Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19

my thoughts, and see if there be any
wicked way in me-" ought to be the cry
OF every Christian everywhere.
The old law touching the priesthood Is q
good thing for us to remember Levitieus
xxi: to 3: and the Lord spake unite
Moses. saying: Speak unto Aaron and to-
his sons, that they separate themselves
from the holy things OF the children OF
name in those things which thew hallow
unto Me: am the Lord. Say unto them.
Whosoever he be Of all your seed among
your generations, that goeth unto the holy
things which the children of Israel hallow
unto the Lord, having his uncleanness
My presence: am the Lord" The doc
trine of separation in the Old Testament
for the priests is for us in the New Testa-
ment, for Peter tells us that believers are
Priests ps, s. unto God, every one Of US The
been intensified by the teaching and the
! touch of Jesus Christ.
"And thou shalt put the mitre upon his
| head, and put the holy crown upon the
mitre. Then thou shalt take the amounting
| him." Exodus xxx: 6, D. The amounting
oil put upon the head of the priest was a
/ sign that he was separated from all world
| ly services and every selfish principle of
| life. Henceforth he was not his own man.
but Gods. The oil in the Old Testament
|
and whether we have recognized it or not.
nevertheless it is true. By the Spirit OF
| God we have been regenerated. by that
same Spirit VIC have oecn quickened, and
by the same Spirit have been sealed or,
anointed as Gods own special treasure. If
we have not allowed Him to use us ws
7 have robbed Him of His right, and at the
great day of awards shall be called to a.
strict account.
''And he that is the high priest among
his brethren, upon whose head the anoint-
ing oil was poured, and that is consecrated
to put on the garments, shall not uncover
his head, nor rend his clothes; neither
shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile
himself for his father, or for his mother,
neither shall he so out of the sanctuary,
nor profane the sanctuary Of his Sod Tor
, the crown Of the amounting oil OF his God
is upon him; / am the Lord" Uevlticus
xxi: 1O-l2). How close this teaching is,
and how completely many OF us are con-
demned as we apply it to our own lives!
And yet there is no reason for dlscour'
agement. In the olden times, when the
priests or the people were in touch with
S sin. the ashes OF the red heifer were
n sprinled upon them for cleansing, and
n Immediately they stepped back into 1el
n lowshin, and God clothed them with pow.
e er. In the New Testament bette. nrovl,,
e sion is made--Hebrews TX: l3, ID: For ii
+ the blood Of bulls and Of goats, and the
:, ashes Of an heifer sprinkling the. 1src!ean
d sanctiheth to the purifying Of the flesh;
IS how much more shall the blood Of Christ
who through the eternal Spirit, offered
n Himself without spot unto God, purgs
D your conscience from dead works, TO serve
'e the living God?'
Y. [ have not been able to find in the New
of Testament, with the exception OF th'
O Lords Prayer. any place where, it IS SAT-
d. that the Christian must ask for forgiveness
Sc OF sins, but do read in l John i: Z. g.
OF .sTf we walk in the light as He is Il, tn
e. light, we have fellowship one with another
ct and the blood Of Jesus Christ His Sol
Is eleanseth us from all sin. Il we say tlis
IS we have no sin we deceive ourselves, ait
u the truth is not i'll us. Ii we confess on
as sins, He is faithful and just to forgive u
el1 e1 our sins. and to cleanse rs from all uu
ia righteousness" ] learn then that il
" confess my sins lie is faithful and just t
e forgive them and cleanse me perfectly. an
"a n when He forgives sin He always forgets it