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subjects, we must handle the Word OF
God honestly We must recognize that
our Lord Jesus is one person and the
Father another person. The oneness
between the Father and the Son is that
declared by our Master Himself, say
ing that He and the Father are one
in the same sense that He desires all
of His disciples to be one-ln mlnu, III
purpose. in will, in effort. John XVII,
81, 23.) Our Lord Jesus is Gods IN
speakable Gift
The Scriptures declare that the Re
deemer took the nature Of men in or
der redeem sinners; but that in Him
there was no sin, Only sin!esS one
could give to God a Ransom fQr Adam
and thus redeem from destruction, not
ONLY Adam, but all his posterlty, III
volved in sin and death through hlm
The sc tker then showed that God
set tG s.e our Lord a great joy, the
info We Of which led Jesus to endure
chees FULLY the bitter experiences OF Ills
earthly life This JOY is intimated TO
have been: % His pleasure in dong
the Fathers will; (2) His privilege or
''bringing many sons to glory the
Church; (3) His pleasure and JOY III pc
ing bv and by the worlds Restorer, de-
livering them from the power OF Satan,
sin and death. "Wherefore,' st. iaul
saws, God hath highly exalted Him.
far above angels. principallt1eS ana
powers, and every name that Is naneu'
An Opposite Course From Satan's.
Pastor Russell then contrasted the
course pursued by Satan with that foi-
lowed by our Lord. Meditating am
bilious designs. Satan found an oppor-
tunity in Eden, He beheld in our llrSt
parents a new order of beings. design
ed to bring into existence race that
would fill the earth. Satan essayed to
be ruler or prince over this human Gre
ation:>and by so doing, he not only be
came a rebel against God, but brought
sin and death into the world.
Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course. and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. St Paul intimates that
although the Logos was much highef
than was Lucifer, yet He was numple'
and "meditated not IL usurpatlon,' as
the Greek text declares. 0hil. IL.
6D He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro
nosal that He should be BUNDLED to the
human plane for time i'll order 10
carry ont the Fathers Plan.
To the Church, Jesus is Gods mn
: speakable Gift. He is indeed Glit
to the whole world, Indispensable IN
value. but He is more to the Church
chan TO the world TO His footstep
followers, He is the "Captain of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom their
ELDER Brother" their great High
Priest Through Him they are priv
LEGGED to be the Royal Priesthood
Through the merit of the sacrifice OF
Christ, they are privileged to present
their bodies living sacrifices, holy, ac-
ceptable unto God"
The Pastor then said that Justice IS
the foundation of Gods Throne. In
the past, endeavors to harmonic JUS
tee with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved us Ill
difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent creeds that God had know
inply brought mankind into existence
under such conditions that the great
majority would spend eternity in tor
ture. We perceived no Justice in any
such arrangement. But while desist-
ing from criticising the Creator, we
} could not indorse such a course, nor
see it to be in harmony with the Di-
vine regulations governing ourselves.
If we are to love our enemies, should
more be expected of fallen human be-
ings than of our perfect Creator?
The Scriptures declare only the con
secrated Church see the lengths.
breadths. heights and depths of the
: Love of God" which passeth under
standing. This class alone is IN any
sense prepared to give thanks to God
now for His unspeakable Gift. Their
thanks go up, not only in words. but
also in actions, which speak louder
, than words" These thanks ascend as
! sweet incense to God.
, By and by. "All the blind eyes VIII
be opened and all the deaf ears will be
unstopped." Then the whole world OF
mankind, including those awakened
! from the sleep of death during Mes
siah's reign, will be in condition to rec
ognize Gods unspeakable Gift and rem
der thanks. When wilful evil doors
shall have been destroyed. then every
} creature in Heaven. on earth and in
7 the sea shall be heard saying. Praise,
) glory, honor, dominion and might be
unto Him that stitch on the Throne.
and to the Lamb, forever" through the
unspeakable Gift