Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-16

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XIV EO-Commentary Dy tine new ID NJ
Stearns.
NplIe lor Uhls week we TURN lroIh uhe
regular lesson IN the Acts to special resur-
rection lesson, the connection of thought
is not broken, for in the next lesson In or
der Acts xi, 1g-26) the great number of be-
lievers in Antioch and elsewhere wore won
tbrou,b +bo ,rcoobirc, of 1os,,s md tbo
ros,,rroctio, o,d ~ ,,.ns tho ,,o,,,or - IIis
resurrection TINT led them 70 send roller
everv man occor1int, to bis obilit-, to tho
lrethrcn In .1ud,rn Nv tbe hands If Rarno-
has aud Saul
- "a ar tbora be no resurrection If
the dcod then Is Christ not risen ,; The
Saddurees taught that tbere is no resnr.
rection nnitherorgal nor s,,irit CActe vii
81 and o,,or,.,vbore tho ornst1es scanned 70
And tboec who brtod tho doctrino of tho
resurrection (Acts iv. .. xrvi. :. wit 8ol
Rut IT. is tho (,rant fact which crowns o1l in
the work of Christ Nv IT, He was with
mower declared to he the Son of God from
i Al urd we ,nust hnIinve In our heorts
+bot Cod rnisod Hin, from, +bo dood (Rou
X. 9: Thess. iv. IN.
ii IA ar Christ he NOT risen +bor il
our nrenchin., y, in. and vorr f,ith is also
vain And al fine arostlcs world Inc
scored 70 ,ulse witnesses for ,rcocbing
what was NOT truo Tho resurrpction IF
Christ fr,,n t5ofle,d isthco.silr..ice to all
men TINT IIoi i indocd RIO Son of David
the Niessinh Of Israel and tho .Tutlge of MI
men acts il 2g-31. xviii. 8D. As suratv
! for ne IIo We 1elitcrod for our orfnrsos
| Int If ITo is NOT raised from, tbe fo,d thore
is no justification for the sinner. for the
surot, rernins in rriso,, Iron, iv o5l
! Unless Christ is oIive from tbo dood tbcre
is no gosnpl to nrnnrb mo clad tidings for
sinners and al nre,cbprs ore fooleond iiars
16 ~ ~ff Cbrist he not raised vonr
fifth is vain. vo ore vc+ in vonr sins >;
dead Christ his no newer to save mr. to for.
give sins md thinl, that is the forco of
the question i'm verse Q WHY bnntize any
one in tbe nonc of q doad Cbristg Israel
was hontized rnto Moses ne - livipe, leader
In +bo rIond and i'm tho soo IT Cor V ol
Onr Christ is olive from tho deod an i'm
mortal man tho cod man boying all
mower in hnnven ana on e1rrb At Gods
ri,ht bord 10 il +bo oss,,,,,,,oo e., c,,or,,
beliovcr of tba forc,ivoress Of sine for thore
con1d not Inc ot Gods right hand ono on
whom any sin was resting
~ uThon +bov also which are fol1on
asIoor in Cbrict nro nerished - If Cbrist
is NOT Mt God,s RIGHT hand olive forever
moro thon Stonhen was deceived and lied
when he said ~ 500 the SON If Man stand
Inc, ON tto ri,,bt banl of C,od,, 1Acts VII
hG9 Ar,rios red whom bo s,iG to G.nI
~tTbe ord Ios,,s ,,,,,oorod INTO +boo i, tho
yov ns thou cnmesr'' Acts tx. ~ and all
pants testimony ms to tho dead heinz all
sent from tho hoo, and nrrsc,,t Will the
LORI, (II Cor Y y, phil ! 81 9N is sim
DIv vithont fonrd,tion
Ia orr I'm mis- lie only we have hone i'm
Christ xvenro of all mon most miserable ;,
Tho ,reeer. lifo of tho believer is sot tnrtb
NV tho Hol,, enirit both II, tho c,oencIs
and tba enistles ne - life of trihulotion and
of1liction and suffering lJohn wi m. Col
/ 81. 7 Pet il 90 81: " 10 1N n life of
sucb treatment from the world nc Christ
Himself rncnivcd lJobn w 1o-o1O hut the
sufferings nre NOT worthy to he con- nnred
with the glorv to he REVEALED and we are
aver IN consider Cbrist and He enfforings
lest we GROW vvenrv and foint (Ro,n viii
Is. Hob vii 2. John Wv II
% "But nov is Christ risen from tbe
dood md ho.o,,,o Tho 0,st finite Of tbo,,
that slrnt " In verses 4 to x PAM men.
tiors sii, diirorn,,t ,nneoroncos of Christ
after His rcsurrrction and there arc nj
loaet va o+I,,rs rocordod Tbne Ho showed
Himeelf nIive ofter His noesion nv many
infollihle rrcofs IActsi n sneol,in,, nnch
of the kinpdom dnring those 40 duvs i've.
tween His resurrectlon and visible nsren.
sion tho l,irodor, which 10 associated viii
the res,,rrcrtion Of rho saints Mt the second
cor,ine, of C,hrist (,-orsos Eo-51' lea WV
= O. Ian vii / >. Acts iii Oh Of. Noth
Wv n go1
81 % ,..For sirca Inv man cone deatb
nv nan c,n,n ,1en the resnrrcction of the
dead for ~ in Adam all dic cvon 90 in
Chr,Ec .t.olI ali Inc made alive - In vorse A.
Adm, and Christ ,,ra snol,nn Of ne the fire,
Adam and tho Last Adam Tho 0rst
hrouc,bt sin and doth uno,, rho race hnt
the last has hrnuoht life and rnsurrectior
for nh ,rho viii 9cront Him An ara ot
necessity i'm Adam, rho ono man Inv whom
sin entnrnd the ,yorId (Rom y 10 IS 10Y
ali Who accorr Chris+ orc in CHRIST and ON
io,, +l,o ,,onotit ~ liz ri',htoo,snnss ,,,icl
are s,,f,icierr fo, nh Who win accent Him
and ,,,h,eoo,.o. viii nav fI}n, vii ~
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