The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-10
CHRIST IN HIS RELATION
TO ESTABLISHED LAW

The Reverend NJ. G. Gorin, d d,
preached at Cook Avenue Presbyterian
Church yesterday on Christ and the Law -
His text was. For what the law would not
do in that II was weak through the flesh.
God sending his own son in the likeness of
sinful flesh and for sill. condemned sin In
the hesh-"-Romans viii. }. liz part. he said
There is In the text lotn d contrast h,,-
tween the law and the gospel and IA blend
ing of the two IN the work of christ lie
came not to destroy the Law, but to fuinll
H. and while il Is here declared 10 be Weak,
il is not weak in itseif. but through the
flesh. Let it be observed that in this very
weak spot, the flesh. in which the law il
weak, Christ obtained the victory. In the
likeness oi sinful flesh he condemned sin in
the flesh.
There are different aspects Of law. There
j. the code OF laws for the government OF
intelligent and responsible beings, ana the
other d system Of operation that exists and
produces results regardless % living beings.
Then we may speak Of the Mosaic law on
The one hand and the law of grayitation on
the other. so there is the law OF the spirit
of life in Christ contrasted with the law Of
sin and death.
The inadequacy of the law is evident
whatever view we take. OF the ceremonial
laA. fl is impossible that the bloud of bulls
an: goats should take away SIN The Mo-
saiC law only condemns.
The law of sin and death is a mighty
stream sweeping souls TO destruction. in
which there is not even the shadow of hope
Whitefield's preaching was due to :, right
knowledge of this truth. AS he preached
TO a multitude on the banks of IL river in
Virginia on inefiiciency OF means he said:
sinners. think not that 4 expect to con-
vert a singl" soul of You by anything that
can say without assistance from him that
is mighty to save. Go stand by that river
il moves to the ocean and bid il stop
and see if il will obey YOU; lust as soon
should i expect to stop the current of sin
that is carrying you to perditiOn.
The Gospel came TO supply the great
need of the human 'soul When all aid
from other sources is cut off, every human
prop removed and the soul is about TO sink
in despair, If it turn to God in prayer IL
finds the gracious provision that God has
made for its extremity. If Christ had
been an actual sinner and suffered on the
cross he did il could only have atUned
for himself and would not have met tire
law for us; but being divine. as well as
human. pure, holy. harmless and separate
from sinners having no sin of his own his
righteousness could be and is placed To
our account. His was not sinful flesh. but
only in the likeness Of sinful flesh Moses
placed on the pole in the wilderness not a
serpent. but something in the likeness Of
q serpent. The serpent had a deadly
poison the braZen serpent had none So
our sinful flesh is tainted with the poison
Of sin. but Christ Is without sin. That
sinless offering was made for US
''To conclude there are three forms of
law here mentioned-the law of God for
our government, the law of sin and death
and the law of the spirit of life in Christ
Jesus. The first Christ has kept for US:
the second, until We are born again. is still
operating in us, and it is by the iDtroduc-
ing I'm us. 1t is just as necessary for
your salvation that you should have the
Spirits work in You that Christ should
have did on the cross.