The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-07

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to render all necessary assistance to al
who will come back into harmony will
the Father by Him. On the other hand
Moses, the mediator of the old Law
Covenant, while ever willing to hell
hts people, was not able to do 30. be
cause bis mediation was based upol
only typical sacrifices OF bulls an,
goats and not upon the real sacrifice
Of Christ, which alone ia able to max,
full satisfaction for sin.
I'VE Walk by Faith and Not by eight.
The Apostle was here discussing tn,
terms and conditions by which God Il
willing to accept the Church class Of
this Gospel Age. These, In the Scrip
lures, are called the Elect or select
ones Of the race God is calling ant
drawing these out Of the world for 8
special purpose and under special con
ditions, one Of which is that only such
as have great faith can belong to tbs
select class.
There are some so born, under the
fallen conditions, that they have grea,
difficulty in experiencing faith, even 6
little, and only after a thorough train
ing could they exercise great faith. By
experiencing that transformation OF
the mind Of which st. Paul tells US
(Romans xii. ~ These are mo-
to be blamed for having been borr
under less favorable conditions thar
some others. And so God has made pro
vision for all such to come to a knowl
edge Of the Truth and not merely to 6
faith in it, that they may be saved.
There are others more favorably
born, so far as their mental makeup
is concerned, who have been unfa
vorably born as respects environment
and place. Born in heather lands
where they heard nothing of the Mes
sage of Gods grace, or where they
heard 1t under such unfavOrable cir
cumstances that they could not appre
ciate 1t, these must indeed lose the spe.
cial favors Of this Age, which 60 only
to those who do exercise faith; but
they are not forgotten nor left out OF
the Divine Plan, but will share In the
general blessings coming to the world
through the Redeemers Kingdom.
"Nork Out Your Salvation"
The favored class who hear the Mes
sage Of Divine favor, speaking peace
through the sacrifice Of Christ, assur
ing them Of the Heavenly Fathers
willingness to forgive their sins and
receive them as members Of the Body
of Christ. are obliged to receive this
Message by faith. What is there to
prove that Jesus died and rose again
This must be received by faith. What
is there to prove that the sacrifice
which Jesus made met with Divine ap-
prevail and that as a consequence all
that come unto the Father through
Him as their Advocate will be accepted
There is no proof except to the eye OF
faith and ear OF faith. To the natural
man these things are Imagination, and
those who fully and completely trust
In them are accused Of being rather
weak minded.
This step Of conservation through the
merit of Jesus brings them into such
relationship with the Heavenly Fa
ther that Heis willing to accept them
and give them the Holy Spirit of
adoption into His Family Up to this
point they have done nothing-mere-
ly believed - merely accepted Gods
gifts, favors. invitation. etc. Here our
text applies. mot Of works lest any
man should boast"
Every Christian takes these same
steps of faith and conservation, or he
is not Christian. There are no other
steps to take. True, indeed. as we APP
preached God we thought to put away
some Of the filth of the flesh: but such
endeavor to wash and free ourselves
from sin cannot be counted good
works. A good work Is one that Is
done for God or for others. Merely
seeking to cleanse our thoughts and
words and deeds Is not good works in
the Scriptural sense-but. anyway, none
has ever been able to purge himself,
to wash himself. to cleanse himself.
Our own Righteousness is as filthy
rags. in which God could not receive
US. We can come to Him only under
the robe of Christ's righteousness, and
1t Is given only as reward Of faith
and a conservation Of the heart
But while there are no works up to
that point. after that point there will
be works. else we will never come off
conquerors. nor ever gain the great
prize which Jesus likens to a pearl
of great price" We can do no works
to Justify ourselves. but, after being
justified by faith. we are permitted to
do works. Yea. we are required to
work out our own salvation. Note the
difference. however. 1t is the old
crea ture. the sinner, that was justified.
When God accepted him living sacri-
fee through faith in Jesus he was be-
gotten to new nature and became a
New Creature In Christ Jesus-a spirit
being, though without a spirit body.
This New Creature not only main
tains the faith which brought it into
work. 1t must grow by vSercise-
grow In grace. knowledge and love-
grow In all the fruits and graces OF
the Holy Spirit. Under a figure of be.
getting and birth the Apostle repre-
sents the New Creature as foetus