The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-05

when 70 the great Deliycrer -eTerr
knee shall bow and every tongue con,
feas, to the eicry Of God Il win be
grand, indeed. 10 witness daring the
thousand years of chflsts reign tho
gradunl liberation Of the slaves Of sin
and Death-their graf dual attainment
of full mastery over their weainesses
and Imperfect Ions by the assistance OF
the great Emaneipator.. Many Of these
poor slaves went down to the tomb In
fearful anticipation OF a future OF eter.
nnl torment How glad they viii be
when they awake from the sleep OF
death. realizing 1t as only a momentnry
interim. They will be advised OF the
fact-thnt the Redemption price has
been paid by Jesus and that, there.
fore, be is fully qualified and empow-
cred to set them free in every sense OF
the word-not only from the eondemna.
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.
u q 3 Il - Ha ~ -
True. the Scriptures intimate that all
will not appreciate the privilege OF
emancipation from the dominlonof 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-
jecting 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. Il
Pursuing the subject, the Apostle
marks the Church OF this Gospel Age
as separate aud distinct from the
world. &c shows that those who re.
celye 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 groaning creation, the world,,
but ourselves also the spirlt-begotten
Church OF this age,, which have the
first fruits of the Spirit, even we our.
selves groan withiu ourselves, whiting
for the adoption, to wit. the redemp.
ton (deliverance) Of our Body"-"the
Body Of Christ, which is tho Church
Verse %; Corinthians xii, 81. '}i3s'
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
I, a different manner. Tho world groans
and travails. waiting for the Church,s
manifestation-''the manifestation oi
the Sons Of God" The Church groans,
not outwardly. but inwardly. Willie
waiting for something different. The
world Is waiting fol- the manifesto
ton Of the Sons Of God. because Nov
are we the Sons of Godr q John Ill
! q. Our salvation will come. therefore
before this manifestation of the Sons
Of God, which will bring release to the
world. The elect Church Is iraifinl
for the adoption. the dellvcrance 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
4 tion is not yet accomplished. com
i pleted. We are already set free In out
minds from the Law oil Sin and Death
but will not be entirely free until OIL
adoption shall be completed by oul
resurrection change. The adoption Of
the Church by the Father will be lel
full entrance into the liberty of the
Z, Sons Of God. her full entrance into per
lection. changed In moment. In the
ltwinkling of an eye" Il Cor. XIV, 52l. +
The Apostle continues the SAME
thought. pointing out that the saliva
tlon Of tue Church at the present time
is not her actual or complete salvation
but a Representation or falth-salva
ton. He points out that what We hope
| for Is to. be brought unto us at thu
revelation Of our Lord and Savior Je
sus Christ. ut his second advent. HI
points out that, In the meantime. Il
we have this hope us an anchor TO oul
souls. It will lead us to be patient II
wnlting for the glorious things Of TIL
Divine arrangement. 1t will lead u!
to walt patiently for the Lords tint
for our own blessing aud further op
portunity for service In bestowint
! Gods blessings upon the world. W,
arc to wait for our dellverance. witt
patience, and in this we shall be exer
clsing and developing one of til,
graces of the holy Spirit necessary 70
our perfectlng. 1t is not sufficlen
that we learn to love liberty; we mus
learn full submission to the Divine vii
: and to receive. orr liberty. in kind ami
in time. according to the good pleas
ure of the Father.
n The expression. 1.-THE redemption 0
our Body" does not refer to the Lord.
people. individually. for each OF u
will have separate body In the resuI
rection. The Apostles thought Is tina
of tho Scriptures In general. namely
that there is one Body, which is III
Church; and that, 50 far as our con
plete adoption - the Father is. cor
cerncd. this must be done In unison
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