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Doctrine and Life; A Study of Some of the Principal Truths of the Christian Religion in Their Relation to Christian Experience
George Barker Stevens
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-01-08.
ISBN 9781150212413
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This historic 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. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX THE FACT OF SIN In the foregoing studies we have dealt mainly with theology in the narrower sense of that term; that is, with the Christian doctrine of the nature and action of God. We turn now to the doctrine of man. It might be thought that in turning away from the study of God to that of man, we should emerge from a region of mystery and uncertainty into a realm where we could proceed with much confidence and certainty. And this is true in so far as, in this transition, we enter the world of direct personal knowledge and experience. But how soon are the limits of this knowledge reached! A little inquiry suffices to show us that we know too little of ourselves to solve with confidence the problems of our own being. We consequently find that there is not only as great a difference of opinion among scholars in regard to man as in regard to God, but that there are problems quite as perplexing in the realm of anthropology as in that of theology proper. One side of our human nature we have already considered. We saw that it was a fundamental assumption of Christian teaching that man is morally kindred to God, and that he therefore possesses by his very nature the capacity to know, love, and serve God. But there is another side of human nature upon which Christianity lays great stress -- man is sinful. Our religion constantly assumes the fact of sin. The procedure of God in revealing himself to men is determined by the fact of sin. Christ came into the world to save sinners. The Christian gospel is a message and means of salvation from sin. That gospel would certainly be a very different thing from what it now is, were it not for the presence of sin in the world. Many theologians hold that sin was the sole occasion of Christ's coming into the wor
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