Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

lNVI""
==N Rochester, N. Y,
IR Nov. "a. - Pastor
Russell Of Brook
lyn Is here. We
~ report one Of his
addresses from the
text, "Thanks be
unto God for His
unspeakable Gift"
Oh Corinthians TX,
15.) He said:
Jesus. our Saw
lor, is Gods great
@a02 2gssE!g) Gift, c,nte tGe no teaching apprS,
,A. pihla on this and on every sub
% ,,ct we must handle the Word OF Goa
SSonosny S, not deceltfully. We must
uY D.oognize that our Lord Jesus Is one
.s,go ..,,on and the Heavenly Father
another person. Only thus can we APP
o,ocIote how God could give His Son.
.s how Jcsus could consent to be the
CIft of God to man. AS we have pre-
vlously seen, the oneness between the
Father and the Son is not that declar-
e5 M the creeds, a oneness of person.
bm is that declared by our Master
himself saying that He and the Fa'
hor ore one in the same sense that He
desired all Of His disciples, His fol-
,owors 10 he one-one In mind, In pur-
noeo in will, in effort. "That they
nav he one. even as we are one."-
John xvii, q, %.
Iesus is Gods unspeakable Gift In
tbot II is impossible to tell the riches
of Gods grace in this connection-the
numberlpss blessings and mercies
which are ours through Jesus. He
rDresents to us the very fulness of ev-
er Divine provision for our eternal
welfare. an Him dwelleth all the full
ness of the Deity bodily" (Colossians
aa In certain sense all of Gods
Intelligent creatures are in His image
and represent Him. Thus the angels
and cherubim are Godlike; even Adam
made little lower than the angels
Of human nature-was an image OF
God in the hesh-fully in harmony In
every line Of his character and being
with the Divine character. Adam,
bodily, represented God in the world.
But all these things. true of angels and
Of men, are still more true Of Jesus
and the Scriptures tell us that He was
the "Logos," the Fathers Word ol
Messenger-Jehovah's active Agent II
all the work of creation. by Hin
were all things made that were made
and without Him was not one thint
made" The Logos, the highest th'
first the Alpha and the Omega OF Je
hOvah's Creation, became the Gift O
God to man.
Nor was this Gift compulsory; rath
err the Logos entered fully into tn
transaction He had absolute faith Il
the Heavenly Fathers Wisdom, Jus
tIce, Love and Power; hence, when tn
proposition opened that He might leav
the heavenly condition for an eNrthl
condition. in which He would perforI
great service pleasing to the Fathe
and beneficial to men, the Logos dt
lighted to do the Fathers will. He wa
made flesh. The disciples and Other
beheld that He as Man was not q
other men, but was "holy, harmless
undeipd and separate from sinners" ;"
The Redeemer's difference from IL
fallen race Is again declared in Il
statement: "a body hast Thou pr
pared Me for the suffering Of death
The Scriptures declare that He toe
The same nature as the flesh that hi
Snned in order that He might redee
sinners But in His flesh was no 81
otherwise, He could not have been Of
hedeemer Only a sinless one cou
OIL the Divine requirements and 81
10 God a Ransom for Father Adam, &
perfect man, thus redeeming his II
from destruction and. at the same tin
redeeming all of his family involv
ID sin through him.
"Freely Delivered Him Up"
Gods Gift was not completed
merely arranging that His Son shou
temporarily become a man. to be o
Nedeemer Indeed, the transfer Of
ure from the heavenly to the eartf
was merely an incidental, made nee
@ry by the Divine Law: "An eye
un eye a tooth for tooth; a mans j
LOT mans life" And so we read II
Tue Father set before the Son "t
great joy, the Influence Of which "
" lead the Son cheerfuny to endt
Tue bitter experiences of His eartl
u'e as we read: "Who, for the
wa' was set before Him, endured
cross despising the shame"
Inls joy is intimated to have be'
VI The Saviors pleasure in doing
Fathers will; ~ The Joy of bring
~ many sons to glory-the Church;
Iue pleasure and Joy Of being
sOr'ds Restorer. delivering them fr
T ,ue power Of Satan, sin and dea
a .ugSe Joys, commingling. were qu
suulclent The Redeemer endured 81
sVuuadiction Of sinners against Fl
osu as eventually, brought Him to
,.v, MUsS, saying, Not My will. but ]
nn mu5 y Lord, be done" He realized t
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