Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-17


fine Prophets They have already been
,osted ana proven loyal 10 God Iucl
bnye merely been waiting, sleeping
untll the completion Of the Huspe.
church. As ST. Paul says lhey cam
not be perfect nor enter upon Then
reward untll we lrst are perfected ono
enter upon our higher reward as lh,
snlnt Kingdom Hebrews ! 3o' no.
The Elect and the Non Elect
our text Is in full harmony win al.
the Scriptures in indicating lh0l COO
has sperA blessings for llls Eject
His servants and handmaldens OF Ihis
Gospel Age Not only do these receive
the Holy Spirit first, but to lhem IT,
manifestation IS different from what
II win be- with the nonelecl by ana by
As already pointed out the lloiy SpiF'
Ats ana prepare, the church for glory
honor and Immortality on the splrl'
plane But the Holy Spirits operation
uuon the world IN the nest Age VIII
be totally different Then ilsWotk WIZ
be lhe perfertiug Of all rbo rHi of the
human family au earthly blessing
We arc rot to forget thai God was as
well plcnsed to make Father Adam au
earthly being. perfect IN Ills own I'D
ope and likeness. little lower than
the angels, as lie was pleased 10 mAN'
the angels of a higher order IA lile
own image aud likeness The ChuI'h
now being hrgotten of the Holy Splrl'
70 the Divine nature, is to be far above
angels. but It Is the same Holy spirit
which operated in all Gods creative
work. whether OF angels or of men, or
Of the Church Of the Iirst-born
Adam undoubtedly had the Holy
Spirlt Of God in his perfection Man
kind In general, during the thousand
vcors Of Mcsslnh's Kingdom, Will be-
receiving more and more the Holy Spir
II Of God. It's operation in them viii
be the pcrfccting of their flesh Thus
the Lord declares II, II will take the
stony heart ont Of their flesh, ana VII
give them an heart Of flesh (Ezekle
1110J The Scriptures speak OF Adam
IN his perfcction rs crowned with glo
ry and honor. ana set over the beasts
of the field. ms carth's undcrlod. on
king responsible only to the Almighty
psalm S4-9J Sin diSnrranged all this
as we havo seen hut God has proyid
ed the Rcdcemcr His work OF thou.
sand ycArs the pouring out of the
Holy Spirit upon the world of man
kind. will result in bringing all the
willing and obcdlcnt back TO human
perfcction-to that which was lost IN
Adam, and redeemed at Calvary.
What This Does Not Mean.
This does not mean. said the Pastor,
that the Holy Spirit will be forced
upon any; but merely that Fri ) Spirit
will be available to all flesh, even as
, in the present time it is available to
all His servants and handmaidens, III
proportion to their love and zeal. 81
the worlds progress back TO perfection
will depend largely upon their appre
citation Of the call OF God and OF the
. privileges extended to them,
"rhc gift of God is everlasting life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. This
Gift will not be given to any except tf
: those who demonstrate their desire foi
If. on Gods terms The wicked vii
not be granted everlasting life at all
0 On the contrary. we read, "All th'
u wicked will God destroy" 1T shal
come TO pass that every soul that vii
not obey that Prophet Messiahl shal
IA be destroyed from amongst the people,
y Neither docs this great generosity OF
n Gods part in the forgiveness OF SIN
,s and provision for the return of human
II Ity mean that sins of the present III
~ will 20 unnoticed We may be sur
q that It is because we are incompeten
r to Judge as respects the guilt ana II
Y. sponsibiity Of others that the Lord ha
IS so strenuously guarded His people
saying, Judge nothing before tn
4 time" We may be sure, therefore
n that any Judgment we might form,
is other men might form, would be MOI
III or less defective, proportionately I'll
N ferent In Gods judgment.
10 In Gods Judgment respecting wlcl
n edness, we perceive that He takes INT
u, account all the crcumstances-the Il
norance. the superstition. the hered
q tary taints and weaknesses. etc. Frol
1T Gods standpoint any transgression
ti His Law Is sin, but the seriousness
N the sin depends upon the wilfnlne'
,s with which it Is committed The LoI
Is will deal Justly with all Of our rae
tn and the Church, associated with Hi
I'M in glory and in the work Of judgin
nd will then be fully competent for th
ed appointed work. So we read, "Do !
as not know that the saints shall JUDI
cd the world W-1 Corinthians 6:2.
Gel The Scriptures, therefore. warn e
mt erybody. whatsoever man soviet
MS that shall he also reap" This ind
ne Gates that our words, our thoughts, OF
OF deeds, all have bearing upon Il
Of future life. While only the spirit b
'us gotten are yet on trial for life or deaf
as eternal, nevertheless the worlds wore
nd and deeds have either an elevating
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