Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-10

10 render all necessary assistance to all
who will come back Into harmony with
the Father by Him. On the other hand,
Moses, the mediator Of the old Law
Covenant, while ever willing TO help
bis people, was not able to do 10, be-
cause his mediation was based upon
only typical sacrifices Of bulls and
goats and not upon the real sacrifice
Of Christ, which alone is able to make
full satisfaction for sin.
"Ws Walk by Faith and Not by Sight"
The Apostle was here discussing tho
terms and conditions by which God is
willing to accept the Church class Of
this Gospel Age. These, in the Scrip
lures, are called the Elect or select
ones Of the race God is calling and
drawing these out Of the world for a
special purpose and under special con-
ditions, one of which is that only such
as have great faith can belong to the
select class.
There are some so born, under the
fallen conditions, that they have great
difficulty in experiencing faith, even a
little, and only after n thorough train
ing could they exercise great faith, by
experiencing that transformation Of
the mind of which st. Paul tells US.
Romans xii, ~ These are not
to be blamed for having been born
under less favorable conditions than
some others. And 80 God has made pro-
vision for all such to come tc knowl-
edge of the Truth and not merely to
faith in II, that they may be saved.
There are others more favorably
born, 80 far as their mental makeup
is concerned, who have been unfa-
yorably born as respects environment
and place Born in heathen lands,
where they heard nothing Of the Mes
sage Of Gods grace, or where they
heard 1t under such unfayorable cir
cumstances that they could not appre-
clate It, these must indeed lose the spe-
cial favors of this Age, which so only
to those who do exercise faith; but
they are not forgotten nor left out Of
the Divine plan, but Will share in the
general blessings coming to the world
through the Redeemers Kingdom.
"Work Out Your Salvation"
The favored class who hear the Mes
sage of Divine favor speaking peace
through the sacrifice of Christ assur-
Ing them Of the Heavenly Fathers
willingness to forgive their sins and
, receive them MS members of the Body
of Christ, are obliged to receive this
Message by faith. What is there to
prove that Jesus died and rose again2
This must be received by faith. What
Is there to prove that the sacrifice
which Jesus made met with Divine ap-
proval and that as n consequence all
that come unto the Father through
Him as their Advocate will be accepted2
There Is no proof except to the eye of
faith and ear OF faith. To the natural
man these things are Imagination, and
those who fully and completely trust
in them are accused Of being rather
weak minded.
This step of conservation through the
merit Of Jesus brings them into such
relationship with the Heavenly Fa
ther that He Is willing to accept them
and give them the Holy Spirit of
adoption into His Family Up to this
point they have done nothing-mere-
ly believed 80 merely accepted Gods
gifts, favors, invitation, etc, Here our
text applies, mot of works lest any
man should boast"
Every Christian takes these same
steps Of faith and conservation, or he
is not Christian There are no other
steps to take. True, indeed, as we ap'
preached God we thought to put away
some of the filth of the flesh; but such
endeavor to wash and free ourselves
from sin cannot be counted good
works. A good work is one that Is
done for God or for others. Merely
seeking to cleanse our thoughts and
words and deeds Is not good works In
the Scrlptural sense-but, anyway, none
has ever been able to purge himself,
to wash himself, to cleanse himself.
Our own righteousness is as filthy
rags, in which God could not receive
us. We can come to Him only under
the robe Of Chrlsts Righteousness, and
II is given only as reward Of faith
and a conservation Of the heart
But while there are no works up to
that point, after that point there will
be works, else we will never come of
conquerors, nor ever gain the great
prize which Jesus llkens to pearl
Of great price" We can do no works
to justify ourselves, but, after being
justified by faith, we are permitted to
do works. Yea, we are required to
work out our own salvation. Note the
difference, however II is, the old
creature the sinner, that was justified
When God accepted him living sacrl-
Ace through faith In Jesus he was be-
gotten to a now nature and became a
New Creature In Christ Jesus--a spirit
being, though without a spirit body.
This New Creature not only main.
tains the faith which brought II into
existence, but In Il the faith must
work. 1t must grow by exercise
grow In grace, knowledge and love-"
grow in all the fruits and graces Of
tho Holy Spirit. Under a figure Of be-
getting and birth the Apostle repre-
Sents the New Creature as a foetus
developing and getting ready for It's
hirth-raaurrertion Again fhia Nav