Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-01-27


death. In our text st. Paul tells US
that the whole creation-all mankind
are groanlng and Travelling In pain now
because Of Gin and It's death penalty.
This has been in progress for SIX thou
sand years. It comes not through Dl-
vino persecution Of His creatures, but
by natural laws Of heredlty passing on
the weakness mental, moral and phys
ical. from parent to child, from genera
tIon to generation, by a law OF nature.
God has simply permitted this Law to
take It's course in dlsobedlent man.
Docs God Pity UST
You may perhaps ask me II the God
who Is loving, generous and kind does
not pity humanity In It's present dying
condition, even though we have come
into this state through the violation OF
Divine law. Could not God OF Love
do something for our aid2
That, my dear friends, is exactly
what ] wish to point out. The Bible
declares that the Divine Law broken,
rs sentence must stand unless In some
manner Justly satisfied. II a perfect
man could be found, willing to sacri-
fce his life in reparation for father
Adams dlsobedlence and forfeited life,
then God could be just and accept the
sacrifice and allow Adam and the re-
mainder OF his race to so free from
the death sentence. But no such per-
feet man could be found. There Is
none righteous, no, not one. All were
born in sin; none therefore could give
TO God a ransom for his brother, as the
scrlptures declare psalm Xix, ~
What then? God Hguratyely repre-
sents His sympathy, saying that He
looked down to see our condition and
He hearkened to the groans Of the
prisoners OF sin and death. He beheld
that there was none that could pity
or succor because all were under sen.
tence. "Then His own eye pltled and
His own Arm brought salvation" How
beautiful the picture Of Divine COM
passion hearkenlng to the groanlng
creatlonl
The Arm Of tho Lord Revealed.
The Arm Of God means, symbolical-
ly, Divine Power. He revealed this
Arm in the arrangement which He
made for the payment Of our death
penalty, In the sending Of His Son,
the Man Christ Jesus, who, "by the
grace Of God, tasted death for every
man" AS a perfect man had slnned,
God provided n perfect man to be the
Redoemer, "that as by man came
death, by a Man also should come the
resurrection Of the dead; for as all In
Adam die, even 80 shall all In Christ
be made alive, every man In his own
order--I Corinthians XIV, %.
DO you now catch a glimpse OF the
mercy, the compassion, the love Of the
Christian God to us, who appeals ia
the heart as being different from any
other god Of whom you have ever had
knowledgel Think Of God, Infinite
In Power, as being careful Of His fall
en- creatures, and providing, even al
self.sacrHce, for their recovery
But you win say, Where is the re-
covery2 Are we not stlll sick, mental
ly, morally aud physlcally-a dying
racer What has the death OF Jesus
accomplished for us2 That Is a good
question; the answer to II viii bring
YOU much enlightenment respecting
Gods loving character and glorious
: Plan for humanity. The Bible teaches
, US that Jesus, who redeemed mankind
| Ia to be made the great King, whosl
} Kingdom shall dominate tho whol,
! world "under the whole heavens.
! Daniel yll, 27l II viii not be al
. earthly Kingdom; nor viii the King b.
: visible to men, even as God is not yisi
, Bile, because lie " a Spirit The grea
! Messiah win be- invisible, He will b.
, Invisible because lie Is Spirit, 9Th
. express Image OF tho Fathers per
, son" ClIebrews l. 81 The Kingdom
! viii be exercised through human agen
! cies and II viii increase and spread IN
~ an shall know God truly, and III
b an every knee shall bow and ever
] tongue confess to Hlm--but all VIII
{ win reject His grace shall perish {
+ tally In the Second Death,
WAITING FOR the Soma Of God,
My text declares that the relief 10
tho groanlng creation waits for IN
manifestation Of the sons Of God. W
have already seen that Jesus, as th
pre- eminent Son Of God, died for on
slns aud assembled 10 the right han
OF Divine Majesty, where Ho Is wal
' ing; and meantime the groRnlng creI
, tlon must wait also, for the same thin
y ff0T waa..eh Ne waita-f0r the sons {
. God, Here Is matter which seems |
' have been for q time hidden under N
: rubbish Of the Dark Agea-the fat
that God not only foreordained Jesu
y the great Son Of God, to bo the world
Messiah, to deliver them from sin an
" death, but that lie also foreordaine
!, tho selection OF a special class frol
" amongst mankind, to be the Redeem
ers associates and jolnthelrs In II
|, Kingdom OF glory, honor aud immo
= tallty, (Romans Il, ~ Il has require
y tho entire period from the time
" Jesus death until now to call, 10 san
\ llfy, to prepare these subordinate soI
: " God.
4 We might have supposed that o,
= great, loving Creator would have callI
r upon certain Of the holy angels to
: associates with tho Redeemer IN q
h glorious work Of It's Kingdom, the u
u M Of humanity. But not so; He h
i sent the invitation TO this high, 81
!. rious station to our poor fallen rae
!. Thus, additionally. has the 0od