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the fate of the non.elect. Read Ro-
mans wifi, 2S-30 and you will see this
for yourself. To this, the Scriptural !
predestlnation, none can object. 1t Is
the unscriptural deductions which have
caused us difficulty.
Brother Wesley was I'm exact accord
with the Bible In his declaration That
every member of our race must have
share in the grace of God in Christ.
However, what Brother Wesley did not
see was that the great Plan Of the
Ages is not confined to one century
nor to one Age. He did not see that.
while this Gospel Age il exclusively
devoted to the selection of the Church
class, invited to he the Bride, the
Lambs Wife," there is n coming Age
In which Christ and His gloriiied
Bride will extend Divine mercy to the
non-elect
Tho Key to the Mystery
| Is expressed in the Apostles words
"in due time" Our great Creator need
not be in haste. He has all eternity
before Him He allowed four thousand
years to pass before lie sent His Son
to redeem the world and He has since
taken nearly two thousand years in
the selection of our Lords elect Bride.
He has appointed an additional thou
sand in which Jesus and His Bride,
the glorifed Church, will establish
reign of righteousness in the earth for
the overthrow of sin and the uplifting
of the sinners. Socially? Yes. Physi-
cally? Yes. Morally2 Yes 1ntellec-
tually? Yes. Out of sin and death?
Yesl Back to harmony with God IL
they will2 Yes! No freer grace is imag-
Unable than that which the Almighty
has provided through the Savior. or
IL st. Paul declares, "GOd wills to have
all men to be saved and to be brought
10 knowledge Of the Truth" To this
end He has appointed one Mediator,
"whO gave Himself Ransom for all,
to be testified In due time" q Timothy
II, 40.
The "due time" for the Gospel call
dates from Pentecost. But 1t is not a
call for the world, but for special
class, the Bride class. to walk sacri-
1cially In the footsteps OF Jesus and to
gain the great reward of joint -heirship
with Him I'm His Kingdom. The due
time" for this work will soon be at an
end-when the last probationary mem-
ber Of the Church shall have made his
calling and election sure and when the
door into the marriage" shall shut.
But the due time for the masses OF
| af nd N
respond thereto IL still future, as Broth
er Wesley's favOrite text will show us.
Before examining His text we Will
note the fact that three-f0urths OF the
human family today are heather in the
most absolute sense of the word and
many Of the other fourth are heather
In truthful sense, Why do they not
see the grace Of God In Christ? st
Paul answers, Because the god of this
world hath blinded their minds" be
cause darkness covers the earth and
gross darkness the people" QI Corin'
thans lv, 4; Isaiah TX, y.
But why does God not scatter the
darkness and open all the blind eyes
and unstop the deaf ears? We answer
because, although He has promised to
do these very things, His due time for
their accomplishment Is not yet come
lie merely calls His elect during this
dark time, requiring them to prove
their worthiness by walking faithfully
In the dark: "We walk By faith and
: not by sight"
With the completion of the elect
Church at the coming OF the RedeemeI
after the marriage, when she Will be
the Bride-then both Bridegroom and
| Bride will shine forth In glory, scatter
Ing all the darkness, ignorance and
superstition of the world Satan, the
= Prince OF Darkness, will be bound
and every evil thing shall be restrain
] ed and the light of the knowledge OF
the glory OF God shall fill the earth
: all the blind eyes shall be opened ant
all the deaf ears shall be unstopped
what will be the result2 Gods Wore
answers, that then every knee shal
, bow and every tongue confess TO th,
, glory of God"
. Brother Wssley's Proof Text.
, Brother Wesleys loving heart fount
| lIbIlly Nh'
: "And the Spirit und the Bride say
r Come and let him that heareth say
l. Come; aud let him that IL athirst come
, and whosoever will. let him take the
= water OF life freely utevelation xxi
D 10. This text. however. belongs to I'll,
r coming Age, to the time when MeSsl
Y nh shall reign: For lie must reigi
y until lIe hath put NIL enemies undel
4 His feet" Il Corinthians XIV, 26-20)
= There IL no Bride yet to say, Come
3 We are glad OF this, glad that 1t 4
J. still possible for us to become mem
g bers of that Bride class which mus
II "muke herself ready. for the marriage
n und he forever united to the Lord ~
d His Bride at His second coming. Thei
o by the marriage she will become thu
o Redeemcr's joint heir to glory. homo
k aud immortality In the Kingdom
o Then she, In cooperation with tn,