Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
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mai torment had been the sinners pen
atty. Gods Son could not have been
their Redeemer except by paying that
awful price AS we have seen, how
ever, the penalty was not that. but a
death penalty-"The soul that sinneth,
it shall die" Ezekiel xviii. A; Dying
thou shalt die The wages of sin is
death" God gave his only begotteD
Son to die for our sins that he might
bring us back to God Our Lord s
death on Calvary was the sufficient
price for the sins of the whole world
although ne did not apply that price
directly to the world, but to believers
of this present time: and. indirectly.
through the consecrated believers. the
Bride Of Christ, it will be applied to
mankind in general. thus permitting
the Church class to I'LL up that which
was behind Of the afflictions of Christ.
and to share with him in the sealing
of the New Covenant for Israel. and
through Israel for the world Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord. that
will make New Covenant with the
house Of Israel and with the house
Of Judah" Jeremiah xxi 81.
Left the Heavenly Glory.
Nor should we understand that God
compelled his only begOtten Son to die
for us, but rather. as the Scriptures
inform us. he set before him a great
prize so that Jesus counted it all joy
to lay down his life that he might be
the heavenly Bridegroom to the Church
and be the Mediator Of the New Cove
nant for Israel and the world of man.
kind. How wise, how just. are Gods
arrangements. Though he possesses
all power, yet he would not infract the
rights or liberties Of even the most
humble Of his creatures. much less the
rights of his only begotten Son, our
Lord.
The Scriptures inform us that It was
in accord with the Fathers arrange
ment and the giving of his Son that he
made to him the proposition to become
mans Redeemer and uplifter and the
Head Of the Church. to receive glory,
honor and immortality. 1t was in
view Of this proposition as a whole
that we read Of our Lord that he. For
the joy that was set before him, en-
dured the cross. despising the shame
and is set down at the right hand Of
God" (Hebrews xxi. p. Again. "Whc |
gave himself a ransom for all. to be
testified in due time" q Timothy il. .
81. He left the heavenly glory and
took upon him the human nature and, .
IS the man Christ Jesus, gave himself .
as the Ransom for all.
Whosoever Believeth In Him.
Gods love is not only large and
broad. but it is also deep and wide In
blessing mankind he proposes the lar
rest blessing possible in the wisest man
ler- He will not justify the heather
n their ignorance nor justify wilful
'ebels. He limits his favor by two
conditions:
First.-The blessing through his Son
hall go only to those who lntelligently
NOW Of it and by faith accept it,
Second. 1t shall be available only to
hose who desire to come into har-
nony with Divine laws as Obedient
hildren.
This presents a difficulty to our
minds until we come to understand
What the Scriptures call the Divine
'lan of the Ages Until we under
tand that Plan. we are inclined to
nd fault with the Divine arrangement
nd with ourselves and with fellow
christians and generally to be uncom
ortable and disappointed in proportion
} the largeness of our hearts and our
lterests in Gods character and in
We find fault with our
elves and others that the world has
OF long ago been evangelical and
lade acquainted with God We fault
cd that he is allowing the heather to
D down into death at the rate of nine
Z thousand per day. with no knowl-
ige Of the "Only name under heaven
hereby we must be saved" We
luirm and twist in our reasonings in
ying to justify this course and are
i'll further harassed by the horrible
ghtmare Of eternal torment, which /
aches that the heather not only do {
1t get eternal life in glory. but that a
ley do get eternal life in misery. t
Alas. how true are the Lords words S
rough the Prophet, Your covenant s
ith death shall be disannulled. and L
'ur agreement with the grave shall
IT stand. From the time that it d
'eth forth it shall take you; for morn
g by morning shall it pass over, by Il
" and by night; and it shall be a .
xation only to understand the doc
inc" isaiah xviii Is. 19l. o
The Plan of the Ages. I
The key to the whole Mystery is q
at God first selects from amongst "
lnkind a special class of those able RI
d willing to exercise faith in him, n
receive the Spirit of Christ, and to h
monstrate their loyalty by walking ot
his steps. These. he tells us. he is a
Hing out of the world by what the n,
rid calls the foollshness of preach h,
:. These he is testing as respects OF
cir faith and loyalty and using the 81
ais and oppOsitions Of this present fc
ne as chiseling processes and burrs ic
shape and polish and prepare the d,