The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

@0~st We AAAA0k AOOx
Dr. Newton again at who HI
was and Is. We be
gin with Isaiah 53:1-12. Who cal
read those majestic words withou,
tears? And then we come to Matthew
1:21, "And thou shalt call his name
Jesus, for he shall save his people
from their SINS" Then 60 on to reao
Matthew 5:l7-28, Luke 19:1-10, and
Hebrews AIS, Is.
The key verse, 1t seems to me, In
Sundays lesson is Luke 1910, 1.-THE
Son of man came to seek and to
save that which was lost" Hold tc
this key, and every door will open
In this lesson.
JESUS HELPS ZACCHAEUS
IN THE first ten verses of the 10th
chapter Of Luke we have the fas-
cinating story of Jesus calling Fac
chaeus down from the tree, forgiv-
ing his sins, and entering into his
house. The disciples complained that
Jesus had gone to lunch with q man
that was q sinner. II was then that
the Master declared, ''The Son of
man is come to seek and to save
that which was lost"
Zacchaeus u but an iIlustrausn
~ what Jesus seeks to do Tor
every man. He has not come to
save Z few, but Whatsoever will"
Hefwill mot force himself upon any
man, but he waits In hope Of saw.
ing every man.
The worst" boy in your commu-
nifty may be saved - will be saved
- IL only he will do as Zacchaeus
did, come to Jesus, just as he is,
~confessing his sin and believing on
the Lord Jesus Christ.
HOW JESUS CHANGES PEOPLE
JESUS saved Zacchaeus by for
- giving his sins and putting a new
attitude in his heart. He had harmed
many people, or at least they
thought he had. They would not for
give him.
He may not nave asked them
to forgive him, but when he met
Jesus and was changed by the re-
deeming grace Of the Saviour, he
proposed to restore fOurf0ld
wherever he may have wr0nged
anyone. More than that, Zacchaeus
offered to give the half Of his
goods to the poor. He gaNe, con-
vincing evidence that hesgkas a
changed man. So will everyAman
who believes in Jesus.
But we must remember this, Fac
chaeus barred his soul to the Saviour
in repentance of his sins and be-
lieved on him as the Son of God be-
fore he manifested a changed atti-
tude.
THE PURPOSE OF JESUS
D ECALL again the words of the
IN angel to Joseph, Thou shalt
call his name Jesus, for he shall
save his people from their sins" 1t
was to save sinners like Zacchaeus
that Jesus came down from heaven
and died on the cross. That was and
is his purpose.
"He went about doing good, for
God was with him." Acts 1923.
We shall never understand the
work of Jesus until We come to
see him at work in every age
and amongst all mankind to do
the will of the Father in saving
any and all who will come unto
him i'm faith believing.
$50 SEND I YOU"
JESUS calls. upon you and upor
- me and upon every follower Of
his to accept as the central purpose
of our lives this mission of winning
lost souls unto him. "As the Father
hath sent me, so send / you"
sat in a boat with two prom
fnent business men, fishing in a
private lake M afternoon last No
yember. Mr.. Asa G. Gambler of
Atlanta and 1 were guests Of MIR.
Carr p. Collins of Dallas. We were
at his Wild Briar farm, a few
miles from Dallas. We were talk.
ing about the plight of the world.
MIR. Collins said: what is money
worth ii we think of it apart from
the of God? Until we come
hack to the words of Jesus, so
send YOU we cannot hope to
improve the s0rrowfui plight OF
u frightened day and genera
ton. All men are lost until they
come TO know him as Saviour"
Let this testimony OF one OF God
4 gentlemen be heard and needed b
laymen and preachers alike, an
fear will give way to faith, and tn
kingdoms of this earth will becom
the kingdom of our Lord an
Saviour Jesus Christ.
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