The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-28

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ward ID great.
You already believe that God lis, else
you would not desire to come near to
Him! You already believe that God
purposes to reward those who diligent-
" seek Him. else you would not be In.
qufring the way back to His favor.
You are In the way now~-the way or
righteousness. Tf you were able to rem
der perfect obedience to God, nothing
less would be acceptable to Him. But
knowing that you are In q fallen and
imperfect condition through heredity.
the Father has provided through NV
sacrifice a 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 do? We will be
glad to do all In our power. And we
are glad to believe that our imperfec-
tons are to be made good through Thy
sacrifice. But with all these pro-
visions, how shall we proceed to get
into communication with the Father?
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 1.-THE wages OF sin As
death, the gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."-Ro-
mans 8:23.
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 Millennial Kingdom.
Then the question comes up, On
what terms will / be your Advocate
with the Father2 My answer is that,
by the Fathers arrangement, I 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 o
MY joint-heirs, the terms are those
which / have already expressed: If any
man win be Ny 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, n
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 grooming Gre
alton. II the steps, once seen, be not
taken, 1t will be because, having count
ed the cost, the believer has been I'M
willing to pay such a price for fellow
ship with the Father and with the Son.
In such case he could expect no fur
Eher 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 of 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 win be more or less apparent
at the beginning. and will continue to
the end of the journey. So far as the
hings seen are concerned, none are
profted by accepting discipleship with
the Savior. Their profits. their re-
wards, their blessings, are things an
seen to the natural eye. For them is
reserved, II 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"-suprenaely.--1 Corinthians 80.
And not only do these conseerated
people OF God become heirs OF God and
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ to that fu-
ture inheritance and that blessed work
the Seed OF Abraham In blessing all
The families of the earth, but they have
Joys. blessings and peace In the pres
snt time, which the world can neither
give o take away.
Happy people. And In addition to
NIL this. they are privileged to be am
bassadors for God-to make known the
character and plan to Others.
Moreover, they are privileged even to
for their faithfuS,ess. and in so
LONG. they are assured that they are
to their glories OF the future.
Eia Week at A. L. Moody's.
Monday morning will open a four
day sale equal in activity to any full
selling this season, that is UP
to the pAoDle To realize what raYna ny !.