The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24
Partakers Of the Divine Nature.


The rewards OF the church. eternal
life. perfection and harmony with God.
will be on the spirit plane-wholly Diff
forent from the human. Man In per-
fcction will again he little lower than
tho angels. but tho ,carch. az the body
OF Christ. will share with her Lord In
His cxaltation. far above angels. prin-
cipalltics and powers and every name
that is named"--thc Divine nature. This
reward comes to the church under n
special covenant OF sacrifice. which the
Bible specifics.
This church class. like her Lord, must
sacrifice the earthly nature. earthly
interests. hopes and aims. and must he
begotten of the Father TO a heavenly,
spiritual nature. In order to be Il sharer
In the first resurrection: and she must
enter into her reward before the Mes
sanic Kingdom can be established for
the blessing of mankind In general--the
saving of the world from sin and from
death.
Thus the apostle wrote that the
groanlng creation waits for the mani
fcstation of the sons of God" tRomans
hut II doth not yet appear what we
shall be chow glorious how greaD, but
we know that when lie shall appear we
shall be like Him" Our resurrection
change VIII make MS like the Savior.
Az 1t Is written, we shall all be
changed. In moment, In o twinkling,"
because flesh aud blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom Of heaven"
Come back again to 81 Palil's words
lie does not say that God commanded
the church 10 sacrifice. for if sacrifice
We're command 1t would cease to be
a sacrifice. Nowhere are Gods people
commanded to present their bodies liv-
ing sacrifices, nor to walk In the foot
steps OF Jesus, nor to take up the cross
and follow Him. To the sanity these
sacrificing features are set forth as a
priyilegc--as an opportunity If they
do these things the Divine arrangement
Is that through the imputation OF
Christ's merit their sacrifice will be
holy ana acceptable unto God. and they
viii be granted share with the Re-
deemer In His high cxaltation--thc re-
ward OF sacrifice. of sclf-denial. of low
Ing, voluntary service to God. the truth
and the brethren
But TO the world I'm general, the Lord
issues command, viz, Repent turn
from your sins; come back to Me: seek
My face. seek TO know and do Ny Will.
| The basis of this command is the Di-
vine declaration that Gods grace has
provided redemption I'm the blood OF
Jesus, reconciliation through His
blood, and that by and by the whole
world win be on trial for life or death
everlasting, In great day of trial
which God has ordained and over which
Christ and the church will supervise
as judges
Whoever comes to Knowledge OF
this great Divine arrangement through
Christ has an incentive TO live right
eously, sobcrly and godly IN this pres
ent time. Whoever hears and heed,
this command Is laying up for himself
q good treasure of character and prep
nration for his life or death trial In
the great judgment day of the Mes
sianic kingdom. Whoever ignores this
knowledge and "sows TO the flesh" vii
find himself reaping to the flesh fur,
ther weakness, further degradation ant
severer stripes or punishments In tina
; great thousand-year judgment day.
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