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CREAI WHlTSUNTlDE SERMON
Al ALBERT MEMORIAL
HALL

christ. until first their sins had been
cancelled Then they could be accept
ed IN Christ on the terms which the
Father has appointed
Those very disciples who received
the blessing in the upper room on Pen
tecUst. had fOrsakpn sin. hnd become
Jesus Disciples had made full conse-
Grafton Of all their earthly hopes aud in
teresls. had been accepted by the Lord
Jesus, and he had put his Spirit upon
them. enabling them to do many mighty
works In his name However. II was
one thing to do mighty works through
his spirit, or power. and another mat
ter to possess that spirit inherently
TO act directly as agents of Divine ia.
yor instead Of indirectly. II Is In har.
mony with this thought that we read
that after our Lord breathed upon
them the holy Spirit symboIicnlly i'm
parting his spirit. aud commissioning
them ns his representatives to preach
the Gospel. he told them, nevertheless.
10 tarry M Jerusalem until they were
endued with power the holy Spirit
until the Father should recognize them
directly as his ministers aud ambassa-
doris
From the standpoint Of Divine JUS
tice, the Apostles aud believers were
still under the sentence of death as
sinners at the time of our Lords death.
AT the time of his resurrection, AT the
time OF his ascension. Then he said
to them. at Is eXppdlent for you that
go away. for If ! go not away. the
Comforter will not come unto you"
John xvi. a. After the forty days,
lnvlsibly present with his disciples,
except on few occasions for few
moments each. our Lord aScended, and
after ten days The holy Spirit from
the Father came upon the waiting
household of faith. Ii evidenced to
them the fact that their sins had been
forgiven for Christ's sake. that they
were justified freely from all things
through his sacrifice. and that their
consecratlon TO sacrifice themselves
had been accepted of the Father and
that henceforth they might count
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Christ" members OF his Body" mem
bers of "the Church of the First born.
whose names are written In heaven"
members OF the seed Of Abraham"
Galatians ill., 20l.
Keys Of the Kingdom.
The Master In speaking TO st. Peter
assured him that TO him were commit
ted the Keys OF the Kingdom of ueav-
en-. which signltird that the way into
the Kingdom at that time had not yet
been opened, and that Peter would be
honOred by being the Lords servant
to do the opening work There were
two OF these keys" and therefore
there were two opening works to be
accomplished.
The Church. under Christ her Lord.
Is Gods Kingdom, not yet set up or Gs-
tnbllshcd "in power and great glory
not yet finished or lnaugurnted. The
work Of this Gospel Age Is to "calr'
or invite such ms have hearing ear to
become Iolnt-hcIrs In this Kingdom.
for which lie taught MS TO pray. "Thy
kingdom come, thy viii be done on
earth ns II Is done IN heaven" SO
many MS genuinely accept his heav-
enly calling. this high calling" to glo-
ry, honor and immortality, are prOba-
tionary members of the Kingdom of
Heaven, Such are ScrlpluruIly eX-
hurlcd TO continue faithful to their
VOWS of consecration, and Thus make
their calling and election sure to IA
place in this glorious Kingdom. which
will hr inaugurulcd at the second com
ing of Christ l.ut the Lord instructs
all sayIng, "Sit doWn tirst ana count
the cost Luke xiv, PSI; but II any
man draw back my soul shall have no
pleasure In him" dIcbrews X. 3S,
All who are thus spirit. begotten (by
the holy Spirit. John /, Is, during this
age are promised spirit birth. TO
splrIl-being In the resurrection, We
read. 1T Is sown in corruption II IL
raised In Interruption. II Is sown in
dlshun0r; 1t Is raised in glory; II Is
sOwn In weakness: II Is raised in pow
err II Is sown an animal body It Is
raised spiritual body 81, For this
D I HlN, AlNN utNll uuu Dluuu
cnunot Inherit the Kingdom Of Cod;
ucither doth corruption Inherit mcor
ruption" Il Corinthians XIV. 42.4i, 50,,
The entire period between the first adj.
vent and the second advent OF our Re
dcemcr Is set apar. IN the Divine Pro
/ gram for this great work of selecting
fr0m amongst men the little flock"
such us shall be counted worthy of
/ these hOnors on the spirit plane, and
the privilege of participating with Mes,
sinh IN his great work Of the next age.
To the Jew First.
Z Only Jews received the Pentecostal
blessing The Gcntlles were excluded
for lhrec and half years thereafter,
In harmony with n Divine promise
mnde lo the Jewish nation. Then came
the time for similar privilege 10 bo
extended to the Gentiles, and the rec
ord informs us that Cornelius was
the FIRST Gentle to he received into
spiritual relationship with God He
Was good man. and had been n good