The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-27

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ment, but 80 thorough a. work that |
when It Is finished we will(be faultless |
and unreprovable. not oniytin the sight
ofIaur Redeemer, but alsotin the sight
OF our Heavenly Father. 9Ah, no won
der If we are astonished4at the won
derful power and grace oftGod which |
this declaration reveals! =. -"
Ne Arc Gods Workmanship.
The same inspired pen explains else
where to us: Eye are Gods hushan-
dry" ye are Gods woriklnanship. Il
Corinthians iii, o. Let Us not lose
sight. Of the thought, that 1T, is God
that worketh In us, both to hl and
to do Of His good pleasure" Philip
plans ii, 49, While the Lord Jesus
Christ. as our Flder Brother and the
Captain Of our SALVATION and the active
Agent In our redemption through His
death, Is associated with the Father In
all OF this work Of our perfecting, new
ertheless we are not to lose sight Of
the fact that,all things fare of the Ia
Their, as all things are 0Dc the Son. The
two are In perfect accord, but the
Scriptures assure us that the Plan it
self was theFather's and that he gra-
ciously invited the Son to the .partici.
patton which He enjoys.
When we think of the Divine crea-
tive Power our minds 60 out to the
wheeling orbs which encircle our earth,
to the millions of, suns and hundreds
Of millions Of planets which f1ll the
space about us and which we call the
Universe: "Day unto day uttereth
speech, and night unto night showeth
knowledge; there is no speech nor Ian
guage where their'voice is not heard"-
declaring the ommpotence and omnis-
cience Of our great God, their Creator.
We say that these are works worthy
Of a Creator, and we are surprised that
the Great Eternal shopld in any sense
of the word interest Himself and His
great Power in a Transforming work
In connection with our hearts and lives.
Nevertheless, the more we consider it
the more we are convinced that tho
creation Of angels was a greater dis
play Of Divine Power than tho crea-
ton Of the worlds. Likewise the crea-
ton Of man In the image of God was
a far greater creation than that Of the
material Universe, because man was
created In the image and likeness of
His Creator-Adam was a miniature
copy Of God in the flesh.
The Divine intention respecting
Adam and his race in general, the BIZ
BILE assures us, Is Neutrality-suspicious.
ton eventually to all that was enjoyed
by our first parents in Eden and lost
through disobedience-sin. The Heav.
emily Father has arranged that~th sor-
rows and tears incidental to the reign
Of sin and death are not to be I'm vain.
He purposed mans redemption and
restoration from before the founda-
ton of the Notwithstanding as He
did the course Of Adam as free agent,
his disobedience and fall under the
death penalty.
Thus the Scriptures assure us that in
the Divine purpose Jesus was "the
Lamb slain from before the foundation
ERS TGp5a ia ~ Ae y,a aa4 y n us
mately to be given the dominion over
the whole earth, and for a thousand
years shall exercise a reign Of right
eousness, justice, love and power with
view to the reclamation and restitu-
ton Of all the willing and obedient Of
the human family-and the destruction
Of all those who love sin and hate
righteousness and who therefore are
styled "corrupters Of the earth."-Rev-
elation xi, Is.
We Are Code Now Creation.
AS we have just seen, the great and
important work Of human restitution
the Father has delivered over entire
to the Son, the worlds Redeemer; as
we read: "He must reign until He shall
have put down all enemies"-even
death, the last enemy. Then He will
deliver up The Kingdom to God, even
the Father, says st. Paul. q CORN
thians XIV, 24-28.) But our text is not
discussing that work Of Restitution
which belongs to the coming Age of
Messiah's glorious reign Of righteous
ness. On the contrary, it deals with
the specially favored and specially
blessed ones who during this Age are
being called, proved, tested, polished,
prepared for joint-heirship with Jesus
in His Kingdom.
Aheoo "Ae>SpeClal oDJecCS Ol OlVlue
care, whose blessing consists not in
restitution to earthly perfection and an
earthly Eden home or Paradise. These
are called Of God with high call
ing" heavenly calling"-to be "heirs
Of God and joint-heirs with Jesus
Christ our Lord" Romans viii, 17.)
These, st. Peter tells US, have been
granted exceeding great and precious
promises, that by these promises las
the Divine power Or energy working
in theml they might become partakers
Of the divine nature.--u Potter i, d.
All, now we perceive the special
sense In which Divine Power Is being
exercised toward the called and elect