The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of ChristianityOrr, Charles Ebert
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The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity
Orr, Charles Ebert
Christianity
The wonderful grace of God removes sin and its nature from the heart. It
restores to man’s heart holy and pure affections. It will turn away the
love for sin and fill your soul with peace and purity and your mind with a
train of holy thoughts.
That the New Testament teaches a trinity in the Godhead is made obvious in
Eph. 4:4-6. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in
one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and
Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Also in
Mat. 28:19: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” And in 1 Pet.
1:2: “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood
of Jesus Christ.” Jude 20, 21: “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the
love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.” But the most indubitable text upon this subject is 1 John 5:7: “For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” Christ is the Word. John 1:1.
God The Father.
Father is a title conferred upon the first person in the trinity. He is
the Creator of all things. Much has been written in scholastic theology of
God, but such is incongruous to this work. Since most men believe in the
existence of God, the Creator and Father, our Scriptural quotations
relating to him will be but few.
He is love. 1 John 4:8. It was God the Father that so loved this world as
to give his only begotten Son to die for us that we might live. John 3:16.
He is eternal. “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms.” Deut. 33:27.
He is omnipotent. “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord
appeared to Abram, and said unto him. I am the Almighty God; walk before
me, and be thou perfect.”
He is omniscient. “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou
knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought
afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord,
thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid
thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I
can not attain unto it.” Psa. 139:1-6. “Known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world.” Acts 15:18.
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