Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-07-26
Gods NayOf Salvation

way OF salYaJion, ana God has HIS
and mans way is not Gods way
"Your ways are not My ways, saith
the Lord" Elsa, ". 81
This verse may be called "THE
GOSPEL TEXT" for here weshave the
whole Gospel briefly stated -
l. The source of salyation-"th
love of Cod;
2. The channel through which it
comes--"His only-begotten Som:
g. The ,oay By Which aoe recei6e al
-''Faith in His Son."
Perhaps you will tell me, 80, 1
have read that verse a thousand
times" Perhaps you have; but
have you ever really believed it,
that is taken it to yourself as one Of
the "whosoevers," trusted in Christ,
and SO got everlasting lifeY Can
you sag that?
A Christian friend told me how
he found salvation in this verse. He
took it, read it word by word--be-
IieUed as he read-applied it to him
sef-TRUsTED THE SoN-and had
everlasting life. Multitudes have
done the same, Have you? Ifnot,
may the Lord help you do so NOW.
just let us look at it-a word
or two at a time-always re-
membering, "This is Gods Word,
and Con MEANS WHAT HE SAYS" -
GOD-That is the first word
Salvation begins with GoD. Here is
mans first mistake. Man begins
with himself: COP begins with
Himself. Man asks, "What must I
do?" God says, "See what I have
done. Friend, turn from yourself to
GoD. Hear what He aays-see what
He has done.
LOVED THE WORLDi LOVED |
Salvation springs from the Ioue of
GOD. SLOWED" what ?THE WORLD
Ia world of sinners. Wondrous
love But remember, sinners must
accept that loUe, else it will do them
NO GOOD.
But have omitted a word have |
not?-a little word, but big with
meaning
500 that asop-"God so
loved the world, that"- What? He
GAVE HIS oNLY.BEaOFTEN Son!
He GAVE-Salvation is a GIFT. r
"The gift of God is eternal life. ~ o
(ROm. vi. 2S.) Friend are you try h
ing to bug it? It is beyond price ; "
therefore it is ",oithOut price" lisa. Z
". ~ God cannot sell it-you Il
cannot buy it; but God offers it as a e
glft-a present, Do you take it j
Only TAKE it, and you live for ever a
He gave What? HIS ONLY If
BEGOTTEN SOM "H1s Sow hi
His oNLY-BEGoTTEN Son." What g
gift2 What a sacrifice What love in
hat made It'll "This life is in His
Son"-not in you, but in HIS Son
see l John v. IL, l2.) Therefore Az
AXE HIM and you have life.
"GOd so loUed the world that He
IaUe HIS OnIy-begotten Son. Now, .,
THAT for? n
CHAT wHosoEvER BELIEvEru -
trusteth) IN HIM, SHOULD Cor, may) ~ ~
-oT PERISH, But HAVE EVERLASTING ~; m
ne" ~
WHOSOEVER-Perhaps you -
ny, How may l know that saliva -
on ia offered to me ?" Well, what ~
AVS God?-"WHosoEvER" whose :. -
YER in this world of sinners. That
YOU, my friend, is it not?-you 49,
lnnot deny it.
BELIEVETH, or TRUSTETH.
Ow, dear friend, it is as important s-l
see what God does NOT say as , 70
hat He does say. Now mark, He -
,es NOT say W. ~
ID Whosoever is so and so--is a aoa
oral, respectable, honest person eool
III spoken Of by the world, and and
smber or ofice-Jearey ofhe church. ma,
his is Mans First Way of Salvation -,
CHARACTER. It was the Phar- a.
'e's way-aO God, thank Thee 49,
AM not as other men, And so he -
rusted in himself" (See Luke ~
iii, II and 81 Was he Justified ?" jill
}. (Ver. l4.) Why? Because that oII,,
S only what he was in has oOn sight, sbo
4 in the sight of his fellow men mot
Cons sight he l0as "as other men" far
! sinner, for "all have sinned." ord,
that point, "THERE IS NO DIFFER ~
T." .(Rom. ill., %, 23.) By ma. ,bor
e in Gods eight, and God is the :,
ige "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, maj,
NOT ONE" from. Ill lO) ION
2.) God does not say-whosoever = ;,
s so and SO. This is Mans Sec 49,
Way Of alvation-WoRKs. NY 80
aved friend, what can you do? booo.
i are u sinner, and therefore ;nc
adn-"dead in trespasses and o,' s ;.
:" (Eph. ii. ~ Now what can aroa,
| people dor Nothing. 1t is toe
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