The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-11-03
WHOLE NO. 1881

the glorious promises OF coos WORD
having been fully realized, we shall be
like our Lord on the spirit plane and
sharers of his glory. Then we shall be
granted the privileges of association
with him in his Millennlal Kingdom
work for the uplifting, the restitution,
the blessing, Of Israel and all the fam
lilies of the earth. But let us not for
get that no one is sealed with the holy
Spirit of promise. except he has turn
cd from sin and accepted our Lord
Jesus as his Redeemer and who has,
additionally. eonsecrated unto death
every kind-to sacrifice the&tsame as
guided by the holy Spirit of the Lord.
The Sealing Operation.
Gods holy Spirit. In effeeting this
scaling OF our hearts, In making this
impress of the Divine character upon
us as New Creatures, uses various
means. One of these is the Word Of
God. sometimes called "the sword Of
the Spirit" Its instructions. encour-
agements, warnings and promises con-
IL
of those who love righteousness and
hate inIquity and who are striving to
serve the Lord with willing and self
sacrificing hearts. The Word of God
may reach others and influence them
more or less this way or that, but only
upon this ono special class does 1t exer
else this sealing power. Another agen-
cy for tho impressins OF the Divine
will. "the mind of Christ" the holy
Spirit, upon our hearts is Gods Prov
licences. These, however, can be right
ly understood only by those enllghten-
ed by the Word, the Bible. and can be
rightly applied only by the meek. the
humble. the trustful, who have made
the conservation and are seeking to
make their calling and election sure.
The holy Spirit uses these different
means of developing in the consecrated
ones the mind of Christ. the spirit of
God. the holy Spirit; and the sealing
thus effected marks each individual as
one of the Lords "jewels." one of the
Lords members" in preparation for
a share with the Lord In the heavenly
Kingdom. There is blessing expert
eneed in conjunction with the sealing
itself--a joy, n pence. a rest of heart,
which the world can neither give nor
take away. However, these blessings
of the present time are merely q fore
taste or earnest" of the great inherit
ance which IL to be theirs with the
completion Of their experiences In the
School of Christ. In the end Of this
age all of these faithful ones, mot
many" "a little flock" will reach the
end of the Journey and. by the First
Resurrection. be changed in moment.
in the twinkllng OF IN eye" into the
glorious likeness of the Redeemer.
That wonderful moment will be In the
early dawn of the Millennial Day.
which is the Day of Redemption, the
Day OF Deliverance.
Oelivcrance For the World.
But while the Church will be the
first to BIO blessed In that deliverance
day, the Scriptures assure us that 9th
ers also will be delivered-"the groan-
ing creation" But the Church will be
first every way, and then through it as
the Body of Christ. tho blessings Of
restitution opportunities will be extend
ed TO NIL others. That will be earth's
I great Dcliverance Day or. MS shown In
/ Tho Jewish types. II will be the anti
typical Jubilee Year. in which the
world will BIO released from its bond
| age TO sin and death. AS st. James de-
clarcs q. ISL tho Church Is "a kind Of
frst-fruits unto God of His creatures"
But the first-frults will have great
pre.ominence, In that the First Resur-
rectlon will bring them spiritual per
lection. as well as a share In the Mil
lennial Kingdom. Theirs will be an In
Simultaneous change, while the oppor-
tunIties OF the world will be that OF
gradual uplifting from sin and death
conditions to the perfection of man.
hood, such as Adam enjoyed before he
slnned, and In worldwide Eden
home
The growing OF tho holy Spirit, then,
would signify that tho sealing proc
esses would discontinue: that the work
would not be accomplished; that the
Word and Providences of God would
not prove effective in the heart which
had grieved the Spirit. In other words,
II is required that this work of sealing
shall be fully with our consent (co-
operation, else 1t cannot proceed. The
Apostle intlmates that self-will on our
part, or recurrence to the spirit OF
the world, would have this blighting
effect This Is shown In the context
preceding, which should DO fully stud
led
II is not our wish to discourage any.
body In any measure of well doing. On
the contrary, we encourage all with
the ScripturaI assurance that not
single act of kindness done to one Of
the least of the Lords disciples will
fail of It's reward-even cup Of cold
water. II is our duty, however, to call
attention, not only to the grandeur OF
the prize which the Lord has set be-
fore his Church, but also with equal
persistency 10 call attention to the
particular terms upon which 1t may BIO
secured. II Is not In vain that the
Apostle wrote. IF we do these things.
We shall never fall, for so an entrance
shall he ministered unto you abun-
dainty into the everlasting Kingdom
Of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
In the very same connection the Apos-
lie calls Que attention to some who
have grleved the holy Spirit where
with they were sealed unto the day Of
deliycrancc, saying: "But he that lack
eth these things Is blind and cannot
see afar Off thas lost his spiritual sight
and has forgotten that he was purged
from his old sins" Gil Peter l. 8, o..
So, then, dear brethren, let us give the
more earnest heed to the Word of the
Lord, lest we should let the blessed
message and blessed influence slip.