The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-21

Faith is made up of three thIu-@. knowledge belief and trust knoWl edge comes first How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard" You must be informed ot a fact before you can possibly believe it. Faith cometh by hear ing" We must first hear before We cap expect to know They tadt know Thy name shall put then trust i'll Thee" incline your ea. and come 10 me; hear, and your soul shall live" Seek to kaoa God il you want to know Him. search the Scriptures and learn what the Holy Spirit would tell you concerning Christ and saliva tion. And you have not read the Bible ill years, Then whose fault is is that you are going down and down with the years? Are you going to lay it to the weather or the planets? Seek to know God, For he that 'Oi4l'lII u NfOt must bf4tf-ft tllti- He is. and that He is a rc-ardcr of them that diligently seek him. Know Jesus, know what the good tidings' are know that salvation is for you; that pardon, and purity. and peace, and power have been available this long time. and come and take of the water of life freely Know that the Lord made Him to be sin for us, that We might be made the righteousness of God in Him Faith begins wilh knowledge
 Then the mind goes on to be- Heye that these things are true Tn" souls believe that God is. and that He hears the cry of the hun gly soul; that the gospel is from God; that salvation is free anu abundant cleansing even to the uttermost' all those who believe. that the Holy Spirit takes tu. things of Christ and makes them Anown' unto him who believes. Believe that the blood Of Jes. Christ, His Son cIeanseth Us from all sin. Believe these truths just IS you believe some other truths There i5 an intellectual faith and there is a saving faith. The first "cOnfounds;" the second "expounds." When you were a boy how many books did you need to study to know that your mother loved you? t was the faith of experience that compelled you to believe her love; you let intellectual knowledge have
 ts proper place. and forgot i. out ycu knew your mother loved you dearly. It is just such child like faith that brings soul in 7aying contact with the faith that saves. Belief is a step past know ledge
 You have had knowledge and you have believed. and you are ready for the next step, which is trust. He will keep him in pr feet peace; because he trusIetl in Thee" Commit yourself to the
 2ercifel God; rest all your hope on the gracious g0spc1, trust you. soul to the dying and living Christ; wash away your sins in His atoning blood; accept His perfect righteoQ ness. and all is we'll Lean with all your weight on Christ Cling to the Rock of Ages. If you realize your peril you will do this with the same energy that you would cling to a piece of Wreckage float ing near you in the shipWreck of life. That done, you have exercised saving faith. Faith is not blind thing; for faith begins With know! edge. Faith Is not a cOnfOunding thing, for it continues in trust Ther" are no theories about faith, for theory is a thing that is not proven by facts. Faith is not an impractical, dreamy thing, for faith trusts, and stakes it's destiny upon the truth of revelation.
 Further with another trial. Faith
 is believing that Christ is what He is said 10 be, and that He will do what He has promised to do. and then to expect this of Him" The Scriptures speak of Jesus be- 'ng God as being perfect in His character; as being made a sin of fering on our behalf; as bearing our sins in His own body on the tree. They also speak of Him as having finished transgression, made an end of sin and brought in ever. lasting righteousness. The truth of the Scriptures continues that He rose again from the dead" that He lever liveth to make interces- sion for us;" that He will shortly come again ito judge the living and the dead" coming "to judge the world in righteousness, and his people with equity" We are most freely to believe that this is even so; for this is the testimony of God when He said: This is my beloved Son; hear Him." Faith further believes that He will perform what He has prom