Christian Examiner (Volume 3;v. 21)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1837. Excerpt: ... [For the Christian Examiner.] Art. VI-- Thoughts on the Personality of the Word of God. To do good and to get good should be the desire and the study of the living man, so long as God continues his mental faculties. At this period of life and with my infirmities it is but little that I can hope to do; but to do according to the ability which God giveth is all that he requires. He yet continues to me some portion of mental vigor, and a heart to delight in the study of his revealed will. Recently my thoughts have been employed on the supposed personality of the Word -- the Word of God. To write any thing like a thorough review of the subject would be more than I could reasonably hope to accomplish. I may, however, be enabled to record a selection of thoughts, which may be in some degree useful to myself, and to some portion of my fellow men. I will therefore hope in the mercy of God, -- and, with reliance on him, proceed to state some facts and thoughts relating to the subject, which shall appear to me both true and important. 1. I freely admit that Jesus, the Messiah, was properly a person, anointed of God, -- one in whom the Father dwelt in a peculiar and intimate manner, -- and that he is the person of whom it is said, his name is called the Word of God. Rev. xix. 13. Among the Jews it was a custom to give or assume significant names. The angel who appeared to Joseph, the reputed father of the Messiah, said to him, Thou shalt call his name Jesus, -- for he shall save his people from their sins. As Jesus signifies Saviour, it was properly given to him whom the Father sent to be the Saviour of the world. As bread is food for the body, so the truths of the Gospel are food for the soul. As Jesus was the medium through which God was pleased to communicate this food to men, t...