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explicit i'm its declaration that Jesus, as
the Antitypical High Priest. offers hut
one sacrifice Of Himself for the sins of
the world In our context st. Paul
points TO the fact that the typical
priests of the Jewish Era repeated
their sacrifices yearly. Oh each succeed
ing Atonement Day He notes to us
the fact that those were merely typical
sacrifices. which could never take away
sins: and then he tells us that the one
Sacrifce. on the one Atonement Day. by
the Antitypical High Priest. is SO com
plete as to leave nothing further to be
done Christ dieth no more;
death hath no more dominion over
Him." This He did once. when He
God" (Romans vi, o: Hebrews vii. %;
tx. AL A matter so well established
We should settle in our minds and not
allow any theory or supposed necessity
TO move US therefrom.
However. we behold two great Chris
tan communions holding different
view-the High Church Of England and
the Church Of Rome Both hold the
doctrine introduced into the Church
about the Fourth Century-the doctrine
of the Mass. This doctrine holds that
the death Of Christ cancels original
sin for believers and brings them into
fellowship with God through faith in
the redeeming blood Of Christ BIT it
philosophers that sins committed after
coming into the family Of God need
cancellation also. and that nothing ex-
cept the blood Of Christ. the death Of
Christ. can take away sin: and that the
merit of His death at Calvary having
been used to cancel our past sins. a
fresh sacrifice Of Christ is necessary
for the more recent sins.
Sacrifice Of the Mass.
Proceeding with the philosophy they
ask. How can we get fresh sacrifice
Of Christ and apply It and thus be kept
cleansed In the sight Of God? They
answer that the bread and the wine Of
the communion service. after being
blessed, are the actual flesh and blood
of Jesus. and may be used afresh in
sacrifice for sins. 5.--
Applying this philosophy these Chris
tian brethren perform common. or
Low. Mass for general sins. I'M cOngre-
gationai way. and High Mass for spe-
cial sins Their Church services ac-
cOfdingly are not SO much studies or
expositions of the Bible. but more par
ticularly a participation In the cleans
ings supposed to accrue TO ALI who at
tend Mass.
Those who fail to attend Mass at
least once in a year are supposed to he
horribly defiled with the accumulated
sins The congregation assembled.
praise and prayer are chanted. and
then the officiating priest approaches
what they call the altar Of sacrifice.
On it are the bread and wine. which.
being blessed. are instantly turned into
the actual flesh and actual blood of
Christ. The officiating priests and as
sociateS and the congregation are all
on their knees TO worship the Host-to
give reverence to the freshly created
Christ on the altar The officiating
priest then rises and breaks the bread
for the sins Of the people present is nc:
complished. No wonder the people are
anxious to be present. to be cleaTsed
afresh Of their sins!
Not only Is the sacrifice Of the Mass
thus made for the living. but Christ Is
similarly sacrificed for the dead sup
posed to be suffering In Purgatory.
Where Lies the Mistaken
With our convenient Bibles Catholic
and Protestantl We have much advan-
tage over our brethren of the Fourth
Century who invented the doctrine OF
the Mass We now see that 1t is I'm.
scriptural and that the bishops. once
supposed to be Successors Of the
Twelve Apostles erred-in other
words. they were not inspired-they
were not successors Of The Twelve
Whatever things these bishops bound
on earth were not hound in heaven
they made mistakes. as we all have
and doubtless just as honestly az we.
Bible students see clearly that the
one sacrifice of Christ is sufficient for
the sins OF the whole wOrld-paSt. pres
ent and to come. Gods provision in
Christ for the forgiveness of sins is
applicable only to Adams Tor original
sin. and to such weaknesses as have
come to his children from that original
sin by heredity. God does not propose
in any manner to forgive sins wilfully
committed. They receive stripes OF
punishments in proportion To their viii
fulness.
Whatever proportion Of sin Is direct
" or indirectly the result of Adam
disobedience and human imperfectiol
is coyerable through the merit Of th
one sacrifice of Christ. which covering
Is to be obtained by the transgressor'
approaching the Throne of the heaven
ly Grace that be may obtain mere
and find grace to help in time of need
When we came to God desiring to b
accepted as disciples of Jesus an
jOint-sacrifcers In His cross bearing
self-denial and death to the worl(
and joint-heirs also with Him in Eli
Heavenly Kingdom. We found Hir
prepared and willing to be our AdvC
cate with the Father Through tn
imputation of the merit of His sacrftic
We were healed and accepted of tn
Father and begotten Of the Holy Spirit
Now. as children Of God. New Cres
lures In Christ we still need our AG
yocate. because we as New Crea ture