The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-18
Blood Sacrifice Abolished
Good Friday

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reth. called the Christ, because when
he was baptised he was filled with the
Holy Spirit, Jehovah, the one true
God first revealed to Abraham by the
prophet Isaiah, 9:16, as the coming
of the Prince of Peace.
One of the anomalies of our beliefs
and laws is the separation of Church
and State. Yet those who ~strenuously
oppose the reading of the Bible in the
public schools had the legislature
make Good Friday a holiday to COM
memorate the killing of the man whom
they recognize as God on earth.
The book of st. Matthew written
for the instruction of the Jews, says,
his name shall be called Emmanuel
which means God with us. He was a
Jew who traced his lineage back to
Abraham.
Jesus said: think not that l came
to destroy the law or the prophets,
but to fulfill. Till heaE4a and earth
pass, one jot or one tue shall in no
wise pass from the law, Ill all be full
filed
Did he not mean the Ten Command
ments, the moral code? In addition
he gave a new commandment chat
We love one another" In addition he
gave another moral code in his sermon
on the Mount.
Jesus in His life showed that the
laws of Moses and the prophets could
be lived in the flesh altho he was a
working man, a carpenter. While He
could dispute (preach) with the Rabbls
in the Temple be associated with
publicans and sinners, showing that he
carried his goodness with him and
could resist temptation. He created a
social religion of universal brother
hood.
By healing the sick, curing the
blind and lame he showed he had sup
ernatural powers. In ancient times
persons who had superior attributes
and virtues were proclaimed gods, as
super beings. Because Jesus eXercis-
ed superior powers of body, soul and
spirit he has been eXtolled and wor-
shipped as God on earth.
Pagan Worship
The learned paganS said that he
many images made were not the gods
intended. but the physical powers, at
tributes and virtues they were made
to represent were the true things wor-
shipped by the pagans. The litter
ate minds saw only the image. Many
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Jesus the Christ and the cross have
no mental conception that they repre-
sent the moral laws of Moses and the
prophets, and the new code he gave
to live by, because they do not live
the law. They do not comprehend
that the cruci1Xion is an end of hui
man sacrifice as a blood atonement for
sin, also the end of sacrifice of a
lamb, goat or bullock, manifested to
Abraham in place of his son Isaac.
Obedience Better Than Sacrifice
To obey the commandments is bet
ter than sacrifice and TO harken than
the fat of rams. | Samuel 15:22-23, 4
Why should ancient, primitive,
pagan notions prevail in the minds
of intelligent men about human and
animal sacrifices?
God IN Jerusalem
In Jerusalem was the temple erect
ed by Solomon to the true God, Je-
hovah. which surpassed that of pagan
capitols. Now that Jerusalem has
been captured from the Mohamn1e-
dams. many believe Jerusalem is the
happy home of God and a sojourn
there is a tribute to Jehovah. Others
believe their God resides in Rome
amid the splendor of the Vatican.
The nj said: Our fathers woT-
shipped in this mountain and ye say,
tat in Jerusalem is the place for men
to worship"
Jesus said: 'The hour cometh when
We shall neither worship in this noun
tain nor yet in Jerusalem. Salvation
is of the Jews. God is q Spirit and
they that worship must worship him
in spirit and in Truth.o-J0hn 1 1924.
Paul told the Galatians: Receive
- The Spirit by the works Of the law.
Even as Abraham believed God and il
was accounted TO him for righteous
ness. Know ye, therefore, that they
who are Of faith, the amt are the
children OF Abraham. Galatians
3d..
Paul ted the Corinthians: "Breth-
rem. be Of one mind, live in peace
I Cor 1911.
Paul to the Philippians rs: Let
this mind be in you, which was IN
Christ Jesus"
That mind was to live the law and
the gospel.
Ht broke social caste, race preju-
dice, race hatred and made the tribal
religion of Zion a universal religion
Of statutes, ordinances and judgments.
He was cruclfed as was the custom
to do away with criminals and refrac-
tory slaves, because he preached and
practiced q common fatherhood of
God and q universal brotherhood Of
ma for all national tribes and
chimes.
Spiritual Sons of God
St. Paul told the Corinthians:
Know ye not that ye are the temple
of God and that the spirit Of God
dwelleth in you ?" I Cor. 3-16
St. John wrote his epistle to the
Christians. When the Jews asked for
a sign Jesus said: Destroy this tenn
pie and in three days | viii raise it up.
He spoke of the temple Of the body"
John 2:19-21.
Those born of the Spirit he gave
power to become the sons Of God.
John I:l2-13.
Immortality of Man
Job 14:14 asked: "If a ma die shall
he live again."