Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Pastor Russells Sermon

fees, and faithfully persevering In the
narrow way, we shall make our call
ing and election sure"
aEvery Knee Shall Bow"
The Apostle ". 10) declares that
our Masters exaltation. as a result OF
His humility, is so great that all even
tually must recognize Him as Lord Of
all. Unto Him every knee shall bow
Of the Heavenly and the earthly fam
flies. Already the angels acknowledge
Him. AS we read. the Father saith,
"Let all the angels OF God worship
acknowledged Him." The bowing Of
earth will come later.
The work of the entire thousand
years Of Messiah's Reign will be for
the uplifting Of mankind from sin and
death. Whom the Son will make free
will be free indeed. But all those
made free will know that their release
Is due to the great sacrifice which
Jesus accomplished in the carrying out
Of the Diyine Plan. And all will know
that the Redeemer has been honored
Of the Father and exalted to the chief
place. And those reaching perfection
will be glad to bow the knee to Him
and to confess Him with their tongues
4 "a The Father ls Excepted.
We are not to gather from these
statements that Jesus. in any sense Of
the word, will take the place. the glo-
ry, the honor. Of the Father. Jeho.
yah God declares, 81 give not My glo-
ry to another" isaiah 42:8.) st. Paul
explains that although Jesus will be
hailed as Lord of all, nevertheless 1t
is manifest that He is excepted who
puts all things thus in subjection to
the Son. st. Paul emphasizes this
by telling us Il Corinthians 1927. 28)
that 1t will be the Fathers Power that
will bring everything in subjection to
the Son; and that when the Son. in
carrying out the Fathers gracious
plans. shall have put all things in obe-
diencc to Himself, then shall He de-
liver up the Kingdom to the Father.
that the Father may be all in all.
Truly the Divine Program. as stated
In the Bible, is beautiful and wonder
full 1t illustrates to us elements OF
the Divine Character that we never
could have appreciated except as mans
fall into sin and death gave opportu-
nifty for the exercise OF Divine Wis
dom. Justice. Love and Power. Had
there been no sin, no death, there
would have been no opportunity for
God to manifest His Justice In dealing
with the sinner. no opportunity to man
lfest His Love for the world in provid-
Ing that they should he rescued from
the power of sin and death Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for demonstrating Satan's disloyalty
and whereunto It would lead Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for testing the Only Begotten Of the
Father, and demonstrating the depth
of Ills love and loyalty even unto the
death Of the cross, unless sin had been
permitted.
Neither would there have been an
opportunity for God to show His gen
erosty In dealing with the Logos. in
His high exaltatlon to the Divine ma
ture and glory, There would have
been no opportunity to show the length,
breadth, height and depth OF the Love
Of God In lifting the Church from
the horrible pit and miry clay Of sin
and death, justifying them freely
through the merit OF Chrlsts sacri-
nce, inviting them to share In His glo.
~, honor and Immortality, and finally
bringing the Elect to participation in
the Divine nature. and In the great
work OF Messiah. Rev. 2:i0, 20, ~,
Room For Roundless Ambition.
In view OF what we have seen OF
the Divine arrangement there surely
ls room for the exercise OF the
most boundless ambition imaginable
amongst those blest with the hearing
eur and the Gospel Message II would
be great ambition to strive tC
become kings or queens Of the king
doms Of the world II would be
great ambition 10 hope TO become
Judges. senators. or the President OF
the United States But such great am
bltlons would be as nothing when com
pnred with that set before believers OF
Gods Wod-the ambition to be recely
ed by the great Creator as sons, par
takers OF the Divine nature Y Peter
! Ia. heirs of God and jolnt-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord, TO q Heavenly
inheritance and Kingdom everlasting
II amy one wants grand ambition
here Is one worth dying fort Indeed, \
can be attained ouly by dying Firsl
must come the death Of the viii as re
spects earthly alms, projects. ombi
tlons, etc, Thon gradually must CONT
the transformed mind, which rejolce'
10 die daily aud TO suffer with Christ
II so be- that we may be also glorited
with him. (Romans Sl7l This IL the
ambition necessary to mike true. loya
soldiers of the Cross, willing to endure
hardness In the Cause OF the Captain
Of their salvation. and TO lay dowr
life IN the service Of the King Of kings
A Grand Rush For t.
One might suppose that such n Mes
SAGE would lind millions anxious anC
whiting to Iny hnld upon It's terms
Rut no. only a few have faith-an'
without faith they cannot be pleasing
to God. Some have little faith ant