The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-02

Lord sent him to preach the Gospel to
Cornelius, q GENTLE He did not think
Of the Gentiles as being under cohdem-
nation to eternal torment, but he did
assume that the privileges OF heing of
the elect seed of Abraham to bless the
world belonged to Jews only.
When. therefore. the Holy Spirit
came upon Cornelius. begetting him as
son of God and a joint-heir with
Jesus. the astonlshed st. Peter. In. the
words of our text, said, Il perceive that
God Is no respecter of persons. but in
every nation he that feareth Him and
worketh righteousness is accepted with
Him" We have had evidences of this
same Truth throughout this Gospel
Age, for now more than eighteen GEN.
turtles. God has been accepting people
Of all nationaIities to be members OF
this 'elecr" class. TO these. as soon
as they are consecrated to God. on a
basis of faith in Jesus atoning work.
the Holy Spirit is given. They become
members of the School of Christ dis
ciples.' Incidentally they. become CO.
laborers with God in. searching out
others who have the hearing ear and
responsiveness Of heart
Every Knee Shall Bow"
Under this arrangement tbs Lord has
gradually been completing the foreor-
dained number of His spirit. begotten
children Of the New Creation. OF these
He declares. .They shall be Mine. saith
the Lord, in that day when make up
My jewels" (AIaIachi iii, III But when
these jewels shall have been made up
or completed when the First Resur-
rection shall have ushered Them into
their promised estate of glory. honor
and Immortality, then will come the
next feature of the work-the use OF
this class. '.the Seed Of Abraham" for
the blessing of all the families of the
earth. Natural Israel will be the first
to receive the benefits, as the Scrip.
lures clearly point out 0omans xi,
2534). They viii in turn be used In
extending the blessing far and wide.
As a result 1.-The knowledge Of the, glo.
~ of God shall AL the whole earth IS
the waters cover the sea-" Then will
be the trial or testing time to the non
elect world. So many as will accept
Divine favor and seek to walk in the
ways OF righteousness, will be: helped
and uplifted out of their weaknesses,
physical mental. moral, to all that was
lost in Eden and redeemed at Calvary.
Finally, all the unwilling and DISC
bedient will be destroyed In the Second
Death without hope of recovery. AS
st. Peter DECLARED. they shall perish
like the brute beast. hopelessly. On
the other hand, the willing. and obedi.
emit shall be blessed and Shall eat the
good of the land z They shall build
houses and inhabit them.' They shall
plant vineyards; and eat the fruit OF
them" .."and long enjoy the work OF
| their hands" Eventually, ,''eyery knee
shall bow aud every tongue confess
to the glory Of God lin loyalty. Qsaiah
lxy. 81. 81. The earth shall become
the everlasting habitation Of sanity
men redeemed by the precious blood OF
Christ and restored to human perfec.
ton during the period of His Reign,
! y AS; therefore. L. looked at the COM
! posite population OF Singapore. ! said
to myself. Quite probably. from all
these peoples, God has selected a few
through the Message of the Gospel-a
| few saints to be jeint-heirs with His
Son in the Kingdom. But at all events.
even il none of the elect class were
taken from amongst the heather PEG
pies, surely the riches of Gods grace
is about to be abundaptiy manifested
to, all the families Of the earth through
"the elect"-through their administra.
ton Of the Kingdom. Z, $.
Tho Gospel Of the Kingdom. =
All! how much meaning there is in
this expression. 'The Gospel Of the
Kingdom g'-tha good news that God
will have Kingdom under the whole
heavens. It will not be Kingdom
merely in name, but in power, in inf1l-
ence. ..He shall reign from sea to sen
and from the river to the ends OF the
earth" psalm xxi. 81 He must
reign until He shall have put down all
INSTRUMENTATION, "The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death" q CORN
thians XIV, 20, 26) And as for the
elect, the Church, the Bride class. to
her belongs the glorious promises
$40 him that overcometh will ! grant
to sit with Me in my throne;' 'ro him
that oyercometh will grant power
over the nations" U,evelation i'll, Il;
II, 26l .,..t. e.,
One OF the first works Of the King
dom will be the binding OF Satan.
Then VIII follow the scattering OF the
darkness OF error, ignorance and SUI
perstition, which now beclouds man.
kind. Then the Sun Of Righteousness
and Truth VIII enlighten the world and
fill 1t with the blessings and joys OF
the Lord. !. Well did the angels pro-
claim this same Message. saying,
.Fear not! Behold. we bring you It'd
ings Of great Joy. which shall be unto
all people!" a glorious message it is
now to thousands who have; the hear
ing ears and who make their election
sure I'd: the spirit plane and a share
in the First Resurrection! A glorious
message it will be by and by to the
isin-cursed world Of mankind. to learn
OF the blessings and privileges Of res.
titution which will then be opened.
with the broadcast OF free grace to ey-
fery creature! facts Ill 1921 -
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