Evening journal., 1923-02-17

Preachings in New York have re.
suited in widely circulating state.
ments that the Lord did not claim
Deity that in only two places in tho
gospels is He claimed TO be the
Son OF God, and that the Word does
not teach the Deity of Jesus. Such
statements going unchallenged by
the Church might cause them to be
taken as granted; further. It is ask
ed, What has the Virgin birth to
do with Christianity" The Chris
tian Church is founded upon the
Virgin birth, and what It implies
When Peter said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son OF the living God,
Jesus said that upon that confess
sion, He would build His Church" ,"
and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against IT," The Virgin birth
therefore. has everything TO do with
true Christianity, and IL It were pos
sible TO destroy that foundation,
the Christian Church would perish.
and for the following reasons.
Before the advent of the Lord.
the world wors;ipped an invisible
God. The invisible God. the Gre
ator, made Himself visible in Jesus
Christ, and advanced the world
through introducing the worship Of
the invisible God in the visible Jesus
Christ, in whom the Human Is Di-
vine and the Devine is Human.
Since in the Christ is the only reve-
lation of the Person of God, there
Is no access to the Person of God,
except in Jesus Christ, wherefore,
He said. mo man cometh unto the
Father. but by me-" No one can form
any other idea of God than as
formless cloud. or universally DIFF
fused goodness, of vague spirit, ex-
cept he acknowledge God in His
own Human.
Here comes in the vital point OF
the Virgin birth. God is indivisible.
II Jesus was His Son. then in es-
sence Jesus was God. To reveal
Himself. God did not take the body
OF another man; He caused a body
to be gotten of Himself, and dweIt
within 1t. as Oft He declares that
the Father is within that visible.
material body. God yearned to
come close to His children, and be |
known as the Divine Father, and
so came into the world in His own
Person. Truly the heavens declare
Lhe glory OF God, and the firma- |
nent showeth His handiwork, but |
n Jesus is the only revelation of /
the Person of God, the God of |
ruth. wisdom. mercy. compassion
ma love. The Son Of God is God on
human planes. where we can see
lin, and by means of which we can
eel His Personal presence and
'now Him without the remotest
Ioubt and in all desired fullness.
Let no one be disturbed by the
cfrculated regarding the
.ord's birth. God will take care
f that. The Church can defend
rom the Word and nationally and
n clear light the Divine Sonship.
he true Christian Church is estab-
ished upon the Virgin birth, and
othing can prevail against it.
Lest the statements made in the
Iewspapers regarding the subject.
% taken as true, permit a few quo
ations from the Word, which could
'e multiplied TO fill a column in
his paper. II should be known
hat wherever LORD, occurs in the
Word, It should be read Jehovah.
which is in the original text, and
means the one self-existing, su-
'reme, and only God.
Il am Jehovah, thy God, the Holy
inc of Israel, thy Saviour" lisa. 43:3.
All flesh shall know that 1 Je-
iovah am thy Saviour and Re
eemer, the mighty One of Jacob"
Isa. 1850 20 Jehovah, my strength
nd my Redeemer'' (Ps. 1910. Thy
,edeemer is strong; Jehovah of
oets is his name" Jer. 1894. II am
ehovah thy God there is no
aviour beside me-" We could fiu
column in this paper of like dec
rations from the Old Testament.
hese statements led the Jews to }
slieve that the promised Messiah
ould be none other than God, as [
i'll appear later.
The Old Testament declares the '
lrgin birth. "A virgin shall con- }
i've, and bear a son, and shall call
Is name Emmanuel (God-with-Us)" 1
a. Z; "a. Unto us a son is given
and His name shall be called
The mighty God. The ever {
sting Father" Elsa. 9;6). {