![]() ![]() ![]() The Spirit of God bore witness to Christ in the types and prophecies, “Holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost ” and Jesus Christ answers to those prophecies as exactly as a well-made key answers to the wards of a lock. ![]() Godly men in the olden times also well understood that there was no putting away of sin except with these three things in proof of which we will quote David’s prayer, “Purge me with hyssop”- that is, the hyssop dipped in blood- “and I shall be clean wash me ”- there is the water - “and I shall be whiter than snow ” and then, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit.” Thus the blood, the water, and the Spirit were recognised of old as necessary to cleanse from guilt, and if Jesus of Nazareth be indeed able to save his people from their sins, he must come with the triple gift- the Spirit, the water, and the blood. So that every priest came by the anointing Spirit, by water, and by blood, as a matter of type, and if Jesus Christ be indeed the priest that was for to come, he will be known by these three signs. If you will carefully read in the twenty-ninth chapter of the Book of Exodus, or in the eighth chapter of the Book of Leviticus, you will see that when a priest was ordained (and a priest was a type of Christ) three things were always used: he was washed with water in every case, a sacrifice was brought, and his ear, his thumb, and his toe were touched with blood, and then he was anointed with oil, in token of that unction of the Spirit with which the coming High Priest of our profession would be anointed. I shall note, first, that OUR LORD HIMSELF WAS ATTESTED BY THESE THREE WITNESSES. Our text speaks of three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: may the Holy Ghost, who is our Interpreter, lead us into the full meaning of this very remarkable passage. But neither with these external or internal evidences have we to do this morning, but I call your attention to the three witnesses which are spoken of in the text, three great witnesses still among us, whose evidence proves the truth of our religion, the divinity of our Lord, and the future supremacy of the faith. It is so pure, so holy, so altogether above the inventive capacity of fallen man, that it must be of God. The gospel also bears within itself its own evidence, it has a self-proving power. The armoury of external evidences is well stored with weapons of proof. In these days scarce a stone is turned over among yonder eastern ruins which does not proclaim the truth of the word of God, and the further men look into either history or nature, the more manifest is the truth of scriptural statements. It does not lack for external evidences, these are abundant, and since many learned men have spent their lives in elaborating them, there is less need for me to attempt a summary of them. Now, to justify such high claims, the gospel ought to produce strong evidence, and it does so. Her commands are issued to every creature, and though at present her authority is rejected by millions of mankind, she confidently looks forward to a time when truth shall obtain universal dominion, and Jesus the Lord shall take unto himself his great power and reign. She avows her teachings to be divine, and therefore infallible while for her great Teacher, the Son of God, she demands divine worship, and the unreserved confidence and obedience of men. She claims to be the true faith, and the only true one. 8.ĬHRISTIANITY puts forth very lofty claims. “There are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”- 1 John v. ![]()
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