American National Preacher

Author : E. Carpenter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333976361
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book The American National Preacher, 1853, Vol. 27 written by E. Carpenter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American National Preacher, 1853, Vol. 27: Original-Monthly, From Living Ministers of the United States It is true those who lived before the coming of Christ, had not the same degree of light that we enjoy but they had the same unqualified promise that whosoever looked to the Lamb of God who was to be slain, should be saved. They were saved by faith in a Saviour to come, just as we are in a Sa viour who has come. For out of all ages, whom he did fore know, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called and whom he called, them he also justified and whom he justified, them he also glorified. As respects, therefore, the salvation of those who lived be fore the coming of Christ, the di erence between them and us is, that they believed in a Saviour to come, while we believe in the Saviour who has come, and actually died to redeem us. The pious before the coming of the Messiah were pardoned and renewed in heart and spirit, and finally admitted to hea ven on the same ground that the pious are now, the vicarious death of Christ as an atonement for sin. Had the Gospel dis pensation been introduced a thousand years sooner, still those who then lived might have asked why it had not been pub lished a thousand years before. We might as well ask why it was delayed at all, or why it was not delayed till now. If the redemption of man is liable to this kind of objection, so is his creation and as some portion of time must have preceded both his creation and redemption, according to infidel wisdom man ought never to have been created or redeemed. We may just as wisely challenge the great Creator to know why we are not made with four hands instead of two, or why we have not the lion's strength, the elephant's body, or the eagle's wings, or why we were not born in the time of the Cesars, or of Chinese or Japanese parents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."