Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-30
CA LITTLE SERMON FOP TTRE WEEK ENDS

about God. They had a new purpose in
living. They had left all to follow Him,
and they meant We do His bidding They
were now Interested more in eternal things
then temporal They had found more Of
God In Him than anywhere else. They
found themselves better men. having ex-
perienoed that His words were spirit and
lfe;" they would not leave Him, for they
had found In Him all that the prophets
had said. To them He Is indeed the Saw
Jour OF men. He had proved Himself
worthy OF their entire confidence. He had
proved Himself the source of all good, but
especially that OF eternal life. To them
He is the safest guide, at all times In all
places, and under every condition lie Is the
highest law. the safest rule He taught
not as a highest aim, professional life, not
the life Of a religious rule that must pass
away, but He taught eternal life, In fact
they found In Christ what Paul after
wards wrote. IAN things are yours" But
the one thing here is eternal life. After
all this is the thought that thrills the soul
with hope and Joy to live and never die.
God created the soul for eternal life.
Christ came to give eternal life. The dis
cipies had caught this idea. SO they say,
Lord we will cling to thee"
Another reason, one that all should at
once recognize. There is salvation in no
other. "No other name given" ITO whom
shall we go?" There were many things
that Peter did not comprehend, but heie is
q most important truth he had learned
Christ alone has eternal life and can give
life to others, for He is 'Idfe" Where but
in Christ do we find a God that we can
accept as GodY He is the only one The
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different. His words are spirit and life. 1t
IL not only q mere accepting His teaching
alongside of other teaching, neither apart
from Him, but to form connection with
Him. To believe in Christ Is to- believe unto
eternal life. So Peter would say. Thou
hast life and given us life," and IL we turn
from Thee We have, for there is no other.
This also proves the privilege of choice
and power OF choice A mans choice lies
between two things. Either Christ with all
His claims In all their fullnesg, or else the
world with all It's failures, which in the end
bringeth death -, -
Peters reason In just the reason why
all should come to Christ. There is no other
Wayne other one.
! The third reason: They believed in Him
1--WE have believed and know that Thou ari
the Holy One of God" They believed the
! voice that spake to them out of the cloud
This is My Son., They believed tina
which the prophets had said concerning
Him. More, they believed Him, His owl
words and works. Thou art the Christ
| the Son of God" the Savior that shoult
come to them Is come 1t is in the presen
tense. He brought and we have this life
Thou hast said 1t Lord. and we believe II
This same truth In Johns gospel Is siftini
US. You who for some time followed Him
win ye also go away2 Is the church read.
to come out and declare herself for Chris
In opposition to the world9 These words ar
making the real division between the pro
fessor and possessor Of life. The scours
you go tells the story. First you go ava
by choice, but finally you are driven on
from him.