The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-04-21
S erm onetie o
"Come, See Go and Telr'
Matthew 1856, Z

The Christian faith is founded
on experience. The true Christ
ian is a person who has heard the
claims presented in the Gospel
of Jesus Christ and has accepted
them and has found that all that
has been claimed is true. That
person knows that he has become
a new creation" He knows that
when he surrendered his life
and will to Jesus Christ that
the things he once loved to do
satisfy the appetites of the flesh
and live only for the sensual
faded away and he found a new
love-hving a life for the glory
of God and desiring to do the
will of God. He has learned the
truth expressed by the Psalmist:
20 taste and see that the Lord
is good: blessed (happy) is the
man that trusteth in Him" (34.8).
The Christian way Of life is a
life Of faith in God through
Jesus Christ. We may not under
stand the why or the how, but
by trusting God we learn that
He is able to do as He has
promised.
The Christian way of life is
based on reason. Tt is reasonable.
In the Old Testament (Isaiah
1;l8) we have the exhortation:
"Come now, and let us reason
together saith the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool" In the New Testa-
ment (Acts 17.2; 1874, 19) we
read that Paul reasoned
with them out of the Scriptures.
And some of them believed" "
We are not asked to blindly
accept the Christian way of life,
Evidence is produced to convince
one that he should be a Christ
ian, that it is life and death
matter and that the Christian
way Of life is the best,
From our text, we see that
those women who visited Jesus
tomb were given a message: Go
quickly, and tell His disciples
that He is risen from the dead"
But we also see that before they
went they were invited to
"Come, see the place where the
Lord lay" Having evidence they
could say, Jesus. Christ is not
dead; He is risen, as He said"
Then other disciples came and
they, too, saw and then went
and told. And we see. by reading
all four Gospel records, that
Jesus presented Himself to his
disciples in His resurrection
body for a period of forty days.
In Acts 1:3 we read, in refer
ence to the resurrection of
Christ, that He Showed Him
self alive after His passion by
many infallible proofs, being
seen of them forty days" Then
at the close of this period Jesus
commissioned His disciples, say
ing, Go We therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever / have COM
manded you :" Matthew
28;19, 20; Acts 1:8). So, in
essence, Jesus said, Come, see;
go and tell"
So John in his first letter be-
gins by saying, THAT which was
from the beginning, which we
have heard, which we have seen
with our eyes, which we have
looked upon, and our hands have
handled Of the Word Of life;
that which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you"
Down through the centuries
Il1Cll anu WHICH t4CN GcL>S1i IAl40
written evidence, accepted it
for what it, was and have found
by experience that Jesus Christ
saves (from the penalty and
power of SIM keeps and satisfies.
They have learned the truth of
the words penned by Paul: "If
any man be in Christ, he is
new creation: old things are
passed away; behold, all things
are become new" III Corinthians
SAID. That is why Christians can
sing:
We've a story to tell to the
nations
That shall turn their hearts to
the right,
A story Of truth and mercy,
A story of peace and light"
Colin Sterne
So, today, we invite you to
come and see.
Roy E, Wikander