Evening journal., 1905-09-02
THE GOSPEL
OF The KINGDOM
CcantInuea irom seeond Pasel


upon the whole world after the return |
Of the King and the conversion Of Is
rael. Their fall is the riches of the
world even at this moment. and their
loss is the riches of the Gentiles; how
much more their fulness? If the
casting away OF them be the recon-
Cling OF the world. what shall the
receiving of them be. but life from
the dead? (Romans II; -, 15)
Much confusion has resulted from
a failure just here to rightly divide the
Word of Truth. Many who empha-
size the doctrine of divine healing
base their teaching upon such scenes
as we are now considering i'm the
eighth chapter of Matthew. And we
are told that because Jesus Himself
took our infrmities and bore our dis
eases, therefore It is contrary to His
viii that His disciples should now
have any inhrmties or diseases. 1t
| is all very plausible and attractive, es-
] Ipecially i'm this day when even the
Lords people are so rarely willing to
ienter into the fellowship of His suf-
ferings, or TO be made conforsrable
unto His death Without entering
more fully into the subject here, it is
worth while to point out that bodily
healing is a characteristic feature OF
the Kingdom, and is usually associ-
ated in the Scriptures with the preach
ing Of the Gospel of the Kingdom.
In the Church Of God il is not charac-
teristic but exceptional The reason
is that the Church is appointed to a
ministry of suffering. The glory is
yet to be revealed, for il belongs to the
Kingdom and will not come to the
Church until the Kingdom is mani-
Tested. II must be remembered that
the infirmities He took included death
itself as well as disease. And we can
not rightly claim to be delivered from
disease until death has been abolish
ed i'm fact as well as by promise. Po-
tentially, all this has been accomplish
ed on the cross. but the Lords peo-
pie are still dying, and will continue
to die until the Day Of Adoption. to
wit. the redemption of our body. All
confusion i'm this matter would be
cleared up il Gods people would stop
reading Church truth into the Gospel
of the Kingdom and remember that
the manifestation OF the Kingdom is
pleted. AS for the suffering Of this
present time. we reckon that they are
not worthy to be compared with the
glory that shall be revealed to us.
For the earnest expectation Of the
creation waiteth for the revealing
of the sons of God And the creation
itself shall be delivered from. the
bondage of corruption into the liberty
of the glory of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain to-
lgether until now. And not only so.
but ourselves also. who have the
first fruits of the Spirit. even we
ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for our adoption, to wit, the
redemption Of our body. For i'm hop.
were we saved: but hope that is seen
is not hope; for who hopeth for that
which he seeth? But if we hope for
that which we see not then do we with
patience wait for it. (Romans s: 1S-
25) This Scripture ought surely to
make it clear that though we are al
lready children of God, the revelation
lof that fact is yet to come; that
Though our bodies have been bought
with the redemption blood. we have
lnot vet entered into the full heneht of
lit, nor can we until the great Day of
lAdoption-to wit the redemption Of
lour body-at our Lords coming. II
lis of that Day that Paul writes to the
Philippians saying, Our citizenship
lis i'm Heaven: whence also we wait
for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall fashion anew the body of
our humiliation. that il may be con-
formed TO the body of His Glory. ac-
cording to the working whereby He
lis able even to subject all things unto
Himself (Phil. 8: 20. 21) or. as il
lis written again, we shall all be
lchanged in a moment, in the twink
Hing Of an eye. The dead shall be
raised incorruptible and we shall be
ichanged.' And again. We shall be
like Him. when we shall see Him as
fHe is And yet again, When He
shall be manifested, then shall We al
so with Him be manifested in glory
that is in a glorifed state or condi-
s.on. q Cor. 10: 81. SO: 1 Jno. 81 3;
Col. 3; 81
THAT will be divine healing. in
deed Meanwhile let IL be remember
ed that He is perfectly able to hea
r even now, and all healing is divine
! healing. whether il be with the use OF
. means or without And If He deliv-
e ers us from sickness. we sh;t b,
s thankful: If he choose for us to suffei
e bodily ahiiction. we shall also thanl
p Him. for He knoweth best and HI
r doeth it. Blessed be His holy name
"The absoluteness of the Kings au
p thority is emphasized i'm the remain
& der Of the chapter. Though so com
+ lpletely rejected as to have nowhere 4
G lay His head. He still insists upo
lunauestioning obedience from thos
I lcalling Him Lord. Suffer me frs
d to go and bury my father said on
G disciple. To bury ones own father
4 surely a high and solemn duty, bu
e there is a still higher obligation, an
d that is to obey the Lord. When h
h SAYS Follow Me- there must be II
g hanging back. no hesitation. no wav
o ering. Is He your Lord? Then obe
d Him. Is He your MASTER The
L yield to Him. Is He your Shepherd
Then follow Him. And when He say
e Follow Me- do not reply suffer m
g 6rst-no. nothing else first: folloY
e Him first Was not that His word
L Seek We first the Kingdom? This
d the meaning OF Lordship.
n "The Church of God is tossed upo
the sea of the world. The win
Idashes against the little boat and it /
. lapparentIy swallowed up by tn
8 waves. Her Lord is in the midst O
D. her. but to unbelief He seems TO sleeI