Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-04-19

Peter OF
The Pastor declared that the Bible
everywhere holds up the Lord Jesus
Christ as the glorious Pattern OF what
Is most pleasing to the Heavenly Fa-
Their, to be copied by all desiring Gods
favor. He reminded his hearers that
certain steps are necessary before any
can come into that favor. and properly
be called Gods children. Both our
Lord and Ills Apostles make this point
very clear.
Very few have Gods favor ut the
present tune. said the Pastor. In Gods
due time. however. MI shall be brought
to a knowledge OF Messialk aud priv.
legged through Him to enjoy everlast.
ing life. But what Is coming and what
Is here are two different things. No
one has authority Il make the Narrow
Way a Broad Way. or to say that
many will find 1t. when the Scriptures
declare. Few there be that find It."
The Pastor showed clearly that his
text related only TO the copsecrated
few who. during this Age. heard and
accepted The invitation to become foot
step followers Of Jesus. These have
their sins forgiven as n result OF faith
in the precious blood Of Christ. and OF
conservation TO do Gods win. These
have the Redeemer as their Advocate.
To These Our Text Applies.
These are exhorted to come boldly TO
the Throne OF Heavenly Grace. to oh
tain mercy and to find grace to help In
every time OF need. These may know
that their prayers are always hctrd.
The celebrations of the Apostles are
to these alone-not to the world.
In our context. the Apostle holds up
the Lord Jesus as the great Pattern
of humility. st. Paul tells us that our
Lord was rich. yet In obedience to the
Fathers will lie laid aside His riches
and became poor. He Invested Him
self OF His spirit conditions and took
instead human conditions.
From being above angels, He will
ingly took a nature and place "a little
lower than angels" He did this, know
ing that It was only a preliminary step.
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fering would follow. A man-Adam-
had slnned, and had involved a race In
his death sentence. Only an uncon
dcmned man could redeem him. II
was for this purpose that Jesus left
His glory, and was found In fashion
as a man." He was holy. harmless
indebted. Otherwise. he could not
have been the Redeemer.
at thirty years Of age, our Lord went
forth, declaring the Message which.
He knew would be misunderstanding
Message that He was the Sin-Offerine.
and that as the result of Ills sacrifice.
the Millennial Kingdom would come
which would bless all the families ~
the earth. The Jews were not ready
for that Message. As the Scriptures
foretold. they crucifed Him-ignorant-
ly.-1 Corinthians 2aS.
The Rewards of Humility and Loyalty.
According to st. Paul, the Father set
before our Lord a joy as a reward for
His sacrifice. The details Of that joy
we may infer to be: n) The Joy OF the
Fathers smile OF approval. f2) The Joy
OF bringing many sons to glory. C)
The JOY OF restoring mankind to their
original perfection. (4) The JOY OF an
exaitation TO a still higher station than
His former one. See Hebrews 1918.
Since His exaltation. our RedeemeT
awaits the glorious time when all foes
Of righteousness shall be brought low.
and righteousness exalted. But first
must come the completion OF the
Church Of Christ. Then will follow the
blessing of all mankind.
Satan's Course In Contrast.
Notice the contrast between Satan's
course and our Lords. Instead Of
humbling himself and willingly doing
what was pleasing to God. Satan took
the opposite course. He was proud.
naughty. and sought to exalt himself.
Lucifer was rich before he became Sa-
tan, the Adversary. Yet he was not so
rich as the Logos. through whom Di-
vine energy operated in the creation.
Mark well the course of pride. which
led to sin. and win ultimately lead to
Satan's destruction. Mark well the
course of Jesus. which led through hu.
mility TO the highest glory. Which ex-
ample shall we follow? What folly 1T
would be to permit pride to gain a
place in our hearts.