The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-10-30

ing US. continually deepening the i'm
preston. eventually transforming US,
until. by the dual change of the First
Resurreo ton. the scaling 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 aud
sharers of his glory, Then we shall be
granted the privileges Of association
with him In his Miiiennial 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 be has turn
ell front 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, c
agements. warnings aud promises con
stitute a power of God upon the hearts
of those who love righteousness and
hate iniquity and who r striving to
serve the Lord with willi;,C aud self
sacrificing hearts. The Word of God
nay reach others and influence them
more or less this way or that, but only
uuOn this one special class does 1t exer-
else this sealing power, Another agen-
cy for the impreSslng of the Divine
will. the mind of Christ" the holy
Spirit. upon our hearts is Gods Prov
licences. These, however. can be right
" understood only by those enlighten-
ell by the Word, the Bible, aud 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 u
The holy Spirit uses these different
means Of developing In the c%Onsecrated
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" u vt the
Lords members" in preparation for
a share with the Lord in the heavenly
Kingdom. There is a blessing expert
enced IN conjunction with the sealing
itself-a Joy, a peace, a rest Of heart,
which the world can neither give nor
take away. However. these blessings
Of the present time are merely a 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 6ock.'' will reach the
end OF the journey and. by the First
Resurrection, be changed in a moment.
I'm the twinkling Of an eye" into the
glorious likeness Of the Redeemer
That wonderful moment will he In the
early dawn OF the Millennial Day
which Is the Day Of Redemption. rhC
Day Of Dellverance.
Deliveranee For the World.
But while the Church will be the
first to be blessed in that dellverancC
day. the Scriptures assure us that 9th
ers also will be delivered-'the groan
ing creation" But the Church will h
first every way. and then through II al
the Body Of Christ, the blessings oI
restitution opportunities will be extend
ed TO all others. That will be earth''
great Dellverance Day or, as shown il
the Jewish types. II will be the anti
typical Jubilee Year. In which tn,
world will be released from its bond
age to sin and death. AS st. James de
clares Il. 1Sl the Church Is "a kind o
first-fruits unto God OF His creatures.
But the irst-fruits will have a grea
pre-eminence. in that the First Resur
rection will bring them spiritual per
lection. as well as a share in the Nil
lennial Kingdom. Theirs will be an in
Simultaneous change. while the oppoT
tunities OF the world will be that o
gradual uplifting from sin and dealt
conditions to the perfection OF man
hood. such as Adam enjoyed before b
slnned. and in a worldwide EIDE
home.
The grieving Of the holy Spirit. Their
would signify that the sealing proc
esses would discontinue; that the worI
would not be accomplished; that tn
Word and %Providences Of God woul
not prove effective IN the heart whic.
had grieved the Spirit. In other words
It is required that this work OF sealin
shall be fully with our consent CcC
operation. else 1t cannot proceed Tn
Apostle intimates that self-will on on
part. or a recurrence to the spirit o
the world. would have this blIghtin
effect. This IS shown IN the contex
preceding. which should be fully stud
led.
II is not u wish to discourage any
body I'm any Measure Of well doing. o
the contrary. we encourage all wit
the Scriptural assurance that not
single act Of kindness done to one @
the least Of the Lords disciples wi
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