The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-23

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vine peescus H. creatures, but
BY natu,aI ~ llty passing on
the weakness u,S9k1 moral ana phys
ical. from parent to child, from genera
tion to generation, by i law Of nature.
God has simply permitted this Law to
take Its course n dlsobedlent man.
Does God Pity usY
You may perhdbs ask me IL the God
who Is loving, generous and kind does
not pity humanity In Its present dying
condition, even though we have come
into this state through the violation OF
Divine law. Could not God Of Love
do something for our aid?
That, my dear friends, is exactly
what | wish to point out. The Bible
declares that the Divine Law broken,
its sentence must stand unless in some
manner justly satisfied. II d perfect
man could be found, willing to sacri-
fice his lifs In PREPARATION for father
Adams disobedience and forfeited life.
\ then God could be just and accept the
sacrifice and allow Adam and the re-
mainder Of his race to 80 free from
the death sentence. But no such per-
feet man could be found. There is
none righteous. no. not one. All were
born In sin. none therefore could give
to God O ransom for his brother, as the
Scriptures declare. psalm xix. ~
What then? God figuratively repre-
senis His sympathy. saying that He
looked down to see our condition and
He hearkened to the groans Of the
prisoners of sin and death He beheld
that there was. none that could pity
or succor because all were under SEN
tence. Then His own eye pltied and
His own Arm brought salvation" How
beautiful the picture OF Divine com
passion hearkenlng to- the grooming
creation.
The Arm Of the Lord Revealed.
The Arm Of God means. symbolical-
~, Divine Power. He revealed this
Arm In the arrangement which He
made for the payment Of our death
penalty, In the sending OF His Son.
the Man Christ Jesus. who ''by the
grace Of God. tasted death for every
man." As a perfect man had sinned,
God provided perfect man to be the
Redeemer, that as by man came
death, by Man also should come the
resurrection of the dead for as all in
Adam die. even so shall all In Christ
be made alive. every man in his own
order.--I Corinthians XIV. %.
DO YOU now catch glimpse Of the
mercy, the compassion. the love Of the
Christian God to MS, who appeals to
the heart as being different from any
other god of whom you have ever had
knowledge. Think of a God. Infinite
in Power, as being careful Of His fall
en- lereatures. and providing. even at
self-saerifice, for their recovery. !.
But you will say. Where lsithe res
coyery? Are.we not, still sick. mental,
~, morally aud physically IA dying
race? What has the death OF Jesus
accomplished for us? That Is a good
question; the answer to 1t will bring
you much enlightenment respecting
Gods loving character and glorious
Plan for humanity. The Bible teaches
us that Jesus, who redeemed mankind,
is to be made the great King, whose
Kingdom shall dominate the whole
world" under the whole heavens"
Daniel VII. 2IJ II will not be an
earthly kingdom; nor will the King be
visible to men. even as God Is not yisi-.
BILE. because He Is a Spirit. The great
Messiah will he invisible. He Will be
invisible because He Is O Spirit. ''thc
express Image or the Fathers per
son" lIIebrews /. 81 The Kingdom
will be exercised through human agen-
cies and It will increase and spread IN
III all shall know God truly. and I'm
I'll every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" TO IIim-but all who
will reject His grace shall perish to-
tally in the Second Death
Waiting For the Sons OF God.
Ny text declares that the relief for
the grooming creation waits for the
manifestation Of the sous of God. We
have already seen that Jesus, as the
pre- eminent Son Of God. died for our
sins and uscended to the right hand
Of Divine Majesty. where He IL walt.
ing: and meantime the grooming crea-
ton must wait also, for the same thing
for which He waits-for the sons OF
God. Here is matter which seems to
have been for a time hidden under the
rubbish Of the Dark Ages-the fact
that God not only foreordained Jesus,
the great Son Of Gcd to be the worlds
Messiah, TO deliver them from &in and
death. but that He also foreordained
the selection of special class from
amongst mankind. to he the Redeem.
er's associates and joint-heirs in His
Kingdom of glory. honor and immor-
tality Romans ii. - 1t has required
the entire period from the time Of
Jesus death until now to call. TO sane
tify. TO prepare these subordinate sons
Of God.
We might have supposed that our
great, loving Greater would have called
upon certain OF the holy angels 70 be
associates with the Redeemer' III The
glorious work OF His Kingdom. the up