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ness of sins to as many as Will come
unto the Father through Him
What s.a-Forsiveness Msans.

vine Justice, giving His life as instead
of Adams life, which was forfeited by
sin. Then, according to the Fathers
promise, being raised from the death
state to glorious state, with plenitude
of power, He would use that power
and opportunity for the release, or re-
covery, Of mankind from the mental.
moral and physical degradation
brought about by sin
Thus we read that Jesus died that
God might be just and yet be the
Justifier of all those who believe in
Jesus-of all who shall become His dis
ciples and follow His leading and di-
rection. Again, we read that He came
to seek and to save. to recover, that
which was lost.
Sinners of Two Glasses Saved.
1t was just like our great Heavenly
Father to take advantage Of the oppor-
tunity of human salvation from sin to
Illustrate different characters amongst
men and different degrees of His favor
toward these. He foresaw that the
great necessity of the world would be
the Messianic Kingdom, the powerful
Reign of the Redeemer forcefully put
ting down sin and all unrighteOusness.
scattering ignorance. darkness. super
stition. etc.
He foresaw that some Of the human
family would need to have stripes.
punishments. corrections in righteous
ness. In order to teach them the great
lesson that all unrighteousness is sin:
and that all sin brings degradation.
sorrow, pain, death. according to Di-
vine arrangement. Messiah's King
dom would be necessary to show how
obedience to God would. on the con
trary, bring a gradual uplifting and
recovery out of sin. sorrow. tears and
death, eventually back to perfection.
But while the great mass OF mankind
would need the severe lessons Of the
Millennium. the Reign Of Christ. GER
tain few would be able now to develop
an eye of faith and an ear Of faith by
virtue of their desire to do Gods will
These would be doubly precious IL
Gods sight: for without faith 1t is I'm
possible to please Him." and those who
could exercise faith under adverse con
ditions would be His peculiar treasure
Therefore God has arranged to gather
out this special class in advance, and
these He calls His Elect, the Church of
the Gospel Age.
This call, to which these respond. is
not so forceful as viii be the call Of
the future: they must have hearing
ears and attentive hearts to hear the
voice of God In the present time at all
Additionally, they must be both able
and willing to walk by faith. their
path lighted only by the Lamp Of Gods
Word. Thy Word is lamp to my
feet, lantern to my footsteps "
Furthermore. they must walk In mar
row way, difficult path of separation
from the world Not only must they
strive to live separate and apart from
sin. but after the pattern of their Re
deemer they must present their bodies
living sacrifices. holy. acceptable to God
through the merit of Jesus sacrifice.
These are scripturally styled the jus
titled by faith, the sanctified. or set
apart to the service Of God These.
under the typical arrangement of God
with Israel OF old. were pictured in the
tribe of Levi who were set apart from
the remaining tribes to be Gods spe
cial servants, and ultimately to be the
instructors and guides of their breth-
rem of the other tribes So the elect
class In process of selection since the
ascension Of Jesus-since Pentecost
are to be Gods special servants by
and by in the blessing Of the world In
general; for they are to be joint heirs
with Jesus. their Redeemer, In all the
great work of His Millennial Kingdom,
designed, arranged, prepared, for the
blessing and uplifting of all humanity
and for the destruction of the wilfully.
intelligently, sinful and rebellious.
Though Your Sins Be Scarlet"
The Lord used crimson and scarlet
as Indicative of the most fragrant sins.
and then declared that His arrange
ment for the forgiveness of sins
through the great Redeemer Is effec-
tive even for the very worst sins.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as
WOOL" isaiah 1:18.) This is an as
surance for us. God knows that all of
Adams children were born with the
hereditary faint Of sin, prone to sin as
are the sparks that fly upward" He is
not expecting perfection of any under
such conditions; all must have help.
and the Savior whom God has pre-
pared is qualified to give help to all.
The help given to the special class
that is In process of selection during
this Gospel Age Is in the Scriptures
fguratiyely represented as the Robe of
Christ's righteousness, covering each
Of the sinners, and thus hiding the
actual blemishes of his flesh In other
words. the Lord declares OF this class
that He will judge them, not accord
ing to their flesh. but according to the
spirit of their minds, the intentions OF
their hearts and the efforts which
they win put forth in resisting sin and
In doing Gods will This Robe of
Righteousness will cover sins of every
kind and degree, except wilful sins.
20 blessed thoughtl
o words with Heavenly comfort fraughtr-
The arrangement for the sins of the
world, to be carried out In the future.
will similarly be ample, though differ
ent The worlds sins will not be
covered. nor will the world be dealt
with merely according to their minds
and hearts. The worlds salvation Is.
spoken of as being one of works. Each
sinner will be encouraged and assisted
back to perfection along the lines of
good works
Assistance and strength OF character
will come TO them day by day and year
by year until. before the Millennium
will have ended, all the willing and
obedient will have become perfect.
mentally, morally and physically. They
will have attained the image and like
ness of God. lost by Father Adam in
Eden; and with this perfection will
come their right to human life, forfeit
ed by Adam and redeemed by Jesus
But some one may say. II mankind
are to have an opportunity during the
Millennial Age, will that not be a sec
ond chance? We reply. No. None will
have a second chance for everlasting
life. BY nature we are all sinners, con
demned to death Our chance for life
at all is through the Redeemer's sacri-
fee He died for all. But only when
we accept the fact and come under His
direction as His disciples, do we obtain