The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-01

than It said; namely, that the resurrec-
ton Of Jesus was the very first resur-
rect1on-that no one had previously
been raised from the dead. He led his
hearers back to Eden and let them hear
the Divine words respecting the pen.
atty for sin-"Dying, thou shalt die"
He gave them the further formula of
Jehovah's curse, or sentence, In the
words addressed to Adam after he had
been cast out of Eden: I'm the sweat
Of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the ground; for out of
e thou vast taken; for dust thou art;
and unto dust shalt thou return. -
Genesis 8:17-19.
The Pastor showed that this dying
process operated in Father Adam for
nine hundred and thirty years before
tn action was completed; that Adams
children. the human family, never
were In the same perfection as Adam
lin the image of God-that they We're
born on a lower plane, and were fallen
at the time of birth. He quoted from
the Psalms: Behold, was shapen in
iniquity, and In sin did my mother con
esiys me-" psalm 51:5) This. he
said. agreed exactly with the New
Testament statement, Death passed
upon all men because all are sinners
and again, There is none righteous
[perfect]. no, not one"-all come short
Of the glory of God-"-Romans 5:12;
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Next, the Pastor pointed out the
meaning of the word resurrection.
which In the Greek is anGstasis. 1t
means. be said. not merely an awaken
Ing from the sleep Of death. but a
ressing sp again. The word again sig
miles raising to former standard
the one from which they fell-the i'm
age and likeness of God. which none
of Adams children have fully possess
Cd, because he lost It While Jesus
was Of Adamic stock, through His
mother, His life and perfection came
to Him from His prehuman state; and
hence He was perfect, Son of God.
holy, harmless. undefiled. separate
from sinners"
sNot Possible For Him to Be Holden
st. Peter declares that it was not
posstbie for Jesus to be holden of death
(Acts 2:24.) No cause of death was
found In Him He delighted to do
the Heavenly Fathers will. 1t was
the Fathers viii that Jesus should
demonstrate His loyalty and obedience
unto death. ''even the death of the
cross.r But this did not interfere with
che original promise Of life everlasting
10 the obedient- Hence 1t was not
possible for Jesus to remain under the
power of death. as It Is not possible
for God to change His great purpose
or to violate His agreement Hence
the Apostle says that God raised Jesus
from the dead on the third day
Jesus was perfect on the spirit plane.
before He humbled Himself to ex
change the spirit nature for the hu
man, to become mans Redeemer. He
never forfeited His right to life He
merely laid 1t down In loyalty to the
Fathers will. Since He was unfallen.
His resurrection would mean His re
guscitation In perfection. But it was
mot Gods will that He should come
back to perfection in human nature
He had already used that nature for
the purpose intended he was brought
fully back from the power of death to
the very highest plane of spirit being;
namely. the Divine nature.
Contrast this resurrection. or bring
ing back to perfection from death.
with the experiences that occurred in
any awakenings of the sleepers proceed
snx. Jairus' daughter was member
Of the fallen race. imperfect; and the
awakening OF her and bringing her
back to what she was before did not
ressrrscs, or bring her again to the con-
Alton Of perfection In which Eve was
before sin had deteriorated the race
Consider from the same standpoint,
the widow of Mains son and his awak-
entng. the awakening of Lazarus, the
brother OF Martha and Mary. and the
awakening Of the dead mentioned in
the Old Testament
To have resurrected any Of these
sleeping ones would have meant much
more than was accomplished In them
xt would have meant to bring them up
20 full perfection in the image Of God
a. Il was possessed by Father AdaEs
A e was, the awakened ones merely
bad q few more years In the present
No and then fell asleep in death
again. to await the glorious Day Of
Esssiah's Kingdom. in which Adams
race will not only be awakened, but be
given every opportunity of gradually
rising to full perfection
The First (chief) Resurrection.
Further along In his discourse the
Pastor demonstrated that the Church
Of this Gospel Age is everywhere sepa
rate and distinct from all others Of
mankind: they are neither Gentiles nor
Jews. He made clear. however, that he
did not refer to the 400,000,000 pro
fessed Christians or to any particu-
lar sect, or denomination, as the Church
OF Christ He gave Scriptures in proof
Of his contention that the Church OF
Christ is composed of all sanity be
levers in Jesus. seeking to walk in
His footsteps-not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit He called attention to
the fact that no denomination could
claim monopoly of this sanity class.
and that none could claim to be free
from tares.
In the Pastors opinion, apparently.
the vast majority of the 100000, 900
Of protesting Christians are merely
tares or worse. He cited numerous
Scriptures to the effect that the heirs
Of God, joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
are a little fock," a Royal Priest
hood" "holy nation" peculiar
people" who ''show forth the praises
Of Kim who hath called them out of
darkness into His marvellous light"
The Pastor then declared that the
True Church is to be found in all the
different denominations, and some OF
them outside all denominational fences
He showed that the denomtnational
fences are contrary to the Bible After
making clear who constitute the
Church OF the First-borns whose
names are written in Heaven" the
Pastor declared that these are to have a
share with Jesus in His Resurrection
he quoted st. Paul's words, ''That
might know Him and the power of His
resurrection. being made conformable
nnto His death philippians BIO.
The Pastor seemed to give the
thought that in the Divine Purpose
Epneordained number Of the Church