The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-17
NEW BIRTH DOCTRINE
Elder Barnaby's Discourse Last Even
ing on the Subject,
AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
"Ye Must Be Born Again"-What 1t
Means and Why and How
Soriptural Exposition
of the Topic.

one of his scriptural sermons, which
he is making a speciality of during
these winter months at evening serv-
ice. The subject was 1.-THE New
Birth" a synopsis of his remarks is
as follows:
Verify, verify, say unto thee ex-
cept a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of Cod
Verify. verify, / say unto thee, ex
cept a man be born out of water and
spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God" John ill.,, 80.
THE gospel of Christ is the power of
God unto salvation" Romans l., 16
This excludes every other power, or
every other power is excluded by the
testimony of Gods word. According
to this statement of Paul. the CONVEX
sion of sinners is exerted through the
gospel and only through the gospel.
Visions and dreams and the vain inn
aginations of men find no place in the
scheme of redemption according TO this
ultimatum. Heavens maledictionS rest
upon all who would thus set aside the
plain teachings of the word of God for
such things.
THE new birth is a new creation or
regeneration, scripturally speaking,
ter L., 1918, we find the following: AS
many as received Him (Christ) to
them gave he privilege to become the
sons of God, to them that believe on
His name, who were born: mot of
blood; 2-Nor of the will of the flesh:
3-Nor OF the will of man; 4-But of
God.
-Four births are here enumerated
Anatural; 2-National; 3-Artificial; 4
Spiritual. First, the blood here
mentioned has reference to physical
birth and hence common. natural, en-
trance into the kingdom of nature.
Second, born according to the will of
the f1eSh,' creation of the Jewish ma
tion, set apart, distinct people of God.
Third, born according to the will of
man, has respect TO the systems of
man, who build into their ecclesiasti-
cal establishments, viz: Unconscious
infants without their knowledge. will
or consent, and who are compelled in
church membership by superior
force Fourth, born of God has refer
ence to the spiritual birth of those who
are begotten by the word of God the
seed of the kingdom and born of water
bath of regeneration. Titus ill.,, 5.
Legion is the name of those who
have been born of the will of man in
contrast with the will of God. Creeds
and confessions of faith as promulgat-
ed by man has been the cause of so
much confusion regarding the plain
teaching of God, in the New Tesla
ment upon the subject of the New
Birth
This doctrine of artificial birth has
secularized all Pedobaptist churches
and filled them with pride and casual
ty. The kingdom of Christ. as illus
trated by the teachings of the apostles
of Christ, must be united. One faith
one baptism new BIRTH. mode of en-
trance into the kingdom of Christ
born from above
"Paups letter to the Galatians con-
tains a beautiful contrast between the
birth of flesh and the spiritual or
heavenly birth, containing, as IT does
the entire scheme of redemption. Gall
atians H., 22-31:
For it is written that Abraham had
two sons, the one by a bond maid and
the other by a free woman But he
who was of the bond woman was born
after the flesh; but he of the free wo-
man was by promise. Which things
are all allegory; for these are the two
covenants; the one from the Mount
Sinai in Arabia and answers to Jeru-
salem which now is, and is in bondage
with her children. But Jerusalem,
which Is above. is free, which is the
mother of us (alD. For ii is
written, Rejoice thou barren that
dearest not; break faith and
cry, thou that travailest not; for
the desolate has more children than
she who has husband. Now, we
brethren, as Isaac was. are the chill
dren of promise. But as then he that
was born after the flesh prosecuted him
spirit; even so II is now. Nevertheless
what saith the scriptures? Cast out
the bond woman and her son. for the
son of the bond woman shall not be
heir with the son of the free woman
So. then, brethren we are not children
OF the bond woman. but of the free
woman.
The free woman is Sarah. The bond
woman is Hagar. Isaac was born of the
free woman. 1shmael was born of the
bondwoman 1shmael represents the
covenant made in the flesh. Isaac rep
resents the covenant of promise: For
in Isaac shall thy seed be called
Isaac, the child of promise, represents
the new covenant which is according
TO the spirit. Ishmael represents the
old covenant made in the flesh; all the
blessings growing out of that covenant
being of a temporal character. Hagar
represents Mount Sinai, in Arabia
whence comes the Jewish law under
Moses which by Paul is called the
yoke of bondage and which at the
same time represents Jerusalem which
in the time of Christ was in bondage
with her children. Jerusalem, which is
above. represents the spiritual king
dom of Christ, the benefits of which
kingdom were not to be confined to one
nation as the Jews. but to extend to
all nations in the wide world
'Hagar represents the natural birth:
Sarah, the spiritual birth. Hagar rep
resents that which is ordinary; Sarah,
that which is extraordinary. As the
birth of Ishmael was natural and or
binary and the birth of Isaac was out
of the course of nature and therefore
miraculous. so also we find by the COM
parison. that while the old covenant
was natural and ordinary containing
'carnal ordinances and ever pointing
10 Canaan as the promised land and
inheritance OF the Jewish nation. the
new covenant. at the same time, is
found to be extraordinary. miraculous
prominently spiritual. intended for the
moral regeneration Of all mankind and
the objective point of which is an in
heritance in the everlasting and glori-
Gus kingdom Of Christ.
The casting out of the bondwoman