The Detroit times., 1916-10-18
Man Perfect at Creation May
Be Made So Again, Says Billy

the descendants OF Abraham After
God had delivered them from ih'
bondage and The mlscriC- which
were their lot--aftcr he had train
ed them To- obey his laws they is
norcd hts commands ~ destroy The
idolatrous people iu thr land oI ca.
naau. They rendered unl. partial
obedience and spared SOME and
those whom they spared became
thorns IN Tho flesh. tempting them
to worship idols.
Thus this chosen people failed
"a obey the first commandment
Thou shalt have no other Gods boz.
fore me-
This developed into q startling
rejection OF cod
God governed through Nosc'
and The judges. but III" people cri"a
for king Whom thoy achieve.
this desire they sank into iao!atrE,
adultery and dlsobcdicncc anti Goo
! delivered them into the hand oil
Nebuchadnezzar who carried lhtW
TO Babylon The Kingdom OF Ju
| dab was ended there.
% fall without warning them BE
| sent them prophets 10 preach 'u'
/ way Of righteousness, and go pr'ari
the coming Of Christ But they
! would not repent. That was 'h'
/ end Of the second experiment.
The one great lesson that Coo
| teaches in this history OF lsrae, 81
that men are no, Inclined 60 Ole.
Ills laws. and rnat men canno.
save themselves.
When God had determined ih"
men were unable 90 save them
selves Re sent His SON Jesu.
! Christ. into the world 10 hecou"
our Saviour. Christ came 10 reveal
God: 20 lay stress upon tho iac'
that God IL love, and that salvation
shall be by faith and not bv work
THE message Of Christ was tEa
II was Gods love thai gave iD'
law. il was Cod love that inflicted
the punishment, and il WAS COO
love that sent the prophets ~
preach repentance
Christ proceeded 10 convince
the people OF HI deeds It, knew
that r. people could not reason ,hc'
could feel lie knew that 10 tne,
could not be reached through The
intellect they could be- reached
through sorrow, through distress.
Christ laid his hands upon them
and with a touch Of plying love.
he healed the sick. the distressed
the blind and the lame. lie forsfNr
their Sins Their hearts wcr" soi'
] ened and man believed in Tim.
Then. 40 there could be no doubi
OF Gods love Christ laid down his
life for the people Greater love
hath NJ man than this, that man
lay down his life for his friends
/ We have been bought with Tho
precious blood OF Christ
I'VE have been bought from the
/ penalty Of the law. and the penalty
| of the law is death. There Is no all
. tentative The soul that slnnetA 81
( shall die. All souls have sinn"d,
IF We are 10 be res ored, son.
one must deliver Us from this pen
atty by acting as our substitute
Christ did this. Christ tasted death
for tyery man that everyone who
accepts and claims. lhe sacrifice OF
Chris, as his own may be released
from the penalty OF the law Th"
Is God = method OF salvation.
In The death OF Christ was salts
fed The demands Of the broken law
The death ~ Christ opened mp 'Ec
way by which man may bc restored
to original perfection. God no lone
er sets before us the law 10 say
Obey and live, but He presents che
bleeding form OF Jesus Christ and
says Believe and be saved
"Both spirit and body are under
sentence ~ death When one re-
penis Of sin and accepts Christ as
his personal Saviour, his soul rs
saved lie becomes q new creature
spiritually He delights in obcying
Christs commandments.
"In the process ~ salvation the
first step Is renewal OF the spirit
through salvation. The second step
is the renewal OF the body through
resurrection.
when my body has been remoV-
ed by death. what about my spirit
What will De- It's state? VIII il be
formless and invisible as air. By no
| means. Paul says that when this
earthly house is dissolved We shall
have heavenly building
"In this intermediate state be.
tween death and resurrection | shah
live in happiness in the presence OF
Christ. When my soul is saved
when | accept Christ that Us full
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