The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-17
Complete Sin Atonemsnt.

-OAbAACly WtVA1S.
Complete Sin Amusement.
For nearly six thousand years the
reign of sin and death has prevailed.
1t is nearly two thousand years since
the Redeemer came to give His life as
mans redemption price. yet still the
reign of sin and death continues. 1t is
not because the blood Of Christ was
insufficient to satisfy the claims OF
Justice for the sins of the world, but
because, before the merit of the blood
of Christ could be given to Adam and
his race, it must have a previous use.
That use has been in progress for the
past eighteen centuries, during which
it has been the basis OF the Church's
justification by faith.
There Is difference between the
Church's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of this Age,
and the worlds actual justification, to
be accomplished in the next Age. The
world will actually get restitution to
human life and its privileges, earthly
dominion. etc. All that Adam had and
lost, all that Jesus redeemed, win be
given to Adam and his race to have
and to hold as theirs forever.
But, meantime. the merit of Christ,s
blood or sacrifice Is used In the inter
est Of 1.-The Church of the First-born."
The earthly, natural rights will not be
given to the Church. for she is to
have some better thing"-a heavenly
inheritance with her Lord and a par
ticipation in His spirit nature The
Redeemers merit Is imputed to the
Church, to cover the imperfection and
weakness of each one called and
drawn of the Father to membership
in the Bride Of Christ. The differ
ence between gift and an knputation
is manifest-an imputation signifies
merely loan, an assistance Thus
the merit of Christ. imputed to those
who would become His Elect Church,
covers their blemishes SO that they
may present their bodies living sac
rif1ces, holy and acceptable to God; as
fOotstep followers Of Jesus-as partic-
ipants with Him in His spirit nature
and in an attainment Of the heavenly
nature.
Thus 1t will be seen that since the
entire world lost life and all its privi-
ieges through the disobedience of
Adam. all Of these may be fully re-
covered from their inherited disaster,
through the Redeemer, because His
life was giyen-figuratively, His blood
was shed-"the Just for the unjust" as
the great Sin-Atonement for the world.
Atonement For the Soul.
In our text the word soul Is a
synonym for person or being. Father
Adam was a human soul, human
being, so also his children He alone,
however, had standing before JUS
tice. He alone was perfect, he alone
was on trial, and through his disobe-
dience and fall his children are In
volyed Jesus was. originally, spirit
being. personality or soul, the Logos
He became a partaker Of flesh and
blood; He was not, previously, a ha-
man soul. hence It was that It was
necessary for Him to lay aside the
glory Of His higher nature or order OF
being and become human soul, .'that
He, by the grace Of God, might taste
death for every man." (Hebrews Il,
g. He gave His blood. His life,
Ransom for all. and thus we see the
fulhlment of our text. the exhibition
Of Divine favor and love with the re-
sultant blessing TO the world. during
Messiah's reign. and the blessing and
exaltation OF the Church. which must
precede