The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-12-04

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So Scriptures on all
subjects, we must handle the VOID ar
God honestly We must recognize thu
our Lord Jesus is one person AMI tae
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 al
of His disciples TO be One-in mind, IN
purpose, in will In effort. John xvii.
q. 23l 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 a sinless one
could give to God Ransom for Adam.
and thus redeem from destruction, Tot
only Adam. but all his pOsterity. in
volved in sin and death through him.
The speaker then showed that God
set before our Lord q great joy, the
influence of which led Jesus to endure
cheerfully the bitter experiences of liz
earthly life This joy is intimated to
have been: o. His pleasure in doing
the Fathers will; CO His privilege OF
bringing many sons to glory'-the
Church; (3) His pleasure and joy in be-
ing by and by the worlds RestOrer. de-
livering them from the power OF Satan,
sin and death. Wherefore" ST. Paul
says. God hath highly exalted Him."
far above angels, principalities and
powers, and every name that is named
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 first
parents a new order of beings. design
ed To bring into existence u race that
would ill the earth. Satan eSSayed L.
be ruler or prince over this human ere
alton: and by so doing. he not only be
came 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 thai
although the LOgOS was much higher
than was LUcifer. yet He was humble.
and ''meditated not usurpatiOn," a.
the Greek text declares. phil ii
g. He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God On the contrary, or
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro
pOsal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for a time, in order 10
carry out the Fathers Plan
To the Church, Jesus is Gods Uu
speakable Gift He is indeed a Gift
to the whole world. unSpeakable H.
value. but lie is more to the Church
than TO the world To His fOOtstep
followers. He is the Captain of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom, THEN
Elder Brother" their great High
Priest Through Him they are priv
ileged to be the Royal Priesthood
Through the merit OF the sacrifice OF
Christ. they are privileged TO present
their bodies living sacrifices. holy. ale
ceptable unto God"
Fhe Pastor then said that Justice is
the foundation of Gods Throne. In
the past. eudeavOrS to harmonic jus
tice with our great Creators dealings
with humanity nave involved US iu
difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent crCeds that God had know
ingly brought mankind into existence
under such cUnditisnS 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 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 depthAOf the
Love of Cod" 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 lender
than words" These thanks ascend a.
sweet incense to God
BY and by. "An the blind eyes will
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 unspeakabIe Gift and rem
der thanks. When .wilful evil doors
shall have been destroyed, then every
creature in Heaven. on earth and in
the sea shall be heard saying. praise.
glory. honor, dominion and might be
unto Him that stitch on the Throne,
and 10 the Lamb forever" through the
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