The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-27

81 AnoWl uiou ~ lAOVu, .loT all
shall know Him. from the least to the
greatest" And only the wilfnlly wick.
ed and disobcdlent will be cut OF
from life In the Second sDeath-not
torture: but. as st. Paul declares,
"T'hey shall be punished with cverlast.
Ing destruction"
We sec. tlien, that or Lords reason
for not praying for the world was that
He knew the Fathers lIan TINT the
world was not to be dealt with during
this Age, but during the next, the
Kingdom Age. The Master prayed for
J His own. for the class which He has
been selecting during the past nine.
teen hundred years. These arc yarI.
ously called. "the elect" the dis.
ciples," "His followers" "members
of His Body" n "Royal Priesthood"
the Bride" "the Lambs Wife," tile
+, 'llttle kock." to whom 1t Is the Fa.
Tiers good pleasure TO give the King.
dom.
Elect to Bless Non elect.
! Seeing, then, that there is a differ
encc between Gods provision for tile
world, to be dispensed In the next Age,
and his provision for the Church to be
given now. We, ask. What Is the DIFF
ference between these? The answer
Is that the worlds salvation Is 10 be to
human nature and IN earthly Paradise
worldwide; while the elect clnss is a
special one called OF God, chosen In
Christ and faithful In adversely and,
by the Lords grace. is to. have a hcav.
emily nature. like unto that Of the an.
gels. but superior. Theirs Is q "hc.a,v.
emily calling" a "high calling" They
are to be like their Lord and Redeem.
or and Head and Bridegroom, Jesus,
In His slorifed state. "far above an.
gels and pr~incipallties and powers, and
every nanie that is named"
Is this m arbitrary election? Does
God arbitrarily draw and call one
above another? Yes. He thus select
ed the Jewish nation to be His pecu-
liar %nation-not, however. to the detrl-
ment or injury Of other nations. lie
thus called Isaac instead Of Ishmaei,
and Jacob instead Of Esau to be the
progcnitors Of His chosen nation Is.
rael. whom He foreknew rs n people
and predestinated TO n certain service.
But this selection worked no injury to
either Ishmael or 'Esau. Similarly
during this Gospel Age God chooses
from the world n certain class and
grants them the hearing ear and the
seeing eye. and He passes by others
and gives them not this special favor.
This. however. is not to be to the dis.
advantage of the others-non.elect,
unclosen. uncailcd.
According to His Purpose.
st. Paul speaks Of the Church as
"ca lied according to His purpose" He
even tells lis what the purpose IS.
namely. that In Ages to come He
might show forth the exceeding riches
of His grace In His loving Kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians
II. u Toward this specially called
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