The Detroit times., 1916-10-18
Tuesday Afternoons Sermon.

Preaching his new sermon on
| The Kingdom, Mr.. sunday AZ the
/ abcrnaclr Tuesday afternoon. elab.
grated on Gods plan OF salvation.
/ tracing Ills dealings with man from
me creation and the fall, on down
/ through the -acridcial age 10 the
/ coming at Christ and his orucihxion
and resurrection. lie said giving
a9 hls text. Act A.l2
Neither rs there salvation in any
/ other. Tor there is none other name
under heaven given among men
I Whereby We must be- saved.
The goal toward which all thing.
/ are moving Is the acknowledgment
/ oi Tho sovereignty Of God. All thinRs
/ an" to be- subject 20 God, but all are
! not God has many enemies. Tho
| forces ~ owl are numerous. great
aud powerful
'NIi poHcg on heaven and earth
/ b. given 10 Christ that We may con
qusr all his enemies When this has
/ been done be- Will abolish ihc rule
/ OF thu devil. the authority OF The
/ devil and tho power % the devil
/ Death the last enemy will then BE-
/ destroyed
This was the normal condition
before the fall OF man II waa orig
/ .naI -in mat broke the happy and
! hobs relations between God and
man Man began. TO live unto him
SELF and for himself alone. Re found
aims desires delights, and pleas
ures outside OF God
To-day men do not seek God
! They seek Instead pleasure, lust,
wealth fame, power
So tnat 81 vas under the power
of sin that man departed from God
/ downward
"It is he gospel OF Chr,st. and
/ rle gospel Of Christ alone that can
. reverse man $ course and send him
! upV ard toward God again
Salvation means something more
/ chan merely 90 escape punishment
. The salvation of 4 person found
/ drowning. means the salvation Of
Plat person not only from death II
/ r,aus also his restoration TO the
/ condition which preceded his dan
/ ger
so salvation from sin means the
! restoration OF man 30 the mental
and pirtual sublimIty and peace
/ that preceded hi, fall, when sin frst
/ came into The world
"Th, spirit and the body OF man
/ We're both involved In the fall The
restoration Of man through the
/ gospel of Christ viii mean the re.
! storatiun Of the whole man, his
/ body ll- soul his mind
Man was perfect at Creation.
/ The bastard theory Of evolution is
false Material man VAS the same
/ ln Tho beginning as he Is now. II
any change should take place In
/ him ac would be- mad, different
/ .ruu no perfect thing he was A.
creation He would be something
oisc than man
God made the forbidden fruit 10
! t..t mans fitness through his obed-
/ iance Man disobeycd God and sin
entered the world
After sin had entered the world
God made M, test involved IN th"
sacrihciaI lamb that man could bee
svcd when Abel offered TINS sac
rihCp in faith. God accepted H.
/ When cain i'm a spirit OF rebellion
and ualelief offered the fruits OF
/ The f".d rather than the lamb. God
rejected him
as nan multiplied he followed
The footsteps % Cain. He refused
/ obedience 30 his God He lost Wis
I .e and Gc lost reverence Wearied
..th mu'- sins, God meditated
.ulI ....ant
~ Noah 10 warn the unre-
+ .ent.l people ot The dangers Of
! their course. and TO urge repent
! sar, Hat The warning vas fruit.
,,. and God swept The world with
Hood
when The race began anew 10
Nolh'4 family II might be supposed
fhpt knowing Of cod judgment and
the food the people would be care.
| fu 10 forsakc sin and to render
obedience But their hearts were
! fully set 10 do evil The increase
in Tho population meant only the
, Increase in sin. Men did not re
pert Men did not return 10 Goo
This ended the first experiment
Then II became evident that left
! &C. themselves with no requirements
other than Offering the sacrifice
men would not obey God. There
lore God gave the written law.
Perhaps man was ignorant Per.
haps God may have wished 10 en-.
/ tighten man He thought II he
would tell them his wishes men
would obey him So he gave the
written code Through obedience
10 this they could be saved
The plan Cod adopted vas 70
raise up q people under HIS special
care 10 whom no would give his
law This people would become the
leovcn OF righteousness 10 all the
/ p,ppIr. Of tha earth These were