and separ"t'on' or It
,hs sin Of Adam, and the con'equen
separation of the race in him,
To an.wer this question it Is nece:
..rv % note that spiritual death
bu, the .cpara ton of the soul fro'
God. II all the race are gu'''y
Adams sin, in the sense that 'hey ~
rs.nop,ible for it, then may the VINO
race be separated from ooo' AZ
thereby dead IN sins, in consequen
Of Adams stu, but not o'he'"''
But the guilt of Adam. SIN, III
nature Of the case, could be impu'
60 none bu, Adam himself, but
consequences of Adams sin m'e
descend to his posteri,y in the way
suffering, weakness and DEATH ou,
Gull, and the consequent separat
came only to the guilty. The !, |,
Of imputing guilt to any othe, u
the guilty, is utterly unthinksols
on any ethical principles of which
have sny knowledge. l believe
IN. depravity of the race IN co
ouence of the sin of ADAM ou.
not Of that character that necessi'
regeneration, as it is not of that c
,cter that produces spiritual d,
The sin that produces spiritual
sa voluntary personal sin oil IN
d;vidual. The sinner needs 70
generated and born again MOI
cau.s Adam sinned, but becsu
b,, siuned himself. This is the .
,nre idea, "And you being de-
Won, sims. and the uncircumcisi
YOUR fiesh, hath he quictene.d'
Their with him, having forg'V
trespassss." CO... ii.
psuonal sin separates iron
and produces spiritual dea'"' .
cessitates regeneration.
do not here enter upon 'n'
..,u, Of infants, but will "a
another time. Il.
Regeneration, then, is the IL
ton Of life to the soul, before
aims. This, again, is the 'eAo
the Holy Scriptures, ne v
lieyeth on the son hath eve
life" John iii, SO. Also TO-
,es, "whoso believeth might
ish but have everlasting ii'e'
v. 25; "The dead shall hear !,
of the Son Of God, and u
hear shall live" Eph. ii. u
he quicksned, who we were - a','
passes and sins COL H.
I'M you being dead in your SINS
ouickened, together with
John, v, II, ~. "And u
~ record that God hath gu
eternal life, and that lie 9,
Son. He that hath the 30
z hath life, and he that hal
Son hath not life. Such.
regeneration; the restqratii
ia itusl life. But this WORK
i. Ths renewal Of our .
ma 1sGlaya IN ~ :