The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-17
At the Baptist
Church Sunday

our pastor answered in a most earn
est and direct manner that most vital
question, How does the death of
Christ save us?' Text 2 Cor. s: 81.
For He hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the Righteousness of
God in Him" Thus we see the sub
stitution, the atonement and the
completed work wrought on Calvary.
Barrabas an example of substitution.
Substitionary Righteousness re,
quires that Jesus must become sin
this in reality he suffered in Geth-
semane and on Calvary. In the
atonement our righteousness was
completed. Rom. s: 3.
In the first picture we see Jesus
answering the demands of the law,
which declares that the wages of sin
is death. Secondly, we see him bear
ing our sins in his own wounded and
torn body; through this sacrifice he is
able to take away our sins and give
us the seed of righteousness. We
are begotten again spiritually by the
Divine Mystery into living faith. He
was manifested to take away our
SINS. John /: 49, He removes them
as far as the east is from the west.
Psalms 1903: IL. The sin debt is set
tied for the child of God. Your sins
will not meet you at the judgment. As
thick cloud blots out so He blots
tout our sins, Isaiah "A: %.
A new page, new life, for the re-
deemed soul. God stands between
you and your sins, hides them be-
hind his back, Isaiah SO: IT, Jesus
Christ not only by his sacrificial
death opens the cleansing fountain
for sin, removing our sins, blottine
them out, hiding them, but in that
great magnanimity of spirit he re
members them against us no more
Heb. 10: IT, In the next picture OF
Jesus we see him exalted, lifted uI
on high at his Fathers right hand
There he is our intercessor or inter
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pleading for us in our weakness, Civ
ing us high standard of living. He
is our strength, our comforter, in hin
we find rest for the soul-that res
that remaineth for the people of God
The last picture presented of Jesus
is his abiding presence in our lives
the sweet fellowship we enjoy will
him through the Holy Spirit Closing
with an earnest plea to the unsaved
to accept this great Salvation, this
freedom from the bondage of sin One
member was received by letter ant
one accepted the call of her Saviour
to accept Him.
To large audience at the even
ing hour, Brother Wear preached on,
of the most powerful and eloquen
sermons on Civic Righteousness.
Introductory thoughts on the grea
responsibility of the preacher, no
only to preach the riches of grace
hut to reprove, rebuke and denounc,
sin, must declare the whole coun
Gil of God, sounding the note of warn
ing. AS servant of God standing al
a teacher and leader of men he mus
not be recreant to his trust. Scrip
tual reading from Ezekial 33, showed
the preacher as Waterman, declar
ing the warnings. Basis of discus
sion, End Kings, 10: Is. Clause-ques
ton, rs thine heart right, as m.
heart is with thine heart" PROPOSE
ton, Prov. 90: 7. Clause, For a,
he thinketh in his heart, so is he
Elaboration, Prov. 4: %, Keep tn,
heart with all diligence; for out O
it are the issues of life" Theme
Civic Righteousness. Our time.
are perilous. Waves of immortalit,
have always followed in the wake O
war, so it is in our present war, W.
see evidences of this wave of immor
tality in our great city of Lakeland
Men and women of our land are Civ
ing themselves to the task of stem
ming this tide, to save the future
generation, to keep pure the girls who
will be the future noble American
women. Keep the way lighted" is
Just as important as to Keep the
home fires burning When oul
President in our great crisis called
for day of prayer, over our land we
see Lakeland answering the call Of