Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25

deatn IN ueSn, but qu1ckened in spirit
q Peter iii. 49,. The speaker said:
In the past those of us who contin-
ued to believe in be resurrection of the
dead, held some Inconsistent theories
respecting the matter which served to
make the resurrection doctrine the
more absurd in the minds of those OPP
posed. For instance, we claimed that
the Logos, the Son of God, left the
heavenly or spirit nature and. accord
ing to the Scriptures. was made flesh.
and that He was resurrected from the
dead human or fleshly being and as
cended to heaven with body of flesh.
In the same breath we acknowledged
that human nature is a little lower
than the angelic; and thus. while still
wishing to honor the Redeemer and to
see wisdom and love in the Heavenly
Fathers Plan, we assumed that the
Savior, since His ascension, has had
body inferior to that of the angels
and out of harmony with His surround
ings; and that this is to be to all eter-
nifty a part of the cost of human re-
demption.
How absurd, Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell US that in His resur-
rection the Son was highly exalted by
the Father, far above angels, princi-
palities and powers and every name
that is named? Do they not tell us
that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God" Do they not
tell us that the elect Church, in order
to be the Bride of Messiah and His as
sociate in the heavenly Kingdom, must
be ''changed. in a moment, in the twin
king Of an eye" in order that she may
be made like Him. and because "fesh
and blood cannot inherit the King
DOM? We have been too careless in
our study of the Divine Word. On this
subject, as upon others, we have as
sumed that our forefathers of the
Ozark Ages" understood the matter
thoroughly. We forgot that those who
lost so much of the Holy Spirit that
they could burn Christians at
the stake were quite likely to be more
| or less confused on all questions. But
''the path of the just is as a shining
! light. shining more and more unto the
perfect day." and it is now our priv
! ilege to learn the way of the Lord more
perfectly. in the light now shining upon
the Bible through the aid of our won
| derful concordances and other Bible
study helps.
segotten of the spirit-Then Born.
Our difficulty on this subject arose
| from our failure to understand that
human and spirit natures are distinct.
and that Cod has provided two dis
| tinctly different salvatioGs for man.
kind-the salvation of this Age being
exclusively spiritual, while that of the
next Age will be exclusively human.
We are not to think of these natures
as blending, but, according TO the
Lords Word. we are to view them as
distinctly separate. Whoever is of the
| human nature is earthly, feshly.
whether perfect or degraded. Whoever
IS of the spirit nature is heavenly,
! whether perfect or degraded Thus.
when the LO9oS was made flesh and
dwelt among u.s." He was human,
| though unblemished And the fallen
angels are still spirit beings, although
| cut off from Divine favor and fellow
ship. In other words, human nature
is not an imperfect form of spirit ma
ture but a totally separate and distinct
nature
The LogoS. the Only Begotten of the
| Father. was made flesh" John /. IA.
He was not spirit being incareerated
| in a body of flesh and wearing it as a
garment, or living in it as house. He
| became like others of the race. except
that HE was holy, harmless, separate
| from Sinners" while all others are sin
ners. imperfect. Like other men. the
man Jesus was not a dual beiBg-a
/ spirit being living in a human frame
| He was merely human.
| But the Redeemer became dual being
/ when He received the begetting of the
| Holy Spirit at the time of His bap-
| tiSm. Thenceforth. for three and
half years. until His crucifxion. He
| was dual. The flesh was the same;
but the spirit-begetting received from
| the ather constituted Him a nei0 Ego.
a new person. He not only thereafter
| had new hopes, based upon Divine
| promises, but He had a new mind or
new will specially illuminated, quick
ened. enlightened by the Holy Spirit
From the time of His baptism His
| flesh (all that belonged to His human
4 ra rrix- nm IN diA in tho
carrying out of the Heavenly Fathers
purposes. Thenceforth the Spirit-be-
| gotten One waited merely for the &c
| comphShment of His sacrifice accord
| inc 70 the Fathers will and fnr q new