Show WHOLE WHon WORLD IN NEED Of CHRIST Sermon by Rev Herbert E Hays at Third Presbyter PresbyterIan jan Ian Church TEXT IS FROM MATTHEW MATTHE GO YE THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS That text from Matthew Go ye there therefore therefore fore tore and make disciples of all nations was made the subject sub t of a sermon on the then n need ed and righteousness of or spreading Christianity throughout the world by the Rev Herbert E Hays of the Third Pres Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian church yesterday In part the sermon follows The task set Bet before us in this text is a a great one We Ve are asked to reach th the whole world with Christianity We Ve are not to stop until every nation not Dot only knows about Jesus Christ but has ac accepted him There is a universal need for tor religion and Christianity alone fully f lIy supplies this need Other systems may have frag fragments meats ments of truth but Jesus Christ ha has given us all the t e light It is evident Gods Goos intention that the Christian religion shall be extended to the ends of ot the earth What an obligation rests upon us The command of or the text comes with absolute authority This is because ause it is Gods com corn command command mand given through his son Jesus Christ He Re who is the Worlds Creator Preserver and Redeemer has a right to ask us to I spread abroad His saving truth The Christian religion is different from others in that it comes from God alone Men have been agents but hut never originators origInators originators They have be been n the channel but not the stream And the Bible teaches that Christianity is the only religion that comes from God that other religions are more of a revolt against God than an in inspiring Inspiring inspiring search for God And this is reasonable There is only onh one God and one truth about God If Christianity is right others are wrong God has bas spoken here he cannot have bave spoken there If Jesus Christ was a sac sacrifice sacrifice rifles for lr sin there can Clin be n nd J other But the Christian religion not only comes from God but it brings God into the world Through Christ Heaven has come into touch with earth So the Chris Christian Christian Christian tian religion is not simply better than oth others others ers ens it is the absolute final religion for all men It is I not a part of the worlds religion but is the worlds religion And Christianity ris Is III adapted to the needs of the whole world I have seen Chinese who are far better Christians ns than Americans There are two truths in this text First the missionary appeal If this is Gods truth and lind it is found in sufficiency no nowhere nowhere nowhere where else we should not rest re t until the has accepted it Second the personal appeal If this is Gods truth and there Is none else like it we should should take tak it to our bosoms and live by and anddie anddie anddie die by it |