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S A L V A T IO N continued sinners, were all so grievously es tranged. The sin offering took into account that the Messiah would die for the sin nature of man which is under the curse of God and con demned utterly. The trespass offering has in view the restoration of that which has been lost through trans gression, and the Messiah in His death restored that which He took not away. Who will dare to say that Moses spoke not gloriously of the Messiah
Life with Meaning for Yon 1 wise old professor once asked a college freshman what he /I was going to do. The freshman said he was going to study hard. “Then what,” asked the professor. “ I’ll graduate with honors,” the freshman said. “Then what?” “Why, I’ll get a job.” “Then what?” “ I’ll get married.” “Then what?” “We’ll raise a family.” “Then what?” “ I’ll work for a promotion.” “Then what?” “ I’ll retire.” “Then what?” The freshman looked bewildered. Then what, then what? It’s like the circular piece of prose that goes “Work hard to get money to get food to get strength to work hard.” The old professor’s pointed questioning was calculated to cause the young freshman to think about life. Really think. W h y am I here? W h ither am 1 going? H ow do 1 fu lfill m y p er sonal destiny in this life? The wonderful thing about Christianity is that Jesus Christ holds the answer to each of these questions. Until you come to Christ you’ll never have a real reason for living. You’ll just be busy being busy. You know that. In Christ your life can find real meaning. He said, “ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Why are you here? Not just to be busy being busy. You’re here to live. Christ said, “ I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” W h ith er am I going? When life is Christ then death is gain but when life is not Christ then death is oblivion. “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.” In Christ is life for today—abundant life—and for tomorrow His promise. H ow do I fu lfill m y personal destiny in this life? Other re ligions can tell you what to do but they cannot tell you how. Other religions can give a code of ethics but they give no power ■ to live up to that code. Christianity is redemptive. “How much H more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” “Therefore if any man be in ’Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” This way of life is in Christ. Christ equated Himself with the way, the truth, the life. Christ Himself is what matters. In Him every need is resolved, every problem finds its solution. ' This can be your hour for life with real meaning. Come to Him now and in doing so find that in Christ is L ife. — L.H . If you hove found in this short article a way of life that you would like, we urge you now— this very moment— to yield your will to His will and in doing so find that in Christ is Life. If you want to make a decision B for Christ please write us. Your letter will be held in the strictest confidence. We'll send you without charge a special Gospel of John and other helps. jp| Address: The Editors, King's
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yet to come? But the end is not yet, for the Hebrew prophets are full of glowing predictions of Messiah’s divine nature and finished work. Isaiah speaks of His virgin birth from a maiden in the house of David. The future rule of the King of Israel, as well as the path of sorrow and suffering necessary to that goal, are also vividly presented. (Isa. 7:14; 9: 6, 7; 53.) Jeremiah points to the one who is David’s righteous Branch through whom justice and righteous ness will be meted out in the land, whose name is the Lord our right eousness. (23:5, 6.) Ezekiel delights to speak of the righteous and tender Shepherd of Israel who will gather the outcasts of Israel and the dis persed of Judah and care for their every need. (34:11-16.) The prophet Daniel in Babylonian exile looks far into the future day and predicts the very time of the Messiah coming for the salvation of the world. (9:24-26.) The message of Micah included even the very place where the Saviour was to be bom into the world, Bethlehem of Judea. (5:2.) Malachi unerringly pointed out the forerunner of the Messiah, as well as the coming of the Re deemer Himself to His temple. (3:1.) The expected Messiah and Saviour and His salvation were the dominant notes and themes in the predictions CONTINUED ► "Two marks of a Christian— giving and forgiving."
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