Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-30

Scilt GOWN from heaven, JtSbN ~ '7''
!. The Fact Declared i AIN the
bread Of lifc."
!. Christ is to the soul what bread
Is To the body, yea even more. lie
hot only suStains life but is the au-
thor of il. lie differs from our daily
bread since lie gives life.
The bread Of life is Il person. Now,
rs when Christ was here, men have
the erroneous notion that the bread OF
life is merely better kind of phys.
ical bread. The woman Of Samaria
thought the living water" of which
Christ spoke Ia be liquid Of Il fresh
or and finer quality than that drawn
from .Iac0b'S we'll. So many today,
even preachers. suppose that scientific
education, ethical culture, social bet.
tcrment, civic righteousness and in,
tcrnatiOnal good will is what Christ
meant by bread of life.
The gospel ccntcrs in the person,
Jesus Christ. That teaching that does
not recognize Jesus Christ as God
manifest in the flesh, and dying on
the cross 10 make atonement for sin,
is not the gospel of Christ but "anOth-
er gospel" upon the preachers Of
which rests Gods curse.-Galatian
! 90. However. when the true Cos
pei is accepted. improved physical
conditions follow. When God and
His righteousness are made first, ma
terial blessings invariably follow.
Gfatthew :33.)
.. He Is the appointed food of mans
soul. No other food satisfies mans
soul. The world today fails to recog-
nize this; 1t is hungry for something,
1t knows not what. In its blindness
and ignorance ii is grasplng after the
emptiness of human philosophy and
the worlds senSuolls pleasures.
3. Man must have Christ or die In
his sins. 81 said therefore unto you,
We believe not that l am he, We shall
die in your Sins."-John S:2i. The
things of sense and time may satisfy
for the moment but In the hour of
crisis when human help does not avail
and SenSuOuS pleasures do not satisfy,
only Christ can meet his need. Man
needs the saving power of Christ's
blood To relieve him from the guilt OF
sin; he needs the cleansing blood Of
Christ daily 10 remove the effects of
sin: he needs Christ ms the power in
his life tn relieve him from the do
minion of sin; and Christ as his High
Priest To make intercession for him
before God.
u. How His Bread Is Obtained.
!. Man must come 10 Christ. Christ
says. Come unto Me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and | will give
you rest" Many souls are weary Of
their life of sin, and Christ with ear
nest pleading is inviting them to come
To Him.
- Man must believe ON Him. AS
many rs received him, to them gave
he power tu become tile sons of Cod"
John 1:l2. The obtaining of this
bread, Jesus Christ. does not depend
upon personal merit or ability To pur-
tliu~t NV WI. Ah4il@ lfIuIfI - w
come ANA take. How gracious ana
good God Is To place before needy
men this bread of life, and how pa
tiently and pcrSistcntly He urges
them 10 receive Christ.
III. The Blessed Issue of Taking
This Bread.
|. lie shall never hunger. The one
who takes Jesus Christ ms the source
and >uslaincr of his life never feels
an emptiness or a deficiency; Christ
absolutely satisfies. The one who eats
physical bread hungerS again; not so
with The one who partakes of The
bread from heaven.
=. Shall never thirst. We drink
and thirst again, hui he that comes
to Christ never thirSts because he
has II fountain within from which
flows rivers of living water.-Juhn
4:lI We dying SONS Of men, empty
and longing, come 10 Christ feed upon
Him AMI live forcvcrl