World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-09-14
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man. ~ The Lord hath called ever one
81 lei him walk: And So ordain in all
churches
/ Is my man called being cirrnnriseay
.fei him net become uncircnmcised IL
any called in nncrcumcision lei him
no, he riicumcised.
/ lFnn Circumcision is noihine. and I'M
circumcision il nothing. but the Keeping
of he commandments Of God Ger. T..
4 I7--ls-i9.
/ Then circumcision to the Jews.
is q great deal in keeping the
command ments of God; and un,
circumcision. q great Deal to the
/ Gentiles, for il is also ~ them
the l;eeping Of tIln commanGS of
God And il wa, for this reason.
Paul sav~
/ L., svcry man stride ia .i.e same
ralline wherein lie va, ca,l-l.
! Cor, 7-20.
| In these scriptures we can
plainly see what it was that Paul
was 50 earnestlyrcontending for,
and that was to keep the Jew to
their pace, and the Gentiles 10
| their place Pail did not do any
thing to overthrow the law among
the Jews, as he was accused of.
but done all that he could, to es-
tablsh that law among them, in
it's proper meaning. What he
wanted them to understand was,
that there was no saving power
| in the law of itself. only by faith
| in God. in obedience to that law,
so that if there be Jew that is
called IN the gospel of circumci-
sion, which makes him servant
of God under the law, then let
him so live that his outward
works, will show his inward
grace; let him not seek to free
himself from such, as a servant
of God. For this is nothing but
the obeying of Gods commands,
and through such obedience he
is made God S "sree, man, (See
1st Cor, 7th, oh. II, 2.nd, vs.. }
And so it Is, il one is called in
the gospel of uncircunscision, he
is then Christ's servant, aud it
is not honest in him to seek cir.
lcumcislon OF the flesh; for his
should be, circumcision of the
heart. And this is what Paul
ordained among all the churches.
| For circumcision is nothing. and
uncircumcision is nothing. but
the keeping Of the command
ments of God.
And the keeping of the com.
mandments of God, we remark,
is the keeping of the gospel Of
uncircumcision, on the part of
those who believe in that gospel,
and the keeping OF the gospel of
circumcision on the part Of those
who believe in that gospel. And
bedience unto the requirements
Of these two gospels, leads them
to one in Christ, their only hope
of glory. And duty requires
that both Jews and tSentiles re-
main in the calling, wherein
they we're called, And under nc
, considerations, would Paul suffer
the Gehtiles to be circumcised,
because they were called in the
gospel Of uncircumcision
And he, himself suffered many
things in order to forward the
cause Of Christ, both to the be
lieving Jews, and also to the
Greeks, or Gentiies. An these
accusations which were brought
against Paul. were false. every
one Of them, Now then, in or
, der to forward the claims Of the
truth Of the two gospels. and to
bring in more harmonizing links
for the strengthening Of the
great chain of Bible facts, we
| will call the readers attention to
some Of the teachings Of the
, twelve apostles; for between
: paal and them there is harmony;
and where there is harmony,
shere is truth, and where there
is truth, there God is. So now
! going to the Acts of the Apost-
les, and beginning with the first
chapter, we find that they
preach not one word against the