The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-23

the Church eIass %, t.eri. applied p;
AL.
For instance, III li.rst cSrinibinns.,
THE fifteenth CHAPTER. 81, Paul dis.
cusses the general fast 6f death reign
ing through Adam and ~ The provi.ss
Sion. through Chris, OF ii resurrection
Of the dead. Then he proceeds to
{ speak specially Of the Church class.
saying. ..this IS The resurrection of no
/ dead The tenpliatic, Sresurrecti lon sig.
sniaes the special or Elrst:resnrrectiont
class. and The dead similarly marks tho
special class OF dead ones@the sanity.
dead the Church Of Cllrlst, begotten;
of thu holy Spirit 70 d new nature, Tho
heavenly nature. \, IS II o z
Not noticing this, conner tators and
people in general have applied these
words to humanity In general and m.
derstand them TO teach TINT MI that
are; sown In corruption Will be raised
ineincorruption; TINT all who die ( in
weakness, wlll be raised ip power; thlt
all who die animal bodies, will sGe.
raised spiritual bodies But the Apps.
tie 10 endeayorlng TO Impress a very
different lesson. namely. that tho,
Church Is a special class and will have
a special resurrection to spirit condl-
lions which the world will never; know
anythlng about expert mentally.
The Bible shows this had we hut,
noticed 1t: The Apostle says, God
giveth to every seed It's own BODY,
that IS To say, if NE sow wheat we
expect 70 reap wheat. u we SOW cats,
We expect to reap oats. The Apostles
argument Is that none need expect .to
be OF! the wheat class, the spirit class.
unless they are Of that class when
sown In death. In other words. he
would have them understand! that q
natural man. an ! animal man. In the
resurrection viii be IN animal man.
but those who accept the Divine Offer
Of this Gospel Age, to become. new
creatures In Christ Jesus. hegotten
again BY the holy spirlt-7these will
not come forth In the resurrection
human beings. but, being In full har.
mony with the begetting Of the spirit
which they have received, win In the
resurrection be born of the spirit
Tho Hidden Mystery Revealed.
Up to.the time Of Christ no promise
Ola change Of nature from human 10
spirit had been received By any mem
Der Of. onr race. The Lord Jesus him.
self became the Captain and Forerun.
ner Of '.the Church, which ID his
Body" and which. during this Gospel
Age, has been walking In his steps Of
self.sacrfdce. The; special privilege Of
this Gospel Age Is the sacrifice of the
earthly nature in order to the. attain.
menti instead, Of the heavenly AZURE.
This was an incomnrehensible mat
ter to those to whom It wns preached
at first. No Jew had ever thought OF
anything higher than the human plane
and Divine service on the human
/! plane. But the message OF the Cos
4 pei was a call or, invitation to the
heavenly nature and heavenly service
as the Bride of Christ and his Joint
Heirs in glory: OF this call St. Paul
says that 1T Is a mystery that WIS
hidden from past ages, aud dispensa-
lions, but that It is now revealed unto
the saints (Coiossians 26j. twas not
proper that any butsthe saints should
fully appreciate and comprehend this.
a"To; you It Is given to know the things
3 OF i the ( Kingdom. but to outsiders
these things are spoken in parallels and
dark sayings that. they might not IN.
derstand.n Z 4 n &. ~
This Mystery was, therefore, never
understood by many because, the saints
were never many, and by and by.
when salntship was at a discount and
when nominal Christians became nu-
( merous and influential and nude the
creeils, 1t was hut M tural that the
Mystery should become moro OF less
befoggedA But, instead OF going back
to preach human restitution to the
human plane in q worldwide Eden,
the mlsiaf formed theologians hung their
own hopes and the hopes of the world
upon the heavenly ]. inst
where they did no. belong.
Thus at WAS that, despite our Eve
( senses and every plain. statement of
the Bible, It has become the prevalent
belief that humanity, IS Of spirit M
ture and not earthly, human: that dy.
ling IS but getting him either TO
Heaven; Rursatory or Hell. with this
confusion the danger all along lheo:
logical lines has become great, SO that
etica|ly every doctrine, i. of, the
Church IS more Or less confused there
BY. This is the secret. this Is the
reason why the Bible Is misunderstood
md being cast aside with the crceds
iof the Dark Ages as; no longer worthy
Of consideration. while the bulk Of
Chnrclianity rushes madly toward
the ditch of Higher Criticism, Evolu.
ton. aAgnostlcism',-wi little faith in
a personal God and no definite hope.
4 Y? n z"seok Yo the Old Paths"
It Is time. my dear hearers, TINT We
seek the old paths, the Bible paths,
and that we seek them intelllgently
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