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their sins. Spiritualists seek,—^and die in their sins. Mormons seek,4—and die in their sins. All false systems represent those who seek,-—and die in their sins. They all fail to see Christ upon the cross as the Son from Heaven, the Son on earth, and the Son resurrected and in the Heavens; all are ready to crucify the thought of thd cross as a means of salvation. How our hearts should bow in sorrow over the power of Satan in human life ! How our souls should desire, in loving sympathy, to make the truth known to the blinded and suffering sinners! How we should revolt at the efforts of those within the professing
A CHANGE OF LABEL BUT NOT OF LIQUID
Our cartoon carries a vivid suggestion of the ser iousness of the Satanic methods now pursued by the enemies of our Lord and His Word. There has never been any change in the attitude of heart and mind of those religious professors who hate the doctrine of the Deity of Jesus Christ, but who seek to pose as friends of the Man Jesus, and are at all times ready to say goody-goody words concerning His character and the influence of His teaching, ignoring His repeated claim,
C h u r c h who mask their soul-destroying messages with the label of ‘ ‘ Christian ity !” ;) Can you think of a more debasing and destructive w o r k t h a n t h a t which strikes at the very foundation of o u r faith and belittles the Son of God who says: “ Before Abraham was, I AM!” No power on earth or in heaven can change this state ment. It is the veri fied Word of Him who, in the begin ning, was the Word. THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF THE SON OF GOD W e a r e accus tomed to the fre quent use of terms without much regard to their real signifi cance, but it is never so in the Bible. The
by word and deed, to be God manifest in the flesh. In the Gospel of John these deniers of His Deity are so definitely described that they find their only refuge in deny ing the authenticity of the Gospel, or else by using a mass of mawkish, mincing terms, such as “ the adaptation of Chris tianity to the mod ern mind,” etc., de signed to d e c e i v e innocent victims by the use of religious verbiage. . Read the eighth chapter of the Gos pel of John, from 'the twelfth verse to the close, and put a pen cil mark under the repeated assertion of our Lord “ I am” in His controversy with the religious J ews . What could be more conclusive than His words in vs. 21-24:
value of the Scriptures lies in their exactitude in the use of terms, of which we find an illustration in the relation of Gen. 1:2, 3 to 2 Cor. 4 :4-6: “And the earth was without form and void; and dark ness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light” (Gen. 1 :2 , 3 ). “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gos pel of Christ who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” (2 Cor. 2 :4 -6 ). God has not changed. Light came in response to His command and darkness fled away. Sin has dark ened the minds of men through Satan’s devilish device, and his endeavor is to keep them in ignorance of the truth, which will illumine their darkened minds and lead them into the light and liberty of the children of God. God’s method is simple and practical. It has worked with us who are saved by His grace, and it always works when applied. Preach Christ Jesus the Lord! That is the glorious Gospel of Christ.
“ Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins; whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above; ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said, therefore, unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for IF YE BELIEVE NOT THAT I AM he, YE SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS.” The conflict has always been between light and dark ness. Christ claims to be THE LIGHT, but men love darkness. This was never more apparent than today. Jesus tells men of their origin (v. 44),: ’ “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do; he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar and the father of it.” How fearful are the words, “ Ye shall seek me and shall die in your sins; whither I go ye cannot come.” Theologians seek,-—and die in their sins. Nominal Christians seek,—and die in their sins. Unitarians seek, and die in their sins. Theosophists seek,—and die in their sins. Christian Scientists seek,—and die in
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