The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-01-04


work Will be exclusively in the hand.
Y OF the glorifed Savior ST. Paul as
sures us that the Father will put al
things into subsection 10 the Son, fov
the very work OF blessing and assisting
The world OF mankind for whom lie
!. died Then the Son viii deliver up the
Kingdom authority 70 the Father, that
Jehovah may be All and in an But
during the thousand years. absolute
control OF the world Will be in the
hands Of the Great Messiah, who will
put down all things opposed to the hi
! vine will, and lift up the willing and
obedient from sin, degradation and the
tomb.
} st. Peter tells us that at the Second
{ Coming OF Jesus Divine blessings will
be showered upon the earth-"Times Of
Refreshing shall come from the pres
ence of the Lord and He shall send
Jesus Christ" He tells us that the
heavens will retain Jesus until the
Restitution Times, Of which God has
been telling us through the mouth Of
all His holy Prophets since the world
began."-Acts iii, 1921.
The Second Adams Children.
+ The Bible teaches that Jesus is the
4 Second Adam, The first Adam had the
privilege of being the father of hu-
man race, in the image and likeness Of +
God and blessed with everlasting life,
( 10 enjoy a worldwide Paradise. All
this Adam lost ny disobedience and
came under Divine sentence of death.
called in the Scriptures the "curse."
He cannot extricate himself, and there
fore cannot extrieate his children from
this calamity. Neither can any Of his
children get free from the curse, nor
give to God a ransom for bis fellows
Jesus left The glory which lie bad
with the Father. ana came into the
world Man He did not become
sinful man. on the contrary, the
Scriptures tell us that "The Man
Christ Jesus" was "holy. harmless. IN
deiled and separate from sinners"
He had the right to produce a human ,
race as instead Of Adams race; but
this was not the Fathers Plan. In. .
stead Of starting another race, Jesus !
gave His life Sacrificially. In Gods =
due time" this sacrifice will he made :
applicable 10 cancel all the claims of :,
Justice against mankind on account Of
original sin. 3
In harmony with the Fathers Plan, b
Iesus purposes that as the Second /
Adam He win take over the Adamlc ic
'Sce, and adopt as many OF them as y
nay be willing as His own family !,
This, in the Bible, is called "Regenera q
Ion. Regeneration means To generate ~
ife again. Jesus has the right TO give ii
ife 70 Adam and TO his race, having w
purchased that right with the sacri-
ce of His own life. He died. the Just
me for the unjust: and all the rights
which He had 10 an earthly life He 'S
lay therefore give justly TO Adam and ~
0 as many OF Adams children as will u
ccept it.
Ihe process Of this regenera tion viii =
2 very different from the process Of -
le first generation. The life which viii ~
lme 10 mankind will come through 'i'
ie Word. My words are spirit TX
nd are life" Whoever will hearken ~ ~
) the words OF the great Life-giver ia
i'll thereby receive the new life Ii
Is words work in them "to viii and nc
do in harmony with the laws OF the ~
ingdom, they will gradually rise out IN
their weaknesses and imperfections. ~
perfection Of human nature. w
"The Everlasting Father ~.
We should carefully note that the we
IN Jesus was not the Everlasting Fa. IN
er The Man Jesus gave Himself a n
iDsom.price-a corresponding price for VII
G man Adam, in order that He might ora
come the Second Adam and have the the
.btful authority to give everlasting tn
e to Adam and his children in
'csus did not become the Second Ad- riff
/ until He had finished laying down chi
, Ransom-price So long as Jesus ufe
His earthly life He would civ
We no life to give to humanity; for p
would need his life for Himself. nos
ZEN God raised Him from the dead, test
longer a human being. but reward art,
with the Divine nature, thon lie hlo.
S in position TO be the Second Adam. dni
e1alta'loh gave hln increased mex
yer, and the merit Of His sacrifice tho
stituted the price for the life-rights Tho
Adam and his race Our Redeemer Pan
tot the Second Adam gei He has som
right to be the Second Adam. and ann
he Fathers due time lie viii es- r,o
ish His Kingdom amongst men. n,
give everlasting llfe-rights TO as 6ed
~ OF Adams children as will be- esta
e obedicnt to the Divine Law Thin
The Church the Second eve. the
hile Adam was alone he did not the
me a father Cod caused him TO to r.
into Il deep sleep. aud from his inst
took Mother Eve to he his Joint read
ia his Inheritance, and his aS stan
mt IN The work Of generating the of q
an family 50 our Lord has not spiri
become Father But He has perf'
into the deep sleep Of death. His rriu
has been wounded. and the FIRST relaa
[ Is the gradual Development OF a siah
. class. And as Jesus passed chiet
the human 10 the spirit condl- VIII
before lie could be ready 10 toe * n-
second Adam, so the Church. as the,
,ew Creation. must pass from the tlrju
IN To the spirit condition be- sgrit
she can fulfil her part in Gods 3es