The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25

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relationship with the Father-"holy.
harmless. indebted. separate from sin
ners." 1t shows that He kept the Law;
otherwise He would have remained
dead like the remainder of the Jews.
More than this, the fact that He was
raised from the dead to higher
nature. spirit being, 'partaker of the
Divine nature" proves that His sacrf-
fetal death was very pleasing and ac-
ceptable in the Fathers sight; hence
His high reward. And all this proves
that the Heavenly Fathers great
! promise to Abraham is in process of
fulflment. Our Lords resurrection to
the plane of glory demonstrates to us
the greatness of this Seed of Abraham,
and His preparation for the great work
| foretold-the blessing of all the fami-
lies of the earth.
| From this viewpoint we see the i'm
portance Of His death and of His
| resurrection, correlated. The death
was necessary as mans Redemption
price. His exaltation to power and
great glory was necessary for mans
deliverance from sin and death. Here
we have, then, the Gospel which St
| Paul received and which he, in turn
| dispensed-the true Gospel Of which
| he was not ashamed. AS he wrote
| to the brethren at Rome, 81 am not
ashamed Of the Gospel of Christ, for
| it is the power Of God unto salvation
to every one that beieveth-to the
Jew FIRST and also to the Greek"
Gospel In q Nut Shell.
As great oak may be said to be in
an acorn, so the great Gospel Message
| may be said to be in out text, as ST.
Paul declares. Every time we look
| Mt II, 1t seems a little larger and q
little more beautiful than before. We
can almost see 1t grow-not that the
Gospel is growing, for it is the same
that God purposed in Himself before
the foundation Of the world. 1t is
OUR appreciation of the Gospel that
grows, in proportion as we grow In
grace and in the knowledge of the
Divine Plan and In the Spirit Of our
Lord; for without His Spirit, the Holy
Spirit, to enlighten our understanding
and to enable us to appreciate the ties
timonies Of the Word, we would not
be able to comprehend "the deep things
Of God"
How plainly the Apostle states this
saying, 1.-THE natural man receiveth
not the things Of the Spirit of God,
- neither can he know them, be-
cause they are spiritually discerned,
-" but God hath revealed them
unto us by His Spirit, for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God."-I Cor. II, IA. 10.
Pastor Russell's reputation for faith
| fulness to the Divine Word, his cour-
age to speak the Truth in Love,
and his power to hold vast audiences
in rapt attention for hours has spread
| everywhere. Newspapers to the num-
Der Of 1,500-in the States, in Great
Britain and in the Dominion-which
are publishing his sermons and also his
comments on the International Sun
| day School Lessons are jealous In their
| support of his excellent services and
are praying still more power to his
| voice and pen.
We have merely seen the root of the
Gospel continued Pastor Russell, as 1t
| centers in the promise made to Abra
| ham and in the redemptive work &C
| complished by our Savior. In Romans
| xi, 1924 St. Paul uses the illustration
J of an olive tree, and declares the
| branches Of the tree to be the mem
bers Of the Body of Christ, which is
| the Church. From these branches win
come abundant fruitage by and by.
| Of "olive oil" for the light of the World
st, Paul points out that the natural
| Israelites were the natural branches
and that the Jews therefore had the
first right, privilege and opportunity of
, becoming the members of the Body of
! Christ, the Church. AS a matter of
fact, all privilege and opportunity was
excluded from the Gentiles until Is
rael's time Of favor was complete
three and a half years after the cross.
| During those years the Lords provi-
dence so blessed the Jews that they
Wcic hH DiouShl III SoAIh'l WIN INC
Truth under most favorable conditions.
! We remember that thousands were
! converted and blessed at Pentecost and
other thousands little later on. We
may be sure that every worthy branch
In that tree was accepted of the Lord
every "Israelite indeed in whom was
no guile St Paul tells us that then
the unbelieving Jews, the natural
branches, were MI broken off. separat-
ed from the Divine favor in which they
had previously been. Then began the
work Of calling, preparing and en-
grating Gentlles, whom the Apostle
represents as of wild olive tree.
This work Of ENGRAVING the Gentiles
into the Jewish stock and making them
fellow heirs with the Jews of the orig
inal Divine promise made to Abraham
has progressed for now nearly nineteen
centuries. This is the same Gospel
because 1t all springs from the same
gracious promise. 1t was good
tidings" when as a message II wai
given to Abraham. It's value was in
tensified when God made oath to II,
certainty of fulflment The fulflpmen
began in Jesus, continued through tn.
Jewish disciples. and now has accumu
lated considerable number of th'
probably the foreordainet
number is completed. When the Elec