Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-26
Many stripos and Few Stripes.

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Many Stripes and Few Stripes
The Bible Clearly indicHes that tho
| Adamic condemnation against our race
will DE fully Offset by the merit u
+ ChrlstR sarrlhce Hut on tho Other
hand. II tells us that every transgres.
sion which Is not purely " Inherited
weakness rs charged to the account VI
/ the trunagressGr and must be met by
/ him jesus emphasizes thls lesson,
saying He that knew his Masters
viii and dld IL not. shall be beaten
with many stripes. but M that knew
Il not and yet I'D things worthy ot
stripes shall be- beaten with few
stripes Some of these stripes Or
puuislmeuts may Indeed come ~ the
tausgreasor IN tic present NE, aud
Il 80. be does well 10 pront by them.
But whether IN the present life or In
the future Me- every wilfu transgres.
slJu viii receive "A Just recompense ot
reward The difficulty with our theo-
ries Of the Dark Ages on this subject
has not been that they taught pun.
ishment for sin; but that they taught
an unjust pcu1lly dlshOnoring 10 the
Creator aud stuufyng to tile believer.
The Records OF Wiful Sin.
Itisa mistake to say that increasing
sins would increase the pnngs Of cun'
science aud that thus each would ba
punished We know 10 the contrary
that many, Gs they become STEPPED In
sin, lose all sensibllity 81 Paul cor
robOrntes this thought, saying OF some
that their cOnsciences become scared
--calloused
God provided that each individual
shall keep record IN himself OF his
own moral obllquitles Each violation
Of conscience weakens the character.
Character weakened. degraded, can be
reconstructed only with proportionHle-
" great difficulty Thus some. during
the period Of Messlah's Kingdom, will
be struggling against weoknesSes
which they brought upon themselves,
aside from those OF Adauic heredity.
The assistance from the Royal Priest
hood viii be prOpOrtonate to tue
Adamlc weakness, contrary to the hu-
man Will. Outside temptations VIII
be gone Full knowledge will be there;
but character will be the thing OF para'
mount importance as determining who
will attain everlasting life.
Our Redeemer gave suggestion
along this line when He said to the
Pharlsees, "IIow can We escape the
condemnation Of Gehenna" (Matthew
xiii. 49,. The Valley of Hinnom (Ge-
henua) outside Jerusalem, where the
offal was finally destroyed. symbolical-
ly represented the Second Death, as
explained In Revelation xX, IA. Jesus
did not condemn the PharlSees 10 the
Second Death. His mission to the
world was not to condemn men; for
they were condemned already-under
the Adamic condemnation. The Son
OF Man came mot to condemn the
world; but that the world through
Him might be saved" Uohn ILL., ~
At the time He spoke these words re.
specting the Pharsees, He was laying
down His life on behalf OF all the chill.
dren of Adam They could not forfeit
their share in His resurrection work
until that work had been completed
and they had enjoyed their share Of
the RedeemeTs favor.
The import Of the Redeemer's words.
therefore, was that He perceived In
them so much Of dishonesty and hard
ness Of heart that He prophesled that
they would have n hard time to reform
character, even under the favorable
conditions Of the Millennium. They
ings witnessed Hts miracles. and must
have been reasonably convinced that
1t was holy power which operated in
Him. When therefore, In bitterness Of
spirit they declared that His miracles
and teachings were inspirations OF Sa-
tan, they were well-nigh without excuse.
1t could hardly be supposed that such
perverslty of spirit was the result
either Of ignorance or of Adamlc weak
ness. Evidently there was great will
ihlhtoN uSNONluAtu WIN IL t1tHNt lud
Master declared that persons who
could thus attribute to Satan things
which they recognized as good pure
and holy, must have greatly perverted
their consclences They will be obig-
cd to suffer stripes accordingly. and
will have proportionately great difficult
ty in bringing themselves into harmo-
ny with the requirements Of the Mes.
sianic Kingdom.
"Preach the Word.r
All Of Gods people are preachers.
The begettlng Influence OF the Holy
Spirit Is the only ordination necessary,
and without It no one has Divine au.
thority to preach. Preaching. In it's
broad sense, means 10 declare, TO mako
knoCn Gods Book makes no division
of His people into clergy and lalty.
He that hath My Word. let him speak
My Word faithfully" saith the Lord.
Let us declare Gods Message IN its
purity and simplicity. whoever hears