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and moderns; they possess much for
the worlds sages and for the simple
child. In His teachings Christ made
claim to sinlessness. which one of
you convicteth me of SIM" II this
claim was true 1t sets Christ In a
class by himself. No other man is
without sin. He declared His pre-
existence with the Father. Before
Abraham was l am" What If you
should see the Son of Man ascending
where he was bornT In the prayer
John 17:5, "Glorify me with the glory
had with thee before the world was"
We cannot imagine the worlds great
est statesman or philosopher making
such claims. What in others would
have seemed arrant egotism in Christ
seems proper and true.
We make a distinction between
Divinity and Deity of Christ. Many
will say Christ was divine. We be-
lieve him to be the Son of God. He
WAS but only the Son of God as
many claim to be the sons Of God. II
His claims of sinlessness and pre-
existence be true Jesus is more-the
very God of the Very God.
Christ claimed omnipotence: "All
power is given to me-" etc. II and
My Father are one." HE that has
seen Me hath seen the Father" Imag
inc Socrates. Marcus Aurelius, Ba-
con, Shakespeare saying, HE that
hath seen me hath seen God Him
SELF" What in others would have
been the climax of absurdity in Jesus
seems perfectly natural and just.
Works: In the works of Christ
nothing was done for mere display.
Every deed had beneficient purpose.
Every miracle had a spiritual signif-
canoe. Whether 1t was the healing
Of the blind, lame, leper; the feeding
Of the five thousand, or the stilling OF
the storm. There are only three in
stances where Christ raised the dead
In the first, life had scarcely left the
body; in the second, the corpse had
just started for the grave; in the
third, modification was supposed to
have set in. There was type of sin
ners, but Jesus raised them ALL
After all the fact of Christ's claims
to Godship must stand or fall on the
fact or falsity of his resurrection. If
Christ did come forth from the grave
he Is worthy Of our worship, as God
II he did not come forth from the
grave his claims are not justified.
Among the many claims we can con.
slider but two. First, the testimony
of His friends. The disciples did not
grasp the meaning of Christ that He
was going to rise from the grave
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea
embalmed the body; Mary brought
ointments to the tomb. After the
raising Of Christ the disciples in their
terror ,forsook Him and fed. With
these evidences of lack of under
standing we wish to ask the ques.
ton, What caused them to spend
their lives In service connected with
the extension Of His kingdom" Al
German philosopher and student
says: After the study of Christianit,
for period Of forty years 1 am con-
WINGED there is more evidence to sub
stantiate the resurrection of Jesus
Christ than any other fact in history"
Second. We note also the testi.
mony of his enemies-evidence of az
opponent is always the strongest kind
OF testimony. Ill-Their demand for
guard because Christ had said that
In three days He would rise. The
Roman guard consisted of four SOL |
diers who were on duty for only three |
hours at a time and would suffer
death should they sleep. After the |
stone was rolled away and Christ |
came forth they told the chief priests
what had happened. They were bribed
to tell false story, as the record of |
Mathew attests.
Not only can we rely upon proph-
ecy, teachings and works of Christ |
to attest to his Diety, but we have
also his life. Greater than what He
did is what He Is. He has no second.
He Stands pre-eminent. He is the
Universal Man. In Him is all the |
Of the Godhead bodily. He
Is not simply Jew, but He is a Ro-
man, Greek, Samaritan, English,
French, American. He is modern as
well as ancient; simple as well as |
profound. 1t is harder to believe the
story Of the unlettered fishermen con-
corning what they had seen and heard
II untrue than to believe that Jesus
Christ was what He claimed to be-
The Son Of God.
Lastly. the greatest arpument for