The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-26

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By "contending'' for the faith is
meant a resolute vindlcation of the
principles of this system of divine
truth. The "saints" of Gods child
rem. redeemed by the Gross. washed
in blood. walking in Chrlst's way
The text was uttered hundreds of
years ago, but it comes to us today
with the same gracious intent. the
same moral purpose. the same mean
ing as that with which it came to the
people whom Jude was addressing.
Heresies had crept into the church in
Jude's time. There was much religi-
Gus deception practiced. There was
much open opposition to the Gospel.
There was something much worse
there was deadening Indifference to
it.
But was that true only in Jude's
time? 1t IS true now. It has always
been true. From the day that Jude
wrote. right down through successive
centuries to the year 1908 the truth
of the Living God has been assailed.
This was not only an ACCOMPLISHMENT
for Jude's day and generation; it. is
an ACCOMPLISHMENT for our day and
generation. Hear it: eye should
earnestly contend for the faith, which
was once delivered unto the saints ="
The object of the Christians faith
is the system of divine truth contain
ed in Gods word It has two mas
sages-one for the inner life and the
other for the outer life. The message
for the inner life the Bible puts this
way: 'Be ye holy for l am holy
We have the holiness of the life of
God exhibited in the apostles life of
Jesus Christ. Any man whose life is
gradually growing into conformity to
the life of Christ is getting holy as
God is holy; and any man whose life
is not gradually growing into con-
formity tc the life of Christ is work
ing his way into eternal darkness and
everlasting unlikeness to the holy
life Of God. Back of all my thinking !;
back of all my speech: back of all
the doings of my life: back of all
these and deep down in the innermost
recesses of my moral and spiritual
being to the very fountain of life out
of which all my thinking and my
speech and the doings of my life
come-what is IT'S CONDITION?
Is it like Gods life? Is it getting
to be like Gods life? "Be ye holy
for I am holy"
The message for the outer life
refers to daily acts, thought and
speech. Is our life in accord with
Gods righteous law? The life with
in must vent itself in outward mani :.
festation. Expression is life. Re-
preston is death. And one of the
most deadening of all influences to
the Christian life is for the religious
feeling to rise up In the soul in giant
strength and to find no outlet or
expression in deeds Of Christian love.
Do we have the faith once delivered
to the saints-to Paul and the other
apostles? to the members of the
early church, to the martyrs of q
later age? When We have this faith
we must contend for it. It takes
heroism to do this. Read ecclesias-
tical history. Our forefathers shed
their blood in defense of the faith.
Are we worthy of the noble dead?
Are we worthy of the heritage that
has been bequeathed to Us? Do you
see as you look around very much of
the stuff out of which martyrs are
made?
People of God. Eye should earnestly
contend for the faith ssStand up.
stand up for Jesus. ye soldiers of the
Cross" We need the enlistment of
every soldier in the army of the King.
Your own faith will suffer eclipse
and die if you don't buckle on the
armor and 60 into the battlefield.
The church Of the Living God needs
you. The ranks are broken; 90 in
and take the places Of those who