The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-08

| lchce "" llnd. as the scriptures declare
| that there Is none righteous; no, no
one'-nonc mentally. morally or physical
! ~ right. All have sinncd All come shor
of the glory OF God In which Adam wa:
creatcd. From The moment of diSobedi
encc and divine condemnation Adam and
| his race have been judicially dead anc
gradually going down, down. down. II
| degradation and into the tomb.
Speaking OF the dying race from Tho
judicial standpoint our Savior called then
all dead. He declared that none has ever
| reckoned life, except such rs by faith
accepted him as their ifegiver-SaVlor
His words arc, 'He that hath tho SoI
hath life: he that hath not the Son shall
not see life; but the wrath or God abid-
eth on him John Ill, 36). Speaking
TO one who believed on him the Savior
said, Let tho dead bury their dead :;
go thou and preach the gospel (Matthcw
Will, 22). From the right standpoint his
meaning is evident Let the dead. the
condemned and legally dead world. look
out fordts own affairs. You become ono
uf my followers and carry my message ot
life and hope 10 as many as have ears
TO hear!
Dead III Trespasses and Sim
Thus the whole world OF mankind
through heredity, through inherited weak
ncsses, through participation in the SEN
tencc that came upon farher Adam just
ly. arc all Judicially dead In trespas sses
worthy of eternal life upon the only terms
and conditions which God can offer
namely. perfection and obedience 10 the
divine standards.
Jesus preached tho gospel amongst those
iudicially dead through trespasses and
sins. a few had the hearing ear and
accepted the good message and gave their
hearts TO God and accepted the terms of
disciplcship-to walk in the Masters
footsteps IN the narrow way faithfully
unto death-willlngly offering, sacrficial-
~. their little all in the service OF God.
his truth, his righteousness. MS people.
These few, as we have seen, the Savior
recognized as having life-as having
passed from death unto life" (John ",
pa; nevertheless their change was only
a legal one. Actually, according TO the
dying. BY his divine arrangement their
new minds their new wills, were ac-
ccpted OF God in Christ and their flesh
ignored as dead, and they were begotten
by God OF the Holy Spirit as new crea-
lures and became sons Of God. AS sons,
they were free from all the previous
condemnation that came upon them as
members OF Adams race-freed through
the impulation of the merit of the Re
deemers sacrifice applied on their be-
half. Thus they attained the liberty OF
the sons Of God-frecdom from simeon
demnaton. So we read OF them.
''He came unto his own (nation-Jews)
and his own received him not: but to
as many as received him, to them gave
the power Qiberty, privlege) 10 become
sons of God even them that believe on
his name (his greatness as Messiah), who
We're begotten not of the will of the flesh,
nor Of man. but of God" John H.. 1s),
A similar procedure has been in prog
ress throughout all this gospel age from
Pentecost until now amongst the world
of mankind judiclally dead II has
reached a considerable number; but not
many great. however. not many wise.
net many rich, not many noble. not
many learned, chiefly the poor of this
world and the mean things. the ignoble
things a. Corinthians L., 262S.
''We Are Saved by Hope"
While speaking Of believers begotten
of the holy spirit and new creatures in
death unto life. the Bible. with equal
c&pllcitness. tells us that the resurrec-
tion OF the mind, the will, OF the new
salvation. He has received great bless
ing. great salvation; but what he now
enjoys is merely foretastc, an ear
nest. or hand-payment of the great
II faithful TO his covenant unto death
The fruitlon OF the hopes OF the new
creation VIII be attained in the end OF
this age at the second coming OF the
Rcdeemer, when he comes TO set up his
kingdom In power and great glory for
the blessing and salvation of the world.
when every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" psalm Vi. 23). The
body of Christ. the saints" the church,
to that illustrioGs day as the time when
they shall experience their glorious
change from earthly TO heavenly condi-
tions-when in a moment. in the twink
ling of an eye. the resurrection power
will lift them wholly out OF earthly con-
ditions TO the perfection OF the Divine
nature"
Describing this FIRST resurrection" OF
the saints: the Apostle says, 1T is sown
in dshonor, it is raised in glory 1t is
sowu in weakness. II is raised in power;
II is sown a natural body. il is raised a
spiritual body" o. Corinthians XIV. 49,
Az. Respecting this glorious consumma-
tion of the hopes of the church. the Apos-
lie declares 1t TO be the end OF our
faith, the salvation Of our souls-"the
grace tsalvaton) that shall be brought
unto you at the revelation of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ Il. Peter l.. lS).
For that glorious time the Lords people
are to wait patiently. realizing that rs
new creatures. they are being tested by
the weaknesses and frajlties of their old
bodies rectoncd dead They are To show
their loyalty TO God by fighting a good
light against the weaknesses OF the flesh.
against the allurcmcnts OF the world and
the snares OF the adversary
This Light Upon Our Text.
Consider now, in the light Of the fore
going. the meaning OF 81. Peters words
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