Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-06

| different from all human government
| where IL Is conviction and penalty, but
| here conviction and justification Between
the offender and the penalty Christ steps
| In and receives the blows of the law on
his head for US. Our transgressions are
! upon Him. says Isaiah
?. The second element is restoration TO
/ God favor. Not only does God remit the
penalty, but restores the justified soul to
/ his favor, not as a pardoned criminal, but
a restored son. as illustrated by the prod
/ igai son.
This restoration is also called reconcil-
| iation. as an aiienated father and son
clasped hands over "A dying wife and mo-
| Their, and were reconciled. so God clasps
hands with the sinner over the blood OF
! His Son
Viewing this restoration in a ilial light
D Is called adoption, and the believer is a
child OF God and made an equal heir with
Jesus Christ and God places TO his ac-
/ count the reward OF His sons obedience.
/ What promotion, A realization of this
I reconciliation is the source of the believ-
/ er joy: We have peace with God.
III. The grounds of justification.
! J. Negative: justification is not ground
/ ed IN our righteousness or Gods work
\ because tl) the law requires perfect ODE
dienee. and We have not rendered il; and
I 90 because Ghrist's death would have
j been unnecessary, and the whole scheme
OF redemption a supertluity.
/ = Positively. Justification is grounded
alone in the Righteousness of Christ
/ Christ in His life rendered complete obe-
/ dienceto the law; in his death satisfies its
4 claims, and in his resurrection exhausted
\ It's penalties. Now. he stands as the
Second Adam" AT the head of a new
4 race spiritual race of believers. This
| leads Us to
| " Justification IN its relation to other
/ acts of God and states of the soul IN sal
/ walton.
! 1. In its relation to our union with
/ Christ. Christ as the head of a new race
! embraces IN himself all believers as His
/ members, and by the union his righteous
\ ness is impaired to us as Adam sin Is
/ impaired 10 the whole race. because the
/ race was In Adam. As the tree is in the
! acorn. so we being in Christ by faith
I heceived all His obedience and blessings.
= In relation to the work Of the Holy
! Spirit. In the regeneration and sanctifi-
/ cation of the spirit, We are made holy,
] and are thereby justified not only in the
eye of the law, but in character justified
+ not in sin, but from sin. We accept all
/ that Christ has done for us as our sub
i sttsute. A man in our late war drafted,
/ but furnished a substitute, who was
/ killed in battle. The man was drafted a
/ second time, but proved that he was dead
/ to the military law. So the justified are
dead 10 the law, who are in Christ. for it
! has no claims upon them.
| 3. In relation to faith. Faith Is the only
/ condition of justification Faith Is not
/ meritorious but a medium. The Bible
| never says we are justified on account of
fatth. bat by faith or through faith. In
other words, Gods grace is the efficient
cause of salvation. Christs atonement
the meritorial cause. and faith the instru-
/ mental couse. Grace conceives, Christ
I procures, faith receives. Give a man a
gold mine, he does not have to work for
! 1t. but to work it." So work out your
/ salvation" but you must have a saliva
! tion to work out This God gives, take
/ ii and live.
4 Its relation to works This Is simply
| the relation of cause TO effect. Good
| works are the result of faith. Paul says
| vi nv -
and l viii show you my faith by my
! works"
) Finally. what is the relation of justi-
! fication to our experience. or how may
/ we know when We are justihed2 This
| answers the question In one sentence:
We have peace with God.
! justification also gives us assurance of
! final salvation. Faith, Justification. regen-
i GRAFTON and sanetlhcation are inseparabie
| When once the work is begun. God has
! promised to finish II. He that hath be-
/ gun good work in you will perform 1t
| unto the day OF jesus Christ Besides.
| Jesus said, Il will not leave YOU comfort
| less Or as the Revised Version has it,
| Il will not leave you orphans" For "a
child OF God ever to become an orphan.
! God must die. Now. in conclusion. What
is our duty to this wonderful and glorious
doctrine?
! / The duty of the sinner is to regard
himself as Guilty before God"
? The duty OF the wakened penitent is
! to accept Christ.
g. The duty of the believer is to confess
and trust Christ.
| My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus blood and righteousness.
| On Christ, the Solid Rock. | stand
All other ground is sinking sand"
! 1t was then announced by Moderator
Bond that the business portion of the
| session was now at an end, but the
religious exercises would contipue at
the evening session, and, the two SER
vices to be held morning and even
| ing to-day.
Evening Praise Service.
The evening session was largely a
praise service conducted by the Rev.
/ g. w. Hatch, and interspersed with
! brief addresses by Rev. j. 5. Stump,
superintendent Of missions; Rev. S. N.
| White and Rev. S. L. PARCEL.
! Miss Eva X. Smith sang a solo, and
! the well trained choir sang an anthem
and led the congregation in several
| hymns.
! Resolutions.
! The following resolutions were
| adopted yesterday:
| Resolved, That the thanks of the
association are due and are hereby ten
| dered to the members and friends Of
| the Wheeling church for our generous
! euLelLdiHHtHI, W tHe papers VI w HeEs-
| ing for the special reports of our meet
| ings: to the choir for the excellent
music furnished at our evening services.
and to our visiting brethren for their
excellent addresses and sermons, and
| cooperation in making our association
| a success.
spiritpniism.
Rev E. W and Mrs SDra que. mission