El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14


joy that WIS set before him. endured
the cross, deSpisinE the shame. and is
set down Mt the right hand Of the
throne OF God"
IDAUL says that the doctrine OF the
! L cross is to the Greeks foolishness
and to the Jews a stumbling block.
From the days Of Paul and Peter I'M
I'll now the wise OF this world have
thought and have argued that saliva
tion cannot come through the
suffering OF a substitute: but
the Bible teaches as clearly
as It teaches anything at all
that Jesus Christ. the son Of God
I God manifest in the flesh, took upon
himself our sins. The New Testament
I declaration is He bare our sins In his
own body on the tree Of the cross
Isaiah says 'All. we like sheep, have
/ gone astray. we have turned every
/ one unto his own way. and the Lord
| hath laid upon him the iniquity Of us
all"
/ The Lord Jesus Christ became mans
substitute and bore mans sin and
/ suffered for him because man could
! not otherwise be redeemed. After
man had sinned and become unworthy
} OF association with God. means was
/ sought by which man could be re-
7 deemed.
Who Could AtOnes
{ It IS clear in reason that no human
( being could be e substitute for an
other in the matter Of making a sacrf-
+ flee that would atone for the sin OF
another. for the simple reason that
every human being has his own sins
I 10 atone for and for the further rea-
son that II he had no sin for which
| he should suffer. he does have all his
time occupied in tie performance Of
his riEhtful duty. Therefore Il is
/ impossible that man should atone for
man
The angels Guild not atone for mans
sin although they are pure and holy.
/ They could not atone for mans sins
on account Of the fact that they are
finite beings and the law Of God is in
finite. Also the angels not only are
finite but each OF them has his own
duty assigned to him and Is under
. obligation TO perform perpetual ser
vice 10 Almighty God. II he turned
aside from his duties TO take upon
himself other work he would neglect
his work and would therefore become
a sinner himself and before he could
again enjoy the presence OF God
would need someone to atone for his
sin.
Demons. being under sentence Of.
e. EL AelHl INK DAlL@A lAAAEllAH fQALn NUA
take upon themselves the sins Of
others because it IS required that
they should suffer infinite penalty for
their own sins
Therefore no other creature could
be found and il became necessary. in
order that man might be redeemed.
that God himself should suffer the
penalty that would have fallen upon
man because he alone was suited 10 do
that In the first place. Jesus IS not
under the law Of man and yet he made
himself under the law and took upon
himself that law and performed IL
every bit. fulfilling all OF its require
ments- He did that voluntarily. He
was the only one that could do 10 and
could suffer for man. Mans sin was
infinite He had violated an infinite
law and in order that man might pay
the penalty. the Bible says that he
must suffer an infinite period % time
ne must suffer eternal punishment:
he must suffer in "the lake where
their worm dfeth not and their fire Is
not quenched-" These are the words
OF Jesus He had violated an infinite
law and must suffer an infinite pen
atty and in order TO suffer that pen
atty II required that he must suffer
everlastinEly.
Must Be An Infinite Being.
IN order that man might be re-
deemed from that penalty Il was
necessary that an infinite being
should suffer that penalty for him.
and Christ, the infinite God. clothing
himself in human form and giving
himself bodily limitations, took upon
himself the form Of man and suffered
for man
Someone says at IS not possible that
God should suffer" I have even heard
great theologians say God cannot
suffer" But God can suffer. The
net
God was Erieved in his heart and II
the great God can be grieved that man
has sinned, that is the most exquisite
suffering that one can have The
deepest suffering anyone has Is not
physical pain but IS anguish OF soul ]
Jesus, when he was bearing mans |
sin and when he went down into the
garden and sweat drops OF blood. just
before that agony said TO his disciples 3
NY soul is exceeding sorrOwful even ]
unto death" Now. II he suffered in |
his soul that sorrow OF heart and that
grief that caused him to weep, that /
was not the fleshly suffering OF a I
finite being but the suffering OF the /
great heart Of God
Redemption Is Bought.
Now, someone says Jesus might be ]
suited to be that substitute and might Q
come under the law and vindicate the I
law BY suffering its penalty before he ]
human salvation cannot be a thing Of /
barter and exchange; it cannot be a \
thing where man is bought like goods 1
over the counter" That seems TO be D
at first a reasonable objection to
Jesus's suffering as your substitute
and mine, but in the light Of REVEAL
ton It is not The Bible very plainly
states that Jesus Christ did purchase
Us with his own blood We are re-
deemed, not with cOrruptible things.
as silver and gold. but with incorrupt-
ible. with the precious blood Of
Christ"
How Can There Be Judgment
Someone says IF that be true and ]
Christ did bear the sin Of all and the
iniQuity Of all was laid upon him.
how then can God ever bring man into
judgment and why are not all men
saved and universal salvation the re-
sult2' That is very easily explained
upon the principle I have just an
nOunced. II I owed the bank a large
sum Of money and could not pay il
and friend should 60 in and take
up that bank note and say 10 the
bank "Vermillion cannot pay but I
viii pay for him and take up his
note" that bank never could bring me
into court on account of that note.
but my friend could and could make
me pay the last dollar under the law.
For that very reason God the Faith
er, is never going to sit in Judgment
upon humanity. The Bible declares
that God, the Father, will never bring