Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-28
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ASAoh'Ns III uIel OuTtutHlduS. |
the fifteenth chapter. st. Paul dis
cusses the general fact of dpath reign
ing through Adam and uf Tie prov'-
sion, through Christ. of Resurrection
OF the dead. Then he pre-. eeds I
speak specially Of the Church class.
saying, this is the resurrection OF iae
dead" The (emphaticl resurrection So
nities the special or FirSt-resur-a 5Un
class, and the dead similarly marks the
special class of dead ones-the sanity
dead. the Church Of Christ. begotten
Of the holy Spirit to a new nature, the
heavenly nature.
Not noticing this. commentators and
people in general have applied these
words to humanity in general and un-
derstand them to teach that all that
are sown in corruption will be raised
In interruption; that all who die in
weakness, VIII be raised in'power; that
all who die animal bodies, will be
raised spiritual bodies. But the Apos
tie Is endeavOring TO impress a very
different lesson, namely, that the
Church is special class and will have
a special resurrection TO spirit condi-
tons which the world will never know
anything about. experimentally.
The Bible shows this had we but
noticed lit: The Apostle says, God
giveth to every seed its own body;
that is to say, If we SOW wheat we
expect to reap wheat. If we SOW oats
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 a
natural man, an animal man, in the
resurrection will be an animal man,
but those who accept the Divine offer
Of this Gospel Age to become new
creatures in Christ Jesus. begotten
again by the holy Spirit-these will
not come forth in the resurrection
human heiugs. hVt. being In full har-
mony wi'h the beyettiNg OF the spirit
whi"h they have received. will in the
resurrection he born of the spirit.
The Hidd-a Mystery Revealed.
Up to the time of Christ no promise
of n chanre Of nature from human to
spirit had been received by any mem.
ber Of our race. The Lord Jesus him
self became the Captain and Forerun.
ner Of "the Church, which is his
Body" and which during this Gospel
Age. he's been walking in his steps Of
self-sacriice. The special privilege Of
this Gospel Age IL the sacrifice Of the
earthly nature in order to the attain
ment. instead. of the heavenly nature
This was an incOmprehensible mat
ter to those to whom II was 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
pei was 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 mystery that was
hidden from past ages and dispensa
tions. but that it is now revealed unto
the saints" (Colossians /. 26). 1t was not
proper that any but the saints should
fully appreciate and comprehend this.
ITO you it is given to know the things
of the Kingdom, but to outsiders
these thinrs are spoken in parallels and
dark sayings that they might not un-
derStand."
This Mystery was, therefore, never
understood by many because the saints
were never many, and by and by
when saintship was at discount and
when nominal Christians became nu-
merous and influential and made the
creeds il was but natural that the
Mystery should become more or less
befogged But instead of going back
to preach human restitution to the
human plane in worldwide Eden.
the misinformed theologians hung their
own hopes and the hopes Of the world
upon the heavenly assurances-just
where they did not belong.
Thus It WAS that despite our five
senses and every plain statement of
the Bible it has become the prevalent
belief that humanity is of spirit ma
ture and not cth.y, human; that dy
Ing is but getting him either to
Heaven, PurGa t"ry ur He'll With this
confusion the lAuger all along theo~
logical lines h become great, so that
practically e"ery doctrine of the
Church is moe or less confused there
by. This is the secret, this is the
reason why the Bib,e is misunderstood
and being cast aside with the creeds
of the Dark Ages AS no longer worthy
of considerable while the bulk of
Churchianity ru'hPs mndly toward
the ditch of I'll her Criticism. Evolu-
ton. Agn0sticis1l with little faith la
personal God ard no definite hope
"Seek Ne tbs Old Paths"
1t is time. my d.Hr hearers. that we
seek the old r'th'. the BihIe paths.
and that we Sao,; them n;plllgently
and reverently and honestly. There has
been much A3rch!ng of the Bible
to find proofs nf whist W. he ieve and
to e1trench oV Owes IL rrrar' handed
10 us from e." :ESl by We e!-meaning
but derelved fo"rfaihNs 4 is time
Tor us to be- tp,est nd To S''lrch that
we may kn w Gods lessage to us
through his ilS' ired rroIhe'S and his
Son and the AguSties.