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standpoint. We are inclined to say.
II God designs TO do anything for
mans aid, why does he not do 1t i'm
medlately? We cry out. o Lord haste
haste! Behold Adams children. men.
tally. morally. physically, in deplora.
BILE condition. unable to help them
selves. dependent upon Thy mercy,
Thy salvation Like sheep we are
laid in the grave; like the brute beast
we seem to perish; we have only
promise of a salvation from death
through the Redeemer, and resur-
rection from the condition of death.
But God will not be hastened. He
has wise as well as gracious pur-
Sose. He has definite time for every
feature of His great work. He has al
lowed four thousand years to pass be-
| fore He even sent His Son to begin
the work OF redeeming mankind by
| the payment of ransom-price He
has allowed nearly two thousand years
since TO elapse without recovering
mankind from sin and death condi-
tions. 1t is for faith to trust and yet
1t is but natural that we should in
| qulre why this delay? For what does
God walt so long? The reply is two
| fold:--
Q) God leaves time for the birth of
| q sufficient number of Adams children
70 people or fill the earth. purposing
that the powers of procreation and the
begetting of children shall not continue
In the future as In the present. He
| declares TO us that those who attain
| to that world to come Twill neither
marry nor be given I'm marriage" but
In this respect will "be like unto the
angels" who have no children, who
do not propagate their kind
(2) Incidentally. In connection with
mans fall and recovery, God purposes
a most wonderful manifestation Of His
Wisdom. Love and Power In the bring.
ing into existence of new race of
beings. not only higher than human
natures. God purposes New Crea'
tion whose members will be limited
I'm number and all be made partakers
OF the divine nature-"far above an.
gels, principallties and powers" This
New Creation, the most wonderful ex'
emplifcation OF Divine power ever
manifested or ever to be manifested
he has arranged shall be developed
during this Gospel Age and in con
junction with the reign of sin and
death 1t Is TO be developed from
amongst sinners. and Is, in rank and
time of development, TO take prece
dence over the salvation Of humanity
from sin, sickness, sorrow and death
to perfection and Paradise restored
worldwide.
The New Creation Divine.
We have already mentioned the glo
rious exaltation purposed of God fol
the New Creation. st. Peter tells VI
that these will attain the divine ma
ture; and this attainment will b,
through, or by means Of, the power o.
God working In the heart as the resul
of faith In "the exceeding great ant
precious promises" Oh Peter /, A.
These will not be coerced into obedi
ence--theirs will be voluntary submis
sion to the Divine will. The test upor
| IueHl VIII Dt loIuity anu
to God to the very llmit-to the ex
treme of self-denial. and voluntar,
humiliation In the service OF right
eousness, following in the footsteps o.
Jesus
Indeed, Jesus Is tho first and thu
, Head OF this New Creation. Non'
could attain 1t except by and through
| nlI 20 (Iuntnip nf ihaii
salvation. He Is their Forerunner II
, this great race" TO which. with Him
! they have been invited OF God--the re
ward of which, to the faithful "over
, comers," will be ''glory, honor and i'm
mortality"
Seeking For Immortality.
The Apostle writes concerning TIN
Church, the elect little flock" OF called
chosen and faithful ones. He tells u
| that by perseverance In well dcing W
are TO attain glory, honor and lmmor
! tality; and that this reward. TO TIL
, faithful, will come In the First Resur
, rection, when mortality shall be clothes
, upon with immortality; when the ney
body glorious and or the divine nature
, will be granted to each of the faithful
{ as instead of the tleshly and impeI
, feet bodies of the present trial time
In other words. our trial is not to dem
onstrate the perfection or imperfectio
of our flesh, for this Is already know
= to God and to us, and TO all. In M
, flesh dwelleth no perfection" Th
trial Is TO demonstrate the loyalty o
I the will and of the heart, 1t IL faith
. fulness IN conquering the will of tn
, flesh and bringing into subsection I
p the will OF God all the powers of til
= natural body, so far us possible It
I the test OF Its loyalty to principle, /
, righteousness. 10 God.
A St Paul, MS one Of these loyal ones
: declared before his death, 81 hav
fought good fight, have finished IN
. course. | have kept the faith; hence
\ forth there is laid up for me crow
a OF righteousness, which the Lord, th
righteous Judge, will give me at tina
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