Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-29


shall conclude-before Messiah shall
turn over the Kingdom TO Justtce-all
the willing and obedient will have
come TO full perfection and hence 10
full capacity for perfect works and
God will demand them; they will
therefore be the standard or test IN
the worlds trial Day-''They shall be
judged every man. according to his
works" In both these Judgments we
Zee Justice and Mercy harmoniously
working together In the interests OF
those on trial. the differences between
the two operations being such merely
as adapt them TO the conditions OF the
individuals on trial.
Come Now to Our Text.
A glance at our text shows that It re-
lates to the present Age and not TO the
period OF Messiah's Kingdom. The
Apostle is addressing those called to
-helrshlp in the Kingdom, Of
whom he says IN the context that
"God in mercy hath quickened us with
Christ and raised us up together TO a
heavenly station In Christ Jesus, that
in the Ages to come we might show
the exceeding riches OF His grace In
His kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus" Without question these words
apply to the Elect Church, and with
equal certainty they cannot properly
be applied TO the nOn-elect world
whose opportunity for blessing belongs
to the next Age and will come to them
from the Father, through the Son, by
the Church in glory.
Our text contains another statement
which has been the cause of much dis
pute, namely, the one which declares
that Eve are saved by grace through
faith, and that not OF ourselves, 1t Is
the gift OF God" 1t is easy to under
stand the fOrepart of this statement,
that we are saved by grace, and easy
also to understand the last part, name
ly. that we are not saved by works and
that, therefore. none of us has any
ground for hoasting in our salvation
"By nature we were children OF wrath.
even as others" We were under the
sentence of death and could not recov
err ourselves from that condition What
ever. therefore, should be done for us
to help us out Of our condemnation and
fallen condition would necessarily be Of
grace, ana also Of God. Now we come
to the more difficult part Of our text
"That Not Of Yourselves
How shall we understand the sug
gestlou that the faith is not Of our
selves but Is the gift Of God? Surely
God does not exercise faith for US, and
surely also He does not develop the
faith In us by some miraculous power,
for in either Of these cases the saints
would be merely machines reacting as
acted upon. This would neither de-
veop nor prove character, nor In any
wise ft and prepare us for the glorious
work to which we have been called
How is it Gods gift?
There is one view Of this statement
which we believe clears It Of all mys-
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