Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-09

show their loyalty to God by fighting
a good fight against the weaknesses Of
the flesh, against the allurements of
the world and the snares of the Ad-
yersary.
This Light Upon Our Text.
Consider now, in the light of the
foregoing, the meaning of st. Peters
words used as our text. We nerceiva
how the Gospel message from first to
last has been preached to oeqd world
to a world under sentence of death
to a world dead in trespasses and In
sin and unworthy OF Divine notice.
The message has not gone forth to
every creature yet. The Divine pv
mise is that eventually every eye -.
see and every ear shall be unst pod
and then 1.-THE knowledge aa
Lord shall fill the whole rh and
"every knee shall bov l1
tongue confess" r. hat @ To-
during Messiah'S Eiaeaer of rrht-
eousness, which VIII las. thou
sand years for the worl uplifting
That time has not yet COM
that glorious message which al
hear and those glorious sights VIII
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 RedeeEler says that they must
not only be thus "called Of Cod" but
that they must be drawn" by him, in
order to be blessed during this Age.
He says, No man can come unto me,
except the Father which sent me draio
him, and he that cometh unto me Ghus
DRAWN l will in no wise reject John
vi, A, 80. For these few of the dead
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, neverthe-
less they are many in comparison to
| the still fewer who accept the call I'M
| der the conditions and limitations of
| the narrow way of self-sacrifce
'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 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
obedient will die the Second Death,
from which there will be no redemp-
| ton, 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. dual existence from the
LlAIC VI lhCil ONS0NlclI VI lIlC oplll IL
| From Gods standpoint they are New
Creatures begotten to the divine ma
| ture, which. if faithful. they will fully
| obtain in the First 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
|
| 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, as the
| Apostle declares, 1.-THE world knoweth
us not, even as it knew him not"
| q John iii, u. 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-
ceived 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 these Spirit-begotten follow
ers of Jesus, the little fock," who
walk in his footsteps of self-sacrifice.
| He says that these will be judged ac-
cording to men in the flesh, but ac-
cording to God in the Spirit. Men not
knowing us as New Creatures in
Christ may think of us and approve or
condemn as they would think Of and
approve or condemn others-accord-
| ing to the flesh. The world will not
see that in these New Creatures there
| is battle in progress-the New Crea-
| ture seeking to conquer the flesh and
to bring 1t into subsection to the Di-
vine will, but not always able to do So
All we can do is to do our best,
| whether our best shall be as good as
or better than that of our fellow
creatures who are not Spirit begotten,
ture-nober by heredity. Our con-
ISOLATION as New Creatures is that we
are not to be judged by human judg-
ment. but by him who called us and
| drew us TO himself. who sanctified US
through the blood of the Cross, and
| who begat US with his own Holy Spir-
| ii to his own divine nature. He will
4
| judge US according to the spirit-ac-
cording to our minds. according to our
| intentions. according to our efforts. To
| the faithful who at heart are oYercOm-
ers the Lord eventually will say. well
done. thou good and faithful servant!
Enter into the joy of thy Lord. Thou
hast been faithful over a few things;
/ VIII make thee ruler over many
things" Matthew XIV. Oh.