The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
By REV. OSCAR LOWRY
Presbyterian Evangelist.

Presbyterian Evangelist
fuko 2333. And when .upN
came to the place which Is called
calvary thcrr they Dtutiflrd llW
and the malcfactors, one uu th"
right hand and one other ou in"
left"
Jesus of Nazareth waa not only
associated with the poor Whll" here
ON Garth. but all through his hi' h'
was assoCiatluR himself with puhl
cans and sinners. The greatest fIuli
chat tho Scrihos and tho IharH,'s.
the relgiunisis of tho dh}. round
with Jesus was the fact That hn lh
sociatcd himsof with publl'tne ana
I sinners Chrisi iF aud has dlWat r.
been the siuncr's frioud. bukc i.3l.
"rho Son Of Man W come eating and
drinking aud SO say EohuId % Rlui-
sonous mani a wine blbb'I.
friend OF publioauH and siuuDtH
sVot only through hls NE. but iu hi7
death az well, was hc th' fricnd OF
sinners for our text Hlyt. when
Vhoy were come to the placo whi'h
Nvas called calvary there they ,in.
,ified him and thr malrfu,lors. one
pu tho rirh, and one the iyrt'
Pictures the Crucifi,ion.
We have set before ua IN THIS ioKt
Vhrcc crosses, on ono thc lmpcul.
tent thief. on the second the son ot
God on the third tho pcnitont THE.
The world has never been the Same
since those three crosses were raised
upon Calvary. especially tho cruHa ut
Christ. The cross stands a1 thr
central figure Of hhuory and JUST a7
a. divided the two thieves. 30 II goes
on with its work uf the division on
one nido ,yo often geo tho husband
,sr the other the wifr and the cross
.Vaandng between thcm. ON ON" sue
iuhe parents and on the other the
hshildrou, and the cross between. ON
sn~ sido one group ot friends, ON
uho other another, and the crust OF
lShrist between. Tho most serious
hriart Of Il all, ~ not only stands be-
kHwecn them now hut viii continue
Ho do so through ondlcAs eternity. ]
twant TO call attention To the three
persons on the three Crossca ana
ahcir different relations to sin. one
was dying In sin, one wnH dying Tor
en. one was dying To sin, becoming
dead to tho guilt aud power of ain,
~ want to use the three crOsecs
that / may bo better able To make
vlcar To you the meaning uf the
death Of tho one on the center cross.
Tirst, let us stop in front of the uu-
believing thief as he seems 90 he the
drst speaker. We hear him saying
an the 3gth verse. "Ahd one OF the
malcfactors which We're hanged
rallod on him saying II thou be
Christ. save thysolf and us," YOU
cay, What a. strange thing that
man df, railing on the Son OF God
with the agonics OF death upon
him" Yes. a very strange thing II
waR indeed. II seems as If he would
have been willing, like the drowning
man. To have grabbed at the fnintcst
possibility that he was the Son OF
God hut mon of the world often
do some strange things when Il
come sto the matter OF tholr souls
salvation.
what brought repentance TO the
other thief seems to have hardened
ahis one. There they both hung,
aud In ono it produced repentance
and In the other hardness OF heart
Tho gospel In doing two things
wherever It In preached, II brings
repentance to those who accpt II,
a. hardcns those who reject It. \
gospel hardened sinner is the most
pitiful sight that any Christian
worker Is called 20 look upon. lie
may he morally all right or deep IN
sin, That has nothing to do with II.
II liz his attitude toward Jesus.
Ewes Are blinded.
what opened the other man =
eyes TO his lost condition seems TO
have blinded this one, 2 Cor, VA,
"And IL our gospel is yelled. 1t Is
Vcilcd In them that are pcrishing
in whom the god Of this, world tthat
IL, the devlD has blindsd the minda
OF the unbelieving lest the light OF
tho glory OF the gospel of Christ
who Is the image of God, should
dawn upon them" Many see no
beauty In Christ, and II In because
the devil has blinded their eyes. But
there ls "a sad dav OF awak konlnR
coming when all eyes will be opened
10 their lost condition,
Now we come to the one on the
center cross. The one dying for sin
While the one on the ira'
cross has sin in his heart and
the guilt OF sin upon him, the one
. on the center cross was absolutely
without sin. I John 3,5 And y,
know that hc was manifested &c
( take away sin, and in him In nc
sin" / Peter 2;22, "Who did no ain
neither was guilt found In his
mouth while we see there wal
no sin In Christ. he was absolutely
sincss yet he had the sin of tn,
< world upon him. lisa. bS:6, "All We
E like sheep. have gone astray W.
have turned every one to his owl
way. But the Lord hath laid upoi
him the iniquitv OF US all" Pete
2:2i, who his own self bore on
sins In his own body TO sin, shoul'
live unto righteousness By who's
stripes ye were healed. While thcr,
was no sin In Christ. the sin of tn
whole world was made to meet OF
him, and he bore them all on TIT
tree. and do you say then. II he ha
borpc the sins Of all. wont | III
saved, anyway whether ! make an
effort or notF Indeed you will not
" vou were an prison and a COVER
nor should sign "A pardon setting Nol
free, It would do YOU no good unles
YOU accepted 10, YOU have been re
deemed. Your pardon was sealed b.
the blood uf Jesus but Won reioc