Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

be saved without Christ, he would
have to Keep every jot and title of
the law.
This he would have to do from the
time he reached the years of account
ability until the last breath went
out Of his body. This would prevent
that man from being saved, who
had lived some years in sin, deter
mined that from that time on to the
eEd of his days he would live a life
free from sin. Even if he were able
TO do that (which he could not), he
would still be without salvation. for
there would still be those early years
of his life when he had sinned. That
man has to live an absolutely sim
less life in order to be saved without
Christ, is proven by James 2:10 which
says: "For whosoever keepeth the
whole law, yet offend in one point, he
is guilty of aIl.''
We know that man does not have
to break all the laws of the common
wealth in order to be criminal If
he breaks only one he is guilty. So it
is perfectly plain that man can not
be saved simply by doing more good
in the world than he does harm. The
problem is far more serious than that.
In order to be saved without Christ,
he must never, in all his lifetime,
commit even a single sin.
2. In the second place no man has
ever been able to live sinless life,
of course this statement does not re-
fer to Jesus But the Scriptures
make it plain that every person
reaching years of accountability has
become a personal sinner, therefore
he is lost. 1t is not necessary to re-
fer to many passages of scripture to
prove tnat this is so. Let US be con-
tent with Paul's statement of this
fact. The letter TO the Romans is
full treatice on Christianity. The
first statement he proves, in that
letter, is that all men are sinners and
lost. Mo of the first three chapters
is devoted to proving this to be true.
First he proves that all those VINO
are not Jews are sinners, and lost.
Next he proves that the Jews are
sinners, too. In the third chapter he
states that, therefore all people
Saviour. Here is what he says:
What then? Are we better than
| they? No, in no wise; for we before
laid to the charge both of Jews and
Greeks, that they are under sin; as
| it is written. There is none right
eous, no not one; there is none that
| understandeth, there is none that
seeking after God; they have all
turned away, they are together be-
come unprofitable; there is none that
doeth good, no, not SO much as one,
Roman 1912 again. For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory
of God" Roman 1923.
The other Scriptures bear this out,
| but there is no need to quote further.
But it is worth while to keep in mind
| that because man cannot be saved
without Christ unless all his whole
| life he lives SinleSS, and since it is
plain that no man lives such life
| that is, without sin-therefore it is
perfectly plain that the heathens are
lost without the gospel. They are
not lost because they do not live up
to the teachings of Christ, or because
they reject Him, for they have neith-
er of these. They are lost because
they do not live up to the light they
have-uhau which is in there own
consciousness. This needs emphasis
because some people think that the
heathen will not be lost because they
have never had the gospel and do not
know about Christ.
3. A good reason for saying that
no one can be saved without Christ
is found in the fact that. Paul shows
that all those who lived before
Christ is, those who were saved
of these saved because of what
Christ did. So they, though saved
were not saved without Christ. Ex
amples of these are found in the per
sons such as Enoch, Abraham, Isaac
Jacob, David, etc. They were saved
but there salvation was due to Christ
This Paul proves in the latter part o
the third chapter of Romans. III
this scripture Paul's argument i:
that while they were sinners, still
they trusted God, and while thei
sins condemned them, yet the pen
atty of their sins was not carried out
they were suspended, held up unit
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