The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-22
LARES THERE NEVER WILL BE BUT ONE CHRIST

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power. and those two powers COM
Ibined to condemn him to death.
| Wonderful that he was condemned
by false and lying witnesses Tncre
is many man who goes into an eiecz
,tric chair that was put there by iopN
of dirty liars. II they let out all the
fellows that, are rnere ON false testi-
mony half Of them would get OUT
| 1t was wonderful that he shoutd Do
tormented and tortured so cruelty be-
fore he was crucifed. Wonderful that
he should be put TO death I'm sucn a
brutal manner. Tho time was won
derful, the passover. 1t was wonder
lsn' fbe nis}s4Skss ~. fla's 1'sss 70 y,
! An~the Jews FAD 'cofief dt5srusaaefn
for the passover feast. You let any
thing occur In China and we VIII read
about 1t before we go to supper TO-
night. The world then had none OF
that. and so the Jews all came from
every known part Of the globe Tor Inc
passover, and Jesus was crucifeo Wheh
they were all there. They all knew
that he was crucifed and that ne
claimed to be the Messiah, and while
they were all there he arose from the
dead
IRGTeJOIe Niss H2LE W ~ OA~ 800
tell all the nations Of the then known
world about this Messiah who made
his claims and that he arose from
the dead. Some OF them would go
back, and he sent six blind back with
good eyes. Hundreds of thousands OF
them were there at that passover
feast
And the events that accompanied
his death were wonderful The Sky
was darkened, the sun hid its face
and ve,ied It, the earthquake shook
the city. many Of the dead came ont
of the graves and appeared to their
friends, and the veil in the temple
was rent from top to bottom. Here
was the holy OF hoiies. and hanging
between that and the outer part o,
the temple was a veil. Nobody dared
look behind there but the high priest,
and he only on the day OF Atoncment.
after he had atoned himself according
to the ceremonial law. Then he was
allowed to 90 behind that veil. II
anybody elso did, he'd drop dead in
stantly.
(! EFT Is Finished
/ When Jesus cried on the cross, 1T
Ia finished that veil was torn from
top to bottom, showing that no hui
man hand did IT: from top to the
bottom, so everybody could walk into
the temple and walk up and look at
THAT altar: nobody was struck dead.
why? That altar was done: when
Jesus cried: ''It Is finished" the mo-
sale ceremonial law stopped.
Untll that time il a Jew sinned he
had to bring a turtle dove or a ram.
certain animals that God would accept
and the prizes, would shed blood and
thst made atonement for hts sin.
when Jesus cried. TT is finished,
the old ceremonial law stopped. From
now on II In salvation through faith
IN Jesus CT -ist Then Il was ciest,s-
ing through faith in their bringing
sacrifice on the earth. To-day God Of
fers salvation by our faith in the shed
blood of Jesus Christ There Was a
day when that was all right. but that
hasn't been for two thousand years
Now have access to Goo through
Jesua Christ. Wonderful "His name
shall be called Wonderful"
Now then. his resurrection was won
derful He foretoid to his disciples
saying, -On the third day ! will rise"
But all appeared to forget IT. Nobody
thought of going to the sepulchre, only
the women, and only they TO prepare
his body more completely for burial
Some of them had even met him As they
were going down to Emfnaus. and he
walked on the road and explained who
he ves.x>
/ And The n amer OF his resurrection
imagined that scene
II some man had attempted to de-
scribe how he thought IL occurred, he'd
have had laundering and lightning
An angel came down and rolled away
the stone ae quietly rs the opening Of
q spring flower and when the women
came to tho sepulchre. they found no
disorder They found the linen clothes
folded neatly. His appearance was SO
different from what rnsn would have
had them. He appealed to every one OF
his best friends after his resurrection.
not one Of his enemies ever got their
eyes on him. and they never have. and
they never, never wfli-no. MIR. not
lone Of them ever dial
I know the story Is true. nobody but
God could have had II happen In tho
order and in the way that no did It.
II the story had been false we'd have
had Jesus chasing around ana huntin 2
for old plate ard the high prtests ana
tho Pharfseea. trying to convince them
no was the son OF God.
u He said, NO, STR II you DON'T believe
on me now, you win never have another
chance afterwards" 30. II Jesus had
been chasing around hunting Pf1ate
after his resurrect cn---if you don't be-
,ieve In Jesus Christ right now. you will
never have another chance They
wouldn't believe On him while he was
in the flesh and they never got q
chance Afterwards
And the effect Of hts teaching on
the world - wonderful. Jesus left
no college to propagate his views.
He committed hts views to few
humble fishermen. and their names
arc the most famous in all the world
today Jesus never wrote sermon.
He never published book. and moth
carved IN marble or cast in bronze or
a~ro1loA IN hreGe vet hia doctrines