Letters on the Grounds and Objects of Religious Knowledge (Volume 2); Addressed to a Young Man in a State of Indecision
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Letters on the Grounds and Objects of Religious Knowledge (Volume 2); Addressed to a Young Man in a State of Indecision


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1856 Excerpt: ... LETTER XII. CHRIST THE ONLY PROPER SACRIFICE J SIN, THE BURDEN AND WOE OF MAN, IMPERFECTLY DEALT WITH IN ALL RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS EXCEPT THE GOSPEL, THE AUTHOR OF WHICH PUTS AN END TO IT BY THE INFLUENCE OF HIS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL PERFECTION, IN VIRTUE OF WHICH HE OFFERS THE ONE TRUE SACRIFICE, WHEREBY HE DESTROYS SIN, CREATE8 HOLINESS, AND LEADS MEN TO GOD. IN THIS SACRIFICE MEN PARTICIPATE BY REASON OF THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL FAITH, AIDED BY THE POWER OF CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD; THE GRACE OF FAITH IS CONFIRMED AND PERFECTED BY THE SACRAMENT OF WORK. My Dear Friend, --You are perhaps right in thinking my treatment of the doctrine of the Atonement "too abstract or too theological." At any rate, I yield to the wish you express to see the subject handled more closely and more fully in relation to Christ. I therefore place before you, as the theme of this letter, "Christ the only proper sacrifice," and I will endeavour to be more simple and less theological. Join with me in looking at this solemn subject in its relations to our own nature and to Jesus in his moral and spiritual attributes. Sin is the great burden and the great woe of human kind. With sin, as with the great malady, have all religions dealt; and their approximation to truth, as well as their possession of the divine, may be measured by the degree of efficacy with which they put away sin. Among the religions of the world the Hebrew holds a first place in the universal attempt to destroy sin. What is sin but a breach of the divine law? And what is the consequence of that breach of the divine law but a fearful looking for of judgment? Sin alienates man from God, just as disobedience throws up a wall of partition between a child and his earthly parent. While that alienation remains peace of mind is im...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150677991
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150677996
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 240 gr


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