Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-08-21

Third.-This new creation belongs to hea-
ven It is not Of this world even as Jesus
Christ, as a man down here upon earth, was
not it. As man Of flesh tile christian
has-to faith-been "cruciaed with Christ,
nevertheless live, yet not I, but Christ
liyeth in me-, and he has been raised up
with him by the power of God and SEATED
in the heavenly places in Him, " and this is
where lie belongs "His citizenship is in
heaven.
Fourth.-'IfI go and prepare place for
you, will come again and receive you unto
myself that where am there We may be
also. John XIV-s. The hope ofthe Christ
ian is the second coming ofJesus the Lord
1t is so constantly set before rs in the scrip
ture and that is what christians are looking
for, expecting and desiring; because it is the
contamination of their salvation. 'While
here in this body we groan, being burdened;
not that we would be unclothed-dead- but
clothed upon with our house which is from
heaven, that mortality might be swallowed
up Of life. Now he which hath wrought us
for this self same thing is God end Cor
Va. S.
For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice Of the
archangel and with the trump of Cod, and
the dead in Christ shall rise first, then We
christians-which are alive shall be caught
up together with them-dead and risen saints
i'm the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Ist
Thes.-IV-I6 Y. "For our citizenship is in
heaven, from whence also we look for tie
Saviour, the Lord Jes.,s Christ; who shall
change our vile body, Shat il NAV be fash
toned like unto ms ssSSHissi Of glory" Phil
III-2Q. So when lie comes, our vile bodies
shall be changed into bodies ofglory like His
own and we shall be forever with Him in
glory! This is the contamination ofour saliva
ton and hence it is the hope of the christian.
So urgently is this setbefore us in scripture
that it is repeated three times III the last
chapter of the Book, and even the very last
verse, except the salutation at the end, is,
Surely 1 come quickly" "Amen, - say all
that know thcirplace in Him, "even so come
Lord Jesus" Rev.-XXII 90
Recovered truths" then, as far as our space |
allows, may be briefly summarized as follows:
Ist-The end Of the natural man, the Adam |
race-earthly
and-A new creation in Christ Jesus, the
Christ race-heavenly.
3rd-'New birth-eternal life-shall never
perish"
sfl,-srita of,,,;.,,r =, t1,a ,-J f t,;s so;,.ts
5th-rwo resurrections, "of the just and
the unjust. The saints shall rise first, 'the
rest of the dead after the thousand years are
finished shall be raised and judged" Rev
ks o.
We might go on briefly thus: 6th-The
church, the Bride of Christ, the body of
christ-one body, no schisins sects or divi-
sions in it.
7th-Members of Gods church are made
such by God himself "The Lord added to
lie church daily such as should be saved"
This membership is by union with the head, J
esus Christ in heaven, through the Holy
Ghost. Zone body and one spirit, 'All so
United are members Of Gods church, the one
'ody, and should endeavor to keep this
unity that God has made and manifest it to
lie world that all men may believe.
8th-Sectarianism is of itself rebellion {
gainst God. His orders are LET there be
10 divisions among you" IstCor-I-Io c
God hath tempered the body together that 1
here should be no schism-sect or division I
Il it" Ist Cor.-XII-24 rs. The Saviour [
imself prays in Jolln-XVII-2o 81, THAT [
ieY all may be one - s. that the world c
lay believe" So i'll Eph.-IV-s the apostle \
ppeals to Christians in the most solemn
tanner, Beseeching them that they would
ak worthy of the vocation wherewith they
re called, endeavoring to keep the unity Of :.
lie Spirit-inade by tile Spirit-in the bonds o
peace. ''There is one body and one L
brit" b
These will have to do for the present. but g
Enquirer" proves to be sincere enquirer
I'd that for profit and not for strife, he will =
tinately learn that there are many other n
ings connected with these which your Ia
ace will not allow me to allude to now pI
ON what has been stated, even i'll so crude ct
form, it will be seen that these recovered
Iths" Of Gods word are so radical and far
aching, that they upset the whole fabric Of ,,a
2 worlds religion and the worlds church oil
it now manifests itself in the sectarianism %,
the day. Not that there are 10 christians mn,
this system for there are millions ofthem Dr.
it, and ''the Lord knoweth all them that rei
His and will take care Of them when he she
mes. But mans thoughts about christi fes
ty, like the traditions of the elders in /
rists day Oh EARTH have taken the Thu
&c of Gods word, and thereby thousands sto
deceived who deceive and mislead others
il the apostacy of the last days seems to ii
rapidly coming upon us. See end Thes. oIU
p II, end Tim. chap III; also the Epistle Cut
ude on this subject That this will come dis
know from Gods word and in the mean
c He that hath an ear to hear lot him stO
r what the Spirit saith-not to sinners, Pa
to the world-but to the churches REV.
= FoR THE TRUTH, Sb
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