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Subject: The Son Of God.

irving Square Presbyterian Church
IN the theme 1.-THE Son of Cod" the
Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, pastor
,ook as his text IA Matt. 80, "Of q
ruth Thou art the Son of God" He
laid:
In this expression of the faith of
he boatmen in the Christ as the Son
If God we have the consensus of a
lost 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
| )ower. In ages past, however, many
song-sung martyr and many an
unknown saint has held firm to the
Jame faith, seeing only with the spir-
follower of our Lord acknowledges,
With Joy that passes all human un-
Outstanding, "of truth Thou art
he Son of God" From the fullness
If rich and enriching spiritual ex-
>erience do we, here and now, re-
terate our belief in the supreme d.
hne Sonship of our Savior and our
Lord.
Jesus of Nazareth-the place from
which nothing good was held to come
the Messiah of the chosen people
If God, proclaimed by angels, adored
Jy the wisdom of the East; youthful
.onfounder of priests and prelates.
He it is of whom the apostle writes
Jesus-the man of parallels and of
miracles; Jesus, the expounder Of
hose 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
Sod. 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
asst analysis, is the proof that Is final
hat Jesus is divine.
If you will glance through those
cages of the Old Testament which
5INc Iuc VI IhC anu VI lHO
hopes of the ancient Jewish people.
you will find that. running through
Them all, the coming of Messiah
that Is to say, a Savior-is prophes-
ed. TO His people God has promised
/ King who shall give to them eter-
nal power and an endless peace.
Step by step, incident by incident, is
lnfolded 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
If the God-given prophecies of the
centuries.
So much for the historic demands
lpon the claims of the Messiah. No
,ess imperative, however, is the need
that the Man who Is to be the Son
IF God and the Savior of the race
shall be such revelation of God as
our hearts demand. You and | can
lot trust in the Son of God save as
He meets the requirements of our
reasoning faculties and highest sense.
The Christ must not only be a God
declared Messiah, but also self
proven incarnation of Almighty God.
He must not only bear divine letters
IF recommendation to us, but also
convince us by living divinity that
lie 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.
Jesus is the Son of God. the Savior
If the world, the Messiah of the
To- Of A. L.,
seen the man who is these must
measure true to the standards Of the
aod-given prophecies of the centur-
les. Jesus so measures. Throughout
the whole of the New Testament the
revelation of Christ as the fulfillment
Of prophecy is set forth. He is the
Messiah. He is the King whom God
has promised to His people Israel.
He is the Son of David for whom the
holy men of many generations
yearned. Christ satisfies all the de-
mands of the Old Testament pro-
phetic writer's. From that stand
point He Is the Son of God and Say
or. But whether or no there had
been given prophecies aforetime,
here are grander and more glorious
reasons for faith in Christ as the Son
Of God. Christ is such a revelation
Of God as our hearts demand. For
as we read the story of His life we
see manifold instances of His divine
power, purity and perfectness. Time
and again we see His godhOod and
divinity in His workings and His
words. He is the fullness of grace
and truth. Yes, my friends, in His
miracles and His messages, in His
acts of love and His conscience touch
Ing truths, this man of sorrows and
of griefs reveals His Sonship divine.
The power of God shows through His
physical miracles, the love of the
Father shines through the spiritual
transformations that He wrought.
From what other lips do we hear
such deep, such soul-satisfying prom
ises and commands. Nowhere in tho
history of all the world has there
been another such man. Mohamet,
Confucius, Buddha-the ethical and
philosophical teachers Of all peoples
and of every age--are Incompatible
with that personal, sanctifying Savior
of the Christian soul, whose name is
Light and Love.
But Jesus not only meets demands
as reVelator, He Is also assured OF
our confidence through the fact that
His words and His life are in har-
mony. Jesus not only revealed by
word the sort of God for whom in
wardly we yearn, but He also exem-'
plified in His life the fullness of truth
which He preached. Telling of the
love that crowns the character of
God He was lovely. Preaching the
essential spiritual nature of the Fa-
Their He was Himself spiritually con-
trolled. Telling men that the truth
of God and Jehovah Himself were to
be spiritually apprehendsd and dis
cerned Jesus walked and talked with
GOD. Preaching the Kingdom of