Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-02-22


just, reasonable regulations, laws.
Whoever then will render obedience
may with proportionate rapidity go
| up on the highway of holiness toward
| perfection at its end. Whoever re-
! fuses obedience to the extent of his
ability will fail to make progress and
ultimately die the Second Death, from
which there will be no redemption
and no resurrection.
Such obedience as will be required
of mankind in the great Mediators
| Kingdom will include their co-opera-
! ton in the resistance of their own fall
/ en- weaknesses. 1t will include the
exercise of patience and kindness to-
| wards their fellow-creatures, fellow
| sufferers. The Divine Law of love to
| God with all the heart. mind, soul,
strength and for the neighbor as for
ones self they must learn fully. As
! they will realize their own blemishes
and strive to overcome them and ask.
not the Father, but the Mediator for
forgiveness. they will be obliged to
| follow the Divine rule of exercising
towards others similar mercy and for
| giveness to that which they desire for
| themselves. But they will not be re-
| quired to enter into the covenant Of
/ self-sacrifice. self-denial, ETC. All the
blessings of God on the earthly plane
| will be for them fully and freely to
use and enjoy, in harmony with the
| Divine regulation.
The conditions governing the saliva
| ton of the Church are wholly differ
| ent from those which will appertain
to the world. The Church is called out
| of the world under Divine invitation
| to suffer with Christ in the present
| life and during this Gospel Age and
| then to reign with Christ during the
| Millennial Age. participating in his
| Mediatorial Kingdom for the blessing.
uplifting. salvation Of the world. 1t
| is not in vain. therefore. that our Lord
and the apostles. in setting forth the
| call of the Church during this Age,
| specified particularly and frequently
the necessity for all who would share
| in this salvation to participate with
! the Redeemer in his sacrificing, in his
DEATH" and consequently participate in
"his resurrection" and in his reign Of
glory. Hark to the words. BE thou
| faithful unto death and | will give thee
| a crown of life;;' ITO him that over
| cometh will l grant to sit with me in
my Throne" "And whatsoever doth not
bear his cross, and come after me.
cannot be my disciple duke xiv, %.
Let us remember our Lords words to
the disciples James and John, respect
ing a place in his Millennial Throne
| He intimated that the getting to the
| Throne at all. in any place. would i'm
| ply great humility and selfsacrifce.
| He asked the disciples. Are We able
| (willing) to drink of the cup that
shall drink of and to be baptized with
the baptism Unto DEATH that / am
baptized WITH Mark x, 3S.l Heark-
en- again: This cup of which he tells
us we must drink, if we would sit in
his Throne, is his communion cup. 1t
| is offered, not to the world, but to
his consecrated followers. 1t is not
another cup, but MY Cup" The in
yitation was. This is my blood Of the
New Testament. which is shed for
many for the remission of sins. Drink
We all of it, Matthew XVI, 20, 20. 1t
must all be drunk before the many.
| the world can get their share of the
intended blessing through the New
Covenant, which this blood seals. And
only the disciples of Christ only those
who desire to walk in his steps. are in
vited to drink of that cup. All Of
| them are so invited and they will
drink all of it. None of it will be left
for the world during the Millennial
Age to drink. 1t is a special privilege
to drink of this cup. With the drink
ing of it goes the special blessing Of
the special salvation of this Gospel
Age Except we eat of his flesh Jap
propriate the merit of his sacri6ce),
and unless we drink his blood Coin IL
sacrifice with HIM, we have 70 life
in us-inherent life. immortality.
So far as our hearts ard minds are
concerned at the time of our consecra-
ton they must be fully given up to the
Lord ere he will accept them. We
could be no more fully consecrated If
we had absolutely perfect bodies and
were absolutely free from all the en-
tailment of Adams condemnation. But
Gods requirement is that no sacrifice
may come upon his altar, except such
as is without spot or blemish. Hence
he could not accept our offering. our
consecration. even though it were as
completely and fully made as was our
dear Redeemer's. Hence his first pro-
vision was that the righteousness of
Christ should be, imputed to US on ac-
count of our faith and obedience, In
order to permit us to offer sacrifices
holy and acceptable to God (Malachi
iii, 3: Romans xii, II.
This view of our participation in the
Redeemer's merit separately and apart
from the worlds participation in it
by faith and imputation Of merit and
not actually--the Bible declares to be
a mystery" which not many are able
to discern-only the spiritually minded
only the spirit-begotten. Those who
can see and hear and understand the
terms and conditions of this great sal
| walton of this Gospel Age are specially
| blessed-''Blessed are your eyes, for
they see, and your ears. for they hear"
| (Matthew xiii. 16l. To see. to hear. to
understand. that glory. honor. immor-
tally. eternal life on the spirit plane.
are the rewards of few years of self
denial and self-sacrifice. is to hear of
pearl Of great price. of which few
know. And TO know of that pearl and
not to be willing to sell all that we
have to obtain it would demonstrate to
the Father our unworthiness of life on
this high plane. We exhort so many
as see and hear and appreciate. in the
| words Of the Apostle. Let us make
our calling and election sure" by full
and hearty compliance with the gra-
cious high calling of which we have
learned and which our hearts have ac-