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Inasmuch 



3. Inexorable, 

 The Law of 

 Christ s Life 



Christ s De 

 finition of 

 His Mission 



John x:10 



Samaritian is necessary to complete the perfect 

 flock of the Good Shepherd. 



&quot;And unto the uttermost part of the earth.&quot; 

 The fullness of the Great Commission and the 

 full glory of the risen Christ, independent of 

 time and space; whose kingdom comprises all 

 people and tongues, and yet is not of this 

 world. 

 Inexorable the law of Christ s life. 



The obligation of Christian missionary effort is 

 inexorable because it was the law of the life of 

 Christ ; as such it is a constituent and indispens 

 able quality in the lives of His followers ; whether 

 as individuals or as Churches. As such again, 

 the Inexorable Law of the life of Christ, may be 

 said to be greater than the Example or the Com 

 mand of Christ. The Example of Christ, if it 

 stood alone, might be neglected as too high for 

 mortal and frail men to attain unto; the Com 

 mands of Christ, if they stood alone, might be 

 ignored as sporadic announcements of glorious, 

 but impracticable desire; but when both the 

 Example and the Commands of Christ are recog 

 nized as the normal and continuous expression 

 of the Inexorable Law of the life of Christ, then 

 we have a cumulative principle of obligation 

 which is conclusive and irresistible. 



Jesus Christ defined His own mission in the 

 words : &quot; I came that they may have life.&quot; Clear 

 in sense, brief in statement, positive in form, these 

 words respond to all the requirements of a defini 

 tion. The accompanying words &quot;and may have 



