The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-05-19

courses, which. was
Rl5P2tSRf3D preached from the
words Of the Apos-
tie. "Christ brought life and immor-
tality to light through the Gospel"
The speaker said-.
We have q number Of times mention
I'd the glorious e~xaltation purposed Of
God for the New Creation. st. Peter
tells rs that these will attain the d.
vine nature; and this attainment Win
be through. or by means Of. the power
Of God working In the heart a. the r.
suit Of faith In "the exceeding great
and precious promises" III Peter |. A..
9sskiss Fs. Immortality.
The Apostle writes concerning the
Church. the. elect ..Ylittle nock~- OF called,
chosen and faithful ones He tells ~
that by perseverance in well. doing. we
are to attain giosys honor and immor-
tality: and that this reward, to the
faithful, will rome In the First Resur-
rection. when mortality shah be clothed
upon with immortality; when the new
body. glorious and OF the divine'nature.
will be granted to each Of the faithful,
as instead Of the flesnly and imper-
feet bodies of the. present trial, time
Romans II. g.. Z: l Corinthians K 54).
The immortality. for which the Apos-
tie declares the Church is to seek is OF
a different Find entirely from that
which the world may expect 1t is a
different kind even from that which
the angels possess. 1t is the minor
tality which is a feature, or quality Of
the divine nature. This Immortality,
the Scriptures assure US, was original
ly possessed by the Heavenly Father
alone.
We read. 1.-The Father alone hath i'm
mortality, dwelling in the light which
no man can approach, Whom no man
hath seen nor can see" The only Be
gotten Of the Father, the LO0os, when
made flesh, revealed the Father to
mankind John l. 1S).
The faithfulness Of the L0yos as the
Man Christ Jesus was rewarded BY
the Father with glory, honor and i'm
mortalHy-the divine nature.
| And this great privilege has been
given to an elect little d0ck," the
Bride class. to become associated with
! Jesus In the sufYerings Of this present
time and in the glory to follow.
| Our Lord Jesus c~orrOborates the
! Apostle, saying. As the Father hath
Inherent life Immortality In the high
ct sense Of the word-deathlessness).
20 hath He given unto the Son that
He should have inherent ufe." and
that He might give II unto whomso-
sver He wouid-the Bride class. The
overcomers. more than conqueross."
Gvsres&ins Lie For Humanity.
The immortality enjoyed By the IN
esh. otherwise spoken Of in the Scrip
Surss % everlasting life. - not inhes-
snt Immortality. but n etsrnal main
tsnance IN life by he Creator, subject
b. TIE condition q obsdieuoe end right
eousness.
In this same sense q ths word Adam
w. immortal, bat hin Immortality WAa
0ppendent upon hin oosd1enca. When
h disobeyed. Divine provision for hi
s~ustonance wa withdrawn He was
expelled from Eden tna< the eentence
q death might taks e6eck dying thou
malt Dis" Similarly. estaa and or
e1 o3 ths anses. bscauss q disobed1
sncs. win b destroyed hAncs their I'm
mortality wos condttionAl. - Was thai
a humanity Hsbsews n. ~ ~
Liz aaA ~ts.mssAasey
Tho Scriptures. es " havs siFeady
ft1mated. use the word ~ts~ortostsv II
more restricted sense than u com
mon In our general usage.
..Thua the Scriptures explain he Two
fold work Of Christ: ~ The WORK fod
the world, in providing for an the VIII
ing and obedient Of mankind, ever
lasting life; (0 the WORK for tn
Church. in making possible for thu
willing and obedisnt Of the Bride class
glory. honor and immortality, the d
vine nature.
The Scriptural expression u tina
"Christ brought life and Immortality
: to light through the Gospel" QI limo
thy 1. 10). Everlasting life was init
mated In the remote past, but not spe
c1fcally stated. The declaration tina
"the Seed Of the woman shoul(
bruise the Serpent's head" implied I
recovery from sin and death, q victor1
over the Adversary, a release Of man
kind from. the death penalty.
But It was not specific. The promis,
Of God to Abraham. that In his Seek
sll the families Of the earth should b,
blessed, contained an intimat1on Of I
Divine provision for the restoration o.
humanity from death and the prsssat
fallen coalition, . rsst1tution b stss
al life conditions. But tAego We
nothing spsei6c In Il. Tno PyopAst
also gavs intimatioos Of somine bless
ln0D through . great Messiah, but an
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