The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-11

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world and. therefore, that the trial of
the Church hcant the trial Of the
world. But hcarken to the Scriptures
respecting the Church: "Ye are not Of
the world. even gs I am not Of the
world" 81 have chosen yoU out Of the
world" and again. let Uour light so
shine before men that they. seeing your
good works. may glorify your Father
which is i'm heaven" "in the day of
their risiiaiionr-t Peter ii, II.
TWO Different Rewards. IA
We should notice also the wide diff.
ference between the reward promised
the Church and that nroffered the
world In both cases the reward will
be everlasting life, In both cases this
will mean full harmony with God, be-
cause "All The wicked will God de-
stroy." And again we read that who
socver hath the Son hath life. and
whosoever hath not the Son shall not
sec life" SO, then, the attainment Of
everlasting life. either by the Church
class or by the world will mean com.
ing into full harmony with the heaven.
~ Father and with the Lord Jesus, by
the merit Of Christ's sacrifice. 1t will
mean n full turning away from sin
and a full devotion TO God and to right.
eousness.
The difference will be as TO nature.
The reward for the world will be
earthly nature, human nature. with
everlasting life in an earthly Paradise
or Eden-world-w Mankind never
lost Il spiritual or heavenly condition
through Adams disobedience. nor I'm
any other manner. lie never had such
n condition or nature, or right TO 1t,
that he could lose it, He was made
man, "a little lower than the angels"
His crown of glory and honor was an
earthly crown. His dominion was over
the birds Of the air, over cattle and
over the fish Of the sea. This which he
lost Jesus paid the redemption price
for at Calvary: and these things lost
are the very things which Jesus and
His elect Bride will restore TO mankind
during the thousand years OF the Mes
sianic Kingdom. Thus we read: THE
Son of man came to seek and to save
that tohich UGs i0Si
Partakers Of tho Divine Nature.
The reward Of\the Church, eternal
life, perfection and harmony with Cod
will be on the spirit plane-wholly
different from the human. Man in
perfection will again be a little lower
than the angels but the Church, as
the Body of Christ, will share with
her Lord in His eXaltation, ''far above
angels, principalities ana powers and
every name that Is named'-the divine
nature. This reward comes to the
Church under a special covenant of
sacrifice, which the Bible specifies.
This Church class. like her Lord
must sacrifice the earthly nature,
earthly interests, hopes and aims, and
must be begotten of the Father to
heavenly, spiritual nature, in order to
be sharer in the First Resurrection;
and she must enter into her reward be-
fore the Mcssinnic Kingdom can be es-
tabllshed for the blessing OF mankind
from sin and from death.
Thus the Apostle wrote that the
grooming creation waits for the mani
festation OF the sons of God" Romans
viii, 10) "Now are we the sons of
Cod but It doth not yet appear what
we shall be how glorious, how great,
but we know that when He shall APP
pear we shall be like Him" Our res
direction change will make us like the
Savior; MS 1t written, I'VE shall all
be changed in Il moment, in n twin
King" because "Aesh ana blood can
not inherit the Kingdom of heaven"
"commanseth All to Repent"
Come back again TO Saint Paul's
words, He docs not say that God
commanded the Church to sacrifice, for
IL sacrlnce were command II would
cease 20 be sacrifice. Nowhere are
Gods people commanded to present
their bodies living sacrifices, nor to
walk IN the footsteps of Jesus, nor to
take up the cross and follow Him. 10
the saintly these sacrificing features
uIt Htl lplll as II UNtUtVV -Ao al Up .
IL they do these things the
Divine arrangement Is that through
the imputatlon Of Christ's merit their
will be holy and acceptable
unto God, and they VIII be granted u
share with the Redeemer in His high !
exaltatiou-the reward of sacrifice of
of loving, voluntary serv-
Ice to God, the truth and the brethren.
But to the world in general the Lord
issues Il command, viz, Repent; turn
from your sins; come hncl TO Me; seek
My face; seek TO know and do My will. |
The basis of this command is the Iii |
vine declaration that Gods grace has
provided redemption In the blood of
Jesus, n reconciliation through His |
blood. and that by aud by the whole
world will bo on trial for life or death
everlasting, in great Day Of trial,
which God has ordained ana over
which Christ and the Church will su. |