The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-03

ilPASl()K RUSSEIl1i Gilt. TO appfe-
- ciate the teaching
of the Bible on this aud on every sub
ject, we must handle the Word of God
honestly, not deceltfully. We must
recognize that our Lord Jesus is one
Derson, and the Heavenly Father
another person. Only thus can we ap.
preclate how God could give His Son.
and how Jesus could consent TO be the
Gift of God to man. As we have pre-
yiously seen, the oneness between the
Father and the Son is not that deelar-
ed by the creeds, oneness OF person,
but is that declared by our Master
Himself. saying that He and the Fa-
ther are one In the same sense that He
desired all of His disciples, His fol.
lowers, to he one-one In mind. In pnF-
pose, in will, In effort. THAT they
may be one even as We are one.H
John xvii, II, "a
Jesus is Gods unspeakabie Gift IN
that it is impossible to tell the riches
Of Gods grace in this connection-the
numberless blessings and mercies
which are ours through Jesus. he
represents to us the very fulness OF eg.
cry Divine provision for our eternal
welfare. "In Him dwelleth all the full.
ness OF the Deity bodily" (Colossians
ii, 81 In certain sense all of Gods
intelligent creatures are In His image
and represent Him. Thus the angels
and cherubim are Godlike; even Adam.
made little lower than the angels
of human nature was an image 81
God in the flesh-fully in harmony In
every line of his character aud being
with the Divine character. Adam,
bodily, represented God in the world.
But all these things, true Of angels and
of men, are still more true Of Iesus
and the Scriptures tell Us that He was
the .I.ogos," the Fathers Word or
Messenger-JehoVah's active Agent ~
all the work Of creation. sHy Him
we're all things made that were made,
and without Him was not one thing
made The Logos, the highest, the
first. the Alpha and the Omega OF Je-
hovah's Creation, became the Gift OF
God to man.
Nor was this Gift compulsory; rath-
er, the T4ogos entered fully into fps
transaction. He had absolute falth ~
the Heavenly Fathers Wisdom, IAs-
lice. Love and Power; hence, when tns
pEoposition opened that He might leave
the heavenly condition for an earthly
condition. in which He would perform
a great service pleasing to the Father
and beneficial to men, the Logos de-
lighted to do the Fathers will. He was
made flesh. The disciples and others
beheld that He as Man was not a.
other men. but was "holy. harmless
indebted and separate from sinners
The Redeemer's difference from th'
fallen race ia again declared In th'
statement: "A body hast Thou pre-
pared Me for the suffering OF death
The Scriptures declare that He tool
the same nature as the flesh that hai
sinned, In order that He might redeem
sinners. But In His flesh was no sin
Otherwise, He could not have been on
Redeemer. Only sinless one coui'
filI the Divine requirements and CIV
to God a Ransom for Father Adam, tn
perfect man, thus redeeming his lit
from destruction and, al the same time
redeeming all of his family involve
In sin through him.
"Frssly Delivered Him Up"
Gods Gift was not completed
merely arranging that His Son Shout
temporarily become a man. TO be o.
Redeemer. Indeed, the transfer OF q
ture from the heavenly to the earthi
was merely an Incidental, made nece
sary by the Divine Law: AN eye =
an eve; a tooth for tooth; a mans III
for a mans life.n And so we read ths
the Father set before the Son II
great ioy," the influence Of which W.
10 lend the Son cheerfully to endul
the bitter experiences Of His earth
life. as we read: who, for the j
that was set before Him, endured q
cross. despising the shame"
This jay Is INITIATED to have bee
ID the Sayiors pleasure in doing q
Fathers will; 20 The joy Of bringfI
many sons to glory-the Church;
The pleasure and JOY OF being q
worlds Restorer, delivering them fro
the power of Satan, sin and deaf
These joys, commingling. were qui
sufficient. The Redeemer endured SUI
contradiction OF sinners against Hi
self as, eventually. brought Him to d
cross, saying, Not Ny win. but III
VIII, o Lord. be done" lie realized tn
under the contract int which Hs b