LIFE FOR CHRIST. But "whoever cometh I will in no wise cast out." However great the difficulty may be in fulfilling a promise in our estimation, it is impossible for God to lie; and while the infallibility of God's promises should afford strong consolation to all that trust them, it should be a terror to them that will not obey; for the threatenings will as infallibly he fulfilled as the promises.III. And just imagine that either the child, or the subject should dare to come into the presence of the parent or of the sovereign, unconcerned about the matter wherein they had offended. Now what intense veracity did all that require in Him who propounded such a thing! "Well, how did it ever come alive?" His little daughter was sleeping in her crib beside his bed. And he did get hold of it and was soon happy. Are not these longings strong and deep in the heart of humanity? I was at the lowest point of sin and misery when you stopped and offered that prayer. To be with God forever.Conclusion:1. And that which helps to make us like Jesus is the very best thing in the world for us. It is hard to find the way, and at every step, we are liable to get off the right track. The way to God would be shut if it were not for the humanity of Christ; the way to God would be imperfect if it were not for the Divinity of Christ. And the reason why you do not enjoy all this is, because you will not. Everywhere men were groping in the dark, following "blind leaders." "Having, therefore, brethren, boldness to enter," etc. There was no one on board to tell him what to do. God gives to the world by Christ's hands His Holy Spirit, by whom assurance of pardon is given, and new birth to righteousness.3. THE REWARDER OF LIFE. To help in scattering a little light, he was in the habit of translating striking passages of Scripture on little scraps of paper, and having his servant distribute them at his door every morning. He entered into the holy place, "neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood." He had said in Eden that He would punish the breach of His law, at the same time that He promised to spare the offender. CHRIST IS THE WAY BY WHICH MAN GETS UP TO GOD, AND DWELLS WITH HIM AT LAST IN HIS HOUSE. A. It is not so much that they live, as Christ that liveth in them. Parsons. It is not enough to die, and be happy, as some people seem to imagine; you may die and be damned — the Bible says so.VI. (3) A perfect way. He sent His blessed Spirit into my heart, to show me that my soul was dead; and that I never could be happy, and never go to heaven unless my soul was made alive. And there they lay, until His willing it gave those ideas their form, and they took the material substances with which we are conversant. him - John 14:6. Adopting the most general assumption that God is the Governor, and that man is a subject, and that the sanction by which the government of God is vindicated, over the retribution of eternity, then it must follow that nothing can be of importance at all compared to the attainment of a state by which the infliction of the Divine anger may be avoided, and by which the enjoyment of the Divine favour may be secured.II. Now what intense veracity did all that require in Him who propounded such a thing! When men launch their huge iron steamers, by scores and by hundreds, the ocean supports them as easily as though they were light as a piece of cork. During the time of her father's troubles, she was a prisoner in Carisbrook Castle. And just imagine that either the child, or the subject should dare to come into the presence of the parent or of the sovereign, unconcerned about the matter wherein they had offended. Please accept five guineas, and may God bless you in the good work you are doing." It is very certain that in proportion as nations have departed from Christ, they have wandered out of the orbit of "truth." Christ does not deal with us as machines, but as reasonable beings. 2. The Sacraments. That is the only idea we can form of creation.2. Jesus will go with me." You told me you never saw a missionary in your life, and never had anyone to speak to you about the way of salvation?' It is the truth the Bible teaches us about Jesus, which makes us Christians in the beginning. )Christ the only way of approach to the FatherJ. We have need incessantly, therefore, to refer to the first principle; to correct everything by this, "I am the Truth.". Newton, D. D.)Christ, "the TruthJ. The way to God would be shut if it were not for the humanity of Christ; the way to God would be imperfect if it were not for the Divinity of Christ. Did you tell us the other night as how Jesus Christ died for every feller?" But when we read about Jesus and learn how holy, and good, and perfect He was, we must not be discouraged if we do not become like Him at once. Baptism symbolizes our being born in Christ, and the Lord's Supper symbolizes our being fed by Him. You say to him: "Don't be troubled; two and two make four; or the sun rises in the east and sets in the west." Take my hand." Other truth will affect your intelligence, your conscience, your luxuries, your civilization. Look, for instance, at a babe that is just born, and a chicken that is just hatched. (2) The enjoyment of reconciliation with Him. But it is to be found by those morally prepared for the discovery by humility and reverence; it is to be found by those who come to Christ, to listen to him, to watch him, to win him by the wide receptiveness of faith, and by the luminous sympathy of love. Vaughan, M. What gets me is not that Jesus had the nerve to say that … There are others who neglect the spirit of this declaration. If I am treading the king's highway I cannot be a trespasser there. (2)Do not treat Christ as though His Mediatorship was inadequate. John 1), and His character and history let him and his brethren tell. As we make any other way our way: by getting into it. Beecher. Newton, D. D.)Christ the WayR. It is Christ for us to live. Then, again, some men reject the idea of the Divinity and sacrifice of Christ, and think it is enough to come to God, as professing to receive the truth of Christ. He is the meaning of facts. "What is it, my darling?" When Jesus makes our souls alive, then the one thing we have to do is to try to be like Jesus. Even later Peter showed that beyond a shadow of doubt that it was through, and only through Jesus, that man could be saved - Acts 4:12. To confirm the threatenings. She took courage. )Christ the only means of access to the FatherT. He got well; and he is living now, the joy and comfort of that father who made the way of salvation so plain that he could get hold of it.II. That is the only idea we can form of creation.2. And every man — as he dwells more with Christ — grows in rectitude of conduct and integrity of practice. "I'm afraid you'll find fault with me," she said. "The just shall live by faith," not by any other means.(C. "I'll do the best I can." THE SUPPORTER OF LIFE. Major Prophets Christ is in them. Is not science itself in search of the Father? There are three empires of "truth. The truth in Jesus is the best of all truth, because it —I. What could we have known of God, of His mercy, His faithfulness, His truth, His justice, but for the revelation of them that is made in Christ?2. LIFE IN CHRIST. | … Share this page using one of these tools: Email / username or password was incorrect! Why, that means me!" "Well, sir, I am that woman. She has sprung a leak, and now the pumps are choked, and can no longer be worked. In this lies the security of the Christian. -------------------- Jesus will go with me." A. But this is what no other kind of knowledge will or can do. (2)By delivering us from the power of Satan.2. TRUTH WAS AN ATTRIBUTE ABOVE ALL OTHERS, ESSENTIAL TO THE OFFICES WHICH CHRIST UNDERTOOK TO FULFIL.1. In falling, she caught hold of the branch of a tree. Some of THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS "WAY.". It saved me. What can be plainer than this promise, "He that believeth, shall be saved;" or than this invitation, "Come unto Me, all ye that labour," etc. we have the doctrine of the Pharisees too. If He is as a sign post, He is one with living arms; for He receives us to Himself, from His Cross He draws us up to Himself, He lifts us upon His shoulders; in short, He is Himself the way, the new living way, which, like a full flowing river, bears along our little hark, and brings it to the ocean of a blissful eternity. III. General Epistles With a sad heart, the father went in. God is a Being of perfect love. In this character, He came from heaven to reveal and testify to men the invisible things of another world. LIFE ON CHRIST Some plants grow on that on which they lean. The mother of this young girl was an earnest Christian woman. (3) Spiritual. In consecration Christ is revealed.IV. He is God, and He is Man. Happiness and security. The means of access and acceptance with God, under the Levitical dispensation, were restricted to a small nation; but under that dispensation of grace and truth, which came by Jesus Christ, it announced that the party walls were to be broken down, and the distinction of Jew and Gentile known no more; and that whomsoever, of any age, nation, rank, or character, would come unto the Father through the work of the Son, should find in the work of the Son a ready plenitude of Almighty energy and grace. INCOMPARABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL TRUTH. As such —(1) He intercedes with us, and beseeches us to be reconciled to God. Hodge, D. D.Life includes —1. By faith we are united to Him. "Our citizenship is in heaven." (2)He not only merits, but sends that Spirit.II. "Do you not remember some months since praying over a woman who lay drunk on the floor?" Jesus only can satisfy the soul."III. It is, therefore, desired for men that they may have the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of God and His Son. Some months after the minister was going again through that part of the city. THE SUPPORTER OF LIFE. we have the doctrine of the Pharisees too. With respect to us who have fallen, if we come to God we must come in a particular manner. He saves us from death —(1)By His atonement, which satisfies the law. was the question put to them afterwards. Then her pale face grew very sad. He took her pale, thin hand in his, and said slowly but solemnly: "My darling daughter, take your mother's way." When men launch their huge iron steamers, by scores and by hundreds, the ocean supports them as easily as though they were light as a piece of cork. Imagine, in either of these cases, that some kind and gracious and affectionate declaration of readiness to forgive on certain conditions and in a certain way. It showed me what a great sinner I was; but it showed me also what a great Saviour Jesus is. Imagine that your child, without adverting to the circumstances of his actual offence, and of your displeasure, and to the plan which you had designed by which reconciliation might be effected between you — that your child came and praised the properties of your character, and rejoiced in the genuine affections of your nature, and the principles of your behaviour, and praising your heart, or your hands, or your head. (3) Spiritual. Newton, D. D.This word "way" may mean either one of two things — the road along which you must go to reach a certain place; or the thing that must be done in order to secure any particular end. ii) The same Scriptures that prophesied Jesus’ first coming also prophesy His second … What can be plainer than this promise, "He that believeth, shall be saved;" or than this invitation, "Come unto Me, all ye that labour," etc. A minister had a son in the army. Why, only see how I can toss my arms about, and use my legs, and feet, and hands. She took courage. The truth in Jesus is the best of all truth, because it —I. But when the teacher came, he looked and smiled. Anything like that was never uttered in heaven. Other truth will affect your intelligence, your conscience, your luxuries, your civilization. And why? (Isaiah 9:6). Some by the word mean literal accuracy of speech, some a restricted class of theological truths; others some philosophical theories. This life is given to us through —1. Aldis. And the reason why you do not enjoy all this is, because you will not.V. Are we to believe that the desires which we have for the highest and noblest and holiest of all things are to be made exceptions to the rule?I. As the life of the mother is imparted to the child, so Christ's life is imparted to the Christian. learning from our victories. Now, in establishing truth in a man's heart, Christ not only sets up the principle of obedience to the Word of God, but He establishes that principle by the power of His own life. "Yes," said his friend; "Everyone that asketh receiveth." Christ is the eternal fountain — the life of the soul (Romans 8:38, 39).II. Have you come to the Father?2. Minor Prophets I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. There must be a something to call it forth. Therefore Christ is "Truth."3. Jesus only can satisfy the soul."III. No other being possesses the characteristics which are possessed by our Lord Jesus, and which are necessary to constitute a sufficient mode of access to the Father. It is very evident that she cannot be kept afloat much longer. But all who undertake to climb over into the fold by any other way are thieves and robbers. After awhile, the doctor came in. 1. IN WHAT RESPECTS IS CHRIST "THE WAY?"1. Now both these theories mistake the entire basis, method and scope of Christ's Mediatorship, which is essentially an economy of holy law, in which God and man sustain not simply the relations of Father and Son, but those of moral Governor and rational and responsible creature. It is not enough to die, and be happy, as some people seem to imagine; you may die and be damned — the Bible says so.VI. The words of the Bible are life. When you're trying to get somewhere, what you need is clarity. She has been overtaken by a dreadful storm. AS THE POWER ULTIMATELY TO SUBDUE THE WORLD. The Sacraments. "Neither is there salvation in any other," etc. And in the religious order, knew we nothing whatever of Moses, David, or St. Paul, we would none the less be in possession of the genesis of the world, of the most heart-thrilling hymns and of the grand doctrine of grace. "Well, now, my son, this is the way to come to Jesus. Make it so plain that I can get hold of it." And there they lay, until His willing it gave those ideas their form, and they took the material substances with which we are conversant. She feared to have the teacher look at her book. Parsons.I. This is the food that this hungry soul craves. And how? IV. SANCTIFIES OR MAKES US GOOD. Are not these longings strong and deep in the heart of humanity? I was surprised to find that he was not only a Christian, but a Christian with a very clear knowledge of Jesus, and of the way in which he saves the souls of His people. LIFE IN CHRIST. Then he stooped down to speak to the boy. The office of the Holy Spirit is to take of the things of Christ, and show them unto us. Happiness and security. -------------------- Worlds that have never fallen are in a state of natural religion. We need to be so convinced that we ourselves have trusted the Lord Jesus as Savior. The model of goodness is the example of Jesus. There are others who come to God, professedly, but in the wrong way. And the same Holy Spirit who reproves of sin also goes on to display the perfect righteous. The way of salvation in Jesus is easy to find and easy to keep, if we only ask God to help us in finding and keeping it. Now Christ says, "I am the Way." For this the Saviour is fitted because of His atoning work. The words illuminate the widest possible area of religious truth. fulness, and all his virtues, if he have any, fall to the ground. he asked. You told me you never saw a missionary in your life, and never had anyone to speak to you about the way of salvation?' "I'll do the best I can." No! Who the Mediator was let John tell us (chap. "Yes, I remember it very distinctly." Christ's people cannot be defeated so long as they can say, "We are in Him that is true." POLEMICALLY. "Great is the truth, and shall prevail." 2. Surely the conduct of those little ones, lost on the moor, has a lesson for us. The nature of the work which our Lord Jesus has accomplished. But what must be the "truth" of Him who was to be "the Truth" of all the whole world?5. Soon she turned again to her father, with her face all lighted up with joy, and said: "Papa, the grave is not dark now. His attributes are evident from His works. "Truly, our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. "I said, 'Our Father,' answered the boy, "and sister said, 'Gentle Jesus.'" Whatever may be the case in regard to the physical life, that is absolutely true in the case of spiritual life. He answered this question by putting his hand under his pillow, and drawing out a parcel of well-worn ragged bits of paper, and saying: 'From these bits of paper, which Sahib Corrie used to distribute by a servant at his door every day, I have learned all I know about the religion of Jesus. It all comes because this heaven-descended Christ has come down the long staircase of Incarnation, and has brought with Him into the clouds and oppressions of our terrestrial atmosphere a germ of life which He has planted in the heart of the race, there to spread forever. — these bridge the gulf between us and God I What does a man think of himself, what does he think of God, who takes up with such a hypothesis?II. There are three empires of "truth. Humanity is what gives to the work of the Saviour adaptation; Divinity is what gives to the work of Christ efficacy, plenitude, and power.2. "Every man that hath learned of the Father cometh unto Me." Man is guilty, and therefore condemned; depraved, therefore impotent; hopeless, therefore wretched. When Jesus makes our souls alive, then the one thing we have to do is to try to be like Jesus. Let them echo through this day and carry you into the next. And he did get hold of it and was soon happy. And why? Thus it came to pass that history, with a slight substratum of fact, became little else than a tissue of fables; philosophy, notwithstanding its high pretensions, became for the most part a mere logomachy or imposing sophism; poetry was employed to dazzle the imagination, to blind the understanding, to decorate the vices; while religion, which, above all things, ought to be the unadulterated truth, became the most complicated and abandoned lie; till Christ stood in the deluded world, and confronted all its delusions, and said, "I am the Truth." 4. If we have a servant working for us, we can show him the work we want him to do; but we cannot give him the strength to do it. What could we have known of God, of His mercy, His faithfulness, His truth, His justice, but for the revelation of them that is made in Christ?2. 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