The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-03

as on Lebanon. AS a matter OF
fact. when the Messiah appeared
| he was like a tiny shoot out OF
the decaying stump of the de.
stroved Davidic tree or a sprlg OF
green peeping up through the de-
sert sand. He did not appear IN
the usual form of a king nor with
the trappings of court splendor
nor with the mightliness of a mag
netic worldly monarch drawing
everybody to him and driving
Everybody before him. He did not
meet the worldly expectations OF
the world. (3) The fact of re-
lection therefore stands forth
darkly. They who are willing to
be sycophants at a shining court
would not make hero out of one
who was identified with pain and
associated with sickness and ac-
quaintcd with the ups and downs
Of human grief. Therefore they
looked down upon him and turned
away from him. ca The act of
rejection involved a gesture Of
disgust. Not only did they des-
piSe and forsake him, but they
turned their faces awe, from him.
They refused to recognize him.
They actually covered their own
faces in dislike and disgust. How
deep was the humiliation he en-
dured!
THE REDEEMINC. SUFFERER
The Saving Christ fulfilled the
prophecy of the redeeming Suf-
ferer. Twelve times over with
IN the space of nine verses he
asserts with the most emphatic
rciteration that all the, servants
were vicarioGs, borne
for man, to save him from the
of his sins, to enable
him to escape punishment. The
doctrine thus taught in the Old
Testament is set forth with equal
distinctness in the New (Matthew
20: %; John II: 50-52; Romans
3: 25, 5: 6-S, 8: 3; 2 Corinthians
5: 1921, s: 9; Galatians 3: 10;
/: 7; l Peter 2: pa
and offers the hope, the trust and
the consolation OF Christians"
(D He saves from the pain of sin.
He was acquainted with all our
human ills. He knew the ache of
sickness and pain, physical, men,
tai, and spiritual, not because he
was personally sick or sinful but
because of his identity with the
human race. Because of this re-
lationship he was misunderstood
to be himself victim of Gods
wrath affecting him in punish
ment for his own sins. (2) He
saves from the penalty of sin.
Think Of Calvary as you re-read
the wondrouS prophecy. How he
was wounded OF pierced for our
trarsgreSsions OF Gods holy law;
how he was bruised or crushed for |
our inquities which need to be
out; how the chastise-
ment due US fell upon him, thus
giving US liberty and peace: and
how by his stripes made on him by
strokes which we deserve not only |
saved us from the pain but actu-
ally cured us of that which caus-
IS the pain. 80 He saves from
he pull of sin. The whole hum
an race has gone astray like a
flock of sheep ieaderless OF in
charge of false guides. But while
here is universal sin there is in
lividual responsibility, for each
yoes his own way according to his
own will. From this downward
pull of sin there is but one Saw
cur and he is the suffering Ser
want Of the Lord. ca At last he
saves from the presence of sin. In
one supreme act of divine mercy
the iniquity of Us all is laid upon
the atoning Sufferer. So we are
saved from all contact
with sin and exposure to it. There
is no sin in heaven.
THE RESIGNED SUFFERER
The Submissive Christ fulfilled
the prophesy of the resigned Suf-
ferer. (1) He submitted to suf-
fering. His oppression was great
er than that of Israel under the
taskmasters of Egypt or ali the