The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-19

-lO u NOIlu vi utulu-
TO world dead in trespasses and in
sin and unworthy OF Divine notice.
The message has not gone forth TO
every creature yet. The Divine pro
mise Is that eventually every eye shall
see and every ear shall be unstopped.
and then 1.-THE knowledge Of the
Lord shall ill the whole earth" and
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" But that will be
during Messiah's Kingdom Of right
eousness. which will last for a thou
sand years for the worlds uplifting.
that glorious message which all must
hear and those glorious sights which
all must see and all confess are not
yet revealed. AS yet the message can
be appreciated only by n comparatively
small proportion of our race, "even as
many as the Lord our God shall CALI
The Redeemer says that they must
not only be thus "called Of God" but
that they must be drawn" by him, In
order to be blessed during this Age.
He says, No man can come unto me,
except the Father which sent me drdtc
him. and he that cometh unto me thus
drawn | will in no wise reject John
vi, a.. 81 For these few of the dead
world the Gospel in the present time
Is intended No others have the ear to
hear. But while those who hear are
| few in comparison to the millions OF
the world who do not hear, neverthe-
less they are many In comparison to
the still fewer who accept the call un.
der the conditions and limitations of
the narrow way Of self-sacritice
"Many are called, but few chosen" to
this high calling Of joint-heirship with
the Redeemer in his Kingdom.
BY and by when all eyes and ears OF
understanding shall be opened and the
blessing of the Lord through Messiah
shall be worldwide, it will not be
merely calling to Righteousness that
will be extended. A command will be
enforced by disciplines, stripes" "cor.
rections in Righteousness" to the in
may be blessed and be resurrected-
lifted up. up. up, out Of sin and death
conditions to the human perfection be-
slowed upon Adam and his race in
creation. Only the unwilling and dis
obedient will die the Second Death
from which there will be no redemp
ton, no recovery.
Live In Flesh and In Spirit.
Those who hear the Gospel and &C.
cept its terms Of conservation unto
death of the flesh and are begotten OF
the Holy Spirit as New Creatures
"partakers of the divine nature" have
SO to speak. dual existence from the
time of their begettal of the Spirit
From Gods standpoint they are New
Creatures begotten to the divine na
ture, which. If faithful. they will fully
obtain in the First Resurrection
Yet according to all worldly concept
Of the matter they are still human be
ings, very much the same as they were
prior to their conservation and Spirit
begetting. The world may, indeed. see
certain changes more or less radical iI
their conduct and words, but, like as
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merely as fads. fancies, eccentricities
Perhaps, indeed, as in the case Of st
Paul, they may be considered as "be
sides themselves"-mad. Hence, as the
Apostle declares, THE world knowett
us not, even as it knew him not
q John iii, y. The world did MOI
know Jesus to be begotten Of the Holy
Spirit, the Son Of the Highest. etc.
nor does the world yet know that h'
is highly exalted at the Fathers RICH
Hand So also it is with the follower.
Of Jesus. They similarly have re
ceived a Spirit begetting and, similar
ly, In due time, are to experience tn,
glorious change Of the First Resur
rection" and be perfected on the new
plane of the divine nature.
Judged Of Men-Judsed Of God.
Note again the Apostles words re
specting these Spirit-begotten follow
ers of Jesus, the little flock" VIII
walk in his footsteps Of self-sacrifice
He says that these will be judged &C
cording to men in the flesh. but &C
cording to God in the Spirit. Men no
knowing us as New Creatures II
Christ may think of us and approve o
condemn as they would think Of ant
approve or condemn others-accord
ing to the flesh. The world will no
see that in these New Creatures Their
is battle in progress-the New Crea
ture seeking to conquer the flesh an,
to bring it into subsection to the Di
vine will, but not always able to do 81
All we can do is to do our best
whether our best shall be as good a
or better than that of our fellow
creatures who are not Spirit-begotter
} but who may be less depraved by ma
! ture-nobler by heredity. Our con
ISOLATION as New Creatures is that W
are not to be Judged by human jude
ment. but by him who called us an
drew US to himself, who sanctified u
through the blood Of the Cross, an
who begat us with his own Holy Spil
It TO his own divine nature. He vii
Judge us according to the spirit-ac
cording to our minds, according TO GU