Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-31

S4A ~ Kiel, Brussels ana
sAsl1a..l.1A Lle London. We report
fASlD3 RUSSElll one Of his ad.
dresses from !
Timothy II. j. o; "There Is one God
and one Mediator between God and
men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave
Himself Ransom for all, TO be testl-
fed In due time" He sald:-
Many fall to understand why
Savior and n redemptlye work are nee
essary They ask, Why was It neces-
sary for Jesus to come into the worlds ?
How did Ills death Influence God TO
the forgiveness Of human SIM And
why was the better sacrlace Of Jesus
typlned by the sacrifice Of bulls and
goats under the Jewish Law Covenant
right understanding, a correct under.
standing OF these matters is the very
essence Of true theology, and most
helpful TO us all.
The Divine arrangement proposes
that everything in accord with God
must be absolutely perfect. Both an
gels and men were created perfect, "ln
Gods image" And the Divine Law,
in the Interest Of all, cuts or from fel-
lowshlp and blessings all who dellb-
erately 90 into sin, and fellowshIps only
such as are perfect Hence the SEN
tence upon Father Adam for his dis
obedience cut him of from Divine fell
owshp and favor under the sentence,
dying, thou shalt die" Genesis II, ~
not, "GoIng to eternal torment, thou
shalt roast"
True, Admins children were never
thus condemned, but, born in sin and
"shapen In lulqulty" psalm II, 5), un.
der the laws Of heredty they never
were perfect, never were fully In the
image Of God, never were, therefore.
In harmony with God, but always shar-
ed Father Adams alienation and con.
domination. They were children Of
wrath" Oipheslans H. 8)--justly shar.
Ing their Father Adams penalty Of
death. because lmperfect-not worthy
Of life under the Divine arrangement
Reconciliation a Necessity.
Whoever sees Clearly these facts Of
Scripture must perceive that humanity
would have no hone Of everlasting life
except through Divine mercy-forglve.
ness But some one will say, Why
should there be any necessity for the
LoOos to leave heavenly glory and be
made lesh and then to die, "the Just
for the unjust" to make possible our
return to Divine fayor2 Why should
not God forgive the sins Of Adam and
bis race even as we are directed to for
give those who trespass against us1
Gods attitude towards sin very prop.
erly is different, His work is per
feet" deuteronomy xxxii, Az He
created Adam In His own Image. We
sinners are not Gods creation direct,
but have merely come Into existence
under laws OF heredity. Justice Is un-
der no obligation to u.s. All rights and
privileges granted to Father Adam
were forfeited and have been abrogat.
ed. From the Divine standpoint OF
Justice, our race Is a dead one More
than thls-the great Supreme Ruler
and Judge Of the Universe, having con-
demned us as unfit for eternal life and
fellowship with Himself, could not
Justly set aside His own decree. God
could not. therefore, justly, righteous
ly, change His verdict, for that would
imply that our sentence was an unjust
one.
The Divine Government refuses to
be thus compromised, but instead has
provided salvation for humanity
through Jesus death Tho method
adopted maintains the dignity Of the
Divine Law to the full, and at the same
time reveals the fact that our Creator
II the very embodiment OF sympathy
aud love qualities Of His which never
would have been so fully appreciated
by either angels or men unless God
had permitted human sin, had proyid.
ed the penalty He did. and then pro-
yided the Redemption through the
Lo00s--Jesus.
"Betwsen God and Man."
A mediator Is one who stands be.
tween two parties who are at vari'
ance, for the purpose Of bringing
about reconciliation. The two parties
mentioned IN our text are not God and
the Church but-God aud the world
mankind IN general Man sinned.
God justly condemned the sinner The
Medlator's nrst work 10 reconciliation
must be to offer a substitute to Jus
tlce for Adams sin. Our text tells us
that the Man Christ Jesus did this
very thing ne gave Himself to be
Ronsom.price for all mankind He did
this when lie reached perfect man
hood, at thirty years Of age, when He