The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

Romans. vlii:11 IF spirit of him that
N Christ the dead shall life also
your mortal bodies through his spirit that dweeth
~ He cross is the central fact history The
resurrection is the divine the truth for
which the stands For TO fcreteh his
| return 10 life after death is the extreme OF
ahsurdity and to accomplish the fact is human
irnpossibiisy Christ did live after
evidence of his divinity and OF
the authority OF his teaching
/ The proof of the resurrection This proof happily
does not on Christian 1t is furnished
by the enemies Christ in large degree While the
Scripture positively that he did die yet this state
by OF the soldiers in charge
crucaxion forbore break the legs OF Jesus
because he already dead. The centurion in com
soldiers in his official report to Plate stated
that Jesus dead Medical testimony is unanimous
fatal character OF the spear thrust which
reached the heart itself Joseph. with his hundred
weight spices and the closely applied linen bandagss
would have any remaining life in the body OF
the surely the present day methods Of en-
balmnent-
Even his enemies. denied the death Of
Jesus. Thanks them certain OF his death
being established. the proof OF his SUB
sequent We search for his body and we find no
adequate explanation of disappearance besides that
given in the Scripture. His friends could have
stolen il owing 70 the precautions guard the
seal his enemies the tomb. The Jews did not
take il or they would have been glad produce
confute tale OF his resurrection.
have testimony of the apostles. who for forty
days after the resurrection his com7anions The
saw him they DRANK with him, they walked and
with him Their testimony IS consistent and they
gave lives nlaryrdorl in witness of their sin
cerity-
More than this within acy days OF the resurrection
in the very spot the disciples made
central of their preaching. using it to con-
firm and seal truth OF their teaching They spoke
TO thousands circumstances of the death
burial Jesus They had every opportunity to in
vestigate the truth apostles statements Their
conviction resurrection positive that 5000
believed and were baptized. These followed
By 1000 more. making 5000 contemporaries of the
events who acted upon belief IN the resurrection
The first epistIe Corinthians is of undisputad
authority anu records alive after
HE h+-E al Onatt m
wen attested as subsequent life of Jesus
Christ
why then do men believe? Because to admit
this supreme miracle admit all And admit the
truth teaching change the life 10 conform
thereto. Men ready to do this and therefore
have denied facts The resurrection has been the
theme contention in the hope that the
righteous lives Of might be justified.
pledge of the resurrection Since God has
the dead and since Jesus has himself
the certain that he has
followers therefore believe the
in he viii raise those who believe in him
ouickened body, a individual life for
divine pledge of the eternal exist
o soul a gIorfed body.
e however. to consider the body Immortal
because the soul The condition which i'm
body is the heavenly possession OF the believer
the indweIlng spirit of God in this present life. II
our bodies the temples Of the Holy Spirit
and if our lived according his loving guild
assured of immortal life in the glorfhed
body precise character of this body do
temptations earth and fitting habation puri-
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