The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-27

ton upon our hearts, sealing u.s. marx
ing us, continually deepening the i'm
preston, eventually transforming u.s.
until by the final change of the First
Resurrection. the sealing processes
shall have been accomplished. Then
the glorious promises of Gods Word
having been fully realized. we shall be
like our Lord on the spirit plane and
sharers of his glory. Then we Shall he
granted the privileges of association
with him in his Millennial 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
ed from sin and accepted our Lord
Jesus as his Redeemer and who has.
additionally. consecrated unto death
all his human rights and interests of
every kind-to sacrifice the same as
guided by the holy Spirit of the Lord.
The Sealing Operation.
Gods holy Spirit, in effecting this
sealing 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
stitute power of God upon the hearts
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 one special class does it exer-
else this seating power. Another agen-
cy for the impressing 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 enlighten-
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 a blessing expert
cnced in conjunction with the sealing
itself-a joy. n peace. rest of heart.
which the world can neil her give nor
take away. However. these blessings
of the present time are merely n fore
taste or earnest of the great inherit
ance which is 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 ''chdHDed in a moment
in the twinklinG of an eye" into the
glorious likeness of the Redeemcr
That wonderful moment will be in the
early dawn of the Millennial Day.
which is the Day of Redemption, the
Day Of Deliverance.
DeIverance For the World.
But while the Church will be the
first to be blessed in that deiverance
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. the blessings of
restitution opportunities will be extend
ed to all others. That will be earth's
great Delverance Day or as shown in
the Jewish types, IT will he tbe anti
typical Jubilee Year. in which the
world will he released from its bond
age to sin and death. AS st. James de-
clares ii. is, the Church is "a kind of
first -fruits unto God of His creatures"
But the rstfruis will have a great
pre-eminence. in that the First Resur-
rectiOn will bring them spiritual per-
fection. as well as Il share in the Mil
lennial Kingdom. Theirs will he an in
Simultaneous change. while The oppor-
tunitcS 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
sinnCd, and in a world wide Eden
homo.
The grioving of the holy Spirit then.
would signify that the sealing proc
eSSes would discontinue hat the work
would not be accomplished; that the
Word aud 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 leo
operation. else il cannot proceed The
Apostle intimates that self-will on our
part, or Il recurrence to the spirit Of
the world would have this blighting
effect This is shown in the context
preceding which should he fully stud
led
II is not our wish to discourage any
body in any measure of we'll doing. On
the contrarr, we encourage I'll with
the Scriptnral assurance TINT not n
single act of kirdreSs done 10 one of
the least of the Lords disciples will
fail of its rcwarl-ev cup of Geld
water. II is cur duty however. TO call
attention, not only to the grandeur Of