Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-01-12


precludes fear. Similarly. father Adam.
before he sinned. when he was In mar
mony with his Creator knew no fear. but
directly following his transgression we
read that he was afraid and tried TO hide
himself from God. Likewise. fear has TO /
do with the dread OF God which is upon |
the world today. 80 who realize Gods
perfection realize also their own imper-
lection and unworthiness or Divine IA
vor. linen superstltiOus fears are devei- !
oped. The loving sympathy OF the IN
finite Creator for his fallen creatures -
unrccognized. Fear paints phantoms and
attributes to the Almighty the character
istics OF a demon.
Wonderful Words Of Life"
When the Great Teacher appeared
amongst men he presented our Creator In
the light Of a gracious Father deeply in
terested I'm lhe welfare Of his creatures.
depraved and burdened through sin. The
Master invited all the fearful. weary ana
heavy laden. through faith In his teach
ings to take rest of heart and mind.
Come unto me- all We that labor and are
heavy laden and win give you rest;
III the Son shall make you free, We shall
be free indced''-frec from the power OF
the Adversary: free from the decisions
and Observation-Disclosures which he creates
free from the ignorance and the supersu-
ton of the world; free from slavish fear
of Cod which will give place to rever-
ence. and free from "the fear OF man,
which bringeth a snare"-hnders true JOY.
peace and liberty
True not many OF the Jews really
heard the Great Teacher-reaily compre-
hended his message but those few who
heard were greatly blessed. IL IS also
true today that although the nominal
followers Of Jesus are counted as four
hundred millions. only a mere handful OF
these know what II is TO be made free
from the superstition and fear common
to the world Of mankind.
The speaker said that q great FALLING
away occurred shortly after the death Of
the Apostles. The dominant feature OF
that falling away was the falling into fear
and superstitious dread. Some fell into a
fear OF Purgatorial suiferings and sorrows
OF thousands of years and others fell into
tho error and fear of eternal torture. sur
ferings without end. All claimed that only
the mcrest handful escaped these horrors.
All charged the Creator with response
bilty for this provision and declared that
God had thus purposed and arranged the
matter by fOrcknoWlcdgc and inteuuon,
from before the foundation OF the world.
Now we are seeing said the speaker.
that all this was "a great mistake that It
is not the teaching Of the Bible. rightly
understood and properly translated. Now
we see that these soul-distrcssing fears.
which have burdened as for centuries.
were a part Of the great evil which st.
Paul denominated doctrines OF demons 70
bv which these demons would ALLEVIATE and
separate man from faith and confidence
and love toward his Maker.
Fear Not Their Fear"
Gods provision for the future is that all
mankind shall ultimately be set free from
the bondage of superstition. sin and
death under the reign Of Messiahs King
dom I'm which the church. consisting OF
the sanity few glorihed with their Lord
to the spiritual plane viii be his assoc
ciatcs. As that Kingdom shall uplitl
mankind from sin and death conditions
and shall flood the world with the light
of the knowledge Of the glory Of God. the
true Light. It will scatter the darkness
which now rests upon the civilized world
and the still greater darkness upon the
heather world Then the "Sun Of Right
eousness~ shalt shine into mems hearts
with healing. restitution and uplifting in
huences Then "all the blind eyes shall o'
opened and all the deaf ears shall be un
stopped isaiah xxxv 81.
Reverential Love supplants Fear.
All mankind In proportion as they sc
rid OF the incubus Of fear and In proper
ton as they come to the true knowedg
OF God reach possibilities OF hope. faith
rest. peace. joy Nevertheless. compare
lively few attain Gods highest provision
I'm the present time. No royal road lead
thereto. but a narrow way of faitf
obedience observation-disclosures In tn
footsteps OF the worlds Redeemer Thes
who thus follow our Lord are accepted b
him and by the Father as iolnt-heirs wit
Christ 10 the Kingdom giories. And eve
IN the present life they are privileged {
enjoy hopes peace and fearlessness sue
as others not specially taught and sp'
cialIy kept by the Great Teacher, canne
know The steps necessary to this cond
ton. Pastor Russell declared were Cd
hearty renouncing of sin and turning froi
IT, C2) the acceptance OF the Redeemer 3
faith and also his ransom sacrifice Il
the sins of the whole world CD the ~
conservation OF their all 20 the Lord-fo
lowed by the begettng OF the holy Sprl
These may have the fulness OF Joy poss
BILE now and absolute fulness of joy wh'
they shall awake in the Redeemer's gloI
Gus likeness IN the "frst resurrection
Thus Viewing the Text.
The Bible cannot be thoroughly unde
stood except by those who recognize IN
God has two lsraels-an earthly and
heavenly and that the Scriptures n
ouently refer 10 both-"Jacob' always 81
nifies natural Israel. as I'M Romans XII
which foretelis that as soon as spiritu
Israel shall have been completed Divi
mercy shall return to natural Israel a
they will obtain mercy through 20
mercy'-the mercy OF the glorineu Nhur'
AS soon as this Gospel Age shall
pire with the completion OF SPIRIT
Israel. the return OF Natural Israel to
Eine favor will be IA order. Their Anci'
Worthless win be resurrected as peri
men and be the princes In all the cart
the representatives OF Messiahs spirit
and Invisible Kingdom Ultimately
nations will be privileged 10 come into
lowship with God through israels n
Covenant by becoming Israelites indeed
Thus Abraham's Seed shall ultimat
be like the stars OF heaven the 81
itual Seed. and like the sands OF the
shore the natural seed. All OF these
proportion as they come into accord v
the Redeemer and recognize their
demption and draw near TO God In IA
obedience and prayer. Will be liberia
from the spirit OF fear and bondage =
lsbo .lorio,,s iihorfv AZ the children