Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

entered His loyalty 10 the Fafbor
would mean His falthfulness "nrto
DEATH even the death Of the cross
wherefore also, God hath highly ex.
alted Him, and given Him n nomo
ABOVE every name" philippians Il 3
" Thus the Reedeemer has attained
this glorious exaltation to the Fother,s
right hand-to the Divine nature cIorr
honor and immortality-as the result
OF His faithfulness.
An Opposite Course From satar,s,
The Apostle, evidently. purposes 70
draw our attention to the difference be.
tween the course of Satan and that Of
the Logos In respect to LOYALTY ond
obedience to Jehovah, Satan proudly
assumed that II he had separate En-.
pire he could manage 1t better than
was the Divine arrangement Lucifer
the morning star, said in his heart, 81
Will ascend above the stars Tthe other
angelsl; | will be as the Most High IN
dictator, a rulerl," Pursuing this am.
bilious course, Satan beheld In our first
parents new order Of beings. with
provocative powers designed to bring
into existence race that would Gil
the earth. Lucifer assayed to be ruler
over this human creation. He became
rebel against the Divine arrangement
In so doing; he captured the first pair
by his Misrepresentation, and not only
did he thus become the prince of this
world Ghe present order of things),
but additionally, as Jesus explained, he
became the murderer Of the race"
Oohn viii, AZ He has, indeed, had a
reign of thousands Of years, but with
what horrible results! The whole ere
alton Is "groanlng and Travelling in
Ipain," under the death sentence.
"Meditated Not a UsurpationH
st. Paul intimates that although the
Logos was still higher in glory and hon
or than Luclfer, In that He was "the
Only Begotten" the chief representa-
tive Of Jehovah, nevertheless He was
humble, The LOgos "medltated not a
usurpation to be like Cod" philip
pians ii, G, Emphatic Diaglott) On
the contrary he was very willing to &C.
cept the Divine proposal that lie should
take the lower nature Of man for a
time, in order to carry out the Fathers
Plan, How detestable the pride of
Lucifer, afterwards called Sutan On
the contrary, how beautiful is the hu.
mility exhibited by the Redeemer! He
was loyal to the core, He would be
merely the Fathers Word, LOgOs
mouthpiece, His JOY should be, not in
seeking self-adyancement, but in glOrl'
flying the Father; and the Apostle
points out that He faithfully and loyal
ly carried it out to the conclusion of
His course-ln all things desiring the
, will Of the Father who sent Him.
What an exhibition this was to all
the holy angels, And did the Father
> permit Hin to really suffer loss be
, cause of His loyalty. His fNithfulneSs
: Assuredly not! He was not left IL
death. He was raised from death
: Neither was He left by the Father
. on the lower plane Of human MI
:, ture. which He took merely for the
: purpose of suffering death on mans
behalf. On the contrary, the Father
= highly exalted Him and exhibited tt
: angels and to men the character pleas
:. ing in Iehovah's sight Bringing th'
. Only Begotten One forward Jehoval
r. prophetically declares; "Let all th
n messengers Of God worship Him!
- This same privilege has come to tn
= Church In response, the invitation
" :, become ioint-sacrihcers with Chrisi
% % to walk in His steps, and to enter int
a share of His glory, has been accep
. ed by one after another Of Gods sain
" people, from PentecOst until nov
h They have confidence that HE WI
~ brought again from the dead our LoT
In Jesus. that great Shepherd or II
:. sheen" is both able and willing
- bring them also, through Him, to etc
w nal glory. As He walked the mario
~ way" they have courage to walk
~ -, His steps. As He Overcame, they ma
~ the encouragement Of His promise ID
%. "His grace will be sufficient for the'
os To this class Jesus is Gods unspea
rs able Gift. To these favored ones L
as footstep followers, the Savior Is 81
60 cially an unspeakabIe Gift OF Goa,
80 as A Gift to the world His merit
ho bevond the power Of tongue to It
ho m how much more so is He the unspe'
~ ~ ohla Gift TO the Church-to the L'e
, - = AS the "Captain of their Salvador
- 81, He is leading forth these other sons
nd God. His younger DreIllIeu' u e'0''
am Hebrews II, 10 c,e.
IN The Savior is an unspeaRao'e O'T r.
49, 49,. tbe Church as the Bridegroom !
I'D I'D thought of becoming an associate "
Iro l,o ioint.heir in all the glorious worn
I've ~. God throughout the Millennium IS
,ne Ie irsnimtion which makes the trioIS !
ne W dificulties of the way seem as noun
n OS Resides, we have the assurance ol
'eu 1,ord that in subsequent Ages tue d
ar will continue to show speclaI 'nS ~,
of grace and lovingkindness tow".u ~
in u,bo are in Christ Jesus. AS our !
uld -" Rrotber." the Savior is an unspe
our obla Gift. our interests are HlS IN N
ma. ests. our welfare, Ills welfare, ,,,,,h an
hly tbe Journey in His footsteps W. wnIIn Iin
,es- invites us to take, and WnlCn .a. nS
for ronres for us, He has passed. Nv, wv,
life Gore We merely walk IN Hls S,e.' ,
hat 'oIo, our Great High Priest over