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would contend against US in such a
procedure. Let US take the easier, the
simpler method, to which all Christian
people should be willing to accede,
to wholly cast aside our
creeds and go back to the Word Of
God-to the Bible-to the utterances
Of Jesus and His Apostles and Proph-
cts. Thus doing many will find to
their surprise that, while the creeds
have gathered precious jewels Of
Truth from the Bible, they have given
these false settings by which they mis-
represent the Truth which they profess
to illuminate.
st. PauPs declaration is that the
Word of God is sufficient that the man
of God may be fully furnished QI
Timothy Ill, I'D His further sugges-
ton Is that we rightly divide the
Word of Truth" and that 1T Is able to
make us wise unto salvation" Let us
follow this course and allow Gods
Word to be it's own MISREPRESENTATION
one passage to throw light upon an
other; and thus let US reject none of
the Divine testimony, but, bringing the
whole together, find therein the 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, by birth Jew, understood
that the promise made to Abraham
that his posterity should bless the
world-meant that the Jewish nation
should have this honor. He did. in
deed, know that In 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
ed that which he seeketh for but the
election hath obtained it and the rest
were blinded.-Romans xi, Z.
Peter supposed that the entire num-
Der Of "the elect would be Jews. He
had overlooked the prophecies which
declare that only remnant Of Israel
would be found worthy and that Cen
tiles would be called In to complete
the number Of "the elect" Consequent
~, II was a surprise to him when the
Lord sent him to preach the Gospel to
Cornelius, a Gentle. He did not think
Of the Gentiles as being under condem-
nation to eternal torment, but he did
assume that the privileges of being Of
the elect seed of Abraham to bless the
world belonged to Jews only.
When, therefore, the Holy Spirit
came upon Cornelius, begetting him as
a son of God and a joint-heir with
Jesus, the astonished st. Peter, in the
words Of our text, said, II perceive that
God is no respecter Of persons, but in
every nation he that feareth Him and
worketh righteousness is accepted with
Him" We have had evidences of this
same Truth throughout this Gospel
Age, for now more than eighteen CEN
turtles God has been accepting people
of all nationalities to be members Of
this "elect'' class. To these, as soon
as they are consecrated to God, on a
basis of faith IN Jesus atoning work,
the Holy Spirit is given. They become
members Of the School Of Christ-"dis-
ciples." Incidentally they become CO.
laborers with God in searching out
others who have the hearing ear and
responsiveness of heart.
LIVERY Knee Shall Bow"
Under this arrangement the Lord has
gradually been completing the foreor-
dained number Of His spirit-begotten
children of the New Creation. OF these
He declares, '"Fhey shall be Mine, saith
the Lord, in that day when ! make up
My Jewels" (Malachi iii, I'D But when
these jewels shall have been made up
or completed-when the First Resur-
rection shall have ushered them Into
their promised estate Of glory, honor
and Immortality, then will come the
next feature of the work-the use OF
this class. 1.-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 (Romans xi,
26-34. They will in turn be used in
extending the blessing far and wide.
AS a result 1.-The knowledge Of the glo-
~ of God shall I'll 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 accept
Divine favor and seek to walk in the
ways of righteousness will be helped
and uplifted out of their weaknesses,
physical, mental, moral, to all that was
lost in Eden and redeemed at Calvary.
Finally, all the unwilling and DISC
bedient will be destroyed in the Second
Death-without hope Of recovery. AS
st. Peter declared, they shall perish
like the brute beast, hopelessly. On
the other hand, the willing and obedi-
emit shall be blessed and shall eat the
good Of the land" 'They shall build
houses and inhabit them. They shall
plant vineyards and eat the fruit OF
them" "and long enjoy the work OF
their hands" Eventually, every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess.
to the glory OF God-in loyalty. isaiah
lxv, 81, 22) The earth shall become
the everlasting habitation of sanity
men redeemed by the precious blood OF
Christ and restored to human perfec-
ton during the period Of His Reign.
AS, therefore, l looked at the COM
posite population Of Singapore, I said
to myself, Quite probably. from all
these peoples, God has selected a few
through the Message Of the Gospel-a
few saints to be joint-heirs with His
Son In the Kingdom. But at all events,
even If none Of the elect class were
taken from amongst the heather peo-
pies, surely the riches OF Gods grace
is about to be abundantly manifested
to all the families Of the earth through
"the eIect"-through their administers
ton of the Kingdom.
The Gospel of the Kingdom.
All! how much meaning there Is In
this expression, THE Gospel or the
Kingdom good news that God
will have a Kingdom under the whole
heavens! 1t will not be a Kingdom
merely in name, but In power, in inhu'
ence. "He shall reign from sea to sea
and from the river to the ends Of the
earth" psalm lxxii, g. He must
reign until He shall have put down all
characterization. 1.-THE last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death" q CORN
thians XIV, %, 28) And as for the
elect, the Church, the Bride class, to
her belongs the glorious promises
ITO him that overcometh will l grant
to sit with Me in my throne;" ITO. him
that oyercometh will ! grant power
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