The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-26
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big and great that we cannot meas
ure Him with the measuring rod by
which we measure other characters.
Therefore, my conclusions are, that
If Jesus of Nazareth was man. we
are bound to surpass Him. Ifu He
was a God we are bound to obey Him
Take your ultimatum. II Jesus of
Nazareth was a product of the ener-
gies of the flesh, if He was merely
man as men are produced today
shame on you that you have not pro-
duced a better one. Living in this
marvellous age, surrounded with great
er opportunities, then you are ridic-
ulous to say He was a man, for if
He was a man you are bound to sur
pass Him. But if He was God, you
are bound to obey Him.
"Now | want to take these four
names given to Him by the proph.
ct: First, His name shall be called
Wonderful What is a wonder?
Webster says, something happening
out of the natural order OF events.
We have what we call the Seven
Wonders of the World We have
the natural bridge in Virginia, the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the
Great Causeway in Ireland, Niagara
Falls in New York and Canada These
things are wonderful, and scientists
attempt an explanation for all and
can explain all under natural law.
But beloved, l have come to greet
| you tonight with the only wonder
the world has ever seen, and a won
der so great that if the world stood
million years it would never sec
it again. Hear it, Unto us child
is born, unto us a son is given, aud
He shall be called wonderful? In
viewing the text tonight l call your
attention to the first argument as
we look at the Wonder of the Babe
of Bethlehem First He is so mar
velously and wonderously portrayed
to the world, that either He must
have been there, real character in
history or man has been able to
imagine Him, and to imagine Him in
| His harmonious relations and harmo-
nious proportions to what God is and
what God ought to be, is to stand
and gaze at even a greater miracle,
To say that the four gospel writer's,
unlcttered and imaginative fisher
men, in the dark days of literature,
could produce in writing a character
so perfectly original an dabsolutoly
in harmony with what God is and
what God ought to be, is preposterous
and is to admit an impossibility.
"The second wonder is that Jesus
is the only character that ever lived
Ii nall the world that was absolutely
innocent as a child and as a man.
I'm the third place, He is the only
character in all the world whose
childhood was lived in harmony with,
and perfectly blended with the facts
and claims OF the scriptures concern
ing His relation as the Son of God.
81 call attention in the next place
- the fact that He comes to the
world tonight as conquering king
holding sway over all the island OF
the world and conquering the hearts
o fmillions of the human family. He
came penless FOR He never wrote a
word; He came penniless for he had
not money; He was without and new
er used a sword and yet He con
qnered kingdoms. AS king of kings
and Lord of Lords, He founded the
greatest empire, not with pen or mon
ey or sword but with love. My
brother, my sister, behold this won.
der. This counsellor, the Mighty
God and everlasting Father. He is