The Gospel Trumpet - 33:37

              So' wiU I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered In the cloudy and dark day. -Ezek. 34:12.
- And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.-Jer. 32:38. At evening time It shall be Ilght.-Zech. 14:7.
Volume XXXIII. Anderson, Ind., U. S. A., Thursday, September 18, 1913. No. 37.
WHAT DOES SALV!TION IlVIPLY~
BY G. Q. COPLlN.
rhe term salvation as used in the New Testa­mellt
implies deliverance from sin. It is only
by repentance that we can obtain deliverance
from our transgressions and the power of sin.
Christ came to free us from all this, hence he
sa.id, "If the Son therefore shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed" ( John 8: 36).
The man who repents of his sins and believes
on the Lord Jesus Christ is made free indeed.'
He is free from his past sins for Gael has blot­ted
them all out (Acts 3: 19). He is free from
all as "There is therefore now nO condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8: 1).
He is free from the power of sin for the law
or the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made
him free from the law of sin and death (Rom.
8: 2).
He is made alive in Christ, and hoas become
a new creature (Eph. 2: 1;2 Cor. 5: 17). Ife is
now a king and a priest unto God and he reigns
in this life over the POWel' of sin" and Satan by
one Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2: 5, 9; Rom. 5: 17).
'rhis is truly the gIoriousblood-bought 'privilege
of everyone who will come to the Liord with
all his' heart. 0 wondrous grace 'or God 1 V\71ell
may men and angels' voices blend in ;praise to
his great name. .
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THE "WHY" OF GOD'S COMMAN±rMENT~
"The, things which God enjoined upon man
were not so enjoined because God had the ad­vantage
of man ,and could demand of him what­soeV01'
he desired; but because in the doing of
thcscthings lay man's greatest protectiQll
against the assaults of the devil."
Goel did not say, "Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord, and he WIll
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he
will ahundantly p?-rdon" (Isa. 55: 7), for the
mere reason that he is thenlmjghty God and
therefore could dictate to man; but because that
'wicked "ways and unrighteous th.ol.1ghtscon­taminate
men's souls and hring 'upon them sure
destruction.
Again he said.: "If riches i1cr,~ase, sef-, not·
YOlll' hear,t upon theni" (Psa. 62: 10) . This
was not because God desires us to live ill pov­ertyhere
below, but ilis wisdom sa"y the d~n­gel',
and his loving voice' sent the warning that
you and I might escape the snare set so skil­fully,
and not getentanglec1 ill Satan's net.
'V\7 hen he said, "Be not conformed to thlis
worhl: but beye transform~d" (Rom.. 12:2), he
well knew the danger there; and it was in his
Father-love and care that he thus commanded
us.
Likewise he said, "The just shall live by
faith" (I-Ieb. 10: 38) ; but neither is there des­potism
in this. He knew the. human make-up,
and how uncertain feelings are, and that we
would need a ~more solid rock than feelings upon
which to build our hopes. He knew that some­times
our eyes see only the cloud, and he would
have us believe that the sun is still shining,
rather than, because we can not see it, to think
it has ceased to shine.
o brother, sister, do you sometimes ask why?
God knows best. He requires nothing of us
save wha.tis for our good and to make our soul
a' success.
II ••
SATISFACTION IN JESUS.
Sinner, do you feel that longing, craving in
your heal~ for satisfaction? There is a feel~
iug of restlessness, or dissatisfaction, "like the
troubled sea when it can not rest, whod3 7Vaters
cast up mire and dirt." There is a constant
cnaving for s3ltisfaction. You seek in one walk
of life and then another. Long ago the church
was held out to you, and you thought to find
heart-satisfaction within her gates. You joined;
you took part in her Sunday-school, her young
peo:ple'sendeavors, and in her socials as "well .
Yet there was that longing, craving, dissa.tis­faction
in your heart.
Then you tried another vya.y. You decided
that love was life, and that. therefore the thing
for you to do was to lov~,. ma.l.'ry, and then be
ha:RPY. You loved; you married; you settled
down; butalalS! rrhat inward voice was not
yet stilled!
You started into business, hoping some da)'
to become wealthy and infiuential, and to be
happy. But you failed.
N ow you have decided that the way to b'e
happy js to throwaway restraint and respon­sibility,
live in idleness and the gratifications
of your human :passions and desires. 011, fatal
path, leading down to hell!
Yes, you have tried every other path, you
think, but this one; now you are going to try
it. Friend, Jesus pleads with you, do not. It
is too often the last, the fatal path! the path
to- dissipation, to ruin. The path that destroys
every. element or hope and ambition that now
lives in your bosom; that sinks you' to miserable
depths Jand tJt:ere robs you, or strength or de­sire
to rise; for should you. rise from that. hor­riWe
pit, would not societysniell' the foulness
upon your garments an€l;,trwn ;from you in
scorn? Could you ever again take your place
in the world-you with the inevitable lines of
dissipation and guilt upon your face? Thus you
would rather remain in your pit of degradation,
away from society, away from even one ray of
light from the good 'and pure, than to undergo
the struggles to rise. God help you; you will
never find satisfaction there.
Sinner, you need the' comfort and sola co) of
J esns. You need what he offers Who said, "Colle
unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11: 28). You
need Jesus to speak "Peace, be still" to your
restless spirit. You need to drink of tho Water
of I.1ife. "Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye
to the waters, 'and he that hath no money; come
ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk
without money, and without price. Wherefore
do ye spend money for that which is not b]~ead ~
and your labor for that which sn.tis:fieth not.?
harken diligently unto me, and eaiye that which
is good, and let your soul delight itself in :fat­ness"
(Isa. 55: 1, 2). "Tho Spirit and the
bride sa.y, Come. Andlat him that henl'cth say,
Come. . And let him that is athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely" (Rev. 22: 17). "JeSlls stooel :-mcl cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him cO~'ne unto
me and drink" (John 6: 37).
You need :to eat of the Bread of Life. J eSllS
said, (& I am that bread of life ... my flesh is
meat indeed, and my blood 1S drink indeed"
(John '6.: 48, 55).
Sinner, you need J esns ! Joining a cln'l ech
and trying to.be what you think is {\, Oh:L'isti;.m,
will not satisfy you; nothing "NiH satisfy you
but Jesus.
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o poor creatures, who pass all your .time ill
feeding upon the gifts of God, and think thercdn
to be the most favored and happy, how I pity
YOll if you stop here, short of the tru~ rest, ana
cease to go forward to God himself, through the
loss of those cherished gifts which yon now de­light
in. How many pass all their lives in this
way and think highly of themselves .thel'ein !
There are others who being calleel of Gael to
die to themselves, yet pass all their time in a
dying life ·and in inward agonies, without ever
entering into God, through de-a:th and a total
loss of self, because they are always willing to rc~
tain something under plausible pretexts, and so
never lose themseltestothe whole extenr of the
designs of Gael. Wherefore, they never enjoy
God in all his fulness; which is a loss that can
not be perrectly known: in this life.
, -:...Madam Guyon. '