The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-04

ton OF God" Revelation Ill. 14). AS
st. John declares, "In the beginning
was the Word (Logos) and the Logos
was with The God and the Logos was
God. By him were all things
made that were made and without him
was not one thing made" He was
made flesh and dwelt amongst u.s."
The came unto his own and his own
received him not. but to as many as
received him, to them gave he privi-
lege to become sons of God" John i.
LA.
The Scriptures make clear to us that
the Father did not compel the Son to
be our Redeemer-on the contrary, he
invited him to do so, and set before
him the great reward:
~ The privilege Of proving his 10y
atty to the Father Hebrews K, q;
Psalm xl, 81.
(2) The privilege of serving the fall
en- race, as their Redeemer and Re-
storer Matthew xx, 28).
81 The honor of high exaltation to
even greater dignities than he had be-
fore he left the Father-to honor, glory
and immortality, far above angels and
principalities and powers and every
name that is named. st. Paul, In re-
ferring to the matter, tells us that our
Lord. ''for the Joy that was set before
him. endured the cross, despising the
shame"-and now, in consequence. is
set down on the right hand Of the
Father on high (Hebrews xii. q.
While the Savior was the Christ
mas gift to us in one sense Of the
word. yet the gift was more from
another standpoint-although 1t was all
contained in that primary gift. Our
Lord first. by obedience to the Divine
Law. demonstrated his right to eternal
life; and. at the same time, by his con-
secration to death. he laid dOton the
life he was privileged to have. Nor
did he ever take 1t back. He arose
from the dead on the third day, per
fected as a New Creature-as a spirit
being I'll Corinthians iii. 10. He did
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the subsequent forty days. but not as
before. Although, after his resurrec-
ton, he appeared in the flesh, he was
not flesh He had taken the body Of
flesh for the suffering Of DEATH" and
not to keep eternally. When he had fin
ished sacrificing it, the flesh had served
his purpose. His high exaltation is on
the spirit plane, far above angels. His
appearances during the forty days
were very brief and few. after the
manner in which angels had previously
appeared In the flesh. They were
for the purpose of convincing the dis
ciples that he was no longer dead, and
to convince them also that he was no
longer limited to earthly powers, as
before his death He was put to
death In the flesh, but quickeDed In
spirit q Peter Ill, 49,.
"The Body Of Christ"
Notice how Gods gift expands, car
rying blessings with each change. The
glorifed Jesus, when he assembled up
on high, had to his credit, so to speak,
the human. earthly rights which he
had sacrificed. Those rights were
sufficient for the whole world. Be
cause all had been condemned through
one man, all could be justified, atoned
for, by the sacrifice of one perfect man
-'the man Christ Jesus, who gave
himself a ransom for all" q Timothy
II, 3, 81.
But the assembled Savior, although
he came into the world to be the Sa-
vior of the toortd, did not apply the
merit of his sacrifice for the world,
but, as the Scriptures show, he ap-
piled it for his Church and the entire
household of faith. Unbelievers are
not covered by that application Of
Christ's merit. In order to get under
the merit of Christ noso they must be-
lieve, renounce sin and make conse-
Grafton of themselves to walk In the
Redeemer's footsteps as living sacri-
fees. Under this provision the Gospel
call has been going forth for now
eighteen centuries. The object of this,
the Scriptures tell us, is to select pri-
marily the Church of Christ, 'little
flock" ''the Bride, the Lambs wife,
and joint-heir with him in his Millen-
NAL Kingdom, which is to bless the
world.
Throughout this Gospel Age faith
full little flock" has gradually been
gathered. Their test is their willing
ness to lay down their lives in the
Lords service-in the service of the
Truth and in the service of the breth-
rem. In doing this they are sacrificing
with Jesus; as the Apostle suggests, II
beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that We present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service Romans xii, u.
This sacrifice Of Christ's members" is
counted In as part and parcel Of the
sacrifice of Christ. When this sacrific-
ing shall be finished it will mean that
the merit of Christ's sacrifice at Cal
vary appropriated to the Church will
have been laid down again-returned
to the credit of the Redeemer. Then,
at the conclusion of this Age. when the
last "member of the Body" has suf-
fered with him and been glorifed, the
great High Priest will apply the blood
afresh-not again for his members and
the household of faith, however, but
for the world, as the type clearly
shows.
1.-THE Riches Of His Grace"
Glance backward now, and see the
unfoldings Of the Divine Plan: The
Babe of Bethlehem; the Man Of Sor-
rows; the Risen Lord; the Ascended
High Priest and Advocate; the appro.
priation of his merit to the Church
the joy of forgiveness of sins and rec
onciliation to God experienced by all
believers; their instruction In the
School of Christ; their testing and
proving by trials and difficulties; and
finally, their gloritication with their
Lord in the Millennial Kingdom. In
turn, the glorious Prophet. Priest, Me
diator. King, Head and members
complete. will institute the Millennial
Kingdom reign of righteousness fol
the blessing of the world. Applying
his merit for the world and using II
also to seal the New Covenant, he
opens up the way whereby all ther
living may become reconciled to God
may be blessed with restitution to full
perfection of mind and morals and
physique-and have back again the
Paradise, lost by sin but redeemed al
Calvary.
The Savior purposes. in harmony
with the Divine Program. that not
merely the members of the race liv.
ing at the time of his Second Com