before the gospel had been preached
in the cities of Palestine bv the dis
pies,
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THE LIVING CHRIST
(Continued from page 11)
Jew, Paul He devoted as hile
to the extermination of atl
follower! Christ, and to the uprooting
of the Christian faith, He sought and
received credentials for the purpose
ol persceuting Christians (o the
death and went about”
threatenings and shaughter.”
Then suddenly Paul was completely
changed. And he savs the change was
wrought in hin because he had seen
Christ alive, and talked with Hin,
He beoane a Hamine firebrand on
Christ, cwrrving His evangel wo ail the
provinces ol the Roman Empire. One
of the profoundest intellects the world
has ever seen was convineed that
Jesus was raised from the dead, and he
devoted all his fife that remained to
the preaching ob this great truth to
all wha would listen.
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Six Different Appearances of Christ
Paul lists six chifferent appearances
of Christ alter tis resurrection. Afrer
speaking of His death, he said, “Ie
rose again the third day according to
the Scriptures: and that He was seen
Cephas [Peter], then of the twelve:
alter that, He was seen ol above hve
hundred brethren at once; ol whom
the greater part remain unto this
present, but some are fallen asleep.
Alter that, He was seen ot James;
then of all the apostles. And last of
all He was seen of me also, as of one
born out of due time.” 1 Corinthians
15:4-8.
This testimony was given at a time
when Paul was nearer to the time of
the resurrection than we are to World
War 1. There were plenty ol men
alive who knew all the facts, and who,
if Paul's account had heen false, could
have refuted him with ease. But there
was no refutation, One was not even
attempred. One has never heen made.
Testimony of the Other Disciples
Not only Paul, whose writings con
pose a large part of the New Testa:
ment, but also the other disciples
testifv to the (act of the Lord's resur-
rection, and their account cannot be
lichtly swept aside. Indeed, one of
them, Luke, is recognized as one of
the most reliable historians in the
world, He takes great pams to put
in every fact thar has anv bearing at
all on the subject matter of his story,
and which will serve as a help to
anvone who cares to check up on his
statements. No mun who is conscious
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of writing falsely would begin his ac
COLI aS [ake foes,
In this ssi age (luke S002 are
twenty historic al, geosraphicad, politi
cal, and Lene Horie al references in one
sentence, any one ol whith can be
either verified or proved to he un
true, The Gospels
reteronees,
abound with such
Mere are huudeds of
them an the New estiamenn And
not one of them has ever been proved
to he untrue by any or all of the
cnenves of the church from the begins
ning until now,
A man whe knew he was coing we
write a lie would not have started in
such a lashon He would have known
that he would contradict himselt be-
fore he had wone very far, unless he
le[t out references to facts which
micht he used to upset his statements.
So he would have written vaguely,
and dealt gingerly with known facts
of any kmd. Writers of forgeries avoid
such things as names, dates,
Hers, Custos, and
known flact.
Bue the writers of the Bible deal
with such a wealth of facts that their
story could easily have been verified
when first coiven to the world, or
proved to be untrue. It has stood the
test of every assault that has heen
made upon it.
Luke, in the hook of Aas, declares
that “bv many infallible proofs”
Jesus showed Humsell alive alter Fis
resurrection to lis apostles, “being
scen of them forty davs, and speaking
nf the things pertaining to the king-
dom of God.” Acts 1:9.
One of these "infallible proofs” of
the resurrection is the uiter {mlure
of the enemies of Christ to account
for the belief in lis resurrection on
any other grounds than that it actually
tank place. They see plainly that it
needs explaining. They arant the fact
that the belief in the resurrection is
the only wav of explaining the es-
tabhishment and the development of
the Christian church. But hey are at
loss to provide anv other explana-
tion. Baffling every theory thev can
mvent and overthrowing every hy-
pothesis they have been able to ad-
vance, is an empty tomb outside
Jerusalem. The only explanation that
can be given for that empty tomb is
the only explanation that is given [or
it mn the New Testament. That is
that Jesus was raised fromm the dead
bv the power of God, and is now the
living Christ,
breve for that T have already set
forth. The records of the Bible are
true. 1 ho is no more reliable book
in the world than the Bible. Dut there
is other testimony, and 1 cannot rest
until IT tell ir. And this is the highest
places,
every well
of all evidence, and the most satis-
fying. Nothing verithes the ancient
records of Holy Writ as thiso 1 know
Jesus was rused from the dead be-
attse hove evidence Tle 1s now alive,
He. ivscll, in His own blessed per
sony, has hroucho lorgiveness of sins
tone. He has wecepted owe as His own.
his Hite as mmomy hearts Noone can
have more satisivi IN, CONVINCING Vs
dence of His resurrection than that.
And that evidence He will brine wo
the Tuner consciousness ol every soul
withing to receive it.
A DIVINE MEDIATOR
(Contimued from page 3)
Mary as ao medianor hetween God and
the human race as well as angels.
This branch of the Chvistian church
has done away with the one Mediator
hotween God and man-="the Man,
Christ Jesus,” and has substituted in
His place another siviowr and inter
cessor before God's throne who has
been exalted above the Son of God in
the eranting of mercy and pardon to
SENNECEs. Such an Cealtation, ot a hu-
man bemy is not only blasphemous
but is, as the apostle John righttully
said, “that spirit of antichrist, where-
ol ve have heard that it should come.”
No wonder the apostle John wrote
that “if anv man” should word up and
adhere to this anti-Christian power
which was to npen its “mouth mn blas-
phemy against God to blaspheme His
name, and His tabernacle, and them
that dwell in heaven.” and was to
“make war with the saints, and to
overcome them™: and was to exercise
power “over all kindreds, and tongues
and nations.” “the same shall drink
of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture
into the cup of Jhis mdignauon.”
Revelation 15:6, 7: 1.4:10,
Paul called this branch of the Chris-
tian church “the mystery ol iniquity,”
that “doth already work™: the apostle
Peter called them “false teachers
among vou, who privily shall bring in
damnable heresies”: the apostle John
called those who taneht this doctrine
of Christ not coming in our “sinful
flesh” “that spirit of antichrist,” and
he said that the churelt that taneht
this doctrine was represented hy oa
woman that had the following numne
written on her forehead: “MYSTERY,
BABYLON | HE GREAT, THE
MOTHFR OF HARIOTS AND
ADOMINATIONS OF THE
FARTH,” and that this woman was
‘drunken with the Blood of the
saints, and with the Hlood of the mar
yrs of Jesus.” Revelation 17:5, 6.
This 1s a divine description of the
church that teaches this blasphemous
doctrine. Can vou guess her namer
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