Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-11-06

l suit from the endowment of great col leges, even though they are doing more than anything else to undermine faith in the personal God of the Bible. and thus hastening the great day of anar- chy by destroying faith and hope in Messiahs promised Kingdom. which are an offset to the trials and difficult ties of the present life.
 And if to you or me should come the thought of how much more wisely we could use the money, let us check the thought. remem bering that God has not entrusted it to us. and that all our time and thought may be more i wisely used in connection with our own stewardship of what talent. influence and money we do possess.
 The Lesson of Our Text.
 We should remember that our text. and indeed the entire Bible. is ad dressed to the Church of Christ-to those who have left the world. who have given their all to the Lord. ac ceptabe through Christ. and who are intent upon knowing and doing Gods 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 I.ucifer. who be came Satan and the Logos. who be came Christ The Scrip, .!ral record is that Lucifer was one of the highest and most glorious spirit beingS-a cherub. But sinful ambition took possession of him. Instead of the righteous ambition to serve and honor his Creator. he thought that if he had an empire of his own he could i'm prove upon the Divine order of things Isaiah II: 12-15.
 l This ambition ultimately led Lucifer to carry out the program in connec- tion with mankind Thenceforth he was known as Satan. Gods Adversary. .'the Prince of this world. which now | worketh in the hearts of the children i of disobedience. According to the Bible. Satan has been permitted to have a certain amount of liberty to 1 show what the evil course would be and what its evil results. But ac1 cording to the Bible he is soon to be restrained for thousand years. while Messiah's Kingdom will break ths 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 Logos HumbIed Himself.
 Mark the sharp contrast between Satan's course and that of the LogoS. the Only Begotten Son of God The I latter meditated no such usurpation of Divine authority as Lucifer aimed to obtain. On the contrary. He was the very personifcation of loving obedi- ence and self-abnegatiOn. Instead of meditating q usurpation to make Him self equal to the Father. He declared. My Father is greater than r.: My Father is greater than all''; "l delight to do Thy will. o My God."-John 14:2S; 1929: Psalm 40:8.
 As in due time Satan found oppor- tunity for manifesting his ambition. so in due time the Logos found opportuni- ty for manifesting His humility and loving obedience. Mans fall brought the opportunity-the need of Re deemer As it was man who was con demned to death. so the redemption Of Adam and his race must be accom- plished by the death of man. The death of bulls and goats could be only typical Neither would an angel be a corresponding price. Hence the Divine proposal to the LogoS-that if He would become man, taking the sin ner's nature. but not participating in the sinners weakness or sin. He might thus be the Redeemer of men and ac- complish the Divine will.
 Attached to this proposal was the promise that so great manifestation of love loyalty and obedience to the Father would receive q great reward an exaltation to the Divine nature. glory honor and immortality. Thus Jesus declared that for His faithful ness He had been rewarded by His Father with place in His Throne Revelation 3:21
 The Lesson of Humility.
 St. Paul was seeking to impress the lesson of humility. as the context shows Jesus exemplified in His own course of humility the ambition to be and to do just what would be pleasing to the Heavenly Father not meditat ing for an instant to grasp Divine glO " and honor. and association with the Father in His Throne. He did Gods will at the cost of His life-even the death of the cross.
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