Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-05-23
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Subject: The Son of God.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Preachins at the
irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme "The Son of God" the
Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, pastor
took as his text IA Matt. SO, ''Of
truth Thou art the Son OF God" He
said:
In this expression of the faith of
the boatmen in the Christ as the Son
of God we have the consensus of a
host OF men and women who. for
| nineteen centuries, have followed the
gentle Galilean. The disciples pro-
| claimed their faith in the reality of
| the Sonship Of Jesus after a visible,
| external, objective exhibition of His
| power. In ages past. however, many
song-sung martyr and many an
unknown saint has held firm to the
same faith, seeing only with the spir-
itual eye. And to-day every sincere
follower Of our Lord acknowledges.
with joy that passes all human un-
derstanding, "of a truth Thou art
the Son of God" From the fullness
OF rich and enriching spiritual ex-
perience do we, here and now, re-
| iterate our belief in the supreme di-
vine Sonship of our Savior and our
Lord.
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which nothing good was held to come
the Messiah of the chosen people
of God, proclaimed by angels, adored
by the wisdom of the East: youthful
confounder of priests and prelates.
He it is Of whom the apostle writes
/ Jesus-the man Of parallels and of
miracles; Jesus, the expounder of
those wonderfully well-put doctrines
| contained in the Sermon on the
Mount; Jesus the Christ, the King of
Israel, the Savior of the world. He
is the divine human of whom the
disciples said: "Of truth Thou art
the Son of God"
Let us look for moment into the
claims Of this Man, this despised Naz-
arene, this carpenters son, to the
title and to the Office of the Son of
God. Has He any claim that we are
bound to respect? Is there any rea-
son why we are called upon to serve
Him, shall we believe upon Him, or
shall we reject Him. What, in the
last analysis, is the proof that is final
that Jesus Is divine.
; If you will glance through those
pages of the Old Testament which
give the history of the life and of the
hopes of the ancient Jewish people,
you will find that, running through
them all, the coming Of a Messiah
that is to say, a Savior-is prophes-
led. TO His people God has promised
a King who shall give to them eter-
nal power and an endless peace.
Step by step, incident by incident, is
unfolded in the old prophetic books
) the coming Of Christ.
Thus we see that the Man who is
to be the Son of God, the Messiah of
the Jews, the King of Israel must be
man who measures to the standards
of the God-given prophecies of the
centuries.
So much for the historic demands
: upon the claims Of the Messiah. No
| less imperative, however, is the need
that the Man who is to be the Son
, of God and the Savior Of the race
shall be such revelation of God as
; our hearts demand. You and l can
not trust in the Son OF God save as
2 He meets the requirements of our
;. reasoning faculties and highest sense.
e.. The Christ must not only be God
. declared Messiah, but also a self
proven incarnation of Almighty God
He must not only bear divine letters
e Of recommendation to us, but also
: convince US by living divinity that
He is what He claims to be. And
above all the truths Of His messages
must be proven practical forces in
= our own lives ere we can believe.
e Jesus is the Son of God, the Savior
:, of the world, the Messiah of the
Jews, the King of Israel. AS we have
: seen the man who is these must
q measure true to the standards of the
God-given prophecies Of the centur
les. Jesus SO measures. Throughout
the whole of the New Testament the
revelation OF Christ as the fulfillmen1
: of prophecy is set forth. He is the
!, Messiah. He is the King whom Coo
has promised to His people Israel
; He is the Son of David for whom the
holy men of many generation:
yearned. Christ satisfies all the de