The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-08

years nor uouDle lHultLHntHI ny t"o
federal grand jury did not prevent
now the Gospel message from first to
last has been preached to dead world
to a world under sentence of death
to world dead in trespasses and in
sin and unworthy of Divine notice.
The message has not gone forth to
every creature yet. The Divine pro-
mise Is that eventually every eye shall
see and every ear shall be unStOpped,
and then "the knowledge of the
Lord shall Gil the whole earth" and
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" But that will be
during Messiahs Kingdom of right
eousness, which will last for thou
sand years for the worlds uplifting
That time has not yet come; hence
that glorious message which all must
hear and those glorious sights which
all must see and all confess are not
yet revealed. AS yet the message can
be appreciated only by comparatively
small proportion of our race. "even as
many as the Lord our God shall call"
The Redeemer says that they must
not only be thus "called of Cod" but
that they must be drawn" 10y him. in
order to be blessed during this Age.
He says, No man can come unto me,
except the Father which sent me drdt1
him. and he that cometh unto me thus
drawn | will In no wise reject Uohn
lot A 20 Of
world the Gospel in the present time
is intended. No others have the ear to
hear. But while those who hear are
few in comparison TO the millions OF
the world who do not hear, nevcrthe-
less they are many I'm comparison to
the still fewer who accept the call un-
der the conditions and limitations of
the narrow way of self-sacrilice.
"Many are called, but few chosen" to
this high calling Of joint-heirship with
| the Redeemer in his Kingdom.
BY and by when all eyes and ears of
understanding shall be opened and the
blessing of the Lord through Messiah
shall be worldwide, it will not be
merely n calling to righteousness that
will be extended. A command will be
enforced by disciplines, stripes" "cor-
rections in righteousness" to the in.
tent that the "dead' world in general
may be blessed and be resurrected-
lifted up, up, up, out of sin and death
conditions to the human perfection be-
slowed upon Adam and his race in
creation. Only the unwilling and dis
obedlent will die the Second Death,
from which there will be no redemp-
tion, no recovery.
Live In Flesh and In Spirit.
Those who hear the Gospel and ac-
cept its terms of conservation unto
death of the flesh and are begotten Of
the Holy Spirit as New Creatures,
"partakers of the divine nature" have
so to speak. n dual existence from the
time of their begettal of the Spirit.
From Gods standpoint they are New
Creatures begotten to the divine ma
ture. which, IL faithful, they will fully
obtain In the "Eirst Resurrection"
Yet according to all worldly concept
Of the matter they are still human be-
ings, very much the same as they were
prior to their conservation and Spirit
begetting. The world may, indeed. see
certain changes more or less radical In
their conduct and words, but, like as
not. these will appear to the worldly
merely as fads, fancies, eccentricities.
Perhaps. indeed, as in the case of St
Paul, they may be considered as "be,
sides themselves"-mad. Hence. rs the
Apostle declares, "rhe world knoweth
us not. even us it knew him not
q John Ill, y. The world did not
know Jesus TO be begotten of the Holy
Spirit, the Son of the Highest. etc.
nor does the world yet know that he
is highly exalted at the Fathers Right
Hand. So also it is with the followers
of Jesus. They similarly have re
celved a Spirit begetting and, similar
ly, in due time, are to experience the
glorious change of the "First Resur
rection" and be perfected on the new
plane of the divine nature.
Judged Of Men-Judged of God.
Note again the Apostles words re
specting thest Spirit-begotten follow
ers Of Jesus, the ''little flock" whC
walk In his footsteps of self-sacriflce
He says that these will be judged ac
cording to men In the flesh, but ac
cording to God in the Spirit. Men no
knowing us as New Creatures II
Christ may think OF us and approve o.
! condemn as they would think of ant
approve or condemn others-accord
ing to the flesh. The world will nc
see that In these New Creatures ther'
IL battle in progress-the New Crea
ture seeking to conquer the flesh ans
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