Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21
Pastor RusselPs Sermon

HIS receiving the Holy Spirit bocott,D,
70 the Divine nature, They. lIEe aH
mankind, were children of Adam md
therefore inheritors OF his death sem
fence The Father could not occord,na
TO Ills own just laws, recognize sinners
~ sons Before they could receive tbo .
Divine begettIng of the Holy Shirt |
'ney must first be justified IN the nj. |
vine sight. 49,
1t was to Justify the Household ot
rain that Jesus asCended on High. |
there to appear in the presence of God
Tor u.s." He imputed to us before fine
FATHER the merit Of His own sacrifice
ana proposed to adopt us as His mem.
oers' Then Divine Justice accepted the
Advocates proposal, and that meant
the acceptance Of our proflered sacrI.
ices, as the members Of Jesus.
Ten days after our Lord left His
Apostles, the Pentecostal blessing
came upon them, st. Peter explains
that It was the Heavenly Fathers rec.
ognldon Of His acceptance Of the fol.
lowers Of Jesus who We're entering into
covenant relationship through Him by
the covenant Of self,sacrIace. The
transaction Involved all subsequent
members Of the Household Of Faith to
the end Of this Age, As a result, the
Holy Spirit came upon the consecrated.
They were to be made children Of God,
and "if children, then heirs, heirs Of
God and jolnt.helrs with Christ, our
Lord, II so be that we suffer with Him,
that we may be also glorihed together"
Romans viii, IT,
Growth In Grace,
Mistakenly, in the past, many OF Ms
have supposed justification to be the
goal Of the Chrlstlan-merely the for
giyeness Of sins. Now we see that
this was great mistake. Now we
see that justification by faith is only
stepplng-stone to sanctlhcatOn-the
begetting Of the Holy Spirit as New
Creatures in Christ Moreover, We
see that even our sancHhcation by the
Z begettng Of the Holy Spirit is not
sufficient, nor our goal,
The Spirltbegotten ones must grow
, In grace, in knowledge in all the fruits
and graces Of the Holy Spirit They
must be tested and proved as to their
loyalty and faithfuness. Fiery trials
r testlngs, tlibulations, must be allowed
to come against them to prove the
. depth and sincerity Of their love fol
God. Gaclously, their testings are
= not along the lines Of the flesh, which
Is acknowledged to be imperfect weak
and which Is acceptable as a sacrifice
! only through the merit Of Jesus Thell
testngs and acceptance are according
to their mind, their Will, as New Crea
. lures IN Christ
a Will Come Again"
The Master would be absent durlnt
tho nerlod Of the selection Of the Bird,
d class-ln Heaven itself Yet by iii
d snirjt or Power. the Holy Spirit, whlcl
t ,s also fine SnlHt or Power Of tn
a. Father He would have rull- know
o odco Of all fine affairs Of His peoDl
/, and would proyldcndaIly make ga
a tblncs work together for good to ther
r. thot love Him" suffer they must; en-
h dnro trials and testings they must /
ID order to proye their loyalty even unit
M .o Jootb, but His grace would be su
~ eclent for them. and His strengt
IN would be made perfect in their weoI
~ ~ nessos "~ and He would never len,
~ ~ them, IN the sense Of abandonlr
~ them, So long as they would able
~ - in Him by faith aud by loyalty
. heart.lptentlon, He would oyeTule d
3" things for their good.
II After the selection Of the full nur
~ ~ her Of the bride class, He would con
u again to receive them unto Himse
.. He would come relatively in the san
= =, sense in which He went away in Il
~ u sense in which He has not been pre-
10 10 ent throughout the Age. He won
n come in the sense Of taking charge
Ill., ,s the affairs Of the world lie Will ,o u.
he to Himself His great Power and beg
His reign. His first MngIy once nee W ",
w be in respect to His Churcn' he ", W
20 % call His own servants ana reeho' ,.,, ",
Ily them first He will reward l,,.li tne e 'u,' no
.u' ful by allowing tne uiiIaI.nau, i,s " 20
vi into trlbuadon with tne @O.lu' .,,,,, 30
ie' As Satan has ior u lons ''u,o t,'o OIL Of,
ire "the prince Of the power o, D, yIo llo..I' u
,n' "the prince OF TINS wOr,u, . 81 .honoo Iae
W after binding Satan Il, for i.,,eo' a teOuSI Vi
&C. years, will assume His rign',p, @ ,.,,,. u
fe as the King Of this world ,@ the the H,Dg Sa
OIL Glory His Power w',' .r,,J, rI5J M now,
IA. "Power Of the Air." ora or Sp''is p ,e,I RO%. %o
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