The daily sentinel., 1912-11-29

- Scriptures on all
subjects, we must handle the Word Of
God honestly. We must recognize that
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 lie and the Father are one
in the same sense that He desires all
Of His disciples 20 be one-in mind. In
purpose. in will, in effort. (John xvii,
81, 23J Our Lord Jesus Is Gods un-
spcakablc Gift.
The Scriptures declare that the Re
deemcr took the nature of men in or
der redeem sinners: but that in Him
there was no sin. Only sinlesS one
could give to God Ransom for ADAM
and thus redeem from destruction, not
only Adam, but all his p0stcrity. iu-
volvcd in sin aud death through him.
The speaker then showed that God
set before our Lord great joy, the
influence of which led Jesus TO endure
chcerfully the bitter experiences OF His
earthly life. This Joy is intimated to
have been: O His pleasure in doing
the Fathers Will t2l His privilege Of
bringing many sons TO glory the
Church; CD Ills pleasure and joy in be-
ing by and by the worlds Rcstorer, de-
livcriug them from the power of Satan.
sin and death. "WherefOrc," st. Paul
says, God hath highly exalted Him."
far above angels, princlpalities and
powers, and every name that is named"
An Opposite Course From Satan's.
Pastor Russell then cOutrasted the
course pursued by Satan with that fol-
lowed by our Lord Meditating am
bilious designs. Satan found nm oppor-
tunity In Eden. He behcld I'm our first
parents new order of beings, design
ed to bring into existence a race that
would ill the earth. Satan essayed to
be ruler or prince over this human ere
alton; and by SO doing. he not only be
came rebel against God. but brought
sin and death into the world.
our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course. aud demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. ST. Paul intimHtes that
although the LugOs was much higher
than was Lucifcr yet He was humble.
and "mcditated not a usurpatiOn," as
the Greek text declares Phil. II,
c. He thought not by robbery TO be
equal with God On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro
posul that He should be humbled to the
human plane for q time, in order to
carry out the Fathers Plan.
To the Church, Jesus is Gods un-
speaknble Gift lie is indeed a Gift
to the whole world. uuspcaEable in
value, hut 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. ne
ceptable unto God"
The Pastor then said that Justice Is
the foundation Of Gods Throne. In
the past. endeavors TO harmonic Jus
ticc 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 such course, nor
sec II TO be IN harmony with the Di-
vine regulations governing ourselves.
II we are to love our enemies, should
more be expected Of fallen human be-
tngs 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 is in any
eense prepared TO give thanks to God
SOW for His uuspcakable Gift. Their
thanks 20 up, not only in words but
also in actions. which speak louder
than words" These thanks ascend as
sweet incense to God.
BY and by, "An the blind eyes will
be opened and all the deaf ears viii he
unstoppcd." Then the whole world of
mankind including those awakened
from the sleep OF death during Mes
siah's reign. will be in condition to rec
oGnize Gods unspcakable GIFT aud rem
der thanks. when wilful evil doers
shall have been destroyed, then every
creature in Heaven, on earth and in
the sea shall be heard saying. praise,
glory. honor, dominion and might he
unto Him that sitteth on the Throne,
and to the Lamb, forever" through the