Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-12-17

to health: for sin
is a disease. A
common biblical
- symbol of sin is
IsS*S $ leprosy. an incur
IN able and loath
$SaSssssssI o m disease
~: There is m u n
similarity between
this and sin. For instance; there are
many so-called remedies for leprosy
but none can I've found to really stop
it's spread The sinner too has many
remedies for his sin but nothing that
men can do can arrest its progress.
Again, leprosy becomes painful and
distressing. Sin acts the same way
Hence we are told that ''the wicked
are like the troubled sea when it can
not rest, whose waters cast up mire
and dirt. There is no peace saith my
God to the wicked" Sin begins quiet
ly but ends, like leprosy, with bitter
pain and distress. Again, leprosy is
fatal to the one afflicted. It might
well be called a living death. 1t is
thus with sin. Many are today well
and sound of body. but sorely afflicted
by sin. AS far as their souls are con
cerned they are in a living death The
difference between the leper and the
sinner is that the former gets rid Of
his trouble at death, but the latter
must take his pain and distress with
him. But salvation means the saving
from sin to perfect health. Man alone
can find no cure for his sin but Christ
can and has. It is found in his own
blood which ''cleanseth US from all
SIM
In the second place salvation means
saving from punishment; for sin is
a crime as well as a disease. Saliva
tion brings to the sinner full and
free pardon for every crime against
the law of God: such a pardon that
every trace of the evil committed is
| wioed from the sinners record With
out such salvation the punishment fol
each sin must fall upon the sinner
And the punishment of sin is an awfu
| thing; described as being torment ant
/ dAS ulOu anu LIciJ CCOi ldt" Dut ia IL L
common salvation there is found relie
from all the guilt, and pardon for ev
cry crime. Let the sinner forsakt
his way and the unrighteous man hi!
thoughts and let him return unto th'
Lord and he will have mercy upon hin
and to OUT God for he will abundant,
pardon
In the third place salvation mean
the saving from death which is the re
suit of the disease and the reward o
the crime. It means the exchangin!
of eternal death for eternal life. 'Th
wages of sin is death. but the gift o
God is eternal life through Iesu
Christ our Lord" If any should en
quire how this health instead of sick
ness. this pardon instead OF guilt. an
this life instead of death can be OF
tanned, the apostle answers. "Believ
on the Lord Jesus Christ and tho
shalt be saved"
2. Common.-The common" saliva
ton suggests it's Wilderness and mean
that it is shared by all alike God i
no respecter of persons and when h
provided the common salvation he pre-
Whether white or black. moral or i'm
moral. learned or illiterate, culture
or vulgar, all share alike in this CON
mon" salvation. Again, this, wor
means that the salvation is uaivel
sal thing. 1t is provided for ever
member of the human race. This j
what the apostle means when he say.
"whosoever will call upon the name c
the Lord shall be saved" And. tn
last chapter of the Bible says. WHO
soeyer will. let him take Of the waite
of life freely" The common salvs
ton means that which is needed
all, provided for all, brought to all an
offered to all, including the reader c
these lines.
3. The.-This word speaks of th
narrowness as common" speaks {
the Wilderness. 1t is not "a" salvation
but the" 1t is not provided by mai
nor can it be. 1t is just here that sill
ners go wrong and think they ca
evolve some scheme whereby the
can cure themselves of the diseas
and do enough good deeds to counte
balance the evil and so avoid the pul
ishment due to sin. But if we woul
have the salvation that saves from th
disease of sin, and the pardon ths
covers the crime of sin, we must com
TO the Lord, with whom salvation
to be found God so loved the worl
that he gave his only begotten So
that whosoever believeth op hi
should not perish but have everlastin
life And when the Son came to
the Savior of men he gave himse
for us. that he might redeem us fro
all iniquity." He took the sin and a
it's consequences, the crime and a
it's punishment. and gives to all W.T.
will receive it the common salv
ton" in their place. Let the read'
of these words believe on the Lol
Jesus Christ and he shall be saved