The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

IN God and his arrangements for them
precIudes fear. Similarly, father Adam.
before ne sinned, when he was in har-
mony with his Creator, knew no fear. but
directly following his transgression we
reAd tnat he was afraid and tried to hide
himself from God Likewise, fear has to
DO with the dread OF God which Is upon
inc world today All who realize Code
perfection. realize also their own imper-
iection and unworthiness Of Divine IA
vor. Then superstitious fears are deyel-
oped The loving sympathy OF the In
mite Creator for his fallen creatures is
unrecognizcd. Fear paints phantoms and
attributes to the Almighty the character
astics OF a demon.
Wonderful Words Of Life"
When the Great Teacher appeared
amongst men he presented our Creator in
the light OF a gracious Father deeply in.
terested in the welfare Of his creatures,
depraved and burdened through sin. The
Master invited all the fearful, weary and
heavy laden. through faith in his teach
ings, to take rest OF heart and mind.
Come unto me, all We that labor and are
heavy laden. and l will give you rest;
II the Son shall make you free. We shall
be free indeed"-tree from the power OF
the Adversary: free from the decisions
ana MISUNDERSTANDING which he creates.
free from the ignorance and the supersti-
ton of the world: free from slavish fear
OF God. which viii give place to rever-
ence, and free from, the fear OF man.
which bringeth snare"-hinders true Joy.
peace ard liberty.
True, not many OF the Jews really
heard the Great Teacher-really compre-
hended his message. but those few who
heard We're. greatly blessed 1t Is also
true today. that. although the nominal
followers of Jesus are counted as four
hundred millions. only mere handful OF
these know what 1t is to be made free
Xro'n the superstition and fear common
to the world OF mankind
The speaker said that great falling
away occurred shortly after the death of
tho Apostles The dominant feature of
that falling away wns the falling into fear
and supers;iticus dread. Some fell into
Fear of Purge torial sufferings and sorrows
of thousands of years. and others fell into
the erre-- and fear OF eternal torture. suf-
ferings wirrout end All claimed that only
the merest handful escaped these horrors
All charged the Creator with RESPONSE
bility for this provision and declared that
God had thus purposed and arranged the
matter by foreknowledge and intention.
from before the foundation OF the world
Now We are seeing. said the speaker,
that all this was a great mistake, that 1t
is not the teaching OF the Bible, rightly
understood end properly translated. Now
we see that these soul-distressng fears,
which have burdened us for centuries.
'.are part of the great evil which St.
Paul derom's;ated doctrines of demons
by which these demons would ALLEVIATE and
separate man from faith and confidence
and love toward his Maker
"Fear Not T. ,ir Fear.D
Gods provision fo. future is that all
mankind shall ultmni $ be set free from
the bondage 9; superstition. sin and
death. under the reign of Messiah's King
dom. in which the church. consisting of
the sanity few. glorifed with their Lord
to the spiritual plane. will be his as5o-
ciates AS that Kingdom shall uplift
mankind from Gin aud death conditions
ard shall flood the world with the light
of the knowledge OF the glory of God. the
true Light, 1t will scatter the darkness
which now rests upon the civilized world.
and the still greater darkness upon the
heather world Then the Sun of Right
eousness' shall shine into mems hearts
with healing. restitution and uplifting in
nuences Then ''all the blind eyes shall be
opened and a. the deaf ears shall be I'M
stopped" nsaiah xxxy. 81.
Rcvcrential Love Supplants Fear.
All mankind. IN proportion as they get
rid of the Incubus Of fear and in proper
ton as they come to the true knowledge
Of God reach possibilities OF hope, faith.
rest peace. JOY. Nevertheless compare
lively few attain Gods highest provision
In the present time. No royal road leads
thereto. but a narrow way OF faith,
MISUNDERSTANDING in the
of the worlds Redeemer. These
who thus follow our Lord arc accepted by
him and by the Father 1oint-heirs with
Christ to the Kingdom glories. And even
In the present life they are privileged to
nnjoy hopes. peace and fearlessness such
ms others. not specially taught and spe-
rnlly kept by the Great Teacher cannot
know. The steps necessary to this condi-
tion Pastor Russell declared. were ~ a
hearty renourcIng OF sin and turning from
t. f2) the acceptance OF the Redeemer by
faith and also his ransom sacrifice for
the sins OF the whole world; ca the full
OF their all to the Lord--fol-
lowed by the begetting of the holy Spirit.
These may have the fulness OF Joy posi-
Bile now and absolute fulness OF Joy when
they shall awake In the Redeemer's glori-
BUS likeness In the FIRST resurrection"
Thus Viewing tho Text.
The Bible cannot be thoroughly under
stood except by those who recognize that
lrOu mas Two lET6elS-an stTNUiy Blu
heavenly: and that the Scriptures fire.
puently refer TO both--"Jacob'' always sig
nifes natural Israel. as In Romans HI rs.
which foretells that as soon as spiritual
Israel shall have been completed Divine
mercy shall return to natural Israel and
they will obtain mercy through your
the mercy Of the glorified Church
AS aoon as this Gospel Age shall eS-
pre- with the completion of Spiritual
Israel. the return OF Natural Israel TO Di-
vine favor will be In order. Their Ancient
Worthless will be rcsurrected as perfect
men and be the princes In all the earth,
The representatives OF Messiahs spiritual
and invisible Kingdom. Ultimately, all
nations will be privileged to come into fel
owship with GOD through 1srael's New
Covenant. by becoming Israelltes indeed.
Thus Abraha..l's Seed shall ultimately
be like the stars of heaven" the Spir-
tual Seed. aad like the sands OF the sea
shore. the natural seed. All OF these. in
proportion MS they come into accord with
the Redeemer and recognize their re-
iemption and draw near to God in faith
obedience and prayer. will be liberated
from the spirit of fear and bondage into
The glorious liberty OF the children of
God First their minds will be freed
from superstition and gradually. through
the blessings OF restitution. all the will
Ing and obedient will return to full har-
lnony with the Creator and full perfec-
hon In tho Worldwide Eden.
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