Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

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IL Is the Victorious Servant
tie Victorious Lord
Easter Is the great holiday real
holy day Of the Christian church.
We rejoice N the incarnation for
o1ly IS the Son Of God identified
Himself with TIE human race could
He bear oU sins o. Calvsry's tree.
We keep TIE cross before Us, for
c1ly As He died did He make atone
nert tor or sin, but above al We
observe the resurrection for had
He not risen for oE justification We
would indeed have been without any
hope Ours Is = resurrection faith;
IL Is live I Il resurrection power.
Life Is 50 serious n rs respon-
sl5ilGes and burdens. 50 often dis
appointing n its trials and sorroxs,
thzt We need 70 sound TIE note Of
victory. But Il must be real victory
and Il must be assured at the cru
cizl point where al the hopes Of
man find 6efeat-at death Only the
Christian has the assurance Of VIC
tory there, but, thank God. he does
really have Il Y oU Lard Jesus
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Turning aside from cur studies in
Tire Gospel Of Marx for today we
consider together TIE sermon of
Peter q the day Of Pentecost- He
declares Jesus 70 be:
L Approved by Mighty Works
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Theories may have validity only
TO the man who accepts the author
ity Of the one Who proclaims them,
but facts are stubborn things, the
reality Of which 10 man can deny.
There are those who speak about
the Lord Jesus as though We asked
them 70 accept Him On the basis Of
Cur claims for Him as the Son Of
God They forget the facts of his
to-y-ton the hundreds Of years
before His incarnation when the
prophets spoke Of His coming, down
through TIE account Of His earthly
life, death, and resurrection to
which We may vel add the ines
capable argument Of Christianity as
It stands In the world today-all
speak Of Him as the Son Of God.
III. Delivered Up to Die ". ~.
The cross was not an accident.
Jesus did not die as q martyr to a
noble but hopeless cause. He came
into the world ito give his life a
ransom for many" (Matt. 1929.
He said. II lay down my life
No man taketh II from me, but I
lay It down Of myself I have power
to lay it down. and ! have power to
take It again" John 1917, 1S).
But the fact that the cross was in
the eternal plan Of God in no way
Iustides those who slew Him.
Though they were fulfilling the
divine purpose. they were acting as
free moral agents fully responsible
for their wicked deeds.
III Raised Up by God wv. 1882.
1T was not possible that he should
be holden" Of death ". 2il-vhat
q beautifully final and positive state
ment. It was an impossibility that
Christ should remain in the grave.
and It Is the absolute assurance Of
Scripture that we who BE dead with
him shall also live with him" Oh
Tim. AID. To the believer, the one
who Is in Christ. the resurrection Of
the Saviour is the guarantee that
we shall be raised. Christ is the
hrst-fruits Of them that sleep in the
grave. Il Cor. l5:20.)
Peter in his sermon turns to the
Scriptures to prove the resurrec-
oon referring to the prophet Joel
as well as to the Psalms of David.
IL would be well for US to do like
wise on this Easter Sunday of 1888.
Tor We have infinitely richer re-
sources, for in our hands is the New
testament with the story Of the res
direction and all the references Of
tne epistles to this glorious truth.
~. Assembled and Exalted ". 33).
LOOK. ye saints ne sight Il glorious:
see Tie Man Of Sorrows COW:
from the Eight returned victorious
Every knee to Him shall bow:
crown Himi Crown Himi
crowns become the vietor's brow"
be humbled himself Where
fore God hath highly exalted him"
lPnh- z:s. %. Read Philippians 2:
S-ll as q fitting close to this glorious
lesson.