Arizona republican., 1919-06-09
PASTOR TELLS OF
 OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

| The following is the sermon deliv- | cred yesterday morning at the Central | Christian church by the Rev W. S. Buchanan. It is published by request. | T will build my church'-Matthew l 16:1s
 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the | Father even the Spirit of Truth which | lfproceedeth from the Father, he shall | bear witness of me; and ye shall bear | witr ress- because ye have been with me from the beginning. John 15:26-27. | But ye shall receive power, when | the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and | ye shall be my witness both in Jerusa- Hem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - Acts Is.
 "To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world. that I should bear witness unto the Truth'-John 1887.
 II Eighteen hundred and eighty-six years ago was the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and it was on this day that the Holy Spirit came down from the Father in His great mission.
 II The mission of the Holy Spirit was four-f fold. l. To prove to the world tfat Jesus Christ had been raised from
 the grave, and was at the right hand of
 the Father. ?. To convict the world in
 respect of sin, and of righteousness
 and of judgment. 3. To establish the | Church of the Lord and Savior, Jesus | Christ. 4. To act as a comforter to all | Christians in joy and in sorrow. II On the day of Pentecost the Holy
 Spirit begun His work nere on earth l The people who had seen Christ put to
 death and had seen the empty tomb.
 heard the words of the Holy Spirit
 through the Apostle Peter and the rest
 O. the Apostles.
 'Ye men of Israel, hear these words:
 Jesus Of Nazareth. man approved of
 God unto you by mighty works and
 wonders and signs which God did by
 him in the midst of you, even as ye | yourselves know; him, being delivered
 up by the determinate counsel and
 foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand
 of the lawless men did cruelty and
 slay; whom God raised up. having
 loosed the bangs of death; because it
 was not possible that he should be
 holden of it.''-Acts 2:22-24
 Hear again the Holy Spirit as He | speaks through Peter, unto the Jewish
 people. But ye denied the Holy and
 Righteous One and asked for a mur- l derer to be granted unto you, and killed - the prince of life; whom God raised m from the dead; whereof we are wit m ess."-Acts 3:14-15
 he Proving the resurrection of the
 Christ. The Holy Spirit at the same st time convicted the world of the awfu rk sin of putting Jesus to death and alst es the sin of disbelief.
 to Those who were listening, were con en Nicted of Sin; not because of the bap. " tism of the holy spirit, bat because O ad the gospel he preached and being unde ,le conviction the people cried out, "Breth
 Ten (for they were all Jews and all be +o lieved in the law of Moses) what shal do We do?" (Meaning how could they ge It rid of the awful sins they had com a mltted). Listen now to the reply of tn ur Holy Spirit for this was the first tim
 after the resurrection of Christ and tn
 inquiring sinner was told what to d. he to be forgiven of his sins and become ,rt child of God. The Holy Spirit ha he Peter to reply in the following words nd "Repent ye. (why didn't ne ask then er to believe in Christ-because tn ce preaching that preceded this reply ha H. already created belief in Christi and b is baptized every one of you in the nam mt. Of Jesus Christ unto the remissions c on your sins; and ye shall receive the gii on of the Holy Spirit-Then they that re ed ceived his word were baptized: an
 there were added unto them in that da n- about three thousand souls. And the eet 'those who Were baptized) continue sn. steadfastly in the apostles teachin in and fellowship, in the breaking c cir bread and the prayers.-Acts 2:37-9
 41-42
 Church Organized
 Here then is the record of the organ
 lzation of the Church of Christ unde
 the direction of the Holy Spirit. Let Il
 analyze this work of the Holy Spir
 and see what was done:
 The Holy Spirit came down fror God, Tn this we find: l. The sound ( the wind (this was done to attract tn people is and around Jerusalem thf
 they would come to the temple and SC TT what was going on. 2 There appeare unto them tongues. like as of fire. an r set upon each one of them (this wa Ai dCne to convince the audience that tl
 apostles were worthy servants of Go
 and therefore truthfuI) 2. And the ald tapostles) were all filled with the Hol as spirit, and began to speak with oth, the tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter T. anee. Peter being the chief speaker. to This speaking proved beyond a doul to that Jesus was the Christ the son
 the living God. and that God had raise be h.m from the dead Therefore preacf as ing and hearing produced--1. Fait ool Repentance. 3. Obedience (bal ast tism). All this together brought II Inc forgiveness of sins and the gift of tl lse Holy Spirit.
 These three thousands baptized h. ner levers were gathered together and Q ted ganized into the first Christian churc to Hn earth
 D Ihe forty second verse of the secor the chapter Of Acts tells us how they we It organized, And they continued stea, om fastly in the apostles teachings (tods ish this is the entire New Testament ar ich nothing more) and fellowship (tl
 same fellowship that existed betwet Christ and his followers) in the breal on- ing of bread (The Lords Supper) ar "a the prayers
 po- This involves, 1, Christ the messa, the or creed of the church and nothiT
 more. 2. The teaching of the apostI . New TestamenD as the guide of u
 church, and nothing more 3. The sil
 ner hearing of Christ and his death al
 resurrection through the preach.
 word. (The church is commissioned
 preach Christ and nothing more: bl
 more has been preached and that h:
 thrown the religious world into a oh:
 otic condition) 4. The baptizing per
 itent believers into Christ ,. Organi,
 ing these believers into churches
 Christ or Christian churches witho,
 prefix of suffix. q do not use the tern
 churches of Christ or Christian churcl