The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-11-13

GASTQR RVssEIg) I'm n ms n oa aau,
where greet him is proof that the True
Gospel which he breaches has to some
extent found responsive chord in
thousands of Canadian hearts.
One of Pastor Russell's addresses
while here was from the words of st.
Paul: Moreover. brethren, declare
unto you the Gospel which preached
unto you: How that Christ died for
our sins, according to the Scriptures;
and that He was buried. and that He
rose again the third day. CORN
thians, XIV. IA.
wonderful. indeed, is SO complete
statement of the Gospel in so few
wOrds!' said Pastor Russell. "St.
Paul, like the rest Of us, would have
said more without the guidance Of in
spiration-would have said too much.
"Our text teaches that we are sin
ners. and also that our sins are beyond
our power to wash away. This Is
fundamental doctrine of the Christian
religion. The failure on the part of
many to realize this. that we are all
imperfect, has hindered them from see.
ing the necessity for Savior. and
therefore the necessity for accepting
Jesus as their Redeemer.
ITO say that we are sinners" said
Pastor Russell. ''implies time when
absolute righteousness existed in our
ancestry"
"christ Died For Our SINS"
"For Christ to die for our sins i'm
plies that our sins had death penalty
attached to them. This also implies
that that death penalty was just one,
because a just God would not punish
unjustly. The justice of death pen
atty implies high degree of intelli-
gence on the part of the sinner. and
that he was in condition in which he
would not have needed to die if he had
not sinned. All this corroborates ex-
actly the testimony. of the Old and the
New Testament Scriptures"
1.-THE Scriptural proposition that
Christ died for our sins.'" said Pastor
Russell. further implies that Christ
was not Of the fallen race. for had He
been He also would have been sin
ner, and how could sinner have died
for our sins? How could such death
have been Of any value to mankind?
Gospel In . Nutshell.
Gas great oak may be said to be
in an acorn. so the great Gospel Mes
sage may he said to be in our text
Every time we look at it. it seems a
little larger and more beautiful than
before. We can almost see it grow.
But the Gospel does not grow: our APP
probation of it expands as we grow in
grace and in knowledge of the Divine
Plan and in the Spirit of our Lord"
I'm his Epistle to the Romans xxi,
1924. St. Paul uses the illustration
of an olive tree and declares the
branches to be the members of the
Body of Christ. which is the Church.
The Jsraelites tcere the natural branch.
es and therefore had the first oppor.
tunity Of becoming members of the.
Body of Christ. In fact, all privilege
was excluded from the Gentiles until
lsraels time of favor was complete
three and half years after the cross.
During those three aud half years
the Lords providence so blessed the
Jews that they were all brought in con
tact with the Truth under most favor
able conditions We remember that
thousands were converted and blessed
at Pentecost and other thousands IT.
tie later. Every worthy branch In that
tree was accepted Of the Lord-every
Israelite indeed. in whom was no
guile.
"St. Paul proceeds to tell us that
then the unbelieving Jews. the remain
ing natural branches were all broken
of and separated from Divine favor
and that then began the work Of en-
grating wild olive branches, repre-
senting worthy Gentiles."
Pastor Russell proceeded to call at
tention to the fact that this work OF
ENGRAVING Gentiles and making them
fellow heirs with the Jews OF the orig
inal Divine promise made to Abraham
has progressed ever since-nearly nine
teen centuries. This is part OF the
same Gospel. because it all springs
from the same gracious promise. Its
value was intensified when God made
nth to it's certainty of fulfilment The
.ulfilment began in Jesus. continued
through the Jewish disciples. and now
has accumulated considerable num-
Der of the Gentiles-probab1y the fore
ordained number is completed.
"When the elect number shall nave
been tested and shall have been ae-
cepted in the resurrection change. this
most wonderful feature of the Gospel
will have been accomplished. Then
will speedily follow the establishment
Of Messiah's Kingdom. and the bless |
ing of all earth's families through this |