The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-05
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The Glori liberty
81 The Chill ren
of God.

lhe creature also shall be de- \
Gyered from The bondage Of corrup-
6on INTO the glorious liberty Of The
children Of God Romans Iin. I'D
rechon, when "This corruptible must
put on interruption" Then our new
minds will receive new. perfect spirit
bodies, through which they can oper-
ate perfectly. and exercise, to the full,
true liberty, true freedom.
The full liberty Of the Children Of
God, Therefore. Is not attained In this
present life, but will be attained In the
resurrection. when we shall be per-
fected in the Masters likeness. And
In this connection It Is well to note
that this is the liberty of the angels
5also-llberty of freedom from SIM
from the power and domination Of
error and superstition and weaknesses
through heredity. All the angels were
thus created. and father Adam and
mother Eve also were thus created, In
the full likeness Of the children Of
God. Some lost their liberty by DISC
bedience; they became slayes to Sin
and Death. and have been more or less
bound by these conditions from then
until now. So. then. THE liberty Of
the children of God" is absolute per
ifection-the ideal condition for which
the Church is striving.
Tho eroanins Creation.
The Apostle In our text Is discussing
the condition Of the world of mankind
in general. He reminds US that 1.-THE
whole creation groaneth and travaileth
in pain together uptil now" (Romans
viii, 22). In the nineteenth verse he
tells us what they are waiting for,
namely, 'The earnest expectation Of
the (human) creature walteth for the
manifestation Of the sous of God"
The world of mankind is now enslaved
to Sin and Death: they cannot help
themselves; they must walt until God s
time for setting them free from this
bondage. Gods time will come in con-
nection with the glorlfication OF the
Church, and her manifestation with
her Lord in the glories Of his Messiah.
ic Kingdom. Then the grooming crea-
ton will be set free from the bondage
Of Sin and Death. under which 1t now
groans and travails.
Made Subject to Vanity.
The Apostle reminds us that the
slavery Of mankind to Sin and Death
came upon the world through vanity.
or frailty, unwllllngly. Our frailties
IRE the result Of sin and Of the Divine
sentence. Father Adam was dlsobedi.
ent and our Creator, in sentencing him
to death. made the dying condition
such that nil of his children would lie
involved with him, rs sinners, through
hercdity, and thus sharers in his dying
condition. But God did not subject
our race to this dying condition. this
slavery TO Sin and Death, with the In.
tention Of blasting the hope Of human.
ity to oil eternity. much less with the
expectation Of sending Adam and bis
race to eternal torture. Rather. we
are to understand that when God pro.
nounced the death sentence upon our
race, intermingled with 1t was the
hope. the desire, on the part Of the
Creator, TINT the result Of that death
sentence should not be mans absolute
and eternal destruction, after the man.
ner Of the brute beast. In the Divine
purpose there mingles hope-a desire
and intention that all of Adams race
who will learn the lesson of'righteous.
ness may ultimately be delivered from
the bondage of Sin and Death, into the
true liberty of children Of God. 1t was
to secure, in Gods due time. for Adam
and his race. liberty from Sin and
Death. that Christ died for our sins.
Tho Creation to 30 Delivered.
Our minds now turn to tue liberty
which. by Gods grace. came to this
nation In 177G; and. similarly, some Of
our nation look TO the liberty that was
accorded them by the Emancipation
Proclamation" But these emancipa
tons are nothing In comparison witt
the great Emancipation which God
purposes shall come to all the world
Of mankind through Christ. Enslavet
to Sin. through Father Adams disobe
dlence. "Sold under SIM" the purchase
Of the race by the precious blood. Of
Christ is to be announced by the Grea,
Judge who pronounced the sentence
This is glorious hope. a glorious pros
pect, but us yet 1t is merely pros
pect. Only the true Church.has as ye
been set free: and she waits for perfec
freedom through the First Resurrcc
tion." 1.-THE whole world lieth In tn,
Wicked One" and still arc slaves t.
Sin and Death conditions In every way
The arrangement Of Divine Provi
dence for this great liberation of th,
captives Of Sin and Death Is wonder
full! Gods Kingdom is TO be estab
lished and to exercise his reign or rul,
Of Righteousness amongst men for ,
thousand years. Satan Is TO be bouni
during that period, that be may de
ceiye and cntrap humanity no more
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