The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-06


ana Death their gradual arIainnnuI
~ iIn mastery over th-ir weaknesses
AMI IulI,ertn,tIuns hy lie asSistancp ui
the great Eiiiancipator Many ut these
u,h slaves went duwn to the tomb III
fearful anticipation 1T a future ut eier
nai TORMENT How glad they will h.
when they awake from the sleep oi
death. realizing II aS only a munieniary
interim. They will he advised at th-
fact tina, the Redemption price hns
been paid by Jesus aud that. there
fore. he is fully qualified and ernp"w
cred IT, set them free IN every sense OF
he word not only from the condcmn0
hoa Of deafh. hui also from the aetna,
blight of death the mental. moral and
physical Weaknesses. which are eie
ments of the death sentence.
True. the Scriptures intimate that all
will not appreciate the privilege OF
emancipation from the dominion of Sin
and Death II is not for us to sIecu
late as to the number who will ul,i
mately he set free. II is sufficient for
us to know that all will he 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 10y
his own wilful. deliberate sympathy
with sin and rejection of the righteous
and liberal terms of the Great .iberator
Not Only They but Ourselves.
Pursuing the subject. the Apostle
marks the Church of this Gospel Age
world He shows that those who re-
ceive. 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 tthe grooming creation. the world.
but ourselves also 1.-THE spirit-begOtten
Church of this age,. which have the
first fruits of the Spirit. even we our
selves groan Within ourselves. waiting
for the adoption. to wit. the rpdemp
ton (deliverance, of our Body 1.-THE
Body of Christ. which is the Church"
Verse %: Corinthians xii. 27,.
The Apostle is here pointing out that
| while the world is groaning under its
share of the Ada mic condemnation. be-
levers in Christ also grUap-thougb in
a different manner. The world groans
and travails. waiting for the Church's
| manifeStation-"t manifestation of
the Sons Of God" The Church grOans
not Outwardly. but inwardly. while
waiting for something different. The
world is waiting for the manifesto
ton of the Sons of God. because NOW
are we the Sons of God" q John iii.
2. Our salvation will come. therefore.
before this manifestation Of the Sons
| of God. which will bring release to the
world. The elect Church is Uditin0
| tor the ddOpfiOn the deliverance 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-
| ton is not vet accomplished. com
| pleted. We are already set free in our
| minds from the Law of Sin and Death.
but will not he entirely free until our
adoption shall be- completed by our
CudISe. ut VI
the Church by the Father will be her
| full entrance into the liberty Of the
| Sons of God. her full entrance into per-
! lection. changed in Il moment. in the
twinkling of an eye" q Cor. XIV. 52,.
| The Apostle continues the same
thought. pointing out that the saliva
ton of the Church at the present time
| sey, b.N lat,
| but representation or a faithsalva
| ton. He points out that what we hope
| for is to be brought unto us at the
! revelation of our Lord and Savior Je
sus Christ. at his second advent. He
| points out that. in the meantime, il
| we have this hope as an anchor to our
souls, it will lead us to be patient in
waiting for the glorious things of the
Divine arrangement 1t will lead us
to wait patiently for the Lords time
| for our own blessing and further OPP
portunity for service in bestowing
Gods blessings upon the world. We
are to wait for our deliverance. with
patience. and in this we shall be exer
cising and developing one of the
graces of the holy Spirit necessary for
| our perfecting. 1t is not sufficient
that we learn to lore liberty; we must
learn full submission to the Divine will
and to receive our liberty. in kind and
| in time. according to the good pleas
| ure of the Father
The expression. THE redemption of
| our Body" does not refer to the Lords
people. individually. for each of us
will have ii separate body in the resur
| rection The Apostles thought is that
| of the ScrintIlreS In yeneral namely