Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-16
rext: Goods Work and Ours"

OuHudyS OSCGuDGr 1z."faSLOI
Russell OF Brooklyn Tabernacle
preached today from the following
text to a packed house:
Work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling, for it is Goa
which worketh in you both to will
and to do OF his good pleasure. >
philippians ii, 1872
The proper relationship between
faith and works and between Gods
work and ours are matters apparently
not clearly understood by the ma
jority of Christian people and, OF
course, not at all comprehended by
the worldly 1t is not only worth
while, but very Important, that each
Christian entering into covenant re
lationship with God should under
stand distinctly his own responsible
ties, the assistance which God is
willing to grant him through the
merit of Christ, and what is required
of him individually in the matter OF
food works. A great stake, a great
prize is involved. Carelessness or
ignorance might jeopardize this prize
lose us a place amongst the
very elect who shall be joint-heirs
with their Redemr' in his Millnnial
Kingdom soon to be inaugurated fol
the. blessing of the whole world.
Mark well that we purposely avoid
she error which so long had be-
clouded our spiritual vision. Note
hat we do not say that a failure tc
De amongst 1.-The elect" would signify
TO be with damned millions in eter7
nal tosture. No such unreasonable
proposition is represented in Gods
word. The question of this Gospel
Age is to gain or not to gain eternal
life and glory and honor as members
If the Body of Christ. In word,
not pleasure or misery, but life or
death, is the alternative.
Who are addressed by the Apostle
in the words of our text? He. is not
the wilfully or. ignorantly
wicked-the world. He is addressing
those who had been such, but who re-
pented, reformed, turned to God and
Saw a., great light. They have seen
themselves to- besin ners under just
condemnation of the Creator, and have
seen also that Jesus, the Sent of God
has provided reconciliation with the
Father through his blood-his sacri-
fee. More than this they have by
faith accepted this proffered grace OF
Cod. and through full conservation
of their all, made acceptable through
their Advocate, they have been re
ceived of the Father as his spirit-be-
gotten children. They have been ad-
vised that as children they are "heirs
Of God, jofnt-heirs with Jesus Christ
their Lord, their Head, their Redeem
er, in the glorious Millennial Ing
dom which the Father has foretolo
shall be his for the blessing of al
the families of the earth. But al
these blessings they have received
through faith and not actually They
must wait for the actualities unit
theA and all Of their brethren Of the
same class, .'called of God in the one
hope of their calling" shall have beer
tried, tested, perfected, in character
in heart, COPIES of Gods dear Son
How God Works In U.s.
Our text declares mat we should
work out our own salvation, because
it is God that worketh in US. Thii
puts Gods work first and ours sub
sequently. Let us therefore consider
the matter in this order. How, IL
what sense, does God work in hi
ueople-not in the world; not in TN
.repentant sinner; not in the merei!
justified; but in those who haV'
passed those stages of approach u
God and, by the begetting of his hol!
Spirit. have entered his family a.
children, as sons? Behold VIVA
manner of love the Father hath be
slowed upon us, that we should b.
calledNthe sons of God" Il John iii
-. ..'And if children. then heirs
heirs of God, and joint-heirs Wit
Jesus Christ our Lord 4 Romans vii
179, How does, God work in sucn a
have thus become his children-hi
soss? I.
we reply that he works in ther
through his spirit-the spirit Of tn
truth; the spirit of holiness; tn
spirit Of conservation; the spirit Q
sonship. That is to say, certal
holy power or influence operates i
and about the spirit-begotten childre
Of God in harmony with this relation
shin. 1t has to do with all OF thel
n Iifn-hOme. family