Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-05
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auuctton, which so many walk, while
according TO Jesus, STRAIT Is the gate,
aud narrow IS the way which lcadeth
unto lie, aud few there be that find a."
Now. what did Jesus mean when lie
said. God so loved the world, that lie
gave his only begotten Son. that whose
ever bolicveth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting hlcl" lie meant
that He was the way. the truth, and the
life, just as He proclaimed ON another
occasion, mo man cometh to the
Father, but by me-" He also said:
Ny doctrine Is not mine, but Ills that sent
me-
II any man will do Ills will. he shall know Of
the doctrine whether Il be Of God " whether
speak Of myselG-lohn VIZ IS. y.
Here Is something else besides mere
belief; the will OF the Father is TO be
done; and II the people do the will OF
the Father. then they shall know con.
corning Christs doctrine, whether Il Is
OF God or whether lie spoke OF Him.
sell. So that when lie said that people
must believe In Him TO have everlasting
lite, lie meant that Il they believed In
Him they would believe 10 III, com
mandments aud would accept the otdi.
nanees that He instituted; they would
receive the doctrine that God mad given
to Him to proclaim; they would learn TO
live as lie said meu must lve--by every
OF God; Tor said lie, "Aian shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word
that procsedeth out OF the mouth o,
Cod Alter His resurrection, when He
sent His disciples into all the world To
preach the Gospel to every creature, lie
ioid them they were TO 80 and "ieach
all nations. baptizing them In the name
oil the Father, and Of the Son, and OF
the Holy Ghost teaching them to oh.
serve all things whatsoever have COM
manded YOU" You will find that In the
closing chapter OF the Gospel according
to ~. Matthew.
There rs something to be done, then,
besides believing IN Jesus Christ. II you
believc Ia Jesus. you will do the things
that lie commands That II the kind
Of iaiih that Jesus taught. That is the
KIND Of iaiih that His Apostles taught.
That Is the kind Of faith that Is called a
saving faith; for He that really believes
IN God the Father and In Jesus Christ,
His Son. will accept and obey their com.
mandments, and by that means they will
obtain eternal lie. Jesus said, when
lie was preaching TO the multitude.
Not every man that iiIth unto me, Lord,
Lord. shah enter into The kingdom Of heaven,
but he that doeih the Will Of my Father which
s In heaven.
Therefore whose hcafclh these sayings Of
mine, and docih them, will llkcn him unto
wise man, which built DIS house upon a rock
Ana ihe rain descended. and the floods
came. ana We winal blew. ana peat upon That
mouse, ana IL ie" not iorH W" founded upon
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and
And tie rain descended, and The floods came
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house.
and Il fell. and great was the an vi it.--Mait.
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has pun h's HOUSE upon sahuy i9uh-
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nave uul. uieI nuuses-a seoIulhg 70
Jesus Sntls,, thv SAVIOR OF hv Woiid,
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iail ,heIe9ii -
Mnat Ilu lesus mean py thls saving
10 NlSouenus, NeIily, NvIlIy, say
unto 'hee' ShSep. q man NC Dom OF
wafer anu OF ue opi'i.' ne cannot enter
mo the klhsuonh OF oout ~ appears
that theie must ne second pirth-and
that nlt'h - no, slmp,y pehevlns IN ihe
savior. ~ iauleA' .hange must take
pace w NV soul 70 w illah 70 enter Tue
kngdom OF heaveh' aceo'ulng 70 he
ieachlngs o. Jesus. Jesus exehipllhed
Tvs sayings IN ms pIaenee. re was
htue ulheiyht from Hedt many
preachers iis uiu no, say 10 ,ne people,
20 no. as ! 90, ou, 40 as say ns
said they were 10 follow Him. lie gave
His word to the people as He received
IL from the Father; and as the Father
commanded Him, so did He, lie mac.
,;c,J uhat he nrearhed. and lie l.it ,s
az, sx,r,nI. ,h,t ve should ioIln,v In uis
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'eIeu uppn rus ' Ii saiee' ne
went 70 the l'Net J1,u"", WnS' man
by the name OF Iohn, called John The
Baptist was administering the ordinance
OF baptism ms man lohn Is declared
o o ', NV, ,o,n,,,n go y, liz S,,,n, III
came 10 orenaIe The way before Him.