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l sSss S@ s that in order 20
| ((RAsI0RZ RUssELDl appre ciate. tile
s--------------------- Scriptures on al
/ 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 He and the Father are one
| in~tne same sense that He desires I'll
of His disciples to be one-in mind, i'll
purpose, in will, in effort. John xvii,
81, 23.) Our Lord Jesus is Gods UNI
| speakable Gift.
The Scriptures declare that the Re
deemer took the nature of men in or
| der to redeem sinners; but that in Tim
there was no sin. Only a sinless one
could give to God Ransom for ADAM
and thus redeem from destruction not
only Adam, but all his posterity. in
volved in sin and death through him.
The speaker then showed that God
set before our Lord great JOY. the
influence of which led Jesus to endure
cheerfulIy the bitter experiences of His
earthly life. This joy is intimated to
have been: ~ His pleasure in doing
the Fathers will; (2) His privilege of
bringing many fsons to glory"-the
| Church; 81 His pleasure and JOY in be
ing by and by the worlds Restorer de-
livering them from the power of Satan,
sin and death. Wherefore" st. Paul
says, God hath highly exalted Him.
far above angels. municipalities and
/ powers, and every name that is named"
An Opposite Course From Satan's.
| Pastor Russell then contrasted the
course pursued by Satan With that fol-
bilious designs, Satan found an oppor-
tunity in Eden. He beheld in our first
parents Il new order of beings, design
| ed to bring into existence race that
would fill the earth. Satan essayed to
be ruler or prince over this human ere
alton; and by so doing, he not only be-
came a rebel against God, but brought
sin and death into the world.
| Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course, and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. st. Paul intimates that
although the Logos was much higher
than was Lucifer, yet He was humble,
and "meditated not usurpation,' as
the Greek text declares. Phil ii,
g. He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro
posal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for time, in order to
carry out the Fathers Plan.
To the Church. Jesus is Gods I'M
speakable Gift. He is indeed a Gift
to the whole world, unspeakable in
I value, but He is more to the Church
than to the world. To His footstep
followers, He is the Captain of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom, their
Glider Brother" their great High
Priest Through Him they are priv
4 ileged to be the Royal Priesthood.
Through the merit of the sacrifice of
/ Christ, they are privileged to present
their bodies living sacrifices, holy, ac-
ieeptable unto God"
/ The Pastor then said that Justice is
the foundation of Gods Throne. In
the past, endeavors to harmonic JUS
tice with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved us in
difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent creeds that God had know
tngly 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
4 could not indorse such course, nor
see it to be in harmony with the Di-
vine regulations governing ourselves.
4 IL we are to love our enemies. should
more be expected of fallen human be-
] hgs 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
sense prepared to give thanks to God
now for His unspeakabie Gift, Their
thanks go 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, All the blind ewes win
be opened and all the deaf ears will be
unstopped. 4 Then the whole world Of.
mankind, including those awakened
from the sleepNof death during Mes
siahs reign. will be in condition to rec
i ognize God IS unspeakab bic Gift and rem.
der thanks When wilful evil doors
shall have been destroyed. then every
creature in Heaven, on earth and Ia
the sea shall be heard saying. Praise,
Igiory, honor, dominion and might be-
INTO Him that sttteth on the Throne
and to the Lamb. forever" through the.
iunspeakahle GIT