Evening journal., 1905-10-30

great truth upon which 1 will build
My church.
IL Is also claimed among the Pro-
testant writer's pretty generally. that
the keys of the Kingdom Of Heaven.
ana the power to bind and loose, were
delivered not only to Peter. but also
10 the other apostles. and to the whole
body of the church. And i'm proof or
TINS contention reference is made to
the passage in John 90: %. 23 where
the risen Lord breathed upon the as
sembled disciples and said unto thc.,
Receive ye the Holy Spirit: whose So
ever sins ye forgive they are forgiven
unto them; and whose soever sins We
retain. they are retained There is
no question but that in the passage i'm
John and also i'm a similar passage I'm
Matt. is; s, the authority conferred
was upon the whole church. But Just
how that has anything to do with the
Interpretation of the 10th OF Matthew
is not apparent
Without assuming any knowledge
beyond that of our brethren. and with !
out any desire TO be wise above whatt
IS written, let us seek to discover AL
the Spirit Of Truth may be pleased tol
guide us. whatever God has revealed i'm !
the Scriptures. bearing upon the in !
depreciation of our chapter. Surely. it.
cannot be possible that God has Left
such important questions obscure and
incapable Of solution as are presentedi
to us here. Remembering. then. than
these things of the Spirit cannot bel
searched out by the natural man. and
relying upon our divine Guide to lead
us into the truth. let us examine the
testimony Of the Word of God as to thd
portion of Scripture before us:
''First-We are not for "A moment left1
in doubt as TO the foundation OF thcs
church. Other foundation can no
man lay than that which is laid. whiclt
| is Jesus Christ 0. Cor. 3: IL ThiV
! is He Of whom it is written in Isa. 2Sa
IS, Behold ! lay in Zion for a founda 4
tion a Stone, tried Stone a precious.
/ cornerstone of sure foundation. II wa-
i this same Peter, filled with the Holy
Spirit, who, speaking of His ascended
Lord. i'm Acts 4: II. y. said. He is the
Stone Which was set at nought of volt
the builders. which was made the Hea =
Of the Corner. And i'm none other IT
there salvation: for neither is there and
iOther name under heaven. that is give 4
among men. wherein we must be savedr
And it was Peter, again, who I'm his firsr
,epistle, referring to the passage fror
isaiah, quoted above. wrote of the Lor
Jesus Unto Whom coming,
living Stone. rejected indeed of mel
but with God elect precious. We also a
living stones. are built up a spiritus-
house, to be a holy priesthood, to offe
iup spiritual sacrifices. acceptable d
God through Jesus Christ. Because
is contained I'm Scripture. Behold. Ia
in Zion chief Cornerstone elect, pre-
lcious. and he that believeth on Hin
shall not be- put to shame" For unu
you therefore that believe is the pre-
iciousness; but for such as disbeliev
1.-THE Stone Which the builders rcjec
ed. the Same was made the Head q
the Corner" and. a Stone of stun
bling. and "A Rock of offence. q. Pc
l2. 4-SD The rock is used as a symbe
of Christ many times i'm the Scripture
las, for example, I'm I. Cor. 10: 4. ar.
doubtless also In Matt. Z: "a. IS an
Luke 6: As. We may, therefore, coul
iil settled that
/" The church's one Foundation d.
Is Jesus Christ. her Lord.
lShe is His new creation
BY water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought hen.
TO be His holy bride m
with His own blood He bought her
And for her life she died.. IN
"Second-Nor is there any slighte Ik
lquestion as to the Head of the churc
lGod hath raised His Son from the deaI
land made Him to sit at His right hai
I'm the heavenlies far above all ru
land authority. and power and domil
lion, and every name that is named. n
lonly i'm this Age. but also in that whiq1
lis to come. and He hath put all thinU.
lin subjection under His feet. and giva
Him to be Head over all things TO {
lchurch. which is His body. the fulne
lof Him that flleth all I'm ALL (Eph. Az
l2O-2S.) The Spirit Of God declares III
Ito us. i'm Eph. 4: SIG that the who
purpose Of gifts i'm the church is IN
1--we may grow up i'm all things into Hilr
lWho is the Head. even Christ; fro
Whom all the body htly framed ar
knit together. through that which eve
Joint supplieth. according to the worm
ling i'm due measure of each several paVl
lmaketh the increase of the body uni
1.-THE building up Of itself in love" Thl
lChrist is the Head of the church is III
lpeated i'm Eph. >; % and Col. /:
while in Col .: 10 we are warnf
lagainst those teachers who fail to gil
Him that place.
"Third-In spite of all that We han
so far discovered il still seems TO
lonlv fair and honest to conclude tlftl
when Jesus said. Thou art stone al
iupon this rock ! will build MY churcl
HE meant us to understand that by a
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