Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

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present life, and who ignore the future
as not really believing in 1t.
This exhortation arise from the
dead" evidently does not relate to ac
tual resurrection from the dead, from
which we would have no power tC
raise ourselves. The power Of that
resurrection we are assured Is in the
hands Of God, and all we can have tc
do with 1t is to make such a prepara-
tion Of heart as would, according to
the divine terms, fit and prepare us
for a share in the "better resurrec-
tion"-in the First resurrection"
The real resurrection Of the future is
our only hope Of life beyond the tomb,
according to the Scriptures, but the
thought Of that resurrection IS carried
forward and the word resurrected used
In a fgurative sense IN respect to the
1 phenomenal change which may come
to those who hear the Lords voice in
the present time and are awakened
thereby. These may, through the op-
Grafton Of their wills undergo such Q
transformation, such a change, as IS
well represented fguratively by the ex-
pressions, "arise from the dead"
resurrection" etc.
Risen With Christ.
Thus the Apostle suggests. "If then
We be risen with Christ seek those
things which are above" (Colossians
H. Il. Again he says, "But If the
spirit Of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you. he that raised
up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his
spirit that dwelleth in you Romans
wifi, ID. In this last text the Apostle
likens the great Transformation Of the
present life to a resurrection from the
dead. and explains that none Of US
could have such a transformation Of
character except as we should receive
the begetting Of the holy Spirit, the
spirit Of Christ. That spirit-that holy
mind or disposltion-accepted by our
wills should rule in our mortal bodies.
however imperfect, however fallen.
however dead they may be to the per-
fections and Righteousness in which
we We're created as a race.
Because Christ died for human sins
-''for the sins Of the whole world
therefore eventually an awakening
from the dead will come to all man
kind. Thus it is written, "The dead |
shall hear the voice of the Son Of God; |
and they that hear obey shall live" |
John Y, %. The masses Of mankind /
do not hear the voice Of the Lord at all /
in the present life; many Of them die
in infancy, and the majority are in
heathenism. The time when all such |
shall hear will be during the Millen-
nial Age, when all that are in their
graves shall hear the command Of the
Son of Man and come forth-just as
Jesus at the door Of Lazarus tomb
Lazarus. come forth!
And he thai was dead came forth"
AS the world is now counted dead from
Gods standpoint, so those In the Mil
ennial Age which come forth from
he tomb will still be dead in the sense
hat they will not have the perfection
They will come forth
rom the tomb in order that they may
lear the voice Of God speaking peace
through Jesus Christ-infOrming them
hat still they are sinners. and justly
to death and extinction.
God in mercy had provid-
d a redemption through Jesus, an0
therefore, they were awakened from
he tomb and caused to hear the mes
age of Gods grace
Our text, however. is not describing
he future age, the Millennium, in
which the Lord will speak so force
ully to the world that all will hear
nd be awakened and come to a
Of the truth. II is speak
ng Of the present time when the god /
I this world, Satan, blinds the minds {
nd stops the hearing Of all mankind !
xcept a few. BLESSED are your eyes {
or they see. and your ears for they !
ear" The awakened ones Of the ]
resent time are expected to have new I
esires. distinctly separate and apart 2
rom those which control the world In 1
eneral, and these must be so strong '
s to lead them to a changed course 1
j life-tO rise, to take a higher plane 7
{ thought and action than that Of the t
'orld in general. The desire to arise '
lust be their own desire, prompted by e
le awakening which the Lord has u
ranted them.
Christ Their Light.
To those awakened ones who seek to =
lrise from the dead" world comes :,
the conviction that they =
I've undertaken the impossible thing a
hey find, as the Apostle expresses 1t. =,
, WIN is present with me, but how ?
perform the law of God perfect. =
do not find. This was the condition I
the Jews as a nation for more than =
Zteen centuries, from the time the \
Nv was given at Mount Sinai until 4
lrist came and brought life and i'm =
ortality to light through the gospel :,
ie Law awakened many Of the Jews =
a realization that they were in the y
nds Of sin and death; It set before :,
am the rprfncf qfnndard of fhN "a