The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-04-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON n, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL ~.

copyright 1908, by American Press Association
20. But now is Christ risen from the
dei L and become the first fruits OF them
that slept.
We have today a great and glorious
chapter truly, beginning with the gos-
b. by which we are saved and ending
with the complete subjugation OF all
things unto Him who died for our sins
and was buried and rose again the third
day, according to the Scriptures verses
3, A. The writer OF this epistle, with
whom we have recently been journey
ing so much, seemed to know nothing
but Christ crucified Christ risen and
assembled and Christ returning to reign.
1t would be well If there were many
like him. In this chapter he gives
special prominence to the resurrection,
proving that the life and death OF
Christ would have availed us nothing
if He had not risen; that apart from
this great fact there is no gospel to
preach, no ground for faith, no saliva
ton; but, Christ being risen, all is well
with those who trust in Him, and as
He is in His risen body so shall we be
phil. iii, p; John iii, p.
q. For as in Adam all die. even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.
By one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin, and SO death
| passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned. For as by one mans disObe-
dience many were made sinners, so by
| the obedience of One shall many be
made righteous (Rom. V, -, 49,. All
are in Adam without exception, and
therefore all are sinners and dead in
trespasses and sins (Eph. ii, II. All
who. being convinced of sin, have ac-
cepted Christ are in Christ, and He is
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
redemption and life eternal TO all who
truly receive Him Il Cor. /, so; l John
V, 12).
so. Now. this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom OF
Cod neither doth corruption inherit in
corruption.
The kingdom of God will be that con-
dition of affairs on earth when the will
of God shall be done on earth as it is
done in heaven Matt. vi, 10, or, as in
verse % Of our chapter, when the Son,
having during the thousand years,
Rev. XXX subdued all things unto Him
self and cast Satan and all his follow
erS into the lake Of fire. God shall be
all in all. In order TO enjoy that king
dom and its glory, these present NOR
tai bodies of flesh and blood must be
changed and be made like His resur
rection body of flesh and bones duke
xiv 800. They will be as real and
tangible as His resurrection body, but
no longer subject to the powers and cir
cumstances which control our mortal
bodies duke xiv, 81; John Xxx, 49,.
81. So Behold, / shew you a mystery
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed in moment.
InI Thess iv, 1918, this is more fully
set forth and SO simply and clearly
that only those who do not wish tc
can fail TO see it, Our Lord Himself
referred to it in these words: He tina
believeth in Me, though he die, yet
shall he live, and whosoever liveth and
believcth in Ne shall never die (JohI
xi. %. 2G). The natural man can never
see nor inherit the kingdom of God un
less he is born from above, born the sec
ond time, and all who, being born again
belong To the kingdom must in one OF
two ways obtain body fit for the king
dom-the body must die and rise from
the dead at His coming or be in mo
ment changed without dying, as were
the bodies of Enoch and Elijah.
So "a. Then shall be brought to pass tn
! saying that is written. Death is swallowed
up in victory
, Corruptible and mortal are terms re
ferring to our present bodies; incor
ruptible and immortal describe thu
bodies that shall be ours at His com
ing. when we shall be like Him. Thi!
quotation from lisa. XIV. :, 8, reminds
us that when the kingdom comes ant
the glorified church is with Chris
reigning over it Qiev. V, ., 1O), Israe
| shall have her place, with her rebuk'
+ taken away from off all the earth, 70
: she shall see Him coming in His glory
55-57 O death where is thy sting?
grave, where is thy victory? The sting o
. death is sin and the strength OF sin Is tn
l law But thanks be to God which givetl
us the victory through our Lord Jesu
$ Christ.
In Hos. xiii. L. from which part o
this is quoted. the words are: 80 death
| will be thy plaques; grave, | vii
be thy destruction. Repentance shall
be hid from mine eyes" Thinking o
these words. | often say that am gla'
that God hates death and the gray
! and will destroy both and will neve
alter His purpose about it. While i
the case of the believer the curse o
O death is changed to Il blessing am
9 brings only gain and the very far bet
ter (Phil /. 81, 23l. yet the fact stand
q that death is an enemy, and to talk
:, death as the Lords coming Is TO cor
found one of the worst of enemies wit
the best Friend.
S. Therefore my beloved brethren b
II We steadfast, unmovable, always abound
e ing i'm the work of the Lord. for as niue
as We know that your labor is not in val
=, In the Lord.
The glories of the resurrection, tn
:, kingdom. the new earth, concernin
:. which Paul said Rom. viii. II, Is: |
Cor iv II 1S and many such word