The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25

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Americas UbiQ-
uitous Preacher
Xx comes quite fire.
quendy to the Prov
inces, and the i'm
tlRASlCR RUSSEID m e ms audiences
that everywhere
greet him are proof that the True Cos
pei which he breaches has to some ex-
BENT found q responsive chord In thou
tands Of Canadian hearts.
n We report the Pastors second ad-
oresA which was from the text, More
over. brethren, declare unto you the
Gospel which preached unto you:
how that Christ died for our sins ac-
cording to the Scriptures; and that He
was buried, and that He rose again
the third day." Il Corinthians xv, la
30 complete q statement Of the Gospel
IN % few words Is wonderful. With
out inspiration St Paul, like the rest
pf us, would have said more-would
have said too much Let us analyze
the text and go what It contains.
n First Of all, 1t teaches that we are
Siansre and, that cGr sins are beyond
pur own power to wash away or eradi-
cafe. This b q fundamental. impor-
liant matter. Failure to realize that
Ne are Imperfect, born In sn, 'sshapen
In iniquity," has hiDdered many from
seeing the necessity for 4 Redecmer,
and thereferes from accepting Jesus as
their Savior 10 say thnt we are sin
ners implies a time when righteous
ness prevailed in our ancestry. We do
not speak Of brutes as sinners, be-
cause the Scriptures say that 'sin is
transgression Of the Law" and God
would not give 4 law to a brute.
which could not comprehend that law.
Similarly the perfection Of our first
parents was implied in this term, be-
cause God would not give a law to q
being not sufficiently intelligent and
capable Of keeping that law. Thus
this very simple statement, We are
sinners, implies the thought of a fall,
Just as the Bible declares.
"ch-ist Died For Our SINS"
For Christ to die for our sins implies
| that our sins had death-penalty At
tached to them. This again implies
that at the time that death penalty
was imposed it was a Just one, because
ajjust God would not punish unjustly
The justice OF death penalty implies
j high degree of intelligence on the
Part of the sinner and that he was in a
condition in which he would not have
needed to die if he had not sinned.
This statement, that Christ died for
rEir SINS" further implies that Christ
was not Of the fallen race, for had he
been a sinner how could He have died
for dnners-how could His death have
been OF any profit or advantage to
them7 Thus our text teaches that Je.
sus was indeed ''the Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin Of the
world that God sent His Only Be-
gotten Son into the world that we
might rot perish but have everlasting
Nfe. The whole force and import OF
this text Ia that human salvation is
secured by the death Of Christ and His
resurrection. Were we not Rinners and
dying we would have needed no one to
die Cor us Were 1t not 10 rescue us
from stn and from death God would
not have sent His Son
~ The Death psnsity Stated.
Here let US notice the force Of tn,
slHord death In our text 1t did MOI
mean Life in torment to our Redeemer
Tor the Scriptures bear clear testimony
not only that He dad, but that II,
arose from the dead on the third day
And the Scriptures declare that II,
was not alive anywhere during thos,
three days. This oontradicts tn
thought Of some who claim that II,
was the Heavenly Father Himself ant
could not die-that He merely got on
of the body on the cross and let tn
body die and afterwards pretended
that He had died. when He said. II an
hold, lam alive forevermore. Rev. l. le
We have u genuine Redemption,
real Sacrifice. and the Redeener is We
to become the Great Delverer of tn
world, whose deliverance from dealt
by resurrection cost the Redeeme
His life. AS by man came death
by the Man Christ Jesus comes tn
resurrection of the dead; ''for as all Il
Adam die, even so all In Christ shall
be made alive-every man In his owl
order"--I Corinthians XIV, 2l-23.
He Arose the Third Day.
Great importance attaches to tn
fact that the One who died for on
sins did not remain dead. He dc
seconded into Hell-sheol, Hades, tn
tomb-but His soul was not left thert
as the Scriptures declare. God tn
Father raised Him from the dead O.
the third day. The importance O
Christs resurrection is MANIFOLD.
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