Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-09


knee shall bow and every tongue CON
fess. to the glory of God" Il viii be
grand. indeed. to witness during the
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 lmperfections by the assistance OF
the great Emancipator! 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 II as only momentary
interim! They viii 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 cOHdemEG-
fion 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. II 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
a full opportunity Of attaining or re-
1ecting the emancipation privileges.
All will be free In the sense that none
viii die the Second Death. except by
his own wilful. deliberate sympathy
with siu 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
world He shows that those who re-
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
aud Death. He says, "And not only
they (the groaning creation. the worldl.
but ourselves also (the spirit-begorten
Church OF this agel which have the
first fruits of the Spirit. even we our
selves groan within ourselves. waiting
for the adoption, to wit. the redemp
ton (deliveranceJ Of our Body"-"the
Body Of Christ. which is the Church"
Verse %; Corinthians xii, 27I.
The Apostle is here pointing out that
while the world is groaning under its
share of the Adamic condemnation, be-
levers in Christ also groaD-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.
p. Our salvation will come, therefore.
before this manifestation of the Sons
of God. which will bring release to the
world The elect Church is DGitiaO
for the GdOpti0n. 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
change. The adoption Of
the Church by the Father will be her
full entrance into the liberty OF the
cavo - fAnd har f,,Ii anfranoa iufo .t,ar
fection. ''changPd in a moment, In the
twinkling of an eye" Il Cor. XIV. 52I.
The Apostle continues the same
pointing out that the saliva
ton OF the Church at the present time
is not her actual or complete salvation. |
but Representation or a faith-salva-
don. 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, II
we have this hope as an anchor to our /
souls, II viii lend us to be patient In
waiting for the glorious things OF the
Divine arrangement. II Will lead us
% wait patiently for the Lords time
'or our own blessing aud further OPP
lortunity for service In bestowing |
Gods blessings upon the world We
ire TO wait for our deliveranee. with
,atience. and In this we shall be exer-
Using and developing one OF the
yraces Of the holy Spirit nscsasary for
'ur perfecting. It Is not sutficlent
hat we learn to IOpe liberty: we must
earn full submission to the Divine will
Ind 10 receive our liberty, IN kind aud
n time, according to the good pleas
ire Of the Father.
The expression. THE redemption OF
,ur BOdy,' does not refer TO the Lords
,eople. individually. for each Of us
WIN have a separate body in the resur-
'ection. The Apostles thought u that
u the Scriptures In general, namely,
hat there il one Body, which Is the
Church; and that so far as our COM
,lete adoption by the Father is con,
'erned, this must be done In unison;
ie win not receive the Church sepa-
'ately, member by member, but alto
,ether, at the close OF this age. Then
% many as shall have fought the good
light OF faith aud finished their course,
70 many as shall be found worthy a
,lace with our Lord In his throne will