Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-16
CHRIST, The LAMB OF COD
Theme Of Dr.. r B. A. NOBrids's First
Sermon in 0maha.
PASTOR CENTRAL UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
Can ne No Mistake TO Any Thought
full student hut That Jesus
FuIhIs Prophecy of Old
Testament.

Dr. r. B. A. Mcbride, the new pastor
at Central United Presbyterian church,
preached his first sermon there Sunday
morning. DR. Mcbride came to Omaha
from the First Presbyterian church at
Tarkio, Mo. He is q man who makes
fine appearance, either in or out of the
pulpit. and his initial discourse met with
a very favorable reception 1t concerned
The Lamb Of God" and was delivered
TO a large congregation.
There can be no mistake to any thought
full student but that Jesus Christ ful1lls
the prophecy OF the Old Testament lamb"
said the preacher Jesus is for us tho
Lamb Of God. AS the ancient Israelites,
by command Of God, had to select their
lamb. so today we have to select our
lamb. God provides the lamb in Jesus
Christ II is ours to make the choice
10 choose or not 10 choose Him for the
sacrifice.
Safety I'm Blood of Lamb.
The only safety of the Israelites was
behind the blood Of the slain lamb. 1t
was not enough to choose a lamb, but
their passover lamb must be slain. Many
men today recognize the great moral
beauty in the Man Of Galilee, and some
that He was divine, who do not recognize
Bible teaches the vicarious and substitu-
tionary sacrifice Of Jesus Christ. do not
depreciate the value Of Christ as a model
man. He came into the world to show
mon how TO live, but He came also to do
something more than that. 1 recognize
the fact that He was the greatest teacher
the world ever knew. He transformed So
ciety wherever His teaching was accepted.
Today the ethical teaching Of Christ mani
tests a vital power in itself that trans
forms society and the individual.
Christ, Sacrifice for Men.
But underneath Christ as a model man
and a great teacher lies Christ the sacri-
fee for men. Christ came and suffered
and died in your law place and in mine.
There is no more mistaken notion than
that God is a great, good-natured being
benenciently overlooking the shortcomings
and the sins of mankind. God hates sin.
He is a God of Justice and never under
takes to forgive sin until justice has been
satisfied There can be no such thing as
universal love without universal Justice
While love is the very essence Of Gods
character, justice is essential quality
of 1t.
THE moral government Of humanity de-
mands sacrifices Gods love is manifested
not in overlooking our sins, Out III GIVING
us a Savior to die for our transgressions.
1t is not enough to recognize the divinity
and the teaching of Christ, but we must
appropriate Him to ourselves as our
Savior that we may get behind the blood
of the Lamb of God.
Personality of Christ.
THE only nourishment a kindly father
has given to us as children by which we
may grow is the personality of the Christ.
1t must be assimilated and taken into our
Iives-all that its personality and individ-
liaIity stands for-and must become a part
of our lives. This is what is meant by
the command to eat Christ's flesh and
drink Christ's blood. 1t is as essential
that we feed upon Christ as 1t is necessary
that we get behind His blood. This feed
ing IL accomplished in studying His WORD;
meditatinE upon His personality and upon
His life; obeying His precepts' communion
and Fellowship and prayer
'If some of us fed our bodies as we 40
our souls we would starve to death. Such,
in spiritual sense, are but poor walking
skeletons"