The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-16

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Copyright, 1906. by Joseph b. Bowles)
Golden Text And Jesus went about an
Galilee teaching In their synagogues ana
preaching the Gospel Of the Kingdom, and
healing all manner Of sickness. Matt
i8
Certainly no mistake can be made by
making all the lessons Of the quarter
center around the person and work OF
Christ. Indeed the lessons for the en-
tire year OF 1906 are taken up solely
with the life OF our Lord as revealed
In the first three gospel accounts.
Christ as Saviour. Teacher, and Work.
er-as Saviour in His relation TO sir
ners, He is TO be sought; as Teacher.
In relation TO disciples, lie is 70 be
obeyed and followed, as Worker, ia
His relation to the needy. He is the ex-
ample of all TO be followed in benef-
cence and philanthropy
Jesus as a Saviour.
Jesus is the only man known in his
tory who was born with specific refer
ence 10 the sin OF the human race. He
was not a moralist, not a reformer, not
philanthropist. at least not primarily
so; He came TO be mans Saviour
Jesus did not come into the world u
teach men how 10 live, nor how II
die; He came TO show them how to
get rid OF their sins. His name was
the insignia Of His ofiice-"Jesus, for
He shall save the people from their
sins. The world has no other such
Saviour: Neither is their salvatios
IN any other; for there Is none other
name given under heaven among me-
whereby we must be saved"
A Divine-Human Saviour.
Our lessons teach us the perfec.
equipment of Christ for such a work
He was a perfect man. He had a per-
feet human nature with all its sinless
infrmities. He was born OF a woman:
He grew as other boys grow, He was
subject 10 hunger. thirst. WEAKNESS.
pain; He slept, cried, suffered died.
He was subjected TO temptations jus.
as We are, yet without yielding to
them. II He was 10 be the Saviour OF
the human race. then 1T behooved Hirn
10 be made in all things like unto His
brethren" There is not a note in the
great organ OF our humanity which.
when touched. does not produce a SYM
pathetic response in the mighty range
and scope Of our Lords being, saving
the Earring disccrd Of sin.
Jesus Was Divine.
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are all divine. He possessed a deity
10 which no mere human being could
lay claim. We become" sons OF
God John 1:12). Jesus never be
came" such He always was" the
eternal and only-begotten Son of the
Father As a child He was born"
but as a Son He was given" lisa.
$50. His miraculous birth: His
power 20 perform works which none
other man did, save in a delegated
power His power over sickness, dis
ease. demons. Satan, and death; His
prescience, Omniscience, omnipo-
tence. His power over man to save,
nature to control it-these are incon-
trovertible evidences of the deity of
the Christ. And such a redeemer is
Gods appointed Saviour OF the world.
No man can co ne 10 the Father. gain
an entrance into Heaven, spend an
eternity OF bliss with cod, the angels,
and the spirits OF just men made per
feet. unless il be through Him Who
was God manifest in the flesh
Christ as a Teacher.
He was the greatest teacher the
world has ever known. He was the
teacher come from God" He alone
perfectly revealed the Father. His
teaching was with absolute author
ity. and not as the Scribes." What
ever may be said with reference to the
voluntary limitations of Christ in 9TH
er respects. IT cannot. il must not be
said that He was limited in His teach
Ing. God gave not the Spirit by
measure unto Him" in this respect
His comments we're not governed by
popular opinions. but by direct revela
tion from the Father. Christ made no
mistakes in His teaching The disci-
Piles OF Jesus Christ will therefore finl
in His word and teachings the ulti-
mate authority in matters OF faith and |
practice. When Jesus has spoken the |
last word on any question Of faith or
practice there is nothing more TO be |
said on that subject. His words are |
the court OF final appeal. They form
our standard both here and hereafter |
the word that ! have spoken. the |
same shall judge him in the last day"
1t is because Jesus was God. divine.
deity. that His words have this final |
and ultimate authority. We must not |
make the mistake many are making |
to-day-tbat of seeing in Jesus the
greatest of all merely human teachers.
tie was that. and all of that; but He |