The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-09
AT THE LUTHERAN
CHURCH YESTERDAY
CONTINUED from Iage ~

t1OUIlUutu AlOh Ro6O -
and spirit: his death more than a
manifestation of devotion to duty T
more than that of a martyr.-for he i
gave his life a ransom for many; yet !
his birth. his life, his death, would
lose entirely their meaning and pur-
pose had he not risen from the dead.
Therefore we join with the Church in
All the world in songs of joy for the
triumph Of Christ over death and the
grave
The resurrection of Christ an,
nounces the truthfulness of the en-
tire Scriptures. The prophets had
spoken of coming King who should
set up a kingdom that should have
no end He conquered death, and
the prophets words are being fulfilled
in an ever increasing widening oil
Christ's kingdom in the world. The
words of Christ himself here find
their fulillment. He had said. Il am
the resurrection, and the life" and
that he had power to lay down his
life. and power to take it again; that
he would be put to death, and rise
again on the third day. He who was
able by a word to call others back to
life could not be holden OF death"
The resurrection announces glori-
GUS triumph over Satan and sin. On
the cross il seemed that Satan had
conquered; but Easter morning has
! another story to tell. He conquered
death itself and because He lives.
we shall live also. "He that believ-
eth in me. though he we're dead. yet
shall he i've" The grave need no
longer be regarded as the hopeless
home of the dead. but the very gate
way to life and immortality.
Our faith in Christ as Lord and
| Saviour would be in vain IL he had
not risen from the dead. We would
/ be trusting our eternal interests to a
dead Christ, and we would yet indeed
be in our sins. For if he had not
risen that would have been proof pos
! tive that he was deceiver as his
enemies declared, and also would
have given evidence that God him
self had not accepted him. But now
/ is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the first fruits of them that
are asleep. Declared to be the Son
of God with power, according to the
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection
/ from the dead" God raised him thus
placing his approval on all that Jesus
claimed for himself and all that he
did. We then are assured of our ac-
ceptance with the Father through
faith in the risen Son. His righteous
faith in the risen Son. His righte-
BUSINESS is ours. Our hope is there.
! fore not simply for the penefts OF the
| gospel in this life, but is fixed also
and chiefly on the life to come. AS
he arose so shall we arise. This
body in its entirety. II believe in
the resurrection of the body"
The salvation wrought for us by
Christ is therefore a salvation of
soul and body. The body is now the
temple o fthe Holy Ghost. 1t is sa-
cred. and created for Gods glory. II
we expect to share in the glories OF
the resurrection we must seek those
things which are above. There will
joys of the resurrection of the Just
and the unjust; it becomes US to live
as We shall enter into the complete
joys of the resurrection O fthe lust
who shall reign with Christ in ever
lasting righteousness. innocence. and
blessedness.
On account Of the unfayorable
weather the Easter exercise which
was to have been given by children
of the Sunday school last night was
postponed until next Sunday evening