Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-17

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tiles TO the Pentecostal blessings. AS
he used the first key on the Day OF
Pentecost in explaining tc the multi
tudes of Jews the meaning Of the
PentecostaI blessings, and the privilege
that they had Of entering into the Dr.
vine favor thereby, so. at this later
date. the Lord instructed Cornelius to
send for Feter, saying. Send there
fore to Joppa. and call hither Simon.
whose surname is Peter; he is lodging
In the house of one Simon tanner by
the seaside; who. when be cometh,
shall speak unto thee (Acts K. 80; II.
IA, 15l. Thus were the two ''sseyS"
used by st. Peter. and thus were the
doors of the Gospel fayor-the high
calling of joint-heirship with Jesus
thrown open. both to Jews and to Gen.
tiles. through faith in the precious
blood. The doors thus thrown open
are not yet closed; but. as we some
times sing. That gate was left ajar
for me-"
rejoice with you today, FELLOWSHIP
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| great gift of God is still obtainable,
| that the time has not yet fully come
when the door of opportunity to this
| high-calling must close Close it will,
so soon as the full number Of the
"elect" shall be completed. Thank God
that another door will then open; the
door of Restitution to human perfection
+! and to earthly life. grand beyond the
! power of description.
| But the blessed opportunity Of this
( Pentecostal favor is still granted. AS
| st. Peter declares in his epistle,
whereby are given unto us exceed
ing great and precious promises; that
| by these We might be partakers Of the
divine nature Gil Peter i. A.. The door
| TO this divine nature is the one that
| will soon shut. as our Redeemer Illus
trated in the parable of the wise
| and Foolish Virgins" When suffi-
cient number of wise virgins" shall
have entered to complete the bride
| class. forthwith the door of opportu-
nifty to that station. to that class. to-
| that honor. to the divine nature, will
be closed. and the elect of God will be
neither one more nor one hess than the
number originally foreordained.
my Spirit Upon All Flesh.s
| st. Paul speaks of this Gospel age
| saying. Now is the acceptable time;
today il We will hear his voice.
harden not your hearts," Not all hear
his voice in these days The great
mass of mankind have not even heard
! Of the name of Jesus. and consequent
| ly could not harden their hearts
| against him, nor against the terms now
offered for return to fellowship with
| God This is the acceptable time or
| period OF salvation. in the sense that
| God is now willing to accept the offer
ings of believers if they present their
/ bodies living sacrifices st. Paul de-
| clares that this is a reasonable service.
holy and acceptable TO God (Rom. xii, II.
| The testimony to the Church and the
high-caling have been open during
| this Gospel Age The testimony to
| the world and the blessings under that
| testimony will be during the Millen-
| NAL Age. The death of Jesus is 1.-The
| Precipitation satisfaction for our sins
4 the ChurchsI. and not for ours only,
| but also for the sins of the whole
] worl1"-in due time. during the Mil
lennial Age q John ii. y. For. as
| the Apostle Paul declares, there shall
be a resurrection. both Of the just and
| Of the UNJUST (Acts xiv, 15). That
| will be the time for the precious merit
| of Jesus sacrifice to be made known,
| to be understood. to be appreciated,
| and to bring its blessed results Of res
| titution to who-so-ever via receive the
1 same.
Then Gods holy Spirlt-holy power
will. through Christ. be outpoured
upon all fiesh-upon all mankind. Mes
| siah will inaugurate the new dis
pensation by sealing with Israel the
New Covenant in his blood; as says
the Lord through the Apostle Paul,
This is my Covenant with them when
l shall take away their sins. AS con-
| corning the Gospel they are enemies
for your sakes, but as touching the
election. they are beloved for the IA
Tiers sakes' Romans XII, 27, 2S).
This out-pouring of the holy Spirit
| is not merely for Israel, nor Gods
blessing merely upon Abraham's nat
ural seed outside the Church class. 1t
will include all of every nation desir-
| Gus of coming into accord with God,
after they shall have come to clear
knowledge of the Truth. All nations
| shall be privileged to enter into and
enjoy Israel'S great Covenant, by be-
! coming children of Abraham through
faith. And all rejectors of Gods
grace having been destroyed in the
| Second Death. the world of mankind
will constitute the promised seed OF
Abraham. whose number shall be as
the sands of the seashore. even as the
| spirit -begotten ones of this Gospel Age
are likened to the stars of heaven.
The Ancients. the Prophets. ST. Pc
ter declares. have all spoken of these
glorious times of restitution" and it
will be during these times when the
Lord shall pour out his Spirit upon
all flesh. that the people may realize
what the Ancients had seen in vision
and in dreams-"the wilderness bios
soming as a rose" 1.-THE solitary place
being glad" fountains ia the desert
''the knowledge OF the Lord filing the
whole earth as the waters cover the
great deep. and none needing 10 say to
his neighbor. Know thou the Lord. for
all shall know him from the least to
the greatest"