The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-17
MANkATo FREE PRESS
Pastor RuSSell'S Sermon

at an end. having accomplished the
purpose for which it was designed, or
permitted-the selection of the Bride
class. Messiah's joint-heirs. or Cabinet
in His Kingdom.
The Highway which Messiah's King
dom will open mp to all the children Of
Adam-to the non-elect-wil lead them
back In perfection When God made
Father Adam. He made him man. not
an Gngci-au carthiy being. not hear
Cpiy being. God crowned Adam with
earthly glory aud honor and set him
as king over the earth, its fish. fowl.
beasts. God changes not. His purpose
is the sauIc today as in the beginning.
For six thousand years God has al
lowed humanity to propagate aud go
down into the sleep Of death. there to
await better time future. Meantime
God seut forth His Son and redeemed
mankind. and then gloriiied tue obedi-
ent Savior Since then. God has been
electiug a sanity few to be Messiah's
joint heirs. The uext thug in order is
the blessing Of all The remainder of
Adams race by I;estitution-rcst
ton to the earthly glory and honor
originally intended. but lost by sin aud
redeemed at Calvary.
Let this thought come to our hearts
and minds as in the future we look at
the Union Depot and read the inscrip-
ton there: The desert shall rejoice
and blossom AZ the rose, SO doing.
our hearts will he drawn nearer to the
Lord Our increasing faith will make
increasing obedience more ucarly pos
sible. And love for our Creator will
come in to sauctify orr hearts and to
assist us in showing forth the praises
Of Him who hath called us out Of dark
ness into His marvellous light
The Prophet declares respecting the
hosts that will pass over the Highway
Of Holiness, that they are all the ran
Somed of the Lord-the redeemed
world Of mankind. He says. The
ransomed Of the Lord shall be restOr-
ed and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads: they
shall obtain joy and gladness. aud sor-
row and signing will fee away" And
Jesus adds that there shall he no more
signing. crying and dying. because all
the former things Of sin and death
shall have passed away. He that sit
teth upon the Throne shall make all
things INSTRUMENTATION 2l:4, ).
Jesus a Ransom For All.
Once in our ignorance we supposed
that Jesus died only for the Church
that only the Bride class, the Little
Flock. were to be REASONED by the
precious blood Now we see different
ly-that Gods Love and the provision
He has made in Christ are world
wide. We knew that the Scriptures
stated the matter broadly, but we look
ed through the narrow spectacles of
the creedS Of the Dark Ages. Thus
We disregarded the words Of the ApOS-
tie. God will have all men
to be saved. and to come to the kDowl-
edge Of the Truth. For there is one
God and one Mediator between God
aud men (mankindl. the Man Christ
Jesus. who gave Himself a ransom for
an. to be testified in due time" q
Timothy 24-6) How strange that we
could have read these precious words
over and over again without seeing
their real import. How doubly strange.
when we so well know that few OF
our friends. relatives and neigbbors
belonged in any sense or degree to the
sanity Little Flock. the Elect.
How glad we are that in this Morn
ing time when the light is shining in
upon all subjects. and when all man
kind are learning to think more con
uectedly. we may enjoy the clearer
light of Gods Word, 1t is SO very
broad in one sense of the Word. and
yet SO very narrow. in another. that it
! meets every condition,
None but the sanity followers in the
dom class. Then the Wilderness Of Gods
Mercy will operate, through the King
| dom class on the spirit plane. to give
all humanity a blessed opportunity to
come TO q knowledge OF God. As they
! shall experience the blessings secured
| for them through the Ransom for all
| they will have the privilege of going
| mp. UP. Ut the Highway Of Holiness.
during the thousand years. to its end,
The reward will be human perfection
and worldwide Eden. gradually at
| tanned under the assistance of the
| Church in glory. the Kingdom. Ulti.
| mately. Gods blessing and everlasting
| life will be given to all the willing and
obedient Even the wilfully wicked
will not be tortured eternally. but will
! be destroyed with an everlasting de-
/ struction from which there will be no
| recovery. All! now we see the glorious
prize before the Church and the neces-
sity for her narrow way OF trial. test
ing, Now do we see that the wide
ness of Gods Mercy is as the wide
J ness of the sea. in the provision that.
as all came under the reign of sin and
death, through Father Adam. all may
come under the blessed reign OF right
eousness and life everlasting through
the Redeemer. the Second Adam.
! 1t is from that destruction toward
which all are tending that Christ has
redeemed ALL And His Kingdom will
/, be for the very purpose Of destroying
the broad way and rescuing the poor
| degenerates born in sin and shapeu IN
/. iniquity. who were heedlessly going
! the downward way. In the Highway
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