Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-28


ners." 1t shows that He kept the Law;
otherwise He would have remained
dead like the remainder Of the Jews.
More than this, the fact that He was
raised from the dead to a higher
nature, a spirit being, "partaker of the
Divine nature" proves that His sacri-
ncial death was very pleasing and ac-
ceptable In the Fathers sight; hence
His high reward. And all this proves
that the Heavenly Fathers great
promise to Abraham Is In process Of
lful6lment. Our Lords resurrection to
the plane Of glory demonstrates to us
the greatness Of this Seed of Abraham,
and His preparation for the great work
foretold-the blessing Of all the fami-
lies of the earth.
From this viewpoint we see the Inn
portance Of His death and Of His
resurrection, correlated. The death
was necessary as mans Redemption
price. His exaltatlon to power and
great glory was necessary for mans
deliverance from sin and death. Here
we have, then, the Gospel which st.
Paul received and which he, in turn,
dispensed-the true Gospel Of which
he was not ashamed AS he wrote
to the brethren at Rome, "I am not
ashamed of the Gospel Of Christ, for
It is the power Of God unto salvation
to every one that belleveth-to the
Jew first and also to the Greek"
Gospel In a Nut Shell.
AS a great oak may be said to be in
an acorn, so the great Gospel Message
may be said to be in out text, as st.
Paul declares. Every time we look
at II, It seems a little larger and
little more beautiful than before. We
can almost see 1t grow-not that the
Gospel is growing, for 1t Is the same
that God purposed In Himself before
the foundation of the world. 1t is
our appreciation Of the Gospel that
grows, in proportion as we grow in
grace and in the knowledge Of the
Divine Plan and In the Spirit Of our
Lord; for without His Spirit, the Holy
Spirit, to enlighten our understanding
and to enable us to appreciate the tes-
timonles Of the Word, we would not
be able to comprehend "the deep things
Of God"
How plainly the Apostle states this,
saying, "The natural man receiveth
not the things of the Splrlt Of God,
neither can he know them, be-
cause they are spiritually dlscerned;
but God hath revealed them
unto us by His Spirit, for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God."-I Cor. II, Ia, TO-
Pastor Russells reputation for faith
fulness to the Divine Word, his cour-
age to speak the Truth in Love,
and his power to hold vast audiences
in rapt attention for hours has spread
everywhere. Newspapers to the num-
Der Of 1,500-in the States, in Great
Britain and in the Domlnion-which
are publishing his sermons and also his
comments on the International Sun
day School Lessons are Jealous in their
support Of his excellent services and
are praying still more power to his
voice and pen.
We have merely seen the root Of the
Gospel, continued Pastor Russell, as 1t
centers in the promise made to Abra-
ham and in the redemptlve work ac-
complished by our Savior In Romans
ii, 1924 st. Paul uses the illustration
Of an olive tree and declares the
branches OF the tree to be the mem
bers of the Body Of Christ which Is
the Church From these branches VIII
come abundant frultage by and by,
OF "olve oil" for the light Of the World,
St.sPaul points out that the natural
Israelltes were the natural branches
and that the Jews therefore had the
first right privilege and opportunity of
becoming the members Of the Body OF
Christ the Church As a matter Of
fact all privilege and opportunity was
excluded from the Gentiles until Is
raers time Of favor was complete
three and a half years after the cross
During those years the Lords provi'
dence so blessed the Jews that they
were an brought in contact with the
Truth under most favorable conditions.
We remember that thousands were
converted and blessed at Pentecost and
other thousands little later on. We
may be sure that every worthy branch
In that tree was accepted Of the Lord
every "Israellte indeed in whom was
no guile" st. Paul tells us that then
the unbelleving Jews, the natural
branches were all broken of, separat-
ed from the Divine favor in which they
had previously been. Then began the
work Of calling preparing and en-
grating Gentles, whom the Apostle
represents as Of Wild olive tree
This work OF engrafting the Gentiles
into the Jewish stock and making them
felow.helrs with the Jews Of the orig
inal Divine promise made to Abraham
has progressed for now early nineteen
centuries This is the same Gospel,
because 1t all springs from the same
gracious promise. II was good
tldngs" when as message Il was
given to Abraham. Its value was In
tenslhed when God made oath to Its
certainty Of fulflment The fulnment
began In Jesus. continued through the
Jewish disciples. and now has accumu'
lated considerable number OF the
Gentiles- probably the foreordained
number is completed. When the Elect
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