Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-10-12

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(INST100 OISSFIO( i m m audi
S@=~SS@ ences that every
where greet him Is proof that the True
Gospel which he breaches has to some
extent found a responsive chord in
thousands Of Canadian hearts.
One of Pastor Russelrs addresses
while here was from the words of st.
Paul: Moreover. brethren, l declare
unto you the Gospel which 1 preached
unto you: How that Christ died for
our sins. according to the Scriptures;
and that He was buried. and that He
rose again the third day. CORN
thians, XIV, IA
Wonderful. indeed. is so complete a
statement of the Gospel In so few
wordsr' said Pastor Russell. st
Paul. like the rest of us, would have
said more without the guidance of in
spiration-would have said too much.
"Our text teaches that we are sin
ners. and also that our sins are beyond
our power to wash away. This Is
fundamental doctrine of the Christian
religion. The failure on the part of
many to realize this. that we are all
imperfect. has hindered them from see
ing the necessity for a Savior. and
therefore the necessity for accepting
Jesus as their Redeemer.
ITO say that we are Sinners" said
Pastor Russell, "implies a time when
absolute righteousness existed in our
ancestry"
"christ Died For Our Sins"
For Christ to die for our sins inn
plies that our sins had a death penalty
attached to them. This also implies
that that death penalty was just one.
because q just God would not punish
unjustly. The justice of a death pen
atty implies a high degree of intelli-
gence 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. All this corroborates ex-
| actly the testimony of the Old and the
New Testament Scriptures"
THE Scriptural proposition that
Christ died for our SINS" said Pastor
Russell, further implies that Christ
| was not of the fallen race. for had He
been He also would have been a sin
ner and how could sinner have died
for our sins? How could such death
have been of any value to mankind?
! Gospel In Nutshell.
LAS a great oak may be said to be
|
sage may be said to be in our text
little larger and more beautiful thar
before. We can almost see it grow
But the Gospel does not grow; our ap
probation of it expands as we grow III
grace and in knowledge of the Divine
Plan and in the Spirit of our Lord
I'm his Epistle to the Romans xxi
1H-OI Sf ponl tho illv1St fi0v
of an olive tree and declares the
branches to be the members of the
Body of Christ. which is the Church.
The Israelites ,cere the natural branch
es, and therefore had the first oppor
tunity of becoming members of the
Body of Christ. In fact. all privileg,
was excluded from the Gentiles unit
Israel's time of favor was complete
three and half years after the cross.
During those three and half year,
the Lords providence so blessed tn
Jews that they were all brought In con
tact with the Truth under most favor
able conditions We remember tina
thousands were converted and blessed
at Pentecost and other thousands lit
tie later. Every worthy branch in tina
tree was accepted of the Lord-ever,
; 'Israelite indeed. in whom was n,
; guile
; st Paul proceeds TO tell MS tina
5 then the unbelieving Jews, the remain
, ing natural branches were all broker
on and separated from Divine favor
, and that then began the work OF en-
, grating wild olive branches repre-
senting worthy Gentiles."
! Pastor Russell proceeded to cab nj
tention to the fact that this work o
] ENGRAVING Gentiles and making Their
: fellow-heirs with the Jews OF the orig
s inal Divine promise made to Abrahar
\ has progressed ever since-nearly nine
I teen centuries This Is a part OF tn
! same Gospel. because It all spring
from the same. gracious promise. II
value was intensified when God mad
oath TO its certainty of fuiflment TIL
fulfilment began in Jesus. continue
through the Jewish disciples. and no,
l has accumulated a considerable nun
! Der Of the Gentiles-probably the fors
s ordained number is completed
when the elect number shall hav
been tested and shall have been az
: cepted in the resurrection change. thi
q most wonderful feature OF the Gosp<
viii have been accomplished The
!. Twill speedily follow the establishment
Of Messiah's Kingdom. and the bless
ing Of all earth's IA antilles through TIL
Spiritual Seed of Abraham"