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NO INFANT DAMNATION
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dren can be trained to know only the
love of divine Father.
We are in this disinherited relation
because of sin, but this does not put us
out of the Fathers notice and care, or
beyond his love, ''for God so loved
| the world mot world of saints and
angels, but this sinful, fallen and dis
obedient race of rebellious children
that he gave his only begotten Son"
the brightest and most wonderful gift
he might bestow-'tth that whatsoever be.
ieved in him should not perish but
have everlasting life.''
In Ezekiel we find the words, GAS /
live, saith the Lord, | have no pleasure
in the death of the wicked The phrase,
Gas / live, - may be taken as an
oath, and if the truth does not come
when one is under oath it never comes.
So God puts himself under oath in
order that he may be believed sincere
in his attitude toward the world. There
is none greater than God so he swears
by himself, by his life-'sAs I live"
We come to a knowledge of spiritual
things by comparison with temporal
things We read, "Like as father
pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear him. and we are great
ly impressed by the thought of the
whole world on their knees before God
and on their lips the prayer, Our
| Father, who art in heaven This puts
/ in our mind family, Gods great love
| for us. Parents do not cease to love
| their children if they offend, and what
must be the feeling of the infinite
Father toward his erring children. The
| Psalmist said, "When father and
mother forsake me, then the Lord will
| take me up.
| emo changes can attend Jehovah 3
| love- This is an inspiring, moving
power in the salvation of men. When
we hear the voice and come back, the
Father receives u.s. Immortal life is
| kindled in us by a new hope. Now
are we the sns of God. - We have
come back, the Father has received us;
We are the sons of God.
| There is no shadow cast by the words,
cit doth not yet appear what we shall
| be- This does not mean, st doth
not appear whether we are the sons or
God or not,' nor doth it mean that
there is a higher relation. There are
manifold degrees in this relation OF
sons. There are those that are strong
| and powerful with the light of heaven
| in their faces, the song of life on their
lips. and the knowledge of salvation in
| their hearts. There are others who are
children. either in years or in expert
ence. These are Gods helpless ones.
He has put them in the care of the
church. The church is responsible for
them. 1t is the church s business to
/ CT thaD1 aside
or be impatient with them, but to bear
| with them. There is 1.-the little
| church OF them that fall and rise
again" There are many. and 1t IS
| our business to help them until the
| Father shall call them home. The old
est and strongest are no more TOD S
children than the youngest and weak
est BY the words Fand it doth not
vet appear what we shall be- the
| apostle means that we do not know
| what sonship with God shall do for
| the world Marvels have been wrought
/, and the future is full of promise, be-
| cause God $ sons are in the world and
God s government is gaining power.
There are those who say the Bible
| is Oriental, and hence gorgeous and
extravaganza; that a great part OF 1t
is poetry and we must allow for poet
zeal license; that the ideals of the
Bible can not be attained Yet John
says, "Beloved, paint your brightest
pictures. use your brightest color, and
when We have done the most, 1t doth
not vet appear what we shall be. .
There are unmeasured possibilities OF
divine sonship. We must not forget
that beyond and forever stretches
eternity. If we could say to John
now. "Tell us the fulness of the reve-
lation.'' he would probably answer,
at doth not vet appear what we
| shall be-
/ Then we come to solid ground again.
az But We know that when ne shall APP
near, we shall be like him - This Is
the solid rock. the glorious revelation.
| He viii come some day. and when He
comes we shall see Him Through
| what medium we do not know, for we
shall be immortal. Through what light