San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-04

upon all men unto justification of life"
Rom 1918 For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made to
live" 1 Cor. 1922. Now just as sure
. las in Adam all die" even so just as
sure lin Christ shall all be made alive"
for Christ has paid the price for mans
/ release from the captivity of death,
and therefore every man who has ever
lived is going to be made alive in
Christ, either in this age or in the age
to come (millennim), in order that he
may come to a knowledge of the truth
which truth is that there ''is one God,
and one mediator between God and
men, the Christ Jesus, who gave him
self a ransom for ALL, to be testified
in due time" and that outside of the
name of Jesus there is none other
name under heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved" Tim, 2:5-6
Acts Alp. Now if after having
been made alive in Christ and brought
! to the knowledge of this truth, we re-
fuse to accept Christ, who is only med
iator between God and men, 'it shall
come to pass, that every soul which
will not hear that prophet, shall be de-
stroyed from among the people," Acts
1923. There is therefore a fearful
| judgment awaiting those who will not
accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their
mediator-'they shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the pres
ence of the Lord and from the glory
! of his power" Thes. 1:9. Now if
man does not believe in Christ, it is
useless to discuss prayer with such a
He is dead in trespasses and sins and
must first be made alive in Christ be-
fore he can pray. Christ is the way,
the truth and the life" In him was
| life; and the life was the light of men"
Jno. Ia and 14:6. Prayer. therefore,
will avail US nothing until after we
have believed in and accepted the Lord
Jesus Christ as our redeemer, and then
everything worketh for good to those
who are called according to his pur-
pose.") Thy will be done on earth, as
in heaven Goods will is not done on
earth now, nor has it ever been done
on earth as it has in heaven. Gods
will is done in heaven, ana has always
been. The course of this world is
according to the prince of the power
of the air, the spirit that now worth
in the children of disobedience," and
will continue so until Christ sets up his
kingdom here, and then when he has
destroyed the last enemy, DEATH"
there will be no more sin the worldly
Give us this day our daily bread, (Now
this bread for which we pray is bread
for the spirit and not for our bodies.
God has this bread only for those who
serve him with their whole heart, and
who serve God and not man. This
spiritual bread is as necessary for our
spiritual life as natural bread is neces-
sary to the life of the natural body
and it is as necessary that we receive
the spiritual bread daily, as it is that
we receive the natural bread daily. If
we neglect the natural bread or food,
the natural body dies; even so If We
neglect the spiritual bread, tn spiritual
life dies. There fore believer in the
Lord Jesus Christ must feed daily not
only upon the natural bread but upon
every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God.) And forgive US our
debts as we forgive our debtors" Mat.
SO IL. Now God wants us to forgive
| those who are unable to pay us, be-
cause God has been merciful to us and
| blotted out our spiritual debt by send
ing his own son to die for us while we
were yet sinners. We are therefore
to likewise extend leniency and mercy
to those of our debtors who, throug5
circumstances over which they have no
control, are unable to pay US that
which is due from them,and we are to
forgive them their debt entirely when
they are in helpless condition, even
as God for Christ's sake has forgiven
u.s." OLD TEXT.