Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
JOHN 3:I6.

There are not many Of these altogether. Fear
not, little flock; for it is the Fathers good
pleasure to give you the kingdom Luke
denominations. Eindreds and TONGUES, and
amongst them are not many great wise, noble
or rich. They are chiefly the poor OF TINS
world. rich in faith, heirs Of the kingdom.
This little flock Of saints" this royal
priesthood" with Christ, their Redeemer, their
LORD, their Bridesroom, their Head. their Cn.eI
Priest. are to constitute the kings, priests,
judges, rulers of the world Of mankind. Then
IN the age to follow this one in the millennium,
Gods time shalrcome for dealing with man
kind a whole In cooperation with the
kingdom work will be the binding of Satan and
every evil influence amongst men. and the let
ting loose Of every good Influence and every
helpful truth Thus the light Of the knowl-
edge Of the glory Of God shall fill me whole
earth. as the waters cover the great deep.
This is Gods provision for the world Oh
mankind. whom He loved. Not merely for
the saints, who already have the nearing ear,
the seeing eye, and the appreciattve heart Is
| Gods loving Provision but for poor, degraded
humanity, which. through centuries of sin. has
almost entirely lost the image and likeness %
It's Creator. The promise for these is that they
shall be privileged by resurrection processes to
return 10 full harmony with the Lord and to
/ re-possess the blessings and favors lost by
J Father Adam, when he sinned-blessings and
privileges redeemed for Adams race through
the merits Of our dear Redeemer's sacrifice a.
Calvary.
| who win say that this divine plan. outlined
! in the Bible. does not contain the very essence
of divine wisdom and loving provision best
adapted to the needs Of race? Belief in
the Lord Jesus, acceptance OF Hin, obedience
to the divine law, will thus be the conditions
upon which mankind may be recovered. Would
, any other conditions be safe or just OF propsr7
Is there any other way Of arranging these
conditions which Gods wisdom and justice pro-
vided and which His grace reveals?
BELIEVERS NIGHT NOT PERISH.
Notice how the various features Of our text
intermesh with each other, like the cogs and
pinions Of well-fitted machine! Let US get
! rid Of the wrong thought that long has
befogged our reason and robbed our hearts of
the proper CreatOri Let
get rid Of the thought that perish means to
preserve In eternal torture thus confusing the
the true teachings Of the Scriptures. Perish
ing, OF course. means perishing-to lose life, to
become extinct Man. originally made in Gels I'D.
that eternity ty,t.S tho. his DESTINY
under sentence Of death-that he should
perish like the brute beasts. Hence his only
! hope Of a future life is in the Redeemer and
the resurrection which his sacrifice has Sc
cured His intelligence and higher organism
could only avail him on condition that they
would be used in harmony with his Makers
, reasonable and just requirements. Otherwise
he must die the DEATH being even less
| Note how our text points out that God saw
that in the race Of Adam there would be many
! who II they understood the light and the
| truth and had 1t in contrast with the wrong.
would be glad TO return to harmony with God
glad to accept Of Christ and restitution priv
! leses and blessings and to come into full Ac-
]
! to have back again the life-rights forfeited
| by Father Adam. Hence Gods provision for
, the race as a whole-that they might not per-
, ish as the brute beast, but attain to eternal
| life again; attain to all that was lost In
Adam. all that was redeemed by Jesus Christ
our Lord-eternal life. fellowship with God the
Father and the Son and communion with the
holy spirit. Fellowship in all the rights on
both the heavenly and the earthly plane and.
indeed, become inheritors again through Gcds
mercy in Christ Of all that was lost by Adam
and redeemed by Christ.
| God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform"
These words OF the poet are wonderfully true!
DIVINE D.n in6 or Su stranger than fiction The
deper, longer and broader than any Of us
dreamed dream Of! Yet i is most exact; nothing
blessed privileges of reconciliation viii be
granted all of Adams race, they will be forced
bow the knee and to confess with the tongue
the glorious manifestations of divine power and
millennium. Evidently it must p rest G WITH eses
individual to determine whether he viii be dur
in the 10 love Of writes the Dos
tie. Make your town. calling and election
sure" he urges. Judge 81 Pet. 400 And
knowledge viii be forced upon all and obedi-
ence will be forced to a certain limit but in
whether or not he viii accept the grace Of
God for the remission Of his sins The pro-
God requires none who win not come into har-
mony with him and have fixity OF character,
mat there should be no further outbreak of sin
| All VINO. after being brought to a knowledge
! OF the truth, persist in loving falsehood shall
wilfuliys adopted his spirit OF enmity towards ard
] ruth and righteousness The end OF SUCH as
the scriptures declore is destruction As the
messengers and followers OF Satan they with
him; and with the fallen angels, shall be utter
BLESSING AND CURSING, LIFE AND DEATH.
| The test before mankind is not along lines of
eternal torment or eternal JOY, but between
tie states It, ''The wages Of sin is death: but
the gift OF God Is eternal life, through Jesus
change these divine arrangements. if we would.
! We ought not to wish to change them. II we
could. 1t is for US not to seek TO have
learn Of the impsrfection OF our Judgment and
to pray to the Father, Thy will may be
done on earth, as II is done in heaven" assured
that when the glorious contamination is at
tanned 1t VIII signify the highest possible bless
for all in harmony with God. and death eter
nal. everlasting destruction" for all the
"As the heaevns are higher than the earth.
so are my ways higher than your ways. and
my thoughts (Plans) than your thoughts
true How should feel Inundated by the
fact that we so grea,ly ignored the divine testi-
thoughts and to those of our fellow mortals
Let the lesson go down deep into pour hearts.
gested to Timothy, STUDY to show yourself
to be ashamed. rightly dividing
THE WORD OF TRUTH" q Tin. 2:15:)
deep things Of Cod and the riches of the wis
dom hidden in Christ and revealed 20 us in
Dd oT Se CPssor s
the mind Of the. Lord? or who hath been his
COUNSELLOR" queries the apostle from. 11:s4.,
after give the more earnest heed that we place
not our confidence and faith in works Of man: