Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05


thousand years of Christ's reign the
gradual liberation of the slaves of Sin
and Death-their gradual attainment
of full mastery over their weaknesses
and imperfections by the assistance Of
the great Emancipation. Many Of these
poor slaves went down to the tomb in
fearful anticipation of future Of eter-
nal torment How glad they will be
when they awake from the sleep of
death. realizing it as only momentary
interim. They will be advised OF the
| fact-that the Redemption price has
been paid by Jesus and that, there
fore, he is fully qualified and empow-
cred TO set them free in every sense Of
the word-not only from the condemna.
ton Of death. but also from the actual
blight of death-the mental, moral and
physical weaknesses, which are ele-
ments of the death sentence.
True, the Scriptures intimate that all
| will not appreciate the privilege Of
emancipation from the dominion of Sin
| and Death. 1t is not for US to specu-
| late as to the number who will ulti-
mately be set free. 1t Is sufficient for
US to know that all will be brought to
full opportunity Of attaining or re-
| tecting the emancipation privileges.
| All will be free in the sense that none
will die the Second Death. except by
| his own wilful. deliberate sympathy
with sin and rejection of the righteous
and liberal terms of the Great Liberator.
Not Only They but Ourselves.
Pursuing the subject. the Apostle
marks the Church of this Gospel Age
as separate and distinct from the
| ceive the begetting of the holy Spirit
now. are already children of God. and
already enjoying full freedom, full lib
Grafton from the condemnation Of Sin
| and Death. He says, And not only
| they (the grooming creation, the world),
but ourselves also dhe spirit begotten
| Church of this age. which have the
| first fruits of the Spirit. even we our
| selves groan within ourselves, waiting
| for the adoption. to wit. the redemp-
| ton (deliverance) of our Body"-"the
| Body of Christ, which is the Church"
| Verse %; ! Corinthians xii. 30
The Apostle is here pointing out that
| while the world is grooming under its
| share of the Adamic condemnation, be-
| levers in Christ also groan-though in
| a different manner The world groans
| and travails waiting for the Church's
manifestation-"th manifestation Of
| the Sons of God" The Church groans,
not outwardly. but inWardly. while
waiting for something different The
| world is waiting for the manifesto
| ton of the Sons of God. because Now
are we the Sons of God" q John iii,
| y. Our salvation will come therefore.
| before this manifestation of the Sons
of God, which will bring release to the
| world The elect Church is f0Gitin0
| for the adoption, the deliverance of the
| Body in the First Resurrection. Our
| Heavenly Father has already granted
| US the spirit of adoption whereby we
| can cry. Abba. Father" but our adop-
| ton is not yet accomplished. COM
pleted. We are already set free in our
minds from the Law of Sin and Death,
but will not be entirely free until our
adoption shall be completed by our
resurrection change. The adoption of
| the Church by the Father will be her
| full entrance into the liberty Of the
| Sons of God. her full entrance into per-
| lection. changed in moment, in the
| twinkling of an eye" q Cor. XIV, 52).
| The Apostle continues the same
| thought. pointing out that the saliva
| ton of the Church at the present time
| is not her actual or complete salvation,
| but Representation or a faithSalya-
| ton. He points out that what we hope
| for is to be brought unto us at the
| revelation of our Lord and Savior Je-
| sus Christ. at his second advent. He
| points out that. in the meantime, if
| we have this hope as an anchor to our
| souls. it will lead us to be patient in
waiting for the glorious things of the
Divine arrangement 1t will lead us
to wait patiently for the Lords time
for our own blessing and further OPP
| portunity for service in bestowing
Gods blessings upon the world We
are to wait for cur deliverance, with
patience. and in this we shall be exer-
| cising and developing one Of the
graces of the holy Spirit necessary for
our perfecting. 1t is not sufficient
that we learn to lore liberty; we must
learn full submission to the Divine will
and to receive our liberty, in kind and
in time, according to the good pleas
ure of the Father
The expression. THE redemption of
our Body" does not refer to the Lords
people. individually. for each of us
will have separate body ia the resur-
reetion The Apostles thought is that
of the Scriptures In general, namely,
that there is one Body. which is the
Church; and that, so far as our COM
plete adoption by the Father is con-
cerned. this must be done in unison;
be will not receive the Church sepa-
rately, member by member. but alto
gether. at the close of this age. Then
so many as shall have fought the good
fight of faith and finished their course,
so many as shall be found worthy a
place with our Lord in his throne will
be changed" in the First Resurrec-
ton" These will be presented togeth-
er as one glorious Body. or Church
of the living God. whose names are
written In heaven"
So far. then, as the world is con-
cerned, LET us think less of assisting
them to individual and personal lib
artv than 10 frpp(lom from the woke
of Sin. Let Us rejoice in the privilege
and opportunity which. II faithful. we
win have by and by with the Master.
of delivering or setting at liberty from
sin and death the entire grooming Gre
alton. Let us remember That to attain
this we must become members of the
glorifled Kingdom. which will extend
this blessing TO all the families of earth