The Newtown bee., 1895-09-27


free indeed. ssLet US stand fast there
fore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath
made us Free
Above all things, the spirit in man, il
in its very nature free. 1t Is in the
spirit that we are most akin to God and
most directly related to all the spiritual
verities Of the eternal world. 1t is in
the spirit that we bear the image of our
Creator, and by the Holy Ghost become
partakers of the divine nature. The
spiritual life must be free or we cannot
truly know God for He is spirit and
seeketh such to worship Him as wor.
ship in spirit and in truth. God is a
spirit and man is spirit and made in
the divine image; and the spirit in man
must live by the Inspiration and in dwell
ing of the spirit of God or there is no
eternal life in him. The life of the spirit
is the life of the soul, as the life Of the /
soul is the life of the body. AS the life |
of the spirit is so will the life of the |
whole man be. Now the spirit in man
is that vital part which suffers most in |
| jury from sin and unbelief and the power
| of evil. There is no bondage so terrible
as that of the spiritual life. The life of
the spirit is the divine light of the soul,
and If that light be darkness how great
| is that darkness indeed.
Let us not be confused and put the
natural order of the world in place of
the spiritual order of the kingdom of
heaven. The true life of man is from
above and not from beneath. All life
and all the gifts of life are from God ;
and the freedom of the spirit, which
gift of His Only Begotten Son is the
most joyful and fullest release of the
children of men from all bondage of
/ the world, of sin and unbelief, and ST.
, perstition, and the fear of death, and of
J hades. Science and art, philosophy and
, every device of mans invention, in the
Providence of God help to release the
= world from the bondage of nature and
the curse of ignorance, and the fear of
! evil; but above all and more than all
eff the Son therefore shall make you
free, We shall be free indeed.''
There is no one known in the history
. of this world who can give man such
e freedom of spirit, of soul, and of body
n as the Lord Jesus Christ gives. Ane
II why? Because He is Himself the Lore
= and giver of life. and the author and the
q finisher of our faith. ''All things wer'
/, made by Him." and He who made u
# must surely be able to make us
FREE FROM ALL BONDAGE.
Let US see how it is that we come int
this blessed state of freedom. Jesu
was speaking to those who believed OF
y said, "then are We my disciples indeed
e And We shall know the truth and tn
20 truth shall make you free" Freedom
1t comes to US by a living faith in the So
e of Coda faith which continues in tn
i word of divine meaning and loves
10 abide by it and rest in it. Freedom be
lie gins in faith, continues in hope, and
s made perfect in love. We are NATURAL
in a sort of bondage to this world. w
u are bound to it at least for life. A
W physical beings we are part of materis
lie nature as we call it. We are limited
W our animal powers, and the elements G
IN the physical world overcome US and strik
es us with dread and fear. There are cor
e. ditions of life under which we are hell
o. less and dependent. The natural life c
ii man is precarious, uncertain and full c
mystery at best. Add to this all th
D. horrors of unbelief and sin and death
or with superstition, remorse, and the fea
IF of the future, and without any faith i
re God, what are we but slaves on the earth
s. But the Son Of God comes and says t
ID US, "Be of good cheer, / have overcom
At the world" He tells us that He mad
f. this world and that He knows what it !
is for. He tells us that God, His Fathe
l. and Our Father in Heaven, loves us an
" that He would not have US perish, bu
y that He has come to give us eternal life
y He assures us that the experiences o
y this life are meant to prepare us for
d higher and happier state of existence
e "In my Fathers house are many man
If sions" and 81 go to prepare place TO
Iyou." "He that believth on me shal
l. never die"
q Now we know that as a matter Of fact
l. when man really believes the Gospe
,. of the Son of God he is set free from tn
8 bondage of this world by the hope o
p the world beyond. This world is yer,
Il different world when we stand in faitl
beside the Son of God, and look at lif
= from His divine point of view. And a
l. st John saith, "Who is he that over
> that Jesus is the Son of God?'' Trusting
e in the love of the Eternal Saviour VIII
should fear the world, or shirk my du
ty, or fret myself because of evil doors
or make any compromise with sin,
If OR FEAR TO DIE?
SIT the Son therefore shall make 20
) free ye shall be free indeed"
:. By reason of the sin that is in th
world we are also under the bondage o
! the flesh. It is q strange fact that
. man, bearing the image Of the Almight,
Father, made to be free in all his power
: and to enjoy forever the inheritance o
!. the universe. may bea slave to himself
! 1.-THE flesh lusteth against the spirit, ant
! the spirit against the flesh; and thes,
\ are contrary the one to the other; 8,
/ that We cannot do the things that y,
i wonld.o The effect of sin is to throw