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HOW JESUS SAVES
nm .JORDAN's sERMONON Saviour
AND SALVATION"
WHAT is TOTAL DEPRAVITY =?
DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADAMIC SIN
AND OTHER SIN.

she Consequences of Sin-The
Teaching of Regeneration and of
SnuctificatiOn-Salva Means "A
Religious Creation and Not Vacci-
nation-A Contrast Between the
old Life and the New.
Rev. DR.. J. D. Jordan preached on 'Sa-
,-iour and Salvation" at the First Bap-
tet Church yesterday morning, taking for
his text Matthew, III, Thou shalt call
tifs name Jesus; for He shall save His
People from their sim"
.This text" said DIR. Jordan, designed
as channel leading to the harbor of a
beavenly home, has become the rock upon
n-bich many theological craft has found
81 Superficial thinking upon Christ and
sin have given rise to many theories of
hieb-sounding words, without the rythm
of thought or the bar of truth
whoever may be meant by His people
whether of Jews or Greeks, or of both
JeWs and Greeks, He saw them sinful
neople and saved them from their sins.
IL He saves them from their sins, lie
saves them from both the dominion and
10 speak of His saving His people from
their sins and then intimate that He does
not save from the dominion and conse-
quences of sin.
IF sin has dominion over me l am not
saved from it. | am still its servant or
slave. Or if | am to endure the couse-
ouences of my sins, | am not saved from
them. Ii Jesus saves us not from the
dominion and consequences of our sins,
eli nd
are not saved from our sins, for there
Is no other name by which we may be
saved.
Jesus saves us from death, we die, but
death has not dominion over us. He gives
Us dominion through himself over death,
for out of death we shall rise to higher
and better things. We die, but he saves
US from the consequences of death, for out
Of death we rise to behold the glory and
abide in the presence of the Lord. Jesus
saves us We sin after we are saved,
but we are not under the dominion of sin.
The dominant desire and idea of the soul
is righteousness and not sin. He saves us
from the consequences of sin in that he
bore our condemnation for us. Therefore
no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus
Let us distinguish between the Adamic
sin and our own sin. Let no man beguile
YOU with words when he halls against
the Adamic sin, or the teaching of total
depravity. This means our inherited sin
full nature. Total depravity does not mean
that We arc as bad as we can be- but it
does mean that we are depraVed as to the
totality of our nature. One lump of SUI
gar will sweeten every drop of coffee in a
cup but two Jumps will sweeten every
drop twice as much
To deny the teachings of total depravi-
~ cT inherited sin, or a sinful nature,is to
argue that one does not know people,
does not know himself. In the natural, or
unsaved man, this sinful n9ture has do
mnon. To save us from this sin we have
10 be born again, have given to us spir
itual life and nature that shall have the
dominion. We have to die as 1t were, to
the old, and be made alive by the new
nature. or life, which is to have dominion.
So we are declared to be new creation
Hence the teaching of regeneration
lightly spoken of by the ignorant or blind.
1t Is a new life with a new nature and
not a new culture.
w hiie the saved are a new creation
and the new nature has dominion, enough
of the Old nature abides TO keep up a war
fare. The struggle is between the law of
the spirit of life and the law of the spirit
of death but the life must prevail for ii
is Of Jesus the Savior. This spirit life is
10 be developed or enlarged by spiritual
uourishment and exercise till it has more
and more dominion. Hence the doctrine
of sanctification of which many, knowing
little. speak lightly.
How does it come about that Jesues is
able to save His people from their sins?
1t is through His atoning blood. Without
shedding of blood is no remission.
While God hath laid on Him the iniquity
Of us all, he laid on Him my personal
iniquities. He died for His people person
ally. 1t took all His blood and His death
to insure the salvation of any one of His
people, as 1t took all of his resurrection
and ascension to insure the resurrection
and ascension of any one of them.
He shall save His people, Who are
His people? All whom He saves Whom
will He save? He is able to save for
ever them that come to God by Him.
He offers an everlasting salvation to all
whom will come. Will you come? You
settle that. and God viii settle the rest.
Some one asks: How can l come"
God so loved the world that He gave
Ills only begotton Son to die, that who
soever believeth in Him should not perish,
out have everlasting life. 'Beleveth
in Him VIII you believe unto everlast-
ing life, or perish unto everlasting death?
What is salvation? 1t means to be
saved from the power and consequences
OF sin. by being born again, recreated, by
me Holy Spirit, through the atoning
blood of Jesus Christ. 1t means to be
new creature, and to live a new life;
life deep with love and broad with charity
"a love as high as heaven. as low as
humanity, and as broad as the universe,
ana a charity that 'vaunteth not itself,
IS not puffed up 1t means religious Gre
alton and not vaccination.
Instead of our old life. dominated by
sin, Jesus offers us a new life, which He
IS I am the Life Christ liveth in Me-
lhis life is in His Son'-hence, salvation
Is freedom from the dominion of sin. In
stead of our old life, doomed to death as
consequence of sin, Jesus gives us
new and eternal life, TO be spent with
INN, hence, He saves us from the con-
sequences of sin.
The dominion OF old life is to love sin
and do sin-sto be disobedient to God The
oominion of the new life Is 10 hate sin
ana love righteousness. to be obedient TO
'od. The old life is TO abhor the good
ana ceave to the bad. The new life
j. 10 aDhor that which Is evil, cleave TO
NAT which Is good The old life Is spent
H me domain and under the dominion Of
"dfkness The new life Is spent IN the
CONAN aud under the dominion OF light.
ne consequences OF the old life are hui
"ilaupn condemnation. sorrow and ban
4Fhment from God. The consequences OF
.n' new life are exaltation. justification
aiHa JOY with The Lord for pyeTmOrc."