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| something Detter.t Romans VIII, Gc
!, Even we ourselves groan within oul
selves, waiting for the adoption, tt
wit, then redemption of our body
Then Paul tells us that the whole cres
ton groaneth and travailleth in PAL
together until now. 1t is impossibl
for us to reach a perfect state of bills
in this life. There are always at han
things to.mar and prevent such STATE
:. But now is Christ risen from tn
dead and become the first fruits c
them that are asleep The fact @
Chlists resurrection is one of the bes
attested facts in history. It was nee
essary thar-ft be beyond dispute sine
it lies at the very basis of our faith
| Our Lord was careful to show himsel
to those who had known Him so wei
before His death, so that there oult
| be no mistake in His identity. SOM
people say / don't believe this miracle
or that miracle. Do you believe il
| the resurrection of Jesus? That is Ger
| tainly the miracle of miracles WheI
we have proven that miracle, all Others
| become easy. Sir Isaac Newton hat
a great intellect, but when he thought
| it necessary to cut two holes in his
barn door-a big hole for the big cal
and little hole for the little cat
then he didn't display any great
amount of genius. Establish the fact
of the great miracle-the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, and the lesser miracles
will take care of themselves. The res
direction of Jesus Christ having taken
place, then all the other miracles be-
come possible and the Christian church
just what you would expect. If it did
not take place, then the Christian
- Il
facts of history, stands today upon a
falSehOOd. If you are going to deny
the resurrection, then you must pro-
duce some explanation of the church as
she is in the world today, and has
stood for these 10 centuries, growing
stronger all the while. Which would
be easier to believe in the resurrec-
ton or to explain the reason of the
church and her powers? But the res
direction of Christ stands as one If
the best attested facts of history today.
So clear is the evidence of His resur
rection that when. Gilbert West a cell
ebrated infidel, elected this subject as
the point of attack, sitting down to
weigh the evidence and to deny the
whole matter, and though he was filled
with prejudice, he was SO overwhelmed
by the abundant witness to the truth
of this fact that he came out boldly
and declared himself Christian, and
left to the world a valuable book en-
titled Observations on the Resurrec-
ton of Christ He went at it like a
lawyer, examining the evidences of the
case in question: and found the evil
dences so clear that he was changed
from soothing infidel to strong
Christian man.
Prophecy Fulfilled.
prophecy which covered every i'm
portant event of the life and death of
rection. Ps XVI, 10: For thou wilt
not leave my soul in sheol, neither wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One to see cor
ruption.' Peter quotes this prophecy
in his sermon on the day of Pentecost, |
Paul also quotes it in support of the
resurrection while preaching in the
synagogue at Antioch. Then in the
New Testament evidences of the res
direction are abundant, indeed. The |
is mentioned 104 times |
n the New Testament. Christ had told |
His disciples over and over again that
He would rise from the dead. The
,trangest thing of all is that His apos-
les were not present at the tomb on
he morning of the resurrection to see
Him rise from the dead, for over and
,ver again and again He had told them
hat He would arise 1t seems that even
lis enemies had a better recollection
# what he had said than His friends,
or after His burial the Jews went to
plate and wanted him to make the
omb secure, because they said, We
emember that that deceiver said while
e was alive, after three days l will
Use again. 1t is recorded that
'hrist appeared to the disciples II
ines after His resurrection. Acts l.,
I: He showed himself alive after his |
assiOn by many infallible proofs, be-
f the things pertaining to the King
ON of God Paul says in I. Cor XIV,
8: And that he was seen of Cephas;
len of the II; after that he was seen
above 500 brethren at once, of
HON the greater part remain until
lis present, but some have fallen
sleep; after that he was seen of
ames; then of all the apostles, and
st of all he was seen of me also as
one born out of due time The
,surrection of Jesus Christ we be-
eve to be one of the best attested
cts of history. Historical doubts
the existence of Napoleon
onaparte, or the stabbing of julius
aesar would be as reasonable as
)ubts concerning the resurrection of
,sus Christ. These matters have no
Ich witnesses as those who testify to
e resurrection of Christ, for they
aled their, testimony with their own
es blood, for Christ witnesses with
e exception of prabably one or two,
ed the death of martyr, and be-
use they testified to The fact of the
surrection of Jesus Christ.
Our Own Resurrection.
The fact of Christ's resurrection
yes assurance of our own resurrec-
n. But now is Christ risen from
2 dead and become the first fruits
them that are asleep l. Thes. ~,
For if we believe that Jesus died
d rose again, even so them also
ich sleep in Jesus will Gid bring
h Him Now, before speaking di-
tly on our resurrection, l want to
ak word in regard to the state of