The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-11

Convincing men Of sin.
Revealing Jesus through the Word.
Creating faith In Him.
..But I know whom I have beloved.
And am persuaded that He II able
TO keep that which have committs6
Unto Him against that day."
The Pattern.-As in every workshop
where raw material Is taken and man
ufactured into articles useful and or
namental, there Is the pattern, the
working model which Is followed.
20 II Is in the workshop OF God. The
perfect man, Christ Jesus, II the mod
ell after which all the constructive
work OF the shop is carried ON.
The first Adam disobeyed God and be-
came subject to death as conse-
quence of sin. All nodded after his
pattern in the world since then have
borne the same disfguring marks OF
sin and death. You cannot expect tho
machine which Is constructed after
the imperfect model will be free
from defects. 1t was necessary,
therefore, il man was to be recon-
structed, recreated, a new and perfect
model must be secured For centuries
God was busy preparing for this ire
mendously important event in tho
world. In the fullness of time He
chose His dearest treasure, His only
begotten Son, to go to the earth and by
His life among men, and as man, sup
ply the perfect pattern after which the
new and Heavenly race was to be con-
structed. He perfectly kept the law
of God and did His Fathers will. He
was tempted in all points like as we
are, yet without sin. Wherein Adam
the First failed, He won glorious VIC
tory over Satan, and forever put tho
arch deceiver of mankind to fight
AS the perfect pattern He stood upon
the mountain of TRANSPORTATION ana
the glory of God transformed Him ana
He was revealed to the eyes OF sim
full man as the perfect man. He was
ready to go back to God, as far as Ha
Himself was concerned.
| But from beholding the face OF His
Father in Heaven He turned His gaze
back to earth and saw the sons or
| Adam the First dead in trespasses and
| sins. He had demonstrated His own
purity and holiness. Now came the
working out of plan by which death
as punishment for sin could be over
come and man could be recreated
after the perfect pattern. And this was
the subject of conversation between
Christ Jesus, the perfect man, and
Moses and Elijah. He talked with
them concerning His decease, or ex-
odus, which He should accomplish ut
Jerusalem. He was to become more
than the pattern. He was to become
the vitalizing force by which the dead
soul was to be called into life again.
He was perfectly ready to step
back into His place in Heaven, but He SO
loved the world that He came down into
its midst again and became "sin for
us, Who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness OF God IN
Him." He became our substitute for
sin. for "the Lord hath laid on Him
the iniquity of us ALL" Thus in Christ
man escapes the consequences OF sin,
while ut the same time Gods judg-
ment against sin is perfectly salts
fed. He triumphed over death in His
resurrection, and thus became not only
the perfect pattern to be used in Gods
workshop, but the vitalizing force CO
well.
The newborn babe does not sud-
denly spring into manhood, but de-
velops step by step from babyhood tn
maturity. So in Gods workshop, the
newborn soul is not suddenly crowd
ed to the measure of the stature OF
the fullness of Christ" the perfect
model, but grows step by step into His
, likeness. And herein is where the
? workshop of God is kept constantly
: busy. The Holy Spirit, the Active
, Agent, "maketh intercession for us
: with groanings which cannot be ut
, tered" for with His eyes on the per-
feet model He sees what Is needful ia
Q shape us into that likeness. And God
a begins to cut off here and smooth
Il down there, to mold and polish the
d soul into the perfect likeness of the pat
d tern. And the process goes on glori
# ously II we will be submissive, fol
> "whom the Lord loveth He chasten
I. eth" until some day we come int
y His presence and are made in all full
e ness like Him.
a Good Works.-Man in his workshop
o | builds machines 10 pciiOim NS's"A
e, work. They are expected to do tina
,e work or be cast aside as worthless
n No less Is this true in Gods workshop
q. sFor we are His workmanship, create
n in Christ Jesus, unto good works. Go
% cannot be satisfied with the soul whic
q Is content to rest in the thought tina
# Il is safe in Christ Jesus. He wants
n see that newborn creature in Chris
e Jesus performing the functions 10
IL which he was created. "Created unit
It rood works." Impossible to do goo
=. works apart from Christ, but In Chris
If such activity becomes possible. II
h. evidence that the soul has been Dor
II again, and 1t is absolutely essentis
ID to it's life and growth. God found Pt
ter an ignorant fisherman by the lax
N of Galilee and made him into an aposti
,e and preacher, not for himself alon1
lie but that he might preach on the day 2
be Pentecost and win three thousaD
1t souls for Christ. And that he nigh
ne | -. Jo;no the rood works OF Coz