The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-23
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Rev. j. p. Warmers sermon Sunday
morning was taken from Colossians 3:11,
and commanded the closest attention OF
large congregation. He said in part
In his epistle to the Colossians, the
apostle is exhorting them to observe and
obey carefully the teachings of CHRIST
that they may be prepared to appear
with him in glory. He calls to their re-
membrance their former state and shows
how completely they were changed from
that state by the salvation of Christ. He
shows that Christ is friend to both Jew
and Greek, to both bond and free. All
are the same to Him and He is the same
to all. All are His. creation and all are
equally redeemed by Him. He alone is
the source whence all men have come.
and to Him alone all must return.
First we will consider Christ in crea-
ton. The Apostle says: Gin the begin
ming was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. All
things were made by Him, and without
iiihi vas hoe any ohiiH maui tbae was
made. In Him was life." This scripture
shows that Christ wafno part of creation
but was the Creator of all things. 1t
says, "In Him was life" thus intimating
that He gave life to what He made. The
creation of all things is Wonderland
can do nothing like it. Man may change
existing matter and give it new forms,
but he can not speak into being the
smallest thing. Man is not able TO Gre
ate even the simplest form of vegetable
or animal life. No one but Christ can
call into being the smallest creature and
no one but Christ can impart the germ of
life.
Christ in the Bible. If you are really
looking for Him it does not make any
difference where you open the Bible you
will find Jesus. Take any chapter and
start from it; and you will come after a
while to the Bethlehem manger. The
Bible has a story to tell about Christ 1t
begins with the promise of Saviour in
the garden of Eden and ends with that
wonderfully broad invitation in the last
chapter of Revelation: "Whosoever will,
let him come" It takes the whole Bible
to tell the whole story of Christie is
in it all.
Christ is in the plan of salvation.
To carry into successful. operation such
plan required wisdom and qualifca-
tions which no man can understand.
Here is moral undertaking with which
physical force has nothing to do. Yon-
der is a moral government whose honor
must be upheld at all hazards. Every
thing that ia dear to God and important
to man is involved in the honor OF that
government. Here are moral subjects
who are in rebellion against that govern
ment. Something must change their
feelings toward God and his government
or they can never rest in his presence.
Christ comes with his plan of salvation,
takes his place between the two and re-
comedies them.
am nothere to explain it all to you
l do not understand it all. only know
that there is something in it that makes
it possible for God to uphold the honor
of his government and at the same time
pardon the rebel that brings his rebel
lion to the crossof Christ.
Christ is in christian activity. The
salvation OF man is the only thing God
seems to have been in hurry about. In
the creation OF material things he has all
eternity in which to work. But in the
salvation of the soul the case is altogeth-
er different. In all work for the saliva
ton of souls Christ seems to say to US:
"Hurry up, make haste. 1t will soon be
too late" Knowing that death is liable
to come at any moment He says: "Now
is the accepted time" That means # we
wait another moment it may be too late.
Some of us may put thorns in our dying
pillow by putting off till tomorrow what
Christ advises us to do today.
Still More Counteffeitipg.