another class, but all sinners are included, the rich and poor, high and low, great and small, cultured and illiterate, arfstocraqy and slum, luxurious" and starving,' clean-, and filthy. "God makes no distinction, for every class alike needs the salvation of Christ. 2. A Mission to the Lost.—Luke 19:10. The crowd in the Jericho synagogue cared little for the company of Zaccheus, but Christ actually sought the company of the man and the hospitality of his home; the' despised of men . received Jesus and heard with joy the word that spoke eternal sal- vation for him. 3. A Mission That Includes Every Sinner in a Perishing World.—Jno. 3:16; Rom. 5:6-8. The agony and death on the Cross, the burial in the tomb and the resurrection of Christ from the dead are all included in the finished work of Christ' for every sin- ner. Cf. 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Rom. 4:25; 1 Tim. 1:15. II. THE POWER OF THE LORD JESUS. 1. He is Able to Save the Greatest and Chiefest of Sinners: 1 Tim. 1:15. 2. He is Able to Save to the Uttermost Bound. Every Sinner Who Comes to Him: Heb. 7:25; Cf. Rom, 8:35-39. - 3. He is Able to Save Everyone that Be- lieveth: Rom. J:-16. III. THE WILLINGNESS OF THE LORD JESUS: Jno. 3:16; 6:37. Upon the authority of God's faithful, un- alterable Word we learn that "him that cometh unto Me, I will in no-wise cast out;" therefore, whoso comes to Him must - be received by the Lord Jesus* and such is the fact, all who come are taken into I heFam - ily, Favor, Friendship and Fellowship of God. What a position, what a privilege: "He that believeth" is the one condition imposed; "He that believeth" is saved; immediately, fully and eternally. Gracious Gospel; Glorious Privilege; High, Holy Position. Great Sal- vation for Great Sinners.
should know: All men are great sinners (Rom. 3:23). While it is true that men gen- erally confess to sin and sinfulness in the abstract, few do so in the concrete sense. The appalling condition of the sinner both as to nature and sinfulness has scarcely dawned upon the consciousness of the mass of men who are without Christ. It is re- freshing to deal with a person who realizes the position and condition in which he stands before God. 3. Meeting the Difficulty. For every difficulty there, is a Divine rem- edy. Otherwise the soul is lost beyond hope and God is at fault for requiring the impossible and leaving the soul without aid in its failure and extremity. The remedy for this and every difficulty is found in the revealed Word of God and comprehended in the finished work of the Lord Jesus; God has provided a great Saviour and great salvation for- great sinners. With the rem- edy made known comes, further responsi- bility on the part of the hearer; the truth must be accepted and the knowledge given must be believed; as the sick receives the medicine that cures and the drowning per- son seizes the rope cast in time of need, so the sinner must receive and trust the Divine remedy. Refusal or neglect brings greater guilt and condemnation. Three great truths are hereafter set forth and may be followed in their general ap- plication by the •worker; these truths to be further elaborated are as follows: (1) The Mission of the Lord Jesus. (2) The Power of the Lord Jesus. (3) The Willingness of the Lord Jesus. I. THE MISSION OF THE LORD JESUS. 1. A Mission Specifically for Sinners.— Mark 2:16-17. i Sinners are the class for whom Christ came and for .whom He was manifested on Calvary's Cross. Notice the term "Sinners" —no qualifying word is offered; the Word of God does not set forth the work of Christ in favor of one class of sinners as against
THE PRACTICAL E F F ECT OF THE PRE -MI LLEN I AL DOCTRINE. Robert E. Speer, the earnest advocate of missions, whose praise is in all of the churches of America, is an earnest be- liever in the Lord's coming. Here is a pithy statement of the need of the heart, and of practical life, which it meets. We commend it to all doubting hearts: the great truth that some day, this same Jesus which was one day taken up from men into heaven shall so come- in like manner as men saw Him go. ' KE had a dear old friend who was a Presbyterian minister in a little town in New Jersey. For years and. years his
ministry had been arid and dry, and at last those Who were about him saw a great change come, and he told me not long before his death what had wrought that change. He said when at last lie opened his New Testament and really be- lieved the simple words there regarding the return of our Lord, the whole truth of Christianity was transformed for him, and he went out into the world to preach a new Gospel with a new joy, new, .strength, new power, a new oassion for souls."— Watchword and Truth.
" T h e need of our lives for the standard of righteousness is met in the incarnation of our Lord, the need for cleansing and healing from sin is met in His atoning death, the need for power , by which to overcome the evil that is about us and within us is met by His resurrection, and the need of our hearts for .the d a y- in Which the struggle shall be on different terms and in His full presence is met by
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