The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-02


taker of the divine
nature. His text was, HE was put to
death in flesh, but quickened in spirit
q Peter Iii, 49,. The speaker said:
In the past those of US who contin-
ued to believe in the resurrection Of the
dead, held some inconsistent theories
respecting the matter which served to
make the resurrection doctrine the
more absurd in the minds of those op-
posed. For instance, we claimed that
the L0gos, the Son of God, left the
heavenly or spirit nature and. accord
ing to the Scriptures. was made flesh,
! and that he was resurrected from the
dead human or t1eshly being and as
| cended to heaven with a body of flesh.
In the same breath we acknowledged
that human nature is little lower
than the angelic; and thus, while still
wishing to honor the Redeemer and to
see wisdom and love In the Heavenly
Fathers Plan, we assumed that the
Savior since His ascension, has had
body inferior to that Of the angels
and out of harmony with His surround
ings; and that this Is to be to all eter-
nifty a part of the cost of human re-
demption.
How absurd Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell US that In His resur-
rection the Son was highly exalted by
the Father, far above angels, princi-
palities and powers and every name
that is named? Do they not tell us
that "flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God?" Do they not
tell US that the elect Church, in order
| to be the Bride of Messiah and His as
ISOLATE In the heavenly Kingdom, must
be changed. In moment. In the twin
king of an eye." in order that she may
be made like Him. and because "flesh
and blood cannot inherit the King
DOM? We have been too careless In
our study of the Divine Word. On this
subject, as upon others, we have as
sumed that our forefathers of the
Ozark Ages" understood the matter
thoroughly. We forgot that those who
lost so much of the Holy Spirit that
they could burn fellow-Christians at
| the stake were quite likely to be more
or less confused on all questions. But
'the path Of the just IS as a shining
light, shining more and more unto the
| perfect day." and it is now our priv
ilege to learn the way of the Lord more
perfectly. in the light now shining upon
the Bible through the aid of our won
derful coneordances and other Bible
| study helps.
6egotten of the Spirit-Thsn Born.
Our difficulty on this subject arose
from our failure TO understand that
human and spirit natures are distinct
and that God has provided two dis
tinctly different salvations for man
kind-the salvation of this Age being
exclusively spiritual. while that of the
next Age will he exclusively human
We are not to think of these natures
as blending. but. according to the
Lords Word. we are to view them As
distinctly separate. Whoever is of the
human nature is earthly. fleshly
whether perfect or degraded. Whoever
is of the spirit nature is heavenly
whether perfect or degraded. Thus
when 1.-The Lo0os was made flesh an6
dwelt among us He was human
though unbemished. And the faller
angels are still spirit beings. although
cut off from Divine favor and fellow
ship. In other words. human nature
is not an imperfect form of spirit ma
ture but totally separate and distinct
! nature
The L00os. the Only Begotten of the
Father. twas made flesh" Uohn l. IA
He was not spirit being incarceratet
In body of flesh and wearing it as {
| garment, or living in it as a house. Ht
became like others Of the race. except
that HE was holy, harmless. separate
from sinners" while all others are sin
ners. imperfect. Like other men, the
man Jesus was not a dual beings
spirit being living in human frame
He was merely human.
But the Redeemer became DIAL bein.
when He received the begetting Of the
Holy Spirit at the time of His hap
tfsm. Thenceforth for three and {
half years. until His crucifixion, HI
was dual. The flesh was the same
but the spirit begetting received from
the Father constituted Him nelo Ego
new person. He not only thereafter
had new hopes. based upon Divine
promises, but He had new mind oil
new will specially illuminated. quick
ened, enlightened by the Holy Spirit
From the time of His baptism Hi
flesh (all that belonged to His human
nature) was given up to die in tn.
carrying out OF the Heavenly Father,
purposes. Thenceforth the Spirit-be
gotten One waited merely for the nc
complishment Of His sacrifice accord
ing to the Fathers will, and for new
Do0y, glorious spirit body, in the res
urrection-His completing or perfect
ing as New Creature.
Was Dual Being.
Hence, during the period of oul
Lords ministry, for three and a hall
years, He was dual parsonage Sc
far as form and organism were con
cerned He was man, but so faI
as mind and purpose and interests
were concerned He was chdnged-a
New Creature, spirit being; earthly
things had passed away. The New
Creature followed the instructions OF
the Divine Word and providences tc
the extent Of notifying the flesh
surrendering 1t fully for the accom-
plishment In II of the Divine will
1.-THE cup which My Father hath pour
ed for Ne shall not drink itT
The great Teacher Himself gives us
the picture OF human birth as Illus
trating the experiences through which
He passed and the similar experiences
through which all Of HIS faithful fol
lowers must pass ia order to reach
he plane Of heavenly glory. This pic
ture contains three distinctive views
~ begetting-(2) quickening-(3) birth
These three steps were illustrated by
our Lords own experiences. He was
begotten Of the Holy Spirit at the time
OF His conservation at baptism. He
was quickened or energized by that
Holy Spirit after His forty days ex-
perience in the wilderness when He
began His Gctire service as ''the Mes
senger Of the Covenant" selecting His
Bride, the Church.
When He finished His sacrifice at
Calvary the man Jesus was dead, and
the New Creature Jesus, spirit begot-
ten and quickened and developed, was
three and half years old. According
to the Divine Program He slept in
hGdes, the tomb, and on the third day
was born from the dead, raised up by
Divine power as a New Creature,
being given a spirit body Of divine
7 nature glory, honor, immortality;
| "Him hath God highly exaltedn Cphf-