The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-27

lfRAST0R RlSSElLlI time" Il Cor. Nv,
81. BE said:-
st. Paul was discussing the resurrec'
ton OF the dead. He realized that Oh
that great fact rested the weight Of the
Gospel Message. 1t was easy enough
to prove that Jesus had died, but TO Ill
incredulous world it was difficult to
prove that He had risen from the dead:
and whoever could not believe that
great fact could not believe the other
great facts which stand or fall with 1t.
last Of AN He Was Seen BY Me-!
Prosecuting his argument, the Apes
,tla1 nlarsbalsd the whole chain Of Wit
posses exeepttIle: women who first saw
the Lord on tue morning Of His resnr;.
feltiptIi He says He, was, seen "
Genhag (Psterli then by the FFeI p alpder
Of the, twelys; then OF above 1--WE hun.
dred Brethren at, once; later He wa,
seen OF James then Of al; the Apes
ties" when He ascended. Then comes
the text: Last Of all, he was seen Of
nc. also"
There Is something pathetic in this
reference to bis own glimpse Of Jesus
II called up the period Of his bigot
Ell persecution OF the Church. H.
reminded him Of his responsibility
In connection with the death Of st
Stephen, and Of the madness which be
Ind manifested In pursuing Christians
even to Damascus, halIng them to.
prison. Again; he saw the great, blind
Ing light from heaven. above tho
brightness OF the MONDAY sun, his fall
10 the earth, and heard the voice speak
ing TO him, saying. Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou MeT-ActS x. 10:
XVI, 1910 -
Why Jews Objected toSJssus.
The objection which all Jews had to
Jesus, and what they considered alb
solute proof that He was not the Mes
slah, was Ills apparent inability to ae-
compIish the things foretold by the
Prophets. They said, 1t Is foolish to
think of. a man without an army and
without wealth claiming to be king,
II is still more foolish for Him to claim
that He is the AIessIanic King, who is
to be above all kings, and before whom
every knee shall bow and every tongue
confess.
To them 1t seemed that TReR he ySs
cruciied q demonstration Mad been
given that He was not the Messiah.
Was not tile Messiah to live forever?
Must it not, therefore, be true that any
man whom the Jews or the Romans
could cruelty must have been an I'm
postor2 They considered the matter
proven to a demonstration.
ST. Paul's. Honesty Strengthening.
The honesty Of Saul Of Tarsus led
him to be just as honest after he got
his eyes Of understanding open as he
had been previously with them closed.
The situation changed Immediately In
his mind; instead of human Savior
and AIessiahand an earthly King, God
d-RRenpred q, Heavenly One, partaker
of the divine nature, glorious, "far
aleYe angels prInclpallties and pow.
/ like to think Of st. Paul as ex-
tenpbfging possibly large class Of
Me 6pposers of the Truth. l like to
hope that all theyywill need to bring
them into line with Gods arrange.
mentS and TO make them loyal ser
wants of righteousness will 4De the
great light which will shine forth re-
splendently very soon, when the due.
time shall come for Messiah to, take
to FIimself His great power and reign
when His elect Bride shall have been
completed and glorified with Him. ]
like to remember the words Of the
Lord through the Prophet respecting
that glorious Epoch: "Then shall the
eyes Of the blind be opened and the
ears of the deaf be unstoDped; then
shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue OF the dumb Sing"
one Born Before the Time.
Many have remarked at the pecull-
arlty OF ST. Paul's statement that he
saw the Lord as one prematurely born.
But. If at first the statement was dark
and Iuzzling, now it is luminous and,
enlightening. His thought Is this: The
time for giving ocular demonstrations
of the Lords resurrection had gone.
by; the next manifestation Of Him,
was to be to His saints, and after that
to the world. Thus we tead; I'VE shall
be like Him, for we shall see Him as
He is"
Strictly speaking. then, the expert.
ehces of Saul of Tarsus were out OF
the ordinary. No one else than he.
not even the sanity. were to see the
Lord before their resurrection change.
in the end Of this Age. When, there
fore, he saw Jesus. he saw Him before
the time-more than eighteen centuries
before the time. Moreover, he saw
Him as one born before the time-as one
resurrected before the time.
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