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

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kind. Perhaps some good may @lso ~
suit from the endowment OF great eoA:
leseg. ever though they are doing more
than anything else to undermine IalC1
in the personal God Of the blple' an"
thus fastening the great day OF ahar,
chy by destroying faith ano nope ~
Messiah's promised Kingdom whicn
are an offset to the trials n oinncu'
ties Of the present life.
And If to you or me should come 'ns
thought of how much more wisely we
could use the money, let US check tne
thought. remembering that God mas
not entrusted it to us, and thaC al
our time and thought may be more
wisely used in connection with our own
stewardship of what talent 1nnuence
and money we do possess
The Lesson Of Our Text.
We should remember that our text
and indeed the entire Bible, IS ao-
dressed to the Church Of Christie
those who have left the world VINO
have given their all to the Lord, ac-
ceptable through Christ, n VINO are
intent upon knowing and doing Coos
will. The world is left by the LORD
to try out its own ambitions, to realize
eventually that these result In disap-
| pointment. It is when we experience
the disappointment Of our own plans
and ambitions that we are truly pre-
| pared to look to the Lord.
In our text the Apostle does not
| specify Satan In contrast with Jesus;
yet we may read between the lines
| that He had In mind. the opposite
| course pursued by Lucifer, who be-
| came Satan, and the Logos, who be-
| came Christ. The Scriptural record Is
that Lucifer was n Of the highest
and most glorious spirit beings-a
| cherub. But a sinful ambition took
| possession Of him. Instead OF the
righteous ambition to serve and n
| his Creator, he thought that If he had
an empire Of his W he could I'M
| prove upon the Divine order Of things.
Isaiah Il: 1915.
This ambition ultimately led Lucifer
to carry out the program in connec-
ton with mankind. Thenceforth he
was known as Satan, Gods Adversary,
'sthe Prince Of this world, which now
worketh in the hearts of the children
| Of disobedience." According to the
Bible, Satan has been permitted to
have a certain amount O. liberty, to
| show what the evil course would be
and what it's evil results. But &C
| cording to the Bible he is soon to be
restrained for a thousand years, while
Messiah's Kingdom will break the
shackles Of sin and death, and give all
the fullest opportunity to return to
harmony with God and to attain ever
lasting life. Ultimately, Satan is to be
destroyed, together with all who have
his spirit Of antagonism to God-in'
subordination-evil ambition.
The Loses HumhIed Himself.
Mark the sharp contrast between
Satan's course and that Of the Logos
the Only Begotten Son Of God. The
latter meditated no such usurpation OF
Divine authority as Lucifer aimed tc
obtain. On the contrary, He was the
very personifcation Of loving obedi
ence and self-abnegation. Instead OF
m~editating a usurpation to make Him
self equal to the Father, He declared
my Father is greater than T.; "My
Father is greater than all"; II delight
to do Thy will, o My God."-Johr
14:2s; 1929; Psalm 40:9.
AS in due time Satan found oppOr
| tunity for manifesting his ambition, sc
in due time the Logos found opportuni
ty for manifesting His humility an(
loving obedience. Mans fall brough'
the opportunity-the need Of a Re
deemer. AS it was man who was con
demned to death, so the redemption O.
Adam and his race must be accom-
plished by the death of a man. TIL
death of bulls and goats could be onl.
typical. Neither would an angel be
corresponding price. Hence the Divin'
proposal to the Logos-that If III,
would become a man, taking the sin
! ner's nature, but not participating il
the sinners weakness or sin, He nigh
thus be the Redeemer Of men and &C
complish the Divine will.
Attached to this proposal was tn
promise that SO great a manifestation
of love, loyalty and obedience to til
Father would receive a great reward
an e~xaltation to the Divine nature
glory, honor and Immortality. Thu
Jesus declared that for His faithful
ness He had been rewarded by Hi
Father with a place in His Throne
Revelation 1921.
The Lesson of Humility.
st. Paul was seeking to impress th
lesson Of humility, as the contex
shows. Jesus exempli1ed in His ow
curse of humility the ambition to b
and to do just what would be pleasin
to the Heavenly Father, not medita'
ing for an instant to grasp Divine gle
ry and honor, and association with tn
Father in His Throne. He did God
will at the cost of His ~life-even tn
death Of the cross.
And behold Gods wonderful grace
He who sought not to usurp til
Throne, but who humbled Himsel
has been exalted to the right hand {
: God! What an exempli6cation Of til
{ teachings Of Gods Word! Did not Go
declare, pride goeth before destru,
ton, and a naughty spirit before
: fair? He permitted Satan to be a
: illustration of just such a result; an
] this Illustration is forceful in it's appl
a nr$Rnr, A. ~ 49, "