Show i r i. d What Does The Bible Say The story is told of a bishop of the early Church who bowed respectfully before the Emperor but refused to bow to his son Arcadius at which the emperor of course showed great displeasure But the lie stalwart stalwart stalwart stal stal- wart Christian replied 0 King how much more will Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah Je Je- Je- Je hovah abhor those who reject HIS Son Yes how much more TilE THE BIBLE says All men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father He that not the Son not the Father which hath hash sent Him Without Christ there is no God To be without Christ is to be in m the strictest sense an nn atheist How distasteful this passage must be to the unbeliever unbeliever unbeliever liever to the Modernist who would like to pay lip service to Christ but who will hear nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing of His claim to with the Father HOW EMBARRASSING to all who in their ritual or worship wo would ld prefer to delete the name of Christ and to be content with more general names for the lie Deity But how comforting are the claims of Christ to the heart of the Christian Our Savior is no mere prophet no mere teacher no mere human leader He lie is very God of very God He has come from the bosom of the Father HE IS the Word made flesh True God incarnate Omnipotent Word And He has been appointed by His Father to be the Savior and the Jud Judie e of all mankind To those who refuse to believe in His name refuse to accept Him as the Son of nf God end and Savior of the world lorld He will be bea a stern Judge on the lie day when lIe He returns to judge the quick living and the dead See Matthew 25 31 46 BUT TO THOSE who honor honori i Him as the only-begotten only of the lie Father and who trust in Him Himas as their Savior and Redeemer He will be a mighty deliverer I from sin death and the powers of hell See John 5 35 35 17 |