The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-01-04

tltSlSlk kuoStllJ Our forefather
had much less ~
portunity for study than have We
Not only is education general today
but the facilities for study are com
mon. Every home has at least one
Bible and good light wherewith 70
study. Moreover. the curse Of toll is
lifting; less sweat Of face is required
10 earn our daily bread: consequently
we have more time at our disposal
wherein to ascertain the things freely
given unto US of God through His
word And what beautiful and con.
venient Bibles we possess, with clear
print, marginal references. c0ncor.
dances, helps, etc. Cod he praised
for such privilecesl
Bible students are learning To use
these mercies and are being blessed
in their use. The Bible is being
studied as never before, and being al
lowed TO interpret itself. one passage
throwing light upon another This.
evidently, was the Divine design But
in addition 10 all this, we have the
thought that now is Gods "dne time"
10 grant blessings and enlightenment
70 the world along secular lines. All I
this enlightenment IS coming. We be I
lieye, because we are In the dawning
of New Dispensation, which shortly [
is TO bring more wonderful things
However, we are still in what ST Re
ter terms the dark place waiting
for that day dawn to grow more
clear; and We do well to take close
heed to the light upon our path. which
= -falls from our Lamp. the Bible.
Christ Not the chureh's Father.
Item after item Of Divine Truth be-
coming clear, sheds radiance on other
precious truths Old. familiar Scrip
lures have ten-fold significance. Our
text is one Of these. No one will dis
pute that it refers 10 our Lord Jesus
Christ "He shall be called Wonderful.
Counselor, the Mighty God. the Ever
lasting Father Tor the Father who
gives everlasting lifel. tile Prince of
Peace" These titles are still prophet
be. Our great Redeemer has not vet
become the Prince OF Peace; for peace
has not vet come, We are still under
he reign Of sin and death Our Re.
deemer has not yet become the Ever
lasting Father
Only the Church has yet been dealt ,
with, and Jesus is not the Father OF >
the Church. He is our Elder Brother. !
Or under another figure, He is our be
trothed, and at His Second Coming is i,
70 be our Heavenly Bridegroom The :
Scriptures distinctly tell us that Jesus :
s not the Church's Father. or Life =
yiver st. Peter SAYS, THE God ana !,
Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ =
lath begotten US" Il Peter i, S. =
Iesns testiies TO the same effocts Aft -
II His resurrection. when speaking 70 :.
iary, lie said, y ascend unto Ny Ea T,
her, and your Father; to My God, and :,
our God" John Xxx, ~ The Scrip :,
ures never mix figures after such a =,
manner as 70 speak OF Jesus as the /.
'hurchs Father. and then to intimate !,
nat He would become bridegroom 10 -
lis own Child -, ~
Jehovah, Father Of the New Creation. y,
We must remember that the Church m
eases to be human. earthly She lie. co
1mes Gods New Creation She is be.
often Of the Holy Spirit now. ana viii
? born from the dead by the Holy
pirlt power in che First Resurrection. ~
the Divine nature. She will be like !"
,r LORD. His Bride Reyelation xxi e'N
10; Romans viii, 10 no her old '- 'F
ings pass away; an things become s.s -.
w" Under The begettine or the Holy nu
'irit she becomes IN The present life sV'
insformed by the renewing Of her -,
md and sets her affections on things s''
ore. her perfecting in the resurrec. %,
u is clearly stated br ST Paul. who o..
rs that in the resurrection each seed g..
u have its own Kind OF body. a.
he human, or Adamic seed viii tha
re human bodies; but those begouen hnr
In OF the Holy Spirit during this ~,
;pel Age become The new Seed 10 ,,,a.
1m viii be given new spirit bodies. y
II they shall be made Ike their Qin- 4b.
d Savior or Bridegroom. and ne ~
E Film. I. see Him as He is bpt
irit being. describing tho SplriuaI Rnd
and IT'S resurrection. ST. Psui sa3s. Cbu
; sown 10 weakness: IL is raised IN mofl
er: it + Sown 10 dishon0r. il is Dort,
d III glory: It IS sown IN aulmal men
I: IL IS raised spiritual body dren
z Is an aaiaal body Human J: and have
IS aiErisai body1--celesnai great
,nlv-l I5rihthiaus xv. 43. a tutio
Jsses re Second Adam. and
,r he eyai'aiion ~ fh.. ''bor-h h' the