Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-17

I atty 10 God ana to the truth and TO righteous
ness. about which the world in general knows
i little. II means that many kinds OF desires
/ and ambitions may be begotten IN the near
/ and lead on to one kind or another kind OF
/ sinful development Let us then hearken 10
| the Lord Keep thy heart with all diligence;
l for out OF Il are the issues Of life. Acts 4;%
1 Eternal life or eternal death are the issues
! not eternal happiness or eternal misery. true
/ under Gods provision all who get eternal lie
/ will thereby get eternal happiness; but all VINO
| fail TO get the eternal life or happiness IN
! Gods provision VIZ get eternal death. the
/ second death utter extinction. As St Peter
I declares. they shall be las brute beasts, mace
TO be taken and DESTROYED Pet ,SitS
/ everlasting destruction from the presence OF
/ the Lord with everlasting torment,,I,S
/ Thess lie. For these hOpelessly incoTriglplS
| ones after they shall have had full trial
L and full opportunity and have been iouhu W.
4 thy Of the second death. there VIII DC Ho "Ope
l OF further resurrection
4 DIVINE FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
/ We have seen how sin entered and that us
=, wage or penalty OF divine decree is oeath-e .
| tinction. And we have seen that menIai, hlS mo-
4 ~,ents 81 our dying process. II this were an
] that the Bible had TO tell us. u WIZ
/ vsueless TO US, for why phllosopnl1SS 1900 he
1 avoided II there were no hope, as the aPosSe
| suggests. we might as well eat. orihk anu ~, ~
merry and make no attempt specls,y IT,, - ITO
/ against sin. and thus to bring ourselves into
I conflict with the weaknesses OF OUT OMn ne
/ lures and our evil environment But, as t.s
egrfu
| 49, that thou nlayest be feared '-Psa. 1909.
! ire very fact that Cod has provided the Ior
{ giveness and made possible an esp .. II ty1.
I a original death sentence ana return 70 1lS
! ,.,.or-eternSl uis--inakes life worth hNihS
| ond puts a new ambition. a new hope, new
| enerEy into all those who come to an UNDER
: ~ ,ts were dealing with fallen like our
..ir.a Instead Of with God. we might say that
sore would change their W1 1i 20 SHg The nm
4 vrould not But when we think OF tue ~,
ch.Gzeable God we feel convinced uat , 81
( sentence lie once pronounced must stahd; ~. me
great Supreme Judge OF the un.slss, ~ t M
findings OF His own court. viii not reiraSI ms
trSt sentence Dying. thou shalt de. HenSe
We would not be inclined 10 expect eterha IiIH
from Him who declares against US az -,
that the wages OF sin Is death' We H ,ik
hone that II we could live perfect siniess hNes,
the Lord might excuse MS from the general
no,.ltv hflt our every endeavor 10 attain per
-. s,,,s9r1s az life has demonstrated TO us
the tmpoSsihllIty Of this attainment Hence we
y ere inclined 10 Iisbelieve the message OF
Gods love and forgiveness sent 20 US tnIosI
our MINDS and hearts until we learned tue
nbilosoobv OF how God could be just. and the
iustifler OF him which belleveth In Jesus -
TIlat PHILOSOPHY once seen is convincing to
Z the last degree. Briefly stated, IL is that by
: one man sin entered into the world, and death
Nv sin: and death passed upon all men, Tor
that an have slnned." because all except the
first man were sinners by heredity.-Rom., S;l1.
In other words. the sentence OF death was onl1
eisa who dies merely shares In his sentence
rodp- the natural laws Of heredity. Then God
condeseendinsly explains to MS the philosophy
Of how that mans sins being met. the
merit can be made applicable to all OF bis
0 nosterify so that the death OF one righteous
man could satisfy the claims OF Justice againsr
& the race as whole. We are astonished az the
Y ,s,lonl thus displayed the Divine wisdom had
thus prepared from the beginning for the re-
demption Of our race at the smallest possible
/ But we inquire. where could the one man b,
, sound who would he willing TO surrender his
own life for that Of Adam and his racer Anc
II srch a generous could be found. how
could he as a member of the condemned race.
be acceptable TO Justice as mans ransom prices
The Scriptures again explsiR that no such man
could be found amongst Adams race and that
therefore Crcd loved the world that lie gave
His Son to be our Redeemer Then the query
comes. would ii be just for God 10 give His
SOM And the answer Is Scripturally given.
that He set before His Son great JOY, high
reverb and thaS tie Son. fully In accord with
his Father delighted TO do His will-"FOr the
I ,oy that W. set before him, endured the cross,
despising the shame."-Heb., u:2 We are as
tured that the reward for this great transaction
IS a great one. The Apostle. after describing
how our Lord. our Redeemer, first left the glory
! OF the heavenly estate and hnInbIed Himself IN
take the human nature snd was then found
obadient even unto death. even the death Of the
cross then adds, Wherefore. Cod also hath
highly exalted him. end given him name
which is above every name; that at the name
heaven. ahd things In earth. and things under
the earth; aud that every tongue should con
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord. to the glory or
God the Father" Phil. 2:s-12.
THE WONDERFUL STORY.
No wonder we term this The Wonderful
story Of Code lovew' II Is 50 different from
the doctrines II devils handed down 10 MS from
! the dsTk ages that we are astounded, Devil.
/. dered. And vet, as we reflect. this message
I is in fun accord with the teachings OF Jesus,
I the apostles and the prophets-in frii accord
with the real character Of true Color wis
] dom. justice. love and power
A. we noted the downward course OF evil
desire TO disobedient thought, TO dlsobedient
, action and to the wages OF sin, death, let US
note now the same principle at work In the
I Opposite observation-disclosures thought harmony
with the divine will. begotten again, developing
and ultimately briging forth life eterneI. InIs
Z IN the Scriptures is known as the law or re-
generation. Our Lord expresses this In 50 many
words, saying
.'yE MUST BE BORN AGAIN"
IS we were all born In sin the children OF
Adam. all must be born again IL they world
/ to notice the scriptural teaching that out OF
J our race God intends to produce two families
I Of sons ON different planes OF being. The
class begotten and born Of the spirit VIII be
/ FeFurTected. be born spirit beings, like unto
the angels. The other class hegotten again TO
human conditions will experience resurrection
Acts. a:IO-nl favoFs. by which they will be
recovered from sin and death conditions and
ultimately aim 10 human perfection ana right
ecusness. These VIII not be like unto the an
gels. but be Ike unto Adam in his sinless con-
dition before the condemnation. rhe curse VIII
Dc removed not only from these. but also from
their earthly home, which will then become AS
Eden. the garden OF the Lord-Paradise re-
{ stored. Our Lord pointed out the time OF the
worlds regeneration. In full harmony with st.
Peters word above cited, saying 70 His disci-
plcs, In the regeneration ye that have fol-
/ lowed Ne shall SIT upon thrones judging the
I u tribes OF el"-Mat.. 1928. The regenera-
! ticn time. or resurrection time. has not vet
come. hence the apostles are not upon the
/ thrones OF Israel: but instead the u tribes
/ arr sfill under the GENTLE domination And
Gentle domination, in Serptural language
means the times In which Satan is the prince
/ OF this worldwide now worketh IN the hearts
l OF the children OF disobedience"
The apostles are not 70 sit upon the twelve
thrones OF Israel until the second coming Of
/ our Lord and the binding Of Satan and estab-
lasning OF the Kingdom: hence the times OF res
/ ttution, or times Of regeneration. for mankind
are yet future. When that happy day shalI
/ lease OF the world from the power OF sin
and death. to which all but the sanity few
are now in slavery. In the Jewish order OF
reckoning time, night came first and day az
terward. Thus the world has already been
passing through a night time Of darlxness
Ignorance. superstition and sorrow, the results
OF sin and death. But the redeeminE merits
/ Of Jesus have provided the Millennial Day
4 which will soon be ushered In and chase away
I forever the shadows OF sin and death No
wonder the poet sang
20. hail happy day
! That speaks all sorrows ending"
I The Psalmist prophet refers to the same gio-
Tio1s day. saying Weeping may endure for
Ia riwht- ioy conapth IN tho rnornnig