The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-18
CHRISTIANITY AND THE LAW.


The Great Teacher declared that He
came not to destroy the law and the
prophets, but to fulfill them. While
the law was spoken of as Moses law,
it was really the divine law given to
Israel as a basis for the divine cove
nant with that nation, and Moses
merely stood as mediator of that law
covenant-that agreement by which
Israel was obligated to keep the law,
and God was obligated if they did so
to grant them everlasting life, divine
favor and the glorious privilege of be-
ing His instruments for the blessing
of all nations, under Messiah's king
dom.
The failure of even the most sin
cere Israelites to gain the promised
law was unjust, but that Israel, like
the remainder of the world, shared by
inheritance Adamic weaknesses, which
so impaired their moral quality that
they could not keep Gods perfect law,
which our Lord defined to be whole
hearted love for God and Golden
Rule" love for the neighbor.
The gospel of Jesus magnif1es the
Jewish law by admitting its righteous
ness. The proposition of Jesus in re-
spect to His followers is this: He,
being perfect, was able to keep the
Mosaic law perfectly, and had a right,
therefore, to everlasting life, and need
ed not to have died; but instead of re-
tanning HIS lie he ld1O II OOWA ScCIl-
ficially, as a part of the great divine
plan for human redemption. That sac
rifice will bring to the world the bless
ed opportunity for eternal life which,
it has been promised, Messiah's king
dom will bring. But meantime the
Redeemer, carrying out Jehovah's
plans offers an imputation of His mer-
it to any who have His spirit of full
conservation to do the Fathers will by
laying down the present life sacrif1-
D 6na a
heavenly, spiritual life, glory, homer,
immortality, the Devine nature, as
Messiah's joint-heirs in His Kingdom
All who thus do will be counted as
part of the spiritual Seed of Abraham'
whom all the families of the
earth will receive their blessing.
These disciples of Jesus sacrifice their
earthly interests and rights and thus
become reckonedly dead to earthly
God accepts their sacrifices and
begets them of the Holy Spirit. Thus
they become New Creatures in Christ.
offering? and are not these New Great
ures held responsible for the conduct of
their flesh, so long as they liye-until
their sacrifice is completed?
The Scriptures answer. The great
High Priest, who presents these offer
covers their imperfections by an impu-
tation of the merit of His own sacrifice,
which is already in the hands of JUS
tice waiting for application on behalf
of the sins of the world. When this
High Priest thus presents US to God,
we are assured thai the sacrifices are
holy and acceptable unto God"
AS for subsequent weaknesses of the
flesh, the New Creature is indeed held
for it's mortal body, but
since our High Priest tasted death for
o,,l fOr oil CT oF
therefore these New Creatures in Christ
are assured that all their trespasses, of
ignorance or weakness, may be for
given, and that the Redeemer, their
Head and Representative in glory, will,
upon application, impute His merit for
the cancellation of such imperfections,
that they may be maintained in their
standing, without spot or wrinkle or
any such thing"
The Pharisees' Standard Lower.
The Pharisees prided themselves on
heir zeal for the Law and found fault
with Jesus disciples and with Himself
FOR healing the sick on the Sabbath
They were particular respecting the
little requirements of the Law, but
careless respecting it's spirit of love.
This Jesus termed hypocrisy; He de-
,lared that unless His followers were
nearer right in heart than were the
Pharisees they would not get into the
Kingdom at all. eve must remember
he difference between the embryo
Kingdom inaugurated at Pentecost and
he glorious Kingdom into which the
aithful will be ushere6 by the First
2esurrection.) All Christ's followers
must not only guard their actions but
llso their lips and the very thoughts
If their hearts, that even in thought
hey shall be in fullest accord with the
spirit of the Divine Law of love.
The intimation is that if we have
a brother and delay to make
he matter right and the case come be-
ore the Lord for settlement, We Will be
obliged to suffer the full penalty of our
neglect. 'the uttermost farthing,'' be-
ore we will be fully restored to Divine
avor and fellowship.