Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-08

|. - - rectly presented
in the text? The
two small words "as" and So as
found in the text, are very significant
AS my Father hath sent me, even so
send l you" 1t is not for US to ex-
anime into the counsels of eternity,
but we know there was a purpose in
the sending of Jesus Christ to this
earth on the part of the father, and a
Willingness to perform that mission
by the Son, who said: Il am come to
do thy will, o God" There are three
phases of the mission of Jesus Christ
that may help the Christian to under
stand what his mission is.
l. Jesus was sent to exemplify per-
fectly holy life. We may indeed say
that God wanted to show the world
that there could be perfect life in
one wearing the human body. Jesus
asked in his great microscopy prayer
that his disciples might be sanctifed
through the truth, that is, made holy.
While we cannot get along without
the atonement of Jesus Christ by
death, we cannot get on without this
holy life. Jesus challenged his enc
mics to charge him with any sin, and
their testimony is on record, that
they could find no fault with him. The
moral glory of Jesus Christ is one of
the best testimonies to the genuine
ness of his mission.
The mission of his disciples is like
wise to exemplify holiness 1t must
not be negative only, the avoiding of
evil, but it must be positive, and will
come out in making the Word of God
he Of IN,
ton and in a correct outward deport-
ment according to Gods law.
2. The mission of Jesus Christ was
also that of saving 1t is true that
we may think of Christ as saving us
by dying for us on the cross. thus
making substitutionary sacrifice, but
it must not be forgotten that while
he was upon earth he was sou1-win-
1er- He did not seem to be success
full in his popular preaching. He gath
cred his disciples one by one; he won
the woman of Samaria, Zaccheus and
Bartimeus- He sought the people,
those straying on the mountains of
sin. His disciples in these days must
that this work of saving is,
in a sense, their chief mission. If the
church would arise in its mission, the |
De brought into submission to Jesus |
Christ. Yet. not possibly one out of |
ZEN is a recognized soul-saver We |
night ask in establishment. Why is
his, as the burden of responsibility in
his text rests on Christians, and the
promises of success are abundant?
3. Jesus Christ was sent to suffer in
he flesh, SO are his disciples. We can
lever think of Jesus Christ as hilari-
JUS or lackadaisical, but as sorrowful,
,urdened with the sins of the entire
world. He was poor, and did not know
where to lay his head, had not honor
n his own country, was despised and
elected of men. He worked inces-
antly, though hungry and thirsty and
weary, and at last in early life was
ruelly put to death.
His disciples are also to suffer, yet
1ost of them seek their own ease, and
congratulate themselves that they are
scaping poverty, hunger, and oppo-
ltion of men. Jesus Christ was not
s John the Baptist, clothed with
amel's hair, and otherwise a denizen
[ the wilderness. but in the midst of
vilization he did not take advantage
it's conveniences and Injuries
You'd not the suffering that his dis
piles today should endure by willing
overly. soon give the gospel to every j.,
inning man upon the face of the ,
lrth. and thus hasten the coming of .
lie Lord? Sometimes we are called [.
suffer pain and sickness, not con- ,
ected with our work May this not .
; Gods method of purifying us? How ..
w there are upon this earth that | .
ould be worthy of walking in the fur
ice of suffering with the son of God.
e fourth one in the firei Christians !.
wv are groveling. they are living on
g limits of their privileges Why
ould they not rise to the higher lev .
5 of privilege and experience? The
swer to this question might be that :.
ey are not willing to live the life
at Christ lived. receiving the ap-
oval of God: they are not willing to :,
We themselves to soul-saving, and :,
t willing to suffer for his sake :.
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