The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

who will come back into harmony with
the Father by Him. On the other hand,
Moses, the mediator Of the old Law
Covenant, while ever willing to help
his people. was not able to do 80, be-
cause his mediation was based upon
only typical sacrifices of bulls and
goats ana not upon the real sacrifice
OF Christ, which alone Is able to mako
full satisfaction for sin.
Two Walk by Faith and Not by sioht.n
The Apostle was here discussing the
terms and conditions by which God is
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 and
drawing these out Of tho world for a
special purpose and under special con-
ditions, one of which is that only such
as have great faith can belong to the
select class.
There are some so born, under the
fallen conditions, that they have great,
difficulty In experiencing faith, even a
little, and only after thorough train
Ing could they exercise great faith, by
experiencing that Transformation. of
the mind of which st. Paul tells us.
; (Romans< XII, 2) These are not
to be blamed for having been born
, under less favorable conditions than
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 a
faith In 1t, 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 it under such unfavorable cir
cumstances that they could not appre-
,, ciate It, these must indeed lose the spe-
to those who do exercise faith; but
they are not forgotten nor left out Of
tho Divine Plan, but will share in the
general blessings coming to the world
through the Redeemer's Kingdom.
"Worl Out Your Salvation"
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 again2
( This must be received by faith. What
is there to prove that the sacrifice
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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 corgecration through the
relationship with the Heavenly Ia
! Their that He Is willing to accept them
and give them the Holy Spirit Of
| adoption into His Family. Up to this
point they have done nothing-mere-
~ believed - merely accepted Gods
gifts. favors, invitation, etc. Here our
| text applies. mot Of works, lest any
man should boast
livery 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 ap-
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
I 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 Christs righteousness, aud
I 1T Is given only as a reward Of faith
and q consecrat ton 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
creature, 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
New Creature I'm Christ Jesus-a spirit
being, though without spirit body.
This New Creature not only main