West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-05-10
THE ATONEMENT.
1 TIN. z:5-6.

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throughout eternity-the story oI
the great Ransom finished at Calvar,
which demonstrated that Gods Love
and justice are exactly equal. Thar
blended with justice against his dis
obedient creature for over -four
thousand years, was the spirit oI
love and compassion that designed
plan of salvation by which God
might still be just and carry out his
law against sinners and yet the
Justifier Of all who believe in Jesus.
The great sacrifice at Calvary
took away the "sin of the world"-
Not the "sins," but the Sin tha,
brought death. 1t did not com.
plete the work of Atonement excep,
so far as the claims OF justice are
concerned. 1t paid to Justice the
full satisfaction against Adam and
his race and by this purchase with
his own precious blood, Jesus is
now the owner, Master, Lord of all
("of the living and the dead"
and so reads our text:-"For there
is one God, and one Mediator
between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus: Who gave himself a
ransom for all, to be testified in due
time"
The various ideas and theories
respecting the doctrine of The Atone
men are disconnected and vague
and the faith of many is proportion
ately unstable and weak. Some
know not what to believe, and seek
ing to draw near to God are hinder
ed by their fears and by their ignor-
ance, deluded by sophistries of
Satan, by which he has deceived all
nations, they believe IN God as
great and powerful adversary, with
out love or sympathy, ready and
anxious to torment them TO all
eternity.
Jehovah God claims for himself
the authorship of the great plan of
Atonement-which began at Calvary
and will not be complete until Our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Mediator of
the Atonement, shall deliver up the
dominion of earth to the Father.
In harmony with this we might fill
all our space with quotations. AS:
verse 3 preceding our text "God
our Savor, who will have all men TO
be saved (from the "curse," the
"sin of the world" the present con.
dition of condemnalion,) and come
to knowledge ofthe truth" "To
the only wise God, Our Savior"
owe trust in the living God, who is
the Savior of all men, especially of
those that believe"
Let this thought be fully received
that the Almighty Jehovah, him.
self, is the Savior-"I am Jehovah
thy God, the Holy One of Israel,
thy Savior" Again-"I am Jehovah,
Chat is my personal name and
beside me there is no Savior. The
Author of the grea: plan of salvation,
and the executor of it, through his
willing agents and representatives.
This thought should deliver many
from the false conceptions of the
relationship between the Father and
His Son, our Lord. 1t would leave
no room for the almost blasphemous
view of the matter, held by many
protesting Christians: VIZ. That the
heavely Father stood in wrath, to
slay and torture the human sinner,
and that the Son, Our Lord Jesus,
full of love and mercy-which &C
cordlng TO this theory, the Father
lacked -iDterposed and satisfied the
Fathers malice and anger by receiv.
ing the blow of wrath in mans
stead; and now Jehovah is placated,
merely because, being just, he can
not require at the hands of the
sinner, that which has already been
paid through the precious blood Oh
Christ. This terrible misrepresento
ton OF Jehovsh's character and
plan Of salvation, is the under cur.
rent Of thought in very much Of to
days preaching and it is on this
account that an increasingly large
proportion of the intelligent, es.
pecially OF the male sex, no Longer
attend such preaching. Many oil
the preachers are endeayoring "a
find the popular demand, They
have fed the people the love Of Coo
and the beauty of holiness and IN,
doctrines Of sweetness and light
al nauseam, and now that a wsv,
Of sentiment in favor Of pure politics
is sweeping over the country and
general arousing Of the public con
science on the subject Of graft
some Of them believe they have tn,
secret and that the "popula
demand" is moving toward a Low,
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