The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-21
Be Sure to Come and See Our Waists as we'll as Our Coats, Suits and Dresses

The Logos did not become a sinful
man, a blemished or imperfect man.
On the contrary, He was holy, harm
less, undefiled and separate from sin
ners." Otherwise, He could not have
been the Redeemer. Being ~sinless, how.
ever, this perfect One would suffer all
the more from the shame and igno-
miny connected with the mission He
undertook.
AS 1t was not a babe, but a man,
that had sinned and was to be redeem
ed, therefore Jesus needed to wait IN
til He reached manhood's e~state-thirty
y~ears-before He could begin His min
istry. Promptly at thirty He made
His conservation, and symbolized it
by water immersion at Jordan. Then
He went forth, declaring the Message
which He knew would be misunder-
stood-the Message Of Gods Love. the
Message that there must be a sacrifice
for sin, the Message that He was the
Sin-Offering, the Message that as a re-
suit of that SIM Offering, blessed fruit
age afterward would come. in the Mil
lennial Kingdom. which would bless
all the families of the earth.
AS He foreknew, mankind, even the
best prepared-the Jewish people
were not ready for the Message. Thus,
as He foresaw and as the Scriptures
foretold, they crucified Him-ignorant-
ly-for as st. Paul declares: Had they
known 1t they would not have crucifed
the Lord of glory" Il Corinthians 2:S.)
st. Paul reminds us that we should
consider Christ's undeservedness Of
persecution. lest we should be weary
and faint in our minds" Similar ex-
periences must to some extent come
upon us. And If He who was perfect
endured patiently, we who are imper-
feet may well exercise great patience.
And so in our text the exhortation is
that we perceive how Jesus humbled
Himself. and that we should think it
a great privilege and pleasure similarly
to experience humiliations.
The Rewards of Humility and Loyalty.
No doubt the Logos, "the Beginning
Va LhS SlCdt1OA vi IOut Tie hlI6L-
born of every creature the one by
whom all things were made, had such
loyalty to the Father that He would
have been obedient, even had no re.
ward been attached to the invitation
given Him. But. on the other hand,
it would not have been consistent with
kindness, love or justice for the Father
to demand of His Son such a sacrifice.
Justice can make no such demand.
And IL Love makes such a suggestion.
it should properly back up the sugges-
ton with some promise of special
favor or blessing. According to the
Apostle, God did just this. He in
formed His Son that He would appre-
ciate such a sacrifice, and set before
Him a joy, a hope.
The Apostle does not explain the de-
tails OF that hope, but we may infer
them: ~ The joy of the Fathers
blessing in a superlative sense. %
The Joy of bringing many ons Of God
to the plane Of glory al His Bride
class. 30 The joy OF rescuing the
world OF mankind from sin. sickness,
sorrow. pain. death, and of uplifting.
~resurrecting all the willing and ODE
dent of the race to human perfection.
and all that was lost by Adam. ()
An exaltation to a still higher station
than that which He had left. He
would be made partaker OF the Divine
nature. far above angels. principalities
and powers, and above His own previ-
GUS high station as the Only Begotten
of the Father. the Logos-the Word.
John 1:1-3.
Here we are, dear brethren, with the
Apostles words and the full scope of
his inspired testimony before us. He