The Nevada County picayune., 1922-10-26

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 ments or expert ences, but believing the word of God, "Ye are complete in Him." she was satisfied in heart The victory of faith was hers.
 The only way by which spiritual truth can be realized and enjoyed in experience is by faith. Abraham be- lieved God" He staggered not at the promise of God, through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what He had promised He was able to perform. This is victorious faith. It asserts that God is true and rests upon His word, rather than upon moods, dispositions or feelings.
 When the founder of the Young Mems Christian association. Sir George Williams, lay dying, friend leaned over his bed and whispered the words of our text, We are complete in Him." Immediately smile passed over the face of the dying man as there came to him in those last mo- 1 whom nothing is lacking, whose sav- ing work is as complete IS He Him. self is complete. The Christ of the Bible is very different person from the Christ of pious fiction, or the Christ of current literature. There is as much difference between the two as there is between the ocean and dewdrop
 The Preachers Christ.
 A certain gospel minister, whose work has been greatly blessed all over the country, was recently called to the pastorate of the most Influential church in his denomination. A report CT from the city to which he had been called waited on him and in an in teryiew asked the minister what he in- tended to preach in his new field The reply was II shall preach Christ there as I have here" What will you preach concerning Him?' asked the reporter To which the preacher re- piled "I shall preach the Christ of eternity, the pre-eXistent one, who wns In the beginning with God, who IS one with God and the one by whom all things were made l shall preach the incarnate Christ. who because 1 the children were flesh and blood. l likewise Himself took part of the 1 snuc. that one who, being in the | form of God took upon Himself the form of the servant and was made in the likeness of man; l shall preach the Christ of the Srotless life, Who was able to look up into the luce CT God and say I do always those , things that please Him; the Christ of Calvary, whose death provided the only atoupment for sin by virtue or which sinners may be reconciied to i God: h. Christ of resurrection liie 1 md power; the Christ of sympathy and irtercess,on, tho great Htg'i Priest. who is touched with the feeling or our infirmities and who is able to save to the uttermost, those who come unto God by him: and the Christ who 1 shall come again in glory. This, said the preacher, "is the only Christ know. the Christ of the Bible God he thanked for all such preachers, who have n mighty Savior to preach about. i If is because the Savior is what He IS that his work is what 1t is. He IS so complete and his work so absolute ,v parfect. that God, looking upon i those who are spiritually united to Christ by faith, can say, "Ye are com plete In Him.
 Complete in Him.
 The first three words of this text cou,d not stand alone in their appli- cation to any life. The sense of in- condolences Is strong, even in the l ho,iest and best. Of none can 1t be said Ye are complete in yourselves, hut take the text as 1t is, "Ye are complete in Him" and 1t becomes blessedly true of great multitude which no man can number
 An important Christian truth and doctrine emerges from this text. It concerns our Identification or union with Christ. It is not dependent upon any isolated passage of scripture but nermeates the whole of the New Tes- lament teaching It Is truth from l wb,cl, comfort of heart and strength for labor may be derived. It finds ex- pression in part In the following stan gas by Percy Beard:
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