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V Greer Greel Alvin Foote Draws Picture of Saviors Savior's Burden Burden Burt Bur Bur- t den of Centuries Ago t lL ll MUST BEAR A CROSS st o of Theology Is Being Scraped Fast Believing Believing and Men Arc Are Of Off f ing on Oil Practical Basis I the cro cross of fact that the he different had man hits the tho centuries ot of Christian In has but ono one de- de It Ite Greer Alvin Foote In rfd the on What the Cross Cros of 5 sermon erm Means fl roda Today at the 5 er 0 church yesterday e outlining the different theories the After atonement Mr 1 Foote Foole Declared Lt tho meaning of It the cross is the thc Jt it the of reconciliation not the doc doc- o C trine of ot the time a atonement For ForiS iS Inc InO S loved lo the world that lie He ga save gaye c Id so 0 be begotten olten son John III 1116 6 for forI or u on only I I said in part J text Mr lr Footo Foote I of Christ has meant m mD many D Th cross according to the In- In things t I of men luring the tho ceno cen- cen o the theof ties o oC Christian history but of ot IO mV maY text lext have never changed meaning Most of ot the thc j Ir have built up aroun around 1 the cross St iChrIst t men meT I have found It impossible believe but hut I lu e no dou doubt t what what- ir to the tho truth of ot these words of oC r as 98 he wrote when read Just as John im Thank Go God 1 we se are slowly but butI in tn off UI tIme the rust of ot time the I scraping scraping- o that accumulated acc on the cross bugh the middle ages ases and arc are bring bring- to view once more the pure gold Jold Its meanIng The Matthew Mark Maric ice Jee and John taught simp simply that El died for fot men They stated the theIn theLin tin Lin In fact and did not attempt any ex- ex nations or theological speculations as 1115 as the same wa way with Paul though aIrs alSs alS's ai al- al ul ul being a learned man did not Ss S's rs confine himself to the thc plain lan lan- IbO ago ro of oC the people but allowed him- him u r f to soar away asay on the wings o of fig lg- I tIre live speech on which wings taken rii theologians have hare too frequent frequent- flown away Into the tho mist misty clouds speculation and anti error It Is not hard believe bellevo that what John says sas In this Is li verse is so so but you OU know theoans theo- theo dan ans have a aVa Va way of or explaining Just K yr a thing that Is so Is so 80 so and those thO-l It Is often oCten Impossible for tor man to believe I The Tue Atonement tODe Theory ir r. r Foote Footo then outlined the different ones of oC th the atonement including it t of or Irenaeus In the second century cording to which Go God was wag said to tofe toie tore re ie paid pard the life lIro of his son to thell the Che theril ril ll II as a ransom for mens men's sou souls sous s that i Anselm of the eleventh ele century Jell ilch declared that Jesus suffered 1 to pa pay the tho debt which man lurt iun iu- iu n rt red j b by sinning a against God that sixteenth cen- cen the thc reformers of oC tho the nr re regarded Jesus' Jesus sacrifice as to appease Gods God's wrath with witha I a a aso so O that lIe He could forgive I man Ins and that of ot later theologIans lans the death of oC Christ was meant to I el men th the terrible consequences of ofu u Every er one of these theories Mr Mra Ir Be a said sald- It was vas impossible for tor him himlee le e though h ho did not wish to tob irb b the belle belief of an any ono in any m en m unless he lie could give ghe an e eXIon ex- ex Ion slon of the cross which was bet- bet kd d more In accord with the time scrIp scrIp- of these lie then conow con- con lI lIn nn n an any ow doubtless you ou are beginning tonk tonk to tonk that hat 1 I was pretty pret hard to suit this tills matter o of the cross crog of oC Christ thou thought ht so 50 too for Cor a while and then thene ic e cia day clay I r happened to be reading In 1 book ool of modern sermons when I Ime mc me across an nit explanation of oC the thc theol I ol peg ore that was so simple and so evl- evl i true that I 1 wondered I had Vcr Ver found It before And the tile most thing about It was sas that It as the cr very explanation contained In inis lS his is the greatest text of oC the gospel iFor For God Got so loved e 1 the world that gao gave his only begotten son F Christs Christ's Sacrifice Like a n flash lash of It light ht It broke over O k 1 Jesus died for or the reason which ohu diu hu gives gl In this verse erse He lie died to how ow men men how much God loved them order Border that the power of ot that love fight lIht Ight If possible win men awa away from frome fromKe Ke e company compan of the devil not devil not his own own- iMp for Cor time the devil U has never owned n. n He lIe died to show men that God tt ed them enough to forgive or l e them the Cud Aud fUi UC flOIt sus J JO lP ment whatever If on only I the would come and alk to be e forgiven Instead of showing the anger anber of oC God the thc death leath of Jesus shows sImous just the site Jesus tau taught ht the love lo of God He lie ministered In the time love of or Go God 1 He lie tiled lied to express the time love Jo of ot God Before Before Be Be- fore Cor that love lore men stand amaze amazed 1 Tile They The tremble with remorse and ingratitude Ins to o God Got The They see the danger the horror horror hor hor- of or th their h sins The They turn away from rom the sin In that thal destroys them to the time God that so loves them The They are reconciled From helD being strangers to God through sin the they hl become come sons of God thio l through h love Therefore the meaning mean- mean In ing ng of ot the time cross today Is the doctrine of reconciliation not the doctrine of the he atonement for Cor there Is no such suell wor word 1 a ns as atonement In all the ow T stamen sta- sta men nent I. I Go home and read Jesus Jesus' own ex explanation explanation ex- ex of his cross In the tue parable of or orthe he time lost sheep or that of the prodigal on |