The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-11-29

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| - Scriptures on all
| subjects, we must handle the Word Of
| God honestly. We must recognize that
our Lord Jesus is one person and the
| Father another person. The oneness
! between the Father and the Son is that
declared by our Master Himself. say
! ing that He and the Father are one
| i'm the same sense that He desires all
| of His disciples to be One-in mind, in
purpose, in WILL in effort. John xvii,
q, 23) Our Lord Jesus is Gods un-
speakabe Gift.
The Scriptures declare that the Re
/ deemer took the nature OF men in or
der redeem sinners; but that in Him
there was no sin. Only Sln!eSs one
could give to God q Ransom for Adam,
and thus redeem from destruction. not
only Adam, but all his posterity. in
volved in sin and death through him.
! The speaker then showed that Goo
set before our Lord Il great joy, the
| influence of which led Jesus to endure
J cheerfully the bitter experiences of His
earthly life This JOY is intimated to
! have been: a. His pleasure in doing
! the Fathers will; ~ His privilege OF
'bringing many sons TO glory
/ Church: 81 His pleasure and joy in be-
ing by and by the worlds Restorer. de-
/ livering them from the power OF Satan,
sin and death. "Wherefore," st. raul
says. God hath highly exalted Him."
far above angels, princlpalities ana
powers, and every name that is named"
An Opposite Course From Satan's.
Pastor Russell then contrasted the
course pursued by Satan with that fol-
lowed by our Lord. Meditating am.
bilious designs, Satan found an oppor-
tunity in Eden He beheld in our first
parents a new order of beings. design
ed to bring into existence Il race that
! would fill the earth. Satan essayed to
be ruler or prince over this human Gre
alton; and by so doing, he not only be-
came a rebel against God, but brought
sin and death into the world.
Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course, and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. st. Paul intimates that
although the Logos was much higher
than was Lucifer, yet He was humble,
and 'smeditated not a usurpatiOn," as
the Greek text declares. Phil. Ii,
g. He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro-
posal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for a time. in order to
carry out the Fathers Plan.
! To the Church, Jesus is Gods un-
speakable Gift. He is indeed a Gift
to the whole world, unspeakable in
value, but He is more to the Church
than to the world. To His footstep
followers. He is the Captain of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom. their
ELDER Brother their great High
Priest Through Him they are priv
ileged to be the Royal Priesthood.
Through the merit of the sacrifice OF
Christ. they are privileged to present
their bodies living sacrifices. holy. ac-
ceptable unto Cod"
The Pastor then said that Justice Is
the foundation Of Gods Throne. In
the past. endeavOrS to harmonic JUS
tice with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved US in
! difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent creeds that God had know
ingly brought mankind into existence
under such conditions that the great
majority would spend eternity in tor
ture We perceived no Justice in any
such arrangement. But while desist-
ing from criticising the Creator, we
could not indorse such a course. nor
see it to be in harmony with the Di-
!, vine regulations governing ourselves.
If we are to love our enemies. should
more be expected of fallen human be-
ings than of our perfect Creator?
The Scriptures declare only the con-
secrated Church see the Lengths,
breadths. heights and depths of the
Love of God" which passeth under
standing. This class alone is in any
sense prepared to give thanks to God
now for His unspeakable Gift. Their
thanks go up. not only in words, but
also in actions. which speak louder
than words" These thanks ascend as
sweet incense to God.
By and by. "All the blind eyes will
be opened and all the deaf ears will be
unstopped." Then the whole world of
mankind. including those awakened
from the sleep OF death during Mes
siah's reign. will be in condition to rec
ogniZe Gods unspeakable Gift and rem
der thanks. When wilful evil doors
shall have been destroyed. then every
creature in Heaven. on earth and in
the sea shall be heard saying. Praise,
glory. honor. dominion and might be
unto Him that sitteth on the Throne.
and TO the Lamb. forever" through the
unspeakable Gift