Aggressive Christianity; Practical Sermons (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... SERMON VII. WITNESSING FOR CHRIST. "Te shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth." -- Acts i. 8. "And ye are witnesses of these things."--acts V. 32. Again and again the same vocation and commission is bestowed upon the apostles and disciples. To the ends of the earth and to the end of time this commission comes down to everyone of the Lord's own, for He says: "Go ye into all the1 world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and, lo, I will be with you always, even unto the end of the world." That embraces us. And to every disciple who has preceded, or is to follow us, is promised His Divine Presence in this glorious work of testifying for Him. God needs witnesses in this world. Why? Because the whole world is in revolt against Him. The world has gone away from God. The world ignores God, denies, contradicts His testimony, misunderstands His character, government, and purposes, and is gone off into utter and universal revolt and rebellion. Now if God is to keep any hold upon man at all, and have any influence with him, He must be represented down here. There was no other way of doing it. If you get a province of this realm in anarchy and rebellion, unless there be a party in the province to represent the Queen and the government, it will go altogether and be lost to the kingdom for ever; there must be a party to represent the rightful sovereign, the law and the government. So God must be i epresented, and, praise His name, He has had His faithful witnesses from the beginning until now. As the Apostle says -- " He left not Himself without witnesses." Down from the days of Enoch, who walked with God, to this present hour, God has always had His true and...