The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-02-14


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the face and say,
(Which Of you convlnceth me OF SIM
Among others there are four things
concerning man to which he bears tes'
tlmOny.
1. The Worth of Man.-The CONNER
rialsm Of the day would almost make
rs think that man Is to be little thought
Of when money is involved, but he says,
"What is man prOfted If he shall gain
the whole world and lose his life?" \
man is worth more than the world and
therefore n man is worth more than
anything in the world. In answer 70
the question Of John the Baptist he
says: "Thc poor have the gospel
preached to them" In answer to the
mistake Of his disciples he says: "Suf'
fer the little children TO come unto
mc." II6 had time not only for the rich
and the powerful, but the poor and the
weak were of infinite value 10 him. No
other religious teacher ever taught
like this. TO him man was Of such
value that he was willing TO lay down
his life for one Of them. Even the lost
were to him Of infinite worth for "Tho
Son of Man is come to seek that
which was lost" LU. 1910.
2. The Trouble With Man.---That
there Is something wrong is seen in
the universal talk Of improvement.
What IS wrong is the question. Against
all the ideas advanced by man in an
swer to this question he says that the
trouble is sin. In this all troubles are
Included
(a) lie says il is universal. "If yc
then being evil know how to give good
gifts to your children Lu. II :13. Even
the ones who sometimes may be said
10 give good are evil. These were his
own disciples and yet even they were
evil.
(b) lie says 1t Is docp-scated. 1t ls
not on the outside where the trouble
lies, but "out Of the heart of man pro
coed" the evil things. II is not what is
SUCH lllUl ~ lllt ll'NUIF WIN NV H. bhA
that which he has deep within his own
heart. AS jeremiah puts it, "The heart
of man Is deccitful above all things and
desperately wicked" Jer. 1870.
(c) He says II is beyond repair
There are many who would relieve man
by doing away with all that alllicts
man on the outside, but he says: aye
must be born again." IL you would be
free from the trouble. While man is
of infinite worth he has an allliCtiOn
called sin which Is so universal and OF
such deep root that relief can only be
found by becoming new creatlon-by
being "born again."
8. The Hope for Man.-He came &c
bring relief and he came to make II
possible for man TO be born again.
(a) For those in bondage he gives
himself a ransom in such way that
man may find victory over his own de-
ceitful and desperately wicked heart
He cancelled the sin when on the cross 4
and now stands to break the power OF
the sin he cancelled.
(b) For those who are lost he is
himself the way. 81 am the way, the
truth and the life" Jno. LAG. Mer
are continually seeking for that which
will satisfy their aspirations and never
finding it until they find it in Christ
Jesus.
(c) For those dying he Is the remedy
Sin is sickness fastening upon ali
men and fatal in its operation. All
have sinned and come short of the
glory Of God. Jesus bears witness that
the only relief is to be found in him.
self. Many eXpedlents are being re,
sorted to by which to be freed from
sin, but they all fail until he is found.
AS 1t was in the days of the wilder.
ness journey of the people of old, "As
Moses lifted up the serpent In the vii.
derness even so must the Son Of Man
be lifted up that whosoever believeth
on him might not perish but have ever,
lasting llfe."
(d) For those dead he is the life
The wages Of sin Is death and death
mas come upon all men for that all
have sinned. But his testimony Is, ~
am the resurrection and the life; he
that beiieveth on me though he were
dead yet shall he live"
(e) For all he is the great hope sent
from God to meet all of mans need.
q. The Danger of Man.-The Lord
this true witness, bears testi.
mony to the truth that "IIe that be.
lievcth shall be saved andshe that be.
llcvcth not shall be damned" These
nre the words of the true witness.
At the court of our reason his case
Is won; at the court of our conscience
his case is won, but what says our will? |
Can we afford to turn from his testl.
mony concerning our common trouble, |
our hope and our danger?