The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-03-16

] NLNll llAf a..'r Na aHrHl' ANs AANNN At-sN
/ Golden Text. And Jesus went about an
ianlee teaching in their synagogues and
I preaching Che Gospel ~ the kingdom. and
/ healing au manner of sickness. Matt
/ as.
Certainly no mistake can De made By
making an 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 10 sin
ners. He is 70 De sought; as Teacher
In relation 90 disciples, He is % De
obeyed and followed. as Worker. 10
His relation 20 the needy. He is the ex-
ample of au % be- followed, in bened-
cence and philanthropy
Jesus as a Saviour.
Jesus IS the only man known In his
tory who was born with specific refer
ence % the sin OF the human race. He
was not O moraiist. not a ref0rmer, not
a phuanthroplst. 40 least not primarily
so. he came 90 be mans Saviour
Jesus did not come into the world b
teach men how 20 live. nor how e.
die; He came % show them how %
get rid OF their sins. His name was
the insignia OF His ofHce-"Jesus. for
He shall save the people from their
SINS The world has no other such
Saviour. Neither is their salvation
in any other; for there Is none other
name given under heaven among mel
whereby we must De 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 It's sinless
infrmities. He was born Of a woman.
He grew as other boys grow; He was
subject 20 hunger. thirst. WEAKNESS.
pain. lie slept. cried, suffered died
he was subjected 20 temptations Jus.
as We are. yet without yielding 70
them. II He was % be the Saviour Of
the human race. then 1T behooved Hin
90 De made In an 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 jarrlns disoori of sin.
Jesus Was Divine.
Not merely In the sense that we
are an divine. He possessed a deity
20 which no mere human being could
lay claim. We become" sons Of
God John 1922. Jesus never "be-
came" such: He always was the
eternal and oniy-bes0tten Son OF the
Father. AS a child He was born;
but as a Son He was given lisa.
9.C. 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. 0mniscieuce. 0mnipo-
tence. His power over man % save,
over demons 90 cast them out, oyer
nature % control it-these are incon-
tr0yertible evidences of the deity Of
the Christ And such q reieemer is
Gods appointed Saviour OF the world
40 man can come to The Father. gain
an entrance Into Heaven. spend an
eternity of bliss with God. The angels.
and the spirits ot Just men made per-
feet. unless BE- be through Him Who
was God man.ias. il The flesh"
Christ IS Teacher.
lie was the greatest teacher the
world has ever known. Ile was "the
teacher come from Cod" He alone
perfectly revealed the Father His
teaching was with absolute author
ity. and not as the Scri5es." What
ever may De said with reference 10 the
voluntary limitations ri Christ in 0th-
er respects. 10 cannot, DO must not De
said that he was limited In His teach
ing. God gave not the Spirit by
measure unto Him" IN this respect
His comments were not governed by
popular opinions, but by direct reveia
ton from the Father. Christ made DO
mistakes in His teaching The disci-
pies 0f Jesus Christ viii therefore fn D
in Ills word and teachings the ulti-
mate authority 10 matters Of faith aui
practice. When Jesus has spoken the
last word on any question of faith or
practice there is nothing more 20 bc
said on that subject. His words are
the court of final appeal They form
our standard both here and hereafter
the word that I have spoken, the
same shall Judge him In the last day"
II 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-that OF seeing in Jesus the
greatest of an merely human teachers.
was that end an Of that; but lie
vas mere. he was divine wisdom in-
carnate. We must value the teaching
because Of the Christ Who taught. M.
value the Christ because Of the teach
Ing
Jesus as a Worker
Jesus Christ not only preached the
Gospel. He lived it. He worked H.
Words OF love and deeds Of love wen.
hand In hand together. He preached
the Word. he healed the sick. He
came down from the pulpit and en-
tered the hospital Such was His
whole life he preached; He was
benefcent. He was phiianthropic
His own life was the best commentary
on His preaching. And II the Chris
uanity OF to-day Is % be known as
the Christianity Of Christ, Il must BE-
characterized by deeds as well as