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INTERESTING
SERMON At ST.
KATHARINES
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and true holiness" EpheSiAns 4:24.
Christ when upon earth constantly
spoke OF q Kingdom He had come to
establish, q kingdom not Of this world,
and yet a kingdom in this world; a
kingdom not according to this worlds
conception, but q spiritual kingdom, In
which spiritual conceptions and prin-
ciples should be In force
We are told In st. Mark that "the
kingdom Of God is al hand" and IN St
tons" The kingdom OF God Is within
you, and yet Christ declared His king
dom Is not Of this world.
All these statements point IN the d.
rection Of the fact that a new order OF
things was to be established, a new
Kingdom was 10 rise. the ruling prin-
ctpIe Of which was to actuate the hu-
man race, and that righteousness,
purity, holiness and truth should ra-
diate from all life and activity: for as
the hight Of the new kingdom enters
the human soul odd things pass away,
and behold all things become new"
The whole Of Christ's teachings
been lost to Him, but that He is
working TO gain it back into a truer
relationship which shall not only
change the spirit which Is IN man but
his attitude also to his present en-
vironment, so that essentially the
policy of national and everyday life
Shall endorse all Christ's standards of
righteousness. holiness, purity and
truth. In order to bring this about,
He proclafTns a necessity. deep neces-
sity not only for q change OF attitude
but Of the very life principle. for ac-
cording to this epistle, we are to put
om-put away az concerning the for
mer manner Of Hfe-e. the old man
with his deeds, and put on the new
TafH 1EeSd fa
new creation. this new man, want to
deal with this morning, and try to
show how the newly created energy
acts on the different parts OF our per-
sonslity.
The exhortation Is to Put on the
new man." A change IL required.
The world Of human life Is out Of joint
with itself
Survey life from whatever stand
point you may, you can mark defect,
not only IN the lives Of the masses,
but also in the lives Of the individual,
which says plainly there must be a
change, end VS. emphasize the fact.
What cay the leaders OF thought, re-
igious and irreligious?
What gospel does the minister ad-
vance2
These all regard life from different
standpofTts. but they an recognize
wrongs. and prescribe remedy.
blessings Of this life, which do after
all play some part in helping upward
or downward the character OF the peo-
pie shall be dealt with on a wider and
truer basis than that Of each man for
| himself, and the devil take the hind
| most" and 50 fraternity, brotherhood
and unfonism are the catchwords, and
collecttveism has become the eTnbIa-
| zoned banner under which the human
race is marched to victory, over self
ishness, greed, graft, avarics and
| misery. This is all very wen in its
way, but it does not go deep enough.
The religion Of Jesus Christ, whilst II
| for communities and nations, begins
by re-creating the individual, and
| works through the individual to the
| masses.
This Is ''the modus operandT' In the
divine economy as Christ seeks to es-
| tablish His kingdom You can have
your of labor, socialism, hymanitar-
| ianiSm- You may have your gospel of
! collectiveism and communism, but my
dear people these VIII not strike at the
| root Of the evil from which all our
| difficulties arise.
| What Is wanted Is very plainly and
| forcfbiy put before US In the text.
Man created after God IN righteous
ness. holiness and truth. Men who,
| by their life and conduct shall illus-
| trate to those around that selfishness
| cramps and RiTls nobility, and that the
| difficulties of life cannot be met and
| deal with by self assertion and legis-
| lative enactment, but by seH-abnega,-
| ton, by embracing the Christ Of am
| pIitude.
| The reformation Of tho soul is the
| soul of all reform"
| The change is a personal and rafi-
| cal one, Put on the new man created.
| The new is distinct from the old The
| old nature is spoken Of as the old man
because SIN nranifests itself through
| the different parts of a mans nature
| The change Is so thorough, so com
| plete. that all habits, dispositions, the
very life principles, must undergo g
| change.
The whole man must be new ''Ye
must be born again" New creature
| IN Christ Jesus" The word used
! and relates to Gods wonderful activity
| SIS Creator. An absolute and distinct
creation is here spoken or The first
| Adam destroyed by SIN what has beer
| restored 10 Us in and through the sec
ond Adam Jesus Christ conversion
equals q cTeation-a new creation
God created man in His own image
| The image-moraI and spirttual-mar
| has loSt. r must be regained, and ST
| Paul tells rs how: by a second act o.
creation. Il does not say, grow II
| goodness" do the best you can" but
| very explicitly states put or one
thing and put on" another.
It IS not evolution. Holiness can
not be ella borated out OF the sinfu
germs of self deceit and pride. There
/ must be an entire and radical change
in the whole nature, and In the VerJ
| spirit Of the nfe.
When the breath Of the spfritua
life comes and the man enters tn.
| Kingdom Of God, the new life perco.
lates, perureates through him and i'm.
pels the ego, and that life hencefortf
| viii carry out the policy Of the new
| kingdom. which Is established on
! basis OF strict righteousness to all anC
OF holy devotedness to God and tn,
! truth.
Created after God" ie, m the yer.
image of God. This image is not
generic force found in the protoplasm
which, working up through a series o
| developments, eventually evolves on
Of the old nature this new being. bu
II is a creation after a n1odel-afte
the very image Of God, my friends.
| The likeness we can bear 10 on
Creator Is one Of morality and spiritu