The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-05
Two Works of Grace ~
Il * and Gods
X Il Hand in it All
,,,Ai - AAHEReAM
BY w. c. ANDERSON
CHAPTER YI-Oontinued.

CHAPTER VI-Continued.
I promised in the beginning of this
chapter to hunt you up and to show
you just where you are in the spiritual
life, if in it at all, and / hope that
when you see where you are that You
will be free to confess your wherea-
bouts and begin to strive or press to-
ward the mark of the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus (Phils.
3, 14,) The top round is at the end OF
the natural life when we have fought
the fight of faith. Now, to start with,
l want to make this broad assertion,
that there is not one sentence or word
from the time Peter opened the king.
dom of God on the day of Pentecost
till the present that excuses any man
for sin in word, act, deed or thought,
as Gods word plainly teaches in Heb.
10, Gas we are no longer under the
blood Of animals, but under the blood
of Christ, which was an Offering by
God himself to perfect forever them
that are sanctified" Heb. 10, 14.) And
again he says, "And their sins and in.
iquities will | remember no more. Now
where remission of these is there is nc
more offering for sin" Heb. 10, 1918,
The precious blood of Christ was shed
to restore man to his former pristine
purity and holiness. But you go away
back under the Mosaical law nine hun,
dred and seventy-seven years before
Christ and quote such passages as this,
"For there is not a just man upor
earth that doeth good and sinneth mo-
(Eccl. Z, 20), also similar passages are
found in Kings 8, 46; II Chr. 6, 36
Go with me to Rom. 3, 10, as it is writ
ten, "lhere is none righteous; no, no
one. There is none that understand
eth, there is none that seeketh aftel
God" (Rom. 3, 10-1D and on down tC
the 1S verse he goes describing the evi
deeds of those under the law. "Bu
hear ye the apostle now. Now W,
know that what things soever the Law
saith it saith to them who are unde,
the law; that every month may b.
stopped and all the world may becom,
guilty before God. Therefore, by tn,
deeds of the law there shall no flesh b.
justified in his sight; for by the law i
the knowledge of sin" (Rom. 3, 1920.
TO every one that tries to offer a scrip
tural proof for sin I will say that l hav
taken your own cudgel and lun yol
into your hole or cell and capped yol
over till you can by faith and consecra
ton emerge yourselves from your EN-
bryos to come out from under law an
get under the divine grace Of Go
where sin shall not have dominion owe
you any longer Rom. 6, 14.) The
again Paul says, "What then? Shal
we sin because we are not under th
law but under grace? God forbid
(Rom. 6, 15.) Again we will hear tn
apostle to the Gentiles, awake
righteousness, and sin not; for som
have not the knowledge of God.
J, speak this to your shame" Il Cor. Il
"a II Paul should be living at tn
age with all the Bible helps what woul
he say? All, he would double, thribb
and quadruple the shame on us for Ii
[ ing under the Mosaical law away dow
in the evening of the Gentle dispens
I ton. Nothing short of being born
God in true spiritual sense will ev
lift man out of law and put him und
grace. Bnt many of you say that Il
New Testament teaches that whsoev
y saith that he liveth and sinneth not is
liar and the truth is not in him. Ye
I have had men who thought thel
selves very wise theologians quo
Gods word to me as above before; al
one especially from Washington, D. {
= and I was actually ashamed for him,
there is no such a passage in Goo
word to be found, neither is there o
l. that has that meaning. l still stick
my assertion and hope to locate eve
fellow before l am through.
We wish now to quote from that |
loved disciple who most assuredly u
derstood what it meant to be born
God. If we say that we have fello
ship with him, and walk in darkne
we lie and do not the truth; but if
walk in the light as he is in the lig
nd we have fellowship one with anoth
and the blood of Jesus Christ his S
= cleanseth us from all sin. This is
= ing under the divine grace of God q
in his blessed kingdom where we {
have fellowship with every truly bt