The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-24
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|JESUS AO lUlRGElf AlNAlI
teehtlnaed non, PAGE bree,,
body, d glorious spirit sbodE. In tile res.
sufrect ion- Us coinpte ttng or perfect.
Ing As 4 New. Creature, 'ss,s3
Three and one. half ears Dur lord
Was q Dual Being
Hence during the period N our
Lord " ministry. for three and "a half
years, He was d dial spersopag "a. So
far as form and organism were con
|cerned He was d man, ! but 30 fo o
ms mind Sand purpose and interests
Were concerned Y BE was 'cltangcd-7--
New Creature. q spirit abeing; earthly
things had passed away Tie New
/ Creature followed the Instructions Of
the Divine Word and proyidences 70
the extent ofs mortifylng the flesh :,
surrenderlng II. fully for! the, accom-
plishment In 1t of! the Divine Will.
THE cupIwhlchs 81 Father hath pour.
led for MeIshnll 4 ihotIlrink it?fS5 4.
81 The great Tea cher 81 Himself glres Us
the picture off, human, liirtsi as illus
trailing the experiences Through which
he passed and the similar experiences
throughput all OF His faithfulifol.
lowers must pass In order to reach
the plane Of Heavenly glory, This pic
ture contains three distinctive views
~ begettine-f2, guickenIng-t3, birth.
These three steps were illustrated by
our Lords own experiences. He was
besotten Of the Holy Spirit atsthe time
OF! His {consecratlon ut baptism. He
was squickened or energlzed BIZ that
Holy Spirit after His forty days ex-
rerience In the Wilderness when He
began His aetirc service MS .:thc Mes
senger Of the Covenant selecting His
Bride. the Church. :.
When He finished HIS sacrifice. AZ
Calvary the man Jesus was dead, and
the New Creature Jesus, espirit.begot.
ten and i1uickened and developed, was
three and a half years old According
to- the Divine Program he, slept in
hades. the tomb. and on the third day
was born from the dead. raised IN l,y
Divine power as a New Creature.
being given a spirit body Of divine
natnre-glory. honor. immortality:
Him hath God highly exalted lphi-
lipplans III, 9). He did not lose His
personality. His identity, and could
therefore properly say. 81 am He that
liveth and was dead" (aev. !. 1s,.
"Now the Lord is That Spirit"
II Corinthians Ill. IL. n
Thus was our Lord put to death In
flesh and qulckened In splrlt"-matle
alive in spirit. a Spirit Being. True,
He was also quickened 6y the Spirit.
It was the Fathers Spirit or Power
which raised Him from the dcnd, rs
the Scriptures declare Romnns viii,
III: Indeed. as the Apostle reminds us,
all the blessings ofsDlvine, providence
arel Of the Father From Him cometh
every good and every perfect gift73 l.
He Who thus assembled up on nigh,
the Prince Of glory and partaker Of the
divine M ture. IS the same WHO first
descended to the earthly nature, yea.
Who was lumbled even unto death.
even the death Of the Cross. and went
to the tomb as the sinners substitute
or ransom-prlce. The forty days which
interviewed between the Redccmcr's
resurrection innd His ascension taught
two grcnt lessons: l,Hat
I ~ That the crucifed One was no
longer held In the bonds Of death, no
longer prisoner In the grave.
(2) 1t also taught that the Risen One
was different In many respects from
what He was before He died. No long.
err was He man. No longer was He
flesh. The body Of flesh prepared for
Him for the suffering Of death had
served Its purpose. He needed 1t no
longer. The Father had raised Him
iii to the plane Of glory again. As a
qnickcnin9 spirit he was with the dis.
ciples during the forty days, instruct
ing them during the few moments OF
each Of His seven or eight appearances.
But He was teaching them equally
when invisible to them. Hc noted their
pcrplexitics. His several appearances
We're In different forms--as gardener,
us n traveller, us purchaser Of fish
on the shore Of Lake Tiberias. calling
out. "Have you any fish:' and then.
drop the net on the other side"
He revealed Himself to tho disci.
pies in various ways In connection with
those matcrialisations and then strai ght.
way he vanished" out of their sight
to be present with them. unseen, for
days. For Identification He appeared
on two occasions In n body bearing the
marks Of His crucilxion. During those
forty days the faithful Teacher cstab.
lished the faith of His followers In
Himself MS the glorifed Messiah. their
Heavenly Bridegroom, Who would lat.
er come again and receive them unto
Himself and Mt that time give to them
also n similar resurrection change"
that they should be like Him. .see IIin
as BE is' and not us He ,ras. and share
His glory-becausc flesh and blood