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deemer He must suffer death. the pen
atty that was against Father Adam.
Now notice the case of Cain. He
was shapen in iniquity; in sin did his
mother conceive him; the condemna-
tion upon our first parents extended to
him: he was born with fallen ma
ture. ne was born under the death
sentence. The killing of his brother
Abel did not increase the penalty,
which stood the same-death-cutting
off from life. "The wages of sin is
death: "The soul that sinneth it shall
die"
Retribution-Sowing and Respins.
There would have been no Message
sent to mankind exhorting to right
eousness and to turn from sin had
God not intended to redeem man by
the death of His Son; and redeeming
them means to give each and all OF
the human family another opportuni-
ty. another trial, another Judgment
TO test their worthiness or unworthi-
ness of everlasting life-to prove to
what extent their acquaintance with
sin and its penalty has taught them
she great lesson respecting the sinful
ness and undesirability Of sin and the
sureness of its penalty-death.
Accordingly. for four thousand
yenrs God sent no Message to the
world in general-until Jesus came
and died, the Just for the unjust, and
thus made possible the release OF
mankind from the death sentence-a
resurrection from the dead. The only
exception to this rule was Gods Cove
nant with Israel, under which they
tried to gain eternal life by keeping
the Law, and became q great exam
pie of the fallen mans inability and
of the need of the Savior.
Light Shined In Darkness.
For more than eighteen centuries
this Message has been going forth
namely, that God has provided for the
race q redemption from the original
death sentence. and that there is to
be resurrection Of the dead, both
OF the Just and the unjust" All man.
kind who hear this Message are there
by warned that every act of the pres
ent life will have its weight, either
| In the uplifting or in the degrading Of
his own character, and thus have a
bearing upon his future interests. 1t
Is in view Of this future opportunity for
life or death everlasting that our con-
duct in the present time has bearing.
Those who have the hearing ear and
the eyes of understanding opened, dis
Germ. as the Apostle says, that in Gods
estimation all unrighteousness is sin
| however great or small. Those who
now accept Gods invitation are in
formed that If they make cOnsecra-
ton of their lives to follow in Jesus
footsteps, God will deal with them as
with new creatures. and no longer
impute to them their share Of Adams
condemnation. but treat them as hav-
ing passed from death condemnation
to life justification.
Moreover, their, flesh will be reck-
oned as dead; full arrangements will
be made for the covering over Of all
their unintentiOnal weaknesses, and
their judgment in Gods sight will be
according to their will or intention. II
their intentions are perfect they will
be counted as perfect through the
merit of their Redeemer and AdvO
cate But st. Paul admonishes the
Church, saying, eff we sin wilfully
after that we have received knowl
edge OF the truth" "and have tastet
of the good Word of God and tho
powers of the Age to come and have
been made partakers of the Holy
Spirit. 1t is impossible to renew III
again 20 Observation-Disclosures II
the matter would seal our case, how
ever small the transgression-jus al
II sealed Adams fate with his mino
transgression.
But let us not forget that the Apos
tie limits this possibility of sin-th,
sin unto death-to the Church-to tn
Spirit begotten ones. These, receiving
their share of the great Atonemen
sacrifice OF Jesus, and failing to con
form to the Divine requirement, COM
under the Divine penalty a secon'
time, and theirs will be the Secon'
Death, from which there will be NJ
resurrection. no overy.--Compar
Hebrews vi, 4-6 and X, 26-31.
Coming Events Cast Shadows Before
1t should be clear to us then that, II
harmony with our text, the who'll
world IL now under the wrath of God
which came upon the race through tn
disobedience of our first parents; ant
the only ones who have escaped fror
! that wrath and gotten back into haI
mony with God are the sanity few, be
gotten of the Holy Spirit, The escnp
, OF these from Divine wrath or tn
, death sentence IL not actual. but b.
, faith. They reckon themselves as hay
ing passed from death unto life"
AS for the remainder of the worlC
| they are not thus reckoned, for the
are yet In their sins. still children q
wrath and experiencing the penalty q
, sin. The world will continue unde
= these conditions until the completio
| of the election of the Church. and the
= the Redeemer, who now occupies tn
D position of Advocate toward tn
Church. will assume new ONCE; Ill
4 with His Church associated with Hin