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upon the whole world, so the entire re
lease from the curse will come to every
member of the race, through Jesus,
The broad basis for this work has al
ready been laid In the death Of Jesus.
Christ died for our sins, according to
the Scriptures" q Corinthians 1879
Jesus Christ, by the grace Of God,
tasted death for every man. He is
the Precipitation for our sins: and not
for ours only. but also for the sins of
the whole world."-1 John Do.
AS all the race We're involved in the
death sentence. the one redemptiye
work was necessary for the releasing
of all. in Gods arrangement He has
divided the redeemed into two great
classes. both of which will attain ever
it on the spiritual. or Heavenly plane,
while the other will get it on the earth
~ plane This does not signify uni
yersalism. for while these two classes
are to be saved. the Bible distinctly
tells of some who will receive the grace
VI Hou III Will. tHu dlc tue focCOAu
Death. Revelation 2l:S
From this viewpoint. note the force
of the Apostles words 1.-The wages of
sin is death. but the gift of God Is eter
nal lffe through Jesus Christ our
Lord" tRomans 6:23J The death sen
tence passed upon all through one
man. Adam. The gift of God is to
come to all humanity through the sec
ond Adam. the Lord.
The Riches of Gods Grace.
Our Great Creator is rich in grace,
the Apostle tells us. He not only pur-
posed to recover mankind from the dis
advantages of the fall. but additionally
took advantage of the circumstances
connected with the permission of sin
TO give an especial opportunity to any
of the sinners to manifest. If they
would. special loyalty to Himself. God
might have placed a different penalty
against sin. He might have excluded
our first parents from Eden for year
and then have returned them, or He
might have simply banished the race
from Eden. and have allowed all to
live without sentence of death against
us. Had He done SO. Jesus would mot
have needed to die for mans redemp-
ton. Because the sentence of death
had been imposed, however, it must be
Cancelled before the race could be re
stored to perfection and to Gods IA
vor.
1t is evident. then. that God wished
to have the death penalty upon our
race, so as to make necessary the death
of His Son. This. in turn. meant that
the Father invited the Son to become
mans Redeemer. and that the Son ac-
cepted the offer. and came into this
world for that very purpose. This i'm
piled that the Father would reward
Him with a high exaltation,, in recog-
milton of His loyalty and obedience un-
to death. even of the cross. Thus Je-
sus suffered for our sins, and entered
into His glory.
But God had further Plan. Hence
He sent Jesus to die for the world
nearly two thousand years before He
was ready to deal with the world And
that long period Of nearly two thou
sand years has since been devoted to
the calling out Of the Church, to be the
Bride of Christ, and Joint-heir in His
Kingdom This Church is described
as Little Flock, sanity few, who
through much tribulation are walking
in the footsteps of the Redeemer. and
ultimately will be accounted therefore
as worthy to share with Him in His
glories-on the spirit plane.
This election of the Church in no
sense or degree binders the great work
of God for the world On the con
trary. God in His Wisdom has made
the election of the Church to be help
full and connective link in His great
Plan for blessing and restoring man
kind to human perfection and earthly
Eden.-Acts 3:19-21.
The Bible Triumphant.
We are all witnesses to the confu-
sion which has prevailed amongst us
as the people of God. Our difficulties
have been connected with this prob
lem of eternal torture, and redemp-
A. t.