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What have you done Buddhism says, “I have one idea that the only life worth living is a life of mysticism and contemplation but with no God for I do not know a per sonal God at all and the world I like best is Nirvana.” “Nir” means blow and “vana” means out. That is the only life they have— blown out. No hope, no future. That is Buddhism. Was ever ashes given to humankind like that! Was ever sawdust put up to humanity that had so little in it?' Was there ever a shell like that with a worm’s nest in it? No God and no future. Come on, Confucianism! Confucianism says, "I have taught right relations between men.” That is all right, they did. But when you come to ask the question: “What about the future and the hope for the world,” they say, “When you know the past, you know the future.” That is all they have to reply. Confucianism you have done some thing for the world right here and now in their relations in the human family but no God, no hope, no spiritual life. You have not fed the soul hut starved it to death. Con fucianism we are through with you. You are dying and will soon be dead. When you come to Christianity, the great miracle In the world’s religious life, what do we find? We find that Jesus Christ taught everything that was good in Moham medanism and more. He taught everything that was good in Buddhism and more. He taught everything that was good in Confucianism and more and He fulfilled all that Judaism began. He gave the world redemption from its sin and the hope of a life hereafter. He lived a perfect life and He did miraculous works. His Deity Attested by His Victorious Death Once more. He was the Son of God because of His vic torious death. He prophesied His death and He went straight on towards it. He died differently from any man who ever died on this earth. He died voluntarily, of His own free will, that the divine purpose might be fulfilled. In that death He declared the purpose of it Himself and stood silently before His persecutors with a sublimity and eloquence the world never dreamed of. He could have silenced His persecutors in a moment. He could have de stroyed their program and made it go for naught but He went straight on through all that suffering to His cross until they pierced His sacred hand and feet, then scarred His side and let the crown of thorns press His royau brow. It was a victorious death, fulfilled according to His own prophecy and Old Testament prophecy. Then He rose victorious from the dead. After they had nailed Him to the cross and He came from the grave. Other people have been brought back to life but He was the only Being ever on this earth that came to life by His own cTTvine power and He was declared to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead. And when He rose from the dead He said, “Because I live, ye shall live also.” Oh, what a wonderful climax to the most wonderful life this world ever knew! Victorious in death on the resurrection morning by His own divine power! You can see God in Him for “He that.hath seen Me, hath seen the Father.” You can only find God in Him for “there is no other name given under heaven among men whereby we can be saved except the name of Christ” and the test final, certain, irrefutable, is the test of experience. I know Jesus Christ is the Son of God by an argument that I cannot tell you— by something I cannot explain. I know He is the Son of God because He lives in me, in this poor, weak, sinful life of mine. I know He is the Son of God because He saves me. (Continued on next page)
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