The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-08


walt patiently, feaiiking tia /. as New
ereatures. they are bling tested hyS the
weaknesses aud lilies o. their old
bodies rec 6ned dead. They are ID
show thelr loyalty 10 God by lighting
a good fight against the weaknesses 81
the flesh, against the allugelnents Of
the world and the snares OF the Adj
yersarys
This Light Upon Our Text.
Consider now, In the light Of the
foregoing, the meaning of st Peters
words used rs our text. We perceive
how the Gospel message from flrst'to
last has been preached to n dead world
--toa world under sentence OF death
10 a world dead In trcspasses and In
sin and unworthy of Divine notice.
The message has not gone forth to
every creature yet. The Divine pro-
mise is thar eventually every eye shall
sec and every ear shall he unstopped,
and then "the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill the whole earth, and
every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" But that will he
during AIesslah's Kingdom Of right.
eousness, which will last for n thou
sand years for the worlds uplifting.
Tint time has not yet come; hence
that glorious message which all must
hear and those glorious sights which
all must see and MI confess are not
vet revealed. AS yet the message can
be appreciated only by n comparatively
small proportion Of our race, "even as
many as the Lord our God shall CALI
The Redeemer says that they must
not only be thus called of .God.' 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 TINT comcth unto me thus
drawn will In no wise, reject John
vi, Al, 80. For these few OF the dead
world the Gospel In the present time
is intended. No others have the ear 10
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 In comparison to
the still fewer who accept the call I'M
der the conditions and limitations Of
the narrow .way Of self.sacrificc.
"Many are called, but few chosen" to
this high calling of joint.helrship with
the Redeemer in his Kingdom.
By and by when all eyes and ears OF
understanding shall be opened nnd the
blessing Of the Lord through Messiah
shall be worldwide, 1t will not be
merely. a calling to Righteousness that
will be extended. A command will be
enforced by dscipllnes, Stripes 'cor-
rections in righteousness" to the In
tent that the dead" world in general
may be blessed and be rcsurrected-
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.
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 us New Creatures,
''partakcrs 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 Degottcn to the divine ma
turc, 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 rs 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, fancics. cccentriclties.
Perhaps, indeed, as In the case of ST.,
Paul, they may be considered MS "be-
sides Unconstitutional. Hence, ms the
Apostle declares, THE world knoweth
us not. even as 1t knew him not"
Il 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 Mt the Fathers Right
Hand. So also 1t Is with the followers
Of Jesus. They similarly have re.
ceived n 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-Judced Of God.
Note again the Apostles words re.
specting these Spirit-bcgotten follow.
ers of Jesus, the ''littlc flock" who
walk In his footsteps of self.sacriflcc.
BE says that these will be judged ne
cording to men In the flesh, but nc
cording to God in the Spirit. Men not
knowing us rs New Creatures In
Christ may think of us and approve or
condemn MS 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
10 hntf In tIa Nov, C.na