The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-18
FOUR PROBLEMS
Of THE GOSPEL
DIR. SAMUEL M. GIBSON BREACHES
FROM TEXT, WHAT THINK
We OF CHRISTI"
Phases OF tho Discourse Suggested BY
Letters OF Many Wheeling
Business Men

-Four "pr"hlrrns Of the G"rp"L" which
vcro prcarntCd Ia him AZ the result 81
Qu"hti"uualrC s"ni out /" l"h wheel
Ing bu"inrns uI"I. were diF'u7h'h be.
for" tho congregation 81 til" flLN
I'rrsbS IcTImu church last evening NY
the pastor. pr x VI. Gibson. Ia the
third 81 n series 81 nI""ial Sunday eve
nlnE S-Tm"nH
declaring TINT "wo all have pr"hIrmr
tnuchIng tho Gospel uf Irrur rhrIrt'
pr. Glhrnn went on to ray that u" Techs
confident that hir own Erral""i r"r.
ronnI problems hive boon met and
rnlvrd to his own HRlihfn"tI"n. u" r.
frrIrd Ia tho critical time, when he
war receiving his higher education mud
beginning To- think for himr"li whom
ho felt that something waH wong. not
with hIInn"lf but rather lhni which
rrprcRcntrd rho problem. wh"u Ia"
feared that 10 wa" drifting toward IN
ndrIIIN ''Itut tho CrihIH phw"d, ~"
80 i'd and tho old Compel mCnnt NOR"
4" me Ihnu II ever had before. md th"
Book wan d"arrr than II had over been
before
In referring Ia tho letters whi"h u"
hna received from Wheeling huhln"rH
mcn touching the pruhlrmH az Tia" COR
p,I. pr Gibu"n declared TINT II" iH
rurh mtcrcstrd I" mud ~" majority
hnawrrInE ihiH uu"nti"u n""in"d to
f"cl that tho ur"hlcnH had b""n imlV"d
for them 'rh"y w"r" Tntl"ird. III"
Il,
and whether they wcr" abb" I" giro m
explanation that would mliHfy "th"rH.
II nt lrnSt ratipt"d their own h"IIH
needs It ~ IA rock upon which they
cnn build H. II iE "nhl" lhnt ii"n
them In with tho best thlnEH here. ana
all that Ia good hereafter.
"Dut all nrc not 80 fortunate. lr
Gibson continued. mot all H"cm Ia he
uo FREQ Of problems. and 1t IN by way
of helping those who hnvn problems
lV,.y IN
way Of establishing the truth or Cod
that We want To give our hricr tim"
this evening to the discussion al inc
problems presented by these answers
Or. Gibson then went on 10 Sct forth
the Two groups into which the prob
lens arc gathered. saying that there
arc those who have problems or what
". might call tho doctrine or jesus
Christ. and Il fewer number nave prop
Icms Of what might be called the prac-
teal side. For his answer 10 these
problems. DR.. Gibson based his talk on
the text Of Matthew @%:2t. What Think
Yc of christi"
Tho first problem" said Or. Gibson.
us the problem az what We caii thc
doctrine of the Trinity. Explain II?
cannot. Believe it? I believe 1t
with all my heart. and there, are to-
night IN tho world countless thousands
who believe it-who are willing to say
as an expression "f their faith. l be-
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maker OF Heaven and earth. and In
Jesus Christ. His Son, our Lord. VINO
was conceived by the Holy Ghost"
Concerning the problem Of the Deity
Of Christ. DR.. Gibson said: Jesus
chris, is Divine, not only tho son or
Narv hut the son Of God. II is
imp0ss iblc for us TO read tn" old Tesla
mcnt without observing that line or
prnphcsy TINT points win Ercater
Tullncss and moro nartiCular attention
right down to the supreme cvcnt IN
the history OF the racr: wherever In
tho Old Testament you read IN" pr"ph-
.csy which comes with increasing
brightness until "" reach Ia" bHrd
Chapter Of GahIh. you VIII ma mo
finger pointing always TO IN" Messiah
Tho one In whom the promise - 10 u"
fulnIlcd md Jesus Christ ia tho only
rhnractcr in human history who meets
tho conditions OF that pr"rhrHS'
There Isn't any plaC" on whlrh can
stand with relation to I""hs hrf7' u
I do not accept HIS deity. and having
occcntrd His deity, and believing Tint
he Is tho Goldman. ! cnn r"nd his word
with a new understanding In way
that cannot otherwise. nnd cnn rcnd
Tho event, Of history In way that
nov. light thrown upon them. because
of IIis truth" so
Concerning tho "rohlcm "f III" Nir-
rim Uirth. Or. Gibson rCplich why
say tho V~Ein Birth is mirHruInns
simply because IL does not come WIFI
in tho realm Of our experience. l con
fsss that this problem If IN! no mo, moro III d,b-
ncult for mo to solve than the prop
ION ~ any other birth. Every birth is
a miracle. - II you can explain
IN. mystery Of III" to my SATISFACTION.
then | will ondcavor 10 solve l" your
satisfaction the Virgin H,Tthi G am
70 INV sphere Of influence. | am NOT
willing 40 limit his p"~eri an" iSt. sh ,SinG
7 say that God could not IL" TINS thihE
INST because I am not ahl" TO under
stand 1t. am limiting Goa, ,a, ga
can do all things. and that he does all
things well. 80 that this problem doe"
No, Interfere with my faith.
"Thc next problem Is the vlCari"uH
suffering OF Jesus Christ; re,
inirc I'm m. belief that God 40 loved
,I,r ,nrId that lie puvo His only. bcE"t-
ten son that We might b" saved.
Jn not believe that anything IL I'M
nu.,ihIr with cod aud '"N" I" ih'hh
bu, If, 1. the uun who rNhrhlhlLr"
,,Ir, mr. In all things. and That " II Il'H
Ic,r Witch enabled him u XIV" IT""h
rhrl-, lint We might ho saved nI'h
a., A.. = ,,IlYiDu 81 Tia" 'I'h1.