Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-19


don sin from love alone, where would be
His justice. II He punished man in strict
Justice, where is love. IL substitution
was merely payment for debt. substitu-
tlon would suffice, as where a man pays
another's debt and the claim is satished.
with Christ we died TO sin
Lay buried in His tomb;
''Rut dulcKened now with Him, our lie
eve stand beyond our doom.
ST was necessary to our salvation that
Christ should be raised from the dead
and that there should be proofs OF ms
resurrection, for had not God received
Him again into His presence by raising
Him from the dead He would be still
ladencd with the sins OF the world and sin
would not be atonod for. lf Christ be
preached that He arose from tine deau'
how, say some among you, thet tnere
IA no resurrection If there be no resur-
rection OF the dead, then Christ is not
risen, then is our preaching vain, then Is
your faith vain, and we are found to be
false witnesses of God because we have
testified of God that raised up Christ. SO
lnseparably was resurrection preached
with the gospel that the Athenians
thought Paul was introducing Two new
Gods.
"Christ explained to the disciples that
the Scriptures prophesied His resurrec-
tion. He opened their understanding that
they might understand. Thus 1t lis writ
fen and thus Il behooved Christ to suffer
and rise from the dead the third day, that
repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in His name among all
nations
Jesus Christ, our Lord. who was made
of the seed of David, according to flesh
and declared to be the Son of God with
power, according to the spirit of holiness
by resurrection from the dead Here It
is shown, while Jesus was of David 8
seed from the human side, the Holy Spirit
witnessed that He was the Son of God
by the resurrection. He was delivered for
our offenses and raised again for our
Justification. The resurrection proves be-
cause of Christ's death and resurrection
that He was justified before God.
THE fact of the resurrection can be
proven by Independent witnesses. Now.
when Jesus was risen early the first day
of the week He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene. out of wilom He had cast
seven devils, to whom He showed Him
self alive after His passion by many in
fallble proofs, being seen of them 40
days.
'The devil knew Jesus would rise, for
he believed what was written. He made
terrific efforts to offset the effect and to
account for the emptiness of the tomb by
lying. The chief priests and Pharlsees
came together unto PLATE, saying Sir
we remember that the Decever said while
He was yet alive, after three days
will arise again. command therefore that
the sepulchre be made fast until the third
day lest His disciples come by night and
steal Him away and say unto the people
He Is risen from the dead PLATE said
unto them, ye have watch, go your
way, make 1t as sure as you can. And
they went and made the sepulchre sure,
sealing 1t with stone and setting a
ofNh pahnld fbara great anrfh-
quake and the angel of the Lord de-
scended from Heaven and rolled back the
stone from the door and sat upon It, Be-
hold some of the watch came into the
city and showed the chief priests all the
things that were done. They gave large
sums of money to the soldiers, saying,
Say ye His disciples came by night and
stole Him away while you slept. If this
should come to the Governors ears we
will persuade him to secure you. So they
took the money and did as they were
taught
"If God had not raised Him from the
dead there would be no evidence that
there had been punishment for sin, and
man would be stumbling on in darkness
without a redeemer Therefore, these
three things are necessary to all who are
willing to accept Christ: Q) Jesus must
be divine, otherwise He would have need
ed redeemer Himself, and He could not
have taken our place. The question OF
the divinity of Christ was the question be-
tween Him and the unbeieving world, in
and out of the church. 1t was on this point
that He was attacked in the very begin
ming of His ministry. IT thou art the
Son of God =" This was the charge
made against Him at the Sanhedrin; the
charge against Him was blasphemy. be-
cause under oath He made Himself equal
with God. If ever there was a time when
could haVn cnrrncted false in
ferences about His deity this was the
time. He confirmed everything under
oath, yet was still on this point when
they jeered Him as He hung on the
Cross and said. IF Thou be the Son of
God, come down and we will believe
'I cannot imagine the possibility of
any one with ordinary intelligence enter
tanning the least doubt as to Jesus being
the Son of God. I do not doubt Him
for an instant. If were the only man in
the world that believed in Jesus that be-
lief would be enough evidence to me. So
overwhelming is the proof on the side
of Christ that it is impossible for man
to deny Christ without committing in
tellectual and moral suicide.
"I notice that those who are the most
virtuous. self-sacrihcing and uplifting are
those who believe in Jesus Christ.
''I know of a world that Is sunk in
shame
OF hearts that are faint and tire;
/ know of name-a name-a namel
That can set this world on fire"
'lf you would understand Napoleon, go
TO France. If you would understand
Cromwell. go to England. If you would
understand Bismarck. go to Germany; II
you would understand Knox, go to Scot
land.
"If you would understand Jesus, go to
the Cross on Calvary.
ST would rather be a doorkeeper in
the House of God than to dwell in the
tents of sin and wickedness.
"Giye me the gold of earth and will
weld sceptre for Him.
"Glye me the mountains of the earth,
and will build a throne for Him.
"Give me the stars of night. and will
weave a garland for His brow.
"If I had in my control all the music
and harmony OF the universe, I would
call on the angel choir of heaven, all the
orchestras of earth, all the thunder peals
of the mountain tops and all the voices
OF the sea, and l would have them Join in
the grand anthem, In the Cross of Christ
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