Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-12-20

His receiving the Holy Spirit begetting
to the Divine nature. They, like all
mankind, were children of Adam and
therefore inheritors of his death SEN
tence. The Father could not, according
to His own just laws, recognize sinners
as sons. Before they could receive the
Divine begetting of the Holy Spirit
Jhey must first be justified in the d.
vine sight.
1t was to Justify the Household Of
Faith that Jesus ascended on High.
"there to appear in the presence Of God
for u.s." He imputed to us before the
Father the merit of His own sacrifice.
and proposed to adopt us as His mem
bers. Then Divine Justice accepted the
Advocates proposal and that meant
the acceptance of our proifered sacri-
fees, as the members of Jesus.
Ten days after our Lord left His
Apostles, the Pentecostal blessing
came upon them. st. Peter explains
that 1t was the Heavenly Fathers rec
ognition of His acceptance of the fol-
lowers of Jesus who were entering into
covenant relationship through Him by
the covenant Ol Sell-SdCIluCe. bC
transaction involved all subsequent
members of the Household of Faith to
the end of this Age. AS result, the
Holy Spirit came upon the consecrated.
They were to be made children or God;
and "if children, then heirs, heirs OF
God and. iolnt-heirs with Christ, our
Lord, if so be that we suffer with Him.
that we may be also glorified together"
Romans viii, IT,
Growth In Grace.
Mistakenly, in the past, many OF us
have supposed justification to be the
goal of the Christian-merely the for
giveness of sins. Now we see that
this was great mistake. Now we
see that Justification by faith Is only
q stepping stone to sanctihcatlon-the
begettin4 Of the Holy Spirit as New
Creatures in Christ. Moreover, we
see that even our sanctifcation by the
begetting of the Holy Spirit is not
sufficient, nor our goal.
The Spirit -begotten ones must grow
in grace, in knowledge, in all the fruits
and graces OF the Holy Spirit. They
must be tested and proved as to their
loyalty and faithfulness. Fiery trials.
testings, tribulatlons, must be allowed
to come against them to prove the
depth and sincerity of their love for
God Graciously, their testings are
not along the lines of the flesh, which
is acknowledged to be imperfect, weak,
and which is acceptable as a sacrifice
only through the merit of Jesus. Their
testings and acceptance are according
to their mind, their will, as New Crea-
lures in Christ
81 Will Come Again"
The Master would be absent during
the period OF the selection of the Bride
class-in Heaven itself Yet by His
Spirit or Power, the Holy Spirit, which
is also the Spirit or Power Of the
Father, He would have full knowl-
edge of all the affairs of His people
and would providentially make "all
things wol together for good to them
that love Him" Suffer they must; en-
dure trials and testings they must. In
order TO prove their loyalty even unto
death; but His grace would he snf-
ficient for them, and His strength
would he made perfect in their weak
nesses; and He would never leave
them, In the sense Of abandoning
them. So long as they would abide
in Him by faith and by loyalty OF
heart-intention, He would overrule all
things for their good.
After the selection of the full num-
Der of the Bride class, He would come
again to receive them unto Himself.
He would come relatively in the same
sense In which He went away, in the
sense in which He has not been pres
ent throughout the Age. He would
come In the sense of taking charge of
the affairs of the world. He will take
to Himself His great Power and begin
His reign. His first kingly office will
be in respect to His Church. He wifi
call His own servants and reckon with
them first He will reward the faith
full by allowing the unfaithful to pass
into tribulation with the world.
AS Satan has for long time been
'the prince of the power of the air.
"the prince of this world" so Messiah.
after binding Satan for thousand
years, will assume His rightfpl title
as the King of this world, the King of
Glory. His Power will also be the
Power Of the Air." or a spirit power;
but, unlike that of Satan, it will be .
Holy Spirit power. His saints will be
called away with Him, to share His
Throne and Empire. "the Power of
the Air" His Spiritual Kingdom.
Thus the Bride of Christ will be
completed, when the foreordained
number of the Elect shall have been
found and proved worthy by trials
and testings, and shall have gone be-
yond the veil. Then the glorious King
dom of Messiah will begin its work