THK UAZKTTE-T1ME9. HF.rPXKR. OREGON, THVRSnW. FKHKl'AItY 13, 1910.
FACE iX
THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF CHRISTUM
Xo. 5. What Must I Do to Secure
Salvation?
(A sermon by Frank A. Andrews of
The Christian Church.)
Acts. 16:30 "What must I do to be
naved?"
Altho church services have been
resumed, I prefer to publish this ser
mon in the columns of the Gazette
Times rather than to "r:-.ch !t from
the pulpit, because it is the conclud
ing sermon of the -cris of studies in
the fundamental f Christianity
and I am asxious to present this
study to those v ho have read the
others of the series.
The question "What must I do to
secure salvation?" or as it was asked
by the Philippian jailor in the words
of the text: "What must I do to be
saved?" is i question which is as
suredly worthy of a sincere and
thoro investigation. Where shall we
look for an answer to such a ques
tion? Christianity, in so far as it
pertains to the spiritual and eternal,
is not within the realm of science,
therefore science can give us no
answer to the question. Philosophy
can give us, at the best, only vague
speculations and possibilities, no as
surance. If it were possible for man
to attain eternal life and the forgive
ness of sin by the devices of his own
.-.f'Useare tl'cn nan also might be
i.ualif.cd t: rr.y by what means;
salvation could be secured. However, j
Mich is not the case. Nevertheless'
-.t me pe-rle cem to think that God
has implanted in man's nature some
sort of faculty by which each may
determine for himself what he must
do to be saved. Evidently the Phil
ippine jailor had no such faculty.
Conscience is no guide in such
things. The conscience Is a product
of education. It approves as right or
condemns wrong whatever the In
dividual has been taught to consider
as right or wrong. The Chinese used
to bury living servants in the grave
with the wealthy dead. The people
cf India used to burn the living
widow with the body of the dead
husband. Some of the African people
used to live on human flesh. The
Esquimaux used to kill their infirm
and aged parents. In each cose con
science approved these deeds because
these things had been taught as
right.
Salvation is of God. Therefore the
only way by which one can answer
the question "What must I do to be
saved?" is to find out what God has
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said. His word is authoritative and
can be safely followed. To find out
what God has said upon this sugject
we naturally turn to the New Testa
ment because the New Testament
contains the Christian scriptures.
The Old Testament contains the Jew
ish scriptures.
Faith.
The answer of the Apostle Paul to
the Philippian jailor was, "Believe
on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be
saved." It has previously been
pointed out that faith is one of the
elements of Christianity. That the
gospel has to do especially with this
faith element, setting forth those
facts in relation to Jesus which must
be believed. Further, it was shown
that salvation was Impossible with
out faith In Jesus Christ. It may
appear somewhat confusing, how
ever, to mention faith in connection
with the question "What must I do? '
But faith is properly regarded in the
scriptures as an act, a mental act. To
believe is just as much an act of the j
normal intellect as to remember, to !
purpose, or to think. To be unable
to do any one of these things is to be
mentally deficient. "Without faith itj
is impossible to please uoa, lor ne
that cometh to God must believe that
He is, and that He is a rewarder of
them that seek after Him." "God
so loved the world, that he gave His
only begotten son, that whosoever be- i
lieveth on him should not perish, but
have eternal life." "He that disbe
liaveth shall be condemned." Mk
16:16.
How can a man who does not be
lieve obtain faith. First there must
be the will, the desire to believe.
Some men love darkness rather than
ilght because their deeds are evil.
Some don't want to believe. After
the desire is there an Intelligent
study of God's word, the principal
Christian evidence, will product
faith. Faith cometh not by prayer,
or fasting but "Faith cometh by hear
ing and hearing by tlie word of God."
Rom. 10:17.
Repentance.
It would be a serious mistake to
conclude that to believe in Jesus
Christ is the only thing necessary to
secure salvatlln. It is the first thing,
not the only thing. On the day of
Pentecost, after the resurrection of
Jesus, Peter preached in, Jerusalem
and many of his hearers asked,
"Brethren, what shall we do?" The
answer was "Repent and be baptized
every one of you In the name of
Jesus Christ." Acts 2:37-38. They
were not told to believe because they
had just listened to the gospel pro
clamation in which they had been
told that faith was necessary. They
were told to take the next step, their
question was evidence that they be
lieved. The literal meaning of "re
pentence" is "a change of mind or
purpose," but at the time the word
was used by Peter it had come to
have the meaning of a change in
conduct, resulting from a change of
mind or purpose. It is not sorrow,
but sorrow, or regret, sometimes
produces repentance; see 2 Cor.
7:10. Repentance is not penance,
but penance may sometimes be a
part of repentance. If we have lived
lives of unbelief, of sin, and of
selfishness we must change our con
duct and make it harmonize with
faith In Jesus. John the Baptist
limited to the period preceedlug
baptism. It was continuous. If they
were persecuted or laughed at for
their faith, they were proud to suffer
for the sake of the faith. Jesus him
self said: "Every one therefore who
shall confess me before men, him wiir
I also confess before my Father who
is In heaven. But whosoever shall'
deny me before men, him will I alsu
deny before my Father who Is In
Heaven." Mat. 10:32-33.
Obedience.
Christianity would be unreason
able and destructive religion if It did
not Insist that its professors should1
strive at all times and In all ways to
overcome sin and evil. The require-
preached repentance, the Lord him-! ment of repentance has to do with at
self preached it, Peter preached it I reformation 'of life. Confession re-
the day of Pentefost, Paul
"Now He commandeth all
everywhere to repent." Acts 17-30
Confession.
In the Roman letter Paul makes
this statement "If thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
said : (tuires that our words and deeds shall
men ' ahmv forth our faith. If, as shown
in a prevleus study, sin is the trans
gression of law then obedience to
God will be the most helpful method
of putting sin out of the life one
lives. If there is one lesson that
stands out prominently all thru the
siiait believe in thine heart that God Old and New Testaments it is the
hath raised him from the dead, thou lesson of obedience. The details for
shalt be saved. For with the heart the buildine of the tabernacle, the
man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. For the scrip
ture sayeth, Whosoever believeth on
him shall not be ashamed." Chapter
10-9-11. No one who sincerely be-
ark of tho covenant, and the temple
were laid down in the most minute
particular and the people were in
structed to be very careful to build
according to the pattern laid down.
At the time of the exodus from
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lieves in Jesus Christ and honestly j Egypt only those homes escaped,
wants to live the Christian life will j upon the door posts of which the
try to hide his faith. If Jesus suf- blood of a kid had been sprinkled, in
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him is to publicly profess Him as , how to carry the ark of the covenant,
your Savior, even if it is a little hard only the family of Kohath of the
to do so. A study of the instances tribe of Levi were permitted to
of confession recorded In the New ' touch It. But one time a man named
Testament clearly shows that a con
fession of faith in Jesus Christ was
Uzzah thought the ark was going to
fall ever so he just put his band
required of converts before the i against it to steady It. He had no
administration of baptism. The his.
tory of the early church shows fur
ther that those who became Christ
ians continually manifested their
faith before the world by their words ' had forgotten
and deeds, They were not ashamed.
Their confession of faith was not
right to touch It. "God smote him
for his error; and there he died by
the ark of God." 2 Sam. 6:7. This
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that God requires
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