The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-24
Since His Resurrection He IS
cine Lord Of1GloTl
Begotte and Born of The Spirit
1tPdt To DEATH III ii Flesh,
sQuickened In Spirit 9 \

I III NJ Z - ~ M IN WIS tue TeSurrect-
Ill ~ III led lord |, no glonger:
|3fH{ eai nm. but ascend.
fZ=s ed where he was
ETAs1esE Gasss!s before made par.
,Els53 tEiys 4 tnker OF the divine
nature. His text was! y e was put to
death in flesh, but. quickenedS in splrlt,
q Peter III. 1s,. The spea ker. said
In the past those OF JUS 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 Logos. the Son OF God. left the
heavenly or spirit nature and accord.
Ing to the Scriptures. was made nesh.
and that BE was resurrected from the
dead n human or deshly being and as:
cended to heaven with a body OF flesh.
In the same breath we acknowledged
that human nature Is a little lower
than the angelic: and thus. while still
wishing TO honor the. Releemer and to
see wisdom and love In the Heavenly
Fathers Plnn. We assumed that the
Savior. since His ascension. has Ind
a body inferior to TINT Of the angels
and out Of harmony with His surround.
ings: md that this Is to be to nll eter.
nifty n part Of the cost Of human re-
demption.
How absurd! Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell.us that in His resur-
rectfon the Son was highly exalted BY
the Father. far above angels. prlnci-
paitfes and powers and every name
that is named? Do. they not tell us
that "Gesh 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 MS.
soclate in the heavenly! Kingdom. must
be changed. in a momcnt.l in the twin.
king. Of m eye" in orderlthat she may
be made like. Him, mid because ''flesh
ana blood t'tahhot, 'inhertt.ath the King.
DOM? We have been too careless in
our study Of the, Divine Word. On this
subject, as upon others. e.,haye as.
sumed that our. forcfathers of the
dark Ages understood the matter
thoroughlyI We forgot that those who
lost so much OF. the Holy Spirit that
they could burn fellow Christians Mt
the stake were quite likely to be more !
or less confused on NIL questions. But
"the path Of the. just Is rs n shining
light, shining more and more unto the
perfect day." and It is now our priv.
ilc:e to learn the way of the Lord more
perfectly. in the light now shining upon
the Bible through the aid OF our won.
dcrful concordances and other Bible
study helps. ;it l. #
Besotten Of tho spirit-Then 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, willie that Of the
next Age will be exclusively human.
We are not to think Of these natures
MS blending. but. according 10 the
Lords Word. we are to view them as
distinctly separate. Whoever IL of the
human nature Is earthly, ,Ncshly,
whether perfect or degraded. Whoever
Is Of the spirit nature Is heavenly,
whether perfect or degraded. Thus.
when "thc Loyos was made flesh and
dwclt among us" He was human.
though unbemiShed, And the fallen
angels are stiff spirit beings. although |
cut Off from Divine favor and fellow.
ship. In other words. human nature
Is not an imperfect form Of spirit M.
ture but totally separate and distinct
nature.
Tho Logos. The Only Bcsottcu Of the
Father. was madetnesh". (John 1. 14,.
He was not II spirit being incarceratcd
in body of flcsl, and wearing 1t as Il
garment. or living In 1t us II house lie
became like others Of the race, except
that He was holy, harmless. separate
from sinners" Wife MI others are Sin
ners. imperfect, Like other men, the
man Jesus WIS not II dual being-a
spirit being living in human frame.
He was merely human.
but the Eedeemcr became dual being
when He received the bcspfting Of the
holy Spirit at the, time of His bnp.
tism. Thcnceforth, for three and
half years, until Els cruciGxion. lie
was dnaI.> The flesh was the same:
but the splrit.bcGctting received from
the Father constituted II i'm n lnc,p Ego.
new person. nc not only thereafter
had new hopes. based npon Divine
promises. but He Ind new mind or
new will specially illuminated, quick.
cArd. enlightened by the Holy Shirt.
From the time Of His baptism His
flesh fall TINT belonged to His human
nature, was given up to die In the ]
carrying out Of the Heavenly Fathers
purposes. T'henceforth the Spirlt.be-
gotten One waited merely for the nc: ,
complishHcpt Of His sacrifice accord.