Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-24

I Ter eternal torture, we are Sldu thdC
the Bible says nothing of this kind.
Gods Word holds out a specially glo-
rious reward for those who now re-
nounce the world and become true,
! faithful. footstep followers Of Jesus.
But nowhere do the Scriptures de-
. clare the unreasonable proposition
that any declining this offer of joint
heirship with Jesus in His Kingdom
and its terms in the narrow way must
on account of this rejection suffer
eternal torture How unjust would
such proposition be-how ungodlike!
How did we ever so seriously blunder?
Tho Transforming Work.
/ Note the class the Apostle mentions
as undergoing the transforming influ-
cnccs, preparing them for share IN
! the Kingdom glories. he declares in
The context that those to whom he
wrote were once alieDated from God,
enemies in mind by wicked works, yet
! now reconcied. All. as every Chris.
ian knows. there is a wonderful,
OF the love and grace Of God. And
it is this that st. Paul here declares.
Jesus first of all through His death
rs q satisfaction of Justice made pos
.:ibe the acceptance Of the alienated,
condemned ones Next the Message OF
Divine Grace. the call TO be sons Of
God. reached the hearts Of many and
captured them The Message not only
works in their hearts to ioil. but works
powerfully also in their bodies TO DO.
10 the extent of ability. the will OF
God. And it is these that the Apostle
declares the Retieemer will present be-
fore the Father holy. unblameable.
The transforming work now pro-
crosses in their minds, in their hearts,
ana all the faithful will share In tn"
First or Chief ReSurrection-'chan
in a moment. in the twinkling OF an
eye" 10 perfection on the spirit plane.
We shall be like Him. for we shall
see Him rs He is But the Apostle
reminds us in the succeeding verse
that MI this glorious outcome Is de-
pcndent-it Ill hangs upon the word i
if we continue in the faith: If we
ire grounded and settled. and if we
he not moved away from the hope
which we have received.
The Apostle reminds lis that this is
not special. private Message. but the
very Identical one Message. the one
Gospel. the one faith once delivered
To the santS"-and proclaimed fol-
every creature which is under heaven.
BY this he did not mean TO say that the
Gospel had been preached in heather
lands Indeed. although more tina,
eighteen centuries have passed. the
Gospel is not yet preached 10 every
creature under heaven. What ST Paui
LID mean is that the Gospel. which
originally w;iS confined TO the Jew. was
from The days of Cornelius. the first
Gentle convert. open 10 all people OF
every nationality under heaven--to all
who had the hearing ear and apprecl'
ative heart. But alas. how compnrn'
lively few are in such attitude Of mind
as TO bc apprcciative Of Gods grace
Only the few. n little flock have
been found. rs God forekuew and az
Jesus furctold.
The Future Program Different
But Cod is interested in our entire
race. He did not provide the redemp
ton merely for the sanity ones whom
He specially loves and is now drawing.
On the contrary. Jesus Christ, by the
grace of God. tasted death for every
man (EIebrewS ii. 81 Hence it does
not surprise us that Gods Plan, which
begins with the calling of the sanity
few. by no means ends with them. In
dpei their calling and election is with
Il view 10 the blessing eventually OF
the non-elect. the unwilling, who now
have ears but hear not, and eyes but
see not.
These. the Bible tells us. are soon 20
he dealt with i'm 4 different manner.
Force is to be used. The power OF
the Mc>Sianic Kingdom will bind Satan
for Il thousand years and wilt restrain
evil. Divine Power will also let loose
MI the glorious agencies of Truth,
righteousness. light. until the whole
earth shall be filed with the kuowl-
edge OF the glory Of God as the wa.
ters cover the great deep: and until
none shall need to say to his neigh
Dor. Know thou the Lord. because all
shall know Him. from the least OF
ihem 70 the greatest" In that day
the righteous shall flourish" instead
~ the wicked In that day evil doors
will suffer Stripes-and. il they dc. NOT
repent. they will be cut off in the Sec
and Death: whereas ali the righteou:
shall increase their iovs and hs receiT'