Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-28


no approach to Him except through the
Redeemer To the Redeemer we go,
to Jesus, Savior, we adore Thee. We
desire to come back into fellowship
with our God. our Creator. We desire
that He win again recognize us as His
J children and again enter into covenant
relationship with us, promising US life
everlasting, full harmony with Him.
And we have heard from the Father
that the only opportunity we have is
through Thee, the Redeemer. Tell US
what we shall do-how we shall pro-
coed! The Masters answer is, II am
the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no
man cometh unto the Father but by
Me" Yea, Lord. so we believe; so we
accept But how shall we come by
ee?-John 14:6.
The way is way Of faith. 1t Is
made especially narrow at the present
time, because the Father seeketh now
only such as have special faith in Him.
In the coming Age the darkness will
be scattered the true Light will shine
All the blind eyes will see out of OBJ
scurlty. Then proportionately less faith
will be necessary. But now the way is
obscure, and correspondingly the re.
ward is great
You already believe that God is, else
you would not desire to come near to
Him! You already believe that God
purposes to reward those who diligent-
ly seek Him, else you would not be in
quiring the way back to His favor.
You are in the way now-the way Of
righteousness. II you were able to rem
der perfect obedience to God, nothing
less would be acceptable to Him. But
knowing that you are in a fallen and
, imperfect condition through heredity,
the Father has provided through My
sacrifice covering for your blemishes,
so that Notwithstanding your unwill-
ing weaknesses, you may be accepted
Of Him through Me.
We answer, But believing this does
not still bring us into relationship with
God. What shall we do2 We will be
glad to do all in our power. And we
are glad to believe that our imperfec-
tions are to be made good through Thy
sacrifice, But with all these pro-
visions, how shall we proceed to get
into communication with the Father2
Show us. dear Redeemer the way back
to the Father and to the everlasting
life which is His gift; for we have
heard that while "The wages Of sin is
death, the gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."-Ro-
mans 6:23.
The Master answers, The thing nee
essary for you is that | should intro
duce you to the Father and become
your Surety, making imputation to you
of the merit of My sacrifice. If shall
do this, you will be accepted by the
Father and be begotten of the Holy
Spirit, and thus become children of
God, heirs of God. joint-heirs with My.
self in the Mlllennial Kingdom
Then the question comes up, On
what terms will be your Advocate
with the Father? My answer is that.
by the Fathers arrangement. l may
act as Advocate only for those who
become followers Of My example. If,
therefore, you desire Me to be your Ad-
vocate and to bring you into relation
ship with the Father and to make you
My iont-hers the terms are those
which have already expressed: If any
man will he My disciple, let him deny
himself. and take up his cross. and fol
low Me-Matthew 1924.
Reconciliation, Peace, Joy, Life,
The question of coming into Gods
family at the present time is one Of
becoming disciples Of Jesus, followers
in His steps in the narrow way, en-
during the opposition Of the world, the
flesh and the Adversary, and thus
demonstrating our loyalty to God, to
His Truth. to His people, and sympa-
thetic love for the entire groaning ere
alton. II the steps, once seen be not
taken, 1t will be because, having count
ed the cost, the believer has been un
willing to pay such a price for fellow
ship with the Father aid with the Son,
In such case he could expect no fur.
ther progress. The inquirer would
have gone as far as possible without
entering by the strait gate into the
narrow way.
We are not intimating that he would
suffer special punishment for failing
to accept Divine favor and privilege,
He would merely be losing the things
which he had the privilege Of gaining,
after he had seen them afar off and
had been convinced respecting them.
To gain the great reward Of the Lords
favor means the entering Of the
strait gate and the walking in the mar
row way.-Matthew TIA.
To those who accept the terms, the
crosses. the trials the difficulties Of
the way will be more or less apparent
at the beginning, and will continue to
the end Of the journey. So far as the
things seen are concerned. none are
profited by accepting discipleship with
the Savior. Their profits. their re.
wards, their blessings, are things un.
seen to the natural eye. For them is
reserved, If faithful, the blessings Of
the future. suggested by the Apostle,
saying. Eye hath not seen. ear hath
not heard; neither have entered into
the heart of man the things which God
hath in reservation for them that love
Him"-supremely.--1 Corinthians 30.
And not only do these consecrated
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