Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30
Bible Doctrine Of Election

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Bible Doctrine of Election
Christian people need to believe the
Bible doctrine of Election. but must
see 1t in a different light from that
which Brother Calvin threw upon the
subject. They must see election from
the Bible standpoint-the election Of
sanity Church, little flock" "a roy
al priesthood, holy people" to be the
Bride Of Christ. and His joint-heirs.
They must see that this 'elect" Church
with the Redeemer is Gods appoint
ed channel for the blessing OF the non.
elect world. They need to he shown
clearly that the sanity few gathered
first from the Jews, but subsequently
completed by additions of those OF
sanity character Of all nations, are
with Christ to become the great Seed
Of Abraham. the great Messiah. Abra
hams spiritual Seed. like the stars
Of heaven 1t must then be shown
why this spiritual Seed has been call
ed" elected selected from amongst
manklnd-that it is for the very pur-
pose Of blessing the non-elect. the
masses of Adams race. in harmony
with Gods promise to Abra aham-"ln
thy Seed shall all the families OF the
earth be blessed"
st. Paul refers to this spiritual Seed,
saying. And to thy Seed. which Is
Christ" and "If ye be Christs. then
are ye Abraham's Seed and heirs
according to the promise Galatians
Ill, 16, 29). All these are Heirs of the
great promise that has not yet been
fulfilled The fulHlment waits until
the completion Of foreordalnrd mum.
Der, an elect little flock" Of the saint
ly few. Then these, changed by the
power Of the First Resurrection. from
human nature to divine nature I'll Pc
ter 1, A. will constitute the glorious
Kingdom of Messiah The Kingdom
blessings will 20 first to Abraham's
natural seed, and through them to all
nations
Gods character is SO great. so grand.
that, If seen by men. It would be rev.
erenced. Gods Plan of Salvation Is so
grandly beautiful that, when rightly nm
derstood and comprehended. it proves
more fascinating than any novel.
The world has been kept away from
God and from the Bible by the marhi-
nations of the Adversary. He hns had
much to do with the formation Of our
creed idols. Seeing men breaking away
from error, in the Reformation time
and cropping after the Truth, Satan pre-
sented himself las an angel of light"
and misguided our fathers into the for
nation Of their various crpeds. This
is corroborated by St pnul's words.
"The god Of this world hath blinded
the minds Of them that believe not,
lest the glorious light OF the goodness
Of God, as 1t shines in the face OF Jesus
Christ our Lord, should shine into
their hearts" I'll Corinthians iv. A..
The Adversary did not wish us to see
with "the eyes Of our hearts" the glori-
GUS character of our Creator, His love
for mankind and His glorious provision
for us. He wished. on the contrary. to
blind us with prejudice. to turn us
away from God and from thp Rihle
And surely his plan has been mpaSur-
ably successful
Nevertheless, Satan has gained no
real victory he has In no way hin.
dered the finding Of the elect"
Rather, we may assume that these
various, binding Influences and stun.
bling stones have but served to prove.
to test the love, loyalty. faith and
obedience of the "callcd and chosen
and faithful"
II we have seen why the world is
going pleasure mad, and II we have
seen the steps which should he taken
to guide the well-intentioned into the
ways OF the Lord. LEI us. my beloved
hearers, nnt only he faithful ourselves
to the Lords way. hut let MS MT nigh
the Royal Banner OF our God and OF our
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