The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-04-05

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No{.DEN TExrl.Th,s sssn idIl osa
raise up. whereof We ali are 1t,nssss"-'
| Acts tn.
u. Paul may not nate direct ~
fereness 10 the virein' bisth u orr
Lord. though he certainly knew Of the
prophecy that'a "virOaA shall con..
ceivs." liza. s7.s4). ibdt what docs It
matter? ls'is h0ttOreater miracle 10
be born Aanto rise triumphant over
! death. That Paul assumes the fact
| ID etttent from this lesson. Literally
he bSyins ~ ssy ing, Now I make
known the gospel which 1 preached
into you 1T Cprinth. whereby you are
! seed and. What. ;soa mgs. always -
! member. that Christ, who CAME fph
hllpg all that was promised In the
Scripture. died for our sins and rose
again. Paul goes on to tell ex'
| pIicitly OF many who had seen Jesus
! after the resurrection and. most i'm
rortant Of an. how he. himself. had
seen the Christ %.
Last ~ NIL he was seen Of me
aiao' Though am least OF all the
| saints In that prosecuted the church.
| yet am shat ! am. and his grace was
not bestowed upon me In vain" Paul
was not such bad man" from the
accented moral standards Of his time.
We, lie felt the truth of what Christ
said. viz. that the essence Of sin Is
that they believe not on me"
Tho fact Of the resurrection " Jc.
sus christ II the best proven fact OF
history. In the first place the dis.
ciplcs themselves did No expect .Ic.
sus 10 die tJohn 1880. hence. Of
course. they never even thought of
the resurrection MARK a:lo. In the
third place when an that Easter morn
Mary reported tho empty tomb and Of
having seen the Lord. the APOSTLES
thought IL idle talk" U.uke 2t.in,
when the women reported having &C.
tually seen him the men. and how
many men like Ia take instruction
from u woman. We're unconvinc"d
and rather doubted those who had
conyerscd with him ON the road to
EmmanS.
Again. when seen by the ton. Thorn.
as would not accept the report I'LL
he had seen his hands and his ,cet
Arguments Based on Unbelief.
All arguments ia convince us that
Jesus did not rise are based upon nm.
belief and III" answer of countless
| millions throughout nearly twenty
centuries has been the words Of Pau
tv.rSe 2Oi but "Now II Christ risen
from the dead" To deny II Ia he lost
IN the fog. our preaching vain. and
W. have no ground Of faith See
verses io.lt. To accept " Ia place n
firm foundation underneath our
whole Christian scheme. 10 set tie
seal of authority and purity upon III"
life ~ bin whom all mon. jew and
Gentle alike, say was good. and oNcNs
u vista Of hope r3r all who die In the
Lord
Paul goes 10. ~ show that tho res
urrp,ilon a. Jesus IL the beginning NJ
a plan whereby MI the human rnce
who are related to Christ shall like
wise be 'rcsurrec,cd Even as through
the trnrsgrosslOn of one man sin
came upon III. whole human race. In
! like manner by the perfect life of
obedience upon the part OF one man
40 may all be made alive,
Paul makes o strong contrast he.
| tween the death ~ the believer and
| that NJ the nOn.h"llrycr. III I fight
with beasts NJ Eph'sus what ndyan.
tare does that have? Let ny eat and
drink. for tomorrow We die" Not So
however, with the Christian. hence he
oylioris the Christians to be awake
to righteousness and to sin not.
Only Friends Saw Him.
| For the younger classes this story
Of tile first Faster IL "A most fasclnat'
ing me. dramatic. tender, inspiring.
For the older pupils W. may we'll dis.
cuss, How Easter would be obsery.
ed. Have we fully realized that We
are risen with Christ" Remember
he showed himself only to his friends.
not to plate nor Ia the Sanhedrim.
Are You his friend Have you seen
the risen Lord? A description Of
Holy Fire" Of the Greek Christians
who gathered each with his taper In
the church al Jerusalem on Easter
sabbath. and how each passes the Are
on to another or carries II sacredly
back to his home church. would be
appropriate In order to illustrate the
fact that each one Of us must ap-
propriate Christ In his resurrection
power, and having appropriated his
life We are In duty bound to pass on
this knowledge to others. Paul show
ed his gratitude by "labOring more
abundantly,"
II might be we'll for us to draw at.
tenti0n TO the fact that the commun-
ion service Shows forth his death TIL
he come again" and baptism is SYM
bolic of his death and resurrection
Rom. 6:D. wherein We are to walk
In newness Of life, and that at his
coming again all enemies shall be
| atihiact IN tho Christ That thoaa ar.