The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-04

SNAVnelHS law OF DlOlOBy.- EtnlcS MAI
l: 10.
Remarks. The new birth comes not
from ourselves, but from God The
necessity for 1t is a statement Of
fact or truth, not a command But
it is stated so clearly, in order to
urge us to the duty of turning to Cod
OF accepting Jesus as our Saviour OF
choosing to love and obey God as our
first duty and great privilege. It pre-
sents a series of the strongest motives.
OF hope, fear, love, duty, that can
move us TO become disciples of
Christ
The New Birth is but the Beginning
Of the New Life. The birth of child
is but the beginning of its life. 1t is
to grow, develop, unfold its powers. be
disciplined and trained almost without
limit or end. The sprouting Of a seed
is but the beginning of the plants
life, only you cannot develop the
plant unless it is alive.
Nv. The Authority of the Teacher
Behind this Teaching-Vs. 9-13. 10.
Art thou a master (that is, teacher)
and knowest not. these
things?" Have you studied the Scrip
lures enough to teach, and not no
ticed this great truth? If teacher
does not understand these things,
what can expect from the people?
il. we speak" Why plural?
Probably the plural of his conscious al
lance with God The Father who
sends the message, and who bring
it speak this truth.
IL. IF (now he speaks for him
SELF have told you earthly things
Things written and experienced in the
earthly existence, which any one can
put to the test, and verify. How shall
We believe, if | tell you of heavenly
things?" Those truths which could not
be learned without a revelation from
heaven; divine forgiveness, the per
feet, free, universal love of God, the
divine nature of Christ, the atonement
the reality of life beyond the grave,
the way to obtain it, the blessedness
of heaven, the glories of the Messiah's
kingdom on earth
13. No man hath ascended up to
heaven" and brought back the testi-
mony of an eyewitness, "but he that
came down from heaven" The
Word" of John 1. 1-3, IA, who was
with God, and was God,' and, there
fore, knew absolutely the things
which he revealed to men about
Spiritual and heavenly things. Even
the Son of man The true represen.
tative OF humanity; not only God. but
a real man, with all the feelings,
hopes temptations, possibilities OF
man; the ideal man, showing what
man may become. Which is in
heaven" His home is in heaven, and
he maintains continually a vital con
nection with heaven. So far as heaven
is state and character, Jesus was
always in heaven. The whole universe
is heaven to him, for his senses are
all open to perceive and receive.
V. How the New Life Can Be OBJ.
tained.-Vs. IA, Is. a. "As Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilder
ness" Jesus now uses an illustration
which makes clear some of the heav-
enly things he came to reveal. Study
the story in Mum. 81 40 Even so
must the Son of man be lifted up.
By his whole life and teaching and
character, standing then, as now. far
above men, but especially by the cross
and its redeeming love, containing all
i. motives and powers that attract men
to him. To-day the crucified Jesus is
the best known, the most exalted per
son in all history, in an the world.
past or present.
Is. That whosoever believeth in
him" Accepts him as Teacher. as
Savior, and Lord. Whosoever is bet.
ter for each one than if he were called
by name; for the same name might
belong to another But whosoever in
cludes everybody, the meanest and
wickedest, as well as the greatest and
best Should not perish" From the
effects of sin, which naturally end
in destruction of the soul. But have
eternal life Eternal life is the life
which nothing can destroy, which en-
dures beyond the grave, and grows
fuller and richer as the ages roll on.
1t is present possession of the Chris
tian and does not begin with the
world to come. though it continues in
it. 1t is more than mere endless ex-
istence. 1t is goodness, fulness of life.
, Joy, peace, love. 1t is the kind of life
} lived in heaven, the kind Of life God
lives.
The Heart OF the Lesson.
The one great essential, both for the
individual and the state, is a new life
in the soul that supremely loves the
good and hates the evil This is the
one way to the best life here and here
after.
Then follows the central verse OF
} the Bible.
For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten son. that
whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
Luther calls this verse, The Little
Gospel" or The Little Bible" For
the whole gospel, yea, the whole Bible,
is condensed in these few words.
, On the tiny retina Of the eye is