The Christians Heritage And Other Sermons (1878) (Paperback)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Original Publisher: Robert Carter and brothers Subjects: Sermons, American Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I. THE CHRISTIAN'S HERITAGE. " For all things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the World, or Life, or Death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." -- I Cor. iii. 21-23. The apostle here takes an inventory of the be- Jiever's possessions, if so be he may tempt him to the enjoyment of the Christian's heritage. It is given in large figures. It is based on calculations which the world do not understand. It will seem to the uninitiated to be visionary; like those wild reckonings, which are only on paper, and are not sustained by the facts. But it is as if a man had been notified of immense estates, bequeathed to him beyond the seas, from a long-forgotten relative. And the man himself is slow to believe it all -- has not even faith enough in the good news to go and take possession, or even to enter his claim. And so the Christian, by the death of his Kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, has become heir to a patrimony in two worlds, which transcends all our arithmetic. How seldom do Ave think of the term Testament, as a legacy, and a legacy to you and me. It isnot often noticed, how this Gospel announcement is made as a preface to the Decalogue, and must be read and received before any one of the commandments can be understood or obeyed -- "I am the Lord thy God- -- that Have brought thee Out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage." " Thou shalt have no other gods before me." The apostle reaches his point in the text by ' exhorting these...