The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-11-14
1879

His name, they must hax6 d ~ = q
nation from Him. Whoever hhD no( ~ IS
vine authority Is usurping II hofy sUiiS 6 Nj
and placing himself In antnEOnlSn,s AZ IS
-God.-As st. Paul suggests. @.cSn min 81
taketh this honor unto himsclts sEGt 49,
that is called OF Cod. as was Aaron .sss
Hebrews v. a. The Apostles 9,atEsi:ss
ment Is that the Aaronic briesthOoSI I
was typical Of the higher Priesth0od cE
Jesus-the Melchisedec Priesthood. 81
Aaron and his sons belonged I'd the
tribe specially called to the Divine !!
service; and they were specially tcaai2ll /,
out OF that tribe to be the prfestsy The
antity2e Is Jesus. the High Priest or.
Head Priest. over the under Priesthoofft
all the true members Of the Church
OF Christ. This st. Peter shows; saying. /,
not to the clerics, but to ell the Church y,
"Ie are Royal Priesthood, holy na.
ton. peculiar people, that -ye should
show forth the praises. of, Him 4yhnI
hath called you out ofsdarApessgStltoys
His marvellous light."-I Peter III, 81: +
AS Aaron received an amounting, dual
flying him for the typical priesthood, so
Jesus received an amounting Of the
Holy Spirit, qualifying Him to be the
Head or Chief Priest over all the
Church. the under-priesthood. The be-
getting Of the Holy Spirit came upon
Jesus ut Els baptism. That amounting
gave Him authority to preach and
teach in the Fathers name. There His
ministry began, as He tells us Himself
in His sermon in the Nazareth syna-
gogue, where He read the opening
verses Of Isaiah Xxi, and declared that
their fulflment had been reached in
His own person 1.-THE Spirit, OF the
LORD God is upon Me j: because the Lord ),
hath Hnointed Me to! preach good I'D;
1hes unto the meek,"S1+1uke w, 17-21-.d
-, The Church Anointeds to RrpanbA
80 While Jesus was, .with.His discanles.
PIE Sent them forth, to- preueh jp HiaT
nalhep n9t in the. Fathers naIis d
the lSather had not yet 6ckno tSAEsa
them, ny, giving theEd the anootntimk af
the Holy Spirit, DIS we lSfhs
Holy Spirit was not yet given !; beedGse
Jesus was not yet gloritied.'' John VIII /:
39) But when Jesus, having finished
His ministry and sacrifice, was leaving
His disciples He directed them not to
preach, but to tarry at Jerusalem ''un-
til ye be endued with power from On
High."-Luke xiv, 40. *r
The promised power from on High
came at Pentecost. Immediately they Z
began to preach and to teach; for they
had received the Divine amounting, as ;.
Jesus had received it at the time OF
His baptism. This Divine AMOUNTING
constituted their ordination, their au-
thority from the Father as members
of the Body Of Christ. the Royal Priest
hood, to be His mouthpieces. This Di-
vine amounting came not merely upon
the twelve Apostles; but it has all
through this Gospel Age constituted
the blessed recognition OF the Father
and Of the Son to all who receive It.
In the typical picture, Aaron had the
holy amounting oil poured upon. his 4
head. and it ran down to the skirts Of
his garment All the members OF His (
Body thus came under the Amounting.
So Jesus, the Head Of the Church, re-
ceived the amounting at the beginning
Of His ministry; and from Him at i
Pentecost by the Divine appointment
1t has flowed down over all the mem u
bers Of His Church. Every one re- I.
ceiving the amounting Of the Holy Spir-
1t Is qualified ambassador OF God to
speak in His name AS st. Peter says !:
every such one is 4 Royal Priest. st.
John refers to this same amounting,
saying, "Yc have an JUNCTION Ianointl
ing1 from the Holy One, and 20 all
know it, -'-- &c., = : - :,
Who Lack Divine Ordination?
From what we have said 1t must be
clear that no one is entitled to speak
for the Almighty unless he have this
Divine Ordination Of the Holy Spirit.
Human titles and human ordinations
are. wholly inadequate to make q real
preacher and teacher in the Church oe !:
Christ But tue Spirit-begotten are
fully authorized to use their every, OPP !!
portnhity under all circumstances aud
conditions, There is no division yof.
! these Spirit bcgotten ones aIohgI the:
lines Of clergy and. fatty. ~. God :neYef :
recognized such distinctions and ;diyi-
siohs.II His ambassadors bear the /.
MARKS Of Identification that none 9TH
ers have They have !; knowledge OF
the 'feal Gospel, md OF the real charac- =
terriof God They ore guided by the
Holy Spirit, step by step into the deep
things Of God. ~.
We submit that If knowledge Of the