New-York tribune., 1902-08-14
THE CHANGED PROBATION.

Tracing the thought OF Christ we nave then
been brought UP to this. that through the arrfva!
of Jesus Christ into relations OF Ie5eulption %
wholly changed from that which human presup-
position has ever conceived them 70 De. say
the kind Of prOba ton has BEEN changed; not tnaL
God Is fckle and variable. He eternally planned
toTic2T e he dsgaIopa5 3i fg sr anifestaton
with the co.ninr OF Christ and the revelation OF
IN the Garden. indeed. our first parents. at the
probation not Of grace, but Of works The PIN
ciple was. Obey ard live; dtsobey and die. But
The same kind Of nrobatton. or the same basis Of
Even they, simultaneously with the fal feL IN
which am expoundfng with the promise that
the seed OF the woman should bruise the head OF
the serpent who had wrought their fall
And from that day TO this. every descendant OF
Adam whether knowing It or not has mad MS
Said Jesus in John Y. p: For the Father judgeth
the SON.: and in verse q And hath given him
authority 20 execute judgment also. because he is
Of what that Judgment had otherwise been! Since
this is So no man Pertshes because ne is sinner;
natural heredfty. even as accentuated BY all
9na man c99fs Bsbss 70 G03Snqs S0 T in ea {ae sy he s..
mis- birthright. potentially his in Jesus Christ
spurns the universal AMNESTY which the altered
PEonation OF redenpttton a1ords MN, Men thus
cause they refuse the new heredity available IN
IS born nto the World fha5 viii h DOOM @hh him. Ii
has been IN, covered BY the blood Of ChTists atone
IioerateIy walks as the Pharisees did. which
epistie Of Judgment the Epstle of jude IN verss
;. the Apostle. by the use Of one word the mean
pain tho9gR Ths S0Td S0Gn IS Ss 6a
stage y will theTefore saTs ebe anose seSona D4
you in remembrance though ye once knew this
OF the land Of Egypt afterwsrd''IatD second
stage when they had murmured. put contempt
Conquer the canaan 8 t5e PeeT 52 10
believed not: DESTROYED them for
WHAT UNFEL1EF MEANS
ef Yhst b Drt5 y4q say sBy for G unSsiefc But gg6s
It is refusing salvation already in hand and freely
even without asking anticipating the need. and
,Tn naJlng pote9t1ay cancelled all past 9bligations
not because they were originally slaves in Egypt.
practically within its bordsTs And te ansg. se
feii from their first estate who left their
divine love-pIunged TO this ruin despite their as
they were moral suicides on the same principle as
| redeemed beings who reject the Gospel are And
ceedngIy but because when the three a9EeIfc mes
sengers came to visit Lot or an errand Of mercy
which doubtless would have been extended to the
oodornltes themselves mad they welcomed II, the
people insulted that very errand Of mercy by pro
angelic visftants themselves For this sin OF sins
contempt O. grace. Sodon and the cities Of the
and seclIrity were aTeadv at hand aat second
pies types OF the kind OF punishment which
awaits the abuse Of the proha ton Of grace.
The world is set in ChristologicaI relations in
which new tests of character are applied and new
potencies in respect 10 deliyerance from sin are
available. And such a provision Of grace is all
braCng- II covers not only justification from sin
and guilt. but the ordering OF all In provf-
deU~e for Gods children. that "a1 things work
together for good and Il embraces the eternal
future and affords guaranty Of transformed and
holy charaCter-character like Chrfst's own
The order OF the universe as X concerns
turns this fact of altered probation. Men. In
deed ignorant Of this who have not grasped
the New Testament conception OF II who prac-
ticaly distrUst it Two grevOuS tepta tons beset
all minds this subject The first is TO fall into
fl 'alistic notions Men looking at their losses
trials. limitations. say:
Don't you see my circumstances. nv internal
condition my here6ity2 I victim There Is
help But this is satans last lie There IS help
That the works Of God may be made manifest IN
such.
The second temptation is to face into the legal
lists habit 70 say:
II am as good as others deserve better things.
God has been fair with My chances have
been bad My deserts should have brought mo
more
Roth these temptations divert US from our true
basis and rob the soul Of Gods provision in gracs
for The Gospel goes far deeper than fate or
law desert.