The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-29
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81. raufs declaration Is that the
Word Of God IS sufficient that the man
of God may be fully furnished. III
Timothy so. IL His further uggcs-
ton Is that We brightly divide the
Word of Truth" and that "t IS able TO
make us wise unto salvation" Let us
follow this course and allow Gods
Word 90 be It's own Interpreted allow
enc passage to throw light upon am
other: ana thus let as reject none Of
the Divine testimony, but, bringing the
whole together. find therein tie Wis
dom OF God, the Justice Of God. the
Love Of God, the Power Of God unto
salvation, to every one that believeth-
to jew and Gentle
All Mankind to Be Blessed.
st. Peter, hy birth Jew, understood
that the promise made to Abraham
that his posterity should bless the
world-meGnt that the Jewish nation
should have this honor. He did, in
deed, know that I'm all the centuries
from Moses TO Christ the Jew was not
accepted to the honorable position nor
given the privilege Of blessing the
world. He realized that this was be-
cause, being imperfect through the fall,
they could not keep Gods perfect Law.
He realized also what st. Paul eX-
pressed saying, Israel hath not obtain
cd that which he seeketh for, but the
election hath obtained It and the rust
were blinded Romans Ni, Z.
Fetcr supposed that the entire num-
Der Of "the elect" would be Jews. lie
had overlooked the prophecies which
declare that only n remnant Of Israel
would be found worthy and that Gen
tiles would be called in TO complete
the number Of "the elect Consequent
IL, It was n surprise to him when the
Lord sent him to preach the Gospel to
Cornelius, n Gentle. He did not think
OF the Gentiles as being under condem-
nation 10 eternal torment, but he did
assume that the PRIVILEGES OF heng Of
the elect seed Of Abraham 10 bless the
world belonged TO Jews only. .
When, therefore. the Holy Spirit
came upon Cornelius, Legctting him as
son of God ana iolnt-heir with
Jesus, the astnnishCd St. Peter, in the
words of our text, said, II perceive that
God Is no respect2r of persons. but in
every nation he that fcareth Him ana
workcth righteousness is accepted with
Him" We have had evidences of this
same Truth throughout this Gospel
ftFltI
turies God has been accepting people
Of all natlonulltics to be members OF
this elect" clnss To these, as soon
as they are consecrated TO God. ON Il
basis of faith in Jesus atoning work,
the Holy Spirit Is given. They become
members Of tue School of Christ-"dls-
ciples" Incidentally they become CO.
laborors with God In searching out
others who have the hearing ear and
responsiveness OF heart.
every Knee Shall Bow"
Under this arrangement ths Lord has
gradually been completing the foreor-
duincd number Of His spirit -begotten
children Of the New Creation. or these
lie declares, "'rhey shall be Mine, saith
the Lord. in thnt day when l mako up
My Jewels" (Maachi Iii, III But when
these jewels shall have been made up
or completed when the First Resur-
rection shall lave ushercd them into
their promised estate of glory, honor
ana Immortality, then Will come the
next feature Of the work 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 QOmans Si,
25-3D. They will in turn be used in
extending the blessing far and wide.
AS Il result "the knowledge of the glu-
ry of God shall ill the whole earth as
the waters cover the sea-" Then will
be the trial or testing time TO the non
elect world, SO many as will sccept
Divine favor ana seek to walk IN the
ways Of righteousness will be helped
ana uplifted out of their weaknesses,
Iphysical mental norai TO al tAlt wna
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