The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-20

| first and count the cost" before you
undertake such a conservation of your
| life, such q sacrifice Of your earthly in.
terests. mo man having put his hand
| to the plow and looking back would be
| it for the Kingdom"-ft for place on
the Throne as joint-heir with Christ
| duke tx. 62,. They heard the further
expression of st. Paul to all who would
| become joint-heirs with Christ in his
| Kingdom assuring them that If they
suffer with Christ they shall reign
| with him.
! Beloved, Let Us Cleanse Ourselves.
We doubt not that as the Heavenly
| Father and our Lord Jesus so loved
| the world as to provide the great sac
rilice for sin, 50 st. Paul loved the
world and all others of Gods people
must have a sympathetic love FOR the
world. Eut when We think of those
who are dearly beloved by the Father
| and by the son and by the apostles
and by each other, we think of the
special class of consecrated saints who
Scriptnraly are described as of no
| earthly sect or party, but as 1.-THE
Church of the Firstborns whose
names are written in heaven
These are dearly beloved" because
they have the mind of Christ, which
is also the mind of the Father. Ac-
cording 10 the flesh they are not all
lovely or beautiful. st. Paul else
where admonishcs us that amongst
these dearly beloved are not many
great. not many wise, not many noble.
not many rich. but chiefly the ignoble
and the poor of this world. Their
riches and their nobility are not of the
flesh. but of the spirit. of the heart. of
the new will. 10 which they have been
bcgottcn Of God by the Holy Spirit.
This is surely the Apostles thought,
for, in the preceding verse. he speaks
Of these dearly beloved ones as
sons and daughters Of the Lord. chill
dren of the Almighty hence. hcpottcn
again of the Holy Spirit--'ncw croa-
lures in Christ Jesus" I'll Corinthians
V. IL. All. how wonderful il seems
that there Shulild hc such - class as
this in the world vet not separated
from th" world. except 10y their new
Spirit Th"~" are in the world. hut
not Of th" world. rs the Master de
clarcd. These have died to worldly
aims and objects and havc become
alive toward cod through the Holy
Spirit and through the quickcuing i'll
ar u Il
precious promises given unto them.
Gods purpose respecting them is that
they may he transferred from human
nature To spirit naturc-from partici
patton with the world in the bless
ingS coming to il to receive instead
the Divine nature, with the glory,
honor and immortality attaching
thereto. is new creatures" Sons of
the Highest Ql Peter i, d.
Christian "FiIthness Of the FLESH"
Having located definitely the class
addressed by the Apostle, 1.-The saints
Oh Corinthians j. y, let us note how
and why it is necessary that saints
should receive such an cXhOrtation.
Why Should the Apostle write TO saints
respecting the cleansing Of their flesh
from filthineSS? Could one be a saint
and yet have GIthincss of the flesh?
We reply that these saints. bcg0tten
of the Holy Spirit, will not be perfect
ed as New Creatures until they expert
ence the "chan@c' Of the FIRST Rosur-
rection." Meantime they have the
treasure Of the Divine nature, the Holy
Spirit, the first fruits of their inherit
ancc in imperfect human bodies, 1t is
not the flesh that is bogotten again by
the Holy Spirit. Int new mind new
will. The will Of the flesh they sacri-
flee. They give M all earthly rights
and ambitions and accept instead the
will Of God. The will of Christ, the
Holy Spirit. that they may walk in
neWness of life. However. from the
very beginning Of their Christian ex-
pericnce all Of these members of the
Royal Priesthood. in the present life.
pass through difficulties which arise
from three different sources:
a. The Adversary is in opposition to
them and will do them all the harm
the Lord Will permit. Their protection
is the Divine promise that they will
not bc permitted 10 be tempted above
that they will he able to bear-that the
Lord will supervise their interests so
that with every temptation there will
be provided Il way Of escape.
| CO They arc in "A world that is dark
with sin and spllishness, superstition
and ignorance Of God and out of har.
mony with his righteousness. The
every day. from morning until night.
It's tides ana currents seek to sweep
them away from their resolutions of
self-sacrilice ard loyalty to God and
righteousness. In various ways 1t holds
)ut TO them enchanting prospects.
| pleasures and riches. ease and affiu-
euce. These have their weight. even
though ii be known that comparatively
| few who follow the worlds reckoning
md alluremcnts ever receive the full
| fllment Of the promises held out to
! them.
ca Tho great fight of the New Crea.
ture, his closest and most persistent
adversary. is his own flesh. The long
ings of his depraved nature cry out
against restraints and insist that he
/ is taking an unreasonable course in
that he undertakes TO follow the Lord