Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-30

landed him in jail. He was not just | and merciful lover, else he would not have departed from. the path of hon. esty and thus brought disgrace upon himself and humiliating notoriety | upon his loved one. And when God began to plan for the winning back 10 Himself of the world lost in tres
 passes and sins, His pure love would not permit Him to violate truth and righteousness, but He must needs plan along the line of justice. Sin must be punished by death, and so love found it's expression along the line of His perfect righteousness and justice, l and He gave His only begotten Son" l to become ''sin for us, Who knew no sin, that we might be made the right eousness of God in Him." And thus was realized the declaration of the Psalmist who says: ''Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness | and peace have kissed each other.''
 And so God, the worlds Lover, is righteous according to the unchange- ableness of His eternal truth and Holy Will; He is jealous with jealousy as pure and intense as His love; He is just with a justice which compelled the complete punishment of sin, and He Is merciful with a mercy which made Him willing to give His Son as a sacri- fee for sin. Oh, what wonderful and complete provision God has made for sinful man! Yes, God in His wooing has bridged the chasm which separ- ated the world from Him. The way of reconciliation has been made plain, and now we who rejoice in that recon- ciliation, we who have walked down the delightful lovers. lane of Gods Word and way, beseech you in Christ's stead be ye reconciled to God!"
 Gods wooing of the world What a theme! Gods wooing carried on through human agencies.--What an exalted privilege! Ambassadors of Jesus Christ sent on the greatest mis- sion ever committed to the hands of men or angels! We have not time to dwell upon this thought or to develop it. 1t is worthy sermon of itself. But, Oh, we do want to say word which will awaken the Christian heart to a realization of it's great privilege and responsibility. Ambassadors for | Christ! Then we cannot serve self or | the world. Jesus Himself plainly said: ''1e cannot serve God and mammon." | If we belong to Jesus Christ by faith in Him and cleansing in His shed blood, | then we are His ambassadors. What contempt we have for traitor, for one who, when in the service of one per son, turns about and betrays his trust | into the hands of another! And. oh, how many Christians have forgotten their high calling in Christ Jesus, and l are betraying their trust! As am- | bassadors of Jesus Christ we are sent into the world on one mission-that | of telling the love message of God and seeking to win lost souls. The ann bassador must know intimately the one who has sent him on his mission. Do you, oh ambassador of Jesus Christ, know your Lord intimately? The am- bassador must come direct from the presence of the king, as he goes on his mlsslon; he must receive his last in- structions as to just how to carry the mission to a successful issue. As you go upon your mission, oh ambassador of Jesus Christ, do you come direct from the presence of your Lord, with last instructions to guide you in the task before you? The ambassador must feel and believe his message. Your human love or your human faith will never succeed in winning soul for God. You must have Gods heart of love, you must have His faith, if you would prove a successful ambassador for Him. If we are going to stand in Christs stead, we must have His love, we must have His faith. Human love can compass this life, but it takes the Divine love to reach into the eternities. Human faith may carry one through life's problem to the edge of the grave, but it takes the Divine faith of Jesus Christ to carry one through the black ness and death of the tomb into the light and glory of the Celestial City. As ambassadors of Jesus Christ we ought to begin to cry to God to give Us His love, to fill us with the faith of Jesus Christ, so that we would be equipped for the greatest mission upon which man has ever been sent. Then we shall be able to stand in Christ's stead in the world, and beseech the world to become reconciled to God. And as we carry on the wooing for God, we will find sinful hearts melting like snow under the midday sun. We will find that the spirit of God will wonderfully coop | crate with Us and aid us as we tell the love story. Oh, Christian, be true ambassador for Christ! Oh, unsaved soul, "We pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God! For He hath made Christ to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the | righteousness of God in Him.