El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

l. eff there be therefore any consolation
in Christ, if any comfort of love, II any
fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and
mercies'' Consolation here is literally
cone called to your side" and comfort is
cone speaking beside you" So we might
read. eff there is anything in Christ be-
ing ever with you and ever talking to you.
and in having the constant compromising
and guidance and teaching of the Holy
Spirit, if there is anything in the tender
ness and compassion of the Father mani
tested in the Son by the Spirit, then let 1t
be seen in you to the glory of God that
Christ may be magnified.
2. Fulfill We my joy, that We be ike
minded, having the same love, being OF
one accord, Of one mind" Oneness of the
mem bcrs of the body in the service of the
head is something greatly desired by our
blessed Lord, as is very manifest in His
prayer in John xvii, and it will also be
the great desire of all who are fully one
with Him. Not only does He comfort US
| with the assurance, GAS the Father hath
loved Me, so have loved you,' but He
also adds, 'This is My commandment,
| that we love another as l have loved
| you' (John XIV, 0, 12).
8. "Let nothing be done through strife
| or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let
| each esteem other better than themselves.
Another reading is, SIN nothing follow
| self seeking." jeremiah said to his scribe,
| Baruch: "Seekest thou great things for
| thyself? Seek them mott (Jer. xiv, 81.
| Although the whole land was Abram' s
| and not Lots yet rather tiian have strife
| A BRAN told Lot 10 take his choice and
| go whittier ho would. When the Philis-
| tines strove for the wells which Isaac had
reopened, Isaac did not resist, but kept on
| yielding until there was room for all, and
| the strife ceased Gen. xiii, s, 8; XVI, 22).
4. ''Look not every man on his own
| things, but every man also on the things
| of others.' Not obviously as some would
| pervert it, but desiring the welfare of 9TH
ers as much as or more than your own.
| Love seeketh not her own Il Cor. xiii, 81.
| Let Episcopalians seek and rejoice in the
| welfare of MethOdistS, and so Methodlsts
of Baptists. Baptists of Presbyterians, and
| so on, all uniting heartily to seek the
| honor of the Head in the completion of
His body, the church, which has no name
but Christ q Cor. xii. ~, 49,.
| B. "Let this mind be in you, which was
| also in Christ Jesus If any man have
| not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His
| (Rom. viii, %. Now, every penitent sim
ner who truly receives Christ receives also
the Spirit of Christ, but some are more
controlled by and manifest more of that
| Spirit than others 1t is the privilege of
| every believer to be filled with the Spirit
| (Eph. V, 49,. and led by the Spirit and to
| walk in the Spirit, and when one is only
| willing to have no will but the will of
! God, no choice but Gods choice, no way
| but Gods way, no service but what He
| appoints, God will quickly fill that one
| with His Spirit and continue to fill him
| day by day and moment by moment
6. "Who, being in the form of God,
| thought it not robbery to be equal with
| God.'' Another reading is, 'Deemed not
his equality with God thing to grasp
| at" He was not always saying, 81 am
God; created all things; 1 own the uni
verse; do as please in heaven and on
| earth, and therefore you must bow to Me,
and if you don't will make you, for
have all power" Those who are always
| grasping at their position as If they might
| lose it, or at least some of the honor be-
longing to it, are very small people, or peo-
pie of very small minds, whatever their
position may be-
2. but made Himself of no reputa-
| ton, and took upon Him the form Of q
servant and was made in the likeness of
man." He took not on Him the nature of
angels, which would have been a very
great humiliation, but as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, He also Him
self likewise took part of the same (Heb.
ii, IA, 16). He emptied Himself of the
glory which He had with the Father be-
fore the world was, and consented to en-
over 33 years-not only so, but He con-
sented to endure such limitation under the
most limited of earthly conditions, such as
the manager at Bethlehem, the hum BILE
home and the carpenters shop at Naza-
reth.
8. "And being found in fashion as
man He humbled Himself and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross" The Son of Man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister and to
give His life a ransom for many (Math.
Xxx, 2S). He consented to be despised and
slandered and misunderstood prosecuted,
blindfolded. buffeted spit upon, scourged,
led as lamb to the slaughter, crucified.
g. Wherefore also God hath highly ex-
allied Him and given Him a name which
Is above every name.'' He is now at Gods
right hand, with the Father on His throne
(Rev. iii, 21), and in due time all kings
shall fall down before Him and all nations
| serve Him Ops. Xxi, ~. By His work
and by that alone, which He has finished
without help from man, eternal life is
freely given to every one who receives
Him, and a share in His glory and place
on HIS throne (John xvii, 22; Rev. iii, 21).
10. "Tbat at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the
earth.'' And so it shall come to pass for
God has purposed it, 1.-THE Lord of Hosts
hath sworn, saying, Surely 1 have
thought, so shall it come to pass, and as l
have purposed, so shall it stand'' lisa. xiv,
24). John saw the contamination of it
in his vision when he heard every creature
which Is in heaven, and on the earth, and
under the earth, and such are in the
sea, and all that are in them, saying,
blessing and honor and glory and power
be unto Him that stitch upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb forever and ever''
(Rev. V, 49,. There is none other name
under heaven given among men whereby
we may be saved.
IL. "And that every tongue should con-
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
of God the Father 1t shall surely be,
to the everlasting comfort and bliss of
some and to the everlasting woe of Others
Saved and unsaved shall all confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord. The saved shall re-
joice in Him as their Lord, while the I'M
saved shall have to confess Him as Lord
to their everlasting confusion, but in each
God will be glorified. See II Cor ii, Is,
16. A good test as to whether we are now