The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-08
WHAT CHRIST TlUGRT
CONCERNING HIMSELF
IAsTOR HALL DELIVERS FIRST
OF SERIES SERMONS On
SUBJECT CHRISTIANITY.
Declares That Christ Is Not Char.
acter In Fiction But Person
In History-Thc Son
OF God.

Ut. n. w. fdii. pastor or the flrSt
Baptist church, Sunday began a
series of sermons on the general
subject of the first sermon. Pastor
Taught Concerning Himself" was the
subject of the first sermon Pastor
Hall spoke in part as follows:
We begin at this hour series OF
sermons on the general subject Of
Christianity according to Christ. The
timeliness of such preaching is oc-
oasioned by the many false doctrines
that are being put forth in the name
of Christianity. 1t will be well for
us to close our ears to MANI voices
that DANGEROUSLY seek 10 be heard,
end listen to the clear, certain voice
of the Christ.
Logically, the first question to be
raised with Christianity is. who is
Christ? Who He is will determine
the value of what He has said. and
what He has done That Jesus
Christ is historical person lies oct
side the line of serious question by
intelligent people. The time ard
place of his life are no more to be
questioned than those of Alexander
the Great, Caesar Augustus Or Ma
poleon Bonaparte. Jesus Christ is
not character in fiction. but per-
son in history. But who IS lje9
Some people confess Him to be the
worlds greatest person; some call
Film Israel's greatest prophet. 9TH
ers conceive of Him as martyr TO
righteousness and religion: and some
say that He is the son of God. But
what did He teach concerning His
self? In the twenty-sixth chapter
OF Matthews gospel this is set before
the world in the most dramatic way.
Jesus is before the highest ecclesi-
astieal court in the world--tsle Jew
ish anhedrin-seventy of the keen
est men of that race and time eX-
anime Him. Every mind is alert.
every eye is on Jesus and every ear
open to catch His words. The High
Priest arose and addressed the
Christ in these words: 81 put thee
on oath by the living God, that thou
tell us whether thou art the Crist.
the son of God" The motive of the
High Priest. and the conduct of the
Sanhedrin may be condemned, but
the righteousness and relevancy of
the question must be admitted. 1t
is the QUESTION that every man ought
to ask Him and we are here at tins
hour to ask it. Let Him speak for
Himself Hear His words. ''hnd
He said unto them, 'Ye are from be-
meath: | am from above. Ye are
Ct this world: | am from this
world And again, II came forth
from the Father, and 1--we come into
the world. again, | leave the world
and go unto the Father IN the
land of his nativity, and in the midst
of people acquainted with the
time and place of His birth Jesus
taught that He was not a product of
this world, but shat lie came forth
from God in heaven. He allowed
men to believe and confess that He
was the son of God. John the Bap-
fist said, "and | have seen and have
testified that tbs is the son Of Gcd. =
After such testimony Jesus declared
John to be equal to any man born
OF woman. Hear Nathaniel: RaD-
bl. thou art the son OF God; thou
are the King of Israel After such
testimony JeaGs declared him to he
man withou. guile
Listen to Peter: Thou are the
Christ, the son of the living God. !"
After such confassiors this man was
chosen as chief of the apostles and
commissioned To open the d.ors OF
Christ's kingdom to Jews AID Gen
tiles.
And Jesus went beyond this.
He made Himself equal with God.
Hear Him: And Jesus cried and
said, He tLat believes en- Me, believes
not on me but on Him who sent
me. and he that beholds me beholds
Him who sent ma" And again,
ale that honors nos the Son. honors
not the Father VINO sent Him In
another place. HE that hates me
hates my Father als,." If these
words do not mean equality then
words do not convey thought
But Jesus went further. lie as
sumed the preroga.iYeness of God
He said. For neither Co.'s the
Father Judge any one; but al judge
ment is given TO the son. that all
men honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father" On another oc-
casion IL is written. And seeing