The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-09

/ Son-that He was not only equal to the
| Father in power and glory. but was the
same in person, etc. etc.
Hearksn to the Words Of Jesus.
| A little Scripture is worth far more than
| great deal Of reasoning, much more
| than all the statements In all the creeds
| because the Word OF God Is Truth, and
the testimony Of our creeds has long ago
| been proven untrue in many particulars
| We win take the words Of Jesus first, of
/ whom the Father said This Is My be-
loved Son, in whom l am well pleased;
AGAR ve HimP'-Matthewi iii, II; Luke TX, s.
Jesus declared, my Father is greater
/ than John xiv e.
my Father is greater than alI"-John
| K. g.
''Of Mine Own Self 1 can do nothing
| John v, 30
''As the Father hath sent Me. SO send
| you-'-John Xxx, q.
| II came not to do Mine Own will, but
the will Of Him that sent Me."-John
| vi. 3S
| There Is a unity here manifestation abb.
solute unity OF mind and purpose, because
the Redeemer sought not to do His own
/ will, but the Fathers win. Hence they.
were one, even as we will be one with
each other II we as disciples are in har-
mony with the Fathers will and Word
and In harmony with our Redeemer's
counsels.
Hear Jesus again: After His death, after
His resurrection when speaking to Mary,
| He said. II have not yet assembled to My
| Father - l ascend to My Father and
TO your Father; to My God and to your
| God" (John XXX, III Say We OF Him whom
the Father hath sanctified and sent into
| the world, Thou blasphemest, because
sale. / am the Son Of God?"-John K, IS.
Perhaps the strongest testimony of the
| Scriptures respecting the exalted position
| held by the R9deemer is the word of
| our Lord Jesus Himself, THAT all men
should honor the Son. even as they honor
the Father" John v. 80 This is in
harmony with the thought OF the Father
and the Son being of one mind one viii.
one purpose; but 1t distinctly shows that
they are separate persons. otherwise we
could not reverence the one as we rever-
| ence the other
Our text is to the point. It declares the
faith once delivered to the saints and
says nothing about the trinity-three
| Gods in one person. ITO us there is one
God, the Father" The context shows
that the Apostle is contrasting our faith
with the faith Of others who recognize
| gods many and lords many. We Chris
uans. says the Apostle. recognize only
One Supreme God of all gods-"The God
and Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ" as
st. Peter styles Him. Peter 1, g.
O0A t0At SNidtC6 tAAdbN dll tiAiIlkS are OF
or proceed from the Father. He is the
Source and Fountain. the Father OF mer-
cies, from whom conleth every good and
perfect gift" His great Gift to man
kind was the Gift Of His Son. our Lord
Jesus Christ, whom He sent into the
world to be mans Redeemer
Three Gods, equal in power and glory,
could not be said to send each other:
neither would they pray to each other.
q A rNro n he -
the days OF His flesh, when He had Of
fered up prayers and supplications with
strong cryings and tears unto Him TJe-
hovahl that was able to save Him from
death. was heard in that He feared"
GHebrews v. 10 An angel was sent to
comfort Him and to assure Him OF the
Fathers love, that the Father had not
forsaken Him, that He was we'll pleasing
In His sight and that He should have
glorious resurrection by the Fathers
power in due time.
Our text proceeds to acknowledge our
Lord Jesus. saying to US, There Is one
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ'-only one,
The Son Of the Highest" our gracious
Redeemer, THE chiefest among ten thou
sand. and the one altogether lovely'-.Ie
who is to be the Bridegroom, the King of
the future; He who Is shortly to receive
the Church to Himself as a Bride and
Joint-heir in His Kingdom; He who, az
King Of the world and as Lord OF the
world, will reign for a thousand years,
and. backed by Divine power. will bring
all into subsection to the Divine will.
It Is He who viii thus deliver up the
Kingdom to God, even the Father, that
Jehovah may be All and in all, and that
the glorified Christ may be at the right
hand Of the Majesty on high-next to
the Father-and we as His giorihed Bride
next to Hsm. at HIS right hand
The Loaos-"First and Last"
The Scriptures very explicitly declare to
us that the Heavenly Father is from ever
lasting to everlasting-God. But not so
His creatures. From time to time He has
exercised His Omnipotent Power and
Wisdom in a variety Of creations. Neces-
sarily, however. these had beginning
one was first. and the Bible most clearly
and repeatedly and distinctly tells us that
that first one. The Beginning Of the Gre
alton OF God. - was the LoO0s.
And the Bible explains that Jehovah's |
First-Born Son was highly honored in |
that the Father used Him as the Channel |
and Agency through whom all subsequent |
creations were effected. He 1t was who |
was given the honorable commission and |
privilege of being mans Redeemer, and |
Of thereby proving His loyalty to Jehovah, |
and OF being exalted to the divine nature, |
far above angels. principalities and pow
ers." From the very beginning He was /
above all other creations effected through |
Him; but by this last exaltation He at
tAined. in His resurrection from the dead. |
q place far and away above all others
next to the Father-at Gods right hand,
where He shall ever remain without a
peer.
And wonderful thought! The Call Of
this Gospel Age is to become heirs of
God, and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ
7oda kxra mi atok{ r1fE &C.
spirit OF obedience to the Father, and
drinking the cup which the Father bath
poured. and thus attesting our loyalty to
Jehovah and to His perfect will in all
things. even unto death.
1.-THE Loeos Was God"
In the opening of st. Johns Gospel we
have a record Of the greatness Of the
LogOs. And it is much more clear and dis
tinet in the Greek than in our English.
The word Io0os / remind you. signifies
the "E0rd," the 'message." and hence Is a
proper term for a special sssaseseeS. In
eden times kings addressed their people,
not directly. but through such messen-
scr. or l00os, who stood before the king.
the latter being screened behind q lattice
work As the lOOos or messenger received
the message from the king, he uttered or
proclaimed it to the people; hence he was
styled the Io0os. the Word.
This is one of the grandest titles given
70 our Redeemer. He was the Fathers
JocOs, or Messenger, or Mouthpiece. He
was the Channel of the Highest in all
His dealings with the angels, and in His
creative work; and later He became to
men the Voice OF Him who speakethI
from on high, for God hath spoken to
mankind peace, through the blood OF the
cross of Christ
Let US read together the inspired rec
ord Of St. John q, 1-s IA, 10. ~: I'm the
beginning was the L0Dos and the Log0s was
with ne God. and the LoOos was god.
The same WAS in the beginning with the
God. BY Him were all things made
that were made. and without Him was
not one thing made - And the LoOos
was made flesh and dweIt amongst US,
and We beheld His glory. as the glory Of
the Only Begotten OF the Father, full of
grace and truth" HE was in the world,
and the world was made by Him. and
the world knew Him not. He came to
His own Tpeople-the Jewsl and His own
received Him not; but to as many as re-
ceived Him. to them gave He liberty
lpFivilegel to become sons Of God" Epar
takers Of the divine nature-II Peter T.
a, even to those who believe on His
Name. who were begotten, not of blood,
nor Of the will OF the flesh, nor Of the
win Of man. but OF God-at Pentecost and
How beautiful, simple and straightfor-
ward and non-mysterious Is the Divine
record respecting the Father. the Son and
the Holy Spirit, and their absolute one
ness or harmony How different from the
which for so long we endeavoredi
to believe, because we thought IT support-
cd by the Bible! Good Brother Wesley
was one Of those honest souls who was
seriously troubled on the subject. He re-
that only the one text John s:
!. could be used as foundation for this
doctrine. He knew not that the difficulty
Ay In an interpolation--an addition to the
Apostles words. 1t Is only in compare