The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-26

Goa uODeSly. w must Recognize ludL
our Lord Jesus is one person and the
Father another person. The oneness
between the Father and the Son is that
declared by our Master Himself. say
ing that He and the Father are one
IN the same sense that He desires all
Of His disciples totbe one-in mind. In
purpose in viii, In effort (John xvii,
q. 23) Our Lord Jesus is Gods un-
speakable Gift
The Scriptures declare that the Re
deemer took the nature of men in or
der redeem sinners; but that in Him
there was no sin Only a sinless one
could give to God a Ransom for Adam.
and thus redeem from destruction, not
only Adam, but all his posterity. in
volved in sin and death through him
The speaker then showed that God
set before our Lord great joy, the
influence Of which led Jesus to endure
cheerfuly the bitter experiences Of His
earthly life This JOY is intimated to
have been. a. His pleasure 10 doing
the Fathers will; (2) His privilege Of
bringing many sons to glory" he
Church: 81 His plearrre ana joy in he
ing by and BY the fll's RestoTer. de
lIyering them from the power Of Satan.
sin and death. Wherefore" st Paul
says, "God hath highly exalted Him.
far above angels, principalities and
nows,rs. and every name that is named
An Opposite Course f-,-om satan's.
Pastor Russell then contrasted the
course pursued by Satan with that fol
lowed by our Lord. Meditating am
bilious designs. satan found an oppor.
tunity In Eden He beheld in our first
parents a new order Of beings design
ed to bring into existence a race that
would nll the earth. Satan essayed 10
be ruler or prince over this human ere
alton; and by so doing, he not onk be
came a rebel against God but brought
sin and death into the world
Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course. and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. ST. Paul intimates that
although the Logos was much higher
than was Lucifer. yet lie was humble.
and "meditated not a usmpation." as
the Greek text declares. phil. Ii.
81 He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro-
posal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for a time Ia order to
carry out the Fathers Plan
To the Church. Jesus is Gods un-
speakable GIFT He is indeed Gift
to the whole world, unspeakable III
value, but He is more to the Church
than to the world To His footstep
followers. He is the Captain Of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom their
"Elder Brother" their great High
Priest Through Him they are priv
ileged TO be the Royal Priesthood
Through the merit of the sacrifice of
Christ they are privileged to present
their bodies living sacrifices. holy ac-
ceptable unto God"
The Pastor then said that Justice il
the foundation Of Gods Throne. III
the past. endeayors to harmonic JUS
tice with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved Us III
difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent creeds that God had know.
ingly brought mankind into existence
under such conditions that the great
majority would spend eternity IN tor
ture. We perceived no Justice in any
such arrangement. But while desist
ing from criticising the Creator. We
could not indorse surh a course. nor
see II to be IN harmony with tile Dl
vine regulations governing ourselves
7 II we are to love our enemies. should
more be expected OF fallen human De
ings than Of our perfect Creator?
The Scriptures declare only the con
secrated Church see the ''lengths
breadths, heights and depths Of the
Love Of God, which passeth under
standing. This class alone ii in any
sense prepared to give thanks to God
now for Ills unspeakable GIFT ThelI
thanks 20 up, not only in words. bul
also in actions. which speak louder
than words These thanks ascend "a
sweet incense to God
BY and BY 'All the blind eyes will
be opened and all the deaf ears Will be
unstopped" Then the whole world oi
mankind including those awakened
from the sleep Of death during Mes
slah's reign, viii be in condition to rec
ognize Gods unspeakable Gift and rem
der thanks. When wilful evil doer.
shall have been destroyed then eyers
creature IN Heaven, OH earth and Il
the sen shall be heard saying, Praise
glory, honor. dominion and might b,
unto Him that siiteth on tie Throne
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