The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-11
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. SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES .
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l. Vital Truth.
We need a word of caution at the
very beginning on account of the
suggestion of the topic given-"Life
through love-" Now let it be dis
tinctly understood that no one gets
life through love, but on the con-
trary, we get love through life eve
love, because He first loved U.S..
John 1:19. We need to note that it
is the simple statement eve love-"
and not as the authorized version has
it, 'We love Him. True enough, we
could not love Him had He not first
loved us, but the truth brought out
is--all true love is OF God, and the
love We bear to our brother is in
mind, as the twentieth verse shows.
Now, what did this love of Gods
lead to? The giving of His son
John 3:16. To what end? That we
might have life in His name-John
20:31. Eternal Life is the free gift
of God-Rom. SIG; 6:23. There is
grave danger that we think and teach
that Jesus is here teaching the way
to life, when He is really teaching
the ideal life to those who already
have life through faith in His name.
This "Golden Rule salvation we
hear men talk about, is trick of the
devil practiced on them. That kind
of religion may be good enough for
some men, but they will surely find
out that it is not good enough for
God. The wise thing is to inquire as
to what suits God, and then fall in
with that; for having ones own way
will at last prove comfortless indeed,
under the sound of those awful
words depart from me-" No life
through love. Be not deceived.
The Golden Text says, "He that
loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the
law" Now this makes plain, forSWe
do not get life through fulfilling the
law (Rom. $3.50; Gal. 2:2D, but are
enabled to fulfill the righteous re-
quirements of the law through the
life we receive by faith in Jesus
Christ--Rom. S:2-4.
2. Jesus and the Law.
His attitude toward the law was
not that of the destructionist, but of
the faithful fulfller The law was
the schoolmaster (boy-leader) to lead
to Christ-Gal. 1924. The thought
is that of servant having the over
sight or guardianship of the children
on the way to school. The law could
not atone, but acted as guardian on
the way to the Atoner. The sins of
Gods people were not forgiven or
RENTED under the old economy, but
were passed over from. 1925. r. W.,
"winked at" as in Acts 1890, or as
the revisers have used, Overlooked"
The law was not failing however, but
fully serving Gods purpose-guard-
ing Gods own on the way to the Re-
deemer.
1t might have seemed that God was
unrighteous in passing over sins as
He did, and indeed it would have
been SO had it not been for the Lamb
slain, in the purpose of God, from
before the foundation of the world,
or from all eternity; and now in the
fullness of time He comes forth, dies
for those sins, and thus declares the
Righteousness of God. How God
hates sin. "To pass over sin is the
work Of 'forbearance'; to remit sin
is the work of grace" "Grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ died for men, but He
died also for God. What a message
we have. to carry to men-we can
first commend God to them through
the death of Jesus, and then assure
them that they are commended to
God through that same death, if they
will only believe. God declared
Righteousness, and He in turn de-
clares righteous, on the simple
ground of faith, every believer in
His Son, the Fulfller of the law.
3. The Verbal Inspiration.
The unfailing character of Gods
word is declared here. The word
"jot" is for "jod," the smallest letter
in the Hebrew alphabet, the tenth
letter, and the word ""tittle''. is for the
little bend of certain Hebrew letters
which is the only Distinction.
God has not only given the very
words, but the smallest letter, yea,
the very point or bend of certain let
tiers. wonder how it is that some
men think they can trifle with the
Word with immunity. l wonder again
how even some preachers of the Word
can regard with such Indifference. the
close, careful study of the Word, sat
isfying themselves with mere NOR
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