The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-03

Aces. and faithfully persevering In the
narrow way, we shall make our call
ing and election sure"
"Every Knee Shall BoW.r
The Apostle (V. 1W declares that
our Masters exaltation, as a result Of
His humility, is sc great that all even
tually must recognize Film as Lord Of !
all. Unto Him every knee shall bow
Of the Heavenly and the earthly fam
flies, Already the angels acknowledge
Him. As we read, the Father saith,
LET all the angels of God worship
acknowledged Him" The bowling Of
earth will come later. 81.
The work Of the entire thousand
wears Of Messiah's Reign will be for
the uplifting Of mankind from sin and
death. Whom the Son will make free
will be free indeed. But all those
made free will know that their release
is due to the great sacrifice which
Jesus accomplished in the carrying out
of the Divine Plan. And all will know
that the Redeemer has been honored
of the Father and exalted to the chief
place. And those reaching perfection
will be glad to bow the knee to Him
and to confess Him with their tongues.
The Father Es Excepted.
We are not to gather from these
statements that Jesus, in any sense Of
the word, will take the place, the glo-
nv. the honor, Of the Father. Jeho-
yah God declares, 81 give not My glo-
nv to another" isaiah 42:S.) st. Paul
explains that although Jesus will be
hailed as Lord Of all, nevertheless it
is manifest that He Is excepted who
puts all things thus in subsection to
the Son. st. Paul emphasizes this
by telling us Il Corinthians 1927, 2S)
that it will be the Fathers Power that
will bring everything in subsection to
the Son; and that when the Son, in
carrying out the Fathers gracious
plans, shall have put all things in ODE
dience to Himself, then shall He de-
liver up the Kingdom to the Father,
that the Father may be all in all.
Truly the Divine Program, as stated
in the Bible, is beautiful and wonder.
full. It illustrates to us elements of
the Divine Character that we never
could have appreciated except as mans
fall into sin and death gave opportu-
nity for the exercise. of Divine Wis
dom, Justice, Love and Power. Had
there been no sin, NJ death, there
would have been no opportunity for
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with the sinner, no opportunity to man.
ifest His Love for the world in provid-
ing that they should be rescued from
the power Of sin and death. Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for demonstrating Satan's ~disloyalty
and whereunto it would lead. Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for testing the Only Begotten Of the
Father. and demonstrating the depth
Of His love and loyalty even unto the
death of the cross, unless sin had been
permitted.
Neither would there have been an
opportunity for God to show His gen.
erosity in dealing with the Logos, in
His high exaltation to the Divine ma
ture and glory. There would have
been no opportunity to show the length,
breadth, height and depth of the Love
of God in lifting the Church from
the horrible pit and miry clay of sin
and death, justifying them freely
through the merit Of Christ's sacri-
fee, inviting them to share in His glo-
~, honor and immortality, and finally
bringing the Elect to participation in
the Divine nature, and in the great
work of Messiah.-Rev. 2:10, &c, q.
Room For RoundIess Ambition.
In view Of what we have seen Of
the Divine arrangement there surely
is room for the exercise Of the
most boundless ambition imaginable
amongst those blest with the hearing
ear and the Gospel Message. It would
be a great ambition to strive to
become kings or queens of the king
doms Of the world. 1t would be
judges, senators, or the President Of
the United States. But such great am
billions would be as nothing when COM
pared with that set before believers Of
Gods Word-the ambition to be receiv-
ed by the great Creator as sons, par
takers Of the Divine nature e Peter
1:4), heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord, to a Heavenly
inheritance and Kingdom everlasting.
If any n wants q grand ambition,
here is one worth dying for! Indeed, it
can be attained only by dying. First
must come the death Of the will as re-
spects earthly aims, projects, ambi-
lions, etc. Then gradually must come
the transformed mind, which rejoices
to die daily and to suffer with Christ,
II so be that we may be also glorifed
with him. (Romans S:1T) This is the
ambition necessary to make true, loyal
soldiers Of the Cross, willing to endure
hardness in the Cause of the Captain
Of their Salvation, and to lay down
life in the service Of the King Of kings.
A Grand Rush For IL.
One might suppose that such'a Mes
sage would find millions anxious and
willing to lay hold upon its terms
But no! only a few have falkland
without faith they cannot be pleasing
to God. Some have a little faith and
render a little obedience, take some
steps, refrain from certain sins and
seek to walk hand in hand with the
Lord-and with mammon. But these
make a mistake. There is no promise
OF joint-heirship with the Savior ex,