The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-29

thus sealed and safely secreted, but it
was the. divine determination that it
should be given only to the one who
would demonstrate his Worthiness to be
Jehovah's honored agent for the car
rying out Of those purposes-pre-d e-des-
tinated before the world was. The
honor of being the agent. the repre-
sentative of Jehovah, to carry out the
divine purposes, should be disclosed in
advance only to the one who would
demonstrate His Worthiness to be the
great Messiah. the great deliverer. the
great prophet, priest, judge, king of
Israel. AL&.
High as the Redeen1er stood in the
divine counsels and fellowship before
He came into the world to be mans
Redeemer. il was not then granted even
to Him to know all the mysteries of the
divine program. But by virtue Of His
high station, His 5perfection., His obe-
dience the privilege was given to Him
first to become mans Redeemer, ar
the cost Of personal humiliation and
death, and then. If faithful in this re-
;demptive work. 1T should be His to be
glorifiel, exalted to the Divine ma
ture, and to execute the Divine pro
gram to Its completion. First, He
must manifest his devotion and 10y
atty to the Father, ere He could be
trusted even with the knowledge Of
the Divine program. &t
"Worthy Is the Lamb"
All this Is declared in the account
(Revelations VI, The proclamation
was made, Who is worthy to receive
the scroll and to break its seals and
to- execute the wonderful purposes Of
God? None was found worthy! Final
ly. one demonstrated His Worthiness ~
He left the courts Of glory, He hum
bled Himself. He was made flesh
ion as IA man, He consecrated His all
To the doing Of the Fathers win, even
unto death, the death OF the cross.
Wherefore, says the apostle, God
also highly exalted Him. and gave
Him standing, a rank, a title abovs
all others philippians ii:7-s). He
commissioned Him to execute all the
Divine purposes ana to Him He hand
ed over the scroll with the privilege
of opening its seals and comprehend.
ing to the full its message.
In the symbolic picture John saw a
freshly slain lamb at the same time
that the angelic messenger declared
that the lion of the tribe of Judah
had prevailed. Jesus proved Himself
worthy and therefore the privilege of
Understanding the things Of the Di-
vine plan. and the privilege of. execut-
ing them rightfully belonged to Him.
The lamb slain represented the work
of Jesus from the day he was 80 years
of age and made His conservation.
There He became dead to self and to
the world. When He successfully
finished this great contract, He cried,
on Calvary, 1T is finished
This glorious victpr was then ac-
knowledged by God ana the holy an
gels to be the worthy One to whom
the Father would entrust the execu-
tion of, every feature of the Divine
program, worthy Is the Lamb that
was slain to- receive glory and honor,
dominion and might, He has not
yet completed His great work there
and then entrusted to Him The
Father .glorified Him and set Him at
His own right hand-the place of Di-
vine favor--when, He finished His
demonstration of loyalty even unto
death. AS yet He has only begun His
great work. The blessing of the
church as the bride, the Lambs wife,
Is, the first step In. the glorious pro-
gram. and 1t is not yet completed.
Following it will come the blessing OF
the world, all the families of the
earth. not only the living but the
dead. His declaration to those now
called to be. His bride is, ITO him
that overcometh win grant to sit
with Me in My throne even as over
came and am set down with My
Father in His throne'' (Revelation
iii:21).
ITO US there is one Cod" says the
apostle All wisdom and power are
His. Recent electrical inventions ass
sist us greatly In apprehending His
greatness, What man can do limit
edly with the telephone and wireless
telegraph merely hint to us of the in
finite resources Of the eternal One
from everlasting to everlasting, God.
But our knowledge of the Divine jus
tice and love satisfies our hearts, our
great Creator becomes Our Father
who art heayen"
Next Lords day, D. ", will have
something more to say to the large
congregation Of millions whom ad-
dress weekly. respecting the methods
by which the Almighty God is work
ing all things according to the counsel
of His own will, using His glorious
Son, Messiah, Hts First Begotten, as
His honored agent in the prosecution
Of every feature of the great plan
which He pnrposed in Himself before
the world was-When He was alone
/ suggest to interested readers of
my sermons participation in the Lay
Mems Home Missionary. Movement"
of bringing them To the attention of
their friends and neighbors. who. do
not attend church services.
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