Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-05-25

words of the Apos-
tie. Christ brought life and immor-
tality to light through the Gospel"
The speaker said
We have number Of times mention
ed the glorious exaltation purposed Of
God for the New Creation. st. Peter
tells US that these will attain the d.
vine nature; and this attainment will
be through, or by means of, the power
Of God working in the heart as the re-
suit Of faith in "the exceeding great
and precious promises OF Peter /, ~.
Seeking For Immortality.
The Apostle writes concerning the
Church, the elect ''little flock" Of called,
chosen and faithful ones. He tells us
that by perseverance in well doing we
are to attain glory, honor and immor-
tality; and that this reward, to the
faithful, will come in the First Resur-
rection, when mortality shall be clothed
upon with immortality; when the new
body, glorious and of the divine nature,
will be granted to each Of the faithful,
as instead Of the feshly and imper-
feet bodies Of the present trial time
Romans ii, 6. Z: l Corinthians XIV, 54).
The immortality for which the Apos-
tie declares the Church is to seek is Of
different kind entirely from that
which the world may expect 1t is a
different kind even from that which
the angels possess. 1t is the immor-
tally which is a feature or quality of
the divine nature This immortality,
the Scriptures assure us, was original
~ possessed by the Heavenly Father
alone.
We read. 1.-The Father alone nath i'm
mortality. dwelling in the light which
no man can approach, Whom no man
hath seen nor can see." The only Be-
gotten of the Father. the Logos, when
made flesh, revealed the Father to
mankind John i, 1S).
The faithfulness Of the L0gos as the
Man Christ Jesus was rewarded by
the Father with glory. honor and i'm
mortality-the divine nature
And this great privilege has been
given to an elect little flock" the
Bride class. to become associated with
Jesus in the sutferings of this present
time and in the glory to follow.
Our Lord Jesus corroborates the
Apostle, saying. las the Father hath
Inherent life immortality in the high
est sense Of the word-deathlessne
so hath He given unto the Son that
He should have inherent life," and
that He might give it unto whomso-
ever He would-the Bride class. the
overcomers. more than conquerors."
Everlasting Life For Humanity.
The immortality enjoyed by the an
gels, otherwise spoken Of in the Scrip
lures as everlasting life, is not inner
ent Immortality, but an eternal main
tenance in life by the Creator, subject
to the condition Of obedience and right
eousness.
In this same sense of the word Adam
was immortal, but his Immortality was
dependent upon his obedience. When
he disobeyed. Divine provision for his
sustenance was withdrawn. He was
expelled from Eden that the sentence
of death might take effect. "dying thou
shalt die" Similarly. Satan and 9TH
ers Of the angels, because Of disobedi-
ence, will be destroyed. hence their i'm
mortality was conditional. as was that
Of humanity Hebrews II. AZ.
Life and Immortality.
The Scriptures, as we have already
intimated, use the word Immortality in
more restricted sense than IL COM
mon in our general usage.
Thus the Scriptures explain the two
fold work Of Christ: Q) The work for
the world, in providing for all the will
ing and obedient Of mankind. ever
lasting life: ~ the work for the
Church. in making possible for the
willing and obedient Of the Bride class.
glory, honor and Immortality, the d.
vine nature.
The Scriptural expression is that
"Christ brought life and Immortality
to light through the Gospel" Oh limo
thy /, 10Y. Everlasting life was init
mated in the remote past, but not spe-
officially stated. The declaration that
1.-THE Seed Of the woman should
bruise the Serpent's head" implied
recovery from sin and death, victory
over the Adversary, release Of man.
kind from the death penalty.
But it was not specific. The promise
Of God to Abraham. that In his Seed
all the families Of the earth should be
blessed, contained an intimation Of 4
Divine provision for the restoration of
from death and the present
fallen condition. restitution to eter-
nal life conditions. But there was
nothing specific in it The Prophets
also gave intimations Of coming bless
lngS through great Messiah, but fall
"a to say that eternal life would b
the grand result